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Vending Machines Kill How Many??!!

Now, just because the number is higher doesn't mean you are more likely to die from it. For instance, if you never go near a volcano, you probably won't die from one. This isn't telling you what your chance of dying from a specific thing is, it's just telling you how many people do die from these things. To know the percent chance that you will die playing high school football, you would have to find out on average how many people play high school football each year and then do the math. If only 100 people play then there is a 20% chance you will die. But if 10,000 people play, the chance is much smaller. Also take into account that some of these are just in one country. For instance, icecicles might kill a lot more world wide. 

 

Tip To Get Rid Of Scars!

Tip for anyone with dark or elevated scars on your body!

Whether it be from self-harm, surgery, injury, cancer whatever. If you have scars on your body, read this.
There is no way to completely erase bad scars, but there is a way to make them nearly unnoticeable. I just found this out and wanted to share this with you, because for years I thought I was going to be stuck with these scars forever or at least a long time. Apparently not! What you have to do is go see a massage therapist. I don’t mean a massoose or physical therapist or your friend who likes to massage your shoulders. I mean an actual massage therapist. You need one that specializes in cupping (you can find out by visiting the website or asking when you call). The cupping will actually make it look worse at first. It takes a little while but it is certainly faster than cremes and if your like me with a lot of scars, probably cheaper than buying the amount of tubes of cremes too! But don’t do it if you have to show that part of your body that week because it will almost look like a bruise at first or the scar might darken a bit. But once that is gone, the scar will be smooth and white. The lady I saw said they do it for cancer patients a lot with the scars on their necks that make it look red and when it’s finished, the scars are just fine whtish pencil lines. I plan on going back to my massage therapist to get the rest of the ones on my legs done so I will take pictures before and after and let you know how it turns out.
I wasn’t too happy when the lady started asking questions about my scars and self-harm and stuff, especially when everyone told me they don’t say anything. It shocked me a bit. But what really shocked me was when she said she could help them. Sure, most will fade to almost nothing if I give it enough years, but why wait that long! Especially since the raised ones don’t seem to ever get smooth and go away.

Happiness Steps

“1. push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise.

2. push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.

3. erase processed food from your diet. start with no lollies, chips, biscuits, then erase pasta, rice, cereal, then bread. use the rule that if a child couldn’t identify what was in it, you don’t eat it.

4. get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.

5. stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.

6. buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.

7. buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.

8. strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.

9. organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.

10. have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.

11. push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.

12. message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.

14. think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.

15. become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.

16. lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.”

—	Sixteen Small Steps to Happiness  (via pigmenting)

Important

You can gain weight, you can even maintain it...but that doesn't mean you are okay. That doesn't mean your view of yourself has changed. It doesn't mean you hate yourself less, in fact you might hate yourself more. Because it's a mental issue. Our minds are far more damaged than out bodies could ever be..

Hurricane Irene (2011)

Several casualties already. An 11 year old boy killed when a tree fell on an apartment building. However, the mother made it out. A person in their car was also killed. A mall roof collapsed in North Carolina.  Hey, so as you may know there is a hurricane on the east coast right now from North Carolina and up. Currently it is over Virginia where I live and we are getting a lot of rain and wind. Sadly, not to long ago, a tree fell on an apartment building in a city next to us killing an 11 year old boy. His mother made it out. Heard about it on the news and asking that your prayers go out to his mother and to everyone else going through this storm. 

Main part of the hurricane isn't supposed to hit us till about 6 or 7 PM tonight. We lost power earlier, but, it was fixed. However, since the worst hasn't hit, it is very possible we could lose it again. The first time there were not a lot of power outages elsewhere. If it goes out again later, that might not be the case and we could be out of power for up to a week. I will be in touch by cell phone as long as the towers don't get damaged. IF and ONLY if you live in the united states, you may contact me at (757) 262-6078. Texts only please. Hopefully we won't lose it again, and if we do it will be fixed quickly, but just being cautious right now in case of the worst. Don't worry, I will be fine. We are very well prepared.

Lickily this isn't like Isabel. No one was really prepared in 2003 for Isabel which wasn't supposed to be much more than a tropical storm, but, ended up doing a ton of damage. However, this time, people cut down many dangerous limbs and trees, stocked up, and prepared for evacuations, shelters, etc.

To anyone north of North Carolina on the east coast, Please pay attention to the news! If you lose power, watch for updates on a battery powered radio or car radio. Do not turn your car on in a closed garage. Make sure you have C and D batteried and flashlights. Stock up on bottled water and make sure you have food that doesn't need to be kept cold or cooked. If power starts fflickering, unplug computers. Do not drive unless absolutely necessary. For information on being prepared check out the Daily Press or Weather Channel sites. Please Stay safe!!  If power goes out, keep doors, refrigerators, and freezers closed as much as possible to keep from losing cool air. Make sure you know where the shelters in your area are.

Outer bits of the Hurrican Irene will Pass through Pensylvania, West Virginia and other areas slightly more inland however it will mainly be rain and some wind. 

Mass transport has been shut down in New York. 

Mall roof has collapsed in North Carolina

Lost power in yorkcounty around 12:30 pm saturday august 27, 2011. Got power back few hours later around 2:40 pm. Number of national gaurd in new york doubled. 1000 to 2000 in New York. Parts of New York being evacuated
Norfolk expecting the highest waters they have had. waves up to 30 feet in the atlantic.

60 Things Guys Should Know About Girls

60 Things Guys Should Know About Girls 

1) For all we talk about how hot guys are. We mostly care about there personality. Though a hot body is a plus 

2) We are just as shy as you are about relationships 

3) Many of us don't let you see us cry, unless we want you to comfort us 

4) We like dropping small flirts, to see if you are interested. But we will later deny it or make it into a joke 

5) Most of us prefer to be call beautiful than hot or sexy. But not all of us 

6) We only wear mini skirts, tank tops and skimpy cloths for you (unless it's REALLY REALLY hot outside). So if you don't like what we wear say something likely look really nice today, but you know...I think I like you in jeans better' 

7) We travel in groups for one of two reasons 1) because we want to share some form of gossip with each other or get advice on something 2) B/c we don't want to get caught by ourselves with you because we won't know what to say and are afraid we'll make a fool of ourselves 

8) MOST girls spend about 15% of the time thinking about specific guys, 20% thinking of guys in general, 25% thinking of how to get guys to notice us and what to say when we do, 30% of the time TALKING about guys (even if someone else isn't listening), and 10% of the time doing something else 

9) Girls automatically assume that all guys are ***** and only want to get into our pants until you prove otherwise (and even then some small part of us still thinks that) 

10) Most girls are under the impression that guys only want skinny 'hot' girls 

11) Most girls enjoy being paraded around once in awhile in front of your friends. We enjoy having you show us off to your friends, kind of like, 'Hey, look at my hot ass girlfriend! Aren't you jealous?" But we don't enjoy being nothing but a trophy girl 

12) Nicknames like "Babe, or darling" are safe to call just about any girl. But beware of "Princess or Angel". Some girls will take offense to this thinking you are calling them to innocent or incapable of taking care of themselves. 

13) Speaking of nicknames, almost every girl has ONE nickname that they just love to be called 

14) Most girls will drop lots of hints to tell you that they like you, but won't come right out and say" I like you" or "I love you". If you think they like you, there is a good chance they do. 

15) Scenario time! -You like a girl named Ashley, Ashley has a friend named Brenda. Brenda comes up you in the hall and asks "Do you like Ashley?" 

More often than not in this scenario Ashley asked Brenda to ask you because she is to shy to ask you herself. And even if she didn't the first thing Brenda is going to do with your answer is tell Ashley. Now you are thinking "WHAT!? NO!! DON"T TELL HER THAT!!!" but in reality, this is a good thing. Because there is a good chance she already likes you. And if she doesn't, she will now be looking at you in a different way, and let me tell you. It's a lot easier to fall for a guy if you already know they like you. So its safe. So go ahead and tell Brenda that you like Ashley. Take a chance. 

16) Girls hate it when guys say perverted things. 

17) Girls love to feel special, even though they might not show it 

18) Girls talk about everything with their girl friends. So unless you tell us not to tell them about something, they WILL know about it within 3 days. And if you are the girl's boyfriend, that means, you're possibly 90% of their conversation. And believe me, trash talking takes up most of it, unless you're a Greek god, which you're not... 

19) Girls hate guys with bad hygiene. 

20) Girls love it when a guy pulls them close by the waist 

21) Most girls like a guy that will willing dance with them, even if he doesn't know how 

22) Usually, when a girl is sarcastically mean to you, it means they're attracted to you, but are afraid that they'll be showing too much 

23) A kiss on the hand with the right timing can be a REAL TURN-ON 

24) Some girls can think about their crushes for 18+ hours straight. No exaggeration 

25) When a guy says something really sentimental, girls will remember it forever 

26) Girls get embarrassed easily, even if guys don't know what the hell just happened. 

27) Girls daydream about their crushes ALL the time. They just don't show it. 

28) When a girl is upset and wants you to listen, she wants you to listen. She doesn't need you to fix it or tell her how to. She just wants you to listen. 

29) When a girl is crying, she feels a lot safer if you pull her close and tell her that everything is going to be all right. And more likely than not, it will endear them to you more than anything else.

30) Girls love it when guys say their name 

31) Girls love confidence 

32) When a girl cooks for you, you know you mean a lot to her 

33) Girls hate it when other girls flirt. Yet they flirt themselves too. Ah, the beauty of irony 

34) We don't enjoy talking dirty to you as much as you enjoy listening. 

35) Saying something sweet might get you off the hook; doing something sweet will always get you off the hook. 

36) Size does matter, but only to hoes; not girls that want relationships. 

37) No matter what you say, your ex-girlfriend is a hoe to us. Not because we don't like your taste in women, because believe me WE do! its just that...we don't want to have to wonder if she is better than us. And if she is a hoe, we are better. So it makes things simple for us. 

38) We are self-conscious by nature; we can't help it. But we CAN try and hide it. 

39) Even if you think it is cool to burp, fart, or emit other strange gases from your body, it is not. Though we sometimes will tell you it is. 

40) As far as you are concerned, we are beautiful at all times, and don't tell us different, unless you make it sound like a compliment (even if it isn't) Like, "You were really pretty yesterday when you wore -insert clothing/accessory here-, I think you should wear that more often" 

41) Whatever you do, don't just show up at our house unexpected or at least without ringing the door bell...we run around in our underwear just like you do. And no matter how much you would like to see that, we will likely never talk to you again 

42) DON'T CHEAT ON US. It may seem foolproof, but girls tell each other everything about everything. Trust me, they WILL find out and you will be dirt. 

43) We want you to beware of every male relative and all guy friends. All of them would kick your ass at the drop of a hat, and a lot of them wouldn't even wait for the damn hat. We just don't want you to be too obvious. 

44) We enjoy being kissed by you in front of your friends. It makes us feel like you care a lot about us. 

45) You don't have PMS; so don't act like you know what it's like. Don't try to understand...believe me you never will. 

46) Violent statements like "If that guy keeps looking at you, I'm going to tear his head off" are appealing 

47) We don't want you to say you love us if you don't mean it 

48) We love it when you make eye contact with us while we talk. 

49) Most girls are afraid of losing our independence to guys (for some unknown reason) 

50) If you ask a girl out directly, more likely than not, she will say yes to you. Even if she only has lukewarm feelings for you, because it will give her the chance to get to know you better and get to like you even more. 

51) Most girls love it when guys ask them for advice. 

52) Girls like it when you tell us what you are thinking, even if you don't understand it yourself 

53) After you've been dating for a while, realize that we really have started to trust you. When you have a girlfriend who truly trusts you, you have a lot more responsibility, privilege and control than you would think. Be careful with it, most guys would kill for that kind of power, and it can be lost in a nanosecond 

54) There is nothing wrong with being attentive and sensitive. However, this behavior can be carried too far. You don't have to hang on our every word or give in to our every whim. The thrill of the chase doesn't end after the first successful pick-up line. If you don't present us with some minor challenges, we're likely to get bored, or worse, feel that you're creepy and obsessive. 

55) Variety is the spice of life. There are patterns underlying what your woman says she likes and doesn't like. It would benefit you far more to try and discern the nature of these than to repeat everything she admits to enjoying until she no longer does 

56) Most men think the chase ends once they have us, but truly it has only just began.You must work even harder to keep us then you do you earn us. We not some trophy you can earn,put on a shelf and admire. You have to care for us like the living human beings we are.(see 54) 

57)WHEN WE SAY NO ITS NO, SO STOP ASKING!!! 

58)If someone flirts with you, its a complement. If you're not interested, accept it but dont flirt back. 

59)The woman in your life needs to hear how you feel about her, and often. Tell her now 

60)All women are complicated, and it is doubtful any man will ever fully be able to understand us.But we know that, so its going to be ok.

AGREE??????? DISAGREE?????

History of The Treatment of Insane

Humanity has been treating "strange behavior" or mental illness since the stone age...Literally!! Evidence found through examination of skulls from the stone age revealed many skulls which had a hole cut in their skull and lived. The operation is called trephination. A stone instrument was used to cut away a circular section of a skull. It is believed the operation was preformed in order to release evil spirits causing problems in the mind. It was also common in the early periods for exorcisms to be preformed to make evil spirits. A shaman was a priest would recite prayers, insult the spirits, preform "magic", or made the person drink bitter drinks to coax the spirit out. If such techniques failed, they would whip or starve the person. It was all about the evil spirits to them. Now we know that strange behavior is a mental illness and not the evil demon.

In  Greek and Roman times,500 B.C. to 500 A.D., it was taught that illness had natural causes. Hippocrates, known as the father of modern medicine, believed that mental illness was a brain disease. He further thought that it was caused by an imbalance of four fuids or Humors flowing through the body. The four fluids were yellow bile, black bile, blood, and phlegm. He attempted to fix the imbalances.

During the middle ages, belief of demons became widely accepted again. There was a decline in trust of science.
to be continues.....

Please Take The Time To Read

Please read the entire thing. You may disagree, and if you do, that’s fine. You may post your disagreement in a post. But first, please read the entire thing with an open mind and think about what is being said. Inevitably, someone is going to read with a closed mind and no interest is seeing anything from anyone elses views or changing their own ideas. But I beg of you to please try to read with an open mind. Thank you. 

We all post pictures that could potentially trigger someone even if all you post is pictures of pink cuddly teddy bears. Sometimes it’s to reach out. But when one reaches out because he or she needs help with (lets use the above example)  fear of pink cuddly teddy bears, he or she  needs to be aware of who he or she is reaching out too. If if he or she is reaching out to a group of people who are also afraid of those teddy bears or are recovering from that fear or so on then that person is reaching out to people who need just as much help and are suffering too. That is not really the best group to reach out to for help but it’s human nature to stick with others who are like us, not to reach out to someone who might be of better help but is not in the same situation.

Now take this for example. Bob puts up a picture of a pink cuddly teddy bear that he is forced to see everyday when he goes to work. He wants to post it to ask for help in a way. One of his friends, Amy, sees the wall post saying Bob has added a picture. When she looks at the picture it scares her. She starts to have a panic attack. She comments on Bob’s picture saying she is sorry he is suffering from this fear but she is going to have to delete him because his pictures are triggering her panic attacks. 

Amy isn’t being mean or trying to hurt Bob. Amy is protecting herself because she knows if she sees those pictures she will have a panic attack and she is trying to stop having them so often. She cares about Bob but she cannot risk her own mental health for his sake. That won’t help either one of them. She is respecting her own needs but also trying to respect his. She did not just delete him right away; she gave him a reason why therefore, respecting his need and right to know why he was being deleted from her friends list. She cared about him enough to respect him and his needs and rights.

 Suppose Bob comments back to her that she must just hate him. Amy then comes back to try to explain and correct what she feels was some miscommunication. She cared enough to risk seeing the teddy bear and going into another panic attack just to correct what she feels was some miscommunication. 

When someone tells you they have to delete you for their own safety, try to understand it’s nothing against you. They are not being selfish either. It is important that we try to help others and care about one another. However, if we risk our own health and safety to do so then we really are not doing anyone any good. Even if we manage to help the other person, if we are still suffering or even worse off than before then we haven’t really fixed anything. We do need to help those that we can and be kind and respectful but before taking care of others we must make sure we take care of ourselves. That does NOT mean we need to make sure we can buy a limosine before we feed the homeless or give an unemployed man a job before he loses everything he has. It means we need to make sure that we have the necessities and are safe before we try to fill someone elses needs and keep them safe. Putting our own safety before someone elses is not selfish. It’s wise and important. It is also a step towards our own healing.  

When Bob reaches out to his group he needs to be aware that these friends of his are not in any better position than he is. They may find his pictures of the things he fears to be triggering or just unsettling. Bob might be posting those pictures because he wants people to know what he is afraid of or obbessed with and feel that by posting them someone might beable to help him overcome it but it could hurt some people. These people may choose to delete him as a friend and/or block him. They are taking care of themselves. By making that decision they are respecting themselves and that is a big step in recovery from any fear, obssesion, addiction, or illness. They are not being mean. They simply can not handle it.

There are other ways to handle such a situation though. Personally, I prefer the option of asking that person to blcok you from seeing their pictures or a particular album. One can also block themselves from seeing someones status updates. This way you can still talk to the person but you don’t have to risk your own safety assuming that it is only their pictures or status posts that bother you. 

If someone asks you to block them from seeing your photos are a particular group of photos then don’t get offended. They value your friendship but they are trying to protect themselves at the same time. Now Facebook makes you post the pictures to your wall (unless there is some cheat way that I am not aware of) which means if you add to that album then those pictures will come up in the news/status feed. If you have friends on your account that have asked to be blocked from that sort of picture or album then it is respctful that you go to your wall as soon as you can and delete the post. Even if no one has asked you to be blocked, if you know what you just uploaded could be triggering, it is best to go ahead and do that anyway. 

Point is, everyone has the right to free speech and freedom of expression(though it can be limited on the internet by websites or censored). People have the right to post status and pictures. However they also have the responsibility to deal with any consequences for their actions. If you post a half naked pick with some guys face buried in your chest and a potention employer decided not to hire you because of it then that is their right because you are responsible for your actions. If you want to post pictures of the  ”scarry” pink cuddly teddy bears and someone deletes you as a friend, that is their right. We also are responsible for others safety when it involves our actions and decisions. It is everyones responsibility to respect that others may delete us because of the things we post. It is our responsibility to be mindful of what we post and to block those who have asked to be blocked and to delete posts in which we can not block someone from seeing. It is our responsibility to be respectful of other peoples choices and wishes. We have the right to post what we want within limitations. But with every right comes responsibility.     We are also responsible for our own safety.That means we are responsible for asking someone to block us or deleting them if their content or words endangers us in any way shape or form. We are also responsible for reporting those who do not respect the rights of others, such as the right to safety, those who threaten an individuals or groups safety, or those who deny their responsibilities that come with their rights. 

Ballet Careful

Ballerinas are beautiful, but unless you are trained, leave the ballet to the ballerinas. Don't try to stand on your toes barefoot or in street shoes. You can seriously injure yourself. Ballerinas train for years on soft shoes before ever even going up on pointe. Let them do it or go take ballet classes and wait. 

Also, Barbie, drawings, and dolls are wrong. Pointe shoe ribbons do NOT go up to the knee. They are wrapped around the ankle a couple times and tied between the achiles tendon (back of ankle) and the bony knob on the inside of your ankle (side that faces the other ankle). The knot is tucked under the wrapped ribbons so it can't be seen. Strings that go around the whole opening of the shoe pull tight and knot at the front top of the shoe and tuck inside the shoe. Elastics are sewn in that go over the tarsals (place between top of foot and ankle) that help keep the shoe on the foot. The box can be made of several different materials depending on the brand, and type. This provides a hard flat tip to stand on. The vamp extends from the box along the sides providing support for the toes and end of the foot. On the bottom is a shank. It is generally pretty stiff and provides support as well. Pointe shoes are often more of a light tanish pink or light pink.