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Doing the dos of Christ matters as much as not doing the don'ts, maybe more.
"Doing the dos of Christ matters as much as not doing the don'ts. Maybe more."
The first time I heard those words they were spoken by Dr. Ralph Smith, who at the time was pastor of Hyde Park Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. It was the mid 1970's and Dr. Smith was teaching on the book of James. Specifically the second chapter of James which says, in verses 8 through 10, the following. "If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well. But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of sin."
Woah! That is HEAVY stuff. Not loving your neighbor is as bad as adultry or murder or theft? That can't be right!
Or can it? Sin is disobedience to the known will of God, and no matter how hard we try to ignore it, forget it or twist it, Christ made God's will on certain things very clear. He wants us to treat each other with love and with mercy, and He wants us to do it unconditionally.
That means we can't stop and say, "Well, they need to try to help theirself first," or "they need to repent from sin first." Our most important job as a Christian is not to stop them from sinning. It is to love God, and then to love others like Christ loves us. Thankfully, for all of us, Christ loves us with mercy, forgiveness and understanding. He died for us, when we were so mired in sin we didn't even know it was sinful. He forgives us, even though we keep making the same mistakes over and over. THAT is how He wants us to treat each other and how He wants us to treat non-believers.
How important is it to Christ? Well, when the disciples asked Christ, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." (That's where James got the idea). Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record this. You find reference to it in other books of the New Testament, such as James. The greatest two commandments, according to God Himself, are to love God and love others!
That isn't the strongest or most clear statement from Christ on the matter though. In Mattew 25 starting at verse 31 Christ tells us that when Christ returns in all his glory, with his angels, he will sit on his throne in glory with all the nations gathered around him, and he will separate his sheep from the goats, with the sheep on the right and the goats on the left.
Matthew 25
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me."
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Notice what is not in there? What is not in there is, "You protested against that funeral for that sinner!" What is not in there is, "You told that guy begging for help on the corner to get a job and you cut aide to single parents so they didn't waste the money."
I have to be honest now and admit that those verses weren't the real attention grabber to me. It was the next set of verses in the same sermon (taught by Christ Himself) that grabbed my attention.
Vs 41
"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."
Christ, who was so full of love and mercy that he died for us, sending people to eternal punishment is a real attention grabber for me. What in the world could anger Christ so much that he would say it deserved the same punishment as Satan deserved? Ignoring the second commandment, to love others. Ignoring the dos of Christianity.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, "Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or a thirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minster unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, "Verily I saw unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me". 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
We Christians don't teach that much anymore. We focus on trying to beat those splinters out of other people's eyes. We use the excuse that Christians are saved by faith, not works. That is true. The bible says it very plainly. "Ye are saved by faith, not of works, lest any man should boast." Sadly, we boast anyway. We boast that we aren't guilty of the sin someone else is guilty of. We boast we go to church on a regular basis. We boast we know the books of the bible in order.
However, the fact that we are saved by faith does not mean we should ignore the dos of Christ. Remember that verse back in James? The one that said if you break any of the law you're just as guilty as someone who broke all of the law? The verse that reminds you that all the law hinges on love?
We can never be "good enough" to earn forgiveness for our sin, but that doesn't mean good works don't matter. They matter a great deal to Christ. In this human world if someone tells you that they love you and respect you, but they never consider your feelings, often hurt you, and never match their actions to their words, you begin to understand that their words are empty lies. Christ is smart enough to know the difference between truly loving him, and in just saying you love him. He warned us to watch out for people who pretend to be followers of Christ, but in fact are there to destroy.
Matthew 7:15 .
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves
(Want to see a false prophet? Turn on the news to the man shouting messages of hate to a mother mourning her son's death. Open the paper to the guy who killed the staff of an abortion clinic and claimed he did it to serve God).
Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, "Lord, Lord," shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven.
(Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Judge not, lest ye be judged. Heal the sick. Visit the prisoners. Take in the strangers. Give drink to the thirsty. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone).
I love the story of the adulterous woman brought to Christ, especially when taken in context of James 2. If all the law hinges on love, and all of us have failed to love, none of us are in a position to be tossing stones. It behooves us to remember that.
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?" And then will I profess unto them, "I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity".
It isn't enough to do something in His name. You have to know Him. You have to love Him, and if you love Him, you will keep his commandments.
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved by my father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
And if you love him – and keep his commandments – you will love others, not just with words, but with deeds. You'll feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, clothe the naked, visit the lonely. You'll act with love, and not just talk about it.
John 16:27
For the Father himself loved me, so have I loved you, continue ye in my love.
Show a little love for Christ today by spreading a little unconditional love here on earth. Or, as Colbert said, admit you "just don't want to".
Jesus Loves the Little Children and Those Little Children Have Big Ears
Like many children, I grew up singing, "Jesus Loves Me," and "Jesus Loves the Little Children." My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles all taught me that Christ loves everyone, and that He loves sinners so much that He died for us. They did this with actions far more than with words. Love was the rule in my family. It was not unusual for my parents or for my grandparents to take in strangers, offer them food, give them something out of their closets. If someone was different or a misfit in this world I was taught to love them more because they needed it more. I was taught this was what Christ would want from us all.
My mother was a registered nurse, and a angelic hero in my eyes. My father was a good man with many friends, a generous and loving heart, and a problem with alcohol that he fought regularly. He was my knight in shining armor, and I was far too young to understand the issues of alcoholism. I knew Daddy acted silly when he drank too much and that it made mother sad, but I also knew Daddy loved Jesus because Daddy talked about Christ with that same special glow and love that he had when he talked about anyone he really loved. I knew he taught a special Sunday School class sometimes, I didn't know it was actually a class for alcoholics.
I was five when we began attending a large church located halfway between our home and my grandparents' home. At first I loved it. I would sing and skip on the walk to church, and when church was over I couldn't wait to get to tell my grandmother the bible stories I had learned, and sing the little songs we had learned with her. So when we were told our children's group would sing on the televised noon service I was excited!
The morning of the televised service they marched us into the sanctuary and lined us up, and I was put on the front row. A few minutes later another teacher moved me to the back. The first moved me forward again. The second moved me back. This went on until the front-row advocate demanded the back-row advocate explain. That is when these two women forgot that children have ears.
In front of me, and a choir-loft full of children, the back-row advocate said that my dress looked tacky and homemade. Front- row advocate said she thought it was cute. Back-row advocate hissed, "It's obviously homemade," as if that was a terrible thing, then added, "You know, her father is a drunk. He teaches that class for drunks." The second gasped, and the gossip fest began.
I don't know how long I listened, nor do I know if they ever noticed I had disappeared. I remember the pain more than anything. The horror of finding out that these people who were supposed to love everyone didn't love my Daddy. I snuck out a back door of the choir loft and hid and cried. To this day I wonder if they ever noticed I was gone. Did they look for me?
After the sorrow came rage. How dare they talk about Daddy!? How dare they not like the dress my grandmother made?! People paid her to sew! How dare they talk about mother like something was wrong with her because she worked?! She was a nurse?!
Something inside of me broke that day. Fury consumed me for days and weeks afterwards. At first my anger was only directed at those two women, but it quickly spread to everyone who had ever spoken to me about God's love, including my family. I thought I was surrounded by liars. I kept the anger to myself, nurturing it, letting it grow. I understood that telling them what I'd learned would somehow hurt the people I loved, so I began to live a life of deception.
On Sundays I would pretend to be excited, and I would run ahead of my family into the church, pretending to go to my class, and instead hiding, then slipping out a door to the playground behind the church. I would spend the next hour swinging. If an adult came by I would hide. My parents thought I was in class. My teachers thought I was either absent or with my family. When the Sunday School let out I would slip back into the building and meet my family, pretending I'd spent my time in class. After church my grandmother always asked my sister and I what we'd learned at church that day. I would repeat the story of Zacchaeus, which I'd always loved, and sing her the little song that went with it. I did this so often that she suggested my mother and father talk to the pastor about the fact that my teacher was giving the same lesson every Sunday.
If it had been left up to man I would still be angry at God and Christians, and I would not know my savior. I have no doubt in my mind about that fact. God, however, doesn't leave the important things like a person's soul in the hands of mere men.
The swing was located right outside the window of the senior pastor's study. As Dr. Prince would go in to read over his sermon notes and pray he would glance out that window. It had to have been God's hand that made him put aside his sermon notes and come outside, personally that day, to ask the little girl in the swing if she wanted to come inside the church. He could have sent someone else. He could have just ignored me. He did neither. He, like any senior pastor of a large church, had a dozen things to do before the service, but he set them aside and came outside and asked me if I lived around the neighborhood, and if I wanted to come inside and be with other children, and learn about Jesus.
I let him have it with all the pent up rage of a betrayed child. I told him that all that stuff about Jesus and love was a lie. I told him that everyone said Jesus loved everyone and that people who loved Jesus were supposed to love everyone, but they didn't love my Daddy and if they didn't love my Daddy they were just stupid and liars. I told him all the cruel things I'd heard them say about Mother and Daddy and my dress. I told him all the wonderful things I loved about my family. How Daddy gave that man Daddy's favorite shirt and introduced him to a friend to get him a job, how Daddy told me that God loves everyone, and how Mother helped the stranger who was bleeding after his car crashed. I told him that all the stuff people said and sang about love was a lie and that I wasn't stupid and that I didn't want to play that game.
When I was done this pastor with a PhD who lead a large Southern Baptist Church knelt, in his fine suit, in the dirt of the playground and sobbed. Then Dr. Prince hugged me, and with tears on his face he told me that my mother and my grandparents and my father had not lied to me. That God is real. That Jesus DOES love all of us. Especially my Daddy.
Dr. Prince said that people, even very good people, make mistakes, and they can be very mean and very hurtful because they want to be like Jesus, but they aren't. He told me that Jesus loved people like my Daddy so much that Jesus came to earth just for people like Daddy. He told me that Jesus would be proud of how Daddy gave the man clothes and how Mama saved the man's life.
Then he took my hand, and asked me to let him introduce me to other people who really knew that Jesus loves everyone. He led me to the church and Mrs. Johnson. She would, in a few years, become my third grade public school teacher. That year, he called her to the door of a Sunday School class that was designed for children older than I was and asked her to let me join her class. Mrs. Johnson looked at me and smiled, and then smiled at him and said, "I think she is a little young for my class." I can still see the look he gave her as he said, "She needs this room." It was the look that children see a thousand times as adults speak that secret language of the eyes. He was right. I needed her room. Mrs. Johnson is still alive in my memory as an example of how Christ would like us all to be.
The months rolled by, my sixth birthday came and went, and one day all the children were moved to the sanctuary and told we had a very special visitor that was going to talk to us about something important. I was still feeling rage at most of the church and most Christians, and was not at all interested in this special guest – until the door opened and my friend walked in. The adults in the room were nervous in that way that many congregation members used to be nervous around ministers.
Because it was my friend, and because it was obvious to me that even the teachers were impressed that this man was here, I sat still and listened as Dr. Prince told us that he knew that sometimes when you're a kid it seems like no one has time to listen to you, or they don't understand how important something is to you. He told us to think of someone we loved, who we knew loved us back, and to imagine what it was like if they were never too busy to listen, never doing something so important that they couldn't stop and help us, someone who loved us even if we were bad. He told us that Jesus loved us more than anyone else in the whole world, even our parents or grandparents. He told us that Jesus even loved us all so much that He asked God to punish him instead of us. He quoted Revelation 3:20, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." He said we could give Jesus the key to our hearts and invite Him.
A seed was planted in my heart that day. A seed that bloomed several days later. I was at home when Dr. Prince's words came back to me. There was a terrible thunderstorm outside, and down the hall there were angry voices as my parents argued with one another over whatever it is that adults argue over. I was scared, terrified in fact, but I couldn't go to Mother or Daddy. Not then. Not while they were fighting. I remembered what Dr. Prince had said about Jesus never being too busy, and I began to pray, though I didn't know it was prayer.
I told Jesus that I didn't know I had a key to my heart, or understand that part, but that I understood that everyone I loved, loved Him. That they all said Jesus loved them back and that Dr. Prince said Jesus loved me too, and wanted to help me and I told Him that He could have my key. I told him that I understood that everybody did something that Jesus didn't like, and that I was sorry if I made Him sad. I spoke to God about great theological issues with the understanding of a child, and it was enough. I felt like a light went on around me. I felt like loving arms wrapped around me. I felt a rush of love like I have only felt when in God's arms. It was like a veil had been pulled away between two worlds, and now I could see into God's world. It was emersion in love, peace, joy. Fear vanished instantly. It was as much a physical sensation as an emotional one. In that instance came understanding. Over the years many Christians have shared similar experiences with me. No non-Christian can understand it.
The very next day I ran to tell my best friend about my "new friend." She accepted Christ as Lord and Savior on the floor of my bedroom where we were playing dolls.
Days later I made a public profession of faith, and the amen-pew of the church objected. I was too young. I couldn't possibly understand! Best to make me wait! Dr. Prince suggested a meeting, a one on one talk, with a few deacons present, to see if I understood or not. When the meeting was over my baptism was scheduled.
That's been almost a half century ago, and God has never let me down, though I must have made Him cry many tears over the years. When I look back on it all, I wonder when God first stepped into my life. Was it when Dr. Prince looked out that window? Or was it when that window was built in that church building? It doesn't matter of course. What matters is that God's love prevails even against human error.
The lessons I learned from all of that have helped me as I worked with children in the church over the years. I try never to forget that children hear the adults around them. I try to remember that no matter how tired we may be, how frustrated we may be, we have a duty to display the love of Christ, not only to fellow Christians, but especially to the non-believers. How can they believe in the unconditional love of Christ if we keep showing them hate and prejudice? How lost would we be if Christ treated us the way we often treat one another?


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The Fire Authority planned a free weekend in an upmarket Leeds hotel for 22 councillors on the authority's board later this month.
But Clr Robert Light, leader of Kirklees Council's Conservative group, said Tories would boycott the event.
He said the arrangements were an insult to firefighters who had had to fight long and hard for a pay rise.
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No. 58, 24 March 1994
RUSSIA MILITANT COMMUNIST CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT. At least one of the political prisoners released under the controversial amnesty declared by the State Duma in February has resumed activities that doubtlessly will be regarded subversive by those opposing the amnesty. Interfax of 23 March said Viktor Anpilov called in Novosibirsk for the removal from power of the president and government of Russia. Anpilov had been arrested for resistance to the decree disbanding the parliament. His "Working Russia" movement is widely blamed for the violent character of the opposition rallies held in Moscow in 1991-93. He is also the leader of the Russian Communist Workers' Party which was banned by another presidential decree soon after the September-October events. Deputies representing a more moderate Communist Party of the Russian Federation, according to Russian TV's "Vesti," on the same day, voted alongside the democrats against the motion of no-confidence in the Chernomyrdin government. Julia Wishnevsky, RFE/RL, Inc. GERMANY, RUSSIA CLASH OVER ART TREASURES. Russia has bluntly rejected a request from German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel for a speedy exchange of art treasures plundered during World War II by German and Soviet military forces, Reuters reported on 23 March. Kinkel had earlier in the day characterized the restitution of art works to Germany as a "key test" of relations between the two countries in the new post-Cold War environment, but Russian Culture Minister Evgenii Sidorov was quoted by Reuters as saying that every claim and counter-claim would have to be carefully considered by experts from both sides. On 22 March Interfax had quoted a Russian diplomat as saying "the Germans would like to receive everything, giving nothing . . . in exchange." Stephen Foye, RFE/RL, Inc. . . . BUT GOOD RELATIONS PREVAIL IN OTHER AREAS. Meanwhile, after a meeting that same day with Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev, the two sides proclaimed that there are no major disagreements between Germany and Russia on the major international issues of the day. German agencies said Kinkel reaffirmed that Bonn will continue to support "the signing of a long-overdue cooperation agreement between the European Union and Russia." Western agencies also reported on 23 March that German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has invited Boris Yeltsin to Berlin on 31 August to attend the farewell parade for Russian military forces leaving Germany. Stephen Foye, RFE/RL, Inc. DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE IMF. Some details have emerged of the conditions accepted by the Russian government on 22 March prior to the announced agreement in principle on the granting of the second tranche of the IMF's systemic transformation facility. Interfax and Western agencies of 23 March said the government is committed to prepare and forward a package of legislative initiatives to the State Duma by 15 April. These will amount to a revision or suspension of several presidential and government decrees that would incur higher budgetary expenditure. Other initiatives would be aimed at boosting revenues. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin told journalists that the 1994 budget deficit is expected to be "somewhat larger" than 9 percent--the target aired in recent weeks--but less than in 1993. Keith Bush, RFE/RL, Inc. 1994 BUDGET PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT. On 23 March Acting Finance Minister Sergei Dubinin presented his draft budget for 1994 and for the second quarter of 1994 to the parliament, Interfax reported. What appears to be a new feature is a 3 percent tax to finance priority industrial sectors, with two-thirds of the money raised to go to the federal budget. (It was not made clear on what the tax would be levied). The planned deficit of 62.4 trillion rubles was described as being equivalent to 10 percent of GDP. Most recent pronouncements have given a 9 percent figure, which suggests that estimates for the GDP in 1994 have been lowered. The State Duma approved the law on federal budget expenditure in the second quarter, and the hope was expressed that the Federation Council would pass it on 24 March. Keith Bush, RFE/RL, Inc. REGIONAL ELECTION RESULTS. In three out of seventeen Russia's regions which held elections to regional and local legislatures on 20 March the vote was pronounced invalid because of the low turnout, Segodnya reported on 22 March. (The minimum turnout to validate the elections is 25 percent.) It has not yet been decided whether to deem valid the elections to the city assembly in St. Petersburg. At 25 out of 50 polling stations in the city, less than 25 percent of eligible voters turned up. A controversy is also raging about whether the city mayor Anatolii Sobchak acted within his powers when he prolonged the elections for one day. The Central Electoral Commission is to decide on whether to validate elections in St. Petersburg, ITAR-TASS reported on 23 March. Vera Tolz, RFE/RL, Inc. OSTANKINO AND REUTERS TO PRODUCE JOINT TV NEWS. Russian state TV and radio company Ostankino and Reuters television have signed an agreement to produce a joint TV news program, ITAR-TASS and Ostankino's "Novosti" reported on 23 March. The new show will be broadcast weekly starting early in April. The joint production will be based in Russia and anchored by the prominent local TV commentator Vladimir Molchanov. Julia Wishnevsky, RFE/RL, Inc. ORDER FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM KURILS? The Chairman of the Duma's Security Committee, Viktor Ilyukhin, charged on 23 February that the Russian Defense Ministry has received a secret instruction ordering it to prepare a plan for Russia's military withdrawal from the disputed Kuril Islands. According to Interfax, Ilyukhin characterized the instruction as the beginning of a process that would return the islands to Japan. Ivan Rybkin, Speaker of the lower house, suggested that the Defense Minister be questioned on the issue during a scheduled appearance before parliament on 25 March. Stephen Foye, RFE/RL, Inc. GRACHEV OPPOSES TRANSFER OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES. Interfax reported on 23 March that Defense Minister Pavel Grachev has criticized a proposal put forward on 17 March by the Minister for Emergency Situations, that would transfer control over Russia's peacekeeping forces from the Defense Ministry to the Ministry for Emergency Situations. Grachev told newsmen that peacekeeping forces everywhere are subordinated to the national armed forces, and said that the Ministry for Emergency Situations has no experience in commanding peace-keeping operations. Grachev added that, to date, the legal status of Russia's peace-keeping forces has not been defined, and suggested that the parliament would pass a law to that effect later this spring. Stephen Foye, RFE/RL, Inc. FAR EAST SPACEPORT PLANS DENIED. First Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets said that the widely-reported plans to build a new spaceport in the Far East have not even been discussed by the Russian government, ITAR-TASS reported on 23 March. The Russian Military Space Forces appear to be the key advocates of this plan but the proposal has been criticized by the Russian space agency Glavkosmos for being far too expensive. Interfax reported on the same day that talks between Russia and Kazakhstan on leasing the Baikonur spaceport are expected to continue until 28 March, the primary issue being the cost of the lease. AFP reported on 23 March that US Congressman James Sensenbrenner has released a report based on a congressional visit to Baikonur that casts doubt on the facility's ability to support Russia's participation in the joint space station project. John Lepingwell, RFE/RL, Inc. PERRY COMMENTS ON NUCLEAR SECURITY. Completing his tour of the former Soviet republics with nuclear weapons on their territory, US Secretary of Defense William Perry on 23 March told Western press agencies that he was reassured concerning the level of weapons security. An RFE/RL correspondent in Washington reports that Senator Richard Lugar stated that, according to information sent him by Perry, Russia has already dismantled up to half of its tactical nuclear weapons. On March 24 The New York Times reported that the US is now planning to place some of its plutonium and highly enriched uranium under IAEA safeguards in order to encourage Russia to do the same, while a US government safety board reportedly warned about possible safety problems concerning the dismantling process in the US. John Lepingwell, RFE/RL, Inc. REPORT: LOW READINESS, STAFFING LEVELS IN RUSSIAN ARMY. A report prepared by Swedish military intelligence concludes that the Russian armed forces were nearly a million men short in 1993 (with total staffing levels estimated at only 1.2 million) and that readiness, except in elite units, had plummeted to a very low level. A Radio Sweden report on 23 March said training time for Russian pilots was way down, while regular naval and army units rarely exercised. As a result of the reduced capabilities of its conventional forces, the report concluded, Moscow has come increasingly to rely on its strategic forces as the primary means for countering external threats. Stephen Foye, RFE/RL, Inc. TRANSCAUCASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA GEORGIA SIGNS UP FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE, ARMENIA MAY DO LIKEWISE. On 23 March Georgia became the 13th former East bloc country to join NATO's "Partnership for Peace" program, ITAR-TASS and Western agencies reported. Georgian Foreign Minister Aleksandr Chikvaidze expressed the hope that membership would enable Georgia "to avoid future mistakes" and stressed his country's determination to preserve its territorial integrity. Also on 23 March a NATO delegation discussed Armenia's possible membership of PFP with first deputy foreign minister Zhirair Liparitian in Erevan, according to Interfax. Liz Fuller, RFE/RL, Inc. ABKHAZIA SETS CONDITIONS FOR RESUMING TALKS. Abkhaz parliament chairman Vladislav Ardzinba told Interfax on 23 March that Abkhazia is prepared to resume the UN-sponsored talks with Georgia on the nature of future bilateral relations if the Georgian parliament repeals its decision of 10 March to disband the Abkhaz Supreme Soviet. In an interview with Georgian Television on 22 March, parliament chairman Eduard Shevardnadze argued that since UN Secretary-General Boutros Ghali stated on 21 March that the time is not yet ripe for deploying a UN peacekeeping force in Abkhazia, if necessary Russia should send peacekeeping troops to the region without UN approval, according to Interfax of 23 March. Abkhaz Prime Minister Sokrat Dzhindzholia told Interfax, however, that only a UN contingent could successfully stabilize the situation in Abkhazia. Liz Fuller, RFE/RL, Inc. EBRD TO FINANCE SAFETY PROGRAM FOR ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER STATION. Following talks in Erevan with Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan, EBRD representative Sven Chelstroem told Interfax on 23 March that his organization will finance work on resolving security issues connected with the decision to reactivate the mothballed Medzamor nuclear power station. BIZNESS-TASS on 23 March quoted Russian Deputy Minister for Atomic Energy Nikolai Egorov as stating that the actual costs of reactivating Medzamor with Russian technical help will be borne by Armenia. The EBRD has also drawn up a program of financial assistance for privatization in Armenia. Liz Fuller, RFE/RL, Inc. GEORGIAN STATE OF EMERGENCY EXTENDED. On 22 March, the Georgian parliament extended the state of emergency in 14 Western regions until 20 May, Interfax reported. It was first imposed for all of Georgia in September 1993 because of fighting involving separatists in Abkhazia and a separate conflict involving supporters of former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Keith Bush, RFE/RL, Inc. CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE A NEW ERA FOR UNPROFOR IN CROATIA? Before returning to Zagreb at the start of the week, President Franjo Tudjman held talks at the UN with Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali about the future of the 14,500 peace-keepers stationed in his republic, whose mandate is slated to expire at the end of the month. Tudjman said that more troops are not needed, but those present should be placed on Croatia's borders with Serbia and, presumably, with the Bosnian Serbs rather than remain primarily to separate Croat and rebel Serb forces within Croatia itself. Tudjman said this would be a precondition for Zagreb's agreeing to the UN's request to extend the mandate for one year instead of for just six months. In any event, Boutros-Ghali agreed to Tudjman's request to extend NATO air cover to Croatia. At a press conference, Tudjman expressed certainty that he now has international backing to reintegrate the Serb-held lands making up 30% of the republic's territory with the rest of Croatia, even if the process takes time. Borba and Vjesnik reported the story on 22 March, while Vecernji list covered the press conference on 23 March. Patrick Moore, RFE/RL, Inc. BRIDGE IN SARAJEVO REOPENS. On 23 March international media reported that a bridge in Sarajevo's city center, the "Bridge of Brotherhood and Unity, " had reopened to human traffic on 23 March as a result of a UN-brokered agreement between the Bosnian Muslim government and the Serb side. Reuters reports that the opening of the bridge, which was one of several routes re-opened, is regarded as an important step in lifting the siege of Sarajevo. The structure had separated Muslim and Serb residents of Sarajevo. In other news, on 24 March both Reuters and AFP report that the UN Security Council has agreed, after noting Greek and Bosnian Serb objections, to accept Turkish forces for peacekeeping duties in Bosnia. Stan Markotich, RFE/RL, Inc. KOSOVAR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS AWAIT TRIALS IN SERBIA. About 7,000 ethnic Albanians await trials in Serbian courts for refusing to serve in the army, while about 800 young men received their draft letters in Djakovica and Malisevo, Vjesnik reports on 22 March. According to the president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, the recent draft aims at "bringing fear and insecurity" to the region, and to tempt young Albanians into fleeing Kosovo. Meanwhile, Rilindja on 22 March reports on police raids and arrests in several Kosovar towns and on the opening day of the trial of 11 Albanians, who allegedly planned to build up an "army of the Republic of Kosovo." The accused allegedly received their orders from the leading Democratic League of Kosovo and also from the Albanian Foreign Ministry, the charges read. Fabian Schmidt, RFE/RL, Inc. MACEDONIA AND THE GREEK TRADE EMBARGO. Jacques Delors, European Commission President, has requested that Greece, which now occupies the rotating EU presidency, place the matter of its trade embargo against the Republic of Macedonia on the agenda of the 26-27 March EU meeting in Ioannina, Greece. The embargo is having a serious negative impact on the economy of Macedonia, which is landlocked, and whose economy was far from healthy before the Greek action. In an effort to aid the nascent country, international philanthropist George Soros has awarded Macedonia a $2.5 million loan to purchase feed for livestock and a gift of $1.5 million to help defray transport costs of the feed according to MIC. It is an emergency effort to help sustain Macedonia's economy. Duncan Perry, RFE/RL, Inc. POLAND AWAITS APPOINTMENT OF FINANCE MINISTER. After almost two months since the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Marek Borowski, Poland still awaits the appointment of his replacement. According to media reports, the delay reflects political differences within the left-wing ruling coalition as well as President Lech Walesa's apparent reluctance to accept the top economic official from the post-communist party. In the latest twist in the protracted process, on 23 March Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak went back on his earlier promise to send the name of Dariusz Rosati, an economist supported by post-communist Union of Democratic Left, for Walesa's approval. "I still have to talk to him about organizational matters," said Pawlak in a radio interview on 23 March, although he had talked to Rosati many times before. There was no comment from Walesa's office. Jan de Weydenthal, RFE/RL, Inc. CZECH PARLIAMENT PASSES LABOR LAW AMENDMENT. Disregarding protests by trade unions, which culminated in a 20,000-person demonstration in Prague on 22 March, the Czech parliament passed an amendment to the country's labor law on 23 March, CTK reports. The amendment, among other things, bans trade unions in state services, raises the retirement age, allows employers to hire on short-term contracts, and bans night-work by pregnant women. Jiri Pehe, RFE/RL, Inc. DANUBE TRAFFIC AT GABCIKOVO HALTED, IS TO RESUME SOON. According to officials of Slovakia's Gabcikovo hydroelectric project, Danube shipping at Gabcikovo should resume in a few days. It was halted on 20 March after one of the two locks in the Gabcikovo project's shipping channel was damaged. The other lock has been blocked since February when a Ukrainian tugboat sank in it. Hungary has complained about the shipping disruption and said it holds Slovakia responsible. On 23 March, the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a sharply-worded statement rejecting Hungarian complaints and saying that the Gabcikovo project had in fact improved passage on Slovakia's section of the Danube. Also on the 23rd, Julius Binder, a Gabcikovo project official, suggested that the damage to one of the locks, that halted Danube shipping on 20 March, might have been an act of sabotage, Slovak media report. Jiri Pehe, RFE/RL, Inc. THE SLOVAK PARLIAMENT OUSTS DEPUTY NATIONAL BANK GOVERNOR. On 23 March, the Slovak parliament overwhelmingly voted the vice governor of the Slovak National Bank, Marian Tkac, out of office. The proposal to remove Tkac was initiated by the previous government of former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar. Tkac has been accused of several failings in his post, incompetence, and of having collaborated with the former secret police. Slovak media reported on 23 March that Tkac rejected the accusations, claiming that he had interior ministry documents showing that he had not collaborated with the former secret police. In the 24 March issue of Sme, Tkac argues that "a political plot" initiated by Meciar is responsible for his removal. According to Tkac, his troubles started when Meciar and former Slovak National Party Chairman Ludovit Cernak became political enemies; Tkac is Cernak's brother-in-law. Tkac's removal must still be approved by President Michal Kovac. Jiri Pehe, RFE/RL, Inc. MINORITIES IN HUNGARY COMPLAIN. According to the "minority roundtable," a group comprising minority representatives, there has been no substantial improvement in the situation of Hungary's minorities following the adoption of a law on minorities last July, MTI reports. Acting "minority roundtable" chairman Pero Lasztity told a press conference on 23 March that the main reason for this was that minorities failed to gain parliamentary representation. (A recent amendment to the electoral law that would have granted minorities parliamentary representation failed to pass in parliament.) Lasztity also complained that there was still no ombudsman for minorities, and that minorities still lacked self-governing bodies that would have granted them wide-ranging autonomy at the local level. The chairman of the Federation of Germans in Hungary Geza Hambuch said that Hungary's minorities are disillusioned, and urged basic changes in Hungary's minority policy. Edith Oltay, RFE/RL, Inc. HUNGARIAN, ROMANIAN, UKRAINIAN BORDER GUARDS MEET. Border guard representatives agreed following two days of negotiations in Vasarosnameny to coordinate their efforts to stem illegal migration from the East to the West, and to jointly fight international crime, MTI reports. Hungarian Brigadier General Balazs Novaky told the press on 23 March that the three sides agreed to set up a committee to coordinate their work. He said that this was needed because border guards found it more and more difficult to cope, and illegal migration increasingly brought with it smuggling, drug trade, and illegal weapons trade. Edith Oltay, RFE/RL, Inc. DEMIREL IN ROMANIA. On 23 March Turkish President Suleyman Demirel started a three-day visit to Romania, Radio Bucharest reports. Demirel and his Romanian counterpart, Ion Iliescu, discussed bilateral relations, and especially prospects for growing economic cooperation, as well as international issues, including the situation in former Yugoslavia. Turkey is a significant foreign investor in Romania. Last year's trade volume between the two countries stood at more than $450 million. Demirel, who is accompanied by a delegation of about 100 Turkish businessmen, is also scheduled to visit Romania's Black Sea coastal area where the Turkish minority lives. Dan Ionescu, RFE/RL, Inc. BULGARIA TO HALT OIL TRANSPORT ON DANUBE. In an effort to end violations of the UN's trade embargo against the former Yugoslavia, Sofia plans to halt the transit and export of petroleum products on the Danube River. According to AFP on 22 March, the object is to avoid violations of the kind that occurred on 6 March when 5,000 tons of oil reached Serbia because the crew members threatened that otherwise, they would burn the oil they were transporting. Duncan Perry, RFE/RL, Inc. BULGARIA ACTS TO BOLSTER LEV. Todor Vulchev, President of the Bulgarian Central Bank, announced on 22 March that his institution was seeking to bolster the lev by attempting to limit the amount Bulgarian banks lend, an RFE/RL correspondent reported. Vulchev informed a news conference in Sofia that all large foreign exchange transactions conducted recently would be reviewed and that rules regulating brokerage firms would be tightened. He noted that Bulgaria's reserves, including gold, had fallen to the equivalent of about $1,000 million. Bulgaria's foreign debt totals about $9,000 million. Nick Kaltchev and Duncan Perry, RFE/RL, Inc. FINAL PREPARATIONS IN UKRAINE FOR ELECTIONS. Foreign observers of Ukraine's parliamentary election on 27 March are streaming into Kiev. According to the Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Ivan Yemets, 480 had already arrived at the beginning of this week, UNIAN reported on 22 March, and more were expected. Yemets announced that 5,833 registered candidates are competing for the 450 seats in the new parliament, and that only 171 of the incumbents are seeking reelection. Only 26% of the candidates have identified their affiliation to one of the country's 28 officially registered political parties: 388 supporting the Communist Party of Ukraine, 241--Rukh, 180--the Socialist Party of Ukraine, and 137--the Ukrainian Republican Party. Preparations have been marred by protests by some democratic activists about harassment during the election campaign and the case of the mysterious disappearance on 15 January of the Chairman of Rukh's secretariat, Mykhailo Boychyshyn, has still not been solved. Meanwhile, in an interview on 23 March for Izvestiya, former prime minister Leonid Kuchma, whose centrist Interregional Reform Bloc is expected to do well in eastern Ukraine, lashed out against Ukraine's current leadership claiming that it "is dangerous for the country." Bohdan Nahaylo, RFE/RL, Inc. MORE ON UKRAINE'S PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH EU. The agreement on partnership and cooperation between Ukraine and the EU, signed in Brussels on 23 March, underlines democratic values, progress towards a market economy, and the need for more regional cooperation between the countries of the former Soviet Union. Its terms cover formal political dialogue, better trade and investment opportunities, freely convertible currencies, the phasing out of competition laws, and the protection of intellectual property rights. It also offers Ukraine MFN status with some restrictions on the export of coal, steel and nuclear materials. According to EU trade commissioner, Sir Leon Brittan, the EU's main goal in cooperating with former eastern bloc countries is to prevent a return to east-west polarization. While the accord contains no reference to the possibility of Ukraine joining the EU, Ukraine's foreign minister, Anatolii Zlenko, made it clear that it was Ukraine's goal to eventually join the EU, UNIAN and Western agencies reported. Ustina Markus, RFE/RL, Inc. PERRY IN BELARUS. The US secretary of defense, William Perry, arrived in Minsk on 23 March and held talks with the prime minister, Vyacheslau Kebich, and defense minister, Piotr Kazlouski, various agencies reported. Among the topics discussed were US assistance in Belarusian conversion, the creation of working groups to coordinate military cooperation, and control over the export of radioactive materials. Perry offered Belarus $30 million for defense conversion and announced the award of three contracts for defense conversion projects to three American firms. Although it was also reported that Kebich would probably announce Belarus's intention of joining NATO's Partnership for Peace Program, this did not happen. Belarusian officials reportedly said they wanted to wait and see if Russia joins first. According to Uladzimir Zamyatalin, the press secretary for Kebich, Belarus does not want to take on the role of a buffer between east and west. Ustina Markus, RFE/RL, Inc. BELARUSIAN-RUSSIAN MONETARY UNION SAID TO BE AT HAND. Radiofakt reported on 23 March that Zamyatalin announced that the terms for the monetary union between Russia and Belarus have almost been agreed on. According to Interfax, Zamyatalin said there was agreement on equalizing the price of fuel, setting a 1:1 cash exchange rate for the Russian and Belarusian currencies, and granting the National Bank of Belarus the status of the main bank of a sovereign state. At the same time, both countries will have their own budgets, though some programs such as military conversion or the elimination of the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster will be financed from a single centralized fund. The document is to be debated by the Russian State Duma on 24 March. Ustina Markus, RFE/RL, Inc. LITHUANIAN-RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS. On 23 March Virgilijus Bulovas, the head of the negotiating team with Russia, told a press conference in Vilnius that Russia was taking a tougher line at their talks, Radio Lithuania reports. Russia refuses to return Lithuanian archives previously taken from Lithuania, and no progress was made for the return of hard currency held by Lithuanians in the former Vneshekononbank. Russian negotiating team head Viktor Isakov, however, told Interfax that the talks on 21-22 March were constructive. He explained that Russia had not ratified the most-favored nation trade agreement with Lithuania signed in November because issues with Kaliningrad had not been resolved. He criticized Lithuania's plans not to sign a separate military transit agreement with Russia, as well as the country's plan to pass a statute regulating all military and dangerous cargoes going through the country. Saulius Girnius, RFE/RL, Inc. BALTIC FOREIGN MINISTERS IN RIGA. On 23 March Estonian and Lithuanian Foreign Ministers Juri Luik and Povilas Gylys went to Riga for the regular monthly meeting. Due to illness, their Latvian counterpart Georgs Andrejevs was replaced by State Minister on Baltic and Nordic Affairs Gunars Meierovics. The ministers stressed their strong conviction that Russian troops must withdraw by 31 August and expressed the hope that a draft agreement on their withdrawal from Estonia would be initialed at the next round of meetings on 5-6 April in Moscow, BNS reports. The ministers noted that they had sent a joint letter to the 12 states of the European Union and its six associate members expressing their desire to be included in their political consultations, noting that they, along with Slovenia, should have the same prospects as the associate members for eventual EU membership. They also signed a consular protocol that will later lead to a consular agreement that will allow consular posts to provide economic, cultural, and other information, to protect the rights and rights of Baltic citizens, and to issue certificates of return in case identification documents are lost. Saulius Girnius, RFE/RL, Inc. CORRECTION: In the 23 March DAILY REPORT the headline "UKRAINE TO JOIN EUROPEAN UNION" should read: "UKRAINE TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION." 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A Simple Productivity Guide for Everyone
MakeUseOf is proud to present a Smart Productivity Guide to help with increasing productivi in your life. With all distractions that modern life brings, it's not easy to keep your productivity up. Whether you're an enthusiastic procrastinator, or just happen to have very little time at hand, there are a lot of people who really can't afford to lose sight of business.
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
Why an eBook about Increasing Productivity?
Every day of our lives, sometimes even on weekends, we have to work. And because many of us can't keep up with the increasingly faster pace of life, our ability to interact with other people and spend time with family and friends is greatly reduced. This, unfortunately, can lead to big problems, and it is extremely important to learn how to maintain a balance between work and everything else.
And how can you keep both sides happy? Being productive means you finish your work faster and get more time for yourself, family, friends and hobbies. It means you'll be relaxed and ready for a new day. The gratification of a job well done is also not to be forgotten, and your boss will surely notice the improvement.
In this eBook we're going to cover some tips for increasing productivity in this new world – where distractions await at every computer or portable device. Everything in this eBook is from my own experience, balancing time allocated for school work, a part-time job as a writer, my girlfriend and my other friends. Believe me; it's extremely easy to fall into extremes.
2. Concentration
The internet, while it's a huge resource for information, and a great productivity tool which enables collaboration between peers around the world or cubicle, it's an incredibly huge time waster. And believe it or not, everyone is plagued by this, from system administrators surfing the web aimlessly using StumbleUpon, to programmers reading Wired stories and photographers playing with Google's image matching website.
Even people who love their jobs sometimes find it necessary to focus on non-job-related activities. However, most employers either don't know or choose to ignore that a good portion of the day is wasted. Recent research shows that HR professionals assume that employees will waste around 1 hour each day. Employees admitted to wasting around two hours a day.
It's hard to decide who is affected most by this behavior. On one hand, the employer pays for zero productivity work hours. On the other hand the employee might get the boot if he continues wasting time. In the grand scheme of things, it is believed that the economy loses around 11 billion pounds every year in the United Kingdom.
If you're interested in increasing productivity and need to get work done, turn off the internet. If you know you can't resist opening the browser, even for a short flash game, remove the Ethernet cable or disconnect from the wireless network. Sometimes, all it takes me to get started writing is just switching off the computer and working with a pen and a piece of paper, writing what I think; without the ability to go fact checking some other thing or an IM window popping up.
Turn off the TV, radio, iPod, Xbox, blinking lights and hide the PSP. If you need to take a break, don't play Max Payne and instead go to the window or outside and grab some fresh air for 5 minutes.
3. Productivity Mistakes
You wouldn't believe how many mistakes you can make when it comes to productivity. Some of them can turn to full-blown catastrophes. Like you, I encounter these types of situations daily, be it at school, at home or working as a part-time writer.
The worst mistake you can make is losing your temper with your peers, and especially people higher in the hierarchy. Even if the demand sounds absurd, unacceptable or impossible to accomplish, you shouldn't have a nervous breakdown. Instead take out a piece of paper and create a logical argument that stands by your position. Afterwards, present it to same peer, or if that doesn't work, directly to the boss. If that doesn't work, there's always plan B: do whatever you can and present the result. Doing nothing or starting screaming is not going to help anyone. If you're expected to produce 500 words out of a 5 word sentence – just because – sit down in front of the computer, pour some coffee, brainstorm ideas and don't stop until you're at least at 400 words. Analyze, deconstruct, give examples, launch your own opinion, and even digress on something interesting. That's what I do.
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The second worst thing you can do is waste time. There's always something you can do – watching leaves blow around doesn't count. If you're done with a project and still have time on the clock, start on the next one, read a book or ask your boss to let you to go home. Time is something you can't get back, so why would you want to waste it? The key to increasing productivity is staying busy. Clean your desk, help a colleague, have a conversation with that girl in the next cubicle – just don't watch old Simpson episodes on Hulu.
Which brings us to the biggest productivity killer ever invented – the Internet. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the list goes on and on. The number of places you can visit on the internet is ever increasing and the tools that help you waste time, always updated.
StumbleUpon, Delicious, Digg, Reddit, all want your attention and energy. You should have the strength within you to abstain.
If you can't use the Force, like Luke Skywalker, I recommend you use the following instructions to edit your hosts file. By adding a simple line to this file you will be effectively unable to access the website you desire while still being able to access anything else relevant to your research. When you want access back – just delete the line.
• Navigate to %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\. For other operating systems, locations of the hosts file are available on Wikipedia.
• Open the file names hosts using WordPad.
• For example, add to the end of the document "127.0.0.1 facebook.com". This will redirect any requests for Facebook back to the loopback adapter – your own computer instead of the server. A blank page will appear instead of Facebook.
• Save and click OK on the UAC prompt.
Another thing you might want to try if you check your email every 30 seconds is the Email Addict add-on available for Gmail. Click on the green icon on the top right of your window and scroll down to find it.
There's also a great add-on for increasing productivity on Firefox that "blocks those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them." Read more about LeechBlock here The 6 Best Time Tracking Software and Apps It's vital to track your time if you want to get the most out of your day. Here are the best time tracking apps you should try. Read More .
The above link point to our article on "5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online". In the same post there is another useful addon to monitor your internet usage, it's called MeeTimer. It will also warn you when you try to open a new tab or link.
Finally there a program called ManicTime that keeps detailed stats on everything you do when working on your computer. It can help you understand where does your time go, how much of it is wasted and what is that distracting you most. Check out ManicTime Track Your Time on the Computer With Manictime Read More .
If you're looking for an add-on to monitor your internet usage, check out MeeTimer. It will also warn you when you try to open a new tab or link.
Lastly, it's of utmost importance to have a balance between work, family and fun, and the best way to achieve that is to separate the activities accordingly. Doing math while listening to Nightwish doesn't work, and adding a beer to that equation is equally disastrous. Instead, organize your morning so you finish work in time, work and then enjoy some quality time with friends.
4. Coffee: Good or Bad?
Is going for coffee affecting productivity? Some say it does, citing the time it takes to run out of the office and get back as well as the cost – not exactly pennies for Starbucks. It can also interrupt your work flow – killing any momentum you had before you left.
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On the other hand, clearing your mind for a bit can help you see what you are missing and ultimately help you find a solution, and ultimately increasing productivity. The trip for coffee can also be a routine, which is okay if you're used to getting to work after.
There are conflicting studies regarding the health impact of coffee and its relation to productivity. Studies funded by mineral water companies say it increases anxiety and because caffeine is a diuretic, it increases the number of times you have to go to the bathroom – leaving your desk.
Caffeine is a stimulant, having the effect of temporarily warding off drowsiness and restoring alertness. Various beverages containing caffeine, such as coffee, tea, soft drinks and energy drinks are very popular. Caffeine is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive substance but unlike many other psychoactive substances it is legal and unregulated in nearly all jurisdictions. In North America, 90% of adults consume caffeine daily. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lists caffeine as a "Multiple Purpose Generally Recognized as Safe Food Substance".
From my own experience I can say that coffee helps me concentrate. After I drink my mug, I'm ready to start working. I actually can't sit and do nothing after I drink my coffee – I feel like I need to do something. However, drinking more than 3 cups has a disastrous effect. I lose focus, concentration and get easily irritated by every mistake I make. Balance, like in all things, is the key.
5. Improve your typing skills
For many, touch typing (typing without looking at the keys) is a skill learned long ago on an IBM Selectric or Apple IIe, but its importance is often overlooked. Many of us, though, still employ the self-taught, "hunt-and-peck" approach, finding keys using our own unique methods. While this approach might get the job done, it doesn't achieve the same speed or ease of typing that touch typing offers. Knowing how to touch type can free your mind to focus on the writing task at hand, rather than hunting for keys, and lets you compose emails, reports, and memos more quickly. Learning to touch type can greatly increase your productivity.
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A typing speed of 40-60 words per minute (wpm), about 3-4 times faster than an average handwriting speed, is a common workplace standard. Some employers hiring for positions that involve a good deal of typing require even higher speeds. Accuracy, too, is important in speedy and effective typing—the fewer mistakes you make, the less time you have to spend correcting your work.
Check out following articles reviewing different websites and programs helping you to practice your typing skills and learn touch typing. It's one of the most effective techniques for increasing productivity.
5.1 Learn Touch Typing (both web and desktop apps)
• TypingWeb TypingWeb: Learn Quick Typing Online Read More
• Keybr The Right Way to Practice Touch Typing Online Learn to type faster and with fewer errors. Keybr is a typing tutor with smart lessons designed to put you through rigorous typing exercises. Read More
• Bruce's Touch Typing Wizard Learn Touch Typing with "Bruce's Typing Wizard" Read More
5.2 Practice Touch Typing
• TypeRacer
•Typing Games Want to Type Faster? (Not Another Touch Typing Course) Read More
6. Setting Up Your Workspace
It is extremely important to avoid awkward postures and position your body comfortably. Not only can this improve your overall productivity, it may help you avoid various diseases caused by extended use of computers (MSDs).
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• While behind a desk you should consider following these rules:
• Use a chair that supports your lower back.
• Place your keyboard and mouse at elbow level.
• Adjust your work surface and chair height to assume a comfortable position.
• Position the top of the screen at eye level.
• Use a footrest if your feet aren't comfortable directly on the floor.
Having a good place to work can play a huge role in increasing productivity. There are many types of people, some like to have everything on the desk, others prefer everything tucked neatly out of sight. I, for one, prefer having lot of things on my desk. Most of the things I need to work with are in close reach this way.
Messy desks can provide inspiration – especially for writers – but they can also be distracting for a programmer. He might only want a coffee mug and a stress ball. Whatever you end up deciding with, make sure the environment in which you are working is comfortable and suits your personal tastes.
7. Scheduling
In order to get things done I've found that to-do lists and schedules –even self-imposed – can be an invaluable resource. On a piece of paper, notebook or sticky note, write everything you need to accomplish. Next to each item, set an arbitrary date at which you want to finish that assignment. If the first time all your tasks are jumbled, you can now copy the tasks onto another piece of paper in order.
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Keep that schedule on the desk, input it into Outlook or Google Calendar, but try to stick to it no matter what. Imagine you are your boss and you must complete the task at the specified time. This method works miracles – even if I'm tired after a day of work I still make time to accomplish the other tasks.
I highly recommend you to check out PocketMod. Pocketmod is a handy application that can be used to convert plain A4-sized paper into all-purpose, wallet-sized, disposable booklets (organizers). Just run the application, specify what you want on each booklet page, print it out, and fold it into a booklet.
You should also try to schedule all the important tasks in the morning. Programming, writing, anything that's essential should be done before one o'clock. Many studies have shown that human metabolism – a process that determines how 'fresh' you are – slows down considerably after this point. In the morning you have the best chance to complete your task faster and better. Schedule non-essential, repetitive or otherwise non-intellectually intensive tasks in the afternoon.
Using Google Calendar is very easy and has many advantages:
• You've got it with you anywhere you go; it's online and completely free unlike Outlook.
• Expandable; you won't run out of paper and ink.
• Subscribe to other people's calendars and share appointments.
• Multiple viewing possibilities. Syncs with Outlook and many other calendaring applications. Can also export in the standard .ics format.
• Reminders via SMS and email for free.
8. Motivation
Motivation – the force that drives us everyday – that makes us want to be alive and work is a complicated beast. While most psychologists study for years, we've got to get the essential knowledge in just a couple of paragraphs. Let's start with a canonical definition:
• The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose.
• The reason or reasons for engaging in a particular behavior, especially human behavior as studied in philosophy, conflict, economics, psychology, and neuropsychology.
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You need motivation in order to succeed. And even if you're doing a boring job at the moment, think that if you're excellent at what you do your boss will eventually promote you. The key here is to never lose hope. Everyone goes through rough patches in life, just keep it together. Everyone should have goals, which provide an excellent motivator. Even if they seem incredible hard to reach, they serve to keep you on track, focused, doing your best.
Like every journalist on this planet I'd love to work for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal or be an evangelist for FSFE (Free Software Foundation). And every day I wake up and start writing. Every day I try to improve my style and approach to topics.
9. Essential Tools
To finish up, this is what you'll find on me – or where you'll find me on – a lot of the time, some essential tools that help me with increasing productivity.
• Small hard-back notebook which goes everywhere with me, pen (use the above mentioned PocketMod to create wallet sized booklets).
• Sticky notes – I've got them everywhere – on my desk, on my computer and even in my notebook.
• Shortcuts, Shortcuts and Shortcuts. You should really learn keyboard shortcuts for your Operating System (Windows or Mac OS X) and favorite programs. You can get yourself a cheat sheet from here.
• Google Calendar, Gmail, iGoogle and Google Reader. Google Calendar syncs with Outlook on my computer which syncs to the calendar application on the iPod Touch. Read this for more info.
Further Reading:
- 4 Chrome Extensions For Gmail To Boost Your Productivity 4 Chrome Extensions For Gmail To Boost Your Productivity There's no doubt, as far as email options go, Gmail is one of the services that really does a lot to boost your productivity. Whether it's through the creative use of labels or Gmail filters,... Read More
- How To Really Block Time-Wasting Websites How to Really Block Time-Wasting Websites: 3 Tips That Work Finding yourself unproductive because of distracting sites? Block time-wasting sites with the help of these tips and tools. Read More
- Use Google Chrome Profiles For Greater Productivity & Organization 6 Custom Google Chrome Profiles You Should Start Using What are Chrome profiles and how do you use them? Here are several useful ideas for Chrome browser profiles you should try. Read More
- Focus@Will: A Streaming Service Designed To Help You Stay On Task Focus@Will: A Streaming Service Designed To Help You Stay On Task Try out a music streaming site specifically designed to help you work. Focus@Will is a new streaming music service, currently in beta, created to help you focus on the task at hand. If your mind... Read More
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In this post I hope to show you how to grill beef ribs. Beef ribs are meatier than pork ribs and have to be cooked very slowly and for a long time or they will be tough.
We are going to prepare these ribs in layers. First we will rub them with a dry rub. Then we will slather them in a paste made from re-hydrated Mexican chilies. And finally we will finish them off with a homemade apple juice bbq sauce.
If you can not get Mexican chilies go ahead and make the dry rub and cook them only with that. You might want to add a little but of ground chili to your rub. If you prefer to use a store bought bbq sauce, that is cool too! No worries. Simply follow the steps on how to grill beef ribs and you will end up with tender and delicious, fall from the bone beef ribs.
This is how you grill perfectly moist and scrumptious beef ribs:
Serves eight to ten
2 beefy racks of ribs
2 pasilla chilies
2 California chilies
4 arbol chilies
3 TBS salt + 1 tsp. for the chilies
2 TBS cumin
1 TBS black pepper
4 garlic cloves
BBQ sauce of your choice – I used my home made apple juice one
Place the dry chilies in a skillet and turn on the heat. Press the chilies on the hot skillet and allow them to char and blister a bit. Move them to a bowl and cover them with boiling water. Weigh them down with a small plate and allow the to re-hydrate for about 20 to 30 minutes. Once hydrated, stem and seed the chilies. Place them in a blender with 4 garlic cloves and 1 tsp. salt. Blend until you have a smooth paste, adding a little of the soaking water if necessary.
Remove the fascia from the back of your ribs by sliding a small knife under it to separate it from the bone and pulling on it to tear it away. Rinse the ribs and place them in a pan.
Mix together the remaining salt, pepper and cumin. Sprinkle the rub on both sides of the racks and rub it in with your fingers. Smear the ribs with your chili paste.
Heat your grill. If you have a gas grill, turn off half of the burners once it is hot. If you have a charcoal grill, pile the hot coals to one side – using a metal tool. Place the ribs, bone side down on the lit side and sear them. Once seared, move them to the unlit part of the grill. Cover the grill and cook the ribs in indirect heat for a good 2 hours.
Slather the ribs with BBQ sauce and allow them to cook for another 30 to 45 minutes. The longer they cook the more tender they will be. Remove the ribs from the grill and serve. Enjoy!
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I am entering this card for 2 challenges Friday Sketchers which is a fab sketch this week, and Cute card Thursday which is Lucky Green.
Last Years St Patricks Day Tilda is perfect for Lucky Green, she has been coloured with Distress Inks, the papers are from Bearly Mine CD Designer Extreme. Ribbon and the fabulous shamrock leaf is from this months Crafty Feelings Kit. The Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I have distressed around the edges of the image and Nestie Scalloped circle with Frayed Burlap Distress Inks.
The Sketch for this is from Truly Scrumptious Challenge and I also think it fits Simon says Stamp Challenge Mother's Day/Girly.
Another of the lovely Spring Bildmalarna Images available from Bunny Zoes Crafts. These are just the sweetest images and so lovely to colour, look at her little face I wonder what she is thinking! She has been coloured with Distress Inks again (would you like me to state the colours I use when I colour with Distress Inks, let me know and I will try to remember). The papers are Nitwits Collection Hopping Happy, these papers are just so soft I love them.
The Butterflies are punched with Martha Stewart Punch and stickles have been added to the edges. Ribbon is from Crafty Feelings, Glass Buttons and Gems from The Hobby House , Hat Pins from Tabbycrafts .
A Close up of the fabulous Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, after telling you all to pop over and order your Curly Wild Roses from WOC what happened, I forgot and they were out of stock, but there has been a new delivery, so if like me you lost out first time round, pop over again quickly and get your order in.
Have a great weekend everyone
Hugs Jacqui x


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