Atrial Fibriallation - Resources For Patients

Having just been diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation, I thought I'd share a good resource that my doctor referred me to. If you suffer from a-fib, or have a loved one who does, check it out; there is a lot of valuable information.

http://a-fib.com

GPSed Track "Track #6"

View my new track "Track #6" started in United States, Maryland, Prince Frederick.

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Samsung Omnia i910 Official Verizon GPS Unlock

The article at http://www.gearlog.com/2009/07/verizon_unlocks_gps_on_samsung.php refers to the Samsung official upgrade that unlocks the GPS on the Samsung Omnia i910 phone.

Here is the link to the upgrade: http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa/jsp/faqs/faqs_view.jsp?SITE_ID=22&PG_ID=557&PROD_SUB_ID=561&PROD_ID=1360&AT_ID=157996

God's Words Never Cease: The Bible, the Book of Mormon, and Continuing Revelation

hello again

ok, it's been awhile since I've updated anything on this blog. This blog was my first one and since then I've started blogs on techncal aspects of my laptop model, the politics, and most recently Toastmasters.

This blog I intended to continue primarily for posting information about my son James on his mission. I have failed to keep up with that. Probably nobody is even looking at this site anyway. As I said before, this blog, as well as my others, have always been about me; about helping me organize my thoughts, feelings, and ideas for later referrence. It just turns out that it also is an easy way to simply refer others to particular posts where I've already expressed my ideas and/or discovered information about specific issues and topics. So, if anyone has checked her previously for updates about James' mission; I apologize. I'm busy like everyone else and things drop off the table from time to time. My intention now is to renew a concerted effort to post information here about things that don't pertain to my other blogs. This includes but is not limited to updates on James while serving his mission and religious topics which will naturally be from my perspective as a member of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Things of a more personal nature and/or that I don't want to share immediately with the world will be recorded in my private journal at http://www.myldsjournal.com for passing on to my posterity; perhaps published in print at some time in the future. There may be overlap and/or cross posting between my blogger/blogspt blogs in part, but I'll attempt to avoid this; and rather referrence the article with a hyper link.

In addition, I also started blogging at allamericanblogger.com awhile ago but have not posted anything in a very long while. This goes with my personality of stretching myself too thin and stacking up too much on my plate. I always have the best of intentions but not a realistic vision of the limitations of the time space continuom.

Just one more note on my view of the utility and usefulness of this blog format/forum. Primarily I have found that it is a good brainstorming medium; to put stuff down quickly from thought to paper, or digital memory, rather in this case. So, proper punctuation, spelling, and grammer will more often than not, not be followed as it obstructs from the free flow of information from the brain. If you ever had creative writing in college, than you can relate to the practice of brainstorm writing as the first thing you do,; the starting point for literary works. This is the same.

I also have gotten involved with facebook for sharing information. I'd like to figure out a way to stream my posts, messages, links, notes; basically everything that I do on facebook, to a blog; or rather someplace that I can easily go through them all and select what I can reuse;harvest, in articles and posts here and elsewhere. So much happens, so fast on facebook and life in general that it can be, often, mind boggling and frustrating to the mind; to exhaustion and overload. I've found that I need to back away every now and then. Even just not get onto the computer or even look at my email that gets sent to my cell/mobile phone. Oh to be living the simple life without all of these technological wonders at our fingertips.

I watched a movie "Knowing" with Nicholas Cage starring last night. I hadn;t watched a movie in quite some time since it is a massive drain of time, but last night was one of those times where/when I just needed a break; some mindless drivel. Not to think too much; not to write. TO just gel and watch. It was ok, not pure entertainment. Not sure what the main message was. Could have been about determinism. It came up in the movie. Nicolas' Cage character was a professor at MIT and on one scene he discusses the two opposing views of earth and its place in the univers: determinism (Creationism) and/or randomness; that it all just happens by chance. In the end he is converted to determinism and rejoins with his diparted father for many years who is a pastor. There is a tragic ending, but also what could be looked at as a greater good ending.

Ok, I'm not doing movie reviews here. ANyway its what flowed. So, since its the Sabbath today I wanted to stay on mor spiritual matters, and that is what I'll do.

James got broke bike and egged

Well, we got the picture here from James the other day. He's still having bike problems. He seems pretty healthy though.

We just chatted with him for his half our of email time on his Prep. day. Cheryl asked him if he got the new pants that she sent and he said "yes", but that they got covered with egg when someone threw eggs at him. Cheryl and I would like to get a piece of that person, but I;m sure that James exhibeted the patience of Job and the love of Christ.

James' Contact Info - Elder Shewell

To all my family and friends who want to contact James while he is on his mission, here is his address:

Elder James Shewell
3700 Churn Creek Rd. #2
Redding, CA 96002

He has an email address, but only has 30 minutes per week to use the computer. So, we decided to not give it out. He can barely keep up with emailing his mother. In the three weeks that he's had access to email, I haven't even gotten one reply. Cheryl has monopolized his limited amount of email time.

So, please feel free to send him snail mail. He appreciates all forms: letters, post cards, and packages.

I may start providing a weekly summary here on this blog of news that we hear from him. But, I'm a little hesitant, as I'm afraid y'all may send less mail to him, if I do.

Also, as I know how hard it is to find the extra time to send snail mail, as opposed to email, I will, as a courtesy, print and mail any email messages sent to James to: elder at shewell dot org. Of course, please understand that by so doing, I will be able to see your messages. I will not intentionally read your messages to him, but just through the handling process, it will be before my eyes, and I may inadvertently catch something. That's the only disclaimer. Oh, if a large number of messages start coming in, I may combine them together when mailing, to save on postage.

If you mail him a letter and have the extra time and money, it helps him if you provide a stamped pre-addressed envelope to reply back to you with.

The latest news on James is that he is doing very well. He went through a bit of a slump a couple weeks out in the field, but now seems to be upbeat and gung ho.

His address will change from time to time as he gets transferred, so chack back periodically, to make sure you have the latest address.

I think there is an option somewhere on this blog to subscribe to posts, if you want to be notified when I post updates. Of course, you may also get posts not related to James, but these days I do most of my posting at comfortablecomplacency.blogspot.com. (If you're interested it's political action related stuff; conservative and maybe a bit libertarian with a bit of a mormon perspective. I do get a little crude from time to time, but it's out of shear passion.)

Ok, I'm out.

Have a great weekend!

New Blog: Comfortable Complacency

Since the bulk of my blogging has become of a political nature, I've decided to create a new blog devoted explicitly to that subject at http://comfortablecomplacency.blogspot.com. All new political posts will be done on that blog. Gradually, past posts will be migrated over. This blog, hyrums.blogspot.com will revert to more of a general journal of generic and various topics that are not of a political nature. For all I know, I am writing this for no one. But, if by chance there is at least one soul out there that has stumbled upon my blog or any of my posts and have found them interesting, then please visit my new Comfortable Complacency blog.

Thanks,
Hyrum

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http://comfortablecomplacency.blogspot.com

2nd Pres debate fodder

I posted the following response (see here) to an article "Obama wins in Nashville" at www.truthdig.com by Bill Boyarsky on 2008/10/07:

John needs to stop trying to pander to the left. He's sounding too much like Barrack on a few of the issues. He needs to differentiate himself. People need to see a clear distinction.

I was so disgusted about 15 minutes into the debate that I had to turn it off. I flipped it back on again for the last 35 minutes.

It really wasn't an exciting debate at all; rather depressing to say the least. A Marxist liar on the left hand and a panderer on the right.

However, there was a brief respite when Brokaw asked if health care was a right, a privilege, or a responsibility.

I was actually impressed with Obama's response, because he spoke his true belief, and didn't beat around the bush, or even stutter or ramble too much. Like a true socialist, he said that he believes that health care is a right. This is a far cry from the inalienable rights of life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness that our founding fathers declared.

What God has given to man, no government has the right to take away. What the government grants, he can take away. We created government for the sole purpose of protecting our individual rights; not to grant us new rights with the power to withdraw them at will.

I was happy with McCain's response. He stated that he believed health care was a responsibility, not a right granted by government. It's comforting to know that he's at least sensible on a few things. Of course he is still far and away a better option than Obama.

You can't deny from John's record that he truly does love this country, has fought for it, stood up for it, bled and agonized for it, and believes in it and it's people. His perseverance through his 5 years as a prisoner of war, his military service, leadership, and stalwartness in the Senate are all quite commendable and clearly shows his character and good judgment.

On the other hand, Barrack lacks leadership, experience, character, and judgment. He has a Marxist totalitarian ideology and agenda. But, you wouldn't be able to gather all of this from the debate. To think that there are people who would make a voting decision solely based on a debate or two and some carefully crafted deceitful television advertisements is a scary thought indeed.

I believe our last best hope is Sarah Palin; a true and proven reformer who has a solid foundation of correct principles that she holds fast to. She is who she says she is and who she appears to be.

Sarah will bring real change. Not the kind of change and hope that Obama touts.

He speaks of change and writes about the audacity of hope. How about the audacity of Obama. I mean, who writes an autobiography at the age of 34 with no real achievements to speak of? At least Adolf Hitler waited until he was 36 to write "Mein Kampf". Who creates their own presidential seal, and before they're even in office? Who paints over the national symbol with his own? Who has children sing to him? Who refers to the media as a police force? What else does Obama and Hitler have in common?

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truthdig.com
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081008_obama_wins_in_nashville/
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081008_obama_wins_in_nashville/#190606
http://action.credomobile.com/sirota/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism

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http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081007_eastwood_decries_perverted_politics_of_our_time/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17534987
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ayers
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/04/finally_the_media_discovers_ob.html

Pentagon 9/11 Memorial

On Saturday, I took my family to visit the newly opened memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 from the terrorist attacks that crashed a passenger airplane into the Pentagon in Washington D.C.

The memorial was well done and thought provoking. There is a bench dedicated to each person who died from the tragedy, with their name engraved on the end of the bench. If they had family members who also perished in the event, then their names are engraved directly under the bench in a reservoir of water. The benches are organized in a manner such that those that were in the airplane have their names facing towards the building and those that were within the building have their names facing outward. Also, the benches are organized in rows by year of birth posted on either side's surrounding wall.

I explained in as simple terms as possible to my young daughters, Adri and Bella, 7 and 5 years old. They asked "Why, daddy?". Because their are bad people in the world who hate us; our enemies. We are a strong Nation, led by a strong President, who took strong action against our enemies. We have not been attacked since.

"A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.

Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America — with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could." George Bush, Address to the Nation (September 11, 2001)

It pierced my heart and soul to the core as we continued to walk the memorial park grounds and I saw someone wearing an "Obama '08" button. Now I asked a question. How could someone paying respect to our fallen countrymen who died at the hands of terrorists, display at the very site of tragedy, support for another enemy of our state? One who has had close relations with known and convicted terrorist, William Ayers, who bombed the building in front of us about 40 years earlier? I was literally dumbfounded and speechless. I had no answer; only disgust.

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http://memorial.pentagon.mil/
http://pentagonmemorial.net/home.aspx
http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2008/0708_memorial/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/pentagonmemorial/index.html
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
The Return of the Students for a Democratic Society
http://studentsforademocraticsociety.org/home/

Springsteen bites the bullet

We got another commie celebrity, Bruce Springsteen, rabble rousing in Philadelphia this weekend. I used to like this guy. But I don't like him enough to listen to him after he hopped on board the deception wagon pulling the wool over thousands of comfortably numb Philadelphians. It makes my stomach turn thinking about how I listened to this socialist sing "Born in the USA"! Aggggh! I want to spit out all those lyrics and melodies out of my head. Say it aint true!!! Ahh, I don't think I have any of those cassette tapes left anymore anyway. Good riddance Bruce; may you rest in peace!

Chew on this, from our father Samuel Adams:

If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us
in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down
and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon
you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

—Samuel Adams

Think about it!

I choose freedom and liberty! Go get your own country you pessimistic damn bunch of weak excuses for human beings! You don't even acknowledge, appreciate, or want to exercise your inherent rights to liberty, life, property, and the pursuit of happiness bestowed upon every man by God.

Plea to Senator Cardin - No Bailout!

As the senate is about to vote on the wall street bailout act, I sent in a final plea for "no action" to one of my senators from Maryland, Senator Benjamin Cardin:

Regarding the economic bailout for Wall Street that you are about to vote on:

In order to be true to the oath you made when you took office is to vote NO!

It is fundamentally wrong!

Your constituent,
Hyrum Shewell

Wrong: Mikulski on the senate floor - Right: rebuttal

On September 26th, one of my senators from Maryland, Senator Barbara Mikulski, gave a speech on the floor of the Senate. You can read it here: http://mikulski.senate.gov/Newsroom/PressReleases/record.cfm?id=303728, or listen to it here: http://demradio.senate.gov/actualities/mikulski/mikulski080926.mp3, or by calling (800) 511-0763 and entering actuality number 3076.

This is my rebuttal, which I submitted to her via her website at http://mikulski.senate.gov/Contact/contact.cfm

I read your speech that you delivered last week on the 26th. You stated:

"I thought we need to listen to voters. I’m getting the same kind of e-mails they are, and in the last 72 hours I’ve gotten close to 8,000 emails and only 30 were for this bill. I’ve gotten over 1,300 phone calls and almost all were against the bailout."

Thank you for listening to our voices and promoting them to the rest of congress. However, you got off track from there with your following remarks. You stated:

“Why were they against the bailout? Because they wonder who’s on their side. Who’s looking out for them? Who’s going to bail out their stagnant wages? Who’s going to bail out their rising and escalating health care? Who is going to bail them out when they’re trying to pay their utilities and put gas in the car."

You are wrong! I don't wonder who is on my side! I know that the majority of house democrats are NOT on my side! It is because they have ignored the repeated warnings of President Bush, Senator McCain, and others over the past few years and blocked attempts to make corrections.

Why are Chris Dodd, Barrack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry the top recipients of contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack? How did Frank Raines make $90M in a few short years?

The only financial help that I want from the federal government is to take less taxes from me. I don't want help with stagnant wages. I can figure out how to make more money on my own.

I don't want government interfering with rising and escalating health care costs. A freer market will make the appropriate adjustments to sharpen the quality of health care available for a fairer price.

I don't want someone to bail me out when gas and utility prices go higher. I can make the adjustments to my life to deal with it and a free market will adjust properly. I can turn the thermostat down, burn wood for heat, carpool, get a second job, start a new business, etc.

I don't want hand outs!

Our country was built by pilgrims, pioneers, and patriots who persevered through great trials and tribulations and made great sacrifices becoming all the stronger and sturdier through it. This is what made America great!

I don't want government assistance!

I don't want to be punished with the burden of more taxes to pay off an increase in national debt; nor do I want to pass on the burden to my children and grand children.

In your speech, you also stated:

"We listen to them loud and clear and yet, what we need to be able to do is not only respond to them, we need to be able to respond to this credit crisis."

You can respond by doing nothing! Remember, every day that congress meets we lose more of our liberty! Please, do nothing for once.

Are you hearing me? Pass this onto your fellow public servants the next time you take the floor.

NO BAILOUT WHATSOEVER!!!

The President is wrong on this! The few house republicans in opposition are right! McCain was right, but I fear he is wrong as well, if he goes along with this.

Thank you for listening, and may God bless you with wisdom to do the right thing.

If you have time, please read the following article at http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/18/mccain-hits-raines-in-new-ad-advice/

With respect, your constituent,
Hyrum Shewell

p.s.
- The government's proper role is not to create jobs.
- The government's proper role is not to control wages.
- The government's proper role is not to provide education.
- The government's proper role is not to provide health care.
- The government's proper role is not to control energy production
- The federal government's proper role is only to protect it's citizens natural rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness by:
1. defending our nations sovereignty
2. upholding a free market economy
3. establishing and upholding laws that prevent any and all infringement of those rights.

Another Bailout Post on Greta Wire - In Response to the idiot posters

Here's what I wrote at www.gretawire.com in response to some ridiculous posts. I just couldn't resist:

Obama blew the meeting in D.C. that McCain is getting all the blame for. Reid and Pelosi gave Barry the floor as the leader of their party and he basically derailed the negotiation meeting by attacking from the moment he opened his mouth. Why do you think dingy Harry Reid stormed out of the meeting? He was furious with the inability of his party's new "leader" to negotiate.

see http://www.amspec.org/blogger.asp?BlogID=14879
or http://chicagoagainstobama.wordpress.com/

KatyO, in thie forum, said that "your guy" McCain rode in to save the day. For one, he's not our guy. While McCain is a great American and a Patriot, he's not true to conservative ideals. However, he's infinitely better than Barry the Lying Hawaiian Marxist.

McCain did the right thing when he was asked to come assist with the problem. He stayed true to his theme of putting his country first, suspending his campaign, regardless of possible negative rhetoric. He then suggested that Obama come as well, who came against his will, kicking and screaming, and doing his best to vote "present" and not take a stand on the issue. However, McCain has done wrong thing by supporting the bill that was voted on today. He should have stood firm in opposition to a bailout in any form. I'm disappointed in him for that.

Bush has been a great president who has done a remarkable job keeping our country safe since 9/11/2001. However, like McCain, he disappoints from time to time. The fact that he even proposed the current Wall Street Bailout is shameful. It's a clear socialist move that is absolutely disgusting. How he could have selected Paulson is also quite an atrocity.

Anyone that says McCain and Bush are the same (including KatyO who stated in this forum that McCain is a Bush clone) is completely idiotic, as McCain's resistance to Bush and Paulson's initial proposal reiterated and re-affirmed McCain's maverick style.

One more thing for KatyO; if it wasn't for Republicans you'd be subject to a complete communist state by now. Of course, it sounds like that would suite you, so never mind. But, you can thank us anyway! Furthermore, to say "no more Republicans" is disavowing a wide range of people. There is quite a large group of overlapping population between the two parties who share common positions and ideals. It would be better to be more specific, and use terms such as conservative, libertarian, socialist, Marxist, anarchist, liberal, progressive, etc.

Another thing to think about is why the congressional Democrats didn't pass the bill on their own. They have the power, as they have the majority and control both the House and the Senate.

Oh, and KatyO, we don't blame your boy Obama for everything. He's just an empty suit; a teleprompter reader; a puppet in the hands of David Axelrod and the terrorist William Ayers, molded by Saul Alyinski who praised Lucifer as the first of all Radicals. Your boy is just a puppet in the hands of the evil puppet master himself, grasping for the power of the presidency of our republic.

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." Samuel Adams

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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Axelrod_(political_consultant)
2. http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes_by/samuel+adams
3. http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=75101 "Radical leftist's son: 'Obama learned his lesson well' Child of Saul Alinsky sees Democratic Party using his father's methods"
4. http://www.tysknews.com/News/tracking_obama.htm
5. http://www.tysknews.com/ - Thought You Should Know
6. http://www.tysknews.com/Articles/dnc_corruption.htm
7. www. gretawire.com

The Bailout Bu$t: Weigh In ‘On the Record’!!!

During "On The Record With Greta" tonight on Fox News, I commented on her blog at, http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2008/09/29/its-showtime-pose-your-questions-comments-here/#comment-2134975, on the question about the $700 bailout failure. Here is what I wrote:

It is fundamentally wrong to distribute the debt and responsibility for bad decisions and poor judgment to all tax payers and to rob from those responsible the lessons to be learned; to deny them the experience to improve their judgment so that the same mistakes are not made again. This imposes undue burden on individuals that impedes their ability to pursue happiness and hampers their liberty.

Now is the time to CLEAN THE HOUSE! CLEAN THE SENATE! Down with Reid! Down with Pelosi! Down with Hoyer! Out with Obama! Out with Clinton! The most corrupt among us, the very enemies within that seek to destroy our free society are those at the helm of power. Why they continue to get re-elected, is due to the peoples comfortable complacency! Wake up America!

We thank God this day for answering our prayers and stopping any form of a bailout for Wall Street! Thank you for the few honorable Republicans in the House and those that stood with them in opposition to the bill that was put forth for a vote!

No Bailout! Thank You House Republicans!