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Effective Hypnosis was voted Business of the Year 2016 in Ealing in www.thebestof.co.uk awards by satisfied customers. This award was again given in 2017.
Effective Hypnosis will present a bespoke service. The sessions are geared towards the individual, and this is why we give CD recordings of their live sessions to customers ( MP3 recordings can also be sent -So that you can listen anywhere on your phone or ipod). The reason for this is that we know that we are fighting against conditioning – the things that have been going round and round the mind for years – if we can put positive messages into the mind everyday for a month or two -then it's going to go a long way towards forming a positive mindset.
Through the assessment consultation an individual process of therapy is selected – so what is recorded is bespoke to the person. Rather than give customers a general recording, we give them the one that has actually been recorded for them Is this something that could work for you?
We ask customers to commit to listening to their recording on a regular basis – allowing themselves to go into trance on a daily basis. The power generated doubles in strength with every trance – see Published Articles section for further detail.
We have a wealth of knowledge and expertise drawn from a wide understanding of several therapies, and seek to educate customers so that they can use their own power to change.
Effective Hypnosis is about giving people hope. You may have thought that there is no hope for you and that you had tried everything, but hypnotherapy can be very useful in promoting transformation in a wide variety of ways.
Our expertise in the areas of Quitting Smoking, Addiction Control, the Hypnotic Gastric Band, and controlling Chronic Fatigue are well documented in the testimonials we recieve. Smoking, addictions, and weight control are the main areas we get contacted about, and they have their own sections on the site. There are many other topics we are skilled in for consultation. Work Stress and anxieties are very relevant today. A few of these are listed here –
Self Confidence /Self Esteem
'Wanting more Self Confidence' came top of the list of desires in a 2013 QVC survey – above a desire to be attractive or sophisticated. But just what is it that people have difficulty with?
Some people have the feeling that they can't express themselves? Their confidence may be suffering as a result. Low self confidence can lead to a poor performance in the workplace for spoken presentations and company meetings – quite apart from how they behave at parties, or with new people. Work stress and anxieties are more prominent than ever in 2016.
By using the power of hypnosis we can retrain their minds, transforming them into confident people, who are supremely self confident when presenting to both individuals and large groups of people. This is not brainwashing – it is tapping into the enormous power of the subconscious mind – drawing on inner strengths. It is not something that is 'done' to you without your wishes and commitment.
It may seem that someone can become a new person through hypnosis. But this is nothing to do with change in personality or mind control. We can help change patterns of thought and influence belief systems, giving people the reins of their minds. Customers are in control at all times.
So many people have lost their livelihoods through the recession, and confidence has taken a battering as a result of redundancy. The media proclaimed, in October 2012, that more women than ever in the over 50's group were finding themselves out of work.
Hypnotherapy can help with building up the self confidence and practicing interview skills. Job interview nerves may interfere with presentation of talents, skills and personality, preventing some from wanting to attend at all. This is hardly surprising, given that their talents, personality and skill sets will be judged by others. But with a hypnotherapy intervention, by the time they come to an interview, they will have gone through the process so many times in your head, that it can seem easy to carry off.
Hypnotherapy is a great tonic for driving test nerves – see our testimonials section.
Do you have trouble meeting people for the first time, and is social / professional networking suffering as a result? Hypnosis could provide the answer.
Do you fear rejection at interviews? Hypnosis can give you a renewed sense of confidence, so you can breeze through an interview – presenting yourself in the best way.Is this something that you could see yourself embracing?
We contact the subconscious mind through trance. With this, we can boost self esteem. This builds motivation, and through teaching self hypnosis skills we can provide lifelong tools for self enhancement.
We can train people to release feelgood endorphins – the bodies natural opiates – into their bodies, and feel absolutely fantastic all over. This can lead to physical body change.
NLP techniques are used to create a system of putting yourself into a totally calm, supremely self confident state. These techniques help create instant rapport and trust, which can then be utilised for rapid change.
The New Scientist ran an article, in September 2008, stating that improvements in depressed people had been noticed when methods to slow heart rate variation ( HRV ) were applied, this has a tremendous implication for hypnotherapy. HRV is the gold standard medical test in America. The results indicate that hypnotherapy and meditation can be used to control stressful situations and this can be the controlling factor in managing disease and illness. Listening to one of Matthew's hypnotherapy recordings can have the beneficial effects of going into deep trance.
Emotional Freedom Techniques
EFT is a meridean therapy – it is based on the same principles that govern Reflexology and Accupuncture – the philosophy that sees that balance in the body can be affected by manipulating energy points, in this case tapping. It uses the same points used in acupuncture, but with no needles. This is an ancient Chinese idea. It suggests that there is a flow of energy that runs throughout the body. This flow of energy is designed to let us live perfectly. However, blockages can stop us living fully.Traumas are stored in the energy bodies and may create blockages which are destined to appear in the body as disease.
EFT has been described as a simplified version of Thought Field Therapy – explained below. Research has been presented at The Science and Consciousness Energy Psychology conference in Toronto, 2008. This researched into the effects of PTSD on war veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Statistics showed a reduction of up to 50% in stress levels in areas such as anxiety, hostility, sensitivity, paranoia, psychosis and somatisation. These gains were maintained after a 90 day follow up.
Significantly, reductions in cortisol levels occur after Energy Psychology treatment, and are accompanied by improvements in heart rate variability (HRV ). HRV and cortisol are primary stress markers for a wide variety of genetic, hormonal and neurological effects of stress.
Meridean therapies put forward the idea that all negative emotions are caused by a disruption in the body's energy system, and that through manipulation of energy points we can enable people to change the way they feel about something. A shift takes place in the meridian system. We can therefore create a healthy and addiction free body. In Accupuncture it is done through needles, in Reflexology through manipulation of the pressure points. In EFT it is done through tapping the pressure points.
EFT heals people on both physical and psychological levels, and this can take away addictions and cravings. Matthew often uses EFT in controlling addictions, and phobias.
The Daily Mail had a feature on EFT and aerophobia on 4th November 2014. Effective Hypnosis has success dealing with fear of flying using EFT as a starting point to hypnotherapy sessions.
Thought Field Therapy is also used, in order to change people's attitudes. Emotions can become bundled up into energies called 'thought fields'.TFT proposes that thought fields within the meridians can become blocked by trauma or negative thinking, and that by tapping in a specific sequence we can remove these blocks. It does this by 'tapping' into the root of problems, to remove the energy blockages. Like EFT ( which was adapted from TFT ) a shift takes place in the meridian system. An example of this is seen in Matthew's smoking cessation program – which will teach the TFT sequence to remove cravings. TFT can help to lift negativity, resistance to weight loss, negativity, panic attacks, and internal chatter.
Neurochemical changes reduce pain, slow the heart rate, decrease anxiety, shut off the stress response, and regulate the autonomic nervous system and create a sense of calm.
Janet Thompson, a hypnotherapist and Thought Field Therapy expert, appeared in a channel 4 program in August 2010. She described meridians as like a system of motorways or highways, carrying all sorts of information. As we know, highways can get blocked. Using TFT we can change the information in the highway, and undo the blockage.
Regression – Through regression in hypnosis we take people back to the root cause of their problems. Once they are there, we can deal with these, though changing attitudes and build a stronger character for the future. Past Life Regression is also a useful tool for dealing with seemingly inate emotions. There is still hope when you may have thought that you tried everything.
Neuro Linguistic Programming changes submodalities, the minute parts of a phobia, so that the whole becomes less and less fearful – until it disappears.
NLP is an amazing add on to hypnotherapy, introducing many techniques that are now commonplace – Timelining is useful with age regession, and we can remove addictive behaviours using this. Reframing is useful with traumatic events and phobias , helping people to collapse negative states. Metaphor is useful in reviewing learnings and exploring possibilities . Submodalities are useful in helping people to change the way they think about the minutia of their problems and make small changes to make them feel better. NLP processes will break down limiting and negative belief systems – that have been holding people back, and also explosive reactions – such as screaming and yelling when faced with misfortune. Many NLP techniques are used by salespeople.
Matthew has skills in Traumatic Incident Recovery, and uses this technique with post traumatic stress. There is some controversy about the effectiveness of trauma work. The war zone mental health journal, Intervention, suggests, in May 2013, that only 30% benefit from one off counselling sessions. However, this is not a reason to stop offering it. The evidence points at the fact that ongoing services should be offered.
EMDR – Eye Movement Dessensitisation and Reprocessing -is a very useful eye movement technique, that has been used with traumatised Vietnam Veterans. Combat – related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be a really dibilitating illness. But it is not always a permanent affliction. Through a combination of TIR, EFT, EMDR, NLP and hypnotherapy we can help to keep the 'demons' at bay.
Sufferers may feel that they are living in a state of red alert, being continually jumpy and anxious, with continual flashbacks. EMDR therapy can involve bilateral stimulation of the brain to break the continual cycle.
The Daily Mail carries a feature on 26.7 16 illustrating how EMDR has been used to end a woman's lifetime fear of vomiting -see our articles page. EMDR is part of the Effective Hypnosis service.
The media reports, in October 08, that the "war on terror" had led to more people wanting drugs before flying. A service for those with fear of flying is available. HypnoCBT can teach systematic desensitisation to conquer this fear. If you have always had the jitters since you first experienced turbulance, and spend every night of your holiday dreading the return trip, then why not give hypnosis a try? Fly without fear
Pain Management
We can see pain in different ways – there is short term pain, which can easily be medicated, chronic pain, which is a long term discomfort, and acute pain , which is often the result of injury or disease.
Matthew can teach an effective way for anyone to control their pain – fast. This can be invaluable in helping peple with deeply rooted conditions. The human body is a magnificent healing mechanism, and people can be taught how to switch the healing on.
As the subconscious mind does not judge suggestions, imagination and visualisation can be used to focus on thoughts and ideas that influence the body's reponses – promoting hypnotic anesthesia – total elimination of sensations of pain.
Chronic Fatigue/ME
Hypnotherapy has been shown to be effective in helping people to recover from chronic fatigue. There are, of course, many factors that lead to the start of chronic fatigue setting in, and full recovery may be a long time coming – but the advantage of having hypnosis recordings to play over and over means that you can change.
Sports Enhancement
A large part of achievement in sport is believing you can do it. This works like a self fulfilling prophesy.
Roger Bannister, the man who broke the four minute mile in the 1950's, said that it was easy once he had got his mind into a determined state. This set in process a shift in many people's belief systems – as many others were able to do it, once they believed it was possible. His acheivement changed a belief, and their attitudes changed – their bodies responded.
Many of today's top sportsmen and women use sports psychology, including hypnosis, to give them advanced performance. Tangible physical processes occur in the brain and body as a result of the athlete's thinking process. These can cause a change in physical performance. Part of this is learning the skills of self hypnosis in order to reach the state of singlemindedness that Roger Bannister had. You too can become a winner.
Effective Hypnosis worked with a low ranking professional rugby player in May 2014,on the issues of sports enhancement and gambling. In the autumn of 2014 he was able to join a first class team.
Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus have used hypnosis for golf success. Jimmy Connors has used hypnosis for tennis success. Gerald McClellan, supermiddleweight boxer in 1995, attibuted his success to hypnotherapy.
As reported by the BBC, in August 08, Australian Gold Medalist and World Record Setter, Steve Hooker, used hypnosis to help him win the Gold in Beijing.
Hypnosis can be really useful in helping people to focus, rather than panic, when they come to exams. Effective Hypnosis can teach people techniques to access the knowledge that they have stored in the marvelous computer of the mind, and to get it out in the concise and polished writing that is required.
We can't help you to pass something that you haven't studied, but we can help you to make the most of what you have.
Do –
learn some relaxation techniques
make sure you get enough sleep
don't forget to breathe – a pattern of breathing in through the nose – expanding the stomach, and out through the mouth- deflating the stomach, will make you feel much more relaxed and together
cut down on the high energy drinks, try apple juice
good luck. Make people proud.
Public Speaking
Many of the skills used in Sports Enhancement can be adapted to Public Speaking, which may improve job prospects, interview skills, and sales presentations. Many salesmen use techniques developed in NLP. Hypnosis will help you gain the edge .
A hypnobirth uses hypnotherapy techniques to help reduce pain during labour, with the idea that women use specific breathing exercises and visualisation techniques at different stages of labour to relax the body – helping to combat pain and lessening the need for an epidural.
Matthew has some experience in pain free childbirth hypnosis. Whilst he does recognise that most women will go to a woman therapist for this, it has been reported in the media ( April 2010 ) that a male therapist helped someone to have a pain free birth through work done in a hospital ward. For a fantastic HYPNOBIRTHING service for by a woman in the heart of Ealing go to www.josimons.co.uk .
The Daily Express reports, in May 2013, that the Duchess of Cambridge is considering a hypnobirth for the birth of her first child with Prince William. It goes on to say that hypnobrthing has been popular with Angelina Jolie and Jessica Alba.
The Daily Express reports, in August 2013, that a West Sussex hypnotherapist – Alex Lenkei – has hypnotised himself six times to get through invasive surgery without anaesthetic. He says that his pain control is better than the medical profession's and he heals a lot quicker because his body doesn't to get rid of all the chemicals. Explaining it, he adds "The brain is a very sophisticated computer and if you press the right buttons it will do amazing things – if you press the right buttons it will switch things off."
Many women would agree that the most painful experience that they could ever experience is childbirth. The good news in this is that anyone can learn self hypnosis skills for a PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH.
Matthew can help with SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION issues, that affect a large percentage of men. Many men are too embarrassed to discuss it, but Effective Hypnosis is there to help. We can also help with fertility issues.
Erectile Dysfunction
Doctors identify two types of ED – Primary ED – those who have never experienced an erection (this is rare) and Secondary ED – occurring in people that once had a regular erectile function. Secondary ED can be reversed.
Some medications may cause ED. Also Depression, Stress, Smoking, Alcohol or Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Kidney disorders, Nerve damage from diabetes Stroke
Common treatments are
Loss of libido
Depression – low levels of serotonine and dopamine can lead to lack of desire
Stress – producing cortisol and adenaline – that may turn off desire hormones
Alcohol and Drugs – disrupting the balance of chemicals in the body
Porn – which may reduce motivation for real contact,
and Obesity – which may lead to loss of energy.
Now, whilst hypnotherapy does not intend to interrupt a clinical treatment for depression, it can do a lot to bring the sunshine back into someone's life. We can influence how the body produces endorphins, to help people feel great again.
Hypnotherapy can have a great influence on stress levels and use up the fight or flight chemicals in a healthy fashion.
Hypnotherapy can end drug and alcohol addiction and need.
Hypnotherapy can end porn addiction.
Hypnotherapy can tackle obesity problems.
Hypnotherapy can be used to bring back the original desire and motivations that first attracted couples to each other.
Hypnotherapy is a valid treatment for loss of libido.
Chronic Fatigue – Matthew is accredited as a Chysalis Effect Practitioner (2012) He is happy to give hypnosis to chronic fatigue recoverers. See www.getyourlifebackfromme.com and www.mecfra.org
Irritable Bowel syndrome ( IBS )
IBS is commonly referred to as a disorder of the digestion and the gut. Sufferers may experience –
discomfort, pain, diarhea, excessive flatulance,
This can have a real impact on someone's life, preventing them from functioning effectively and enjoying life. In the United Kingdom there are thought to be 1.4 million sufferers at any one time. It is recognised by the medical establishment that stress plays a big part in people developing IBS. There is a complex connection between the brain and the digestive system – which is why mood often affects the way stomachs feel. The nerve cells that line the stomach send messages back and forth to and from the brain – and the gut responds to how we feel.
NICE guidelines include hypnotherapy as a recommended treatment.
"Recommendation: referral for psychological intterventions ( CBT, Hypnotherapy and /or psychological therapies ) should be considered for those who do not reapond to pharmacological treatments after twelve months."
In 2010, The Gloucestershire Royal Hospital reported a 90% success rate in tackling IBS through the use of hypnotherapy.
Peter Whorell, of Manchester University, says
" IBS is ideal for treatment with hypnosis, as there is no structural damage to the body. during the hypnosis sufferers learn how to influence and gain control of gut function and then seem to be able to change the way their brain modulates their gut activity."
Matthew has a four session program for tackling IBS, although each person is different , so the individual therapy sessions are bespoke to that individual.. Each session is recorded onto CD, and the idea is that regular listening will retrain the mind and body towards healing this syndrome. The benefits of hypnotherapy are able to overcome the stress related syndrone of IBS. This can lead to bodily transformation, and ultimately, life change.
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On July 19th 2013 Matthew was interviewed on LBC radio in a live phone in show regarding phobias. He told them ( and the listeners ) that most phobias could be eliminated in about an hour with a reputable hypnotherapist. Effective Hypnosis has a lot of experience in collapsing phobias, and helping people to live fear free lives.
'Faer' is an ancient English word meaning 'sudden danger', and apparent danger inspires fear. Phobus is the name of the Greek god who could strike terror into the minds of victims and drive the into the clutches of the god Pan – who would strike victims with uncontrollable behaviour – a Panic attack.
Fear is normal in situations where there is a real or specific danger. It can be an enjoyable experience if we are at a fairground seeking sensation, or going to see a thriller movie. It is a learned response, that can be unlearned.
Anxiety is an unpleasant emotional reaction, that can be accompanied by unwanted physical symptoms. The heart beats faster as adrenaline pumps into the blood. hearing and sight become distorted. Palpitations can set in, making it impossible to speak. You may become physically and emotionally exhausted. Fear comes from evaluating an event or situation, anxiety is an emotional reaction to that evaluation.
Phobia is an extreme kind of fear, out of proportion to what is required in the situation, that cannot be explained or reasoned away, it is largely beyond voluntary control and leads to avoidance.
What do we know?
According to statistics – one in nine people have a phobia of some sort;
one in twenty have a panic attack at some time in their lives.
Trauma, association with trauma, and avoidance, of people or situations, trigger phobias.
We are born with two fears – that is, fear of falling, and fear of loud noise. Any other fears are not innate, but learned fears. Therefore we can learn new responses to these.
Fear can arrest our decision making skills, causing us to avoid making any, and unable to break away from destructive habits.
How does hypnotherapy help?
It helps through tackling both the cause and the symptoms of the phobia. If we change the attitude from one of fight or flight to one of a relaxed response, we remove the fear.
Regression is used to identify the root cause of the phobia; we can then change attitudes to the root cause first, then subsequent attitudes to repeated events can also be changed, until the reaction is collapsed:
Thought Field Therapy will help to reframe your mind, by releasing the negative energy stuck in your mind and body – though tapping your accupuncture points
Traumatic Incident Recovery may be necessary to deal with post traumatc stress;
Eye Movement Therapy is used to remove memory of trauma;
Emotional Freedom Techniques are used to change trauma into positivity; again reframing the mind away from negative attitudes and building positive ones.
and Neuro Linguistic Programming is used to change attitudes – these are explained above in services.
We train the mind to completely reject previous negative patterns of thinking and reacting, and train them to create a solution to these patterns.
Past Life Regression is also used, if necessary, to uncover fears that seem hidden from one's experience. If we cannot find a root cause of a phobia in everyday experience, we may need to look for it elsewhere. This is not an"out there" exercise, but a tool that is used to facilitate change.
In December 2010 the Daily Mail reported that one in five women were afraid of going to the dentist. They report that extreme dental anxiety is noticed in 19% of women by the NHS Information Centre. This is also seen in 10% of men.
This may be due to a fear of imagined pain involved, a fear of needles, a fear of helplessness, or any other reason. Effective Hypnosis has been involved in hypnotising people in the dentist's chair. Hypnotherapy can help to examine and eliminate fears.
Fear of flying – Aviaphobia –
Matthew gets consulted on flying phobia quite often. Virgin Atlantic, who run a flying without fear course, estimate that one in five people have a fear of flying, but that about 95% of these can be cured of it.
There are a number of causes, sometimes associated with other phobias. Sometimes the cause is a fear of being trapped in an enclosed space for a long period of time; sometimes it is a fear for the safety of the aircraft; sometimes a worry about terrorist activity; sometimes a social phobia; sometimes a feeling of being out of control; sometimes post traumatic stress – the remembering of a previous event that leads to similar experiences becoming difficult – the incident remains in the sub-conscious and is readily activated by an associated stimulus.
But, statistically speaking, flying is a lot more safe than driving, and hypnotherapy can help people overcome their irrational fears.
Exam stress can make the mind go blank and prevent success. Matthew will help you to deal with exams without worry.
Hypnotherapy can help by altering the reactions, and establishing a more positive mindset. This can open up the world to people.
Other areas of expertise – Acrophobia – fear of heights, as above, this can be involved in flying phobia
Agoraphobia – fear of open spaces
Anthrophobia – fear of people, as above, this can be involved in flying phobia
Aracnophobia – fear of spiders – this is a common phobia, and can be similar to fear of tiny creatures
Aquaphobia – fear of water – Matthew has helped people here with regard to learning to swim
Claustrophobia – fear of closed spaces, as above, with flying phobia, also driving.
Hematophobia – fear of blood – this can be debilitating in choice of career
Lalophobia fear of public speaking – this can also involve exams, as well as public presentations. Matthew gets requests from people in the business world as well as students.
Ophidiophobia – fear of snakes
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What are the signs of depression?
The Depression Alliance suggests that if you are experiencing four or more of the following symptoms for most of the day, nearly everyday, for more than two weeks, then you should get help:
Tiredness and loss of energy, Persistent sadness, Loss of self confidence and self esteem, Difficulty concentrating, Not being able to enjoy things that are usually pleasurable, Undue feelings of guilt and worthlessness, Difficulty getting off to sleep or waking up much earlier than usual, Avoiding people, even your close friends, Finding it hard to function at work or at school, Loss of appetite, Loss of sex drive or sexual problems, Physical pains, Thinking about suicide and death, Self harm.
But the help available may not solve the problem. If a GP prescribes for six months anti depressants which don't do the job, what do you do?
We would not want to tell anybody to stop taking prescribed medication. Antidepressants are certainly effective at elevating mood by adjusting the activity levels of brain chemicals that control this. However, the British Medical Journal suggests that only 50% of antidepressants are effective in those that take them, , the remainder being misdiagnosed.
The May 2018 issue of Neroscience journal reports on discoveries at Hiroshima University. They note that depression mainly occurs in people that lack two chemicals – Serotonin and Norepinephrin (NE) and that 90% of drugs are based on this idea – artificially boosting the chemical presence in the bloodstream. However, they also note that 30% do not respond to the drugs. Yumiko Saito and Yuki Kobayashi conclude that "obviously we need a new drug"
Perhaps this is true, but perhaps what we need is a change in perception -there are internal chemicals that can be accessed via hypnosis and other methods that may alleviate mild depression
Learn to relax – try hypnosis, yoga or meditation;
Exercise – gentle pursuits such as walking or swimming lift your mood;
Changes to your diet – eating a nutrient rich diet with plenty of fresh fruit and veg can make you feel physically and psychologically better;
Get out and about – Interact with other people
Sunshine – Research shows that it can improve mood.
In 2012 there has been research, in Houston, suggesting that boosting vitamin D in women with mild to severe depression.
In 2013 researchers at a university in Toronto found that depression decreased significantly in those patients that had their insomnia cured, finding better results than those that took medication or placebo. Hypnotherapy helps here.
In 2015 scientists from Kyoto University published results in Scientific Reports on research into the Precuneus – the part of the brain associated with happiness. They found that the size of the precuneus in subjects could be increased through psychological training and meditation. Subsequently subjects overall happiness and hope for the future reflected an increase in psychological testing. Hypnotherapy an play an important role here, in changing people's brain cells positively without medication.
A survey of British women, in May 2017, showed that 25% revealed that they had been depressed in the past year.
How can hypnosis help?
Hypnosis can help in a number of ways in helping to change negative attitudes into positive ones –
an attitude of gratitude; giving hope in a positive future;feeling relaxed, calm and confident; taking pleasure in your activities,approval of the self;feeling healthy and strong, with a healthy appetite;taking pride in you accomplishments; taking responsibility for thoughts, feelings and for life; being focused and able to concentrate;an attitude of kindness.
Through hypnotic trance we access the subconscious mind and can implant attitudes that will protect against negative emotions taking hold. We can help change patterns of thought that may be deep seated in the mind. Changing the mind means changing your thinking, so you can rewire your brtain to change your attitudes through hypnosis. Hypnosis can put joy back into your inner mind. When we learn something new our brain changes through neuroplasticity. There are changes in the neural pathways of the brain so that we can retain information. This change can lead to life changes, so that we are not victims of circumstance, but can become masters of our future.
Thought Field Therapy will help you to reframe your mind .
EFT – Emotional Freedom Techniques – can help to heal depression by releasing the negative energy stuck in the mind and body. By tapping on the meridian points a shift in the meridian system can be created, taking someone away from their dark moods to ones of feeling good again.
In 2008 the New Scientist published an article saying that Heart Rate Variability rates could be lowered by slowing down the mind. HRV is the gold standard medical test in America for wellness. It has a tremendous implication for hypnotherapy, as using meditataion and hypnotherapy to slow down the mind can lead to physical body change. Listening to one of Matthew's hypnotherapy recordings can have the same therapeutic effects as going into deep state meditation.
David Hamilton, in his ground breaking book, It's the thought that counts, uses the analogy
If you cross a field of snow again and again you create a pathway. Hearing positive messages again and again crates a neural pathway in your mind, making therapeutic change easier.
Jack Dee told The Telegraph that he tackled depression with hypnotherapy in April 2011.
Hypnotherapy has the power to enable you to stick to a diabetic diet, or even to tackle the symptoms of diabetes – through influencing the pancreas to perform with perfection.
Hypnotherapy can help people to cope with the symptoms of hayfever. In May 2015 a former client posted on facebook that he had not suffered from hayfever for three years -since having hypnotherapy.
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If you are having problems you are not alone
Did you know that only 42% of those attempting it pass their driving test the first time? Usually this is because of a lack of confidence on the day. Hypnosis can help with driving test nerves, and also help to correct common mistakes.
Obviously it is going to be a lot easier for people to pick up the necessary skills if they already have co -ordination skills in other areas, such as skills picked up in playing an instrument, or sports, because the action has become, or will become, automatic.
And with the skill of driving – if you can become a person who acts automatically, responding to the unknown, without becoming worried, then you may find it easy to learn. By rehearsing the steps for the driving test, through hypnosis, the learner can become adept at them – because the mind will take on the idea that the routines that are practiced in hypnosis have actually taken place. With the use of our back up cds, you will have faced a driving test in trance many times, and responded marvelously. See our testimonials section and on www.thebestof.co.uk/local/ealing for an example of the power of hypnosis for driving test nerves.
How can hypnosis help?
Hypnotherapy boosts brain power, allowing you to concentrate better, avoid distractions and respond automatically and quickly.
Using the techniques of Thought Field Therapy Matthew can teach you how to banish nerves and become self confident. The driving test is nothing to be scared of, and Matthew can teach you techniques that will help you to drive effectively and competently.
Effective Hypnosis can give you the tools to pass with ease, and with flying colours. See our testimonials section for evidence of our success.Jack Dee says that he tackled his depression with hypnotherapy, in The Daily Telegraph in April 2011.
Matthew Hall can be contacted on 07732391008, or 01895 810772, vi email – email@example.com


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- Invest in a mini hoover, they are fairly inexpensive now days and if you are going to have to run around after your child anyway you may as well have a mini hoover in hand. It will save you work for later and there will be less of a trail of disruption behind the little ones, so you can relax a little more.
- Lego and plastic toys sometimes go on their fair share of journeys and on the way pick up plenty of germs and dirt. Sitting around the floor they are often picking up grime and hair that sticks to something sticky. You don't even want to know what that something sticky is! A great way to deal with toys is to put them through a regular wash in your washing machine. Use and underwear garment bag to keep them all together and they will come out sparkly clean and ready to be used again. Use a basket or box to dump toys in after bed.
- Permanent marker, crayons and paint tend to get everywhere, no matter how carefully you laid out that newspaper on the table. Fingers have a habit of wandering, before you know it you are having to look into professional carpet and upholstery cleaning Kensington. Rubbing alcohol is the best tip for removing this artistic graffiti from anywhere other than the paper its supposed to be on.
- We all have to admit to sometimes having to use the microwave for heating up those kids meals. Especially if you make a few in advance and then freeze them for the week. Microwaves can get particularly dirty and even during kitchen cleaning tend to be missed or left till last. Heat up a little bowl of lemon juice and vanilla extract. The lemon juice steam will loosen any dirt so you can simply wipe it clean and your vanilla with create a fresh fragrance. It also works with oven cleaning, you just need a larger bowl.
- If you are potty training then prevent unwanted overspills from ruining your bathroom floor by using wee pads made for puppies. You can by puppy pads at any pet store or online. By putting them beneath the toilet your mind can rest as they are absorbent and easily soak up any accidents. Great for putting underneath the sheet on your child's bed as well for any bedwetting incidents.
- If you have a spillage of any powdery substances, particularly make up which tends to sit in drawers hidden in the corners and turning everything that comes into contact with it a trendy shade. Turn to the Play dough in your home and let it pick all the powder up. You can really press it into the corners to get all the little bits up as well.
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We discuss the governing forces for analytics, especially concerning citizens' behaviours and their transactions, that depend on which of three spheres of operation an institution is in (corporate, public sector/government and academic). We argue that aspirations and missions also differ by sphere even as digital spaces have drawn these spheres ever closer together. We propose that citizens' expectations and implicit permissions for any exploitation of their data require the perception of a fair balance of benefits, which should be transparent (accessible to citizens) and justifiable. We point out that within the corporate sphere most analytics does not concern identity, targeted marketing nor any direct interference with individual citizens; but instead it supports strategic decision-making, where the data are effectively anonymous. With the three spheres we discuss the nature of models deployed in analytics, including 'black-box' modelling uncheckable by a human mind, and the need to track the provenance and workings or models. We also examine the recent evolution of personal data, where some behaviours, or tokens, identifying individuals (unique and yet non-random) are partially and jointly owned by other individuals that are themselves connected. We consider the ability of heavily and lightly regulated sectors to increase access or to stifle innovation. We also call for clear and inclusive definitions of 'data science and analytics', avoiding the narrow claims of those in technical sub-sectors or sub-themes. Finally, we examine some examples of unethical and abusive practices. We argue for an ethical responsibility to be placed upon professional data scientists to avoid abuses in the future.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Rooing Gutes!
Sweeping up the tufts of dog furballs around the house yesterday made me think of the Gute sheep we saw on Gotland. They were "rooing"...naturally shedding their fleeces... the way primitive breeds of sheep do, and I was able to capture a pretty good picture of it.
I took these photos of a small flock of the Gutes that remain on the south western shores of the island. In 1920 only 20 of these Viking age sheep remained, but thanks to efforts on both Gotland and Faro, this breed seems saved from extinction (tho' I wouldn't say it's thriving based on how hard they were to find!)
Originally belonging to the Finnish Landrace family of sheep, the Gutes from Gotland were horned (even the ewes and sometimes with 4 horns, not just 2!) and came in many colors, as you can see from the various photos here. The Vikings, who frequented Gotland, crossed them with Romanov and Karakul sheep that they brought from their travels in Russia. As a result, the Gute genes were diluted, the animals lost their horns, stopped rooing and became all grey. This crossed sheep, then became it's own breed and is what we know today as the Gotland (Palsfar) sheep.
I'd have loved to have found a fleece of Gute to buy while there so I could experiment with it- I imagine it felts really well- but the Gutes were hard to find and, as you can see, they still had their fleeces on anyway! Bunches of their wool was lying all about the paddock that the sheep had already rooed (sp?), but I could only reach a few locks that had dropped on the ground and nobody was around to inquire about purchasing a Gute fleece, so I'll have to content myself with felting this absolutely gorgeous Gotland fleece I was able to purchase there. The Gotland ewe pictured here with her triplets was grazing in the yard of an amazing 13th century church in Tofta.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Do you make to sell or sell what you make?
The quilters were in town for the big annual Vermont Quilt Show last week. Groups of them stop back in each year when they're in Vermont and new ones find me. As one group checked out & left the store, I heard one say to another "oh, there was just so much to see and so much to feel there wasn't enough time"(they'd been here over an hour)to which another in the group responded "that is just the coolest shop we've ever been in, seriously, EVER, don't you think?"!
So I had to share (not because these remarks were so unusual... I am paid compliments directly about the shop remarkably often) but because it caused me to think about what aspect of the shop it was that made it stand out so memorably with that group that had essentially "knit-shop-hopped" the eastern seaboard on their way to the show.
This reflection led me back to that recurring dilemma I grapple with constantly ... for those of us who have turned our passion into our livelihood - do we make/do what we think will sell, OR, do we reserve our time & energy to make what we creatively want to and then hope the money will follow? I usually do some of each, but always ending up erring on the side of doing what I think more people would actually make and wear than making what I creatively want to (afterall, it's not the ohs and ahs that keep kibbles in Chloe's bowl!).
And yet, it seems to be these "outlier" projects that elicit the oohs! that seem to leave the lasting impression and which seem to be one of the main reasons so many out-of-towners hyperventilate when they visit(I wish I had tape recorded 2 ladies who stopped in from Montreal last week....it was about an hour of that famous scene from When Harry Meets Sally!).
So this year, newly reinspired by the art and traditions witnessed on my recent vacation to Russia, Estonia & Gotland, I'm testing that "field of dreams" approach and going for broke....I just chose 6 projects from my queue of "projects-I-want-to-do-that-probably-nobody-will-buy-material-for-because-no-one-in-their-right-mind-would-want-to-take-the-time-or-spend-the-amount-of-money-they-cost-to-make-them" and I've decided to treat myself to the indulgence of putting the time and money into them even if nobody ever buys the materials to make them too!
A new approach for me....let's hope I can stick to it. It sounds so obvious... of course you do what you're inspired to do and the money will follow, but since my vendors don't accept oohs and aahs for payment there may be times throughout the year that my resolve wavers!
If you struggle with the create vs. make to sell balance, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Pink Silkworms!
If you've been to sheep & wool shows or seen colorful silk cocoons for sale on line (like the ones I dyed here), they are cocoons that have been dyed AFTER the cocoon was spun. And, importantly to the fiber artist, the dye will disappear from these pretty little cocoons once you enzymatically remove the sericin (the substance the worm ejects along with the silk protein to makes the cocoon hard and help protect the worm from predators while it develops into the moth). And you'll be left with either white or tan cocoons, depending on whether the cocoons dyed were the cultivated Bombyx Mori (bright white) or cocoons of the wild type moth (which eats leaves with tannin in them so the silk they spin is "discolored" a lovely earthy tan color). But now the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and REsearch has come up with a way of integrating the color into the actual protein as the cocoon is spun! So the cocoon is colored and the silk remains colored after removing the sericin. Even the worm turns the color of the dye it is going to produce (see photo below)! I'm not sure how I feel about this advance in fiber technology yet. The aim is to reduce the need to commercially dye silk to make it cheaper and I suppose this might be a better thing for the environment? Anyway... this week a customer (whose husband is a chemical engineer, I believe) brought in an article from one of his trade journals about introducing fluorescent rhodamine dyes in with the mulberry leaves so that the worm eats the dye right along with the leaves so the dye molecule is actually integrated into the fibroin protein of the silk and becomes a permanent aspect of the silk fiber. The range of colors so far developed are nothing to write home about (in my mind, anyway) and the story is still out on whether the color will be light fast and also whether the integration of the dye into the protein molecule changes the strength, sheen, or softness of the natural silk. But I thought it was interesting to know about, so thought I'd share it...
And by the way, if you want to learn more about how silk is harvested from cocoons or how to knit directly from the coccoon, I have more information here on the website. Here are a few last photos of some 8th generation Vermont silk cocoons I raised here a few years back!
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Back to the Future?
I finished up my Gottland project but forgot to photograph all the finished projects before shipping them off for XMAS gifts, so I only have these 2 knitting accessory pouches for show & tell....I ended up using them as a canvas to play with some embroidery stitching and as good practice for putting in zippers....after knitting 4 of these, I think I could add zippers to knitted garments in my sleep! The only mittens I ended up knitting -so far- from the Gottland fleece was a pair of solid dark gray pop up paws for my brother Eric, who resides on the Outer Banks and spends lots of cold blustery winter days casting from shore with his fishing buddies.
The fleeces were lovely to work with....I really enjoyed the way they felt to spin and knit. The lanolin was quite nice for my dry fingertips. I still have quite a bit of the fleece left and will spin it up at a finer gauge later this month so I can knit up a couple pair of the Gotland mitten patterns for store models. I was disappointed that the patterns I had intended to knit for XMAS just didn't look great at the gauge of yarn I had spun originally....so you work with what you have and these accessory pouches were fun to make and will be well used.
In the meantime tho', I've taken a break from spinning the Gottland and returned to a felting project I've been working on "on and off" for the past couple of years....felting every breed of sheep I can get my hands on! It's been fun to seek out representative fleeces of the various breeds...some typical (Cormo, Shetland, Icelandic, Wenslydale, etc) and other more unusual breeds (California Red, CVM, Tunis, Polwarth, Teeswater, etc), to see how differently they felt and how different the fabrics rendered are.
In addition to felting a 30 gm 10x10 sample of each, I'd been making a finished product of each, but realized recently that I'd either gifted or sold many of the finished goods. So now I'm embarking this winter on the task of re-making either a hat or bag or pillow in each of the breeds that I didn't keep a "finished" representation of so that in the end I'll have a pretty comprehensive "library" of samples for teaching purposes.
One of the interesting samples I came across as I was sifting thru my documentation last week was of a California Red fleece. The fine red "kemp" in the fleece wasn't so obvious in the batt, but after felting, it is really what predominated in the sample....not sure my photograph tells the picture as much as it shows "live".... and the difference in the finished felt is quite remarkable!
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 47 Razorback tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to seventh-ranked Ole Miss on Friday at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center in Oxford, Miss. Arkansas (10-11, 2-7) picked up its point at No. 5 singles with a straight-sets win by freshman Chris Nott.
Nott defeated Kalle Norberg, 6-3, 7-6(2), to earn his third-straight victory and 22nd win of the season. The Razorback freshman's win total leads the team. With the win, Nott evened his conference record at 4-4 and tallied his 11th dual-match victory of the season.
The Rebels (16-4, 7-2) gained the 1-0 lead by winning the doubles point with victories at the first and second positions. Robbye Poole and Matthias Wellermann beat Colin Mascall and Dmitry Lebedev, 8-5, at No 2 doubles, and the fifth-ranked team of Erling Tveit and Jonas Berg clinched the point with its 8-5 win over Blake Strode and Matt Hogan at the top spot. Nott and Taylor King trailed, 7-5, in their match with Jakob Klaeson and Tucker Vorster when the doubles point was clinched and the match on court three was suspended.
Tveit and Poole pushed the Ole Miss lead to 3-0 with victories over Strode and Lebedev, respectively, at No. 1 and 3 singles. Tveit, ranked No. 30 in singles, posted a 6-4, 6-3 win and No. 46 Poole earned a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Lebedev.
The dual was clinched at No. 2 singles when Wellermann topped Mascall in a tight, straight-sets win, 6-4, 7-6(3). The Ole Miss indoor facility has three courts, so No. 4-6 singles were played after the completion of the matches at the top of the lineup.
The Rebels extended their lead to 6-0 with wins on courts four and six. Hogan and Tyler Tarnasky were beaten by identical scores of 6-1, 6-1 by Berg and Klaeson, respectively. Nott's win over Norberg was the final match of the dual on court.
The Razorbacks will look to rebound against the No. 49 Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sunday. The match is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Center in Starkville. Log on to www.hogwired.com for live stats and complete results.
#7 Ole Miss 6, #47 Arkansas 1
April 4, 2008
Oxford, Miss.Singles1. Erling Tveit (OM) def. Blake Strode (UA), 6-4, 6-3*2. Matthias Wellermann (OM) def. Colin Mascall (UA), 6-4, 7-6(3)3. Robbye Poole (OM) def. Dmitry Lebedev (UA), 6-3, 6-44. Jonas Berg (OM) def. Matt Hogan (UA), 6-1, 6-15. Chris Nott (UA) def. Kalle Norberg (OM), 6-3, 7-6(2)6. Jakob Klaeson (OM) def. Tyler Taranasky (UA), 6-1, 6-1
Doubles1. Tveit/Berg (OM) def. Hogan/Strode (UA), 8-52. Poole/Wellermann (OM) def. Mascall/Lebedev (UA), 8-53. Tucker Vorster/Klaeson (OM) vs. King/Nott (UA), 7-5 (susp.)
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Name: Marie Jean-Claude
From: Miami, Florida
Grade: 12
School: Florida International University
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Marie Jean-Claude
Youth Forward Scholarship
Back in middle school, I was a part of
Drug Free Youth In Town, an organization which informs young students
about the effects of drugs and urged them to say "No" when it comes
to drugs. There were meetings held at the media center almost every
Tuesday or Friday. During the meetings, I learned about marijuana,
cocaine, nicotine, cigarettes, and other drugs. While being provided
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every field trip that I attended. As a drug free student, I was
required to complete a minimum of twenty five community service
A few months later, I volunteered at
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children up to the age of eight. . As a volunteer, my
responsibilities at church were checking attendance, passing out
snacks, and walking them downstairs as soon as Sunday school was
over. Sometimes I distributed crayons for them to color. First, I sat
down checking attendance and gathered money. When I finished checking
attendance, and collecting money from each youngster, I told Jean St.
Paul, one of the pastors in charge of the church the results of the
attendance so that he would can put them on the computer. Then I
passed out crayons to the little ones. After they finished eating and
coloring, I walked around to throw away snack wrappers, and Caprisuns
until all of them were done. They were thrown into the trash
afterwards. In addition to that, Mitsy and Josette, two other
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kids got back to the church.
During my eight grade year, I didn't
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My responsibilities were to clean, put away cans, leaves, food, and
bottles into the bag. There was a point when I took a peek at seaweed
lying down on the sand of the beach, so I decided to pick it up and
hurl it away. Although it was extremely hot and exhausting doing
this, it made me realize how much things can get done with so much
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Two years later, I offered to lend
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Edison Senior High School for two hours during my spare time
afterschool. At Edison high, I taped posters on the wall in the
hallways, classrooms, wiped the boards, fasten the desks, filed,
graded papers, and assisted Ms. Cole, ninth grade reading teacher
with editing Yearbook. Since Edison High is across from Edison
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classroom. Everything had to be straightened out. Over the summer, I
took out some dirt and anything that was polluting the grass at Oleta
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freshmen factual information on sessions like relationships, drugs,
and mental health inspired them to be aware of issues that transpire
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four community service hours.
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Caroline Springs is the newest railway station in Melbourne, situated on the Ballarat line between Deer Park & Rockbank. It officially opens tomorrow but earlier today V/Line & PTV held a community open day where members of the public could check out the new station. I decided to head down.
View of the station taken from the entrance. Access is provided to the platform with an underpass with stairs and ramps. I'm happy to report that the platform & ramp provide good spots for railfanning with great views of the train line & the Boral sidings.
A view of the ticket office situated right in the middle of the island platform.
Another view of the ticket office. As you may have noticed the station has the same architectural style as Williams Landing. I'm not a fan as the shelters are built too high and slope upwards, offering potentially dismal weather protection. Architects never seem to learn their lessons do they?
Unlike Williams Landing though Caroline Springs doesn't have a long ramp right through the middle of the island platform, so some of the space in the middle of the platform is adequately sheltered.
Yet oddly enough the space between these two 'shelters' has been left wide open. Cost-cutting measures perhaps.
Inside the air-conditioned enclosed waiting room with the toilets.
A Ballarat bound Vlocity passing through.
A view of the bus interchange. As Craig pointed out, it's odd that the bus stop for the 460 has been located on the second bus bay which has no facilities at all and is further away from the station entrance.
Kastoria #55 Volvo B7RLE (Bustech) was on display. This will be one of the buses operating route 460 which will extend to the new station tomorrow. To my surprise they didn't display a bus in PTV livery. Makes me wonder if any additional buses were acquired to implement the first stage of the new bus network.
A Nationwide Tours King Long was providing shuttles between the new station and the centre of Caroline Springs.
Overall I don't think it's a bad station but it certainly could have been designed better. I'm sure the locals don't care though. They're probably just happy to have a train service after years of political inaction.


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Tamasha in Bandargaon
Another book by an Indian Author with which I had high hopes as it came recommended by a very good friend who himself is a hitech Literary guy – if you know what I mean. Gotta read his review if he himself liked it as he gifted it to me a while back and I finished it today – again dashing all my hopes from the current crop of writers. Although it did give me that feeling that the writer is a definitely a Hrishikesh Mukherjee fan as its a very simple story based on the suburbs of Mumbai with real life characters and he actually does justice to all of them by the time it ends. Nothing very exciting, thirlling or comical but yes, it didnt either disappointed me as well. Story revolved around a couple of main characters like an MLA who wants to make it big in politics but whose luck revolves around a misprinted two rupee currency note and how it helps him is the only silver lining in this otherwise doomed story. Another good character is a maids daughter who wants to elope with her good for nothing boy friend who manages a illegal gambling den. One good thing that I liked about this book is its based on an area where I lived almost a decade myself (Not very far from it actually) and could very well gel with the description provided. This can be called a nice book for a long train journey written in small chapters with a little twist here and a little turn there, will not recommend it very highly but still makes up for a quick easy reading. Am I going to read another from the same writer? Naay.


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Saw this interesting article this morning on Project Syndicate.
Others argue that Western democracies have the opposite problem: a surfeit of narrow, politically assertive interests leads to underinvestment and poor tradeoffs between present and future opportunities and performance.
This brings us to a crucial obstacle: Government, business, financial, and academic elites are not trusted. Lack of trust in elites is probably healthy at some level, but numerous polls indicate that it is in rapid decline, which surely increases citizens' reluctance to delegate authority to navigate an uncertain global economic environment.
The conclusions of this article seem fairly obvious to me, but I think it's important to acknowledge that our real problem is that the institutions of government are no longer trusted.
Claims that our leadership, institutions, analyses, or policy instruments are inadequate to the task at hand surely contain a kernel of truth. But the deeper problem is a breakdown in precisely such values and goals – that is, a weakening of social cohesion. Restoring it will require analysts, policymakers, business leaders, and civil-society groups to clarify causes, share blame for mistakes, pursue flexible solutions in which costs are shared equitably, and, most important, explain that hard problems cannot be solved overnight.
Government requires trust. Citizens must trust government officials and institutions, government must trust citizens, and political parties must at some level trust each other. I'm not talking blind "Charlie Brown, Lucy, and a football" trust, but some level of trust. Many of the players have done quite a bit to lose our trust. Many elements of our system are not trustworthy. But it hasn't been completely driven from our ideologies yet. Conservatives trust corporate entities and the "invisible hand" of the market to deliver positive outcomes (bizarre, I know, given their distrust of government to behave in a similarly ethical way, but it's still there). Liberals trust people to largely behave in moral, ethical ways and not abuse various social programs and power structures.
It seems fairly obvious to me that Reagan trusted the Soviets more than the modern GOP (and their base) trusts Democrats. And it is true that I would argue that on balance the right has a bigger problem here than the left does, but I think we all could (I can't believe I'm about to quote Reagan) stand to have a little more "trust, but verify" in our government.
When you have to pass a law that prohibits members of Congress from engaging in insider trading it says a lot about the lack of trust you're talking about.
You are right. It's a good law, but a shame we had to pass it. Public trust in our institutions has been terribly eroded, but not without cause.
I don't think the right's current approach – calling our current President a secret Muslim socialist from Kenya (which is clearly *without* cause) – helps.
The fact that half of the members of Congress are millionaires and the rest are not far behind tells a big story. More and more people are beginning to see that we are being ruled by rich people who have no clue as to how the rest of us live and couldn't care less. The very people who are screaming for deficit reduction are the ones who spent this country into oblivion to begin with. Paul Ryan's own record is a blatant contradiction to what he is preaching. The interim State Superintendent used his previous district's credit card repeatedly for personal use then tried to make it look like a simple mistake saying the colors of the two card were the same. C'mon man. We're supposed to trust that lame explanation. That's something a teenager would say not someone in a high profile leadership position.
Well written Brian. I dare say there are some very profound things to contemplate in your assessment.
There is a particular phase that I have always remembered that is just
as profound as what you have written and actually expands the concept
beyond politics and government.
"Harmony is the strength and support of all institutions"
This phrase can be applied to just about any aspect of our daily lives
if you think about "institutions" in a general way. Marriage is an
institution, as well as any organization.
What is the opposite of harmony?
Discord and distrust. What does discord and distrust beget? Division and weakness, hence, "Divided We Fall"
How do we achieve "Harmony"?
It has to begin with trust…………..


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A South Carolina bus driver was able to evacuate all 56 students from a smoking bus in minutes before it went up in flames.
The fire happened Tuesday around 7 a.m. in Duncan, S.C. The school district shared on Facebook that students were headed to an elementary school, an intermediate school for fifth and sixth graders, and a freshman academy.
Bus driver Teresa Stroble jumped into action when two ninth graders told her they saw smoke in the back of the bus.
"Teresa Stroble, a 7 year veteran driver and teacher assistant for our district, did exactly as she was trained and quickly and calmly evacuated all 56 students from the bus, and got them to a safe location," the Facebook post reads. "She is a true hero!!!"
The cause of the fire is under investigation.


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There were 82 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday. At the time there were 1,566 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
There were 82 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday. At the time there were 1,566 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
DUI checkpoint: Officers inspected 508 cars at a checkpoint in the northbound lanes of Wilson Way, just south of Roosevelt and arrested five people on suspicion of driving under the influence. Six others were evaluated for DUI and found to be under the .08 legal limit, 33 citations were issued and 26 vehicles were impounded.
Robbery: A 46-year-old woman reported she was stopped at a red light at California and Lafayette streets when a man accosted her at her window, reached in and grabbed her purse off her lap. The victim attempted to hold on to the purse, but the suspect pulled it way from her. He took her wallet and threw the purse and the remainder of its contents back into the car. The suspect, wearing a brown T-shirt and blue jeans, was last seen heading south from the location.
Robbery arrest: Police arrested Elizabeth Acevedo of the 500 block of W. Martin Luther King Blvd. for armed robbery. A 46-year-old male victim reported being robbed at knifepoint by Acevedo, and police located her a short distance away in possession of the stolen property.
Stolen vehicle: Officers attempted to stop a vehicle, reported stolen out of Patterson, and when the vehicle's driver failed to yield, a pursuit ensued. Because of high speeds, officers terminated the chase, and the driver crashed the vehicle through a fence at Zephyr Street and Producers Drive and successfully fled the area.
Neighborhood sweep: California Highway Patrol and Stockton Police officers teamed to patrol areas plagued by violent crime, street robberies, gang activity and street level narcotics. Stockton police officers conducted 22 stops, issued five citations, arrested two suspects on felony drug charges, arrested one suspect for robbery and conducted 10 probation/parole searches.
The California Highway Patrol responded to 11 non-injury traffic collisions and two injury traffic collisions in the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. on Sunday. Additionally, CHP arrested 15 people on charges of driving under the influence and recovered two stolen vehicles.


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For those of you who are in the Orange County/Los Angeles/San Diego area and are interested in Adobe CQ, Sling and JCR/Jackrabbit I wanted to point out that we are starting a user group. More information can be found at http://www.meetup.com/OC-CQ-Sling-JCR-User-Group/
We are meeting every first Wednesday of the Month from 6:30pm to 9pm at the Lake Forest/El Toro Public Library. They have a nice community room that we can use.
Our first speaker will be Andrew Khoury from Adobe – he will present on the topic of 'CQ Performance Analysis : Optimizing Response Time'.
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Jeremy Reed: Reed garnered accolades mainly for his defense in his rookie season, as he wasn't the .300 hitter many forecasts called for. He'll improve across the board in '06, and could become David DeJesus with more SBs eventually. For now I predict .270-10-55 with 78 runs and 17 steals. He's certainly capable of beating my runs and batting average projections and vaulting up this list in '06.Former Dirtbag Jason Vargas is featured in this piece at TCPalm.com (free registration required):
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Hyundai has introduced the US-spec Tucson SUV during the 2015 New York Auto Show
Hyundai has introduced the US-spec Tucson SUV during the 2015 New York Auto Show.
Compared to its European twin, the only notable changes are limited to the repositioned LED daytime running lights that have been installed above the fog lights. The car features the same upscale design with a Santa Fe-like chrome hexagonal radiator grille and sweptback headlights.
The North American version of the SUV will be offered with two petrol engines – a 2.0-liter with 164 HP (121 kW) and 205 Nm (151 lb-ft), coupled with a 6-speed automatic gearbox, and a 1.6-liter turbo with 175 HP (129 kW) and 264 Nm (195 lb-ft), mated to a 7-speed EcoShift dual-clutch transmission.
The average fuel consumption for the 2.0 FWD model stands at 23 mpg (city), 31 mpg (highway) and 26 mpg (combined), while the 1.6 turbo FWD variant returns 25 mpg/30 mpg/27 mpg.
Sales of the 2016 Tucson are scheduled to start in July this year with prices to be announced soon.


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Some of the following tributes were spoken at Toni's memorial held October 12, 2013 at the Center, others are written submissions. The spoken tributes were edited by the speakers.
Bob Dattola – There will be time during lunch of course to continue these wonderful conversations that we're all having with everyone that we haven't seen in years. Most of us spent at least some time with Toni–at the Zen Center, here at Springwater, or as friends and family in her presence. Each in our own way, we are grateful for her life with us. Now we'll have an opportunity to share anything about our life with Toni, our experiences, memories, anything, and we've talked briefly about how this will work. So we'll just sit quietly and when somebody wants to say something, nobody has to give permission for anyone to talk. I think it would be best if people would just stand up and sing or talk or whatever you want to do. And then at the end, around one o'clock, Stew, who is here somewhere, Stew is going to lead us in "Let it Be." Is that correct Stew? So can everybody just be quiet for a minute and feel free to stand up and say whatever you'd like. Thank you.
Elsebeth Holm – A couple of years ago I was on retreat here, and I think it was at the end of October or November and it was a miserable day. It was one of those days, it was cloudy and rainy and drizzling, and I went out for a walk in the meadow, and of course it was very still. I had never written a poem before in my life well maybe unless it was assigned in grade school or something like that and not at all good at it. But in this moment it kind of just flowed out of stillness. It never felt right to share it at the time, but it feels right now.
So it's called "Presence."
"Venturing down a path unknown, a gentle rain begins to fall, so easily absorbed by the Earth. I gaze up, overpowered by the ominous clouds gathering and gliding across the sky, Pausing, mesmerized by their myriad of shades and the vastness of the sky, simply embracing the earth and gracefully holding the space. A sudden shiver runs up my spine as the fury of the wind makes itself known. Wildly thrashing the blades of grasses in the meadow. The now fading leaves of autumn hurriedly making their escape while the majestic trees stand sturdy, waving their branches in unison. Then struck by the expanse of the rolling hills, with an eerie fog lingering in the valley slowly rising. This morning I thought, 'What a miserable day,' but now I can see the mystery reveal itself in the timeless presence of Oneness."
I share this with deep gratitude, respect and love for Toni, who I only had the opportunity to meet three times by her bedside, but whom I love and feel like I know her through her tapes and her talks and the light in her eyes.
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