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What Is An App?

What is an App

Deemed "word of the year" by the American Dialect Society, App is short for application, an application you can download into your smart phone to make it serve you in the areas most important to you. Smart phone makers can't put everything you might be interested in inside a smart phone for you to buy off the shelf, there are billions of people out there and they all have values different from one another. So how does that explain what an App is you might ask? Think of a App as a program you can download into your phone that makes your phone serve as a tool for a specific task of your interest, your life style, or your work. All Apps are not created equal. Some work well and others don't. Some Apps might make sense to one person and not to the next. An example of this might be a recently released App that you download into your phone and it tells you where the all the great white sharks are. You start it up and input the beach where you want to go swimming or surfing and it will tell you if any great white sharks are in the area. Not everyone is interested in where the white sharks are so they don't need their phones to tell them where all the great white sharks are. 

How does that work you might ask? It works off the satellite that tracks sharks with tags/flags that have been stapled into the tip of their dorsal fin and when the shark comes up to the surface the tag can be picked up by the satellite, that information is then picked up by the App which has been programmed to read that signal. The problem with this App in my opinion is that it can be very dangerous. How you might ask? What if you’re App says there are no white sharks in the vicinity of the beach you intend to swim or surf, but in fact there are? My point being, not all white sharks have been tagged! How could they be? Even if they were all tagged that doesn't account for new births or sharks that haven’t' surfaced for a long time. The ocean is the largest presence on the face of our entire planet. Don't let the arrogance of mankind hurt you. We don't know as much as we'd like to think, but we will play it up as such. Now, getting back to Apps, Apps are a wonderful idea and a marketing genie for niche products and services. IT is short for Information Technology, in short, your computer, all computers and any device that provides you with information of one kind or another.

 All Apps are doing is providing you with technology you can personalize for your own work, interests, or recreations and the list grows as more and more Apps are being created. Some Apps are free, in fact as this concept was in its infant stage most if not all Apps were free, but as time passed and the creators of Apps began to see their usefulness a price tag was added to them, various prices for various Apps. You can even have an App designed to your own specification, for example, let’s say you have a young child and want an App that tracks the locations of all known pedophiles, well this is information available to the public anyway, but with an App it's put at your finger tips 24/7 right in your cell phone. By the way don't go out to have an App like this made, there is already one on the market. There are even App stores going up around the country, that's how prolific the App industry is growing. We just had an Android (works on phones with the Android operating system) app made for the Jimisound.com website. Some users say it works and other say they're not that happy with it, to be continued. The point of having a App for a website is to make the site smart phone friendly, in other words the App scales the site down so it can be viewed and it's components can be functional on a phone screen, this in turn allows your site visitors to access your site from their cell phones while they are on the move.

Apps have invaded the world of computer and smart phone users and there will be many more Apps coming out over the coming years. The potential use of Apps is unlimited, Apps are the next logical step for IT and personal computering and of course their primary target is the cell phone. I support Apps, but please use common sense in choosing and relying on them, don't let life pass you by while you’re living through an App.

What Is Happiness

What is happiness

Happiness is an individual decision. We tend to cling to our ideals until someone or something shakes us to the very core of our existence and reason for living. I have on two occasions been to that place, so dismal, so much despair, sorrow, suffering and pain. Once you've experienced this kind of suffering, you don't recognize happiness anymore for a long time. It can be very hard to be happy sometimes.

It can be staring you in the face, but you won't recognize it. 

Only kind and supportive people, prayer and a kind of rebirth can heal you. I don't believe in happiness anymore. That was a conclusion I came to When someone I totally believed in let me down, all the way down then proceeded to stalk my income with a lawsuit in California courts. Not only them but my God did too. The God of my religion. The religion I believed in at the time. The God that that religion worshipped turn out not to be an honest God.

It was a god that gulped up worship to feed its ego. A powerless god but for the worship bestowed upon it by the unsuspecting followers, the parishioners. 

I have long sense abandoned my disbelief in happiness. Happiness is many things to many people. Happiness is all around us when we choose to see it. Happiness is when your grand child motions with their tiny hand for you to bend down, and whispers I love you grandma. Happiness is when you wake up one day and realize: I really don't have any problems, it was all an illusion. Happy is when someone you've loved and admired from a distance walks up to you one day and stands beside you, takes you by the hand, looks into you eyes and smiles.

I believe in finding joy in the things of life, people, friends, loved ones and in helping others. I believe the only true definition of happiness is one that paints it as a temporal moment in a larger measure of time, for example: I love ice cream and when I'm eating it, for that moment, in that particular day, I'm happy, and when I'm done, I don't feel unhappy. If you want to feel joy all the time, or happiness as many might call it, you must learn to live above fear of losing any thing, you must learn to live above the things of a material world. If not, your happiness will always be in jeopardy.

It is the nature of mankind. 

We want something until we get it. We love something until we tire of it, or simply change our mind. We need something until it's replaced. Only people who love everyone and everything in life, including changes welcomed and changes not welcomed, can be happy. And quite frankly most people are not capable of doing that. Not in general. The mind of a happy person must be nurtured and developed. It's really hard to do in a world that can throw you a crap ball at any time. How does it do that you ask? By taking things away from you! That is the tool governments and people in general
use to inflict pain and suffering upon you. And they do it with every intention of making you miserable. It makes them feel power to do things like that. To take something away from you, to oppress you with their power. A power that really doesn't even exist, unless you let it exist.

Many people don't even love themselves most of the time. How can that person ever be happy thinking like that? They can't, but some will take it out on you. How could they play a reliable role in what makes you happy? What is happiness? It's love: The ability to love everyone unconditionally and have no complaints about anything. To accept what is as is, changing only what is in your power to change; you. This is "the" key to happiness, but there are other sub-keys, with the primary one being; wisdom. Look for it find it and make it yours! A wise man, a wise woman understands his or her environment well enough to stay ahead of the curves. You can throw them a curve if you want to, they'll know it out of the park every time. They've CHOSEN to be happy!

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Are Americans Vexed?

Generally, people and in this case I'm referring to Americans, try to keep smiling, stay positive, keep hope and have faith in their leaders. Wouldn't you agree? Even when everything around us is falling apart, we believe that everything will turn out to be alright, and it usually does.

But lately I've been asking myself; is someone, or a group of people in high places taking advantage of us using the fact that we think that way. Could they use our hopefulness against us to depress us into giving up? Could one day come and we wake up to find that all our fears have come true? That we and our country have been sold out? Are we about to be hit with what we didn't see coming or lose any chance to try and stop it? It is 2011 and I'd of thought that by now we as Americans would be all that and a bag of chips. But I'm beginning to think we are vexed.

If America is vexed it was politically inspired. 

Given the problems that have beset us over recent years, it has become increasingly harder for Americans to smile, have faith, and profile that sense of pride we Americans all grew up with. What’s changed, why have we been finding ourselves coming up against insurmountable issues and problems in just about every area of our lives these days? Who's running things, and what the fuck is going on, where's all the crap coming from? When did all this begin, how and, why? Have we been moving in the wrong direction over the past 25 years or more? Are the rigged systems being exposed? Are the factions in our government scrambling to keep something hidden? And which political party is the culprit? Or is it both? We have to figure this out.  

Are world leaders working together to make all societies in the world come together, as one big business marketing place, with only a few people holding all the cards and all the money and power like they've managed to do here in America? Has big business somehow managed to compromise our values, our identity as a people and manipulate our politicians to do their bidding clandestinely?

Would it be a good idea to have all newly elected politicians on 18-month probation, whereby they can be removed from office by an inexpensive Internet polling/voting on their performance and where they have taken things, over those 18 months? After all, isn’t' it clear that our system appears to be serving only a privileged few now? Who let the dogs out? Was it the Republicans? It sure looks that way. I was Republican until Reagan. I thought he was a really good liar, faker, a good actor. Rest in peace.  

Has our governing system been hijacked by a few people with money and power to serve their ideals and greed? Are they trying now to take over the world under the guise of globalization? Are they racists?

Is globalization vexing the American dream? 

Is there a successful subliminal activity by some, based on greed and oppression, to downgrade the American citizen to a second class individual in the world overall? A mass dumbing down movement by the government on American's? Have they forgotten that they serve us, and not the other way around? Do they want us to become no more than a battery in a series of batteries (all common citizens) to work for pennies and power the will of the more fortunate ones of the world? Is America being made into a third world country in order to put a handful of privileged people from various countries on top of the world?

There is some talk going around out there among concerned citizens, college students, media, small business owners and the general population.  

Maybe it's time for ALL Americans including those who sit on the fence, to get off the fence and take part in the voting, protesting, and smartly, not ignorantly! Maybe it's time for all of us to be mindful of what's being displayed by politicians and not what's being said by them. Did we get stuck with a bunch of bad leaders? Some are saying we have the worst congress in the history of the country, right now. How the hell did these people get into congress in the first place? Was dumbed down voters the reason? I personally believe its divisive governing. An evil presence manifested by some really bad karma. It might time for this government to get right, or be humbled the hard way!

Everybody should vote, otherwise, this is what happens. 

Was it revenge against Americans voting a black president into office. Wait, we already know that's part of it! If so, then that is a blatant attack on the rights of the American people who voted him into office, by American against American, or so-called Americans. Could it be because over 80% of America’s high school seniors can't even qualify academically to enter college? There is a problem shortage of people who qualify to fill the job openings out there, as much if not more than a lack of jobs, right? They only want the privileged in these jobs anyway, right?

How will Americans even know what to look for in candidates who run for office if they are not wise enough, and smart enough to know the difference between a man of good intention and a fake? Hey America: It is important to put the right person into office over the wrong person for the job? Just letting you know, in case you forgot! And, you need to be able to tell the difference! It is said that our politicians are a representation of the populous, is that true anymore? Because this bunch is representing itself. Maybe we've just misplaced our values and 'accidentally adopted some bad ones offered by oligarchs, losers, and crooks! It looks to me that while Americans are busy stomping out ants sent to them by oligarchs, a herd of dumb elephants is running over them. Money doesn't make someone smart. Don't ever believe that shit! But it does get to have a voice. A voice it uses to get people to listen long enough to be taken in by their bullshit ideas. What do you think? Is America vexed?

A Sexual Euphemism and Stimulating Word Puzzle

Infidelity has always existed going back as far as the records of man earliest presence on earth. There is talk of a website, a dating site for married people who want to have sex with other people. I won't give the name of the site because someone may be reading this that’s married and ready to make a mistake. Those mistakes will hurt you and everyone who loves you. So I won't take part in that. Here's why:

Nothing in life is free, not even sex. 

At some point in time along the way we pay for sex, married or not, just like everything else in life. Let me explain that. Sex comparatively speaking is like starting a fire. Picture a man or woman (alone) in the wilderness (life) and night fall (getting horny) is coming. This person knows they must prepare for it, so they plan (look for a partner) to make a fire using whatever they can find (someone) to do it with.

They find some soft dry cotton stuff (a person) in the forest, and they grab a dry twig, hollow out a larger piece of dry wood and place the cotton like stuff in the hollow hole (start touching one another). They put one end of the twig into the hole with the soft cotton and begin to roll it between both hands with open palms spinning the twig until smoke shows up (warm desire), and they become excited about the progress and spin the twig faster.

A small flame ignites and makes its appearance (the kiss), and they fan the flames (the kiss) until their fire gets hotter and bigger (heated passion).

They like the results of their effort and place more leaves, twigs and wood into the flames until a full blown fire is achieved (sex). The fire (sex) is warm and soothing. It feels good, and it keeps animals away, and at the same time it puts out light that can bring help to rescue them from (being alone) the woods. They feel comforted and relaxed in the heat (sex), and fall asleep.

When they awake, the whole forest around them (their life) is on fire. 

Help is on the way, but they started a forest fire to get it, and the fire is so hot, burning them and the forest (life) around them.

Even in marriage every so often a couple must renew their interest in the relationship or the flame will burn low and can go out if something isn't done. This too will affect your life in the long run.

Being single is different in that multiple partners are experienced (each with their own highs and lows just like marriage), and you can be playing it well, by the "players" book, but it's only a matter of time before trouble (karma) finds you.

If you don't believe me take a look around you at the people you know. Look at the celebs in the news. What is the answer? How do we navigate the spiny road of sexual desire?

After all it's really just our nature. 

We can't stop nature!

Well, there is another way. We can keep nature in check by being aware of its flammable ingredients and make choices intelligently and respectful of ourselves and others, particularly during marriage. Even if the marriage is no fun anymore. Sex is fire and we burn when we go without it, there's no getting around that. But if you keep in mind it's not free, there might be something in that way of thinking that helps keep us sexually smarter and the repercussions of our sexual activities at a minimal.

Tip: Create your own metaphors by your own rules using this post. Read the words in parenthesis and create sentences that do not include the forest.

Examples:

Alone, look for a partner, someone to do it with.

Find a person and start touching one another and warm desire shows up.

The kiss ignites a small flame that gets bigger and becomes a heated passion.

Sex! Sex is warm. It feels good, now relax, fall asleep, and awake to a life in flames.

These sentences are all present in the post you just read. How sexually oriented are you? Can you create more sentences using only the text above or only the words in parenthesis? 

Don't Forget To Laugh

Comedy like music is therapeutic, it tends to soothe or remove unhappy moods or an unpopular experience during the course of a day. Were it not for music and comedy life would be pretty darn boring at times, and quite frankly, less worth living. Like all entertainment, comedy has to address something in life you are familiar with, otherwise you won't relate to it. You must be able to relate to something before you can find humor in it. 

Laughter on the other hand can be evoked on the spur of a moment. 

Surprise is the heart of comedy. Everyone has a little comedian hidden inside of them that peaks it's head out from time to time. Have you noticed how occasionally a person who rarely laughs can sometimes make you laugh. They can say something impetuously and completely out of their character and just timely enough to be funny. It came as a "surprise" to you both, something unexpected, and it made you both laugh. Many good friendships have started that way.    

Remember when we were kids how we capped on each other, based on each other, sometimes so hard that somebody got mad  and wanted to fight. 

What did we do? Why, we kept on capping on them till they started laughing again, and the laughing went on for hours.  

Basing is an effective way to deal with a heckler (a sour moment, bad time etc) too. Hecklers want to stop the show, or take the attention away from the laugh for one reason or another. Hecklers also find themselves the blunt of the laughs because the comedian (you) was prepared for them and got even more laughs at their (the bad times) expense. It's all good! 

Each time we laugh we add years to our lives, at least that's what we now know.  

Laughing heals and it is scientifically proven to heal, and I'll even take that a step further and say there is hardly anything that a person might suffer from in life that laughter won't heal. It has been documented that some cancer patients who refused to take their condition any other way but humorously, were healed by having such a positive attitude about their illness that their body's immune system reinforced itself.  In conclusion, I'd like to make a suggestion. 

Look for humor in everything, even that which would otherwise anger you! It can only make you a happier person.  

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Inspiration and reference for this post: The comedian (jimisound.com)

Are Women Getting Aids More Than Men In The U.S.?

Are women more apt to get aids than men? The fact is, Aids is still out there and very real to some of your friends. I will answer the question for you momentarily. First I want to share something with you that I think is relevant when discussing Aids. Not long ago my mother purchased a property and turned it into a half way house for the financially displaced. She had people from various walks of life staying there in any given month paying room and board at a price they could afford while saving money to pull themselves up in life. Some were runaways, veterans and some had fallen because of drug use.

The property was near my mother's own residence and for this reason, my brother or I would visit with her and our younger brother at least every other day in support of her efforts. During these visits, I became privy to certain events among the boarders. I learned of dates resulting in unprotected sex. One day I discovered something appalling, a startling reality. Almost all of these individuals were aware of the dangers of Aids, but behaved as though STD's did not exist. I concluded that at least a part of the reason was because these individuals put ecstasy at a hirer priority than caution or the safety of others. The worst of it is they didn't care about themselves or anyone else! They used sex as an escape from the anger, misery and unhappiness they felt about life.

It was not a lack of education about sexually transmitted diseases, not like you might find in a third world country or a remote area of the world where women are getting Aids faster than men, where women's rights are non existent or abused without recourse. Women have sex forced upon them and have no law to protect them in those places and they get Aids as a result. No, for your information, these men and women just didn't care about their safety or that of their partners. Let me illustrate with a true to life example using one of the men I met there. I will change his name for obvious reasons. We will call him Carlos. Carlos was a tall hansome guy, well spoken and about thirty years of age. A guy with a promising life before I met him. Carlos had been an Air Force veteran and star basketball player who was good with the ladies. However, that all changed for him when he found that he had contracted Aids while playing ball in Europe. He then, left the team and came back to the states to start his life over again. It was then that he became a resident of my mothers. He never mentioned having Aids.

We found out when another resident told my brother that he was visiting Carlos and saw a pill bottle that Carlos had left sitting out. He said the label identified Carlos and clearly stated " treatment for HIV". This is where the plot thickens! Carlos had previously disclosed to me that he was sleeping with a young lady who I had seen visiting with him. I asked if he was using protection, and he told me "I don't use condoms because they cut back on that good feeling, that real pleasure." I became concerned because I knew he had a way with women, I had seen him with several. I mentioned this to my mother who wasted no time in asking him if he was HIV positive, and he said yes he was and apologized for not telling her sooner. He said he was leaving anyway and going back to Chicago, and shortly afterwards moved out. We never saw him again. I heard from my brother about four years later that he saw Carlos getting off a trolley with a young woman in tow not far from that same part of town. My brother said he wanted to go talk to her but couldn't bring himself to say anything.

So what's the point of my sharing this with you? There are people out there who are selfish, cruel or don't care about your well being. You must think about yourself and trust no one! HIV infections are growing faster in women than men in the US.  In the beginning, the numbers were about even between men and women who contract Aids, but since then recent polls show that the number of women infected is growing. Because women out number men some would assume that is the reason polls show their numbers exceeding that of men who are infected. Polls going back as far as 2009 are showing that women in the US are getting Aids at a hirer rate than men. The reason may surprise you.

It has been concluded that the increase in numbers of women getting Aids in recent years is because men deliver a higher concentration of the virus into the woman's vagina due to the volume of semen being more than that of a woman's vaginal fluids. This results in her getting the virus sooner than he does. It could also mean that fewer men are infecting more women due to people relaxing their precautions. It does not say uninfected men should use this as a reason to relax their use of condoms. Protection is for both partners until such time as a medical exam has been performed showing the results are negative in both people. Only then should unprotected sex take place. Please see links below for more information about Women living with Aids:

Why women are more likely to contract Aids than men
American women with Aids
One American state stats