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I really wish that this post on Moroni 1-7 were something that we could just sit down together and discuss, with our scriptures open, ready to learn from each other.
From what I have observed, some people don't really seem to appreciate these chapters of the Book of Mormon. So, I want to take a moment and look back at the chapter headings and consider what a "gold mine" we have in these small chapters:
- Chapter 1: Moroni writes for the benefit of the Lamanites—The Nephites who will not deny Christ are put to death.
- Chapter 2: Jesus gave the twelve Nephite disciples power to confer the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Chapter 3: Elders ordain priests and teachers by the laying on of hands.
- Chapter 4: How elders and priests administer the sacramental bread is explained.
- Chapter 5: The mode of administering the sacramental wine is set forth.
- Chapter 6: Repentant persons are baptized and fellowshipped—Church members who repent are forgiven—Meetings are conducted by the power of the Holy Ghost.
- Chapter 7: An invitation is given to enter into the rest of the Lord—Pray with real intent—The Spirit of Christ enables men to know good from evil—Satan persuades men to deny Christ and do evil—The prophets manifest the coming of Christ—By faith, miracles are wrought and angels minister—Men should hope for eternal life and cleave unto charity. About A.D. 401–421.
Do you see what I mean? That is not "milk" of the gospel type stuff; that is serious "meat and potatoes" gospel stuff. Sure, it may seem common place to us now, BUT that is only because Moroni put it there in the first place so many of us have known it most of our lives!
Sometimes we don't realize the value of what we have because we have always had it. What we are really looking at in these chapters is what Moroni knew was essential, and he knew that these essentials were not yet found in the Book of Mormon. Indeed they are just as Moroni had hoped–they have been, and are, of great "worth" (Moroni 1:4).
Let's see how these seemingly common-place teachings helped to bring about the marvelous restoration of Christ's church in the latter days.
As I wrote in the title of this blog post, I like to refer to these chapters as, "Moroni's Handbook of Instructions". This handbook has both ecclesiastical and personal application. Let's first take a look at the ecclesiastical aspect of it.
In Doctrine and Covenants 18:1-5 we find a "commandment" that was given to Oliver Cowdery. See if you can discover what that commandment was by taking a good look at those verses.
1 Now, behold, because of the thing which you, my servant Oliver Cowdery, have desired to know of me, I give unto you these words:
2 Behold, I have manifested unto you, by my Spirit in many instances, that the things which you have written are true; wherefore you know that they are true.
3 And if you know that they are true, behold, I give unto you a commandment, that you rely upon the things which are written;
4 For in them are all things written concerning the foundation of my church, my gospel, and my rock.
5 Wherefore, if you shall build up my church, upon the foundation of my gospel and my rock, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.
Alright, so what was the "commandment" that Oliver was given? Yes, you can see the word "commandment" in verse 3, but you need to use verses 4-5 to really understand why he needed to "rely upon the things which are written".
Let me review those verses with you again with a little added commentary:
1 Now, behold, because of the thing which you, my servant Oliver Cowdery, have desired to know of me, I give unto you these words:
2 Behold, I have manifested unto you, by my Spirit in many instances, that the things which you have written [the Book of Mormon] are true; wherefore you know that they [the things which you have written in the Book of Mormon] are true.
3 And if you know that they are true, behold, I give unto you a commandment, that you rely upon the things which are written [in the Book of Mormon];
4 For in them [the things which you have written in the Book of Mormon] are all things written concerning the foundation of my church, my gospel, and my rock.
5 Wherefore, if you shall build up my church, upon the foundation of my gospel and my rock [the things which you have written in the Book of Mormon], the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.
The verse summary of D&C 18 also gives us a clue to the commandment given to Oliver:
"1–5, Scriptures show how to build up the Church"
Was that helpful? Are you starting to see the commandment that Oliver was given?
In the article, "How the Revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants Were Received and Compiled" we learn that:
Most of the Christian churches located in New York at the time Joseph Smith received his first revelations had "confessions," "creeds," "platforms," or "articles of faith." These documents contained brief statements of basic beliefs, doctrine, duties of members, and other information useful to investigators and members. Section 20 of the Doctrine and Covenants (which was known as the Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ during the first decade of the Church) has many parallels to the confessions of the Christian churches of the day and appears to have been written for the same purpose. It is composed of short statements about basic doctrines, ordinances, duties of members and priesthood bearers, and the baptismal and sacrament prayers.
What appears to be an early draft of the Articles and Covenants (in Oliver Cowdery's handwriting and dated in 1829) is in the Archives of the Historical Department of the Church. It is titled: "A True Copy of the articles of the Church of Christ." Oliver Cowdery wrote at the beginning of this document that he composed it by commandment. If the procedure was the same then as now, such a commandment would have come through the Prophet [D&C 18:3]. This document contains quotations from the Book of Mormon and from earlier revelations [D&C 18:4-5]. Most of the Book of Mormon quotations are retained in the current form of section 20.
The existence of this document helps solve two matters concerning the text of section 20. First, when a comparison is made between the current text and various earlier printings of section 20, it is clear that this section has had numerous additions and deletions. For example, section 22 was included as part of this section when it was first published in the Evening and Morning Star. Similarly, verses 14–15, 41, 50–52, and 61–67 are either additions to the text or are verses that were completely revised over the years.
The second matter involves a letter that Oliver Cowdery wrote to Joseph Smith in July or August of 1830, asking that a part of verse 37 which he considered to be in error be taken out of the revelation. A portion of this early document is similar to verse 37 in section 20, but does not contain that part of the verse Oliver Cowdery wanted removed. The portion questioned by Oliver was later reinserted by the Prophet.
Thus, section 20 is an example of the principles taught in sections 67 and 68 of the Doctrine and Covenants. In section 67, we are informed that the revelations were given in the language of the Prophet Joseph Smith with all the normal imperfections of human communication. In section 68, we are told that when a servant of the Lord is moved upon by the Holy Ghost, what he says is the mind and the will of the Lord, and is scripture. The historical background of section 20, therefore, appears to be centered in an effort to put into words the basic beliefs and tenets of the Church. The document was drawn from earlier revealed sources and was thus inspired by the Spirit over a period of time; it is, therefore, scripture.
On 9 June 1830, the first conference of the Church was held as directed in the Articles and Covenants of the Church (section 20). The complete Articles and Covenants were read in this conference by Joseph Smith as one of the first items of business. This document was then received by the "unanimous voice of the whole congregation." Thus, section 20 became the first revelation of this dispensation canonized by the Church. It was also the first revelation of this dispensation to be printed in the first edition, and was printed on the first page of the first newspaper of the Church, the Evening and Morning Star (vol. 1, no. 1, June 1832). From that point on, basic practices of the Church have been conducted in accordance with this section. In succeeding conferences, the Articles and Covenants were read in order that the Latter-day Saints might be reminded of the policies and procedures they were to follow. (Bolded emphasis added.)
So, here is what happened… In D&C 18:1-5, Oliver was commanded to take an active roll in creating the Articles and Covenants of the Church (D&C 20) by "rely[ing] upon the things which are written" in the Book of Mormon.
Now what parts of the Book of Mormon match up best with D&C 20? In the true spirit of discovery and seeking learning by faith, you may want to take a break from this post and study Moroni 2-6 as if you were Oliver Cowdery and had been commanded by the Lord to "rely upon the things which are written" to figure out how to organize Christ's Church. As you do so, I would recommend that you mark anything that stands out to you.
Once you have completed your study, go to D&C 20 and look for the elements that you discovered in Moroni 2-6. I would encourage you to write the Book of Mormon references that you discovered with their companion scriptures in D&C 20. After my first read I found eight references in Moroni 2-6 that are directly correlated to companion scriptures in D&C 20. I am sure that there are more. See what you can discover for yourself!
For a great little article on the Church Handbook of Instructions used today, see "Church Handbooks: The Written Order of Things".
These chapters from Moroni seem to have been inserted and intended to be of "worth" for the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ in the latter days. However, as I mentioned before, we can also see these chapters as a Personal Handbook of Instructions.
The Book of Mormon is our handbook of instructions as we travel the pathway from bad to good to better and strive to have our hearts changed. (David A. Bednar, "The Atonement and the Journey of Mortality," Ensign, April 2012.)
To me, these chapters can serve as a handbook from Moroni on "How to Never Be Alone". This man knows what it is like to be alone! He has been alone for a loooong time (it appears to be about 20 years). During that time long time alone he has protected the plates and added to them.
Now I know that Moroni's intent in writing these chapters is not to be a handbook for how to never be alone. All I am doing is "likening" what is found in these chapters to things that the Lord has given us to help us never feel alone… even when we are.
Once again, in the spirit of discovery and seeking learning by faith, I invite you to study what is found in Moroni 1-7 and find what can help you to understand that you never have to feel alone when you live the gospel. This time you really will have to be like Oliver Cowdery, because there will be no supporting document to show you the right answers. You can do it! "Rely upon the things which are written," and find what the Lord has given you in these chapters so that you never have to feel alone.
Dare to Stand Alone
President Thomas S. Monson shares an experience he had in the Navy when he had to stand alone and reminds us that "we are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven."
I Never Stand Alone
(When I Stand With God)
Alone I stand,
While all the world around me
Surrounds me
And takes me for a fool.
But I am not
The first to be regarded
As weak and simple-hearted
For choosing to believe
That He keeps watch over His own.
I never stand alone
When I stand with God
And I stand with His prophets.
Wherever I may go,
When I stand with God
I never stand alone.
And so it is
My heart has been befriended,
By those who, ve gone before.
Who call to me
Like distant rolling thunder,
"You cannot be outnumbered!
You, re standing with the Lord."
And He keeps watch over His own.
I never stand alone
When I stand with God
And I stand with His prophets.
Wherever I may go,
When I stand with God
I never stand alone.
I stand with Nephi and Moroni,
With Abinadi, who testified in flames!
With saints through the ages,
Stalwart and faithful,
Leading me, telling me . . .
I never stand
I never stand alone
When I stand with God
And I stand with His prophets.
Wherever I may go,
When I stand with God
I never stand alone.
I never stand
I never stand alone
(From the Steven Kapp Perry Album 'From Cumorah's Hill')
Dare to Stand Alone
(Especially for Youth 2015 album, "Here Am I" )
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Hollywood Loses Its Big Copyright Lawsuit Against ISP iiNet Down Under
from the secondary-liability deptWell, here's some good news on the copyright front down under in Australia. You may recall that, back in 2008, a bunch of Hollywood studios (along with two Australian movie studios, just to make it seem "local") sued Australian ISP iiNet for failing to "do enough" to stop infringement. As far as we can tell, Hollywood basically wanted iiNet to wave a magic wand. We later learned, thanks to a US State Department cable leaked via Wikileaks that, not only was the MPAA really behind the lawsuit (though it tried to keep its involvement secret), but that it chose iiNet (the third largest Australian ISP) on purpose: they were "big enough to be important" but not big enough to have the resources to fight back (in the tangled mind of the MPAA). This, like so many MPAA actions these days, turned out to be a serious miscalculation.
iiNet fought back, and fought back hard -- and won at every single level in the court system, including today's High Court ruling that effectively ends the case. Oh yeah, the High Court also says that Hollywood has to pay iiNet's legal expenses -- approximately $9 million.
From the beginning, contrary to the MPAA's assumption, iiNet fought back hard. Beyond the obvious, which was pointing out that as a service provider it was not responsible for its users' actions, iiNet also protested that the notices the MPAA's anti-piracy front group AFACt, was sending were deficient:
They send us a list of IP addresses and say 'this IP address was involved in a breach on this date'. We look at that say 'well what do you want us to do with this? We can't release the person's details to you on the basis of an allegation and we can't go and kick the customer off on the basis of an allegation from someone else'. So we say 'you are alleging the person has broken the law; we're passing it to the police. Let them deal with it'.The original district court ruling was fantastic, and did such a great job illustrating why it makes no sense to blame third party service providers for infringement -- because infringement is not an absolute, but requires a court to decide what really is infringement. As the original ruling stated:
Regardless of the actual quality of the evidence gathering of DtecNet, copyright infringement is not a straight 'yes' or 'no' question. The Court has had to examine a very significant quantity of technical and legal detail over dozens of pages in this judgment in order to determine whether iiNet users, and how often iiNet users, infringe copyright by use of the BitTorrent system. The respondent had no such guidance before these proceedings came to be heard. The respondent apparently did not properly understand how the evidence of infringements underlying the AFACT Notices was gathered. The respondent was understandably reluctant to allege copyright infringement and terminate based on that allegation. However, the reasonableness of terminating subscribers on the basis of non-payment of fees does not dictate that warning and termination on the basis of AFACT Notices was equally reasonable. Unlike an allegation of copyright infringement, the respondent did not need a third party to provide evidence that its subscribers had not paid their fees before taking action to terminate an account for such reason.In other words, just because someone accuses someone else of infringement, it's ridiculous for the ISP to automatically assume infringement has taken place. That turns the basic concepts of due process on their head. AFACT/MPAA appealed and lost again, with the court once again pointing out that general knowledge that someone on your site infringes is not nearly enough to terminate or suspend users.
This latest (and final) ruling basically takes the same stance. The full ruling is a bit dry, but makes some salient points. It notes, for example, that as a mere ISP, iiNet has absolutely nothing to do with BitTorrent and can't control the fact that some of its subscribers used BitTorrent. It also notes that iiNet was not hosting any of the material, nor doing anything with the infringing material. On top of that, it notes the pointlessness of AFACT/MPAA insisting that iiNet has to kick people off the internet:
Termination of an iiNet account with a customer who has infringed will assuredly prevent the continuation of a specific act of communicating a film online using a particular .torrent file on a particular computer. Regrettably, however, on receiving a threat of such termination, it is possible for a customer to engage another ISP for access to the internet on that computer or access the internet on another computer using a different ISP. Whilst any new infringement would be just as serious as the specific primary infringements about which the appellants complain, this circumstance shows the limitations on iiNet's power to command a response from its customers, or to prevent continuing infringements by them.And, once again, the court finds that mere notice of infringement certainly is not proof of infringement, and requiring iiNet to investigate further is too big a burden:
Updating the investigative exercise in the AFACT notices would require iiNet to understand and apply DtecNet's methodology – which, among other things, involved a permission to DtecNet from AFACT to use the BitTorrent system to download the appellants' films. Before the filing of experts' reports in the proceedings, the information in the AFACT notices did not approximate the evidence which would be expected to be filed in civil proceedings in which interlocutory relief was sought by a copyright owner in respect of an allegation of copyright infringement. Also, any wrongful termination of a customer's account could expose iiNet to risk of liability. These considerations highlight the danger to an ISP, which is neither a copyright owner nor a licensee, which terminates (or threatens to terminate) a customer's internet service in the absence of any industry protocol binding on all ISPs, or any, even interim, curial assessment of relevant matters.All in all, this is a good ruling concerning copyright and secondary liability -- and a bunch of money down the drain for the MPAA, who could have spent this time helping its studios to innovate, but has instead focused on this quixotic legal strategy.
iiNet's inactivity after receipt of the AFACT notices was described by the appellants as demonstrating a sufficient degree of indifference to their rights to give rise to authorisation. However, the evidence showed that the inactivity was not the indifference of a company unconcerned with infringements of the appellants' rights. Rather, the true inference to be drawn is that iiNet was unwilling to act because of its assessment of the risks of taking steps based only on the information in the AFACT notices. Moreover, iiNet's customers could not possibly infer from iiNet's inactivity (if they knew about it), and the subsequent media releases (if they saw them), that iiNet was in a position to grant those customers rights to make the appellants' films available online.
Of course, it doesn't sound like this ruling will have the MPAA come to its senses either. The AFACT front group is already claiming that the ruling means Australia must change its laws to turn ISPs into copyright cops:
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) is ramping up the pressure on the government to act. It said today's judgment exposed the failure of copyright law to keep pace with the online environment and the need for the government to act.No, Neil, it's not Australian law that's the problem. It's reality, and the fact that the movie studios refuse to bother to understand how the internet works and how they can adapt. No law will fix this. It will only make things worse. And Gane and the MPAA should be careful, lest they think they can try to pass another SOPA down under. I get the feeling that won't go over well.
"It would seem apparent that the current Australian Copyright Act isn't capable of protecting content once it hits the internet and peer-to-peer networks...," AFACT managing director Neil Gane said.
Filed Under: australia, bittorrent, hollywood, liability
Companies: afact, iinet, mpaa, wikileaks

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What Are Panic Attacks?
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What Are Panic Attacks?
What Are Panic Attacks
What is a Panic Attack?
Everyone knows what panic feels like, and it is common to feel a bit panicky every now and again.
- A child runs out in front of your car and you nearly hit them.
- You're sitting an exam paper and you realize that you don't know any answers to the questions.
- Your go to pay for something and discover your purse has been stolen.
- Your car breaks down on a country lane in the evening and you do not have a mobile phone.
It would be understandable in any of the above circumstances to feel a sense of panic. This would be perfectly normal and it would pass after a while.
- A panic attack is a bit like 'normal panic', but it's different in two main ways
- The feelings are a lot stronger and there is usually a sensation of anxiety and impending doom.
The feelings seem to come 'out of the blue' and are not usually related to the above frightening situations.
As the feelings are unexpected and strong they can feel extremely scary.
Panic attacks affect people in different ways. From personal experience I can vouch there is always a frightening feeling that something really bad is going to happen.
As someone who has suffered hundreds of panic attacks the truth is –
There is no shame in having a panic attack. Lots of people suffer from them, although the symptoms can be different from each person. Some people suffer from them for many years whilst others have them only once. Some people have a panic attack every day (like I use to), others only have them once in a while.
If you were to ask your friends and family if they have ever had a panic attack it is very likely at least one or two would have experienced a panic attack. In fact it's estimated that 1 in 3 people have experienced at least one panic attack. They are quite common and are not a sign of serious mental illness – mental or physical. I view panic attacks as just a bad habit.
Some non-serious physical conditions can cause symptoms which are similar to panic attacks. These include-
- Drinking too much caffeine or alcohol
- Over-active thyroid. (I remember when I went to doctor with my initial symptoms they did a blood test for this. Unfortunately I did not have this as recovery would have been a lot easier!)
- Certain medications combined together
- Pregnancy
- Low blood sugar – this could be caused by poor eating habits, dieting, etc.
I'm just an average guy who suffered panic attacks for any years. I worked out how to recover and overcome them but I can't claim to have any medical knowledge. If you think your symptoms have a physical cause then please go and get it checked out by your doctor. However if they say it's stress, anxiety or panic attacks then PLEASE BELIEVE THEM. ONE OF THE COMMONEST CAUSES OF A DELAY IN RECOVERY IS THE PERSON SEARCHING FOR A PHYSICAL DESEASE TO MATCH THEIR SYMPTOMS; INSTEAD YOU SHOULD ACCEPT THE DIAGNOSIS.
I thought I had in various stages, a heart problem, brain tumour, Multiple sclerosis, Mad cow disease…..etc…..etc. It's embarrassing and laughable looking back now. It wasn't at the time though.
SUMMARY: Panic Attacks are very common. They are not a sign of serious mental or physical illness. If your doctor diagnoses you with anxiety or panic attacks please accept this this.
The below article will help cope, reduce and eliminate panic attacks. If you wish to read my free eBook on to Cure and Recover from Panic Attacks then please fill in the box below. Also my Blog has lots of resourceful articles on anxiety and panic attacks, or alternatively you can use the search box to find something more specific.
This article will teach you to -
- Recognize if you're having panic attacks
- Understand that the causes of panic and why it's keeps going
- Accept panic attacks cannot hurt you
- Learn tools and techniques to overcome this
RECOGNISE PANIC – How Do I Know If I'm Having Panic Attacks?
It may seem obvious if you're having a panic attack, but it's not. Panic attacks feel so terrifying and come so 'out of the blue', that people can't quite believe that it's only a panic attack. They often presume it's something far more serious. The feeling of panic attacks can be so unusual that you probably won't even realize what it is. In my case there was a more gradual decline into recurring panic attacks. They started with me feeling peculiar for short periods of time, and then over a period of several months they started to become full blown panic attacks with horrible anxiety.
One of the first and probably most important steps in overcoming panic attacks is recognizing that your symptoms are caused by panic disorder.
Panic affects affect how you think, how your body reacts and how you behave. We all experience different symptoms as we are all unique. Below are some of the most common symptoms. You may be experiencing all, or some of them.
- Heart Pounding
- Heart seeming to stop, then a missed or skipped beat.
- Chest pains
- Changes in breathing – breathing too fast, feeling like you can't get enough air
- Feeling faint, wobbly legs
- Tension around the head, headaches
- Numbness or tingling in fingers, toes or lips.
- SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT OR EYE ISSUES – I would find using computer, TV or even reading would trigger panic attacks.
- Feeling anxious in situations where you have felt panic before
- Feeling utter terror
- Feeling like your outside your body, a sense of unreality (personally I never experienced this one)
"I've got to escape from here"
"I'm going to have a panic attack and make a complete fool of myself"
"I'm losing control of myself"
"I'm going to be sick"
"I'm choking"
"I'm going crazy"
"I can't Breathe"
"I will collapse or faint in a minute"
"I'm going to have heart attack"
YOU AVOID situations that cause you to panic or may cause you to panic. For example you avoid shopping in a busy supermarket.
YOU ESCAPE as soon as you can when you feel the panic progressively getting stronger. Usually there is a threshold when you feel you cannot stand it any longer and you runaway. For example in the supermarket you rush around get your groceries and escape through the checkout as fast as you can.
PREVENT what you think is going to happen by having coping strategies to make yourself safe. For example if you feel faint you sit down, if your legs go wobbly in the supermarket you lean on a trolley, if you feel suffocated you start breathing more rapidly, If you think you're having a heart attack you lie down or scan your body if you think something is wrong. These are often called Safety Behaviours.
FIND HELP - Research has shown a quarter of people who experience their first panic attack called an ambulance or end up in A&E. They were convinced something terrible was going to happen to them.
After I suffered continuous panic attacks and heart palpitations I visited A&E and of course it was a complete waste of time, as they dismissed my condition as stress. Have you done this or seen your doctor because of panic attacks?
COPING STRATEGIES - People often cope by avoiding their fears or facing them up to a point before they become too anxious. Others may have been told that certain things like relaxing or distraction is helpful.
If you recognize yourself in the above thoughts, feelings and behaviours then it's likely you are suffering from panic attacks and anxiety.
SUMMARY so far in recognizing if you are suffering from panic attacks…………..
A panic attack is a strong sensation of fear and terror that comes on very suddenly. Physical symptoms include wobbly legs, feeling faint, pounding heart and heart palpitations, shaking, fast breathing, eye focusing problems, etc. People often get frightening thoughts especially after having reoccurring panic attacks. They presume something awful will happen. A coping technique is to escape or avoid the fear.
Understand Panic Attacks – What's causing them and why they keep happening?
The panic symptoms described is just fear in it's extreme form. The body is trying to tell you run away or fight your way out of trouble. The problem is when you're stuck in a supermarket, you don't want to do either. Fear is being activated because your mind is perceiving there is a threat whether this is intentional or not. Fear can range from mild anxiety, which is helpful when you need to raise your game. For example before an important football game. Through to a full blown panic which is utterly debilitating.
But what is the purpose of fear if it is so unpleasant. Well, it's a bit like pain. If you were to break your arm your body would warn you through pain not to pick anything up as it may do more damage. If you were to walk down a dark alley way and you heard a noise behind you, your body would respond with fear. By doing this it's warning you that you may have to deal with a dangerous situation. Fear is in fact trying to help you. It's preparing you for action.
This preparation is often called the 'freeze, flight or fight' response. The fight or fight response is your body getting you 'revved up' to either run away or fight as described above in the supermarket. The other option is your body may just freeze with fear and wait for the threat to pass. I once remember being frozen with panic in B&Q. I did somehow manage to make it out of the shop!
So if we take the example of the alleyway. If you turned around and there was a mugger in front of you may just freeze. The mugger may then just take your handbag and that's the end of it. Or you may be faced with fighting for your life or the handbag. The last option is you may just want to run from him to get away. Your fear response would help with any of these.
When we are frightened –
- Our bodies want to take in more oxygen for our muscles
- Your heart beats faster to get the blood pumping
- Your digestive system closes down to concentrate on more important things
- And other changes take place
These body reactions are perfectly normal and healthy, and are there to help you. It's nothing more than your bodies alarm system.
The problem with people who suffer reoccurring panic attacks is that there is no reoccurring physical threat. Your body is acting like a lion is about to jump on top of you and eat you. However because there is no real threat it's really a false alarm.
Panic attacks are a bit like an annoying smoke detector which goes off at the wrong times because it's too sensitive. Or think of a car alarm triggered by the wind, or the burglar alarm triggered by a cat. These are example of alarms which can be set off where there is no real danger. The same can be said for your bodies 'alarm system'. It's triggering for no real reason and it's causing you a living nightmare.
The problem we have today is our bodies alarm system was designed many thousands of years ago, when we faced real physical threats to our danger every day. We are now very rarely faced with life or death threats that our ancestors were – others tribes, prehistoric animals, etc. We have very different threats today mainly related to stress –
-Moving house
-Health worries
-Financial worries
-Family problems
All the above are stressful and can raise our stress levels to a point where the 'alarm system' is triggered.
Think of stress as a thermometer, when the stress levels raise it results in a panic attack. Whilst a panic attack is terrifying, frightening and debilitating, it's not dangerous. A PANIC ATTACK CANNOT HARM YOU. It's a process which is designed to protect us, not harm us.
SUMMARY: Hopefully you understand that now –
Panic is basically fear. It's our bodies alarm telling us there is a threat. It prepares are body to either run or fight from danger, but as there is no physical danger it's a false alarm. Our threats nowadays tend to be more psychological.
Remember, Panic attacks cannot harm you. Nobody has ever died from a panic attack.
How do panic attacks start?
Panic attacks begin for a number of reasons –
As mentioned above, stressful events cause anxiety levels to rise. This isn't too much of problem in the short term, but over a longer periods stress can trigger panic attacks. Have you had any prolonged period of stress? Has work been stressful, relationship issues, loss of a loved one or financial difficulties.
Health worries
Panic attacks often start when a person becomes over concerned with their body and health. There can be many reasons for this. If you experience the sudden death or a close friend, then you can become more focused on your own mortality. You can become more concerned about little signs signalling that you may be developing an illness. It's quite easy to read stories of medical mistakes where an illness has not been identified. Therefore the person goes from doctor to doctor checking their symptoms to make sure money is seriously wrong. As a result anxiety levels rise.
A person's logical thoughts conclude (understandably) that's these anxiety symptoms are evidence of a horrible illness which results is panic. If you think back to when your panic attacks began, do you remember anyone who died suddenly that you knew. This may have been from a heart attack, brain haemorrhage or stroke. Or maybe you read or watched something that got you thinking about illness or death.
Health related reasons
Panic can manifest itself for the first time during a period of ill health. Some viruses can cause dizziness which can be interpreted as something far worse. Pregnancy or the menopause changes the hormones levels in a women's body. The bodies' chemistry alters and this can lead to a first experience with panic attacks.
Related to health but deserves it's own category. Our diet has changed dramatically over the last 100yrs. Sugar, salt, preservatives, etc. are now common place in our diets. Our diets alone can cause panic attacks. It's important to eat healthy and provide your body with nutritional food. Low blood sugar levels can trigger panic attacks as well as stimulants like caffeine and alcohol.
Bottling emotions
Panic attacks often begin when feelings are bottled up and tension builds inside. Maybe you have some sort of relationship problem? Difficult emotions from the past can add to the problem but it's important to know constantly dwelling over the past is not going help you now. Constantly searching in the past for issues that may be causing problems in the present is not going to help. Quite often (as I did) my panic attacks were my secret and I hardly told anyone how I was feeling. So it is important that you have a network of friends you can share and offload problems. But your recovery lies in applying tools and techniques in the present, rather than going over old ground trying to identify past things that may have triggered it.
Out of the blue
Sometimes it's difficult to know why panic attacks start. Some people have their first panic attack when their fast asleep. It may be a combination of factors coming to together and that's enough to trigger the car alarm. There is no danger but the body has just reached a threshold which causes a panic attack.
It's really less important to know what caused the panic attack and more important to know what is keeping the cycle of fear and panic alive.
Why do panic attacks keep happening?
Fear and panic affect your body, thoughts and behaviour. Essentially all three work together to keep panic going.
Firstly physical symptoms make the problem worse. For example if you're too tense you are not going to be able to relax. If anxiety is causing you to breathe quickly or make you feel like you're not breathing enough, you're going to hyperventilate. Hyperventilation just means over breathing – your taking in too much oxygen. It's harmless but causes feelings of dizziness, and is often taken as further evidence something is wrong with you.
Secondly, the anxious thoughts cause physical symptoms and this forms a vicious cycle that keeps panic attacks coming back again and again. This is really important and recovery is really only fully complete when you can re-train your mind to think positively again. Also focusing on every heartbeat or hot flush can make these everyday sensations become a threat.
People with panic attacks often worry about their physical sensation and interpret them to mean something different to what they really do. Some of the common misinterpretations are:
What you Feel
Actual Reason this is Happening
Common Fear
Heart thumping in chest
Chest Pains
Adrenaline being pumped around system.
Muscles tighten ready for action
I'm having a heart attack
Eyes go funny
Feeling unreal
Tunnel vision
Eyes try to focus on danger in hand
Going mad, something bad is going to happen
Faster breathing
Preparing body to run or fight
Can't get enough air
Head feeling tight
Tensing of muscles/extra blood flow to main organs
Brain tumour/hemorrhage
Tingling in fingers and lips
Blood diverted to muscles ready for action
Stroke or Heart Attack
People often find it hard to believe thoughts can be responsible for all these nasty sensations. But it's true, and unless the person believes this it delays recovery. Our thoughts become so instinctive and habitual after a while, and so engrained in our subconscious that we often don't realize what we're thinking. This is why I advocate if you're suffering from panic attacks that you have a piece of paper ready when you have an attack to write down exactly what you're fearful thoughts are.
If you think about it, if you believe something 100%, then you will feel exactly the same way as if it's true.
Your thoughts can also affect panic by making a person worry that they will have a panic attack where they panicked before. This becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as it's makes it much more likely it will happen, and leads to the person avoiding the situation.
Lastly, how a person behaves before, during and after a panic attack has a major part to play in whether panic attacks keep reoccurring. The safety behaviour, avoidance and escape as described earlier ads to the cycle of fear.
The vicious circle of panic attacks
The physical symptoms, behaviours and thoughts form a vicious circle which keeps the panic attacks continuing over time.
Fear is actually helpful (in the correct circumstances) it's preparing our bodies to run or fight
Panic attacks start for a number of reasons
-Out of the blue
-Health worries
-Bottling up emotions
-During an illness
The cycle of panic attacks keep going because of a vicious circle of
-Physical symptoms
By avoiding, Running away or trying to prevent the panic attack (in other words you fear it) you may
-lose confidence in your ability to cope
-never find out that nothing horrible is going to happen
-dread returning to the situation as you fear another attack
Can you die from a panic attack?
No you can't. Hopefully you now understand and recognize a panic attack. By having the knowledge to fully realize what a panic attack is, you can now accept a panic attack is not harmful to you in anyway. Apart from making you feel frightened and then physically drained afterwards. As Dr Claire Weekes stated, if you can accept and float past your panic attacks then you have come a long way to overcoming them.
A Panic attack can never hurt you
How to cope with panic attacks – Tools and techniques to reduce and cure panic attacks
I can assure you panic attacks are perfectly treatable – I'm testimony to that! Knowing that panic attacks are not harmful may simply be enough to take the sting out of them. However if you have been experiencing panic attacks for a while this is rarely enough to stop them.
As we have seen panic attacks affect your mind, body and behaviour. It's logical to try and break these down and treat each one. Each of us are unique so different techniques will be more helpful than others. Nobody finds the same things helpful. In my experience success is not overnight. Each technique takes time to master to see any real benefit. You have to stick at it and persevere and you will see benefits.
The two main things that will help with the physical symptoms are
- Relaxation
- Controlled breathing
Panic attack techniques are helpful for a number of reasons -
- Learning to relax and breathe properly is the opposite of panic.
- Panic attacks often are triggered by a stressful period. By applying these tools you can lower stress and anxiety.
- When you learn to not to escape, techniques can help you to cope and recover.
- They can "stop panic in it's tracks" blocking the cycle of fear that leads to full blown panic attack, by preventing hyperventilation and lowering anxiety symptoms.
I would always recommend that you practice the below techniques when you not anxious. View it as training before the event. An Olympic athlete would not just turn up and hope for the best. He/she would have trained for a long time to succeed.
We all relax in different ways. A good place to start is your lifestyle. What do you do to relax? I think it's a good idea to draw on a piece of paper you in the middle and draw lines (spider diagram) to things you enjoy doing to relax. For example, hot bath, reading, walking, swimming, artwork, fishing, etc. As well as finding everyday ways to relax from the stresses of work, family life, etc. There are special relaxation techniques you can use which can help control panic attacks.
One of the worst things about panic attacks that I experienced was the tensing of the muscles which make physical symptoms worse, and reduce deep breathing. To stop this you must recognize that you're doing it and make an effort to relax your muscles. My advice here is to stop what you're doing and make the effort to properly relax for several minutes. I encourage that you have several relaxations tools (long and short) so that whatever situation you're in you can practice relaxation. For example if you're at work you can probably practice a 5 minute relaxation easily, but not a 30 minute lie-down full body relation meditation.
Full relaxation is different from just sitting down with a cup of tea and watching Eastenders. There is a place for this but really it requires properly switching off. This can only be learnt through practice. Like any skill it has to be learnt.
There are cd's or MP3 downloads which I would recommend and are extremely useful to guide you to a deep relaxed state. They have the advantage of teaching you to go through the main muscles groups in your body and learning to tense and relax muscles.
Yoga and meditation classes can also be a good way to acquire the skills required.
REMEMBER – Relaxation techniques help to reduce the strength of a panic attack but they do not prevent anything awful happening. THAT'S BECAUSE NOTHING AWFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
When you become scared we breathe faster, so that oxygen is pumped around more quickly. However as we are not running or fighting away out of trouble breathing too fast, irregularly or shallowly can lead to horrible sensations. When were stuck in a lift, Shopping centre, on the motorway (or whatever makes you afraid) we do not want our bodies to prepare us for action. So by not burning energy the extra breathing we are doing creates sensations such as tingling, dizziness and faintness. If you can control your breathing then you stand a better chance of reducing your symptoms. This all adds up to helping to break the vicious cycle of fear.
Breathing properly involves breathing deeply from the belly or abdomen and slowly. My breathing for any years was not very good. I would breathe from my chest, very fast. It wasn't helped by my posture either. As we progress through life we pick up bad habits, so it's worth re-educating yourself on the correct way to breathe. It may sound silly but it's an important part of recovery. If you don't believe me look at a baby breathing and see how slow and relaxed it breathes. Sometimes it's hard to notice that there even breathing at all.
If you can calmly and slowly bring your breathing under control for a few minutes then this will help reduce the frightening sensations. This is not as easy as it sounds. If you're having a panic attack trying to bring your breathing under control can be very difficult. By the way when I say control, I don't mean trying to whip your body into action to breathe the way you want it. It's the complete opposite – you have to let go and let your body become as loose as floppy as possible. Then you can begin to get deep, slow breaths.
One of the effects of having a panic attacks is that it makes you feel like gulping more air. Therefore you know this is the wrong thing to do, but it's difficult to fight against it when your whole body is telling you to do it.
The key lies with practicing this when you're not panicking. You will only see the benefits when you practice and you apply it when you feel less anxious. It also works much better in the early stages of a panic attacks. Just remember to practice and more practice, and apply and stick with it during an attack.
From my experience if you learn to relax and apply other techniques at Positive Panic Attacks your breathing will naturally calm down anyway. The other problem with trying to take over your breathing is once the panic attack reaches a certain level, it's very difficult to do anything let alone control your breathing.
A basic guide to breathing
Fill your lungs with air being relaxed as possible. Imagine you stomach as a balloon and you want to fill it up with air. It should expand so your belly button pushes outwards. Do not breathe in a shallow way, using your chest. Keep your breathing slow and calm. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Breathe in slowly for 4 seconds. Sometimes it helps to put a word in between to make sure you breathe in for 4 seconds.
1 elephant…….,2 elephant…….,3 elephant……., 4 elephant…….
Hold for 2 or 3 seconds
Then let the breath out slowly to six. 1 elephant…….,2 elephant…….. - 6 elephant.
Keep doing this until you feel a sense of calm.
Remember: if you choose not to do anything at all you may hyperventilate but nothing disastrous is going to happen to you.
There are 4 common things that you can do to stop your mind adding fear to the panic cycle.
- Question, challenge and test you frightening thoughts.
- Distract yourself so that your thought processes go down a different route.
- Try to work out what is making you tense and change your perception of it.
- Stop Focusing on your Body
Stop focusing on your body and thinking negative thoughts
Try to notice if you're scanning your body for problems or you're focusing on symptoms. This is only going to make the fear far worse and should be avoided. Try to improve your self-talk and do a running commentary as each symptom happens. For example as your heart beats faster just tell yourself it's adrenaline and your body will calm down in a minute. Promote wellbeing rather than telling yourself horror health stories.
Another tool which can be of great benefit is to focus on external things rather than what's going on inside you.
This is a very simple but powerful technique. Again, you have to really put some work in beforehand for it to really work, and you have to stick at it when the waves of panic hit you. There are numerous ways to distract yourself. Most books will teach you things like –
- Count backwards from fifty
- Sing along to your favourite song
- Count the number of cars that go past you
- Imagine your somewhere else that you enjoy
- Reciting poetry
These can work, but for the best results you really have to be engrossed in something that will totally transform your thoughts somewhere else. One of my personal favourites is to combine relaxation techniques with imagining you're in a place of total tranquillity, which could be a desert island, a country walk or somewhere you've been on holiday. The more you practice and learn to switch to this state, the more powerful it will be. If you're in a supermarket or in a queue then it's a good place to practice. If you're in a middle of a meeting, driving or something that requires your attention then it's bit more difficult, but at least try and distract yourself along with practicing relaxation and other techniques. As your body learns to associate places with positive things slowly your body alarm will switch off.
The important thing is your thoughts are taken off your body or external fears and onto something which is more productive. Use whatever works for you.
Distraction does work. However it's important you're not doing something for the sake of it. It's much better to have an interest in whatever is distracting you.
Also you may have found you were distracted from suffering from a panic attack when something happened to totally snap you out of it. For example the phone ringing or somebody asked you to do something.
Remember: Distraction breaks the cycle of fear but it's not preventing something awful that might have happened if you have not distracted yourself. The very fact that distractions works shows that a phone ringing could not prevent a heart attack. Clearly if you really were having a heart attack distraction, breathing or relaxation would not help this. So you know that none of these bad things were going to happen anyway.
Distraction develops new neural pathways in the brain so you associate places with more happy thoughts
Challenging your Thoughts
This for me is where real progress can be made. You have probably seen quick fix solutions for curing panic attacks. I have tried most of them and they don't work. Why? Magical quick fix solutions fail because there is always an underlying problem that deep down we believe these anxious thoughts even though we may be unaware of it. By questioning your thoughts you can reprogram your brain to believe more positive things. Disassemble negative thoughts and replace them more beneficial thoughts that will compliment your wellbeing.
To challenge your thoughts you have to do two basic things –
- Work out what your worst fears are. Everybody's fears are different. My personal favourite is to write down the panicky thoughts on paper as they appear. It can be quite surprising what you actually fear at the time of a panic attack as to what you thought you feared.
- Challenge these thoughts and come up with more realistic thoughts and positive thoughts.
Once you identify what's racing through your head you can ask yourself
- What evidence is there for and against this?
- How many times does this thought happen and have your worst fears happened?
- Do your experiences fit more with anxiety or panic attacks rather than a serious disease? For example does walking around a supermarket bring on a panic attack, or is it likely a supermarket could make you faint or have a heart attack?
Just as I recommend you writing down your scary, frightening and negative thoughts when they happen, it also can be useful to write down more realistic helpful thoughts for when you need them. It sometimes very difficult to come up with these thoughts when you are panicking. You may think challenging and changing your thoughts is a total waste of time, but I can't recommend enough that real change can be achieved doing this. Your mind is like a computer and you have been feeding all sorts of negative and terrifying programs into it. It's now time to start re-programing it to a new sub-routine, that shifts you away from panic symptoms to promote a more well-being programme. This will then produce the feel-good chemicals that make you happy, excited and cheerful.
Below are some examples of unrealistic and unhelpful thoughts, with more realistic and positive alternatives given below.
Unhelpful/unrealistic thoughts
More realistic/positive thoughts
I will make a fool of myself
So what if I panic, no one will ever notice. People are busy getting on with their lives. Even if they do notice they will just think I'm a bit nervous.
I'm going to faint
People with panic attacks don't faint as their bodies are being pumped with adrenaline and blood pressure rises to fight or run. Besides I have never fainted before.
I'm going mad
The feeling and thoughts are down to anxiety. They are not a sign of serious mental illness. I am healthy and I just need to take better care of myself.
I'm having chest pains
I have a tightness in my chest and I know it's down to muscle contraction. I have felt this many times before and nothing ever bad has actually ever happened. As I learn to relax I know I will feel better.
Challenging thoughts is a great way to start changing behaviour and how our bodies react to certain situations. Often we know that it's completely stupid that we panic in this way, but we can seemingly do nothing about it. This way panic attacks become a person's 'secret'.
The next step, which requires a little courage, is to challenge our thoughts in the heat of the moment to alter our behaviour. But before you get this far it's worth looking at another way your mind maybe contributing to panic attacks. Not through anxious thoughts, but because you have other issues that maybe upsetting you.
You may have on-going issues in your life which are adding to the stress of your daily life. You need to be generally around people who give you energy rather than people who take it away. It goes without saying that sometimes you cannot avoid difficult situations – That's life. But I'm thinking of issues such as
- An abusive relationship?
- A job which you hate?
- Family members that are hindering rather than helping?
- Do you have a tendency to have regrets about the past?
- Do you feel angry or sad?
- Is something troubling you which you need to face up to?
I would suggest if you can, facing up to these difficulties and doing something about them. Talk to a friend or even a professional councillor if this helps you. It's important you face and overcome these issues, just as you will have to with anxiety. The more you can cut out the stresses in your life, the more your body, mind and soul will calm down and the healing can begin. You have a duty to yourself not to have a 'troubled soul'.
Along with challenging your thoughts and being more positive, also challenging how you act and behave can have a dramatic affect. I have shown you how avoidance and escape, keep the panic cycle alive. It makes sense now to change your safety behaviours which promotes your panicky feelings. Every time you run away you are encourage the panic feelings even more.
Put simply, you need to show yourself that the situation you are most frightened of cannot harm you. Therefore if the worst case scenario is you have a panic attack – so what?
I would advocate doing it at one small step at a time, and in a planned way. Tackle something small like going down to the corner shop rather than going to some massive out of town shopping centre. So, you really have to do it little by little, and as often as you can, to prove you can do it. This way it's confidence building.
It is important to know even if you have a panic attack it will stop eventually. Usually the actual panic attack only lasts a few minutes, and then you're left with anxiety. Give it time and your body will naturally just go back to a more balanced state.
Below are some of the most common behaviours you need to change –
When opportunities come along or there are things you need to do, (for example you need a sandwich from a shop with a big queue,) don't avoid them. Before you suffered from this you probably didn't have to think twice about standing in a queue or whatever your fears are now. So you have to go back to that way of thinking. By staying in the queue and realizing that you will not faint, go mad or die you will be creating new behavioural patterns. But remember to do this with the other tools you have gained like relaxation, distraction, challenging your thoughts, being positive, breathing, etc.
You will probably be extremely anxious doing this as you have learnt to avoid these situations before. But stick without and persevere, you will see results.
Note what situations you are trying to escape. Do you get halfway around the supermarket and then want to leave, or may-be the checkouts are the difficult thing. Do you eat half a meal then want to leave? Do you hate driving on motorways and can't wait for the next junction to get off? By not escaping and using the techniques shown here, you will teach yourself there is nothing to fear and start learning new positive behavioural patterns. Before long you will find that you can't have panic attacks in these situations.
Safety Behaviour
Anxiety sufferers tend to have coping techniques to limit the effects of the panic attack sensations. Do you sit down when your legs feel wobbly? Do you rush through busy crowds to get to quieter places? Do you drink alcohol to self-medicate to get through situations? You will need to stop these safety behaviours and prove to your mind that if you do stand in a crowd not drunk, you will be perfectly fine.
The best results will come from gradually exposing yourself and improving your skills in changing your behaviour. I would encourage you to burn bridges and really stay in the situation, as just testing to see how far you go will only lead to you escaping when the going gets tough.
It may be useful for you to write down what you could try, and what you found out. For example
Safety behaviour and Purpose
What you did instead
What did you learn?
Leaned on shopping trolley to prevent fainting
Walked with a basket
I did not faint without trolley
Lied down to prevent heart attack happening
Ran up and down stairs
I did not have a heart attack and after a while my symptoms faded
By slowly disproving your old fears you will find that you are much more capable then you can imagine. You will find your confidence grows and your panic attacks will become less frequent and less strong when you do have them. People who develop persistent panic attacks develop lots of phobias, it's so it's important you rectify each one, one step at a time. Starting with the easier ones first. You find success in one area will spread to other areas.
As you can see there is no quick fix solution but if you put the hard work in you will see benefits. For me, it took a quite a few weeks/months before I saw the real benefits. I would also recommend you eat healthy and generally look after yourself. Give yourself every chance of recovery.
A Brief Summary of Coping with Panic Attacks
Practice distraction, relaxation, slow breathing and challenging your thoughts when you are not anxious so that these skills can be learnt for when you will need them.
Tell yourself panic attacks are harmless and that you have panicked on many occasions before and nothing awful has happened.
The less troubles and worries you have the better. Look at your lifestyle and see what changes you can make to have less stress.
Challenge the unrealistic thoughts you have during a panic attack. Write down fearful thoughts you have and provide model answers you can tell yourself when you need them.
Apply the tools and techniques of distraction, relaxation and breathing to counteract anxiety and panic.
Burn your bridges and don't use escape, avoid or use safety tactics to remove yourself from fearful situations. Stand your ground and see what really happens – Nothing. The only power panic attacks have over you is the fear your giving them.
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I was planning to do a long recap of Boskone this week, but in a general sense my plans for the week have been upturned due to my father-in-law's death. Nevertheless I wanted to make sure I made it clear that I had a really excellent time as the convention's guest of honor. This is due to three things: One, the expert care of the Boskone convention committee and staff, who made sure I wanted for nothing and who also sprang into sympathetic action when my plans changed due to Mike's passing; Two, the Boskone attendees, who seemed genuinely excited to have me as a guest; Three, the programming schedule, which, while hectic, also did some very neat things for me and the other Guests of Honor.
Chief among them was the combination interview/painting session, in which artist guest of honor Dan Dos Santos did a quick oil painting of me while audience members asked questions. It was a really interesting and fun experience,not to mention slightly absurd in a good way. A great deal of this very cool experience was down to Dan himself — he's a great guy and a lot of fun to do something like this with. Basically, if you ever get a chance to be painted by Dan Dos Santos, take it.
My Sunday was thrown awry because of the death in the family, and I had to duck out early and missed doing my autographing session. I don't expect anyone holds that against me, but I still feel bad to have missed people and not to have signed their books. So: Sorry, folks. It's possible I'll be in the Boston area in the summer for a book tour; if I am I'll be happy to sign then. I did still manage to do a panel and my reading, the latter of which was actually very useful to me. I was knocked for a loop about Mike's death, so being able to dive into performing some of my writing was a nice way to get out of my own head for a bit. So if you were at my Boskone reading, thanks. You helped my brain, you did.
In all, Boskone was fabulous. Thanks for having me, Boston. I'll be back.


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September 29, 2018
- TRACK WALK: There will be two track opportunities before we begin qualifying, on Sunday, October 14 and Monday, October 15. They will begin shortly after the last test group session. We plan to begin approximately 5:45 pm and will clear the track by 7:30 pm. Please no motorized or wheeled vehicles. In the event of a change in track conditions or required track repairs, the track walk may be canceled or delayed. Listen for announcements. Please enter and exit the track through the center gate, between Victory Lane and the Media Building. Donations will be accepted and will benefit the SCCA Foundation.
- RUNOFFS 5K: Be part of the 3rd Annual SCCA Runoffs 5K and Checkered Flag Dash. If you'd like to run, walk or just make a donation you can do so at https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Sonoma/SCCARunoffs5k or there is a link to registration on the SCCA Runoffs event page. The run will be held on Saturday, October 20 and proceeds will benefit the Speedway Children's Charities. If you'd like to volunteer to help, please email Jason Stine at email@example.com.
- KIDS CLUB: We are still looking for volunteers to help staff Kids Club during the following hours: Friday, October 19: 1 pm – 3 pm; Saturday, October 20: 10 am – 12 pm; 1 pm – 3 pm; Sunday, October 21: 10 am – 12 pm. If a member of your family or friend is interested in hanging out in a climate-controlled room, trackside for one or more sessions, please email us at email@example.com. Kids Club will be located on the main level of the Media building, in the north end. Kids Club offers free indoor activities for our youngest race fans. This isn't a daycare, however - adult supervision is required.
September 21, 2018
-RUNOFFS APPAREL: It's not too late to order your 2018 SCCA Runoffs gear! SCCAGear is offering limited edition jackets and polos for the 2018 Runoffs. Have you seen them? They're nice, so don't miss out! Visit the online Runoffs store to order yours today. They will even ship them to your house, before the event!
- FACILITY MAP: The latest facility map has been posted on the Runoffs event page. Visit www.scca.com/runoffs, click on General Event Information link on the right side of the page and then choose MAPS. Scroll to the bottom of the page to view the facility map. A few items to note:
1) Pre-event rig staging is available in Lot 15. Enter at Gate 7. Click here to view the staging plan map and fees. If you need to drop off your trailer before October 5th, be sure to contact Sonoma Raceway.
2) Gate 1 is the main entrance to the facility and you'll find SCCA Registration located in the building on your right, as soon as you turn in from Highway 121.
3) Designated street car parking will be in Lot 3 and Lot 11. Drivers – if you can fit a street vehicle in your paddock space, you may park it there. Workers – there will also be day parking in the Turn 10 lot next to the Drag Tower. This lot will only be available at the beginning and the end of the day.
4) If you need to drop an empty trailer, after you unload, those can be stored in Lot 12, accessible using the ring road, highlighted by the red shuttle line.
5)The Main Paddock will be a very busy area, so we have a few requests:
-Please drive slowly and watch out for each other.
-Follow the direction of the paddock and traffic control staff. They are there to help.
-Do not block fire lanes, not even for "I'll just be here a sec."
- Only park in designated areas. Do not park on the side of the drive lanes or against the hill.
- GOLF CART RENTAL: Sonoma Raceway is a big place, so if you need to rent a golf cart during the event, contact GTi Golf Cars at (800) 477-0467. Additional information and application forms can be found on the FAQ page at www.scca.com/Runoffs; click the General Event Information link on the right menu and then FAQ Information.
September 14, 2018
- RUNOFFS APP: Last week we uncovered a little bug on Android devices and we hope the fix that we provided resolved the issue for you. Since then we've identified an Apple device bug. ATTENTION APPLE USERS: If you already had the app downloaded from last year, some of you may still be seeing 2017 Runoffs event information. Please follow these steps to correct the issue. 1) Open the Road Racing app. 2)Click the Menu icon in the upper right corner. 3)Click "App Settings." 4)Click "Check for New Content." If there is a content update available, it will ask if you'd like to download it now. Click YES and you're all set!
The app is available for Apple and Android devices. The app will provide push notifications to drivers and workers during the event about car classes, schedule updates, weather information, worker assignments and off-track activities. Users can choose to receive updates on any of the 28 competition class groups and the worker group.
September 7, 2018
- PADDOCK PARKING: The Runoffs Team spent several days assigning paddock spaces and we'd like to thank the teams and drivers for their cooperation and willingness to reduce their footprint so that we could accommodate everyone. If you'd like to know where your friends will call home during Runoffs week, check out the parking map, https://runoffsparking.motorsportreg.com/. You can search by name, class, teams and car numbers! This will be live through the end of the event.


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Our plating processes are developped in strong partnership with our affiliate Mitomo Semicon Engineering Co., plating equipment manufacturer. This enables us to provide a comprehensive service, including the production of precious metal plating solutions and ancillary products as well as the most suitable equipment for the final coating process.
Plating equipment for connectors and lead frames are designed to meet the demands of low volume and high mix productions as well as selective plating. At Mitomo Semicon Engineering Co. our objective is to produce moduled equipment based on the concept: "easy to use", "easy to change" and "easy to maintain".
We offer custom-built plating equipment and products meeting our customers' individual needs. As a leading manufacturer of plating equipment for the electronics industry our machines are in operation worldwide and our production range comprises the following types of machinery:
- Reel-to-reel plating equipment for connectors
- Spot plating equipment for lead frames
- Spot plating equipment for cut-strip lead frames
- Plating equipment for semiconductors (wafers)
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Supermodel Bar Refaeli has achieved one of her greatest dreams after kissing a total stranger in her new Super Bowl commercial.
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Actor and body building legend Lou Ferrigno is scheduled to be at our August 18 Show.
He played the Incredible Hulk in the original 1970's Television series.
He also was in the 2009 comedy I Love You, Man.
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She starred along side Roddy Mcdowall in the original movie version of Fright Night as Amy.
In the 1980's she was a major character on the popular Soap Opera All My Children.
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Dawn Wells is scheduled to be one of our special guests at our August 18, 2012 Toy & Comic Book Show.
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Walnuts are the oldest tree food known to man, dating back to 7000 B.C. The Romans called walnuts Juglans regia, "Jupiter's royal acorn." Early history indicates that English walnuts came from ancient Persia (called "Persian Walnuts"), where they were reserved for royalty. As English merchant marines transported the product for trade to ports around the world, they became known as "English Walnuts."
The walnut was first cultivated in California by the Franciscan Fathers in the late 1700s. Unlike today's walnuts, these first entries were small with hard shells. The first commercial plantings began in 1867 when Joseph Sexton, an orchardist and nurseryman in Santa Barbara County, planted English walnuts. Seventy years later, the center of walnut production moved northward to the Central Valley due to better growing areas and irrigation, resulting in increasingly larger crops of the self-pollinating nut.
Today, the Central Valley of California is the prime walnut growing region. California walnuts account for 99 percent of the commercial U.S. supply and three-quarters of world trade. Walnuts are sold as inshell and shelled forms and are conveniently used in any meal or snack. The industry is represented by the California Walnut Board and California Walnut Commission.
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One of the best restaurants in Sarasota is Pomona Bistro & Wine Bar run by two of city's most sought after chef-restaurateurs, executive chef Ryan Boeve and pastry chef Arthur Lopes, both formerly of Zoria. Their location on Citrus Square has an inviting old world character, with an attractive exterior, large windows, and handsome wood doors. Inside, a tranquil elegance reigns. The room itself, lit by tall windows on two sides, is a charming and welcoming mix of modern and traditional influences. Its well-spaced tables are dressed in fine white table linens set very simply with classic modern wine stems and sleek contemporary flatware. At the back, a wine bar with black stools overlooks a picture window through which Chef Boeve and his sous-chefs can be observed creating culinary magic each evening in their small but meticulous kitchen.
Pomona's maestro — the superby talented Chef-owner Ryan Boeve
Pomona dinner menu
Clos Thalès red wine from Roussillon
Warm fresh baked bread with whipped churned butter
The menu includes a series of small plates, salads or charcuterie to start followed by about eight main plates or entrées to follow. Our table started with an assortment of small plates to start including an outstanding dish of Smoked Salmon served with whipped cream cheese, capers, salmon roe and chives with delicate homemade melba toasts that seemed to melt in the mouth; Mussels St. Germaine which came in an aromatic garlic, saffron, mustard and white wine broth; French Onion Soup with emmenthal cheese and baguette croutons; a Pear and Gorgonzola Salad with microgreens; and a delicious Vegetarian Vegetable Soup with white beans and kale.
Smoked Salmon with whipped cream cheese, capers, salmon roe, chives and baguette toasts
Mussels St Germaine with garlic, saffron, mustard and white wine
French Onion Soup with Emmentaler Cheese and baguette crouton
Pear & Blue Cheese Salad
Pomona Soup of the Day, a vegetarian white bean and kale potage
For our main plates we decided on Sea Scallops served with mixed wild mushroom ravioli; Roast Chicken with brussels sprouts, pancetta and root vegetables in a fragrant jus; Marinated Flank Steak and frites with homemade katsup; and exceptional Poached Lobster with mixed wild mushrooms in an ambrosial aromatic broth, which Arthur set before me as "Heaven on a plate!", and it was. The lobster was perfectly poached and the broth, intoxicating. For those with smaller appetites, Pomona offers half portions for many of their main courses, which allows diners to save room for one of Pastry-artiste Chef Arthur Lopes decadent desserts, which for us this evening was his 'gossamer' Warm Chocolate Soufflé with chocolate sauce and his Maple Mascarpone Cheesecake with candied walnuts.
Chicken Breast with brussels sprouts, pancetta and jus
Poached Lobster with wild mushrooms, fennel and fragrant broth
Beef Flatiron Steak with Shallot Puree, Maitre D' Hotel Butter and French Fries
Seared Sea Scallops with Wild Mushroom Angnolotti
Maple Mascarpone Cheesecake with Candied Walnuts
Warm Chocolate Soufflé with chocolate sauce
For diners wanting to enjoy a more al fresco experience or a pre-dinner cocktail and cigar, Pomona has an inviting outdoor courtyard complete with outdoor fireplace, twinkle lights, festive garlands and a little Christmas tree for the holiday season. It's just another small detail that makes Pomona one of the more exceptional dining destinations in the Sarasota area. Quietly refined with an understated elegance, inspired menu, exceptional kitchen and wonderfully friendly professional staff, Pomona is always the culinary highlight of our Christmas season.
Busy every night, there were people still arriving for dinner as we left at 9:30pm
The magical evening sky as we left Pomona