Be Prepared for Sudden Violence

We live in an increasingly violent world. Never mind the revolutions in the Middle East as heart wrenching and traumatic as they may be.  People are being assaulted and  often killed on the streets of Canada and the rest of the world every minute of every day.


Many persons do not have the opportunity to learn the best ways to defend themselves but here in Canada and the ways that looks very good is found at www.streetsensesafety.ca


Click on this website to learn more about their very impressive looking self-defense courses -- based on on martial arts competitions -- but on real-life situations that you could encounter at any time. I have just discovered this site myself but it looks good.

Don't Hold a Grudge for Even a Second

Almost everyone at one time or another has said or felt something like, "Oh yeah ? If that's the way he or she wants to treat me or act just wait and see what I do to them next time!

As tempting as it is it's not only personally self-destructive to hold grudges but also responsible for much of the wars and other blood baths in the world today and in the end hurts the person planning or actually carrying out revengeful act as much as their victim.

You see examples of this everyday in the news. However one incident that really stands out in my mind is the story of two brothers who lived in an isolated fishing village on the coast of British Columbia, Canada when I was a young lad. I had met one of the brothers but the actual story was related to me by my grandfather who knew both of them very well.

He told me that for over 30 years these two brothers had argument over some rather trivial matter and hadn't spoken to each other again – although they lived in the same cabin – and worked on the same fishing boat -- a smaller gillnetter they owned and took out every day fishing.

They lived and worked together like this for years –refusing to look at or speak to each other again. It didn't matter whether one of them became ill or had some other problem. The other person would see that his brother was taken care of – but not personally.

Finally some time after 30 years one of the brothers suddenly died of a heart attack. His brother didn't attend his funeral but did sort through his brothers belongings –because secretly he was devastated the loss of his brother.

He broken down when came across a letter in which his brother expressed the heartbreak his brother had lived with as a result of the argument. He had written in this archived letter in his belongings who he loved his brother and felt sorry about his part in the dispute and how he wished the two of them could be friends again – but felt it was his brothers place to make up to him – first.

The surviving brother had felt exactly the same way about everything, but was so devastated by the fact that he had not tried to patch up their differences that he lived the rest of his life in such sadness and despair that he too died a few years after the death of his brother.

All of this actually happened and is a perfect example of the tragedy of holding grudges and seeking -- revenge-- for something somebody has done to us.

Seeking justice for some wrong done to us or somebody else is of course another matter. The two ideas are not the same.

 

 

 

Protect Yourself from Disease By Eating Sugar?

Protect your health by eating sugar?  You must be kidding !   For years we have been warned about the increasing dangers of eating sugar haven't we?


Yes we have have but now according to the folks at Angora eating a certain type of sugar can do much to protect yourself from illness and disease.


I first learned about this through an e-mail sent to me this morning alerting to a  video free over the next 24 hours explaining all of this. It looks (and sounds good).


For more information contact the publisher at: catalog@pubsvs.com or the publisher of Nutrition and Healing online.


Do it right away as it is a time-limited offer.

Protect Yourself from Cockroaches

There is probably not household pest that inspires more sense of disgust and uneasiness in the average Canadian and American householder than the common cockroach which is so easy to attract to your home and so hard to exterminate once in has taken up residence in your house.

Most of us associate the cockroach with something filthy or dirty and it is true most of them are attracted to decaying organic materials such as garbage or food but others in certain parts of North American are attracted by other things as well – even plants, the glue on the back of wallpaper and book bindings and the damp moisture around window sills and the clutter around storage cabinets—especially f they are used to store starchy foods in cardboard containers.

When you  read the cockroach profiles on some of the professional and do-it-yourself extermination sites which take you down through descriptions of the American, German, Woods, and other species you quickly get the picture that these "nasties" can eat a wide variety of things, organic and inorganic to survive – with some species – even greenhouse plants.

So how do you protect yourself? Certainly using the services of one of the many professional extermination companies you can find might be a food investment. You can also find do-it-yourself products on store shelves and the internet. But as with most problems preventative measure are also needed in the form of getting ride of clutter in food cabinets and other areas of house – especially organic debris such as garbage. And don't forget to give your home a good cleaning as often as possible with one of those new steam cleaners available at most home supply stores now if you do have inspect infestations problems in your area or house.

This disposal or garbage from food preparation etc can be a problem. You want to get it out of your house as soon as possible and into tightly sealed disposal containers. This can be especially important if your city, like ours, now has programs for storing all organic material in special containers that the city picks up every so often for their composting sites.


Another must do is to be more on-the-look-out for cockroaches and other bugs and insects. Become more aware of the different species of cockroaches and what  -- and other "undesirables such as silverfish like so you can detect them easier. Then when you see that lone bug or insect jogging or flying (some cockroaches do fly) around your kitchen don't assume it is just another harmless bug or inspect. Check it out and take quick eradication measures since cockroach and egg and quickly erupt into a whole-house invasion.
Make sure that such containers are kept tightly sealed and well away from easy access into your house by cockroaches and other pests that are attracted by organic waste.



Such effective measures as good household cleanliness  and early eradication steps can not only prevent cockroach infestations but can also save you a minimum of a few hundred dollars several times a year by not having pay for professional exterminators – needed for major infestations.


 

Never Forget Things Can Go Horribly Wrong

 

I got only a glimpse on a television spot by some safety organization warning how no matter what we are doing we have to look beyond anticipated pleasure in some future activity – to the possibility that our activity can result in tragic results.

The short advertisement pictured two young boys looking at a collection of fish in an aquarium while one of the boys tells the other that his father is taking him on (I think) an outing on the ocean to search for another captive fish to add to his collection. Just before the advertisement ends as the boys rush off camera in response to a man's voice one tells the other something like, "my father says I can keep any one I want!"

However just as they are leaving a female voice over warns, "Nobody wakes up in the morning expecting to drown that day !" Apparently the owner of the aquarium is going to drown on this outing!

The warning here is obviously that you should never get so lost in your activity – no matter how enjoyable or attention riveting it is – that you do not stay constantly aware of tragic problems that could erupt from your actions or the actions of somebody your are with. Remember every action has a reaction.

Combine this with Murphy's Law – if something can go wrong it will and at the worst possible moment – and you have a lethal combination you should stay aware of.

 

Yet how many of us do? How many snowmobilers die or see their friends die because they missed the signs of an avalanche? How many skiers die because they ski in "out of bounds" areas? How many drivers die in vehicle accidents because they get caught up in cell phone use while driving? How many pedestrian die or get crippled every year because they step off the street – with their heads down and without looking -- into oncoming traffic – simply because they feel safe in a pedestrian crosswalk? How many cyclists die each year because some cities have now given them more rights on the road in North Anmerica and they often aggressively assert those rights in dealing with motorized vehicles?

Like that television advertisement said in effect: "Nobody gets up that morning expecting something bad to happen to them!" – but with Murphy around it often does if you do not stay aware of your surroundings and possibly tragic actions.

 

 

 

Life Is Like Coffee

Protect your happiness during the coming year by keeping in mind  the reminder you'll see in this short video on coffee.


It comes from the Early to Rise folks.  Click on http//www.flickinspire.com/m/EarlyToRise/LifeIsLikeCoffee


If you have any trouble with this link just type in
 "Early To Rise ". The link is in the latest e-zine I just received from them.

Beware of Fake Mystery Shopper Opportunity

I recently partially fell for a scam involving a mystery shopping opportunity which seemed like a dream come true in this economy; I was offered $400.00 US a week plus additional cheques to cover transportation expenses etc from a company that frequently passes itself off as Ocean View Company Limited or Ocean View Consults, a fake international mystery shopping company.

As I have done this type of work before and I have worked as a journalist for years for various community and business newspapers in addition to other projects it seemed like an ideal opportunity for much needed additional income.

The last person I spoke with assured I would have a package containing complete instructions and the cheques in the mail within four business days –but when they seemed reluctant to give me background information on the company and then gave me the name of Canadian Paid Surveys which has nothing to do with them or mystery shopping I started checking through the Internet and thankfully came across the Anti Fraud International web site which warned me about this scam.

If you look at their web site by typing in "Ocean View Consults" you'll see how at least one person made the mistake of cashing their cheques and had to pay the money back. Many more persons have discovered that it is all a scam.

They could be trying to steal personal information or infect your computer with a virus when you click on these e-mails so BEWARE.


 

 
Another danger here is that these people might be trying to steal personal information and or infect your computer with a virus as well. So beware.