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Grand Canyon Sunset overlooking Colorado River

I imagine many Indians long ago squatted in this same spot, mesmerized by the grandeur of it all, gazing into this mother of canyons at sunset. It will take your breath away, hugging the vertical cliffs. With the wind whipping, you try to hold your ground..or else! Not a pleasant thought falling, but I’m sure it’s happened. For me, I just stare into the sunset, with no care in the world. I came here to absorb this ancient place and take a few photographs. Mission accomplished.

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Taking in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Watching the colors of the canyon change as sunset approaches. The distant Colorado River falls into deep shadows, as it snakes through this mammoth hole it’s created. Cameras are clicking all around me, as photographers try to catch this fleeting moment, as the sun sets. I’m probably in the way, sitting there just taking it all in, as if I’m the only one in the universe enjoying this incredible, into one of the 7 wonders of the world. And I really don’t care that I may be in the way.. This moment is mine.

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Smokey Sunset at The Grand Canyon, Az

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When I first saw all the smoke and haze hugging the Colorado River and canyon walls below, I didn’t think much about photographing it. But the more I looked at it and the way the layers of canyons went off in the distance, maybe I can pull something out in HDR. With Photomatix, Topaz and a little Photoshop, it all came together and created it’s own kind of mood. The Grand Canyon kind of does that to you anyway.

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Smokey Grand Canyon Sunset

Alaskan Voyage:

It’s been a crazy week traveling up through Alaska and many days no where near any WiFi connection. Lots of rain and cold weather, quite a break from the heat everywhere else. I will be sharing some of the photos from this latest trip in days to come. Meanwhile here’s a photo of a recent trip to the Grand Canyon.

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Smoke had settled all along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Some say it was from the utility plant up at Page, Az. Others blamed it on the fires in Arizona and Colorado. It created some interesting moods in the canyon below. I took 3 shots to create this image, then merged them in Photomatix. This is pretty much what I saw when I was there. Without HDR, the trees and downed wood would be dark in this photo.

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Climbing Out Of Trouble And Malaise

Feelings of depression, self-doubt, lack of direction and demotivation seem to abound internationally. There seems to be a global consensus that these are bad times. There is no hesitation to express concerns about our present state of affairs.

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1. What is it that motivates you to change?

2. If you don’t like the results you are getting, What will motivate you to change the actions you are taking?

If you ask a smoker to quit his 10 year long habit and not smoke anymore for the rest of his life, you probably will get much resistance. Until the smoker experiences something drastic in their own life, he probably won’t be willing to quit.

It would take something like seeing a friend pass away from lung cancer. Or maybe the smoker doesn’t want to see their own children follow in their footsteps.

Until something DRASTIC happens in their life, until the smoker first experiences PAIN as a result of smoking — change is UNLIKELY to take place in the person’s life.

The same is true with just about anything, though…

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Perhaps your career isn’t bringing you the level of success you have always wanted.

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This means that you MUST completely abandon your OLD HABITS and start with a 180 degree different approach that will bring you what you want in your life.

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C. Who are the people in your life who would like to make the same changes you are making in your life?

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Is your path to success driven by Affirmations or Afformations?

I draw your attention to perhaps the single most important distinction that you can make in your quest for success in any endeavour.

Team huddles are marked by the repetition of strong affirmations. Clenched fists reinforce a conscious commitment to achieving some objective or goal.

Make no mistake! Affirmations are ingrained in our culture as a key to attaining high performance levels. And they work to some degree. They keep our goals in focus and motivate us at the conscious level.

The challenge with affirmations is that sustained results are really controlled at the subconscious level. The subconscious records all our actions and identifies patterns of behaviour that it uses to formulate an image of who we are. This image that is etched into our subconscious plays a significant role in determining our future actions.

We are all fitted with an internal “teleprompter”. Our teleprompter throws up thoughts, words and actions for us to use. Right now, a range of those are coming into your head. Your teleprompter is at work.

Now, you will notice that your teleprompter usually presents content that it thinks will be appealing to you. It does not want to waste energy producing material that you will not use. No point prompting me to investigate bungee jumping. Wasted prompt!

What happens in reality is that your teleprompter is directed by your subconscious which has a record of your every thought, word and deed. So the teleprompter is guided to motivate you to think thoughts, speak words and perform actions that are aligned to the image that your subconscious has of you.

That is why behavioural change is so difficult. While we are reciting affirmations at the conscious level the subconscious is funnelling invitations to our conscious mind that might be diametrically opposed to the affirmations.

Hypnosis guru Gerald Kein has developed a wonderful diagram to depict the gate-keeping role of the subconscious in blocking out new ideas and contrary actions that come from our conscious minds.

The Kein Mind Model in Transformation

That explains why so many weight loss projects fail all too soon. The same thing with fitness programmes. We march into those projects with affirmations in tow. However, the subconscious crowds out the affirmations with prompts that fit the image that is etched into it.

That is why the distinction between affirmations and Afformations is so vitally important in your quest for success. Afformations is a clever technique for bypassing the gate-keeper to the subconscious mind and getting ideas into your teleprompter that would normally be blocked.

The technique tricks the gate-keeper whose role is to stop new ideas that come from your conscious thoughts from interfering with what your subconscious has grown used to accepting as reality.

Afformations use the way our minds work to lead us to success, higher levels of performance, happiness, health and self-actualization.

The mind is trained is find answers to questions that are asked of it. It is in automatic research mode. Its job is to find answers. So, the secret to success then, is to ask our minds the right questions!

Have you ever misplaced something or had a name on the tip of your tongue for a while? You then give up in frustration and move to something else. Bingo: “I remember now…” You left your mind to find the answer and it did.

That is how Afformations work. Ask the right (empowering) questions and move on so that your mind gets the opportunity to find the answers. Do NOT interfere. That would be like storming around fuming in search of the misplaced item. Ask your empowering questions and move on!

I am a firm believer in the effectiveness of Afformations in support of believing prayer.

If the goal is to be a great spouse, you raise it in prayer and afform it in the form of this type of empowering question:  “Why am I such a thoughtful, caring spouse?”

Resist the urge to give up because of the flood of prompts from the subconscious that questions how you could even think that given the historical situation. Your job is to ask the empowering questions repeatedly and leave the answers to your mind.

This much is true. Show me the output of your teleprompter and I will tell you where you have been and where you are headed. Start re-programming your subconscious today with empowering Afformations!

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Loving Self – G.R.O.W.T.H Framework

Loving self – an alternative path to happiness

The G.R.O.W.T.H. model  provides a pathway to sustainable happiness that is not necessarily tied to having a partner in your life. However, the beauty of the concept is that it inevitably produces the qualities that people want to see in their life partners.

G – grounding. Get to know yourself and be more comfortable with who you are.

  • You are unique. Cherish that.
  • Grounding is made much easier if you have a personal relationship with your Creator.
  • Accept your self worth. Do not allow past experiences and the opinion of others to snatch away the treasures that are yours.

While in the G zone, it is important to avoid the pitfalls of greed, gossiping and goofing off. Any one of these has the potential to derail your plans.

R – Respect is the cornerstone of this zone. Respect for self, for others, for time, for the environment, for God.

  • Take responsibility for your actions and for how life unfolds for you. Blaming others is not a useful practice.
  • Make every effort to be more responsive. Be a willing, caring soul. When the answers to your ‘What’s in it for me?’ questions are linked to benefits to accrue to someone else you know that you are on the right track.
  • References play an important role in our lives. Ensure that wherever you interact with people, you will have given them every reason to present you in a favourable light.
  • Reading. Reclaim several hours per week and channel them into reading worthwhile material. Keep abreast of current events, provide spiritual food for your soul and deepen your understanding of topics that are of interest to you.
  • Key pitfalls to avoid in the R zone include a spirit that requires revenge. In a world that is degenerating into acceptance of the eye for an eye philosophy, people who are long-suffering and ready to forgive will be very special. Be one of those persons.

O – Open-mindedness is the cornerstone of the O zone

  • Open your mind to new information. Be hungry for knowledge. Ask pertinent questions. Be inquisitive.
  • Put new ideas and your cherished views to the test. Learn to distil facts.
  • Pursue self-development. Get the education and training that will prepare you for the attainment of your goals.
  • Anticipate and accept change.

Ugly O’s to avoid include obstinacy, over-reaction, over-dependence.

W – win or make a contribution to winning.

  • Winning covers a multitude of deficiencies. The world loves winners and you too will like yourself.
  • Words – and how you use them are a determinant of your success. While you use words to communicate do not ignore the role of body language in communication. Words are said to communicate less than 10% of the message that is received.
  • Work – find something to do that you find rewarding and generates income.

W pitfalls include whining, wastefulness, aimless wandering.

T zone – Thankfulness. Be grateful for your blessings and respect the provider of those blessings.

  • Be tactful. Show you are a person of class.
  • Be able and willing to teach. This provides an immediate boost to your self-esteem.
  • Manage time well.
  • Master technology.

Elements in the T zone to avoid include: temper tantrums, talking down to others, truancy, tearing others down.

H health consciousness. As we get a better understanding of how closely inter-connected mind, body and soul are, the issue of health demands attention. It has direct implication for all your aspirations. Critically, you must evaluate your current state of health at least once per year with a health care professional.  Many experts believe that nutrition is at the core of all medical problems. Your health watch must also include an exercise regime. We suggest that you view your exercise period as an opportunity for bonding with others.

  • When hope is lost, things fall apart. You must device mechanisms that you will use to fan the flame of hope and drive away the clouds of doom.
  • Honesty is the best policy.
  • Be humble. However, humility is not synonymous with weakness.
  • Be helpful. The two fundamental spiritual laws are loving God with all our heart and loving our neighbour as ourselves. Once you get into that mindset your giving will never be able to keep pace with the abundance that you receive!

H pitfalls include: hiding behind others, hasty judgement, hassling others.

Don Miguel Ruiz in The Four Agreements identifies a major obstacle to loving self. He points to the prospect of self-rejection that comes from having an image of what it means to be perfect and never measuring up to that ideal. He suggests that you make and keep agreement with yourself. Tell yourself who you are, what you feel, what you believe and how to behave.

Trevor & Althea Smith

The Smiths are directors of INFOSERV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, an Accredited Training Organization. They have been happily married since 1972 and have been engaged in providing coaching for their 3 daughters and for groups and corporations in personal development workshop sessions, including the acclaimed “Success with People” series. E-mail:

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2 Kings 18:5 Hezekiah trusted in the LORD.. 7 And the LORD was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook.

2 Kings 20: 1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 “Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: 5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD. 6 I will add fifteen years to your life.

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Comfortable Discomfort

About a year and a half ago, out of the sheer fear of looking like the goodyear blimp, I decided to start an intense morning bootcamp session that I saw advertised on craigslist. What I walked into was my own personal version of hell. I was pushed so hard the first day of bootcamping that I almost lost my lunch. The next day every muscle in my body hurt and I asked the trainer if I should come to bootcamp. He told me that he had a perfect cure for my stiffness and I should come.

His cure, making me run.

This was a cruel form of revival but I’ll tell you, that crap worked. Anyone who has just started a new form of exercise or has increased the intensity of their workout knows that this soreness is to be expected. It is called delayed onset muscle soreness and kicks in the day or two after a workout. It is caused by tiny tears in your muscles which is the result of you working the muscle in a manner it hasn’t been worked in before.

While there are debates on the cause of DOMS (as the internet lovingly refers to it) there is nothing concrete as to how to cure or prevent it. Here is a link to an article discussing DOMS with some helpful hints.

My suggestion for those of you hobbling around like I typically do on Sundays (see previous post about my trainer trying to kill me), EMBRACE IT. This is a sign that you are doing something. Don’t let it stop you from going back to the gym either. That pain will disappear once you start pushing your muscles again.

Quick note: WE ARE NOT DOCTORS. In fact, I’m a lawyer so I’m entering this caveat into this post. You should not treat the information we share in these posts as medical advice. I can only tell you what works for me. If you are in pain, GO SEE A DOCTOR.

Let’s end this post off with a quote from Jillian Roberts:

You have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

I know that’s right.

– Tha Management

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What They Don’t Tell You about Being Special

As an artist, you might actually be special.  You might have found your authentic voice and be doing work that nobody else could or would produce.  You might be that rare thing – a unicorn.  Thought to be mythical, but here you are – unique and peerless.  The trouble is, being special isn’t the whole story, is it?  There are pitfalls and hidden dangers, which nobody warns you about.

A very creative friend of mine posted a link to this interesting article, this morning:

That’s a very good summary, I think, but an incomplete one.  It writes from the point of view of why generation Y is not happy, but I think the wider point to address is why people that are special aren’t getting everything they think they want from life or their artistic, creative careers.

Here’s my list of what they never tell you about being special (no prizes for guessing how I figured most of them out):

  • It’s not just generation Y – The problem of being told you’re special and feeling that you are special is not unique to generation Y. Loads of baby boomers (and others) have felt that same disconnect between expectations and recognition.  Sure, earlier generations had to struggle against a lot more negative hate talk about following your own bliss (“get a real job, you bum”, “who do you think you are, mister?”).  They probably started from a position of not having very much self-confidence remaining, but all the coaching and popular psychology encouraged them to become that indispensible linchpin.  They were told to find out what they were really good at and passionate about and to make that their life’s work.  In short, they were encouraged to discover what was special about them.  Having done so, they finished up right where generation Y started – having a sense of entitlement, because they were special, but finding that their expectations were rarely fulfilled.
  • Having your self esteem intact is an asset, but it’s not everything – Starting your life’s journey with your self-esteem intact is a tremendous advantage. Take that from somebody that didn’t.  That self-belief, knowing and never doubting that you can succeed at things you try hard at is positive, mostly realistic and a better stand point than believing yourself to be an incompetent imposter, with nothing out of the ordinary to bring.  Being self-confident is great, provided it doesn’t spill over into delusional overconfidence and hubris.  However, if you have your self-confidence in healthy order, you rapidly discover that it isn’t enough to cause your expectations to be met.  There’s a lot of other hard work to do and characteristics to develop, before you get close.  Being able to “blag it” might get you an opportunity, but it won’t necessarily produce the results.
  • Special is the new ordinary – These days, everybody thinks they’re special (and that everybody else isn’t), but if everybody thinks that way, then nobody is actually special (by definition) and special becomes the expected baseline. Who knows?  Maybe you really are quite special, or above the average, but it’s hard to be noticed as such.  Mostly, people assume you are about as special as everybody else is special.
  • You might be special, but that doesn’t entitle you to anything – You may have amazing super powers and be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but so what? That doesn’t mean people should shower you with accolades, praise and wealth.  There is no logical correlation between being able to do certain things very well, even exceptionally well and being treated to a life of idle privilege and opulence.  These things are not connected.  You’re probably not exceptional at everything (even the most accomplished polymaths are not), so you will be dependent on somebody else for something.    Why should you be given special treatment and those that serve you, using their special skills and talents, not?
  • Your expectations are probably sky high and unrealistic – Being really good at what you do can make you think (erroneously) that there are no competitors, no realistic alternatives to your offering, that the market for your talent is infinite, endless and so crammed with excess, spare cash, that you’re bound to own multiple luxury cars and homes, to holiday abroad several times a year and to live the life of a jetsetter. Sadly, the more specialised you are, the more restricted is your applicability to the lives of other people.  Some people may need you, but not everybody.  You’re too specialised.  They might want exactly what you have, but be stone cold broke.  Your expectations probably don’t factor these unfortunate realities into the equation.
  • If everybody is special, it’s a level playing field – When every offer, in the market, is backed by somebody genuinely special, then the playing field is level and it is very hard to distinguish yourself or become noticed. There is no particular advantage conferred to you, other than giving you a chance to compete with all the other very special people.  It’s actually quite difficult to become so outstanding that everybody that needs you knows you.  Even if you do, they still might not want you, even if they need you, if you’re too full of yourself and overconfident.
  • Finding the organisation that needs your kind of special is a needle-in-the-haystack search – You might have become the world’s best treacle bender, but what exactly is a treacle bender and what kind of organisation needs the best treacle bender in the world? Your speciality might have such narrow geek appeal that there is next to nobody that even understands what you do and fewer still that really need you.  If your mother doesn’t understand what you do, you can guarantee few other people do.  Your potential customer base might dwindle to under a dozen organisations.
  • Even if you are a perfect fit and crucial to them, they’ll try to get you on the cheap – An interesting game of bluff takes place when an organisation that really, truly needs your kind of special tries to engage with you. They will pretend that they can always find another and will try to pay you as if you were an interchangeable unit.  They won’t recognise your unique and vital contribution in any financially meaningful way and will insist that the genius of their organisation is actually their management skills and ability to find unicorns such as you.  At remuneration negotiation time, they will dig their heels in and insist you need to conform to their existing pay and conditions structures, so that none of their other (less special) employees will feel put out or disadvantaged.  They’ll expect you to be outstanding and special, while also playing as a non-descript team player, sharing in their mediocre rewards equally.
  • You might actually be indispensible, but they’ll struggle on without you – You’ll eventually get sick and tired of being taken for granted and threaten to leave. You know that without you, exceptional products will never be built and opportunities for great wealth will pass the firm by, but they’ll let you go anyway, insisting, as an article of faith, that nobody is indispensible.  It’s not true, of course.  The more special you are, the more indispensible you really are, but the firm you leave will struggle on somehow and morph into something else.  Heck, they might even find somebody else just as special to fill your shoes.  They will never, ever concede that your absence has blasted a big hole in their company, even if it has.
  • You will encounter many people that positively resent your specialness – If you show up somewhere, demonstrably doing things that others around you are incapable of doing, far from welcoming you with open arms, they will resent you. This is because they all think of themselves as special too, but you are walking, incontrovertible, unarguable, inescapable, living proof that they aren’t quite as special as they thought they were, evidenced by the fact that none of them can do what you can do.  Once the resentment takes root, you’ll find yourself sniped at, undermined, back stabbed and having to endure general unpleasantness and hostility on a daily basis, with people briefing against you, while still attempting to produce your very best work.  People who can’t tell whether you are special or not, due to their lack of expertise in your speciality, won’t provide you with much defence, either.
  • They’ll still try to force fit you into ordinary roles – Having engaged you on the basis of your outstanding, special abilities, they’ll still try to leverage you into their pay grade structure and into a conventional job title, which models a very ordinary, outmoded and conventional view of the world. They won’t grant you a special title, such as “Minister of Special Corporate Magic”, or “Head of the Impossible” and you don’t want a silly, made-up title like that anyway, but you won’t be given the scope to grow (or even exist) in a role that makes use of all of your special skills and abilities.  You’ll feel hemmed in from day one.  The more you try to push against the boundaries of the box they assign you, the more friction and resistance you will encounter.
  • It’s ok to be ordinary – Nobody says this, but it’s true. It’s ok to be ordinary.  There is no requirement that you are special.  You don’t have to be.  You just have to be yourself, whoever you are.  If that makes you special, then great, but it doesn’t have to.
  • It’s not a race– Comparing your level of success with that of others is totally pointless and stupid. It can only serve to drive you crazy.  You might think of others as special and that you are their equivalent, as special goes, but that you are not getting the same rewards they are.  It doesn’t matter.  Everybody’s story is a struggle of some sort and you can’t know all the gory details, so stop comparing their best with your worst.  Nobody awards you a prize, when you die, to say you attained the most success.
  • People do a lot of bigging up the best bits on social media– A particularly insidious place to try to compare your specialness and successes with those of others is on social media. It is a truism that people tend to massage their posts and profiles to present their life and life events in the most positive light possible.  Image crafting is a commonplace.  Social media seems to amplify the tendency.  If you base your satisfaction and happiness on how other people are meeting your expectations, based on social media posts, then you really need to have your head read.
  • Being special is not a route to security (financial or otherwise) – A very common misconception is that being special will insulate you from life’s uncertainties. If you think about it, that’s a nonsense.  The market for expert treacle benders can evaporate in a moment (say, they discover that bent treacle is bad for you).  Even if you are special, most firms make redundancies on a last in, first out basis anyway.  They have to.  You might not earn significantly more than anybody else, because you will have been graded and job titled within a conventional framework that takes little account of your specialness.  As a freelancer, the work can simply dry up, for reasons you are unaware of.  Nothing prevents your financial situation from changing overnight.  The rich tend to spout this as one of their proofs of legitimacy of earnings.  They assert that they’re special, so fully worthy and deserving of their wealth.  The truth is that their wealth can be taken from them at any time, without warning (my great grandmother lost hers to the Bolshevik revolution nationalising the banks and confiscating all deposits).
  • Being special doesn’t mean you get to bypass the sheer slog – Just because you are special doesn’t mean you can escape having to work hard. To actually become special (as opposed to feeling you are special, without having done anything to prove it), you might spend a lifetime honing your skills and improving yourself.  Wisdom is acquired quite slowly.  Just because you think you are special doesn’t mean you actually are.  You might have some way to go, yet and it’s going to take a lot of work and dedication to get there.
  • Being special doesn’t insulate against life’s misfortunes – Being special won’t prevent you from getting sick, or from being in an unfortunate and life-altering accident, or prevent your spouse from running off with somebody they feel is more special than you are. Being special isn’t protection against anything.
  • Special people tend to undervalue everybody else, including special people – I don’t really understand why people believe that they, alone, are the special, chosen one, while everybody else is a child of a lesser God. They even do this, when in the presence of somebody truly special by any objective measure.  It mystifies me, but they do it.  It’s not based on anything remotely resembling reality, of course.
  • You can’t prove how special you are, at the outset, so nobody will believe you – Let’s say that, as a young person, you somehow have answers that are both extremely valuable and turn out to be true, in hindsight, with the benefit of history. It doesn’t matter how you have the ability to accurately predict future trends and markets, but somehow, because of your special qualities, you actually do.  Do you imagine a single person will actually believe that you have the answers?  After all, they think of themselves as special, too.  Why would your brand of special be any better than theirs, even if that proves to be the case later on?  Without the proof, you’re just one more person that believes they are special.  Maybe you are.  It’s likely you’re not.
  • Economics does not recognise your specialness, except as somebody else’s profits – I have never seen a pricing calculation, a tax form or a company balance sheet that accounts for the specialness of an individual. It’s lost in the numbers.  The only effect of being special is that you may guide the company that employs you to spectacular sales and profits, but those profits are not distributed on the basis of who was special and who wasn’t; they’re distributed amongst the shareholders.  Money talks and what it says is that having the money is what makes you special, nothing else.  Money also lies.  What actually makes money are the special talents and abilities of individuals.  Ergo, the profits are being taken by the people that didn’t cause them to be made.  Being special usually doesn’t automatically make you a major shareholder (though sometimes it can work out this way).
  • Being special doesn’t give you the right to be an insufferable prima donna – Actually, nothing gives you that right.
  • It’s easy to be so special you become irrelevant – There are people that have such a narrowly defined speciality and extended talents in that very narrow field to the point where nobody actually needs that exceptionally focussed skill set, at that depth. Being the only treacle bender in the world and knowing five thousand ways to bend treacle is irrelevant if there is no longer a market for bent treacle at all.  Think of all those COBOL experts or painters that work exclusively in egg tempera.
  • You may have to work with very ordinary people that think they’re special – When somebody that actually is gifted, talented and unique has to work with people that only think they are, all sorts of fireworks can ensue. There will never be a meeting of minds or an opportunity to fully express your special abilities, because it’s an unthinkable thought, in this scenario.  No matter how special you really are, it will be denied as an utter impossibility and all work will proceed from that axiomatic assumption.  There are no words for how frustrating this can be for somebody that actually has meaningful talents to contribute.  It’s not a sustainable scenario, in fact.
  • You may think you’re very special, but are actually quite ordinary, in truth – One of humanity’s many foibles is that we tend to overestimate our competence, when incompetent and underestimate it, when fully competent. Consequently, a great many people that were told they are special, who fully believe themselves to be special, will, in fact, be rather ordinary.  That’s just a statistical fact.  If you haven’t done all the hard work and experienced the failures along the way, the chances are good that you’re not quite as special as you think you are.  On the other hand, if you feel defeated and deflated, having tried many times and failed just as many, you might be more special than you imagine.
  • Results count most – The only assertion of specialness that has any currency is one that can show results. If your special talent allows you to do things others cannot do, then do them and use what you have done to prove your assertion.  Of course, there are many reasons why what you have done could be lost to history, attributed to other people or not available to be used as proof, but results are important, all the same.  It is paramount to use your special talents so that you can offer the results as evidence of your special talents.  I know this is a chicken and egg situation and you sometimes need people to believe in you, before you can produce the results, but it’s easier the other way round.  People tend to believe in you more readily if you can demonstrate the value of your special talents in some tangible form.
  • It is better to be effective than special – What matters more than being able to prove how special you are, or feeling that you are special, based on the actuality of your special talents and abilities, is being able to change things for the better. It is far better to be effective than to assert, prove and justify how special you are.  The effectiveness of your talents will speak for themselves, without your ego being involved.  The results you produce are your true calling card.  Better to do than to be.  Dooby-Dooby-Do-Bee.

It’s still good to strive to be irreplaceable, dependable, special, unique and a one of a kind, though.  Competence is a nice feeling.  It’s far better than undervaluing your own achievements and talents.  If you do, then so will everybody else.

Be special, if you can, but don’t assume you are, just because everybody told you that you were.

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Listen. Today is the greatest day in the history of days. It LITERALLY TRUMPS all the other days.

Today DONALD TRUMP announced that he is giving the American people the honor of having DONALD TRUMP run for President of the United States.

And TRUMP made the announcement in the most TRUMP-TASTIC of ways: a bombastic, rambling, over-the-top, hilarious, combative, inflammatory, six-hour-long, hate-f#@% of a speech at TRUMP Tower in New York City.

No one was safe. Not the Chinese (God love ’em). Not the Mexicans (I know some Mexicans. I love ’em). Not the Ford Motor Company (I know the president of Ford. I could call him up and have a Ford here in two minutes flat. They’re great). No one rambles and verbally hate-f#@%s better than TRUMP. No one.

Because he’s TRUMP! Who the f#@% are you, asshole?

As a tribute to this benchmark day in the proud history of TRUMP, has compiled the most TRUMP-O-MANIACAL moments from today’s TRUMP announcement about the future of TRUMP and all the smart ideas that TRUMP is going to TRUMP all over the United States of TRUMP (and America), brought to you by the benevolent legend himself, TRUMP!

Here’s a countdown of the most important, beautiful, inspiring, hilarious, sad, and TRUMP moments from TRUMP’S announcement

Number TRUMP: The entrance of the TRUMP–

TRUMP arrived at his announcement the only way that a patriotic, American TRUMP could… descending on a TRUMP-brand escalator inside TRUMP TOWER while Canadian Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” blasted over the speakers. I’ve always said, nothing says America like Canadian Neil Young…

Canada! America! Freedom! TRUMP!!!

Number TRUMP: “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created.”
TRUMP displayed his trademark humility throughout the speech by acknowledging that he is but a humble man, created by God, to do His work. Now, if God decided to make TRUMP the greatest “jobs president” he ever created, who is the humble TRUMP to argue with the Lord’s will? God could have made Reagan or Obama the greatest “jobs president” ever, but he didn’t. He chose TRUMP. TRUMP didn’t ask to be the greatest, but it would be sacrilege for TRUMP not to boast about the fact that TRUMP will, in fact, be the greatest “jobs president” that God ever created. After all, who would know better than TRUMP himself? TRUMP, of course.

Number TRUMP: “I would build a great wall. And nobody builds walls better than me, believe me. And I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great Great Wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall.”
Well, border crisis solved. What’s next?

Number TRUMP: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.”
TRUMP focused a lot on Mexico during the second hour of his speech, and while, yes, building a Great Wall on the Southern U.S. border and forcing Mexico to pay for it is a perfectly reasonable solution, and yes, it is scientifically proven that nobody builds better walls then TRUMP, the Mexicans are still going to be sending their drug-addicted rapists here. Sure, some of them are good people, he assumes. But you know what happens when you assume… you let rapists into your country. TRUMP knows that because, unlike politicians, TRUMP isn’t like the politicians. TRUMP is like TRUMP.

Number TRUMP: “I like China. I just sold an apartment for $15 million. Am I supposed to dislike ‘em? … People say you don’t like China. No, I love them. But their leaders are much smarter than our leaders. And we can’t sustain ourselves with that. It’s like, take the New England Patriots and Tom Brady and have them play your high school football team.”
TRUMP is a thinker, like the Chinese, and unlike Obama. TRUMP rightly does not understand what the big deal is about a U.S. President being envious of China’s leadership. They’re smart. TRUMP loves that. Loves it. You see, TRUMP understands that not everyone is good at everything like TRUMP is. Some are good at pretending to be born in Hawaii, like Obama. Some are good at building Great Walls, like Trump. Some are good at great Democratic leadership, like the Chinese. To each his own. But when the Tom Brady of leadership (China) wants to play a high stakes game, you need the Tom Brady of Great Wall building and “jobs presidenting” to take the field against him. That’s TRUMP. China’s walls aren’t great. China’s walls suck. They suck.

Number TRUMP: When TRUMP showed the music who’s TRUMP–
Around hour three of his speech, after rambling about walls and selling Chinese apartments, THE DONALD announced that he is running for president. His music, presumably hoping that he would finally wrap it up, started again playing that patriotic Canadian tune. But TRUMP was about to play his TRUMP card. Sure, he bobbed his head for a second or two, but then, it was time to show it how the TRUMP makes deals. He gave a swift TRUMP POINT, followed by a TRUMP WAVE, and then a sign language “MUSIC, YOU’RE FIRED.” TRUMP trumped the music. He still had three more hours of psychotic, xenophobic rambling to get to.

Number TRUMP: “I beat China all the time. All the time… When did we beat Japan at anything?”–
Mind. Blown.

Touché Mr. TRUMP.

Number TRUMP: “We have a disaster called the big lie: Obamacare. Obamacare… You have to be hit by a tractor, literally, a tractor, to use it, because the deductibles are so high, it’s virtually useless. It’s virtually useless. It is a disaster… And remember the $5 billion Web site? $5 billion we spent on a Web site, and to this day it doesn’t work. A $5 billion Web site. I have so many Web sites, I have them all over the place. I hire people, they do a Web site. It costs me $3.”–

It costs him $3 dollars. He hires people. They do it. Three dollars. How did Obama spend $5 billion dollars on TRUMP could have done it for $3 dollars. Instead people are being hit by tractors, LITERALLY.

It’s so obvious you stupid idiots.

Number TRUMP: “If you can’t make a good deal with a politician, then there’s something wrong with you. You’re certainly not very good. And that’s what we have representing us… They’re controlled fully — they’re controlled fully by the lobbyists, by the donors, and by the special interests. Fully… Yes, they control them. Hey, I have lobbyists. I have to tell you. I have lobbyists that can produce anything for me. They’re great. But you know what? it won’t happen. It won’t happen… Our country needs a truly great leader… We need a leader that wrote “The Art of the Deal.”–

TRUMP gets that politicians are controlled by lobbyists. Shitty, decitful lobbyists. Lobbyists control them. Fully. We don’t need that. We need TRUMP… who also has lobbyists. But TRUMP’s lobbyists are controlled by TRUMP. They are also shitty and decitful, and they will produce anything for TRUMP. Anything. They could f#@% up everything. All on behalf of Trump. In theory, they could make everything in America worse for everyone except TRUMP. All TRUMP has to do is ask.

But “it won’t hapen. It won’t happen.”

I trust TRUMP to weild his power honorably. After all, he has the main qulaification a president needs. He wrote “The Art of the Deal,” a book about how to screw other people over.

Number TRUMP: “And we won’t be using a man like Secretary Kerry that has absolutely no concept of negotiation, who’s making a horrible and laughable deal… and then goes into a bicycle race at 72 years old, and falls and breaks his leg. I won’t be doing that. And I promise I will never be in a bicycle race. That I can tell you.”–

What kind of an asshole rides bikes? Not TRUMP. He only travels by subtle, reasonable modes of transportation, like TRUMP Force One.

Number TRUMP: The “Ford” story, extended TRUMP cut.–

Toward the fifth or sixth hour of his speech, TRUMP really began to go off the rails. He decided to tell “a couple of stories happened recently.” So he began an extended diatribe on Ford. It was long. It seemed rather idiotic. But, oh, was it worth it…

“Ford. So Mexico takes a company, a car company that was going to build in Tennessee, rips it out. Everybody thought the deal was dead. Reported it in the Wall Street Journal recently. Everybody thought it was a done deal. It’s going in and that’s going to be it, going into Tennessee. Great state, great people.

All of a sudden, at the last moment, this big car manufacturer, foreign, announces they’re not going to Tennessee. They’re gonna spend their $1 billion in Mexico instead. Not good.

Now, Ford announces a few weeks ago that Ford is going to build a $2.5 billion car and truck and parts manufacturing plant in Mexico. $2.5 billion, it’s going to be one of the largest in the world. Ford. Good company.

So I announced that I’m running for president.

Ignore for a moment the fact that, at this point, TRUMP has literally just announced that he was running for President less than 10 minutes ago, and his timeline of events makes no logical sense, because the story is about to veer into a totally unrelated direction…

I would one of the early things I would do, probably before I even got in — and I wouldn’t even use — you know, I have — I know the smartest negotiators in the world. I know the good ones. I know the bad ones. I know the overrated ones.

You get a lot of them that are overrated. They’re not good. They think they are. They get good stories, because the newspapers get buffaloed.”

Yeah. You know, buffaloed. That’s what the kids are saying now, right?

Number TRUMP: The “Ford” story, extended TRUMP cut, part deux–

Then, after this important sidebar, TRUMP got things right back on track…

I wouldn’t even waste my time with this one. I would call up the head of Ford, who I know. If I was president, I’d say, “Congratulations. I understand that you’re building a nice $2.5 billion car factory in Mexico and that you’re going to take your cars and sell them to the United States zero tax, just flow them across the border.”

And you say to yourself, “How does that help us,” right? “How does that help us? Where is that good”? It’s not.

So I would say, “Congratulations. That’s the good news. Let me give you the bad news. Every car and every truck and every part manufactured in this plant that comes across the border, we’re going to charge you a 35-percent tax, and that tax is going to be paid simultaneously with the transaction, and that’s it.

Now, here’s what is going to happen. If it’s not me in the position, it’s one of these politicians that we’re running against, you know, the 400 people that we’re (inaudible TRUMPING). And here’s what’s going to happen. They’re not so stupid. They know it’s not a good thing, and they may even be upset by it. But then they’re going to get a call from the donors or probably from the lobbyist for Ford and say, “You can’t do that to Ford, because Ford takes care of me and I take care of you, and you can’t do that to Ford.”

And guess what? No problem. They’re going to build in Mexico. They’re going to take away thousands of jobs. It’s very bad for us.

So under President TRUMP, here’s what would happen:

The head of Ford will call me back, I would say within an hour after I told them the bad news. But it could be he’d want to be cool, and he’ll wait until the next day. You know, they want to be a little cool.

And he’ll say, “Please, please, please.” He’ll beg for a little while, and I’ll say, “No interest.” Then he’ll call all sorts of political people, and I’ll say, “Sorry, fellas. No interest,” because I don’t need anybody’s money. It’s nice. I don’t need anybody’s money.

I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich. I (inaudible).

Yes! Finally a CLEAR, non-rambling explanation from a President who’s not afraid to unilaterally levy an enourmous illegal tax on American corporations purely out of spite! TRUMP gets it. TRUMP just needs to bully his opponents–who he knows as close personal friends–into doing whatever he wants. Then, when those multi-billion dollar corporations come groveling back, he’ll tell them what what every good president should tell them…

GO FUCK YOURSELF!!! I’m too busy to help you. Boo hoo.

Why because I’m rich. So rich I don’t give a f#@%. TRUMP 2016.

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Number TRUMP: The “Ford” story, extended TRUMP cut, Revenge of the Sith–

Then, 78 minutes later, he got to the point…

But here’s what’s going to happen:

After I’m called by 30 friends of mine who contributed to different campaigns, after I’m called by all of the special interests and by the — the donors and by the lobbyists — and they have zero chance at convincing me, zero — I’ll get a call the next day from the head of Ford. He’ll say.“Please reconsider,” I’ll say no.

He’ll say, “Mr. President, we’ve decided to move the plant back to the United States, and we’re not going to build it in Mexico.” That’s it. They have no choice. They have no choice.

There are hundreds of things like that.

TRUMP is the greatest negotiator ever. Period. TRUMP. He’s so good he just won a hypothetical negotiation where he was playing both parties. He out negotiated himself! That’s why he’s the president we need. The president who wrote “The Art of the Deal.”

Number TRUMP: Ending on a high note.–

Luckily, after six hours of TRUMPTASTIC stories, wisdom, racism, and other fun, TRUMP ended on a high note…

“Sadly, the American dream is dead.”

But then he brought me right back…

“But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before, and we will make America great again.”

It’s so simple.

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The Amazing Spider-Man is up next!

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This movie based on the Marvel Comic character promises to be one of the best for this summer. It will be in theaters on July 3rd. At, we are particularly excited about this movie because Spidey is one of our most favorite characters. Spider-Man Movie  That is why you will see some of the best collection of spiderman t-shirts at our site. There are several with designs right out of the comic bookwith characters like Green Goblin, Venom, and Sandman.  When it comes to most popular choices though, our shirts with Spider-man logo are clearly head and shoulders above the rest.

Think Summer, Think Funny Tee Shirts!

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As summer approaches, one of the best ways top prepare for it is to think about the weekend parties you will go to.  If you want to look funny and create topics for conversations, you can pick from a whole bunch of funny tee shirts we carry in our store. If you have a sarcastic sense of humor and are not really afraid of being politically incorrect, then you have many options.  For example, if you like to mess with Chinese friends, there is a funny tee shirt that says “Confucius say, you number won“.  If you like to talk about gym, biceps, and hard bodies, our Gym Bob t-shirt will nicely set you up with enough to show and talk. for the Irish in you, there is a lot to talk about anyways! Just to add to your Irish spirit, there is a shirt with a huge beer mug – it will be hard to miss for anyone else, the shirt says “Drink Till you Think You are Irish!” Here are some of our staff favorite funny tees:


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This Is Why I’m Tired

7 Mar

Sunday morning, 7 am, and I was just getting home. It’s happened before, though I try not to make a habit of it, especially on a Saturday night out. I want to go in to work refreshed on Monday, but this will throw off the whole week. To start on Saturday, I woke up tired from the night out on Friday, but went food shopping and then met up with Hannah, a friend of Vero’s.

Hannah is from the U.S. and has been here 5 months, but is looking for an apartment and having trouble. Since I’ve had experience in this and can relate, I offered to help her out. But first, we had to get some food. I hadn’t eaten any dinner or breakfast because I had no food in the house, so by lunch on Saturday I was starving. I proudly took her to the hole-in-the-wall Ecuadorian restaurant in Once, where I had to double take the door to make sure it was the right place.

As I opened the door to a full house watching soccer, every face in the restaurant gave the same look of “what are you doing here?” We sat down and when the waiter came over, to my delight she said they had ceviche. As I’ve written before, the ceviche from Ecuador is different from the kind in Peru. While both are great, a special spot in my heart goes to the Ecuadorian kind, and I hadn’t had any since leaving in August.

The bowl seemed small but surprisingly filled me up well. It was great to have it, though it wasn’t the best ceviche I’ve ever had. It almost had a miso soup taste to it. The aji (hot sauce) was incredible, and once again they let me take a little baggie home. So after leaving we spent the rest of the day trying to find apartments online and setting up appointments, etc.

My plans had been to go see the Boca Juniors game with my friend Javier, but he disappeared and left me with no one to go with. Hannah invited me to go out with an English friend of hers named Tom, who’d just arrived here. So we went out to Acabar on Honduras 5733, in Palermo. It was a very odd place, with antiques adorning the walls and different decorations and set ups all over. It had the feel of a Chucky Cheese’s but for adults, and we actually heard the “Happy Birthday” song 4 or 5 times. Guests could go pick out board games and bring them to their tables, causing the place to be loud and boisterous.

Hannah left early on to wake up and look for apartments, but Tom and I hung around talking to people, eventually leaving and talking to more people in the street. By the time we finished getting some pizza at 6:45 am, the sun was shining brightly and I knew it was going to hurt in a few hours. So now my Sunday is essentially a scrub, though our plan is to meet and go to the park to veg out. But I have to say that so far the weekend has been good and making up for a lousy week.

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Episode Two: What the Hell is Mixed Media Anyway?

In this episode Sharon and Katie get down to the nitty-gritty about what mixed media art really is and why they love it so much. They talk about some of the mixed media artists who inspire them, and share about their personal artwork. Listen and find out why Katie’s husband thinks she is extra creepy and how amusing Sharon finds this subject.

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Bayesian Statistics from Endeavour

This article is about distinguishing Frequentist and Bayesian Statistics. It is about a method that we frequently use but don’t define mathematically or formally. It’s a great article. After reading it i believe that life will be more meaningful than it is.

Another great article on the same subject from same blog is,

This article is more obvious than the other. You can easily visualize the example in that article.

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after dropping world of pain starzee-acidic tends to release a new hit titled living-life, to be released on the 22nd of December.
Starzee-acidic, is a recording and a performing artiste tends to drop living life, it is a wonderful jam written by him and produced by UD pro. He plans on dropping it soonest never minding that world of pain is still tearing ground in the industry.
Lets Anticipate this hot jam from starzee-acidic…

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Aggies are everywhere, including Vernal and Roosevelt. No matter the distance from USU's residential campuses, USU offers degrees and programs for students at any stage in life.

Campus Courses

Regional campus life is all about options, without being limited by location. You can take an individual course online, in the classroom, or as a blend of both. USU students typically participate in various course types throughout their time with us. USU live broadcasts courses to all of its campuses, so you can interact with your instructor live, wherever they're teaching from.

Student Services

An online writing center, one-on-one online tutoring sessions, and library books mailed to your door for free are just some of the awesome services USU delivers to students across the state and the globe. USU Uintah Basin has staff readily available to help you choose the right courses, find scholarships, and succeed at what you want to do.

Student Research Opportunities

Students attending regional campuses are granted exclusive access to research and practical learning experiences. Students, working one-on-one with faculty members, publish articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, which helps them compete for coveted spots in professional schools. Our graduates are prepared to go on to promising careers or graduate training in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and other disciplines or professions. USU-Uintah Basin provides several opportunities including the Small World Initiative, Uintah Basin Student Researchers, Marriage and the Family, and many more. These research opportunities often culminate in presenting at the annual Uintah Basin Research Conference. Speak with an advisor to learn more about research opportunities available in your area of study.


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Freeware Photo Renamer – Rename Up To 1 Million Files – All Types – Instantly!

If you need to use the white balance, date picture taken, colour profile or anything else hidden away within the file when renaming photos and pictures, you now can, without tampering with that information itself. This freeware photo renamer puts extensive information in the palm of your hand, including the EXIF and IPTC metadata that picture files often contain. And none of this information will ever be overwritten or altered in any way. This renamer will save you time and energy!

Easily rename photos using a formatted EXIF date:

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You can now utilise a vast amount of information from within the file when you batch rename photos, including but not limited to TIFF or RIFF information, Photoshop data and rights management information. In fact, you may well find yourself using RenameMaestro just to see the information within your photo files.

Any information stored within the file as a date can be formatted before inserting it into the file name. Naturally sometimes this information isn’t stored as a date, for example an image’s creation date might be stored as ‘4th November 2009’.

But if it’s stored as a time such as ’00:04:53′ then RenameMaestro will let you alter it however you want – use the minutes or just the seconds if you like. Expand any dates to an easily readable form, so that ’06/05/2009′ can swiftly be inserted into your new file name or extension as ‘6 May 2009’ when you rename images. So try this easy utility to batch rename photos for free right now!

This batch photo renamer can rename in many ways:

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You can also use general file information that is present in every file when renaming. This means you can include the name of the photo’s folder in its name, or its folder’s folder name (and so on). You can insert the date a photograph was last accessed into it’s extension. If a picture needs to have its file size mentioned in the name, you can easily do that with the file size inserted in KB or MB.

All of the file information can be inserted into some or all parts of the file (and folder) names or the file extensions. As you rename images you can add and remove files and directories whenever you want before you finally rename photos.

And if you change your mind about the final results, just use the Undo button in this picture renamer and all the folder and file renaming and date changing actions will be immediately reversed.

Its easy to photo rename repeatedly in the same way is easy because of the ability to export your actions to a file. Then later its simple to import them back to rename pictures in the same way whenever you like.

But don’t take our word for it! Download our photo renamer for free and today; you’ll see just how easy it is to change your photos and pictures.


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Karylle Proves Age is Just a Number on Women’s Health!

05 Dec

Official Press Release

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Karylle Proves Age is Just a Number on Women’s Health!

This December, Women’s Health shows you how to get through the holiday season without gaining weight or feeling stressed. Yes, it’s totally possible! The issue is packed with practical tips so you can enjoy this season. Want to indulge minus the bulge? Flip to “Sweet Endings” for WH’s top picks of healthier dessert options. “Hot Body Shortcuts” will show you how to stay fit and sexy, even with a schedule packed with parties and get-togethers.

Gracing the cover is Karylle, the triple threat of an actress, singer, and host.. Looking as fresh as when she was in her 20s, Karylle shares useful advice on how to embrace your age and live life to the fullest.

Balance all that merry-making and effort to stay fit with ample rest and sleep. “The Young and the Restless” shows you why women now put off rest or refuse to  take breathers, it’s health impacts, and how you can reverse this cycle.  Turn to“Lighten Up!” and learn howelevating your mood can help you lose weight.

With everything that has happened in our country, from the pork barrel scandal to the devastating super typhoon Yolanda, Women’s Health inspires you to take action to be the change that the nation needs.

Spend a happy and healthy holiday season this December with Women’s Health, available in all bookstores and magazine stands nationwide. You can also download the current issue and past issues of Women’s Health online at Like WomensHealthPhilippines on Facebook and follow @WomensHealthPH on Twitter and Instagram.

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This resurfaced in Reddit again from a while ago. Girl gets arrested for using the f word on a 911 call. In today’s environment she could have been killed if she hadn’t have been white.

Another takeaway is that 911 calls are being recorded WHILE the phone is still ringing! So remember that if you ever have to call 911, and watch your mouth!

Also, nice to see some investigative reporting going on here, something you see less and less of these days.

Source: 17-Year Old Girl Arrested For Swearing Whilst Talking With A 911 Operator To Help Dying Father

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Sleep Apnea Linked to Cancer and Stroke Risk

CPAP sleep apnea

What You Need to Know: Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea isassociated with an increased risk of stroke, cancer and death.

Background: Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain — and the rest of the body — may not get enough oxygen.  There are two types of sleep apnea:

  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): The more common of the two forms of apnea, it is caused by a blockage of the airway, usually when the soft tissue in the back of the throat collapses during sleep.
  • Central sleep apnea: Unlike OSA, the airway is not blocked, but the brain fails to signal the muscles to breathe due to instability in the respiratory control center.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine reports that obstructive sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that affects up to seven percent of men and five percent of women. It involves repetitive episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction occurring during sleep despite an ongoing effort to breathe. The most effective treatment option for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which helps to keep the airway open by providing a stream of air through a mask that is worn during sleep.

 The Study: The study involved 397 adults who are participating in the ongoing Busselton Health Study. Objective sleep data were gathered in 1990 using a portable home sleep testing device. Participants with a history of stroke or cancer were excluded from selected analyses.

The Evidence: Results of a 20-year follow-up study show that people with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea are

  • four times more likely to die (hazard ratio = 4.2), nearly four times more likely to have a stroke (HR = 3.7),
  • three times more likely to die from cancer (HR = 3.4), and
  • 2.5 times more likely to develop cancer.

Results were adjusted for potential confounding factors such as body mass index, smoking status, total cholesterol and blood pressure.

My Take: If you think you may have sleep apnea, get evaluated. You may need medical intervention. Are you at risk for having sleep apnea? Sleep apnea can affect anyone at any age, even children. Risk factors for sleep apnea include:

  • Being male
  • Being overweight
  • Being over age 40
  • Having a large neck size (17 inches or greater in men and 16 inches or greater in women)
  • Having large tonsils, a large tongue, or a small jaw bone
  • Having a family history of sleep apnea
  • Gastroesophageal reflux, or GERD
  • Nasal obstruction due to a deviated septum, allergies, or sinus problems

 I’m Dr. Michael Hunter.

The small print: The material presented herein is informational only, and is not designed to provide specific guidance for an individual. Please check with a valued health care provider with any questions or concerns. As for me, I am a Harvard- , Yale- and UPenn-educated radiation oncologist, and I practice in the Seattle, WA (USA) area. I feel genuinely privileged to be able to share with you. If you enjoyed today’s offering, please consider clicking the follow button at the bottom of this page.

Available now: Understand Colon Cancer in 60 Minutes; Understand Brain Glioma in 60 Minutes. Both can be found at the Apple Ibooks store. Coming Soon for iPad: Understand Breast Cancer in 60 Minutes; Understand Colon Cancer in 60 Minute; Understand Colon Cancer in 60 Minutes; Understand Brain Glioma in 60 Minutes. Thank you.

 References: Nathaniel S. Marshall, Keith K.H. Wong, Stewart R.J. Cullen, Matthew W. Knuiman, Ronald R. Grunstein. Sleep Apnea and 20-Year Follow-Up for All-Cause Mortality, Stroke, and Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the Busselton Health Study Cohort. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2014; DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3600;

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