<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:43:38.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tie</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-8061267450340718489</id><published>2008-09-12T12:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T12:36:15.152-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tourette's Syndrome and ADHD-Juvenile Coping Strategies</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;My views concerning TS and ADHD come entirely from my own experiences. I am not in &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Car-Insurance/car-insurance.php&gt;compare car insurance rates&lt;/a&gt; medical or mental health fields. I did not take medications as a kid, and I have no expertise on the subject and thus have no view on the topic one way or the other. If your child's mental health practitioner feels as though medications will benefit your child, then by all means proceed in that light if both he or she and yourself feel as though it is best for your youngster.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My views are predicated upon what I think would have helped myself as a child, as my young character is described within my story. In no way am I asserting that any "one size fits all" solution will benefit every child. On the other hand, one lesson I have learned from life with absolute certainty is that one should never think of one's self as being entirely unique. Whatever problems one might have, it is a certain bet that someone, somewhere is suffering the same.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the wake of reported tragic cases of youngsters taking their own lives after having experienced profound bullying at school, individuals affected have taken up what might be termed the "anti-bullying" cause. Their approach to this problem has been to attempt to change the school environment by holding schools accountable to maintain a safe atmosphere for kids to learn. They have been successful in educating school administrators and teachers and in passing anti-bullying legislation on a state level. Some give lectures at schools in an attempt to educate students as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I commend such individuals. It must be acknowledged that some kids have problems that make them potential victims of bullies that they cannot adjust, such as aspects of their physical appearances or intellectual abilities. It is therefore incumbent upon schools to be as vigilant as possible in protecting such kids.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, I believe that in regard to many other kids, such as the one in my story, this is only half the equation in solving the problem. A child can never be completely sheltered from a harsh world with harsh individuals inhabiting it. So, whenever possible, teaching coping and social skills should be the other half of the equation in ultimately eliminating the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Such an approach should not be seen as "blaming the victim." The more a child learns to act in a socially graceful manner, the better his or her chances will be for success and happiness throughout life. The formative years of childhood are all-important in deciding a person's destiny and lot in life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My earliest memories begin at around the age of four and one-half. Talking with others, I think this is a fairly typical point when the human mind develops to the degree that it is capable of forming long-term memories.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the point where I believe a child begins to function in more than a strictly reactive manner. The child becomes fully self-aware and begins to think in the true sense of the word. My definition of thinking is: The ability to predict the future from past experience in intellectualized terms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a sense, we might say that this is the point when a human begins life as an individual. This is when the child becomes fully aware of the concepts of "self" and "not-self" and learns to make distinctions between the two. This is when the concept of competition with others first becomes apparent within a person.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No child sits down one day at around that age and reflects to himself or herself: "Well, I'm just beginning life now. I think I shall be a nervous, high-strung, impulsive, obsessive-compulsive person;" any more than another decides: "I'm going to be a calm, cool and collected and self-confident person." A child &lt;a href=http://4chan.blogtrain.com/&gt;4chan&lt;/a&gt; begins to act in accordance with his or her genetic nature. Children have very limited senses of self-analytic abilities and do not ask themselves, "Why am I acting this or that way?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lambasting a child for simply acting in accordance with his or her nature would make as much sense as buying a cat and then complaining when it doesn't bark. We all have certain proclivities towards certain traits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a link between Tourette's Syndrome and OCD, and it is my belief that TS should be classified as an emotional disorder within the OCD grouping of disorders. As exampled on the hilarious television comedy *Monk*, people with obsessive-compulsive traits tend to be very bright. It is my belief that they process external stimuli more rapidly and efficiently than does the average individual. They also arrive at different conclusions than do others; rapidly dismissing stimuli that do not interest them; then reverting to the chronic self-reflection which is the hallmark of the condition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is my theory that the root cause of all emotional disorders within OC pathologies is what I term to be "acute self-awareness."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some people have much better vision acuity when it comes to color than does the average person, and such individuals often make great artists. For those of us with more average color vision acuity, it never occurs to us that those with a superior sense see the world more vividly than we can. &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Basketball/69-Topps/index.html&gt;old school Basketball&lt;/a&gt; I, of course, have had no experience with being anyone other than myself-and therefore can never test the theory-, it is my belief that most people have somewhat less of a sense of "self" than do people with OC emotional disorders and are better able to focus their attention away from themselves and onto outside stimuli. Being less self-conscious, they are more poised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The result of this is that individuals with OC disorders, because of their greater sense of self-awareness (or self-consciousness), develop defense mechanisms to protect that acute sense of self not common to people with a more normal sense of self. Protecting self becomes paramount to the point of becoming counterproductive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thus, those with OCD, for example, develop elaborate, seemingly bizarre rituals akin to superstition in the belief that if this or that seemingly mundane task is not constantly attended to, and performed with a precise protocol, then some terrible threat to the self will surely emerge as a result. Through learned behavior by repetition, the condition can persist to the point of becoming debilitating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those with TS, I believe the analogous defense mechanism is tics. The person will jerk his or her head, for example, in an effort to focus consciousness away from one's self and onto the outside stimulus he or she is expected to observe. Verbal tics are analogous to a karate expert's practice of yelling while breaking a board with his or her bare hand, as both an effort to increase concentration and avert attention away from physical pain. Through repetition, these aberrant practices become virtually involuntary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;People born with a greater sense of "self-awareness" have a correspondingly greater sense of trying to defend themselves, seeing threats, real or imagined, sooner than others. Thus, their naturally nervous or "high-strung" dispositions. Anxiety is their constant companion. This often provokes stress which aggravates the condition, resulting in a vicious cycle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As with any other condition, the sooner it is recognized, diagnosed and treated the better the eventual outcome will be. Much of the advice I would have given myself as a kid is reflected within my story. What kids like these need most is structure in their lives and to learn self-discipline, patience and increased concentration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because these kids tend to be bright-even in spite of often mediocre school performances due to ADD-, they are often very defensive when it comes to criticism. ("Had anyone else spoken to twelve-year old Bobby Schultz like this, the boy would have reacted defensively from pride and dismissed the advice out of hand. Others had made similar comments in the past.") A parent must therefore appeal to the child's intellect and gradually lead him or her in the direction of self-realization and, hopefully, self-improvement practices.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basically, any activity that will tend to increase a youngster's poise and self-confidence will be extremely beneficial, along with a parent's gentle but firm persuasion that he or she sticks to it. Youngsters like this tend to gravitate towards those relatively few activities which can successfully command their attention away from themselves. In my day, it was reading escapist fare like *The Hardy Boys* and then science fiction. Today, I would imagine it is video games. Excessive engaging in such pastimes is, in my opinion, a form of "self-medicating" and is detrimental to the child's well being.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two activities I would suggest-if possible-are martial arts and acting lessons; especially from a teacher who holds to the "method acting" technique where one is taught to "become" the character one is playing. By doing such, the child might learn to recognize different character types and thus might also learn to better realize his or her own nature and how others see him or her.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Martial arts lessons, such as karate classes, are excellent vehicles to improve a child's concentration and self-confidence, as well as his or her physical stamina. It also has obvious side benefits when it comes to dealing with bullies, especially for boys.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suggesting acting lessons might seem somewhat less practical due to financial or logistical considerations. But if at all possible, I believe they would be extremely beneficial in teaching a child social skills and poise. As I said, the method acting technique in particular, teaching an acting student to "become" his or her character while playing the part, will help the child develop an excellent intuitive and empirical perspective regarding the different natures people have and will help him or her learn more about the child's own. Such an insight is invaluable. By learning to act the part of another-perhaps a character with far more self-confidence than the child exhibits by nature-he or she might learn to try to incorporate within himself or herself such positive traits. By practice and repetition, such a transition might become virtually "second nature" to the youngster.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The mere fact of performing before others will do wonders for a child's self-confidence, poise and self-esteem. I know of at least one professional actor afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome. He has appeared on primetime &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Life-Insurance/life-insurance.php&gt;Select Quote insurance&lt;/a&gt; television programs; thus, yet another possible side-benefit. Your youngster might one day become very successful as an actor and repay the costs of such lessons many times over!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The major point to bear in mind is that such youngsters must learn to control their minds and bodies rather than allowing them to control and define them. As it is oft said, knowledge is power. By learning on an intellectual level to understand their inherent natures, children can be forewarned and thus forearmed and will be better able to face life on successful terms. As stated within my story, breathing exercises and a daily period of silent meditation, gradually increasing the time, will be extremely beneficial.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I could choose one passage from my story that I consider the most important, it would be: "He told the boy that he simply had to learn to be patient and do things in their proper place and time and to do so with care. He explained that the youth had to learn to have confidence in the future and to stop acting like now was the only time he would ever have to play or do something else he enjoyed."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the case of all people who suffer from what I consider to be "acute self-awareness," which is often accompanied by acute anxiety, there is always an underlying, often subconscious and unspoken fear that tomorrow will indeed never come. Thus, the present moment takes on undue importance in the case of such youngsters. Teaching a child to learn to cultivate the virtue of patience is paramount to the child's chances of success throughout life. A parent must insist on this and not give in to the child's demands for immediate gratification when such is not appropriate. One will not benefit his or her child if a parent folds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once again, appeal to the child's intellect and explain your reasoning. Listen to the child's almost certain rebuttals with patience yourself, but stand firm in your reasoning with him or her.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A parent must resist the temptation to baby such kids. A parent must use his or her wisdom of years to gently, but firmly guide a youngster into the path of right direction and insist that he or she sticks with these activities or others that might prove beneficial to the child's entire life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As Gary Moore, the late television personality, once put it: "Deep in his heart, no child wants a forty-year old friend."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Donald Schneider is the author of "Pride's Prison," a short story concerning Tourette's Syndrome and the effects of resulting school bullying upon a juvenile character. The story is linked to at his personal website, both of which are entirely free access. He also writes on literary and philosophical matters.&lt;br&gt; His website's URL is:  wwwdnschneidercom.xbuild.com"&gt;wwwdnschneidercom.xbuild.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-8061267450340718489?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/8061267450340718489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=8061267450340718489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/8061267450340718489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/8061267450340718489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/09/tourettes-syndrome-and-adhd-juvenile.html' title='Tourette&apos;s Syndrome and ADHD-Juvenile Coping Strategies'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-4671540689607842751</id><published>2008-09-11T07:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T07:20:57.511-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gogo's Crazy Bones - A Parents' Guide</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Gogos Crazy Bones are the UK's latest playground craze. &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Incredible-Hulk/index.html&gt;Hulk movie&lt;/a&gt; a trial for any parent to keep up with the latest fads amongst their children. 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The latest craze came &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Computer/Web-Hosting/web-hosting.php&gt;managed hosting&lt;/a&gt; in 2008 when Gogo's released a new set of figures&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;How Many Crazy Bones Are There?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are 80 different Crazy Bones. However, each of these come in five different colours. That gives a grand total of 400 Crazy Bones (making collecting a full set a mammoth task). As if this weren't enough, There are also five 'special surprise' Crazy Bones. These are multi-coloured affairs, very sought after and are very hard to find.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;How Do You Play Crazy Bones?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of different ways to play with them. The traditional method is to roll them along the floor or a table top and allocate points depending on how the fall. More simple games include seeing how high you can throw them and still catch them and also a variation on the old game of jacks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;But It's Just the Figures, Right?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, as well as collecting the figures, there are also stickers that need collecting (which come in the same pack as the figures themselves). Also there are bags and boxes &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Mortgage-Refinance-HomeEquity/home-refinancing.php&gt;Refinance adjustable rate mortgage&lt;/a&gt; to as coffins) that are used to store them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Will This Fad Be Over Soon?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to say. These things can disappear as fast as they appeared. However, Gogo are hoping it goes on a little longer at least. They will be releasing a new series known as Crazy Bones Evolution later in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Al Wood writes about  gogoingcrazy.co.uk/"&gt;Gogo Crazy Bones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn about  gogoingcrazy.co.uk/Games/crazybonesevolution"&gt;Crazy Bones Evolution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-4671540689607842751?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/4671540689607842751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=4671540689607842751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/4671540689607842751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/4671540689607842751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/09/gogos-crazy-bones-parents-guide.html' title='Gogo&apos;s Crazy Bones - A Parents&apos; Guide'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-2889461695522396766</id><published>2008-09-10T06:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T06:07:00.351-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Acne and Rosacea - Why You Should Know the Difference</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Acne and Rosacea are very difficult condition for anyone, young or old. 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In religious families, the local minister, rabbi or priest might have been informed. But, in general, end of life issues where handled when actually encountered. In the 21st Century, living and dying are different, and they must be handled differently for the sake of good sense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Important life decisions, including "end of life" decisions, are most effectively made when one is at one's best. Feeling ill, troubled or grieving seriously colors any decisions with the anguish and disadvantage of the moment. This is especially true of end of life decisions regarding legalities, finances, health care and funeral services.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the USA in the 21st Century, people appear relatively wealthy compared to how they were in the mid-20th Century. And, laws of inheritance and taxation treat people who's assets are at least numerically large as if they were wealthy. Indeed, one may not feel wealthy, but feelings are hardly at issue in the law. While the "common sense" of a former time held that the heirs (spouse, children) would naturally have rights to the estate, that is not always so simple in today. Nor is a &lt;i&gt;Last Will&lt;/i&gt; necessarily the most effective or desirable instrument by which to convey one's assets. &lt;i&gt;Living Revocable Trusts&lt;/i&gt;, among other ideas and tools, can be often more helpful. Needless to say, 21st Century good sense &lt;i&gt;requires professional legal advice &lt;/i&gt;in assessing and deciding how to prepare for end of life legalities. Yes, this costs money, too. But "you get what you pay for."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Likewise, &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Student-Loan-Consolidation/student-loan-consolidation.php&gt;student debt consolidation&lt;/a&gt; a century ago, deaths generally occurred without the attendance of Emergency Medical Technicians or hospital Emergency Room staffs. Today, whenever there is an unexpected or unattended death, the local police and EMT are notified by telephoning 9-1-1. Formerly, death was "pronounced" when pulse and &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/maryland.html&gt;Maryland Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; were no longer perceivable, and few patients were connected to "life support" in hospitals. Today, pronouncing a death can be scheduled (as when life support removal is pre-arranged) and whether or not to avail of life support procedures needs to be decided based on medical circumstances. Medical and health care decisions are very complicated. As in legal realities, health care realities today demand &lt;i&gt;competent professional advice &lt;/i&gt;and benefit greatly with advance consultation and consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The certitude of death and taxes is still true in the 21st Century. Financial and asset management are more complicated than ever. Developing a plan or strategy for managing one's money and resources (including budgeting, retirement, charity, etc.) has never been more advantageous. Here, too, &lt;i&gt;competent professional advice &lt;/i&gt;has become absolutely essential for prudent decision-making.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Funeral arrangements, including mortuary services and religious or social events, benefit from having current, accurate information and pre-need consideration. Funeral decisions and mortuary services can be arranged and even funded in advance in many regions. Many religious groups encourage members to make plans for the end of life for both spiritual and temporal reasons. Again, &lt;i&gt;competent professional advice&lt;/i&gt; is in order, from funeral professionals and your religious community.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In any event, "Setting Your House In Order" (and keeping it current by means of periodic revision) is a very important and necessary component of 21st Century "good sense" in spite of what past practices might have been. Dying in chaos or unprepared imposes a large burden on one's family and friends with far more needless anguish and expense than is necessary. Such needless anguish and avoidable expenses are unnecessary. A seminar presentation on "Setting Your House In Order" is possibly the most effective way to begin wrestling with the practical side of one's mortality. Each of us will experience the end of life through the deaths of others and eventually in one's own particular moment. The big question is, w&lt;i&gt;ill you be prudently prepared to do so?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; www.winthink.net/"&gt;www.winthink.net&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;March 9, 2008&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-7999080774505175170?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/7999080774505175170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=7999080774505175170' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/7999080774505175170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/7999080774505175170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/09/end-of-life-issues-what-to-do.html' title='End of Life Issues - What To Do?'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-3205892287863211038</id><published>2008-09-08T07:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T07:07:40.419-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Keys to the Jeep &amp; a Scorned Mother ((Story Sixteen) ( "Voices Out of Saigon"))</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt; Keys to the Jeep ((Story Sixteen) (October, 1970) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt; (Story told by Morgan, April, 1987))&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt; Part One of Two&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Corporal Gill, give me your jeep keys, I need to get to the back area, where the Ammo dump is, Alpha dump is, and fast!" said Staff Sergeant Morgan Carter; then added, so there would be no resistance, "that is a direct order Corporal, from a Staff Sergeant!" (Knowing he out ranked him.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I work for a Major, and he wants the jeep cleaned for tonight, and he wants me to get it cleaned at the airstrip," answered Corporal Gill, "plus I am not sure exactly what a direct order is."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"First of all, I don't see the Major, second I don't need the jeep tonight, third, this is an emergency, if you need to contact him, and then do so, and to educate you, there is no such thing as a direct order, other than, the order is being given to you face to face, and that this order you do not seem to want to follow is coming from an authority, me, and you are a subordinate and let me add one more thing this dialogue, or two...you are really being given a lawful order, &lt;a href=http://www.viaggra.org/Viagra-informacin-en-espaol.php&gt;Viagra Informacin en Espaol&lt;/a&gt; there are no such things as unlawful ones, and you are in a war &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/Hopkins-Matthew.php&gt;Matthew Hopkins&lt;/a&gt; which means if you refuse me, you can be put to death." said the Staff Sergeant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I haven't a phone as you can see, now how can I do that?" said the corporal, a little stubborn and witty.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Bad luck for you corporal, my emergency outweighs his car wash, unless you get a lawful order (perhaps a written one) by &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Car-Insurance/car-insurance.php&gt;car insurance price&lt;/a&gt; not to follow my directions, or my orders, which he can supersede, if he ware reachable, and which you &lt;a href=http://www.tv.pop-cult.com/lost-in-space.html&gt;Lost In Space&lt;/a&gt; be accountable for not following a non commission officer's request."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The corporal now looked confused; he had never come under such a silly attack, especially when he worked as a Major's driver.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"But how do I know you are a real staff sergeant, you are in civilian cloths?" said the Corporal, feeling unarmored and frustrated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"You do not know this, but if you want to go check out my locker, at the 611th Ordnance Company, you will see my strips. Also in there is my id card, read at your leisure."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Sergeant, I really need to get to the air strip...!" said the corporal, as if the Sergeant was fooling with him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The sergeant was taking down his jeep number, and his name, and the time of day, and the corporal was looking at him as he was doing this, and at the bottom of the paper it read, "Corporal Gill's refused this Staff Sergeant a direct, lawful order... ."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Where you from Corporal," asked the sergeant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Well, I used to live in Vancouver..." replied the Corporal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Canada right?" confirmed the sergeant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Corporal Vancouver, give me the keys or take off those stripes."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I can't, I just take orders from a Major," said the Corporal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"No, you are now taking orders from me, who out rank you, and the Major is not here to protect you. And to be honest, the jeep looks clean and there are no ballrooms here to be cleaning jeeps for folks who are just going to get them dirty in an hour after they are cleaned anyhow! Listen up, you give me a lift to the Ammo dump, and go to the motor pool and tell them I sent you, and they will wash the jeep for you."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fine, the corporal said and drove the Sergeant to Alpha dump, and he walked in to a shack, a few minutes later, the Sergeant came out with a rounded package, something heavy, somewhat heavy in a bag, got back into the jeep, and told him to drive back along the coast of the bay, and onto his unit, and he could drop him off and go get his jeep cleaned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"What's in the bag Sergeant, if you do not mind me asking?" asked the corporal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"No, I don't mind you asking, but what do you think is in it, I mean what would you think a sergeant who have you bring him to an ammo dump for, take you out of your way to drive him to an ammo dump put something into a bag that looks heavy and round?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The corporal thought on this for a few minutes, looking at the road, the bag, the bay, the sergeant and back to the road. "You sure have a way with a conversation Sergeant, I mean a simple question needs a simple answer, and you make it out to be an act of congress, as if we got to debate everything out."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Ming was sitting in the living room, with Morgan Carter, her husband, he was telling her about his times at the 611, back in 1970. They had eaten lunch, and the afternoon was warm, and it was simply a nice do to nothing, and perhaps out boredom, he was telling her this story, Corporal Gill just popped into his mind you might say. "Well said his wife, what was in the bag?" she asked. "What do you think was in the bag?" He asked his wife. I suppose a shell casing of a bomb." She replied. "Why that?" asked Morgan. "Because you wouldn't be allowed to carry a live bomb in a jeep over a rough road on your lap, would you? She answered and asked at the same time.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well, we got down along the beach area, and he said, the corporal that is, said, "A bomb, or its shell or its parts, it must be a defect your company commander wants to look at."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fine, I thought and then said, "Boy, are you right on corporal," and he smiled at me like he had just received the Army Commendation Medal, for miraculous service. Next he dropped me off at the 611, and I went into my hutch, and opened up the bag, sat on my bunk bed, and ate my watermelon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt; Part Two &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt; A Scorned Mother&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ming asked Morgan, "Did you ever see the corporal again?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Funny you ask that," said Morgan, "No, I never did, but I heard what happened to him, as I look back, I kind of liked him, he was kind of laid back lad, simple, in way trying to make everything seem right."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Well, it's a long story, but I'll tell you it in a nut shell. We don't really know people we bump into, for they have a history, and baggage, they often do not share, and we think because of this, we get to know them pretty well, but so often we kid ourselves, I shall tell you what I heard: his mother, she utterly condemned her husband, the three boys' father, for whatever reasons, after he left, and the three kids were raised by a scorned mother. He remarried, and had three more kids, two boys and one daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"When the old man died all the kids went to the funeral, all six of them, one side loved him the other hated him because of the scorn they heard from their mother all those years. The boys from the scorned mother's side of the family, never got the side of the father, what took place, he let the hot sun beat on the kids head, just like the mother let the scorn burn out their hearts. The mother used hate to control the kids I'd say, and it was a way to get even with the father, teach him a lesson, have his kids hate him, you know what I mean, if I can't have you, I'll turn the kids away from you, thus, her revenge settled into a cold mold.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"And what you plant in kids is what comes out usually, what you harvest I mean, and so a perfect love was for the father on one side, by his new family, and a perfect hate on the other, form the old family.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Corporal Gills went home to Iowa, with an energetic spirit, and found the two families fighting over vaporous old wounds, the ones the father set by not saying anything all those years, and the one the mother knitted into their fabric, their flesh all those years, and he was no longer around to put out the little fires, that would or could grow into a forest fire.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Corporal Gills tried to put out the fire between the kids of both families, but it ended up quarrelsome, and one of the boys from the new family of the Gills, Charles Riley Gills, killed one of the boys, Corporal Gills younger brother. Thereafter feelings crept in the little sleepy eyed town in Iowa, and Corporal Gills, killed Charles Riley Gills, by beating him over the head with a pipe, but no one saw it, so he was under suspicion, not yet convicted of the crime. The daughter took a shotgun and killed the other brother of Corporal Gills, and she ended up in jail.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Well, fine, they seemed to have gotten even (two for one although), but at the local bar, inside the bar, the remaining brother of the new Gills family, met Corporal Gills in there playing pool, awaiting trial, and started a fight, and he killed the boy, they called it manslaughter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Well, Corporal Gills got twenty years, and so did Peggy Gills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Hate is a form of control I believe, anger that eats at the soul. I suppose Corporal Gills is still serving his twenty-years in prison, and will be getting out in another three. Sometimes hate is a recurring nightmare, it controls you, you got to put it to sleep, you got to forgive the other person, not for their sake, but for yours, so it has no more control over you, so you can be set free, and go forward. You know what I mean about nightmares, because I get them as you already know Ming, old war nightmares, they call nowadays, stress related.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"It is funny now that I think of it Ming, ugliness sometimes shines brighter, and echoes louder than love. And family can be the most burdensome."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ming took in a deep breath, she was not expecting that from an American family, she thought it was just poor old families in Saigon, or third world countries that struggled with such emotions, and vengeance feelings, she said,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I guess we are all connected somehow, to one another being human, and we all get hurt along life's road, and we get that inclination to hurt back, and we just never take into consideration, the ripples that come out of it all. I wonder if I will have to pay for my sins here or in heaven, or in the waiting place before one goes to heaven."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(I think what Ming realized, and it took her a life time to fully understand it, was that she was not the only one that came out of a bad satiation, it was all around her, all over the world, she just didn't see past her's until this day.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Dennis' web site:  dennissiluk.tripod.com"&gt;dennissiluk.tripod.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-3205892287863211038?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/3205892287863211038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=3205892287863211038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/3205892287863211038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/3205892287863211038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/09/keys-to-jeep-scorned-mother-story.html' title='Keys to the Jeep &amp; a Scorned Mother ((Story Sixteen) ( &quot;Voices Out of Saigon&quot;))'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-5220551375770036998</id><published>2008-09-07T08:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-07T08:08:35.209-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dragsters</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Dragsters have become one of Americas true underground obsessions. Dragsters are half-scale dragsters powered by five horsepower Briggs &amp; Stratton engines that produce speeds up to 85 mph. Dragsters are known for their power and speed, and these models are no different.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dragsters are children of drag racers or someone involved in the industry and are &lt;a href=http://www.saturdaymorning.pop-cult.com/bigjohn-littlejohn.html&gt;Big John Little John&lt;/a&gt; the fastest race cars on earth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dragsters can go as fast as 80 mph in as few as 7 seconds. These special cars race &lt;a href=http://othvuaylu.blogspot.com&gt;Othvuaylu&lt;/a&gt; a 20 meter track (about 65 feet, 7 inches) down a filament line (usually fishing line) that goes through screw eyes placed on the underside of the car. They usually use pump gasoline for fuel, bust most engines are modified to burn alcohol (methanol) for quicker times. Dragsters are the result of years of extensive on-track testing and in-house development.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dragsters cost between $8,000 and $9,000 new, $3,000 to $4,500 used. They must use naturally aspirated V8 engines fitted with carburetors only. These cars have progressed rapidly though and can now even run 7 second quarter miles and can run superchargers or nitrous oxide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dragsters in the fastest classes can cover the quarter-mile in as few as six seconds at more than 200 mph, but NHRA also offers novice and intermediate categories for every &lt;a href=http://moremoremore.blogginpoint.com/&gt;Moremoremore&lt;/a&gt; of enthusiast. Races take &lt;a href=http://maxnhkivsh.blogspot.com&gt;Maxnhkivsh&lt;/a&gt; on a straight stretch of track and, for Jr. Racers began competing at local tracks in 1993 as the League grew at an astounding rate. Racers het sponsors, just like the "big guys," to help pa for their racing cost and race times may vary dependent upon weather conditions &amp; special events.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NHRA history: Drag racing's fast start born on the back roads of America in the post World War II years, drag racing's roots were planted on dry lake beds like Muroc in California's Mojave Desert, where hot-rodders had congregated since the early 1930s and speeds first topped 100 mph.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NHRA's first races NHRA held its first official race in April 1953 on a slice of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds parking lot in Pomona, Calif. NHRA and IHRA share some of these classes, but many are solely used by one sanctioning body or the other. NHRA cars can run no more than 8. NHRA member tracks began adding JDRL programs, and dozens of builders began filling orders for Jr. NHRA national events are contested over a quarter-mile.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today's Top Fuel dragsters are computer-designed wonders with sleek profiles and wind-tunnel-tested rear airfoils that exert 5,000 pounds of down force on the rear tires with minimal aerodynamic drag. DRAGSTERS are fast, safe and fit perfectly into the curriculum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dragsters are required to use the same basic five-horsepower Briggs &amp; Stratton engine. The bottom line: dragsters are made to haul ***** off the line.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For any and all information you need on  mile times, 0-60 times, drag racing, drag cars, and anything else you need to know about these machines, go to  www.fastestfinishes.com"&gt;www.fastestfinishes.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-5220551375770036998?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/5220551375770036998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=5220551375770036998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/5220551375770036998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/5220551375770036998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/09/dragsters.html' title='Dragsters'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-3550641718453941491</id><published>2008-09-06T07:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T07:22:19.690-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Save Money With Hi-Tech Bundled Services</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Forget about the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, or&lt;br&gt;even the Computer Age; we are now living in the&lt;br&gt;Age of the Bundle!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are entering the Age of hi-tech bundled services &lt;br&gt;that cater to all our modern communication needs. 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While they do help prevent 50% or more of drowning-related deaths or accidents, a faulty lock or a child who knows to climb a fence can easily make that precaution essentially useless.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, some owners have begun using safety nets or safety pool covers. While these do provide yet another barrier of protection against a child drowning, there are several drawbacks to using them. For instance, if the pool owner forgets to put the cover in place, or decides "I can leave it off this one time", the pool is left exposed. To many children, nets and covers will look inviting to walk on. If they are not attached properly or break, they can weigh the child down, making rescue difficult and, in some cases, cause a child who otherwise knows how to swim to drown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Swimming Pool Alarms Offer an Additional Level of Safety&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Homeowners who truly wish to make their swimming pools safe should install a pool safety alarm. Pool alarms offer a final level of protection against accidental drowning by giving you and your neighbors audible notification if a child falls into the pool, insuring that the child can be rescued before brain damage or death occur.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Aquaguard Pool Alarm System offers a high level of protection and notification for the user while remaining aesthetically pleasing to your pool's dcor. Designed with a numbered keypad to prevent unauthorized disarming, the Aquaguard Pool Alarm notifies you when a child falls into your pool through its dual integrated sirens and remote unit with alarm sound that is louder than that of a car alarm. This is the only pool alarm with a siren built into the remote. The Aquaguard Pool Alarm and remote unit have integrated LED indicators that let you know when the alarm is armed and alert you when batteries are low. 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The white bread is enriched with some of the very things they just worked so hard to take out. However, they do not add in as much of the grain they take away, otherwise it would be whole grain. Just enough to add some flavor and calories to it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is whole grain? It is the WHOLE grain used in the process of making bread, cereal and the building blocks of many other foods. For it to be truly healthy whole grain needs to be listed on your bread, cereal or other food in the number 1 or number 2 position on the ingredients list. No, whole wheat flour which is followed by (enriched white flour, niacin, and iron) is not healthy, it is a way of making people believe that they are getting a whole grain bread. They are not lying, it is whole wheat flour, but not whole grain. It did come from the wheat plant and it is all wheat, but not all grain. Whole is just another word like all. If you look a little farther down on the list you will see molasses, why molasses you ask? It colors the bread to make it look brown. Yup, white flour plus vitamins and minerals still does not bring the bran back into the bread. Bran is what helps to give the natural brown color to bread. So, they again, add something to it, to try and make it look like something it is not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Linda Cramer is the owner of Oregon Gourmet Foods and Gifts. 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Dating can be difficult,&lt;br&gt;as anyone will tell you who has experienced&lt;br&gt;online dating disasters or grueling blind&lt;br&gt;dates set up by well-meaning friends.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those who are more spiritually sensitive&lt;br&gt;than average or actively involved in personal&lt;br&gt;growth &lt;a href=http://fashion-design.pop-cult.com/hippie-look.html&gt;Hippies&lt;/a&gt; the self-realization process (e.g.,&lt;br&gt;prefer to search deeply into the meaning of&lt;br&gt;life), dating can be even more challenging&lt;br&gt;due to the increased tendency to see things&lt;br&gt;as they are, rather than as they would like&lt;br&gt;them to be. The following perspectives&lt;br&gt;about dating while on a spiritual path can&lt;br&gt;help make dating more fun and productive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) It's easy to get caught up in hopes&lt;br&gt;and expectations when dating, but the&lt;br&gt;best policy is to drop them. Knowing what&lt;br&gt;works for you, yet at the same time&lt;br&gt;surrendering and accepting your situation&lt;br&gt;as it is and accepting any person you&lt;br&gt;meet as they are will make dating far more&lt;br&gt;pleasant. For example, you can accept&lt;br&gt;that people who avoid inner searching and&lt;br&gt;self-help methods are are going to view&lt;br&gt;you as an extraterrestrial when you tell&lt;br&gt;them about the visions you see during&lt;br&gt;meditation. Luckily, you have f.ree will to&lt;br&gt;edit your conversations and be more&lt;br&gt;selective about who you date.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2) Try not to feel insulted when you read&lt;br&gt;someone's personal ad who responded to&lt;br&gt;yours and intuitively conclude they are&lt;br&gt;lying about some of their profile statistics&lt;br&gt;or &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/insurance.php&gt;insurance estimates&lt;/a&gt; their pictures are probably ten&lt;br&gt;years old. Calling them on it will only cause&lt;br&gt;conflict, so just accept that the type of&lt;br&gt;person who misrepresents themselves in&lt;br&gt;a personal ad isn't going to acknowledge&lt;br&gt;the hassles it creates and might very&lt;br&gt;well behave this way in other parts of&lt;br&gt;their life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3) During the first phone conversation&lt;br&gt;with a new dating possibility, don't take&lt;br&gt;it personally when they ask you 100&lt;br&gt;interview questions to see if you qualify&lt;br&gt;for the part in the relationship play they&lt;br&gt;are casting. Unlike you, they're not making&lt;br&gt;an attempt to intuitively sense the&lt;br&gt;compatibility and are likely trying to fit&lt;br&gt;you into what they want rather than&lt;br&gt;accepting you as you are.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4) During the first face-to-face meeting,&lt;br&gt;try not to share the clear, past life visions&lt;br&gt;you see of the person as a cruel, Roman&lt;br&gt;slave-driver long ago. They couldn't possibly&lt;br&gt;understand that you really did know them&lt;br&gt;in a previous lifetime or that one of the&lt;br&gt;reasons you could not bring yourself to&lt;br&gt;date them in this one is because you were&lt;br&gt;one of their badly treated slaves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5) Likewise, until you know they are open&lt;br&gt;to the possibility of reincarnation and past&lt;br&gt;lives, try to refrain, at least during the first&lt;br&gt;few dates, from informing them that you&lt;br&gt;two were passionate lovers in a past life.&lt;br&gt;This kind of news, while exciting for you,&lt;br&gt;may seem too weird to them. The same&lt;br&gt;goes for the information about your lifetime&lt;br&gt;as a booze smuggler, pickpocket, or opium&lt;br&gt;addict. As amusing as the stories could be,&lt;br&gt;they just wouldn't understand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6) When they are telling you about how&lt;br&gt;their previous relationships ended because&lt;br&gt;of how horrible their partners were, but&lt;br&gt;you see right through their version of the&lt;br&gt;truth and sense the real story--how it's&lt;br&gt;because this person couldn't be honest or&lt;br&gt;monogamous to save their life--keep it to&lt;br&gt;yourself. Vocalizing what you sense would&lt;br&gt;only spark discord.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;7) When this person (from number 6 above)&lt;br&gt;suddenly tells you, on the first date, that&lt;br&gt;you're the only person they want and that&lt;br&gt;they'd "never" cheat on you, take it with a&lt;br&gt;grain of salt. They mean well, but don't know&lt;br&gt;themselves well enough to know better. If&lt;br&gt;they did, they would be honest with&lt;br&gt;themselves and be upfront about how&lt;br&gt;they prefer sexual variety.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;8) Go easy on them. Due to your heightened&lt;br&gt;awareness, in part, from the all the work&lt;br&gt;you've done on yourself, you may understand&lt;br&gt;them better than they understand themselves,&lt;br&gt;so it may be like relating to a child at times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;9) Try not to laugh when your date, who you&lt;br&gt;strongly suspect (after getting to know them&lt;br&gt;somewhat) would lie, steal, or cheat to get&lt;br&gt;what they want, &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Mortgage-Refinance-HomeEquity/remortgage.php&gt;home refinancing information&lt;/a&gt; "I believe in karma."&lt;br&gt;They don't yet understand that everything&lt;br&gt;you do, even if you don't get caught, comes&lt;br&gt;back to you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;10) As the date (from number 9 above) starts&lt;br&gt;digging for information about your net worth&lt;br&gt;or how much money you make (with dollar&lt;br&gt;signs sparkling in their eyes), just smile and&lt;br&gt;say, "the Universe is my checkbook." When&lt;br&gt;it comes time to pay for your drinks, resist&lt;br&gt;the urge to skip out the back door and leave&lt;br&gt;them with the check and remind yourself&lt;br&gt;that this would create bad karma and tie&lt;br&gt;you to someone you'd rather avoid.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;11) Luckily, you can save time by using&lt;br&gt;meditation and intuition to screen potential&lt;br&gt;dates. Don't cancel a date just because&lt;br&gt;you sense they may not be the love of your&lt;br&gt;life, but if you get several clues that the&lt;br&gt;person isn't ready to date, for example,&lt;br&gt;don't be afraid to cancel. Just be sure to&lt;br&gt;be considerate and let them know you're&lt;br&gt;canceling or that too will create negative&lt;br&gt;karma.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;12) It may be better to wait for a more&lt;br&gt;appropriate time to share how you psychically&lt;br&gt;perceived them to be, within 5 minutes of&lt;br&gt;meeting on the first date, a very expressive&lt;br&gt;and generous lover. While some people would&lt;br&gt;be flattered, many would not like feeling so&lt;br&gt;transparent to a stranger.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;13) Be grateful when someone dumps you.&lt;br&gt;They probably weren't right for you anyway&lt;br&gt;and you are now free to meet someone who&lt;br&gt;doesn't think you're crazy because you trust&lt;br&gt;your intuition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;14) Your heightened awareness may seem like&lt;br&gt;a curse at times, like when you wake up one&lt;br&gt;morning and suddenly, intuitively, and&lt;br&gt;mysteriously know the fated outcome of&lt;br&gt;a relationship after only two dates. Just be&lt;br&gt;grateful for it, as it can save a lot of time&lt;br&gt;and heartbreak.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;15) When you crave a relationship and feel&lt;br&gt;a great sense of lack without one, remind&lt;br&gt;yourself that dating and love relationships&lt;br&gt;are an addiction for many and self-actualization&lt;br&gt;methods, such as meditation, can be a cure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;16) Keep in mind that the more personal&lt;br&gt;growth work you do on yourself, the fewer&lt;br&gt;people there will be who are compatible.&lt;br&gt;The payoff for becoming more self-actualized&lt;br&gt;can be more enjoyment of being single, and&lt;br&gt;a more fulfilling and less taxing relationship&lt;br&gt;when you do meet a compatible person.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;17) When you do meet someone with whom&lt;br&gt;you share compatibility and chemistry, and&lt;br&gt;your new significant other asks you what&lt;br&gt;you see for your future together, it may be&lt;br&gt;best to simply remind them (and yourself) to&lt;br&gt;just enjoy the moment rather than worrying&lt;br&gt;about whether or not the relationship will last&lt;br&gt;as long as desired.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright  Scott Petullo, Stephen Petullo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scott Petullo and Stephen Petullo are identical twins and have been exploring metaphysics since the early 1980's. 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So if you can make the present moment into the primary focal point of your life, then ego will very quickly diminish in you. Because it cannot survive the present moment."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Undoubtedly being present is most pleasant, fun, and fulfilling. Our ego however is continually restless, conniving, and lusting for attention. It speaks incessantly, desiring to be heard, and recognized.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eckhart mentioned, "People who are possessed by the ego live as if the present moment were their enemy. They're stressed. They want to get somewhere else."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I sensed this restlessness in me years ago as I entered college. A continual discontentment began to arise in me as I searched for my significance and sense of identity. I would not however say I was overtaken or entirely "possessed" by my own ego. I was aware of its movement and what it was saying. Yet because I had a full load of coursework to attend to, I considered the many diverse thoughts running through my mind a bit of a distraction and therefore discounted them focusing attention toward something more productive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Upon experience a spiritual awakening at the age of 20-years-old toward the end of my time in University, I felt a newfound peace arise in me. It was as if I received a divine deposit of confidence that immediately altered and enhanced my inner composure. I was as the Bible says "a partaker of the divine nature" &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Student-Loan-Consolidation/student-loan-consolidation.php&gt;studentloan consolidation&lt;/a&gt; 2 Peter 1:4) having been freed by the Holy Spirit from the corruption within the word because of our own lusts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clearly when we as human beings connect with Christ and enter relationship with the Godhead, we &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/gilles-de-rais.php&gt;Gilles de Rais&lt;/a&gt; partake of the divine nature. This divine exchange as we give our sin to Him, releases us from guilt and the shame of our past, while imparting to us divine essence to live victoriously.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17). That is to say you identify with the risen Christ by the Spirit of the Lord, not merely &lt;a href=http://psidykwqpxx.blogspot.com&gt;Psidykwqpxx&lt;/a&gt; Him in and by the flesh (see verse 16). In so doing you too are changed and transformed as your behold and partake of the divine nature.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since Jesus is the Prince of peace (Isaiah 9:6-7), you too begin to drink of the spirit that soothes your soul and inwardly makes you whole. Being whole there is contentment and freedom from striving.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Striving is utterly and entirely exhausting. Often much of mankind's striving is nothing more than mental and inner work, as we tirelessly toil over and ponder matters pertaining to our lives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The apostle Paul wrote to the disciples of Christ in the early church to not strive about words to no profit, that is semantics and futile arguments that did not impart divine life (see 2 Timothy 2:14). Moreover Paul instructed us to "not strive, but be gentle, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves" (see 2:24-25).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patience is the first thing we need to practice the power of presence, but usually the first thing most of us lack. God who is love, first describes love as patient (see 1 Corinthians 13). Patience is the quickest way to test somebody's spirituality and the depth of their love. How patient are they with people?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a person cannot rule their own spirit and exhibit self control, then it is highly unlikely they are very spiritual. "He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls" (Proverbs 25:28). That is to say you have no restraint and whatever passes by has free reign and entry into your life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Walls keep trespassers out. If you cannot rule your own spirit, then whatever thought circulates through your mind you most likely will give voice to it. Yet not everything we hear in our mind is worth uttering and repeating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes quite frankly to do so can be quite disheartening and personally embarrassing. Yet some people who are unstable and insecure in their identity need excessive attention as a false way to seek personal affirmation. Therefore they will behave and speak inappropriately to get attention, no matter the cost to themselves or others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Much of what we say can be quite offensive to others. The person who cannot hold and bridle their tongue is also out of control and greatly lacking in spirituality. "If any man does not offend in word, the same is a perfect man, and able to bridle the whole body. Behold we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor directs. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles" (James 3:2-5)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He or she who always must be heard and talking nonstop has undone their spirituality and inner presence already.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eckhart speaking of the ego says, "It's always striving away from now internally. And that's of course the dysfunction."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oprah mentioned a moment she herself had while she was waiting to get something, wherein she put to practice the lesson of being still within rather than manifesting impatience and anticipation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eckhart said, "Whenever you are waiting to speak, why not practice being rather than waiting, which means completely inhabit this moment and feel your body, perhaps feel the energy ...that's very pleasant to feel that you're alive."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we can just harness our thoughts, quiet our mind, and withhold speech from the ego we can silence its activity and dwell inwardly more peaceably as we practice being.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Practice the art of being present and discover how pleasant it can be! 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At a client meeting, Tom, the sales rep, is unconsciously clicking his pen. Sonia, his associate, is playing with her hair. Mark, the sale manager, is picking at his cuticles as he concentrates on what the client is saying.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We may not be aware of our mannerisms, but other people are. Distracting mannerisms can pull attention away from the speaker, and cause them to lose their train of thought. What's worse, we seldom realize our own mannerisms and the effect they have on others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are 14 distracting behaviors. Are you guilty of any of them?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. Scratching ourselves&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Bite or licking our lips&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. Play with or stroking hair, mustache or beard&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. Picking teeth, fingernails or cuticles&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5. Adjusting glasses, hair or clothing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6. Clicking pens&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;7. Bending paper clips or playing with rubber bands&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;8. Drum our fingers or tapping our feet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;9. Whole body movements such as rocking, swaying or pacing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;10. Jiggling pocket change&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;11. Clearing our throats&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;12. Frowning in concentration&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;13. Yawning with the mouth wide open&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;14. Twisting a ring, or removing and replacing it&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These unconscious mannerisms send the message &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Mortgage-Refinance-HomeEquity/bad-credit-remortgage.php&gt;bad credit remortgages&lt;/a&gt; we are tired, bored or distracted. We can catch ourselves and eliminate distracting habits so we look poised and professional. Ask a &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/Bathory-Elizabeth.php&gt;Elizabeth Bathory&lt;/a&gt; friend to help you identify your tics and twitches.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can undercut your words with your body language. If you tap your pen when you speak, the person listening to you will remember your pen. Sit still so you won't create distractions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do, from adjusting your eyeglasses to handing out a business card, avoid abrupt, jerky movements that &lt;a href=http://comicbook.seo-blog.org/&gt;Comicbook&lt;/a&gt; you look nervous or awkward. To exude self-confidence, keep all your movements controlled and purposeful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you know the biggest business image mistakes that sales people make? Find out with these free reports:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 Business Casual Crimes and How to Solve Them and 13 Foods that Can Sabotage a Business Meal, when you sign up for my Communication Capsules Ezine at:  www.Impressforsuccess.com/signup.html"&gt;www.Impressforsuccess.com/signup.html&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Lynda Goldman, author of 30 books including How to Make a &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Donate-Car/donate-car.php&gt;car donate&lt;/a&gt; Dollar First Impression&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-7040254699242991038?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/7040254699242991038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=7040254699242991038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/7040254699242991038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/7040254699242991038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/08/body-language-14-distracting-mannerisms.html' title='Body Language - 14 Distracting Mannerisms That Can Cost You Sales'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-6761166726889154184</id><published>2008-08-29T06:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-29T06:30:29.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Definition for Global Warming</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Global warming is &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Car-Insurance/auto-insurance.php&gt;auto insurance estimates&lt;/a&gt; next big impact &lt;a href=http://www.movies.pop-cult.com/dunwich-horror.html&gt;Dunwich Horror&lt;/a&gt; will bring about a change in the weather patterns. By definition, &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Life-Insurance/life-insurance.php&gt;buy life insurance&lt;/a&gt; Warming is the increase in average temperature that gradually warms the Earths atmosphere. It is a phenomenon, which has been on the rise but in the last century, the increase in the levels have been alarming.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The average temperature of the atmosphere has risen by 0.74 - 0.18 C during the last century. According to the study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is observed that the increase in global average temperature has been caused due to an increase in greenhouse gas concentrations. This has led to an unprecedented warming of the Earths surface.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The other phenomenas responsible for global warming include volcanoes and solar variations. Base on some of the models by the IPCC, the prediction is that the global temperature is likely to rise by 1.1 to 6.4 C between 1990 and 2100. 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Many of the great non-Pentecostal evangelists and teachers of yesteryear -- spiritual giants whose names are linked with soul winning -- held to this view of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit long before there was a Pentecostal or a Charismatic movement. It is not recorded that they spoke with other tongues, but they did teach that the Baptism with the Holy Spirit is subsequent to salvation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DR. R. A. TORRY:&lt;Br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Most evangelicals know of R. A. Torry, a superb teacher and a close friend of D. L. Moody. Torry was the first president of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He also served as co-pastor of the Moody Church in that same city.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In his book The Baptism With The Holy Spirit, Torry wrote: "Religious biography abounds in instances of men who have &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Mortgage-Refinance-HomeEquity/remortgage.php&gt;home mortgage refinance tip&lt;/a&gt; along as best they could until one day they were led to see there was such an experience as the baptism with the Holy Spirit and to seek and obtain it; &lt;a href=http://www.movies.pop-cult.com/army-of-darkness.html&gt;Army of Darkness&lt;/a&gt; that hour there came into their service a new power that utterly transformed its character. Finney, Brainerd, and Moody were cases in point. But cases of this character are not confined to a few exceptional men. The author has personally met and corresponded with those who could testify to the new power that God granted them through the baptism with the Holy Spirit. These hundreds of men and women were from all branches of Christian service. Many of them were ministers, Sunday school teachers, personal workers, fathers and mothers. What we have in promise in the words of Christ many have, and all may have, in glad experience. 'Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.'" ("The Baptism with the Holy Spirit"; Torry, R. A; Bethany Fellowship, Inc.; Minneapolis; 1972, 25).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(JOSPREL'S COMMENT)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Torry's position of " . . . what many have . . . all may have" always has been the position of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movements. The Baptism with the Holy Spirit is " . . . not something for a select few," as some claim that Pentecostals/Charismatics teach. The Promise has been given to every believer, but not every believer believes the Promise&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Torry also wrote: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"We may have a very clear call to service; it may be as clear as the apostles had -- but the charge is laid upon us, as upon them, that before we begin that service we must 'tarry until ye be clothed with power from on high.' This enduement (spelling Torry's) with power is through the baptism with the Holy Spirit . . ." (Torry; ibid; 30-31).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Torry's statement precisely summarized the view of modern Pentecostals/Charismatics when he wrote: "It is quite possible to have something, yes much of the Spirit's presence and work in the heart and yet come short of that special fullness and work known in the Bible as the baptism or filling with the Holy Spirit" (ibid; flyleaf page).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In his classic work on the great doctrines of the Bible, Dr. Torry observed: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"A man may be regenerated by the Holy Spirit and still not be baptized with the Holy Spirit. In regeneration there is an impartation of life, and the one who receives it is saved; in the Baptism with the Holy Spirit there is an impartation of power and the one who receives it is fitted for service. Every true believer has the Holy Spirit. But not every believer has the Baptism with the Holy Spirit, though every believer may have." ("What the Bible Teaches"; Torry, R. A.; Fleming H. Revell Company; Chicago; 1898; 271).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"To be regenerated by the Holy Spirit is one thing; to be baptized with the Holy Spirit is something different, something further. This is evident from Acts 1:5. There Jesus said, 'Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.' They were not then baptized with the Holy Spirit. But they were already regenerated. Jesus himself had pronounced them so. In John 15:3, He said to the same men, 'Now ye are clean through the word' (cf. James 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:23). And in John 13:10; 'Ye are clean, but not all,' excepting by 'but not all' the one unregenerate man in the apostolic company, Judas Iscariot (See John 13:11). The apostles, excepting Judas Iscariot, were then already regenerate men, but they were not yet baptized with the Holy Spirit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"From this it is evident that regeneration is one thing and the baptism with the Holy Spirit is something different, something further. One can be regenerated and still not be baptized with the Holy Spirit" ("The Baptism with the Holy Spirit"; R. A. Torry; Pgs 16-17 All Bible references Torry's).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(JOSPREL'S COMMENT)&lt;bR&gt;&lt;br&gt;Previous to 1898 -- more than one hundred years ago -- Dr. R. A. Torry taught precisely what Pentecostal/Charismatic Christians teach today regarding the distinction between the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit and the subsequent impartation of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit for service, an impartation available to every believer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Final Quote from R. A. Torry:&lt;bR&gt;&lt;br&gt;"A number of suggestive phrases -- 'Baptized with the Holy Spirit,' 'Filled with the Holy Ghost,' 'The Holy Ghost fell on them,' 'The gift of the Holy Ghost was poured out,' 'Receive the Holy Ghost,' 'The Holy Ghost came upon them,' 'Gifts of the Holy Ghost,' 'I send the promise of my Father upon you,' 'Endued with power from on high,' are used in the New Testament to describe one and the same experience" (What the Bible Teaches; R. A. Torry; 270).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(JOSPREL'S COMMENT)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A study of the Biblical terminology used in connection with the believer's relationship to the Holy Spirit reveals that the phrases, "baptized with the Holy Spirit" and "filled with the Holy Ghost" are synonymous. It therefore follows that the command: "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is access; but be filled with the Spirit;" (Ephesians 5:18) refers to the Baptism with the Holy Spirit. Moreover, the command calls to mind the accusation made against the upper room believers in Acts 2: 13: "Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine," also a possible proof-text that the command to be filled with the Spirit in Ephesians 5:18, refers to the Baptism with the Holy Spirit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DR. D. L. MOODY:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dwight Lyman Moody was one of the greatest evangelists the Church has ever known. It is reported that, though he ministered in an era of slow travel and a limited media, his ministry took him over one million miles, and that he preached to some 100 million people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In "Bush Aglow," a biography of Dr. Moody, Richard Day included a chapter titled: "And Copies Pentecostal Strategy." He quoted Moody as saying, with choking voice and tear-filled eyes, "'If you think anything of me, if you love me, pray for me that God may anoint me for the work in Chicago. I want to be filled with the Spirit, that I may preach the Gospel as never before. We want to see the salvation of God as never before.' Thus he began the copying of the Pentecostal strategy with emphases on prayer; prayer for the Holy Spirit." ("Bush Aglow"; Day, Richard E; The Judson Press; Philadelphia: 1936; 311).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(JOSPREL'S COMMENT)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;R. A. Torry certainly understood what Moody, his close friend and co-worker, meant by the "Pentecostal strategy." He quoted Moody as saying during a discussion on the Baptism with the Holy Spirit:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Oh, why will they split hairs? Why don't they see that this is just the one thing that they themselves need? They are good teachers, they are wonderful teachers, and I am so glad to have them here, [The Moody Bible Institute] but why will they not see that the baptism with the Holy Ghost is just the one touch that they themselves need?" (D. L. Moody, as quoted by R. A. Torry in: The Baptism with the Holy Spirit; flyleaf page).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(JOSPREL'S COMMENT)&gt;br?&lt;br&gt;An excellent question, Dr. Moody! Why indeed?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DR. CHARLES G. FINNEY:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(JOSPREL'S COMMENT)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The revivals under the ministry of that quintessential evangelist, Charles G. Finney, did not merely stir the churches of the 1800's, it quaked them into an awakening, most often, in no gentle manner. Under his ministry, the convicting power of the Holy Spirit shut down entire cities and communities, a number of them a short distance from Josprel's hometown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A brilliant scholar and educator, Finney was a Bible expositor of exceptional intellect. He recorded that, subsequent to his salvation, he was endued with a mighty Baptism with the Holy Spirit, the source of his power. Recording his salvation experience, he stated that, he went into a woods one day to seek God for forgiveness from sin. Finney wrote:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Sin appeared awful, infinite. It broke me down before the Lord. Just at that point this passage of Scripture seemed to drop into my mind with a flood of light: 'Then shall ye go and pray unto me, and I will harken [spelling Finney's] unto you. Then shall ye seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.' I instantly seized hold of this with my heart . . . That seemed to settle the question."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Persisting in prayer, Finney continued to:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;" . . . receive and appropriate promises for a long time . . ." before returning to town. His mind was quiet; his conviction was gone, as was "the load of sin under which I had been laboring."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Entering his law office he started to sing hymns:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"But as soon as I began to sing those sacred words, I began to weep. It seemed as if my heart was all liquid . . . After trying to suppress my tears, I put up my instrument and stopped singing." After dinner, he and his law partner "were engaged in removing our books and furniture to another office. We were very busy at this, but had little conversation all the afternoon. My mind remained in that profoundly tranquil state. There was a great sweetness and tenderness in my thoughts and feelings."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Toward evening, Finney's law partner went home and Finney went into prayer. He testified that he experienced a vision of Christ:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"It seemed to me that I bathed his feet with my tears."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After the vision, Finney entered his front office:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"But as I turned and was about to take a seat by the fire, I received a mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost. Without any expectation of it, without ever having the thought in my mind that there was any such thing for me, without any recollection that I had ever heard the thing mentioned by any person in the world, the Holy Spirit descended upon me in a manner that seemed to go through body, soul and mind. I could feel the impression, like a wave of electricity, going through and through me . . . It seemed like the very breath of God. I can recollect distinctly that it seemed to fan me, like immense wings . . . I wept aloud with joy and love; and I do not know but I should say, I literally bellowed out the unutterably gushings of my heart" ("Charles G. Finney, An Autobiography"; Oberlin College; Fleming H. Revell Company; Old Tappan, New Jersey; 1876, 1908; 15-21).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As did those named above, faithful believing Christians in every Church age and in every nation - anonymous to us though they may be - sought and received the empowerment of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit. Thus equipped for Christian service, they went forth, obedient to the Great Commission.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-30-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Josprel (Joseph Perrello&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;josprel@yahoo.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;About Josprel:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Western New Yorker, Josprel served three years as an Air Force engineering sergeant; he was among the first Air Force troops to enter Japan after W.W. II. Discharged on a ten-year reserve status, he attended college under the G.I Bill, earning a degree in theology. An ordained minister, his duties included a pastorate in Attica, New York, scene of America's bloodiest prison riot. At the warden's request he conduct weekly Bible studies for the inmates. After four years, Josprel turned the studies over to another pastor, due to his church's building program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-4812624570779314696?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/4812624570779314696/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=4812624570779314696' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/4812624570779314696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/4812624570779314696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/08/yesteryears-great-soul-winners-write-on.html' title='Yesteryear&apos;s Great Soul-Winners Write on the Baptism With the Holy Spirit'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-5998313611632221847</id><published>2008-08-27T07:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T07:15:34.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Common Sense Advice For New Parents</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;We interview a well known family doctor on the best way to bring up your first child. 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However, sending and SMS overseas is quite costlier than texting local areas, since call card providers will add international connection charges, that are partly to cover the add-on connection rates made by an overseas carrier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As with texting local destinations, you could also send SMS messages overseas,provided the other party on the receiving end has a digital landline, or has the same mechanism for receiving text messages. In sending text messages, you need not worry about using your airtime minutes, since they won't get deducted. However, if you access voice mail from your wireless phone to send a message, you will be using airtime minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Calling cards can conveniently found in many places They are sold in groceries, convenience stores, airports, and other places that have high traffic. Calling cards are sold with different minute allotments and at different rates. 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What follows is one of these many exchanges:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;...is it really enough to dismiss this written record as "being&lt;br&gt;ahead of his time?"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes. Why don't you just be honest and admit you hate Herbert W. Armstrong because he spoke the &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Mortgage-Refinance-HomeEquity/home-equity-loan.php&gt;home equity loan&lt;/a&gt; truth &lt;a href=http://www.pharmacy.shop24-7-365.com/Paxil-Paroxetine.php&gt;Paxil&lt;/a&gt; CANNOT be refuted? that your traditional Churchianity is merely baptized paganism the Bible condemns as part of Mystery Babylon? For exposing your SUNday as a pagan counterfeit of the biblical Sabbath; your pagan holidays you've sought with your replacement theology to replace the biblical festivals; that sheeple like you bleat they're born again and don't have a clue what they're talking about, since we're born again at the Resurrection only; that God is not the sadist traditional Christians make Him out to be; that the meek inherit the Earth - not float off to Heaven; that you're not an immortal soul, eternal life is a gift from God; the wicked will be destroyed, ashes under our feet; we can become literal God-beings, members of the Kingdom-Family of God? Why don't you just confess and forsake your sins of murderous hatred against HWA for slaughtering your "sacred cow" and exposing it as religious bull from Babylon?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Haven't I refuted Herbert Armstrong by showing his timing was off?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No. The Apostle Paul also thought Christ would return in his lifetime. He was ahead of his time, as he, like Herbert W. Armstrong, later realized.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The enemies of God and Herbert W. Armstrong can't refute the plain truth of the Bible that anybody can read and see for themselves. That's why they have such a murderous hatred against Christ in him, just like the "religious" violently opposed Jesus for standing up for the TRUTH over their tradition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;May such misguided folks repent of their mob mentality against God's servants, and learn to go against popular error instead and start teaching the plain truth of the Bible (that contradicts their present idolatrous traditions). Otherwise they'll die in their sins and traditional darkness (John 15:22).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;...by what criteria did he speak truth?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mr. Armstrong spoke the plain truth by the criteria of the Bible that counterfeit Christianity has rejected for their own traditions. The Bereans were noble for checking out what Paul said compared to THE BIBLE - not compared to their traditions (Acts 17:11).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;...are you denying he said the things I posted?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I said Mr. Armstrong was ahead of his time. The PRINCIPLES of prophecy he spoke of remain absolutely true: a final revival of the unholy Roman Empire is prophesied and the EU is forging ahead with that Frankenstein Monster now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm stating categorically that what you've thrown up against Mr. Armstrong is a DIVERSIONARY TACTIC, a dishonest attempt to discredit him, since you can't refute the black and white of the Bible he taught on the plain points I've made and you know it. Who do you think you're fooling by such pretense? God? Man? Why play your foolish games?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Proof that you're offering lame excuses is because every one of &lt;i&gt;your&lt;/i&gt; popular traditional ministers or groups have taught and said worse things that, unlike HWA, aren't even true according to biblical prophecy, such as Russia attacking America (when Mr. Armstrong alone warned it will ultimately be a German-led &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/mississippi.html&gt;Mississippi Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; that attacks us that even some Protestants now agree is true) and yet we never see you get all hot and bothered about them or post against them or call them false prophets. Why your glaring double standard? Perhaps you're too blind to see it yourself, but now that it's been brought to your attention, prayerfully think about it and see this is the plain truth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;"For exposing your SUNday as a pagan counterfeit of the biblical Sabbath; your pagan holidays you've sought with your replacement theology to replace the biblical festivals'" --&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe Judaizers were addressed by Paul, not by me.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to your vain traditions and popular error, Paul would be a Judaizer since he kept and taught the biblical Sabbath and festivals, just like Jesus did and will command all nations to keep when He returns and reigns in Jerusalem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you in denial of this plain truth? It says Christ will command both Jews, Israelites and Gentiles, all nations, to keep the Feast of Tabernacles - not pagan Xmas or Easter (should tell you a lot right there!)- when He reigns from Jerusalem with the glorified Saints, then brilliant &lt;a target="_new" href="http://ezinearticles.com/?id=105261"&gt;God-beings&lt;/a&gt;. Is Jesus a Judaizer? Rather, your kind are Roman wolves in sheep's clothing with your replacement theology, seeking to demonically replace the Sabbath with pagan Sunday, the biblical festivals with your hollow days of pagan origins that GOD HATES, and you do many other similar things with your idolatrous and tinsel traditions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;"that God is not the sadist traditional Christians make Him out to be; that the meek inherit the Earth - not float off to Heaven;" --&lt;br&gt;who said anything about floating off? I have specifically said our hope is in the new earth.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thankfully, you're correct about the New Earth, but your traditional Churchianity teaches folks go to "heaven or hell" when they die, which is a RELIGIOUS LIE. And I see you still misrepresent God as a sadist rather than a loving God who puts the wicked out of their misery, who mercifully destroys them completely in the Lake of Fire and lets them return to dust while the rest become divine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;"that you're not an immortal soul, eternal life is a gift from&lt;br&gt;God;" --&lt;br&gt;Yes, a gift already given to all.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another RELIGIOUS LIE. Why don't you believe the clear teachings of the Scripture rather than Catholic-Babylonian doctrines of demons? Satan said, &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Donate-Car/donate-car.php&gt;donating a car&lt;/a&gt; shall surely not die." In other words, you're an immortal soul! Yet God's Word says the soul that sins it shall die, and Revelation speaks of the second death (from which there is never a resurrection), and Jesus spoke about destroying both body and soul in "Hell fire." Why don't you believe Him? God &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/missouri.html&gt;Missouri Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; the sadist you counterfeit Christians with your serpentine ministers make Him out to be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not PERISH (death), but (on the other hand) have everlasting life." Life or death - those are the only two choices. Not life and life. And who would consider it a gift if they had eternal life in torment? You're not even being logical or biblical. "The wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life" (Romans 6:23). Life or death, plain and simple. And "no murderer has eternal life dwelling in him" (I John 3:15).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;"the wicked will be destroyed, ashes under our feet; we can&lt;br&gt;become literal God-beings, members of the Kingdom-Family of God? Why don't you just confess and forsake your sins of murderous hatred against HWA for slaughtering your "sacred cow" and exposing it as religious bull from Babylon?" --&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe you ever answered as to why HWA was lying to you&lt;br&gt;about the Greek language, his sole basis for his beliefs; that it does not concern you......&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why are you still wrestling dishonestly, desperately, with YOUR straw man? I've clearly shown how biblical it is to know and believe and teach we're to become literal &lt;a target="_new" href="http://ezinearticles.com/?id=99328"&gt;&lt;b&gt;God-beings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and I don't need to know Greek to read it in the Bible and believe the simplicity that is in Christ.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why are you so dishonest and trying to squirm around clear statements like "flesh and blood does NOT inherit the Kingdom of God," and "we shall see Him as He is for we shall be like Him," and even as we've born the human image of Adam, so we'll bear the divine image of Christ, the FIRSTBORN OF MANY BRETHREN.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why don't you believe those clear Scriptures that you're afraid to address and go off on your little tangents, dishonestly? Why don't you let the Truth set you free from your lying traditions? Why resist the Holy Spirit of truth? You should praise God for exposing such darkness to you and be glad to forsake the Babylon you're in enslaved within. Regardless, it's your choice: you can become dust or divine, have eternal life or eternal death. But, like God, I encourage you to CHOOSE LIFE.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;David Ben-Ariel, a Christian-Zionist writer and author of &lt;i&gt;Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall,&lt;/i&gt; shares a special focus on the Middle East and great interest in Jerusalem, reflected in hard-hitting articles that help others improve their understanding of that troubled region. Visit the &lt;a target="_New" href="http://www.armstrongherbert.blogspot.com"&gt;Herbert W. 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Armstrong Was Ahead of His Time!'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-3567926218464060225</id><published>2008-07-25T06:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-25T06:28:14.182-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TV Viewing Distance and Screen Placement in the Home Theater</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The optimum TV &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/alien-abduction.php&gt;Alien Abduction&lt;/a&gt; size is directly related to the available viewing distance  but there are other factors as well that need to be taken into consideration.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Viewing Distance: Is it just &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/new_jersey.html&gt;New Jersey Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; matter of personal preference?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sit too close to your big screen TV and you will be able to see the image build-up structure - scanning lines or pixels forming the image  thus distracting your attention and spoiling your home theater experience. Yet, sit too far away, and the impact will be lost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are differing opinions on the best way to determine the optimum TV viewing distance for a specific screen size. Just go to the movie theater and you will soon realize that it is all a question of personal preference - some would sit at the very back. Others would go straight to the front row, as they prefer the bigger picture and a wider angle of view, while some would simply choose their seat randomly somewhere in between these two extremes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The truth is that there are no scientific rules her. This does not mean that there aren't any guidelines that you should follow when planning a big screen purchase or a would-be home theater room.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SMPTE Recommendations and the THX &lt;a href=http://www.pharmacy.shop24-7-365.com/Marijuana-Effects.php&gt;medical marijuana&lt;/a&gt; standards:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE) recommends that the screen size for home theater use should occupy a 30 degrees field of view - in the horizontal plan - for the audience. Alternatively, the ideal TV viewing distance should be such that the screen width occupies an angle of 30 degrees from the viewing position.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This 30-degrees viewing angle seems to have been accepted by many as the standard in home theater and motion picture viewing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This SMPTE guideline is also in line with the THX certification standards in that these recommend that the back row of seats should have at least a 26 degrees viewing angle and while recommending an optimum viewing angle of 36 degrees.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is believed that within these viewing angle limits, the viewer will get better immersed into the action movie itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vision System limitations:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is also the issue of TV viewing distance based on visual acuity. This does not represent the optimum viewing distance - rather, this relates to the maximum viewing distance beyond which some picture detail will be lost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Technically speaking, visual acuity is a measure of the eye spatial resolving power and indicates the angular size of the smallest detail that a person visual system can resolve. A person with 20/20 (or 6/6 when expressed in meters) normal vision can resolve a spatial pattern separated by a visual angle of one minute of arc angle i.e. 1/60th of a degree, at the eye when viewed at 20 feet away. Expressed differently, a person with normal 20/20 vision is capable of identifying an object with a height of 1.76mm at 20 feet way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In terms of TV viewing distances, these represent the point beyond which some of the picture detail will no longer be resolved by the viewer vision system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;So How Does All This Translate In Practical Terms?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few rules-of-thumb can help put in practice the guidelines detailed above. These rules for viewing distance refer to the screen width rather than the screen diagonal and therefore apply to both 4:3 and 16:9 display formats.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A general rule for the TV viewing distance based on the SMPTE and visual acuity guidelines, is that the nearest TV viewing distance between you and your big screen TV should be limited to approximately twice the screen width (more precise 1.87 x screen width for a subtended angle of 30 degrees), while the furthest distance being no more than five times the width of your screen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This rule of thumb should give you a fairly good approximation for your TV viewing distance. It does not necessarily represent the ideal home theater viewing distance but rather the limits within which your TV viewing distance should theoretically be out of the trouble zone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In other words, move closer than twice the screen width size, and the picture scanning lines, pixels and any other video artifacts will become too visibly intrusive - leading to distractions that will spoil your movie watching experience. Move further away than 5 times the screen width and your vision system will no longer be able to resolve all the picture detail.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;But&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is also important to realize that these maximum and minimum viewing distances should be &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/debt-consolidation.php&gt;best rate loans&lt;/a&gt; in the light of the video signal definition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A fully resolved high definition TV (1080i, 1920x1080) supports a closer viewing distance than standard analog TV. 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Please visit us for more information about a   www.galsys.co.uk/articles/article-index.htmlnetwork time server or   www.galsys.co.uk/categories/ntp-server.htmNTP servers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-3954857359110136573?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/3954857359110136573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=3954857359110136573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/3954857359110136573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/3954857359110136573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/07/windows-vista-time-servers.html' title='Windows Vista - Time Servers, Synchronisation and Time Zone Advice'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-5405703302307161399</id><published>2008-07-19T06:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T06:13:28.559-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"The Big Maybe" and "God Said" and "Birds Apples and Kisses" - Poems</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Big Maybe&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The best word I've ever heard&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;was-maybe!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maybe: is what man really lives&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;by-.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A 'yes,' beforehand, is seldom&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;known...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A maybe, is a story untold.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thus,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I cannot say 'yes,' then.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And to be quite frank&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I don't have enough &lt;a href=http://www.pharmacy.shop24-7-365.com/Marijuana-Effects.php&gt;medical marijuana&lt;/a&gt; them&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;left, to waste:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So the best I can do, is:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Give you a big "maybe!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;#842 9/2005&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;"God says: "Retribution?"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And God said:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"I will give them foreknowledge."&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(And He did.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"And the power to slay..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(And He did.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(And God created earth, the way&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He would have liked it, if He &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Structured-Settlement/structured-settlement.php&gt;cashing in endowments&lt;/a&gt; a man)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And God said:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"He kills all the game; he pollutes&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;the woods, rivers: ravages the&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;meadows and ruins the skies&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(with no crime or guilt)."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And then man sees its outcome, &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And blames God for not looking out&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Of his porthole in the sky:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;and fixing it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And God says:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"So be it."&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;#843 9/2005&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Birds, Apples and Kisses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who's the dedicatee of &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Car-Insurance/car-insurance.php&gt;cheap car insurance quotes&lt;/a&gt; new amusing&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Poem? Newly polished with coarse?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You, my reader; for you feel my stanzas: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;lines possess some substance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yes oh yes-the lone American!-&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That great multistanza poem of ages&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So take this poem, this mere drop,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;whatever it may be worth-and &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Patron reader let it survive at least&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;An hour, a day, a week!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ah! the birds: how I wish I could &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;sport with them, as they do with one&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Another...they are as welcome to me&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;as fresh red apples are to the tree&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;that gave them birth-now fallen;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;free to the ground, like the birds;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;so very long, knotted to a branch, and&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;the branch to the torso of the tree.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are the wicked dead! the rotten&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Apples. Ah yes! 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I lost count long ago of the good&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;and rotten apples on my apple tree,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Satan farting on: some: protagonist&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jest demonic beings running wild.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Give me a thousand kisses I pray.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Or a hundred may do; I can shuffle the&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Figures: lose count again-: fact is,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'd like to know how many kisses I need,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;to bring the birds back. A curious figure &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;indeed; perhaps, equal to all those stars&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;in the silent night. Once the evil tongue&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(full of mischief) comes, arrives: the tree &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;of life: the apples need the sky to rain&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;with kisses on its leafy face...conceivably&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;it's all too late. Perhaps I'm fortunate, surely&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;happier than nature?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;#841 9/2005&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Dr. Dennis Siluk's web site:   dennissiluk.tripod.comhttp://dennissiluk.tripod.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885656650488862125-5405703302307161399?l=feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/feeds/5405703302307161399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8885656650488862125&amp;postID=5405703302307161399' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/5405703302307161399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8885656650488862125/posts/default/5405703302307161399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://feesksxhzhk.blogspot.com/2008/07/big-maybe-and-god-said-and-birds-apples.html' title='&quot;The Big Maybe&quot; and &quot;God Said&quot; and &quot;Birds Apples and Kisses&quot; - Poems'/><author><name>loyyxa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16776038805287999420</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885656650488862125.post-6863786460859682110</id><published>2008-07-18T07:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T07:22:28.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who's Sucking the Time Out of Your Life?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;If you are serious about being more productive then you might want to think about identifying what Dan Kennedy calls the time vampires in your day.&lt;/p&gt;I was recently talking to &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Structured-Settlement/structured-settlement.php&gt;endowments selling&lt;/a&gt; senior scientist who is overloaded with work, too many things to do already and finding she can't get ahead &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/collective-unconscious.php&gt;Collective Unconscious&lt;/a&gt; every time she tries to get on with what she had planned for the day - does any &lt;a href=http://fashion-design.pop-cult.com/t-shirts.html&gt;t-shirts&lt;/a&gt; this sound familiar?&lt;br&gt;You can recognise time vampires by the phrases they use...&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Sorry to bother you...&lt;li&gt;I can see you're busy...&lt;li&gt;Do you have a few minutes for a quick chat...?&lt;li&gt;Etc.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now I know sometimes things urgent things come up and we all want to be helpful but important isn't always urgent and even if it is urgent - urgent for whom? Is it really more important than what you were working on?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This lady really wanted to do a goo job and hadn't found it easy to say no to people's urgent work requests but she found that even if the conversation only last the promised few minutes, it could easily knock 15-30 minutes productive time out of her day. This is all too easy to understand when you realise you have allowed them to break your productive state and when this happened how often does another distraction slip in?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know we all want to be friendly and helpful but what these &lt;a href=http://www.saturdaymorning.pop-cult.com/krofft-supershow.html&gt;Krofft Supershow&lt;/a&gt; are really saying is I have a problem and it is important enough TO ME to disrupt your time - is their problem really more important to you than getting your stuff done?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you recognise this pattern and being productive is important to you then I guess you have tried a few things to clear this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you can't find a hidey hole and set aside "prime productive time" [as mentioned in the daily tips] what can you do?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The absolute first thing I'd suggest is stop blaming them and take responsibility for allowing this to happen. Let's face it people do what works, if they disturb you once and get what they want immediately - what do you think they are going to do next time they want something from you?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Accepting personal responsibility may not seem &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/injury-at-work.php&gt;injury compensation claim&lt;/a&gt; at first after all, there are things that can seem out of our control but accepting responsibility gives you choices as to how to respond.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you first set boundaries in anything, the people around you who are used to the old way will test them, your job is to defend them, (maintaining rapport) the more you defend them the more people will respect them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So if someone calls in and says "I can see you're busy but this will only take 5 minutes", you can say something like.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Ok so it'll only take 5 minutes but you can see I'm really busy so I'll deal with it when I've completed this at 3pm, ok?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"No worries, if it's really urgent I can rearrange some stuff I've got planned for 3pm and do it then, how would you like me to let you know it's complete?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then turn around and get back on with what you had planned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's your boss, then it might take a bit more tact but you could always point out what you were doing and just say "Yes and would it be OK if I finish this first because I promised it to X by this afternoon."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The key to making this work is to recognise that it's no good being productive doing what is important to other people (unless that's the purpose of your job) you can only be really effective and productive if you are focusing on what is important to you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It might not be easy at first and they might "fight back at first" I'd encourage you to see your time as the moments of your life, you wouldn't let people sneak in to your office and steal out of your purse or wallet!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So defending your time is just as important, don't you think?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The point of this article isn't to give you all the answers, it's merely to help you recognise these "vampires"for what they are doing in your life and to get you curious about how you can deal effectively with them when they get you cornered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do you think? Can you suggest any other tips? What challenges can you see when you think about dealing with these people who are sucking the time out of your day? How would it feel have them fade out of your life?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anth Quinn has been described as the best-kept secret in Personal Development; he is a straight talking champion of everyday people and despite developing a loyal following of over 10,000 readers he managed to avoid publicity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He says that he finally stepped up to right what he saw as fundamental flaws in much of the personal development industries and he became determined to do something about this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Despite a massive amount of good information out in the market place Anth says that most people never make long lasting positive changes in their life. Why is this? 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