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Annual Fire Safety Report
As required by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) enacted on August 14, 2008, Saint Xavier University's Annual Fire Safety Report is available at Public Safety's Crime Statistics and Reporting Web page. A hard copy of the fire log, as well as information older than 60 days, will be available to the public at the Department of Public Safety at the Campus Service Center.
Fire alarm evacuation procedures are posted in each room in on-campus housing facilities. All persons must evacuate the building immediately upon hearing the fire alarm, using the nearest, clear and smoke free, exit away from the affected area. It is important to use the stairwells and do not use the elevators. Persons with disabilities who need assistance exiting the building must proceed to the nearest stairwell landing away from the affected area to await rescue by Chicago Fire Department personnel. Persons may be directed by authorized personnel to proceed to a safe designated area away from the building. Persons will be authorized to re-enter the building once the all-clear signal has been issued by the Fire Department or Public Safety Officials.
Saint Xavier University maintains strict policies on the use of portable electrical appliances, smoking and open flames in student housing facilities. A microwave convection oven is furnished in each room of the suite style residence halls. Microwaves are permitted in university apartments provided they are properly installed in the kitchen. Refrigerators are provided in all university apartments and in suite style residence halls. In the common areas of Regina and Pacelli Residence Halls, there are microwaves available for use. Microwaves are not allowed in the students' private rooms in either two halls because neither is equipped for such electrical usage. Absolutely no cooking (including popcorn) may be done in student rooms in Regina and Pacelli Halls or other unauthorized areas in any residence hall. Compact refrigerators are allowed in private student rooms in Regina and Pacelli Halls providing the following maximum limits are observed:
- Weight: 100 lbs.
- Outside Dimensions: Height 35", Width 24", Depth 25"
- Voltage Rating: 115V to 120V, 50/60 cycles
- Amperage: 1.8 amps (195 watts)
- Grounding type: 16 AWG conductors
- Cord: Number 16 with 3 prong grounded plug
- Refrigerators shall be placed in an area with adequate ventilation.
- Refrigerators must be unplugged, cleaned and defrosted prior to semester and spring breaks.
Smoking is not allowed in university housing. Additional items not allowed in university housing are: incense, candles, flammable/combustible liquids, and electrical appliances (i.e. space heaters, halogen lamps and any appliances with exposed heating elements).
Fire Safety System
Each suite style room in on-campus housing facilities is equipped with a sprinklers system that follows fire code for the City of Chicago. These sprinklers will be activated by intense heat and will emit several hundred gallons of water in a very short time. The fire systems within these suite style residence halls also include heat detectors, pull stations, smoke detectors, trouble indicators and anunciator panels. The system is also monitored 24 hours daily, seven days weekly, by ADT alarm monitoring company.
Regina, a traditional residence-style hall, is equipped with fire alarm pull stations on every floor, trouble indicators, heat detectors and enunciator panels. Regina Hall's garden level, first floor, lobby and second floor now have a complete sprinkler system in place.
Pacelli, another traditional residence-style hall, is equipped with a sprinkler system, fire alarm pull stations on every floor, heat detectors, smoke detectors in each room, trouble indicators and annunciator panels.
University-owned apartment building located at 10140 South Pulaski Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 is equipped with hard-wired smoke detectors in each apartment.
Procedure for Fire Safety Education and Training
On an annual basis, several actions are taken by the University to ensure fire safety awareness. Fire Extinguisher training is offered, upon request, to any campus community member on a year round basis. The Emergency Guide for the University is distributed and posted in classrooms to educate the campus community on fire procedures. Yearly, the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Management educates the Residence Life staff on fire extinguisher handling and usage, and with general procedures for fire evacuation. University students and residents are also made aware of fire safety and University procedures by means of student housing floor meetings and the student handbook that is distributed yearly.
Personnel to be notified in Event of a Fire
- Chicago or Oak Lawn Fire Departments
- Saint Xavier Department of Public Safety
- Director of Facilities
- Engineers
- Manager of Housekeeping, Grounds and Mailroom
- Director of Residence Life
- Dean of Students
- Vice President of Student Affairs
- Vice President of Business of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
- Vice President of University Relations
- Provost
- President
Plans for Future Improvement for Fire Safety
As part of a multi-year plan, the following housing facilities are scheduled to be enhanced by the integration of a sprinkler system: Regina Hall (3rd floor) and University Apartment building, 10140 South Pulaski, Oak Lawn, IL 60453. Coordinate additional planned fire drills for all university housing facilities with the Chicago Fire Department.
Note: There were 6 pre-planned residence hall fire drills during the reporting period. Additionally, there were sixteen alarm activations and building evacuations between Regina and Pacelli Halls, which resulted in the deployment of the Chicago Fire Department.
Saint Xavier University 2013 Housing Fire Statistics
|Residence Hall
|Number of Fires
|Regina Hall
|Pacelli Hall
|McCarthy Hall
|Morris Hall
|Rubloff Hall
|O'Brien Hall
|10140 Pulaski Apt.


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I'm a total novice at stick welding, but one thing I've noticed is that some rods word better than others. For example, I have these very old Craftsman 7014 Contact rods (looks like they were manufactured in the ,70's based on the package printing) that were never sealed in a air-tight container and weld perfectly. Arc starts just by tapping the metal and if I lift the rod off the workpiece, it seems I never loose the arc. On the other hand, I have new contact rods that are hard to start and leave a horrible weld bead - and I keep these rods in a sealed container with dessicant! I thought specs are specs. If it's a 7014, then it must be 7014, but anyone know why there are differences among manufacturers?
Even with my new 6011's. Hard to start and even harder to maintain the arc. I always end up using the old 7014 Craftsman rods because they work. Too bad I only have like 4 rods left.
It's an AC welder.. I realize I'm a novice, but why does it seem these Craftsman rods outperform all the others?
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are the new rods 7014ac? there are specail rods for ac welding sume will do ac and dc but i would check that first look on this site. i think theres a chart for rods and settings.miller 330 a/pb tig miller 175 mig
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Some rods weld different than others. I would try some Hobart 7014 and see how those work. 7014 works AC or DC with either polarity. So make sure your cables are hooked up the same each time because 7014 will weld anyway you hook them up. Either electrode positive or neg it will weld...BobBob Wright, Grandson of Tee Nee Boat Trailer Founder
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if you new to stick welding i recomend begining with 6013 rod
and just to say the numbers tell alot
first 2 represent the tencil strength
the next represents the position of the weld
and the last represent the gas (or flux) on the stick
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Wine just tastes better in a serene, comfortable setting surrounded by friendly folks and natural beauty. Fawn Creek Winery, tucked into a quiet pocket of maple, oak and pine about 10 minutes north of the Wisconsin Dells, is just such a spot. Susan Spath or one of her four siblings greet guests. There are no tours because the winery is relatively new and small with just 7 acres of vines, but visitors are welcome to partake in complimentary wine tasting (Fawn Creek makes a dozen varieties, all $12-$15 a bottle) and browse the retail store and a gift shop containing an assortment of wine-related items, jewelry and North Woods-theme gifts.
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A Collective Voice on CAP
28 Feb 13
Today an open letter signed by Slow Food along with 276 other NGOs, including Greenpeace and WWF, has been released asking all EU Members of Parliament (MEPs) to address the way that the current reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been managed by the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI). This is the first time in the CAP reform that so many organizations have come together to collectively voice their concerns, demonstrating the importance of the reform to civil society.
Slow Food is concerned that the current reform has ignored citizens' calls for a CAP that support small-scale sustainable farming, environmental measures and self-sustaining agriculture in developing countries. In January the European Parliament's Agricultural Committee voted to seriously weaken the proposed 'greening' measures that would improve the ecological performance of farms.
The NGOs' request reflects Slow Food President Carlo Petrini's own vision. "Our organizations support the principle of public money for public goods in agriculture and rural development policy," the letter states. "This means public support must only be given to farmers in return for a healthy and vibrant countryside and environmentally benign food production. Subsidies which negatively affect our environment, our health, jobs, developing countries and animal welfare should be abolished."
The letter elaborates on the potential compromising of environmental benefits: "Under the AGRI Committee's vision for the CAP, money would continue to be unfairly distributed and support would be channelled to even the most polluting farming practices, with some farmers even paid twice for the same environmental practices (a principle going against the basic treaties of the EU). In essence, the AGRI Committee's position goes against the environment, our health, jobs, animal welfare and developing countries. This also goes against the expressed opinions of the other committees in the European Parliament."
For the first time ever, MEPs will have decision-making power along with the Council to vote for change in agricultural policy. Slow Food is hoping that this letter, and the significance of the number of NGOs that have signed, should be a wakeup call for all MEPs. In March, the full European Parliament will decide upon its final negotiating position. We ask all MEPs to grasp this last opportunity and act on behalf of real public interest.
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- Edward Gonzalez
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Creating a global currency
Government currency as we know it today is a perceived value. We work and are paid based on the perceived value of our work. We pay for products on the perceived value of those products or services. When an economy or government experiences trouble the perceived value of their currency is impacted as well. This can be dissuaded by establishing a global currency. With the advent and growing use of Bitcoin, how long before currency comes in only one form. The Euro is a great example on how many countries can agree to work on one standardized form of currency. With the increase of trade among nations and the internet making it easier for consumers to buy products online developing a standard global currency makes sense.
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Aug 9 2013: Hey Edward
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My first response to the idea of global currency is "of course." Then I think creating new currencies itself might be a useful feature of global economy. As bitcoin is proving, almost any mutually agreed value can be represented in a currency of some sort.
Maybe the idea should morph into finding ways to have as many people as possible creating currencies, each one for the express purpose of facilitating some class of transaction. Frequent-flier-miles works. My neighbor's IOU-favors works too. Points on various accounts (Starbucks, etc.) becomes a playful extra form of currency. Even volunteer services (free by typical accounts) can have a pay-it-forward value.
Bucky Fuller had the idea that real wealth is practical knowledge. Maybe that can be transferred to some form of currency like a diploma of sorts. The Barefoot College in India has such currency without paper. It's an understood acceptance within a community that recognizes a person as resourceful in some helpful way.
I applaud your efforts to make sense of economics. It seems even the best economists have been having a hard time lately. Keep up the good thinking.
Encore! Encore!
Enis Başol
Aug 8 2013: Establishing a global currency is not enough in itself to dissuade the effect that cause a country's currency to fall in value. There are many other reasons to create an effect to that end. You claim that when there is just one currency which is a global, there is going to be no worries about the fluctuations of the value of the currency. But then, there is going to be another concern. This time, whoever gets the highest amount of money or the authority to produce the highest amount of money, will dominate the market, and nothing will change.
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There is another important point i'd like to make. One nation's issuing his own money and with his statemen's and his culture specific things and places on it, this is something different. Your culture, your nation and your places and your pride on it. No thanks. ı am ok with my currency...Aug 8 2013: Wrong. A global currency will fix nothing. Everything will still function on "perceived value". The Euro did absolutely NOTHING to "fix" this for Europe. A "standard global currency" is irrelevant in the present day, when all "currency" is merely hunks of rubbish and the actual money is now information stored in computers via "accounts" and "transactions".Aug 6 2013: The Euro is a success but also got some major problems to Europe. The currency is the same, but the laws, and the economical situations are far from being standardized and balanced. As an example are the IMF and ECB ransoms of Ireland, Greece and Portugal. In Portugal, the EURO got to inflated prices. Things almost doubled price. I see a global currency as a interesting project...if the economical and markets culture get changed in the next years. I see that as likely improbable to happen. The Bitcoin only can survive if someone profit with that, and I think that it's not the main goal fot the existence of an global currency.
pat gilbert
Aug 5 2013: I'm a hopin but the government does not like competition.
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When you consider how much of an advantage the FED gives to the croynies.
With guaranteed profits that will bail out any stupid investments they make.
With the 2 trillion dollars stolen from savers since 2001 from artificially low interest rates
And the unkindest cut of all: the low interest rates encourage speculation and carry trades rather than investment in small business.
The last sentence is the very reason there are no jobs as the money that otherwise would be invested in small business is instead going to low risk speculation.
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So yes bring on Bitcoin and crowdsourcing as the main reason to support them is in the above.Aug 12 2013: As you can tell from the picture on my profile, some of us prefer cold, hard, cash.
Abey Nil
Aug 10 2013: At present almost all currencies can be traded with other currencies, with a global currency most of the exchange and transaction costs will disappear, I think a global currency would have an effect on purchasing power parity of developing nations, however autonomy and sovereignty of smaller and weak nations will be in question, but this might not be a problem because we may see more mobility of human resources across the globe and more international interaction at an individual level because of a common currency.Aug 10 2013: All economies around the world were weekend, it was a recession. The problems for some European has to do with poor economic and fiscal decisions. Even in the current depressed economy the Euro is strong when compared to the US Dollar. But in all the Euro is still highly competitive against the dollar and has remained rather consistent over the past ten years. As a matter of fact the Euro exchange to the US Dollar is stronger today than it was in 2003.Aug 10 2013: A GLOBAL CURRENCY ALREADY EXISTS!!! IT'S CALLED TIME!!!Aug 9 2013: The Euro did not change price fluctuations within Europe, either. Indeed, the Euro has ultimately fixed nothing and only weakened the stronger economies of Europe as they desperately try to prop up the self-poisoned economies of Europe or risk their shared currency collapsing.
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Aug 9 2013: They are just waiting for the price of teeth brushes and teeth paste to fall first, I guess.Aug 9 2013: Bitcoin is global right?
Aug 9 2013: dollar isn't?Aug 9 2013: We could eat it, we could make clothes out of it, and we could build shelters out of it. Gold too!Aug 8 2013: Hello Enis,
I'm sorry if you believed I made a claim that there would not be a variance or fluctuation in currency. I must have missed where I wrote that. I believe that some people may be reading or assuming more into my suggestions. Yes there will always be countries that have more than others. My suggestion is not to change economies or improve the economic principals of individual governments. The concept is to reduce inefficiencies in trade and manipulation of markets. It will also help stabilize the inconsistencies in trade due to the fluctuations in currency between countries. This standardization would not impact the sovereignty of nations and I understand that while the term global is being used, that it may be limited to a portion of countries that maintain consistent trade with each other. In regards to printed currency, the transactions I am discussing are mainly electronic and bundles of cash are not being exchanged for products and services.
Enis, your points are valid that globalized currency will not serve economic problems, but that was not the purpose of my argument.Aug 8 2013: we had a single currency, and it was gold. what happened to that?
Aug 8 2013: Well finaly we will realise that gold is something that will protect us. The problem in the world with gold is that politicy and central banks can't print gold like they do with the dollar (euro etc.). So for them gold is something bad that they can't regulate. If we start believe in gold the financial system will fail because the trust in the dollar will fail. They central banks make gold not popular (see the prince of gold last months) because we will believe more in the dollar and our current financial system.
Aug 8 2013: i see no problem with the financial system failing. bad things should fail. we can't get rid of bad things without failure.
Aug 8 2013: Bad thins will always fail once.. but if the financial system fail, it will bring us in a new crisis..
That does not mean that I think the current system is good.. I think our system is very bad and it is only good for the people who have influence.. who can earn a lot of money with it.. It is made to fail..Aug 8 2013: there is no new crisis. the previous is still going on.
Aug 8 2013: I did not say that there is a new crisis but a redical change of our system will bring us in big trouble and a new crisis. If they will change things in our (financial) system they have to do that slowly and with little steps..
The previous crisis is still going on.. true... but it will fix nothing with one currency or so...Aug 8 2013: The idea is good! But I think we have to think different. Not in one currency but to buy stuff more easier than now. At the moment if you will buy something in China you have to do a lot of things before you have it. Also to travel to a other country. I think we can make different countries and economics more closer to each other and in my opinion that is important but also very difficult.Aug 8 2013: While theoretically possible according to very basic economic models, a global currency is highly unlikely, if not impossible for a numer of reasons. As Vincent said, with a global currency, there would cease to be individual economies in the same way there are now. The system would become increasingly volatile and shocks or recessions in one region could quickly create a large scale global crisis. Also, as the currency market underpins the financial sector, moving towards one currency would essemtially destroy the financial market which would then obviously have huge flow on effects. Trade would become increasingly difficult, especially for poor, or predominantly importing countries. Essentially, a global currency would force a much larger gap between developed and developing nations and exacerbate the prevalence and severity of crises.
More importantly though are the political requirements underpinning a global currency. As the US is currently the global hegemon, it is exceptionally unlikely they would relinquish the dollar as it would significantly reduce their economic dominance and subsequently global power. A global currency would require an unprecedented level of cooperation between states, as well as the establishment of some form of overseeing body which would regulate the entire system and ensure adherence. It is highly unlikely that any state would agree to a global currency as it is not of benefit to their people.
Rather than being an evolutionary step in the currency system, a shift towards a global currency would essentially involve the evolution of society into a different form.
Aug 8 2013: The Euro did not eliminate individual economies of Europe.
Aug 8 2013: No, but it did change them as they no longer had economic policy autonomy, which reduced the capacity for individual economies to respond to shocks.Aug 7 2013: Hi,
My name is Vincent and I like this subject so I will give my opinion about this:
One currency is impossible. When this happen there will be no economy anymore. Only countries like USA and Canada will survive because they can make everything inside the country. Other countries have to buy it and will export less, because they pay everywhere the same price. There is no normal competition between coutries and companies.
Aug 8 2013: A single currency does NOT mean a single price. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT! The USA does not have "a single price" for goods across the country. Prices can fluctuate wildly within a single currency.
Aug 8 2013: Prices will not fluctuate. Let me explain. Price of coffee in USA in dollars... maybe you can buy it in Brazil because you have a pofit with the different forex price. But when there is one currency you can't make that profit.....
Aug 9 2013: Prices WILL fluctuate. Let me point to this little thing called "reality", which you seem to pretend does not exist. Within the USA, which has ONE CURRENCY, prices fluctuate. All within ONE market, that has ONE CURRENCY. The prices still fluctuate. HAVING ONE CURRENCY HAS NOT STOPPED PRICES FROM FLUCTUATING WITHIN THE USA. I use all caps to make sure that you get the point, since simply pointing out this little thing called "the real world" doesn't seem to make a dent in your little dogma. Prices fluctuate within a single currency. Prices fluctuate across the Euro-zone. Prices fluctuate across the USA. Prices fluctuate. Having a single currency DOES NOT CAUSE PRICES TO FLUCTUATE.
What planet are you from, and how long have you been living on Earth, because anyone who has lived on this planet for more than a week should already know that prices can fluctuate within a single country without any influence from forex.Aug 7 2013: George,
I am not an expert on the Greek situation, but I don't believe that their problem was a result of the Euro. I would compare Greece to Detroit in the United States. It was not the currency that led to their woes. A shared currency will not solve bad economic policy.Aug 7 2013: Currency manipulation is one of the reasons that I believe having a standard system is necessary. If we are all working on one currency I don't believe that a country will be able to impact the currency across nations. Perhaps since a complete 100% adoption is not likely, there still can be manipulation between the countries that share the standard system and the countries that don't adopt or participate.
Aug 8 2013: The Euro can be manipulated by member nations. They just have to use more finesse.Aug 6 2013: Hi Edward,
I agree and my point is not really to address the subjective or perceived value of things. I merely addressed it since some of the audience had mentioned this as an obstacle. My goal in addressing it was to your point that it is not relevant. Whether it's bitcoin, points or some other standard I believe that the market will develop such a currency model. Over time consumers will use the currency from their territory to buy these points, bitcoin, or whatever model is introduced. And eventually it is possible that all citizens (that have an internet connection) will have the majority of their money on this currency model.Aug 6 2013: Isn't all monetary value subjective? Some sentimental detail from my past makes me willing to pay $300 for an old comic book which has a Blue Book value of $6. That comic book now has a value of $300. Even the Blue Book goes out the window when the true determinant of value- emotional subjectivity- comes into play. A single, global currency would exist apart from subjective, perceived value. Without a global government there can be no global currency. The Federal Reserve is moving us quickly toward just such an arrangement. EVERYBODY PANIC!!Aug 6 2013: I'd like to see something independent of governments and corporations.
something of actual value.
I wonder how the bitcoin can be manipulated. Can it be devalued or manipulated?
The euro is a good example because within the EU, no government can step in and devalue it. like they can't set an exchange rate between french euros and german euros. Regional fluctuations are there just because the price of goods vary.
Am I right? can governments manipulate it in some other way? (within the EU I mean)
Aug 6 2013: I share an equal concern about Bitcoin. I am merely referencing it as an example of what may evolve in the future. It is rare that the first iteration of a new innovation will set the standard. I think that over time there will be other attempts to create a standard for exchange and digital currency.
Aug 7 2013: Right, I got it that Bitcoin is just an example. It's a good example, just like the euro. What I understand is that you're talking about the evolution of money and what comes next.
I do support having a global currency, but I'm afraid my economic knowledge is very very little. I know thattt governments can manipulate currencies against other currencies. Like china did. I know they can deliberately set exchange values independent of the market. My question is, am I right in saying that they can't do that if there is a global currency?Aug 6 2013: one thought How does citing the Euro help your argument?
Aug 6 2013: Hi George,
My thought is for the globalization of currency which would require an agreement among nations. This is why the example of using the Euro supports my argument. Although I do mention Bitcoin, I am not suggesting that Bitcoin in itself become the global currency. The problem with Bitcoin is that it is only another form of currency. And it is traded more like a commodity or stock than an actual currency.
Aug 7 2013: I may be on a different track, but Greece and other countries have had real problems due to the participation in the euro. I am not in complete understanding that's the beauty of these conversations. The euro has been a disaster for some countries and people. How would this idea work better?Aug 6 2013: Edward, There has been much talk about this. First I concur with Pat below. Second as you mention the Euro this was was a great experiment in this area. The problem will always be how to reconcile the economies. The value in the US will not be the same in a third world country. One Euro in Germany will buy less than if spent in Greece. Step one would appear to be stabilizing the world economies in order to have a single currency.
The banks of the world have already lined up against the bit coin. It is a direct threat to their power.
Wish I was smarter in this area ... I ain't.
Be well. Bob.
Aug 6 2013: Bob,
I agree the buying power will vary by region. The same can be said for any currency. Even in the United States you can buy a much bigger home with $300,000 in Arizona than you ever could in New York City. The cost of goods, services and real estate will still vary regionally even within a country. So the value would be consistent, the buying power will vary based on supply and demand. There are benefits between nations and companies to use such a standard currency system as there will not be issues with fluctuations in currency while conducting trade.
I do agree that the ones that have the most to lose from this are the banks. They benefit in the transaction fees in exchanging currency. But there are opportunities for them as well, by making it easier for a bank to expand its reach into other countries, especially the smaller banks.


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Here is a short video featuring some ridiculous characters I created. It's supposed to look like a title sequence for a TV show.
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Those are some pretty crappies.
There's a lot of interesting things happening in your video and also in your art. Thanks for posting to the Gallery. What are your plans for this? Is it just a fun film or do you intend on building it out?
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Well I hope you plan on building this into something longer because it looks like it has that kind of potential. ^^
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LONDON – The United States Women's and Men's Senior National Basketball teams have proven that the round ball is truly American's game. In spite of the fact international teams had over 20 players playing in the NBA, as opposed to the 1882 Dream Team having on 6 NBA players on international teams. The USA Basketball foundation and organization is firmly planted on solid ground and during the 2012 Olympic Games it once again proved that the best basketball in the world is played every year right here in the NBA.
The linchpin behind the USAQ Men's resurgence has been the inclusion of Jerry Colangelo as the Managing Director of USA Basketball National Senior National team in 2005. Before his involvement Colangelo confidently rebuilt the program from the bottom up, obtaining the involvement of the NBA's top players (Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James) and naming Duke University's Hall of Fame mentor Mike Krzyzewski as the USA National Team head coach. In the 2004 Olympics the USA Men earned a bronze medal and in the 2006 FIBA World Championships the US Men earned another bronze.
"Coach K, LeBron and I met in Las Vegas to discuss being a part of the US team," Anthony told me. "He said it would take a commitment, but in the end it would be worth the effort. LeBron and I are the only one's remaining from the original teams in 2004. We endured the ups and downs and now we have put together a system that works."
Added James: "Coach K and I have been a part of the whole USA rebuilding process. We share the same Olympic tract and that makes this win even that more special. I made a commitment to be a part of this. It was a long journey to get to 2008 and now 2012, but eight years later we are back on top."
Through the solidifying efforts of Colangelo and Krzyzewski along with the commitments of Anthony and James, and, the wooing of Bryant in 2007, the foundation of USA Men's Basketball is entrenched. In the 2012 Olympic Games Final, a rematch with Spain, young upstart Kevin Durant scored 30 points in a contest that featured 16 lead changes and six tied scores no matter, the U.S held off Spain for a 107-100 win to capture the Olympic gold medal.
While Anthony and James earned a second gold medal in a third Olympic appearance; three more were members of the gold-medal winning team in 2008, Bryant, Chris Paul and Deron Williams. Playing in their first Olympics were Tyson Chandler, Anthony Davis, Durant, James Harden, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook and Andre Iguodala.
"It was very emotional," Bryant said of his 2012 gold medal. "You just kind of think back on the journey, so to speak. Being here for your last go-round, wearing USA on your chest, it's very emotional."
Meanwhile, for the USA Women it was business as usual. Since the inclusion of the women in Olympic Basketball in 1976, where the Soviet Union won the first two Games, the captured its unprecedented fifth-straight Olympic gold (dating back to 1996), a feat never before accomplished in any women's traditional team sport, the USA women have compiled a 41-game Olympic winning streak that began with the 1992 bronze medal game.
This time around the U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Team posted a 86-50 win over France at North Greenwich Arena in London, England.
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"I think that this is just so sweet to get the second one," said Candace Parker. "You can stumble on a championship once, but it's really hard to do it twice. And for USA Basketball to do it five times in a row, that's truly special."
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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - As the newly minted general manager of
the Buffalo Sabres, Tim Murray certainly has his work cut out for him.
The Sabres, currently last out of 30 teams in the NHL standings, are
committing themselves to a rebuilding project, but that strategy only works if
the right people are calling the shots in the front office.
Pat LaFontaine, a former Sabres great on the ice, was hired as the franchise's
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mulling over his options, he believes Murray is the man who can deliver this
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Sabres owner Terry Pegula also hopes Murray's hiring is the beginning of good
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season out of the playoffs.
Over the last year, Pegula, who purchased the club in February of 2011, has
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longtime head coach Lindy Ruff last February and the installation of Ron
Rolston as his replacement. Then, after an awful 4-15-1 start to the 2013-14
campaign, Pegula pulled the plug on Rolston's tenure and also fired general
manager Darcy Regier, who, like Ruff, had begun his role with the Sabres in the
late 1990s.
The LaFontaine hire was a nod to Buffalo's past, as was the move to replace
Rolston with former Sabres head coach Ted Nolan on an interim basis, but
Murray's job is to keep his eye trained on the future and to make sure it's a
heck of a lot brighter than the present.
Considering the Sabres haven't won a playoff series since making a run to the
Eastern Conference finals in 2007, there is nowhere to go but up. However,
just because Buffalo has plumbed the depths in recent years doesn't mean fans
in Western New York will be patient with Murray. The goal now is the same as
it ever was: to bring the first Stanley Cup championship to the city of
At the press conference announcing his hiring on Thursday, Murray made it
plain as day that nobody on this Sabres roster is safe.
"This team's in last place. Anybody can be traded," the new GM warned.
Regier already traded one of Buffalo's key pieces earlier this season when he
sent sniper Thomas Vanek to the New York Islanders for veteran winger Matt
Moulson and a couple of high draft picks. Those draft selections will serve
Murray well in his rebuilding effort, and he could land additional picks and
perhaps a prospect or two if he decides to flip goaltender Ryan Miller before
this season's trade deadline.
Miller, one of three goaltenders picked to represent Team USA at the Sochi
Olympics, is the biggest bargaining chip left in Buffalo, a team that is
mostly made up of young guys still trying to prove their worth as NHLers.
Miller, meanwhile, is 33 years old and scheduled to be an unrestricted free
agent at season's end, so the timing seems right time for both sides to part
Although this is his first NHL GM assignment, Murray has spent the last 20
years working in various NHL front offices, including his most recent job as
assistant GM of the Ottawa Senators, a post he had held since July 2007.
Murray served under his uncle, Senators GM Bryan Murray, and the Sabres hope
the ability to identify talent is a family trait. Although the Senators also
have never won a Stanley Cup, the franchise has successfully rebuilt on the
fly under the Murrays in recent years. Ottawa landed players like star
defenseman Erik Karlsson and blossoming forward Mika Zibanejad via the draft,
and Murray will have to travel the same road to turn things around in Buffalo.
Joining Murray and LaFontaine in the front office is Craig Patrick, a Hockey
Hall of Famer who was announced as a special assistant and advisor to the
team's hockey operation. Patrick helped build the championship-winning
Pittsburgh Penguins teams of the early 1990s. With his first draft pick as the
Pens GM, Patrick made the game-changing decision to select Jaromir Jagr fifth
overall in the 1990 draft. His knowledge and experience could prove invaluable
for a first-time NHL GM like Murray.
Patrick also was the assistant GM for Team USA in 1980 when the Americans
shocked the world by winning gold in another frigid New York town called Lake
Who knows? With the help of LaFontaine and Patrick, maybe Murray and the new-
look front office can turn the lowly Sabres into a Stanley Cup champion a few
years from now. It wouldn't exactly qualify as another "Miracle on Ice," but
considering where the club is right now, it'd be an impressive nonetheless.
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The "I Hold On" singer, who will release his new album "Riser" on Feb. 25, allowed video cameras to follow him for the last two years documenting life's biggest – and smallest – moments. The footage was edited into a documentary and contains the life-changing events that inspired "Riser," including the loss of Bentley's father and the birth of his son Knox.
"I want this album to sum up just who I am as a guy going through these different changes in life that happen when you lose your dad and you get married and you have kids, but you're still on the road rocking and playing video games and acting like you're 13 years old on stage with a guitar in your hand," Bentley said in the documentary.
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Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is cancer that starts in the cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that opens at the top of the vagina.
Alternative Names
Cancer - cervix
Worldwide, cervical cancer is the third most common type of cancer in women. It is much less common in the United States because of the routine use of Pap smears.
Cervical cancer starts in the cells on the surface of the cervix. There are two types of cells on the surface of the cervix, squamous and columnar. Most cervical cancers are from squamous cells.
Cervical cancer usually develops slowly. It starts as a precancerous condition called dysplasia. This condition can be detected by a Pap smear and is 100% treatable. It can take years for these changes develop into cervical cancer. Most women who are diagnosed with cervical cancer today have not had regular Pap smears, or they have not followed up on abnormal Pap smear results.
Almost all cervical cancers are caused by HPV (human papilloma virus). HPV is a common virus that is spread through sexual intercourse. There are many different types (strains) of HPV. Some strains lead to cervical cancer. Other strains can cause genital warts. Others do not cause any problems at all.
A woman's sexual habits and patterns can increase her risk of developing cervical cancer. Risky sexual practices include:
- Having sex at an early age
- Having multiple sexual partners
- Having a partner or many partners who are active in high-risk sexual activities
Risk factors for cervical cancer include:
- Not getting the HPV vaccine
- Being economically disadvantaged
- Women whose mothers took the drug DES (diethylstilbestrol) during pregnancy in the early 1960s to prevent miscarriage
- Weakened immune system
Most of the time, early cervical cancer has no symptoms. Symptoms that may occur include:
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding between periods, after intercourse, or after menopause
- Vaginal discharge that does not stop, and may be pale, watery, pink, brown, bloody, or foul-smelling
- Periods that become heavier and last longer than usual
Cervical cancer may spread to the bladder, intestines, lungs, and liver. Often, there are no problems until the cancer is advanced and has spread. Symptoms of advanced cervical cancer may include:
- Back pain
- Bone pain or fractures
- Fatigue
- Leaking of urine or feces from the vagina
- Leg pain
- Loss of appetite
- Pelvic pain
- Single swollen leg
- Weight loss
Exams and Tests
Precancerous changes of the cervix and cervical cancer cannot be seen with the naked eye. Special tests and tools are needed to spot such conditions:
- A Pap smear screens for precancers and cancer, but does not help make a final diagnosis.
- If abnormal changes are found, the cervix is usually examined under magnification. This procedure is called colposcopy. Pieces of tissue are removed (biopsied) during this procedure. The tissue is sent to a lab for examination.
- A procedure called cone biopsy may also be done.
If cervical cancer is diagnosed, the health care provider will order more tests. These help determine how far the cancer has spread. This is called staging. Tests may include:
Treatment of cervical cancer depends on:
- The stage of the cancer
- The size and shape of the tumor
- The woman's age and general health
- Her desire to have children in the future
Early cervical cancer can be cured by removing or destroying the precancerous or cancerous tissue. There are surgical ways to do this without removing the uterus or damaging the cervix, so that a woman can still have children in the future.
Types of surgery for early cervical cancer include:
- Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) -- uses electricity to remove abnormal tissue
- Cryotherapy -- freezes abnormal cells
- Laser therapy -- uses light to burn abnormal tissue
A hysterectomy (surgery to remove the uterus but not the ovaries) is not often done for cervical cancer that has not spread. It may be done in women who have repeated LEEP procedures.
Treatment for more advanced cervical cancer may include:
- Radical hysterectomy, which removes the uterus and much of the surrounding tissues, including lymph nodes and the upper part of the vagina.
- Pelvic exenteration, an extreme type of surgery in which all of the organs of the pelvis, including the bladder and rectum, are removed.
Radiation may be used to treat cancer that has spread beyond the cervix or cancer that has returned.
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer. It may be given alone or with surgery or radiation.
Support Groups
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a cancer support group. Sharing with others who have common experiences and problems can help you not feel alone.
Outlook (Prognosis)
How well the patient does depends on many things, including:
- Type of cervical cancer--some types do not respond well to treatment
- Stage of cancer
- Age and general health
- If the cancer comes back after treatment
Precancerous conditions can be completely cured when followed up and treated properly. Most women are alive in 5 years (5-year survival rate) for cancer that has spread to the inside of the cervix walls but not outside the cervix area. The 5-year survival rate falls as the cancer spreads outside the walls of the cervix into other areas.
Possible Complications
- Women who have treatment to save the uterus have a high risk of the cancer coming back.
- Surgery and radiation can cause problems with sexual, bowel, and bladder function.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you:
- Have not had regular Pap smears
- Have abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge
Cervical cancer can be prevented by doing the following:
- Get the HPV vaccine. The vaccine prevents against most types of HPV infection that cause cervical cancer. Your health care provider can tell you if the vaccine is right for you.
- Practice safer sex. Using condoms during sex reduces the risk of HPV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
- Limit the number of sexual partners you have. Avoid partners who are active in high-risk sex.
- Get regular Pap smears as often as your health care provider recommends. Pap smears can help detect early changes, which can be treated before they turn into cervical cancer.
- If you smoke, quit. Smoking increases your chance of getting cervical cancer.
Jhingran A, Russell AH, Seiden MV, et al. Cancers of the cervix, vulva, and vagina. In: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Doroshow JH, et al., eds. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2013:chap 87.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines): Cervical cancer. Version 3.2013. Available at http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/cervical.pdf. Accessed November 12, 2013.
Noller KL. Intraepithelial neoplasia of the lower genital tract (cervix, vulva): Etiology, screening, diagnostic techniques, management. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Mosby; 2012:chap 28.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for Cervical Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. AHRQ Publication No. 11-05156-EF-2, March 2012. Available at: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf11/cervcancer/cervcancerrs.htm. Accessed November 12, 2013.
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Could the answer to our happiness be found in NO expectations?
Barry suggests, tongue-in-cheek, that the answer to happiness is low expectations. Could the answer be that happiness is found in NO expectations? While low expectations would mean you're seldom disappointed, it also speaks to a person's self-worth; I do not deserve more or better. Having no expectations doesn't diminish my sense of worth and it does more than reduce disappointment; it allows joy and contentment in all circumstances.
If I work a long day and expect dinner on the table when I get home, I am disappointed (and possibly angry) when the expectation is not met. If dinner is on the table, it is merely what I expected. I may exchange pleasantries and say "Thank You". But the experience is completely different if I had no expectation and found that someone had thought of me and taken the time to prepare a meal for me. My gratitude is real. My enjoyment is real. The experience of the meal is increased.
When I expect nothing, I am more than just "not disappointed" when I receive. I am pleased and thankful, even for the smallest things.
Winston Lake
Sep 11 2011: For me personally, it isn't about abandoning expectations. Rather it is about my degree of emotional investment in them. If I choose to allow my happiness to be contingent on the fulfillment of my expectations, then I create the potential for unhappiness. If on the other hand, I build the possibility of non-fulfillment into the original expectation, then there is less risk to my happiness and greater joy in fulfillment.
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Allow me to illustrate this principle in action in my life. I smoked from a very young age. I was perhaps eleven when I snuck my first cigarette from my oldest brother. Twenty-some years later, after several failed attempts, I knew I had to stop. Always before, the expectation was that I would quit and the repeated failures always had a huge impact on my happiness and self-image. Eight years ago, I found what worked for me. Instead of quitting, I decided to see how long I could go without a cigarette. The deal being to acknowledge two things. First, every hour without a smoke was a success. Second, even if I only lasted a day, I would have succeeded for a day. Because the expectation wasn't to quit, having a cigarette wouldn't be a failure. There's not a day goes by that I don't want a cigarette. So far, I'm still pushing my personal record for not smoking. If I fall off the wagon tomorrow, I won't be a failure. I will just have to see how far I get next time.
It's not about having no expectations. It's about managing them in a healthy way. It's about making them work for us instead of against us. It requires us to look at the source of a given expectation, understand it, and then tailor it to remove potentially toxic outcomes. This accommodates our naturally occurring expectations, without all their unpleasant emotional baggage.
Cheers, WinstonSep 1 2011: And what about expectation for reaching your goals? How would I put efforts into something if I do not expect to be successful?
Expectations themsleves do not lead to disappointment. It is over-expectations that are usually not met and lead to some kind of frustration or disappointment. Maybe the really hard part is finding the line between reasonable expectation, hope and expecting too much of a situation or circumstances.Aug 30 2011: The answer to our happiness can be found in NO expectations and also with expectations, there are many kind of happiness that we can feel, the ones you get with no expectations are spontaneous so the feeling of joy is unique, something that wont happen again.
Now expectations can bring happiness too! you imagine something you want to do so badly and you know it will make you happy so you try the best to get to that goal, and when you reach that goal .... here it comes ... HAPPINESS ! :D something u knew it would happen, ...if you look for happiness, happiness will come to you.
Aug 30 2011: Hi Jessica,
I collect quotes and just copied the following to my "quote file."
If you look for happiness, happiness will come to you. – Jessica Figueroa
I capitalized the "i" in "if."
Is that okay with you?
Aug 30 2011: is totally fine :) and thank you for putting what i said in your quote collection.
you know sometimes small acts are the ones that fill our hearts with joy
and with this act that you just did brought me happiness so thank you:)
Thomas Jones
Aug 30 2011: QUOTE: "is totally fine :) "
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Thank you.
QUOTE: "this act that you just did brought me happiness so thank you:)"
My pleasure.Aug 30 2011: Brene Brown in her talk said "honor the ordinary" this goes along with what you said Jessica and what Thomas quoted you for.
Thomas, I agree in writing down tidbits that are meaningful. If you have a kindle. . . I wish there were an option to print all the highlighted lines I make to have for safe keeping!
Sep 1 2011: QUOTE: "Thomas, I agree in writing down tidbits that are meaningful. If you have a kindle. . . I wish there were an option to print all the highlighted lines I make to have for safe keeping!"
That was my first question when I was checking out Kindles and similar products. It was the fact that you couldn't do that that made me decide not to get one.
I have over 105 pages of quotes so far.
Sep 1 2011: which quotes are the ones that have impacted you the most?Sep 1 2011: The quotes that you collect, from what I know of you here, would be a collection worth subscribing to!
Thomas Jones
Sep 1 2011: QUOTE: "which quotes are the ones that have impacted you the most?"
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Someone started a conversation about favourite quotes. This is copied from my response in that thread:
The quotes I cite the most are:
To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right. – Kong Zi (Confucius)
If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is key to effective interpersonal communication. - Stephen R. Covey
I also like this one a lot:
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action! – Anthony Robbins
But if I were to pick one quote as my favourite it would be:
What you are looking for is within you.
Sep 5 2011: Such valuable words, thanks so much for sharing :)Aug 24 2011: There was a case once presented by Oliver Sachs. It was about a man with a damaged brain in a way that his short term memory was absent. Every time his wife visited him which was daily he was totally in love that such a beautiful women would care for him. Everything was always new and thrilling.
Lee Miller
Aug 23 2011: In answer to the question, yes. My meditation teacher once said that "hope is the source of all suffering." This put people off because it sounds depressing, but in truth "hope" is just a kinder word for "expectation." People think they are different but they are not.
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Aug 23 2011: We are the same in who we are. We are different in the lies we tell ourselves.Aug 23 2011: I think the meditation teacher has it way wrong. Hope is at the core of our being. Hope for better. Hope for continued success. Hope for a cure. Hope is why we live.
In my opionion, expectations suggest an entitlement. Hope allows.
Aug 23 2011: LYNN that was beautiful.Aug 24 2011: Hope is positive expectation. Despair or despondency (technically, "pessimism"), is negative expectation.
I would disagree that hope is why we live - although it does sound very poetic. And, apparently, hopeful people do live longer, generally speaking.
Aug 24 2011: I think there is a massive difference between hoping and expecting.
I can hope that it's sunny tomorrow - whereas expecting either implies I have information that suggests it will be or I have some sort of control.Aug 24 2011: Hope and expectation are identical. In both cases we don't know for sure what will happen, and in both cases we can be right or wrong, happy or sad, with the outcome. The only difference is the positive or negative connotation of the words.
Gisela McKay
Aug 24 2011: Not epistemically, they are not, and I don't think they're semantically equivalent either.
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If I go beyond hoping to expecting, there is usually a reason - a pattern has been established, there is some additional information about the outcomes, something.
Think of the difference at a horse race. I can hope #5 wins, and still expect that the #8 has the better chance.
Poetically, I can hope against hope, but can I expect against expectation?Sep 1 2011: I've lived expectation free for a long time, long enough that I barely remember what some of those things I wanted were..
I think that having expectations and not meeting all of them brings far more happiness than having none at all.Aug 30 2011: I see what you are saying with this question. If think in expecting nothing you also have to be able to recieve what is given to you.Aug 28 2011: Happiness is temporary and usually arise out of expectations fulfilled. No expectations is a wonderful path to live without any state of mind (sorry, happy, fear, depression etc). That may be called as peace which is thousand times better than happinessAug 24 2011: Hi Jeff I think adjusting expectations is a quite a good way to reduce negative feelings like anger in what you mentioned in the example. and i wouldnt think it is The answers to happiness since expectations is not much correlated with happiness.
Aug 24 2011: Hi Amily.
If I don't expect something bad to happen, it would also reduce fear (maybe all negative emotions can be reduced this way). Hmmm ... want to think on that more.
I'm trying to understand how happiness and expectations are not correlated (others have said this too). It seems to me that the happiness I experience (regardless of definition) is reduced when filtered through co-existing negative feelings like anger, pain, fear, sorrow, dread, etc. I agree that reducing the negative is not a cause of the positive. But if it has an impact on my experience of happiness (increasing it), then isn't there a relationship between the two?
I see this is not the answer to happiness, but it seems to be part of the tapestry that creates a more positive experience of living.
Aug 25 2011: I see what you mean ,you are kinda exploring that ...
It seems to me that the happiness I experience (regardless of definition) is reduced when filtered through co-existing negative feelings like anger, pain, fear, sorrow, dread, etc.-thats sounds to me you attributed the reduced happiness to presence of negative feelings.and you agreed the absence of the negative feelings dosent increase happiness.
so its like A can have impace on B but B dosent necessarily have imapact on A.Aug 24 2011: Whether someone can be happy or not depends on their state of values.Aug 24 2011: There would be no happiness without expectations. Without expecting anything to happen there would be no emotions.
Jeff Wolf
Aug 24 2011: Happiness (or any emotion) is experienced in the present. Expectation is about a future that does not exist. If emotions are based on expectations, then I am expecting to be happy and I'll miss experiencing it fully now.
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Aug 24 2011: Does that mean all feelings are just illusions? They're not real.
Jeff Wolf
Aug 24 2011: I think all the feelings I experience are real … I feel them so they are real to me. If they are based on a misconception, I'm not sure how I classify them. As an example (albeit not directly tied to expectations): I believe in the inherent worth of every individual, yet I experience many, many emotions that are based on the belief (or fear) that I am not worthy, not good enough, or not deserving. My feelings are real, but they are … ummm … unnecessary (?), false (?).
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Having said that (sort of), each time I recognize I am forgetting my own value and worth, I have the opportunity to increase my awareness of my worthiness. That makes the feelings based on misconception of value to me.
By the way … I checked out your website. I liked the animation with the pictures on your home page. Do you take the fashion pictures as well as blog about the subject?Aug 23 2011: Somewhat perversely, embracing the dark as well as the light is probably the path to happiness.
Pure light is just blandness. Pure dark is just depression. But the two together will contrast with each other, and bring perceptions and senses into recognition, so we recognise their shape, colour and texture.
Aug 23 2011: I have a twist on the concept of opposites. The value in recognizing opposites is that they reveal a greater truth that encompasses both. I think we generally do a poor job of defining opposites though, so poor that it obscures the truth. What, specifically and in detail, do we mean by light? We have to know our own definitions before we can define its opposite. In reference to your example, pure darkness would be bland as well, wouldn't it? And the blandness of pure light would create depression.
I acknowledge the relationship between opposites and how you point out that they help us recognize their shape, color, and texture. I tend to diverge from convention wisdom though, in that I don't believe experiencing (or embracing) both is required to bring about that recognition. My valleys have helped me understand and more fully experience my mountain tops. I believe that is a very common human experience. But I think it's correlation, not causation. It is something that DOES happen, not MUST happen. In other words, I believe I can experience mountain tops without experiencing valleys, even though in my experience, I have had both. I can see truth without having to believe lies first.
Aug 23 2011: Agree that pure darkness would also be bland and pure light depressing. I was speaking in a metaphorical sense, where one forms the essential context for the other, resulting in clarity. It is similar to your mountain/valley analogy.
Can I ask what you mean by "I can see truth without having to believe in lies first"? I can understand what you mean by the truth, but what are the lies, and where are they from?
Aug 24 2011: I've been trying to figure out how to be concise. I think I came across a workable example in my response to Cheyenne.
I believe in the inherent worth of every individual (truth to me). In my experience, I can see that I do not always believe that about myself (a lie). I can become aware of the lie as part of exposing the truth, but don't believe it's necessary to believe the lie in order to be aware of the truth (i.e., I don't first HAVE to see myself as unworthy to see my worthiness. I don't HAVE to experience sorrow to know joy … they just happen that way a lot).
To make matters more complicated for myself (and communication), I don't generally use the term 'lie'. I think it implies intent (to deceive). More accurate is to see the 'lies' as misconceptions (misunderstanding doesn't imply intent, although it implies error). To be more precise (and create even more communication issues) I prefer to use 'unawareness'. I am simply unaware of the truth … no intent to deceive and no error of judgment.
In a larger sense then, I see 'sin' as believing a 'lie' which is merely a 'misconception' that indicates 'unawareness' of truth. Awareness becomes the goals.
Where does unawareness (lies) come from? I believe it is our choice. In our experience, we each create our own understanding of reality by building on 'lies'. Our fortress seems impregnable and we don't understand how it can be a choice or how to make different ones.
From an evolutionary perspective, our consciousness has developed (and is developing) so we can experience awareness. From a religious perspective, it is about knowing God. From a philosophical perspective, it is about knowing ourselves. From a mystical perspective it is about "the oneness." From a psychological perspective it is about accepting ourselves. From a metaphysical perspective it is about understanding our existence without regard to time or space.
I believe these are all the same (different perspectives of the same truth).Aug 24 2011: "The law of the unity of opposites is the fundamental law of the universe. This law operates universally, whether in the natural world, in human society, or in man's thinking. Between the opposites in a contradiction there is at once unity and struggle, and it is this that impels things to move and change." - Mao ZedongAug 23 2011: Do you expect to expect nothing?
Aug 23 2011: I would like expectancy to replace expectation. Expectation requires something to satisfy it, making it wholly dependent on circumstance. Expectancy is always satisfied; a state of living that does not require the fulfillment of desire to experience joy, satisfaction, peace, and contentment.
Aug 23 2011: ex·pect·an·cy/ikˈspektənsē/
Noun: The state of thinking or hoping that something, esp. something pleasant, will happen or be the case.
I'm not quite sure why people think the absence of something will result in happiness.
The absence of darkness is not light. It is void.
The absence of war is not peace. Peace is peace.
The absence of thirst will not satisfy hunger (or thirst for that matter.)
The absence of expectancy will not result in happiness.
Actually, nothing "results" in happiness; happiness is not a consequence - but that's another conversation.
Aug 23 2011: I think I'm using the same definition of expectancy, but focusing on a specific point when I contrast expectation and expectancy. I definitely want to live in a "state of thinking that something pleasant will happen". That is significantly different to me than having an expectation that something specific will happen, or should happen.
Maybe my point is a corollary to your statement that people think the absence of something will result in happiness: people also think the presence of something will result in happiness (expectation). I think happiness is not dependent on circumstance (I completely agree that nothing "results" in happiness).Aug 23 2011: QUOTE: "I completely agree that nothing "results" in happiness"
If you agree nothing results in happiness, then you have answered your own question: Having no expectation will not result in happiness.
Having no expectation (if it were possible) would result in having no expectation.
Aug 24 2011: "Could the answer be that happiness is found in NO expectations?" (My original question.) Also (from the original), "Having no expectations … allows joy and contentment in all circumstances"
My question and statement mention finding and allowing, not resulting. To me, finding means something already exists. If happiness is not being experienced, it can be found or discovered (I can become aware of it). Not having an expectation would simply allow me to see, for example, an act of love in providing me dinner (as in my original example). I am aware of my happiness when I experience acts of love.
I do believe that having no expectations is possible. However, I currently have no intention of devoting my life to the singular focus of getting there.Aug 24 2011: My expectation is that many of my expectations will not necessarily be fulfilled. Or, in even simpler terms: I do not expect my expectations to be fulfilled. And I'm okay with that.
I agree that expectations (unmet) are a source of disappointment.
The disappointment comes, in part, from the expectation itself, and, in part, from the expectation that expectations should be fulfilled.
Expectations have little to nothing to do with happiness.
Aug 24 2011: I see what you're saying now (I think). I look at "I do not expect my expectations to be fulfilled" as 'desire' or 'want' and expectations as being much closer to the fulfillment of desire.
Given that though, I see desire (not the fulfillment) as having much to do with happiness.Aug 24 2011: QUOTE: ""Could the answer be that happiness is found in NO expectations?" (My original question.) Also (from the original), "Having no expectations … allows joy and contentment in all circumstances"
Based on your responses, I am guessing you already have an answer you find satisfying.
Personally, I see no connection between expectation and happiness (other than we have to be alive to experience both.) ...
Joy and contentment are not dependent on expectation. They, like happiness, are not consequences. They are not the outcome of a "formula" - one part enlightenment, minus two parts expectation = happiness (joy or contentment.) Or: One spouse + one (good) career + 2.4 kids + 250 friends + faith = happiness (joy or contentment.)
If you are looking for water, you will find it in a well. It does not matter whether you expect to find it or whether you expect not to find it.
Water only has meaning if you are thirsty.
Happiness, joy, and contentment are like water (they are nouns not adjectives.)
We will find them where they are regardless of our expectation. (Our expectation - and our thirst - might affect whether we look or not ... but, again, that is another conversation.)
We sometimes (understandably) mistake our emotional state for happiness (or the lack thereof.)
It seems to me, we often see ourselves as "the centre of the universe:" Our personal experiences, we assume, define happiness, love, reality, whatever.
Aug 24 2011: If being satisfied with my answer means I think it is the end-all and be-all, that I am unwilling to alter my perceptions, or that I think it is the final truth, then no, I'm not satisfied. If it means that it is a workable answer for me that seems logically sound and supported by anecdotal experience, then yes, I'm satisfied with my answer.
Barry's talk postulates that happiness is reduced by ever-increasing options (that he associates with freedom) because we tend to expect that there would have been a better outcome from the choice(s) we didn't make. I agree with you that expectations (or the lack of them), do not cause happiness, but I still fail to see how they are not correlated. If one thing reduces or increases my experience of something else, then there is a relationship, even if it's not causal. Can you explain your point more?
In your example of water, you would only be looking for it in wells if you expected it to be there. But if you only look in wells, you may miss the stream flowing by. You may also miss (and be annoyed at) the rain getting in your eyes while you desperately search for water where you expect it to be.
I guess I see a close relationship between expectation and happiness even in your comparison to water. If expectation affects whether we look for happiness or not, then I see a relationship.
If you have the opportunity to continue, please help me understand.
Thanks Thomas!Aug 25 2011: QUOTE: "If one thing reduces or increases my experience of something else, then there is a relationship, even if it's not causal. Can you explain your point more?"
Your experience of a thing and the thing are not the same ... thing.
Imagine a hot stove. Now imagine putting your hand on the hot stove.
Will your expectation have an impact on the outcome?
Will your expectation have an impact on the experience?
We could argue that expectation could have an impact on both the outcome and on the experience.
Would the impact be "significant?"
I don't think so.
Your hand will hurt, and you will need treatment.
Is the burn an "imagined" experience; or is it "real?"
Is happiness an "imagined" experience; or is it "real?"
If happiness is an imagined experience, then expectation would have a huge impact.
If happiness is a real experience, then expectation would have about the same impact on it as it has on your hand.Aug 23 2011: " Lack of hope, is true sense of freedom ! " ... maybe a reason for self happiness but with no expectation , no completion , and no development.
Aug 23 2011: I don't equate no expectations with no hope (if that is what you mean). Lack of expectation provides freedom from being driven by or affected by external circumstances (or being disappointed by them).
I find hope to be complicated. I generally think of hope in terms of "tomorrow, next week, next year will be better." It is better to me to be happy now, without comparing it to a future that "must be better than today." In that regard, hope is a coping mechanism to get me through all the todays I experience. In that way of looking at it, hope is somewhat the same as wishing. On the other hand, hopelessness is debilitating and I don't put that in the same category as not having expectations.
I also don't equate having no expectations with apathy, lack of drive, or lack of purpose. On the contrary, as I experiment with the idea, I have experienced significant development and have made meaningful progress. I want to understand the seeming paradox more.Aug 23 2011: For me happines is not about expectations it is about awareness. You can be the richest and healthiest guy on earth surrounded by a good loving family and true entertaining friends. But there are still children out there who suffer abuse or poverty. How on earth can you be happy ?
Aug 23 2011: I agree about awareness. For me, one way to explain removing expectations is combining awareness that the future is really unlimited possibilities with the awareness that I have the capacity to not allow any circumstance to alter my state of well-being. If I can experience joy, peace, and contentment in my own circumstances of abuse and poverty, then my being aware of others' suffering will not diminish my experience. I have found it motivates me to make a difference.


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