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Friday, September 7, 2012

Rock 'n' roll fantasy camp beds down in Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After traveling the world and giving aspiring musicians a chance to jam with their favorite stars, the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp announced Thursday it was setting up a permanent home in Las Vegas.

Starting in October, aspiring rockers who have dreamed of playing with their musical heroes can sign up for the camp's courses at the MGM Grand hotel and casino. Upcoming camps will feature rock legends as Roger Daltrey, Jack Bruce, Alice Cooper, Dave Navarro, Sammy Hagar, Gene Simmons and Vince Neil.

Camp founder David Fishof, a former manager and tour producer for Ringo Starr and The Monkees, said he had been looking for a permanent location for some time to cope with growing demand.

"It gets bigger every year," said Fishof. He estimated that since its start, over 7,000 rock star wannabes have attended the camps, which have been held six times a year in various locations including New York, Philadelphia and London.

Prices vary but a five-day camp with a star like Simmons is about $9,500 including hotel accommodation and meals, instruments and a performance at the MGM Grand hotel.

Fishof said the camps attract a cross-section of people.

"We get mothers, 15-year-old kids, top executives and music fans from all over the country, and the common denominator is their love for music - and many of them keep coming back, they love the experience so much," he said.

Now, the faithful will have a permanent shrine at which to worship.

The 10,000 square-foot (930 square-meter) facility in Vegas will also offer a "Rock Star for the Day" package for visitors to the city, consisting of a two- to three-hour jam session with famous musicians.

"What I love about Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp is watching these people learn so much in such a short space of time and having fun," Roger Daltrey of The Who, who will be appearing at the new camp in January 2013, said in a statement.

Simmons of KISS fame will inaugurate the new Vegas digs by headlining the October 10-14 camp, along with special guest rock stars including Vince Neil (Motley Crue), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) and Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne guitarist, Black Label Society).

Additional camps are scheduled throughout the 2012-2013 season; headlining the November 7-11 camp as a "salute to the blues" will be Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers) and Jack Bruce (Cream), followed by Daltrey who will headline the January 23-27 camp featuring Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction.) Alice Cooper will headline the February 14-18 camp with Sammy Hagar headlining the March 6-10 camp.

Further details are available at www.rockcamp.com.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant and Lisa Shumaker)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rock-n-roll-fantasy-camp-beds-down-las-140533845.html

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

The Healthy Way to Forgive Yourself | Your Olive Branch News - yobo

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September 5th, 2012

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By Juliana Breines

Self-forgiveness is critical to well-being?but it has a dark side. Here are four steps to healthy self-forgiveness, based on recent research.

The ability to forgive oneself for mistakes, large and small, is critical to psychological well-being. Difficulties with self-forgiveness are linked with suicide attempts,?eating disorders, and?alcohol abuse, among other problems.

But self-forgiveness has a dark side. Research suggests that while it can relieve unpleasant feelings like guilt and shame, it can also reduce empathy for others and?motivation to make amends. In other words, self-forgiveness may at times serve as a crutch, producing a comforting sense of moral righteousness rather than a motivating sense of moral responsibility.

Is there a healthy way to forgive yourself? Here is what recent research has to say.

1. Don?t get rid of guilt.?Feeling bad when you do something wrong is natural, and maybe even useful. Without it, where would we find the motivation to do better next time? But not all bad feelings are equally beneficial. Shame, which involves negative feelings about the self as a whole (i.e., feeling worthless), is associated with defensive strategies like denial, avoidance, and even physical violence. Feeling like you?re just a bad person at your core can undermine efforts to change, as change may not even seem possible from this perspective. Guilt, by contrast, involves feeling bad about one?s behavior and its consequences.

Research suggests?that criminal offenders who recognize that doing bad things does not make them bad people are less likely to continue engaging in criminal activity. And?remorse, rather than self-condemnation, has been shown to encourage prosocial behavior. Healthy self-forgiveness therefore seems to involve releasing destructive feelings of shame and self-condemnation but maintaining appropriate levels of guilt and remorse?to the extent that these emotions help fuel positive change.

2. Own up.?In theory, self-forgiveness is only relevant in the context of transgressions that an individual has acknowledged and taken responsibility for. Without the recognition of wrongdoing, what would there be to forgive? In practice, however, self-forgiveness can be code for avoiding culpability. The self-forgiveness formula most conducive to constructive change seems to involve an acknowledgement of both positive and negative aspects of the self.

Research suggests, for example, that people who have more balanced, realistic views of themselves are less likely to use counter-productive coping strategies like self-handicapping than those who either inflate or deflate their self-images. Along similar lines, self-forgiveness interventions have been shown to be most helpful when combined with responsibility-taking exercises. Alone, self-forgiveness seems to do little to motivate change.

3. Pay your dues.?Just as you probably wouldn?t forgive someone else until they have made it up to you in some way (although there are of course exceptions), forgiving yourself may be most beneficial when you feel like you deserve it.

So how do you know when you?ve adequately paid your dues? In some cases, it?s obvious what needs to be done (e.g., if you damage someone?s property, you would probably want to replace it, at minimum), but in other cases the criteria for making amends may be less clear. Receiving forgiveness from others can help facilitate self-forgiveness, but it?s ultimately up to you to decide when you?ve done enough to right a wrong.

Rather than simply going through the motions of atonement, it may be useful to consider what kinds of reparative behaviors will actually make a difference for others, or for your own personal growth. Even self-punishment may be useful when motivated by a desire for self-improvement rather than anger at the self, though?researchers recommend?that such punishment be mild and time-limited, and never physically or psychologically harmful. For example, a teenager who engages in shoplifting and feels remorse might decide to refrain from shopping for three months and instead focus on her schoolwork.

4. Foster empathy for the victim.?Research has found that self-forgiveness is negatively associated with empathy for victims. As self-forgiveness increases, empathy decreases. This disconnect is understandable: it?s difficult to have compassion for oneself while also having compassion for those one has hurt. But self-forgiveness is not supposed to be easy, and without incorporating empathy it seems more like a form of avoidance.

Importantly, self-forgiveness need not be all-or-nothing. It?s a slow process that may never (and some may argue?should?never) result in a full release of negative feelings or an exclusively rosy view of oneself. Rather than being a form of self-indulgence, self-forgiveness might be better seen as an act of humility, an honest acknowledgment of our capacity for causing harm as well as our potential for doing good.

This story originally appeared at Greater Good

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Neil Armstrong's public memorial service set for Sept. 13

A public memorial service for late astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, will take place Sept. 13 at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

The event offers a chance for the nation to pay its respects to the iconic astronaut, who died Aug. 25 following complications from a recent heart surgery. A previous ceremony was held for Armstrong on Aug. 31 in Cincinnati, but that one was limited to friends and family.

The Sept. 13 service is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). It will be broadcast live on NASA TV and streamed by the websites of both NASA and the National Cathedral.

Many dignitaries are expected to attend, including NASA chief Charles Bolden and other NASA officials, political leaders and members of the Armstrong family, space agency officials said.

A select few regular folks will make it into the service as well. A "very limited" number of seats will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis, according to a NASA media advisory. People interested in attending should contact Christine Peterson at christine.peterson@nasa.gov.

Neil Armstrong rose to international fame when he stepped onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. He and Buzz Aldrin spent more than 21 hours on the moon, while fellow Apollo 11 crewmate Michael Collins orbited above in their command module Columbia.

The words Armstrong uttered as his boots crunched into the gray lunar dirt ? "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind" ? are among the most famous ever spoken.

The multifaith Washington National Cathedral is a historic landmark, and it already has a connection with Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission. In 1974, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins presented the cathedral with a moon rock they had collected on their historic journey, as part of a ceremony commemorating the fifth anniversary of humanity's first steps on the moon.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/neil-armstrongs-public-memorial-set-sept-13-235512004.html

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Prince Harry Teased by a 6-Yr.-Old About His Nude Scandal

Despite his recent nude photo scandal, Prince Harry stuck to his commitment to appear at the WellChild Awards in London yesterday. He would have gotten out of it unscathed, too, if it wasn't for one particularly "cheeky" child.

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As Mitt Romney's convention closes, the buzz in Germany is about Paul Ryan

The Republican focus, of course, was the official nomination of Mitt Romney for president. But Germany appears more interested in his choice of running mate.

By Rieke Havertz,?Contributor / August 31, 2012

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan (l.) wave to delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30.

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After the last balloon fell at the Republican convention in Tampa, Fla., last night, German media delivered their verdict on the now-official Romney-Ryan ticket. Despite the fact that the convention focused on the crowning of Mitt Romney, it was really his sidekick, Paul Ryan, that grabbed German attention.

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'Ryan is the real king'

The business paper Handelsblatt made an even stronger statement, suggesting that once in the White House, the Romney/Ryan administration could become more of a "Ryan/Romney presidency." The Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel drew a similar conclusion, saying that Ryan could become the next president in 2016 if Obama wins over Romney: "Ryan is the real king."

Concerns about Ryan's ideas aside, he is regarded as a smart politician and is given credit for at least having a plan for solving the economic crisis (even if it's not well received) ? which German commentators so far don't see in the Romney campaign.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/csmonitor/globalnews/~3/QMK-IfxKQb8/As-Mitt-Romney-s-convention-closes-the-buzz-in-Germany-is-about-Paul-Ryan

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Smoking and natural disasters: Christchurch residents increase tobacco consumption post-earthquake

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Vienna, Austria: The prevalence of smoking in Christchurch, New Zealand, increased following the 2010 earthquake, according to a new study.

The results of the study will be presented today (4 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna.

The 7.1-magnitude Christchurch earthquake, and subsequent aftershocks, have caused a huge amount of damage and dramatically changed the social, working and living conditions for residents in the city.

To investigate the effects of the disaster on smoking levels, researchers from the Canterbury District Health Board, New Zealand, carried out interviews with 1,001 residents 15 months after the first earthquake. Participants were asked about their smoking habits before and after the earthquake.

The results showed that prior to the earthquake in August 2010, 319 people were not smoking at this time. Of this group, 76 people had smoked at least once after the earthquake, with 29 people from this group having more than 100 cigarettes since September 2010.
Of the 273 people who were smoking in August 2010, 93 had increased their consumption of tobacco. 53 people in this group attributed this increase to the earthquake and the subsequent changes in lifestyle.

Professor Lutz Beckert, from the Canterbury District Health Board, said: "Increased levels of smoking were found in Christchurch residents after the earthquake. 28% of people who were not smoking prior to the earthquake picked up the habit following the quakes. This suggests that exposure to trauma, such as a natural disaster, can prompt people to start smoking as they believe it is a valid way to deal with their anxiety over their experiences and coping for changes in lifestyle.

"It is important for healthcare professionals to be aware of this increased risk in the aftermath of a disaster, such as the Christchurch earthquake, so that they can be ready to provide the necessary support to residents before they turn to cigarettes."

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European Lung Foundation

Vienna, Austria: The prevalence of smoking in Christchurch, New Zealand, increased following the 2010 earthquake, according to a new study.

The results of the study will be presented today (4 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna.

The 7.1-magnitude Christchurch earthquake, and subsequent aftershocks, have caused a huge amount of damage and dramatically changed the social, working and living conditions for residents in the city.

To investigate the effects of the disaster on smoking levels, researchers from the Canterbury District Health Board, New Zealand, carried out interviews with 1,001 residents 15 months after the first earthquake. Participants were asked about their smoking habits before and after the earthquake.

The results showed that prior to the earthquake in August 2010, 319 people were not smoking at this time. Of this group, 76 people had smoked at least once after the earthquake, with 29 people from this group having more than 100 cigarettes since September 2010.
Of the 273 people who were smoking in August 2010, 93 had increased their consumption of tobacco. 53 people in this group attributed this increase to the earthquake and the subsequent changes in lifestyle.

Professor Lutz Beckert, from the Canterbury District Health Board, said: "Increased levels of smoking were found in Christchurch residents after the earthquake. 28% of people who were not smoking prior to the earthquake picked up the habit following the quakes. This suggests that exposure to trauma, such as a natural disaster, can prompt people to start smoking as they believe it is a valid way to deal with their anxiety over their experiences and coping for changes in lifestyle.

"It is important for healthcare professionals to be aware of this increased risk in the aftermath of a disaster, such as the Christchurch earthquake, so that they can be ready to provide the necessary support to residents before they turn to cigarettes."

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Notes to editors:

Abstract: Earthquake rattled Christchurch residents reach for cigarettes
Session: 470
Date and time: Wednesday 5 September, 08:30-10:30
Room: C1
Press Office at ERS Congress in Vienna (Saturday 1st September -Wednesday 5thSeptember 2012):

Lauren Anderson: +43 6763315356 lauren.anderson@europeanlung.org

David Sadler: +43 6767502294

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Video screening of job applicants is on the rise

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Experts say there are good reasons for doing the video interview: They're easy, cheaper than flying someone in and may give the recruiter a better sense of the potential employee than a phone call.

By Allison Linn, TODAY

??It?s no secret that searching for a job has changed a lot in recent years, from the influx of online application systems to the fact that there just aren?t a lot of jobs out there.

Now, there?s another new twist: More companies than ever are shunning the old-fashioned phone screening in favor of video job interviews, a new survey?finds.

The OfficeTeam survey of more than 500 human resources managers at companies with 20 or more employees found that more than six in 10 are now doing video interviews at least somewhat often, up from fewer than two in 10 just a year ago.

Experts say there are good reasons for doing the video interview: They?re easy, cheaper than flying someone in and may give the recruiter a better sense of the potential employee than a regular phone call.

?It helps companies narrow the candidate pool down quicker,? said Kelsey Fast, a division director for Office Team in Seattle.

Still, she said video meetings are not replacing the live interview, yet.?Anyone who's ever seen the movie "Up in the Air" - in which?an employee is fired by videoconference - knows the potential pitfalls of having a difficult conversation remotely.

Many employers are using the videoconference as a screening tool and then bringing the finalists in for in-person discussions, Fast said.

Fast, said she finds video interview give a potential employer a better sense of the applicant than a phone call would, from their facial expressions to how they exude confidence.

?You obviously get to see how they present themselves,? she said.

Still, she conceded that for people who are camera-shy, it can add more pressure to an already nerve-racking experience.?

That could be exacerbated for people who fear they might be judged by employers based on their age, weight, gender or race.

That, of course, would be illegal.

Justine Lisser, senior attorney adviser in the office of communications for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said video resumes and video interviews are not illegal. But a company can get into hot water if it looks like they are using video tools in a discriminatory way.

For example, if a company were only requesting video resumes or interviews from people with Hispanic-sounding names, that could be a sign of discrimination.

?(It?s) not technically illegal but could be evidence of a discriminatory intent,? she said.

The EEOC posted informal guidance about ?tools?such as video resumes in response to a query, but such posts do not carry the weight of law.

If you do land a video interview, Fast said a key first step is to choose an appropriate location for the interview. It should be quiet and free of distractions like bright lights or barking dogs.

In other words, don?t do a video interview in your kid?s room or at a coffee shop.

Also, dress for success. Fast recommends wearing a suit, avoiding bold patterns or colors and not assuming you will only be seen from the waist up. That means no PJs or fuzzy slippers under the jacket and tie.

?Dress and groom (as) you would for any face-to-face interview,? she said. ?(The) first impression is key, so I would always be overrepared and suit up.?

How would you feel about a video job interview?

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Source: http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/09/03/13594877-companies-turning-to-video-interviews-instead-of-phone-screens?lite

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