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It's been said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. For people wanting to leave a heroin addiction behind, that first step involves drug detoxification. Here, the heroin is removed from the body, leaving the addict with a clean system. For many addicts, detoxification is the most frightening aspect of a drug recovery program. In fact, some addicts may be so frightened of detoxification that they simply avoid the process altogether, and they allow their addiction to continue unchecked.
The truth is that there are many treatments available that can ease withdrawal symptoms and make detoxification less painful and less frightening to contemplate. If you or someone you love is addicted to heroin, don't let the fear of detoxification stand in the way of recovery. At Michael's House, we can provide a variety of treatments to assist with detoxification and help you start down the road to recovery.
See More: The Symptoms of Heroin Addiction
Withdrawal Symptoms
Heroin is considered one of the most addictive substances in the world, and using the drug can cause profound and lasting changes in the brain. When a user takes heroin, the drug moves to the brain and is converted to dopamine. This substance attaches to receptors in the brain, and causes a flood of pleasurable sensations. Over time, the dopamine receptors become less and less sensitive, and the user must take higher and higher doses of the drug to achieve the same pleasurable response. In addition, some users become unable to produce dopamine on their own.
According to the Harvard Medical School, a single dose of heroin can create symptoms for four to six hours but withdrawal symptoms from that single dose can last for an entire week. Withdrawal symptoms are often mild in the beginning, but they can become more severe as the process continues.
Effects of Withdrawal
Early Stages
- Insomnia
- Restlessness
- Muscle aches
- Runny nose
Later Stages
- Abdominal cramping and diarrhea
- Nausea
- Muscle spasms in legs
- Depression
Some people with severe heroin addiction may be incredibly familiar with detoxification symptoms, as they may experience these symptoms between doses of the drug. Some addicts may detoxify on their own on a periodic basis, in order to reduce their chances of developing a tolerance. People who know how painful a detoxification can be, or who have experienced the process on their own without any assistance whatsoever, may be incredibly resistant to the idea of going through the process again.
While these symptoms may not be life-threatening, they can certainly be debilitating. It's especially hard for an addict to deal with these symptoms when he or she knows that the symptoms will stop immediately, as soon as the body is provided with a dose of heroin.
The Role of Medications
While it might sound counterintuitive, people who are addicted to heroin often need medications during the detoxification process. These medications, prescribed according to your needs by consulting physicians, can ease symptoms and reduce the intense cravings that an addict feels during withdrawal. In addition, addicts might be more likely to participate in treatment programs if they know they won't struggle with terrible symptoms during withdrawal. This might be the biggest benefit of medications your physician gives you during detoxification.
Often, consulting physicians may give addicts the medication clonidine during detoxification. This drug helps block restlessness and insomnia, and may assist with running noses and headaches. Your physician may give you other drugs to ease abdominal symptoms.
Some people addicted to heroin need more intensive drugs to help correct dopamine deficiencies. One drug, known as buprenorphine, has shown particular promise. The drug is given in tablet form and it's held beneath the tongue. It provides a bit of the same effects as heroin, but those effects are quite mild. The user feels no real "high" and the drug is nearly impossible to abuse in order to get high. Buprenorphine tablets often contain another drug that kicks in when the tablet is crushed, and this addition renders the drug unworkable when the tablet is crushed. Some addicts are given the medication in a prescription by consulting physicians, and they're allowed to go through detoxification on their own at home. For people who can't enter a treatment program at a facility, this could be a real help.Buprenorphine can be given over several days, in tapering doses, or it can be given just once or twice during detoxification.
According to a study published in the Journal of Opioid Management,a short course of medications can work just as well as a long course. Of 20 people studied, 10 received one day of medications and 10 received three days of medications. At the end of the study, there were no differences in symptoms and recovery rates between the two groups. Addicts who worry about taking medications for months or years might be reassured to hear that there are other options available.Some addiction providers use herbal supplements to ease symptoms, and others rely on Chinese medicine. It might seem unusual to rely on these methods to deal with withdrawal, but there is some evidence to support the use of these alternative medicine therapies. According to a study published in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Chinese herbal medicine was effective in helping addicts deal with anxiety and mental distress during withdrawal, and those effects became particularly pronounced after a week of therapy. More work needs to be done in this area, but this study does lend support to the idea that alternative medicine might play a role in effective detoxification programs.
Methadone and Maintenance
Methadone is a drug that can be used to wean addicts off heroin, but your physician will have to determine what's right for you. This medication does provide a bit of a high to users, and for this reason, it often must be given in a specific clinic at specific times by consulting physicians. Users can't just take doses at home, as it's possible they might sell their doses or take multiple doses at the same time in the hopes of intensifying the effects. Some consulting physicians provide methadone during detoxification, and then ask the addict to continue to take methadone through a maintenance program.
According to Harvard Medical School, methadone maintenance programs can help some addicted people return to productive lives. When they're in these programs, they can hold down jobs, pay bills and behave appropriately. About 25 percent of people who enter these programs stay in the programs for life, however, and some people may feel as though they've simply substituted one addiction for another.
Rapid Detoxification
Michael's House offers a social model detox program in collaboration with consulting physicians, but some detoxification centers offer "rapid detox" programs for addicts who feel uncomfortable with inpatient treatment programs. In a rapid detoxification, the addict is placed under general anesthesia and a rush of medications is pumped into the system. These medications bind to receptors in the brain and keep them from picking up any heroin that might be remaining in the bloodstream. The withdrawal symptoms still occur, but the addict is under the hold of anesthesia and therefore doesn't consciously feel any of these effects. The addict is then awakened when symptoms seem to abate. Some programs claim that they can completely clean out a heroin addict in a short stay of just a few days.
Since heroin withdrawal symptoms can include vomiting, a rapid detoxification program can be dangerous. There is a risk that a patient could vomit during detoxification, and since the patient is under anesthesia, that person could breathe in vomit and choke or drown. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association documented at least three life-threatening complications that occurred during rapid detoxification, but none of the patients performed any better in recovery than the patients who went through a normal detoxification. In other words, the rapid detoxification program isn't more effective than a standard program, but it might be much more dangerous than a standard program.
Final Thoughts
Detoxification, by itself, is not a cure for addiction. Most addictions have their roots in behaviors, including the friends the addict spends time with and the rituals the addict has developed surrounding the addiction. A person who is accustomed to injecting heroin before going to a party, for example, may feel a powerful urge to inject when party time comes, even though no heroin exists in the addict's body at that time.
For this reason, an addict must follow up a detoxification program with a structured recovery program. Here, the addict can learn how to restructure his or her behavior so that a relapse into addiction is less and less likely. Unfortunately, many addicts don't commit to a formal recovery program once they've completed detoxification. A study in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that, out of 802 people who voluntarily participated in a detoxification program, only 9.6 percent participated in a treatment program. This is a depressingly low number, and it indicates that family members and friends need to do more to influence the behavior of addicts after they emerge from detoxification.
Michael's House offers comprehensive heroin detox as a part of our heroin addiction treatment program. For more information, give us a call today.
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Leslie Frazier blew the Bills brass away at his interview, presumably vaulting him as the current favorite for the job. In all likelihood, we have a ways to go still. Buddy Nix and Ralph Wilson have vowed to take their time with this decision — and with good reason. The Bills must nail this hire. The franchise is in limbo. With so many needs at so many spots, the team must have a clear path toward the future.
To get a good grasp of the candidates, we're turning to the experts. Over this week, we'll have analysis on the coaches rumored to be in the running.
Vikings Update's Tim Yotter says Frazier is heavily influenced by Tony Dungy, while Jets Confidential's Dan Leberfeld hits on Schottenheimer's offensive philosophy. Both coaches are in the midst of playoff runs. Whereas Frazier prepares to unleash his dangerous front four on Tony Romo, Schottenheimer is fresh off a flawless job in Cincinnati. The Jets ran over the Bengals, while mixing in some healthy play-action passes.
LESLIE FRAZIER, Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator
Tim Yotter, Vikings Update
The reason Leslie Frazier has been a finalist for a couple of head-coaching jobs over the past three years is his demeanor. He coached under Tony Dungy and projects a lot of the same qualities — a calm presence that still demands the respect of his players.
He was groomed as a cornerback under Buddy Ryan during the Super Bowl days (1985) of the Chicago Bears, but a knee injury that year ended his playing days. After spending time at the college coaching level, he returned to the NFL in 1999 with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he learned under Jimmy Johnson. He got an opportunity with the Cincinnati Bengals as their defensive coordinator, but didn't always see eye-to-eye with Marvin Lewis. He went to the Colts from 2005-06 before the Vikings gave him another opportunity as a coordinator when Mike Tomlin become head coach of the Steelers. Under Dungy, he learned the intricacies of the Tampa-2 style defense that both the Colts and Vikings run.
During his time in Minnesota, he had had the top-ranked rushing defense for two seasons, a unit finished second this year. He gives his position coaches the game plan and let's them work with the players. He is given autonomy over the defense by Brad Childress and has the respect of coaches and players alike.
BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER, New York Jets offensive coordinator
Dan Leberfeld, Jets Confidential
Brian Schottenheimer has done a good job developing Mark Sanchez. He's a former quarterback himself, serving as a backup at the University of Florida. While he's still pretty young, he's wise beyond his years due to growing up around the NFL with his father's teams.
He's a really good guy with a very likable personality. He gets his points across without being a jerk. He always has a smile on his face. Remember, he had a cancer scare when he was younger, and that probably changed his perspective on things a little bit.
Rex Ryan thinks he's going to lose him after the playoffs. He said that after the game Saturday. Schottenheimer runs the same offense as Norv Turner and Cam Cameron. It's very innovative with a lot of movement and gets a lot of players involved.-------------------------------------------------
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Dr. Steven Benko is an Assistant Professor of Religious and Ethical Studies at Meredith College. His primary area of interests are in contemporary ethical thought. He teaches courses at the intersection between ethics, religion and culture, including courses on ethics and contemporary social issues, bioethics, comparative religious ethics, and religion and film. In his teaching and research he focuses on the idea of ethical subjectivity, the relationship between humor, religion and ethics, and how critical thinking strategies enhance pedagogical practices and student learning. He is the advisor to Theta Alpha Kappa, the religion honor society and the Meredith College Ethics Bowl team. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the American Culture Association/Pop Culture Association. He has participated in professional development seminars at the National Humanities Center and The Poyner Center for Ethics and Public Life.
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2012 "Ironic Faith in Monty Python's Life of Brian" in The Journal of Religion and Film, vol. 16, no. 1 (April 2012)
2007 "Ethics Across the Curriculum, Application to Economics" in The Journal of Economics and Finance Education (with Drs. Anne York and Jane Barnes)
2005 "Ethics, Technology and Posthuman Community" in Essays in Philosophy (January 2005)
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The Year 11 Pre Public Exams begin on 27 February 2017 and they should all be revising the topics given to them by their teachers and available through their revision lists (which are available on the school website). It is often said that exams are passed on the revision table at home rather than in the exam hall so parents and carers will have a key role in helping their children to organise their revision and to be disciplined about completing it. We wish all of our students well (not luck – it's not down to luck!) and also all parents as they make sure that their child is devoting enough time to revision.
Below are revision topics provided by subject teachers to help your child make the most of their home study
All students have been/are being provided with free copies of the following revision guides:
Of Mice and Men – Literary Eye
An Inspector Calls – Literary Eye
All AQA Language students have been given a progress pack to work through. Please See Mr Williams with any queries.
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1 Prime, Bone-In Roast with 3 Bones (Approximately 7 Pounds)*
2 Garlic Cloves
3 Teaspoons Freshly Ground Sea Salt
1 Tablespoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Butcher Twine
* Have a Kings Butcher remove the meat from the bone and tie it back on for simpler prep and serving.
Preheat oven to 450 Degrees. (convection); 475 Degrees. (conventional).
Classic Temperatures: Rare: 120 degrees F Cold red center Medium Rare: 125 degrees F Warm red center Medium: 130 degrees F Hot red center Not responsible for results over 140 degrees F.
Serve with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
Tips to Prepare the Perfect Rib Roast:
How big of a roast do I need?
• Plan on a pound for every two guests, and a half-pound per two children. Add an extra pound just in case, leftover roast makes for easy future meals.
• Buy a roast that is dark in color - meaning it has been hung well and is mature.
• Find a roast that has a thick covering of fat which adds flavor and prevents the joint from drying out during cooking. (This layer can be removed before serving so no need to worry about excess fat.)
How to prepare a Prime Rib Roast:
• Previously Frozen: If your prime rib roast is frozen, let it thaw completely in the refrigerator.
• Room Temperature: To cook evenly, the roast must not be cold - let it stand at room temperature, loosely covered, for about 2 to 4 hours.
• Tying Up Prime Rib: It is important to tie the prime rib before roasting. If left untied, the outer layer of meat will pull away from the rib-eye muscle and overcook. To prevent this problem, tie the roast at both ends, running the cooking twine parallel to the bone. Ask your Kings butcher to tie your rib roast!
• Place the roast, ribs down or fat side up, in a heavy stainless-steel or other metal Roasting Pan.
Get your rub on:
• Whether you want to go classic or bring extra flavors to the party, rubbing the meat with spices and herbs is the key to giving your roast that traditional crackling, seared and delicious crust.
• Either the night before or at least 2 hours prior to cooking your prime rib, rub the roast all over with olive oil, and generously sprinkle it with seasoning blends. Do NOT salt the outside of your prime rib roast the night before, as salt draws out moisture from the meat while cooking. You can use other seasonings.
How to cook your roast:
• Cook the roast for 15 minutes at a very high heat (450°F) this will sear the outer surface of the meat, producing a somewhat crispy exterior. After cooking the meat for 15 minutes at 450°F, Reduce the heat to 325°F. Do not open the oven. Cook at 325°F for approximately 11 to 13 minutes per pound.
Rest, Rest, Rest:
• An important part of cooking any meat is once it is removed from the oven the meat must rest. Wrap the meat loosely in aluminum foil and put to one side. The fibers in meat tighten up during cooking and resting allows the fibers to relax, release some of the meat juices (great for the gravy) and results in a soft tender piece of meat. 20 minutes should be long enough but up to an hour won't do any harm.
Rib Roast Recipe Pairings:
Wine Pairing Suggestions:
• Zinfandel: A dry red wine packed with fruity blackberry and boysenberry flavors.
• Merlot: A flavorful wine, Merlot has aromas and flavors including blackberry, cassis, plums and chocolate.
• Malbec: A soft, juicy red wine from Argentina with a fruity finish and light acidity.
• Cabernet Sauvignon: A distinct grape that produces some of the best wines in the world, robust and flavorful.
Yorkshire Pudding:
3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, at room temperature 3/4 cup milk, at room temperature
1/2 cup pan drippings from prime rib roast
NOTE: If you do not have enough pan drippings, add melted butter.
After you take your cooked prime rib out of the oven, increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees F.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour and salt. In another bowl, beat together the eggs and milk
until light and foamy. Stir in the flour/salt mixture just until incorporated and smooth.
NOTE: The batter will be like a very thin pancake batter.
Pour the cooked prime rib meat drippings into your baking pan or muffin tins of choice. Place the pan in the oven and get the drippings smoking hot (about 5 minutes).
Quickly pour the mixture on top of the hot drippings. Put the pan back in oven and cook until puffed and dry, approximately 15 to 20 minutes. NOTE: Do not open the oven door during baking.
Remove from oven and serve hot with your Prime Rib Roast.
Sour Cream Horseradish Sauce:
1/4 to 1/2 cup prepared horseradish to taste 1 pint (2 cups) sour cream
2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice 1 teaspoon salt
In a medium-sized bowl, combine horseradish, sour cream, lemon juice, and salt; thoroughly mix.
Cover and Refrigerate until ready to serve. (Can be made 2 days in advance.) Makes approximately 2 1/2 cups.
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Aretha Franklin's unheralded recordings at Columbia Records will get another perspective with an expansive 12-disc box set that makes the argument that the Queen of Soul was already royalty before her career-defining hits at Atlantic Records.
"The conventional wisdom is that Columbia failed to see that this was a singular artist with a universal vision, that her material was mismatched with her talent, that her arrangers were too heavy-handed," said Leo Sacks, producer of "Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia," due out March 22.
"There were enough moments at Columbia where it's clear that she came very close to catching the moment, and I think the listener is going to have to make their own judgment to see whether her Columbia years have been unfairly diminished."
Franklin, 68, arrived at Columbia in 1960, when she was 18 years old. There, she recorded jazz and pop standards, and music historians have often dismissed her work at the label in comparison to her explosion five years later at Atlantic Records, where she recorded her biggest hits, like "Respect," and became known as the Queen of Soul.
The box set of 11 music CDs and one DVD takes listeners through songs like "Take a Look," ''Unforgettable" and "Ol' Man River." Though some material is unreleased and includes rehearsal and alternate takes, Sacks acknowledges that much of it has been previously released.
"Aretha's Columbia years have been picked over more times than a Barney's warehouse sale, and there isn't anything in this collection that hasn't been worn previously," he joked this week. "But there are enough unexpected surprises in these CDs, including many rare mono mixes and unissued performances, that show how close she came to stardom."
Franklin has recently undergone surgery for an ailment she hasn't disclosed, but she told talk-show host Wendy Williams this week that her health is "superb."
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Fuel Pump problems?
I have a 2005 WK Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (approx 100,000 miles). Last night my Jeep was really close to empty so I went to fill it up. I put about 14 gallons in it and after I got back in and started it up, it read *past full*. I know that couldn't be correct since the tank is roughly 19 gallons and it was REALLY close to empty (well in the red) when I filled it.
After about 5 minutes of driving it kept swinging between half and completely full but eventually leveled out to where I thought it looked right (about 3/4 full) so I drove home about 5 min away and parked it for the night. This morning I got in and it read normal for a few miles and then all of a sudden it swung rapidly to completely empty and the "LOW FUEL" indicator came on in EVIC. It's been reading completely empty ever since with '0 miles to empty', low fuel EVIC indicator, & the needle being completely at the bottom of the red.
I've done the "key jiggle" but there are NO CODES (its just reads 'DTC' then 'dOnE ------'). Any idea what this issue is? I'm kinda hoping it will go away on its own after a few drive cycles but I'm doubting it.
Perhaps I should mention that my dash has been removed recently due to a bad heater core. Could it be a bad connection or the more likely problem of a faulty fuel level resistor or sending unit... etc etc..??
Re: Wacky fuel gauge!!
Just drove it again tonight. The gauge slowly swings back and forth from beyond full, to below empty, to accurate, and everything in between. You can actually see it moving if you watch closely.
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I don't have an answer but my cluster is behaving odd too idk if your problem is in the cluster and i dont have the same issue as you but recently my speed guage and rpm guage did that twice and now the left blinker is going crazy I'm takin it in today I'll let you know the outcome
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Oregon's Timberline Lodge was part of FDR's Works Progress Administration - a program that not only put people to work, but also preserved some of the finest of the Northwest's indigenous arts. Despite the museum-quality art and hand-made furnishings, Timberline is still open to the public today. Could a large-scale public works project like Timberline, focused on recreation be built today?


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Palestinian Christians: the forgotten faithful
"We are doing this mass to pray [to] God, because nobody is hearing us. Just God can hear our prayers and He can change the mind of all the people who are putting injustice on the Palestinian people. We are losing our land, Americans are doing nothing for us, Europe is doing nothing for us, just God can help us change the mind of everybody to give us back our own land".
It may surprise you, but these are not the words of some Islamist fanatic, looking to sweep the Jewish people into the sea and create a medieval Islamic caliphate in Palestine. These are the words of Father Ibrahim Shomali, the Catholic priest of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, as he celebrates an open-air mass in the beautiful Cremisan valley. His mass takes place every Friday, as a sign of protest against a planned extension of Israel's separation barrier which will lead to the confiscation of yet more Palestinian Christian land.
In October 2012, the Foreign Secretary William Hague, a politician not known for his activism on behalf of the Palestinians (as his ill-judged statement on Palestine's application for non-member observer status at the UN demonstrated), formed an improbable alliance with the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, to protest against Israeli plans to extend its separation barrier near Bethlehem. The extended barrier will run between Cremisan's famous wine-making monastery and convent, separating the two establishments and cutting off the monks from the local Christian community in Beit Jala. It will also separate the convent and more than 50 families from land they own.
But the indignity and humiliation of having ancestral lands stolen are not the only problems facing Palestinian Christians today. Many Christians in the West do not even know that the Palestinian Christians exist. My friend the Rev Dr Naim Ateek of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem tells how, when he tells US Christians that he too is a Believer, the question comes back (presumably from people who think that Jesus came from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania): "Wow, when were you converted?"
"About two thousand years ago" is Naim's stock reply.
As I wrote for New Wine Magazine back in the autumn of 2010:
"...it is easy to overlook the fact that in the midst of all this political and religious mayhem there is an indigenous Christian community. It is possible to pass through the Holy Land without ever meeting these Believers – many Israeli tour companies deliberately keep them off the itinerary. Yet these "living stones", so called because of the reference in 1 Peter 2:5 but also because their traditions are as old as the stones around them, struggle on amid intense pressures to maintain their presence and identity, seeking to build bridges between communities, and expressing their faith through compassionate social ministry.
Palestine's Christian community has not always been small. Prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, as much as a third of Palestine's Arab population was Christian, while in Bethlehem and Nazareth a significant majority of the inhabitants were Christians. Today the picture is very different. In the Palestinian territory as a whole, Christians number just one or two per cent; in Bethlehem and Nazareth the figure has fallen to barely 20 or 30 per cent.
Emigration is the main cause of the decline, as Christians have fled from a land of almost constant repression and violence, squeezed out in a conflict that is perceived – wrongly – to be between Muslim and Jew. The indignities and hardships of occupation have been the biggest single factor in this exodus. It is an astonishing fact, but not one that you will hear from the tour guides, that there are five times more Palestinian Christians in Chile than there are in Palestine today. Ramallah is the main town on the West Bank yet it is said that there are more Christians from Ramallah living in Dearborn, Michigan, than there are in Ramallah itself."
There has been a lively debate in the West as to the cause of this Christian exodus. Israel and its supporters maintain that Christians are fleeing from Islamic fundamentalism, as manifested by Hamas, the Islamist group now in control of Gaza. They assert, by contrast, that Palestinian Christians in Israel are free to worship and have full legal rights. This latter claim is not borne out by the facts, as our report for the recent House of Lords debate on the position of Palestinians in Israel demonstrated.
Yet as a controversial CBS news report from April 2012 showed, others think it is the intolerable burden of Israel's occupation which is causing Christians to leave Palestine in their thousands. The Israeli Ambassador in Washington tried in vain to get CBS to drop the report, such was the damage it could cause to Israel's Christian Zionist support base in the United States.
A curious feature of this debate is that nobody ever seems to ask the Palestinian Christians what they themselves think. Yet they have spoken, powerfully and eloquently, and with increasing voice in recent times. In December 2009 leaders of all the major Palestinian Christian denominations endorsed a Kairos Palestine document, a "cry of hope" that the world might finally "stand by the Palestinian people who have faced oppression, displacement, suffering and clear apartheid for more than six decades". The document declared boldly: "we Palestinian Christians declare that the military occupation of our land is a sin against God and humanity".
Even now Christians in the UK are preparing a British and Irish response to Kairos Palestine, and Embrace the Middle East is involved in this, with many other Christian organisations including BMS World Mission, CMS, Amos Trust, Greenbelt and USPG. Kairos Palestine has just this month teamed up with the Bethlehem-based NGO Badil to produce a damning new report on the "forcible displacement and dispossession" of Palestine's tiny Christian community as a result of continued occupation. The report looks at the impact on Palestinian Christians of Israel's "silent transfer policy" (through enforcement of residency rights), the draconian family unification rules (which, as another report by the World Council of Churches showed, have a disproportionate impact on Palestine's Christian community given its small size), child registration requirements, controls on family visits, checkpoints and the separation barrier.
In the Kairos Palestine document, Palestinian Christians wrote:
"Our word to the Churches of the world is...a call to repentance; to revisit fundamentalist theological positions that support certain unjust political options with regard to the Palestinian people. It is a call to stand alongside the oppressed and preserve the word of God as good news for all rather than to turn it into a weapon with which to slay the oppressed."
Are we Christians in the West really listening to this cry for help from our brothers and sisters in the land of the Holy One? And if we have listened, what are we going to do about it?


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Binge-Watching 101
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Every band has "hits," the songs they have to play in concert or no one will pay money to see them. Alkaline Trio is no different.
Thanks to nine studio albums, including My Shame is True (released today), singer/guitarist Matt Skiba, singer/bassist Dan Andriano and drummer Derek Grant have a plethora of tunes that are damn-near guaranteed to make any set list, which means there's a good chance you'll hear "Radio," "Nose Over Tail," "Clavicle," "'97," "This Could Be Love," "Mercy Me," "Crawl," "Cringe" and "Bleeder." While there's nothing wrong with these (in fact, they are some of the band's best material), there are also a bunch of songs that rarely -- if ever -- get played. But they should.
There's no way of knowing what we'll hear from My Shame is True, but "Kiss You to Death," "Young Lovers" and "Until Death Do Us Part" are bona fide awesome and are worthy of replacing the oft-played "She Took Him to the Lake" and "Private Eye." And, if we are lucky, the addition of new material might force the band to dig into its catalog to pull out a few oldies-but-goodies.
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If Youtube videos mean anything, then this three-minute-and-sixteen-second song taken from a split with One Man Army has been played live only once, which is a bummer because it's easily one of the band's best. In the video, Skiba describes the tune as being "about my addiction to opiates," but the lyrics seem to be about a tumultuous break up. On one hand, the narrator is depressed and has "nothing here but loneliness," which leads to putting "holes in walls" that cause "bleeding fists." On the other, we hear a narrator who is in love, who would "kill for you and eat the flesh/give you the heart and burn the rest."
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hi need some advice with installing the air gap from elderblock #7516 i bought the fel pro gasket but its not perfect lineup. and i have to use ATV on the ends of the block.i can tell i will have a leak for sure. is there any advice or a better gasket. maby the elderblock not fel pro...........383 chevy stroker
I think you mean E d e l brock. Go to the parts store and get the cheapy Mr. Gasket intake jobs that are hanging on the shelf.
And don't plan on using the car on days colder than 45 degrees..
why is that
The manifold says in the instructions to use their gasket set, think I'd do that. I try and stay with matching the hardware and the install items, seems like a logical choice, mix and match is possible. Then the question becomes how many times do you wish to do the same install? You already have one under your belt and the post sounds like it is not working out as you thought. So with that in mind why play around RTP "Read The Poop" and follow the poops instructions, remember they are the R&D of that product.
well i think that is what i will do. i thought fel pro would be better..as they are on some application's. but with the advise from someone here i went with the fel pro. i will order today elder block and the stuff that helps stick them in place. thanks
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when u say "ends of the block" ???? are u talking about the front and rear areas that use the smaller rubber gaskets???? if so i think most will advise u use "RTV" instead of the gaskets.. put a good bead and put intake on while its still wet. I use the hi temp RTV with no problems...
yes i know to use atv on the ends do you put any around water ports or not. thanks
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u can use rtv on the water jacket areas.. but keep it real thin. its generally not used in that area, but if u keep it to a min u should have no problems..
Why pay edelbrocks price when the gaskets I suggested will work and be cheaper?
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Edelbrock recommends their gaskets or an equivalent Fel-Pro, and I've used both without any problem. The key is that these recommended gaskets are soft enough to seal the aluminum manifold to the iron heads. Some gaskets are too inflexible and they will not provide a good seal.
The use of RTV instead of rubber seals on the ends is recommended by just about all the manifold manufacturers. You are just trying to keep the oil from leaking, and there is no real pressure to seal against.
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Organisers had tipped a similar crowd to recent years, and were hopeful for a record attendance of more than 600,000 but on the streets it seemed the the coolest overnight conditions since White Night began (a low of 12 degrees Celsius) may have deterred some revellers.
The lack of projections along Flinders Street, for which White Night has become known, drew fewer people along the thoroughfare. There were substantial numbers filing into and past the NGV, along St Kilda Road and up Swanston Street, yet there seemed to be far fewer people in Queen Victoria and Alexandra Gardens.
I know it's still very early on, but it feels like there are far, far fewer people out for #whitenightmelb than in previous years @age_arts— Debbie Cuthbertson (@debstarre) February 20, 2016
There were still plenty of people on Swanston Street.
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Numbers did appear to step up during the peak time of 10pm to 1am, perhaps as a result of the organisers warning people to come late to avoid overcrowding and outside the State Library of Victoria festival-goers lined up early from the outset even before it became dark enough to see the images of classical sculpture, books and pulsing neural networks clearly.
Here's the line to get in to @Library_Vic's #whitenightmelb program, incl Ideation. Line stretches up La Trobe st pic.twitter.com/yvDIVu6SUQ— Dewi Cooke (@d3wic) February 20, 2016
No doubt most thought the wait was worth it.
The Domed Reading Room was realised as a "terrarium for ideas" in the projected work Ideation by Nick Azidis, Lisa Greenaway, Adem Jaffers and Bentley Dean.
Planning your #whitenightmelb? We're open 7pm-7am for a little stargazing in the Dome pic.twitter.com/kpNGYWeG4v— State Library Vic (@Library_Vic) February 20, 2016
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The display by Pitcha Makin Fellaz and Portuguese creative studio OCUBO is a humorous and contemporary reinterpretation of traditional Indigenous storytelling. Photo: Paul Jeffers
At the steps of the Royal Exhibition Building, near a Moreton Bay fig tree considered the birthplace of the Aboriginal political movement for Victoria, elders from the eastern Kulin nation's five language groups gathered for a welcome to country.
It incorporated Buln Buln, a dance that brings the five communities together as one. When it finished, dancers threw their arms up to face the ornate Royal Exhibition Building facade, which lit up with the animated paintings of Ballarat indigenous art collective the Pitcha Makin Fellaz.
The group of seven men gathered nearby to watch their work, in collaboration with Portuguese video mappers Ocubo, come to life. "To see it out here in life size is absolutely awesome," artist Ted Laxton said. It's what it is, awesome.
Royal Exhibition Building lighting up the night right now. Wominjeka #blaknitemelb #whitenightmelb pic.twitter.com/4CoFqGxveH— Melbourne Museum (@melbournemuseum) February 20, 2016
.@MartinFoleyMP & #whitenightmelb AD Andrew Walsh among those to pass thru smoking ceremony at Royal Exhibition Bldg pic.twitter.com/rpoKM34Gjm— Dewi Cooke (@d3wic) February 20, 2016
Crowds had also gathered in the forecourt of the Melbourne museum where members of Melbourne circus troupes sailed through the air on trapeze and children tried their hand at hula hooping and other circus skills.
Circus Oz performing now at The Big Top precinct. Come check it out! #blaknitemelb #whitenightmelb #ActiveArts pic.twitter.com/TadJyTswSm— Melbourne Museum (@melbournemuseum) February 20, 2016
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What seemed to get the most attention were the projections outside the NGV by Ballarat artist Josh Muir. The 24-year-old's bold and bright illustrations, which depict the experience of Victoria's Aboriginal people since white settlement, were compelling and have brought the emerging artist to the attention of a huge and appreciative audience.
Muir, 24, came to the attention of many in the art world after winning the 2014 Victorian Indigenous Art Award people's choice vote and the young artist award at the 2015 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
The illuminations he created for White Night in collaboration with Sydney's Ample Projects and artists Emma Donovan and James Henry are a different medium for Muir, on an entirely new scale and in front of an unprecedented audience.
"I am instilling a really powerful and strong sense of purpose," he says of his work.
I'm a young Aboriginal man living in a modern contemporary world, and this is a reflection [of that], the bold lines that are contemporary. Because I'm surrounded with the landscape and figures, that encompasses what I do, what I'm seeing around me."
#stillhere by #joshmuir stunning effort by emerging artist #onetowatch @NGVMelbourne #whitenightmelb @age_arts pic.twitter.com/8VwtYM4HBK— Debbie Cuthbertson (@debstarre) February 20, 2016
Meanwhile, inside the NGV, two enormous blow-up rabbits by New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai lolled around the Great Hall.
And one more wascally wabbit from @NGVMelbourne 7m-high inflatable fills great hall #whitenightmelb @age_arts pic.twitter.com/Rha4WDjDik— Debbie Cuthbertson (@debstarre) February 20, 2016
And over the road in the Queen Victoria Gardens, Strasbourg-based South Korean artist Tae Gon Kim's The Dresses cast an ethereal glow over proceedings as the figures of revellers wandered off into the night.
Federation Square
Works by Aboriginal artists were among the most prominent during White Night 2016, including Melbourne artist Reko Rennie, whose Indigenous iconography blanketed the entire Federation Square site.
Projections at Fed Sq. #whitenightmelb @age_arts pic.twitter.com/Kk4u8YaynN— Cameron Woodhead (@Jadedhackeroo) February 20, 2016
Fed Square looking pretty tonight #whitenightmelb #federationsquared #melbourne #rekorennie pic.twitter.com/uxYnod777k— Federation Square (@Fed_Square) February 20, 2016
Live on Lonsdale
The main music stage this year, the Live on Lonsdale stage, boasted a keenly curated, eclectic mix of acts, and country singer Ruby Boots and band started the night with swagger at 7.30pm. A steadily growing crowd responded well to Ruby's bluesy riffs and sweet twang, and her fulsome band, including a pedal steel player, were excellent.
Sassy country crooner Ruby Boots is romancing early crowds @ Live on Lonsdale #whitenightmelb @age_arts pic.twitter.com/izT7XlXLv0— Annabel Ross (@annabel_ross) February 20, 2016
Children, couples, students, families - the crowd was as varied as it was responsive, clapping heartily along with the band during a stomping track reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, and scrambling to the front of the stage and taking selfies when Ruby announced the last track.
At 8.30pm, Thelma Plum took the stage, and by now the crowd had swelled, but was still manageable. She sang a gorgeous cover of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game.
The quality continued with later performances by Indigenous hip hop artist Briggs, Sydney-based beat poet Sampa the Great, and early morning disco treats from Harvey Sutherland and Planete.
Just finishing up at Live on Lonsdale, the terrific Thelma Plum #whitenightmelb @age_arts pic.twitter.com/3ehDTK5rmZ— Annabel Ross (@annabel_ross) February 20, 2016
Monkey business
Even before darkness had descended, a giant monkey climbing the town hall had signalled that this was no ordinary night.
The Golden Monkey by Melbourne artist Lisa Roet is in fact a seven metre high tamarind.
And Roet wasn't the only one inspired by our simian friends.
GORILLA AT THE WINDOW by Maree Woolley - St Paul's (crnr of Flinders Ln/Swanston) #whitenightmelb @age_arts pic.twitter.com/sOfClQ8Bu7— Cameron Woodhead (@Jadedhackeroo) February 20, 2016
The Andrews government has guaranteed the future of White Night Melbourne for another year, but not necessarily with creative director Andrew Walsh at the helm. Expressions of interest are being sought for the 2017 festival, with plans to also take some of it on the road to regional Victoria.
"The soundings that we've had in the last 18 months indicate a lot of interest from lots of regional towns and communities." Creative Industries Minister Martin Foley said.
"Given the vibrant nature of so many of our regional communities, we think there's an appetite for it."
He praised the "fantastic, creative" work of Walsh over the past four years but said the government was keen to "go out and test what's out there," both internationally and locally.
But for some the decision to light up fewer landmarks this year left them underwhelmed with disappointed comments posted on White Night's Facebook page.
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Sadly underwhelmed by #whitenightmelb major landmarks not lit up like previous years #fail @theage @age_arts pic.twitter.com/m9wne228Ef— Suzanne Carbone (@SuzanneCarbone) February 20, 2016
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"As long as I've had Amber here, I don't think she's shot the ball as well as she did early on," Key said. "She was on fire. She was playing well. The whole team was playing well."
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PEX for air compressor lines
anyone here using PEX for running compressed air lines? I don't plan on putting super crazy pressure through the lines, just 120psi or whatever max pressure my air compressor will allow for. I know steel/copper lines are suggested for safety and condensation but I have a ton of PEX left from a job and it's much easier for me to run it in the odd spaces i need to run it in.
I will not use a hard plastic like PVC or CPVC because of their ability to explode and send plastic shrapnel everywhere BUT from what I see, PEX won't explode into shards. As a soft plastic if it would burst I imagine it would split.
Any thoughts? I have done quite a bit of research through google and haven't found any solid information. I'm not worried about the fittings, just if the actual pipe is "safe" and can handle the pressure.
I'd pass on that idea.
This is how a properly layed out air system is done.
No one that knows what there doing is going to ever suggest using copper,
Use black iron pipe instead, reason being a filter will remove rust.
Back in the early 90's I worked at a facility that had multiple outlets in two separate buildings all plumbed to one big compressor. The director was a bit of a safety nazi and decided the aging iron & galv. piping had to be replaced before it ruptured. The replacement was a green plastic pipe. I remember being skeptical about this idea at the time. I wonder if it is still in service.
Here's a tip and time your running an air manifold use the largest pipe possible.
The pipe acts like an accumulator and and increaces the avalible flow to the tool so it does not start off with full pressure then slow down from lack of air.
Just going from 1/2 to 3/4" increases the flow by about 25%.
Pex is not rated for air! it is rated for water PSI of 150 you want the air rating take that 150 and divide it by 3 you get 50 PSI max rating for your air line. Now you know. use stainless steal tubing with nutts and ferrels.
Used Pex in our shop, been going strong for 5 years now, will let you know in another 5, then another 5. A good drier/filter is a must.
I thought pressure was pressure?
I do know that a pound of feathers is lighter than a pound of lead though.....:whistling2:
@"PoleCat": I also have seen/used the "greenish" colored "plastic" type pipe for compressed air. We ran a lot of this in the mid '80's in our plant. I was skeptical of this at first but it proved to be a quality product. Then just as I was convinced that this was a good product and was useful to us, some contractors came in to run some new fire protection piping using an orange colored "plastic type pipe product". At first thought one may say: "Well, this stuff will surely melt if there is a fire". Yes it will. But by the time the temperature around this pipe gets that hot, the fires too big for the sprinkler system to fight anyway. I currently have my entire shop ran with 1" CPVC piping with four 3/4" drops within the shop. Not one leak since 1996. My training and understanding is that PVC/CPVC will not "explode" if there is a weak spot in the piping. Rather, it will just develop a crack running with the run of the pipe along the piping and allowing air to escape loudly.
CPVC and PVC should never be used for at least two reasons. One if you happen to have a compressor that uses oil, the oil bypasing the ring will degrade the tubing.
And any plastic pipe can expode!!
Pressure is differant for water and gas:eek:
So much for Boyle's law.
Seems like there are a lot of opinions that are not specifically backed up with verifiable facts. Couple of points to bear in mind. From the perspective of a pipe, pressure can come from any fluid, whether that fluid be air, water, mercury, or for that matter any liquid or gas. The pipe from a mechanical standpoint behaves exactly the same whether it is subject to 50 psi from air or water, so there is no basis to the claim that 150psi water is the same as 50 psi air.
Certain types of pipe are not rated for specific chemicals. This is a chemical, NOT a mechanical issue. For example, if you want to carry nitric acid, you need glass pipe, because other common types of pipe degrade when in contact with nitric acid. All plastic pipes have temperature ratings, as they typically weaken with rising temperature, hence their pressure rating is temperature dependent. Dry compressed air should not chemically interact with any commonly available plastic pipe.
If a specific PEX manufacturer states that their PEX pipe is not rated for compressed air, that probably means only that the manufacturer has never tested their product for use with compressed air, hence they are not going to warranty it for that particular use. This says nothing about allowable code use. It also says nothing about whether PEX will work acceptably with compressed air, it simply means that manufacturer is not going to warranty their PEX for use with compressed air.
I have found a number of articles claiming that PEX-AL-PEX, which is a particular type of PEX tubing which includes aluminum as an air barrier, is acceptable for use with compressed air. I cannot verify this, however a call to Wirsbo or another manufacturer of this particular type of tubing, commonly used in hydronic heating applications, should confirm if it is OK with compressed air.
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What year WRX? Cat or no cat?
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A bad day in the woods
Sometimes things go wrong on unprecedented measures. Today I decided to go out behind the house to see if I could call in a deer & perhaps nail a nice buck. Things went well until I arrived near the new stand that I wanted to set up on (knoll near a nice climber tree near swamp). On my way in I applied some doe urine to the scents pads attached to the bottom of my boots figuring I'd lay in a sniff trail for a buck(s) to follow where I would setup. The following sequence of events may not necessarily be in the correct order, as I'm still trying to figure out how so much could go so wrong so quickly. Humor me if you can.
Upon arrival at the "knoll stand" area I laid down some more doe pee at several locations within bow range with decent shooting lanes. Gotta lay down the scent to draw in the bucks right?
I then started climbing the knoll to set up my ground blind only to discover I'd forgotten it. Now I ask you, how can anyone forget a blind he's going to hide behind?
Faced with the decision of whether to go home & get it, or try my luck without it, I figured it would be too late & I would only spook the deer by going out & coming back; it was already 3:45 PM. I'm in camo right, I'm invisible, who needs a blind anyway???
I looked at the two trees on the knoll & realized they are lousy trees for attaching a tree seat anyway. I can't stand for more than a few minutes because of my damn knee (already starting to swell up).
Have to find another stand location.
So I'm walking around on dry leaves, cringing at the noise, trying out several trees, none of which are suitable, all of which are too exposed, none of which have clear shooting lanes.
One seems to be better than the others however, so I attach the seat & wait 20 minutes for things to quiet down before bleating. I feel like I'm so obvious and posing for the "Worst Stand of The Year Award". What to do?
I go back to the knoll & set up the tree stand only to find my original decision to leave was the right one. However, it's getting late, so I go for it. The tree is wrapped with vines & the ground is severely steep, not a good place to rest one's feet, especially with my knee acting up.
By this time I'm soaked with sweat; the deer are probably holding their noses.
My glasses are fogged up & I can't see ****.
A battery has died in one hearing aid (my good ear), so a deer could tap me on the shoulder before I'd know it was there. My senses are really tuned for this: I stink, can't see, & can't hear - the deer must be laughing their butts off.
I clear the leaves at the base of the tree in preparation to sit down & notice that the foot pads are still on.
I remove one pad & try to remove the other, only to find that the string has knotted up & I can't untie it. Bending over is harder these days.
I use my knife to cut the string & place the knife back in the sheath. It's awkward doing this as my jacket is outside the sheath & I can only feel my way to do this.
Trying to blindly push the knife into sheath results in cutting my forefinger.
The upside is that the knife is really sharp. The downside is that it cuts well.
So, I sit on the seat watching the blood drip from my finger. Pinching the cut closed is temporary at best. The coyotes are probably scenting me & closing in.
I bleat a few times only to hear squeaks coming out. What am I doing wrong? Sounds like a herd of field mice.
Maybe this whole thing is not such a good idea. I must be alerting every deer within a mile.
Time to leave quietly & hope I don't spook anything on the way out.
I arrive home at 4:30 PM, strip the gear off & because I sweated so much I sprayed the inside of the camo jacket with Scent Away.
Unfortunately, yesterday I emptied the Scent Away into a larger spray bottle & poured the doe pee into the small Scent Away spray bottle for use in the woods. Guess which bottle I used to spray my jacket with? My memory fails me at times.
Have you recently smelled doe pee, up close? You don't want to do it twice! It has a way of staying with you.
Now I really have to spray the jacket with the real Scent Away, or wash it, otherwise I might be putting myself in jeopardy if I wear the jacket in the woods untreated.
I clean & bandage the finger, & take a shower.
Another day down the tubes!
It's tough getting older, all because I forgot the damn ground blind!
Can't wait for tomorrow for another day in the woods."A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!"
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Nail and Glue?
Have 5" wide x 3/4" thick T&G solid pine flooring....I am considering both Glue and nails
Nails will be applied--1 at every joist...and--1 inbetween every joist
I was thinking PL polyurethane or subfloor adhesive, Applying -- 1 bead approx. 1/4" thick down the center and the full length of each board.
It is a conditioned crawlspace below ... so no worries about moisture coming from below.
Any advice or alternates on this plan?
T&G flooring should not be glued. It should be nailed only. The reason for this is that the wood needs to be able to expand and contract, and movement is facilitated by the tongues and grooves.
The expansion and contraction has to do with the humidity inside your house (dry in winter, more humid in summer, AC, furnace, etc). The wood will always absorb and expel moisure from indoor air.
Along the same lines, don't forget to leave a little expansion room at the edge of the floor under the base shoe and base board.
I concur no glue!
I disagree. You should check with the manufacturer of your flooring, but most wood flooring that is 5" and wider must also be glued. The no glue applies to narrower boards.
Not pine, man it will cup like forty year old school house.
If it was any thing else you float it with glue..
Pine will absorb the moisture right out of the glue and cup the top of the groove.
It will also impede expansion if the floor is glued to the substrate.
5" pine or any pine is not really a good idea for a floor, to soft.
Just my opinion.
Preventing cupping is the reason some manufacturers insist you must also glue any wood flooring 5" wide and wider. Again, consult the manufacturer's instructions to a tee.
BTW, gluing wood floors does not prevent it from moving, wood glues are rubbery and so everything gives and comes back.
I agree pine floors are not very durable, but many people want them for their rustic look.
I have done some research on this issue since it came to post.
It seems there a few people that have used the glue and been very succesful with it. There are some others that saw cupping but not very bad.I have glued engineered Pine T&G but never a solid
My first instinct as flooring pro is accept a method as explained by the book then look for the best way to acheive the same goal.
Perhaps it will work well.
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A posting abroad has put my present position in the shade
I have just come back to work after six months spent opening a new office abroad. The work was exhilarating and I picked up a host of new skills. Being back at my old desk in Blighty is a real comedown, and I'm finding it hard to keep motivated or to put my new skills to use. I've got terribly itchy feet. Should I talk to those above me about renegotiating my role, or is it time to move on?
Whatever you do, do something. Mainly by chance, you've enjoyed an experience that has opened your eyes, filled you with confidence, energy and optimism, and equipped you with new skills. If you just plonk yourself down behind that old desk of yours and stay there for more than a month or so, all that exhilaration will have imperceptibly seeped away and you'll have utterly wasted what could clearly be a crucial turning point in your career.
Make all this clear, and quickly, to those above you. You probably won't be popular: over-enthusiastic workers suddenly demanding fast-track treatment disturb the measured orderliness of most human resource departments. Eccentrics and one-offs challenge the carefully worked-out grading system. Somebody's already drawn up a draft career plan for all those at your level; and here you are, with no hint of gratitude, wanting to force the pace. Very untidy.
Well, don't despair, don't get ratty, just be politely persistent. Identify, if you can, a difficult job in the company that badly needs doing and volunteer for it. Emphasise the benefit to the company first; but don't ignore the point that your new-found skills and sense of enterprise mean you'll have an excellent chance of making a go of it. If your company depends at all on the energy, wit and self-starting abilities of its people, (and has maintained some small element of management agility), you and they should soon achieve some satisfactory matchmaking.
Monitor all this with the keenest vigilance. The moment you begin to lose the buzz, to feel comfortable again, to wonder if it's worth the hassle: snap out of it immediately and go hunting.
They say that the most wonderful sense of contentment people ever experience is just before they drown.
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I am in the third year with my current employer. Things have gone very well; after a year I was given a substantial raise and more responsibility. Later this year, due to restructuring, my role will change significantly, involving considerably more responsibility. This would be a promotion, except that I'm not being offered more money. I have simply been told there is no money in the budget, but this doesn't seem reasonable; I have no choice in the change, and comparable roles elsewhere pay more. I love my job and want to stay; I just want to be treated fairly. I have formally asked my boss for a meeting (a couple of months ago) but so far nothing has happened. What should I do?
Before you let your entirely reasonable sense of inequity get you down, just tot up the good things about your job: you love it; it's gone very well for nearly three years; you want to stay; you've already been given more responsibility and a substantial raise; you're now being offered even more responsibility. Only the strange absence of an equivalent increase spoils the picture.
And I do find it strange. I bet something's going on that, for whatever reason, they haven't told you about. That's probably why your boss (who on all the other evidence seems to rate you) is so anxious to avoid a meeting with you.
Since your new role hasn't started yet, and everything else seems so enviably positive, I strongly advise patience. Don't let it bug you.
But you should certainly write a note to your boss, copy to the HR department or the other way round, confirming that you're happy to take on more responsibility at the same initial salary but would appreciate a formal review after six months.
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I am 40 years old and have been a qualified social worker for 12 years (for the past 10 years in the field of mental health). I had been strongly drawn to this line of work from a young age without having a grounded view of what it entails. Consequently the reality of the job has been a shock. I have stayed with the same local authority since qualification despite poor management and constant stressful reorganisations. I am presently on long-term sick leave due to work-related stress. I am finally considering leaving social work as I feel that my employers have given me back very little in return for my loyalty and dedication. I think in the trade they call it "burn out". In your experience and knowledge, is there a way through burn out, or is it best to give up the ghost and look for something else? I'd be very grateful for any thoughts or suggestions that you have.
I'm fairly certain you need someone to talk to about all this. That very same local authority that you work for should offer free counselling - or if not, should be able to point you in the right direction.
If you haven't already done so, please use your time off work to get some personal help: and be very, very persistent in looking for it.
Meanwhile, as very much a second best course of action, my instinct is that you should think seriously about a complete change of job. You're clearly dreading the thought of a return to the same sort of work; which in turn, of course, will simply delay your recovery from stress. And you really mustn't think of it as "giving up the ghost".
Understand that deciding on a career change at 40 simply isn't an admission of failure. Rather, it's a conscious decision to take control of the rest of your working life. There's a lot of it left - and there's no reason why it shouldn't be fulfilling.
I know it appears to be quite a scary challenge - particularly when you're feeling burnt-out and demotivated - but let your mind range freely about future possibilities and you may well find a little optimism returning.
· Jeremy Bullmore writes a column for Management Today, in which some of these questions first appeared. For Jeremy's advice on a work issue, email email@example.com. Jeremy's book, Another Bad Day At The Office?, is published by Penguin at £6.99. To order a copy with free UK p&p go to theguardian.com/bookshop.