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Are You a FAT ASS?

editor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:36:29 GMT

Well, Are YOU A FAT ASS?

Now be honest with yourself. Do you eat too much? Do you eat enough for three people? Do you eat processed foods? Do you eat at fast food restaurants because you are TOO lazy to make your own food?

Can you run out to your car from your house and your out out of breath? Then you are a FAT ASS!

Can you do no more than 5 push up and the sixth push up is IMPOSSIBLE?
Then you are a FAT ASS!

Can you jump rope and only do 100 jumps and you are totally out of breath?
Then you are a FAT ASS!

I think you better do something about this because you are in pitiful shape and you are probably developing some type of serious medical condition and DO NOT EVEN KNOW IT!

What did you have for breakfast? A COKE with your donut?
Then you are a FAT ASS!

Did you skip breakfast and then when you did eat only have a cup or several cups of coffee and some kind of prepackaged food BEFORE LUNCH?
Then you are a FAT ASS!

When was the last time you ate something GREEN? FRESH? ANd not processed? Last WEEK? Last MONTH? Last YEAR?
Then you are a FAT ASS!

Do you see a pattern here? You are looking at a future filled with visits to the doctor, prescription medications, pains in your joints and body and the inability to live PAIN FREE. Sound good to you? Then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Make a change, or do you like feeling like crap?

From nearly every article I read about the DIETS of modern man I have come to the understanding that MOST PEOPLE CAN BE CALLED A FAT ASS!

We eat too much and too much of the wrong things!

I have a solution for you if you are interested. Simply send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE and I will send you a PDF file of two weeks of meal plans, Recipes and a shopping list.

You will save hundreds of dollars a year, you will lose weight ( I GUARANTEE IT ! ) and you will look and feel better.

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Forum: HEALTH & FITNESS ARTICLES

We Assume Too Much And Pay Dearly For It

Builder — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:05:28 GMT

We Assume Too Much And Pay Dearly For It

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization.
- Abraham Maslow, American professor of psychology, creator of Maslows hierarchy of needs (1908-1970)

We assume. We assume. We assume.

We cant get through life without making assumptions that certain things will remain in order, that there is a structure of life and matter that wont suddenly change on us, that someone wont stab us in the back when we arent paying attention.

We require those assumptions in order that we can carry on our lives and concentrate on the business at hand. Of course life--indeed, existence--does not follow our need for assumptions that things wont change on us too dramatically. Nature, like luck, can be brutal.

Japan studied its seismic history and since the 1970s built structures to last, based on earthquakes that had affected the country in the previous 400 years. For the most part, modern buildings survived the 9.0 quake of 2011. However, protective seawalls were overwhelmed and 20,000 people lost their lives in the tsunami that followed. The 9.0 earthquake, among the strongest in modern history, follows a pattern that only strikes about every 1000 years.

The Japanese government assumed that studying 400 years of history was enough. Not enough to account for a cycle of at least 1000 years.

We assume, those of us who marry, that "till death us do part" means forever, that our partner will never leave. We do not assume that the commitment means that both parties must work to maintain the relationship every single day or it will fall apart. We assume its a forever commitment, at least on the part of the other person in the relationship.

We assume that "for better or for worse" are only words, that the "worse" part wont be any worse than it was before the wedding. When the relationship is required to endure a whole lot worse than that, trouble starts.

We assume that sex with our partner will be as gratifying and as fulfilling--maybe even improve with experience through the years--as it was before the wedding. The sex drive can be impacted for many reasons, both internal and external. The partner who is not affected--needing more--looks for satisfaction elsewhere. The partner who is affected assumes the relationship will continue, unaffected, because of a commitment of a few words spoken during a ceremony. The vows say nothing about sexual commitment.

We buy food at a market assuming that it will be tested safe. Chemical fertilizers, pesticides and preservatives in all foods have been shown to be unsafe for health over a long term. Fresh produce, advised by all health professionals to be the healthiest foods of all, are heavily laced with chemicals, even preservatives to keep them from spoiling.

We assume that preservatives that keep our food from spoiling are safe. They are, for food sitting on a shelf. Inside our bodies they also preserve our food from decay, which is exactly the opposite of what we want. Our body detects whole fats and automatically stores them in fat cells. Result: obesity in people with efficient digestive systems, even if they do not overeat.

We assume that by visiting a medical doctor when we are not well, or even for a regular checkup when we feel well, the doctor will provide us with the best care. Yet some doctors take money from drug companies when they prescribe drugs from one of them. Some of the drugs, such as statins to counteract cholesterol, become lifelong commitments when there are safer and healthier alternatives available (including common mineral niacin and exercise).

We assume that what we wear and our cosmetics will enhance our status among our workmates or acquaintances, as we have been taught by commercial interests. In general, virtually no one cares what we look like, except maybe a boss if we dress inappropriately. We just believe that others care.

We assume that the vehicle we drive will somehow deliver a message to others that we have a personal value greater than we know we have. Again, no one else cares.

We assume that people we associate with often are friends. As soon as we have a serious problem, they are nowhere to be found. Casual friendships exist when people have something to gain by associating with us, or us with them. True friendships are hard to make, take years to build, and true friends dont care about trivial matters and will stand with you through your worst troubles. Simply assuming that someone is a good friend may be plain wrong.

We assume that those who mean the most to us will be with us forever, so we take less care with them than with acquaintances who can help us in the short term. When those loved ones die, we arent prepared for the loss and often suffer ourselves as a consequence. We assumed they would be with us forever.

We assume that our religious leaders teach us facts and truths beyond reproach. Most is just fantasy or wishful thinking, sometimes even an effort to control our mind. Just examine the "truths" taught from the pulpits of various Christian denominations to learn how greatly they vary, though they all claim to use the same holy book.

We make countless assumptions to get us through our lives. Some help us to get through the day, or night. Every assumption has a consequence if something does not work the way we had assumed. If we dont consider the consequences of our assumptions, we pay a price later.

Children should be taught about consequences of their assumptions. Risky behaviour, for example, could result in early death. Unwise behaviour in their youth will inevitably result in bad health in later years.

Who should teach this Law of Consequences? Parents? Teachers? Relatives? Neighbours? Friends?

Yes. Children who do not understand the Law of Consequences, who make assumptions that are unwise, suffer huge setbacks later, if they survive. We pass laws to protect children, then ignore the laws. Many parents are not aware of the laws that should guide them through parenthood. No one taught them how to be parents. They figured out the conceiving part themselves. The rest they guess and learn by accident (sometimes).

Every adult has a responsibility to each child he or she knows. The degree of responsibility will vary from one child to another. The need for commitment will not.

There is an old saying: it takes a village to raise a child. Our ancestors knew that. Todays kids dont have that village. We need to help them avoid the deficit. They need to learn. We need to teach.

Bill Allin is the author of Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Todays Epidemic Social Problems, a book for parents, teachers, for all adults, who want to help children grow to be responsible, to lead well balanced lives.
Learn more at http://billallin.com

Forum: Reports by Bill Allin

Translate KITAKITZ to YOUR language

editor — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:46:22 GMT

We now have a nice new feature where you can read KITAKITZ in your favorite language. Please feel free to write in your own language and also refer your friends. Now anyone can read what ever is posted here.

Previously we had NO WAY to convert the site to other languages. Now you simply click on the TRANSLATE link at the top of most kitakitz pages . You can choose from over 50 languages!

We hope you like this new feature.

Forum: From The Desk Of The Editor

Free Enery Device

editor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:47:18 GMT

If you havent noticed, theres a lot of buzz on the internet right now about the HoJo Motor. What is it? Well its a device that produces completely free energy for peoples homes and appliances and its eliminating peoples electricity bills permanently! Theres some breaking news about this brand new free energy device that you have to hear, so read on because its important

Well, as you probably know, a couple weeks ago the guys at HoJo Motor released plans that anyone can follow to create their own free energy device based on Howard Johnsons patented magnetic generator. The reason its getting so much buzz is because this magnetic generator produces totally free energy for peoples homes and the plans are actually really easy to follow (so a ton of people have already built their own working free energy device)!

And if dont know who Howard Johnson is (the inventor of the HoJo Motor)he is called The Father of Spintronics and was one of the greatest inventors of the past century. His entire lifes work was solely to learn how to produce free energy and to create a magnetic generator that could be used in peoples homes to eliminate their need to pay for electricity.

Well, Howard successfully invented this and its called the HoJo Motor And guess what else? The HoJo Motor was actually awarded 3 U.S. patents! In fact, its the only known device to be certified by the U.S. Patent Office to actually produce free energy.

And finally anyone can build their own HoJo Motor and produce free energy for their home because they literally just re-released the plans to build this device! And if youre like me and dont have any building or engineering experience it doesnt matter! The plans are easy to follow and are step-by-step! So literally anyone can build this device

You can see them here for a very limited time:

Go here > READ MORE

the only problem when Howard Johnson invented the HoJo Motor was the Big Energy Corporation saw the HoJo Motor as a huge threat to their profits. These corporations first got word about his free electricity device when they saw Howards free energy motor featured on the cover of the spring Science & Mechanics magazine. Science & Mechanics magazine was blown away by what Howard created and they saw the actual proof that it worked so they decided to feature it on their cover

But Big Energy didnt like this at all! They knew this device could potentially cost them million (or billions) if everyone could produce their own free energy and didnt need to rely on them for energy anymore. So these corporations started a massive campaign to shut down Howards research team because the energy companies got word that Howard and his team were looking to release their motors to the public soon.

But just recently the Howard Johnson (HoJo) Motor plans were just released to the public for the first time since the invention of this motor!

You can see them here > READ MORE

Unfortunately, the guys at HoJo Motor pulled their offer down only a couple days after they first released them because they were getting tons of attack letters from the Big Energy Corporation.

But they just came out and said they were going to re-release their plans to just a few more people in the next couple days because they dont want their invention to be kept from the public!

So Id keep checking here > READ MORE

Because if theyre back up and youre at all interested in producing safe, clean, free energy for your home than Id highly recommend you check out the Hojo Motor and use their patented plans to create your own free energy device.

I dont know when or if theyre going to put their plans back out there but if you have the chance to get them make sure you do!

I guarantee you that if you get their plans it will be one of the best things youve ever done! So stop paying $1,000s for electricity and become energy independent today!

If you havent seen their easy to follow step-by-step plans yet go here now: READ MORE

Forum: Recipes, Survival & Preparedness, Homemade Natural Products

2012 fitness goals

editor — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:24:51 GMT

Good day Kitakitz Boxing Club members,

We have FOUR rules at the club. They are designed 100% to help you and they have very little to do with me.

THIS FITNESS GIG IS ALL ABOUT YOU! HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS YOU HAVE PUT IN WRITING? DO YOU WANT THEM BAD ENOUGH TO GIVE UP CERTAIN THINGS? Lets find out..........

If you really want to see the results from your hard work in the gym you must do more than just show up a few times a week.

#1 EAT PROPERLY AND KEEP A FOOD DIARY

Part One of your homework consists of keeping a daily food diary. I keep a daily exercise diary of everything you do in the gym. I write down how hard you worked, if you showed up, did or did not do your best, and the number of sets and repetitions of each exercise. This helps me keep adding different and more advanced techniques so YOU reach your goals. I do not think it is too much to ask that you do the same thing at home. SIMPLY write down what you eat and drink and how much. SIMPLE.

THIS WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHY YOU ARE NOT REACHING YOUR GOALS. If you have been coming to the gym for at least a month and you look exactly the same it is because you have NOT CHANGED YOUR LIFESTYLE OF EATING, SLEEPING AND DRINKING. THIS FITNESS PROGRAM WORKS 100% of the time if you follow it to the letter. Since I can not be with you all the time and I can NOT slap that extra plate of pasta or slice of pizza out of your hand you must do that yourself! I would be happy to walk around with you all day and slap that pizza out of your hand but I don't think you can afford me or really is necessary.

REMEMBER THIS IS FOR YOU!

#2. EXERCISE AT HOME:

Part two of your homework consists of you doing some type of cardio program at home. WALK, JOG, RUN, BIKE, TREADMILL, MINI TRAMPOLINE, JUMP ROPE, etc.. A simple little tip, find your favorite tv or movie, put your treadmill or other device in front of the tv and watch ONE 30 minute show while you exercise. WORK HARD UNTIL YOUR SWEAT. That all you have to do!!!!! It is only 30 minutes. YOU HAVE THE TIME!

If you THINK that coming into the gym once or twice a week is going to get you in tip top shape and lose 30 pounds in 30 days and look like your favorite fit and trim movie star then you are MISTAKEN AND YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE!. That is in fantasy land, and if you can find that place let me know so we can tell the world and we will all be very rich by the end of the year.

My program is a LIFESTYLE CHANGE, that means no more garbage in your mouth, no more sitting on the couch and watching tv when you come home. It means more activity, eating properly and thinking positive thoughts.

YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME AND YOUR MONEY IF YOU DO NOT DO PART TWO OF YOUR HOMEWORK.

#3. THINK POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF.

NO more looking into the mirror and saying " I AM FAT" or " I AM UGLY" Instead you are going to say. " I AM GETTING BETTER LOOKING AND I AM LOOKING THINNER THIS WEAK THAN LAST WEEK" or "I am improving each and every day"

If you want to get thrown out of my gym talk negative about yourself. Lets make 2012 the year that you reach all of your fitness goals by being more positive!

#4. BE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO TELL YOU. SO I WILL DO IT. I AM GOING TO START BEING MORE BLUNT WITH PEOPLE. IF you are lazy and do not work hard or you just show up twice a week and DO NOT DO YOUR HOMEWORK THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR YOU

AS A PAYING MEMBER OF THE CLUB YOU ARE WECOME TO COME INTO THE GYM ON YOUR OFF DAYS AND KICK YOUR OWN BUTT. I HAVE LOTS OF TOYS HERE TO PLAY WITH AND SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS THAT WILL BE HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU AND HELP MOTIVATE YOU. THE FEES YOU HAVE PAID TO ME GIVE YOU FREE ACCESS ANYTIME I AM OPEN. MONDAY - FRIDAY AND SUNDAYS!!!!! USE THIS TIME WISELY.

I built this gym for my own personal use, but people started to talk and refer me because what I do works, IF YOU FOLLOW THE PLAN. You are a walking and talking BILLBOARD that my program works but if you do not do the complete program here and the HOMEWORK, you are going to be disappointed in a few weeks or months. You and everybody who knows you will think it was my program that failed. BUT I KNOW BETTER, I have been doing this for over 17 years and the only reason people do not achieve the goals they originally set is because they just gave up. They start not showing up, calling in sick, or not at all. And of course never did one HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT. Then they are right back where they started.

I know I may be cutting my own financial throat by saying this but, I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AND SPEND TIME WITH YOU IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS 100% ! THIS IS HARD WORK FOLKS! IT IS A HARD PHYSICAL TASK YOU HAVE BEGUN. IT CAN ALSO BE A HARD MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ROAD AS WELL. PULL UPON YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR SUPPORT. Please call me if you are having a hard day. I am a good listener. ALSO call upon A HIGHER POWER TO GIVE YOURSELF THE SPIRITUAL ENERGY AND THE STICK TO IT APPROACH.

YOU WILL ACHIEVE THE GOALS YOU HAVE SET FOR YOURSELF.

Forum: HEALTH & FITNESS ARTICLES

Anne Franks Classmates Remember Holocaust and Days of Hiding

Builder — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:50:50 GMT

Anne Franks Classmates Remember Holocaust and Days of Hiding"What we had was a killing machine--not just part of a normal war, but a killing machine. We shouldn't forget this past, and we must remain informed about what's happening today. What went on then should never happen again." Nanette Blitz Konig, best friend of Anne Frank (p. 127)

"By the end of the war, I looked like a skeleton. My hip bones were poking through my skin. They weighed me when I'd already been in the sanatorium for a while, and I was thirty-two kilos, barely seventy pounds. So I must have weighed a lot less before." Nanette Blitz Konig, who spent three years recovering in the sanatorium after her release in 1945 from Westerbork, a Nazi prison in The Netherlands (p. 132-3)

"The dates tell you that the children who arrived in Auschwitz and Sobibor were gassed immediately." Nanette Blitz Konig, viewing the plaque with the names and death dates of Jewish children (including that of Anne Frank) of the Montessori School (now named Anne Frank School) where she and Anne and many of their classmates went to school before they went into hiding or were murdered by the Nazis (p. 160)

"My freedom." Nanette Blitz Konig, when asked by a twelve-year-old boy at the Anne Frank School, in 2008, what was the most cherished thing that had been taken from her as a Jew during the Second World War. (p. 163)

"The informers were paid ; and sometimes it was a matter of carelessness on the part of those in hiding, or of those who were hiding them as well. In any event, many people were betrayed. One third seems to be the official figure, but I believe that half the Jews who went underground were betrayed." Lenie Duyzend, another female classmate of Anne Frank (p. 180-1)

(All quotes from We All Wore Stars, Memories of Anne Frank from Her Classmates, by Theo Coster--also an Anne Frank classmate--English translation published by Palgrave MacMillan, 2011)

Those few excerpts from the book may help to fix in your mind the conditions under which millions of Jews in Nazi-dominated Europe managed to avoid death during the Holocaust. I say "avoid death" because even the word "survive" fails to give sufficient impact. Death by disease or starvation was common, even while the Jews were "free," in hiding from the Nazi troops. Many did not manage to avoid death. Eighty percent of the Jews in The Netherlands before the war did not survive.

Of the ones who hid and were discovered, they were sent in railway freight cars to concentration camps. The cars were so crowded that individuals had no room to sit down. Some literally died en route, of disease or starvation. Those who were not fit to help the Nazis in some way, while in the camps, were told they were to take showers to clean up the lice and filth that most had accumulated. The showers emitted not water, but lethal gas.

Why, I wondered when I was younger, did so many go peacefully rather than fighting to the death after they were captured? They were starving, they believed that if they were sent to "work camps" they at least would be fed. They didnt mind working if they would be fed. Most didnt work. They didnt live long enough to need to be fed.

They believed the "showers" would not only cleanse their skin, but they were told that a mild chemical would rid them of lice and parasites. The "showers" were to be a privilege.

They believed. They died. Six million of them. The number is doubted today only by Holocaust deniers and doubters.

Seventy years later, many of us have lost the message. Today we have more Jew haters than in past decades. Why? Because those who hated the Jews before and during the Holocaust continued to hate them after the war was over. And, like the Nazis who invented modern day propaganda methods, they continued to spread their word, relentlessly.

I recently defriended a man on Facebook. While he was a marvelous resource for anti-establishment "facts" and video materials, he was also rabidly anti-Jewish. Anything done in Palestine he could justify in some way, whereas anything done by Israel he could "prove" was evil. He posted between one and five anti-Israel or anti-Jew Facebook items every day. He had 4000 Facebook "friends." Read: followers of his propaganda.

Today we have the endless conflict between Israel and Palestine that tires many of us so much that we want to ignore it. What many dont realize is that Palestinians, who wanted independence from their former masters Jordan and Egypt for at least a century, not only lost the war (they supported Germany), they also lost what they had hoped for so long would be a free Palestine.

When the state of Israel was created after the war, from land taken from countries that supported the losing side (Germany, home of the Holocaust), Palestinians refused to give up their fight. Where previously Palestinians and Jews had lived peacefully, side by side, in Palestine, when the Jews succeeded in getting international support for the creation of Israel while the Arab Palestinians failed to get their own official homeland, the Palestinians vowed to never forget or give up their fight.

Palestinians, in general, may not be as well educated as the average Israeli. But they learned their lessons about propaganda from their German allies. They learned how to manipulate the media. They learned how to lie, repeatedly and consistently, until eventually enough people believe the lies. Thats what propaganda does, as demonstrated so well in the 1930s by Hitlers buddy Goebbels, the master propagandist.

Israel learned too, but from the Roman empire, not from modern day militaries. Israel learned that when an enemy hurts you, you should hurt your enemy back ten times as hard as it hurt you. Thats how Israel has responded to attacks from Gaza and the West Bank.

Such principles of fighting back do not fit with modern morals and ethics. Hitting back with far more force than you were hit with makes you a bully today. Palestine tries to make Israel come off in the media like a powerful bully. Its working. Blogs and social media give anti-Israeli propagandists free reign. White supremacists of the past have become anti-Israeli heroes of present day, in the eyes of some people.

The most important key to successful propaganda is to say your message with confidence. Truth is not important (in fact, lies are the preferred content of propaganda), so long as the message is delivered with confidence and determination. In propaganda, you never admit your own mistakes or weaknesses, you always blame your opponent for what you did wrong and you usually accuse your opponent of using the same dirty tactics as you use yourself. The whole US experience in Iraq is an excellent example.

Please, when you think about Israel today, remember that Jews have survived many extermination attempts over the past three millennia in which they have been denied a land of their own (the Holocaust was but one). How might you expect todays Israelis to act when they finally got a country to call their own? How would you react if six million of your culture mates were gassed while millions of others were starved and abused?

Israel has acted badly, by modern standards, no doubt. Call it brutal. But is the answer to disenfranchise Israel? Bullying of other kinds has not been stopped by putting the bullies in jail. In fact, jail and punishment of other kinds of bullies have created more bullying than they have solved or prevented.

When enemies face each other as enemies, peace will never happen at the table. Only when they face each other as similar peoples with common interests is there any chance for peace.

Jews and Arabs are both Semitic peoples. Each is a collection of various tribes of the past. Wherever tribal customs, traditions and mores of the past continue today you will find conflict. Check out where conflict is happening in the world today and which maintain tribal values and you will find an almost perfect coincidence.

Not all Israelis subscribe to tribal values, but there are enough strong minded purists to influence their government. Not all Arabs, or even Palestinians, subscribe to the old tribal values, but there are enough that peace talks always mean enemy facing enemy across the negotiating table.

Whenever political representatives face each other as being "different" peace cannot be achieved. Only when they face each other as being the same people, only with different opinions that need to be resolved, will there be a viable possibility for peace.

Bill Allin is the author of Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Todays Epidemic Social Problems, a book for teachers and parents about how to raise children who can cope in todays complicated modern world. Its a book about commonalities, not about differences, which is why it works.
Learn more at http://billallin.com

Forum: Reports by Bill Allin

Does Anyone in the US Need to Earn Money?

Pami — Thur, 12 Jan 2012 23:56:05 GMT

Who doesn't need to earn some extra money nowadays? If you write just a couple articles a day on textbroker.com, you are earning enough to pay for a new car. Sometimes it comes in handy for groceries.

There are also writing jobs you will be able to find just by typing in the search engine box "freelance writing jobs."

For earning an income with writing jobs, you will like Textbroker. They are branching out to other countries. If you speak the language and can write, they are inviting you to know all about textbroker.es and textbroker.nl

Having an editor critique your work actually helps you so much, and you will learn quickly.

Let me know if you apply and make some money. That will make me happy.

Sincerely,

Pami

Forum: Pennsylvania By Pamela Simpson

Emails with Ultimatums

Pami — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:56:54 GMT

We have all gotten them! Who would send you an email that says to send it to 20 of your friends and if you don't you will be like the man and woman on vacation who never made it home, or the king and queen who lost a child because they ignored this supposedly religious email or message? This is supposed to be a religious message and it will cause this much trouble if you don't forward it?!!

If you make the mistake of asking the sender to "please do not send you these types of emails" because you don't even want to read through it, then you are deemed wrong in the sender's eyes. Then, they send you a message that makes it seem that you have done the wrong doing, or they never speak to you again.

We are fortunate enough to live in a world of just being able to hit the delete button,.... until the next time you are sent another one of the same. I believe we have the right to express how we feel about these types of emails.

Forum: Pennsylvania By Pamela Simpson

Article 1000 Milestone and Memories

Pami — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:17:04 GMT

I have had it in my mind to be writing my 1,000th little article here at Kitakitz today. It seemed like a good idea. I can remember receiving the email from John asking that if there were a group of people who wanted to write, to come and join back then in the summer of 2006, and that is what the original group of people did.

These years have gone by so fast with much happening in all our lives, I am sure. I know things have changed in my life. Many people have moved away to different cities and countries. Many people are coming back home in more ways than one.

We got to see our Katie over Christmas. Remember her? She is the little one in the photo sitting beside the sunflower. Now, she is 21. Jezebel was one year old when we got her from our daughter, Anna. Now she is 7 so she is catching up with us. AsterLily is already going to be three years old.

My monitor is turning green and then it goes to a beautiful purple, so, eventually it is going to go all the way out, I guess. That is another reason I wanted to write this article.....while I can still see what I am typing.

The V.A. hospital where my husband goes up along Washington Boulevard in Pittsburgh is closing. The patients are receiving letters to go to Aspinwall which is where Anna works on the Hospice floor.

Where ever you are, have a Happy New Year! Remember the veteran who fought long and hard to make us safe while in Iraq. Thank you! Remember to thank the veterans of long ago who are still with us and live down the street.

Everything eventually changes. Whatever it is, we just have to go along with the flow and accept certain things.

Thank you for the invitation, John.

Pami

Forum: Pennsylvania By Pamela Simpson

AsterLily's New Travel Bag

Pami — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:53:10 GMT

Eddie has always taken AsterLily to the veterinarian by just holding her. She sat on his lap without even trying to jump off of him. But, being she has her own mind now and has gotten so big, we decided to get her a travel bag to attend the doctor's in style. It is black, zips all around to make it easy to get her into and out of and is soft like a purse. It is airline travel ready, not that we will ever go on an airline with her, but it is ready. It is screened in so she can see everywhere but no one can see her. This way she can go "incognito" if she wants to.

It has the straps that you can hook the seat belt through so she is safe in the car. She had to have the leukemia shot and some other initials, I don't know what they mean and then when Eddie gets home with her we put Aster's and Jezebel's reports in picture frames on the dresser so we always have their information available from year to year.

She did not *hissss* at the doctor this year so that is a sure sign of her trust in Eddie and that she is growing up. I can't believe this wonderful cat will be three years old in May. What a joy she has been to us.

Forum: Pennsylvania By Pamela Simpson

The End of the Year: A New Beginning

Pami — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:32:32 GMT

Are you glad the year of 2011 is coming to an end? Just like each new day is a new beginning, 2012 brings with it the chance to make a change, a chance to be better than the year before, to realize goals and be the person you want to be.

Whether you realize it or not, you are already becoming. What you think about each day is what you will be. If you think spiteful thoughts, you will become spiteful. If you think loving thoughts, you will have love returned to you from the most unlikely people. Sometimes your friends will be more caring to you than your own family.

I wish for you, the reader of my post, to have an abundance of blessings in all ways. Health, finances, love, peace, hope, joy, security and faith, and that you make the very most of 2012. If the Angels in Heaven do not know when the end of the world is coming, how would the Mayans? I guess the key is to be ready and watchful so you know where you are going if and when it does happen.

Forum: Pennsylvania By Pamela Simpson

Read About the Tabernacle in the Wilderness

Pami — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:07:28 GMT

A while back I gave everyone Kevin Corbin's address to the Gleanings which he writes. Kevin is from Canada and is the pastor of the Cowboy Church there. He is a writer of the finest articles which you will enjoy immensely.

If you have read in the Bible about how God gave the exact measurements to Moses as to how He wanted the Tabernacle built along with the colors, lengths, widths, designs and the cloth. You may have tried to get it through your head just how it will look but it just would not click.

Here is a link to the Ebook with pictures and measurements. You will also know how much gold cost back then, and what the price would be in today's economy. This will give you an idea of what the Menorah in the Tabernacle would cost today.

Here is the address to print your free Ebook so that you can comprehend in your own mind what God wanted.

http://gleaningsfromtheword.com/Tabernacle%20in%20the%20Wilderness.pdf

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

Pami

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Shes A Stupid Old Fart

Builder — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:30:39 GMT

Shes A Stupid Old Fart

Shes an annoying old thing. She sleeps much of the day, but when she is awake she cant be satisfied.

She seems to want only the basics of life that please her, satisfying both ends of her digestive system, getting constant attention while shes awake, being left undisturbed when she is asleep. And treats, she loves her treats.

She has some problems with bowel movements, but she is somehow aware enough to eagerly take her laxative each day. Some part of her natural brain endowment is still working.

Sometimes she acts stunned, frozen in place in the middle of a room as if she cant remember what she was doing or why or where she wants to go. Give her some food and she may begin to eat, turn away, then ask for more food without even looking at her plate to see that she hasnt finished what she had just been given.

I get frustrated. I dont know what to do to please her. I have a better understanding of elder abuse now that I have an elder with dementia to look after. Its easy to let your emotions and thoughts go wild when you dont know what is happening in the brain of another. I dont strike out. I dont shout, though I grumble my frustration sometimes. She doesnt seem to care.

Her name is Lucy. Who names anyone Lucy? Well, in this case, my long deceased mother-in-law, but thats another story.

At least I dont have to physically feed Lucy. She feeds herself. Cats dont use forks and spoons. Yes, Lucy is a senior feline with dementia. (A UK survey found that one in ten cats develops dementia as it gets well into its teen years.)

Though the lifespan of cats is normally much shorter than that of humans, their behaviour during their lives often matches that of humans to a shocking extent. Cats and humans do not speak the same verbal language, though both have had thousands of years to learn from the other.

Having studied cats intensively for the past two decades (my background is in sociology and education), I have observed only one marked difference between the behaviour of cats and people: when a kitten or cat wants something, it does everything within its power to get it. Human children, sadly, do not, so often miss out on much of the adult attention they desperately want.

OK, if you want to get technical, people dont clean their behinds by licking, as cats do. But cats have almost germ-free mouths, while people can have billions of bacteria and viruses in theirs. Theres a lesson there, but Im not sure what it is.

Every cat has a certain level of "talkativeness" some are always quiet and purring, some meow about everything. The change seen with senior dementia is one of increased or excessive vocalizations, and not just a simple meow. They may appear confused and not totally sure of their surroundings while vocalizing, and this behavior is more common at night, often waking up the household.
- Janet Tobiassen Crosby , DVM, veterinarian and author of materials about small animals

As in humans, dementia leaves confused and distressed...Researchers from the University of Edinburgh now believe half of all cats over the age of 15 and a quarter aged 11 to 14, are suffering from "geriatric onset behavioural problems".
-Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent, The Telegraph

Feline dementia is very similar to dementia in humans. Heres the killer: dementia is the most avoidable disease known in either species. Yes, dementia is avoidable, if those in charge of a cat or a child begin early enough.

Cats in the wild live about ten years. Indoor cats often live twice that long. The older they get, the more likely they are to get a disease of old age.

The difference between a cat or a person who will eventually get dementia and one who will not is curiosity or creativity in childhood. Both, in the early years of life, require lots of attention and opportunities to explore, to learn, to satisfy their natural curiosity.

Curiosity, so the old saw goes, killed the cat. But cats have nine lives, so another goes, so they have resources people dont. When a cat lacks stimulation and inspiration for enough years, it becomes dull. When a child is denied sufficient stimulation and inspiration for its first few years, then again in the primary grades of school, it will stop being curious. As an adult, that child will join the legions of stupid people you see around you, almost everywhere you go.

Have you walked down the hallway of a nursing home that caters to the frail elderly? They sit outside their bedroom doors, staring blankly, hoping for something or someone to pass by to relieve the monotony. Dementia is the last stage of what began as a bored child, then developed into a stupid adult.

If dementia is avoidable, what can we do to help ourselves and others to avoid it? To begin with, you will not likely develop dementia because you were curious enough to read this article. Curiosity is the key. Curiosity doesnt come out the end of a hypodermic needle or in table form.

Curiosity is, in effect, a desire to learn. A constant desire to learn. It doesnt seem to matter what a child or even a middle aged adult wants to learn or to explore, so long as its new and requires learning. Try something new. Embrace change. Get used to something different. Explore, even if its only at your local library. You will never see a demented adult in a library.

Now you know something that could change lives. You, being curious yourself, will not likely suffer from dementia in your later years. But what you know now could prevent someone else from suffering that fate. You could change the life or your grandchild, or your child.

You could change the life of a complete stranger, if you care enough. Consider this: how might the life of a homeless person change if they had a drive to learn, to improve themselves, to change for the better? You might not be able to help that way directly, but you could join an organization with that as its primary objective.

Bill Allin in the author of Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Todays Epidemic Social Problems, a guidebook for teachers and parents who want to ensure the kids they know continue to exercise their curiosity throughout their lives.
Learn more at http://billallin.com

Forum: Reports by Bill Allin

Iraq war and NOW Iran, What next?

myopinion — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:37:52 GMT

originally posted 8/26/2010

According to the news reports the WAR in in IRAQ is ending. Troops are being withdrawn and the combat troops are no longer needed.

BUT something is not right here. The figures do not add up. Are we just going across the border to start another war in IRAN? Why did we build the largest embassy in the world to turn around the leave everything behind?

Where did all the private contractors go? At one time there were over 150,000 private contractors in Iraq.

THere is LOTS of money to be made in a war torn country. Contracts for rebuilding bridges, roads, schools, hospitals, etc. Plus the NEW security people that are left behind including 50,000 or more USA troops.

THere is still active attacks against the people who are there so the fighting HAS NOT STOPPED like we are being told on national TV and the internet.

Plus how do YOU really know what is going on there? Do you believe everything you read and hear from the national media or the pentagon?   NO ME!

I expect them to lie thru their teeth and tell me ONLY what they want me to hear.

I am just saying something is NOT right, the figures just do not add up. According to national media sources 2+2 does = 6

This is my opinion. Do you have one?

i posted the above 8/26/2010 and what has changed?? The War in Iraq is over, Yeah you bet it is. Now we are poking and prodding IRAN to get a war started there! The Bill Of Rights last week was ripped to shreds as of now you can be arrested and do not need to be given a trial and you can be held indefinitly! Martial Law is coming around the corner. Wars and more wars for a president who when running for office was going to END THE WARS. PEACE, PROSPERITY, JOBS. I DON"T SEE THEM!!!

See I was correct just like I said 8/26/2010 posting SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT!
click here to see the original posting
http://forums.kitakitz.com/post/2-Plus-2-6-4860981?highlight=iran

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