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TODAY'S TRIVIA - - -
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What president served the shortest term?
What person witnessed three presidential assassinations?
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What do we call the study of reptiles and amphibians?
Herpetology.
What kind of pets have lived in the White House?
The White House has seen quite a menagerie! President John
Quincy Adams had an alligator. Calvin Coolidge kept a
raccoon. Woodrow Wilson had a ram and sheep. The White House
had also seen a pet turkey, tiger cubs, a parrot that used
offensive language, a horned toad, a wallaby, a lion,
horses, bears, owls, snakes, a pigmy hippopotamus, a zebra,
and the more usual assortment of dogs, cats, guinea pigs,
hamsters, and rabbits.
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There are a lot of ways to become a failure,
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1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
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2. Optimize Life Now™ . . . with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler
Know When To Hold, Know When To Fold
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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson
Could Your Blood Pressure Be Too Low?
A Plea For Some Common Sense: Some Sanity
PART 8 of 12
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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby
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5. WHY DO WE SAY IT?
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6. THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
7. HA! HA!HA!
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STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
Initially golf balls were made out of wood. After that
they were made out of leather, which was stuffed with
feathers.
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Optimize Life Now™ . . . with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler
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Know When To Hold, Know When To Fold
Success in your career usually means having the abilities of a
gymnast--flexibility, strength, focus and skill, heightened by
resilience, perseverance, determination and practice. The
ability to accommodate change often requires all these things
as well.
John Sculley, formerly of Apple computer, said: "The new
corporate contract is that we'll offer you an opportunity to
express yourself and grow, if you promise to leash yourself to
our dream, at least for a while." For those of you who work
in the corporate world, mission statements and strategic
planning involve all pulling together to realize a corporate
vision, don't they? What we are learning now, is that,
important as this is to creating economic viability, it is
also important to honor the individual in the company by
aligning his or her personal goals and vision, with that of
the company, "at least for a while".
As companies are comprised of people--they would not exist
without them, would they?--enlightened companies are caring
companies and they demonstrate their valuing of their
employees by giving them skills, input, and, the opportunity
to realize their goals within the company. Unfortunately,
there are still the unenlightened companies who fit the mould
described by David Whyte in The Heart Aroused: "The hard news
is that the corporate world wants us around while we are
useful, but it offers no security based on how likable or
impassioned we are...individuals...are continually forced to
reassess their abilities to live with unknown and open-ended
situations, to actively create their own life independent of
the organization and to like themselves while they are doing
it. " Very good advice, no matter how enlightened your
company is!!
So, with that in mind, how is your gymnastic ability? How is
the balance you create between your personal goals and your
career goals? What is your plan for maintaining that balance?
Do you actively create your own life independent of the
organization? Do you like yourself at work? How far are you
willing to stretch before it becomes uncomfortable? Where are
your boundaries and limits? Do you know what you value and
how important it is to you? How comfortable are you with
risk? Do you know your limits of tolerance for change,
stress, rigidity, ambiguity, and uncertainty? Do you
understand the depth of your desire for a life that matches
your values? Are you willing to do whatever it takes to
achieve this?
Taking the time to reflect on these things has much value. It
prepares you to assess situations as they arise and create
solutions that honor what is valuable to you. You also will
be prepared to respond with more assurance and immediacy to
those situations. I've heard it said that luck is when
preparation meets opportunity. When you know yourself well,
you are prepared to know when to hold and to know when to
fold, to keep your life well-balanced and in alignment with
what you value. Then you will recognize opportunity when it
presents itself, too.
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© Rhoberta Shaler, PhD All rights reserved worldwide.
International speaker, coach & author Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, is
an expert motivator. She gives you the strategies and
motivation to shift your results from acceptable to
EXCEPTIONAL in business and in life. Join her online
community, subscribe to her three ezines and listen to
Optimize! Radio at http://www.optimizelifenow.com
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By the time you ask, you have already received. The
only thing you must now do is learn to recognize it.
---- Ken Darby
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - -
by Karin Henderson
Could Your Blood Pressure Be Too Low?
A Plea For Some Common Sense: Some Sanity
PART 8 of 12
By law, negative side effects must be listed and available
to the consumer. So when you have a prescription filled, you
must read any listed side effects (aka an adverse
reactions). But if you don’t like those, or if you feel you
already have some of those from maybe something else, it is
too late to return the product. So do your research for side
effects before you buy it. What is not so easily figured out
is the interrelation of the drugs you are on. They would be
called interactions. http://www.rxlist.com/
http://search.familydoctor.org/htdigsearch/htsearch?config=
familydoctor_kidshealth&words=interactions
What is a drug interaction? Here is one excellent site.
http://familydoctor.org/802.xml#6
“If you use 2 or more drugs at the same time, the way your
body processes each drug can change. When this happens, the
risk of side effects from each drug increases and each drug
may not work the way it should. This is called a "drug-drug
interaction." Vitamins and herbal supplements can affect the
way your body processes drugs too. Certain foods or drinks
can also prevent your medicine from working the way it
should or make side effects worse. This is called a
"drug-food interaction." For example, if you're taking a
traditional NSAID, drinking alcohol can increase your risk
of liver disease or stomach bleeding. Drug-drug interactions
and drug-food interactions can be dangerous. Be certain that
your doctor knows all of the over-the-counter and
prescription medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements that
you are taking. Also, talk to your doctor before you take
any new over-the-counter or prescription medicine or use a
vitamin or herbal supplement.”
If your body is relatively healthy, and you are taking one
or two drugs, this may not present a problem. But as we are
speaking of low blood pressure, and most healthy people do
have good (adequate), relatively low blood pressure, a
listed side effect of low blood pressure should make you
stop and think. That is what I am trying to help you do
here.
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Karin Henderson is a registered nurse and is thePEBBLE's
columnist for our MEDICAL COLUMN.
We appreciate her input very much. Thanks Karin.
You can send Karin questions at
mailto:kflh@shaw.ca
Health Information Newsletter.
http://www.prescotts-inc.com
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PERCEPTIONS . . . by Ken Darby
-----------------------DISCLAIMER
Some around me think I am an opinionated old goat.
Whether that be true or not I will sometimes, in this column,
talk about things people don't like to talk about - or don't want
out in the open. Take it all with a grain of salt.
Do your own thinking, and don't accept the things I say as
gospel. They are only mental meanderings from a simple soul.
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Today Mr. Castro is mad over Forbes Magazine reporting he
has amassed a fortune of some 900 million dollars.
I have no idea whether Forbes is right or where they get
their information but it sure had the Cuban leader upset, so
much so that he held a public television broadcast of over
four and a half hours attempting to deny the story.
I don't know about you but my experience is that the more
fuss people put into denial the more likely the story is
correct. I don't know, but four and a half hours of public
broadcast?
Bush's plan to send 6,000 National Guard to patrol the
Mexican/US border has met with much criticism on the one
hand and applause on the other. We'll just have to watch
this one folks.
China marks Cultural Revolution
Tuesday(yesterday) marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of one
of the greatest social upheavals of the 20th century.
Some of you might remember this was a revolution that
appears to be started by Chairman Mao to rid the communist
party of his rivals. It cost millions of lives and displaced
even millions more - all so he could have his way. Yet
another example of Machiavellian politics.
Global warming is taking it's toll in Africa, too. It seems
that the high mountains between the Congo and Uganda are or
were home to some spectacular glaciers. Global warming has
them at half the size they were in 1987 and it is estimated
they will disappear entirely within two decades. For your
information these are the snows and glaciers that feed the
mighty Nile.
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WHY DO WE SAY IT?
Jalopy: How did the "jalopy" get that name?
An old and dilapidated automobile rides more like a horse
than a smooth-running modern car; the motion is "gallop-y"
and from this we get, by softening of the sound of the g,
"jalopy".
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THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles
develop your strengths. When you go through hardships
and decide not to surrender, that is strength." --
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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HA! HA! HA!
Mickey's wife was sick of her husband's heavy drinking and
one night she decided to give him a fright. She made herself
up to look like the devil and went down to the local
cemetery, knowing that her husband was in the habit of taking
a shortcut through it on his way home from the pub.
It was not long before he came staggering along, and out she
jumped from behind a headstone, "HAHAH" she laughed wickedly,
"I'm the Devil, Henry!"
Mickey jumped back at first, startled, but then smiled and
said, "Put it there, Pal, I'm married to your sister."
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