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Novo Nordisk among top five in DOW Jones Sustainability Indexes
With 85 out of 100, Novo Nordisk improves its score in this year's DOW Jones Sustainability Indexes, announced by SAM on 3 September, 2009. Since the launch of the indexes Novo Nordisk's performance has been consistently awarded scores in the top. This year, the rating placed Novo Nordisk just behind the highest score in the health care sector. The average score in the sector is 47.
"We are proud to be among the top performers in the healthcare sector again this year, and we are particularly pleased to see that across the sector sustainability is gaining ground as a competitive parameter. This is a healthy sign that could well help rebuild public trust in the industry. The score awarded to Novo Nordisk reflects our ambitions to be a sustainable business and continued progress in our pursuit of ambitious targets. The annual SAM benchmark is a spur for us to keep pushing the envelope," says Susanne Stormer, vice president for Global Triple Bottom Line Management in Novo Nordisk.
This year, there were no major changes to the categories, but in the relative weighting of categories, the economic dimension was strengthened this year at the expense of the environmental and social dimension.
Some statistics
SAM's analysis measures performance on three dimensions: Economic, environmental and social. Novo Nordisk's total scores in each category are:
- Economic dimension - 78 compared to a sector best score at 90, and sector average of 54
- Environmental dimension - 94 compared to a sector best score at 97, and sector average of 49
- Social dimension – 88, which is the sector best score, while the sector average is 42.
In four categories Novo Nordisk achieves a maximum score of 100:
- Environmental reporting
- Eco-efficiency
- Social Reporting
- Bioethics
Novo Nordisk also achieves best score in the categories 'Labour Practice Indicators' (89), 'Human Capital Development' (94), and 'Occupational Health & Safety' (91).
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Happpy Days painting is a very nice painting. It seems to be a popular painting. painted in 1966 by Paul Detlefsen Seems a lot of people have this picture. Thank you, Mike Jones
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The Life of a Theater Critic: Grading Plays on the 'Enthusiasm Scale'
Thursday, February 14, 2013
I spent Sunday afternoon with two old ladies who had poisoned and buried a dozen men in their cellar. Fortunately, I escaped their company alive.
For our first book, we watched the Disney movie "Holes" and then read the book by Louis Sachar that inspired it. For our next book and blockbuster, the group chose a twist: we would watch Frank Capra's classic film "Arsenic and Old Lace" and then do a read-through of the script during our future meetings. In yet another twist, we saw an ad for the Portland show and decided to catch the play before watching the movie.
After I graduated college, I called the editor of The Journal Tribune and asked him if I could review movies for the paper. I had reviewed movies for my high school and college newspapers and enjoyed the free flicks and the opportunity to combine my interests in writing and movies. Many a film buff will tell you that the only thing as fun as going to the movies is writing or talking about them. Since it was the late spring of 1995 that I graduated from college, I'm sure I had visions of reviewing such upcoming films as "Braveheart," "Apollo 13" and "Die Hard With a Vengeance" when I applied to the local daily newspaper.
I started reviewing plays that summer and kept at it for the next five or six years. I held on to this freelancing position even after I moved to Massachusetts in 1997, and I made special trips to Maine to catch shows every four or five weeks or so.
Did I ever give a play a negative review? Of course. A critic's job is to be honest. However, I tried to be constructive in my remarks and definitely refrained from cheap shots or one-liners at anyone's expense. All in all, I used an "enthusiasm meter" that I hoped readers found easily discernible as time passed. If I loved a play, you would know it. If I did not, you could tell by a certain politeness and a lack of enthusiasm in what I had to say.
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I have a P2P that I want to use to buy a .22lr pistol but nothing really grabs me as what I would want to own. I saw a YouTube video on this pistol and it seems unique enough to think about. Trying to get some feedback from the FTF on it. It seems really unique in that its all modular and for a tax stamp you can add it to a rail on an AR. What say you all...?
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I think I saw a thread a few weeks back with everyone calling it crap.
I'm gonna stop you right there, you just said an AR-15 is a high-powered rifle. It is obvious you don't know anything about guns and I shall ignore anything you say from this point on.
Get a Calico if you want something unique.www.calicolightweaponsystems.com
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I've watched a dozen or so vids and none of them made me think they where anything but a waste of money. It was me I'd look for a Browning Buckmark or a Ruger MKI,II,III,22/45 Maybe after I see one fire a full mag without some kind of trouble.
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From this video, I dont think I want one.
There is nothing like a Ruger Mk III. I shoot mine every range trip. The only downside is cleaning them, what a PITA.
From the reviews and videos I've seen, I wouldn't want one.
Yeah it doesn't seem like they quite have it right yet. It seems interesting though.


text: Follow Backdraft Composer: Hans Zimmer Release date: 05/24/1991 (Film release: 1991) Label: Milan America (0731383585425)Milan America (3259119794622)Milan France (3299031080724)Milan Germany (5050466298621)BMG France (4007192620234) Type: Movie Listen: iTunes Amazon.fr MP3 Amazon.co.uk MP3 Amazon.de MP3 Format: CD, Download Reviewers (8.67/10) Members (8.62/10) (32 votes)Vote here!10987654321 Subscribe now! Stay better informed and get access to collectors info! Support this website by buying this music through the links below!bol.com iTunes Amazon.com Amazon.fr Amazon.fr MP3 Amazon.co.uk Amazon.co.uk MP3 Amazon.de Amazon.de MP3 Amazon.es Amazon.it Advertisement: Tracks3 reviewsTrailersOther releases 1. Set Me In Motion, Bruce Hornsby & the Range (5:20) 2. Fighting 17th (4:26) 3. Brothers (3:32) 4. The Arsonist's Waltz (1:58) 5. 335 (3:02) 6. Burn It All (5:19) 7. You Go, We Go (5:11) 8. Fahrenheit 451 (2:59) 9. Show Me Your Firetruck (3:31) 10. The Show Goes On, Bruce Hornsby & the Range (7:32) Total duration: 42 minutes Write your own review for this soundtrack! Expand all - Collapse all Review of Edmund Meinerts, submitted at 2009-09-27 21:41:31, score: 8/10 Many of the more "traditionalistic" film music collectors snub the entire idea of Hans Zimmer, Media Ventures and the "revolution" in action film scoring that 1995's Crimson Tide and 1996's The Rock kicked off. Revolution, in this case, is an extremely apt way of describing the phenomenon, as the same basic ideas are continuously revolved with varying, but usually extremely limited amounts of originality washed in.But four years prior to those two monumental changes to the face of film music, Hans Zimmer composed Backdraft, which was back then only his second action picture (following Black Rain in 1989). And, if one were to compare Backdraft to Crimson Tide and The Rock, one would find that the ideas that were considered so groundbreaking in the latter films had already been concocted and used to great effect in the former.Zimmer's primary theme for Backdraft is an upbeat, major-key (which already sets it apart from the vast majority of his other themes) march, accompanied by an ever-ripping snare and medium drums. Heard at the offset in "Fighting 17th", Zimmer gives this idea, used to represent the heroism of Ron Howard's firefighters, several variatons, notably a minor-key one on solo trumpet in "335". The theme is given its most robust statements in the final two (score) tracks, "Fahrenheit 451" and "Show Me Your Firetruck".The other major theme represents brotherhood and is first heard in (duh!) "Brothers", where it is performed on piano and light strings. It follows a typically simple Zimmer construct, but despite this is one of his most lyrical themes (the main theme of Zimmer's 2001 score to Pearl Harbor is similarly constructed). This theme also makes a reprise in "Show Me Your Firetruck", where it is intelligently modified to the march rhythms of the primary theme.Much of Backdraft, though, especially the middle section, is thematically sparse and therefore not as strong a listening experience. "The Arsonist's Waltz", barely a waltz in the first place, tries to create a dark atmosphere the way Danny Elfman's then-recent music did for Batman, but ends up rather underachieving. "335" and the second half of "Brothers" are heavily electronic, employing rough synthetic effects resembling the sparking of loose wires. This fits well in the context of the film, but doesn't make for a pleasing listening experience on album."Burn It Down," on the other hand, is very much a Zimmer action piece, a strong forerunner to Crimson Tide and The Rock. Indeed, it features the chopping string figures that influenced Crimson Tide's now-famous "Roll Tide". "You Go, We Go" roots the emergence of Zimmer's budding style even more strongly, introducing a rhythmic chopping of modulating chord sequences whose influences have been frequently heard in Media Ventures work throughout the next two decades.As a devoted fan of Hans Zimmer's, I am familiar with the branch of "traditionalist" film music collectors who resent the Media Ventures/Remote Control music "factory" for its general repetitiveness and penchant for favoring power over style. Those traditionalists should probably stay away from Backdraft. Zimmer enthusiasts, on the other hand, should definitely seek out this score, as, even more so than Crimson Tide or The Rock, Backdraft can truly be called the ultimate origin of Zimmer's popular and ubiquitous action style. It's a nostalgic reminder of the day when Hans Zimmer was a fresh, original variation on the standard Hollywood sound...ah, how tables are so quickly turned in this business! Read other recent reviews by Edmund Meinerts: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Johnny English Reborn Review of Andreas Lindahl, submitted at 2008-01-20 21:25:40, score: 10/10 This score is very electronic, although the orchestra is used too, and is packed with action. Zimmer really is the master of rythms, and this score is a fine example of what he can do with his percussions and synths. The main theme, a march, is really powerful, and the heavy percussions really add to the power of the music. Just listen to "Show Me your Firetruck" where the main theme gets an excellent rendition, with a lot of brass and percussion. But there are tender moments too. Like for example in the track "Brothers" which is a very melodic, beautiful and a little sad, track, where Zimmer makes use of the entire orchestra and the piano, as well as electronic sounds. There are two song by Bruce Hornsby included, placed in the beginning and in the end, so if you don't like them at least they don't interrupt the flow of the music. If you like The Rock and Zimmer's other action scores I can guarantee that you are going to like this score. Read other recent reviews by Andreas Lindahl: The Rocketeer, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Phantom of the Opera Review of Tom Daish, submitted at 2010-09-07 22:27:19, score: 8/10 One of Zimmer's best scores to date is a great mixture of conventional orchestra, choir and synths is a thrilling action score. The action does tend to get a little too much at times and only occasionally becomes just a loud unmusical mess. It starts off with a great march (well, track 2 actually) which then descends into eerie synth effects. The following three tracks aren't that great, but once track 6 gets going, it's excellent thumping action music all the way to the end. Zimmer employs all his usual Zimmer-esque motifs. It only becomes a little over bombastic a couple of times, but if it doesn't give an adrenaline rush when played really loudly, then you probably need a rather large dose of coffee! To my mind, many of Zimmer's action scores sound like Backdraft in places, particularly The Rock and Crimson Tide, but since this was the first, I certainly set a good standard that has been maintained well since. Read other recent reviews by Tom Daish: The Snow Files: The Film Music of Mark Snow, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Andromeda Find more reviews on FilmMusicSearch.comThe music of this soundtrack was used in:The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Trailer) The Mummy (Trailer) Hard Rain (Trailer) Trailer:This soundtrack trailer contains music of: Glory (1989), James Horner (Movie) See also: All trailersOther releases of Backdraft (1991): Report a fault or send us additional info!: User name FilmMusicSite.com is Copyright © 1998-2015 by Arvid Fossen. Privacy Policy.


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Hello! launches first 3D Cover (featuring Gary Barlow)
Hello! magazine are getting involved with the Queens Diamond Jubilee by publishing the worlds first true 3D magazine cover.
Using augmented reality, Gary Barlow gracefully leans out of the front cover of their Jubilee edition.
The team behind the technology, Digicave and Timeslice, are widely known for the visuals they have brought to ITV's The Cube and Dancing on Ice. Digicave CEO Rex Reid has said, "A milestone in mass televisual experience was the coronation of the Queen. The milestone for sculptural photography us at the time of her Diamond Jubilee".
Callum Macmillan is the Managing Director of Timeslice Films, he commented "Camera systems that capture true 3D shape and form will be sent to cover celebrity shoots just as a normal stills photographer is used today and Hello! can proudly claim to have led the way".
"From now on you will see sculptural photography used on a regular basis by magazines and media".
Hello! editor Rosie Nixon adds, "I am thrilled that Hello! is at the cutting-edge and leading the way".
Digicave used its pioneering 3D scanning technology to capture Gary Barlow and create the sculptural photograph with 42 Nikon Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras deployed by Timeslice Films, which formed the backbone of the 3D camera array system.
To see the 3D image of Gary Barlow, download the Hello! 3D App from the App Store or Google Play on your smart phone or tablet and see the magic as Gary appears to be on the iconic Buckingham Palace balcony.


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Kenneth F. Brungardt, 83, Hutchinson, died Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at Mennonite Friendship Communities.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mennonite Manor Chapel, 600 W. Blanchard, South Hutchinson; burial at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Kansas Veterans Cemetery, WaKeeney.
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I had a really awful dream about one of my friends last night. I dreamt that i was back at school and i was leaving my german class and on my way to the main building and from there i guess i was going home...anyway it was pouring down rain, really stormy and dark and i had to run all the way across campus, anyway i entered the main building and it was amazingly crowded and dim (most of my dreams are really dark so i guess that wasn't terribly unusual)
Well i have this friend who, if she wasn't straight i would love to date (I really hate this particular aspect of my life, the whole closeted girl lusting after her friend and whatnot, not something i would ever tell her....)So i'm rushing through the hallway so that i can get outside again and get to my brothers car and my ride home, etc. And i realize that I'm right behind my friend, and it's fairly obvious that she's trying to avoid me, which even in my dream i respect so i leave her alone, but then she just stops and turns around and starts telling me that she no longer wishes to be my friend, and goes on about how it was okay when she thought i just didn't like guys because they're jerks and so on and so forth, i can't remember exactly what she said, but she did at one point tell me that she knew that i liked her and that she found me absolutely disgusting and thought it would be best if she just shunned me.
I know it was just a dream but that was pretty painful. I've never actually had a dream where i am rejected like that by someone just for being gay. Really upset me, as though i'm not already fucked up about the issue, the whole thing is that i just don't want to lose her friendship and that's exactly what happened....stress i guess


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Astonishing Discoveries
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Ron E. M. Clouzet, D.Min., Th.D. (ABD), is Professor of Christian ministry and theology at Andrews University in Michigan. He has lectured in 50 countries on five continents, including the Bible lands of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey. His international experience and dynamic, multi-media presentations make the Bible come alive, answering many relevant historical and prophetic questions. You'll never read the Bible the same way again!
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Gotta hand it to them. Put up 12 more shots by a crushing 13-6 advantage on the offensive glass. Took 4 more FT attempts and managed to get blown out. Final score was only 12 but I stopped watching with about 6 mins to go. I don't know if you could duplicate stats like that even if you tried to. Perhaps blindfolding each player before they took a shot. Even then I don't know. When the high point of the game was back to back long 3's that did not even count you know it was bad.
Isn't Jonas Jerebko's Dad from Sweden... or is it just his Mom. That interview they had with his Dad sounded like he was 100% American.
Wanted to join chat for both yesterday's and today's game but I always seem to have important appointments in the morning (over here) recently. Hopefully I'll be able to join you guys the next game. Sorry. Report: Richard Hamilton and Ben Gordon will return Sunday, Tayshaun Prince a possibility | Detroit Pistons - - MLive.com
I bailed at the half and went out shopping...came home watched Criminal minds and then remembered I had the game taped and had not seen any scores so decided to take a looksy......For awhile I thought was watching the Lakers redux in red unis, as the Raptors hit every hoop and we missed every hoop!! It was torture for me so I know the fans and Joe D were in pain. Once again we ran out of gas ..this time it wasn't in the second half, it was about 9 minutes into the game..Alas with 27 points in the second half we would not have beaten Oakland University tonight.....Still as I stated in the 3rd post earlier today, it we had scored 96 pts ....we would have won this game But as was the case yesterday, the game was lost at the free throw line as we missed 9 freebies and beyond the arc where they got us 24-3...(last night it was 27 -6) two games in a row where we lost by 21 pts in the three pt game..and once we left guys widddde open....and they hit the contested ones too. Once again a former Piston ~ Amir Johnson got the last laugh as did Nazr did last night. I hope we don't play the Celtics in the next 10 days so Sheed can really dog us... cause right now he is rolling in his hammock... As stated, Rip and Ben will play in the next game.....and maybe even Tay...they had to announce this, because after the last two games no fans would show up for these games... Lets hope that at least the two guards comeback healty and Tay is ok to rejoin the lineup by at least the turn of the decade..
As far as I can tell, most Swedes speak English better than most Americans. For the game - yeah, the gig is up. This team can't surprise anyone anymore. Pack everyone in the lane, let anyone on the Pistons fire it up from outside and get the board. Two or three weeks ago Ben was fighting off one or two players for the boards, now it's three or four or even five. Two or three weeks ago Stuckey was getting blocked an inordinate number of times when there was a single defender waiting for him under the basket. Now he can't even get close enough to get blocked. Time for the big kids to come back to play.
According to Jonas' wikipedia page, dad is an American. He's from Buffalo, played ball at Syracuse and went on to play pro ball in Sweden. He ended up settling down there and I assume married a Swedish woman (wouldn't you?). So I guess Jonas was born over there but Dad was originally from America.
Every other pass on offense is to Stuckey. We have no offense right now. As the coaches stated (and I hate to say it) we have to be able to score in order for our defense to have a chance. If we can't put the ball in the bucket, we can't compete defensively.
I'd like to see Tay get minutes at the 4 and 5 when he returns to help him along. At least Kuester is standing tall during the losing streak. Pistons' offense ties franchise low in sixth straight loss | detnews.com | The Detroit News
At this point no one can shoot from the outside and almost everyone gets blocked going to the hoop. They were blocked 6 times in the Laker game, 10 times in the Bobcat game and then 9 times last night. While we were getting drilled from beyond the three to the tune of 22 three pointers the last three games, were a paltry 2/12 vs the Lakers, 2/12 vs the Bobcats and 1 for 9 last night vs the Raptors. With no one hitting any buckets, it explains why we averaged only 10.5 assists the past two games. during this losing streak, the Pistons have dropped from the 6th seed to the 10th seed.....not that it matters this early in the season.... In the Power rankings they have dropped from 16th to 21st.....and that was before the 30 pt home loss...not that it matters this season.... Merry Christmas everyone!!
Not only that, this was the worst loss since the Jerry Stackhouse days. Man... brutal doesn't even begin to describe it.
We took 20 more shots, had more free throws, and out-rebounded these guys. Yet we lose by around 30 points. I take it we don't shoot very well.


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How to Buy a Kitchen Faucet
For many families, the kitchen is as much a gathering place as any in a home. While the cupboard knobs and floor tiles might play an integral part of the design scheme, no one thing in the kitchen sets the mood so much as the faucet. The terrific news is, not only do kitchen faucets come in a variety of style choices, the finishes can be nearly endless due to the advent of powder-coated enamel.
Whether you are replacing your old faucet, remodeling, or building a new home, the trick is to not only make sure that you find the right faucet to suit your needs but also that of your surroundings. If your mahogany cupboards are fitted with brass hardware, a stainless steel faucet isn't going to cut it; likewise, a Victorian-style kitchen is not going to suffer a very angular, modern piece.
Take time to assess your kitchen for the common denominators – get a feeling for whether your room is warm or cool, the predominant colors of your visible appliances and what sort of decorative aesthetics the room has. This is all assuming that you want to maintain unity of course – bottom line, choose what pleases you most.
Now that you have some basic ideas of what might look right in your kitchen, you can move on to the more practical aspects of what will fit... and then we'll get right back to the fashionable side of faucet selecting with a more detailed look at the finishes you can expect to find.
Mounting Questions
Unless you are drilling the countertop for a specific faucet, you probably want to keep your current installation in mind while reading this section. Please remember, if you are interested in accessories (such as side sprayers, air gaps, soap dispensers, water filtration devices, and instant hold/cold water dispensers), you will need additional holes.
- Pull Out Spray: Stylish and functional! Simply pull out the faucet head, touch the button and the water automatically switches from the usual flow to a spray. One or more holes will be needed depending on the design you choose.
- Side-Mount Sprayer: When people think of spray faucets, chances are this is the type they are picturing. Being the most common sort of sprayer, these faucets feature a separate retractable head mounted to the side. These will always require one extra hole for installation.
- Single Handle: When you're juggling things at the kitchen sink, this is one of the best faucets to have on hand! The single handle makes it easy to adjust the temperature while you hold on to a piece of fruit or a heavy pan. They are usually ADA compliant.
- Two Handle: Traditional style and total control makes the two handle faucet option a popular one. Perfect for period-style kitchens!
- Professional Culinary: These faucets make the most of the basin space they are given in a clean, elegant way. One of the best way to identify culinary faucets is by the highly-extended sprayer that they all sport.
- Cooking Pot Filler: Instead of lugging your heavy pot of water from the sink over to the stove, you could have a pot filler! Considered a "must have" for any avid cook's home, this cold water faucet is usually installed in addition to the standard kitchen faucets either behind the stove or on a countertop near it.
- Wall Mounted: No deck holes are required in the kitchen sink basin for these, because as the name implies they mount directly to the wall. Terrific for antique-style kitchens, these faucets do require that the water supply extends above the sink itself.
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A Handle on Things
Handles come in a variety of different types – round, lever, and cross are the standards, with even further variations upon these. If you prefer a more minimalistic look, you might want to consider a single-handle option, but two-handle faucets are much more user-friendly in that they allow you to customize the temperature of the water you use.
One other thing to keep in mind is that many manufacturers offer handle accent color finishes in addition to the standard hardware finish, which is not only a perfect way to draw attention to their styling but also allows a greater degree of personalization. You can read more about finishes further in the guide!
Spouting Information
Spouts can be either aerated or nonaerated. Aerated spouts use a screen and resistor in combination with air to create limited water flow in addition to better overall pressure. Nonaerated spouts do not have that screen, and therefore water can flow more quickly and freely.
Another important factor to note is spout reach. How many bowls is your sink going to have? Water should be able to go directly from the spout into the center of the sink(s); a faucet too small for your needs could spell disaster and not allow you to clean large dishes and pans properly, and a large faucet might be a bit messy... not to mention get in the way a lot.
Finally, let's consider the height of the arches. This will vary with each faucet, so be sure to read each product page carefully while searching for your perfect new fixture. There are primarily two types of arch: standard and high. The standard arches generally run anywhere from 3 to 5 inches; these are best for everyday pots and pans. High arches start at 6 inches but average 8 to 10 inches. They are wonderful for washing large pots or oversized dishes.
Fluid Mechanics
Four different valve types used in the construction of faucets today. While they won't make much of a difference in your day-to-day use, some are easier to repair than others.
- Ball: These were the first type of washerless faucets. These valves use a slotted, rotating metal or plastic ball for flow regulation and have the unfortunate tendency to leak more than other faucet types. They are durable and reliable, but can be used with single-handle faucets only.
- Cartridge: Easy to repair, the cartridge valve uses rubber o-rings inside a cylindrical cartridge to control water flow. They are as long-wearing as the ball valve, but can be used in single or two-handle faucets.
- Ceramic Disk: While the most expensive option by far, this method uses two fire-hardened ceramic disks - the upper moves and the lower is fixed - that move against one another to sheer the flow of water within a cylindrical body. To offset the cost, they are maintenance-free and come with excellent warranties. They can also be used with single and two-handle faucets. These are very responsive and work well for people with arthritis!
- Compression: These feature rubber (or similar) washers to stop the flow of water, but they eventually wear out and can start to drip over time. On the flip side, washers are really cheap to replace! Some newer types actually lift the washer vertically instead of grinding it against the valve seat, so it will generally last longer.
Finishing Touches
The sheer variety of finishes available makes it very easy to find something to coordinate with your kitchen. Brass, the rust-resistant alloy, is the material most commonly used to create faucets in modern times, but that's just the basic material. Here are a few of the more popular options available:
- Brass: While it may scratch, tarnish or corrode, a clear-coat will go a long way to keeping your brass fixtures looking beautiful and easy to clean. Also offered in polished and antique sub-finishes. Believe it or not, these faucets are coated with nickel plating before another layer of brass is then applied!
- Chrome: Brushed, matte, or polished, chrome is both durable and economical as well as being gorgeous and highly versatile for many decors. Unlike brass, chrome does not need a clear coat protection to be easily maintained.
- Enamel: Powder-coated colors are applied electrostatically, then baked on. This makes for a very durable coating, and it tends to last as long as the faucet itself.
- Gold: Leaning towards the expensive side, gold will not tarnish, but being a softer material it is not as durable as some of the cheaper alternatives.
- Nickel: This easy-to-clean finish is not only durable but stylish, offered most often in satin and brushed.
- Stainless Steel: As the name implies, one of the largest draws for stainless steel is its ability to keep water spots from sticking around. On the other hand, they do tend to need special cleaning due to repeated smudging by hands. One of the more moderately priced options.


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Garden Party Invitations
By: Savannah Starr
Throw a garden party when the weather gets warm! Instead of making calls or sending e-mails, use die cut patterns to create your own Garden Party Invitations from Savannah Starr. Use a Spellbinder's Grand Calibur and flower dies for your cards.
- Aleene's Tacky Dot Singles
- Aleene's Magnetic Tacky Dots
- Scrapbook paper, cardstock, or watercolor paper – colors/designs of your choice
- Glitter (or dimensional glitter dots)
- Die cut machine (I used the Spellbinders Grand Calibur)
- Dies (I used Donna Salazar's Carnation Creations Flowers)
- To prepare to cut your flowers, layer several pieces of scrapbook cardstock. Place dies on top (cutting side down).
- Place your paper and dies onto the bottom cutting pad.
- Cover with the second cutting pad and run through the Spellbinders Grand Calibur.
- To emboss your flower designs, place the cut designs die side down.
- Cover with the cutting pad and plate and run through the Grand Calibur.
- Push out cut and embossed flower designs from dies.
- Layer the die cut pieces and glue together with Aleene's Tacky Dot Singles.
- Glue in place on your party invites.
- Add an Aleene's Magnetic Tacky Dot to the back and post your invite on your refrigerator!
For a comprehensive video tutorial of this project, check out How to Make Layered Flower Garden Party Invites.
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Stress and the Teenage Years
March 31, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under FREE, Longevity, Relaxation, Stress
Are You Stressed?
So, are you stressed? Are you able to relax and experience stress relief? Do you have time to play? Do you sleep well? These are some essential questions, because if you're overly stressed, not able to relax, not taking the time to play, and not managing stress well, you're also most probably not sleeping well.
And if you're stressed and not sleeping well, you know what that means? You're living life in the fast lane, the lane in which you're burning your candle at both ends and the candle is just about flamed out. You know what you call this: that's right, that's living the High Density Lifestyle, a lifestyle that is not conducive to healthy living and health and wellness.
So where do I start when talking about stress?
Teenagers and Stress
How about this? I'll tell you that if you're stressed out when you're younger, you're setting yourself up for a High Density Lifestyle adult life. Habits that we learn when we're younger follow us into adulthood.
And getting stressed out when you're younger is a nasty habit that if you don't change, will affect you adversely when you're an adult, because you'll have a harder time managing stress and experiencing stress relief.
Teenage Stress and Heart Disease
A recent study found that teenage stress can lead to physical problems in adulthood and put adults at risk for cardiovascular disease. Researchers found that a greater frequency of stress in teens was associated with higher levels of an inflammatory marker called C-reactive protein, or CRP. CRP has been identified as an indicator for the later development of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
When you're a teen, there are a lot of stressors that come at you, and most teens are ill-equipped to deal with them. And just think, if you're ill-equipped to deal with them when you're younger, then the adverse reactions your body has to stress will follow you all the way to when you're grown-up.
Peter Panning It
Now you can take the Peter Pan approach to growing up, and basically refuse to grow up, but, and I hate to be the one to deliver the bad news, until science develops a cure for growing up, it ain't gonna happen.
What researchers found was that daily interpersonal stress experienced during the high school years was associated with elevated levels of inflammation, as measured by higher levels of CRP, even among normal, healthy teens.
"Our findings are consistent with the emerging body of evidence that points to the link between stress and increased inflammation, which places individuals at risk for the later development of cardiovascular disease and could have a significant impact upon long-term physical health during adulthood," was the summary of the research.
Develop Self-Awareness
So the bottom line is, getting immersed in living a High Density Lifestyle can start in your younger years and follow you along when you become an adult.
This is no way to live, so the best bet, if you're not a teen anymore, is to develop the self-awareness of what stress is doing to you, so that you can be better at stress management and get yourself onto a Low Density Lifestyle.
And that's when you really start living. The good news is that healthy living will be a beneficial byproduct of this.
Stress: Life in the Fast Lane
March 30, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under FREE, High Density Lifestyle, Relaxation, Stress
For the next few days I will talk about stress and relaxation. Stress is both a symptom and by-product of living a High Density Lifestyle, while being relaxed and calm is something easy to do when you're living a Low Density Lifestyle.
Relaxation is one of the ingredients in the acronym FREE, which if you remember, stands for Flow/Relaxation/Effortless Effort. Living FREE means living a Low Density Lifestyle.
Life in the Fast Lane
When you are living life in the fast lane, you are putting your body under a lot of stress. There is only so long the body is capable of operating at a maxed out level—you can only burn your candle at both ends for so long, and then the inner flame starts to be extinguished.
Stress is all-pervasive in our modern fast-paced culture. I will return to this category time and time again, and I will also return to the category of relaxation many times over. Why, you may ask? Because it can't be talked about enough. Stress puts you smack in the middle of living a High Density Lifestyle, and the longer you live that way, the worse things become.
So let's look a little more in-depth at what stress is.
A Brief History of Stress
The term stress was coined by scientist Hans Selye in the 1930s based on his careful observation of physiological responses in laboratory animals. Selye later broadened his findings to include the human response mechanism to a perceived threat, or "stressor."
Selye found that when he exposed various lab animals to unpleasant or harmful stimuli, there were three general stages of reaction. He called these the General Adaptation Syndrome, or GAS. The three stages were Alarm, Resistance and Exhaustion.
By the end of the third stage of GAS, Selye found the animals depleted of their body's most important resources: their adrenal glands were fatigued, their autonomic nervous system was misfiring and their immune systems were burnt out.
Furthermore, it was found that this type of reaction played havoc on the feedback loop that constitutes the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the system that controls reactions to stress and regulates many body processes, including digestion, the immune system, mood and emotions, sexuality, and energy storage and expenditure.
Not everyone reacts to stressors in such a detrimental fashion, and there are times when stress can have positive attributes (Selye called stress that enhanced function eustress). But most people don't cope well to stressors because they are on system overload, bombarded by stimuli and overwhelmed by life's demands. Living in this manner is truly a major impediment to a Low Density Lifestyle.
Creative Intelligence and Vision – Be a Dreamer, Be a Visionary
March 27, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under Creative Intelligence, Genius, The Dreamer
Can You Imagine? Can You Use Your Creative Intelligence and Vision? Can You Dream, Can You Vision?
Today, for the series finale on Creative Intelligence, I present you with a video that I hope will inspire you and move you to continue to use your Creative Intelligence, and to Dream, Vision and Imagine.
In words and pictures, the video will tell the story.
See you next time……
Creative Intelligence and Vision – One Company That Cultivates It
March 26, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under Creative Intelligence, Genius, The Dreamer
What happens if a company determines that they want to encourage Creative Intelligence and Visionary Thinking in all their employees? What could possibly result from it?
Imagine This
Before I tell you who the company is and some of the results of the creative intelligence of the employees, I just want to say that imagine if all companies cultivated creative intelligence and vision?
And how about schools? Imagine if creative intelligence and visionary thinking was the guiding force behind the education process? (Hint: creative intelligence is not cultivated in the education process and is usually squashed.)
So if all companies—and schools—truly cultivated creative intelligence and vision, all I can say is: Wow! This would be a world of creative thinking visionaries, people who were willing to dream up big ideas and put them into practice.
It would be a world filled with people living a Low Density Lifestyle.
Ok, so now back to about that specific company. You may have heard of them. Their name: Google.
Google allows all employees to spend 20% of their time on whatever endeavors they fancy. They are totally allowed the free rein to do whatever they want with their work time, and to dream up ideas and then to see if they can come to fruition.
And this is why the folks at Google have created a cutting edge company that is never at a loss for new and fascinating ideas. By letting employees truly use their creative intelligence and by encouraging them to live a Low Density Lifestyle, they are a rich resource of original thinking.
How do I know Google encourages employees to live a Low Density Lifeestyle? Google offers a free dining facility for their employees that serves organic whole foods, offers free massage services to their employees and has places on their campus where employees can go to take a nap. These things are part of the 12 steps to attaining a Low Density Lifestyle.
And so, whether you are a technophile or technophobe, it's worth checking out some of the really cool things Google employees have developed, thanks to the corporate climate of encouraging creative intelligence. It may not be your inclination to think up these kinds of things, but I just wanted to show you the possibility of what can be done, if it is cultivated and encouraged, in order to inspire you:
IGOOGLE: At iGoogle (google.com/ig), you can dress up all that white space with useful miniboxes containing additional info. Hundreds of useful displays are available: a clock, local weather, movie listings, incoming e-mail, news, daily horoscope, to-do list, Twitter updates and whatever-of-the-day (joke, vocabulary word, quotation, Bible verse and so on).
GOOGLE READER: Why spend your time finding and navigating to the Web sites that cover your favorite topics? They can all come to you — all nicely congregated on a single page, called Google Reader (reader.google.com).
You type in a topic, inspect the search results, and click the Subscribe buttons that look interesting. After that, Reader displays the first paragraph from each site or blog; click to read more. Star items to read later, or pass along your favorites to friends.
FLU TRENDS: Google figured out that whenever people get sick, they use Google to search for more information. By collating these searches, Google has created an early-warning system for flu outbreaks in your area, with color-coded graphs. Google says that Flu Trends (google.org/flutrends) has recognized outbreaks two weeks sooner than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has.
GOOGLE MAPS: You probably know this one, but it's still worth pointing out (maps.google.com). Choose the directions you want: by car, by public transit or on foot. Drag the path line with your mouse around construction sites or down interesting streets. View current traffic conditions. Turn on Street View to see actual photographs of your destination.
GMAIL LABS: Gmail is already the world's best free Web-based e-mail service, with terrific organization tools and a superb spam blocker. But if you click Settings and then Labs, you find a huge list of on/off switches for cool enhancements.
There's Text Message in Chat (send text messages to your friends' cellphones from within Google Chat or Gmail); Offline Mail (work on Gmail when you're not online); Canned Responses (build a menu of stock answers to your mail); Multiple Inboxes (manages mail by auto-creating multiple mail folders); and Send & Archive (one click sends your reply and removes the original from the list).
TRANSLATOR: Translate any text or Web page to or from 40 languages (translate.google.com). It's not perfect, but you'll get the gist of that spam from Russia.
800-GOOG-411: Possibly the best voice-recognition cellphone service in existence. Call the number, say what you're looking for ("comedy clubs, Chicago" or "Domino's Pizza, Cleveland"), and Google's auto-voice reads off the closest eight matches. You can speak the number of the one you want, and he'll connect your call automatically — no charge. You never know or care what the phone number was; it's like having a personal secretary.
Or you can say "text message" at any time to have the address and phone number zapped to your cellphone in one second.
GOOGLE SMS: Send a message to GOOGL (46645). In the body of the message, type the sort of information you want: weather report ("weather dallas"), stock quotes ("amzn"), movie showtimes (type "slumdog millionaire 44120"), definitions ("define schadenfreude"), directions ("miami fl to 60609"), unit conversions ("liters in 5 gallons"), currency conversions ("25 usd in euros"), and so on. Five seconds later, Google texts back the details.
GOOGLE SETS: At labs.google.com/sets, type in several items in a series (like "cleveland browns" and "dallas cowboys"); Google fleshes out the list with others like it (all the other football teams). Great when something's on the tip of your tongue (a kind of fruit, president, car, holiday, currency) but can remember only something like it.
GOOGLE SCHOLAR: You can search all published academic papers at once, at scholar.google.com, for whatever subject you are interested in.
SECRETS OF THE SEARCH BOX: Usually, whatever you type into Google's Search box is treated as a quest for Web pages. Certain kinds of information, however, get special treatment.
For example, you can type in an equation (like "23*9/3.4+234"); press Enter to see the answer.
Think of Google, too, for conversions. For example, type "83 yards in inches," "500 euros in dollars," or "grams in 3.2 pounds"; then press Enter.
The search box can also serve as a dictionary (type "define:ersatz"), package tracker (type your FedEx or U.P.S. tracking number), global Yellow Pages ("phonebook:home depot norwalk ct"), meteorologist ("weather san diego"), flight tracker ("AA 15"), stock ticker ("AAPL" or "MSFT"), and movie-listings (type "movies:10024," or whatever your ZIP code is).
And there's more, but that's all space allows.
That's one company with mega amounts of Creative Intelligence and Vision.
Come back tomorrow for a final article on Creative Intelligence and Vision. It will be a video that will move and inspire you.
Vision – Quotes of Noted Visionaries of the 20th and 21st Centuries
March 25, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under Creative Intelligence, Genius, The Dreamer
I've been talking for a few weeks about Creative Intelligence, and the last few days about Vision and how being a Visionary is something innate we all have brewing within.
So today for some inspiration I would share with you quotes of some noted visionaries of the 20th and 21st centuries. I hope this gets your wheels turning and encourages you to start cultivating and evolving your own vision.
Words of Visionaries
Muhammed Ali: To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.
Winston Churchill: We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Albert Einstein: The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
Anne Frank: Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
Buckminster Fuller: Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
Mohandas Gandhi: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Vaclav Havel: Genuine politics—even politics worthy of the name—the only politics I am willing to devote myself to—is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.
Helen Keller: No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
John F. Kennedy: The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.
Robert F. Kennedy: There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. The chain reaction of evil—hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars—must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
Dalai Lama: With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
John Lennon: My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
Nelson Mandela: I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Rosa Parks: I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Pablo Picasso: The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Jackie Robinson: A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
Eleanor Roosevelt: Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people.
Dr. Albert Schweitzer: By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world. By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep and alive.
Dr. Benjamin Spock: Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
Mother Teresa: It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.
Desmond Tutu: If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Kurt Vonnegut: Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe.
Vision – What is Your Vision Quotient/Vision Intelligence?
March 24, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under Creative Intelligence, Genius, The Dreamer
Every person takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Arthur Schopenhauer
High IQ doesn't guarantee being a visionary and a leader. It takes a different type of intelligence. It takes using your VQ – your Vision Intelligence.
When you live a Low Density Lifestyle, your Vision Intelligence will naturally be higher.
For most people, having a vision and being a visionary is a learned skill, even though it is innate in everyone. Over the years, the various impediments of life that stop us from using our visionary capabilities and also stop us from freeing our mind and tapping into our genius nature get in the way.
Here is a self-quiz, a VQ test, to see if you are using your visionary abilities. Actually, it's not so much a quiz as much as a listing of the traits of a visionary. You can make it a quiz by asking yourself if you have each of these traits, and then score each trait that you have on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.
There are 10 traits. Score it this way:
60 and under: Your vision hasn't yet manifested.
61-70: You occasionally are able to see in a visionary way.
71-80: You are starting to become a visionary.
81-90: Your visionary abilities are shining through.
91-99: You are someone who has a strong vision.
100: You are a true visionary.
1. Mindfulness - Do you know who you really are? How much of the time are you present and fully aware?
2. Idealism – Are you an idealist and someone who prefers to live a principled life?
3. The Capacity to Face and Use Adversity – We all make mistakes and we all face adversity. Do you own your mistakes and use adversity and the pain that goes with it to learn?
4. Being Holistic – Do you see the interconnections between everything?
5. Being Open – Are you open to new ideas, to things that are different? Or do you just have a knee-jerk reaction when something comes your way that is not the same-old same-old?
6. Thinking with Head and Heart – Do you integrate critical thinking with what your heart tells you? In other words, do you think with both your head and heart?
7. Courage – Do you have the courage to be independent, to not do what is expedient or what the group wants you to do? Are you willing to stand on your own two feet for what you believe in, and to do the right thing?
8. Asking Questions – Do you take things at face value or do you want to know more, and to get at the heart of the matter, in order to form your own opinion and to think for yourself?
9. Re-Framing Ideas – Do you take things you are presented with and put it into a larger context of meaning, something that has practical value for you and others?
10. Spontaneity – Do you make decisions and react to things based on fear, so that you have an immediate and negative knee-jerk reaction? Or are your responses based on the situation at hand, so that your response is appropriate to the situation?
Creative Intelligence and Vision
March 23, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under Creative Intelligence, Genius, The Dreamer
In Friday's article, which was Elizabeth Gilbert talking about genius and the creative process, I said that was the end of the series on Creative Intelligence. But as I thought about it over the weekend, I decided I wanted to extend the series a few more days, because I wanted to talk about how Creative Intelligence is so closely related to Vision.
I also have received a lot of positive feedback on this series, so that also made me decide to stretch it out a few more days.
Vision is the ability to see the world in the largest way possible. Living a Low Density Lifestyle is something that will help you develop your visionary capabilities.
You can use vision to to find happiness, love, prosperity, a successful career, fulfilling work or to change the world.
You can vision small or large, and you can make the vision a reality. Many have done it before us, and many will do it after us. And most importantly, many are doing it right now. You have the power to be one of those who are doing it now.
To vision you need to learn to think different (and that should sound familiar, one because it's the theme Apple Computer uses, and secondly because that's what Creative Intelligence is about), to add space in between your thoughts, and to let go of your current way of thinking in order to see something new.
In other words, you need to interject a certain amount of dreaminess into your thinking, whether it be daydreaming, gazing into space or applying your night dreams to situations that arise during the day.
I believe John Lennon's song "Imagine" strikes such a resonant chord because it is a song about the power to vision, and it empowers us to vision the highest calling of humanity — living in a world of peace (which, sad to say, is such an elusive thing — could that be because so few people know how to vision?)
And so, the question is, What is Your Vision?
It might be something you've never thought about before, primarily because it is a quality that none of us are encouraged to cultivate. But what and who are we without a vision? If you have a vision, then you have a dream to live by, and it becomes a passion, something that can fire you up and inspire you every waking hour of your life.
And when this occurs, your actions in everyday life will be performed with effortless effort.
So ask yourself, What is My Vision?
Take some time to ponder that question. It's not a test. Come back to it. And your vision can change and evolve, so what you come up with now may change tomorrow, next week, or next year.
I will continue on with Creative Intelligence and Vision tomorrow.
Creative Intelligence and the Creative Process
March 20, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under Creative Intelligence, Genius, The Dreamer
As a finale for the series on Creative Intelligence, here's an excellent talk given in Feb. 2009 by Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert about the creative process.
In the talk she states the same thing I have been getting at in this series on Creative Intelligence – that we are all geniuses, and that it is not just something that is bestowed on a select few.
We all have an inner Einstein, an innate genius lurking within. You just have to tap into its potential. The best way to do so is by living a Low Density Lifestyle.
By the way, this talk on Creative Intelligence and the Creative Process by Elizabeth Gilbert comes from the TED conference.
The TED conference is an annual conference that brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes.
Where Does Creative Intelligence Come From?
March 19, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under Creative Intelligence, Genius, The Dreamer
Deepak Chopra on Quantum Physics and Consciousness
Where does creative intelligence come from? Yes, I know it comes from the mind, but it's a different mindset to think in a creative fashion than it is when you are thinking logically.
When you use your creative intelligence, you are accessing the dreaming mind, the aspect of your mind that taps into a greater world.
You are actually accessing the world of quantum physics when you use your creative intelligence, a world that tells us of a vast and unlimited universe, a world of infinite energy, infinite potential and infinite information.
This is where the source of the creativity lies.
The Zero-Point Field
Quantum physics tells us that the source of all matter is what is called the Zero-Point Field. It lies at the core of the universe and it is where matter emanates from.
When you dream and use your imagination, you are tapping into the place where consciousness, stillness, breath and wisdom originate from, the place that Eastern philosophies call Universal Mind, or Big Mind. This might sound mystical, but you have to remember that the source for most famous ideas throughout history have come to their originator in a flash, often when they were least expecting something. The inventor Nicola Tesla said, "Creative ideas come to us like a bolt of lightning."
To access the Zero-Point Field, it is a matter of being still and calm, and feeling your center. In other words, you become light of body and mind. And you know what we call that—that's right, that's the Low Density Lifestyle.
When you are in that Low Density Lifestyle mode, you don't have blockages that impede your ability to access the Zero-Point Field in order to use your creative intelligence to your utmost potential. When you are living a High Density Lifestyle, you have too much static and densities in body and mind, blocking your ability to fully utilize your creative potential.
This is why when someone gets a creative thought, a new idea or new insight that comes to them, it comes when they fully relax and allow themselves to just be in the flow. That sounds familiar, right? That's because, as I've said before, to get into a Low Density Lifestyle, you have to be FREE—you have to Flow, Relax, and do things with Effortless Effort.
In the above video, Deepak Chopra explains the world of quantum physics. After watching the video, you may understand these heady ideas better.
As I have been saying throughout this series on creative intelligence, we all have it. We all have tremendous innate genius potential, it's just waiting to be utilized. So start right now.
In tomorrow's last installment from this series on creative intelligene (I know, I know, all good things must come to an end) we'll hear from Elizabeth Gilbert, best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love on genius and the creative process.
Creative Intelligence and and New and Visionary Ideas That Were Rejected – Part 2
March 18, 2009 by Michael Wayne
Filed under Creative Intelligence, Genius, The Dreamer
One Idea That Was Rejected Was a Bunch of Blokes From Liverpool
I told you about Creative Intelligence and New and Visionary Ideas that were rejected in yesterday's article. Because the list is long, I will tell you about more rejections.
It takes creative intelligence – which is a mix of creative and logical thinking and the imagination – to come up with new and visionary ideas. But it takes no creative intelligence whatsoever to reject them. People who reject them are too stuck in a High Density Lifestyle to recognize brilliance.
So let's examine some more of the things that have become commonplace that were rejected at first.
How Could They Tell Them No?
The Beatles
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." — Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962
In 1938 Chester Carlson invented xerography. Virtually every major corporation, including IBM and Xerox, didn't think much of his idea and rejected it. They felt that since carbon paper was cheap and readily available, no one would buy an expensive copying machine.
U.S. Patent Office
In 1899 Charles Duell, the director of the U.S. Patent Office, suggested that the government close the office because everything that could be invented had been invented.
The Radio
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" –David Sarnoff's Associates in rejecting a proposal for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
Talking Pictures
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" –H.M. Warner (Warner Brothers) before rejecting proposal for movies with sound in 1927.
The Airplane
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." –Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
Nautilus Machines
"You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training." –Rejection letter to Arthur Jones, who invented the Nautilus Fitness Machine
The Computer
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."– Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
The Personal Computer
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." — Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
Tomorrow I'll look at where creative ideas come from, and tie it in with ideas from quantum physics.


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"You know those animals in California who can sense an earthquake coming before it happens?" asks Tibor, clasping his bony hands behind his head and leaning back in a reclining desk chair. "This is the ninth time I've been through this cycle, and back in 2006, I got that feeling: Something is not right here."
Tibor Hollo was born in 1927 in Budapest, Hungary, but grew up in France until Germany invaded Poland and World War II erupted across the continent. In early 1941, the Jewish Hollos were arrested and sent to Drancy, a concentration camp just outside Paris. Tibor was 14 years old.
After a few months, the French shipped the Hollos to a Nazi death camp. The family was held briefly at Auschwitz, where Tibor and his father were separated from his mother. He never saw her again.
"My mom, rest in peace, was killed before we were forced to march to Mauthausen, Austria," Hollo says.
Hollo and his father survived the long, cold trek and found a way to survive at Mauthausen, a camp of 85,000 prisoners in northern Austria, until soldiers from the U.S. 11th Armored Division arrived May 5, 1945. Even today, Hollo has difficulty talking about his time in Nazi hands.
"I was very young, so it's hard to say what kind of effect the experience really had," Hollo says. "I was 14 when I went in and 17 when I came out. I know those are formative years, but I can't say if my time there changed me. How would I know?"
After his liberation, Hollo made his way back to France, where he earned an architecture degree and saved enough money to buy sea passage to Ellis Island. He landed in New York with $18 in his pocket and a degree that impressed no one.
He started work in a curtain factory and eventually found a job as an estimator for a general contractor. The company routinely turned down contracts on New York's rough waterfront, and as Hollo worked his new job, he came to a quick realization. "I found out that working the waterfront was difficult and very scummy work, and not many contractors would bid on it," Hollo says. "So after I put together a few hundred dollars, I quit and started my own firm and underbid the few contractors interested in that kind of work."
When Hollo showed that he could get projects completed on time and at a low cost and that he was willing to work in tough areas that didn't attract many other businesses, his workload exploded. A few bids in lower Manhattan turned into larger contracting projects around New York City, which turned into bids from Detroit to San Francisco. By 1956, Hollo's contracting company was one of the ten largest in the United States. But the work was also exhausting, and at 29 years old, Hollo decided it was time to start over.
On a business trip to Florida to work on a project in Cape Canaveral, Hollo fell in love with the Sunshine State. He sold his contracting business, left New York, and moved to Miami, eager for a fresh start. He would use his savings to become a developer. His friends thought he was crazy.
"Some people dream and conceive. And other people can put those dreams on paper, and that's the blueprint. And then other people can go out and realize the blueprint and make it reality," Hollo says. "But as a developer, I get to be all those people. I get to dream it and then make it real. It's incredibly satisfying, and that's what I wanted to do."
When Hollo arrived in 1956, South Florida had already seen several dramatic cycles of boom and bust. For 130 years, gently swaying palm trees, clean ocean air, and miles of blue water had lured investors to Las Olas Boulevard, Biscayne Boulevard, Clematis Street, Atlantic Avenue, and South Beach. In the roaring '20s, developers built Mediterranean and Middle Eastern fantasies on canals east of downtown Fort Lauderdale, and dreamers dredged up the Everglades to build Boca Raton. But by the end of the decade, the party was over. Half-built subdivisions would rot and projects would fall into disrepair for almost 20 years, until the Great Depression and World War II had passed.
Hollo's dream was to bend South Florida, then a still-budding metropolis, to his vision of the future. That vision wasn't shared by returning GIs who used their government pensions to move to faraway suburbs and buy big cars. But South Florida had only one direction to grow. "You can only grow north-south, not east-west, because of the water and the swamps," Hollo says. "And at some point, you're going to have to grow vertically, because you're going to run out of north-south."
Hollo's career as a developer began modestly but successfully, with midtown office buildings and apartment complexes. As his business grew, he started lecturing at colleges about the day when high-rise, "multipurpose" buildings downtown would replace suburbs straddling the Everglades. Within five years, Hollo developed his first high-rise office tower, at 888 Brickell Ave. in Miami. That building's success showed the dream was possible.


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