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Fitness and Health 7th Edition

Tech Earnings and Housing Data

Earnings and data related to housing and manufacturing highlight next week’s economic calendar. Stock and bond markets are closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Tech companies step into the spotlight with earnings due from Microsoft (MSFT), Texas Instruments (TXN), IBM (IBM), eBay (EBAY), and Netflix (NFLX).

There is concern that the fourth quarter may have been difficult for large U.S. tech firms. Intel (INTC) paved the way for that concern, reporting weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and providing a more pessimistic revenue outlook for 2014. The chip-maker, hurt by a falloff in the sales of PCs, announced Friday that it would reduce its workforce by 5% in 2014.

That factor could also affect fellow semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments, earnings due out Tuesday, and software giant Microsoft, which reports on Thursday. But it’s not as likely to impact IBM, which reports on Tuesday, or the Web-based eBay and Netflix, which both report on Wednesday.

Other bellwether companies reporting next week include: McDonald’s (MCD), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Halliburton (HAL) Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Travelers (TRV), E*Trade Financial (ETFC), and Lockheed Martin (LMT).

The key housing index next week is a report on existing home sales due on Thursday. The report will shed light indirectly on the mortgage and home lending sector, which has slowed in recent months as the Federal Reserve has eased off long-standing policies designed to keep long-term interest rates low.

The Federal Housing and Finance Agency housing price index is also out on Thursday. Other housing price indexes that have shot higher in recent months have raised concerns that some regions in the U.S. may be entering another bubble.

HOW TO ACHIEVE SIMPLE RELAXATION TECHNIQUES

            These days effective work method, make labour lighter and more dignified.  Physical fatigue and repetitive tasks are practically eliminated from all professions.  However, people complain of tension and tiredness and wish to free themselves from this load.  It is therefore necessary to know simple and practical methods of relaxation.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RELAXATION TECHNIQUES

            The human organism is impacted from stress, thus producing muscular pain, stomach discomfort, headaches, alteration of the cardiac rhythm, etc.  Here are some ways to attain relaxation:

Body Relaxation

v  Breathing.  This is the fasted and most accession.  Practice breathing deeply, expanding the belly (not the chest) and breathing out little by little.  Repeat this four to five times and return to normal breathing.  Do this five or six times a day, wherever you are: in the car, at work, in your conversation with someone, in the waiting room or before going to bed.  When performing breathing exercise, make efforts to smile, putting aside matters that worry you.

v  Physical exercise.  Any form of physical exercise, as long as it is adequate for age and personal fitness, brings about physical and mental relaxation.  Physical exercise should be done systematically and to the taste of everyone, as some people attain relaxation through intensive sport while others achieve it through a calm walk.

v  Bathing.  Water at various temperatures provides a beneficial effect over muscular relaxation.  A simple bath or shower adds tone to the muscles.  Hydrotherapy, based on the alternation of cold and warm water, has a superior relaxing effect over arterial and capillary circulation.  Because of its high mineral content, sea bathing stimulates the body’s internal glands as well as the general metabolism thus relaxing the body.

v  Muscular relaxation.  In addition to the methods mentioned above, muscular or progressive relaxation ensures, in a systematic way, the loosening of muscles suffering from stress.

MIND RELAXATION

            Mental tension means a heavy psychological burden to many persons.  Obsession over problems, uncertainty towards the future, mental fatigue, loss of memory and slow reasoning are associated features of the tense mind.  What can one do to prevent these mental states and obtain peace and relaxation?  The following will help:

v  Thinking.  Reject catastrophic thoughts and focus your mind on positive and happy things.  Learn to put aside sour and tense issues, albeit temporarily, until such a time as you can provide solutions.

v  Visualisation.  It will be much easier to reject unwanted thoughts if you have a theme or themes to substitute them.  Use imagination to visualise your chosen topic in detail.  Some think of the place where they grew up or in their adolescence and youth.  Others concentrate on a certain experience of peace and happiness, or in past moments spent with a dear one.  Chose your won images and enjoy the details, put some colour and movement, walk in those places and situations.  You will soon realise that your mind and mood find a point of quietness and serenity.

v  Self-Instruction.  Encourage yourself to reject troubling thoughts.  Instruct yourself with commands such as ‘do not think of it, Don’t exaggerate, ‘You can take care of it tomorrow; think of something pleasant now.

v  Social interaction.  Seek the company of friends and relatives in order to distract yourself.  If you have an introverted personality, avoid the natural tendency to remain alone with negative thoughts.  Call a friend and chat, get out of the house and attend a social function where you are forced to converse with others.

v  Hobbies. When faced with mental tension, practise activities such as home repairs, gardening, collections, games and, very particularly, sports.  Watching a funny movie or reading an easy book is also a good method to achieve mental relaxation.

v  Prayer.  You may have never prayed in your life, but sincere prayers facilitate a great deal of mental relaxation for those using them.  Some use repetitive chanting.  But it is better to avoid repetitions, as Jesus advised (Mathew 6:7-15) and pray by talking to God as one talks to a father.  Express your uncertainties, sorrows, and conflicts through a prayer.  Ask God for blessing and he will grant you the best.

v  Other options:

-           Singing a song or whistle a melody,

-           Forgive wholeheartedly some one who have offended you.

-           Go to a park or natural setting and listening to the birds singing.

-           While seated or lying down, observe the water in a fountain, river or sea.

-           Pay attention to cloud movement for a period of time.

-           Rub your eyes with both hands and leave them closed for a  few minutes.

-           Look for an ant farm and observe their bustle.

-           Carry out a conversation with a 4 or a years old for a few minutes.

-           Play with the dog or the cat.

           

MARITAL VIOLENCE AND HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM

     Mistreatment in the context of the married couple is a complicated problem due to the following reasons:

1.     it is more common than we imagine.  It is quite  widespread, even          though victims are usually  silent.  It is present in all social                      groups, and in all professions, cultures and religions.

2.     The aggressor rarely changes and, in spite of  promises, tends to              repeat the behaviour.

3.     The aggressor suffers from low self-esteem and                                   compensates for this need by intimidating and hitting the                                                                      spouse.  This sense of  power/authority favours relapse.

4.     The attacker blames the victim, arguing that she provoked him to violence.

5.     the victim experiences feelings of anxiety, despair, guilt, fear and shame.  He/she denies the problem,             holds onto false hopes of a solution, keeps quite and perpetuates the suffering.

6.     The victim does not realize the high level of risk he/she is taking.  and if she realises, she does not                    believe there is a way out and does not know what to do or to whom to go.

The following are Preventive Measures

     Prevention should occur from several fronts: the victim, the perpetrator who wishes to recover, and                friends and family of the couple.

1.     The Victim

     -   Do not take signs and warnings lightly, access your risks and seek help if you are in danger.

     -   Speak about this with an intimate friend or someone close to you.

     -   Observe your partner and the changes in his personality, word, messages, accusations, etc. that may             announce violence.

     -    Prepare an emergency plan to protect yourself and your children in case of need.

     -    Arrange for a place of refuge in case things get complicated, eg. the house of someone you trust.

2.     The Aggressor

     -   Examine the consequences that may result from your behaviour.

     -   Admit that you have a problem and that you need to seek professional help.

3.     The Close Friend or Family of the Victim

      -   Do not judge nor criticize her attitude or inability to face the problem

      -   Spend time listening to her to understand her and to help her.

      -   Encourage her and let her know that she is not alone and she should not blame herself.

      -   Offer practical help: her children, her work, looking for a lawyer, for a refuge, etc.

      -   When advising, consider her personal safety and that of her children.

      -    Be patient, as changes may be quite slow.

How to solve the Problem

     In the first stages of marital violence, solution to the problem should be attempted through psychological intervention.

     These are examples of psychological treatment for the perpetrator:

     -   Thought control.  The aggressive husband must learn to identify thought content preceding violence.               Impulses tend to follow negative thoughts towards his wife or after having observed some detail that               he dislikes in her.  When such thoughts take over his mind, he needs to reject them and adopt non-              dangerous thoughts.  He can also instruct himself:  'Calm down, go take a walk to relax yourself.

    -    Behavioural plan.  The behaviour of the aggressor tends to feed itself with details, events, observations          or behaviours that serve as stimuli.  The goal is to identify these and avoid them.  In this way, the chain          leaving to the violence is broken.  This stimuli may be certain types of readings or movies, the company          of someone else, the use of alcoholic beverages, visiting certain places or the submissive attitude of the          victim-spouse.

    -   Self-concept enhancement.  The perpetrator normally suffers from serious self-esteem deficiencies and          needs to develop self-esteem in a healthy manner.  He needs to embark upon constructive tasks that              bring self-confidence.  He also needs words and gestures of approval when he manages to do things              well and when he makes progress towards the freedom from aggressive behaviour.

         Likewise, the victim needs to introduce changes to support her husband's recovery or to leave the                  relationship if necessary:

   -    Self-esteem development.  It is necessary that the victim, in spite of her situation, be reassured that she          has dignity, talent, and possesses value and desirable qualities.  she needs to focus on such ideas and            reject all adverse thoughts towards herself.

   -    Practice assertiveness.  She should gain practice in communicating with her husband, in a correct and           firm manner, the limits - Zero aggressive behaviour.  She also needs to establish in clear terms what the         consequence would be if he goes beyond the limit.

   -    Prepare a way out from the crisis.  Women who are victims of abuse need to have a concrete plan to           abandon the relationship with guarantee or personal safety in case he does not respect the ultimatum.             Someone should be near to guide her through these difficult steps.  When the abusive behaviour does             not cease, the alternative is of a legal and social nature.  The perpetrator is accused and may be                     arrested and processed in a court of law.  The victim needs advice to seek the most appropriate steps           in her particular situation.  The abused spouse is offered refuge by local authorities, non-governmental            organisations, or churches, in order to keep her and her children safe and to provide for their physical           and emotional needs.

The Male Victim

     More than 95% of cases of violence in couples are perpetrated by males upon females.  However, there are situations where the male is victim of female violence.  Typically, these are the steps followed by the male victim:

-    The woman dominates her husband with her              words, actions and attitudes.  She shouts, insults         and blames her husband.

-    Verbal violence is transformed into physical                violence and she hit, slams or kicks her                   husband.

-    Even if he is stronger, he does not react violently.       Using physical force on a woman would be               abusive or  cowardice.

-    He feels uncomfortable in her presence and prefers to be away; he needs time to be alone and at peace.

-    Psychological (rather than physical) pain increases because of the treatment received at the hand of his           partner.

-    He feels deep embarrassment and keeps quite so that nobody finds out his humiliating situation.

-    He thinks that if he were to tell people, they would probably not believe him and/ or they would make fun      of him.

Joan Fontaine dies at 96

Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who found stardom playing naive wives in Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" and "Rebecca" and also was featured in films by Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang and Nicholas Ray, died Sunday. She was 96.

Fontaine, the sister of fellow Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland, died in her sleep in her Carmel, Calif., home Sunday morning, said longtime friend Noel Beutel. Fontaine had been fading in recent days and died "peacefully," Beutel said.

In her later years, Fontaine had lived quietly at her Villa Fontana estate about 5 miles south of Carmel, enjoying its spectacular view of wind-swept Point Lobos.

Fontaine's pale, soft features and frightened stare made her ideal for melodrama and she was a major star for much of the 1940s. For Hitchcock, she was a prototype of the uneasy blondes played by Kim Novak in "Vertigo" and Tippi Hedren in "The Birds" and "Marnie." The director would later say he was most impressed by Fontaine's restraint. She would credit George Cukor, who directed her in "The Women," for urging her to "think and feel and the rest will take care of itself."

Fontaine appeared in more than 30 movies, including early roles in "The Women" and "Gunga Din," the title part in "Jane Eyre" and in Max Ophuls' historical drama "Letter from an Unknown Woman." She was also in films directed by Wilder ("The Emperor Waltz"), Lang ("Beyond a Reasonable Doubt") and, wised up and dangerous, in Ray's "Born to be Bad." She starred on Broadway in 1954 in "Tea and Sympathy" and in 1980 received an Emmy nomination for her cameo on the daytime soap "Ryan's Hope."

"You know, I've had a helluva life," Fontaine once said. "Not just the acting part. I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things."

Fontaine had minor roles in several films in the 1930s, but received little attention and was without a studio contract when she was seated next to producer David O. Selznick at a dinner party near the decade's end. She impressed him enough to be asked to audition for "Rebecca," his first movie since "Gone With the Wind" and the American directorial debut of Hitchcock.

Just as seemingly every actress had tried out for Scarlett O'Hara, hundreds applied for the lead female role in "Rebecca," based on Daphne du Maurier's gothic best-seller about haunted Maxim de Winter and the dead first wife — the title character — he obsesses over. With Laurence Olivier as Maxim, Fontaine as the unsuspecting second wife and Judith Anderson as the dastardly housekeeper Mrs. Danvers, "Rebecca" won the Academy Award for best picture and got Fontaine the first of her three Oscar nominations.

"Miss Du Maurier never really convinced me any one could behave quite as the second Mrs. de Winter behaved and still be sweet, modest, attractive and alive," The New York Times' Frank Nugent wrote upon the film's release.

"But Miss Fontaine does it not simply with her eyes, her mouth, her hands and her words, but with her spine. Possibly it's unethical to criticize performances anatomically. Still we insist Miss Fontaine has the most expressive spine — and shoulders we've bothered to notice this season."

"Rebecca" made her a star, but she felt as out of place off screen as her character was in the film. She remembered being treated cruelly by Olivier, who openly preferred his then-lover Vivien Leigh for the role, and being ignored by the largely British cast. Her uncertainty was reinforced by Hitchcock, who would insist that he was the only one who believed in her.

Hitchcock's "Suspicion," released in 1941, and featuring Fontaine as the timid woman whose husband (Cary Grant) may or may not be a killer, brought her a best actress Oscar and dramatized one of Hollywood's legendary feuds, between Fontaine and de Havilland, a losing nominee for "Hold Back the Dawn."

Competition for the prize hardened feelings that had apparent roots in childhood ("Livvie" was a bully, Joan an attention hog) and endured into old age, with Fontaine writing bitterly about her sister in the memoir "No Bed of Roses" and telling one reporter that she could not recall "one act of kindness from Olivia all through my childhood." While they initially downplayed any problems, tension was evident in 1947 when de Havilland came offstage after winning her first Oscar, for "To Each His Own." Fontaine came forward to congratulate her and was rebuffed. Explained de Havilland's publicist: "This goes back for years and years, ever since they were children."

While Fontaine topped her sister in 1941, and picked up a third nomination for the 1943 film "The Constant Nymph," de Havilland went on to win two Oscars and was nominated three other times.

Fontaine was featured in "Jane Eyre" with Orson Welles and she and Bing Crosby got top billing in "Emperor Waltz." A few other Fontaine films: "Bed of Roses," ''A Damsel In Distress," ''Blonde Cheat," ''Ivanhoe," ''You've Gotta Stay Happy" and "You Can't Beat Love." Her most daring role came in the 1957 film "Island in the Sun," in which she had an interracial romance with Harry Belafonte. Several Southern cities banned the movie after threats from the Ku Klux Klan.

Fontaine said she left Hollywood because she was asked to play Elvis Presley's mother. "Not that I had anything against Elvis Presley. But that just wasn't my cup of tea," she said.

While making New York her home for 25 years, she appeared in about 30 dinner theater plays. She also appeared twice on Broadway, replacing Deborah Kerr in the hit 1953 drama "Tea and Sympathy" and Julie Harris in the long-running 1968 comedy "Forty Carats." She joked once about being burglarized in the Big Apple.

"All the jewelry I lost came from me," she said. "Somehow I was the kind of a girl to whom husbands — and other men, too — gave copper frying pans. I never could quite figure it out."

In 1966, Fontaine starred in "The Devil's Own." In 1978, she played a socialite in the made-for-TV movie based on Joyce Haber's steamy novel, "The Users." In the '70s and '80s she appeared on the television series such as "The Love Boat," ''Cannon," and in "Ryan's Hope."

Show business had come naturally. Besides her Oscar-winning sister, her mother, Lillian Fontaine, appeared in more than a dozen films.

Fontaine was born Joan de Havilland in 1917 in Tokyo, where her British parents lived. Both she and her sister, born in 1916, were sickly, and their mother hoped a change of climate would improve their health when she moved the family to California in 1919 after the breakup of her marriage.

"There was always something wrong with me," Fontaine recalled. "For a while I averaged about two days a week in school. I had headaches, I had all kinds of pains. I was kept away from other children, never allowed to do the things they did."

She returned to East Asia at the age of 15, taking up amateur theatricals and studying art. After returning to California, Fontaine appeared in a play called "Call It A Day" in Los Angeles in 1937, gaining the attention of an agent who signed her to her first film, "Quality Street." Her sister was already an established film actress. Fontaine changed her last name, taking that of her mother's second husband.

She married four times. Fontaine's first husband was actor Brian Aherne; the second, film executive William Dozier; the third, film producer Collin Hudson Young. The ex-husband of actress Ida Lupino, Young produced "The Bigamist," with Lupino and Fontaine starring and Lupino directing. Fontaine's last husband was Sports Illustrated golf editor Alfred Wright Jr.

Dozier and Fontaine had a daughter, Deborah Leslie, whose godmother was actress Maureen O'Sullivan. Fontaine later adopted a child from Peru, Maritita Pareja.

Despite divorce, Fontaine remained philosophical about love and marriage.

"Goodness knows, I tried," she said after her second marriage failed. "But I think it's virtually impossible for the right kind of man to be married to a movie star."

"Something happens when he steps off a train and someone says, 'Step right this way, Mr. Fontaine.' That hurts. Any man with self-respect can't take it, and I wouldn't want to marry the other kind."