Panic buying has swept through Britain after consumer watchdog Which? warned Brits to “act quickly” if they wanted an appliance that is 1,600-2,200 watts Shoppers are cleaning stores out of powerful vacuums as an EU ban on hefty motors is just 48 hours away. Panic buying has swept through Britain after consumer watchdog Which? warned Brits to “act quickly” if they wanted an appliance that is 1,600-2,200 watts. Today supermarket giant Tesco revealed sales of vacuums with super suction soared by 44% in a last-minute push to bag soon-to-be-outlawed vacuums. Tesco planning manager Louise Rix said: “The EU ban has been a much debated topic over the last few days - it’s certainly provoked a lot of interest amongst consumers and manufacturers. “We’ve seen huge sales increases of vacuums and we expect the high demand to continue over the next two days before the ban comes into place.” On Monday Brussels busybodies will pull the plug on all models that are more than 1,600 watts to make the UK greener and more energy efficient.

Bureaucrat ban: EU is limiting power of our vacuums It means big brands like the 2,300 watt Hoover Hurricane and 2,000 watt Cylinder bagless Vax will be banned as factories stop production to make less powerful models. And by 2017, power will be slashed even further to 900 watts which will see 1,200 watt household favourites Henry and Hetty also barred. Some experts have warned that the weaker vacuums will affect asthma and allergy sufferers as the suction will not be strong enough to pick up every pet hair or deal effectively with dust. But the EU insisted that the smaller watt models will be efficient and save consumers money. And for the first time the new machines will carry A to G ratings for energy use, cleaning performance on hard floors and carpets, dust emission and noise. Sir James Dyson, who gave the world the first bagless vacuum, waded into the row and called for more rigid testing for the appliances in a proper family environment rather than sterile labs.

He said: “The motor cap is the sensible part of the upcoming regulation from Europe, as it can drive investment in efficient technology. “But it is mad that vacuum cleaners are tested dust-free. It’s not how they are used in the home, and it is misleading because some vacuums start losing performance as soon as you use them. “You may buy an A-grade machine to find that the performance and efficiency drops as soon as you use it.vacuum cleaning inside pc "Dyson machines have constant performance so what you see is what you get - but the same can’t be said for all the rest.”cheap nilfisk vacuum cleanersFebruary 19, 2015 • Contributed by , Topic Expert Contributoreureka vacuum filter cleaning

People encounter those with narcissism in love, work, and family relationships. When I provide psychotherapy for survivors of narcissistic abuse, one of the first steps in the healing process is psychoeducation about narcissism and emotional abuse. Survivors are often beset with myriad complex posttraumatic stress symptoms, including panic attacks, intrusive thoughts, depression, and the shellshock of cognitive dissonance. By understanding the tactics employed upon the target of abuse, survivors empower themselves to reduce the impact of the emotional abuse aftermath. Given the delicate and subtle nuances involved in the psychology of healing, working with a trained clinician skilled in trauma recovery specific to narcissistic abuse is essential. The literature on the subject of narcissistic abuse recovery is replete with pseudonyms for various circumstances involving a person with narcissism. One such concept is “hoovering” by the emotionally abusive person. When the cycle of “idealize, devalue, discard” is complete, a person with narcissistic qualities will often return to prior sources of narcissistic supply to see if he or she can tap such individuals for more ego-fueling attention, emotional reaction, sex, money, business advantages, a place to live, or other affirmations of his or her existence.

“Hoover maneuver” was coined after the name of a popular vacuum cleaner, alluding to the fact abusers often attempt to suction up narcissistic supply from prior sources (people). Individuals who have narcissistic tendencies typically lack solid, healthy self-concepts and must extract narcissistic supply from lovers, friends, colleagues, and/or family members to feel affirmed, adored, admired, attended to, nurtured, feared, or despised. Positive or negative, the reaction doesn’t matter, as long as the abusive person can excise a response from a target’s reservoir of emotional sustenance, thus rendering the abusive person “alive” by virtue of having his or her false self acknowledged. When a survivor has gone no-contact—in other words, the survivor has chosen to disengage completely from the abusive person—often the person with narcissism will attempt to see if the door is still open for more narcissistic supply. He or she may “hoover” prior survivors by emailing, texting, phoning, or showing up at a survivor’s workplace or residence under the pretext of apologizing for transgressions, delivering flowers, hitting the reset button, or feigning illness or a need for assistance (money, return of belongings, etc.).

This cycle is akin to the Power and Control Wheel often referred to in the domestic violence recovery community. The hoover maneuver is an attempt to see if a prior target of abuse can be conned into another cycle of abuse, resulting in the abusive person reclaiming a sense of power and control by causing pain (emotional and sometimes physical) to a target. Survivors of narcissistic abuse should not be fooled by the hoover maneuver. Such an action is not a sign that the abusive person loves the survivor or that he/she can change and suddenly develop reciprocity, authentically own responsibility for mistakes, and consistently show emotional maturity. The analogy of a vampire sinking fangs into the jugular vein works here. The abusive person may home in on the target’s vulnerabilities (wanting to be accepted, loved, attractive, etc.) and try to hook that person back into another abuse cycle, solely for the benefit of soothing the abusive person’s ego—no more, no less. It’s advisable for a survivor to continue with no contact and block the abusive person from email, text, phone, and any other form of communication.