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Sunday, August 11, 2013
Make Your Own Lick-and-Stick Stickers - Dollar Store Crafts
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by carissa
While I may not see them on store shelves anymore, I do have some fond memories of lick-and-stick stickers from childhood - especially the flavored ones! I didn't know it was possible to make your own until I saw this great tutorial from our own Heather over on?Home Made Simple. Using this technique, you can transform any paper - from old maps to scrapbook paper - into a sticker. You could even use this technique to make lickable edges on homemade envelopes. [how to make your own stickers]
Project estimate:
- Gelatin, $1 and up
- Bowl, on hand
- Water, on hand
- Paper, on hand
- Scissors, on hand
- Paintbrush, on hand
- Spoon, on hand
Total: $1 and up
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Source: http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2013/08/make-your-own-lick-and-stick-stickers/
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Sun's magnetic reversal means big changes for the solar system (+video)
Scientists say that the sun will undergo a magnetic flip in the coming months, an event that happens just once every eleven years and the effects of which will be registered throughout the solar system.
The sun, pictured as it erupts in 2012 with a major solar flare, is expected to reverse its poles in just a few months.
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EnlargeOnce every 11 years, something unusual happens on the sun: The sun?s polar magnetic field weakens, bottoming out at nothing. When the magnetic field appears again, it will be reversed. The sun?s north pole will go from negative to positive, and the south pole will switch from positive to negative.
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During the height of the solar cycle, the magnetic field changes polarity, pushing a ripple effect across the Solar System that's detectable by even the far-away Voyager probes.Data from NASA-supported observatories indicate that the next flip will happen in just three to four months ? the north pole has already jumped the gun and reversed, and scientists are now just waiting for the south pole to catch-up. The completed flip will herald changes throughout the entire solar system, according to a NASA video.
The sun?s magnetic influence extends some 8 billion miles through a region called the heliosphere. That region ends at the heliopause, the outermost boundary of our solar system that abuts interstellar space. So, when the sun?s polarity flips, the entire solar system will feel the effects of the change.
During the flip, what is known as the sun?s sheet ? a massive surface some 10,000 km thick and billions of miles wide extending outward from the sun's equator ? will become wavy. That wavy sheet will create cosmic ?stormy weather? throughout the solar system. At the same time, it will also better deflect the cosmic rays spewed from distant supernovae than does a smooth sheet, protecting shuttles and astronauts from the particles.
The sun's magnetic field flips at the peak of each solar cycle, each of which are about 11 years long. This coming reversal will mark the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24, a solar maximum.
Solar maximums and minimums provide important data to scientists looking to create a better portrait of the still mysterious outer bounds of the solar system: Each change in the sun?s cycle provides an opportunity to assess how the sun?s particles from a minimum or a maximum behave in the altered solar system, and then extrapolate what the solar system?s outer boundaries looks like.
Last month, IBEX, NASA?s Interstellar Boundary Explorer in orbit around Earth, used data recorded from the sun?s particles spewed off during its solar minimum to prove that the solar system has a tail. At the time, scientists said that they were still awaiting data from particles released from the sun during its solar maximum, since those particles had not yet had enough time to ricochet toward the heliopause and then rebound back to IBEX.
Scientists have been monitoring the sun?s polarity since 1976, and have recorded three flips, with the fourth due this fall.
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Revelations of Your Self-Help Book Secrets | Psych Central
Self-help books are a popular and growing body of literature; according to Nielsen Book Scan, 13.5 million self-help books were sold in 2011, a 22 percent increase from 2010. Clearly, many people are turning to books as a means to making a better life. But how helpful are they?
Lancaster Adams, an English eye surgeon living in California, analyzes self-help literature in his book Revelations of Your Self-Help Book Secrets:?Neuroscience and Psychology of the Self-Help Literature as It Reveals the Challenge of Understanding Thought Projection Outside Our Human Brain. (Yes, the full title is a bit long.)?Adams uses neuroscience, quantum physics, and psychology to conduct this meta-analysis of the genre and to examine the veracity of the claim made by many self-help books: that they can change your life.
He begins his book by exploring thoughts as electrical impulses that can be detected outside of the body, and moves on to studies on electromagnetism and ESP. He delves into the science of quantum physics and its relation to human consciousness. ?And he discusses dreams, including a dream of his own that turned out to be a premonition of a terminal illness in his father, who lived halfway around the world.
The book then moves on to the psychology of choices, affirmations, and visualizations, and shows why each of these techniques so often recommended in self-help literature actually do work, as long as they are followed by action. The author?s descriptions of how affirmations and visualizations affect the human mind are scientific and convincing; in fact, they were convincing enough to inspire me to try using affirmations in my own life.
Adams concludes that while many of the tools recommended by books really do work, it is really ?common sense,? rather than ?whatever model of the quantum universal mind you have picked up from your self-help books.? He warns the reader: ?Don?t allow yourself to be misled in fields of which you have little training or knowledge.?
Adams covers some difficult-to-understand topics, and while he writes in a conversational style, his discussions of topics such as the ?inverse Zeno phenomenon,? quantum events in the human brain, and the relation of melanin in the brain to neurotransmitters may be confusing to the lay person. He goes into great detail about these difficult subjects, and at times his discussions can be quite hard to follow.
His reviews of the psychology of positive affirmations and visualization are much more readable and, when paired with his message that ?the role of action, and specifically work, cannot ever be ignored in your quest for self-improvement,? provide a road map toward real, positive change in one?s life.
Quote are woven throughout the book, with snippets from people as disparate as Jimi Hendrix, Carl Sagan, and the Dalai Lama. When the author?s own words become difficult to understand, these quotes serve as a pithy way to make his point accessible.
The book is thought-provoking, and, considering the complexity of the subject matter, entertaining. The conclusion, that ?your self-help book is a tool to educate you and point the way for you to develop fresh behaviors, resulting in habits that will increase the number of your fulfilling moments,? does follow logically from the fourteen chapters that lead up to it, even if some of them are a bit hard to navigate.
Adams accomplishes what he sets out to accomplish: a thorough study of the claims of self-help books and how they dovetail with our current knowledge in many areas of science. This is not an easy read, but it may provide answers to those who wonder if the claims of their self-help books are true.
Revelations of Your Self-Help Book Secrets:?Neuroscience and Psychology of the Self-Help Literature as It Reveals the Challenge of Understanding Thought Projection Outside Our Human Brain
Strategic Book Publishing, 2012
Paperback, 160 pages
$17.95
Psych Central's Recommendation: Worth Your Time! +++
Your Recommendation (if you've read this book):Want to buy the book or learn more?
Check out the book on Amazon.com!
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Source: http://psychcentral.com/lib/revelations-of-your-self-help-book-secrets/00016982
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Saturday, August 10, 2013
Newspaper delivery man helps save 11 from house fire
A newspaper carrier for the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch is being credited with saving 11 people's lives after discovering a house on fire early on Thursday.
Ben Carroll, 28, was on his bicycle delivering papers along his route at approximately 5 a.m. when he smelled smoke.
"It smelled like garbage burning," Carroll told the Dispatch.
He said he saw flames on the side of a duplex and knocked on the front door. When no one answered, he called the fire department.
?Then I went around and banged on the side door and no one answered," Carroll said. "I could see a child through a little window. I just kept banging and yelling and banging and yelling.?
A man eventually came to the front door but didn?t believe his house was on fire.
"He probably thought it was a prank," Carroll said. ?I?m like, 'dude, your house is on fire.'"
The unidentified man told Columbus' News 10 that everyone in the house was sound asleep.
Carroll convinced the man to step outside and see the flames for himself. The man ran back inside, emerging along with four other adults and six children.
No one was injured.
?I just happened to be at the right place at the right time and I did what I was supposed to do,? Carroll said.
Fire officials told Yahoo News that the fire, which started on the back porch of the home and spread to the kitchen, is under investigation.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/newspaper-delivery-guy-credited-with-saving-11-from-house-fire-180531260.html
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Friday, August 9, 2013
De Aza triple lifts White Sox past Yankees, 6-5
CHICAGO (AP) ? Alejandro De Aza's two-run triple in the 12th rallied the Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night, hours after New York's Alex Rodriguez appealed his suspension.
Rodriguez officially dug in for his fight two days after being hit with a 211-game punishment following MLB's investigation into Biogenesis of America, a defunct Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Then, the Yankees fell for the 14th time in 20 games after Mariano Rivera blew the lead in the ninth and Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead homer in the 12th.
The White Sox rallied with two out in the bottom half against Adam Warren (1-2).
Tyler Flowers singled off the pitcher's glove and moved to third on a single by Alexei Ramirez. De Aza followed with a triple to right-center, giving the White Sox their third straight win after a 10-game losing streak.
The Yankees looked like they were going to come away with the win when Cano broke out of a 6-for-43 slump by driving a pitch from Dylan Axelrod (4-8) 431 feet to right-center. The home run ? his 22nd ? was his first since July 10.
The Yankees built an early 4-0 lead and were up one going into the ninth, but Rivera couldn't hold it.
Baseball's all-time saves leader, came in to a standing ovation and retired the first two batters before Gordon Beckham doubled.
A pinch-hitting Adam Dunn then drove a single just to the left of a diving Rodriguez at third on an 0-2 pitch to tie it at 4.
The blown save was just the third in 38 opportunities for Rivera, who allowed one run over two innings. And it denied CC Sabathia his first win in more than a month after he pitched into the eighth.
Rodriguez picked up a single and walked in his third game back after having hip surgery in January. He also had a chance to drive in the go-ahead run with two out in the 11th but grounded out with a runner on third. Then, he was replaced in the field in the bottom half.
Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer off Hector Santiago and scored twice. Eduardo Nunez went deep and collected three hits, and Sabathia was in line for his first win since July 3 before things turned.
He gave up three runs and five hits, including a towering homer to Beckham in the fifth.
The White Sox pulled within 4-3 in the seventh on an RBI double by Paul Konerko and fielder's choice grounder by Beckham, and Sabathia left after Conor Gillaspie grounded out leading off the eighth.
David Robertson came in and struck out Tyler Flowers looking on a 3-2 pitch, drawing an argument from the White Sox player and an ejection for pitching coach Don Cooper in the dugout.
Alexei Ramirez then singled and stole second, but De Aza grounded out to end the inning.
Santiago struggled, allowing four runs and seven hits over 5 2-3 innings, but the bullpen kept the White Sox in the game.
As for A-Rod, well, it was more of the same for him as far as the reception goes. Fans tore into the three-time AL MVP again, just as they did in his first two games.
Rodriguez was 1 for 5 after going a combined 2 for 6 the previous two nights. He was also back at third base after serving as the designated hitter on Tuesday.
NOTES: Austin Romine started his second straight game at catcher for the Yankees. Girardi said there is nothing wrong with Chris Stewart. ... Dayan Viciedo was back in the White Sox's lineup as the designated hitter ? not the left fielder ? after missing a game because of a jammed left thumb. ... Both teams are off Thursday. ... The White Sox have a day-night doubleheader against Minnesota on Friday, with LHP John Danks starting the first game and LHP Charlie Leesman making his major league debut in the nightcap. ... RHP Ivan Nova starts Friday for the Yankees, with RHP Rick Porcello pitching for Detroit.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/aza-triple-lifts-white-sox-past-yankees-6-051145096.html
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Tell Me About It: Cheer up a lonely cancer patient
Carolyn Hax
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 1:08 AM
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
Question: I have a friend who is a very independent and private person, and who has built a stable life for herself after a difficult upbringing. She was recently diagnosed with a likely curable form of breast cancer, and she feels very alone (no family; close friends mainly live elsewhere).
We have one close mutual friend, with whom I have been trying to offer the support she feels she's missing. I've told her to call me anytime. I've taken her to one appointment and am scheduled to do so again soon.
But what else can we do? It pains me to see how sad she is about being on her own through so much of this. She was already struggling with depression, and has a counselor lined up. I think my greatest fear is coming off as glib and making her feel alienated. While I have dealt with depression, I have always had a vast support network, and have never experienced cancer or another devastating illness myself. I try to be reassuring, but I don't know how helpful that is.
Answer: You can contact her, regularly but not obnoxiously, to show her you care and that she does have a support network. Ask her which method she prefers - call, text, e-mail, drop-by? Make sure she knows you don't expect her to respond at length or at all, and hope she'll take advantage as she pleases. She calls the shots; you're just there to provide the reassurance that only someone's presence, versus "call me anytime," can provide.Also, be careful not to treat her as some exotic "other." I do get it - hard life, introversion, few local friends - but she's still just a person like any other. Try to see things through her eyes, then follow her lead.
Comment: I was a loner cancer patient too. What really touched my heart was receiving cards from people in the mail that simply indicated they were thinking of me. Another thing that helped me was when someone made sure I had real food in my refrigerator after surgery. Not junk food - it may sound comforting, but that really just makes things worse. Cook up a lasagna that can be cut up, frozen, and eaten for a week. That, for me, was so wonderful I don't even know how to put it in words.
A: You just did, though - thank you.
Comment: I had a friend with cancer. Several of her friends organized a book club and we met once a month at her home. It was a great way to show support without hovering.
A: Stinkin' brilliant. In this case, it's an opportunity to widen the friend's social circle, if she's up to it. Big if, but still.
You did offer your friend the option to cancel/postpone, I assume, and never, ever, ever left her anything to clean up?
Comment: You might suggest the friend find a support group for people with cancer. I just attended my first such meeting. No one wants cancer, but it does include admission to a whole new community - a silver lining when one is badly needed.
A: Support group, of course, thanks.
Readers, 3; Loneliness, 0. Thanks all.
E-mail Carolyn Hax at tellme@washpost.com.
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