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Curator of Human Rights Collections - University of Connecticut Libraries

6:55 PM Anonymous 0

<strong>Curator of Human Rights Collections</strong> - The <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>University of Connecticut Libraries</strong></span> seeks a Curator of Human Rights Collections, a University Librarian II  or III (UCP 7 or 9). Job Summary: Working in a team environment, the  Curator of Human Rights performs curatorial work in support of Archives  & Special Collections programs in the collecting area of Human  Rights. Following established departmental procedures the curator  acquires and processes archival collections and works closely with  donors and potential donors.  S/he works in close cooperation with other  Curators, the Team Leader and subject Librarians to plan and establish  area goals and to ensure that established collection and public service  goals are met.  The curator serves as primary contact to the Human  Rights Institute. The curator provides in-person and written reference  services and responds to requests to use human rights collections and  materials, including determining access and intellectual property rights  relating to access.   Evening and/or weekend hours are occasionally  required.  For a complete position description with minimum  qualifications please go to <a href="http://www.jobs.uconn.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.jobs.uconn.edu/</a>.  Appointment Terms: This is a full-time, permanent position.  Salary is  commensurate with qualifications and experience and includes a full  benefits package.   To apply please submit a cover letter addressing  your qualifications for the position, a current resume, and names and  contact information for three references via Husky Hire. The University  of Connecticut is an EEO/AA employer.

Curator of Human Rights Collections - University of Connecticut Libraries

Curator of Human Rights Collections - The University of Connecticut Libraries seeks a Curator of Human Rights Collections, a University Li...

Library Director - Clark Memorial Library, Bethany

6:53 PM Anonymous 0

<strong>Library Director</strong> - <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Clark Memorial Library</strong></span>,  Bethany, Connecticut. The Bethany Library Association is seeking a  full-time Library Director who can plan, organize, and expand services  in Bethany, Connecticut, a rural community of 5,575 residents. The Board  is seeking an applicant who possesses a Master’s Degree in Library  Science and has a broad range of skills in current library technologies.   Candidates should have experience as a professional in increasingly  responsible supervisory/administrative positions. In addition, the  applicant should be able to plan innovative and creative programs  responsive to the needs of the community. Salary:  $55,500 plus medical  benefits with co-pay  and a contribution to a retirement fund.  Resumes  should include an email address and must be received by <span style="color: red;">June 20, 2012</span> for consideration.  Please respond to <a href="mailto:personnel@bethanylibrary.org">personnel@bethanylibrary.org</a> or Personnel Committee, Clark Memorial Library, 538 Amity Road, Bethany, CT 06524.

Library Director - Clark Memorial Library, Bethany

Library Director - Clark Memorial Library , Bethany, Connecticut. The Bethany Library Association is seeking a full-time Library Director...

RUSSIA AND CYPRUS

2:06 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9jOPu5XKuaEmp5gZZaIaL9QwL9bqRPP-yANxf_MjxRAUQ6Wws6HZ-WukxRT7tml7MRzq3D8rSwXku1JthvJeZfkraCQM737Y8UVMr4rnBmQ4iyxYHpU5TXeDs9iJ9uKyGgvXaUyLHcBj/s1600/aphrodite-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9jOPu5XKuaEmp5gZZaIaL9QwL9bqRPP-yANxf_MjxRAUQ6Wws6HZ-WukxRT7tml7MRzq3D8rSwXku1JthvJeZfkraCQM737Y8UVMr4rnBmQ4iyxYHpU5TXeDs9iJ9uKyGgvXaUyLHcBj/s400/aphrodite-1.jpg" width="400" /></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24pt;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24pt;">RUSSIA AND THE CYPRUS GAMBIT</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i>By </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Robert Ellis via Defense News</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RUSSIA’S age-old ambition of securing a foothold in the MEDITERRANEAN has been achieved not only through the establishment of a naval base at Tartus in SYRIA but also because of its long-standing relationship with CYPRUS.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1955 the GREEK Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios, attended the Bandung Conference in INDONESIA, which laid the foundation for the Non-Aligned Movement.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It was as the first president of CYPRUS that Makarios six years later took part in the founding meeting of the NAM in Belgrade. When CYPRUS became independent in 1960, it was with ‘a fettered independence’ that shared power between the GREEK CYPRIOT majority and the TURKISH CYPRIOT minority and was guaranteed by the UNITED KINGDOM, GREECE and TURKEY.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The GREEK CYPRIOT struggle for self-determination began with the EOKA revolt against BRITAIN in 1955 and the constitution that was imposed on CYPRUS was seen by both the GREEK CYPRIOTS and the TURKISH CYPRIOTS as an interim measure before they could achieve their ultimate aims – enosis (union with GREECE) and taksim (partition). As Christopher Hitchens put it, “both sides circled around each other like scorpions in a bottle.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It was in the name of self-determination that Makarios enlisted the support of the Non-Aligned Movement and the SOVIET BLOC, which ultimately led to the GREEK junta’s coup against Makarios and TURKEY’S intervention in 1974. As the GREEK Prime Minister George Papandreou wrote to President Johnson in June 1964, “If Natification [NATO membership] of CYPRUS does not occur; the island will inevitably be transformed into another CUBA”.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In fact, it was the threat of SOVIET intervention in the event of a TURKISH invasion in 1964 that brought East and West to the brink of a new CUBA crisis. CYPRUS also imported SOVIET arms from EGYPT and CZECHSLOVAKIA, and RUSSIAN support has continued to the present day. The purchase of S-300 missiles in 1997 resulted in a new confrontation with TURKEY and RUSSIAN hardware can be seen at Independence Day celebrations.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1978 an ANGLO-AMERICAN CANADIAN plan for the reunification of CYPRUS was initially accepted by both parties but was torpedoed by the CYPRIOT communist party, AKEL, acting on instructions from Moscow. And in April 2004 Cypriot Foreign Minister (and now Presidential Commissioner) George Iacovou was sent to Moscow to secure a RUSSIAN veto of the Security Council resolution in support of the Annan Plan.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ironically, after the GREEK CYPRIOTS rejected the Annan Plan, the best hope for reunification was the election of AKEL’s general secretary, Demetris Christofias, as president in 2008. Educated in Moscow and a fluent RUSSIAN speaker, Christofias shared the same trade-union background as his TURKISH CYPRIOT counterpart, Mehmet Ali Talat.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">However, talks suffered a major setback when Talat was replaced by Dervis Eroglu, who insisted on the equal sovereignty of two peoples rather than the single sovereignty of a federal state.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Last year the TURKISH CYPRIOT Trade Unions’ Platform organised two mass demonstrations against TURKISH rule and in a letter to Ban Ki-moon rejected any proposal based on two separate states but instead stated their will to be the politically equal co-founder of a UNITED FEDERAL CYPRUS.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Christofias has announced his intention not to run again in the presidential elections next February, ostensibly because he has failed to honour his election pledge to solve the CYPRUS problem.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The real reason is his catastrophic drop in popularity after the explosion at the Mari naval base in July last year, which killed 13 people and destroyed a nearby power station.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In January 2009, 98 containers of IRANIAN munitions were confiscated from a CYPRIOT-flagged RUSSIAN freighter bound for SYRIA and stored in an open field at the naval base.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to a leaked report Christofias had assured Bashar al-Assad the cargo would remain in Cyprus until it could be returned to either SYRIA or IRAN. CYPRUS had also refused assistance from the US, BRITAIN, FRANCE and GERMANY to dispose of the munitions and a request by the UN Sanctions Committee to inspect the cargo was stalled.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There were mass demonstrations outside the presidential palace and an independent report found that the President had “failed miserably” to take the necessary measures. In a similar incident in January a RUSSIAN ship bound for SYRIA put in at Limassol because of bad weather and was found to carry “dangerous cargo”. Despite an assurance it would not sail to SYRIA, the ship continued to Tartus and unloaded 60 tonnes of ammunition.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFxgx9StkmHi45wnnWFblkXdDWCeM-zJ9gfF7hEVYhYgNZpmcSodJbW1iG_feZ1YjchZpawwmRrJ2Dtrv3rcYsW1oW74nG_B5u2Ijg03JpRCLk-fN5NWoHEprShG9N5UdteHOC0xbk5sp/s1600/4cyprus-flag_0-300x174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFxgx9StkmHi45wnnWFblkXdDWCeM-zJ9gfF7hEVYhYgNZpmcSodJbW1iG_feZ1YjchZpawwmRrJ2Dtrv3rcYsW1oW74nG_B5u2Ijg03JpRCLk-fN5NWoHEprShG9N5UdteHOC0xbk5sp/s400/4cyprus-flag_0-300x174.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CYPRUS FUNCTIONS AS AN OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTRE FOR RUSSIA</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">so that the island figures as RUSSIA’S largest source of foreign investment. On a state visit two years ago President Medvedev stated that investment in RUSSIA through CYPRUS exceeded 50 billion dollars, and in May 2010 alone an estimated $18.7 billion was paid into local banks from RUSSIAN sources. There are also over 60,000 RUSSIANS living in Cyprus and 40 percent of property buyers are RUSSIAN.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The CYPRIOT economy has been heavily hit by exposure to GREEK debt, but a RUSSIAN loan of €2.5 billion is expected to cover refinancing requirements for 2012. One CYPRIOT bank may need a bailout by the end of June, which might make it necessary for the government to apply to the EUROPEAN Financial Stability Facility for a loan.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RUSSIA also has a vested interest in the delivery route for the offshore gas finds in CYPRUS and ISRAEL’S Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). Gazprom has put in a bid for the construction of a gas transmission pipeline in GREECE and both Gazprom and Novatek have put in a bid in a second licensing round for CYPRUS’ offshore reserves.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">However, TURKEY has given permission to the TURKISH Petroleum Corporation to drill in six areas that belong to CYPRUS’ EEZ. RUSSIA has already manifested its authority by dispatching a battle group to the eastern Mediterranean, and the RUSSIAN Ambassador to CYPRUS, has stated that Moscow fully supports the sovereign right of CYPRUS to exploit its natural resources.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Related Background Info: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/geo-strategic-dynamics-in-eastern.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/geo-strategic-dynamics-in-eastern.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/eastern-mediterranean-sea.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/eastern-mediterranean-sea.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/cyprus-emerging-geo-strategic-key.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/cyprus-emerging-geo-strategic-key.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/food-for-thought_19.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/food-for-thought_19.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/mission-impossible-quest-for-natural.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/mission-impossible-quest-for-natural.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/energy-games-in-eastern-mediterranean.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/energy-games-in-eastern-mediterranean.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/11/syria-international-war-mongering-or.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/11/syria-international-war-mongering-or.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/seismic-shift-in-middle-east.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/seismic-shift-in-middle-east.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

RUSSIA AND CYPRUS

RUSSIA AND THE CYPRUS GAMBIT By Robert Ellis via Defense News RUSSIA’S age-old ambition of securing a foothold in the MEDITERRANEAN has...

WHAT CHILD BIRTH, POTTY TRAINING, AND YOUR HUNGER HAVE IN COMMON

8:34 AM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of the most incredible experiences I’ve had is going through labor and delivery of my three children. I remember the intense pain I felt through my pelvis as if I was being ripped apart at the sacrum, similar to the picture of the Levi -brand jeans being torn apart from the right and left side by horses. It felt as if my iliac bones were being ripped out of my body. It would be similar pain to that of being sawed in half at the waist. I couldn’t catch my breath, there was no position that removed the pain, and there was no break between contractions. I remember crying and wondering how I was going to make it through hours of this debilitating pain. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eventually I did get an epidural. However, it didn’t quite work that well. My right side continued to have the excruciating perpetual pain around my spine and hips, so they upped the epidural so much that I couldn’t feel anything. Not one thing. When it came to pushing the nurses had to tell me when to push. I had no idea if I was having a contraction, how hard the contraction was, and I didn’t have a clue as to what to do. I just pushed as hard as I could, hoping it was enough to end the misery. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuNsUx8XdjS7l8VDCXJHRSCnYPu4D452ra1mGo9g8hOjiYFXaImkZGtQW_Fv76Df3oIAhVKjCckMwc1SNNyBu9sIvNoULyVLO_eB9IudZ_V6_ra3PfbS3wiGH94rStcSxB5o4u3CfHK4m/s1600/potty+training.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuNsUx8XdjS7l8VDCXJHRSCnYPu4D452ra1mGo9g8hOjiYFXaImkZGtQW_Fv76Df3oIAhVKjCckMwc1SNNyBu9sIvNoULyVLO_eB9IudZ_V6_ra3PfbS3wiGH94rStcSxB5o4u3CfHK4m/s1600/potty+training.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I know this is gross, but you know that feeling you get when you are going to go number-2? That feeling tells you what to do, when to do it, and how hard you need to work to get it done?  It’s a feeling of impending need, a feeling of pressure, or a sense of prioritization- otherwise you’re going to shit your pants. During labor and delivery, your body gives you similar feedback, but with pain that is magnified by five-billion three hundred-thousand seven-hundred and ten, or so.  Because I chose to receive an epidural with my first two children, I was never exposed to that feedback and didn’t understand the capacity of the human body to communicate its needs- until the delivery of my third child.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Come to find out later that the pain I experienced with my first two children is called “back-labor”.  My third labor and delivery was a very different experience, however. There was no back pain, there were normal breaks between contractions, and I could breath.  As a contraction would rise I could mentally prepared to relax through the pain. The pain was entirely in my stomach and would build up like a wave that lasted a few minutes. In order to get through the wave of pain, I imagined I was floating on my back like a limp peace of seaweed. The moments I tensed up, the pain was much worse. I quickly learned to submit to the fact that there was no getting out of the delivery and I would have to allow the body to do the work it needed to safely deliver my baby. I willingly stepped aside and went through about 6 hours of this deep relaxed state, allowing my body do what it needed to prepare for delivery. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I regret that I agreed to get an epidural because the pain was manageable (compared to back-labor) with meditation.  But, I am deeply grateful to the nurses because they knew when to turn the epidural down and I ended up have 100% of my feeling back an hour before delivery.  Those nurses gave me the opportunity to understand how incredible the human body is. I could feel everything, and the most amazing feedback my body was giving me was the sensation to push. It came in three-dimensions: how hard, how long, where the pressure was, and when to push.  It was a life altering experience for me. The sensations were so loud and clear that, this time, I was yelling at the nurses and telling them when and what was going on. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My husband and I are done having children, but I would love to go through that experience again. There have been times that I recreate that pain in my mind and I put myself in that meditative state, but it’s not the same. Without the pain or not having a choice in the matter, I’ve found it difficult to duplicate the level of consciousness required to separate my ego from dictating my body.   I wish I could go back and choose to go through the entire labor and delivery without an epidural. But with what experience I was given, the gift was in being exposed to how incredible the body is at taking care of itself through something as miraculous as creating a human being, and then delivering it without killing me or my children. What a mind-blowing piece of art that our intelligence isn’t capable of duplicating. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Are we as humans intelligently capable of duplicating the perfect feedback and guidance that our bodies give to us? Do we need a monitoring device to tell us when to poop and how hard to push? Do diet businesses (that are more concerned about selling products and their profit margins) really know more about our hunger rhythms than your body?  Is there another single human being with adequate super powers to tell you when your body needs to eat, of how much, and what it is craving? Are diets that manipulate food by calories capable of understanding how seasons influence changes in hunger with change in weather and pressure, moon cycles, menstrual cycles, stress and sleep fluctuations, and let us not forget impact on hunger with exercise and activity levels? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To all of the women reading this, has any diet ever explained to you why you are hungrier before your period and why you’re less hungry after you period, and did they adjust your food intake for that reason? Do diets accommodate for any dynamic change in hunger rhythms and do they continue to weigh you as if the water weight you gain each month is fat? My point is that the diet and nutrition industry (which is driven by the need to make money) is so misguided and off when it comes to understanding your body’s own intelligence. I don’t think our conscious intelligence has that capacity, nor the humility. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1in 10pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is no static diet that can fulfill the many dynamic influences of your body’s need for food hormonally. But there is one perfect system, and that system is hard-wired into your body as a sense of hunger.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hunger is more than just physical urge to eat. There is timing or a sense of urgency to eat. As you get hungrier the sense of amount of food increases, and then there’s craving for certain flavor, texture, and food substrate (fat, protein, carb, water, salt, fiber, nutrient, etc.). Have you ever considered your body’s dictation rather than the food and diet industries control? I give you this challenge: For the next few weeks, eat only when your body tells you to eat. Eat what your body is craving, but not a bite more than what is necessary to remove hunger. This means you should never be even close to full. This is similar to how you would eat if you were rationing food as of more isn’t an option.  Never get too hungry, avoid fullness at all cost, and eat what your body is craving- NO GUILT OR JUDGMENT OF THE FOOD.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Take notes of changes in energy level, body temperature, sleep, sex drive, acid reflux, and anything that changes as you use your own body rhythms to guide eating. To help I’ve attached the hunger-scale I created for people I coach. You can use your own words to describe hunger and understand that for those of you who are morbidly obese hunger will manifest differently than it does for people who are leaner. For example you might get a headache, burning throat, or quick onset of exhaustion, but not necessarily urgency. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unfortunately, because we’ve allowed the food and diet industry to dictate when and how much we should eat, many people have completely lost trust in their body, and have lost touch with what hunger feels like and what it’s like not to be full. The more you practice and commit to only eating with your body’s feedback, you’ll notice you naturally feel much better and you naturally lose excess fat without needing to pay for a diet.  The other thing you’ll notice is how less you have the urge to binge. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are many benefits to using your body to know when and how much to eat. But until you try it, you’ll never know. So take my challenge and let me know after a couple of weeks how amazing your body is and how amazing it’s always been. Like trusting that your body knows when it needs to poop, you have to gain trust that your body knows when it needs food too. Think of it like potty training, but with hunger.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0w2W1-AbWrVTt7xfGLdqK6st1VCcFLkV4yGog351HcGe8pkZ9F2sFx44pxch6XX2wj5EH4Vz-A0GfQ05D9ka9UnrKUJRlyrqeMQUYs6bZDmcqh8Ti3U9fip8pHnLrTty8wDYomSZGFMpV/s1600/Hunger+Scale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0w2W1-AbWrVTt7xfGLdqK6st1VCcFLkV4yGog351HcGe8pkZ9F2sFx44pxch6XX2wj5EH4Vz-A0GfQ05D9ka9UnrKUJRlyrqeMQUYs6bZDmcqh8Ti3U9fip8pHnLrTty8wDYomSZGFMpV/s640/Hunger+Scale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div>

WHAT CHILD BIRTH, POTTY TRAINING, AND YOUR HUNGER HAVE IN COMMON

One of the most incredible experiences I’ve had is going through labor and delivery of my three children. I remember the intense pain I felt...

Class Dojo–a fantastic classroom motivational tool

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br />I have always loved creating a classroom spirit in my classes and one way of doing this is introducing plenty of motivational tools to encourage the learners. I was absolutely delighted recently when I came across this Glogster advertising two teachers' use of a classroom motivational tool called Class Dojo. This is something that would work so well in a primary school classroom. Caitlin Jones and Erin Schudde did a fantastic job of this Glogster, don't you agree? (I wish I could embed it but it is too big). </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://caitlinjones.edu.glogster.com/class-dojo/">http://caitlinjones.edu.glogster.com/class-dojo/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lFn6DQBjqLYA1GfcVrMfxc5hECv47BwZNyrbtTMCtXe0FwhTJZTsBo3ZVW_wAf3-Lt2ZyNjATCMK28KsUjAGJWKgH9GlzOX5RDbYkRScU_LXuI8l9N4vHWKLjG1DsJYjwVUZLA1kmjA/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdhfCuhvyBEBBUZz7kNCqxZXDAZXkj61qXRT1OxwHyPBo5wWHqxAAf5v3lc9mucUXnA2Aoo8O1dOnL-vc7YN5l0YqHj7418gYhojMUr0DnmC6GgTbexsIgNUArLcrH_ZAh4465JAbW0Q/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="373" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, inspired by this amazing presentation of Class Dojo, I decided to try it out at </span><a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">http://www.classdojo.com/</a><span style="font-size: small;">. I think it is a fantastic innovation. As I tried it out I took screenshots of what I did so have added them here as a slideshow. Why not give Class Dojo a try and see if it works for you?  </span><br /><div id="__ss_13044362" style="width: 425px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/classroom-dojo-a-class-motivational-tool" target="_blank" title="Classroom Dojo – a class motivational tool">Classroom Dojo – a class motivational tool</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13044362" width="425"></iframe> </span><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </span></div></div><span style="font-size: small;">               </span></div></div>

Teaching Web tools Class Dojo–a fantastic classroom motivational tool

Submitted by Fiona Beal I have always loved creating a classroom spirit in my classes and one way of doing this is introducing plenty of mot...

Software QA Engineer (SQA testing, Automated and Black box)(#108108)

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Things I Love: Oregon Chai Slightly Sweet

5:10 PM Tukiyooo 0

Chai tea is my absolute favorite morning beverage.  Heck, I don't need mornings to drink this deliciousness.  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbMmhL9dEeYAFW8NqHa3dkbGGgk9ij4BP4CfELmWR9l23gKES1-0qtkXtJYhVRDSLV6_w122POyPamRXxUGrXKuRMoL2MMyQcVxtgGnKE2jwV4cr6pVHg5iQcv9CI-xuUQCzbkJqkhbQ/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbMmhL9dEeYAFW8NqHa3dkbGGgk9ij4BP4CfELmWR9l23gKES1-0qtkXtJYhVRDSLV6_w122POyPamRXxUGrXKuRMoL2MMyQcVxtgGnKE2jwV4cr6pVHg5iQcv9CI-xuUQCzbkJqkhbQ/s400/007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />I'm always on the search for a lighter chai.  I used to be in love with the chai at Starbucks (made by Tazo), but a grande size made with skim milk is 6 PointsPlus too many for me.  And truth be told, I really prefer to get the venti so it will last.  But 7 PointsPlus is a large chunk of change to be dishing out for just a drink!<br /><br />I've also made chai via a <a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-goals-and-chai-tea-recipe.html" target="_blank">recipe</a> from Eat What You Love, and it's not a terrible one.  It's actually pictured above and that nice size cup yields 3 PointsPlus (despite what the previous blog post said).  Still, I was ready to give something else a try.  <br /><br />So this weekend I made Crock Pot chai from the <a href="http://www.mileskimball.com/MilesKimball/Shopping/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=BC00360353" target="_blank">Crock Pot Diet Cookbook</a>.  You basically take several black tea bags, 8ish cups of water, fresh ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and ground cloves along with 3/4 cup of sugar and heat that on high for 2.5 hours.  It's not bad, and I'm sure I can get used to drinking it.  My only complaint with this version is that the spices don't strain out very well in a strainer (I'm using a powdered sugar sifter).  I'm not sure they are supposed to, but you end up with a ton of spice sediment in the bottom of your cup.  I don't think anyone wants to digest about 2 Tbsp worth of wet spices.  I never figured out the PointsPlus value of this one.<br /><br />THEN, this weekend as I was strolling through Tar-jay, I came across this little lady:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHDde69FCaKYksyLkAHFd1R2orjCjL3El4I8MRyVOKPgVuJX38D5SEAw3GgyHKv2xwDQ3TNgjIXnkf-9F8_miCFvzxclIg-D31Mlge2Y84BxlilGeEmXll5LAS1QsP23QuwmGdS6DPNA/s1600/oregon+chai+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHDde69FCaKYksyLkAHFd1R2orjCjL3El4I8MRyVOKPgVuJX38D5SEAw3GgyHKv2xwDQ3TNgjIXnkf-9F8_miCFvzxclIg-D31Mlge2Y84BxlilGeEmXll5LAS1QsP23QuwmGdS6DPNA/s400/oregon+chai+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Oregon Chai comes in many <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/products/default.aspx" target="_blank">varieties</a>, including a <a href="http://shop.oregonchai.com/SugarFree-Original-Chai-Tea-Latte-Concentrate/p/ORG-12032" target="_blank">sugar free version</a> made with Splenda.  But, if you're like me, Splenda does a number on my stomach.  But <a href="http://shop.oregonchai.com/Slightly-Sweet-Original-Chai-Tea-Latte-Concentrate/p/ORG-13032" target="_blank">slightly sweet</a>?  I'll take it!  As the awesome people at Oregon Chai state in the product description, it's like Light Chai.  The stats are impressive:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXSPGmcC196R-phCQfGvKQ2uxMRfu8RDL6INUYKAJOtaeHRGK7PIZGu00dpcuCTwVSBWOC29_CWcnbNtZHb3KPlI8DK4MCypgliBcAkjaweUHLEv_UeNdg3oD6vU5jDG0ld6ytuu0XUfw/s1600/oregon+chai+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXSPGmcC196R-phCQfGvKQ2uxMRfu8RDL6INUYKAJOtaeHRGK7PIZGu00dpcuCTwVSBWOC29_CWcnbNtZHb3KPlI8DK4MCypgliBcAkjaweUHLEv_UeNdg3oD6vU5jDG0ld6ytuu0XUfw/s400/oregon+chai+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Understand that you must add equal parts milk and chai when making it.  So, the chai mix itself for half a cup is 1 PointsPlus.  However, to get a grande size, I used 1 cup of chai concentrate and 1 cup of skim milk for a total of 4 PointsPlus.  I can do 4 PointsPlus for a chai.... 6 is pushing it 'bucks!<br /><br /><b style="color: #351c75;">Do you have a favorite coffee/tea beverage? </b><br /><br />If you're interested in trying the Crock Pot recipe, I'd be happy to share it.. just let me know!<br /><br />

Chai tea is my absolute favorite morning beverage. Heck, I don't need mornings to drink this deliciousness. I'm always on the sear...

BLOWING OUT SOMEONE ELSE'S CANDLE TO MAKE YOUR'S SEEM BRIGHTER

8:48 AM Tukiyooo 0

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Never waste your energy hating on someone else." id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" style="height: 220.5pt; margin-left: 157.5pt; margin-top: 48.8pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 315pt; z-index: -2;" type="#_x0000_t75" wrapcoords="-103 0 -103 21453 21600 21453 21600 0 -103 0"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <v:imagedata o:title=" Blowing out someone else's candle won't make yours any brighter! Never waste your energy hating on someone else" src="file:///C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png"> <w:wrap type="tight"></w:wrap></v:imagedata></span></v:shape><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Other people’s criticism, or judgment of what is wrong or bad about somebody or something, is merely a reflection of their need to control and dictate rules, guidelines, and boundaries. They are enforcing apon other's the principles by which they use to feel better about themselves. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Their criticism is also a reflection of what makes them feel insecure. Otherwise they wouldn’t take the time and effort to impose their opinion with the intent to put other’s down.  It is this type of controlling person that attracts chaos, and expresses criticism that constantly wreaks havoc, attracts conflict, and draws attention towards to their need for attention and control.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGRzRvscQ6uQOZ5h7n0mcgRxvDzLHxbeorx3E7EKb5UuBPEJJiGmbi_vytwBNFcmJ5EMGvDS5xJHYukcpPxGb8baBeoSpv5RR2EXsGoSdOM8wYjR9qgWZ5opANsWa1Z_33T8wkbnG0eEo/s1600/DRAMA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGRzRvscQ6uQOZ5h7n0mcgRxvDzLHxbeorx3E7EKb5UuBPEJJiGmbi_vytwBNFcmJ5EMGvDS5xJHYukcpPxGb8baBeoSpv5RR2EXsGoSdOM8wYjR9qgWZ5opANsWa1Z_33T8wkbnG0eEo/s320/DRAMA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Could it be that their bias is what they think gives them value, that they like the control they feel when people submit to their judgments, or that criticizing others puts them higher-up in a pecking order? Is their offensive attack to protect and control something they don’t want to lose? Even if what you do has no bearing on what they do, if (in their mind) it conflicts or competes with their bias, they’ll feel the impulse to protect their ego, and justify an offensive attack - thus, blowing out someone else’s candle to make theirs brighter.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I understand this reaction. This is the premise for why we war, why there’s prejudice, why we feel justified in hurting others, why ideals judge, hate, and fight to seek value above other ideals. This is why people who have low self-esteem feel the need to put others down in order to pump them-selves up. As if putting someone else down really improves self-esteem!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If a person was confident in themselves and what they do, would they:</span></div><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';">         </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Start rumors, lie, and put effort into seeking allies that construe faults conflict and controversy?</span></div><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';">         </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spend more time trying to discredit the work of others, than they do crediting their own work?</span></div><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';">         </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Need to justify or defend their beliefs or actions? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Their energy and motive is no longer in the integrity of the work they do, but instead to the corruption of their shallow ego to offend the work of other’s.  </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If they were secure in their view, would they feel the urge to attack other people’s belief?</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How many of you have been overly criticized by someone you love and want approval from?  Is their disapproval the truth of who you are or is it merely a reflection of the ideology they think you should adhere to? Is their criticism a way to control you, to put you beneath them, and a way for them to feed their ego? One of the most common reasons people emotionally eat is out of insecurity, or to compensate </span><v:shape alt="http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/542321_391698880871415_100000939200797_1019599_1604640405_n.jpg" href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=391698880871415&set=a.187609904613648.35308.100000939200797&type=1" id="Picture_x0020_7" o:button="t" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 201.75pt; margin-left: 172.5pt; margin-top: 44.25pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 288.9pt; z-index: -1;" type="#_x0000_t75" wrapcoords="-112 0 -112 21520 21645 21520 21645 0 -112 0"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <v:imagedata o:title="542321_391698880871415_100000939200797_1019599_1604640405_n" src="file:///C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image003.jpg"> <w:wrap type="tight"></w:wrap></v:imagedata></span></v:shape><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for lack of approval. Eating is a form of self-approval and an easy means to feel secure when insecurity ensues.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But what if you are that critic? Is it your entitled right to force others to remove your insecurity? Instead of forcing other’s to fulfill you are you forcing your insecurity on your body? Do you criticize yourself and enforce diet restrictions to control your feelings of insecurity? Is it your body’s job to make you feel better about yourself?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Consider your internal battles and question if you are the critic, if you are your own opponent, and if you are a martyr to your own abuse. Is the battle you have with other’s really a battle within yourself? If you are secure in yourself, secure in what is authentic and what makes you independently valuable, is there really a threat? Is there a need to put others or yourself down? No. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Before you criticize yourself and others seek what you are compensating for. Are you defending something that needs no apology or are you taking offense to something because you feel insecure? Question why you feel threatened and why you need something outside of yourself to feel better. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you are blowing out someone else’s candle, it really doesn’t make yours burn brighter, but in fact, it just makes your surroundings darker. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSebgbQHGAZIVuQ55syvjX-5xBfiLQuQo2h7WBMdhCBptFyfzq6sjpu0XYx65EdkPk2t2Cz5oNH7bkrhN9j26f18br26KwtdZLZIGKw_YYsUI6YLeKTcA4o5xauN1AzzUY8pesktL2qWA4/s1600/Distorted+Thinking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSebgbQHGAZIVuQ55syvjX-5xBfiLQuQo2h7WBMdhCBptFyfzq6sjpu0XYx65EdkPk2t2Cz5oNH7bkrhN9j26f18br26KwtdZLZIGKw_YYsUI6YLeKTcA4o5xauN1AzzUY8pesktL2qWA4/s640/Distorted+Thinking.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><br />

BLOWING OUT SOMEONE ELSE'S CANDLE TO MAKE YOUR'S SEEM BRIGHTER

Other people’s criticism, or judgment of what is wrong or bad about somebody or something, is merely a reflec...