Posts 09/14/2011

  • Try to develop steady work habits, maybe a more modest quota, but keep to it. Don’t be thin-skinned or easily discouraged because it’s an odds-long proposition; all of the arts are. Many are called, few are chosen, but it might be you.

    JOHN UPDIKE

    tags: habits Writing

  • So if you feel like you’re falling behind, you’re not imagining things—and you’ve got plenty of company. The fading fortunes of the middle class are probably the top factor fueling vast dissatisfaction with government and a pervasive sense of national decline. But this gloomy trend isn’t irreversible, and it’s worth noting that real income levels in 1983–at the tail end of another rough downturn—were at the same levels as they were in 1969, 14 years earlier. What came next were the Reagan-era tax reforms and two decades of steady improvement in household income.

    tags: usnews.com Middle-Class squeeze

    • ou might have three or four careers over the course of your working life, as you respond to rapid changes in the workplace and the global economy.
    • But there’s ample evidence that one key determinant of success is how well you respond to tough challenges. Determination and resilience can even be more valuable than a high IQ or a fancy degree.
    • His most important lessons came from failing and starting over. Most people aren’t as brilliant as Jobs, but they can still benefit from the vital learning that hardship often produces.
    • More work, more stress, less money, less free time, less stuff, and falling satisfaction. But a lower standard of living doesn’t need to be disastrous,

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Posts 09/13/2011

  • Drain De-Clogger Recipe:
    1/2 cup baking soda
    1 cup vinegar
    1 gallon boiling water
    Carefully siphon all the baking soda down the drain. Pour in 1/2 of the vinegar, covering the hole so the fizz is forced down, not up (omit this for toilets, please!). Add the second half of the vinegar, following the same procedure. Allow to sit for 15 minutes or so, and then flush with an entire gallon of boiling water.

    tags: household drain lifehacks

  • 1. The Tap Trick
    Within the first flush or two, right when the trouble starts is the best time to take advantage of the tap trick. What you do is forcefully tap on the backside of the bowl with your shoes (or bare feet). Surprisingly, about 70 percent of the time with a minor clog this will dislodge the trouble area and leave you home free.

    tags: methods plumber toilet crack

  • The simplest toilet unclogging method involves only dishwashing liquid and a bucket of hot water. Here’s how to do it.
    Into the drained toilet bowl tip two cups of dishwashing liquid.
    Allow the detergent to sit for five minutes.
    Fill a bucket with very hot water.
    Pour the hot water into the toilet from about waist height – you want a bit of force behind the water so that it drives the dishwashing liquid down into the clogging material.
    Leave for a quarter of an hour.
    This method usually works quite quickly if it’s going to work at all. If rapid draining and return to normalcy does not occur after an hour, leave to toilet to slow drain until the water level is again manageable and try either of the two following methods.

    tags: toilet way clear how to

  • astery requires focused practice over days or weeks. After only four practice sessions students reach a halfway point to mastery. It takes more than 24 more practice sessions before students reach 80 percent mastery. And this practice must occur over a span of days or weeks, and cannot be rushed (Anderson, 1995; Newell & Rosenbloom, 1981).

    tags: motivation teaching

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Posts 09/12/2011

  • 8. Play with your child Parents playing with children helps build their self-confidence because it shows them their parents enjoy being with them. Children learn through play and one of the many things they can learn is confidence. Play is a great time to role-play and praise your child. Playing with your child and allowing them to dictate the play gives them a feeling of importance and accomplishment. My girls love to play dolls or have a tea party with mommy and my son likes to pretend to go camping and play board games.

    tags: child confidence building

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