Cody's Notebook

Zen - The Burden

2011-11-10T17:25:00.000-08:00

Two monks were returning to the monastery in the evening.

It had rained and there were puddles of water on the road sides.

At one place a beautiful young woman was standing unable to

walk across because of a puddle of water. The elder of the two

monks went up to a her lifted her and left her on the other side

of the road, and continued his way to the monastery.

In the evening the younger monk came to the elder monk and

said, "Sir, as monks, we cannot touch a woman ?"

The elder monk answered "yes, brother".

Then the younger monk asks again, "but then Sir, how is that

you lifted that woman on the roadside ?"

The elder monk smiled at him and told him " I left her on the

other side of the road, but you are still carrying her.

Two lists - different outcomes.

2011-08-25T23:53:00.001-07:00

Do it!

1. Workout 5 to 7 days a week for the rest of your life.

2. Hang out with fit, healthy and happy people.

3. Eat fruits, veggies, high fiber whole grains, lean protein and healthy fats 90% of the time.

4. Lighten up, enjoy the journey and don't be attached to the outcome.

5. Fill The bucket! Live, learn, read, travel. Get outside of your comfort zone.

6. Get plenty of sleep and manage your stress. Sleep heals - Stress kills!

7. Find your Raison d'etre!

8. Clean house! Keep what you need and give away (don't sell) everything else.

9. Surround yourself with beauty. Art, flowers, trees. Inside and out.

10. Live in the moment. The past is history. The future a mystery. What's incredible about right now?

Don't do it!

1. Pointing fingers. Stop the blame game and try on someone else's shoes once in a while.

2. Manufactured foods, processed food and factory food from a bag, box, bottle or can.

3. Caring what other people think of YOU!

4. Poor health and fitness. Overweight means overwhelmed and it's a burden on OUR healthcare system.

5. Fear of failure. Failure is learning and learning makes you better - so fail often.

6. Staying Stupid. Ignorance is NOT bliss. As the times change so must you.

7. Addiction. Booze, drugs and bad unhappy people make for a miserable life.

8. Slobs. Pig Pen is no one to aspire to. Vacuum, scrub and polish your world for your own dignity and respect form others.

9. Scatter Brains. Organization gives you the freedom to live the life you want.

10. Behaving like you're going to live forever. It's a short ride so get busy!

Believe in yourself

2011-08-19T00:14:00.000-07:00

Believe in yourself - standing for what you believe in regardless of the odds against you and the pressure that tears at your resistance means courage. Keeping a smile on your face when inside you feel like dying for the sake of supporting others means courage. Stopping at nothing and doing what in heart means determination.Holding your head high and being the best you know you can be when life seems to fall apart at your feet and facing each difficulty with the confidence that time will bring u better tomorrow and never giving up means believing in yourself

How to Clear a Blocked Nose

2011-07-28T19:13:00.001-07:00

Push your tongue against the top of your mouth and place a finger between your eyebrows and apply pressure. Hold it for about 20 seconds and your sinuses will begin to drain

Sex with someone from the future can be hazardous to your health

2011-06-24T03:45:00.001-07:00

There comes a time in every science writer’s career when one must write about female sea monkeys having sex with male sea monkeys from the future, and the troubles that follow.

That time is now.

In many species of animals, males and females have a conflict of evolutionary interests. Males compete with each other for the opportunity to fertilize the eggs of females. Males use all sorts of strategies in these competitions. They fight with each other for territory, they scare off intruding males, they put scrapers into females to dump out the sperm from previous males, and they inject “anti-aphrodiasiacs” to make females unreceptive to other males.

A number of experiments suggest that females have to pay a steep price for these male shenanigans. Anti-aphrodisiacs are toxic to the females, shortening their lifetime. Why would males harm the females that carry their offspring? In many species, males can mate with many females. The long-term health of any one female doesn’t matter–in an evolutionary sense–to the male.

As natural selection favors increasingly deadly male mating strategies, this onslaught opens up the opportunity, in turn, for the evolution of counterstrategies in females. In some species, females may evolve antidotes to male poisons. The males, in turn, may evolve counterattacks to overcome these new defenses. Theoretically, this coevolution can become a never-ending cycle of sexual conflict, capable of producing some of nature’s greatest extravagances (like absurdly kinky ducks).

Up till now, the best evidence for this kind of sexual conflict came from experiments. Scientists manipulated Drosophila flies so that the males were free to evolve while the females couldn’t. The result: the lifespan of the females got shorter and shorter over the course of generations. In a flipped version of the experiment, scientists prevented males from mating with lots of females, as they normally do. Instead, the male flies were forced into monogamy. Now there was no evolutionary reward for competing with other males. Over time, the male fly toxins got less toxic, and the females lost their defenses.

Now Nicolas Rode of the the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France, and his colleagues have found a new way testing this hypothesis: by having males travel through time to mate with females.

The time-traveling males in this case are brine shrimp (a k a sea monkeys). Brine shrimp produce tough eggs that can survive through droughts for years and then hatch into healthy young when water returns. In the Great Salt Lake in Utah, the brine shrimp egg cysts form layers on the lake bed going back decades. Rode and his colleagues gathered cysts from layers that formed in 1985, 1996, and 2007. They brought the cysts back to their lab and reared the sea monkeys. And then they orchestrated some sea monkey sex. They had females mate with males from their own time, as well as from the other years. For example, females from 1996 could mate with males from 2007 and 1985.

If sexual conflict is an ongoing evolutionary process, you’d expect females to fare differently with males from different time periods. They’d be best-adapted to the males of their own time, and worse adapted to males from other times. Evolutionary theorists have developed two different models for how this time-traveling sex would play out. It’s possible that males and females escalate their adaptations over time in an evolutionary arms race. It’s also possible that evolution moves more like a merry-go-round. For a while, one male strategy may dominate, and one female counterstrategy dominates as well. But then a new male strategy pops up, for which the females have no defense at all. That male strategy then rises to dominance, and a corresponding female counterstrategy eventually evolves as well.

Rode and his colleagues tracked the females, noting how many eggs they had and how long they lived. And they discovered, as predicted, that having sex with males from another time is bad for a sea monkey’s health. The further away in time the sea monkeys were, the sooner the female sea monkey died. When the male traveled 22 years to mate with a female, her life was cut short on average by 12%.

There are lots of caveats to this study–which you’d expect for the first study of its kind. The results weren’t clear enough for the scientists to pick the arms race or merry-go-round model as the best explanation for the conflict between the sexes. And over the entire lifetime of the female sea monkeys, time-shifting didn’t have a measurable effect on their reproductive success. That’s because they females who were dying faster also produced eggs at a faster rate.

Another mystery is how the time-traveling males are harming the females. Rode and his colleagues note one unusual aspect of brine shrimp sex: males and females can stay clasped together for hours–even days. They’re not cuddling in some erotic afterglow. Studies on other species suggest that the males are holding on tight and the females would prefer to get on with their lives. Amplexus, as this embrace is known, may be yet another way for males to outcompete their rivals. By holding on tight to females, they can prevent their mates from finding other males.

Females pay a price for this guarding; it can make them easier targets for predators and prevent them from eating. Scientists have found that female water-striders have evolved lots of acrobatic moves to get clasping males off of them. It’s possible that sea monkeys engage in a similar sexual wrestling match, and that the male and female moves evolve over time.

Whatever the answer to these questions, one thing seems fairly clear. If you’re a female sea monkey, and you see a blinding flash of light, and a male sea monkey suddenly appears saying he’s got to protect you from an army of sea monkey robots from the future–take care. Your well-being is definitely at risk.

Tuesday, 10th May 2011 body stats

2011-05-10T19:03:00.000-07:00

Weight = 78.5 kg (173 lbs)
Waist = 30.4
Neck = 16.2

Body Mass Index:	24.9 kg/m²
Waist-to-Height ratio:	0.43
Percent Body Fat:	7.0%
Lean Body Mass:	160.9 lb

Your weight is in the normal range.
You do not need to lose weight.
Minimum caloric requirements: 2270 Calories per day
Your diet should contain at least 110 grams of protein per day.

Fat % =9.2
TWW = 69.9
Muscles = 46.4

Tuesday, 25th April 2011

2011-04-26T06:54:00.000-07:00

Waist = 30.2
Neck = 16.4
Weight = 80 kg

Body Mass Index:	25.3 kg/m²
Waist-to-Height ratio:	0.43
Percent Body Fat:	6.0%
Lean Body Mass:	165.7 lb

Your BMI is greater than normal, but your waist-to-height ratio is normal.
You may be overweight or have unusual mass distribution.
Your diet should contain at least 110 grams of protein per day.

TWW = 69.1
Fat = 10.1
Muscle = 46.3

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

2011-04-19T02:20:00.000-07:00

Waist = 31
Neck = 16.6
Weight = 81 kg (178.57 lbs)

Body Mass Index:	25.7 kg/m²
Waist-to-Height ratio:	0.44
Percent Body Fat:	7.5%
Lean Body Mass:	165.1 lb

Tuesday 12th April 2011 Body Stats

2011-04-12T01:52:00.000-07:00

Waist = 31.0
Weight = 81.5 (179. 68 lbs)
Neck = 16.5

Body Mass Index:	25.8 kg/m²
Waist-to-Height ratio:	0.44
Percent Body Fat:	7.8%
Lean Body Mass:	165.7 lb (75.16 Kg)

29 March 2011

2011-03-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

Weight = 189 lbs (85.7 kg)

Waist = 32.8 till tissue (33.8 on jeans)

Neck = 16.6

Body Mass Index:	27.2 kg/m²
Waist-to-Height ratio:	0.47
Percent Body Fat:	11.7%
Lean Body Mass:	166.9 lb (75.7 kg)

Tuesday 22 March 2011 Body Stats

2011-03-21T17:16:00.000-07:00

Height - 5 10
Weight - 87.4 Kg
Waist - 34.5 inches
Neck - 16.4 inches

Body Mass Index:	27.7 kg/m²
Waist-to-Height ratio:	0.49
Percent Body Fat:	15.7%
Lean Body Mass:	162.3 lb (73.8 Kg)

Tuesday 15th March 2011 Body Stats

2011-03-14T18:54:00.001-07:00

Body Mass Index:	26.8 kg/m²
Waist-to-Height ratio:	0.51
Percent Body Fat:	18.5%
Lean Body Mass:	153.9 lb (70 Kg)

You are overweight by 6.1 kilograms (13.4 pounds)
Minimum caloric requirements: 2290 Calories per day
Limit your food intake to 1946 calories per day.
to lose 2.5 pounds per month.
Your diet should contain at least 111 grams of protein per day.

Waist = 35.9
Neck = 16.2
Weight = 85.9 KG (188.9 lbs)

13.5% fat
66.6 water weight.
43.5 muscle

My fitness update

2011-03-07T21:43:00.000-08:00

Monday, March 8 2011 Body Mass Index:	26.8 kg/m²
Waist-to-Height ratio:	0.51
Percent Body Fat:	20.0%
Lean Body Mass:	151.5 lb = 68.86 Kg

You are overweight by 6.2 kilograms (13.6 pounds)

Current Stats = Weight 86.1 Kg = 189.4 Lbs
Waist = 36
Neck = 15.5

Some simple ways to lose Weight

2011-03-04T17:13:00.000-08:00

Here are some simple steps you must follow to reduce weight:

1. Stretch your meals to, at least, 20 minutes or longer.
2. Drinking 8 glasses of water a day is important to your health, your normal diet and to help lose weight.
3. Go fat free or low fat diets.
4. Increase your metabolism by as much as 40% by using hot and spicey foods such as hot peppers of all varieties and mustards.
5. Begin a stress management program including some exercise and relaxation exercises.
6. To lose weight faster, reduce your intake of caffeine. Caffeine leads to an increase of insulin in your body, which retards the burning of your stored fat.
7. Increase your intake of fiber rich foods. They will help fill you up faster and will help all the food you eat pass through your digestive system more easily.
8. Exercise is probably the most important key to increasing your metabolism and burning off excess fat.
9. To lose weight quickly, never skip a meal.

Thanks.

second way

This Healthy Diet Program is designed to flush your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well being. It will improve your emotions because of its cleansing effects. After 7 days you will begin to feel lighter because you will be lighter by at least 3 - 4 Kg. The effectiveness of this seven day plan is that the food eaten burns more calories than they give to the body in caloric value, but is completely nutritional and gives all vitamins, elements, etc. as required. This plan can be used as often as you like without any fear of complications however it is suggested that you rest for a week between each repetition.
You will have an abundance of energy and an improved disposition.

YOU MUST ABSTAIN FROM ALL ALCOHOL. YOU MUST DRINK 10 GLASSES OF WATER EACH DAY

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DAY ONE - All fruits except bananas. Your first day will consist of all the fruits you want. It is strongly suggested that you consume lots of melons on the first day. Especially watermelon and cantaloupe. If you limit your fruit consumption to melons, your chances of losing a lot of weight on the first day are very good.
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DAY TWO - All vegetables. You are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed with all the raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. There is no limit on the amount or type. For your complex carbohydrate, you will start day two with a large boiled potato for breakfast. You may top the potato with one pat of butter.
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DAY THREE - A mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No bananas yet. No potatoes today.
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DAY FOUR - Bananas and milk. Today you eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. This will be combined with the vegetable soup, which may be eaten in limited quantities.
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DAY FIVE - Today is a feast day. You will eat sprouts and paneer and tomatoes. Eat 280 grams of sprouts and paneer. Combine this with six whole tomatoes. On day five you must increase your water intake by one quart. This is to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing.
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DAY SIX - Sprouts and paneer and vegetables. Today you may eat an unlimited amount of sprouts and paneer and vegetables. Eat to your heart’s content.
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DAY SEVEN - Today your food intake will consist of brown rice, fruit juices and all the vegetables you care to consume.
Vegetables can be taken in the form of salad if desired. No dressing except malt, white vinegar, squeezed lemon, garlic and herbs. No more than one teaspoon of oil. Do keep way from beans (Lima, Pinto, kidney.) because they tend to be high in calories even though they are very good for you.

Third way

Use those home remedies to lose some weight:

Weight Loss Home Remedies with Grapefruit:
A fruit that is not very popular but is very good for our health is grapefruit. It looks like an orange but has a very strong bitter taste and can be eaten by very few, most of who have good self control.

* Have a cup of grapefruit every morning with breakfast for a sure shot way of losing weight.
* You can take a cup; add a few drops of grapefruit oil and some vanilla oil, smell this 10-20 minutes before your meal everyday.
* If you can stomach, you can drink half a glass of grapefruit juice everyday. This will lead to about 3 pounds weight loss per month.

Natural Treatments for Weight Loss with Tea:

Known to be a healthier option than coffee, this beverage is very good for our health. It is light, has no calories, and helps in keeping our system clean.

* Have a cup of green tea every morning.
* Drink about a cup of dandelion toot tea twice or thrice daily.
* To loss weight Switch to Chinese tea and drink up as much as you want through the day. Make sure not to use sugar, as this will add calories.

Weight Loss Remedies with Lemon:
Lemonade, lemon ice tea and lemon tart, all these are made using the wonderful fruit of lemon. It is also used on the face and hands to take away tan.

* On an empty stomach drink a glass of luke warm water with lemon juice and honey to help you loss weight.
* In a pot of water, add ginger slices and lemon, let it cool and drink up to curb on overeating.

Cancer cells slurp up fructose, U.S. study finds

2010-11-28T20:32:00.002-08:00

Kids,

This is a fascinating study implicating refined fructose sugars as a major culprit in the spread of cancer cells. This is huge because it states that all sugars are NOT created equal.

Read on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all sugars are the same.

Tumor cells fed both glucose and fructose used the two sugars in two different ways, the team at the University of California Los Angeles found.
They said their finding, published in the journal Cancer Research, may help explain other studies that have linked fructose intake with pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancer types.

"These findings show that cancer cells can readily metabolize fructose to increase proliferation," Dr. Anthony Heaney of UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and colleagues wrote.
"They have major significance for cancer patients given dietary refined fructose consumption, and indicate that efforts to reduce refined fructose intake or inhibit fructose-mediated actions may disrupt cancer growth."

Americans take in large amounts of fructose, mainly in high fructose corn syrup, a mix of fructose and glucose that is used in soft drinks, bread and a range of other foods.
Politicians, regulators, health experts and the industry have debated whether high fructose corn syrup and other ingredients have been helping make Americans fatter and less healthy.
Too much sugar of any kind not only adds pounds, but is also a key culprit in diabetes, heart disease and stroke, according to the American Heart Association.

Several states, including New York and California, have weighed a tax on sweetened soft drinks to defray the cost of treating obesity-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

The American Beverage Association, whose members include Coca-Cola and Kraft Foods have strongly, and successfully, opposed efforts to tax soda. [ID:nN12233126]

The industry has also argued that sugar is sugar.

Heaney said his team found otherwise. They grew pancreatic cancer cells in lab dishes and fed them both glucose and fructose.

Tumor cells thrive on sugar but they used the fructose to proliferate. "Importantly, fructose and glucose metabolism are quite different," Heaney's team wrote.
"I think this paper has a lot of public health implications. Hopefully, at the federal level there will be some effort to step back on the amount of high fructose corn syrup in our diets," Heaney said in a statement.

Now the team hopes to develop a drug that might stop tumor cells from making use of fructose.

U.S. consumption of high fructose corn syrup went up 1,000 percent between 1970 and 1990, researchers reported in 2004 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
(Reporting by Maggie Fox; Editing by Cynthia

2010-11-28T20:32:00.000-08:00

Work/Rest Intervals Ratchet Up Workouts ~ New York (Reuter Life!)

2010-11-28T20:30:00.000-08:00

If your cardio routine is in the doldrums, try mixing a little tortoise in with that hare. Experts say interval training, alternating bursts of intensity activity with less intense periods, can burn more calories, boost stamina, and stave off that burning pain that stops any workout dead in its tracks. "Interval training burns calories quicker. If you're doing interval training for 20 minutes it can burn as many calories you would in 40 minutes," said Kerri O'Brien of Life Fitness, which designs and manufactures exercise equipment. "It depends on level of intensity, the weight of your body, the intensity of what you're doing," she added. And the principle holds whether you're an elite athlete, a weekend warrior or a couch potato. "We can do different things based on your goals and fitness level," she said. "We can work with low intensities that require walking, then stop and do jumping jacks." O'Brien said interval training increases endurance by clearing lactic acid, the byproduct of exercise. "That burning pain is lactic acid building up," said O'Brien. "Whether you're strength training, or walking, or climbing stairs, it's lactic acid that tells your body to stop.

Interval training is literally training your body to clear that lactic acid more efficiently" There is also the psychological boost. "Interval training reduces training time, and the less time you have to commit to exercising, the more likely you are to stay exercising. It reduces boredom and increases variety and challenge," O'Brien added. Andrea Metcalf, a Chicago-based group fitness instructor, said interval training burns more calories and increases fitness lung volume faster than steady state work. "The best intervals are those with a two-to-one rest/work interval: sprint for one minute and mid- pace recovery for two minutes," said Metcalf, a fitness expert for more than 20 years. Julia Valentour, of the American Council on Exercise, said interval training works because when you alternate bouts of high and low intensity your overall intensity level rises. She said a 2005 study found that cyclists who did four to seven bouts of 30-second all-out cycling doubled their endurance in only two weeks. "You wouldn't want to do it every day," she cautioned. "You could over train. I like to warm up, then increase speed, run fast for a minute, then slow down for a minute, then run fast for a minute," she said.

Fartlek is an unstructured method of interval training. The word means speed play in Swedish. "With Fartlek you say, 'I'm going to jog to that telephone pole.' Interval training can be very structured. Fartlek can be tailored to how a person feels that day," she said. O'Brien said while the Fartlek method is used mostly for long-distance running, it can apply equally to bikers and swimmers. The key to any interval training, she said, is a really good warm-up to prepare your body for what's to come. Integrating interval training into your routine can be as easy as changing the program on your treadmill or elliptical machine. "The interval button is a wonderful one to push," O'Brien said. "Avoid the manual button. I call it the complacency button. Hit it and you're just going to read your magazine." Copyright 2010 Reuters.

Sister Kit strikes again!

2010-11-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

Got stress? These days, most all of us do. Much of the reason why is due to the fact that we live in a world that demands instant communication, our kids are involved in more organized activities than we were when we were younger, and many of us live in households where both partners work outside the home just to make ends meet.

So how do we combat the stress caused by these factors? There are many things you can do, but I am here to tell you that exercise has as much beneft for your emotional and mental fitness as it does your physical fitness.

Researchers at Duke University studied people suffering from depression for 4 months and found that 60% of the participants who exercised for 30 minutes three times a week overcame their depression without using antidepressant medication. And, you don't need to suffer from a clinical or diagnosed mental illness to get substantial mental health benefits from exercise and fitness. One study I read showed that short workouts of just 8 minutes in length could lower sadness, tension, and anger along with improving resistance to disease in healthy people.

So, if you come home from work tired and stressed out from a long, frustrating day instead of making the choice to skip your workout--that is the exact moment when you MUST do it. Think about it--It's usually this time when we reach for crappy food, take our stress out on others or sit in front of TV and just sink deeper into a bad mood. If in that instance you made the choice to push play with a fitness DVD, went for a jog or just did jumping jacks for 10 minutes you would feel THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE of how you felt had you made the other poor choices. Exercise is ALWAYS the BETTER choice. I have been known do to vinyasas and headstands in my cube at work when I finish a stressful meeting or phone call. It's a little strange, but boy is my mental clarity and focus better when I do and I am SO glad when I choose that instead of dipping my hand into the candy bowl.

So, next time you are feeling down or stressed, make the time to get some blood flowing to that hippocampus at the base of your brain and feel better physically and emotionally. DO IT FOR YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR BODY!!!

Emotional Eating by Susan Lucy

2010-11-28T19:15:00.002-08:00

Did you ever have one of those moments where you are trying to find an answer or solution and like magic, something happens that is exactly what you are looking for? I was sitting here tonight trying to think of a topic to write about this week. I knew I wanted to focus on food - we are entering the danger zone with Halloween, Thanksgiving and then Christmas on the horizon. As I sat there thinking, I got a little distress email from a friend who was struggling lately with her eating habits. Bingo - So this week's topic is on one that is very close to my heart - EMOTIONAL EATING.

Emotional eating happens any time you eat, not because you are physically hungry, but because you have feelings of boredom, depression, loneliness, fear, anger or frustration. Eating takes your mind off the feelings. Eating comforts you - well some of the time.

Have you ever had this scenario: You are dealing with some stress - maybe you under a deadline for something, maybe you are fighting with your spouse, your children; you walk by a bowl of candy and mindlessly grab one. You are saying to yourself "don't do it" but it's only one right? How bad is that for you? Sometimes, that one candy is all you needed but sometimes, that breach opens some flood gates. The little demons take over. You grab one or maybe two more and start saying "well you already blew it, you might as well keep eating them" and so you do and more than likely you ultimately feel horribly, physically and emotionally.

I believe there is a fine line between that "comfort" stage and that "I feel like crap" stage. Unfortunately, when we eat emotionally, we sometimes are unable to stop ourselves before we get to the latter stage. That's when food becomes our enemy and then we have more than just one problem - we still have the original feeling (like stress) to deal with but now we also feel bad because we ate too much or too poorly. Suddenly, food isn't so comforting anymore.

As many of you know, I was a very big emotional eater, so much so, I developed Bulimia to "treat" my bad habit. It took me many many years and many successes and failures to figure out strategies that worked for me. Emotional eating is really hard because unlike alcohol or drugs, we NEED food so if that is your "addiction", then you HAVE to find a way to control your eating habits and learn to live with food. Through new habits, a love of my body to treat it well, and a strong will to be better, I have been able to ward off most emotional eating disasters but I know I am still suseptible to them and probably always will be.

Here are some ideas that I use that have helped me tremendously. Keep in mind though, sometimes, despite all the strategies, emotional eating will win and your best strategy there is to be forgiving of yourself and move on because tomorrow is a new day and we all get a do-over. Nobody is perfect!!

Keep a food diary. Identifying any stress, negative thoughts or emotions you're having at the time will help you determine why you are eating. Sometimes just knowing you have to record what you ate will prevent you eating it. Be honest here!! You must record everything, not just the good stuff you ate. Food diaries are so critical to successful eating, I can't say enough about them.
Identify patterns of emotional eating. Many people find that overeating tends to occur at specific times and in specific places. For me, it's 4 pm almost daily. The kids get home from school; we are scrambling to get homework done, eat a mini dinner and then we are off to whatever event is on the daily calendar. (This is my Shakeology time - more on that later)
Plan alternatives and change routines. Do something that removes you from the situation that results in overeating. Sometimes all you need to do create a diversion. I will sometimes take 5 long breaths and then drink water or hot tea, go in my room, call a friend, go outside.
Remove tempting foods. Don't buy the foods you crave when stressed! Having them in your house or desk is a disaster waiting to happen. Have healthy alternatives that also satisfy that need (maybe some dark chocolate melted over strawberries - still feels like cheating but with a lot less calories than Oreos). I believe in allowing yourself a couple of "planned healthy cheats" a week will help you ward off overeating. Depriving yourself completely can send you into a tailspin. This is why I love Shakeology. I drink mine at 4pm - chocolate, sometimes with berries, sometimes with banana and some nut butter, always blended like a shake. It is healthy and satisfies all my cravings for something sugary and sweet. It has been a life saver!
Know when to give in. Sometimes, despite your best efforts, you may still give in to cravings. This is where the planning comes into play. For instance, if you really want some chips and you just have to have them - buy the single serving bags and allow yourself that. Don't bring the Supersize Tostitos over to the couch while you watch tv - big mistake - HUGE!!
Enjoy your meals. Turn off the tv, sit down, use a plate and utensils. Eat slowly ( It takes 15 minutes for the brain to realize you are full). Don't drink a lot of liquid during dinner. Taste your food and let you body be satisfied.

Shocking rise in arthritis rates

2010-11-28T19:11:00.000-08:00

Obesity won't just make you fat, sick and dead -- it'll also leave you crippled, weak and battling constant pain.

We've reached stunning new levels of national feebleness: New numbers show 52 million Americans -- that's nearly a quarter of all adults -- now struggle with arthritis. Twenty-one million of them say the condition is so severe that it limits what they can do.

But apparently, it didn't limit the ability to have another double cheeseburger, fries and cola -- supersize, please -- since these arthritis-stricken Americans just so happen to be overwhelmingly obese.

In fact, they make up the overwhelming majority of the arthritis patients -- suffering from the condition at nearly double the rate of normal-weight people.

According to the CDC, 18.9 percent of normal-weight women and 13.8 percent of normal-weight men suffer from arthritis... but it hits 33.8 percent of obese women and 25.2 percent of obese men.

And more than 60 percent of all obese people will suffer knee osteoarthritis at some point in their lives.

But what would you expect? Human knees were perfectly engineered to support humans... not 300-pound flesh mountains.

One study by Johns Hopkins University Hospital found that 10 extra pounds increases the force on each knee by between 30 and 60 pounds with every step.

Just imagine what being 30 or 40 pounds overweight will do!

The researchers behind the new study say arthritis is now our leading cause of disability, and costs us $128 billion a year -- and it's not going to get any better in the foreseeable future.

It's getting worse... much, much worse. The researchers estimate that by 2030, 67 million Americans will be suffering from arthritis.

I have no idea how they arrived at that number or how accurate it'll turn out to be -- but it wouldn't be surprising. Heck, if anything it sounds a little on the low side.

Of course, arthritis isn't limited to obese people. Live long enough, and you're bound to experience it yourself.

Another reason to do Power90 & P90X

2010-11-28T18:52:00.000-08:00

Exercise Combo Best for Type 2 Diabetes

HealthDay Serena Gordon November 24, 2010

Alternating aerobic exercise and resistance training significantly lowered blood sugar, study finds

Variety in your workout routine may be key to optimal diabetes management, new research suggests.The study found that when people with type 2 diabetes did aerobic exercise some days and resistance training on others, they had lower blood sugar levels after nine months than people who did either type of exercise alone."From a health perspective, the combination exercise program really outshined the others," said the study's lead author, Dr. Timothy Church, director of preventive medicine research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University System in Baton Rouge."We really thought that the walking group and the combination group would be similar, but the combination group was the only group that had significant improvement. They reduced their HbA1C levels, while also reducing the amount of diabetes medications," said Church.The HbA1C test examines long-term (two to three months) blood sugar concentration. Unlike a fasting blood glucose test, the HbA1C indicates how well you've controlled your blood sugar over the past eight to 12 weeks.The findings from Church's study, which was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, are published in the Nov. 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Exercise is commonly recommended for people with diabetes, but according to Church, the type of exercise that might be best for people with diabetes hasn't been well-studied.

To get a better idea of whether aerobic exercise (such as walking or running) or resistance training (such as weight lifting) was of more benefit, the researchers recruited 262 sedentary people with type 2 diabetes for a nine-month study. The average age of the participants was about 56. Sixty-three percent of the study volunteers were women and 47.3 percent were nonwhite.The researchers assigned 73 volunteers to resistance training, 72 to aerobic exercise, and 76 people to a combination of aerobic and resistance training. The remaining 41 people served as the control group and didn't exercise.The people in the resistance-training group exercised three days per week, and each session consisted of two sets of four upper-body exercises, three sets of three leg exercises, and two sets of abdominal crunches and back extensions. Most of these exercises were done with weight machines.The aerobic group did about 150 minutes a week of moderately paced walking on a treadmill.The combination group had two resistance-training sessions a week that consisted of one set each of the exercises listed above. They also walked slightly less than the aerobic-only group, because the researchers wanted to make sure that the time each participant exercised each week was roughly the same, no matter which group they were in. The researchers supervised all of the exercise sessions. To help ensure safety, all of the participants also saw a certified diabetes educator once a month to check for blisters and other potential problems.HbA1C levels are expressed as a percentage, and at the start of the study, the average level was 7.7 percent. The level indicates the amount of a substance in the blood called glycated hemoglobin, which builds up when excess sugar in the blood attaches to the hemoglobin in red blood cells. (Levels under 6 percent are generally considered normal in people without diabetes.)At the end of the study, the combination group had lowered their HbA1C levels by 0.34 percent compared to the control group, while the aerobic group went down 0.24 percent and the resistance-only group went down 0.16 percent. However, the only change that was considered statistically significant, according to the study, was the combination group's change.

Participants in all exercise groups reduced their waist size compared to the control group, and the group doing resistance training-only lost some fat mass as well. But people in the combination group also lowered the amount of diabetes medication they needed on average, and they lost the most fat mass -- about 4 pounds' worth -- compared with the control group, according to Church. They were also the only group to lose weight."For individuals with diabetes, the optimal program involves aerobic and resistance training," said Church."The biggest consumer of blood sugar is skeletal muscle, and anything you do to improve the health of your muscles will help control your use of blood sugar," he noted.Although the study didn't include people with type 1 diabetes, Church said he suspects that they would benefit from the combination of exercises as well. And, he added, it's likely that non-diabetics would get additional benefits from a combination of exercises, too."Someone who wants to maximize the impact on glucose control and maximize the use of their time should do both aerobic and resistance exercise," said Dr. Ronald Sigal, a professor of medicine at the University of Calgary and the author of an accompanying editorial in the same issue of the journal. "Even a relatively small amount of resistance exercise -- one set twice a week for about 20 minutes -- makes a difference.

Kindness goes longway

2010-11-24T07:03:00.001-08:00

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a
nerd."

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I
shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible
sadness in his eyes.

My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, I saw
a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives." He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!" There was a big smile on his face.

It was one of those smiles t! hat showed real gratitude.

I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him
why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now.

I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I
asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends. He said yes. We hung out all weekend and the
more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him.

Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!" He just laughed and handed me half the books.

Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I
was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.

Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for
graduation.

I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak...................................... Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.
Boy, sometimes I was jealous.

Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!" He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. "Thanks," he said.

As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped
you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story."

I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend...................................... He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.

He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.

"Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."

I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.

I saw his mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same
grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its depth.

Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For
better or for worse.

God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others.

You now have two choices, you can:
1) Pass this on to your friends or
2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.

As you can see, I took choice number 1. "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends.

Regards

Rohypnol

2010-11-24T06:55:00.001-08:00

A woman at a nightclub (Mumbai) on Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who
according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her at a Busstand in Mumbai. Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes along with traces of rohypnol in her blood.

Rohypnol, date rape drug is an essentially a small sterilization pill. The
drug is now being used by rapists at parties to rape AND sterilize their
victims. All they have to do is drop it into the girl's drink. The girl
can't remember a thing the next morning, of all that had taken place the
night before.

Rohypnol, which dissolves in drinks just as easily, is such that the victim doesn't conceive from the rape and the rapist needn't worry about having a paternity test identifying him months later. The Drug's affects ARE NOT TEMPORARY - they are PERMANENT.

Any female that takes it WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONCEIVE. The weasels can get this drug from anyone who is in the vet school or any university.

It's that easy, and Rohypnol is about to break out big on campuses
everywhere. Believe it or not, there are even sites on the Internet telling people how to use it.

Please forward this to everyone you know, especially girls. Girls, be careful when you're out and don't leave your drink unattended. (added - Buy your own drinks, ensure bottles or cans received are unopened
or sealed; don't even taste someone else's drink)

There has already been a report in Singapore of girls drink been Spiked by Rohypnol. Please make the effort to forward this to everyone you know.

For guys - Pls inform all your female friends and relatives, remember you
also have sisters.Your life is God's gift to you. What you do for
others is your gift to God

Skip the post : Nothing to read - Self Ramble

2010-11-07T07:05:00.000-08:00

How do I forgive myself?

How did I let this happen to me? I promised myself that no matter what happens, I will live life with integrity. I will respect myself more than anything in this world. Why do I keep making same mistakes all my life?

However, is this time for penance or shall I forgive myself as I have forgiven others?

Can I forgive myself?

I am going to love myself enough to get through this. I will not be deterred from most stringent self need. Time to achieve what I set out for – the perfect role model. You can't find better role models because you think so high of yourself. Now its time to prove to yourself that you have what it takes. Fight the indulgence and materialistic objects and reach quintessence.

Wiccan - Spiritual Recipes of oil and perfumes

2010-10-13T21:23:00.000-07:00

MOON PRIESTESS PERFUME:
1 Drop Queen of the Night Oil
3 drops rose oil
1 drop lemon verbana oil
4 fl. oz (120cc) white spirit
Blend the three oils in a bottle. Add the white spirit, and shake all
vigorously. A cologne can be made by adding another 1 FL. oz (30cc)
of white spirit and 3 fl. oz (90cc) of distilled water.

MOON PRIEST COLOGNE:
1 fl.oz (30cc) lemon verbana or Lime oil
2 fl.oz (60cc) coriander oil
1/2 fl.oz. (15cc) camphor or myrrh oil
1/4 fl.oz. (7cc) white spirit
3 3/4 fl.oz. (105cc) distilled water
Blend the oils in a bottle, add the spirit and water and shake all
vigorously. Increasing the myrrh oils gives a darker perfume; increasing
the camphor, a lighter and more spicy one. All perfumes 'behave'
differently on different skins, so it is worth experimenting to find
your own balance.

EARTH MOTHER PERFUME:
Musk oil
Patchouli oil
Rose Oil
Blend in equal parts, bottle and shake well.

ISIS PERFUME:
Rose oil
Blue Lotus Oil
Blend equal parts, bottle and shake well.

SUN GODDESS PERFUME:
Cinnamon Oil
Lemon Verbana Oil
Ylang-Ylang Oil
Blend equal parts, bottle and shake well.

OIL FOR THE DARK OF THE MOON:
2 fl.oz.(60cc) tincture of myrrh
1 fl.oz.(30cc) oil of cinnamon
1/4 fl.oz.(7cc) Queen of the Night Oil
1 fl.oz.(30cc) oil of rose
Blend, bottle and shake well.

OIL FOR THE RITES OF ISIS:
7 drops oil of rose
2 Drops oil of Camphor
2 drops tincture of myrrh
3 drops oil of blue hyacinth
Blens the oils of rose, camphor, and blue hyacinth during the
waxing moon. Bottle and keep till the Moon wanes. Add the Myrrh

KALI INCENSE:
This is an individual and personalized incense, for attunement
to your own Dark of the Moon.
1 oz (30gm) sandalwood chips
1 oz (30gm) Dried jasmine flowers or 6 drops jasmine oil
1/2 oz (15gm) dried rose petals
2 drops of your own menstrual blood
Blens and use for private meditation during the onset of your
menstruation.

MORRIGAN INCENSE:
1 oz (30gm) musk amberette
1/2 oz (15gm) dragon's blood (resin used in violin staining)
4 drops patchouli oil
4 drops civet oil
4 drops of blood from your own finger
Blend at the dark of the Mon, put in a jar and bury in the earth
for 6 weeks (a flower pot of peat in a cool cupboard will do).

ATHENE OIL & INCENSE:
The olive is sacred to Athene, so use pure olive oil as an
anoiting oil in particular, rub between the palms of your hands
and annoit your feet, forehead and lips. For the Incense:
1 oz (30gm) cedarwood chips
1/2 oz (15gm) camphor
7 drops musk oil
Female sweat (as much as possible)
6 olives unstuffed and preferabbly black
Blend the first four ingredients well, at the full moon, and add
the olives. Put in a jar and leave for one month to mature. Then
remove the olives (Which will have imparted their essence to the
rest) and throw them away.
Stuffed olives, both black and green, are an obvious food for
a ritual of Athene, also stuffed vine leaves, a very Athenian dish.
If possible, of course, the wine should be Greek - especially
retsina, though that is an acquired taste.

PRE-RITUAL BATH SCENTS:
To cleanse and relax the body before a ritual, and to energize
the psychic centres. Fill small sachets of muslin cloth with equal
amounts of the following herbs:
Basil (for psychic energy)
Borage (to strengthen the inner self)
Lavendar (to banish mental and emotional stress)
Centuary (a traditional witch herb)
Rue (a traditional bathing herb)
Put a satchet into your bath five minutes before you get in, to
give the aromatics time to work.

DIANA OF THE MOON INCENSE:
It is recommended that it be made in the hour and the day of teh
Moon - i.e. the first or eighth hour after sunrise, or the third or
tenth hour after sunset, on a Monday.
Thoroughly mix equal amounts of the following:
Gum mastic
Jasmine
Mandrake
Orris root
add a few drops of wintergreen oil and moisten with a little clear
mineral oil.

AINE of KNOCKAINE INCENSE:
1/2 oz (15gm) meadowsweet flowers and leaf (gathered when the
plant is in full bloom and dried)
1/2 oz (15gm) finely chopped pine needles
1/2 fl.oz. (15cc) lemon verbana oil
By the way, meadowsweet blossom also makes a delicious wine.

Ayn Rand Notes

2010-10-13T21:11:00.000-07:00

1. Have no pain attached to past. If you have one, Find a means to remove it.
2. Best effort of the self for a Purpose you believe in. (?)
3. Assume the identity of Leader. Have tonality and body language of a leader.
4. Happiness is agent of purification
5 Understand your power
6. Best virtue above all is when you have a goal to work for and you do nothing but achieve the goal. Best path through the Glory is having something to do one after another. Be on constant run till you feel you couldn't have done nothing else. That is what is going to satisfy you when you die old.
7. Its not competition that should Enthrall you but the competence. Code of Competence is best honor.
8. Greatest enjoyment is a process to the goal you have selected. It is your Karma to accomplish it.
9. Attitude of "I can do it" is strongest of all. This is when you know that no fear resides with in you.
10. Play to win for yourself and not to defeat other. Keep eye on your score.
11. The most feminine feeling for women is when you make her feel helpless with the power of pleasure that you can give her.
12. Earn the present for the celebration.
13. Sight of great achievement is greatest gift to human.
14. Fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady
15. There is no action that can be taken with undefined thought,unstated purposes, unspecified morality,
16. Giving gift to your partner because she needs it is needy. Giving gift to your partner because it is you who want her to have it is strong.
17. Cost isn't what decides the luxury. It is the Self Amusement related to products that defines luxury.
18. page 380-385 , 418-422, 430, 444-445 453
19. Take no pity and never even talk about getting any pity.
20. Intelligence, Power, Cunningness and knowledge is thing of prestige and not hiding. You have to accept that you aren't innocent of all.
21. One whose self esteem is destroyed is mercy of all others.
22. 910-911
23. Whatever you do, you will tell your kids the same old line that you are man with experience.
24. 924-979

Fountainhead

1. Everything bad comes from the mind because mind asks too many questions.
2. Soul can't be assumed but to be given to an object by creator based on a central idea for the reason of the object.
3. Say bad things about yourself and other people won't have chance to mock you.
4. Something that doens't make sense can't be fought. Reason requires reason to be fought.
5. When you rise to a fame, Source of fame can't be changed.
6. No time to think of enemies. If you think of them, You are your own enemy
7, People always like to have mirror people around them. But only self-centered person can enjoy those mirrors. It is better for allowing the people to be contrasting.
8. It isn't your job to convince other that what you are doing is right. Just do the act and if they like it, they will follow you anyways. If you are wrong, blame shall fall on you.
9. All human exist for thier own joy of being. It is our duty to amuse ourselves.
10. Life is what you make of the materials given to you.
11. Freedom and Compulsion alligned together makes the world run.
12. People need a pattern to work in, Creativity is what hangs around the same pattern.
13. Having limited options doesn't scare the people, it is variety of too many options that makes them indecisive.
14. It is most selfish act to seek emotions like respect, admiration etc from Others. Using other ideas to feel admired for yourself is also act of mediocre
15. Collective Form of thinking one some basic Idea is insult to the self. Too much warying ideas will get you nowhere.
16. People seek themselves through others and that is the reason they never feel happy. All the wealth, material, respect is not for themselves but to show to others.
17. Worst person is the person who chases the power.
18. You don't live for your friends but you create a reason that you should live together.
19. Best revenge is to unite people of single thought and lead them in a channel you desire. Instead of Divide and rule, Unite and rule is more stronger.
20.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes

2010-10-13T21:09:00.001-07:00

Nobody really dies of starvation. They die of pneumonia brought on by malnutrion, kidney failure due to low potassium, shock caused by bones due to osteoporosis, seizures caused by lack of salt.

A child who is never coached with santa claus never develops ability to imagine. To him,nothing exist except the literal and tangible. The one who is ridiculed for his faith and imagination may never believe in anything tangible or intangible.

But a child who relinquishes the illusion of Santa claus, tooth fairy etc. may learn most important skillset and may recognize his faith and imagination. He has ability to dream and create his own reality. That child becomes his own auhtority.He determines natures of his own world and his own vision. And by doing so, he determines the reality of those who can't trust or those who can't imagine.

Single girl's secret - the reason you eat dinner with a man on a first date is so you know how he's going to fuck you. A slob who gobbles down the meal, never looks at a bite, you know not to crawl into bed with that guy.

Involvement of USA in spreading HIV

2010-10-13T21:07:00.001-07:00

In 1974, Henry Kissinger submits report to National security counsil warning that the greatest threat to future of Americans is overpopulation in third world countries. We need the minerals and natural resources of Africa. Those banana republics will fall apart as ts thier populations rise to high? The only way America can protect its prosperity and political stability will be to depopulate the Third World?

By a coincidence Aids virus shows up in 1975. First explosion of Aids infection in Africa started in missionary health where Christian volunteers reused the same needles to vaccinate local kids against smallpox and diphtheria. From 1976 to 1980, the infection curve rose from 0.7% to 40% in some parts of West Africa. If you understand now how Free vaccination isn't free but paid for something. SOmehow former European colonies with rich natural resources of Gold and Diamonds like Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe were most hardhit by Aids epidemics. Somehow with in same Era concept of BLOOD DIAMOND managed to come into the light.

Have you ever heard of the Emergency Health Power Act? It was put in place after september 11 fiasco. Did you know that act allows the govt. to brand any one in as public- health menace, then lock them up for rest of thier life. There won't be any trial because this sector isn't considered to be part of crime sector. It is public safety.You won't be put in the jail but you will still be alone in some camp.

Of special interest is the theta level of brain activity, it is at this frequency that mystics report that vision and inspiration are most likely to occur. In those relaxed moment, while bathing, driving or falling asleep, as you lapse into theta brain waves, you typically retrieve deep, distant memories. You make connections and achieve relevations.

In order to stimulate theta brain waves, Tibetans Buddhist chants follow a droning rhythem which matches slower brain wave frequency. Among drumming cultures, shamanic drummer trigger theta activity by a steady, constant 4 beats per second.

WHY I KILLED GANDHI ??? - NATHURAM GODSE’S STATEMENT IN THE COURT

2010-10-12T18:28:00.000-07:00

Born in a devotional Brahmin family, I instinctively came to revere Hindu religion, Hindu history and Hindu culture. I had, therefore, been intensely proud of Hinduism as a whole. As I grew up, I developed a tendency to free thinking unfettered by any superstitious allegiance to any isms, political or religious. That is why I worked actively for the eradication of untouchability and the caste system based on birth alone. I openly joined anti-caste movements and maintained that all Hindus were of equal status as to rights, social and religious and should be considered high or low on merit alone and not through the accident of birth in a particular caste or profession. I used publicly to take part in organized anti-caste dinners in which thousands of Hindus, Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Chamars and Bhangis participated. We broke the caste rules and dined in the company of each other. I have read the speeches and writings of Dadabhai Nairoji, Vivekanand, Gokhale, Tilak, along with the books of ancient and modern history of India and some prominent countries like England, France, America and’ Russia. Moreover, I studied the tenets of Socialism and Marxism. But above all I studied very closely whatever Veer Savarkar and Gandhiji had written and spoken, as to my mind these two ideologies have contributed more to the moulding of the thought and action of the Indian people during the last thirty years or so, than any other single factor has done.

All this reading and thinking led me to believe it was my first duty to serve Hindudom and Hindus both as a patriot and as a world citizen. To secure the freedom and to safeguard the just interests of some thirty crores (300 million) of Hindus would automatically constitute the freedom and the well-being of all India, one fifth of human race. This conviction led me naturally to devote myself to the Hindu Sanghtanist ideology and programme, which alone, I came to believe, could win and preserve the national independence of Hindustan, my Motherland, and enable her to render true service to humanity as well.

Since the year 1920, that is, after the demise of Lokamanya Tilak, Gandhiji’s influence in the Congress first increased and then became supreme. His activities for public awakening were phenomenal in their intensity and were reinforced by the slogan of truth and non-violence, which he paraded ostentatiously before the country. No sensible or enlightened person could object to those slogans. In fact, there is nothing new or original in them. They are implicit in every constitutional public movement. But it is nothing but a mere dream if you imagine that the bulk of mankind is, or can ever become, capable of scrupulous adherence to these lofty principles in its normal life from day to day. In fact, honour, duty and love of one’s own kith and kin and country might often compel us to disregard non-violence and to use force. I could never conceive that an armed resistance to an aggression is unjust. I would consider it a religious and moral duty to resist and, if possible, to overpower such an enemy by use of force. [In the Ramayana] Rama killed Ravana in a tumultuous fight and relieved Sita. [In the Mahabharata], Krishna killed Kansa to end his wickedness; and Arjuna had to fight and slay quite a number of his friends and relations including the revered Bhishma because the latter was on the side of the aggressor. It is my firm belief that in dubbing Rama, Krishna and Arjuna as guilty of violence, the Mahatma betrayed a total ignorance of the springs of human action.

In more recent history, it was the heroic fight put up by Chhatrapati Shivaji that first checked and eventually destroyed the Muslim tyranny in India. It was absolutely essentially for Shivaji to overpower and kill an aggressive Afzal Khan, failing which he would have lost his own life. In condemning history’s towering warriors like Shivaji, Rana Pratap and Guru Gobind Singh as misguided patriots, Gandhiji has merely exposed his self-conceit. He was, paradoxical, as it may appear, a violent pacifist who brought untold calamities on the country in the name of truth and non-violence, while Rana Pratap, Shivaji and the Guru will remain enshrined in the hearts of their countrymen forever for the freedom they brought to them.

The accumulating provocation of thirty-two years, culminating in his last pro-Muslim fast, at last goaded me to the conclusion that the existence of Gandhi should be brought to an end immediately. Gandhi had done very well in South Africa to uphold the rights and well-being of the Indian community there. But when he finally returned to India he developed a subjective mentality under which he alone was to be the final judge of what was right or wrong. If the country wanted his leadership, it had to accept his infallibility; if it did not, he would stand aloof from the Congress and carry on his own way. Against such an attitude there can be no halfway house. Either Congress had to surrender its will to his and had to be content with playing second fiddle to all his eccentricity, whimsicality, metaphysics and primitive vision, or it had to carry on without him. He alone was the Judge of everyone and everything; he was the master brain guiding the civil disobedience movement; no other could know the technique of that movement. He alone knew when to begin and when to withdraw it. The movement might succeed or fail, it might bring untold disaster and political reverses but that could make no difference to the Mahatma’s infallibility. ‘A Satyagrahi can never fail’ was his formula for declaring his own infallibility and nobody except himself knew what a Satyagrahi is.

Thus, the Mahatma became the judge and jury in his own cause. These childish insanities and obstinacies, coupled with a most severe austerity of life, ceaseless work and lofty character made Gandhi formidable and irresistible. Many people thought that his politics were irrational but they had either to withdraw from the Congress or place their intelligence at his feet to do with, as he liked. In a position of such absolute irresponsibility, Gandhi was guilty of blunder after blunder, failure after failure, disaster after disaster.

Gandhi’s pro-Muslim policy is blatantly in his perverse attitude on the question of the national language of India. It is quite obvious that Hindi has the most prior claim to be accepted as the premier language. In the beginning of his career in India, Gandhi gave a great impetus to Hindi but as he found that the Muslims did not like it, he became a champion of what is called Hindustani. Everybody in India knows that there is no language called Hindustani; it has no grammar; it has no vocabulary. It is a mere dialect; it is spoken, but not written. It is a bastard tongue and crossbreed between Hindi and Urdu, and not even the Mahatma’s sophistry could make it popular. But in his desire to please the Muslims he insisted that Hindustani alone should be the national language of India. His blind followers, of course, supported him and the so-called hybrid language began to be used. The charm and purity of the Hindi language was to be prostituted to please the Muslims. All his experiments were at the expense of the Hindus.

From August 1946, onwards the private armies of the Muslim League began a massacre of the Hindus. The then Viceroy, Lord Wavell, though distressed at what was happening, would not use his powers under the Government of India Act of 1935 to prevent the rape, murder and arson. The Hindu blood began to flow from Bengal to Karachi with some retaliation by the Hindus. The Interim Government formed in September was sabotaged by its Muslim League member’s right from its inception, but the more they became disloyal and treasonable to the government of which they were a part, the greater was Gandhi’s infatuation for them. Lord Wavell had to resign as he could not bring about a settlement and he was succeeded by Lord Mountbatten. King Log was followed by King Stork.

The Congress, which had boasted of its nationalism and socialism, secretly accepted Pakistan literally at the point of the bayonet and abjectly surrendered to Jinnah. India was vivisected and one-third of the Indian Territory became foreign land to us from August 15, 1947. Lord Mountbatten came to be described in Congress circles as the greatest Viceroy and Governor-General this country ever had. The official date for handing over power was fixed for June 30, 1948, but Mountbatten with his ruthless surgery gave us a gift of vivisected India ten months in advance. This is what Gandhi had achieved after thirty years of undisputed dictatorship and this is what Congress party calls ‘freedom’ and ‘peaceful transfer of power’. The Hindu-Muslim unity bubble was finally burst and a theocratic state was established with the consent of Nehru and his crowd and they have called ‘freedom won by them with sacrifice’ – whose sacrifice? When top leaders of Congress, with the consent of Gandhi, divided and tore the country – which we consider a deity of worship – my mind was filled with direful anger.

One of the conditions imposed by Gandhi for his breaking of the fast unto death related to the mosques in Delhi occupied by the Hindu refugees. But when Hindus in Pakistan were subjected to violent attacks he did not so much as utter a single word to protest and censure the Pakistan Government or the Muslims concerned. Gandhi was shrewd enough to know that while undertaking a fast unto death, had he imposed for its break some condition on the Muslims in Pakistan, there would have been found hardly any Muslims who could have shown some grief if the fast had ended in his death. It was for this reason that he purposely avoided imposing any condition on the Muslims. He was fully aware of from the experience that Jinnah was not at all perturbed or influenced by his fast and the Muslim League hardly attached any value to the inner voice of Gandhi.

Gandhi is being referred to as the Father of the Nation. But if that is so, he had failed his paternal duty inasmuch as he has acted very treacherously to the nation by his consenting to the partitioning of it. I stoutly maintain that Gandhi has failed in his duty. He has proved to be the Father of Pakistan. His inner-voice, his spiritual power and his doctrine of non-violence of which so much is made of, all crumbled before Jinnah’s iron will and proved to be powerless.
Briefly speaking, I thought to myself and foresaw I shall be totally ruined, and the only thing I could expect from the people would be nothing but hatred and that I shall have lost all my honour, even more valuable than my life, if I were to kill Gandhiji. But at the same time I felt that the Indian politics in the absence of Gandhiji would surely be proved practical, able to retaliate, and would be powerful with armed forces. No doubt, my own future would be totally ruined, but the nation would be saved from the inroads of Pakistan. People may even call me and dub me as devoid of any sense or foolish, but the nation would be free to follow the course founded on the reason which I consider to be necessary for sound nation-building. After having fully considered the question, I took the final decision in the matter, but I did not speak about it to anyone whatsoever. I took courage in both my hands and I did fire the shots at Gandhiji on 30 January 1948, on the prayer-grounds of Birla House.

I do say that my shots were fired at the person whose policy and action had brought rack, ruin, and destruction to millions of Hindus. There was no legal machinery by which such an offender
could be brought to book and for this reason, I fired those fatal shots.

I bear no ill will towards anyone individually but I do say that I had no respect for the present government owing to their policy, which was unfairly favourable towards the Muslims. But at the same time I could clearly see that the policy was entirely due to the presence of Gandhi. I have to say with great regret that Prime Minister Nehru quite forgets that his preachings and deeds are at times at variances with each other when he talks about India as a secular state in season and out of season, because it is significant to note that Nehru has played a leading role in the establishment of the theocratic state of Pakistan, and his job was made easier by Gandhi’s persistent policy of appeasement towards the Muslims.

I now stand before the court to accept the full share of my responsibility for what I have done and the judge would, of course, pass against me such orders of sentence as may be considered proper. But I would like to add that I do not desire any mercy to be shown to me, nor do I wish that anyone else should beg for mercy on my behalf. My confidence about the moral side of my action has not been shaken even by the criticism levelled against it on all sides. I have no doubt that honest writers of history will weigh my act and find the true value thereof some day in future.
-NATHURAM GODSE

Buddhism and four forces

2010-09-25T01:40:00.001-07:00

Asking for alms

Part of the training of a Zen Buddhist monk is a practice known as takuhatsu - the begging pilgrimage. As well as helping the monasteries, which depend for their existence on donations, and teaching the student humility, this practice has another purpose too, that of purifying the town in which the monk lives.

This is because, according to Zen philosophy, the giver, the beggar and the alms money itself all form part of an important chain of equilibrium.

The person doing the begging does so because he is needy, but the person doing the giving also does so out of need.

The alms money serves as a link between these two needs, and the atmosphere in the town improves, since everyone is able to act in a way in which he or she needed to act.

The four forces

Father Alan Jones says that in order to build our soul we need the Four Invisible Forces: love, death, power and time.

We must love because we are loved by God. We must have an awareness of death in order to understand life fully.

We must struggle in order to grow, but without becoming entrapped by the power that is gained through that struggle, because we know that power is worthless.

Finally, we must accept that our soul, although eternal, is at this moment caught in the web of time, with all its opportunities and limitations. We must therefore behave as if time existed and do everything we can to value each second.

These Four Forces cannot be treated as problems to be solved because they are beyond our control. We must accept them and let them teach us what we need to learn

Most touching memory from Progressive Education

2010-05-15T21:15:00.000-07:00

This is one of the most touching Memory from my school days in Progressive Education.

My class mate Shivani Sailana was hosting her birthday party at her home when we were in 6th Grade. My grandfather was very sick and was on last stage of cancer. He was very thin, sick, Hairline receding and was starting to lose memory.

I decided if I could win any of the prizes in the game at the party, I would gift it to my Grand father. I informed the boys about my plan. My friends Devashish and Mayur decided that they would help me and would make sure I win. They told all the boys to help me out and everyone agreed. Somehow the game was a game of tagging and person who gets maximum tags win the game.

You had to tag people with :
who is your best friend
who is best dancer etc.

Boys started tagging me with all the notes while girls started game bit fair (tagging only thier closest friends) but realized the game was getting lopsided with me getting all the tags. So they had a decision who they will tag in change. Host realized the game wasn't fun anymore and called the game quits.

I won the game by fair margin and was awarded with Flashy lighted keychain. It looked pretty and something my grand father can use for his car. My grand father really loved the keychain. Turns out it was one of the last 3 gifts I gave him. He passed away a month later.

I do not remember if I thanked anyone back then or not but I do owe it to everyone

Random Notes

2010-05-08T04:53:00.000-07:00

sodium thiopental - Can bring out all the faded memories.

q waves wireless USB
mobile air mouse pro
put aluminium foil to direct your wifi

drobo - Best USB Raid solution to the date.

New Year Resolution 2010

2009-12-28T03:18:00.000-08:00

2009:
Year of Fitness and well Being - Achieved
Learn English like First language - Achieved
Online Marketing - Achieved
Work on International Project - Achieved
London and Dancing - Cancelled

2010: Year of 6 Pack Abs

Certs

Finish every Project I have ever started
- Pick up
- Hacking
- Self Motivation
- Inner Cleaning

Prepare for Higher Education
- Quit HOME Movement

Microsoft invents Cybery forensics tool

2009-11-05T21:49:00.001-08:00

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004379751_msftlaw29.html

US Student Visa information

2009-09-30T01:10:00.001-07:00

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3260767&page=3

New Year Resolution 2009

2009-01-03T00:02:00.001-08:00

1. Learn English and prepare for London
2. Work on International paper.
3. Get body totally toned.
4. Learn Dancing and martial arts.
5. Take my bootcamp and do it seriously.
6. Gain experience in Online Marketing.

Challenged Bombed on day 3

2008-10-04T20:42:00.000-07:00

My mission of thinking positively blasted in big way when I got really pissed of at someone. This isn't good. Challenge restarts again.

Also I have habit of pissing people off big time. I don't know how I manage such feats without knowing but I guess I will have to read book social intelligence by Daniel Goleman.

I am also planning to re read Emotional Intelligence again after a while. I think it will help me in long run especially when I am trying to fix my life in a big way.

Also I have habit of making win/lose deals or lose/lose deals. Instead of win/win. I will have to make smarter choices now. Consciously I will have to figure out if my decisions are good or not.

I don't know what has happened to my english. But I have started making stupid spelling mistakes. Spellings which I should know by heart. Will have to find a way to fix that. I will have to start some CD program with it. I got 2 softwares related to it. I will test them both and publish them later

Tesla Plates

2008-02-23T20:00:00.000-08:00

Imagine owning an object that had the power to change for better the water you drink, the food you eat and even the people you know? It sounds like a plot for a science fiction movie, but there have been some incredible claims and results in conjunction with Purple Energy Plates, sometimes called Purple Harmony Plates, in recent years. Although the Tesla- inspired plates have been used for over 28 years they are just now gaining recognition due to the New Age era of miracles and spirituality. The violet colored plates are said to emit positive energy and affect certain objects placed on them. They range in size from 1" to the large 12" X 12".

"All matter comes from a primary substance, the luminiferous ether," stated Nikola Tesla. He sensed the universe was "composed of a symphony of alternating currents with the harmonies played on a vast range of octaves," wrote Margaret Cheney. "To explore the whole range of electrical vibration, he sensed, would bring him closer to an understanding of the cosmic symphony." (From Tesla- Man Out of Time.) Tesla understood that the cosmic symphony is resonance. Nothing exists in the Universe that does not have harmonic vibration. In realizing this Tesla influenced the production of personal oscillators that vibrate in tune with "the luminiferous ether."

Thus, the creation of Purple Energy Plates.

HOW THEY WORK

The atomic structure of Purple Plates has been altered, allowing the atoms and electrons of the aluminum to resonate in tune with the basic energy that causes the particles of every atom and molecule to be in constant vibration. Once the structure of the atoms of the aluminum have been altered, they will remain in that condition- possibly indefinitely. The plates create a positive energy field around themselves that will penetrate any material substance by osmosis. This energy is said to be beneficial to all life..plant, animal or human. Science has proven that by projecting love or positive energy to a plant, the plant will flourish. The plate energy will also do the same thing to plants. Burns, cuts, aches and pains involve a sudden change to the normal vibration rate of tissue. The theory is that the energy around the plates helps to accelerate the healing and thus return the injured area to its normal rate of vibration.

Among the plates many uses are that they are worn to raise personal energy levels and to protect one against electromagnetic radiation (EMR) in the environment and from EMR- producing equipment, such as computers, televisions, etc. The life-force energy of the plates can be measured by radionic equipment. When using this measurement, the energy level of an individual who has begun to work on him/ herself might oscillate (or vibate) around 25,000 cycles a second. When this person holds a purple plate, the reading immediately increases to 90,000- 95,000 cycles a second. It will not remain at that level, but with continual use of the plate, it will slowly increase to a steady 100,000 cycles per second. All faith healing utilizes this higher energy.

In his book "Beyond Ascension" Joshua Stone refers to the plates: "One of the most extraordinary tools I have found to raise my overall energy and even light my quotient is the Positive Energy Plate. I am not one for gadgets. I have seen them all and I use almost none of them. The one exception I make is the use of the purple plate, which I am sure many of you have seen. It is actually a free-energy plate.

The Purple Plate not only cleared the food of all negative energy and negative residues such as pesticides, but also energized the food. Now I put all my food on it and contnue to be amazed."

Stone also goes on to claim that no matter what your diet is, if you use the Positive Energy Plate it will guarantee that you will get the positive energy that you need. "...I don't own stock in the company, nor do I know the person who invented them. I am just very excited about all the ways this Positive Energy Plate can be used."

UTILIZING THE PLATE'S POWER

Many people use the large plates in their refrigerators to enhance flavor and freshness. By placing a glass of water on a small purple plate for approximately 5 minutes, you in- duce the high spiritual vibration of the seventh color ray (violet.) Violet is also the color of the flame of Saint Germain, and corresponds with the 7th energy center in our bodies, also known as the crown chakra.

Some people sleep with a plate beneath their pillow to ensure restfulness, even when one has only slept a short time. Others cannot sleep with the plates nearby, as they will remain awake. Wearing a small plate will cause most people to feel an increase in energy. Others find the best results wearing them for short- er periods of time, perhaps 30 minutes or an hour each day. The time spent wearing one all depends on the person and experimenting with the plates will let you know how much your particular chemistry is influenced by them. My own experience with purple plates, for the past 2 and a half years, has been an adventure to be sure. I regularly place all my drinking water on the plates and find that when I drink this water I am noticeably more energetic and less fatigued. However when I tried to sleep with a small purple plate under my pillow I suffered insomnia. I also tested placing inexpensive wine on the plate after reading that it would much improve the taste, and was nothing less than amazed by the results. Strangely though, others claim that it will turn quality wine to vinegar, and a mixed drink, such as vodka and soda, to mere water.

When I first read about purple plates in Linda Goodman's Star Signs book, I was hesitant to believe in the seemingly miraculous properties of these bright, strange looking plates, but I was extremely curious to see if they did in fact influence all she claimed they would. Goodman mentions that strangely the person who created the plates with Nikola Tesla preferred to remain anonymous. However, after the inventor's death the company which produced the plates decided to give him due credit. The inventor, Ralph Bergstresser, was born in 1912 in Pueblo, Colorado of German parents who immigrated to the United States.

He was extremely interested in free energy or Zero Point Energy as it is now called in scientific circles. Bergstresser carefully studied anything written about Nikola Tesla's experiments, and attended many lectures given by Tesla. At one point they were introduced, and quickly became friends due to like interest in free energy. Over the course of the next 20 years until Tesla's death they had numerous conversations on the process of tapping free energy. After Tesla's death Bergstresser was able to discover the secret of altering the aluminum in the Positive Enery Plates from clues and notations in Tesla's notebooks. Also instrumental in leading Bergstresser to the discovery of healing energy was an incident which took place while he was a guest of a maharaja in India some 50 years ago.

Bergstresser Wrote; "The maharaja had an 8 month old son that was very sick. I asked if he was going to get a doctor. He said 'no, we have sent a man to obtain some holy water from the Ganges River.' In 3 days, the man came back with one gallon of water. They fed the water to the sick child and...and like magic, the child was healed and back to normal. To me, a miracle is an inability to understand a scientific fact.

How could the water cure the child? That was the problem. It was this incident that triggered my curious mind to find the answer and this led me into the present knowledge. "

He goes on to explain why the water of the Ganges purportedly has the power to heal. " For thousands of years the native population of India have used the water from the Ganges for healing. Gallon jugs of this water from the Ganges have been stored for over half a century at the University of Calcutta, and are still completely free if bacteria. What causes the water to have such fantastic healing powers? A tributary of water, that eventually finds its way into the Ganges River, originates and begins its long journey from high into the Himalayan Mountains. It is there, high in the mountains where the atmosphere is clear and clean, that nature begins the natural process of creating special water. This process starts when the mountain and its snow cover is bombarded by the higher energies of the Universe: known as cosmic energy. This bombardment by cosmic 4th dimensional energy alters the atomic and molecular structure of the rocks and granite that constitute these magnificent mountains, and in turn, changes the chemistry of the snow and water as it flows over them and down to the lowlands. This chemistry change is adding the Life Force Energy to the water. It is the Life Force Energy, which has now become an intricate part of the water that produces the healing miracles of the Ganges River. The key to this phenomenon is now known and utilized to produce the energy plates and products."

Bergstresser, who was also the author of a handful of metaphysical books, died in 1998 at the age of 86.

Perhaps most curious to me in Linda Goodman's description of the plates were the paragraphs concerning the influencing of persons with the plates. Within the more than dozen pages pertaining to Purple Plates in her book, Goodman writes that the plates possess the power to influence a person through the use of a photograph placed face down on the surface. She uses the example of a friend's husband who was an alcoholic prone to negative behavior, and who was badly in need of positivity.

Soon after using the husband's photograph on the purple plate, he began a recovery which included sobriety and hopefulness. However, Goodman, as well as others, warn that leaving a photograph on the plate for any more than 15 minutes to a half hour at a time can cause nervousness or anxiety in some people. She also warns that attempting to influence a person in a negative fashion will not work.
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There are many uses for the purple plates. Here are only a few suggestions. With continued personal use you'll discover countless others.

1. Place a small sized plate in a pocket or purse for more energy. (No body contact is necessary.

2. Place large plate in refrigerator (center shelf is best.) Food, with the exception of fresh meat and fish, will stay fresh longer.

3. Place beneath sick house plants, or water sick plants with water which has been placed on plate overnight.

4. Place small plate in dog or cat bed, or under food dish.

5. To energize crystals, place on purple plate for 12 hours.

6. Use the plate on injured area of any living thing.

7. Travellers can carry a small plate to energize their drinking water and eliminate\ illness and stomach upsets.

8. Small plate placed on forehead to alleviate headache pain, on joints to alleviate gout and arthritis pain, on stomach to stop nausea.

9. Placed on forehead in the morning will help you to remember your dreams. Also place on forehead to promote deeper meditation.
I have also read testimonials from plate users who claim they help with cramps, headaches, stomach upsets, stiff joints, torticollis, swelling, ringworm, "clicking" jaw, alcoholism, anxiety, colic and depression.

THE GENIUS OF TESLA

It's not surprising that the complex genius of Nikola Tesla would influence a "free energy" device. Tesla, born in 1856 in the village of Smiljan, province of Lika (Austria- Hungary) was an eccentric but highly intelligent inventor. He created many of our modern day conveniences, including the AC, or alternating current (the basis of almost every electrical device), X-rays, flourescent lighting, the induction motor (which utilized his rotating magnetic field principle) and terrestial stationary waves, which he regarded as his most important discovery. By this discovery he proved that the earth could be used as a conductor and would be responsive as a tuning fork to electrical vibrations of a certain pitch. At one time he was certain he had received signals from another planet in his Colorado laboratory, a claim that was met with derision in some scientific journals.

The Tesla coil, which he invented in 1891, is widely used today in radio and television sets and other electronic equipment for wireless communication. It is also now known that Tesla's radio patents predated those of the credited inventor, Gugleo Marconi. Tesla's theories were met with increasing criticism, especially after his claims that he could split the earth like an apple, and that he had invented a death ray capable of destroying 10,000 airplanes from 250 miles away. Due to lack of funds (perhaps because of his seemingly odd personality traits which included a progressive germ phobia) most of his ideas remained in his notebooks, which are still studied by engineers today.

Tesla died in New York City on January 7th, 1943, the holder of more than 700 patents. The Custodian of Alien Property impounded his trunks, which contained his letters and laboratory notes. Eventually these were inherited by Tesla's nephew, Sava Kosanovich, and later installed in the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

The incredible life work of Tesla lends much credence to the faith in the Purple Plate's healing properties. Although the exact process of creating these plates seems to be kept confidential by the makers of them, I have personally found them to be a remarkable tool for well being.

How RSD marketing works

2007-12-07T15:13:00.000-08:00

If you're curious here's how/why it works...

On the one hand you have the people who would get the program anyway. A 30 page sales add is not going to deter them. If you're a dude who follows the company and you're psyched out of your mind to get "Transformations" (for example), nothing can deter you -- you'll just scroll down and get it regardless.

Now on the other hand you have the majority of people who know very very little about RSD, the program, or whatever. If I just put up a cool looking graphic and a few videos that's not going to give them the information they need. There is literally no chance, as in 0%, of them breaking out their credit cards and getting the program just based on a short blurb.

A good sales page gives you absolutely everything you need to know about the program. All the features, all the benefits. EVERYTHING. If you look at www.becometransformed.com and www.jeffyshow.com you see that I do three things in there:

1- I put up a graphic of the product, along with the 3 bullets at the top explaining what the program is. This way people who are "already convinced" don't need to read through everything, can quickly get an idea of what they're looking at, scroll down to the bottom and get it.

2- I put up a page explaining *everything* about the program for people who have absolutely no clue.

3- I also put up the "salescopy within the salescopy" by making JUST THE RED SUBHEADLINES into a mini-salescopy so that people who want to "skim" it but not read it carefully can also skim down the page and get the information that they need.

So basically this covers all bases, and gives all the information necessary for whoever is looking for it.

Bear in mind that most (not all, but most) people who express frustration about a long detailed sales page are those who will never, ever purchase anything.

If you're about to plunk down $1500 for a bootcamp for example -- you probably WANT those 30 pages so you can read them over and over perhaps 20 times before you decide on how to invest your money.

Now you guys on the forum here know enough about the bootcamp not to have to read it, but bear in mind that the active users on this forum are only 1-2% of the total RSD mailing list.

The other several MILLION people who check out our site, and the HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS people on the mailing list -- these dude have never been to RSD Nation or the blog.

So they need to have a resource to find out all the details, all the information that they could possibly want. That's what a good sales page is for.

Remember that we're a borderline "mainstream" company which means that 90% of our website traffic doesn't come from hardcore community-heads -- it's coming from people who haven't been exposed to long sales materials before, as opposed to most of you guys who've seen all the fly-by-night seduction companies and their silly sales adds so many times to the point of being numb to it.

Lastly, you'll also notice (and I get compliments about this all the time) that the salescopy that I personally write is authentic. It reads a lot like a blog post. I'm explaining the program without all the nonsense that you see in most sales adds. I'll use marketing-languaging sparingly (and when I do so it's relevant and makes sense), but the vast majority of it is the straight goods on the program.

If you want to know about any of our programs, you can read any of the pages that I wrote and get a really crystal clear idea of what they're all about -- and without being bombarded with all the nonsense that's typical of these types of promotional materials.

RAS not tuned in

2007-10-18T19:26:00.001-07:00

I have habit of reading tons of books on every subject possible. But since I have been trying to read 2 books Jesus Lived in India and Veronica decided to die.

My mind hasn’t been able to focus on the book. I felt even though I was reading the book my mind was somewhere else. After 2 minutes when I would buzz out of my trance for some XYZ reason and I wouldn’t be able to figure out what was the Last word I read. I would try to reengage attention to the book and hell I don’t know if I just read last 2 paragraphs or not. I can’t recall any of it. You know when you read same thing twice, your head is trying to race ahead of the predictability factor and you read faster because you know what is there.

This is when I realized that my RAS wasn’t tuned in. I was lost in series of thoughts, which I couldn’t even remember due to illusion that I was reading the book and not thinking. This is when you realize your brain want to do something else. Most people would just shut down the book or try to re focus to get the job done.

What actually worked for me was when I questioned my mind what does it want to do. I started writing out the flow of my head. It was full of rambling. Try this method out. When you feel you have no clue what you want to do at that very moment. Start writing.. Just see you have series of unclear thoughts buzzing you. You will feel sense of clarity after you have done it.

Don’t worry if your thoughts are repeating again and again. Just keep on writing till your brain can’t write anymore. You will realize that brain is trying to concentrate where your RAS is tuned in and only when you finish that task you will be able to do the work you were trying to do or otherwise it won’t be the work you were trying to accomplish

Though I would be researching on topic that how to do you tune your RAS into task, which you want to get done and then accomplish, what your brain was buzzing you about. May be this is the way you can get your 100% focus to something.

4 Basic Management Lessons

2007-07-05T02:32:00.000-07:00

Lesson Number One:

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?"

The crow answered: "Sure, why not."

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a
fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Management Lesson

To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Lesson Number Two:

A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of
that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull.
They're packed with Nutrients."

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough
strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some
more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight,there he was
proudly perched at the top of the Tree.

Soon a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree, promptly spotted him.

Management Lesson

Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Lesson Number Three:

When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be Boss.The brain said, "I should be Boss because I control the whole body's responses and functions."

The feet said, "We should be Boss as we carry the brain about and get him to
where he wants to go."

The hands said, "We should be the Boss because we do all the work and earn all the money."

And so it went on and on with the heart, the lungs and the eyes until finally
the asshole spoke up. All the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being the
Boss. So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and refused to work.Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered.

Eventually they all decided that the asshole should be the Boss, so the motion
was passed. All the other parts did all the work while the Boss just sat and passed
out the shit!

Management Lesson

You don't need brains to be a Boss - any asshole will do.

Lesson Number Four:

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him!

Management Lesson

1) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut!

Guys reveal: The worst turn-down I ever got was... By Caitlin Ascolese

2007-07-05T02:25:00.000-07:00

Rejection is never fun, is it? Comfort yourself with
A) the harshly worded "thanks but no thanks" that some poor guys got, below, as gathered in a Match.com survey, and
B) the knowledge that some of the women who dole out these turn-downs are, well, a little bit nuts. We asked Lillian Glass, Ph.D., communications expert and author of I Know What You're Thinking, to assess these women's excuses. And for once, guys, it might really be them and not you!

"I was told that I'm too neat. Neat?!" —Gary, 56, Toronto, ON

Dr. Glass: "She probably has sloppy tendencies, and she's worried that he'll judge her."

"She told me it wasn't a good idea because she was anemic and was having her period." —Joe, 54, Justin, TX

Dr. Glass: "Oh, God! I'm embarrassed just hearing that. That's too much information. She doesn't censor herself, so she could be a true embarrassment in front of other people."

"She didn't think her father and I would get along." —Curtis, 43, Jacksonville, FL

Dr. Glass: "Daddy's girl! The rejection was a blessing in disguise. There would be too many family issues that would intrude on a relationship."

"One woman told me I was too intelligent for her. Sure." —Ray, 37, Raleigh, NC

Dr. Glass: "Kissing only takes up half a percentage of the date time-wise, so you have to talk, and she seems either insecure or hostile. But let's note that no opinion is formed in a vacuum, and he probably said something that made her feel insecure about herself and brought out the worst in her."

"A woman told me she was probably going to be too tired the night I asked her out…but she told me this two days ahead of time." —Kevin, 41, Dallas, TX

Dr. Glass: "Barring any medical difficulties, because a lot of people do have health issues, this is passive-aggressive and, really, pretty hostile."

"A girl I liked said she wouldn't date people born the same month she was." —Greg, 22, Wilmington, DE

Dr. Glass: "If she was being truthful and is such a strong believer in astrology, it'd be a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the relationship wouldn't work. So why even bother?"

"A girl said that her car broke down and gave me a big, long story about what was wrong. Only problem? I have a car and could have driven her. Plus, I'm a mechanic." —Wally, 20, Chicago, IL

Dr. Glass: "Simply put, she may well be a liar and her car may not have been broken. When you talk too much—when you give too many details, too much information—you're lying."

"She told me she had to go buy the donuts for her Singles with STDs group. Point taken." —Greg, 32, San Diego, CA

Dr. Glass: "That's evil! I mean, come on—she really wanted to keep him away. She's got a great sense of humor, but she's on a power trip and uses it as a weapon. The hair-washing excuse is like using a fly-swatter on a guy; this is like using an Uzi."

Did You Know? Blood

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Bloodtype and Rh How many people have it?

O + 40 %
O - 7 %
A + 34 %
A - 6 %
B + 8 %
B - 1 %
AB + 3 %
AB - 1 %

Does Your Blood Type Reveal Your Personality?

According to a Japanese institute that does research on blood types, there are certain personality traits that seem to match up with certain blood types. How do you rate?

TYPE O

You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and a tendency to be too competitive.

TYPE A
You like harmony, peace and organization. You work well with others, and are sensitive, patient and affectionate. Among your weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax.

TYPE B

You're a rugged individualist, who's straightforward and likes to do things your own way. Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakne ss.

TYPE AB
Cool and controlled, you're generally well liked and always put people at ease. You're a natural entertainer who's tactful and fair. But you're standoffish, blunt, and have difficulty making decisions.

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"A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin
"I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?" --Tom Clancy.
"I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers." --Peter Kaye.
"Never waste a lie when the truth will do." - Jack Clancy
"Stupidity, if left untreated, is self-correcting." - Heinlein
43% of all statistics are worthless.
7/5th of all people do not understand fractions.
99% of lawyers are giving the rest a bad name.
A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.
A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
A bad plan is better than no plan.
A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.
A day for firm decisions! Or is it?
A day without sun shine is like, you know, night.
A drunk mans' words are a sober mans' thoughts.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
A gentleman is a patient wolf.
A good pun is its own reword.
A little bit of powder, a little bit of paint, makes a girl's complexion seem what it ain't.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon. Buy the negatives at any price.
A man on a date wonders if he'll get lucky. The woman already knows.
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
A religious war is like children fighting over who has the strongest imaginary friend.
A smart man covers his ass, a wise man leaves his pants on.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students
A weekend wasted isn't a wasted weekend.
A witty saying proves nothing.
According to my calculations the problem doesn't exist.
Admit nothing, deny everything and make counter-accusations.
Adult: One old enough to know better.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Alcohol is not the answer, it just makes you forget the question.
All generalisations are dangerous, even this one.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here!
All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.
All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.
All work and no play, will make you a manager.
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Am I ranting? I hope so. My ranting gets raves.
An apple every eight hours will keep three doctors away.
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
Any clod can have the facts, but having an opinion is an art.
Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.
Anybody with money to burn will easily find someone to tend the fire.
Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.
Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.
Are you wearing lipstick? Well, mind if I taste it?
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.
Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
Atheists can do whatever the hell they want.
Attitude determines your altitude.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Bad spellers of the world untie!
Bald guys never have a bad hair day.
Batteries not included.
Be good - and if you can't be good, be careful.
Be good; if you can't be good, have fun.
Be naughty - save santa the trip.
Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.
Be safety conscious. 80% of people are caused by accidents.
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Beauty lasts for a moment, but ugly goes on and on and on.
Beer - the reason I wake up every afternoon.
Best viewed on my computer.
Better late than really late.
Between two evils always pick the one you haven't tried.
Biology grows on you.
Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
Carpenter's rule: cut to fit; beat into place.
Chaos, panic, pandemonium - my work here is done.
Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.
Chicago law prohibits eating in a place that is on fire.
Children in the dark make accidents, but accidents in the dark make children.
Clones are people two.
Coarse and violent nudity. Occasional language.
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum. I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Could crop circles be the work of a cereal killer?
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
Crime doesn't pay... does that mean my job is a crime?
Criminal Lawyer - a redundant phrase.
Cult: It just means not enough people to make a minority.
Dawn is nature's way of telling you to go to bed.
Depression is merely anger without the enthusiasm.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
Don't argue with a fool. The spectators can't tell the difference.
Don't be humble, you're not that great.
Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
Don't be sexist. Broads hate that.
Don't believe everything you think.
Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.
Don't let yesterday take up to much of today.
Don't steal a police car unless you're prepared to floor it all the way to Mexico.
Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.
Don't trust reality. After all, it's only a collective hunch.
Drive defensively - buy a tank.
Drugs cause amnesia and other things I can't remember.
Dyslexics have more fnu.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Early to rise, and early to bed, makes a man healthy but socially dead.
Earn cash in your spare time. Blackmail your friends.
Earth first! (We'll strip-mine the other planets later).
Earth is a great, big funhouse without the fun.
Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow they may make it illegal.
Electrical Engineers do it with less resistance.
Elevators smell different to midgets.
Entropy isn't what it used to be.
Even at a Mensa convention someone is the dumbest person in the room.
Every absurdity has a champion who will defend it.
Every man has his price. Mine is $3.95.
Every snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.
Every solution breeds new problems.
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
Everyone is beautiful if you squint a bit.
Everyone leaves the world a little better - some by leaving.
Everything is always okay in the end, if it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Examine what is said, not who speaks.
Except for 75% of the women, everyone in the whole world wants to have sex.
Excuse me, is there an airport nearby large enough for a private jet to land?
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistakes.
F u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng.
Failure is not an option - it's a lifestyle.
Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.
Failure teaches success.
Fill what's empty, empty what's full, scratch where it itches.
Fine day to work off excess energy. Steal something heavy.
First rule of acting: whatever happens, look as if it were intended.
For a good time, call (415) 642-9483.
For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.
For every problem there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong.
For good, return good. For evil, return justice.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
Freedom of speech is wonderful - right up there with the freedom not to listen.
Friendly fire - isn't.
Friends come and go, enemies accumulate.
Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Frog blast the vent core!
Gee, Toto, I don't think we're in kansas anymore.
Getting screwed while everybody else is getting laid.
Give a jackass an education and you get a smartass.
Goals are deceptive. The unaimed arrow never misses.
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
God made us brothers, but prozac made us friends.
God will forgive me. That's his job, after all.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Half the people you know are below average.
Happiness isn't having what you want, it's wanting what you have.
Hear and you forget; see and you remember; do and you understand.
Help wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply.
Hey Santa, how much for your list of naughty girls?
Hey! It compiles! Ship it!
Hey, you want to go out for pizza and some sex? What, you don't like pizza?
Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defence.
How come wrong numbers are never busy?
How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.
I am not single, I'm romantically challenged.
I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn from them.
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.
I can't spell and beer doesn't help.
I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
I don't mind coming to work, but that eight hour wait to go home is a bitch!
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
I doubt, therefore I might be.
I drink to make other people interesting.
I have a strong will but a weak won't.
I like being single. I'm always there when I need me.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
I prefer old age to the alternative.
I still miss my ex. But my aim is getting better.
I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.
I thought I was wrong once, but it turns out I was mistaken.
I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.
I'd buy you a drink, but i'd be jealous of the straw.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
I'm a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore I'm perfect.
I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman!
I'm not paranoid, they really are after me.
If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
If I look confused it's because I'm thinking.
If a camel flies, no one laughs if it doesn't get very far.
If a man tells a woman she's beautiful she'll overlook most of his other lies.
If all the cars on the Earth were lined up bumper to bumper, some idiot would try to pass them.
If all the girls in Australia were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
If at first you don't succeed, give up, no use being a damn fool.
If at first you don't succeed, look in the trash for the instructions.
If at first you don't succeed, quit; don't be a nut about success.
If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
If at first you don't succeed, try a shorter bungee.
If blind people wear sunglasses, why don't deaf people wear earmuffs?
If everything seems to be going right, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
If god is inside us, then I hope he likes Fajita's, cause that's what he's getting.
If god is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining.
If homosexuality is a disease, can I call into work 'gay'?
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
If life gives you lemons, stick them down your shirt and make your boobs look bigger.
If oranges smell like chicken, why are tomatoes blue? Think about it!
If the early bird catches the worm, what about the worm?
If the opposite of pro is con, then what must be the opposite of progress?
If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me.
If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
If we don't protect freedom of speech, we will never know who the assholes are.
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
If you are going to walk on thin ice you might as well dance.
If you are not committing any sins, you are probably not having a lot of fun.
If you are willing to admit faults, you have one less fault to admit.
If you can see this, you're not blind, which is a very good start.
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.
If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed towards you.
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
If you choke a smurf, what color does it turn?
If you didn't get caught, did you really do it?
If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.
If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
If you put it off long enough, it might go away.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
If you try and don't succeed, cheat. Repeat until caught. Then lie.
If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.
If you're happy, you're successful.
If you're not having fun, then you're not doing it right.
Illegal drugs are the chlorine in the gene pool.
In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.
In a world without walls and fences who needs Windows and Gates?
In the dark I hold your hand, because in the light you look like a man.
It has recently been discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
It's better to be wanted for murder that not to be wanted at all.
It's better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are a fool than to open it and remove any lingering doubt.
It's like deja vu all over again.
It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.
It's people that give drinking a bad name.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself.
Learn from my parent's mistake. Don't have kids!
Learn from your parents' mistakes - use birth control.
Learning from your mistakes is smart, learning from the mistakes of others is wise.
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
Life exists for no known purpose.
Life is an open door. It can be closed at any time, so don't complain about the draught.
Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans.
Life's a bitch, and then you're reincarnated.
Life's a bleach and then you dye.
Linux: because rebooting is for adding new hardware.
Logic is in the eye of the logician.
Love is atemporary insanity curable by marriage.
Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.
Lunix... Because i'm better than you.
Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Man who stands on toilet is high on pot.
Marriage. An expensive way of getting your laundry done for free.
Married men live longer than single men, but they're a lot more willing to die.
Matrimony isn't a word, it's a sentence.
Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. 'No' is the answer.
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.
Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.
Money should be utilized as a tool. You just gotta know which nuts to screw.
Most people don't act stupid - it's the real thing.
Mother told me to be good, but she's been wrong before.
Never argue with a fool, they will lower you to their level and then beat you with experience.
Never buy a car you can't push.
Never call a man a fool. Borrow from him.
Never eat yellow snow.
Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose.
Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat.
Never interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake.
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
Never tell a lie unless it is absolutely convenient.
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Never underestimate the power of a small tactical nuclear weapon.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Never, ever make absolute, unconditional statements.
No good deed goes unpunished.
No life is totally wasted, one can always be a bad example.
No one dies a virgin, life screws them all.
No-one suspects the butterfly!
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
Not all men are fools... Some are bachelors.
Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.
Nothing will dispel enthusiasm like a small admission fee.
Of course there's no reason for it, it's just our policy.
Old age is nothing to worry about, except if you're a cheese.
Old soldiers never die. Young ones do.
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in.
One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.
Only dead fish go with the flow.
Only the winners decide what were war crimes.
Optimist: Someone without much experience.
People in cars cause accidents. Accidents in cars cause people.
Pretend to spank me - I'm a pseudo-masochist!
Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Quando omni flunkus moritati - when all else fails, play dead.
Rainbows are just to look at, not to really understand.
Reality is a nice place, but I wouldn't want to live there.
Reality is for people who can't handle drugs.
Rehab is for quitters.
Religion cannot be without morality, but morality may arrive without religion.
Roses are #FF0000, violets are #0000FF, all of my base are belong to you.
Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
Save water - take a bath with your neighbor's daughter.
Send lawyers, guns and money!
Sex is like air; it's not important unless you aren't getting any.
Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. Yes is the answer.
Sex on tv can't hurt unless you fall off.
Sleep: a completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.
Smile, it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.
Smith & wesson: the original point and click interface.
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
Software isn't released, it's allowed to escape.
Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
Some people wish to get what they deserve, while others fear the same.
Sometimes a majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
Sometimes the best helping hand you can give is a good, firm push.
Spelling is a lossed art.
Stop searching. Happiness is right next to you.
Support your local Search and Rescue unit. Get lost.
Sure, when... - oink flap oink flap - well I'll be darned!
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Take it easy, and if you get it easy take it twice.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.
The Killer Ducks are coming!
The Stock Market always does what you think it will, but rarely when.
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
The best things in life aren't things.
The chance of a piece of bread falling the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting.
The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing.
The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
The future will be better tomorrow.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
The only certain thing in life is death.
The only job you start at the top is digging a hole.
The only really decent thing to do behind a person's back is pat it.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.
The problem with the future is it turns into the present.
The repairman will never have seen a model quite like yours before.
The revolution will not be televised.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
The trouble with ignorance is that it picks up confidence as it goes along.
The truth is what is; what should be is a dirty lie.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
The web isn't better than sex, but sliced bread is in serious trouble.
There are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who don't.
There are no short cuts to any place worth going.
There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.
There are three types of people - those who can count and those who can't.
There are two types of people - those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.
There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole.
There is no time like the pleasant.
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
There's too much blood in my alcohol system.
They call it "pms" because "mad cow disease" was already taken.
They're only trying to make me LOOK paranoid!
Think much, Speak little, Write less.
This sentence contradicts itself -- no actually it doesn't.
This website may not be idiot proof, but at least it's dimwit resistant.
This will be a memorable month -- no matter how hard you try to forget.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
To err is human, to forgive highly unlikely.
To generalize is to be an idiot.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
Today is the first day of the rest of this mess.
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Today's children would be less spoiled if we could spank grandparents!
Tomorrow will be canceled due to lack of interest.
Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Too much of everything is just enough.
Tracers work both ways.
Trying is failing with honors.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
Unix is user friendly - it's just picky about it's friends.
Veni, Vidi, Velcro - I came, I saw, I stuck around.
Veni, vedi, visa. I came. I saw. I did a little shopping.
Viewer discretion may be advised, but it's never really expected.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.
Wasting time is an important part of living.
We all can't be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the sides and clap as they go by.
We found Jesus - he was behind the sofa all along.
We live in a society where pizza gets to your house before the police.
Welcome to Hell. Here's your copy of Windows ME.
Welcome what you can't avoid.
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
What the hell, go ahead and put all your eggs in one basket.
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.
When I am sad, I sing, and then the world is sad with me.
When I was young I was told that anyone could be president. Now I'm beginning to believe it.
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
When all else fails, admit i'm right and kiss my ass.
When blondes have more fun, do they know it?
When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
When in doubt empty the magazine.
When in doubt, do what the President does. Guess.
When in doubt, poke it with a stick.
When it's dark enough you can see the stars.
When someone points skyward, it's the fool that looks at the finger.
When the pin is pulled, Mr. grenade is not our friend.
When vultures fly, are they allowed carrion luggage?
When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut.
When you don't know what you are doing, do it neatly.
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
Which is worse: Ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares?
While having never invented a sin, I'm trying to perfect several.
Who are these kids and why are they calling me mom?
Why buy shampoo when real poo is still free.
Why do they use sterile needles for lethal injections?
Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
Wise people think all they say; fools say all they think.
With a rubber duck, you're never alone.
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.
Work harder: millions on welfare depend on you.
Work is the curse of the drinking class.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Worry is a misuse of the imagination.
Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you busy, but gets you nowhere.
You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
You can only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
You don't have to explain something you never said.
You will be a winner today. Pick a fight with a four-year-old.
You're driving a car. It isn't a telephone booth, a beauty parlor or a restaurant.
You're just jealous because the little voices only talk to me.
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.
Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with.

Natural leader skills

2007-05-07T02:35:00.000-07:00

http://web.tickle.com/tests/standard/leader_result.jsp

wow I am natural leader.

http://web.tickle.com/tests/esp/paidresult.jsp

Interesting!

Help Yourself

2007-04-24T03:52:00.000-07:00

1. Begin writing a list of issues you think might be affecting you in the area of your life that is experiencing some trouble.

2. Consider your scores on the core issues discussed in the "Issues impacting your subconscious" section. Did you score high on any that are affecting the challenging area of your life?

3. Choose one issue to focus on.

4. Bring the issue into your conscious mind in a variety of ways. Leave a note on your bathroom mirror to remind yourself; meditate on where the issue came from and how it impacts your life; talk about it with a friend or partner.

5. In a month or two, ask yourself how/if this issue is still impacting your life in that one area, and then consider whether it's been resolved in all areas of your life. If it still seems like the issue is affecting your well-being, you may want to enlist the help of a therapist. Once everything has shifted for the better, you may want to use the same techniques on other issues.

Finances
Health
Work
Sex
Love
Family
Personal growth
Frndship

Scientists Demonstrate Best Way To Use Caffeine

2007-04-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

Here is some useful news you can use. Morning "big gulp" coffee drinkers are misusing the power of caffeine. Researchers at the Sleep Disorders Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago along with colleagues at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have shown that caffeine is best admnistered in a larger number of smaller doses with the doses coming later in the day.

Chicago - People who take small amounts of caffeine regularly during the day may be able to avoid falling asleep and perform well on cognitive tests without affecting their nighttime sleep habits.

Researchers from Rush University Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have discovered that caffeine works by thwarting one of two interacting physiological systems that govern the human sleep-wake cycle. The researchers, who report their findings in the May issue of the journal SLEEP, propose a novel regimen, consisting of frequent low doses of caffeine, to help shift workers, medical residents, truck drivers, and others who need to stay awake get a bigger boost from their tea or coffee.

"I hate to say it, but most of the population is using caffeine the wrong way by drinking a few mugs of coffee or tea in the morning, or three cups from their Starbuck’s grande on the way to work. This means that caffeine levels in the brain will be falling as the day goes on. Unfortunately, the physiological process they need to counteract is not a major player until the latter half of the day," said James Wyatt, PhD, sleep researcher at Rush University Medical Center and lead author on the study.

Though many studies have measured caffeine’s sleep-averting effects, most do not take into account that sleep is governed by two opposing but interacting processes. The circadian system promotes sleep rhythmically—an internal clock releases melatonin and other hormones in a cyclical fashion. In contrast, the homeostatic system drives sleep appetitively—it builds the longer one is awake. If the two drives worked together, the drive for sleep would be overwhelming. As it turns out, they oppose one another.

Caffeine is thought to block the receptor for adenosine, a critical chemical messenger involved in the homeostatic drive for sleep. If that were true, then caffeine would be most effective if it were administered in parallel with growing pressure from the sleep homeostatic system, and also with accumulating adenosine.

To test their hypothesis, the scientists studied 16 male subjects in private suites, free of time cues, for 29 days. Instead of keeping to a 24-hour day, researchers scheduled the subjects to live on a 42.85–hour day (28.57-hour wake episodes), simulating the duration of extended wakefulness commonly encountered by doctors, and military and emergency services personnel. The extended day was also designed to disrupt the subjects’ circadian system while maximizing the effects of the homeostatic push for sleep.

Following a randomized, double-blind protocol, subjects received either one caffeine pill, containing 0.3 mg per kilogram of body weight, roughly the equivalent of two ounces of coffee, or an identical-looking placebo. They took the pills upon waking and then once every hour. The goal of the steady dosing was to progressively build up caffeine levels in a way that would coincide with—and ultimately, counteract—the progressive push of the homeostatic system, which grows stronger the longer a subject stays awake.

The strategy worked. Subjects who took the low-dose caffeine performed better on cognitive tests. They also exhibited fewer accidental sleep onsets, or microsleeps. EEG tests showed that placebo subjects were unintentionally asleep 1.57 percent of the time during the scheduled wake episodes, compared with 0.32 percent for those receiving caffeine. Despite their enhanced wakefulness, the caffeine-taking subjects reported feeling sleepier than their placebo counterparts, suggesting that the wake-promoting effects of caffeine do not replace the restorative effects gained through sleep.

Coffee, tea, and other caffeine-containing beverages are tools. Don't drink more than you need to and slow the rate of your drinking to spread it out. Keep in mind that once you reach the point where you don't need to maintain a high feeling of wakefulness that you should immediately stop drinking it. If you need something more powerful then consider Provigil (modafinil). My strongly felt advice is to stay away from methamphetamine or other amphetamines because they cause brain damage. I don't have any specific knowledge about toxic effects of caffeine or modafinil on neurons. But sleep deprivation is definitely harmful. A life lived with a constant need for anti-sleep stmulants is a life that is in need of some serious restructuring to allow for more sleep time.

Details from FuturePUndit

Lesbians will be able to produce kids

2007-04-15T04:27:00.000-07:00

hell wut is this world coming to.

Click here to read the article.

Test talk

2007-04-09T01:18:00.000-07:00

Cody, you're a Soother!

You're a Soother. When trouble strikes, you somehow seem to avoid being hit. Those around you may encounter crises, of course — which is when you launch into action. You're best at helping others ease their stress, offering a kind word or a well-timed "everything's going to be okay." You're a walking affirmation!

Of course, wearing a smile all the time can be exhausting. We're all only human, and stress happens to the best of us — including you. When you find yourself under stress, you may have to fight the tendency to shut off the phone, crawl under the blankets, and hide from the world. But it's worth it to show your true feelings, even when they're less than upbeat. Let the people you've nurtured in the past help you out in your time of need. You deserve the attention. And tomorrow is another day! So take it easy.

You worry most about Finances

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Cody, your career personality type is ESTJ

That means that based on the standard measure of personality traits, you have a quiet determination and sharp mind — you're very focused and buckle down when it comes to work. You are the type of person one looks to in a crisis. While others may provide emotional support in a situation, your clear and logical thinking allows you to solve the problem at hand.

You may be firm, but your actions are generally fair. You believe in putting in the work and don't expect favors to get ahead. Additionally, you want objective feedback to determine your success. You are a careful thinker and get all the details before making any decisions. You don't jump to conclusions and stick with the facts provided. In other words, you're the go-to person for the real story, not the spin or gossip. While others may sometimes see you as stubborn, they begrudgingly respect your ethics and straightforward approach.

The reason employers and recruiters might be on the lookout for you is that only about 12% of the U.S. population shares the unique characteristics of your personality type. Research shows that businesses succeed when employers create a good balance of personality types in the office. And since only 12% of the U.S. population shares your type, that means employers are looking for you.

But, to truly show employers what you have to offer, you need to understand a little more about traits that make up your type.

http://web.tickle.com/tests/classiccareer/paidresult.jsp?test=classiccareerogt

Cody, your confidence level is high

As a result, you may tend view yourself as a wonderful, lucky, or energized person. However you probably also have your days when you don't feel so hot. After all, you're only human. Because of your usual high level of self-acceptance and belief in yourself, you're generally open and accepting of others. People who come in contact with you likely appreciate this generous nature and may seek out your company.

Your intelligence seems to be the trait that you most value in yourself of the five main traits that affect confidence. You also seem to appreciate this characteristic in others.

Want to find out how you scored on the other four traits crucial to confidence?

http://web.tickle.com/tests/confidence/paidresult.jsp?c=42334&test=confidenceogt&where=paidresult&a_code=gRe3GBe1hBcqgJc8GRe3GJkzgRe6gbAvN8Esml1zgy00

***You Are Bart Simpson***

Very misunderstood, most people just dismiss you as "trouble."

Little do they know that you're wise and well accomplished beyond your years.

You will be remembered for: starring in your own TV show and saving the town from a comet

Your life philosophy: "I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again!"

Cody, your connection type is The Networker

There's no doubt about it: You like to be in the know, and you spend a lot of time checking in with friends and family to find out what they're up to. You're a networker in the most natural sense and probably are better at keeping other people in touch than they are. What is it about you? Your easy-going style, your sincere desire to hook up the people you like in your life? You're just someone who doesn't take relationships for granted. You're probably still in touch with the kids you met at camp years ago — and you plan on keeping the friends you have now forever.

You love hooking your friends up with one another, and your friends might tease you about your obsession with matchmaking — but they know when they need a place to crash in Chicago, or a lead on a cool new job for the summer, that you're the person who can really connect them with a place to stay, some free concert tix, a new friend, a new job...

Cody, you're driven by what's hot now

Talk about in the know. You're on top of the current trends, even if the current trends are throwbacks to days past. You know the latest lingo and can probably rattle off a list of movies that are currently showing in the theaters, as well as the latest "it" place to grab a bite after the show. Chances are, you pay attention to the news and current events, too. Basically, you're on top of your game. You can change with the times and are on to the next best thing before others even know what hit them.

So what's the perfect car companion, the vehicle to fit your hot lifestyle? Maybe it's the new Beetle or the Mini Cooper. Or maybe your interested eyes should be falling on the new breed of transforming trucks like the Chevy Avalanche. You could be riding with a new style before you know it!

The secrets of buying

2007-03-04T22:39:00.000-08:00

I’ve long considered myself a fantastic buyer. Notice I don’t say shopper - that alludes to a hobby or form of entertainment. To me, buying is serious business.

Even before I had any serious degree of financial success, many people assumed I was rich because of my material posessions. I guess most people could pull that off by maxing credit cards, but I was actually socking money away for later.

How do I do it? Read on…

The most important thing to remember is value. Sounds obvious, but nearly everyone ignores value on a daily basis. Value means that you’re getting the most for your money - not that you’re saving the most money necessarily. A Rolex at $1000 might be an incredible value, but a Timex could be a rip off at $150.

Ok, ok… you’re not an idiot. I get it. Moving on… I find that in general the best values can be found at the end of the spectrums. A $20 bicycle is probably a good value even if it sucks because at the improvement over not having a bicycle is huge. For example, I needed to hang some speakers a few hours ago. I went to Wal Mart and bought speaker mounts for $9 each. That’s dirt cheap. They’re not fancy, and they’re kind of annoying to set up, but it’s WAY better than not having speaker mounts.

At the other end of the spectrum is the super high quality. In many cases the MOST expensive item isn’t the highest quality, but the next cheapest or third cheapest is. In this range, there is so much attention to detail that you are likely buying something that is genuinely valuable. It has higher quality materials, more features, and better worksmanship. There is always a demand for these items, so they retain their value.

In the middle, is a lot of garbage. Usually a few steps up from the cheapest you’ll find something 10% better for twice the price. The reason is that they have a large marketing budget and they have to pass that cost on to you. Higher than that are the items that are posing as top tier items - they have the flash, but not that quality. Resale on these is usually awful, leaving them with poor value.

So, rule #1 - Always buy the Best or the Cheapest. I follow this rule religiously. Basically everything I own is either bought at Wal Mart or has been researched and ordered online.

Next, it’s extremely important to determine what is the best. It’s very common for companies to try to trick consumers by outpricing the actual best in class, or spend more money marketing. If you have two products, equal in price and one is marketed much more aggressively, it’s usually worse. Why? That marketing money has to come from somewhere.

For example, take Bose speakers. To people in the know, it’s common knowledge that they are not very high quality. No true audiophile would be caught dead with them in his home theater. However, most people perceive Bose as being the best because of their aggressive marketing. Have you ever heard of Outlaw audio? Probably not, but they are incredibly high quality products priced much cheaper than Bose. They do almost no advertising.

Another good example is high end blenders. There are really only two companies that produce them - BlendTec (also known as K-Tec) and Vitamix. Many people have heard of Vitamix, but few people know about BlendTec. Both are priced at the same level. For the most part, they are the same - they’re both very powerful and have the same high quality type of assembly. The difference is that the BlendTec is 3 horespower versus the Vitamix’s 2 horsepower, and the BlendTec has more advanced programming (although I think Vitamix may have caught up on that by now). Which would you rather have?

The best way to find out the best product in a category is by searching on the internet - specifically in forums. People in forums are totally crazy, and in many cases spend their entire lives researching to find out what the best of something is. Let them do the work for you.

Sometimes you’ll be surprised - the one you think is the best may actually be the best. For example, Rolexes really are superior watches. Before I lost it, I had one and I would take it to black tie events (if I went to any), as well as scuba diving and sky diving. Cartier, Tag Heuer, and many other competitors are more expensive or equally expensive, and are far inferior. However, if you did your research you’d also find out that Omega watches are on par with Rolex and come in styles that may be appealing to you.

Thus, rule #2 is Know what the Best is. I’m always interested in knowing what the best is, even if I’m not interested in that particular item.

How do you decide whether to buy the cheapest or the best? The goal is always to end up with the best - if you care. If you don’t care, then just buy the cheapest and save your money for the best of some other item. For instance, I don’t really care about vacuum cleaners, so I bought the cheapest bagless one. I’d like a Dyson or Kirby, but it’s not important enough for me to spend the extra several hundred dollars.

Sometimes you can’t afford the best, in which case you buy the cheapest to tide you over until you can. That way when you can upgrade, you don’t mind getting rid of the cheap one. If you spend more money you might be tempted to not upgrade.

Of course you also want to make sure that you’re getting the best price possible. Except on the cheap items, this will almost always be online. The best sites to look for deals are Fatwallet Forums and Ben’s Bargains. I probably get 50% of my purchases from there.

Always check ebay for a reference price. Make sure you pay attention to what things are actually being sold for. A completed auction for $300 means a lot more than an auction at $400 with no bidders. If this price is cheaper than you can find on Fatwallet or Ben’s Bargains, just buy there. If not, you know that you can always resell on ebay later if you change your mind about the product. A lot of people have the misconception that ebay is sketchy or that you are getting used or damaged products. The truth is that ebay is now, more than anything, an easy way for small businesses to make sales. 90% of what you buy will be brand new, and if it’s not, it will be labeled as such.

I also check Craigslist as well as Froogle. Froogle is Google’s price search engine. It takes a little getting used to, but you can find some great deals. For example, last night I wanted to buy a food dehydrator (the best one, the Excalibur 2900). Ebay showed me a price of around $210+ shipping. Other stores sold it at $210. I dug through Froogle a bit and found it for $185.

Rule #3 - Always pay the best price. Groundbreaking, right?

Actually, I then used one of my advanced tips to get the dehydrator even cheaper… but (you guessed it) those will come next time. For now I have to take a nap early so that I can go to a tea party. Also, I’m straight. Honest.

-Tynan

How to make it to top

2007-03-04T21:34:00.000-08:00

1. Identify the leaders

2. a. Shake things up ( do something unrealistic)
b. Take power

3. Cement your role.

Value, Price, and Cost

2007-03-04T21:11:00.000-08:00

The concept of Value vs. Price is one that I am inexplicably fascinated by. Maybe it’s the fact that most people ignore it entirely, or maybe it’s because following its principles virtually guarantees success in any area.

Most people do not understand the difference between value and price or, at the very least, greatly underestimate it.

So, what is the difference between value and price? Value is the benefit derived from an action, and price is the benefit lost by performing an action. What makes this such a profound concept is that every action has a value and a cost associated with it, and it is usually fairly easy to measure. Our unconscious minds are constantly evaluating the price and value of every possible choice, which ends up governing many of our actions.

Example #1 - Wealth
Take the purchase of a computer as an example. If you buy a computer for $1000, the price is simply $1000. But what’s the value? Let’s assume that you’re a writer, and you are replacing an old computer which has suddenly broken. You have a book due the next day, and will be penalized by $10,000 if you do not turn it in on that day (yes, I know this isn’t a realistic penalty). In this case, the value is about $10,000.

For me to buy that computer, however, the value is far less. I have several computers. I don’t use the computer that much anymore. The value isn’t $0, because I could potentially sell the computer (probably for less than $1000), with an additional price of my time. So the value may be $700 to me.

In this example, the decision of whether or not to buy a computer is obvious for both me and the writer. The writer should buy it, and I should not. The cost of an item is the net effect it has on us, after considering the price and value. For the writer the cost of the computer is -$9000, meaning that he is essentially gaining $9000 by completing the transaction. To me the cost is $300, meaning I am losing $300 by buying the computer.

An interesting phenomenon to note is that sales often don’t REALLY affect the cost of an item. For example, if there was a $200 off coupon for that computer, it wouldn’t change my decision to buy the computer or not. It obviously wouldn’t affect the writer either. The only possible effect it would have is to make us more likely to purchase that product AT THAT STORE, rather than at all. I see many people (I used to be very guilty of this) buying things with low price, but significant cost. Doing this is a sure path to financial scarcity.

Of course, price isn’t simply the number on the pricetag. What if the computer was for sale at $800 100 miles away, and $1000 2 miles away? A round trip drive to get the cheaper computer would take me 4 hours rather than a couple minutes. If four hours of my time (plus wear and tear on the car and gas) is worth less than the $200 difference in price, the writer should drive and get that cheaper computer.

This seems like a simple concept, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people (myself included) spend hours searching for a lower price on something which only ends up saving $20 or so. Often times dealhunting isn’t worth the cost.

Example #2 - Relationships
More interesting is this concept applied to non financial matters, because most people don’t even begin to consider it. Let’s take, for example, the choice of going out to clubsor staying in.

If I go out to a club, the intention is to meet women. I don’t drink, I don’t dance, and I don’t particularly relish the club atmosphere. Sometimes I’ll go downtown to hang out with friends, but that’s a different decision.

In any given night I might talk to 9 different women. Three groups of three. For me to be significantly interested in a girl, it takes time for me to get to know her (mainly because I’m picky and have a list of things which will disqualify her). I would estimate that I am seriously interested in one out of three hundred girls that I meet downtown.

If I’m interested in a girl and have a good opportunity to get to know her, I believe that she will be attracted to me almost 100% of the time. However, I’d say that getting a good opportunity to get to know a girl only happens around 40% of the time. The club atmosphere makes it difficult to get a good opportunity, but it is possible to increase that percentage to 100% with skill. In LA it was probably more like 70-80% for me when I was well practiced.

So let’s boil these numbers down. If I’m only able to attract 40% of the 300 girls necessary to find one I’m interested in, that’s 750 girls I must meet before finding one who I will be compatible with and will develop a relationship of sorts with. If I am meeting 9 girls per night, that means that it will take 84 nights out to “meet someone”.

On an average night, including driving and getting ready, I probably spend 5 hours to meet those 9 girls. That means that the price of meeting a girl is 420 hours of my time. That’s significant.

Of course, I do have fun when I go out and meet all those people. Some might become friends. I’m also going out with my friends and we joke around and have a good time. However, I would probably be doing something fun if I wasn’t going out as well, so those two effects can cancel each other.

What’s the value of beginning a relationship with a girl? It’s tough to say. If I had no other means of meeting a girl, I would probably go out religiously. The cost of NEVER having a girl is monumental, so I would be willing to spend the 420 hours of my time to meet that girl.

The reality, however, is that I do meet girls in other situations. Whole foods, friends of friends, and even through my blog. This is why I rarely go out anymore - the price I pay is simply not worth the value I receive.

Example #3 - Health
One last example is eating healthy. Eating raw food is expensive. I went to the grocery store last night and spent $150 buying 4-5 days worth of food. That’s probably about $7000 more per year than regular food would cost me. It’s also a pain. I can’t eat anything more than a plain salad at most restaurants. Some of the foods aren’t as tasty as conventional foods. That represents a significant price to pay for eating raw food.

What is the value of eating raw? For one, longevity. I believe that I will not only live for 10-20 years longer than the average person, but will be active and healthy for at least 10-20 additional years. I also need less sleep (to be determined by my break from Polyphasic sleep), which gives me more usable time. Let’s say that I go from 8 hours to 5.5 hours, which I feel is conservative. That’s 912.5 hours per year, or around 50 extra days. I also feel a lot better on a daily basis and look better thanks to lower bodyfat percentages and better skin.

For the sake of convenience (and because we don’t have years to make every decision), let’s cancel a few things out. Let’s say that the value of feeling and looking better is roughly equal to the cost of not being able to eat out, and not being able to eat tasty things like egg rolls.

The average lifespan is 75 in America, so let’s assume I will live to 90. I believe that’s very conservative. Since I am about 25 now, that means that I will be alive for another 65 years. At 50 extra days per year thanks to decreased sleep, that gives me an extra 3250 days of life, or almost 9 years.

The additional $7000 price of eating raw multiplied by my remaining 65 calendar years adds up to $455,000. That’s not insignificant.

So, when it all boils down to it, I am paying $455,000 for an extra 24 years of life, or $19,000 per year. To me that’s obviously worth it. To others it’s not. How about you?

Living Your Life
Living your life by the concept of Value vs. Price is essential. By constantly increasing the value of your habits, relationships, and posessions, you are constantly moving forward, and increasing your pool from which you are able to pay the price of new value. For example, with all my extra time, I can SPEND more time to gain more value.

Being a lawyer, to me anyway, would be the opposite. The value I would receive would be high (a high salary, power, prestige, etc.), but the price would be far too dear. Giving up my waking life for the majority of my productive years is not worth $100k, $200k, or even $1mil per year.

-Tynan

Thoughts

2007-03-04T05:25:00.000-08:00

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all

Capital isn't scarce; vision is

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose

stay hungry

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea

Laws

2007-02-20T17:30:00.001-08:00

1.Look at the things as they are, not as your emotions color them.

In strategy you must see your emotions responses to events as a kind of disease that must be remedied. Fear will make you overestimate your enemy and act too defensively. Anger and impatience will draw you into rash actions that will cut off your options. Overconfidence, particularly as a result of success, will make you go too far. Love and affection will blind you to the treacherous maneuvers of those apparently on your side. Even the subtlest gradation of these emotions can color the way you look at events. The only remedy is to be aware that the pull of emotion is inevitable, to notice it when it is happening, and to compensate for it. When you have success, be extra wary. When you are angry, take no action. When you are fearful, know you are going to exaggerate the dangers you face.

2. Judge People by thier action.

Most people estimate themselves what they can do while other people estimate you by your action. Actions speak louder than the words. Best record anyone can have is summary of their past. Most of the people have habit of following same pattern all their life.

3.Depend upon your own arms.

Any technology or any support may backfire or not work on right time. Be ready to carry out task with other sources or atleast have backup plans for what you do.

4.Don’t imply same strategy all the time.

Some people have habit of doing same thing again and again because it worked sometime. They fail to notice other objects which may give better results and end up in same zone. They also become predictable to their competitors and stop using their own mind. There may also be variance in situation you are applying certain type of strategy.

5. End goal should be peace not the war
End of every struggle should come to peace and joy. War is done for bringing peace not other way round. If you feel peace than you are on right track or you are going to butcher of someone hand.

6.Be strategist not tactician.

Tactics may fail but good strategy never fails. If you know your end goal and what is chain of steps, you are going to succeed but if you are tactician and your tactic backfire, you don’t have any option but to submit to circumstance.

7. Be warrior to own battles of life.

Without war human beings stagnate in comfort and affluence and lose capacity for great thoughts and feelings, they become cynical and subside into barbarism.

8.To dominate anything you require Power, Charisma, leadership and no shit attitude

Power

Power is a classical over dominating trait. If you see a very
powerful guy, it makes largely irrelevant what the rest of him is.
You see powerful men of all types

Push your shoulders as far back as you can, so that they're even tense.
Push your chest as far out as you can.
Suck your stomach in.
Tilt your head upwards - your chin should be slightly above
parallel to the ground.
Now take a deep breath... hold it...
...now exhale, and let your muscles relax and be not tense. Keep
your shoulders "back and broad", your chest pushed out, stomach in,
and head up.

Charisma.

Charisma is a classical over dominating trait. If you see a very
charismatic guy, it makes largely irrelevant what the rest of him
is. Even though he's only 5'6, Tom Cruise absolutely glows.

9. Never compromise your values.

Whenever you compromise, you suffer in long run.

10.Sex.

Sex = Mind + Physicality i.e. where Mind plays larger role than Physicality.

Why women can't forget thier first love

2007-02-03T19:01:00.000-08:00

There was this question by female friend of mine which really confused me. It was no matter how hard you try, you just can't forget your first love. I thought there has to be some scientific reason behind it and I landed up with this answer.

click on the title to read the article.

Oxytocin
Vasopressin

Books I want to buy

2007-01-28T08:54:00.000-08:00

1. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
2. Assholes finish first - Tucker Max
3. Dangerous Passion- David M. Buss
4. Gentleman: A Timeless Fashion - Bernhard Roetzel
5. Start late, Finish Rich - David Bach
6. Black Mass - John Gray
7. The Interloper- Robert Antoine Wilson
8. Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women- Jayne Ann Krentz
9. Manipulated man - Esther Vilar
10. No B.S. Time Management - Dan Kennedy
11. All the Money in the World: How The Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes--Peter Bernstein and Annalyn Swan
12. The present - Spencer Johnson
13. The ever Transcending spirits- Toru Sato
14. Bad Boys: How We Love Them, How to Live with Them, When to Leave Them- Carole Lieberman
15. Panasonic way
16. HOw to think like CEO
17. Tao Te Ching -Stephen Mitchell
18. The Story of My Life - Giacomo Casanova
19. The Joy of Sex -Alex Comfort
20. The Craft of the Warrior - Robert L. Spencer
21. How come that idiots rich - Robert Shamin
22. Never be boring again - Stevenson
23. Network magic - Rick Frishman and Jill lublin
24. Improvisation Inc - Robert Lowe
25. THe fantastic voyage - Ray Kurzweil
26. Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS --Steve Forbes
27. Millionare ounce - Mark Allen
28. Future Management - Gary Hamel
29. Winning through Intimidation - Ringer
30. Seven Years to Seven Figures - Michael Masterson
31. The alchemy of love and lust - Theresa L. Crenshaw
32. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game --Michael Lewis
33. The Soul of a New Machine-- Tracy Kidder.
34. Ideas that change the world
35. Cracking the millionare code
36. Sharper mind - Eric Jenson
37. Investment Biker -- Jim Rogers
38. Hot, Flat, and Crowded - Thomas Friedman
39. Pursuit of Happyness - Chris Gardner
40. The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between a Little Craziness and a Lot of Success in America -- John D. Gartner;
41. The Cult of the amateur - Andrew Keen
42. Road to success - Robert Keller
43. Top Grading - Brad Smart
44. McMafia - Misha Gleny
45. Stranger than fiction: True Stories - Chuck palahniuk
46. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
47. Jack: Straight From The Gut - Jack Welsh
48. Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, a Parody -- Fake Steve Jobs
49. Banglore tigers
50. G.D. Birla
51. The Twilight of Sovereignty -- Walter Wriston
52. Fascinating Womanhood - Helen Andelin
53. The Way the World Works -- Jude Wanniski
54. Bling Addiction: - Kylie Adams
55. Deadly Deceits - Ralph McGehee
56. One Small Step Can Change Your Life:The Kaizen Way - Robert Maurer.
57. The Four Agreements and The Mastery of Love - Don Miguel Ruiz.
58. The War of Art - Steven Pressfield.
59. The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World - Alan Greenspan
60. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
61. Wealth and Poverty--by George Gilder
62. Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction -- Thomas K. McCraw
63. On the Wealth of Nations -- P. J. O'Rourke;
64. Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike - Kenny Moore; Bill & Dave
65. Sex - Madonna
66. The Bonfire of the Vanities -- Tom Wolfe.
67. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- Benjamin Franklin;
68, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance --Ron Chernow
69, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression -- Amity Shlaes.
70. The New Normal: Great Opportunities in a Time of Great Risk -- Roger McNamee
71. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail -- Clayton Christensen
72. The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us -- Robyn Meredith;
73. Bull's Eye Investing: Targeting Real Returns in a Smoke and Mirrors Market -- John Mauldin
74. The Road to Serfdom -- Friedrich Hayek
75. Boomtown USA: The 7 1 / 2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns-- John M. Schultz;
76. The Intelligent Investor -- Benjamin Graham;
77. The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't --Kenneth L. Fisher;
78. The Elements of Style -- William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White;
79. How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets -- Andy Kessler
80. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle- Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything -- Guy Kawasaki
81. Hughes - Richard Hackman
82. In Search of Excellence: Lessons From America's Best-Run Companies -- Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman
83. It's Your Ship: Management Techniques From the Best Damn Ship in the Navy --Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
84. Speed of Trust - Stephen Covey
85. The Acts of the Apostles -- Luke;
86. The Purpose-Driven Church -- Rick Warren;
87. Move Ahead With Possibility Thinking -- Robert Schuller;
88. The Greatest Salesman in the World -- Og Mandino;
89. The Richest Man in Babylon -- George Clason;
90. What the dog saw -malcolm gladwell
91. Lords of the rings
92. The great indian novel.
93. Globality
94. Ecological intelligence-daniel goleman
95. Future of internet
96. Super freakonomics
97. The scam -debashis basu
98. The professional- subroto bagohi
99. Go Givers Sell More - Bob Burg

Books I have but to be read

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1.Ulysses - James joyce
2. Evolution of Desire - David Buss
3. Walmart- don soderquist
4. Fear it and do it anyways- Susan Jeffers
5. HOw to read person like a book - Gerald Nierenberg
6. Da vinci notebooks- Leonardo Da Vinci
7. the six value medals- edward de bono
8. how to have beautiful mind- edward de bono
9. Disney War - James B. Stewart
10. The Toyota Way - Jefferey K. Liker
11 Mcdonald - John F. Love
12. Why men can't listen and women can't read maps - Alan Flusser
13. HOw a man stays young
14. Genome - Matt Ridley
15. The tipping point - malcom gladwell
16. Unaccustomed Earth - Thampa Labizi
17. The Starbuck experience - Joseph a. Michelli
18. The selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
19. Comedy writing secrets - Melvin Helitzer
20. YOu can win - Shiv Khera
21. Donald Trump: The Art of the Deal
22. Why we want you to be rich - Donald Trump & Robert Kiyosaki
23. The power of subconsious mind -Dr. Joseph Murphy
24. HOw to make esp work for you - Harold Sherman
25. Super power memory - Harry Lorayne
26. Business @ speed of thought - Bill Gates
27. Secrets of attraction - Sandra Anne Taylor
28. 7 habits of effective people - Stephen R. Covey
29. Success in 30 days - A.P. Pereira
30. Talk and grow Rich - Ron Holland
31. 50 success classics
32. The magic of pscyhograms - helyn hitchcock
33. Ultra Psychonics delaney
34. It takes one minute to change your life - Delaney
35. Hypnosis for change
36. The new leader - Daniel Goleman
37. The social Intelligence - Daniel Goleman
38. How to read better and faster - Norman Lewis
39. Deception Point - Dan Brown
40. War - Robert Greene
41. Sexual Palmistry - Nathaniel Altman
42. Think and grow rich - Napolean Hill
43. The automatic millionare - David Bach
44. Optimal Thinking - Rosalene Glickman
45. Awaken the giant with in - Anthony Robbins
46. It's Not about the bike - Lance Armstrong
47. Mind your manners - John Mole
48. Mexican American folklore - JOhn West
49. Stratergic Management - Robinson & Pearse
50. Vital Factors - Lee Frochheiser
51. How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie
52. Nestle
53. Crime Busters - Angus Hall
54. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress- Free Productivity - David Allen
55. Finding the next starbucks - Michael Moe
56. How to talk to anyone - Leil Lowdes
57. Point and figure charting - Heinrich weber
58. Fedex Delivers - Madan Birla
59. What you don't know may be killing you - Don Colbert
60. The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rvshdie
61. Women's best kept secret - Dawn Yanek
62. Art of closing the sale - Brian Tracy
63. Executive success - Rodale center for executive development
64. The 10 second kiss - Ellen Kreidman
65. 52 ways to live success - Jeanne Sharbuno
66. Your Unlimited potential - Roxanne Louise
67. Power of 5 - Robert Kooper
68. Meeting the shadow- Connie Zweiy
69. The complete I Ching - Alfred Huang
70. HOw to argue and win everytime - Gerry Spence
71. Inspiration - Dr. Wayne Dyer
72. The mind of stratergist - Kenichi Ohmae
73 The art of war - Nicolo` Machiavelli
74. how to get what you want from almost anybody - T. Scott Gross
75. HOw to win any negotication - Roberty Mayer
76. Philosophy - Ayn Rand
77. the quick and easy way to effective speaking - dale carnegie
78. The sigma six way - Peter Pande, Roland Cavanagh
79. Microtrends - Mark Penn
80. How you can be more interesting - Edward De Bono
81. Screw it, Let's Do it - Richard Branson
82. How To Grow Fresh Air - B.C. Wolverton
83. Everything you want to know about investing - Kotak and CNBC
84. Secrets of Millionare Mind - T. Harv Eker
85. Net success - Christina Ford Haylock
86. Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
87. Blue ocean stratergy- W.Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
88. World is flat - Thomas Friedman
89. Every second counts - lance Armstrong
90. The world is flat - Thomas Friedman
91. E- myth mastery - Michael E. Gerber
92. Lean Solutions - James P. Womack
93. Kellogs
94. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
95. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don't -- Jim Collins
96. Built to Last - Jim Collins
97. Silent Power - Stuart Wilde
98. Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
99. 4 hour workweek - Timothy Ferris
100.The Afghan - Frederick Forsyth
101. Execution - Larry Bossidy
102. How to sell anything to anybody - Joe Girard

Rich dad poor dad series

1. cashflow qudrant
2. Prophecy
3. loop holes of the rich
4. guide to investing
5. retire young and retire rich

My small library

2007-01-28T08:40:00.002-08:00

1. You can negotiate - Herb cohen
2. Iwoz - Steve Wozniak
3. We are like that only - Rama Bijapurkar
4. The house of Klein - Lisa Marsh
5. How to be a teenage millionare - James Moore
6. The art of deception - Kevin Mitnick
7. Anyone you want me to be - John Douglas
8. Digital fortress - Dan Brown
9. Crimes and criminal -
10. Worlds greatest secret
11. Wings of fire - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
12. how dell does it- steven hoizner
13. Harry Potter and prisoner of azkaban
14. Unofficial guide to ethical hacking - ankit fadia
15. the ethical guide to corporate security - ankit fadia
16. network security - ankit fadia
17. mobine hacking - ankit fadia
18. Hacking exposed 3rd edition- stuart mcclure
19. Emotional intelligence - Daniel goleman
20. working with emotional intelligence - daniel goleman
21. vital lies simple truth - daniel goleman
22. The game - Neil strauss
23. 48 laws of power - robert greene
24. laws of seduction - robert greene
25. seduce( 100 tips to arouse)
26. Eureka - Willian Diehl
27. Harry potter and goblet of fire
29. The perfect store (ebay) - Adam Cohen
30. It's my life - Harsh Bharwani
31. Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
32. 11 minutes - Paulo Coelho
33. State of Fear - Michael Crishton
34. Da Vinci Decoded - Michael J. Gelb
35. How to think like Leonardo Da Vinci - Michael J. Gelb (borrowed by Satyendra [vishal])
36. The rules- Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider
37. Jesus Lived in India - HOlger Kersten
38. Everyone worth knowing - Lauren Weisberger
39. Diary - Chuck palahniuk
40. Fight Club - Chuck palahniuk
41. Lullaby - Chuck palahniuk
42. Choke - CHuck palahniuk
43. Invisible Monsters - CHuck palahniuk
44. Haunted- Chuck palahniuk
45. Rant - Chuck palahniuk
46. Alexander book 2: Valerio Massimo manfredi
47. Alexander book 3: Valerio Massimo manfredi
48. Atlas shtrugged - Ayn Road
49. The cracking codebook - Simon Singh
50. It happenned in India - Kishore Biyani
51. Chasing Harry Winston - Lauren Weisberger
52. The 3 mistakes of my life - Chetal Bhagat
53. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
54. Clash of Titans - Richard Hackman
55. Freakonomics - Seven D. Levitt & Sephen J. Dubner
56. We the living- Ayn Rand
57. The road ahead - Bill Gates
58. Fermat's Last Theorem - Simon Singh
59. The google - David A. Vise
60. the apple way - jeffery l. cruikshank
61. Cold Steel - Tim Bouquet & Byron Ouser
62. HP way - David Packard
63. Fashion Brands - Mark Tungate
64. Sony - John Nathan
65. The romance of Tata Steel - R.M. Lala
66. Losing my virginity - Richard Branson
67. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist - Roger Lowenstein
68. Business Stripped Bare - Richard Branson
69. Angels And Demon - Dan Brown
70. Deception point - Dan brown
71. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
72. Driven from within - Michael Jordan
73. Albert Einstein - Alice Calaprice & Daniel T. Jones
74. Napoleon - Emil Ludwig
75. The lost symbol - Dan Brown
76. Third Wave - Irvin Toffler
77. BPO Sutra
78. Don't lose your mind Lose your weight - Rujuta Diwekar
79. Dreams from my Fathers - Barack Obama
80. Sex Sells - Rodger Streitmatter
81. . The warren buffet way - Robert G. Hagstorm
82. Emergency - Neil Strauss
83. Coca Cola - Frederick L. Allen
84. Banish your belly - Men's Health
85. The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
86. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
87. Picture perfect weight loss - Dr. shapiro
88.

Cut Down Comparison

2007-01-06T21:43:00.001-08:00

Have you ever found yourself at an industry event and suddenly you are comparing yourself to everyone else in the room?

You know. You get a bunch of people together who are in the same field (actors, writers, real estate agents, marketers, coaches, fitness people - doesn't matter) and all of a sudden people have a lot of awareness on who's 'made it' and who 'hasn't'.

Thoughts like "I wish I was successful as she is." or "His career is really soaring and I'm still stuck in nowhere land." can run rampant.

Here's the problem. Comparison is a KILLER of your well being and productivity.

While it's normal to compare, if you don't become aware of it - you can waste loads of time and energy comparing yourself to others and not getting anything of YOUR OWN done.

You'll also leave industry events feeling somehow 'less than' or 'drained' without knowing exactly why.

Here's the truth. There are over 6.5 billion people on planet earth. There is only ONE YOU in the entire universe. No one is better or worse than you -nor are they 'ahead' or 'behind' you. We've each got our own little journey called our life and our own unique gifts to share with the world.

There's no one right way to live or one route to success. Your path and timeline is as wonderful and glorious as the next guys (or gals!).

Furthermore, since no two things can occupy the same space at the same time, when you are locked in comparison mode - that's all you can be doing. You cannot be creating, producing, sharing or enjoying.

If you chronically compare, don't worry. All it takes to kick the habit is a little awareness.

So remember. Next time you're about to place yourself in the imaginary hierarchy of life, cut it out. Preserve your well-being and simply live YOUR life. It's much easier to appreciate and enjoy what others do when you don't compare yourself to them.
-Marie Forleo

What are you NOT saying?

2007-01-06T21:23:00.000-08:00

Do you withhold communications? Do you have things to say to people but simply don't?

Do you tell little white lies to keep the peace, or look the other way when you notice something 'slightly' dishonest is happening?

If the answer to any of the above is 'yes' - you're not alone. A study by Dr. Micheal Lewis states that "In a single day, most of us lie a minimum of 25 times."

While 25 times may seem like a high number, when we take a closer look, he's probably in the right ballpark.

For example:

1. If your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend asks you "What's wrong?" do you quickly reply "Nothing," but have a laundry list of things you could speak about?

2. If people ask you how you are doing, do you answer "Great!" even when you may be feeling a little off or have something you'd like to talk about?

3. Do you hold back from having difficult conversations for fear of what the other person's reaction may be - even though you KNOW you need to say something?

Like it or not, these are all forms of lying and have a deadly effect on your aliveness, productivity and ability to make money.

Every time you lie or withhold a communication, it's as though you are pro-actively killing off your life force. Symptoms include growing grumpy, less clear, sick, tired and overwhelmed.

Don't get suckered in by the idea of 'white lies' or 'little' untruths. There's no such thing!

Now that you know how important what you're NOT saying is, do you need help finding the right way to say it best?

right questions

2007-01-06T21:20:00.001-08:00

Are You Asking Yourself The Wrong Questions?

If you’ve ever found yourself upset, overwhelmed or in a funk and had trouble trying to ‘reason’ yourself out of it, then this article is written especially for you.

In fact, when life gets a little wonky, most people have trouble quickly getting over it because they ask the wrong questions. They use ‘why’ questions to try and figure out the upset – as though the logic based mind can reason itself out of an emotional and energetic state of being.

That approach is as effective as politely asking an untrained dog to stop peeing on the living room floor. Wrong approach = poor results.

Here’s some common ‘why’ questions that typically lead to the land of nowhere: Why do I always get angry? Why didn’t he call? Why am I so frustrated at work?

Here’s a fact: If you want to quickly regain your center so you can have great relationships, make more money and enjoy your life - forget about ‘why’ and start asking ‘what’.

‘What’ questions pull you into the moment and interrupt your well-conditioned logic system. They help you bypass the analyzing mind and compel you to observe. By neutrally observing what’s actually happening, you can dissolve your upset or funk.

Here are 3 WHAT questions to get you started.

1. “WHAT am I experiencing right now?”

Describe the actual sensation. Where is it located in your body? How big is it? Does it have a color associated with it? If it were a number from 1-10, 10 being the extreme, what number would it be. Here’s a hint: Pretend you are a scientist looking at an experiment and simply notate your discoveries. (Important: I said notate – not judge!)

2. “WHAT am I engaging in at this moment?”

Are you stewing in your mind about how overwhelmed you are OR are you actually getting something done? Remember, no two things can occupy the same mind at the same time. You’re either complaining or you’re producing. This is one the easiest ways to get yourself back on track.

3. “WHAT are my thoughts saying?"

Notice your thoughts instead of personalizing them. Say, “Hmmm…isn’t that interesting.” In my book, Make Every Man Want You, I have an entire chapter devoted to the fact that you have a mind, but you are NOT your mind, so I won’t get into that here. But once you get that your thoughts are not you, and not necessarily true, you can easily unwire upsets and funks by learning to non-judgmentally observe them.

Now here’s another great ‘what’ question to ask yourself: WHAT would you accomplish in your business – and life - if you discovered how to quickly dissolve every upset or frustration that comes along?

WHAT would your life look like without any drama at all?

If you really want to find out, then sign up for private coaching before my January 23 rate increase. Note: Only contact me if you are SERIOUS about having your life transform. If you are committed to whining, complaining or victimization – please go elsewhere.

Racism

2007-01-06T21:10:00.001-08:00

The following scene took place on a BA flight between Johannesburg and London.
A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a Black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess.
"Madam, what is the matter," the Hostess asked."You obviously do not see it then?" she responded.

"You placed me next to a Black man.I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group.Give me an alternative seat."
"Be calm please, " the Hostess replied.

"Almost all the places on this flight are taken.I will go to see if another seat is available."

The Hostess went away and then came back a few minutes later.
"Madam, just as I thought, there are no other available seats in the Economy class.I spoke to the Captain and he informed me that there is also no seats in the Business class. All the same, we still have one seat in the First class."

Before the woman could say anything, the Hostess continued: "It is not usual for our company to permit someone from
the Economy class to sit in the First class.However, given the circumstances,the Captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting."

She turned to the Black guy, and said,"Therefore, Sir,if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage,
a seat awaits you in First class."
At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded.

Beautiful thoughts

2007-01-06T20:58:00.000-08:00

1. my belief is follow the end of rainbow, u will reach atleast somewhere

2.In God we trust; all others must pay cash

3.The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

4.He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals

5.The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance

6.Women can survive without men. All they need is two best friends, one to gossip to and the other to gossip about

7.People can make decisions based not on what they actually want to do, but on what they think that other people want to do, with the result that everybody decides to do something that nobody really wants to do, but only what they thought that everybody else wanted to do.

8.Change your thoughts to change your actions.
Change your actions to change your habits.
Change your habits to change your character.
Change your character and you change your destiny

9.Everything is biased. If you disagree with me, it is due to a bias of your own self

10.Life is a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.

11.Now there sits a man with an open mind. You can feel the draft from
here. - Groucho Marx

12.I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do
nothing. - Johnny Carson

13.To be loved, you have to be nice to others every day. To be hated,
you don't have to do squat. - Homer Simpson

14.My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be
happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates

15.As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

16. All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner

New Year Code

2007-01-01T01:17:00.000-08:00

1 - I will develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways.
2 - I will forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements.
3 - I will always be in a positive frame of mind and convey this feeling to every person that I meet.
4 - I will continually work at developing love, happiness and loyalty in my family and acknowledge that no other success can compensate for failure in the home.
5 - I will look for the good in all people and make them feel worthwhile.
6 - If I have nothing good to say about a person, I will say nothing.
7 - I will give so much time to the improvement of myself that I will have no time to criticize others.
8 - I will always be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
9 - I will maintain an attitude of open-mindedness toward another person's viewpoint while still holding fast to that which I know to be true and honest.
10 - I will start relationships with all the females I like this year.
11 - I will always remain loyal to God, family and my friends.
12 - I will remain highly goal-oriented throughout my life because that positive attitude helps my family and myself

Higher Degree of GK

2006-12-30T18:11:00.000-08:00

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?

Google is written in Asynchronous java-script and XML, or its acronym Ajax

2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?
Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?
All Day I Dream About Sports

4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?
Satellite Television Asian Region

5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"
Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India

6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?
A bakers dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a normal
dozen

7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot-
India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?
That match was abandoned after ppl heard the news of indira gandhi
being killed.

8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two
different countries?
Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different
countries one is our s National anthem and another one is for Bangladesh- ( Amar Sonar Bangla)

9. From what four word ex-pression does the word `goodbye` derive?
Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: God be with you.

10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
MOther Teresa

11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?
South Korea

12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?
Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR , as it was
known during the cold war

13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever . Which cricketer played
for South Africa before it was banned from international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?
Geoffrey Boycott

14. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln

15. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only
one country (other than Vatican )?
Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa

16. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?
Polo

About Myself from tests

2006-12-25T02:34:00.000-08:00

You've got something to say, and nothing feels better than letting the world hear it, whethis that means you're into singing, writing, designing — or you're just the kind of man who's not afraid to share his opinion on the issues that matter most to his. Why should you try to blend?

You're a bold individual who definitely gets a kick out of standing out from the crowd. Sure, you might sometimes shock your friends with your loud-n-proud statements, but you know they are often impressed by your courage to show off who you really are. As for you, thise's nothing better than the rush you get from being true to yourself and the causes you believe most deeply in.

Oooh, you're smooth! The rock star part of you is all charm, and all Chris Isaak. That slow smile and sensual nature are absolutely intoxicating, especially to the ladies. They can't get enough of you and that dreamy smile. Maybe it's because you and Chris tap into every girl's fantasy of smooching at the soda shop with James Dean after school. Then again it could also be your perfect balance of cool-guy-about-town and the sensitive boyfriend you could bring home to Mom. Either way, you're a heartthrob who's put style, talent, and innate charm to work for him. Congratulations, you're dreamy. Show off your inner Isaak.

90/10 Principle -Stephen Covey

2006-12-20T22:50:00.000-08:00

Have you read this before?

Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life

(at least the way you react to situations).

What is this principle?

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean?

We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.

How! ? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light., but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.

Let's use an example.

You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just what happened. What happens when the next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over.
She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work.

! You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school.

Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?

A) Did the coffee cause it?

B) Did your daughter cause it?

C) Did the policeman cause it?

D) Did you cause it?

The answer is "D".

You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in t! hose 5 seconds is what caused your

bad day. Here is what could have and should have happened.

Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, "It's ok honey, you just need, to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference?

Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.

Why? Because of how you REACTED.

You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.

If someone s! ays something negative about you, don't be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass.

You don't have to let the negative comment affect you!
React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.

How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic?

Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel?

A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off
Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds

later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive?
Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.

You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job. The plane is late;

it is going to mangle your sc! hedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight atten dant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger.

Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.

Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it.

The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle.

The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache.

We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.

It CAN change your life!!!

STDS

2006-12-04T20:52:00.000-08:00

I have been worried about this topic for a while and finally foudn the solution on this link.

It can be considered continous post of Aids

STD

Aids reality

2006-11-29T04:14:00.000-08:00

The purpose of sending this mail to U is to be aware of the nonsense stuff from the net, don’t panic if you find a Needle in the Theatre orsome threatening note of infection.

Dear Friends!!!
Its good to be well informed about HIV. There was a story on junk somedays back where it is said that a boy got infected by HIV virus by eating pani-puri. And there have also been rumors where people are affectedby the HIV virus when they got pricked by an HIV infected needle intheaters which is rubbish.

Please read following points carefully & don't send emails related to Medical ailments without having complete knowledge about it (even partial knowledge could be grossly dangerous).

* HIV (virus) requires *ONLY* *Blood or Semen* as medium to transmitfrom one body to another.

* HIV *can not* transmit even through *Saliva*(mucous) i.e. even ifHIV-infected patient coughs or smooches and another person is exposedto his sputum (cough) or saliva, the virus still can not transmitbecause concentration of virus particles in sputum is almost NIL & exposure to air anyway kills virus in fraction of seconds.

* In case an HIV-infected person gets an injury (like the cut inbelow mentioned story) and he is bleeding, the virus can transmit toanother person only if another person has a cut/wound in his body & that too when blood from both person comes in contact with each other* (this is also very very rare unless bleeding is very high) and not otherwise.

* HIV can *never survive in any other liquid* medium also other thanblood or semen (& please for God sake ... never in Pani Puri wala pani)

* Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone(ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus can not survive in the acidic pH of stomach*. Highest extent of acidity is 0 (practically notpossible) so imagine 1 as pH which is in our stomach. (This pH can burnyour own finger in less than a second if you dip in that acid).

* Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus*(hencestory of needle pricks in Cinema theatres is a crap). Even if blood from a wound (of infected person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virus dies*and can not infect anyone else

* HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e.entrance of virus inone's body. It *DOES NOT MEAN AIDS*.

* An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to a condition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS *(not in 15 days as in thePani Puri story)*

It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* .....the virus attacks immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) and hence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as simple as TB

* Most importantly, HIV is no longer a dreadful disease ... it is"*CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*" just like Diabetes or Hypertension.

* If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is Unsafe sex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) /Blood donation(use sterilized needles only) and any *blood contact during an accident*or so where amount of bleeding is very high.

PLZ O PLZ spread this message to avoid rumors and to educate people.

Security

2006-11-27T04:35:00.000-08:00

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse.For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber,the police will be immediately dispatched to help you.This information was recently broadcasted on TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists.

Homo sapiens vs bonobos

2006-11-23T08:14:00.000-08:00

I have found some interesting information about the Bonobos, our closest cousins. I felt like sharing this information. Biologically speaking, Bonobos are the closest you can get to being human, without actually being a human.

We share Bonobos seem to resolve a lot of their conflicts with sexual behaviour. When two Bonobos have a fight, they make up with a sexual reconciliation. This is usual for the Bonobos species. There is a lot of sexual activity going on that has more SOCIAL meaning than reproductive meaning. Sex in Bonobo society transcends reproduction, as it does in humans. It serves as a way of bonding, exchanging energy and sharing pleasure.

The split between the human line of ancestry and the Bonobo line is believed to have occurred a mere eight million years ago. If this evolutionary scenario of ecological continuity is true, the Bonobo may have undergone less transformation humans.

98.4% of the same genetic make-up, DNA. Bonobos seem to resolve a lot of their conflicts with sexual behaviour. When two Bonobos have a fight, they make up with a sexual reconciliation. This is usual for the Bonobos species. There is a lot of sexual activity going on that has more SOCIAL meaning than reproductive meaning. Sex in Bonobo society transcends reproduction, as it does in humans. It serves as a way of bonding, exchanging energy and sharing pleasure.

Bonobos become sexually aroused remarkably easily, and they express this excitement in a variety of mounting positions and genital contacts.
Observers at the Belgian animal park of Planckendael, which currently has the most naturalistic Bonobo colony, reported interesting findings. If a male Bonobo tried to harass a female, all females would band together to chase him off. LOL

Because females appeared more successful in dominating males when they were together than on their own, their close association and frequent genital rubbing may represent an alliance. Females may bond so as to outcompete members of the individually stronger sex.

I still see some similar behaviour.
Any thoughts?

Man calls

2006-11-18T21:13:00.000-08:00

As i have said earlier and I repeat again! Work SMART not HARD

After 48 years of marriage, an elderly Sindhi man in Bombay callsis son inNew York and says, "I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you thatyour mother and I are getting a divorce; 45 years of misery is enough!""Dad, what are you talking about?" the son screams."We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says."We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you callyour sister in Hong Kong and tell her!"Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heckthey're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this." She callsBombay immediately, and screams at the old man, "You are not gettingdivorced.Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, andwe'll both be there tomorrow.Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??" and she hangs up.The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay", he says,"It's all set. They're both coming for Diwali and paying their own airfare!!

You've got to find what you love

2006-10-29T02:41:00.000-08:00

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

TEN REASONS MEN DON'T COMMIT

2006-10-26T08:57:00.000-07:00

Reason 1: Men can get sex without marriage more easily than in times past. The men reported that meeting women is easy: at bars, through friends, at work, and on the Internet. Though men want to become friends with a woman before becoming seriously involved, casual sex, they said, is easy to come by.

Reason 2: Men can enjoy the benefits of having a wife by cohabiting rather than marrying. Men think living together is a good way to test out a marriage prospect. They also view living together as less risky than marriage. At the same time, the men in the study like the convenience of having a regular sex partner. And several said they appreciate the domestic benefits of cohabitation, and the ability to share expenses, but thought marriage unnecessary at this point in life.

Reason 3: Men want to avoid divorce and its financial risks. Men feel that their financial assets are better protected if they cohabit rather than marry. They also fear that an ex-wife will take financial advantage during settlement proceedings.

Reason 4: Men want to wait until they are older to have children. Although men understand that women worry about their biological clocks, they say they don't have to. And they don't want to be pressured into marriage by women who want marriage in order to have children.

Reason 5: Men fear that marriage will require too many changes and compromises. The men savor their freedom to enjoy hobbies, late nights out and freedom from extra financial burdens. They want to postpone absorbing extra responsibilities until they are on extra-solid footing in a number of areas.

Reason 6: Men are waiting for the perfect soul mate and she hasn't yet appeared. A soul mate, the men said, is a woman who accepts them just as they are and won't try to change them. The men said they don't want to settle for second-best. In some cases, the men even said they were living with a woman who was their version of a second-best partner. These men are continuing to hunt for the perfect soul mate.

Reason 7: Men face few social pressures to marry. Today's young men encounter few traditional pressures from religion, employers or society to marry. Some said they have been mildly teased from parents who want grandchildren, but most of the men said their parents are willing to help support them -- and even allow them to move back home -- until they are ready to marry.

Reason 8: Men are reluctant to marry a woman who already has children. Men said they feel badly if they establish a relationship with the children of a woman and then break up with the mother. They also want to avoid competition and conflict with the children's biological father. One man says that it is easier to date a woman with children if the father is entirely out of the picture.

Reason 9: They want to own a house before they get a wife. Men want to be financially "set" before they marry. For many men, this means home ownership should come before marriage. Most of the men interviewed are living with a parent, relative, roommates or girlfriends.

Reason 10: Men want to enjoy a single life as long as they can. Men fear losing their solitary pleasures by marrying, the study found. And they become accustomed to their own space and routines. They enjoy the freedom of not having to be responsible to anyone else.

Cold Read 10 - DREAMS

2006-10-20T03:57:00.000-07:00

Dreaming serves as a channel for thoughts and impulses we repress during the day. Every dream is connected with your own "reality" and no other person can have your background, your emotions, or your experiences. It provides you with insight into ourselves and a means for self-exploration.

Animal:
To see animals in your dream, represents your own physical characteristic, primitive desires, and sexual nature, depending on the qualities of the particular animal. Animals symbolizes the untamed and uncivilized aspects of yourself. Thus, to dream that you are fighting with an animal signifies a hidden part of yourself that you are trying to reject and push back into your subconscious.

Nude:
Becoming uncomfortable or shameful at the realization that you are walking around naked in public, is a reflection of your vulnerability. You may be hiding something and are afraid that others can see right through you. Normally clothes are a means of concealment. With clothes, you can hide your identity or be someone else. But without them, everything is hanging out for all to see and you are left without any defenses. You fear that people will see through your true self and you will be exposed as a fraud or a phony. On the other hand, when you realize that you are naked in your dream, but everyone else in the dream is going about their business without giving a second look at your nakedness, indicates your desire to get noticed.

Chased:
Chase dreams often come from feelings of anxiety and pressure in real life. Running is an instinctive response to physical threats in our environment. Often in these dream scenarios, you are being pursued by some attacker and are running away, hiding, or trying to outwit your pursuer. Chase dreams may represent your way of coping with fears, stress or various situations in your waking life. Instead of confronting the situation, you are running away and avoiding it. The pursuer or attacker, who is chasing you in your dream, may also represent a part of yourself as your own feelings of anger, jealousy, fear, and possibly love, which is a threatening figure for yourself, so you project these feelings onto the unknown chaser.

Flying:
Flying dreams fall under a category of dreams where you become aware that you are dreaming, known as lucid dreaming. If you are flying with ease and enjoying the scene and landscape below, then it suggests that you are on top of a situation. You have risen above something. It may also mean that you have gained a different perspective on things. Flying dreams and the ability to control your flight is representative of your own personal sense of power. Having difficulties staying in flight indicates a lack of power in controlling your own circumstances. If you are feeling fear when you are flying or that you feel that you are flying too high, then it suggests that you are afraid of challenges and of success.

Cold Read 9: Eyes Color

2006-10-20T03:52:00.000-07:00

Green Eyes-

Sex Addicts!!!People with green eyes have the most passion put into relationships, they have long lasting relationships. People with green eyes are also the horniest. They long for the touch of another.People with green eyes are very sexy and very attracted towards the opposite sex. You will meet the person you're going to spend the rest of your life with if you repost this

-Blue Eyes-

People with blue eyes last the longest in relationships. They are kind, pretty HOTTTTT or handsome & very good kissers. They always fall in love with their closest friends and never understand why, they are very funny and outgoing and don't care what people think or say. They are very satisfying and love to please. They can EXCEED your pleasure standards. The best of all. If you repost this and you have blue eyes you will have the best kiss sometime in the next 4 days.

-Hazel eyes-

People with hazel eyes are GORGEOUS SEXY and go out all the time. They have the most unusual relationships. They're awesome at diversity and trying new things and very rarely will say no to ANY challenge. They are also the best in bed and love to play games, they are very out going and they are sexy as hell and they are NOT nice when they are mad . If you have hazel eyes and repost this you will learn your new favorite technique of catching someone special

-Brown eyes-

STRAIGHT UP PIMPS!!!!!Sexy as hell,people with brown eyes are very attractive, adorable, love to make new friends. Will do anything for that special person. Kind and polite Can make anyone laugh or cheer them up. Best in bed can last for days.....way better than hazel eyed people.....Loves to please the one they care or love for,very good kissers, are straight up WARRIORS, not one to fuck with.

facts about india

2006-10-20T01:43:00.000-07:00

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC.
More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60
subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century CE was
one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the
most suitable language for the computer software a report in Forbes
magazine, July 1987.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years
ago.Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.

Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of
development, India was the richest country on earth until the time
of British in the early 17th Century. Cristopher Columbus was attracted
by her wealth. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and other "raiders" couldn't
keep their hands off it. It was known as the land of "milk and honey".

The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago.
The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAV Gatih.The
word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the
sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by
earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.

The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained
the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He
discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic
equations were propounded by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The
largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas
Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with
specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even
today, the largest used number is Tera: 10**12(10 to the power of 12).

Hindus had the largest measure of time, called kalpa, which is the
time between the birth and the ultimate collapse of the universe. This
measure comes close to the currently accepted life-span, according
to the pulsating theory of the known universe, which is around 25 billion years.

According to the Geological Institute of America, up until 1896,
India was the only source for diamonds to the world.

USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in
the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless
communication was Prof Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a
beautiful lake aptly called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on the hills
of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health
scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like
cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and
seven plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well
known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipments were used. Deep
knowledge of anatomy physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion,
metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years
ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus
Valley Civilization)

The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA

Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us
how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could
have been made.

Mark Twain said: India is, the cradle of the human race, the
birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother
of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable
and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up
in India only.

French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on the
face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from
the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries
without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

History Might Just Repeat Itself...

General Knowledge

2006-10-18T03:45:00.000-07:00

1) Longest English Word:
Praetertranssubstan tiationalistical ly has 37 letters.

2) Book Without Letter "e":
GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn't contain a single word with 'e' in it

3) Word without Vowel:
Rhythm
Sky
Fry
Cry

4) Human Brain:
Organ of body which has no sensation when cut.

5) Crocodile:
Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating.

6) No of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS:

They are
** **B* Bee *
** **C* Sea*
** **G** * Zee*
** ** I* Eye *
** ** Q* Queue*
** ** R* Are *
** ** S* Yes *
** **T* Tea* **
** ** U* You *
** ** Y* Why

Fascinating Animals, Birds, Trees:

1) SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.
2) A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.
3) DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.
4) A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tones of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.
5) The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.
6) The fierce DINOSAUR was TYRANNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp
teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.
7) DEMETRIO was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.
8) CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.
9) The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
10) OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
11) POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
12) KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
13) ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
14) OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.

What are They :

1) If we say 'MUMMY', they come together & go apart when we say DADDY': LIPS
2) What goes up & never comes down: AGE
3) Patches over patches but no stitches: CABBAGE
4) What is that we cannot see, but is always before you: FUTURE
5) What goes up & down a hill, but never ROAD
6) You can never wet it: SHADOW
7) What belongs to You, but used by your friends more often you do: YOUR NAME

In 24 Hours Average Human :

1) HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
2) LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
3) BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
4) NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
5) HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
6) Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)
7) Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
8) Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
9) Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
10) Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
11) Speak 4,800 WORDS.
12) During SLEEP move 25.4 times

Ants don't sleep.

Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.

A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.

The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.

A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae - "Island of Dogs."

There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.

A polecat is not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel.

Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.

A baby bat is called a pup.

German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.

It takes 35 to 65 minks to produce the average mink coat. The numbers for other types of fur coats are: beaver - 15; fox - 15 to 25; ermine - 150; chinchilla - 60 to 100.

The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.

The biggest pig in recorded history was Big Boy of Black Mountain, North Carolina, who was weighed at 1,904 pounds in 1939.

Cats respond most readily to names that end in an "ee" sound.

A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.

Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned.

Snakes are immune to their own poison.

An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.

Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

The biggest member of the cat family is the male lion, which weighs 528 pounds (240 kilograms).

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

Each day in the US, animal shelters are forced to destroy 30,000 dogs and cats.

A shrimp's heart is in their head.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.

The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.

A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.

It may take longer than two days for a chick to break out of its shell.

Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.

Despite man's fear and hatred of the wolf, it has not ever been proved that a non-rabid wolf ever attacked a human.

There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States.

Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.

It is estimated that a single toad may catch and eat as many as 10,000 insects in the course of a summer.

Amphibians eyes come in a variety shapes and sizes. Some even have square or heart-shaped pupils.

It would require an average of 18 hummingbirds to weigh in at 1 ounce.

Dogs that do not tolerate small children well are the St. Bernard, the Old English sheep dog, the Alaskan malamute, the bull terrier, and the toy poodle.

Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.

Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.

A quarter of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.

The fastest bird is the Spine-tailed swift, clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour. There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard. A capon is a castrated rooster.

The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. An Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig, it can weigh more than 100 pounds.

The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.

The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.

The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.

A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.

The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.

Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp. The sound is so an intense, it can be heard a mile away.

The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.

The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court. 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.

Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.

The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.

To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.

99% of pumpkins that are sold for decoration.

Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.

The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.

A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.

The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.

Ants can live up to 16 years.

In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries.

The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog's.

Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator as this way it can stay crunchy for up to three weeks.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
one row ! of the keyboard.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart
stops for a millisecond.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest
tongue twister in the English language.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a
sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air,
the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has
all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser
printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.

Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?
Ans. - HoneY.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

A snail can sleep for three years.

All polar bears are left handed.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each
salad served in first-class.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to
squirt blood 30 feet.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear
by 700 times.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

LPG

2006-10-18T03:29:00.000-07:00

Have u ever heard about LPG gas cylinder's expire date. i also didn't know.

How to find LPG cylinder's expiry date Very important information. Most of us do not know this. I come to know today from the gas stockist, because here one accident occurred.

Do you know that there is an expiry date (physical life) for LPG cylinders?

Expired Cylinders are not safe for use and may cause accidents. In this regard please be cautious at the time of accepting any LPG cylinder from the vendor.Here is how we can check the expiry of LPG cylinders:

On one of three side stems of the cylinder, the expiry date is coded
alpha

numerically as follows A or B or C or D and some two digit number following this e.g. D06. The alphabets stand for quarters - A for March (First Qtr), &n bsp; B for June Second Qtr), C for Sept (Third Qtr), & D for December (FourthQtr). The digits stand for the year till it is valid.

Hence D06 would mean December qtr of 2006. Share this message with everyone you know,UR kind cooperation will save life of many people and create awareness among the public.

A man's life

2006-10-14T04:15:00.000-07:00

God created DONKEY and told him :You will work tireless from down up to
dusk, carrying heavy bags on your back,
you will eat grass, you will not have intelligence and you will live 50
years.

You will a DONKEY.The DONKEY answered: Ill be a DONKEY , but living 50
years is to
much, give me only 20 years, and God gave him 20 years.

God created the DOG and told him :You will look after Men house which
is not yet created,
you will be his best friend, you will eat whatever they give you,
and you will live 25 years,
and you will be a DOG.The dog answered: God living 25 years is too much
, give me only 10
years.And God gave him 10 years.

God created the Monkey and told him:You will jump from branch to
branch,
you will do silly things you will be amusing and you will live 20
years.

And you will be a MONKEY.The MONKEY answered : Oh! God living 20 years
in too much , give me
only 10 years.And God agreed.

Finally God created a MAN told him :You will be a MAN , the only
rational being on this earth. You will use your intelligence to
control other animals, you will dominate the world and you will live
for 20 years.

The MAN answered : God , I'll be a man , but living 20 years is not
enough.Why don't you give me 30 years that the Donkey refused, 15 years
that the DOG didn't want and the ten years the monkey refused.?

That was what God did, and since then, Man lives 20 years like a MAN,
then he gets married and spends 30 years like a Donkey , working and
carrying the loan on his back, then when his children leave, he spends
15 years like a Dog, looking after the house, and eating whatever is
given to him, the he gets old, retires, and spends 10 years like a
MONKEY, jumping from house to house, children to children doing silly
things to amuse the grand children.

Isn't this the naked truth which a man is suffering since the very
beginning ?

work smart not hard

2006-10-05T22:43:00.000-07:00

An old man lived in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was really hard work. His only son, who used to help him was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament

Dear son,
I'm feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato in the garden this year. I am just getting too old to be digging up garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.
Love Dad

A few days later, he received a letter from his son
Dear Dad,
For heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up that garden,that's where I buried the BODIES.
Love Son

At 4 a.m. the next morning, F.B.I. agents and local police showed up and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies.

They apologized to the old man and left.That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the potatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances
Love son

The morale of the story is TO WORK SMART NOT HARD. Use your brain; in the perceived impossible sometimes it can make the impossible possible.

Anger Management

2006-10-05T22:35:00.000-07:00

When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone,
Don't take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don't know!
______________________________

I was sitting at my desk when I remembered a phone call I had forgotten to make. I found the number and dialed it.
A man answered, saying, "Hello." I politely said, "This is Cody.
Could I please speak with Robin Carter?"
Suddenly, the phone was slammed down on me. I couldn't believe that
any one could be so rude.

I tracked down Robin's correct number and called her.
I had transposed the last two digits of her phone number.

After hanging up with her, I decided to call the 'wrong' number again.
When the same guy answered the phone, I yelled, "You're an Asshole!"
and hung up.

I wrote his number down with the word 'asshole' next to it, and put it in my desk drawer.
Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills or had a really bad
day, I'd call him up and yell, "You're an Asshole!"

It always cheered me up. When Caller ID came to our area, I thought
my therapeutic 'asshole' calling would have to stop.
So, I called his number and said,
"Hi, this is John Smith from the Telephone Company.I'm just calling
to see if you're familiar with the Caller ID program?"
He yelled, "NO!" and slammed the phone down.
I quickly called him back and said, "That's because you're an Asshole!"

One day I was at the store, getting ready to pull into a parking spot.
Some ! guy in a black BMW cut me off and pulled into the spot I had
patiently waited for.
I hit the horn and yelled that I had been waiting for the spot. The
idiot ignored me. I noticed a "For Sale" sign in his car window

...so, I wrote down his number.

A couple of days later, right after calling the first asshole, (I had
his number on speed dial),
I thought I had better call the BMW asshole, too.

I said, "Is this the man with the black BMW for sale?"
"Yes, it is."
"Can you tell me where I can see it?"
"Yes, I live at 1802 West 34th Street. It's a yellow house, and the
car's parked right out in front."
"What's your name?" I asked.
! "My name is Don Hansen," he said.
"When's a good time to catch you, Don?"
"I'm home every evening after five."
"Listen, Don, can I tell you something?"
"Yes?"
"Don, you're an asshole." Then I hung up, and added his number to my
speed dial, too.

Now, when I had a problem, I had two assholes to call.

But after several months of calling them, it wasn't as enjoyable as
it used to be. So, I came up with an idea.

I calle! d Asshole #1.

"Hello."
"You're an asshole!" (But I didn't hang up.)
"Are you still there?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said.
"Stop calling me," he screamed.
"Make me!," I said.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"My name is Don Hansen."
"Yeah? Where do you live?"
"Asshole, I live at 1802 West 34th Street, a yellow house, with my
black Beamer parked in front."
He said, "I'm coming over right now, Don. And you had better start
saying your prayers."
I said, "Yeah, like I'm really scared, asshole."

Then I called Asshole #2.

"Hello?" he said.
"Hello, asshole," I said.
He yelled, "If I ever find out who you are?"
"You'll what?" I said.
"I'll kick your ass," he exclaimed.
I answered, "Well, asshole, here's your chance. I'm coming over right now."

Then I hung up and immediately called the police! , saying that I
lived at 1802 West 34th Street, and that I was on my way over there to
kill my gay lover.
Then I called Channel 13 News about the gang war going down on West
34th Street.

I quickly got into my car and headed over to 34th street.
There I saw two assholes beating the crap out of each other in front
of six squad cars, a police helicopter, and news crew.
NOW, I feel better.......

NLP Based Strategies for maintaining and improving eyesight naturally

2006-09-15T22:34:00.000-07:00

An article by by Katrina Patterson. "All theory, my friend is grey But green is life's glad golden tree." Mephistopheles to his student Faust, in Goethe's Faust
How much do you know about how your eyes work? Probably you don't think about them very much - only when something goes wrong and then you realise how precious they are. In fact, you probably spend more time being concerned about your teeth! The mere act of reading this article may be enough to change the future of your eyesight simply by raising your awareness. If you just spend a few minutes everyday doing a couple of exercises this will have a huge effect on your vision

There is a lot we still need to learn about the eye, new research is appearing from neuroscientists updating current information - despite the view of opticians in the 1940's and 1950's that there was no more to discover. (1) In February 2002 scientists at Brown University, Rhode Island, USa announced the discovery of a third photoreceptor deep in the retina of rats eyes and it is quite likely we have the same cells. (The other two photoreceptors are rods and cones.) The new cells appear to play an important part in setting the body's internal 24 hour clock. According to Dr David Benson "It is a visual system that runs parallel to the one we have been thinking about all these years. Now we have to rethink how the retina works and how the brain understands what is going on in the visual world." (2)
Remember his lack of certainty if you are considering Lasik eye surgery and you should be aware that there is a risk to night vision. Current advice from the Food and Drugs Administration of the USA is: 'A patient may no longer be able to drive a car at night or in certain weather conditions, such as fog.' For this reason laser light correction is banned by the armed services, most police, fire and ambulance services and the CAA for pilots' licences. (3)

NLP

There is no single definition of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP): it can be called the study of the structure of subjective experience, developing in each individual a lively curiosity for the world they live in and an awareness of themselves. Practitioners of NLP are continually asking the question, of themselves and others, 'How do you know what you know?' and looking for pragmatic answers in terms of our senses (what we see, hear, feel, smell and taste). 'Sub-modalities' (4) are NLP's label for the sub-divisions of our senses; neuroscience and philosophy use the term 'qualia' e.g. the shade of red or the qualities of a pain. (5) Any sensory input changes the body's chemistry in one hundredth of a second. (6)

There is no doubt that our experience of sight is subjective. Have you ever lost a set of keys and subsequently found it where you had already looked?. Often we don't see something in a place where we don't expect to find it. Optical illusions such as the Necker Cube are interesting because they trick us by working with the brain's standard rules for helping us to see in the natural world. How is it possible that so many people are now wearing glasses? In 1994/1995 it was estimated that 53% of the UK population was wearing glasses or contact lenses, that changed to 96% at age 55 and over. (7)

See how the figures change with age:
- 53% of the overall population
(57% of females, 48% of males)
- 17% of the population aged 5-15
- 29% of the population aged 16-18
- 35% of the population aged 19-24
- 52% of the population aged 25-44
- 80% of the population aged 45-54
- 96% of the population aged 55 and over
Source: Government General Household Survey 1994/1995

Can this be attributed to Edison and the light bulb which has led to the 24/7 society? Is it the increase in stress? Is it our diet? (Recent research has demonstrated a link between the increased insulin levels of a diet high in refined starches such as bread and cereals and myopia (short-sightedness) in children. It has also been observed that people are more likely to develop myopia if they are overweight or have adult-onset diabetes.) (8) Is it drugs? Over 200 prescription drugs can affect our eyes. Is it the increased use of VDU screens? Is it staring?
"The cause of imperfect sight is staring" (9) Try this experiment now. Stare straight ahead without blinking and stop breathing for as long as you can. Our eyes are designed to be constantly on the move, our retinas quickly tire if their visual field is kept the same for a long time: when an image becomes stable on the retina it disappears.

Do you recognise the results of that experiment as being similar to times when you are stressed? This is often what happens to adults and children under test conditions. Day dreaming has a similar effect. For that reason we recommend daydreaming with your eyes closed! Keep your eyes active and curious - imagine you have a paint brush at the end of your nose and paint around the edges of things in your sight.

Role ModelsWhat is your response to Deepak Chopra's admonition that 'nowadays we confuse normal with average'. By common standards you can develop extraordinary eyesight and prevent cataracts happening in the future.' He has improved his eyesight using some of the exercises mentioned Magical Mind, Magical Body tape set. (10)

Leonardo Da Vinci encouraged the continual refinement of the senses, especially sight as the means to enliven experiences. 'He developed astonishing powers of sight bordering on those of a cartoon superhero. In his 'Codex on the Flight of Birds', for example, he recorded minutiae about the movements of feathers and wings that remained unconfirmed and not fully appreciated until the development of slow- motion moving pictures.' (11)

On of the underlying beliefs in NLP is that if one person can do something, it must be possible for others. Many other people following on from Leonardo have improved their sight and written about it including: ophthalmologist Dr William Bates MD (1860-1931), Fritz Perls (1893-1970) the father of Gestalt Therapy, the writer Aldous Huxley (1894-1963); and vision trainers, Jacob Liberman OD, PhD, Meir Schneider and Janet Goodrich PhD (1942 -1999).

Vision:The Mind Side WorkshopsI caught my enthusiasm for helping adults and children to improve their eyesight naturally by mistake! In 1995 when I was on an NLP Master Practitioner Health and Wellbeing Programme at the original birthplace of NLP, The University of Santa Cruz, California, I met a rather remarkable businessman who had reversed his own very poor eyesight and nolonger needed glasses. Three years previously he had had a prescription of -5 diopters@ and was not able to see a colleague at the other side of the room without his glasses.

Leo Angart had come across the book TRANCE-formations. In it the co-founders of NLP Bandler and Grinder described how they were able, using Ericksonian hypnosis, to regress a man to a time when he didn't wear glasses and bring him out of trance with the eyesight of his younger self. (12) Leo who had extensive training in the Silva Mind Method started on a quest to find out as much as possible to help him improve his own eyesight.

He wasn't able to find a hypnotist to help him with the same process but he did use a form of healing known as Pranic Healing which he had first discovered in the Philippines. And that was all that he used.

The field of NLP is constantly growing as Practitioners model excellence in themselves and experts in different fields and teach it on to others. Leo eventually became an NLP trainer and analysed his own process as part of an NLP modelling course at the NLP University (organised by Robert Dilts and Judith DeLozier two more of the early developers of NLP). He scoured all the relevant research he could find which included many weeks in the British Library. This formed the basis of the 2 day course Vision: The Mind Side and anther, Magic Eyes for children aged 8 - 12 which he has been teaching around the world for the last 9 years. So far his workshop manual has been translated into Spanish, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Turkish, German, and his book Improve Your Eyesight Naturally (2005) was first published in German as Vergiss Deine Brille - Mit effektiven und gezielten Ubungen zuruck zur naturlichen Sehkraft‚Ä†(Forget Your Glasses) July 2004 Nymphenburger

Leo Angart, originally from Denmark, worked in Hong Kong for over 20 years and now spends much of his time in Munich. He asked me to help him put on his course in London where, as well as being the catalyst to help people put aside their glasses, he also shows delegates how to help their friends and family. The methods used are a mixture of Bates exercises, energy healing, hypnosis and NLP belief change. We have run 25 workshops in London. Anyone can benefit from vision re-education. Leo explores peoples' outcomes for being on the course and the history of their eyesight

All have passed the important self-filter of believing (or open to believe) that it was possible to improve their eyesight naturally. A few participants, like me, don't need glasses and want to ensure that they won't need them in the future. Others have just been prescribed glasses (often people who do a lot of work with computer screens) or may have been wearing glasses like Leo for over 20 years. He offers exercises and information to help with presbyopia (old age sight), astigmatism, glaucoma, macula degeneration, cataracts, imperfect fusion, strabismus(cross-eyes) or ambiliopia (lazy eyes).

Leo Angart has 7 basic assumptions to this work: (13)

1.Vision is 90% in the mind The eyes are sense organs, all the actual 'seeing' takes place at the back of the brain where the two images are combined into a three dimensional impression

2.Clear vision is the natural state Rural communities and people in native societies generally have perfect eyesight. Less than 1% of the Inuit and Pacific Islanders had myopia early in the last century, this has now increased to 50%. In the islands of Vanuatu they have eight hours of schooling a day yet the rate of myopia in these children is only 2%.

3.Sight is a learned ability Newborn infants initially only see the world as a blur and children's eyes are not fully developed until around the age of 12.

4.The visual field is a mirror of our energy level Dr Bates was the first to notice that natural vision varies throughout the day - sometimes by as much as 1 or 2 diopters. Everyone has experienced a reduction in visual acuity corresponding to the overall level of tiredness. One of the reasons that you feels so good after a summer holiday is that your visual system has enjoyed a lot more energy input from the best energy source of all - the sun. If there is a high level of stress in your life (new job, exams, family problems) this will have an effect on your visual system. It may indicate that you need to rest more, do less reading and forget eye exercises for the moment.

5.Vision emanates from within the self, goes out and then returns within. The metaphysical aspect of vision as an inner sense also plays a role in normal vision.

6.Eyesight reflects belief imprints about what can be seen and what must not be seen. Familes often consider that poor eyesight is hereditary. Young children sometimes want to wear glasses like their parents, best friend (or now Harry Potter.) Some people say that they remember a difficult lesson where confusion and embarrassment meant that it was easier to cut out the rest of the world with foggy eyesight - the visual field just collapsed - never to return again.

7 Muscles will regenerate if exercised It is common knowledge that if you do not use your muscles they not only become inflexible, they actually weaken the entire system as the body adapts to the artificial limits on its normal functioning.

Conscious awareness is one of the primary tools for visual improvement. First you must be aware of your old habits. Then you need to allow alterations in those habits. By bringing the attention of the brain to focus on your vision habits the brain naturally goes to work to maximise performance.

Vision re-education takes thought and time - as we see from the figures many people are happy to get along with glasses or contact lenses or take the short route to laser surgery without knowing the long term risk to their vision. In 1943, in his still very readable and relevant book, Aldous Huxley wrote: 'So long as the art of seeing is not taught to children as a part of their normal education, the trade in artificial lenses is not likely to suffer more than a trifling loss?. Human sloth and inertia will guarantee the opticians at least nine tenths of their present business.' (14) So the key to Leo Angart's work is to demonstrate quickly that participants have the power to influence their eyesight, ensure the exercises are fun and allow people to relax and see.

Do have your eyes tested regularly. For those of you who want to reduce your current prescriptions, start by playing with the exercises below. When you visit the optician make sure that you relax before taking the test (often people rush in and out in their lunch hour or just after work when eyes may be particularly tired). The 'test' conditions are enough to set up blurr in some people's eyes. Have your test early in the day and ideally palm for 10 - 15 minutes so that your eyes are as relaxed as possible. You are entitled to a copy of your prescription. Ask the optician to explain it to you and read the extract from Leo Angart's book below.

It is my hope that you are realising that vision fitness is as achievable as general body fitness and that we can take responsibility for maintaining and even improving good sight. If you are a parent or a teacher you are a role model for children, they learn from your behaviour. Encouraging them to do some of the natural vision exercises has the added benefit of helping their memory and their creativity. (Of course this works for adults too!)

*Astigmatism - the blurring of lines at a particular angle. The condition comes and goes. @Diopter. The measurement used for describing refractive error on prescriptions. One diopter is the refractive power of a lens needed to focus a point of light at one metre's distance.

References:

1. Bandler, R and Grinder, J TRANCE-formations Real People Press, USA 1981 p166

2.BBC Eye Cell Sets Body Clock http://news.bbc.co.uk/english/health/newsid-180700/180744 reporting on article in Science Vol. 295 No 55560

3.Leaflet from The London Centre for Refractive Surgery

4.Bandler, R and MacDonald, W An Insider's Guide to Sub-modalities Meta Publications CA 1988

5.Gregory, Richard L Eye and Brain Oxford University Press (5th Edition - 1998) page 253

6.Chopra, Deepak Magical Mind, Magical Body Nightingale Conant Devon Tapes 1995

7.Government General Household Survey 1994/95 quoted in The Eyecare Trust Press Release 8.Fox, D Blinded by bread in New Scientist

6 April 2002 No 2337 Page 9

9.Goodrich J Perfect Sight The Natural Way - How to Improve and Strengthen Your Child's Eyesight Souvenir Press 1996 (Out of Print) Quote from Dr Bates page 95

10.Chopra, D Ibid

11.Gelb, Michael How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Thorsons 1998 Page 95

12.Bandler and Grinder Ibid

13.Angart, Leo Vision: The Mind Side Course Manual 1998 Page 4

14.Huxley, Aldous The Art of Seeing Flamingo HarperCollins UK 1994 (First published 1943) BibliographyBates, W H Better Eyesight Without Glasses Thorsons 1995
Dilts, R , Hallbom,T and Smith,S Beliefs - Pathways to Health & Wellbeing Metamorphous Press, USA 1990 Goodrich, J Natural Vision Improvement
Celestial Arts USA 1985 (Recommended reading)
Hannaford, C PhD Smart Moves - Why Learning is Not All in Your Head Great Ocean Publishers USA 1995

Organisations:NLP University, USA
For my next project I am working on Hearing Re-Education - how to help people with nutrition and exercise to make the best of their hearing.

A call for helpI am putting together a list of UK opthalmologists, optometrists and opticians open to help clients who want to improve their eyesight with any type of natural vision re-education. Please let me know on the email or telephone number below when you find one.

Katrina Patterson is an INLPTA Certified NLP Trainer and Master Practitioner of NLP, business trainer, executive coach, story teller and therapist.
She teaches on several open NLP course, is a sessional lecturer in NLP at the Faculty of Continuing Education, Birkbeck College, London and speaks regularly at conferences in the UK and abroad. She organises Leo Angart's London workshops, teaches Memory Improvement and Maintaining your Eyesight at the Computer Seminars in business..
Contact her at: 01895 255063 or email
Leo Angart's website

Here are two exercises for you to try:Palming This must be the oldest natural vision improvement exercise, used for thousands of years in yoga and ayurvedic practices, and probably one of the most effective exercises. It relaxes the whole visual system and when the eyes are closed the brain wave patterns go into alpha rhythm. (To be done without glasses!)
1 Sit with both feet squarely on the ground
2 Rub the palms of your hands together vigorously.
3 Gently close your eyes.
4 Cover eyes with cupped palms. Have the base of your palms gently resting on the base of the eye socket. Keep fingers relaxed.
5 Imagine a piece of black velvet, notice the depth of the colour black and the texture of the fabric.
6 Ensure that your shoulders are relaxed. (You may need to lie on the floor or lean forward to prop your elbows on a table or chair back to release the tension.)
Notice what you notice. If you see white flashes or colours, this indicates that you are holding tension in the visual field. You should notice that the more you do this exercise the colours will fade to black.

We suggest that everyone could benefit from doing this exercise three times a day for just two or three minutes at a time. People often report that colours seem clearer and that objects seem sharper and more defined. It is good to do this first thing in the morning and at the end of the day to relax.
Clock ExerciseKeep your head still and let your eyes move. Imagine a large 12 hour clock in front of you. Starting in the middle of the clock, work first clock-wise around the numbers each time going back to the centre and then out to the next number. Do not push or strain, stop if you feel uncomfortable and be sure to blink and breathe throughout the exercise.

Palm for one minute, then repeat counter clockwise. When you are done, palm again until your eyes feel soft and relaxed. Breath awareness is critical. The exercishas very little value if it isn't done with an open breath.
This is a strong exercise - leave at least 2 hours between each practice.
Understanding The Prescription for Your Glasses (p27) From: Improve Your Eyesight

Naturally by Leo Angart (2005)
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The prescription you get from the optometrist looks like Greek to most people. It is actually quite simple to understand. First there will be one measurement for the left eye and one for the right eye. Usually this is indicated with an R for right eye and an L for your left eye.
The first column indicates the degree of refractive error or how long or short sighted you are. This measurement is indicated in dioptres. If you are myopic (short sighted) then there will be a minus indication such as - 2.50 D. minus two and one half diopters. If you are hyperopic (far-sighted) or presbyopic (need reading glasses) then the indication will be + 1.50 D or plus one and one half dioptre. There often is a difference between your eyes.

The next column indicates if there is any astigmatism. This is also measured in diopters as well as the axis in which the astigmatism is found. The notation might be something like this: Cyl: - 0.5 Axis: 85. The translation reads a cylinder correction of minus one half diopter at 85 degree axis. Note that you can have astigmatism in only one eye and that the degree and axis can be different from one eye to another.

The third column is usually dedicated to divergence. Strabismus (eye turning) is usually corrected using prism elements. This is indicated in Prism diopters and often use this sign D to indicate that a prism element is included.
Usually the optometrist will have space for notes about what prescription you are fitted with. In some cases near vision tests are made as well and you get a combination or bi-focal lenses. Sometimes you are fitted with variable focus lenses that can have two or three areas with different lens power. The type of lens material and frames are often noted.
The slip of paper that is printed from the machines

cold read 8: Tree reading

2006-09-14T01:47:00.000-07:00

WHAT TREE DID YOU FALL FROM?

Find your birthday and then find your tree. This is really cool and
amazingly accurate. Then send it to all your friends, including the one
that sent it to you, so they can find out what tree they fell from, but
don't forget to change the subject line to your tree.

\Dec 23 - Jan 01 - Apple Tree
Jan 01 - Jan 11 - Fir Tree
Jan 12 - Jan 24 - Elm Tree
Jan 25 - Feb 03 - Cypress Tree
Feb 04 - Feb 08 - Poplar Tree
Feb 09 - Feb 18 - Cedar Tree
Feb 19 - Feb 28 - Pine Tree
Mar 01 - Mar 10 - Weeping Willow Tree
Mar 11 - Mar 20 - Lime Tree
Mar 21 (only) -Oak Tree
Mar 22 - Mar 31 - Hazelnut Tree
Apr 01 - Apr 10 - Rowan Tree
Apr 11 - Apr 20 - Maple Tree
Apr 21 - Apr 30 - Walnut Tree
May 01 - May 14 - Poplar Tree
May 15 - May 24 - Chestnut Tree
May 25 - Jun 03 - Ash Tree
Jun 04 - Jun 13 - Hornbeam Tree
Jun 14 - Jun 23 - Fig Tree
Jun 24 (only) - Birch Tree
Jun 25 - Jul 04 - Apple Tree
Jul 05 - Jul 14 - Fir Tree
Jul 15 - Jul 25 - Elm Tree
Jul 26 - Aug 04 - Cypress Tree
Aug 05 - Aug 13 - Poplar Tree
Aug 14 - Aug 23 - Cedar Tree
Aug 24 - Sep 02 - Pine Tree
Sep 03 - Sep 12 - Weeping Willow Tree
Sep 13 - Sep 22 - Lime Tree
Sep 23 (only) - Olive Tree
Sep 24 - Oct 03 - Hazelnut Tree
Oct 04 - Oct 13 - Rowan Tree
Oct 14 - Oct 23 - Maple Tree
Oct 24 - Nov 11 - Walnut Tree
Nov 12 - Nov 21 - Chestnut Tree
Nov 22 - Dec 01 - Ash Tree
Dec 02 - Dec 11 - Hornbeam Tree
Dec 12 - Dec 21 - Fig Tree
Dec 22 (only) - Beech Tree

YOUR TREE (in alphabetical order)

Apple Tree (Love) -- quiet and shy at times, lots of charm, appeal, and
attraction, pleasant attitude, flirtatious smile, adventurous,
sensitive, loyal in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender
partner, very generous, many talents, loves children, needs affectionate
partner.

Ash Tree (Ambition) -- extremely attractive, vivacious, impulsive,
demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, restless
lover, sometimes money rules over the heart, demands attention, needs
love and much emotional support.

Beech Tree (Creative) -- has good taste, concerned about its looks,
materialistic, good organization of life and career, economical, good
leader, takes no unnecessary risks, reasonable, splendid lifetime
companion, keen on keeping fit (diets, sports, etc.).

Birch Tree (Inspiration) -- vivacious, attractive, elegant, friendly,
unpretentious, modest, does not like anything in excess, abhors the
vulgar, loves life in nature and in calm, not very passionate, full of
imagination, little ambition, creates a calm and content atmosphere.

Cedar Tree (Confidence) -- of rare strength, knows how to adapt, likes
unexpected presents, of good health, not in the least shy, tends to
look down on others, self-confident, a great speaker, determined, often
impatient, likes to impress others, has many talents, industrious,
healthy optimism, waits for the one true love, able to make quick decisions.

Chestnut Tree (Honesty) -- of unusual stature, impressive,
well-developed sense of justice, fun to be around, a planner, born diplomat, can be
irritated easily, sensitive of others feelings, hard worker, sometimes
acts superior, feels not understood at times, fiercely family oriented,
very loyal in love, physically fit.

Cypress Tree (Faithfulness) -- strong, muscular, adaptable, takes what
life has to give but doesn't necessarily like it, strives to be
content, optimistic wants to be financially independent, wants love and
affection, hates loneliness, passionate lover which cannot be satisfied,
faithful, quick-tempered at times, can be unruly and careless, loves to
gain knowledge, needs to be needed.

Elm Tree (Noble-mindedness) -- pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest
demands, tends not to forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not
to obey, honest and faithful partner, likes making decisions for
others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humor, practical.

Fig Tree (Sensibility) -- very strong minded, a bit self-willed,
honest, loyal, independent, hates contradiction or arguments, hard worker
when wants to be, loves life and friends, enjoys children and animals,
great sense of humor, has artistic talent and great intelligence.

Fir tree (Mysterious) -- extraordinary taste, handles stress well,
loves anything beautiful, stubborn, tends to care for those close to them,
hard to trust others, yet a social butterfly, likes idleness and
laziness after long demanding hours at work, rather modest, talented,
unselfish, many friends, very reliable.

Hazelnut Tree (Extraordinary) -- charming, sense of humor, very
demanding but can also be very understanding, knows how to make a lasting
impression, active fighter for social causes and politics, popular, quite
moody, sexually oriented, honest, a perfectionist, has a precise sense
of judgment and expects complete fairness.

Hornbeam Tree (Good Taste) -- of cool beauty, cares for its looks and
condition, good taste, is not egoistic, makes life as comfortable as
possible, leads a reasonable and disciplined life, looks for kindness and
acknowledgment in an emotional partner, dreams of unusual lovers, is
seldom happy with its feelings, mistrusts most people, is never sure of
its decisions, very conscientious.

Lime Tree (Doubt) - intelligent, hard working, accepts what life dishes
out, but not before trying to change bad circumstances into good ones,
hates fighting and stress, enjoys getaway vacations, may appear tough,
but is actually soft and relenting, always willing to make sacrifices
for family and friends, has many talents but not always enough time to
use them, can become a complainer, great leadership qualities, is
jealous at times but extremely loyal.

Maple Tree (Independence of Mind) -- no ordinary person, full of
imagination and originality, shy and reserved, ambitious; proud,
self-confident, hungers for new experiences, sometimes nervous, has many
complexities, good memory, learns easily, complicated love life, wants to
impress.

Oak Tree (Brave) -- robust nature, courageous, strong, unrelenting,
independent, sensible, does not like change, keeps its feet on the ground,
person of action.

Olive Tree (Wisdom) -- loves sun, warmth and kind feelings, reasonable,
balanced, avoids aggression and violence, tolerant, cheerful, calm,
well-developed sense of justice, sensitive, empathetic, free of jealousy,
loves to read and the company of sophisticated people.

Pine Tree (Peacemaker) -- loves agreeable company, craves peace and
harmony, loves to help others, active imagination, likes to write poetry,
not fashion conscious, great compassion, friendly to all, falls
strongly in love but will leave if betrayed or lied to, emotionally soft, low
self esteem, needs affection and reassurance.

Poplar Tree (Uncertainty) -- looks very decorative, talented, not very
self-confident, extremely courageous if necessary, needs goodwill and
pleasant surroundings, very choosy, often lonely, great animosity, great
artistic nature, good organizer, tends to lean toward philosophy,
reliable in any situation, takes partnership seriously.

Rowan Tree (Sensitivity) -- full of charm, cheerful, gifted without
egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, motion, unrest, and even
complications, is both dependent and independent, good taste, extremely
generous, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive.

Walnut Tree (Passion) -- unrelenting, strange and full of contrasts,
often egotistic, aggressive, noble, broad horizon, unexpected reactions,
spontaneous, unlimited ambition, no flexibility, difficult and uncommon
partner, not always liked but often admired, ingenious strategist, very
jealous and passionate, no compromise.

Weeping Willow (Melancholy) - likes to be stress free, loves family
life, full of hopes and dreams, attractive, very empathetic, loves
anything beautiful, musically inclined, loves to travel to exotic places,
restless, capricious, honest, can be influenced but is not easy to live
with when pressured, sometimes demanding, good intuition, suffers in love
until they find that one loyal, steadfast partner; loves to make others
laugh.

4 tools to program brain

2006-09-13T20:50:00.000-07:00

1. Imagination
I'll use the power of imagination to imagine how wonderful it is to
live with my achieved goal.
Example, if your goal is to own a BMW car,imagine yourself driving it
passing the road that you drive each day. Imagine you are picking up
your friends or lover in that new car. Do take note, I'm not imagining
how great it is to achieve it,
but I've already achieved it. Imagine living in your success, not getting there.

2. Gratitude
I'll use my sub-conscious mind to thank The Being (this can be your
God or whatever is your belief system) for giving me such a valuable
life I'm living today.
When you do this, you'll start to appreciate your life so much more
because life has become very valuable. You can feel gratitude for
anything you find worthy in
your life. This can be your body, mind, possessions, love,
relationship or anything else.

3. Request
It's claimed that all human's minds are connected in some way. I'll
use my subconscious to ask for an answer or help that I need. It's too
long to explain here, but your subconscious mind has the ability to
help you solve your problem.
All you need to do is ask the correct question of it using a proper method.

4. Releasing
Each day, I'll use this strategy to let go of my problems.The power of
releasing is like, letting go of your problems.By releasing, you can
be unattached to your problems and move forward to more opportunity in
life.It means you do not have any more strings attached to your
problems anymore. You'll be able to solve it easier afterwards because
your mind is creative and free now.the power of the subconscious mind
is beyond your imagination. It would be worthwhile for you to explore
its power to help you improve your life for success. It's time for
you to make full use of your subconscious mind or you'll waste another
wonderful tool in life.

I'm sure I would not waste this tool.
Your friend,

cody

theory and practice

2006-09-13T20:35:00.000-07:00

Piano Theory: Learn how to read sheet music.
Piano Practice:
Learn how to connect your fingers to the reading.

Football Theory: Learn the playbook.
Football Practice:
Condition your body to perform the playbook.

Social Theory: Learn how we are motivated.
Social Practice:
Use that knowledge to develop new relationships!

I was just thinking about it,
and realizing that even Learning Theory is a kind of
"Micro-Action" , or "Mental-Action"
because out brain neurons are connecting and disconnecting
and firing in new patterns
to create new ideas in our heads, while erasing old beliefs.

With these new beliefs in hand created by new "Mental-Actions" ,
we can then command our Motor Neurons,
and tell them what to to.
We can tell our feet to walk up and approach.
Tell our eyes to connect with our partners in a friendly way,
And tell our mouths to smile spit that first opener

fear and imperfection

2006-09-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

What is F.E.A.R?
False Evidence Appearing Real.
That little dark room where your
negatives are developed
I was amazed at how many people fear competition. I speak to lots of
people and many of them are worried about what their competition is up
to. I say, be interested but worry about it? Nooooo!
Hey, wise up! Competition is healthy! We need it. It keeps us on our
toes. If I didn't have competition I'd be concerned that what I
was doing wasn't worth doing.
The thing I like about competition is beating my competition.
In fact, I don't just want to beat them…I want to grind them
into the dust and hear the satisfying crunch as their bones break.
Competition is good. Watching the "talking dog look" on a
competitors face as you soar ahead of them is a joy to behold.
Remember this…People will try to take what they can from you.At any
given moment another person will attempt to get in front of you, be it
in a queue or even going up an escalator.If you are in a crowd and you
move out of position then at least five other people will try to take
your place faster than John Prescott reaching for the last pork pie at a
buffet.
Do unto others before they do unto you and believe me Shylock, if you
let them, they will!
I know other people, my so-called competition, repeat my work, I've
seen it and heard it. But it's what you do with it that counts

As far as mistakes you reveal, imperfections, I also want you to consider yet another sociology study I heard about:

There was a class of female college students who were to rate the attractiveness of a man who entered the room and sat down. They did it in two runs. On the first, they chose a top male model, perfect physically in every way. He entered the room with grace and perfect movement and body language, rather like some folks teach in their seminars.

The women rated him a six. They didn't LIKE him. Something was WRONG about him. He was too slick, or more appropriately TOO PERFECT.

Then, to a different group of similar student background, they had the same model enter the room, and PURPOSELY (but like the good actor he was), spill coffee ON HIMSELF.

No one laughed at his expense, as they were to remain silent judges of his attractiveness.

This time, they rated him a NINE out of ten. They LIKED him, in all his clumsy imperfection. They liked his imperfection.

They at the core, were attracted to his AUTHENTICITY, his "realness." He was just like them. Clumsy at times, embarrassed at times, and prone to spill coffee once in awhile, no matter how good he looked, how cool his clothes are, or whether he used "good body language

be positive

2006-09-13T20:33:00.000-07:00

I know that you, like me, understand the power of positive internal
dialogue. Have you got a voice in your head that tells you to do things?
The voice I'm talking about is the one that went, "Voice in my head? Me?
Are you nuts?"
It's called thinking!
That voice in your head is yours. You wouldn't lie to yourself...would
you? Make your internal dialogue "positive outcome" focused.
If you focus on the negative you will get in a negative mindset.
I was at a management seminar years ago. Everyone went to a local bar
one evening for a break. Later in the evening one of the guys, the only
one to have taken his car, drove back to the seminar center. There is a
long, half a mile, driveway in front of the manor house. Due to the rain
he lost control of the car as he drove down the driveway.
In the whole half mile driveway there is nothing apart from one, one,
signpost.
He saw it. Guess what he hit?
He focused on where he didn't want to go.
He focused on what he didn't want to hit.
Like my pal did when I asked 'What do you want to do this month?'
He replied, 'I don't want to miss my target this month.'
Guess what he'll do? Yep!
So...
Focus on the positive.
Focus on where you want to go.
You can't drive by looking in the rear view mirror.
To some people 'be positive' sounds like a blood group and nothing else.
It's everything else.
It's everything!