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Are you looking for more calm satisfying experience with you daily life?

Do you get frustrated with yourself at the end of the day because you've gotten stressed, unfocused or agitated?

  Are you tired of getting over emotional and worn out.

Whether you are experiencing one or all of these feelings here are my 5 best tips on reducing the unwanted feelings so that you will feel calm and satisfied with yourself each day.  
    

 1. Catch yourself when you exhibit a feeling of behavior that you don't like and change it.
At first you may not notice the feeling until after you have gone through it, that's fine.

Think about how you would rather have felt.

Think about how you would rather have handled yourself. Decide how you want to do it next time.

As you continue with this process each day you will find that you will notice more easily what you are doing throughout the day.

You will begin to catch yourself earlier and earlier as you do this.

Eventually, you will be seeing yourself while you are doing it, then stop yourself.

At some point you will be able to notice before you even begin to feel and react in the undesirable way.

Here is where you will actually begin to change the way you react to the situations in your life and change your behavior.

 2. Stay centered all day by refocusing throughout the day.
Develop the habit of paying attention to your mindset as the day goes on.

Several times a day, step away from what you are doing to get re-centered.

Sit down close your eyes and take several long slow deep breaths while imagining the tension washing slowly out of your body.

Notice your breathing getting slower and calmer.

Just think about your breath.

Try to keep from thinking about anything in particular.

It's ok to not be actively thinking for a while!

 3. Watch out for your expectations.
You are setting yourself up for failure, upset and frustration when you set too many standards as to how you think things should be.

Think about what leads you to getting upset?

Why does it upset you?

Notice that you decide how many things should be, based on your own outlook and desire.

The things others do that are not to your liking, even the things you do that don't match your expectations.

Ask yourself, really how important is it that they be exactly that way

Ask, who am I to insist that they are that way?

Does it matter that much?

Is it worth getting myself worked up about?

Choose which expectations are really important for you to hold on to and which ones are not.

Holding on to many expectations just complicates your life, with constant judgment.

Simplify your life and reduce the stress!

 4. Delegate.
This applies to your personal life as well as at work.

Most of us think of delegating as a workplace skill, but it can apply personally as well.

We are all very busy these days with our activities and duties.

Trying to fit it all in and get it all accomplished can lead to tension.

For various reasons, many of us have developed the habit of thinking we must do it all ourselves.

Take a look at your situation.

Think about it, really, how important is it that everything must be done perfectly to your standards?

Are you sure there are not other people who can assist you. Are the other people in your life pulling their weight?

Many times we get into habitual ruts that don't need to be as they are.

Look at what has been, with the eye of reducing the pressure on yourself.

 5. Accept other people as one.
As you think of yourself as different and separate from the rest of mankind, you unknowingly create thinking and behavior that separates you from others.

This kind of separate thinking leads us to think we are superior to others which leads to judgment then selfish thinking and behavior.

We are then having an internal battle with others, which brings on fear, competition and comparison, ending in frustration and anxiety.

Look to discovering how to see yourself as one with all of mankind, not as separate.

Focus on what we have in common rather that the relatively small uniqueness.

Author Bio
John Halderman is a writer, speaker and trainer, dedicated to helping people with getting real results with their personal development efforts. He supports strategies, methods, tools and information that actually bridge the gap between information and effective results. Go to www.activepersonaldevelopment.com for free information and newsletter.

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And what does this 350 number even mean?

350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide—measured in "Parts Per Million" in our atmosphere. 350 PPM—it's the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.   read more about climate change

The science is clear: global warming is happening faster than ever and humans are responsible. Global warming is caused by releasing what are called greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The most common greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide. Many of the activities we do every day like turn the lights on, cook food, or heat or cool our homes rely on energy sources like coal and oil that emit carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. This is a major problem because global warming destabilizes the delicate balance that makes life on this planet possible. Just a few degrees in temperature can completely change the world as we know it, and threaten the lives of millions of people around the world. But don't give up hope! You can help stop global warming by taking action here at 350.org.

We need an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions fast, and 2009 might be our best shot.

The United Nations is working on a global climate treaty, which is supposed to be completed in December of 2009 at a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. But the current plans for the treaty are much too weak to get us back to safety. This treaty needs to put a high enough price on carbon that we stop using so much. It also needs to ensure poor countries a fair chance to develop.

visit the official site of Copenhagen Climate Council

This year, we can create a grassroots movement connected by the web and active all over the world.

We can hold our decision-makers accountable to producing a treaty that is strong, equitable, and grounded in the latest science. On 24 October, we're holding a Global Day of Climate Action to do just this.

If this global movement succeeds, we can get the world on track to get back to 350 and back to climate safety. It won't be easy, that's why we need all the help we can get.

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1. La gripe pandémica es distinta de la gripe aviar

El término "gripe aviar" designa las afecciones causadas por un gran grupo de virus de la gripe que afectan principalmente a las aves. Aunque en raras ocasiones pueden infectar a otras especies (entre ellas el cerdo y el ser humano), la inmensa mayoría de esos virus aviares no infectan a las personas. Una gripe pandémica sobreviene cuando aparece un nuevo subtipo con el que nunca antes había estado en contacto el ser humano.

Por ello el virus aviar H5N1 es una cepa dotada de potencial pandémico, pues podría acabar adquiriendo rasgos que la hicieran contagiosa de persona a persona. Una vez consumada esa adaptación, dejaría de ser un virus aviar para constituir un virus gripal humano. Las pandemias de gripe son causadas por nuevos virus gripales que se han adaptado al ser humano.

2. Las pandemias de gripe son episodios recurrentes.

Una pandemia de gripe es un episodio inusual, pero recurrente. En el siglo pasado hubo tres: la de “gripe española” en 1918, la de “gripe asiática” en 1957, y la de “gripe de Hong Kong” en 1968. Según las estimaciones, la pandemia de 1918 causó la muerte de entre 40 y 50 millones de personas en todo el mundo. Fue una pandemia excepcional, considerada uno de los episodios infecciosos más mortíferos de la historia de la humanidad. Las pandemias posteriores fueron mucho más benignas: se calcula que la de 1957 mató a 2 millones de personas, y la de 1968 a 1 millón.

Una pandemia se produce al surgir un nuevo virus de la gripe que empieza a propagarse con la misma facilidad que una gripe normal, por la tos y los estornudos. Dado que el virus es nuevo, y que por ello el sistema inmunitario humano no lo reconoce, es probable que las personas que contraigan la gripe pandémica sufran una enfermedad más grave que una gripe normal.

3. El mundo puede estar al borde de una nueva pandemia.

Los expertos en salud llevan casi ocho años siguiendo de cerca un nuevo y peligroso virus de la gripe: la cepa H5N1. En 1997, en Hong Kong, esta cepa infectó al hombre por primera vez y causó 18 casos, seis de ellos fatales. Desde mediados de 2003 ha provocado en las aves de corral los brotes más graves y de mayor magnitud de los que se tiene constancia. En diciembre de 2003 se observó que el virus había infectado a personas que habían estado en contacto con aves enfermas.

Desde entonces se han confirmado con pruebas de laboratorio más de 100 casos de infección humana por el virus en cuatro países asiáticos (Camboya, Indonesia, Tailandia y Viet Nam). Más de la mitad de esos casos se han saldado con la muerte del enfermo. La mayoría de los infectados eran niños y adultos jóvenes que hasta entonces gozaban de buena salud. Por fortuna, el virus no salta fácilmente de las aves al hombre ni se propaga de forma sencilla y duradera entre las personas. Si la cepa H5N1 evolucionara hacia una forma tan contagiosa como la gripe normal, podría declararse una pandemia.

4. Todos los países se verán afectados.

Una vez aparecido un virus muy contagioso, se considera inevitable que llegue a extenderse por todo el mundo. Adoptando medidas como el cierre de fronteras o las restricciones de los viajes, un país podría retrasar, pero no impedir, la llegada del virus. Las pandemias del siglo XX necesitaron entre 6 y 9 meses para dar la vuelta al planeta, aunque por entonces la mayor parte de los viajes internacionales se hacían por mar. Hoy en día, teniendo en cuenta la velocidad y el volumen de los movimientos aéreos, el virus podría extenderse con más rapidez y, seguramente, llegar a todos los continentes en menos de 3 meses.

5. Resultarán contagiadas muchísimas personas.

Considerando que la mayoría de la gente carece de inmunidad contra el virus pandémico, se prevé que los índices de infección y morbilidad sean superiores a los registrados en las epidemias estacionales de gripe normal. Las actuales proyecciones sobre la próxima pandemia llevan a pensar que un sustancial porcentaje de la población del mundo necesitará algún tipo de atención médica. Pocos son los países que cuentan con el personal, las instalaciones, el equipo y las camas de hospital que se requieren para atender al gran número de personas que enfermarán repentinamente.

6. Faltarán suministros médicos.

Al principio de la pandemia, y durante muchos meses, ningún país dispondrá de un suministro suficiente de vacunas y fármacos antivirales (las dos intervenciones médicas más importantes para reducir el número de enfermos y muertos durante una pandemia). Preocupa especialmente la falta de vacunas, pues se considera que éstas son la primera línea de defensa para proteger a las poblaciones. Si las cosas siguen como hasta ahora, muchos países en desarrollo se verán privados de vacunas durante toda la pandemia.

7. Morirá mucha gente.

A lo largo de la historia, el número de muertos durante una pandemia ha sido muy variable. Los índices de mortalidad dependen básicamente de cuatro factores: el número de personas infectadas; la virulencia del virus; la vulnerabilidad y características de partida de las poblaciones afectadas; y la eficacia de las medidas preventivas. No es posible realizar predicciones fiables de mortalidad antes de que aparezca y empiece a propagarse el virus pandémico. Cualquier estimación del número de muertos resulta puramente especulativa.

La OMS viene manejando una estimación relativamente conservadora (de entre 2 y 7,4 millones de muertos) porque constituye un punto de referencia útil y plausible para el trabajo de planificación. Este cálculo se basa en la pandemia de 1957, que fue relativamente benigna. También se han hecho estimaciones partiendo del supuesto de una gripe más virulenta y parecida a la de 1918, y las cifras resultantes son mucho más altas. La pandemia de 1918, sin embargo, fue considerada excepcional.

8. Se producirá un gran trastorno económico y social.

Se prevén tasas elevadas de morbilidad y de bajas laborales , lo que contribuirá a perturbar la organización social y económica. En el pasado, las pandemias se extendieron por todo el globo en dos, o a veces tres, oleadas. No es probable que todas las zonas del planeta o de un solo país se vean gravemente afectadas al mismo tiempo. Aunque los trastornos sociales y económicos podrían ser pasajeros, también pueden verse amplificados por la estrecha dependencia que hoy en día guardan entre sí los sistemas comerciales. La conmoción social puede resultar mayúscula si las ausencias laborales llegan a entorpecer el funcionamiento de servicios básicos como los de suministro eléctrico, transporte o comunicaciones.

9. Todos los países deben estar preparados.

La OMS ha hecho públicas una serie de medidas estratégicas recomendadas para afrontar la amenaza de gripe pandémica, concebidas para contar con distintas líneas de defensa acordes con la complejidad de una situación sumamente lábil. Las medidas recomendadas para la actual fase de alerta ante el riesgo de pandemia no son las mismas que ante la eventual aparición y subsiguiente propagación internacional de un virus pandémico.

10. La OMS avisará al mundo cuando aumente el riesgo de pandemia

La OMS trabaja en estrecha colaboración con ministerios de salud y diversos organismos de salud pública para apoyar a los países en su labor de vigilancia de las cepas de gripe circulantes. Para detectar con prontitud un virus pandémico es fundamental disponer de un sistema de vigilancia sensible, capaz de localizar nuevas cepas gripales.

Para facilitar la planificación de cara a una posible pandemia se han definido seis fases distintas y asignado una serie de funciones a los gobiernos, la industria y la OMS. La situación actual corresponde a la fase 3: un virus nuevo para el ser humano está provocando infecciones pero no se transmite fácilmente de una persona a otra. leer mas acerca de la gripe porcina

source: Organizacion Mundial de la Salud (OMS)

It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970 and is celebrated in many countries every year.  read more about Earth Day

The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March equinox, a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969.

In September 1969 at a conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin announced that in spring 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on the environment. This occurred during a time of great concern about overpopulation and when there was a strong movement towards "Zero Population Growth." On April 22, 1970 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment. Denis Hayes, the national coordinator, and his youthful staff organized massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values.   Things to do on Earth Day           

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The Results of Earth Day 1970

Earth Day proved popular in the United States and around the world. The first Earth Day had participants and celebrants in two thousand colleges and universities, roughly ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the United States. More importantly, it "brought 20 million Americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform."

Senator Nelson stated when that Earth Day "worked" because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level. Twenty-million demonstrators and thousands of schools and local communities participated. He directly credited the first Earth Day with persuading U.S. politicians that environmental legislation had a substantial, lasting constituency. Many important laws were passed by the Congress in the wake of the 1970 Earth Day, including the Clean Air Act, wild lands and the ocean, and the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

It is now observed in 175 countries, and coordinated by the nonprofit Earth Day Network, according to whom Earth Day is now "the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a half billion people every year." Environmental groups have sought to make Earth Day into a day of action which changes human behavior and provokes policy changes.

sources:

"Earth Day." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 20 Apr 2009, 11:42 UTC. 21 Apr 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth_Day&oldid=284996058>.

Earth Day Network http://www.earthday.net/

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Blacksmith Institute in collaboration with Green Cross Switzerland issued a Top Ten list of the world’s most dangerous pollution problems. The report names pollution as one of the leading contributing factors to death and disability in the world and highlights the disproportionate effects on the health of children.

The Top Ten list includes commonly discussed pollution problems like urban air pollution as well as more overlooked threats like car battery recycling. The problems included in the report have a significant impact on human health worldwide and result in death, persistent illness, and neurological impairment for millions of people, particularly children.  According to the report, many of these deaths and related illnesses could be avoided with affordable and effective interventions.    Read more about Blacksmith Institute

There are three primary factors taken into consideration when ranking the Toxic Twenty and Top Ten: Pollutant, Pathway and Population.  More innocuous contaminants receive a lower ranking, while those more dangerous substances, say mercury or lead, receive a higher ranking.

The Top Ten list are NOT RANKED against each other and therefore are presented in alphabetical order.

1.  Artisanal Gold Mining
2.  Contaminated Surface Water
3. Groundwater Contamination
4. Indoor Air Pollution
5. Smelting and Processing
6. Industrial Mining Activities
7. Radioactive Waste and Uranium Mining
8. Untreated Sewage
9. Urban Air Quality
10. Used Lead Acid Battery Recycling

source: ”The World's Worst Pollution Problems 2008” Blacksmith Institute,  3 Apr 2009 http://www.blacksmithinstitute.org/</a></a>

1. Earth Hour 2009 takes place on March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm—local time.
2. The date was set in March because it is close to the Spring Equinox, a period when the most number of countries around the world will experience darkness in the 8 o’clock hour.
3. Earth Hour isn’t about how much energy is saved during one hour. The idea behind Earth Hour is that by working together, each one of us can make a difference on the issue of climate change. By doing something as simple as turning off the lights, we send a visual symbol to the world’s leaders that we are counting on them to work together to find solutions to climate change.
4. Earth Hour is a non-partisan event. When it comes to caring about the future of our planet, we all have a stake as citizens of the world regardless of other political beliefs and affiliations.
5. Earth Hour turns off non-essential lighting only. Lights necessary for public safety will not go out. Earth Hour has been conducted safely and without incident in more than 100 cities around the world.
6. Earth Hour is an inclusive event and everyone is invited to participate. WWF will provide tools online to enable any town, community, school, individual or organization to be part of the event.
7. WWF has designated a limited number of “flagship cities” in the US where it will devote resources to make sure the lights actually do go out. In 2009 those cities include: Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, Dallas, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. In addition, WWF will be seeking the support of Washington DC and the federal government.
8. Many US cities will also participate as “supporting cities.” To become an official supporting city, a proclamation or some type of official confirmation that the event is supported by the local governing body of that community must be sent to WWF.
9. More than 750 cities throughout the world have already agreed to participate in Earth Hour 2009.
10. World Wildlife Fund is the organization behind Earth Hour, but many other groups and NGOs are supporting Earth Hour in 2009.

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Saint Patrick's Day  colloquially St. Paddy's Day or Paddy's Day, is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa AD 385–461), one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17.    read more about The History of Saint Patrick

The day is the national holiday of Ireland. It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in the

Republic of Ireland and Montserrat. In Canada, Great Britain, Australia, the United States and New Zealand, it is widely celebrated but is not an official holiday.

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              Saint Patrick's Day  History                 History Of St.Patrick's Day                  irishabroad

St. Patrick’s day origins

It became a feast day in the Roman Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding in the early part of the 17th century, and is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. The feast day usually falls during Lent; if

it falls on a Friday of Lent (unless it is Good Friday), the obligation to abstain from eating meat can be lifted by the local bishop. The date of the feast is occasionally, yet controversially, moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on April 3 in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and happened again in 2008, having been observed on 15 March.

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated worldwide by the those of Irish descent and increasingly by non-Irish people (usually in New Zealand and North America). Celebrations are generally themed around all things Irish and, by association, the color green. Both Christians and non-Christians celebrate the secular version of the holiday by wearing green, eating Irish food and/or green foods, imbibing Irish drink (such as Irish stout, Irish Whiskey or Irish Cream) and attending parades.

 Celebrations In The United States

Irish Society of Boston organized what was the first Saint Patrick's Day Parade in the colonies on 17 March 1737. The first celebration of Saint Patrick's Day in New York City was held at the Crown and Thistle Tavern in 1756, and New York's first Saint Patrick's Day Parade was held on 17 March 1762 by Irish soldiers in the British Army. In 1780, General George Washington, who commanded soldiers of Irish descent in the Continental Army, allowed his troops a holiday on 17 March “as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence." This event became known as The St. Patrick's Day Encampment of 1780. Today, Saint Patrick's Day is widely celebrated in America by Irish and non-Irish alike.

Americans celebrate the holiday by wearing green clothing. Many people, regardless of ethnic background, wear green-colored clothing and items. Traditionally, those who are caught not wearing green are pinched.

Some cities paint the traffic stripe of their parade routes green. Chicago dyes its river green and has done so since 1961 when sewer workers used green dye to check for sewer discharges and got the idea to turn the river green for St. Patrick's Day. Indianapolis also dyes its main canal green. Savannah dyes its downtown city fountains green. Missouri University of Science and Technology - St Pat's Board Alumni paint 12 city blocks Kelly green with mops before the annual parade. In Jamestown, New York, the Chadakoin River (a small tributary that connects Conewango Creek with its source at Chautauqua Lake) is dyed green each year.

sources:

"Saint Patrick's Day." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 16 Mar 2009, 22:28 UTC. 17 Mar 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Patrick%27s_Day&oldid=277741668>.

irishabroad.com http://www.irishabroad.com/stpatrick/

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