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Meditation is a practice through which the individual aims to reach a quiet state of mind or consciousness (awareness).
- Rahula, develop meditation that is like the earth. .... Just as people throw clean things and dirty things, excrement, urine, spittle, pus, and blood on the earth, and the earth is not horrified, humiliated, and disgusted because of that, so too, Rahula, develop meditation that is like the earth.
- Gautama Buddha, Majjhima Nikaya, B. Nanamoli and B. Bodhi, trans. (1995), Sutta 62, verse 13, p. 529
- Rahula, develop meditation that is like water. ... Just as people wash clean things and dirty things, excrement, urine, spittle, pus, and blood in water, and the water is not horrified, humiliated, and disgusted because of that, so too, Rahula, develop meditation that is like water.
- Gautama Buddha, Majjhima Nikaya, B. Nanamoli and B. Bodhi, trans. (1995), Sutta 62, verse 14, p. 530
- It is essential to every inquiry about duty that we keep before our eyes how far superior man is by nature to cattle and other beasts: they have no thought except for sensual pleasure and this they are impelled by every instinct to seek; but man's mind is nurtured by study and meditation.
- Cicero, On Duties, 1.105
- My third maxim was to endeavor always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world, and in general, to accustom myself to the persuasion that, except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. ... This single principle seemed to me sufficient to prevent me from desiring for the future anything which I could not obtain, and thus render me contented; for since our will naturally seeks those objects alone which the understanding represents as in some way possible of attainment, it is plain, that if we consider all external goods as equally beyond our power, we shall no more regret the absence of such goods as seem due to our birth, when deprived of them without any fault of ours, than our not possessing the kingdoms of China or Mexico; and thus making, so to speak, a virtue of necessity, we shall no more desire health in disease, or freedom in imprisonment, than we now do bodies incorruptible as diamonds, or the wings of birds to fly with. But I confess there is need of prolonged discipline and frequently repeated meditation to accustom the mind to view all objects in this light; and I believe that in this chiefly consisted the secret of the power of such philosophers as in former times were enabled to rise superior to the influence of fortune, and, amid suffering and poverty, enjoy a happiness which their gods might have envied. For, occupied incessantly with the consideration of the limits prescribed to their power by nature, they became so entirely convinced that nothing was at their disposal except their own thoughts, that this conviction was of itself sufficient to prevent their entertaining any desire of other objects; and over their thoughts they acquired a sway so absolute, that they had some ground on this account for esteeming themselves more rich and more powerful, more free and more happy, than other men who, whatever be the favors heaped on them by nature and fortune, if destitute of this philosophy, can never command the realization of all their desires.
- René Descartes, Discourse on Method (1637), J. Veitch, trans. (1899), part 3, pp. 24-28
- The old dispute about the relative virtues of the active way and the contemplative way is a spurious one. We require both. They are phases of a single rhythm like the pulsing of the heart, the in-drawing and letting go of breath, the ebb and flow of the tides. So we go deep, deep inwards in meditation to consolidate our vital energy, and then, with greater love and wisdom, we come out into the family, the community, the world.
- Eknath Easwaran, God Makes the Rivers Flow (1982), pp. 18-19
- Meditation takes chaos and begins magically morphing it into nothing.
- Michael Scott Gallegos, "Internally Strewn Selves: The 'All' Surprisingly Includes Everything" (Oct 5, 2014)
- Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give,
And study how to die, not how to live.
- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, Meditations on Death, Stanza 1; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 504.
- Meditation … puts into question more or less everything you tend to do in your search for happiness. But if you lose sight of this, it can become just another strategy for seeking happiness—a more refined version of the problem you already have.
- Perhaps the most important thing one can discover through the practice of meditation is that the "self"—the conventional sense of being a subject, a thinker, an experiencer living inside one's head—is an illusion.
- Happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour,
And, in the depths of heavenly peace reclined,
Loves to commune with thoughts of tender power,—
Thoughts that ascend, like angels beautiful,
A shining Jacob's-ladder of the mind!
- Paul H. Hayne, Sonnet IX; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 504.
- The standard Christian conscience does not permit the believer to look upon the self and find beauty, goodness, natural kindness, strength. Self-knowledge is tainted with self-hatred. The rules of the game of the Christian conscience are such that, when I look within, I must take the blame for all evil, all hardness of the heart that I find, but give God all the credit for any evidence of love. ... It is not surprising that the practice of meditation ... has remained under a cloud in the West, and that we have, consequently, created a culture of extroverts.
- Sam Keen, The Passionate Life (1992), p. 162
- When you smoke herb, herb reveal yourself to you. All the wickedness you do, the herb reveal itself to yourself, your conscience, show up yourself clear, because herb make you meditate. Is only a natural t'ing and it grow like a tree.
- Bob Marley, as reported in Martin Booth, Cannabis: A History (2005), p. 366
- This peculiar type of mental state is sometimes called a "Mystical Experience" or "Rapture," "Ecstasy," or "Bliss." Some who undergo it call it "wonderful," but a better word would be "wonderless," because I suspect that such a state of mind may result from turning so many [inner] Critics off that one cannot find any flaws in it. ... such experiences can be dangerous—for some victims find them so compelling that they devote the rest of their lives to trying to get themselves back to that state again.
- Marvin Minsky, The Emotion Machine (2006).
- Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a "mystical" state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar to us.
- Nyanaponika, The Heart of Buddhist Meditation (1965), p. 24.
- Attention or mindfulness is kept to a bare registering of the facts observed, without reacting to them by deed, speech or by mental comment which may be one of self-reference (like, dislike, etc.), judgment or reflection. If during the time, short or long, given to the practice of Bare Attention, any such comments arise in one's mind, they themselves are made objects of Bare Attention, and are neither repudiated nor pursued, but are dismissed, after a brief mental note has been made of them.
- Nyanaponika, The Heart of Buddhist Meditation (1965), p. 30.
- This method of transforming disturbances to meditation into objects of meditation, as simple as it is ingenious, may be regarded as the culmination of non-violent procedure. It is a device very characteristic of the spirit of Satipatthana, to make use of all experiences as aids on the path. In that way enemies are turned into friends; for all these disturbances and antagonistic forces become our teachers, and teachers, whoever they may be, should be regarded as friends.
- Nyanaponika, "The power of mindfulness"
- Meditation on any theme, if positive and honest, inevitably separates him who does the meditating from the opinion prevailing around him, from that which ... can be called "public" or "popular" opinion.
- José Ortega y Gasset, What is Philosophy? (1964), p. 15
- Man holds an inward talk with his self alone, which it behooves him to regulate well.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1699; 1958 translation), § 535.
- Fixing the consciousness on one point or region is concentration (dhāraṇā). A steady, continuous flow of attention directed towards the same point or region is meditation (dhyāna). When the object of meditation engulfs the meditator, appearing as the subject, self-awareness is lost. This is samādhi.
- Patanjali, Yoga Sutras, verse 3,as translated by B.K.S.Iyengar in Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (1993).
- Union is restraining the thought-streams natural to the mind. Then the seer dwells in his own nature. Otherwise he is of the same form as the thought-streams.
- Patanjali, Yoga Sutras, § 1.2
- As you can experience days or hours within its framework in the dream state and not age for the comparable amount of physical time, so as you develop, you will be able to rest and be refreshed within psychological time even when you are awake. this will aid your mental and physical state to an amazing degree. You will discover and added vitality and a decreased need to sleep. Within any given five minutes of clock time, for example you may find an hour of resting which is independent of clock time.
- Jane Roberts, Seth, Dreams & Projections of Consciousness, p. 152.
- Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divine within you.
- Amit Ray, Meditation:Insights and Inspirations, (2010), p. 14.
- Life is a mystery- mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity. Meditation is the art of unfolding that mystery.
- Amit Ray, Meditation:Insights and Inspirations, (2010), p. 34.
- Meditate, Visualize and Create your own reality and the universe will simply reflect back to you.
- Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style, (2010), p. 108.
- When the mind is silent like a lake the lotus blossoms.
- Amit Ray, Enlightenment Step by Step, (2016), pp 65
- Mind without agitation is meditation. Mind in the present moment is meditation. Mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation is meditation. Mind that has come back home, to the source, is meditation. Mind that becomes no mind is meditation.
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, "What is Meditation?"
- If we spent half an hour every day in silent immobility, I am convinced that we should conduct all our affairs, personal, national, and international, far more sanely than we do at present.
- Bertrand Russell, "The decay of meditation" (1931).
- Doubt about the fact that insight wholesomeness consists of simply observing the presently arising mental and physical phenomena is also skeptical doubt. This doubt is so subtle that it is rarely detected but is instead mistaken for investigation. ... A doubtful meditator who falls prey to wavering and procrastination cannot continue on with practice. He or she will then become a victim of mental defilements and be unable to escape the cycle of suffering. Only when he or she abandons doubt by noting it and uninterruptedly continues the practice can he or she be liberated from the cycle of suffering.
- Mahasi Sayadaw, Manual of Insight (1945), p. 64
- In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595-96), Act II, scene 1, line 164.
- Divinely bent to meditation;
And in no worldly suits would he be mov'd,
To draw him from his holy exercise.
- William Shakespeare, Richard III (c. 1591), Act III, scene 7, line 61.
- Nothing is more necessary to the cultivation of the advanced sciences or of the elevated portion of sciences than meditation, and there is nothing less fit for meditation than the interior of a democratic society. One does not encounter there, as in aristocratic peoples, a numerous class that stays at rest because it finds itself well-off and another than does not move because it despairs of being better off. Everyone is agitated: some want to attain power, others to take possession of wealth. In the midst of this universal tumult, the repeated collision of contrary interests, the continual advance of men toward fortune, where does one find the calm necessary to the profound combinations of the intellect? how does each man bring his thought to a stop at such and such a point, when everything moves around him and he himself is carried along and tossed about every day in the impetuous current that swirls all things along?
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, H. Mansfield, trans. (Chicago: 2000), p. 434
- Not only do men living in democratic societies give themselves over to meditation with difficulty, but they naturally have little esteem for it. The democratic social state and institutions bring most men to act continually; yet the habits of mind suited to action are not always suited to thought. The man who acts is often reduced to contenting himself with that is nearly so because he would never arrive at the end of his design if he wished to perfect every detail. He must constantly rely on ideas that he has not had the leisure to fathom, for it is much more the timeliness of the idea he makes use if than its rigorous exactness that helps him; and all in all, there is less risk for him in making use of some false principle than in wasting his time establishing the truth of all his principles. It is not by long and learned demonstrations that the world is led. There, the quick look at a particular fact, the daily study of the changing passions of the crowd, the chance of the moment and the skill to seize it decide affairs.
- In centuries in which almost everyone acts, one is therefore generally brought to attach an excessive value to rapid sparks and superficial conceptions of the intellect and, on the contrary, to deprecate immoderately its profound, slow work.
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, H. Mansfield, trans. (Chicago: 2000), p. 435
- When you listen to a thought, you are aware not only of the thought but also of yourself as the witness of the thought. A new dimension of consciousness has come in.
- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (1997), p. 19
- Create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.
- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (1997)
- Whenever you are able to observe your mind, you are no longer trapped in it. Another factor has come in, something that is not of the mind: the witnessing presence.
- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (1997)
- That which is known as "meditation" is the act of sustaining an object of meditation and specific subjective aspects by repeatedly focusing your mind upon a virtuous object of meditation. The purpose of this is as follows. From beginningless time you have been under the control of your mind; your mind has not been under your control. Furthermore, your mind tended to be obscured by the afflictions and so forth. Thus meditation aims to bring this mind, which gives rise to all faults and flaws, under control and then it aims to make it servicable. Servicability means that you can direct your mind as you wish toward a virtuous object of meditation.
- Je Tsongkhapa, The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, as translated by Chenmo Translation Committee (2000) p. 99
- All meditation involves some degree of auto-hypnosis.
- Morris West, The Clowns of God (1981), Ch. I
- I began to practice 'meditation', sitting cross-legged for hours, staring straight in front of me. the result was a sudden and total transformation of my inner-being. There was a sense of freedom from my personality -- from the being called Colin Wilson who was born in Leicester in 1931. I felt that 'he' was a series of responses and reactions, of ambitions and frustrations. But after half an hour of staring straight in front of me, of concentrating my attention 'at the root of my eyebrows', I felt in control of his responses and frustrations. This control brought such a sense of exhilaration and satisfaction that I often sneaked away from other people to spend just five minutes sitting cross-legged; when I was working as a labourer on a building site, I would find a quiet spot and, while the others were having a smoke, would sit in a position that could quickly be changed to an ordinary sitting posture if someone came by.
- Colin Wilson, Frankenstein's Castle (1980), p. 87
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Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).
- Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.
- Owen Feltham, p. 406.
- Profound meditation in solitude and silence frequently exalts the mind above its natural tone, fires the imagination, and produces the most refined and sublime conceptions. The soul then tastes the purest and most refined delight, and almost loses the idea of existence in the intellectual pleasure it receives. The mind on every motion darts through space into eternity; and raised, in its free enjoyment of its powers by its own enthusiasm, strengthens itself in the habitude of contemplating the noblest subjects, and of adopting the most heroic pursuits.
- John G. Zimmerman, p. 406.
- It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth, that will prove the choicest, wisest, strongest Christian.
- Bishop Joseph Hall, p. 406.
- For with all our pretension to enlightenment, are we not now a talking, desultory, rather than a meditative generation?
- John Campbell Shairp, p. 406.
- It is an excellent sign, that after the cares and labors of the day, you can return to your pious exercises and meditations with undiminished attention.
- Hannah More, p. 406.
- Night by night I will lie down and sleep in the thought of God, and in the thought, too, that my waking may be in the bosom of the Father; and some time it will be, so I trust.
- William Mountford, p. 406.
- Avoid all refined speculations; confine yourself to simple reflections, and recur to them frequently. Those who pass too rapidly from one truth to another feed their curiosity and restlessness; they even distract their intellect with too great a multiplicity of views. Give every truth time to send down deep root into the heart.
- François Fénelon, p. 407.
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I'd probably give it a little longer to work, sometimes takes a month. But definitely talk to your doctor about your concerns. Maybe doctor can add something else to take with the Cymbalta or increase the dosage. I also find that talk therapy works on my issues like this; so consider that as well if you aren't already trying that. Good luck.
Hi itsik. I know how your feeling... really I do. I'm agoraphobic. For me that means I only leave my place with my daughter. I've known people who talk through their door, they don't open it. I don't even answer my door. The only person I'd open my door for is my daughter, and that's impossible because she has ms, and has one leg she can't use at all. People intimidate me. I've been agoraphobic for 18 yrs. Don't let it mess up your life like it has mine. I'm going to give you some info from the mayo clinic. Keep in mind that it's reeeeeaaaaly long. Take what applies to you and pitch the rest. He goes:
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The two most common types of treatment for social anxiety disorder are medications and psychological counseling (psychotherapy). These two approaches may be used in combination.
Psychological counseling (psychotherapy) improves symptoms in most people with social anxiety disorder. In therapy, you learn how to recognize and change negative thoughts about yourself. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the most common type of counseling for anxiety. This type of therapy is based on the idea that your own thoughts — not other people or situations — determine how you behave or react. Even if an unwanted situation won't change, you can change the way you think and behave.
Cognitive behavioral therapy may also include exposure therapy. In this type of therapy, you gradually work up to facing the situations you fear most. This allows you to become better skilled at coping with these anxiety-inducing situations and to develop the confidence to face them. You may also participate in skills training or role-playing to practice your social skills and gain comfort and confidence relating to others. (I think this is a good idea. Role-playing.)
Your mental health professional may help you develop relaxation or stress management techniques.
First choices in medications
Several types of medications are used to treat social anxiety disorder. However, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are often the first type of medication tried for persistent symptoms of social anxiety. SSRIs your doctor may prescribe include:
Paroxetine (Paxil)
Sertraline (Zoloft)
Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
Fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem, others)
The serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) venlafaxine (Effexor) also may be an option for social anxiety disorder.
To reduce the risk of side effects, your doctor will start you at a low dose of medication and gradually increase your prescription to a full dose. It may take up to three months of treatment for your symptoms to noticeably improve.
Other medication options
Your doctor or mental health provider may also prescribe other medications for symptoms of social anxiety, including:
Other antidepressants. You may have to try several different antidepressants to find which one is the most effective and has the fewest unpleasant side effects.
Anti-anxiety medications. A type of anti-anxiety medication called benzodiazepines (ben-zo-di-AZ-uh-peens) may reduce your level of anxiety. Although they often work quickly, they can be habit-forming. Because of that, they're often prescribed for only short-term use. They may also be sedating. If your doctor does prescribe anti-anxiety medications, make sure you try taking them before you're in a social situation so that you know how they will affect you.
Beta blockers. These medications work by blocking the stimulating effect of epinephrine (adrenaline). They may reduce heart rate, blood pressure, pounding of the heart, and shaking voice and limbs. Because of that, they may work best when used infrequently to control symptoms for a particular situation, such as giving a speech. They're not recommended for general treatment of social anxiety disorder. As with anti-anxiety medications, try taking them before you need them to see how they affect you.
Stick with it
Don't give up if treatment doesn't work quickly. You can continue to make strides in psychotherapy over several weeks or months. And finding the right medication for your situation can take some trial and error.
For some people, the symptoms of social anxiety disorder may fade over time, and medication can be discontinued. Others may need to take medication for years to prevent a relapse.
To make the most of treatment, keep your medical or therapy appointments, take medications as directed, and talk to your doctor about any changes in your condition.
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Do not use Cymbalta if you have taken an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include furazolidone, isocarboxazid, linezolid, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, and tranylcypromine. After you stop taking Cymbalta, you must wait at least 5 days before you start taking an MAOI.`
Treatments for depression are getting better everyday and there are things you can start doing right away.
Report any new or worsening symptoms to your doctor, such as: mood or behavior changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, or if you feel impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically), more depressed, or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.
Avoid drinking alcohol while taking Cymbalta. It may increase your risk of liver damage.
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Do not use Cymbalta if you are allergic to duloxetine, or if you have untreated or uncontrolled glaucoma.
Do not use Cymbalta if you have taken an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include furazolidone, isocarboxazid, linezolid, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, and tranylcypromine. After you stop taking Cymbalta, you must wait at least 5 days before you start taking an MAOI.
To make sure Cymbalta is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
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Some young people have thoughts about suicide when first taking an antidepressant. Your doctor will need to check your progress at regular visits while you are using Cymbalta. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.
Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this medication.
Do not give Cymbalta to a child without medical advice.
Take Cymbalta exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Follow all directions on your prescription label. Do not take this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Try to take Cymbalta at the same time each day. Follow the directions on your prescription label.
Do not crush, chew, break, or open an extended-release capsule. Swallow it whole.
It may take 4 weeks or longer before your symptoms improve. Keep using the medication as directed. Do not stop using Cymbalta without first talking to your doctor. You may have unpleasant side effects if you stop taking this medication suddenly.
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I take Cymbalta, lamotrigine(lamictal) and Gabapentin(The gabapentin is causing short term memory loss, weight gain and longevity of life for me.) I'm certainly not saying these symptoms will happen to you. Cybalta is an excellent med for me. I like the energy. And it does work for pain, of course. You may need another med to accompany Cymbalta. I'd check with my doc about that.
Hey, itsik. Holler if you need anything. That was a good a question. It caused me to think, but don't tell anyone that I "think." I may get a bad reputation. Anna
Hey Thx you For the Information
Did Cymbalta Helped you for Social Anxiety?:)
No, it doesn't. For me, I don't think there's a med out there to help me with social anxiety. I don't like to be around people, so I stay in my own little world to protect myself. I'm not you. Cymbalta makes me feel better and have more energy. Why don't you tell me why your asking? It's cool that you responded. Thank you for being my friend. I look forward to hearing from you. Anna
Hey again i just increased my dose to 90mg
In morning 60 and night 30
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Hey, what does that mean. You sound happy. Tell me why.
O... Now I get. The Cymbalta dosage.
Hey itsik. How's that new dosage working for you? Notice any changes yet?
The med don't work immediately it was now not I don't know why I didn't increased the dose yet this week I felt 1-2hour after takin better now 7 hour after taking and not relief..strange
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Act to mitigate on-reserve youth depression
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July 21, 2011. By Mark Lemstra, Special to The StarPheonix
In a recent study published by the Canadian Journal of Public Health, the authors reviewed the prevalence of depression and its causes among First Nations youth on reserves in Saskatchewan. The study reported that 25 per cent of 10-to 15-year-olds experience depression.
This is the first study to date that has examined the prevalence and determinants of depressed mood among First Nations youth living on-reserve. Large, nationwide surveys such as the Canadian Community Health Survey and the National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth exclude those on reserves.
This is surprising, given that suicide accounted for 22 per cent of deaths among First Nations youth aged 12-19 years in 2000. Addressing depressed mood and other risk factors should be a priority.
In comparison, a study from Saskatoon in 2008 found that 9.8 per cent of Caucasian youth had depressed mood. In other words, on-reserve First Nations youth have nearly three times the prevalence of depression compared to Caucasian youth.
Statistics Canada indicates there are five main predictors of depressed mood in Canada, with income being the largest predictor. According to the agency, the difference in prevalence between low and high income Canadians is 11.6 per cent to 3.6 per cent respectively, approximately a three-fold difference.
Within First Nations reserves in the CJPH study, the average income was $8,572. Almost everyone had low income. Given this information, it is more likely that an environment of poverty and limited opportunities that exist on many of Saskatchewan's reserves have a strong influence on depressed mood in their youth. For example, the study found that 60 per cent of youth who are always hungry had depressed mood, while only 18.7 per cent of those who are never hungry were depressed.
Although poverty explains much of the high prevalence of depression among First Nations youth, it does not explain why some low income youth become depressed and others do not. The risk indicators found in the study explain the difference.
The CJPH study found four independent risk indicators for depression among First Nations youth on reserves, after statistical adjustment. The first was not having someone who shows love and affection for these children most, or all, of the time. Not having this social support led to a 382 per cent increase to the risk of becoming depressed.
The second risk indicator was not working through events that happened earlier in their childhood, which increased the risk of depressed mood by 126 per cent. The third indicator was having a lot of arguments with one's parents, which increased the risk of depression by 75 per cent. The final risk indicator was being physically bullied once or more in the past four weeks. This increased the risk of depression by 69 per cent.
Despite the high prevalence of poverty on reserves, modifying these risk indicators would reduce youth depression and the risk of many other negative outcomes that are linked to depression. These negative outcomes include major depression as an adult, anxiety disorders, suicide attempts, nicotine dependence, educational underachievement, unemployment and early parenthood.
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Many are passionate about evangelism but don't have a genuine plan to disciple anyone. They simply wish to see someone make a faith decision or commitment to Christ and start coming to church. It is awesome for someone to make a faith commitment and start attending a local church, but few survive and fewer thrive if we leave them there. My goal is always to plug each person into a home Bible study that is actively obeying Christ, sharing the Gospel, seeing the Spirit move, and reaching the lost. Because I have the end in sight, the way I do evangelism has greatly changed.
In addition to discipleship, what do we plan to do if the person is not ready to make a faith commitment at the end of our conversation? Do we give up and move on? What if they are a friend, neighbor, or family member? How do we continue to share Christ?
These two questions along with a long term vision have convinced me of a method, which many call "storying" and I jokingly call "Incognito Bible Study." In order to share the gospel, we often tell stories. Whether it is the redemption story of Christ's life or our personal testimony, the Good News is presented by the life of Christ. Jesus is the Good News, and Jesus is often revealed by the narrative of His life in Scripture. For many, our personal testimony or personal story of encountering Jesus, is our go to method of evangelism. We share what our lives were like before Christ, how we met Christ, and what our lives are like since meeting Him. I believe that this is a divinely ordained method (see Mark 5:18-20) that any believer can use to share the gospel, and I am convinced that nearly all of us should share our testimony more rather than less.
In correlation with this simple and natural method of sharing Christ is the method of sharing other stories from Scripture. For evangelism I often tell the story of the Sinful Woman from Luke 7:36-50. I started out by doing a Bible study on the story with believers. We read the story and asked some simple inductive Bible study questions: What does this tell us about God? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about people? Are there any examples to follow, commands to obey, promise to claim, sins to repent of? After going through each question and talking about what the story as a whole taught us, we practiced putting the story in our own words, checking to make sure we left nothing out. We committed to telling someone who didn't know Jesus that story in the coming week (For more information on these kinds of studies check out my previous post on Discovery Bible Study and T4T). Armed with this story and a couple added questions I began to look for the opportunity to share with an unbeliever.
As a friend and I were driving home, we saw a young couple begging on the street. We pulled into a nearby gas station, bought some water and food and went over to talk with them. After giving them the water and food we found out a little about who they were and then launched in with, "I've got a story for you . . ." (actually in this case my friend said, "My friend has a story for you.") This is actually an incredibly easy and natural way to bring up Jesus. People tell stories all the time, and they never ask for permission to do so. Whether its a story about their past, their shenanigans at a bar, their family struggles, or some other anecdote it is incredibly common to tell stories and, "I've got a story for you . . ." never comes off strange or forced unless you're self-conscious about it.
I told them the story of the sinful woman as expressively as I could and they listened attentively. They were both actually interested in what I had to say because it was a narrative. They didn't know what was going to happen next. They didn't understand what I was getting at. I was using a narrative they hadn't heard before and they were discovering something about Jesus that they hadn't heard before. I asked them who they identified with the story and why (these are the questions we add for evangelism). The girl, who was obviously impressed by the story and really liked it, said that she identified with the woman because she felt judged by people. The young man said he identified with Jesus because he wanted to do the right thing and not judge other people. We continued talking about who Jesus was from the story and how sins were forgiven, it was an easy transition into the story of the cross and resurrection.
What the two of them didn't realize was that they had just participated in a Bible study. We didn't open the Bible and read it, but they heard a passage of Scripture that I put in my own words and retold. They responded to the Holy Spirit as they listened to the Word, thought about it and responded to the truth. They probably wouldn't have come to a Bible Study if I had invited them, but I didn't invite them, and they didn't know it was a Bible study. They just heard about Jesus.
I do this every single week as often as I can. Some people I tell story after story without ever opening the Bible. Some have come to faith, and I simply start opening the Bible with them and get them to tell stories to others. I encourage you to tell someone a story today and start an incognito Bible study. To learn more see the materials I linked to previously in the article and receive more inspiration and training. The world is waiting to hear about Jesus.


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Bellator 95 Draws 901,000 Viewers in Season 8 Finale on Spike TV
Bellator's eighth-season finale drew 901,000 viewers for its Thursday-night broadcast on Spike TV, tying the promotion's second-largest audience ever.
Only the Season 8 premiere, which netted 938,000 viewers, outperformed Bellator 95, which took place at Revel in Atlantic City, N.J., and saw Pat Curran swiftly submit Shahbulat Shamhalaev in the evening's featherweight title headliner.
Sherdog.com confirmed the figure Friday with an industry source, who verified that the broadcast peaked with 1.05 million viewers between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m ET. The card also earned ratings of 0.7 and 0.64 in the male 18-49 and 18-34 demographics. An immediate replay of the program garnered an additional 328,000 viewers, resulting in a cumulative viewership of 1.23 million during the four-hour block.
In addition to Curran's successful title defense, the televised portion of the card also saw two tournament winners crowned, as middleweight Doug Marshall knocked out Brett Cooper and featherweight Magomedrasul Khasbulaev outpointed Mike Richman. Immediately prior, former lightweight title contender Rick Hawn opened the broadcast with a second-round knockout of ex-UFC talent Karo Parisyan.


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We can't do a thing well unless we believe we are loved. For me, I have struggled with the whisper you're not good enough. And my frustrated, rebellious heart shouts back, Good enough for what? For whom?
I can crumble, beaten, or I can charge forward, searching hard for His hand. I don't know any way to live free except to follow. And I know this only after years of rebelling first and wanting, so much my own way.
But maybe there is no other way.
The night we took the Christmas tree down was a hot whirlwind of living nightmare. It was the night I pushed for my own way. My heart pounding, the words charging fast and loud. Boxes crashed down from the attic like stones, tempers vigorous and burning. Word-arrows hit the bullseye again and again, both ways. I didn't see it coming. Our first fight, like this, in front of the kids.
I know what it means to go too far. I used to live like this, before getting married. Going too far was a way to judge whether or not I was loved, whether or not I was seen. I have lived much of my life afraid to be meek, afraid to be humble, afraid to be quiet. I have fought for my own way and everyone in my path has suffered.
It is a charade to pretend your life is better when you are the one in charge.
Oh, that old self! She is the one I despise. Traces of her fight their way out when I least expect it--the self I wished was killed and gone for good. But still she slinks her way back, her bitter striving creeping out from some deep, dark place. She comes only to bring destruction, wreckage, pain.
The old self, when I look her in the face, the vice of her grip around my heart, her steely eyes piercing me, urging me to fight for the sake of MY self, I sink to my knees and know the world is spinning and I can barely hang on. For there is no self worth fighting for if it isn't the self for which my Savior already died. I don't want this old self. It's poison to me. I want the new one. The one He died to give me. Yes, the one filled with light and beauty and love.
You learned Christ! My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go. It's rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you (Ephesians 4: 20-24, MSG).
I say I hate the old self, but Jesus dislikes her more. Because He loves you, because He loves me, because He sees us in our fullness and knows our true, new self ready to embrace life with Him, He will never let us go until the old self is good and dead. But we are the ones whom He's given the tools, with Him, to kill it.
He gives you tools to partner with Him in killing the old self because He knows you can't live this free life He has given you with her here.
The old self is dark and she is selfish. She is envious and she is corrupt. She grabs hold of hope and chokes it, hissing cold breath into your ear. You are not good. You are too far gone to change. You are alone and forgotten. You have never been loved and known.
Don't you hate the part of you that fights for her own way, tries to silence the lies whispered in the dark, all by yourself? We can only fight with the tools He has given us.We can only rise and fight with weapons of love. And kindness. And gentleness. And patience. And self-control. We can only fight with a heart that is reconciled with Christ, a heart that wants His way, not our way, with a heart that knows there is no other way to peace, to hope, to joy, to love, to a life free of striving and rebelling and fighting and struggling and cajoling and lying and tearing for what this heart of ours--this heart of ours without God in control--wants.
The steely cold whisper of the old self screams to be heard in the noise, refuses to be quiet, still in the chaos, calm.
For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate (Romans 7:15).
But our God is bigger. He is bigger than any mistake we've made. He's bigger and more lovely and more powerful and more wonderful than any whisper of that old self that tries to bring us back down. You have a Savior on your side who has come to save you, again and again and again. He will never relent. He will never turn. He will never back down. He's all in.
He is completely, head-over-heels, just can't get enough, in love with you. You are not alone. You are not out of control.
Because you are held by a God who never lets you go.
It's time to surrender again, to the Savior who comes and restores you to the new self He died for and promises.
I don't think, in the end, that old self even has a chance.
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The entire congressional delegation from Washington is asking President-elect Donald Trump to make environmental cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation a priority.
Radioactive Contamination Spreading In Closed Hanford Plant
Both of Washington's senators and all 10 members of the House of Representatives sent Trump a letter on Monday asking him to support the cleanup that employs some 9,000 workers at Hanford, located north of Richland.
"This work is essential to protecting the health and safety of the Tri-Cities community, the Columbia River, Washington state, and our nation from waste that was created from over 40 years of nuclear weapons production," the bipartisan letter said.
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Friends split 50/50 about this architectural feature. Friends who loved the architectural feature felt the clear walkways expanded and left the interior view partially unhindered, accentuating the open space design. The other half noted it felt "unsafe" or easy to slip upon; one called it too much of a gimmick requiring too much cleaning detail. Personally, we think it complements the medley of materials used throughout Weinstein's quintessential SoCal interior, permitting natural and artificial light to permeate further than a typical overhead walkway. We also think it would make for some "cheeky" views when guests were over, somewhat appropriate for LA's reputation.
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Yesterday I was Panera for my morning writing session. I walked in and there was one woman at the counter. As I stood behind her, it quickly became apparent that the card she'd handed over to pay wasn't working, nor was the second card working. I've seen that happen, having worked in retail; I have had it happen as a customer, usually when there's a line of people behind me.
Stepping in closer, I leaned in behind her and said, "I'm going to buy you breakfast."
She was raw, unvarnished shocked when she looked at me, her dark eyes all wide. Her mouth was open, and she was silent before she said, the essence of eloquence, "…what?"
"I'm going to buy you breakfast! I've had that happen to me and it's always embarrassing because you KNOW you have the money there-"
"It happens all the time, the machines are weird," chimed in the girl behind the counter.
"Right! And it's a pain. So I'll buy you breakfast."
"Oh no, no no, you can't! Really, I'll just go to the ATM. But thank you, that was really nice of you!" She hugged me, grinning by now, and I hugged her back. "Nobody does that any more, thank you!"
"I do that," I said, smiling a litte wryly. "I guess I'm a bit weird."
She laughed, and off she went in search of the nearest ATM. I ordered a coffee and a bacon-egg-and-cheese-on-cheddar-and-jalapeno-bagel. It was delicious.


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Has been missing Brotzeit's Affensaft (mango beer) ever since my last visit. And yay! Went for a glass after dinner. Since we are waiting for the movie time, spent some time at Brotzeit drinking and chit chatting with the lady boss, chef & Leanne(boss's daughter), bla bla bla. *Previous post here & here!*
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Hello Brotzeit!
Friday's diners
Obsession : Affensaft aka Mango Beer
Jason playing with his HipstaPrint app on iPhone 4! Me look so fair lar!
Another shot of HipstaPrint, Diana-ed!
with Leanne Mohan
with Chef Helmut
Look! Me started to get bored. LOL! No la, Jason asked me not to move with this posture. LMAO!
Pork Medallions with mashed potatoes, served along with fresh vegetables. Did not try this as it was Leanne's dinner and I am too full from my dinner. Anyway, the pork grilled to perfection and juicy on the inside when cut into half.
Leanne with her Pork Medallions
After 1 hour...
Enjoying the Mango flavored Weisbier
Oh by the way, Brotzeit is now having happy hours daily from 5pm-8pm! Check it out from their FB page!
Gonna miss Affensaft so much!
Off for movies! Tata~
*Sorry for all the bad qualities of photos coz they are taken with my iPhone 3GS.
Address: Brotzeit Bier Bar & Restaurant Malaysia,
G(E)-018, Ground External Floor,
Mid Valley Megamall, Mid Valley City,
Lingkaran Syed Putra, KL.
Contact : (6)03-2287 5516
Business Hours: Mon-Thurs (11am-12am)
Fri-Sat (11am-1am)
Sunday (11am-12am)
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Corey Lankford is known for his passion to constantly delve into the infinite possibilities of theater. He was born and raised in McKeesport, PA where he attended McKeesport High School, involving himself in all four years of the school's musicals. He played major roles in "Annie Get You Gun," "The Music Man," "The Pajama Game," and his final senior year role of Kenickie in "Grease." Also an athlete, Corey began pursuing football as well as theater at Geneva College, where he majored in Theater Communications. Under the direction and coaching of Professor Harvey Johnson, he was introduced to the teachings of studio theater. He was featured in the musical "Working," "Arsenic and Old Lace," and "A School for Scandal." Corey was also inducted into the Alpha Si Omega theater fraternity where he held the position of House Manager at Geneva's theater company.
Due to an untimely occurrence in his educational studies, he withdrew from Geneva College in his sophomore year and went home to further his career. While working through his church, Oasis Ministries, Inc in Hazelwood, PA, Corey was ordained as the Creative Arts Director (Corey's parents are the pastors of Oasis). Under the direction of his mother and Executive Director, Kim Lankford, they established the Oasis Theater Company. Corey went on to create Highway To Heaven which is a Christian-themed dramatization presented in the month of October. The uniqueness of Highway to Heaven has drawn thousands of people with its intense reenactments of life, hell, and heaven. Corey is also the writer and director of Fighting Light Ministries, where he uses skits to illustrate spiritual warfare through biblical application and martial arts.
Besides theater, Corey is very involved in ministry at Oasis as a youth minister and can often be seen speaking the Word of God at various youth conferences in the Pittsburgh area and beyond. His level of transparency and passion for God cause him to be a very unique speaker, helping the lives of as many as the Lord allows. He is also the thematic designer of the Bloodsent Ministry of Music where they have opened for numerous gospel artists such as Gospel Stellar award winner Da Truth, Flame, and Leah Smith.
Overall, Corey is in love with Jesus Christ and values his relationship with God as the highest and most significant priority in his life. He stands firm in the belief that without God and his grace and mercy he would cease to exist. Corey is extremely grateful to have the opportunity to work with the cast and crew of His Place and prays that his life will be a story of hope and inspiration for years to come!


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- The other day I was thinking how to reason about the Analytics & Big Data eco system & came up with a few monikers
- We do have a few interesting architectural artifacts connecting these monikers with the appropriate domains. May be I will share them in a future blog
- For now, back to the essential monikers …
- Syntactically Big Data has three Vs – the Volume, Velocity & Variety.
- A very useful viewpoint that helps us to manage the beast, … but it does nothing for deriving value …
- Semantically the 3 Cs – Context, Connectedness & the Convergence make a lot of sense
- Context is King. Naturally It has many faces:
- Personal Context, Social Context, Enterprise Context, Consumer Context and so forth
- Came across an interesting post on Context being the future – mobility and context would rule in terms of personal apps
- Connectedness is an essential step to mine Smart Data out of Big Data
- Context is King. Naturally It has many faces:
- Architecturally, I like the Three Amigos : Interface, Intelligence & Inference
- Interface is key – whether it is interface with wearable devices or visualization of data
- Interface also includes Augmented Cognition as well as NLP/NLU
- Intelligence comes from applying Analytics, Machine Learning, Modern AI, Deep Learning et al to Big Data. The intelligence is the algorithms
- Inference, of course is the piece that makes it all worthwhile – Models, Reasoning Engines, Learning Machines, Boltzman Machines all fit in tis category … There is when you overlay the practical/business significance boundary over statistical significance and develop an inetersting service or feature …
In short, it is time we pay attention to the 3Cs & 3 Is of Analytics & Big Data
What says thee ? Am I making any sense ?
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This peddler cries "hsing jen erh ch'a yu" – or "Almond tea oh!". He carries two round wooden containers suspended on either side of a pole carried on the shoulder, a "t'iao tzu". In the one carried in front is a small stove to warm the liquid which is carried in a copper bowl. The other wooden container is used to carry the coppers earned from selling the tea and a few extra china bowls.
This almond "tea" is made with a base of rice flour – "mi fen" – to which is added a little sugar and powdered almonds. The mixture is served very hot and is most palatable. It is also a favourite dish at Chinese feasts.


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The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported the case of a Houston-area woman who, in what I presume was a matter more of revenge than hunger, fried the estranged couple's seven goldfish. She ate three. Police arrived just as the woman was about to tuck into the fourth fillet.
I just love picturing the confrontation: "Police! Freeze! Drop the fork and lemon wedge; now, step away from the goldfish!" All this as a vibrant tail slowly disappears between her lips.
"Mwhatph Goldfith?"
I looked online for goldfish recipes and found nothing involving actual fish, just those crackers my children love and I abhor. I presume a simple Panko breading/egg wash combo, along with a simple tartar sauce (don't forget the capers) would work just fine. Or, just for irony, perhaps a dusting of Goldfish cracker crumbs? Sadly, the article offered nothing about preparation.
Honey, if things don't work out, let's try to talk things through. Please don't eat any of my stuff.
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ROBERT: Yes. I think information theory has probably done a great deal to bring science and art back together again. Norbert Weiner invented the basic equation for information at the same time Claude Shannon did. That's another example of things happening when they're ready to happen. Weiner explained information by saying that a great poem carries more information than a political speech. Information is the unpredictable. As we come to realize the value of the unpredictable, the value of art has become clearer.
You go through a museum and you look at a Leonardo, a Botticelli, a Rembrandt, a Van Gogh, a Cezanne, a Picasso, a Klee, a Jackson Pollock, and it's obvious the value of each of them is that they weren't copying one another. If Van Gogh were copying Rembrandt nobody would give a damn for Van Gogh. He had the chutzpah to paint his own vision. Somebody having their own vision instead of just repeating an earlier one in a different style–that's information. Information is the new and unpredictable, and information theory led to the computers which fascinate artists. Computers have opened up whole new areas of art.
DJB: Information is the unpredictability of a signal, but it's not quite chaos or randomness. It carries a message.
ROBERT: Yeah. When unpredictability gets too high, information turns into noise. That part of Shannon's theory involves very complicated mathematics and I'm not sure I fully understand it; I just more or less intuitively follow it. There has to be an information redundancy ratio where the highest grade of information is diluted with repetition.
DJB: Because it's so unpredictable one can't relate it to anything.
ROBERT: Yeah. Originality frequently looks like chaos until we learn how to deal with it, until we find the redundancy in it.
DJB: Have you had any experiences with lucid or conscious dreaming?
ROBERT: I've had a lot of lucid dreams, but I can't think of anything that's particularly worth discussing. I'd like to learn more about it. It happens spontaneously sometimes. I have a very rich hypnagogic and hypnopompic life, like Philip K. Dick. William Burroughs told me that his characters all manifest as voices in hypnopompic reverie before they have bodies, or names, or anything else. Robert Shea, an old friend of mine who's a scientific materialist of the most rigid sort, really blew my mind by admitting he hears his characters talking. I suspect all writers do. I think the difference between a writer and a channeler is that the channeler has found a way to make more money out of it than most writers ever do.
DJB: Synchronicity is a major theme that runs through most, if not all, of your books. What model do you use at present for interpreting this mysterious phenomenon?
ROBERT: I never have one model. I always have at least seven models for anything.
DJB: Which one is your favorite?
ROBERT: Bell's Theorem combined with an idea I got from Barbara Honegger, a parapsychologist who worked for Reagan. She wrote a book denouncing Reagan, Ollie North and the whole crowd, giving inside dirt about what she discovered while she was at the White House. Long before Barbara became a controversial political figure, she gave me the idea that the right brain is constantly trying to communicate with the left. If you don't listen to what it's trying to say, it gives you more and more vivid dreams and if you still won't listen, it leads to Freudian slips. If you still don't pay attention, the right brain will get you to the place in space-time where synchronicity will occur. Then the left brain has to pay attention.


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prep foods
personal cookbook is all yours
Holidays can sometimes be depressing for some people and for others, well they just don't look forward to them because it isn't all that special when you spend nine tenths of your time cooking and then cleaning up your kitchen. By the time you are done, everyone has either left, or are asleep. Nothing to look forward to there, and that a fact;.
I have been a restaurant cook most of my life, (among other things) and when you have orders flying your direction and have to serve two hundred people dinner in a matter of a couple of hours sometimes, you learn to do things as quickly as possible, yet make the food look and taste wonderful too.
I am going to give you some ideas to make your holiday meals good, and not that hard to make or clean up after either.
The first and foremost thing to remember is to have everything that you are going to need prepared in advance, for your use. If you are planning to serve let's say a buffet table so that everyone can help themselves as they arrive and have it their way, be sure that you prepare enough of the sliced, diced, and chopped food, ahead of time, and put into containers in the refrigerator with lids so keep it fresh. Then as the trays empty it takes no time at all to refill.
If you are planning a more formal dinner, still do the same thing, the day before do all the slicing and chopping you are going to need, before you ever put one thing on the stove. Have all your recipes out and know them so you are not trying to figure things out at the last minute. If you think about making something, let us say for example, a side dish of fried rice, how much faster would it go if you had all the ingredients right there, ready for use, and just add them to the pan when needed and do other things with other dishes at the same time. Also, knowing your kitchen and having it organized so that all your utensils are within reach where you will be using them. If you are running across the kitchen for spoons all day long, you are using up a lot of time and energy.
Putting all of your favorite recipes into a notebook for your own personal use is a must. Writing down all the tips and shortcuts that you have learned through time and by watching your grandmother do them is a big plus when it come to not wasting time. When you write down your own recipes you can organize things the way that you want them, you also can make your favorite things the same way every time. I personally have some really good dishes that not only take very little time, but are inexpensive to make.
Things that you might think are difficult to make from scratch, aren't really that hard when you take the time ahead of time to look up a quick and easy recipe, try it out once, and if it works, put it in your book for the next time you might need it. When my kids were young, I had a bread recipe that took about five minutes to put together, and then it only had to sit and rise twice, and after that I only had to bake it for about half an hour and the smell of fresh hot homemade bread could be smelled down the street. It is this kind of cooking that makes the holidays special, not the kind of cooking that takes up your whole day making you feel like you have been run over by a truck, and missed most of the fun.
So in summary, buy everything you will be needing by reading your recipes ahead of time, prepare your pre cooking preparations the night before so you do not have to do any of that sort of thing that day. Have your favorite dishes in your own cookbook for handy reference. Finally, if you really want to use your favorite china for a special reason do so, but if that sort of thing does not matter that much to you, for heavens sake, use paper plates and save yourself some work, for I will tell you right now, the men in my family don't look at what the food is on, to tell you the truth they barely see what the food looks like.


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1968 Cutlass Servo Cover Decoding
I've looked everywhere to see if I could
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Can you show a pic of the trany pan? Looking into this more all I see is the TH350 and the TH400 listed for this vehicle. But it is not unheard of the trany being switched back in the day.
I can't get a good pic of mine but it's identical to the one below. It's a st300 or jetaway tranny. The 68's had it as a factory option. Why anyone would get a 2 speed over a 3 speed is beyond me.
Two speed auto tranys are very desirable for racing. I still haven't found anything on what your look for. Gotta be something out there.
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I got some local strawberries already! Last year we didn't get our hands on any until mid-June. I also got a whole mess of rhubarb from my boss's wife. It was time to make JAM!
Last year I made one batch of plain strawberry and one batch of strawberry rhubarb jam. With two boys eating jam on breakfast toast and PB&J lunch several times a week, we went through all 16 half-pint jars, plus a couple other flavors too. I made the same two batches Monday night.
Making jam really couldn't be much easier. Cut the green bits off the top of strawberries and crush them. Measure according to the directions in the recipe. I got both recipes from inside the pectin packet.
Get the jars sterilized and reuse the same boiling water for the water-bath canning. Warm the lids and jar rings to a near-simmer. Bring the berry-sugar mixture to a boil rolling so hard that you can't stir it down. [Adding a half-teaspoon of butter keeps down the foaming.] Add the pectin packet (which is a jelling aid to firm up the finished product) and boil for exactly 1 minute longer. Remove the jam from the heat and ladle into the hot jars. Clean the jar rim, put on the lid, and put the jar into the water bath pot. After all the jars are in the boiling water, time 10 minutes and you're done.
Remove the jars to a counter to cool. As they cool, a vacuum forms, sucking the lids down firmly with a PING!
Let the jars cool overnight and then put them in the canning pantry. Don't laugh, you'll turn a closet into a canning pantry eventually. It happens.
Repeat after me:
"Canning looks fun"
"I CAN do that"
Okay, now go get a dozen jars and get started! The quality of the product you will be making rivals the best top shelf black label jar of $9 jam you can buy. When considered at this price point, I saved hundreds of dollars doing just this one night of canning:
Year One:
- Dozen new canning jars that come with lids – $11.00 (8 jars needed)
- Four cups crushed strawberries from about 2 pint containers – $7.00
- Pectin – $3.00 (Contains enough for 2 batches)
- You already have a pot big enough to can half-pint jars in…just use any stock pot
- Set of jar funnel, lid lifter, jar tongs and headspace measurer – $10.00
That comes to $31.00 for your first 8 jars of jam, or less than $4.00 each, with extra jars and pectin let over and tools that will last several years.
Year Two:
- You are reusing the same jars
- Package of 12 new flat lids – $2.50
- Four cups crushed strawberries from about 2 pint containers – $7.00
- Pectin – $1.50 (Enough to do just one batch)
- Use the same stock pot as last year
- You are reusing the jar funnel, lid lifter, jar tongs, etc.
That comes to $11.00 for 8 jars of jam, or less than $1.50 each for stuff the same quality as the best you can get at any store.