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October 25, 2010
Westin Hotels Expands Footprint in Latin America with New Resort in Costa Rica
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Accelerating growth in Latin America, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT – News) today announced its return to Costa Rica with the opening of The Westin Playa Conchal Resort & Spa in May 2011. Marking a milestone in Starwood's history, The Westin Playa Conchal Resort & Spa will also be the first all-inclusive resort in Starwood's global portfolio. Starwood and Desarrollos Hoteleros Guanagaste, a fully owned subsidiary of Reserva Conchal signed a management agreement to re-flag the Paradisus Playa Conchal Resort in Guanacaste as a Westin. The property will undergo extensive renovations to its 406 spacious suites and all public areas. read more
This October Not So Wet
October 14, 2010
Although October is traditionally the wettest month of the rainy season, this year the water levels have yet to reach those of September and with only two weeks to go it is doubtful that it will.
The forecast of a dry October are by the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional – national weather service – though it rules out that the transition to the dry season has begun, although it may feel like it.
This past week there has been little rain in most parts of the country, certainly nothing like that of past Octobers and less like the past month that caused the road infrastructure to collapse.
IMN's José Joaquín Agüero explains that the transition to dry season, when it begins, will be first in Guanacaste and then the Central Valley and the rest of the country.
But, having said that, there is a forecast for rain in December in the provinces of San José and Alajuela.
Over the last decade, Costa Rica has become ever more popular with Canadians. More and more flights from many countries have increased dramatically.
For Canadians, Air Canada 's subsidiary company, Air Canada Vacations, is adding charter flights direct to Costa Rica and especially the Liberia, Guanacaste area. This is good news for Canadians who've desired an easy, more affordable means to travel to Costa Rica, and as well, flying directly into Liberia cuts several hours in travel time to Northern Costa Rica. These charters are exceptionally lower fares than average.
Liberia has rapidly become the hotspot in Costa Rica for business travelers and tourists, especially with the rise in medical travel, as Clinica Biblica, Costa Rica's largest private hospital, has announced their plans for a new hospital development worth approximately $40 million, in Guanacaste, only a few minutes drive from the Liberia airport.Many Canadians have either invested or are currently considering investment opportunities in Costa Rica. There are 200,000+ expats in Costa Rica, and a large percentage of them are Canadians and the number continues to rise yearly.


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MENTOR, Ohio- The Lake Erie College baseball team began their series with the Ashland University Eagles on Friday (April 28) with a doubleheader at Lake Catholic High School.
The Storm dropped game one 11-3 and fell in the nightcap 12-2.
Lake Erie jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Wes Birchmeier (Miamisburg, Ohio / Miamisburg) led off the inning with a double, advanced to third on a passed ball and came home on a groundout by Ryan Carver (Orange Park, Fla. / Oakleaf).
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Birchmeier and Paxton each had two hits in the opening game of the doubleheader.
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254 Department of External Affairs to Embassy in Washington
Cablegram 308 CANBERRA, 31 May 1949, 9.00 a.m.
China. Our immediately following telegram contains text of a
message from the Prime Minister to the Foreign Secretary, London,
regarding our attitude towards developments in China. [1]
Any question of recognition of a Communist-controlled regime for
part or whole of China is obviously premature at the present time.
There are in fact suggestions that the Communists may not be
intending to set up any provisional Government until towards the
end of the present year. In the meantime the Nationalist
Government continues to be the officially recognised Government of
The only realistic course however is to envisage a Communist
Government having effective control over the greater part of China
by the end of this year. We consider therefore that nothing is to
be gained by holding back now from establishing local
relationships with the Communists wherever practicable. We believe
that the adoption of a standoffish attitude towards the Communists
at this stage would be the surest way of bringing about what we
would all wish to avoid, viz, close co-operation with Moscow
against the Western Powers. One practical way in which relations
with the Communists might be placed on a working basis is through
encouragement of trade with Communist-controlled areas.
The message in my immediately following telegram is a commentary
on a telegram from the United Kingdom Ambassador at Nanking [2]
which reflected the views of his British Commonwealth colleagues
and which suggested that while trade offers made by the Communists
should not be rebuffed the Western Powers should avoid initiating
approaches to the Communists for resumption of business. We assume
this is also the United States' view. We think however that it
represents the wrong mental approach, and that on the contrary
everything possible should be done to encourage British and
American interests to foster resumption of trade within and with
China. In our view this offers the best hope of establishing
future relationships with China on a satisfactory basis of
continued contact with the West instead of orientation towards
Russia alone.
This and following telegram is for your background information for
use in informal discussion with Governments to which you are
accredited. [3]
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The core of Wisconsin Farm Bureau is our members. WFBF knows that when members have the right tools for leadership development, they can better themselves and become stronger county Farm Bureau leaders. There are many leadership development programs available to members ranging from the WFBF Leadership Institute to Lunch and Learn webinars to state-wide conferences. No matter where you are at in your leadership journey, there is something for everyone.
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The WFBF Leadership Institute is a year-long leadership development program which provides personal growth and leadership training to develop the next crop of county Farm Bureau leaders. Wisconsin Farm Bureau expects graduates to use the leadership skills and abilities they have developed in the program to become actively engaged and involved in their county Farm Bureau and an agricultural leader.
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This past weekend, the merger of the parishes of Sacred Heart and St. Francis of Assisi, both in Newburgh, was announced, as was the merger of the parishes of St. Mary-St. Joseph and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Poughkeepsie.
In Newburgh, Sacred Heart will be designated as the new parish church. Masses and the sacraments will continue to be celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi. The pastor, Father William Damroth, will, at this time, remain and reside at St. Francis of Assisi.
In Poughkeepsie, St. Mary-St. Joseph will be designated as the new parish church. Masses and sacraments will continue to be celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
In both cases, the mergers will become effective July 1. They are part of the archdiocesan pastoral planning process known as Making All Things New.
The official decrees explaining the mergers were published on the archdiocesan website, archny.org, Feb. 25. Letters explaining the mergers were sent to the parishes involved by Auxiliary Bishop John J. O'Hara, vicar for planning. Auxiliary Bishop Peter Byrne read the letter Feb. 25 during Masses at the Poughkeepsie churches, and Eileen Mulcahy, director of planning, also was present. Auxiliary Bishop Gerald Walsh read the letter during Masses at the Newburgh churches.


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In the Book of Revelation, when John is caught up into heaven, he sees "under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained" (6:9). The seraphim proclaim God's holiness (4:8), and the host of heaven fall down and sing the worthiness of God and the Lamb (4:11; 5:9-14), but these souls are not praising, at least not at the moment. It is as if their sacrifice has qualified them to take up the calling of Isaiah's watchmen on the walls, who "will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth" (Isaiah 62:6-7).
As John looks on, these martyrs are "told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed" (Revelation 6:11). We presume that it will not be a small number; in 17:6, the city symbolically named Babylon and presented as a woman is "drunk with the blood of the saints." As Jesus Himself warns in the Gospels, His followers "will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of Me . . . but he who stands firm to the end will be saved" (Matthew 24:9, 13). Justin Martyr, writing in the second century, says that he was converted from Platonic philosophy largely because he saw that Christians were "fearless of death" (Second Apology 12). In the early third century, Tertullian famously boasts, "The oftener we are mown down by you, the more in number we grow; the blood of Christians is seed" (Apology 50).
Yet now scholar Candida Moss writes that none of this ever happened.(1) Surveying early Christian history, with a skeptical eye concerning the reliability of our sources, she finds "fewer than ten years out of nearly three hundred during which Christians were executed as the result of imperial initiatives" (129; cf. 159, 241). "Christians were not consistently persecuted, hounded, or targeted by the Romans. Very few Christians died, and when they did, they were often executed for what we in the modern world would call political reasons" (14). She argues that the fourth-century church historian Eusebius, along with hagiographers (authors of saints' lives) from the same period, were responsible for inventing a narrative of courageous suffering, which served to exhort other believers to stand firm for orthodoxy, and also to promote specific shrines (216-17, 245).
What should we make of this? I suggest that Moss's claims, while overstated, can still help us to clarify and correct important aspects of our beliefs, attitudes, and outlook.
Defining Persecution and Martyrdom
First, it must be said that Moss sets the bar impossibly high in her definition of persecution. To take one example, "If persecution is to be defined as hostility toward a group because of its religious beliefs, then surely it is important that the Romans intended to target Christians. Otherwise this is prosecution, not persecution" (162). In other words, no attack, however severe, can be called religious persecution unless it can be established that the persecutors had bothered to acquire a theologically sophisticated understanding of the victims' doctrines and practices. This despite the fact that, as Arthur J. Droge and James D. Tabor write, ". . . no one really seems to have cared what the Christians did or did not believe."(2)
Moss takes as her starting point the Oxford English Dictionary definition of a Christian martyr as one who "chooses to suffer death rather than renounce faith in Christ or obedience to his teachings, a Christian way of life or adherence to a law or tenet of the church" (29). Notice, though, that the OED leaves it up to the martyr to decide whether a renunciation is at stake. Moss transfers this judgment to the persecutor. This leads to some absurd conclusions — most notably, that Stephen (in Acts 6-7) cannot be called a Christian martyr because the term "Christian" had not been coined (132-34)!
The Biblical tradition is not so stringent. Daniel's friends are sentenced to death because they will not worship a gold image (Daniel 3:12), Daniel himself because he defies a ban on praying to the Lord (Daniel 6:12), and Mordecai and all his people because he will not bow down to honor a mere man (Esther 3:5). This is all that their enemies know, or care to know, about Jewish beliefs and customs. It is a crisis of conscience only for the faithful Jew, who feels he must disobey a ruler's edict. For the ruler, all that matters is quashing any appearance of insubordination.
Similarly, in the New Testament, "it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God" (1 Peter 2:19). 1 Peter recognizes a distinction between suffering "as a Christian" (4:16) and suffering "for doing good" (2:20; 3:17), but it is of little consequence; what matters is that one has not incurred the suffering as a deserved punishment "for doing evil" (2:20; 3:17). The Beatitudes pronounce a blessing upon both those persecuted for righteousness and those persecuted specifically for Jesus' sake (Matthew 5:10-12).
In the cases of Jesus and Stephen, both Jews and Romans (for different reasons) were afraid of Messianic pretenders. They did not need either the name or the concept "Christian" to recognize that Jesus' followers were claiming for Him a unique and destabilizing authority. When they acted to silence such claims, they were, in effect, persecuting Christians.
The Extent of Persecution
Moss requires so much of persecutors that it is no wonder when she finds little evidence of persecution. Still, it is surprising that she focuses so much on the books of the New Testament which she, in common with most modern scholars, believes to be relatively late compositions. She pays scant attention to the letters of Paul, several of which are widely accepted as the earliest New Testament writings.
Paul himself bears witness that he once persecuted the church of God (Galatians 1:13, 23; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Philippians 3:6). This may not mean that he put people to death, or that he had extensive power or effectiveness, but it does indicate a deliberate, targeted campaign. It will not do to explain away as "prosecution," the enforcement of a law (Moss 14), what the agent himself confesses was persecution carried out under a cloak of law.
Paul's example also suggests a prime motive to persecute: the fear that one's traditions and values are being threatened. Such fear easily clouds dispassionate inquiry; Peter Brown quotes a magistrate from about the year 200 who said to Christians, "I cannot bring myself so much as to listen to people who speak ill of the Roman way of religion."(3) According to R.H. Barrow, such a reaction was typical:
The attitude of the Romans to foreign religion can be shortly described. When the official curators of the state religion admitted into public recognition a non-Roman cult by granting it a place among public festivals or a site for a temple, they saw to it that the cult was transformed in a way suitable to Roman tradition. The legend or story often underwent changes, the ritual and terminology were modified, and the cult bore a strong Roman imprint. When this was not possible, at least the objectionable elements were purged out of it.
Barrow goes on to say (147) that Romans would fully tolerate only those religions that were neither threatening to the dominant position of Roman cults, politically unsafe, nor morally undesirable. But Moss insists that Christians were subversive and rude, so that Roman officials held the moral high ground (186-87).(5)
It is striking to see that, with the exception of the Corinthians, the congregations to whom Paul writes are currently experiencing persecution. The Thessalonian believers have suffered opposition and hostility from their countrymen (1 Thessalonians 2:14-15); the Philippians must stand firm against opponents (1:28); the Galatians have suffered much (3:4); the Romans are reminded to bless their persecutors (12:14).
And Paul himself is encountering persecution. James Kelhoffer, to whom Moss refers in a footnote (291n23), suggests that Paul cites his many enemies as a way of legitimating his apostolic authority.(6) Perhaps. But his long and detailed catalogues of sufferings endured (2 Corinthians 6:5; 11:23-25) indicate that he was not simply viewing the world through a persecution mania, convinced that everyone was out to get him. He lists specific, severe punishments.
What is most interesting, though, is that these discussions of sufferings and afflictions open up to take in much more than incidents of persecution. Alongside his beatings and imprisonments, Paul lists hunger and anxiety (2 Corinthians 6:4-5; 11:27-28). Epaphroditus is said to have risked his life "for the work of Christ" because he fell ill (Philippians 2:25-30). The Corinthians, at present free from afflictions of their own, are encouraged to relieve others' suffering by giving sacrificially (2 Corinthians 8:14). Indeed, the picture that emerges is not of a community in which martyrdom is prized as a mark of courageous conviction and orthodox doctrine, but of one in which suffering of any sort is valued as developing character by uniting us to the weakness and utter dependence on God modeled by Jesus (Romans 5:3-4; 2 Corinthians 12:10). We shall return to this point in a moment.
Varieties of Noble Suffering
Moss devotes a chapter to showing that both Christian and Jewish writers consciously imitate Greek stories of "noble suffering." Both in the New Testament and in accounts of martyrs, early Christian writers "drank deeply from the well of the noble-death tradition" (81). This is an important step in the reasoning that leads her to conclude that "none of the early Christian martyrdom stories is completely historically accurate" (124).
She observes that, in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus appears "emotional and lost" as He faces death — and that the pagan critic Celsus mocked Him for this unbecoming weakness. In contrast, "Luke's Jesus appears resolutely self-controlled"; He is depicted as a philosopher, a second Socrates (56-61).
There are a couple of points to be made here. First, the "weak" Jesus of Mark (and Matthew) was included in the New Testament, alongside Luke's "edited" version; He continued to be read and preached and worshiped. Paul also emphasized Jesus' weakness, and his own (1 Corinthians 1:25, 27; 2:3; 4:10; 9:22; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 11:21, 29; 12:9-10; 13:3-4, 9). So it cannot be said that this picture was simply abandoned as shameful. Rather, its contrast with, and challenge to, stories of noble suffering has had an incalculable impact, as John Stott said so well in The Cross of Christ:(7)
In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of the Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing round his mouth, a remote look on his face, detached from the agonies of the world. But each time after a while I have had to turn away. And in imagination I have turned instead to that lonely, twisted, tortured figure on the cross, nails through hands and feet, back lacerated, limbs wrenched, brow bleeding from thorn-pricks, mouth dry and intolerably thirsty, plunged in God-forsaken darkness. That is the God for me! He laid aside his immunity to pain. He entered our world of flesh and blood, tears and death. He suffered for us. Our sufferings become more manageable in the light of his.
But Moss also overstates the extent to which Luke transforms Jesus into a second Socrates. He is distressed or under pressure until His work is accomplished (12:50), and in Gethsemane He is in agony or anguish (22:44) — though Moss dismisses the latter passage (267n5). Moreover, it is Luke who records Jesus' prayer that the Father forgive His killers (23:34). This has tremendous significance. It is not part of the Greek tradition; Socrates says only that he harbors no resentment against his accusers and judges because they have done him no real harm (Apology 33); to a philosopher, death is good, as it liberates the soul from the body (Phaedo 33-35). In the Old Testament, the righteous sufferer usually calls for vengeance: "Pour out Your wrath on them; let Your fierce anger overtake them" (Psalm 69:24). The Lord is glorified through justice, not forgiveness.
In Christianity, though, from the very beginning, persecution offers an opportunity to show the love of God that is stronger than hate. The radical and counterintuitive idea that one should forgive one's persecutors is present in Jesus' teaching (Luke 6:27-28) and in the early letters of Paul (Romans 12:14; 1 Corinthians 4:12), and Stephen imitates his Lord in putting it into practice (Acts 7:60). It is simply not true that "[t]he historical facts of what occurred during Jesus's last days were overwritten with a theology of noble death and martyrdom" (Moss 61).
Some Points to Take Away
Despite these caveats, believers have much to learn from Moss's work.
First, Moss repeatedly calls attention to the dangers of demonizing and dehumanizing those who persecute us, or who simply disagree with us. "Claims of being persecuted are used in order to exclude and suppress other groups, to identify them with demonic forces, and to legitimize rhetorical and perhaps also literal violence against them. . . . This myth of persecution was, paradoxically enough, a way to marginalize others" (246).
I can learn from this even though I do not share Moss's faith that, if we just appeal to reason, we can always find common ground with critics and adversaries. (She briefly entertains the thought that persecution implies "blind hatred" [164], but this doesn't sit well with her requirement that persecutors must be students of Christian theology.) Paul, for one, clearly believes that demons exist (1 Corinthians 10:20-21), and that most people walk in spiritual blindness (2 Corinthians 4:4; compare 1 Corinthians 2:14) or under a spiritual hardening (Romans 11:7, 25; 2 Corinthians 3:14). Nevertheless, he tries to persuade (2 Corinthians 5:11). He can slip into harsh language sometimes (Galatians 5:12; Philippians 3:2), as we do, but his conviction is that human foes, unlike demons, can be converted — as even Nebuchadnezzar, pagan king and destroyer of Jerusalem, turned from casting Daniel's friends into a furnace to honoring their God (Daniel 4:34-37). Persecutors are to be blessed, and loved, in hope. Paul is convinced that he is not some unique trophy as one "preaching the faith he once tried to destroy"; others like him will be saved by grace as he was, and the church will praise God who works such miracles (Galatians 1:23).
Secondly, Christians should expect persecution. Of course we are not the only group to experience persecution (a straw man that Moss spends much energy demolishing). But 1 Thessalonians 3:3-4 affirms that Christians are "destined" to be persecuted (see also 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Peter 2:21). Perhaps someone will attempt to answer Moss by proving that many Christians before Constantine suffered martyrdom. Yet it seems equally important, and considerably more urgent, to support today's persecuted Christians, and to share their stories. Open Doors (https://www.opendoorsusa.org/) is a great place to start.
At the same time, persecution is only one form of suffering, and all righteous or innocent suffering draws us closer to Christ. Therefore we should honor the sick in our midst, the disabled, the mentally ill, the grieving, the outcasts, the abused, and the oppressed of all faiths, alongside those persecuted for following Christ. Jesus may have suffered particularly by drawing out human hostility toward God; in His kindness, though, He accepts almost any variety of pain as sufficiently similar to grant us entry into "the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings" (Philippians 3:10).
Lastly, when we encounter conflict, Moss's critique can help us not to jump too hastily to the conclusion that we are being persecuted. We should at least apply the test spelled out in 1 Peter, asking, Have I done anything wrong, anything to cause unnecessary offense and bring this trouble on myself? Moreover, can I put this right by dropping pride and defensiveness, and reaching out to the other? We witness (the root meaning of "martyr"), first and foremost, by being people of integrity.
(1) The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom (New York: HarperOne-HarperCollins, 2013).
(2) A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom Among Christians and Jews in Antiquity (New York: HarperSanFrancisco-HarperCollins, 1992), 133. Droge and Tabor also cite Augustine as the source of the distinction between persecution and prosecution, but understand prosecution as "the necessary and legal repression of criminals" (170), not as any non-theologically motivated exercise of state judicial power.
(3) The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150-750 (1971; New York and London: W.W. Norton, 1989), 17.
(4) The Romans (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1949, 1953), 144-45.
(5) Barrow acknowledges that "Christians often deliberately invited persecution," but balances this with the observation that "Christianity was particularly vulnerable to misinterpretation" because, like a state or an empire, it claimed the allegiance of all peoples (181-83).
(6) Persecution, Persuasion and Power: Readiness to Withstand Hardship as a Corroboration of Legitimacy in the New Testament (Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010), 43.
(7) The Cross of Christ (1986; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006), 326-27.


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Reclaim Joy by Acting Like a Kid Again
Jul 31, 2014 05:44PM
By Marilyn Eppolite
Working, family obligations and busy schedules often steal away the time to do things that bring us bliss and joy, leaving us feeling stuck in the routine of daily life. Yet, making deposits into our fun account replenishes the soul. If we don't make regular deposits, there is no joy to withdraw; we become overdrawn, and only a feeling of emptiness is left. When we notice life slipping away like this, it is best to stop, become aware and take strides to get it back again. By carving out small chunks of time to appreciate life and all its wonder, we can refill our joy account.
The key to happiness is to bring the wisdom of the child into daily life. Children know how to live in the moment and appreciate what is right in front of them. Happy adults also feel gratitude for the little things in life that are often discounted or missed by stressed people: a butterfly stopping at a flower, the sound of a songbird, a short conversation with a stranger. Enjoying the simple pleasure of the present moment helps take us out of our busy minds so that we can regain the ability to appreciate the beauty of the world around us.
Tips to Capture Childlike Joy in Daily Life
Open to a sense of mystery. It is good to remember that life is a mystery. Look at the stars and the wide expanse of space. Remember doing this as a child. What did we imagine back then? Recapture that feeling now.
See challenges as opportunities to play. When kids don't understand something, they make up a story. Use that innate creative imagination and see where it goes. Inventors take a break from their work and go play to relax their mind from overthinking a problem, which utilizes the left side of the brain. Play ignites the right side of the brain and allows for new ways of seeing and creative solutions. Fresh ideas are easily generated when the mind is allowed to explore those places of magic and mystery.
Be less serious about doing it right. Striving for perfection never made anyone happy; it just makes us feel inadequate. We should reward ourselves for giving it our best.
Sign up for giggle therapy. Laughing until our belly hurts increases the hormones that make us feel healthier and more alive. Try watching a funny movie, taking a laughter yoga class or visiting with old friends, and notice the good feelings that linger afterward.
Create something. Even a small project using paints, clay, building blocks or crayons can bring us back to a time when joy was flowing through every cell of our being. Just the act of scribbling can bring back the freedom of the child in us. If that doesn't work, try using the non-dominant hand to draw. Struggling with concentrated effort can change our attitude. Inhibitions dwindle and the hidden child comes out, letting simple pleasures affect our reality and awareness.
Play some music and dance. As we drift away in movement when no one is watching, we clear the mind and lighten the heart, making it hard to stay serious for long. As music moves the body with abandon, the power of flow fills the body.
Go ask a 5-year-old to teach you how to play. The response will most likely generate a good laugh. What fun that would be.
Marilyn Eppolite is an energy therapist and spiritual counselor who specializes in emotional balance and resilience and blogs about living an emotionally balanced life. She is the creative director for Natural Awakenings magazine, South Jersey edition. Connect at TheWisdomWithin.net.


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Docking tails and cropping ears is my topic today. Why do certain dogs have their tails docked (cut very short at birth) and their ears cropped (surgically altered to stand up).
We see tail docking and ear cropping most common in the Doberman, Rottweilers, many Terriers and the Boxer although over 50 breeds have their tails docked as well. It's a pretty long list and may not even be complete!
Now, there is a strong movement gathering steam from many Veterinarians, to breeders,to dog owners to prevent these surgeries and ban them outright. So why do we dock the tails of these dogs? Well, for most of these breeds it is strictly for show and is cosmetic. For others, it is a tradition that dates back many many years and was considered in the dog's best interest.
These dogs such as Boxer's and Rottweilers had their tails docked to prevent injury while hunting large game and the dogs that didn't have their tails docked and received injury, were often put down. However, it is really difficult to find the real answer for most of these breeds and what I find is very conflicting information.
My opinion on tail docking is simple. If the nature of the breed's daily life can easily lead to tail injuries, dock them at birth. I spoke to my vet about this topic and he agreed saying that some breeds are very susceptible to tail injuries such as frequent sprains or fractures that are extremely difficult to fix and require painful surgeries to correct.
I admit that my opinion on this stems from my favorite breed of dog the Boxer. Sisko is a wrestler at heart just as Boxers are. On any given day at the park, Sisko will search out any dog willing to wrestle with him and usually finds another Boxer. Labs enjoy a good wrestle with a Boxer as well and just a month or so ago, one lab I know well from the park sprained her tail in a wrestling match with another Boxer. In these cases, it is easy to see how tail injuries will occur and it is possible Sisko may have had serious tail injury by now if his tail wasn't docked.
The other reason for docking tails is for show and is cosmetic only. This I adamantly disagree with. If we as humans want to have cosmetic surgery so be it, but our dogs don't have that choice and docking tails for show is for humans only and has nothing to do with the dog. The AKC and CKC have similar views on tail docking:
an undocked tail should be severely penalized
Countries that ban or restrict tail docking:
Czech Republic
South Africa
United Kingdom
Virgin Islands
The debate on whether to dock or not to dock will undoubtedly continue for years to come.
Cropping Ears
Cropping a dog's ears is a different story in my mind. I simply cannot see any valid reason why to put a dog through this long and painful procedure when there is no real reason to do so other than for show and for the intimidating look. Yet the list of dogs that have their ears cropped is just as long as for dogs that have their tails docked. (I won't post this list), but will briefly talk about a few with a valid history, the Great Dane, Dogo Argentino (I love this dog), and the Doberman.
The Doberman has been traditionally bred as a protector. They have been bred lean and tight with no loose skin to grab on to. Cropping the ears is suppose to eliminate hand holds yet to me that doesn't make sense. If they have ears you can grab them. The other reason given is when the ears are cropped they offer the dog a much better ability to pinpoint sound. I don't buy this either as the difference in ears down or ears up is very minimal at best and has never been proven.
In breeds like the Great Dane and Dogo Argentino, they were traditionally bred to hunt wild boar and in Argentina the Dogo is still used for just that. Now that the Great Dane is best known as a pet, cropping the ears to me isn't necessary. For the Dogo, I reluctantly agree because studies have proven that it prevents serious ear injury.
The practice of cropping ears is gradually becoming illegal.
The United States
New Zealand
South Africa
The UK
In Canada, both tail docking and ear cropping are illegal in
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
We'll have to see what the next few years bring in regard to these two topics.


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PJ Library & the Gift of Jewish Books
I am an illustrator and/or author of books for children, many of them for URJ Books & Music. Because I am a storyteller, I thought I would – you guessed it – tell the story of how my book Noah's Swim-A-Thon came to be. Once upon a time, I lived in the suburbs with three young children. Come summertime, I had to get them out of the house, and I wanted them to go to summer camp. I became a lifeguard at Ruach Day Camp on Long Island, and alacazam! Every summer for the past 10 years, my kids have gone to camp there. Fast forward to a Jewish children's book conference in 2007 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, where I was schmoozing with a friend about how difficult it can be to find illustration work. I told her I was thinking of writing a story so I could illustrate it, something for my portfolio to show that I could take a character through different emotions and settings. Searching for an idea was proving impossible because I needed some kind of guidance as to where to start; my brain was running in circles.
Then (cue angelic music) Natalie Blitt, then-program director at the PJ Library, got up to speak. PJ Library's mission is to share kids books with positive Jewish content to families across the United States. It is so cool – and it's free. Yes, free, with no strings. If you have not already signed your kids up for the PJ Library go to www.pjlibrary.org and do so right now! (Then please come back so you can hear the end of my story.) Oh, good, you're back. As I was saying, PJ Library sends books out to all these kids, which, for authors, presents an amazing opportunity to have your book read by the families you are writing for. In other words, when somebody from PJ Library speaks, I listen. I can't remember most of what Natalie said, but one sentence still rings in my ears: "PJ has noticed that there are not many Jewish summer camp stories," she said. Ding! "I know about camp," I thought. "I'm gonna write about camp." Thank you, Natalie! Thank you, PJ Library!
The next morning, I was on my treadmill thinking, over and over: What's Jewish about the summer? What's Jewish about camp? What makes a Jewish camp different from all other camps? Any holidays? Well, in the summer, we have the the Nine Days and Tisha B'av, but, uh, no. A more courageous author than me is going to figure out how to make the destruction of the ancient temples an appealing children's book topic. So I kept treading, and I got it: swim-a-thons. Every year at the pool where I am a lifeguard, campers do a swim-a-thon for Chai Lifeline, a wonderful tzedakah. Once I determined a setting, I needed a character & a plot. Because I had been coaxing kids to dunk their heads for years, I chose my character to be a reluctant swimmer named Noah, who, through persistence and generosity, learns to swim just in time for the camp swim-at-thon.
Then the most wonderful thing happened: I sent my manuscript over to Michael Goldberg, editor at URJ Books and Music, and he decided to turn it into a book. It had to go through several zillion committee meetings first, but by 2011, I was holding a copy of Noah's Swim-a-Thon in my hands – and so were about 15,000 Jewish children, because PJ Library selected it for distribution. Then they selected it again the following year, and 15,000 more kids got to see it. Then last month – and this was truly an honor – PJ Library selected Noah's Swim-A-Thon as the book to give away as the organization's 3,000,000th (!) title, personally presented by founder Harold Grinspoon himself to a lovely and bright girl named Jordana. I was fortunate enough to be there for the presentation and to get lots of nachas.
Thank you, PJ Library, for making my Noah available to wonderful children like Jordana, and mazel tov on your 3,000,000th book. I look forward to seeing what great stories you pick for the next 3,000,000. The end.
P.S.: If you'd like Jewish coloring pages for your kids, I send them out about once a month – for free. I'm very into the 'free' concept. To receive them, visit www.annkoffsky.com, or e-mail me at email@example.com, and I will sign you up.
Ann Koffsky has illustrated and authored more than 20 books for children, including "Noah's Swim-A-Thon" and "My Cousin Tamar Lives in Israel," which was given a Notable Book designation by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Visit www.annkoffsky.com for more.


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Infographic: How Mac & PC People are Different
When it comes to Mac and PC users, in some areas the are the same or totally the opposite in the infographic below. The infographic pretty cool and interesting once you think about it, however, check it out below.
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London-based Nigerian designer Duro Olowu is coming to JC Penny this spring! I love the looks below and will definitely be checking out his line. I usually don't shop here and lately JCPenny hasn't been doing too well in the market. Hopefully moves like this will help the retailer recover.
This last print is insane!
Duro's known for his wild prints, feminine silhouettes, and vintage 70's inspiration. This collaboration is great because his clothes usually retail at high-end stores like Barney's and Yoox.com. Also, as a Nigerian, I can imagine how hard it must have been for him to start a career in fashion (Nigerians love machismo). I see this as an opportunity to support change in my community.
Will you be checking this line out?


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Revised 04/11/17
Current Permit Fees
The building permit fee for all new construction, additions, and alterations shall be based on the estimated cost of construction including all structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical interior finish and site preparation elements. The following table sets forth said fees:
*The City may from time to time, hire an independence inspector to make inspections which cannot be performed by the city staff. The cost of said inspections shall be paid by the builder.
Based on the estimated population table, estimated amount of land required and $166,500 per acre of undeveloped land, per the Subdivision Regulations, as amended April 2, 2007.
All new plats of subdivision submitted after April 2, 2007, are subject to the above impact fees, for newly created residential lots.


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text: Today production industries can´t do without steel materials. Used for multi-storey buildings, bridges or cars, products made from steel are highly responsible for stability and flexibility of such constructions. For the different production steps in smelting works and rolling mills special cables for the optimum energy supply and data transmission are applied. Cable chain cables drive conveyor belts for iron ore, coal and waste products. At the blast furnaces and between the different rolls, special temperature resistant cables are indispensable.


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Flax TIPS: Post-harvest Management Considerations and Planning for Next Year
The 2017 growing season saw a departure from average precipitation, with much of the flax growing regions of the Prairies seeing 40 – 85% of average precipitation (figure 1) and now sitting at average to 10% below average soil moisture in the upper 5 centimeters for soil (figure 2). How does lack of soil moisture affect management decisions?
Figure 1. Percent of average precipitation for the 2017 growing season (April 1st to October 10th, 2017)
Figure 2. Soil moisture (top five centimeters of soil in Canada on a monthly basis) difference from average
Crop Rotation
Flax is a shallow rooted crop, with the bulk of the roots in the upper 70 cm of soil. This results in proportionately more drying in the upper soil layers, but leaves more moisture at depth. We often think about what crop stubble we should be putting our flax on but what about which crops to plant on your flax stubble? This could be an important question for 2018 due to dry conditions, although still largely dependent on snowfall and spring 2018 precipitation.
Cereals on flax stubble
In the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones, long term research (1967 – 1984) indicates that spring wheat tends to have lower yields after flax than other crop types (wheat, rye or oat hay), and was attributed to below average precipitation during the study years and higher weed pressure after flax. In comparison, crop insurance data from the Black soil zones shows that spring wheat planted on flax stubble performs comparatively well (Table 1). Other cereal crops that are also reliant on mycorrhizal fungi populations like corn can do well on flax stubble.
Oilseeds on flax stubble
Generally speaking, seeding an oilseed on an oilseed is not recommended. However, there is value in having flax in the rotation for other oilseed crops. For example, blackleg severity in canola was the lowest following a diverse crop rotation (Wheat – Canola – Wheat – Flax) that included flax.
Pulses on flax stubble
Few studies have evaluated flax stubble for pulses. Some research has shown yields of peas were higher on flax stubble than on pea stubble except under drought conditions.
Flax may be beneficial to succeeding crops in the semi-arid Prairies because it tends to deplete soil moisture less than other oilseeds like sunflower, safflower and soybean. The additional subsoil moisture left after flax in dry years will help the subsequent crop if another dry year occurs. If a dry situation continues next spring, fields with flax stubble could be targeted for seeding crops with highest anticipated profit. Crops that benefit from late season moisture such as soybeans may benefit from increased soil moisture deeper in the soil profile.
Practices that increase snow trapping (e.g. stubble height) and reduce volunteer flax and/or weed populations may be beneficial to increase surface soil moisture following flax.
Table 1: Relative yield response (% of 2010 – 2015 average) of Manitoba crops sown on large fields (> 120 acres) of various previous crops (stubble) in rotation – standardized to Red Spring Wheat.
Source: https://www.masc.mb.ca/masc.nsf/mmpp_crop_rotations.html
Where should you place flax in your rotation for optimal yield? Check here
Re-Cropping Restriction with Residual Herbicide
Flax is sensitive to many herbicides, so prior to choosing land for flax production herbicide residue history should be verified. If the specific herbicide history is unknown, it is possible to send soil samples for residue analysis to an accredited lab.
Droughty conditions in 2017 may lead to residual herbicide persistence in soil so extra diligence should be taken in 2018. Specifically, products used for Clearfield® lentils, peas and canola require two growing seasons prior to sowing back to flax.
More information on potential residue concerns may be released, so always check with the marketing company and Guide to Crop Protection. If unsure, check your local guide to crop protection.
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|2 year re-crop
|3 year re-crop
|Fall applied only
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|Trifluralin (can plant to flax in following spring)
Residual Soil Nitrogen after Dry Conditions
The primary mechanism for nitrogen (N) to enter plant roots is via mass flow with soil water. This means that in dry soil moisture conditions yield potential and N response is limited. Preliminary soil test results from the Northern Great Plains shows high soil N (i.e. above 100 lbs/ac) in soils affected by the 2017 drought . Therefore, drought affected areas in the Canadian Prairies may follow similar trends. The best way to know where soil nitrate levels are at is to soil test in fall prior to tillage operations. Heading into spring 2018, producers should consider modifying fertilizer N applications based on the N supplying capacity of the soil (i.e. soil moisture).
Find key considerations when applying nitrogen fertilizer in the fall here.
For general fertility requirements of flax check here
Fall Weed Control
Fall weed control can be an important management tool for targeting certain weeds, especially for an uncompetitive crop like flax. Flax has limited in-crop herbicide options so making sure fall-applied herbicides are considered can go long way to setting up your flax for success.
Precipitation towards the end of harvest and soil moisture will have influenced late season weed flushes. Late fall herbicide applications are more effective for winter annual weeds (e.g. cleavers, shepherd's purse) than early fall so continue monitoring fields for seedling emergence.
Find 5 considerations for fall weed control here.
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Obama Campaign Manager Slams Sarah Palin as the "Pied Piper in Republican Politics" for Hoffman Support - Video 11/1/09
Here is video of President Obama's former campaign manager - David Plouffe - on Meet the Press yesterday where he mocked Gov. Sarah Palin by referring to her as the "Pied Piper in Republican politics."
Palin is "kind of playing the role of pied piper in Republican politics, which I'm quite comfortable with – basically hanging a 'moderates need not apply' sign."Plouffe was hammering Palin for her role in endorsing Doug Hoffman in the New York 23rd Congressional Race instead of the liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava. Obama's people are trying to spin this as a great defeat for Republicans, instead of seeing that is the triumph of conservatism led by a conservative leader in Sarah Palin.
You can already see the meme developing that Obama's people and the media (they are really one and the same) will use if Republicans/Conservatives win in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York on Tuesday. They will say all this shows is that the GOP has been taken over by the "right-wing extremists" and are becoming a less tolerant, less inclusive party. Get ready for it - it's coming.


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Paul is also experienced in residential real estate law and transactions, performing closings and other real estate law work. He is a title insurance producer in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Math Center REDO!
I am running 4 centers right now. Math Games, Timed Tests, Math Computation with Slates, and Flash Cards.
Check out the slates on the top shelf. I got this idea from my friends in Kindergarten. They drilled a hole in each slate, added a metal ring & sock. Markers are stored in the sock "eraser." Perfect!
Smartboard Bootcamp
Mrs. Schroeder
Watch a short clip of the presentaton @ http://vimeo.com/20483566 or at
I will keep the box and raffle it off at the end of the year! I sure can't wait to show it to them!
Mrs. Schroeder
It's a Peep Thing
Sunday, February 27, 2011
My Stage
That is where the stage came into play. It is just a carpet runner that I lay in front of my smartboard. The class makes their rows just behind it during our large group lessons. Now there is always plenty of space for friends to come up front and work.
I also love to give directions from the stage. My class knows if I am on the stage...they need to be listening!
Mrs. Schroeder
Wreath of Many Seasons
Start collecting now for your Wreath of Many Seasons!
Mrs. Schroeder
This Way to 2nd Grade!
Now is the time to hunt for insects and frogs at the dollar store. Plan you back to school board now and be on easy street in August!
Mrs. Schroeder
I Figured It Out!
I am so excited that I was able to figure out how to add a blog template fro LeeLou all by myself. I am going to try and add some images of my classroom today. Wish me luck! Sure hoping to get a follower today so that I can stop writing to myself:)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Math Mania
Totally reworked my math routine. 45 minutes is not enough time for the math workshop that I want so...I am going to make things work. Made some cute center icons and filled some tubs with manageable math games and we are off to the races on Monday. I need more hands on centers! I need more time with my math kiddos. Switching classes in 2nd grade is tricky. I sure hope this system will give more small group time to my class. Happy Friday tomorrow!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Smart Bored Bootcamp
Presented today to the UNCC student teachers on smartboards. A fantastic crew of newbie teachers. Lots of great questions and experimentation by all. So glad I was able to do this...I am used to talking to little ones. Grown ups make me nervous. A big thank you to my assistant who video taped the whole thing for www.theschroederpage.com and to my 2nd grade team who came to support me:) Looking forward to some good feedback!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
It's a PEEP Thing!
So very excited about completing It's a Peep Thing unit today. 36 plus pages on the adoption of Marshmallow Peeps. Could things get better than that for a group of second graders??? I always plan this day for right before Spring Break. I offer Peep Credit for students who take their marshmallow-ie treats with them on vacation or a day at the park.
Now it is off to find plastic Easter Eggs to stuff with Peeps for adoption day. Can't wait to see their faces when the bell rings. Check out FREE downloads for this special day...including center icons and response sheets. You can also download the full unit from start to finish at www.theschroederpage.com.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Just Getting my Feet Wet!
I am obsessed...what happened? I started on Friday reading through a few blogs and now I am thinking of ways that I can sneak off with my laptop and have a blogaffair! It is so super fun to have all of my favorite things right at my finger tips...crafts, teaching tips, and recipes! I lay on my couch thinking of all I should be doing but coffee and a blog are my new loves.


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The Apparitional: films by Barbara Hammer and Sandra Lahire | curated by Ricardo Matos Cabo and Selina Robertson
Wednesday 18 May 2016 | Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD | 14:00-17:00.
This event is held as part of Arts Week 2016 and sponsored by BIRMAC and BIMI
Report | Curating the Apparitional | Ricardo Matos Cabo and Selina Robertson
Taking the concept of 'The Apparitional' from Terry Castle's 1993 literary and social history The Apparitional Lesbian: Female Homosexuality and Modern Culture where she locates the 'ghosts' of lesbian sexualities obscured by history, together with the documentary and experimental films of Barbara Hammer, Dr Watson's X Rays (1991) and Sanctus (1990), and Sandra Lahire'sUranium Hex (1987) and Serpent River (1989), this event will explore the idea of 'The Apparitional' within the context of the X-ray as a presence of the uncanny, a ghostliness, the body as subject, illness, radiation and (film) exposure, conflicts between scientific and visual objectivity and the politics of gender and sexuality.
This screening and discussion will explore the idea of 'the apparitional' through the films of the radical lesbian feminist filmmakers, Barbara Hammer and Sandra Lahire. These are powerful films about the vulnerability of the body, of women's bodies, made (in)visible by and exposed to radiation, unprotected against the effects of contamination by uranium mining, emerging as ghosts through an intense alchemy of images and sounds.
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Introduction (Barbara Hammer) : Ricardo Matos Cabo
Sanctus (Hammer, 1990). 16mm
Dr Watson's X Rays (Hammer, 1991). digital
Introduction (Sandra Lahire) | Selina Roberton
Uranium Hex (Lahire, 1987). SD digital file.
Serpent River (Lahire, 1989). SD digital file
Following the screening, Selina Robertson is in conversation with Dr. Sophie Mayer and Sarah Pucill.
Biographies |
Sophie Mayer is a full-time feminist film activist, and author of Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema. She writes regularly for Sight & Sound and The F-Word, and works with queer feminist film curators Club des Femmes and industry campaigners Raising Films.
Sarah Pucill is an artist and Reader at University of Westminster since 2000. Her films and photographs explore a sense of self, which is transformative and fluid. At the core of her practice is a concern with mortality and the materiality of the filmmaking process. Her first feature length production funded by the Arts Council, Magic Mirror (2013), explores the relationship between image, sound and word in Claude Cahun's writing from her book Aveux non avenus (Confessions Denied, 1930) through a re-staging of her photographs. The film premiered at Tate Modern, toured internationally with LUX. In production is a sequel to Magic Mirror, Confessions To the Mirror (Summer 2016), which is shot on 16mm colour and focuses on Cahun's still life and portrait images.


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CA Acquires Cloud Vendor Nimsoft for $350M
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CA's legacy has been in mainframe systems management, and it's sticking with the times and changing technology with its embrace of cloud computing services, particularly in the area of could management. In its latest acquisition, CA has nabbed an enterprise cloud management software company, Nimsoft. eCRM Guide has the details.
CA on Wednesday announced that it will acquire Nimsoft, a privately held developer of IT performance and availability monitoring software, for $350 million in cash.
Redwood City, Calif.-based Nimsoft's Unified Monitoring architecture helps enterprise customers deploy and monitor public and private clouds as well as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) implementations.
"Penetration of these markets will further expand our global leadership in IT management and complement our existing strength with large enterprise customers," he added.


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By Chris Wright
The half-time entertainment at Santo Angelo leaves a lot to be desired
Gawd bless the Brazilian lower leagues, for they truly are a goldmine of seemingly random football miscellania. Like many non-league sides around the world, Brazilian amateur side Santo Angelo are struggling to balance the books at the moment, with attendances dwindling to quite literally nothing as fans find other ways to occupy themselves of a weekend.
Things were getting really bad at Santo Angelo – who play in the Series A-2 Campeonato Gaucho – with the club struggling to locate a pot to urinate in until some bright spark in the back had a great idea to start pulling the punters back in again: a half-time livestock raffle!
Despite Santo Angelo being beaten 2-0 by Rio Pardense at the weekend, attendances were up for the first time after word spread around the local area that a live sheep was to be raffled off to one lucky winner at the interval, with a seat number being chosen at random by the club's president.
Caps, t-shirts and beer glasses were also given away to a smattering of runners-up.
The club also announced that more prizes are up for grabs in the coming weeks, with a 30-litre keg of beer, a bicycle and a signed Santo Angelo replica shirt also due to be raffled off at the next two home games as they desperately try to secure their place in the division for next season.
Beats sitting through a ropey cheerleading squad botch their way through 'Call Me Maybe' any day.
UPDATE: Thanks to Dave down in the comments who has rooted around and found a news report of the mutton flogging…


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Finding Motivation: What To Do When You Dont Feel Like Doing Anything
"The measure of your success usually comes down to who wins the battle that rages between the two of you. The 'you' who wants to stop, give up, or take it easy, and the 'you' who chooses to beat back that which would stand in the way of your success - complacency." Chris Widener
In all of my interactions with people, I've never found anyone, regardless of their level of success, who doesn't sometimes find themselves simply not wanting to do the things that they need and want to do. It is a part of human nature that there will be times that, in spite of all that we need to do, and even desire to, we will find ourselves not wanting to do anything. And what separates those who will become successful from those who will maintain the status-quo, is the ability at those very crucial moments of time when we are making decisions about what we will do, to choose to find the inner motivation that will enable us to conquer our complacency and move on in action.
I find that I confront this issue in my life on a regular basis, so the following success strategies are not merely "pie in the sky techniques", but proven ways to get yourself to go even when you don't feel like doing anything.
Honestly evaluate whether or not you need a break. This is the first thing that I usually do what I find that I don't want to get to a specific action. The fact is that oftentimes we will have been working very hard and the lethargy we are feeling is really our body and emotions telling us that we simply need a break. And this is where it takes real intellectual honesty because when we don't need a break our mind is still telling us we need a break! But sometimes we do need a break. I'll give you a good example. I don't particularly like to exercise, but I do almost every day. Sometimes, I find myself before going to the club thinking about how I just didn't feel like going. Most of the time I am just being lazy. However, sometimes I realize that my body needs a break. So from time to time I will take a one or two day break from working out. The benefits of this are two-fold: One, my body gets a break to regenerate itself. Two, after a day or two, I begin to miss my workout, and eagerly anticipate a turning to the gym.
Other examples: Perhaps you are a salesman who has been phoning clients for a week straight, day and night. You wake up one morning and just don't feel like doing it any more. Well, take a break for the morning. Go to a coffee shop and read the paper. Go to the driving range and hit some golf balls. Take a break and then get back to it!
Starts small. I'm at a point in my workout schedule now where a typical workout day for me consists of 30 to 45 minutes of aerobic exercise, and about 30 minutes of weight lifting. So when I find myself not wanting to get up and go to the gym, I will sometimes make a commitment to go and just do a smaller workout. Instead of deciding not to go, I'll commit to doing 15 to 20 minutes of aerobic exercise and 15 to 30 minutes of weight lifting. This is also good for two reasons. One, I actually get some exercise that day. And two, it keeps me from getting into a cycle of giving up when I don't feel like moving toward action. Other examples: Maybe you are a writer who simply doesn't want to write today. Instead of the long day writing you had planned, decide that you will at least outline a couple of new articles. You will at least get these done, and you may have found that you put yourself into the writing mood after all.
Change your routine. I have found that what keeps me in the best shape and burns the most calories for me, is to do 30 to 45 minutes on the treadmill every day. Now let me be very blunt. I find running on the treadmill to be extremely boring. Usually I can get myself to do it, but sometimes I need to vary my routine. So instead of 30 to 45 minutes on a treadmill, I will break down my aerobic exercise routine into a number of different areas. I will do ten to 15 minutes on treadmills, 10 to 15 minutes on the reclining cycle, 5 to 10 minutes on the rowing machine, 5 to 10 minutes on the stair stepper, and then back on to the treadmill for five to 10 minutes. I still get my exercise, but I'm bored a lot less.
Other examples: Maybe you are in construction and you have been working on the plumbing for a week, and it is getting monotonous. Don't do the plumbing today! Go frame-in the office.
Reward yourself. One way that I motivate myself to do something when I don't feel like doing it, is to tell myself that if I get through the work that I need to, I will give myself a little reward. For instance, I may tell myself if I to get up and go to the club I can take five to 10 minutes off my treadmill exercise, which will shorten my workout routine, and I'll allow myself to sit in the hot tub for a few extra minutes. Hey, it works! Other examples: Maybe you are a mortgage broker who feels like sleeping in. Tell yourself that after the next three mortgages you close you will take your kids to the fair, or your spouse to the movies. Maybe you'll give yourself a night on the town with old friends.
Reconnect the action with pleasure rather than pain. Psychologists have long told us that we humans tend to connect every action with either pleasure or pain. Tony Robbins has popularized this even further in the last few years with something he calls Neural Associations. That is, we connect every action with either a pleasure, or pain. When we are finding ourselves lacking motivation, what we are probably finding about ourselves is that we are associating the action that we are thinking about with pain, rather than pleasure. For instance, when I'm considering that not going to the health club on any given day, I am usually associating going and working out with having no time, the pain of exercising and weight lifting, or the boringness of running on a treadmill for an extended period of time. What I can do to re-associate is to remind myself that by going in and doing my exercise I will feel better about myself, I will lose weight, and I will live longer. This brings me pleasure. When we begin to run those kinds of tapes through our minds, we find our internal motivating force unleashed and changing our attitude about the action that we are considering.
Other examples: Maybe you are a counselor who really doesn't want to spend the day listening to people. Your association may be that it will be boring, or that you will be inside while it is sunny outside. Instead, re-associate yourself to the truth of the matter: Someone will be better off because of your care and concern. Think of your clients and the progression they have been making recently and how you have been a part of that.
About The Author:
Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of Made for Success, a company helping individuals and organizations turn their potential into performance, succeed in every area of their lives and achieve their dreams.
To see Chris "live" at the upcoming Jim Rohn Weekend Event as he speaks on the subject of Secrets of Influence go to http://Chris-Widener.InspiresYOU.com/ or call 800-929-0434.
Mastering Emotions: Taking Your Life To The Next Level
Hello,How is your day coming along? Better, I am sure, than that particular day the crew of the Apollo 13 had as they were on their way home to planet earth.The return flight of Apollo 13 will forever be one of the most momentous flights ever recorded in history.
Why You Should Write Your Obituary Today
Writing your own obituary sounds and feels a little strange, I know. If the idea doesn't appeal to you, try pretending that you have just won an award and the newspaper is doing a feature story on your accomplishments.
Commit to Doing 80%
Instead of trying to be perfect, it is better to do your best, and often your best doesn't look like going all out all the time. This is especially true when you are making changes in your life.
Change Your Life, Release Fear, and Create What you Really Want
Do you have a dream? Or do you just have a nagging feeling that life could better?Many of us have a life that we know is not what we really want, but perhaps we've become resigned to it, believing that 'this is all there is for me' or 'it's OK, really?' or even, 'it's too late to change anyway.'The reason for this resignation is usually because of fear.
Why Do 9 Out of 10 People Never Live Their Dreams?
When we were kids we all had dreams. There were no boundaries to our imagination and anything was possible.
How You Developed Bad Habits That Rob You Of Motivation
Bad habits rob you of your motivation.Today I want to tell you why I decided I absolutely had to take charge of my self-motivation.
How to Get Up on a Down Day
One of the major obstacles to achieving goals is losing the motivation necessary to finish them. Many times the initial surge of energy is lost after the reality of hard work or set backs sets in.
Finding Motivation: What To Do When You Dont Feel Like Doing Anything
"The measure of your success usually comes down to who wins the battle that rages between the two of you. The 'you' who wants to stop, give up, or take it easy, and the 'you' who chooses to beat back that which would stand in the way of your success - complacency.
Do I have What It takes?
What am I made of? Do I have what it takes? I want to succeed, can I do it?Let us attempt to answer your question, if you are willing to listen.I don't know you, but you tell me? So you have what it takes? Everyone wants to succeed, can you make the grade? What are you made of? Why should you care? Is it worth finding out? Well, it is interesting you ask this question.
Motivation By Spring Cleaning
Spring cleaning is a great motivator. Why confine it to Spring?It is arguable that we should not only give gifts at Christmas and make resolutions at the New Year.
The Default Setting
In the coaching relationships I have with our clients, the major problem I see is that individuals end up in the same place - over and over and over again. They mean to save money and build wealth, only to end up (again) with "too much month at the end of the money.
Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?
I have been giving some thought lately to optimism and pessimism. Basically, these are attitudes.
Motivation: Tearing Down Your Own Limitations
Q.: I've always been sort of cynical about all this motivational stuff.
Back to Boot Camp
You know, whenever you are going to make a major change and begin to undergo a different lifestyle, it is probably good to make a massive move in that direction. Think about it.
Letting Go Of Our Negativity
Everyone has something, whether it be a habit, or aspect of their personality, that they wish that they didn't have. For me, that something is fear.
Do We Have Free Will?
It is being suggested here that we have only one real choice in life:To let go of fear and resistance and be taken by the flow of life, or, to fight, screaming all the way, as the flow of life takes us anyway.Life is.
Define Your Own Future - Shatter The Crystal Ball!
When I decided to look into remote viewing, I had the impression that it had some bizarre metaphysical and psychic associations. But, in reality, remote viewing is a natural and 'taught' method of probing remote locations in the past, present, and future.
If You Are Rejected!
This article exemplifies the inner working of emotional intelligence. Effectively working through one tough situation at a time can build our emotional competence.
Its Not Enough
Whatever you are doing in your life at the present moment; it's not enough. What do you mean it's not enough? I've done all I can.
The Most Courageous People in the World
Who are the most courageous people in the world? Armed services? Coastguards? Astronauts? Firepersons? Explorers? Mountaineers? ??Sports? For us, the most courageous people in the world are those who are committed to discovering how they can get the best out of themselves. Individuals, who are committed to learning about and changing, their habits and beliefs in order to fulfil their dreams.
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Compassion might hurt, but it also heals.
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Standing at the Foot of the Cross
Yet, there is no greater freedom than finding yourself at the foot of the cross, in the place where you are afraid to wait, where uncertainty and fear abound. That place is holy.
Journeying with the Cross
It takes the tragic death of a good person to make us stop rationalizing and start sitting in the brokenness and pain of our human condition.
Before anything else, remember the basics: Airway, breathing, circulation. ABC. When it comes to spiritual care, I've learned to do the same. Always be compassionate. ABC.
After Happily Ever After
Love, compassionate love, is why despite the heartaches, the heart breaks, the stumbling, the failures, the disappointments, the annoyances of dating, the everything, I am an absolute sucker for weddings.
On Miss Colorado, "The View," and Misdirected Mockery
As I recently told a young patient of mine, though we do not always get to choose our circumstances, we always have a choice in who we want to be. And we always have a choice to connect to one another or disconnect from one another.
The Little Ones
As Jesus' hands and feet in the world today, we have a responsibility to our neighbor to be the vessel of mercy, the conduit of compassion, the outpouring of love. Disgust, disdain, and deluding ourselves into thinking we could never understand this other person leaves no room for love.