Acceptance predicts satisfaction in later life

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Accepting what cannot be changed is key to happiness in old age after loss of independence

When older adults lose control as they move into residential care, they adapt and accept what cannot be changed in order to stay happy. According to a new study, by Jaclyn Broadbent, Shikkiah de Quadros-Wander and Jane McGillivray from Deakin University in Australia, when it comes to satisfaction in later life the ability to accept what cannot be changed is as important as the feeling of being able to exert control. Their work is published online in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies.

Ageing with satisfaction has been linked to maintaining a sense of control into the later years. Perceived control consists of two components. Primary control relates to the capacity to make changes to the environment to suit your desire or needs - this applies to older adults living independently in the community. Secondary control describes making cognitive changes within yourself to adapt to the environment - for example when older adults move into residential care. In effect, secondary control buffers losses in primary control by helping us to accept what cannot be changed.

Broadbent, de Quadros-Wander and McGillivray evaluated the differences in levels of life satisfaction and perceived control between 101 older people living in residential care and another 101 living in the community. They also compared how these two types of control might predict well-being in later life. The authors looked at eight key domains of satisfaction: standard of living, health, achieving in life, personal relationships, safety, community connectedness, future security, and spirituality and religion.

Their analyses revealed that the unique relationship between primary control and satisfaction was always larger for the elderly living in the community than those in residential care. Equally, the contribution of secondary control to satisfaction was larger in the residential care group than in the community group. Having a strong sense of control is therefore likely to be more important to older adults living in the community than those living in residential care. In contrast, acceptance is likely to be more important to the well-being of care residents than community dwellers.

The authors conclude: "In order to protect the well-being of older individuals, adaptation involves both a sense of control and the active acceptance of what cannot be changed. Primary and secondary perceived control may predict satisfaction with comparable strength depending on the older person's situation. Acceptance takes more of a prime position in low control situations."

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Reference: Broadbent J, de Quadros-Wander S, & McGillivray J (2013). Perceived Control's Influence on Well-being in Residential Care vs. Community Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Happiness Studies; DOI 10.1007/s10902-013-9452-9

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Contact: Joan Robinson
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Accepting what cannot be changed is key to happiness in old age after loss of independence

When older adults lose control as they move into residential care, they adapt and accept what cannot be changed in order to stay happy. According to a new study, by Jaclyn Broadbent, Shikkiah de Quadros-Wander and Jane McGillivray from Deakin University in Australia, when it comes to satisfaction in later life the ability to accept what cannot be changed is as important as the feeling of being able to exert control. Their work is published online in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies.

Ageing with satisfaction has been linked to maintaining a sense of control into the later years. Perceived control consists of two components. Primary control relates to the capacity to make changes to the environment to suit your desire or needs - this applies to older adults living independently in the community. Secondary control describes making cognitive changes within yourself to adapt to the environment - for example when older adults move into residential care. In effect, secondary control buffers losses in primary control by helping us to accept what cannot be changed.

Broadbent, de Quadros-Wander and McGillivray evaluated the differences in levels of life satisfaction and perceived control between 101 older people living in residential care and another 101 living in the community. They also compared how these two types of control might predict well-being in later life. The authors looked at eight key domains of satisfaction: standard of living, health, achieving in life, personal relationships, safety, community connectedness, future security, and spirituality and religion.

Their analyses revealed that the unique relationship between primary control and satisfaction was always larger for the elderly living in the community than those in residential care. Equally, the contribution of secondary control to satisfaction was larger in the residential care group than in the community group. Having a strong sense of control is therefore likely to be more important to older adults living in the community than those living in residential care. In contrast, acceptance is likely to be more important to the well-being of care residents than community dwellers.

The authors conclude: "In order to protect the well-being of older individuals, adaptation involves both a sense of control and the active acceptance of what cannot be changed. Primary and secondary perceived control may predict satisfaction with comparable strength depending on the older person's situation. Acceptance takes more of a prime position in low control situations."

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Reference: Broadbent J, de Quadros-Wander S, & McGillivray J (2013). Perceived Control's Influence on Well-being in Residential Care vs. Community Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Happiness Studies; DOI 10.1007/s10902-013-9452-9

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Build A Company That Attracts The Next Steve Jobs

Editor?s note:?Derek?Andersen?is the founder of?Startup Grind, a 45-city community in 20-countries, uniting the global startup world together through educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs. On Steve Jobs? first day at Atari in 1973, he walked into the founder/CEO Nolan Bushnell?s office unannounced. ?I think you have a really awesome company. I think that everything is pretty good, but I?ve seen your soldering connections and they?re really crappy.? Nolan Bushnell replied, ?Well, let?s fix them.? Jobs replied, ?I will.??So what did Atari do as a company and culture to become so attractive that Steve Jobs? literally walked in off the street and demanded a job? Recently Bushnell wrote a book called, Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Hire, Keep and Nurture Creative Talent. In it he outlines how the culture that he helped create at Atari was critical to hiring and keeping creative talent like Steve Jobs.?While Steve Jobs eventually started his own companies, it wasn’t before he made significant contributions to Atari’s success which included building the circuit boards for Breakout (with the help of Steve Wozniak). Let’s also not forget that people like Jack Dorsey and?Kevin Systrom also?started out as employees. After moving to the Valley for his first job following college, Bushnell quickly?realized that working for someone else wasn?t in his DNA. ?One of the reasons that Silicon Valley exists is that we have all worked next to somebody who has gone off and been successful,? Bushnell recently told me at Startup Grind. “We know firsthand that the guy next to us, that went off and was very successful, was an idiot.? Bushnell went on to pioneer the video game industry with Atari, and after leaving Atari he founded a dozen companies, among other things the popular family restaurant chain Chuck E. Cheese’s. Atari was critical in changing Valley company culture and startups themselves. ?Every engineer in the valley in 1970 wore a white shirt and tie to work ? that was professional. But we decided we wanted to create a new kind of company that was a total meritocracy. Don?t care about process. Treat everybody like an adult. Let them wear what they want, come to work when they want, work hard or work easy. Where you minimize process, you maximize outcomes.? In this book he outlines dozens of ways that startups can create the type of culture to attract the next great creators. I had

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Why You Should Use Online Shopping to Find Home Repair Supplies

Home repairs and improvements take up a lot more money now in a family?s budget than they used to in the past. It could have something to do with plummeting real estate values in the last decade. However, in addition to increasing the value of a home, making improvements creates a better living environment for the people that are already occupying that space. In fact, during the summer months of 2012, the average family spent more money on securing home improvement supplies, appliances and other conveniences than they did on back to school spending, according to a study conducted by IBM Smarter Commerce.

With such a substantial amount of money being exchanged through these transactions, there are many opportunities for massive profits on the retail end of things. Consumers can save a lot of money simply by breaking out their comfort zone when it comes to how they do their shopping. By shopping online instead of within traditional stores, you will be able to get the same high quality home improvement supplies for low quality prices.

The Advantage of Lower Overhead Expenses

Within traditional retail stores, all of the different appliances, flooring, wood and other products that are sold each day need a place to be kept, employees to monitor and manage the stock and also to work within these establishments in order to convert window shoppers into paying customers. These overhead expenses play a significant role in the need to drive up the pricing of the products that they have available. If you are interested in exploring great deals in home improvement stores, you can explore different websites that allow you to enjoy savings such as being able to save with free shipping using this Lowes coupon.

Enjoying the Convenience of Online Shopping

Even though there are a wide variety of different stores that you can drive to within your local area and shop through, most people enjoy being able to conveniently find great deals right away, according to Internet Retailer Magazine. It is because of this shift in overall convenience that traditional stores have had to struggle to come up with effective ways to lure their customers back into their stores.

For example, many home repair stores, such as Home Depot, are willing to match the online prices that are being offered by their competitors just to be able to hopefully increase their overall conversion rates and drive more traffic into their stores. Since the world of mobile technology has become increasingly popular in recent years, more and more people seem to be using these devices in order to find great deals and shop for competitive prices even when they are shopping in the store.

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Home repair and improvement supplies and equipment can easily range from several hundred to several thousand dollars, depending on the size and type of project that is being completed at that time. In order to save a substantial amount of money, take the time to explore online deals and specials that will allow you to enjoy lower pricing as well as convenient shipping while you shop from the comfort of your own home.

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Egyptians stream into streets to demand Mursi quit

By Shaimaa Fayed and Yasmine Saleh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians poured onto the streets on Sunday, swelling crowds that opposition leaders hope will number into the millions by evening and persuade Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign.

Waving national flags, tens of thousands gathered on Cairo's Tahrir Square, seat of the 2011 uprising against his predecessor Hosni Mubarak.

"The people want the fall of the regime!" they chanted - this time not against an ageing dictator but against their first ever elected leader, who took office only a year ago to the day.

As the working day ended and the heat of the sun eased, more joined them on the otherwise deserted streets of the capital. Many are angry at Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, saying it has hijacked the revolution through a series of electoral victories to monopolize power and push through Islamic law.

Others are simply frustrated by the economic crisis, deepened by political deadlock, over which Mursi has presided.

In other cities, thousands of protesters also gathered.

Security sources said three Brotherhood offices were set on fire by demonstrators in towns in the Nile Delta - the latest in over a week of street violence in which hundreds have been hurt and several killed, including an American student.

Over 10,000 Mursi supporters also congregated in the capital, by a mosque not far from the suburban presidential palace. Mursi himself is working elsewhere. But liberal protest organizers plan a sit-in outside the palace from Sunday evening.

Interviewed by a British newspaper, Mursi repeated his determination to ride out what he sees as an undemocratic attack on his electoral legitimacy. But he also offered to revise the new, Islamist-inspired constitution, saying clauses on religious authority, which fueled liberal resentment, were not his choice.

He made a similar offer last week, after the head of the army issued a strong call for politicians to compromise. But the opposition dismissed it was too little too late. They hope Mursi will resign in the face of large numbers on the streets.

Some also seem to believe the army might force the president's hand. In Cairo, demonstrators stopped to shake hands and take photographs with soldiers guarding key buildings.

While many Egyptians are angry at Mursi over the economy, many others fear that more turmoil will make life worse.

Mursi and the Brotherhood can hope protests fizzle out like previous outbursts. If they do not, some form of compromise, possibly arbitrated by the army, may be on the cards.

VIOLENCE

Both sides insist they plan no violence but accuse the other - and agents provocateurs from the old regime - of planning it.

Helicopter gunships flew over Cairo. The U.S.-equipped army, though showing little sign of wanting power, warns it may step in if deadlocked politicians let violence slip out of control.

U.S. President Barack Obama called for dialogue and warned trouble in the biggest Arab nation could unsettle an already turbulent Middle East. Washington has evacuated non-essential personnel and reinforced security at its diplomatic missions.

In an interview with London's Guardian newspaper, Mursi repeated accusations against what he sees as attempts by entrenched interests from the Mubarak era to foil his attempt to govern. But he dismissed the demands that he give up and resign.

If that became the norm, he said, "well, there will be people or opponents opposing the new president too, and a week or a month later, they will ask him to step down".

Liberal leaders say nearly half the voting population - 22 million people - has signed a petition calling for new elections, although there is no obvious challenger to Mursi.

The opposition, fractious and defeated in a series of ballots last year, hope that by putting millions on the streets they can force Mursi to relent and hand over to a technocrat administration that can organize new elections.

"We all feel we're walking on a dead-end road and that the country will collapse," said Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear watchdog chief, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and now liberal party leader in his homeland.

ARMY ROLE

Religious authorities have warned of "civil war". The army insists it will respect the "will of the people".

Islamists interpret that to mean army support for election results. Opponents believe that the army may heed the popular will as expressed on the streets, as it did in early 2011 when the generals decided Mubarak's time was up.

A military source said the army was using its helicopters to monitor the numbers out on the streets. Its estimate on Tahrir in mid-afternoon was 40-50,000, with a few thousands at similar protest sites in other major cities.

It put the number at the Islamists' Cairo camp at 17,000. Having staged shows of force earlier this month, the Brotherhood has not called on its supporters to go out on Sunday.

Among the Islamists in Cairo, Ahmed Hosny, 37, said: "I came here to say, 'We are with you Mursi, with the legitimate order and against the thugs'.

"This is our revolution and no one will take it from us."

At Tahrir Square, banners ranged from "The Revolution Goes On", "Out, Out Like Mubarak" to "Obama Backs Terrorism" - a reference to liberal anger at perceived U.S. support for Mursi's legitimacy and its criticism of protests as bad for the economy.

"I am here to bring down Mursi and the Brotherhood," said Ahmed Ali al-Badri, a feed merchant in a white robe. "Just look at this country. It's gone backwards for 20 years. There's no diesel, gasoline, electricity. Life is just too expensive."

The Egyptian army, half a million strong and financed by Washington since it backed a peace treaty with Israel three decades ago, says it has deployed to protect key installations.

Among these is the Suez Canal. Cities along the waterway vital to global trade are bastions of anti-government sentiment. A bomb killed a protester in Port Said on Friday. A police general was gunned down in Sinai, close to the Israeli border.

Observers note similarities with protests in Turkey this month, where an Islamist prime minister with a strong electoral mandate has been confronted in the streets by angry secularists.

For many Egyptians, though, all the turmoil that has followed the Arab Spring has just made life harder. Standing by his lonely barrow at an eerily quiet downtown Cairo street market, 23-year-old Zeeka was afraid more violence was coming.

"We're not for one side or the other," he said. "What's happening now in Egypt is shameful. There is no work, thugs are everywhere ... I won't go out to any protest.

"It's nothing to do with me. I'm a tomato guy."

(Reporting by Asma Alsharif, Alexander Dziadosz, Shaimaa Fayed, Maggie Fick, Alastair Macdonald, Shadia Nasralla, Tom Perry and Yasmine Saleh in Cairo, Yusri Mohamed in Ismailia and Abdelrahman Youssef in Alexandria; Writing by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Anna Willard)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-protests-set-showdown-violence-feared-003343388.html

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Cancer care: Are new treatments the end of chemotherapy?

(CBS News) Improvements in cancer treatment have long been measured in decades, but the pace has quickened. Doctors are now hopeful that the prospect of targeted therapy, also called precision treatments, could end the need for chemotherapy and the rough side effects of the drug.

In fact, for many, chemotherapy is no longer the treatment of choice as doctors are now able to understand, indentify and treat some cancer cells more effectively.

Precision medicine: The future of medicine?

Typical cancer treatments have a devastating impact on most cells in the body, but the idea with these new treatments is that they could just target and kill off the cancer cells. The distinction between chemotherapy and precision treatments has been described as the difference between using a bomb and using a sniper because you really target the cells that are causing the cancer to grow.

"Scientists have taught us what makes cancer cells tick and the specific characteristics that drive these cancer cells. They call these cancer cells now addicted to certain genes," Dr. Mark Kris, thoracic oncology chief at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, said on "CBS This Morning: Saturday." "If we know what that addiction is, then we can go in there and pull out that substance that the cancer cell must have to survive."

Some cancers, such as certain leukemia and lung cancer, have had much more dramatic results with these drugs. Precision drugs focus on the molecular structure of the tumor and cancer cells.

"The best example is a disease called chronic myelogenous leukemia, CML. That disease was treated with a traditional chemotherapy or a bone-marrow transplant, a very large dose of chemotherapy, the bone marrow had to be replaced," said Kris. "People now with that illness are given a tablet, and they take a tablet, and many of these people appear to be cured, not just helped, but cured."

One major plus for moving away from chemo is that patients will not have to deal with the severe side effects of the drug.

Kris said that while these targeted treatments have side effects, they are different than those that are associated with traditional cancer treatments.

"There is very little loss of hair, very little damage to your nerves, very little damage to your blood which could lead to infections and bleeding and all the things that people associate with chemotherapy," he said.

For Dr. Mark Kris' full interview, watch the video in the player above.

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Badgers football: Russell Wilson returns to Camp Randall

Russell Wilson first thought about establishing a football camp aimed at inner-city kids when he was a junior in high school.

That reveals a few things about the Seattle Seahawks? second-year quarterback: he?s mature beyond his years; his vision has always extended beyond his current circumstances; and he has a strong desire to give back for the many blessings he believes have been bestowed on him.

Wilson hatched the idea with his best childhood friend, who now serves as the camp?s chief business officer. The first one was held when Wilson was a junior at the Collegiate School in Richmond, Va., where he grew up.

The idea was shelved momentarily, while Wilson was pursuing two sports ? baseball and football ? for most of his college career. But the idea was quickly resurrected after Wilson was a third-round pick of the Seahawks in 2012, following a phenomenal senior season with the Badgers.

?As soon as I got to the pros, that?s the first thing I said I wanted to do,? Wilson said.

The Russell Wilson Passing Academy arrived in Madison on Saturday for the first of two days, with about 220 kids registered to attend. The morning rain sent them inside the McClain Athletic Facility, but they were scheduled to go on the Camp Randall Stadium field in the afternoon.

American Family Insurance is the primary sponsor and Wilson solicits online contributions to defray the costs for underprivileged kids to attend.

?Over this 2?-week period, basically, I?ll meet 1,400 kids,? Wilson said while meeting with the media during a lunch break. ?If I can change one of those kids? lives, inspire one of those kids, that makes the difference and goes a long way.?

Wilson has five camps, all in different cities. The order of the stops ? Richmond; Raleigh, N.C.; Madison; Spokane, Wash.; and Seattle ? pretty much follows Wilson?s life arc.

Each of those cities represents a key stage in his life. He spent three years in Raleigh, at North Carolina State, before transferring to UW. He played two years of minor-league baseball in the Spokane area and finally landed in Seattle, where he took the NFL by storm as a rookie.

After beating out Matt Flynn, a former Green Bay Packers backup who was brought in as a free agent to be the starter, Wilson led the Seahawks to an 11-5 record and beat the Washington Redskins in an NFC wild card game.

He threw for 3,118 yards and tied Peyton Manning?s rookie record with 26 touchdown passes.

?I just think playing one play at a time, one game at a time, staying in the moment,? Wilson said of the skyrocketing expectations he faces this season. ?I?ve done a pretty good job of that so far. How much further can I take that??

That quote was vintage Wilson, something UW fans grew accustomed to hearing in his thrilling season at UW.

He spent only about six months in Madison, arriving on July 1 and leaving shortly after the Rose Bowl, to begin training for the NFL in Florida.

Yet clearly this place means a great deal to Wilson, who ran with the current team during a conditioning workout after he arrived.

?Just having a family like this at the University of Wisconsin is really something special and something you cherish,? he said.

Wilson set a Football Bowl Subdivision record for passing efficiency at 191.78 with the Badgers. One of the few things that went wrong for him that season was a 45-38 loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl, when he failed to get off a final snap from the Ducks? 25-yard line before time expired.

He thinks of that play whenever he runs into Oregon fans, who are plentiful in the Northwest, or Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell brings up the Rose Bowl he won as UW?s quarterback during the 1993 season.

?You learn from those lessons. ... You have to be precise on every play,? Wilson said. ?Everyone has to be tuned in on every play.?

Those are some of the lessons Wilson attempts to pass along to the kids at camp.

?Just trying to influence as many kids as I can ? that?s what?s really important, especially with this platform,? he said of being an NFL quarterback.

About the only one who wasn?t astonished by Wilson?s first-year NFL success was him.

?I think I worked so hard at it, I make sure I prepare the right way and I?m always mentally focused,? he said. ?I think that?s what allows me to be successful.?

Former Badgers safety Chris Maragos got an up-close view last season as one of Wilson?s teammates in Seattle.

?The most impressive thing I saw him do was to be able to handle all of the pressure, all of the things thrown on him and really just be able to manage and run the team, in such a short amount of time,? Maragos said.

Going into the draft, Wilson had plenty of doubters who didn?t think a 5-foot-11 quarterback could have success in the NFL. While he doesn?t forget those doubters, he doesn?t revel in proving them wrong, either.

?I?m never satisfied,? he said. ?I don?t worry about the critics. Like I used to always say, as you guys know, I ignore the noise. You just focus on the things you can control, stay in the moment and continue to get better.?

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