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Anne Klein - the past and the future
Anne Klein - the past and the future Fashion designer Anne Klein was born Hannah Golofski in New York City. She started as a sketcher on Seventh Avenue in 1938. In 1948 she launched Junior Sophisticates and in 1968 Anne Klein & Co was born. Anne...
Former Homeless Family Offers Three Homes to Survivors of Katrina
CHICAGO - Toni Shelton knows the challenges of being homeless with children, and now that she has found success in her life she is opening her three homes to refugees from Hurricane Katrina.
"I've been in a homeless situation myself with my...
Play Pool Better: Top Ten Ways to Improve your Billiards Game
Billiards is an old and much loved game, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. This is a game that people of all ages play; even the younger kids can play now on special child-size tables that are widely available. It is also a...
Scientists Declaration about The Holy Quran and Islam-T.V.N. Persaud
Author and editor of over 20 books, and has published over 181 scientific papers. Co-author of The Developing Human (5th Edition, with Keith L. Moore). He received the J.C.B. Grant Award in 1991. Professor Peraud presented several research papers. ...
Technology and change are stressing your life
Technology and change are stressing your life
Years ago, Holmes & Rahe crafted the first formal measure of the impact of stress on people. At the top of their list are events like the death of your life partner, a divorce, serious illness and the...
The History of Engagement Rings and Wedding Bands
These days, many people take wedding bands and engagement rings for granted, and although they give these beautiful items of jewellery with integrity and love, they are often given with no real knowledge of the meaning behind them. Both wedding...
The Importance of Mothers
Moms, did you ever question your value as a role model, caretaker, administer of hugs and Band-Aids? I think we all have in today's climate of "do more, get more, have more." Many of us work to bring home a paycheck and others work for our...
The Problem With Recording Schools
It seams that every recording magazine has a glorious picture of
some billion dollar recording studio filled with the best gear
and huge recording console. This seams to get a lot of kids
excited. Does this show what the music industry truly is...
Vintage Costume Jewelry: Yesterday's Fashion Today
Jewelry, whether fine or costume, has been a part of human culture since the earliest times. People wear jewelry to satisfy their vanity, to indulge their love for beautiful things, and to look good to others. Vintage costume jewelry fulfills all...
We All Need A Father Figure To Lean On
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Life which is soon past, only what’s done with love will last.'
When I think of the ultimate father figure I think of the extraordinary paternal love and devotion of the Biblical King David for his son Absalom even when his...
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Shut Up, Put Up, and Get Some Quiet Back
When firestorms raged across Southern California and land lines
were down, having a cell phone to call my family was a blessing.
When I could sit in my ocean front garden and use both hands
while talking to my Mother in Florida, I adored my cell phone.
After getting lost in a jumble of streets, a cellular call
helped me find my client. It's become my everywhere companion
and yet, I am aware that we might just have too much of a good
thing.
We've all become incensed at the loud boors who turn public
places into phone booths where we're bombarded with information
we don't want, don't need, and probably shouldn't know. But now,
we're entering a second stage in the cellular age where this
amazingly portable device can actually disrupt meaningful
face-to-face conversations, the privacy of precious vacation
time or the silence of reverie and deep thinking.
This tiny (and getting tinier) device has become the metaphor
for our 24/7 culture. It has become almost unthinkable to turn
it off or plain not answer. In short, the phone controls us
rather than visa versa.
We live in an age of omniaccessibility according to Fordham
communications professor Paul Levinson. Like Pavlov's dog, we
jump every time the cell phone rings, waving off friends, family
or kids just to answer the call. We hang this device on our
belts, in our pockets, or around our necks, ready to pounce when
it rings. As Levinson states, "the notion of being
unreachable
is not alien to human life." That's why there are "Do Not
Disturb" signs and offices with doors. Freedom, he claims, comes
in simple rebellion. To reclaim our private time, according to
Levinson, "there must be a general social recognition that we're
entitled to it."
What would happen if we shut our mouths, put the phone away, and
then concentrated on whatever was before us: a place, a project,
or-even more importantly-a person? Think of the connection that
is made when someone has our undivided attention! And, miracle
upon miracles, what if that person was actually ourselves? What
if we had uninterrupted time with ourselves? Might we discover a
chance to slow down and breathe? Might we discover a small voice
that's been trying to be heard above competing ring tones?
Try it. Shut up. Put up. I think it will make our next cell
phone call more meaningful.
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About the author:
Named by Executive Excellence Magazine as one of the top 100
thought leaders in business, Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE authored
one of the first books on work/life balance. Eileen is an award
winning professional speaker, consultant and facilitator. Find
free articles, surveys, book reviews and more at her professional speaker
website.
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