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Make sure you know who lives next door to you!

Monday, August 6th, 2007 by www

Welcome to the age of technology. It’s a new world where you can find out all you desire about anyone, just by delving into cyberspace. This may sound a bit extreme, but you’d be surprised what you can find out with simple public records searches. For me, this process concerns history. I want to know a little about yours if you’re residing next door. After all, I have a few kids to watch after, and I need to know if you’re someone I should be wary of. Any parent on this planet should feel the same way. It’s a basic intuition. No one with a family wants to live next door to someone who has been previously convicted of lewd acts with minors, or attempted lewd acts. It’s just not safe. On the other hand, doing public records searches on your neighbours can be quite shocking. You’ll most likely discover that a few of them are convicted sexual predators. Especially if you research your area by a 10 mile radius or more. I did exactly this and found out that three lived near by.

Employers take advantage of public records searches all the time. They want to know if the individual they’re interviewing is a past criminal, or has been brought up on charges for theft or drugs abuse. Makes sense when you think about it. As a citizen, you can take advantage of online public records searches as well. Find out if that old man living three houses down is really as odd as folks claim he is. Knowing who lives near you and what they’re capable of grants you the upper hand in the situation. Live safe and be wary of your neighbours. The world isn’t what it used to be.

Personal Items in a Federal Prison Camp

Sunday, July 29th, 2007 by www

You can have your wedding ring but it has to be a plain band with no stones on it. Again, call the institution to be certain because rules change.

Important note:

Make sure you bring the items you want during check-in because once you are in, family members will be limited to what they can mail to you.

For example, I left my wedding ring behind to keep it from being lost or stolen. After a few weeks I decided that I would like to have it and inquired as to how I would get my ring. The camp counselor instructed me to fill out a form with detailed information on the specific item and submit the form for approval. After filling out the paper work I went back to the counselor to turn it in, to my surprise he tells me they discontinued the service. I took that as a sign from God to leave it home.

My comment:

When you self-surrender, there is a time in which they do paper work to get you checked in and they mail your street clothes back home as you trade them for a prison uniform.

Religious Online Dating

Friday, July 20th, 2007 by www

40 million American singles are involved with Online dating. Significant numbers of these single lovers are looking for romance with someone in the context of their own religion or value system. Some of the larger mainstream internet dating sites have sub areas devoted to all sorts of common interests, including religion.

There are Christian, Jewish, Spirituality and other specialty online dating services available. Each of them focuses attention on providing membership support for people sharing a particular life style based around the context of their underlying spiritual beliefs and ethical systems.

One Jewish dating membership site claims to have more than 600,000 active members world They say about 50% of those are in the United States. The site is structured for service to Jewish singles and those interested in finding Jewish mates.

Raise Your Kids Right

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 by www

To Get What You Expect

Your parenting style is the most likely way you will impact how your child grows up. In being responsive to your children, you are simultaneously setting clear rules and limits for your children. This is crucial for you as a parent. You have likely based on this, identified the four main styles of parenting. There is no “right” or “wrong” parenting style and more to the point, there is more than one right way, though we all have prejudices on what we think works best based on our own life experience and values. Research, however, has charted the effects of the various parenting styles on children:

Do anything you want

Parents engaging in this style of parenting believe in the permissive or indulgent approach. They demand very little responsible behaviour and frequently avoid confrontation with their children. This style was more popular with parents in the 50s and 60s.

Children who are brought up in this type of emotional environment tend to be more creative but some research indicates they may develop behavioural problems as they grow up because they tend not to accept responsibility.

I don’t care what you do

Very rarely parents remain uninvolved in their children’s lives, which can in many cases, border on neglect.

Children who are brought up in this type of emotional environment tend to perform poorly at school and frequently engage in criminal behaviour.

Jim Corbett

Kim Peek | The Real Rain Man with Savantism

Sunday, July 15th, 2007 by www

Have you ever heard the name Mr. Kim Peek? Whether you recognize him by name or not, you’ve likely heard his story in passing. His life was the inspiration for the critically acclaimed Film Rain Man.

Kim has a condition called Autism which gives him developmental disabilities and a lack of social skills. But it also gives him the gift of a photographic memory. He can read a page from a book in under ten seconds, and can recall nearly 100% of everything he reads. He can also name the day of the week of any date given to him.

The recognition Kim gained from the Rain Man Film helped him come out of his shell and share his gift with more people. Thanks to his newly acquired social skills, there are numerous amazing videos featuring Kim Peek to be found online. You can learn much about Savantism by watching them and reading about Kim.

Healthy Eating Habits : How You Can Easily Improve Your Health

Sunday, May 6th, 2007 by www

healthy eating lifestyle are the foundation for good overall health. Poor eating habits, or lacking a good diet, means that your body is not getting the amount of nutrients it needs keep you healthy, active, and disease free. Exercise is very important too, but good eating habits even make working out yield more noticeable results.

The best kind of eating habits you can develop are ones that allow you to enjoy what you eat (not a complete feel good diet however), but have a balanced and good diet that doesn’t leave you getting too much of one thing and not enough of another. One nutrient that is commonly out of proportion is carbohydrates. Typically people in modernized western cultures have feel good diets that lead to a higher than necessary carb intake, which leads to those carbs being broken down and stored as fat. Carbs are essentially complex sugars, which are burned for energy, unless they are unneeded. Unfortunately most of the foods that taste the best are loaded with carbs. However, they are not altogether bad, but eating too many carbs can cause you to gain weight. healthy eating lifestyle and a good diet plan cause your carb intake to be balanced so that excess carbs are not being stored as fat and you actually feel good instead of having a completely carefree feel good diet.

Although too many carbs can be a problem, fat and cholesterol are two other nutrients that are often out of proportion. Like carbs, your body needs a certain amount of fat and cholesterol, but healthy eating lifestyle will provide you with a normal quantity of fat and cholesterol as well. An excess of fat and cholesterol in your diet commonly leads to high blood pressure and can clog your arteries.

Although a good diet plan is going to be a little different for everyone, healthy eating lifestyle should incorporate foods from all the food groups: grains, meats, dairy, and fruits/vegetables. The classic food pyramid says that you should get about six servings of grains, about three servings of fruit, three servings of vegetables, two servings of meat, and two servings from the dairy group. There is also a designated ‘other’ group that consists of junk food and beverages, like soda, that have little positive nutritional value. The food pyramid indicates that foods from this ‘other’ group should be used sparingly, and perhaps should not be part of your good diet plan. However, your intake of food from the ‘other’ group will depend largely on your metabolism and your health goals.

Although it can be tough to stay disciplined, healthy eating lifestyle will repay you with improved health and energy. If you develop an exercise routine, your metabolism will speed up, allowing you to eat more without consequence, which makes it easier to maintain a balanced diet. After all, healthy eating lifestyle do not mean being a diet monk that avoids any pleasure from food. It simply means taking care of yourself by watching what you put in your body.

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