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Watch Solar Hot Water Heater Installation in Fun, Free Online Movie Featuring Green Building Expert Corbett Kroehler 2007-09-15 18:56:11 Green Building
Consultant and Sustainability Expert
Corbett Kroehler is featured in a just-released free online movie “Solar
Hot Water HeaterInstallation
” produced and distributed by Keyboard Culture Blog Community, which can be seen at www.keyboard-culture-movies.com.
“The success of the new solar water heater — which we installed and now use — proves that the sun gives families all the hot water they need without pollution. A 3-man crew needed almost six hours to install our new solar hot water heater,” says Green Building Consultant and Sustainability Expert Corbett Kroehler.
The four-minute free online movie (www.keyboard-culture-movies.com) shows an overview of the steps needed for the solar hot water heater installation.
“The 25% reduction in our monthly utility bill happened because of what you will see in the free solar hot water heater installation online movie,” says Corbett Kroehler, global warming expert at www.keyboard-culture-global-warming.com.
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Self-Care for the Caring Professional 2007-09-15 10:00:00 Taking care of ourselves when we are taking care
of others can be a challenge.
We often don’t think about our own needs, yet
caring for ourselves can be the greatest gift we can give to others.
When we fly, the safety instructions we’re given
include putting the oxygen mask on ourselves before putting it on our children.
How counterintuitive is that? And yet, that’s exactly what we need to do in
order to ensure that we are capable of caring for our children. Read more:Caring
Dealing With Job Stress in the Helping Professions 2007-09-13 10:00:00 Recently a former student contacted me for some
consultation regarding working with clients who have a trauma history.
As we spoke, I was reminded of how important it
is for people in the helping professions to take care of themselves. While she
had questions about specific ways to work with clients, her greater need was to
incorporate ways of caring for herself into her daily routine.
Some of the requirements of her work setting
were actually causing her more stress than her clients were. I often tell
students that I use more of my clinical skills with administrators and
colleagues than I do with clients! Systems have a way of beating us down if we
are not careful. Read more:Helping
9/11 Anniversary Reaction 2007-09-11 10:00:00 The anniversary of 9/11 may trigger the feelings
of fear and danger that originally occurred in 2001.
Even those who have been treated successfully
for PTSD may find that their symptoms are re-awakened by the anniversary. This
may be especially true as the images are replayed on television and over the
internet. It can be difficult to avoid reminders of the traumatic event.
Some people may be surprised to have PTSD
symptoms reactivated even when their original stressor was not 9/11. Whenever
there is another trauma, either personal or societal, there may well be an
emotional reaction similar to that which occurred in response to the initial
trauma. Read more:Anniversary
Got Milk, Got Scoliosis, Got Problems? Part 4 2007-09-06 10:00:00
What is the homogenization of milk? Will it
affect scoliosis?
Well, milk is an oil-in-water mixture
(emulsion). The oil is fat particles of milk and is known as globules. To better
understand, if raw milk were left to stand, the fat would rise to the top and
form a layer of cream.
Homogenization is a mechanical treatment of the
fat globules in milk, brought about by passing milk under high pressure through
a tiny orifice (hole), which decreases the average diameter and increases the
number and surface area of the fat globules.
Some experts in the field consider this maneuver
of decreasing the fat globules size increases the leaking gut problems,
inflammation and yes, possible viral infections. Once again this increases the
stress of the immune system of a person with scoliosis. This immune stress has
strong possibilities of increasing the curve percentage rate.
Again, why homogenized milk?
Several reasons. The globules (fat) in raw milk
cluster and clump together. We have
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Got Milk, Got Scoliosis, Got Problems: Part 3 2007-09-04 10:00:00
Let’s see, does pasteurization change milk?
What is pasteurization and why?
The process was named after its inventor,
French scientist Louis Pasteur. The first pasteurization test was completed by
Pasteur and Claude Bernard on April 20th, 1862.
The process begins with a large quantity of
milk that is held in a heated vat at 63 °C (145 °F) for 30 minutes, followed by
cooling to about 4 °C (39 °F).
There are two types of pasteurization used
today:
1.) HTST (high temperature/short time) and UHT
(ultra-high temperature).
The HTST method of pasteurization is milk in a
continuous flow process, milk is forced between metal plates or through pipes
heated on the outside by hot water. Milk is held at a temperature of 72 °C (161
°F) for 15 to 20 seconds.
2.) UHT, is considered the batch process.
This is when a large quantity of milk is held in a
heated vat at 63 °C (145 °F) for 30 minutes, followed by quick cooling to about
4 °C (39 °F).
The most important que
Got Milk, Got Scoliosis, Got Problems? Part 2 2007-08-30 10:00:00
Would you be surprised that a human mother’s
milk and cow’s milk may have a different make-up?
The fat, minerals, vitamins, colostrums and
lactose content of a cow has different ratios than mom’s milk.
Would you conclude that milk has a special DNA
design from its mother for its baby to develop?
Why, yes! In the last writings, milk is mother
natures’ way of providing a safe food source for babies to triple body weight in
1 years time. A baby’s digestive system is not completely developed when
first-born, lacking microorganisms (the good bacteria) and special enzymes.
Ok. Looking at a two independent prospective, a
cow and her milk, provides her baby (calf) with the proper protein and nutrition
ratio. At birth the calf weighs about 97 pounds, a year later the calf weighs
approximately 300 pounds.
Got Milk, Got Scoliosis, Got Problems? 2007-08-28 12:46:10
I’ll see what you think after you review some of the lesser familiar facts. My
goal is to educate the reader, and explore what, why and how cow’s milk may
possibly have profound influence of scoliotic curve.
The design of milk is to provide a food source
for an infant to develop into three times their body weight in one year. This
growth includes muscles, bones, and organs…right?
Regular cow’s milk is composed of carbohydrates
or sugars, vitamins, water, minerals, fats, and protein. Human milk the same
but, a little closer look reveals:
Ingredients
Human Milk
Cow Milk
Protein
1.2
3.3
Lactose
7.0
4.8
Fat
3.8
3.8
Minerals
0.21
0.71
Total Solids
12.4
12.8
Keyboard Culture Blog Community Releases Podcasts in September, 2007 2007-08-26 00:17:33 Ready to watch great online podcasts…free?
Keyboard Culture Blog Community is releasing its first online podcasts in
September
, 2007. The estimated distribution is 10,000,000 listeners. The first
online podcasts to be released are:
“How to Attract More Customers” featuring Marketing Strategies Expert Rodney
Burge
“Building Relationships as You Are Selling” featuring Sales Training Expert
J. Mark Walker
“PTSD: Helping People Understand You Have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”
featuring Healing Is Possible Expert Dr. Patricia Sherman
“Solar Hot Water Heater Installation” featuring Global Warming Expert Corbett
Kroehler
You can listen to and send the free podcasts to others at
http://www.keyboard-culture-podcasts.com
Blessings of Love and Light,
Lori Prokop Read more:Podcasts
Death after the Minnesota Bridge Collapse 2007-08-17 10:00:00 Losing a loved one is perhaps one of the most
painful experiences anyone will encounter in life, especially when the death is
traumatic and unexpected. It can be even more complicated when the death becomes
a national news story, such as the Minnesota
bridge collapse.
It can be gratifying to have the outpouring of
support that comes from so many knowing about the loss, but it can be extremely
difficult to see it played out on television day after day.
While friends and family might be sensitive to
knowing what you need and when it might be helpful to talk and when it would be
more therapeutic to be silent, the media and well-wishers throughout the country
cannot know that and may not be able to be respective of your needs.
Keyboard Culture Blog Community Releases Online Movies in August, 2007 2007-08-17 00:12:04 Ready to watch great online movies…free?
Keyboard Culture Blog Community is releasing its first online movies in August
, 2007. The estimated distribution is 60,000,000 viewers. The first online movie titles to be released are:
“How to Attract More Customers” featuring Marketing Strategies Expert Rodney Burge
“Building Relationships as You Are Selling” featuring Sales Training Expert J. Mark Walker
“PTSD: Helping People Understand You Have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” featuring Healing Is Possible Expert Dr. Patricia Sherman
“Solar Hot Water Heater Installation” featuring Global Warming Expert Corbett Kroehler
You can watch and send the free online movies to others at http://www.keyboard-culture-movies.com
Blessings of Love and Light,
Lori Prokop
Raleigh Pinskey is Voice-Over Talent in Keyboard Culture Online Movies 2007-08-16 00:06:39 These online movies are awesome and soon to be released at
http://www.keyboard-culture-movies.com .
We are thrilled to have Raleigh Pinskey as one of the voice over talent.
Raleigh is a voice over professional.
I have know Raleigh Pinskey for over 15 years, and she is a wonderful leader
and person.
Here is what else Raleigh has been up to:
Raleigh Pinskey is CEO of Raleigh Communications, a division of The Raleigh
Group. For 27 years she has been helping people, places and products to maximize
their biz-ability with viz-abilitySM.
Her public relations client history includes Sting, KISS, Paul McCartney and
Blondie, Chicken Soup for the Soul, small businesses, Singing Telegram, $5000
Marilyn Monroe Doll, Bronx Zoo’s Great Snake named Jake.
She is a radio talk show host, featured on television news shows, in
magazines and newspapers. Raleigh Pinskey is founder of The Strategic Alliance
World Wide Round Table.
Raleigh Pinskey is an internationally known professional speaker. He Read more:Voice
, Talent
Sudden Traumatic Loss 2007-08-15 21:28:35 No one is prepared for the phone call or the
knock on the door telling you that a loved one has been killed. Your first
response is generally denial – “It can’t be so; I just saw him this morning.” or
“I just got off the phone with her.”
This denial leads to a kind of numbness which is
nature’s way of protecting us from a reality we cannot yet process. The numbness
can help us navigate through the initial days when decisions need to be made. It
can be difficult to have some of these decisions taken away.
Often with a traumatic death, the coroner must
keep the body until all necessary knowledge is gleaned. Even when the body is
released, decisions must be made about whether or not to have a service and what
should be included if you decide to have one.
It’s unlikely that you have already had an
opportunity to discuss your loved ones wishes in this regard. If you have – and
I recommend that you do – your decisions may be less difficult to make. If not,
you Read more:Sudden
Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Aftermath 2007-08-10 15:47:36 Many people wonder how life can ever be the same
again after a tragedy such as the collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis
. While
things will never be the same for people after having experienced such a
tragedy, healing is possible and life can become meaningful once again.
Today I’m going to talk about how to handle the
aftermath if one was on the bridge and survived. The next blog entry will
address how to deal with having lost a loved one. Even if you weren’t directly
affected by the bridge collapse, the principles I’ll discuss may be helpful to
you should you or your loved ones be touched by difficult circumstances.
There are several steps to take if you were
involved in a disaster:
• recognize that you will feel many emotions in the
aftermath of this tragedy
• reduce expectations regarding functioning
• make and prioritize list of things that need to be done; i.e. submit insurance
claims, make funeral arrangements, contact employer (whatever might be
approp Read more:Aftermath
Treatment of Vicarious Trauma in Volunteers 2007-08-08 10:00:00 The primary treatment for those volunteers who
are experiencing vicarious traumatization is to temporarily have them refrain
from the volunteer activities that precipitated the condition. It may be very
difficult to help volunteers acknowledge that they are experiencing vicarious
traumatization, but it’s essential that their supervisor and/or colleagues help
them recognize what’s going on.
If they continue to volunteer, their
effectiveness will likely be compromised as will their future ability to help.
Burnout is the inevitable outcome of unrelieved vicarious traumatization. Once
volunteers have reached that point, they will be unable to be helpful and they
greatly increase the risk to themselves of physical and/or emotional disorders.
If vicarious traumatization is caught early, a
brief break involving rest and recreation may be all that’s needed. If it has
been allowed to progress, a longer period of recovery will likely be needed.
During that time it will be impor Read more:Treatment
, Volunteers
Prevention of Vicarious Trauma in Volunteers 2007-08-06 10:00:00 Vicarious traumatization may be prevented by
ensuring that volunteers have adequate training and ongoing supervision. Knowing
ahead of time what to expect can help volunteers develop coping strategies
before coming face-to-face with difficult situations.
Being told that emotional reactions are to be
expected and are normal can go a long way toward freeing up the volunteers to
acknowledge what they are feeling and ask for help.
If the volunteers are aware of the potential for
developing vicarious traumatization and are educated about the signs and
symptoms, they will be more likely to be willing to take a break from their
volunteer activities to allow time for decompression and rest.
The supervisors of volunteers have a huge
responsibility for screening, training, and providing support on an ongoing
basis. Regular group and/or individual meetings between the volunteers and their
supervisors can provide for debriefings and evaluation of the volunteers’ state
of emotional st Read more:Volunteers
Corbett Kroehler Talks About His Keyboard Culture Blog Community Experience 2007-08-05 00:45:36 What is it like being an Expert in the Keyboard Culture Blog Community?
We feel it’s best to let our current Experts talk openly about their experiences.
Here is Corbett Kroehler, Keyboard Culture Global Warming Expert, sharing his experiences:
Priceless Ally
My first two months as an expert on Keyboard Culture have been very much like a MasterCard commercial. The initial transaction is about money, but the effects on my aspirations and mission are priceless.
Lori Prokop’s incisive, next-generation masterpiece has given me tools to reach people in ways I would not have achieved otherwise. More importantly, though, Keyboard Culture is a powerful ally.
Global warming will have profound impacts on every American state and the entire world in the very near future. Cities, states, regions and nations have begun to take action but much more work needs to be done.
Keyboard Culture provides me with an elevated platform from which to spread the word and raise awareness about both
Vicarious Trauma and Volunteers 2007-08-03 16:30:59 People who volunteer their time and talents to
work with those who have experienced pain and loss may develop a traumatic
response to what they have seen and heard.
Called “vicarious traumatization” or “compassion
fatigue,” the constellation of symptoms can include intrusive images and
thoughts, hypervigilance, fear, numbing, difficulty sleeping, irritability, and
depression.
Some of the very qualities that motivate people
to become volunteers may be the qualities that make it difficult for them to
pace themselves or even allow themselves to recognize that they are becoming
traumatized.
A desire to help others can lead people to
ignore physical fatigue or emotional exhaustion. Observing and hearing about the
atrocities that exist in the world can lead to a spiritual crisis, a questioning
of the world view that one had prior to becoming aware first-hand of the
tragedies that some people experience.
Some people may try to deal with these symptoms
in unhealthy ways, s Read more:Volunteers
Essential Scoliosis Terms to Know 2007-07-31 15:29:48
In making a good decision in scoliosis
care, one should become comfortable with the verbiage often used to explain
scoliosis. An understanding of the terms used may increase communication with
your health care provider and ease some of the fear surrounding scoliosis.
We will begin with a small list and continue to
increase as time moves on.
If you have any inquires or terms you would like
us to define please e-mail
Bradc@scoliosis.com or visit
www.Scoliosis.com
Cervical: The neck
region of the spine that is located between the head and the chest. Vertebral
bodies known as C1-C7.
Thoracic: This is
the chest level region of the spine that is located between the cervical and the
lumbar vertebra. Includes vertebral bodies T1-T12. The ribs are attached to
these vertebrae.
Lumbar: The lower
part of the spine between the thoracic region and the sacrum. Includes vertebral
bodies L1-L5. These vertebral bodies are the largest in width and height of all Read more:Essential
, Terms
Rodney Burge, Marketing Strategies Expert, Featured at StartUpSpark.com 2007-07-30 23:42:53 Thank you to Steve at StartUpSpark.com http://www.startupspark.com/carnival-of-entrepreneurs-28-july-2-2007/ for featuring Keyboard Culture Blog Community MarketingStrategiesExpertRodney
Burge on Steve’s blog.
The blog post “Your Customer is an Asset” by Rodney Burge was featured by Steve at StartUpSpark.com, a blog helping small business owners and entreprueners.
Blessings of Love and Light,
Lori Prokop Read more:Featured
What are the Symptoms of Brain Damage? 2007-07-27 10:00:00 Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also
called acquired brain injury or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma
causes damage to the brain. TBI can result when the head suddenly and violently
hits an object, or when an object pierces the skull and enters brain tissue.
Symptoms of a TBI can be mild,
moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain.
A person with a mild TBI may
remain conscious or may experience a loss of consciousness for a few seconds or
minutes. Other symptoms of mild TBI include headache, confusion,
lightheadedness, dizziness, blurred vision or tired eyes, ringing in the ears,
bad taste in the mouth, fatigue or lethargy, a change in sleep patterns,
behavioral or mood changes, and trouble with memory, concentration, attention,
or thinking.
A person with a moderate or severe
TBI may show these same symptoms, but may also have a headache that gets worse
or does not go away, repeated vomiting or nausea, convulsions or seizures, an
Read more:Brain
, Damage
, Brain Damage
Scoliosis Short Leg Syndrome 2007-07-25 13:47:00
Have you asked your doctor why one of your hips seem to be higher than the
other?
Have you looked in a full-length mirror and your dress hem seems higher on one
side versus the other, and you know that the dress has equal length?
Have you noticed that your hip hugger jeans are somewhat slanted to one side and
make you feel different?
Ok, lets look into the bones and muscles of the lower torso. Please remember
that one must keep a simple understanding of the structure and not make this too
complex. Picture in your mind that the pelvis is made of three large bones that
connect together and shape somewhat like a large bowl.
These three bones are known collectively as the pelvic girdle. They are called
the left and right Ilium and the sacrum. The Ilium is about the size of your
hand.
Next is the sacrum, again a little smaller than
the palm of your hand, but shaped like a “C”, spade. Sitting on the back part of
the bowl is the sacrum/spine. The sacrum is the foundation Read more:Short
, Syndrome
How Does One Accept that the Abuse Has Happened and is Now Stopped? 2007-07-25 10:00:00 I will answer this question from
two different perspectives.
If you had always known about the
abuse, then the difficulty can sometimes be related to having grown so used to
it, that it's difficult to realize that it has stopped. It has always been so
much a part of your identity that it can be hard to know who you are apart from
the abuse.
If, on the other hand, you had
repressed the memories of the abuse and then subsequently reconnected to the
reality of the abuse, then the challenge is to integrate the fact of having been
abused into your view of yourself and your childhood.
In either case, it will probably
be important to seek out help from both a therapist and other survivors.
You can look through some of my
previous blog entries to learn about some different therapeutic approaches that
may be helpful.
Hope Makes Healing
Possible!
Patricia Sherman,
Ph.D., LCSW Read more:Accept
Helping People Understand You Have Scoliosis 2007-07-18 10:00:00 Scoliosis has a nasty way of making your body move and work differently than
other people’s.
“Why is it when I walk hand in hand, I always bump into my partner?
People don’t understand when I walk that I some times run into things, and I
don’t mean to. When I dance I just can’t do the moves quite right. I just can’t
seem to play ball or computer games well.”
These conditions are due to balancing problems, hand-eye coordination
problems, righting reflex. To help other people understand these problems, you
must first familiarize yourself with the neurological aspect of the disease.
Then let them know why.
“Along with feeling klutzy, I really like staying awake late into the early
morning hours. Falling asleep is hard to do and I really don’t feel rested when
I get up the next day.”
Parents and spouses may not recognize these as symptoms of scoliosis. Arguing
and screaming at them will only increase their hormonal imbalance of the
parasympathetic and sympathe Read more:Helping
, Understand
Are You Kept In the Dark About Your Scoliosis? 2007-07-16 13:25:42 The disease of scoliosis renders many symptoms and side effects which people
do not fully understand. The lack of understanding results in people's disregard
of the symptoms.
Persons who have scoliosis find that their daily functions are altered, but
looked upon as everything is normal.
For example, “Oh, my kid sleeps late in the morning, I can’t get her out of
bed, she’s cranky, and won’t eat breakfast.” Typical teenager, right?
Oh no this is not typical of normal healthy teenager.
Do you typically hear this?
“My back pain is becoming greater because I’m getting older. I’m so tired and
I have headaches all the time, I’m told that I’m going to have to learn to live
with it.”
These are just a few of the complaints that I hear in my practice. The list
continues from insomnia, mood swings, chronic fatigue, thyroid problems, ADD,
sciatic leg pain, neck and low back pain, stomach pain, asthma and being a night
owl.
For full list of scoliosis symptoms visit
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