<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579182089926584193</id><updated>2012-02-16T09:21:03.858-08:00</updated><title type='text'>kubikmarilynne</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kubikmarilynne.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1579182089926584193/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kubikmarilynne.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1579182089926584193/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>kubikmarilynne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01301105025198000129</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>121</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579182089926584193.post-4550680533342197688</id><published>2008-06-16T04:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-16T04:24:35.639-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Consumer's Loan: The 10/30 Interest Only</title><content type='html'>By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_Williams]John Williams Of all the products in the interest only loan market, this product, the 10/30 interest only loan, might be the most beneficial to the consumer.  Why?  Because it actually works with the consumer in mind, on the same time frame that the average consumers income level, expense level, and needs for retirement planning usually occur. The 10/30 Interest only loan works in the following way:  you borrow money in the form of a 30 year mortgage, with a fixed interest rate.  The first 10 years are interest only payments, with the full amount of the principal being amortized over the last 20 years of the loan. What benefit does this option provide?  There are several for the consumer who happens to be about 28 or 30 when he or she borrows, with small children, and a starter level income.  The consumer at this stage of their life doesnt necessarily have retirement on their mind.  The greater demands of raising a family, providing a home for that family and stretching their budget to meet all the demands is the goal at this age.   This option also will allow the family to live in a home that is big enough to accommodate their need for space, and still not eat up too much of their budget in a monthly mortgage payment. The interest only option means that the payment is smaller than it would be with traditional financing, but it gives the homeowner 10 years to make optional principal payments, get the kids through college, and then look to retirement, with only 10 years left to pay on a mortgage.  The interest only option provides for a larger tax deduction on their return, and most of these consumers will use the itemized deduction portion of their tax return. The 10/30 Interest only loan looks pretty good from the consumers viewpoint, so long as they dont loose site of the long term goal, and theyre able to discipline themselves with their other expense.  Sometimes, the interest only loan and the 10/30 option turn into a real benefit to the consumer. John Williams writes about [http://www.interestonlys.com]interest only home mortgages and a variety of other topics. 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Bankruptcy is at an all time high in UK and its quite high comparatively in most other countries. Sensing this as a business opportunity some companies have emerged with what they call as Bad credit loans. A bad credit loan is aimed at people with bad credit history. What exactly does a bad credit means though? It means that people with all kinds of financial problems are now able to loans to suit their needs. The financial problems can range from simply being self employed and having trouble finding loans elsewhere or having defaulted on loan payments to even being bankrupt. Some loans are especially tailored for home-owners with bad credit ratings to finance their mortgage loans. Loans are available to individuals from a small amount of $5000 to $1000000 and the repayment period varying from 5 years to 30 years. What are the types of Bad Credit loans that I can get? The various types of Bad Credit loans that are on offer today are listed as under: Bad Credit Home Loan - These loans are especially meant for people with bad credit ratings who want to purchase a home. This could be for a mortgage for your house or even your second home. The range of home loans also includes home improvement loans and also debt consolidation loans for loans taken at various times for the purchase of your home. Bad Credit Auto Loans - These loans are meant for individuals with bad credit ratings and who desire to either purchase a car or a motorcycle. The loans are given for both new vehicles as well as second hand vehicles. There is an auto refinance option also available which essentially means you can refinance some of the debts that you had taken earlier for this purpose. Bad Credit Cards - For repaying bills on your credit cards which you find trouble in repaying credit card loans are available. These are for unsecured cards or even student cards. Bad Credit Personal Loans - This type of loan is available for both secured and unsecured personal loans as well as line of credits and Payday Cash advance. Is there a catch? While all this may sound too good to be true, it does happen however, it is natural that you will have to pay an interest rate which is higher than normal if you have to avail yourself of such loans. In case of bigger amounts like homes and cars the same assets will be required to be put up as collateral. In other cases you would need a co-signor and it would be required that the co signor has a good credit rating. Another thing to be careful about is there are several brokers who are engaged in dealing with bad credit lenders and will strike a deal for you so that you can get a bad credit loan. However, chances are that the interest on the loan would be relatively higher and at the same time there might be a fee upfront which makes the loan reasonably expensive. If possible you should try to eliminate using the services of a broker as the commission of the broker will increase the cost of your loan and make it even more difficult for you to repay. Its a mixed bag really if you look at the overall picture in bad credit loans. While the industry is gearing up to this new segment of customers making it possible for individuals getting loans even with bad credit history at the same time people who got in trouble the first time around because of money problems may end up ending in the same problem again and it's prudent to wait if the money need is not too pressing. Author - Bill Darken - There's a good student loan area along with more relevant general loans assistance such as home, car, and consolidation loans. 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While the traditional drugstores have continued to be the preferred option over the counter drug distribution center, the Internet pharmacies are soon catching up with their popularity. Unlike a decade back, today Internet penetration is around 70% in the United States. More and more people are increasingly relying on the Internet to carry on their transactions. Customers find it easier to order online rather than going all the way and queuing up in front of the nearest drugstore. Patients with severe disabilities and those who are bedridden due to an illness find it difficult to reach the local drugstore to get the medicines. With an online pharmacy, they can now conveniently order drugs without moving out of their residence. Though convenience is a key factor that has given the web-based pharmacies an edge over the local drugstores, there are other factors as well that has collectively contributed to the increasing popularity of Internet pharmacies. The cost of drugs is on a rise. 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Each time he does a promotional mailing to his list of 10,000, he is lucky if he gets one or two inquiries. I had a similar call from a corporation that was spending its time and money driving traffic to its web site. With six thousand visitors a day, they were only getting a couple of inquiries per week. Both businesses were spending a lot of money to get attention but werent converting this attention to leads. Are you having the same problem? Marketing is a lot like farming. You cant just head out to your fields and bring in a bountiful harvest. First, you buy seed from the money youve budgeted. You buy enough to be sure that a good crop will germinate and thrive until harvest, and youre likely to plant several different crops to hedge the weather and the market. You may not be interested in becoming a farmer, but if you want to see your business grow there are three ways thinking like a farmer can help you. 1. Learn How to Collect More Leads&lt;br /&gt;A farmer needs seed and lots of it to bring in a bountiful harvest. You need a lot of quality leads to increase your clientele. If your ads or mailings aren't resulting in a steady stream of inquiries, find out what's not working and change it. By changing a couple of sentences of your marketing copy or your offer, for example, you can increase response rates by a factor of ten or more. Could you collect more leads with the right marketing strategy and marketing copy? 2. Learn How to Increase Your Lead Conversion Rate &lt;br /&gt;A farmer who had spent his savings on seed wouldn't plant his field, then go on vacation and come back months later expecting to find a healthy crop. While you may be the exception, this is the way most people market their businesses. According to The Yankee Group, between 40% to 80% of new business leads aren't converted simply due to lack of follow-up. Many businesses spend money on getting attention and then don't follow up on a prospect's interest by giving them the information or contact opportunity they want. What you tell a prospect and how promptly you respond when they show an interest determines whether they continue to stay in touch. Of the people who see your ads, what percentage respond? Of the people who visit your web site, what percentage contact you? Of the people who contact you, what percentage become clients and customers? Could you increase your lead conversion rates by improving your Internet, phone and mail follow-up? 3. Learn to Use Systems that Generate Leads, Nurture Them and Increase Conversion Rates &lt;br /&gt;Today's farmers are as technologically and information savvy as any of us. Farmers use GPS in their tractors to plant their crops, the web to connect to weather forecasting and crop price information web sites to track their markets. Using high tech information and machines to get the work done, today's farmer has a system for buying seed and supplies, planting, maintaining and harvesting his or her crops. They make good use of systems and machines to increase their chances of bringing in a bountiful harvest. In the case of the corporation mentioned above, a simple change to their web site increased their lead conversion from 1 or 2 a week to 80 a week. Could your lead conversion rates increase with a better system for capturing and following up on leads? If you're like me, you get hungry often. Whether you're taking photographs or growing lettuce, you want to generate more leads and grow your business. To fill your larder and bring in a steadily increasing number of clients, think like a farmer. Use your marketing strategy and lead generation system to bring in many more prospects and increase your conversion rates. When you do you'll find yourself with a bountiful crop of new clients.&lt;br /&gt;- 2005  In Mind Communications, LLC. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;The author, Charlie Cook, helps service professionals, small business owners and marketing professionals attract more clients and be more successful. 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At a trade show you not only have to compete against your competition's sales reps but also you have to compete against all the 'attention-grabbing' strategies they use. Louder doesn't always mean more traffic. One thing that really draws a crowd IS a crowd. If you want to build a small crowd that grows larger, consider how magic works on people. It is irresistible! Even better, a good trade show magician understands his (or her) role on the floor and works for you to build an interested, feel-good crowd. If you are planning to use trade show magic to draw a crowd . . . and it will, then you need to go one step further. Just doing magic for the audience that will build in your booth is not enough. You have to have a plan! There are really two things you have to do to make this not just a good strategy but a great one. First. You have to find a way to engage people during or after the magic to find who they are. Look at your booth layout, train your staff and create some sign up tools. But in some way you have to take advantage of the fact a large crowd has stopped at your booth. Second. You must ensure your key marketing message is incorporated into the act. Trade show magic is not really about entertaining people, although good magic does just that. People in good moods are easier to approach and build rapport with. But this is a chance to add that EXTRA piece of having a larger group hear your key marketing message. This will work great if your trade show audience is as laser-focused as your target market. For example, if your target is dentists, and you are at a dental convention you don't need to spend much time qualifying to discover if you have a dentist in front of you or not. They will be. But if you are at a technology show, you may be talking to anyone from the VP to a programmer so you need to find out who they are. So take this chance to get your message to your audience. A special offer at the end would do the trick. Spend the time BEFORE the show during your planning sessions (you do do planning don't you?) to use trade show magic to go to the next level. Mitch Tarr is a trade show marketing expert and the author of The World's Greatest Trade Show Marketing Guide.  Learn more at http://www.tradeshow-marketing.com. 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Washington As was pointed out in part 1, righteous is not simple goodness. We know this because the Pharisee was a good man and followed religious rules and rituals more than most of us would or should. But, his goodness was unacceptable to God. There will be a lot of so called good people in hell. Goodness is not a ticket to the Kingdom of God. Righteousness is also not being different for difference sake. Though Christians are called upon to be different from unbelievers, God is concerned with what manner we are different and what constitutes the difference. Righteousness is not ritual. There are many who confuse following rules and rituals with righteousness. Ritual, be it ever so wonderful and beautiful, is not righteousness. In the church for example, it is possible to have ritual without worship or what St. Paul called the form of godliness. The form is as far as a lot of people go. There is absolutely nothing real about them. They look like saints but act like Satan. Righteousness is definitely not ritual. It is not a body of rules to be rehearsed like an actor would rehearse a scene. We can never measure up by following rules and rituals. The Pharisee believed in sticking to the rules. Listen to him as he proudly says, I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' Luke 9:12. Now I believe in fasting when there is real spiritual reason for it. But this business of not eating simply to impress someone with it is ridiculous. I am amazed how during the Lenten season the things people decide to give up. They give up everything but themselves; everything except what the Lord requires. But, lets not go there. We also learn from the Pharisee that he was not cheapskate. He believed in giving God his monetary due. Most people rob God. They receive from God but only give Him back what may rightfully be called residuals. But again, ritual is not righteousness. What then is righteousness? True righteousness springs from the heart. It is God centered, not self centered. It is recognizing our deficiency in the presence of Gods sufficiency. Righteousness is something that perfects in our lives. It is Christ inside of us carrying out the will of God. The one who in faith gives oneself to the doing of God's will is righteous, doing righteousness, and considered righteous by God.  And the scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, and he was called God's friend. James 2:23. Righteousness is that which God requires of man and which He gives as a gift to people of faith. In this line of thought, faith is the condition for the reception of the gift of righteousness from God. God acts in Christ, and, in turn, humans react by having faith. Then God gives them righteousness or count them, on the basis of their faith, as if they were righteous. 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Though I am not big on fad diets, this is one that I used with some success. I had to quit using it though, because the Atkins diet information I was finding was a bit scary to me. Though many of the foods on the diet are ones that people love to eat, it really isnt that great for your heart. That doesnt mean you cant use it, but you should really talk to a doctor before you do. You should find all of the Atkins diet information you can find before you begin. You dont want to start the diet on what you think you know. If you have a heart condition, you really have to watch what you eat, and some of the foods on this diet are not good for the heart. I would not suggest that anyone use this diet if they have heart disease in their family, and some of the Atkins diet information that you find will tell you just that. Your doctor can tell you more about it, and why this diet might not be for you. You can find Atkins diet information in many places, but if you read the books you will find what you need. You should know that there are many who think this diet is all about eating fatty steaks, bacon and eggs, but your common sense should tell you that this is not good for you. I know the diet worked for me before I quit using it, so there is something to the claims that it works, but it also is very iffy on the nutritional side. When looking for Atkins diet information, make sure you are getting real health information, and not just one persons view of it. This diet goes in stages, and once you get past the first stage, you are going to be eating a great variety of food, but in the beginning you are going to be pretty limited. What many leave out when talking about Atkins diet information is that you really do have to watch your portions. Many think that they can just eat the right foods, but they dont have to watch the portion size, and they can eat whenever. You can never lose anything if you are taking in too many calories. This holds true for any and all diets. Cazza Bourke works for a prominent health club company. She also works as a private fitness instructor in San Diego, California. 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Placing your business and products in front of hungry eyes has morphed from static advertising to audio, video and other forms of viral content. Through the birth of Internet-ready cell phones, text messaging, blogging, wireless laptops, websites that allow video content to be uploaded, 24/7 and services such as iTunes, the ways of promoting yourself are as vast and widespread as your creativity allows. Thinking "outside the box" has never been more important than it is now. There is cash to be made and the need to go where your customers are hanging their hats is vital to the survival and growth of your business. Don't look at it as extra work, but a new challenge and an exciting time to live and work. BLOGGING Blogging is something that every business owner needs to learn to do. Why? It is an everyday medium that is sweeping the Internet. There are blogs for every interest and on any subject you can think of. From breeding dogs to the correct usage of a lawn trimmer, people are out there on their blogs, informing and interacting with others who are interested in what they have to say. Taking it a step further, when you create a blog of interest and begin to generate traffic to it (and you will!), your visitors will want to share their thoughts about what you are talking about. People love to give their opinions and it's your job to open up that dialog. In essence, these people who respond are creating new content for you. The search engines are spidering your blog every time a new entry or comment is made. They love blogs and you will probably soon find that they are ranking your blog or blogs far better and quicker than your actual website! How cool is that? As you get into blogging, you will also be exposed to what is known as RSS Feeds. Quickly, this is a way of providing opt-in content to people through RSS readers and email. I won't go into detail, but will suggest you learn more about it. Just one more way of promoting yourself and spreading the word that you have what people are searching for. Good places to get a free blog is Blogger.com or Wordpress.com. Start today and see that what I'm saying will indeed profit you. I can almost guarantee it. VIDEO AND AUDIO Unless you've been under a rock for the past year or so, you will have noticed the explosion of, what is called, "viral videos." These videos created by anyone who has access to a video camera are sweeping the `Net and growing as viewers post them to newsgroups, link to them from their own blogs or websites and share them with others, via instant messenger or email. With a single video submission to popular websites such as YouTube and Google Video, businesses are placing themselves before the eyes of millions of potential customers. They are making themselves known by promoting their website or product or even advertising for other companies. For example, say that you are a mechanic who would like to share your expertise with others by showing them how to check and change out their vehicle's brakes. You create a video in which you take them through the steps, showing them all they need to know. You market that video by either tagging it with your own mechanic shop location or website or by contact, say, Les Schwab and seeing it they would like to sponsor it. You tag it with their information at the end, collect some money from them, and put it on YouTube for all to see. You both get the exposure. That is only one example of the things you can do with video. The possibilities are as vast as your creativity. You can do the same with audio. Create a MP3 podcast of your travels, ways to do something, interviews, whatever. Market them in the same ways and watch the traffic roll in. FORUMS AND DISCUSSION GROUPS Forums and discussion groups exist for any and all subjects under the sun. If you have an interest, you are sure to find a good handful of discussion groups made up of people who share that same passion. Register for those groups and make some friends and, more importantly, contacts. Share your knowledge and experiences, solve people's problems, and promote yourself through your posts. Not blantantly, but by way of the signature your create. Each of your posts will have your signature tagged onto the end of it. Here's your chance to link to your website or promote your product. Don't sell, but PRE-sell. Once the other group members find that you seem to be an expert on what you speak about, they will trust what you say and be more apt to click on the links in your signature. Find the groups, register for them and start making contacts. A couple of the more popular places to find discussion groups are at Google and Yahoo. There are many more out there and they are looking for another voice of expertise. Do both them and you the favor of joining them. Blogging, viral video and audio and discussion groups are just a small number of ways to market yourself and your business in the 21st century. Keep an eye on the technology as it crops up and evolves. Don't ever let a new type of opportunity pass you by. Doing things the old ways will leave you in the dust as your competitors move ahead of you. Find out where your potential customers are hanging out and be there to be the Pied Piper for your area of expertise. Give the people what they want, solve their problems, answer their questions and, they in turn, will be more than happy to give you want you want...KA-CHING! 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This wasn't the case just prior to 1999.  Coin collecting as a hobby had been on the decline since the mid-1960s when the composition of US coins changed from having silver content to being composed entirely of base metal.  It became increasing harder to find old coins in pocket change so interest waned over time.  The 50 State Quarters Program began in 1999 with the issuing of the first of the State Quarters, honoring the state of Delaware.  The 50 State Quarters Program is credited with placing the spotlight back on coin collecting and single-handedly starting a grassroots comeback for the now popular hobby. The reasons for collecting coins are as varied and diverse as the collectors themselves.  For example, some collect coin sets that coincide with the birth year of their children or grandchildren, with the intent of giving the collection to the child at a much later date.  Then there are those who collect coins with the idea of cashing in once the set has increased significantly in value.  They would like to mirror the success of the late Louis E.  Eliasberg Sr., who managed to complete his date-and-mint collection of US coins.  After his death, his estate sold his collection for an over all total of $44 million. Perhaps the most common place to start is with date-and-mint collecting.  For example, you would collect a Lincoln cent from every year it has been minted and you would collect a coin from every mint that produced it that year.  This type of collecting is very popular and because of the availability of coin albums, it is quite easy to get started. Another popular type of collecting is by coin type.  Instead of collecting every year and mintmark you would collect one coin from a series from one mint.  For example, you would collect one coin from every series produced by a certain mint for the years 1900 - 1910.  Your collection would consist of one Lincoln cent, one Buffalo nickel, one Washington quarter and so on.  This type of collecting can be less expensive than date-and-mint collecting.  Most collectors use the savings advantage to purchase higher-grade coins than they could have afforded collecting date-and-mint sets. A very popular type of coin to collect is the mint error coin.  Instead of looking for the rare coin in un-circulated condition this collector looks for coins that have been minted with a blemish or error.  Some of the more popular errors are double die, date-over-date, mules and coins struck using the wrong metal.  The wrong metal coin refers to the 1943 "copper penny" that wasnt supposed to exist.  In 1943, because of the war, pennies were made from zinc-coated steel to save copper.  Somehow a few coins were accidentally produced using the old bronze coin blanks and they found there way into circulation.  It wasn't until years later that the coin-collecting world became aware of their existence.  Many a coin-collecting hobbyist still hopes to find one of these valuable minting errors unknowingly hidden away somewhere. 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Like many, many people, probably a good number of times. Why then, do our weight loss efforts seem to always end with the same results?  We seem to end up tired and hungry with minimal weight loss, even with exercise.  Then, we end up poorly motivated, or worse yet, we're left with no weight loss motivation left at all. The answer is two words - positive feedback.  With it you can be unstoppable in your weight loss efforts.  Without positive feedback it probably is only a matter of time before you are sapped of any motivation that you had started out with.  And positive feedback means that you're getting results, good results.  You're losing weight, feeling good and sticking to your plan. So, why do we fail?  One word, hereDIET!  Dieting for many people means deprivation, hunger and fatigue.  Keeping motivated for your exercise routines while fighting those three things after a day of work makes exercising a little tougher.  This is where weight loss motivation begins to fail. Soon you lose interest (motivation!) in exercising.  You see the weight loss slowing, or even stopping, even though you are still "dieting" and still depriving your body of food.  And then you figure, "Forget itit's not doing anything.  I'll get back on this stuff later."  And that's it.  Another round of weight loss motivation crushed and another weight loss attempt failed.  Cheer up!  It's very common and you're not alone! So, how do you fix this?  Well, you already know your dieting and exercise always seemed to fail after a while.  So this time, change your eating habits first.  Learn how to put you body into Fat Burning Mode and not Fat Storage Mode.  You can do this just by changing what you eat, when you eat and how you combine foods in your meals.  It works fast and it works well.  It's not dieting, eitherit's just changing what you eat and how you combine the foods that you eat.  Once you're in Fat Burning mode you'll start seeing significant changes and the positive feedback loop will be set and you are on your way: &lt;br /&gt;You will start losing weight, just like before.  This is the early positive feedback that keeps you going.  But at this early stage, it's just like every other weight loss attempt you've tried.&lt;br /&gt;Soon, however, you lose more weight.  You've now gone past that five or six pounds, so you start realizing that something is different.  This re-enforces your changing eating habits.  You now know that you're on to something good.&lt;br /&gt;People start noticing your weight loss.  More positive feedback and more weight loss motivation.&lt;br /&gt;You get much more out of exercising now and you are not tired all of the time.  You actually have more energy.  This is almost all related to your new eating habits.&lt;br /&gt;As time goes by, you are losing more weight.  You fit into clothes sizes that you wore years ago.  More positive feedback supporting your weight loss motivation.  You're now even more motivated to stick to your new eating habits and learn more and more how this affects weight gain and weight loss.&lt;br /&gt;You now start losing fat in areas of your body that you previously gave up on long agomainly that Tummy Fat and lower body fat.  You start seeing muscles that you haven't seen for many years.  Again, this all re-enforces your motivation to keep exercising and learning about proper nutrition and eating habits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And still, you are not always hungry, tired and cranky!  Positive feedback re-enforcing your weight loss motivation.&lt;br /&gt; It's at this point that you realize things are a lot different this time.  You've lost more weight than you ever have.  You have lost that tummy fat and you feel great.  Best of all, you don't feel like you're dieting and your weight loss motivation is just as high as it was when you first started, if not higher. Positive feedback leads to more, sustained weight loss motivation which leads to more sustained weight loss!  It all starts with proper nutrition and eating habitsperiod. So for long term weight loss, you need to change your eating habits first and try to get your body into Fat Burning Mode.  Learn as much as you can about proper nutrition and how what you eat affects your blood sugar and insulin levels.  Learn about the glycemic index and glycemic loadingall relating to blood sugar and insulin. This will allow you to lose a lot of weight, keep your weight loss motivation intact and in the end, improve your overall health and well-being tremendously. Start learning about proper nutrition and proper eating habits now.  Win the war on weight gain, obesity and  body fat, especially that stubborn tummy fat.  Put your body into Fat Burning Mode!  For a great source on how to do this, see: Burn Fat Better! http://www.BurnFatBetter.com/ Mason Grae is a big believer in properly changing eating habits to promote weight loss, improved blood sugar control, lower blood pressure and improved overall health.  Education is key, so that the "fad diet" effect, which many times ends in failure, can be avoided. 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Considering the very long traditional use of herbal medicines and the large body of evidence of their effectiveness, why is it that we are not generally encouraged to use traditional herbal medicine, instead of synthetic, incomplete copies of herbs, called drugs, considering the millions of dollars being spent looking for these seemingly elusive substances? Herbs are considered treasures when it comes to ancient cultures and herbalists, and many so-called weeds are worth their weight in gold. Dandelion, Comfrey, Digitalis (Foxglove), the Poppy, Milk Thistle, Stinging nettle, and many others, have well-researched and established medicinal qualities that have few if any rivals in the pharmaceutical industry. Many of them in fact, form the bases of pharmaceutical drugs. Research into the medicinal properties of such herbs as the humble Dandelion is currently being undertaken by scientists at the Royal Botanical Gardens, in Kew, west London, believe it could be the source of a life-saving drug for cancer patients. Early tests suggest that it could hold the key to warding off cancer, which kills tens of thousands of people every year. Their work on the cancer-beating properties of the dandelion, which also has a history of being used to treat warts, is part of a much larger project to examine the natural medicinal properties of scores of British plants and flowers. Professor Monique Simmonds, head of the Sustainable Uses of Plants Group at Kew, said: "We aren't randomly screening plants for their potential medicinal properties, we are looking at plants which we know have a long history of being used to treat certain medical problems. We will be examining them to find out what active compounds they contain which can treat the illness. Unfortunately, as is so often the case, this group of scientists appears to be looking for active ingredients, which can later be synthesized and then made into pharmaceutical drugs. This is not the way herbs are used traditionally and their functions inevitably change when the active ingredients are used in isolation. Thats like saying that the only important part of a car is the engine  nothing else needs to be included So, why is there this need for isolating the active ingredients? As a scientist, I can understand the need for the scientific process of establishing the fact that a particular herb works on a particular disease, pathogen or what ever, and the need to know why and how it does so. But, and this is a BIG but, as a doctor of Chinese medicine I also understand the process of choosing and prescribing COMBINATIONS of herbs, which have a synergistic effect to treat not just the disease, but any underlying condition as well as the person with the disease  That is a big difference and not one that is easily tested using standard scientific methodologies. Using anecdotal evidence, which after all has a history of thousands of years, seems to escape my esteemed colleagues all together. Rather than trying to isolate the active ingredient(s), why not test these herbs, utilizing the knowledge of professional herbalists, on patients in vivo, using the myriad of technology available to researchers and medical diagnosticians to see how and why these herbs work in living, breathing patients, rather than in a test tube or on laboratory rats and mice (which, by the way, are not humans and have a different, although some what similar, physiology to us). I suspect, that among the reasons for not following the above procedure is that the pharmaceutical companies are not really interested in the effects of the medicinal plants as a whole, but rather in whether they can isolate a therapeutic substance which can then be manufactured cheaply and marketed as a new drug - and of course thats where the money is The problem with this approach is however, that medicinal plants like Comfrey, Dandelion and other herbs usually contain hundreds if not thousands of chemical compounds that interact, yet many of which are not yet understood and cannot be manufactured. This is why the manufactured drugs, based on so-called active ingredients, often do not work or produce side effects. Aspirin is a classic case in point. Salicylic acid is the active ingredient in Aspirin tablets, and was first isolated from the bark of the White Willow tree. It is a relatively simple compound to make synthetically, however, Aspirin is known for its ability to cause stomach irritation and in some cases ulceration of the stomach wall. The herbal extract from the bark of the White Willow tree generally does not cause stomach irritation due to other, so called non-active ingredients contained in the bark, which function to protect the lining of the stomach thereby preventing ulceration of the stomach wall. Ask yourself, which would I choose  Side effects, or no site effects?  Its a very simple answer. Isnt it? So why then are herbal medicines not used more commonly and why do we have pharmaceutical impostors stuffed down our throats? The answer is, that theres little or no money in herbs for the pharmaceutical companies. They, the herbs, have already been invented, they grow easily, they multiply readily and for the most part, theyre freely available. Further more, correctly prescribed and formulated herbal compounds generally resolve the health problem of the patient over a period of time, leaving no requirement to keep taking the preparation  that means no repeat sales no ongoing prescriptions no ongoing problem. Pharmaceuticals on the other hand primarily aim to relieve symptoms  that means: ongoing consultations, ongoing sales, ongoing health problems  which do you think is a more profitable proposition? Dont get me wrong, this is not to say that all drugs are impostors or that none of the pharmaceutical drugs cure diseases or maladies  they do and some are life-preserving preparations and are without doubt invaluable. However, herbal extracts can be similarly effective, but are not promoted and are highly under-utilized. The daily news is full of discoveries of herbs found to be a possible cure of this or that, as in the example of Dandelion and its possible anti-cancer properties. The point is, that these herbs need to be investigated in the correct way. They are not just an active ingredient. They mostly have hundreds of ingredients and taking one or two in isolation is not what makes medicinal plants work. In addition, rarely are herbal extracts prescribed by herbalists as singles (a preparation which utilizes only one herb). Usually herbalists mix a variety of medicinal plants to make a mixture, which addresses more than just the major symptoms. In Chinese medicine for example there is a strict order of hierarchy in any herbal prescription, which requires considerable depth of knowledge and experience on the physicians part. The fact that the primary or principle herb has active ingredients, which has a specific physiological effect, does not mean the other herbs are not necessary in the preparation. This is a fact seemingly ignored by the pharmaceutical industry in its need to manufacture new drugs that can control disease. Knowing that medicinal plants are so effective, that these plants potentially hold the key to many diseases, are inexpensive and have proven their worth time and time again over millennia, why is it that herbal medicine is still not in the forefront of medical treatments, and is considered by many orthodox medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies as hocus-pocus. hmmm. About The Author Danny Siegenthaler is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and together with his wife Susan, a medical herbalist and Aromatherapist, they have created Natural Skin Care Products by Wildcrafted Herbal Products to share their 40 years of combined expertise with you. Join our Natural Skin Care Newsletter  its fun, free and Informative and you receive a free eBook on natural skin care. 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Without mutual attraction and interest, you'll have little chance of going on a future date or building a relationship. That's why it's vital that you take her to right place on your first date. Now the one mistake guys make is to appear too overeager by brining women to fancy restaurant or buying her expensive gifts. By doing this, you're only setting an uncomfortable situation.  In addition it does nothing to build attraction. So to have a great first date where you can build attraction, you should think of places which can provide memorable and fun time.  In short you want to go to place where you can establish an emotional and physical connection.  Then if you enjoy your date, then you plan a second date which is more traditional- like taking her to a restaurant. If you're stuck with where to go, then you can use the three first date ideas I've included below: Perfect First Date Idea #1- Meet for drinks or coffee Although meeting her for drinks or coffee is a typical idea used by many guys, it still provides an effective environment for getting to know a woman. When you meet at a place like this, you'll be able to talk n a casual manner without the feeling of pressure like you would at restaurant. In addition at a bar or coffee shop, you'll be in close proximity to one another which alls you to establish physical contact. So you'll be able to flirt and do things to build attraction. Perfect First Date Idea #2- Play games Another great place for a first date is a place where you can enjoy playful games like a video arcade, pool hall, miniature golf, or the boardwalk. What's great about this idea is you're easing the tension which often happens on the first date.  You can enjoy yourself while playfully competing with this woman. Perfect First Date Idea #3- Get physical The final first date is to do something which involves engaging in a physical activity.  This could be hiking, ice skating or rollerblading. This is an incredible way to have fun while figuring out if she has an adventurous attitude. These three first date ideas can be an excellent way to build attraction and rapport.  They all provide a fun while avoiding the pressures of the dates which seem more like job interview. All you have to do is keep things low key and fun. Then you use the fun experience to build towards a second date and quite possibly a long term relationship. Want to learn 50 different ways to meet, approach and attract women?  If so, take a look at Scott Patterson's Free eBook which provides 50 tips for approaching, attracting, and dating ANY woman. 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People &lt;br /&gt;were running to calculators trying to find out if they are considered overweight and unhealthy. Many, especially athletes, were quickly shocked to find out they were labeled obese. I'm even talking about lean professional athletes who were the picture perfect image of strength, power, and health. After calculating their body mass index (BMI), many were shocked to find out their calculated number indicated a detriment to their health. So how do you calculate this number anyway? First off, you can be lazy and go to consumer.gov/weightloss/bmi.htm, and have the computer tell you the answer. However, if you want to calculate it yourself simply multiply your weight in pounds by 703 then divide the square of your height in inches. It is that simple. Now after using a body mass index calculator you get your big&lt;br /&gt;number. What does it mean? In most cases, not a heck of a lot. &lt;br /&gt;First of all, your BMI doesn't distinguish muscle from fat.  You could have a body fat percentage of 8%, with a lot of added muscle, and the body mass index chart will say you are obese, and could be at risk for significant health issues. Now let's take the opposite. Suppose you have never exercised a day in your life and your body fat is 30%, but you weight less than the fit person with an 8% level of body fat. The BMI chart might suggest your weight is right where it should be, and you are at very little risk for health challenges. This is where the BMI Chart is misleading. Recent studies have &lt;br /&gt;even shown a weak and inconsistent correlation between a high &lt;br /&gt;BMI and disease or early mortality. How then can we get an accurate assessment of our link between&lt;br /&gt;weight, and disease? My recommendations are to incorporate &lt;br /&gt;a multiple assessment such as the following: 1. Body fat percentage should be calculated and considered. 2. Take measurements of you waist, hips, and height. &lt;br /&gt;Calculate your waist-to-hip ratio, divide the waist measurement&lt;br /&gt;by the hip measurement.  Men should be under 0.9, and women&lt;br /&gt;should be under 0.8.  A good guideline for men is to keep their &lt;br /&gt;waists well under 40 inches, and women under 35 inches. &lt;br /&gt;Your waist should be one half your height. Now these are rough&lt;br /&gt;estimates since many factors go into determining your risk &lt;br /&gt;level. For instance, how much exercise do you get? What &lt;br /&gt;type of foods do you consume? However, If your numbers are not in the zone mentioned above, it is time to take action and start exercising and cutting back on &lt;br /&gt;calories. Always consider your body fat percentage versus your lean&lt;br /&gt;muscle tissue. Keep the body fat as low as possible, &lt;br /&gt;preferably under 30% for both men and women. Don't rely on the body mass index charts to dictate your&lt;br /&gt;chance for disease. Use the multiple approach I have &lt;br /&gt;outlined above. It is an intelligent approach for aiding your health and well-being. *** Attention: Ezine Editors / Website Owners ***&lt;br /&gt;Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety in your ezine, Blog, Autoresponder, or on your website as long as the links, and resource box are not altered in any way. Jim O'Connor - Exercise Physiologist / The Fitness Promoter Copyright (c) - Wellness Word, LLC 9461 Charleville Blvd. #312 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 1-866-935-5967 Jim O'Connor is a nationally known Exercise Physiologist, and &lt;br /&gt;health and fitness promoter. 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This week, we would like to introduce Heather N. Mader, the owner of Black Radish Personal Chef in Portland, Oregon.  Chef Mader graciously offered to share her insights on life as a personal chef with Online Cookings own  Paul Rinehart. OC:  How did you get into cooking and why did you become a personal chef? CM:  Ive always cooked, ever since I was a kid. I dont remember ever NOT cooking! I read cookbooks like novels, I watched cooking shows like feature films. I took a leap of faith and finally quit my office job and talked my way into a job as an assistant cook and baker. I discovered that I could keep up with the best of them, which inspired me to then take a job as a cook in a gourmet take out restaurant. A local family heard of my talents and hired me as their private chef. I enjoyed that so much, but felt it was a shame to only share my food with one family.  Thats where Black Radish was born  from that intrinsic desire to feed people. OC:  Describe a day in the life of a personal chef. CM:  Recipe research and menu development I usually do in the morning when Im fresh and clear-headed. I write a shopping list, pack my mobile kitchen, and Im off to the store to buy my clients groceries. I arrive at the home ready to cook 5 meals. I prepare the food, package and label it, clean the kitchen, and Im usually done by early afternoon. Then I spend time in my home office marketing my business, networking and responding to e-mails and phone calls, and reading the APCA forums. I leave the evenings open to cook dinner for my family, handle household chores and curl up with a good (cook) book. OC:  How would you describe your cooking style and what influences your cooking? CM:  Although I am able to cook different cuisines and accommodate many palates and diets, my specialty is upscale-comfort food. I want people to initially experience the familiarity that comes from memories of their childhood comfort dishes, but then be happily surprised by the little unexpected twists that make those dishes my signature. I love taking old recipes that use cream of mushroom soup and flavoring packets and reinventing them using fresh produce &amp; herbs and homemade sauces. People love those old dishes, but lets face it  convenience foods like condensed soups have lost some of their former appeal in todays more discriminating society. I offer the best of both worlds to my clients. OC:  What do you love most about being a personal chef? CM:  Cooking for a living and having the personal interaction with people who eat my food is the best gift ever. There is something so intimate about creating food, and sharing it. I love my job! OC:  What have been your greatest challenges as a personal chef? CM:  Starting a business with very little capital and virtually no advertising budget has been a true test of my strength. OC:  What is the strangest food request youve ever gotten? CM:  Well, one client wondered if I was going to cook elephant because I hinted at the possibility of incorporating African food into his menu! OC:  If you have a favorite thing to cook, what would that be? CM:  Desserts. They are brilliant concoctions of chocolate and cream, butter and sugar, eggs and flour. I love bringing a towering, beautifully decorated layer cake to the table. People always suck the breath out of the room! OC:  Do you have any words of wisdom for someone thinking of getting into the culinary field? CM:  If you want to become a personal chef I offer these words: Be patient. It takes time to build up a clientele. Word of mouth works, but its slow.  Dont be afraid to ask for help. Friends, family and even other small business owners love to see a small business succeed. 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Even if you all get along, it can get old fast.  Sometimes you just want a little privacy.  At the very least, you dont want to feel like an outsider in your own room. Whether youre dealing with your roommates ever present love interest, or his obnoxious friends who borrow your stuff, you need to speak up.  Roommate issues like this dont go away by ignoring them, so its best to be upfront and work together to reach an understanding.  Here are some tips that will help:  Keep an open mind.  Its possible that your roommate has no idea theres a problem, so dont assume hes trying to annoy you on purpose.  Pick the right time to talk.  Choose a time to speak to your roommate when the two of you can be alone.  Explain that you have nothing against the other people involved, but you feel uncomfortable having them around all the time.  Be assertive.  Stand up for your own rights while respecting the rights of your roommate.  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We have all heard some preacher reminding us of how many times a subject is alluded to in scripture as a means of emphasizing the urgency or the validity of some particular Bible teaching. I have told others hundreds of times, just to note the times Jesus began a statement with, verily, verily. It clearly was a means of raising the seriousness of what he was saying. The scripture is not just redundant as it applies to second coming doctrine, but it is replete. The second coming messages of the Bible make up about one quarter of the entire scripture, including old and new testaments. If God saw fit to give that much attention to making Christs return known to us how can we dismiss it as an unneeded or extraneous doctrine that shouldnt be given much attention? I would say that to espouse this kind of approach borders on disobedience not just misinformation or laziness. Now more than ever before, as the signs are being fulfilled all around us we are under the greatest call of all time to study, contemplate and proclaim this most serious doctrine. Question: If as Jesus said, we cannot know the day or the hour. What can we know? Can we know within a year, a decade or some measurement of time? Answer: There are two measurements of time apart from the day or the hour that we can recognize and use without naming dates and bringing Gods disfavor upon ourselves. One of those measurements is referred to as a season, specifically summer. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near even at the doors. Mt 24: 32-33. The entire twenty fourth chapter of Matthew has to do with the signs of the second coming, so those are the things he meant when he said, when ye shall see all these things. 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Do not assume that he wants the same thing out of a relationship that you want.  This is where most women trip up.  Communication is the most important key here. The most successful marriages I know of, are the ones in which the guy said "It was love at first sight".  If you can tell that your guy is not feeling that way about you, move on and find the one who cannot live without you.  Guys know.  If it's not a yes, it's a no.  Maybe is where heartache lives. Visit The Heartbreak Free Dating Coach at http://www.heartbreakfreedating.com for more tips and tools on how to start taking control of your relationships and stop getting your heart broken. You can also read a free chapter of the book Heartbreak Free Dating: The Must Have Guide for Single Women at www.heartbreakfreedating.com. Jess Kennedy Williams is the author of Heartbreak Free Dating.  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How chainsaws came into our lives remains hotly debated. Two important contributors to its creation are recognized by the names Joseph Buford Cox and Andreas Stihl. In 1926, Stihl patented and developed a chainsaw and invented the gasoline-powered chainsaw three years later, eventually founding a company that mass-produced them. This type of chainsaw is perfect for simple chores around the home, such as pruning plants, cutting logs for use in the fireplace, and cutting small tree branches. Electric chainsaws are light, portable, and easy to operate, making it an ideal tool for yard work. This lightweight, yet powerful, tool is amps-rated and is normally up to only sixteen inches and attached to a 100-foot power cord. Since you need a power source when using this equipment, it is inconvenient to use it in outside locations where no electricity is present, like in the forest and in deep woods. An electric saw is a low-maintenance tool that is less noisy than most gas models. It is also environmentally friendly since it does not emit toxic fumes to the air; and it is much cheaper that a gas chainsaw. Its drawback, though, is its inability to cut and buck huge trees since it has less power than gas models; as such, gas models are faster in terms of sawing time. If youre the type who loves to work and putter around the yard, then an electric chainsaw is best for you. It is simpler and cheaper than gas saws, thereby saving you time and effort in working around your yard. Chainsaws are extremely versatile since they can finish seemingly endless jobs faster, requiring less time and effort. Caution should always be employed in using this tool. Its proper use and care can save lives, reduce the cost of repairs, and ensure a smoothly and efficiently running tool for many years. Lack of proper maintenance can result in a chainsaw stalling halfway through an important job, resulting in a need for professional repair. 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Mastering the right relationships skills is crucial to your success to creating the relationship of your dreams with your loved one. If you start with the right foot, with the right knowledge and understanding of who you are attracting and what you are going into, you can almost insure yourself a long lasting and happy relationship. Intimacy Closeness with a person takes time to develop. And theres more to intimacy than physical contact. Intimacy can mean a hug during a tough time, a smile of encouragement in the face of adversity and compassion when you least feel like giving. Dont abuse or take advantage or the other person. And dont let yourself be abused or taken advantage of. Intimacy takes commitment and sharing. Ask yourself if you will be willing and patient enough to take time to develop closeness with another person. If you find that you cannot even handle your own emotions during a tough time, then it is almost a sure sign you need to work on yourself more before you even commit to a relationship. Are you able to say "No"? You dont always have to be voiceless or agree with someone in a relationship. Be able to say, No and be an individual, too. Ask yourself if you will be able to maintain your unique individuality while in a relationship. Do you find it hard to be alone at times when your partner is not around? Do you find yourself fearful of saying "No" when you really mean it? If you find you have a tendency to shift your centre and focus onto another person to the extreme, then, you would need to work around this and bring about a balance for yourself and your partner. Being in a relationship does not mean you have to change for another person. It does mean giving your partner space, and giving yourself space. Remember you are sharing life together, not taking charge of the other person's life! Do you find keeping in touch a hassle? Many couples tend to make the mistakes of taking each other for granted after a certain period into a relationship. We tend to get so caught up in our work life that we forget that we need to make the effort to keep our relationship alive too. Dont let life separate you too long. With technology today, you can stay in touch with cell phones and email. No need to overdo it and be obsessive and controlling, but do stay in touch off and on throughout the day with quick Hellos and How are things going?. Make the Honeymoon Last. Remember how your felt when you first got together? Do those little things that you did at the beginning and make the honeymoon last. 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Trust Healthy relationships involve people who trust one another. One person doesnt get involved in unhealthy risks with a third party or lie to the other. There is an open, positive exchange of trust. So if this is lacking, seek help from a professional counselor, if necessary, and see whats wrong. If you feel stuck in past emotional issues or you find yourself unable to forget your ex from a past failing relationship, you need to resolve this before you think about going into a committed relationship. Are you ready for a committed relationship? Are you ready to settle down? If you meet someone you like today, would you be ready and available for them? The above considerations may help you to decide on just this. 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The best thing that rising rates has done is emphasized the importance of making smart decisions when purchasing a home. Rule number one -- only buy what you can afford. This is increasingly important right now. Many homeowners have stretched themselves to get into homes that have record high appreciation. They now can't pay their adjustable-rate mortgages and can't sell for what they owe. Buying what you afford isn't just a right now situation. When you are choosing an adjustable mortgage product, you have to look to see if you can afford the worst-case scenario of the highest possible interest rate. If you can't, you need a new plan or a new prospective home at a lower price. You need to thoroughly understand all of the risks associated with different types of mortgages. There is fine print that can kill you. But what is causing most of the "payment shock" we are seeing this year is not in the fine print. You know that an adjustable mortgage will increase in interest rate. 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This discovery is surprizing, yet comforting. Join me. At one of the last funerals I attended, I heard the preacher said, "Don't cry dear friends, Sister M. is up there right now looking down at us from the bosom of the Lord." At the same time, we were all there weeping our hearts out and wishing that she would come back from Paradise (or from the bosom of the Lord) to be with us again. Confusing! Most people believe that a Christian goes to heaven when she or he dies. Maybe a minute, an hour, a day, three days after expiring the last breath - I don't know how soon after. But this notion raises several questions that had me searching my Bible. I will share some of what I have found with you here. Questions, questions - any answers? &lt;br /&gt;If my dad went to heaven when he died in 1997, shouldn't he be having "hell" up there watching all the troubles his loved ones endure down here on earth. According to the Bible, heaven is a place of perfect bliss, where there is no sickness nor sadness. Luke 20:36 says of those who go to heaven, "Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." So the question is, Was it fair for Jesus to raise Lazarus (John 11:43) if he (or his soul) had gone to heaven when he died? What would be the point of calling the man (Lazarus, who was Jesus' friend) back from paradise to live on earth again, to feel more pain, hunger, thirst, and heartache, and then to feel the sting of death one more time? That would not be fair. Popular misconception &lt;br /&gt;In struggling with these questions I had to go back to Genesis chapters 1 and 2. I had to find out where my dad went when he died in 1997. I found out that the answer is consistently forceful throughout the whole Bible, actually. In Genesis 2:7 we read, "the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (NIV) If you are a student who likes to analyze things, it is very clear that : BODY   +   BREATH OF LIFE    =    LIVING BEING (SOUL) When a person dies, therefore, LIVING BEING (SOUL)   -  BREATH OF LIFE   =   BODY The body is dust, so it returns to the ground (Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and all the other elements) back to where they came from. The breath goes back to God (back to the atmosphere, actually) from which it came. The idea that we have an immortal soul is a lie that is as old as the creation. First Timothy 6:16 describes God as the One "who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light." In fact, God says in Ezekiel 18:20, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." The devil said it first &lt;br /&gt;When the serpent tempted Eve in the garden the devil said, "you shall not surely die." (Genesis 3:4) Somehow this seems to intimate that we can go on living forever, even though we sin. Well, could this be a reason some people think that suicide is a way out of their problems? You shall not surely die. But wait... here's how I know for sure that my dad never went to heaven when he died. Even the "man after God's own heart" has not gone yet &lt;br /&gt;God called David "a man after my own heart." See Acts 13:22.  Yet the Bible says that David is still in his grave today. Let's read it. Acts 2:29, Peter preaching, said, "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day." Continuing, he talks about the resurrection of Jesus, then says this about David again in verse 34, "For David is not ascended into the heavens..." It cannot be clearer. And think about Jesus... If after the crucifixion His soul had gone to heaven why would he tell Mary on Sunday morning (the 3rd day) not to touch Him because He had not yet ascended to His Father? (See John 20:17) So what happens when we die? &lt;br /&gt;Our bodies go back to the earth - the ground, and our breath goes back to God. We rot and wait (unconsciously, of course) for the miracle of the resurrection. Jesus calls death a "sleep." John 11:11-14 reads; &lt;br /&gt;11After he had said this, he went on to tell them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up." 12His disciples replied, "Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better." 13Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. 14So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, 15and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."  My dad fell asleep. He is dead, and will be sleeping until the resurrection. I am so glad he is not in heaven witnessing his loved ones suffer sickness and pain. But he won't be sleeping forever. Concerning the resurrection, the Bible says, "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout...and the dead in Christ shall rise first." (First Thessalonians 4:16-17). This was my father's favorite Bible verse. That's why he never feared death. He knew where he was going when he died AND he also knew what would happen to him next. 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The phone supports a variety of ringtone formats. The list includes polyphonic, monophonic, True Tones, and Mp3 tunes. The Nokia 6630 phone exudes superb connectivity. The tri-band frequencies are conflated with UMTS to fulfill the promise of keeping you connected. It deploys GPRS, which transfers about 38 to 48 kilo bits of data in a second. EDGE technology accelerates this speed further. The Nokia 6630 3G phone can transfer up to 384 kilo bits of data in a second. This implies quick exchange of data and applications between compatible devices. This impacts messaging in a major way. Capable of exchanging, SMS, MMS, instant messages, and emails, the phone expedites the process. With its robust aspect and a multitude of features, the [http://www.mobilerainbow.org/nokia/nokia-6630.html] Nokia 6630 is worth possessing. 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I have witnessed many potential good relationships fail due too poor or ineffective communication, an inability to meet each other needs and by having unrealistic expectations of the relationship in general. The fact is, most of us dont know always know the things we can do to improve our relationships. Contrary to popular belief, its not always how much love you have for each other that can predict the success of your relationship, but ultimately it comes down to how conflicts and disagreements are handled. Research has shown that couples who are effective in resolving conflict report being more fulfilled in their relationships and have less incidence of divorce. I will provide you some practical techniques that you can begin implementing today that will drastically improve the current state of your relationship. Perception Vs. Reality We have all heard the saying, Every story has three sides, my side, your side and somewhere in the middle lays the truth. The fact is several people can witnesses the very same event, yet all walk away with a different perception or interpretation of the facts. The same is true in relationships. We all interpret events through our own unique lens. The way we process information is based largely on our past experiences, environment and our own inherent genetic make-up. Believe it or not, this is one of the major reasons why many relationships fail, not just our relationships with our spouse or mate, but relationships with family, co-workers and friends can all succumb to inaccurate interpretations, inevitably causing the relationship to deteriorate. Failing to realize the impact of how ones perception can influence how events are interpreted and received can be the downfall of any relationship. For couples that struggle with this issue, it is important to always question, particularly when conflict arises, if they are being overly negative in interpreting their partners actions or motives, this can be done by searching for evidence that is contrary to the negative interpretation. Oftentimes when this is done, couples find that the stance they are choosing to take on a particular issue is based solely on their own internal dialogue and really has nothing to do with their partner. Search for the positive If I were to ask you right now to list 10 positive traits about yourself, it would probably take you a while to come up with some things; however, if I were to ask you to list 10 negative traits or qualities, you could probably come up with them in 10 seconds flat. Unfortunately, it is human nature to focus more on what is not working in our lives than to focus on what is going well. The same holds true in our relationships; however, if you make a point to focus more on the positive aspects of your relationship and less on the negative, you may find that things arent so bad after all. You may begin to view your relationship in a more positive regard, which will directly affect how you relate to your partner and how your partner relates to you. Scorekeeping is for games, not for relationships Keeping score is a surefire way to kill your relationship. Harboring bad feelings and holding onto things in the past will ultimately destroy your relationship if you dont do something about it. Relationships are filled with both good and bad times, when the bad times occur, you and your partner must be committed to resolving conflict in healthy ways by ensuring that both partners feel that their voice is being heard and that each of you are valued in the relationship for you own unique strengths. Scorekeepers may find themselves winning the fight, but losing the relationship. Self-esteem and Self worth comes from within We all know of someone or have heard of someone who has made a decision to start or continue in a relationship because of what the other person has to offer; money, prestige, fame, etc. It is important to note, that because your partner has those things, doesnt necessarily mean you will be happy. It is foolish to believe that your mate is the only source of your happiness and that the only way to feel complete is to be in a relationship or base your relationship solely on what your partner has. Sure having someone to love and to share your life with can lead to a happier or more fulfilled life, but lets be clear about one thing, it cannot be the only thing that makes your life complete. The healthiest relationships exist when both partners feel whole even before the relationship begins. If you are dependent on your mate to fulfill your every need, you may be setting yourself and your relationship up to fail. The role of your mate is to compliment you, not make you. Self-fulfillment and self-esteem comes from within through personal acceptance, personal strength and self-love. If self-esteem is something you are struggling with, you need to first identify the source of your emptiness and develop a plan to begin to change the way you feel about yourself. The fact is, it doesn't matter how many ways or how many times your mate expresses his love, you will be incapable of receiving it until the internal work is done. An excellent book on self-esteem that I highly recommend is Ten Days to Self-Esteem by David Burns. State your needs clearly and concise Dont expect for your mate to be able to read your mind. As a couple, you need to openly discuss your thoughts, feelings and concerns. If there is something you need or want from your partner, state it in clear and concise terms. You cant hold your mate accountable for something he/she is not aware of. Avoid put down We have all heard the saying Fight Fair; this also applies to how you communicate with your partner. When arguing with you partner, it is important to allow him/her to leave the argument with their dignity and self-respect still intact. Name calling and character assai nations, as I like to call it, will poison a relationship and lead to resentment and hurt feelings. Augments and disagreements are a normal part of any relationship and the purpose is to help couples resolve differences and to reach new levels of understanding. The goal of an augment is not to always to win, as Dr. Phil puts it, If you win, then your partner loses which will ultimately lead to a lose/lose situation for the both of you. In closing, maintaining a happy and healthy relationship can be hard-work. However, when you are able to reach a point in the relationship in which both partners feel validated, valued and successfully able to meet each others needs, the level of happiness and fulfillment a happy relationship can bring, is well worth it. If their are things you can do to improve your relationship, start today, you may be surprised at how far a little maintenance can go. Wanda Austin-Williams is a Clinical Therapist and Personal Life Coach. She is the owner and founder of Total Essence Counseling &amp; Life Coaching Service in Ann Arbor Michigan. Total Essence Counseling and Life Coaching focuses on helping people live authentic, healthy and purposeful lives. Wanda is also the author of a weekly ezine entitled, Live Joyful, Live Purposeful. 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How can you know what he is thinking?  And why is it so confusing? There are lots of reasons why a guy is hard to read.  Here are some of the forces that may have shaped his behavior: *  Role changes It's hard to tell if a guy likes you because the role of the male has been significantly altered in our culture.  The rules for man-woman relationships used to be clear-cut.  Today, there is no definitive dating and courtship blueprint.  This change in customs gives everyone more choices, freedom, and...confusion.  Men are hard to read because they aren't sure what their role is.  What can you do as a woman?  If you are interested in someone, be friendly, interested in what the guy has to say, and nurturing. *  Men are vulnerable It's hard to tell if a guy likes you when he withholds signs of emotion or interest.  Research studies show that men take longer to commit because they take the breakup harder than women do.  Women may find this hard to believe but the truth is...men are more vulnerable.  Therefore, they are often more cautious. *  Men in love In general, it's hard to tell if a guy likes you because men will hold off showing or allowing their feelings.  When they fall, they fall hard.  Men consider their girlfriend or wife to be their best friend.  Women consider another woman friend to be their best friend.  Most men love and like their romantic partners more than women do. The above are some of the reasons men are hard to read.  Their coping and recovery skills are different from those of women. So, what are the signs that he might like you?  Here are ten ways you can tell: 1.  You see him standing across a room and he smiles at you. 2.  When you look back several times, he is looking back at you and trying to make eye contact. 3.  He threads his way through a crowded room to get near enough to say hello to you. 4.  Men take roughly 15 minutes to decide if they want to date someone.  If the guy stays and talks   to you longer than that when you first meet him, he is probably interested. 5.  He asks for your number or email address. 6.  He contacts you and asks to see you. 7.  He shows up wearing shaving lotion or cologne and you can smell it from a distance. 8.  He's wearing a new shirt and he has a fresh haircut. 9.  He's never had a dog but when he comes to the door he loves your dog.  Ditto for your cat. 10.  When you go out, if you run into any of his friends, they know who you are. If some of the above ten behaviors are being exhibited, then you can look forward to getting to know this guy.  Good luck and have fun. Visit http://www.tonjaweimer.com or http://www.singlesdatingtips.com for more tips, skills, and insight on dating, relationships, singles, and love.  Subscribe to our F*ree Savvy Dating Newsletter from master single's coach, life coach, and syndicated columnist, Tonja Weimer.  Copyright 2006, Tonja Weimer.  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The anticipation has been mounting ever since Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, announced the Apple iPhone during his keynote address at Mac World 2007 in San Francisco, CA. The kind of hype surrounding the iPhone hasn't been seen for a new product announcement since, well, the Apple iPod. This is really no coincidence, since Steve Jobs is a master at stirring up rabid anticipation around new product launches. It also helps that Apple usually comes up with revolutionary product concepts that wind up changing how the world uses technology. Just think back to the Mac, iPod, and iTunes. An iPhone prototype was kept in a Plexiglas case at the Mac World show like some sort of religious relic or maybe a talisman from another galaxy. Fascinated attendees swarmed the display case, but could only stare in wonder at the mysteriously beautiful object encased within. Sorry, absolutely no touching was allowed! This was cruelty in the extreme since the allure of the Apple iPhone rests in the pleasure of cradling it in your hands and using your fingers to navigate its touch-sensitive screen. The Apple iPhone will be released first in the US first, and then in Europe during Q4 2007, followed by Asia in 2008. This is one of the few instances in recent memory where a technologically advanced cell phone is being released in the US before the rest of the world. Eat your heart out Japan! Were now seeing a cultural shift where the cell phone has become a fashion accessory. There are fashion shows that prominently feature cell phones along with matching clothing. The extreme in cell phone as status accessory, are gold-plated and diamond encrusted cell phone models selling for thousands. Cachet is the bottom line. Regardless of the iPhones shortcomings, some of which are may prove to be critical, there is no question that the iPhone will be a huge success and demand for it will be off the charts. The demand for the Apple iPhone is already intense and the first shipments will be sure to sell out quickly. The only important question remaining is will the Apple iPhone take its place alongside the Mac and the iPod as iconic products or will it fizzle into obscurity like the Apple Newton and the Cube? Richard R. Rojas covers the PDA and cell phone industries. 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Whether it be for appearance issues or health reasons, it is becoming quite the trend.  But we all know that it is not always easy to lose weight. Weight loss motivation is one of the hardest types of motivation to acquire.  Why is that?  First of all we need to have food to survive.  It is not something that we can just put away and never pick it up again.  So  healthy eating is one goal that we need to set for ourselves.  This goal will give us a tool to weight loss motivation. Another goal that we need to set is for exercise.  You can't just cut down the food intake, you also need to exercise and raise your metabolism rate.  One mistake that people make when trying to lose weight is that they deprive themselves of all the foods that they love.  Wrong!  You can have anything in moderation. If you try to deprive yourself of the foods that you love, it will back fire on you and you will end up eating more than normal.  Also, it will de-motivate you if you have the mindset that you can never have that favorite piece of chocolate cake again! So setting goals is probably the first step in weight loss motivation.  Set realistic goals for yourself.  If you think that you can realistically stand to lose 15 pounds then write it down.  If you think that you can start that goal by running 1 mile per day, then write it down.  Maybe you can only walk 1/2 mile per day. Whatever you think you can do realistically, will be your new goals.  Just do not set them too high.  Make sure that they are goals that are possible to meet. It is a good idea to write the goals down and keep them where you can look at them daily.  This will remind you of what is important to you and why you are wanting to achieve weight loss motivation. Reward yourself when you lose a pound or two.  Pat yourself on the back, buy a new sweater, or do whatever it takes to make yourself feel better (no food rewards, though!)  A reward must be something that you desire.  If it isn't, then it is not a reward and it will serve no purpose. Out of all the reasons to get motivated, such as financial gains, workplace motivation, etc. Weight loss motivation seems to be the one most sought after and the most difficult to obtain. It can be done.  It will eventually become a habit to do the morning workouts and replace the old habits in your life. Peter Murphy is a peak performance expert. He recently produced a very popular free report that reveals how to crush procrastination and sustain lasting motivation. 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More often than not, it leads to weight gain.  Sitting around and snacking can be very comforting; it is called food therapy.  Eating junk food to make you feel better.  Ordering in pizza because it makes you feel better.  Snacking on chips all day and candy all night.  Chocolate is an especially bad, because of the way it interacts with your brain.  So how do you kick this habit? There are a couple of good ways.  The first one is to remove all junk food from your house.  If you live alone, this is easy to do.  If you live with others, it is more difficult.  What you can do instead, is move all junk food to one cabinet, one that you studiously avoid.  However, knowing that the food is available to you makes it harder to resist.  That is simply human nature. The second thing to do is begin a hobby that involves your hands.  By finding a hobby that you can do with your hands, such as knitting or drawing or even video games, you will be keeping yourself occupied, and keeping your hands occupied as well.  As long as they are busy, it is harder for you to snack.  Since most people snack while sitting around doing nothing, depressed people are more at risk of over-eating. Another option is to start snacking on vegetables.  Baby carrots are perfect for this.  Instead of snacking on potato chips or cookies, pull out celery sticks.  That way, if you are going to snack, you will do so in a healthy manner and you will find that it will help your depression. Finally, speak with your therapist.  Since this is not an uncommon problem, you might find that he or she can suggest other things for you to do, or other ways for you to eliminate this urge. 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Cephalosporins are bactericidal agents, which means that they kill bacteria. They have the same mode of action as as penicillins. All bacterial cells have a cell wall that protects them. Cephalosporins disrupt the synthesis of the peptidoglycan layer of bacterial cell walls, which causes the walls to break down and eventually the bacteria die. Cephalosporin compounds were first isolated from cultures of Cephalosporium acremonium from a sewer in Sardinia in 1948 by Italian scientist Giuseppe Brotzu. The first agent cephalothin (cefalotin) was launched by Eli Lilly in 1964. Cephalosporins are used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections, such as respiratory tract infections (pneumonia, strep throat, tonsillitis, bronchitis), skin infections and urinary tract infections. They are sometimes given with other antibiotics. Cephalosporins are also commonly used for surgical prophylaxis - prevention of bacterial infection before, during, and after surgery. Classification of Cephalosporins Cephalosporins are grouped into "generations" based on their spectrum of antimicrobial activity. The first cephalosporins were designated first generation while later, more extended spectrum cephalosporins were classified as second generation cephalosporins. Each newer generation has significantly greater gram-negative antimicrobial properties than the preceding generation, in most cases with decreased activity against gram-positive organisms. Fourth generation cephalosporins, however, have true broad spectrum activity. First generation First generation cephalosporins are moderate spectrum agents. They are effective alternatives for treating staphylococcal and streptococcal infections and therefore are alternatives for skin and soft-tissue infections, as well as for streptococcal pharyngitis. The first generation cephalosporins are Cefadroxil, Cephalexin, Cephaloridine, Cephalothin, Cephapirin, Cefazolin, and Cephradine. Cefazolin is the most commonly used first generation cephalosporin. The others have similar efficacy to Cephalexin, but must be dosed more often, and are therefore not as commonly prescribed. Second generation The second generation cephalosporins have a greater gram-negative spectrum while retaining some activity against gram-positive bacteria. They are useful agents for treating upper and lower respiratory tract infections, sinusitis and otitis media. These agents are also active against E. coli, Klebsiella and Proteus, which makes them potential alternatives for treating urinary tract infections caused by these organisms. The second generation cephalosporins are Cefaclor, Cefoxitin, Cefprozil, Cefuroxime. Third generation Third generation cephalosporins have a broad spectrum of activity and further increased activity against gram-negative organisms. Some members of this group (particularly those available in an oral formulation) have decreased activity against gram-positive organisms. The parenteral third generation cephalosporins (ceftriaxone and cefotaxime) have excellent activity against most strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, including the vast majority of those with intermediate and high level resistance to penicillin. These agents also have activity against N. gonorrhoeae. Ceftazidime has useful antipseudomonal activity. The third generation cephalosporins are Cefdinir, Cefixime, Cefpodoxime, Ceftibuten, Ceftriaxone, Cefotaxime. Fourth generation Fourth generation cephalosporins are extended spectrum agents with similar activity against gram-positive organisms as first generation cephalosporins. They also have a greater resistance to beta-lactamases than the third generation cephalosporins. Many can cross blood brain barrier and are effective in meningitis. The fourth generation cephalosporins are Cefepime, Cefluprenam, Cefozopran, Cefpirome, Cefquinome. Cefepime is a more gram-negative drug with somewhat enhanced activity against pseudomonas but slightly lesser activity against pneumococci. Cefpirome is more active against pneumococci and has somewhat lesser activity against pseudomonas. These drugs also have activity against nosocomial pathogens such as Enterobacter and Acinetobacter and their use should therefore be restricted to the setting of nosocomial sepsis. Side effects Cephalosporins generally cause few side effects. Common side effects involve mainly the digestive system: stomach cramps or upset, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. These side effects are usually mild and go away over time. Cephalosporins can sometimes cause overgrowth of fungus normally present in the body. This overgrowth can cause mild side effects such as a sore tongue, sores inside the mouth, or vaginal yeast infections. More serious but infrequent reactions that can sometimes occur with cephalosporins include: black, tarry stools; chest pain; fever; painful or difficult urination; allergic reactions; serious colitis. Serious colitis is a rare side effect that includes severe watery diarrhea (sometimes containing blood or mucus), severe stomach cramps, fever, and weakness or faintness. Because the cephalosporins are structurally similar to the penicillins, some patients allergic to penicillins may be allergic to a cephalosporin antibiotic. The incidence of cross-sensitivity is approximately 5&amp;#1062;10%. Yury Bayarski is the author of   [http://www.price-rx.com/] Price-RX.com - prescription drug price comparison website. More information about   [http://www.price-rx.com/antibiotics.shtml] antibiotic medications is available on author's website. 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Condition requisite for initiation of criminal proceedings&lt;br /&gt;Cognizance is taken of an offence as soon as court competent to exercise his jurisdiction for the purposes of initiation of criminal proceedings. If in the opinion of the court to initiate judicial proceeding against the offender in respect of the offence, then it must commence the criminal procedure.  The cognizance implies the acceptance of the offence committed by the accused in light of evidence and statement produced by the complainant. The competence of court is precondition to the cognizance of offence, and if, any offence is recognizance by court not having competency, then entire proceedings are irregular and illegal. With exception the specific provisions in Cr.P.C.1898, where certain offences have been barred to be taken cognizance until mentioned specifically in penal statute.  Magistrate is empowered under section 190 to take cognizance of the offences. Cognizance of Offence by magistrate Under subsection 1 of section 190 of Cr.P.C of 1898, the district magistrate or subdivision magistrate and any other magistrate specially empowered to take cognizance of any offence, if  he receives a complaint of facts which constitute such offence or the report in writing of such facts made by any police officer or the information received from any person other than police officer or upon his own knowledge or suspicion that such offence has made committed, he will immediately take cognizance of the offence. The provision of subsection 3 of section 190 has laid  down that the a magistrate taking cognizance under sub-section (1) of an offence triable exclusively by court of session shall without recording any evidence, send the case to the court of session for trial. However, if any order has passed by magistrate whom he is not authorized by law to do that, then the order or enquiry reports shall not be binding on the Court of Session. Cognizance of the offence by court of session and high Court Under subsection 1 of 193 of Cr.P.C Court of Session shall take cognizance of any offence as a court of original jurisdiction unless the section 190, subsection (3), and under section 194 of Cr.P.C 1898 of 1898.  The High court may cognizance any offence described in Pakistan Penal Code or in any other penal code.  The section 193 impose an embargo upon  and limit the power of the Court of Session to take cognizance of any offence unless accused had been sent to Court of Session by magistrate duly empowered by penal statute. The session judge may take any view keeping in view the facts and circumstance of the case and these should be interpreted in light of penal statutes. The sections 190 and 193 are mandatory and session court is not a court of original jurisdiction and cannot entertain any direct complaint or pass any order, unless the same is forwarded to it by magistrate under section 193(3), and if done are outcome of material irregularity of court. Issue of process When the offence has recognized by court and it is in opinion of the court of trial that there is sufficient ground for proceeding. The court may issue a warrant for summons for causing the accused to be brought or to be appeared at certain time before court. The section 201 is the only section which authorizes a magistrate to issue process to the accused for purpose of summoning him to hold him accountable for charges leveled against him. Where he takes cognizance on the private complaint or on a police report or any other information or knowledge other complaint, he must proceed with existence of sufficient ground of proceeding and he has to commence proceedings against the accused by compelling his attendance before the court. There must be sufficient of grounds of proceeding does not mean complaint alone but the complaint deposition, supported by oral or documentary evidence as produced before the courts.  Only the prima facie case is required for initiated the criminal proceedings under section 204, court is not expected to go into the detail by the conducting a preliminary trial. If on the basis of evidence that have been supplied, it is adduced by complaint it can be said that there is sufficient ground for initiation of the criminal proceeding against the accused of crime . Procedure of Trial by Magistrate The sections 241 to 249 are related with trial by cases magistrate. The procedure is to be adopted in all cases instituted upon condition mentioned above. 1. Supply of statement and documents to the accused Under subsection 1 of section 141-A, in all case instituted upon police report and copies of statement of all witnesses recorded and produced under section 161 and 164 and all of the records of evidence recorded by the investigation officer in charge of police station on his first visit to the place of occurrence. It is duty of the court law to supply all copies of document to accused at free of cost not less than seven days before the commencement of the trial. The Supply of the copies of whitenesss statement recorded under section 161, Cr.P.C 1898 to be provided to accused is an essential requirement for end of justice and it is preparatory stage of trial by magistrate . What have been stated in the petition of complaint the substance of the accused his name, address, and the names of his witness and the gist of the evidence and fact and circumstances which he is likely to adduce at the trial.  It is necessary for trial court to give opportunity to the accused show cause of the allegation brought him and he must be given the affordable opportunity to defend himself . 2. Charges to be framed When the accused appears or he is brought before the magistrate for defend alleged leveled against him,   he shall be asked whether he admits that he has committed the offence with which he is charged. When the magistrate having been satisfied, one the basis some cogent evidence spelling out the ingredients of an offence is required to frame a formal charge and these charge must read in open court. The framing the charges is essential and mandatory requirement of criminal procedure.   Accused person should not be convicted straight way on the plea of guilt made by the accused. Trial Court is required to give opportunity to the accused to show cause of the allegation brought against him . 3. Conviction on admission of truth of accusation If the accused admit that he has committed the offence, his admission shall be recorded exactly in the words which have spoken by him; and if magistrate finds no sufficient evidence available he may convict accused. The consideration of the sufficient cause must be based on material evidence in hand; the magistrate may convict accused accordingly in defined statutory procedure.  The admission of guilt of accused made before the police is reversible at the discretion of the accused. The resiliency of admission of the guilt is relevant factor for court in convict of accused, but it is not sufficient ground. 4. Procedure when no such admission is made. Under the subsection 1 of section of 244 of Cr.P.C 1898 if the magistrate does not convict the accused under the proceeding section then the magistrate shall proceed to hear the complaint and record all evidence produced in support of the prosecution by state functionaries. The magistrate also has to hear the accused and record all evidence which he produces for his defense. The magistrate may issue summons or warrant to accused directing him to attend the proceeding . Accused not supplied with previous neither statements nor adequate opportunity to confront witness with previous statement. Witness not even mentioned in Challan but acquainted with facts of case can be examined as prosecution witness with permission of court. The right to cross examination is existed under section 244 of Cr.P.C 1898 as the right to defend. 5. Statement of Records before Magistrate The statement recorded under section 244 if any statement is recorded under section 164 in presence of the accused, then he must be given the reasonable opportunity to cross the statement which has made against him.  The methods of cross examination should be conducted according to the article of Qunun-e-Shahadat Order. There is no bar to power of court to record the evidence in absence of accused, if he pronounced to be absconding offender. 6. Acquittal or Conviction If any evidence provides under section 244 and statement recorded under section 164, Magistrate has found the evidence insufficient and inadequate evidence to constitute the liable for commission or omission of offence, he may acquit the accused after due deliberation of evidence that has been forwarded by complainant to proof the accused guilty, and if he found guilty, he may pass sentence order. Procedure of the trial of Cases by Session and High Court In every trial before the Court of Session, initiated upon a police report, the prosecution shall be conducted by the public prosecutor, and entire cost of the expenditure to be incurred by the state.  The option to engage any counsel rest on complainant where the private complaint lodged and complaint is satisfied with counsel. The following procedure shall be observed by High Court and Court of Session in which trial of cases by said courts. 1. Supply of documents and statement to accused In all case proceeding to be initiated upon receiving of police report or by private complaint, and copies of documents of the first information report, the police report, the statement of witnesses recorded under section 161 and 164 and the inspection not recorded by an investigation officer on his first visit to the place of occurrence and note recorded by on recoveries made should to be supplied free of cost to accused not later than seven day before the commencement of the trial , No person should not be convicted unheard in court of law and sufficient opportunity must be provided to accused to make arrangement for engagement of counsel for his defense against the charges leveled against him. In case where the cognizance of offence has made by magistrate on receiving of complainant, the documents mentioned in clause (a) and (b) of subsection 2 of section 265-C to supplied to accused. In addition to document mentioned above, what have been Stated in petition of complaint the substance of the accused, the name of his witnesses and gist of evidence which is likely to adduce at the trial should also be provided and all other the order of court issued for summoning of the accused  and also the copies of the complaint and other document supplied by complainant to court as evidence. Copies of statement recorded during investigation separately under section 161 or 172 Cr.P.C whether such person are cited as prosecution witness or not or whether supporting prosecution or defense have to supplied to the accused. 2. When charge is to be framed After perusing the police report or the complaint and all other document and statement filed for prosecution in court for prosecution of the accused, the court need to initiate the criminal prosecuting. The court need to give due deliberation to gist of information, evidence in record in hand and where sufficient grounds are available for prosecution and the trial of the accused. The police should write the charges against the accused.  The description of offence committed by the accused and these charges must fulfill the requirement of definition that is given in penal statutes. 3. Plea The charge shall be read and be made open to the accused, and he shall be given affordable opportunity irrespective of fact that he is guilty or not. He should be chance to defend the charge leveled against him.  If the accused pleads guilty, the court shall record the plea. Whatever the charge is to be read and explained to the accused in open court, he should be brought before the court of law for criminal prosecution and he shall be asked whether he pleads guilty or has any defense to make, and if the accused plead guilty. Then it is the discretion of court to convict the accused but that discretion should not to be exercised beyond the power given in penal statutes. The personal whim and caprice of the court of law is a negation of criminal justice.  The court is required to examine the prosecution evidence even if the guilty is admitted in response to the charge. The section is quite clear in interpretation that court is not all circumstances which are brought before the court; it shall have to record conviction. That description must provide basis of material evidence, the accused has been prosecuted by court.  That power given in this section aimed as to minimize the changes of wrong conviction of the accused. 4. Evidence for prosecution If the accused does not plead guilty and no sufficient and material evidence are produced of the guilt of accused,   then it is the discretion of court to convict accused. The court shall proceed to hear the complaint and take all such evidence as many are produced for his prosecution : The court shall ascertain from the public prosecutor or as the case may be, from the complaint and, the name of any person likely to be acquainted with the facts of the case and shall summon such persons to give evidence . The court shall refuse to call any witness, if it will cause delay the justice and hamper end the justice.  If the statement is given in the written form then that it shall be attached to the record . The section refers to finalizing the prosecution case whether any defense has produced before the court not, and if no defense has adduced by the accused, the court shall after examination of the accused ask the prosecution to sum up his case where accused is eligible to make a reply.   The pronouncement of judgment after its due deliberation is ultimate aim of the prosecution, but due opportunity be given to accused to defend himself. In case of the private complaint the prosecution of the case has to be conducted by the private counsel of the accused not by state prosecutors. It is entirely discretion of the public prosecutor what witness shall be examined. 5. Acquittal or Conviction If the court has found the accused not guilty having the record in hand, and after due interpretation of law in given circumstances, he shall order for acquittal of accused against the charges. The section has vested power to the court to quit the accused at any stage when he found be beyond the shadow of doubt not guilty of any offense committed.  The likelihood of suspicion always favors the accused and this power is limited to the jurisdiction when the trial court found that beyond the shadow of doubt.  If the court has found material irregularity in evidence either recording or production of evidence and there is no direct connection of the accused with the offence alleged, the court may order the acquittal of accused. Summary Trials The magistrate of first class or any bench of magistrate specially has been empowered by provincial government may try in summary way all or any of the following offences mentioned clauses (a)  to (m) of subsection 1 of 260. Summary It is here concluded that magistrate, session and high court can only initiate the criminal after cognizance of offences. The both magistrate and session court have their original jurisdiction to try offences as have been mentioned in Criminal procedure code. Initiation of criminal proceeding start with issue of warrants of accused and after his appearance before courts, he is provided ample opportunity to defend himself against the framed charges. If he pleads guilty after through examination of record in hand, the criminal court can pass order of conviction or acquittal of accused. The writer is an advocate of High Court and practicing immigration and corporate laws in Pakistan since September 2001. Author can be contacted by Adil Law Company  (Advocates and Immigration lawyers) Office No.3 2nd Flr Hafeez Chambers 85 The Mall Rd Lahore Pakistan Telephone: +9242-6306195 +9242- 6360108 Fax: + 9242 6360108 Cell: +92300 4254910 E-mail: adil.waseem@lawyer.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adil_Waseem http://EzineArticles.com/?Procedure-of-Trial-by-Magistrate,-Session-and-High-Courts-of-Pakistan&amp;id=48357 &lt;a href="http://moodle.mathsnet.net/user/view.php?id=2795&amp;course=1"&gt;effects of ambien&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.classroomtoolkit.net/tutorials/user/view.php?id=103&amp;course=1"&gt;ambien addictive side effects&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://io-nic.com/moodle/user/view.php?id=990&amp;course=1"&gt;ambien withdrawal symptoms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://moodle.acnt.edu.au/user/view.php?id=1912&amp;course=1"&gt;ambien drug side effect&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1579182089926584193-8525260676159707306?l=kubikmarilynne.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1579182089926584193/posts/default/8525260676159707306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1579182089926584193/posts/default/8525260676159707306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kubikmarilynne.blogspot.com/2008/02/procedure-of-trial-by-magistrate.html' title='Procedure of Trial by Magistrate, Session and High Courts of Pakistan'/><author><name>kubikmarilynne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01301105025198000129</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579182089926584193.post-3049674528489143230</id><published>2008-02-27T23:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T23:08:54.603-08:00</updated><title type='text'>WLS Patients Report Frequent Dizziness: What Causes It?</title><content type='html'>By Kaye Bailey Many gastric bypass patients report frequent spells of dizziness. In general they are using the word dizzy to describe everything from feeling faint or lightheaded to feeling weak or unsteady. Research indicates a state of chemical imbalance can lead to temporary bouts of dizziness. When a bariatric patient feels dizzy it could very well be related to the restricted diet. Most commonly going too long between meals or not drinking enough water causes bariatric patients to become dizzy or have a mild electrolyte imbalance. Many patients self-treat dizziness by drinking water or little sips of a sports drink such as Gatorade. Dizziness may occur when too much time passes between meals, or as an early warning sign of dehydration. Lack of food or loss of bodily fluid interrupts the bodys physiological process; the electrolytes get out of balance. Potassium, sodium and chlorine are the three dominant electrolytes in the human body. Beneath our conscious awareness the electrolytes are very busy jumping in and out of cells making it possible for nerve impulses to travel from one nerve cell to the next. When we are eating correctly, staying hydrated and pursuing a healthy lifestyle it is likely the electrolytes will stay balanced and we can enjoy a dizzy-free existence. It is extremely dangerous when electrolytes become severely imbalanced. Infants suffering from dehydration have died from electrolyte imbalance. So have sufferers of anorexia. If flu symptoms cause dehydration to the point of extreme dizziness and disorientation one must seek medical help. Dehydration will force a greater loss of potassium, which raises the sodium level in all muscle tissues. At greatest risk is the heart muscle where an increase of sodium may cause arrhythmia and death. The sports and nutrition industrys guideline for water consumption is one ounce of water for every two pounds of body weight. Carefully monitoring fluid intake will help weight loss surgery patients avoid chronic dizziness.  2005 Kaye Bailey - All Rights Reserved Kaye Bailey is a weight loss surgery success story having maintained her health and goal weight for 5+ years. An award winning journalist, she is the author and webmaster of http://www.livingafterwls.com and http://www.livingafterwls.blogspot.com Fresh &amp; insightful content is added daily, check in often. To subscribe to the LivingAfterWLS monthly newsletter "You Have Arrived" click on http://www.livingafterwls.com and enter your details in the subscription box. 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The Ayurvedic approach to life involves listening to and addressing the unique needs of your body, recognizing and balancing your mental and emotional states and deepening your connection with your spirit, your essential self. The raw food diet is based around the principle that eating a diet high in raw food will normalise and alkalise your body. This, in turn, connects the mind with the body; thus, Ayurveda and the Raw Food diet are very similar. This article will hopefully provide a brief guidance on how you could connect the two in a way that is optimal to your health. In Ayurveda, the idea is that you eat according to your dosha; vata, pitta and kapha. Vata is composed of the elements of air and ether &lt;br /&gt;Pitta is composed of the elements of fire and water &lt;br /&gt;Kapha is composed of the elements of water and earth Vata types are generally thin and find it hard to gain weight. Vatas need to get sufficient rest and not overdo things, as they can tire easily. Pitta types are generally medium sized and well proportioned. They also tend to be intelligent, with a sharp wit. Kapha types tend to have sturdy, heavy frames. They are prone to gain weight easily. They often tend to have a positive outlook on life. So, what does this mean, and how does it apply to you?&lt;br /&gt;In Ayurveda, it is believed that each person is governed by one dominant dosha and you should eat according to that dosha. However, this article is concerned with Ayurveda and Raw Food, so I will only mention the foods that coincide with both these diets. Vata Balances: Sweet fruits, apricots, avocado, bananas, berries, grapes, melons, asparagus, beets, cucumber, garlic, radishes, zucchini. Aggravates: Dried fruits, apples, cranberries, pears, watermelons, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, raw onions. Pitta Balances: Sweet fruits, avocado, coconut, figs, mango, prunes, sweet and bitter vegetables, cabbage, cucumber, okra, potatoes. Aggravates: Sour fruits, berries, bananas, plums, oranges, lemon, pungent vegetables, garlic, onions. Kapha Balances: Apples, apricots, berries, cherries, cranberries, mangos, peaches, pungent and bitter vegetables, broccoli, celery, garlic, onion. Aggravates: Sweet and sour fruits, bananas, coconut, melons, papaya, sweet and juicy vegetables, potatoes, tomatoes. There are many suggestions in Ayurveda, which are very easily translated to a Raw Food Diet. &lt;br /&gt;Such suggestions are: &lt;br /&gt;Eat mainly seasonal fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains&lt;br /&gt;Eat according to your constitution, or dosha&lt;br /&gt;Fast for one day every two weeks&lt;br /&gt;Establish a regular eating routine&lt;br /&gt;Eliminate or limit caffeinated, carbonated and alcoholic&lt;br /&gt;beverages from your life&lt;br /&gt;Drink herbal tea, fruit and vegetable juices Ciara Carruthers is an entrepreneur and infopreneur. 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The father of the theory of Evolution Charles Darwin himself is persplexed over this issue and calls this  an abominal Mystery. It is generally assumed that the function of Flowers, from the start, was to involve other Animals in the reproduction process. Pollen should be  taken to other places and for this the assistance of other living beings are necessary and it may not be possible without giving any other benefit.  The Plants in some Islands developed  sudden, fully developed appearance of Flowers and used them to  develop a highly specialized relationship with some specific Animals and Birds. This type of specialized relationship with another Animal bearing pollen from one plant to another has  resulted in both the plant(s) and their partners developing a high degree of specialization. Likewise, the next stage of the Flower the Fruits are used  in plant reproduction  that comes from the enlargement of parts of the Flower itself and is a tool which depends upon animals wishing to eat it, and thus scattering the seeds it contains. The hard proof as to the existence of  Flowers about 130 million years ago, is available  though circumstantial evidence  we know that they did exist up to 250 million years ago. Flowers are genetically just an adaptation of normal Leaf and stem components on Plants, and the most primitive Flowers are thought to have both Male and Female parts on the same flower  and to be dominated by the Female part. In later stages of evolution, Flowers grew more advanced, some, with a much more specific number and design, and with either specific sexes per Flower or plant. We see that Flower evolution continues even today;  that the Modern Flowers have been influenced by humans to such a degree that  many of them cannot be pollinated in Nature. 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People who battle with their weight are often thought of as having a slow metabolism, where those fortunate individuals who seemingly can eat anything they wish and not gain weight are believed to have a fast metabolism. The goal then for most dieters is the pursuit of any strategy that will increase the metabolic rate (MR) and thereby greatly assist with the losing and maintaining of weight. Before examining ways of adjusting the MR, lets first define metabolism Metabolism - Defined Metabolism is defined in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as The sum of the chemical processes in a cell or organism, by which complex substances are synthesised and broken down, and growth and energy production sustained. A commonly referred to term is BMR  the Basal Metabolic Rate  i.e. the minimum number of calories required to keep us alive.  There are also other terms, such as RMR  Resting Metabolic Rate  which is basically the rate of our metabolism during the day whilst performing standard daily tasks (i.e. standard daily activity); SMR  Sleeping Metabolic Rate  the rate of our metabolism whilst we are at sleep. Several factors can affect our MR, but one important aspect that can have significant bearing is the amount of active lean muscle tissue we have on our bodies. When compared to fat, active lean tissue (muscle) requires more calories to sustain itself at rest,  and therefore, our musculature or percentage of muscle tissue  and how it is exercised - can be seen as an effective pathway to adjusting the MR. As we age, we usually tend to lose muscle mass, and similarly, our metabolism gets slower. As a example comparison, a 70 year-old man would need to do a significant amount of daily activity to burn off the same amount calories that a 26 year old man would burn at rest. Hence, to prevent gaining fat weight as we age, we need to either 1) Decrease our daily caloric intake, or 2) Increase our daily physical activity  - i.e.exercise 3) Maintain or even increase our muscle mass (i.e. through resistance training exercise such as weight training). How we eatwhat we do The MR plays a major role in the maintaining and losing of weight (bodyfat) with the objective being to adopt strategies that elevate the MR  and more importantly  keep the MR elevated. There are 2 main options to adjusting the MR 1) Through adjusting of eating patterns  &lt;br /&gt;2) Through adjusting of activity levels Lets review both: Adjusting of eating patterns There are many classic analogies that are used to explain how eating affects ones metabolism. One analogy uses a motorcars engine and fuel consumption: Motorcar Analogy: A motorcar uses 3 litres of petrol to travel a distance of 25 KM. If the motorcar was allowed 1.5 Litres of petrol and still needed to travel 25 KM, the engine of the vehicle would need to be tuned in such a way so as to deliver the same driving performance on half the fuel. Our metabolisms are thought to work in the same way. When we suddenly reduce our daily caloric intake in an attempt to lose weight, our bodies react by slowing down its MR so that the  caloric fuel required to perform the same daily tasks is utilized or burned at a slower rate. Referring to our motorcar analogy again, if the same motorcar was given 3 litres of fuel after being retuned, the car would travel 25KM and still have 1.5 litres remaining. Similarly, if someone who had been on a reduced calorie diet resumed their previous high-calorie eating pattern, their bodies would store the extra calories as fat, as their now slower metabolisms would not be accustomed to the additional calories. The eating and digesting of food actually requires the body to utilize caloric energy. To increase ones metabolism, it is recommended that we eat small meals every 3 hrs to keep the metabolism elevated. Where this may help elevate metabolic levels, it is a somewhat limited approach and is best used in conjunction with other strategies. Also, one needs to differentiate between total calories and amount of food consumed. At each time of eating, we are also consuming calories, so we need to ensure that each meal is relatively lower in calories. It would not be wise to eat frequent high-calorie meals and hope that the incremental increase in metabolism would be sufficient to burn the relatively higher number of calories that would be consumed over the day. Observing the total calories consumed in a day, is then still a critical factor in managing ones weight, and although dividing our individual daily caloric allowance into regular small meals may perhaps be better to ensuring a higher metabolic rate, by itself, this approach is limited in ensuring an optimum level of sustained, elevated MR. In addition to the frequency of our eating, there are also other eating strategies thought to assist in increasing ones metabolism, such as the including of certain foods believed to have a positive effect on the metabolic rate. Green Tea; Chilli (and other hot foods) are 2 examples of foods that are believed to stoke the furnace so to speak and assist in enhancing our metabolic rates. However, although the structuring of our eating patterns can have a positive effect on the MR, as mentioned, this approach in itself can be limited and needs to be done in conjunction with other strategies  such as adjusting of activity levels. Adjusting Activity Levels Most people believe that taking up some form of exercise is all that is required to adjust their metabolisms and manage their weight. Endurance activities such as running or jogging, walking or cycling being the generally preferred options. However, these activities, performed in a steady-state, endurance-style fashion do little to elevate the metabolic rate for an extended period. Although these activities may be healthful and enjoyable, improve circulation and burn calories, they do little to sustain an elevated metabolic rate. In fact, it is now believed that endurance style exercise activities may actually lead to a drop in elevated metabolic rates! This is a most crucial and controversial point that needs to be clarified in more detail. Although our MR is mostly genetically pre-determined, when we look at increasing the MR, we should be looking to do so for extended periods. A sustained MR will then assist in burning more calories at rest for longer periods of time. This is effectively achievable though a combination of 2 key factors  1) increasing our functional muscle mass 2) utilizing of muscle mass in higher-intensity forms of exercise. If we have higher levels of muscle on our bodies, our MR will increase. We will in effect be burning more calories whilst at rest. Also, when engaging in exercise, the contracting of additional muscle mass will burn relatively more calories during that activity. Example: Someone performs an exercise activity for 15 minutes and burns 150 calories. If that person adds 3 Kg of muscle to their frame and performs the same activity for the same period of time, they will burn more calories doing so. Doing lessburning more Higher-intensity forms of exercise places higher demands on our metabolic systems, and keep our metabolisms elevated for far longer periods. When people talk about effective forms of calorie-burning exercise, they usually only think of how many calories are utilized whilst actually performing the activity. Typically, running is seen as an ideal calorie burning activity because running is seen to burn a relatively high number of calories. But where endurance running may burn significant calories during the activity, it has 2 negatives: 1) Your metabolic rate drops relatively quickly once you stop an endurance activity, with your metabolism returning to normal almost an hour after stopping. 2) Endurance activities are generally catabolic  i.e. it creates a reduction in lean muscle mass. As we have discussed, RMR is affected by the amount of muscle mass  hence a drop in muscle mass, will lead to a corresponding drop in MR. Hence, if you examine most marathon runners, although they usually have lower levels of bodyfat, they are also usually relatively thin, with relatively low levels of lean muscle mass. Muscleand intensity However, this does not mean that the objective is to suddenly aspire to becoming a bodybuilder  although, bodybuilding or specifically, musclebuiliding - certainly does increase the MR and RMR. However, if we are looking to elevate and sustain our MR, then wherever possible we should look to intensity when exercising: Intensity Vs Endurance Intensity is a key factor to increasing our MR through exercise. To exercise with intensity, usually means working harder  to constantly push or overload ones muscular and cardiovascular system. Now naturally this approach needs to be done VERY CAREFULLY, with intensity levels being increased GRADUALLY - especially if one is not used to harder forms of exercise. Also, if you are presently significantly overweight, it may be easier on your body to first lose some of the weight through corrective eating before attempting to overload your body with a higher-intensity exercise program (It is therefore perhaps a better route to use a corrective eating to  lose gained weight and higher intensity exercise to assist in preventing gaining weight). Training with higher levels of intensity usually requires a higher level of muscular recruitment (i.e. the muscles working at a higher capacity as well as more muscles working together) and energy, and similarly requires the cardio system (heart &amp; lungs) to work harder. Not only does higher intensity training burn relatively more calories than endurance or lower-intensity exercise, but of greater importance, it causes the MR to remain elevated for relatively longer periods after exercising. An effective form of intensity training is Interval Training  alternating brief periods of intensity, with periods of recuperation. Example: Running Intervals (Beginner) Walk for 2 minutes &lt;br /&gt;Jog for 10-20 secs &lt;br /&gt;Walk for 2  minutes &lt;br /&gt;Jog for 10-20 secs Repeat until 15 minutes is reached Example: Running Intervals (Advanced) Walk for approx 30 Secs &lt;br /&gt;Jog for approx 45 secs - 1 minute &lt;br /&gt;Sprint or run fast for 30-45 secs Repeat 10-12 times (or until 20 minutes is reached) This approach can naturally be applied to any form of endurance activity, and can be varied based on current level of fitness. The key aspect is to gradually increase the intensity, by shortening the rest periods &amp;/increasing the periods of intensity. One can also increase intensity through increasing the load placed on the muscles  i.e. Hills; Weighted belts. For very advanced training, one can combine the 2  i.e. interval training with added resistance - however, this places significant demands on the body and should only be considered once a high level of fitness has been attained. Now naturally, higher intensity training needs to be briefer in duration, and, due to the fact that it places a higher demand on the body, also requires relatively longer rest periods between sessions. This not only allows for a sufficient recovery period, but also allows the muscles involved to repair and grow stronger so as to be able to handle the higher intensity loads. Resistance or weight training should also form a part of ones exercise program although, again, this need not necessarily mean heavy weight training and can include a wide range of activities. Bodyweight exercises, as well as a variety of different resistance exercises can be done with higher levels of intensity so as to place higher demands on the body that will result in a sustained elevated MR. Higher intensity strategies such as Supersetting (doing 2 exercises in succession with minimal  rest in between); Giant setting (doing more than 2 exercises in succession with minimal rest in between) and Progressive resistance loads (adding more resistance) are 3 approaches that can be used to increase intensity. The key to remember is more intense levels of activity done for briefer periods is a far better approach to increasing and sustaining ones metabolic rate, than easier exercise done for extended periods. InjuriesOveruse.Enjoyment Just because higher intensity exercise is believed to increase MR more efficiently, it does not necessarily mean that we should abandon all other forms of exercise activity. Many people engage in activities such as cycling, walking, sports, yoga, pilates etc for recreational reasons; for enjoyment, not just to lose weight, and this should always be an important consideration.  However, many people unfortunately pursue endurance-type exercises with the sole objective of losing or managing their weight. As mentioned earlier, endurance-type exercise is perhaps not the ideal exercise strategy to managing weight. Also, many endurance exercisers fall into the trap of increasing their exercise durations/distances as a means to compensating for increased eating  e.g. Ill run an extra 5 Kms tomorrow to burn off that extra piece of cake. This sometimes becomes a habit, and, in addition to the negative psychological aspects of such an approach, it can also lead to various forms of overuse injuries as well as related postural weaknesses. So, if exercise is to be used effectively as a means to sustaining an elevated MR, a preferred route would be to use higher-intensity exercise strategies, and to also ensure that adequate (ideally optimum) levels of lean muscle mass is maintained. Ted Frazer has been dedicated to "Wellness" and health &amp; fitness for 20 years and has written a comprehensive diet e-book called "The Total Diet Solution". Ted has been dedicated to Health and "Wellness Revolution" for 20 years and has written a fast-selling e-book "The Total Diet Solution". 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The communicator's ideas are characterized, influenced, and motivated by such a preexisting corpus of antecedent ideas, or embraced truth. I begin with the presupposition that Jesus understood perfectly and clearly who he was.His auto-noetic frame was accurate and complete. From such a substratum his ipssissima verba would proceed. Filtered through an Occidental mindset, in particular, a pragmatic philosophy, the words of Jesus have been denuded of their intrinsic authority and regenerative power. The context in which we read the words of Christ must change, from a late Twentieth Century, techno-centric, hedonistic, materialistic, democratic state to a matrix of First Century Judaism. When the words of Christ are heard within the context of his day, and understood against the backdrop of Rabbinic Judaism, his words blaze with unsurpassed authority and cut like a two-edged sword (Isa. 49:2). He spoke with an authority unprecedented within the history of Israel (Ps. of Sol. 17:36, 43, Matt. 7:29, 24:35, Mk. 1:22, 27, Lk. 4:36). Utilizing a Messianic designation from the Old Testament and a title rich in apocalyptic color, Jesus would identify himself to his Judiac world. Jesus' "autobiographical designation", utilized 81 times in the gospels, was the title "Son of Man." Through this Messianic prism we shall see the transcendent dimension of Jesus' nature as defined by him. "Jesus chose it [title "Son of Man"] as the ideal expression for progressively and, to some extent, retrospectively, revealing the nature of his person and work." (D. A. Carson, professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Expositor's Bible Commentary, Vol. 8, p. 213) Jesus adopted and repeatedly alluded to the figure "Son of Man" from Daniel 7:13-14, "I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven one like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed." Daniel in vision sees four empires in succession depicted as bestial, verses 1-12, characterizing the savage, rapacious nature of their rule. But another figure comes upon the scene, he is conducted to the "Ancient of Days", the "Son of Man." In Hebrew, the phrase "Son of Man" is bar enosh. "Enosh" emphasizes the mortal, frail, creaturely, incurable nature of man in the bondage of corruption, in stark contrast to the four preceding images depicting the arrogant brutality of totalitarian power. Power exercised in the establishment and continuance of an empire's reign. Dictatorial violence that stamps out any residue of resistance. But this figure (Son of Man) has acquired a kingdom not by military might or dictatorial tyranny, but through humiliation and suffering. In the title "Son of Man" there is a unitive exegetic presented, the multi-faceted significance of the humiliation and glorification of the Messiah is revealed. "...while Daniel 7:13-14 indeed speaks of the glorification of the Son of Man, it is in context a glorification and vindication through suffering. Both aspects of 1) humiliation and suffering, on the one hand, and 2) vindication and glory on the other, are signaled by the expression 'Son of Man'..." (Richard N. Longenecker, professor of New Testament, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, The Christology of Early Jewish Christianity, p. 87-88) In Rabbinical literature much is said regarding the passage in Daniel 7:13 as describing the Messiah. In the Talmud of Babylon Sanh. fol. 98.1, Daniel 7:13-14 is reconciled with Zechariah 9:9. Joshua ben Levy said, "If Israel are worthy, the Messiah comes with the clouds of heaven; but if they are not worthy, he comes poor, and riding on an ass." Samuel ben Nachman (270 C.E.) said that according to Daniel 7:13, the angels accompany the Messiah as far as their precincts allow, while God then conducts him to Himself, according to Jeremiah 30:21 (Midrash on Ps. 21:7). In Zohar, Gen. folio 85.4, reference is made to Daniel 7:13 as referring to the Messiah. The Hebrew name "Anani" meaning "clouds" is a name for the Messiah (alluding to Daniel 7:13) in the Targum translation of I Chron. 3:24. Mention is made of the name of a person, Anani, it is added, "Who is the Messiah that is to be revealed,"-a direct reference to Daniel 7:13. In the Talmud of Babylon Sanh. 96b the Messiah is named Bar-Naphle, the cloud-man. Rabbis Jarchi, Saadiah, Gaon, Aben Ezra, and R. Joshua expounded the text of Daniel 7:13 as referring to the Messiah. Outside of Rabbinical literature, Justin in his Dialogue 32.1 reports that the "one like a son of man" of Daniel 7:13 was identified with the King Messiah in mid-Second Century Judaism. "For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost." (Matt. 18:11) Jesus said unequivocally that he had the authority to forgive sins because he was the Son of Man (Matt. 9:2, 5-6, Mk. 2:5, 9-10, Lk. 5:23-24, 7:47-48). The word "authority" is the Greek word exousia, its root meaning is literally "out of substance or nature," indicating an intrinsic right and power of execution. The exousia was his because he identified himself as the "Son of Man." As the long-awaited Savior of Israel, Jesus would embody the saving nature of God, forgiving sins on the merit of his own intrinsic nature. "...All the good which I will do unto you I do through the merit of the Messiah who was kept back all those years. He is righteous and filled with salvation." (Zech. 9:9) (Pes. R. 146b, 159b.) Jesus exercised an atoning authority in forgiving sins redemptively, a salvational act considered exclusively Divine. The Jews unwaveringly believed that "God keeps Salvation in His own power." (Talmud of Babylon Sanh. 113a) "But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared." (Ps. 130:4) "Forgiveness is solely with the Lord; He alone is capable of forgiving. The mouth of a mortal who, after all, is himself in need of forgiveness, cannot pronounce the sinner pure, much less render him pure. Only He, Who is as omnipotent as He is gracious, in the abundance of His grace and almighty power, can perform for man that miracle of miracles, the blotting out of the consequences of his past mistakes." (Samson Raphael Hirsch, The Hirsch Psalms, pg. 396) "And behold, they were bringing to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed; and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, 'Take courage, My son, your sins are forgiven.'" "For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, and walk'? 'But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins'-then He said to the paralytic-'Rise, take up your bed, and go home.'" (Matt. 9:2, 5-6, Mk. 2:5, 9-10, Luke 5:20, 23, 24, 7:47-48). No sinful mortal can pronounce a condemned sinner forgiven and free from sin's consequences. A sinner can share his knowledge of a savior but the saving act of forgiveness and pardon is exclusively Divine. To forgive sins is solely a Divine prerogative that Jesus unhesitatingly asserted, a salvational act no Rabbi, priest, or prophet would have dared imitate for fear of committing blasphemy. (Luke 5:21, Matt. 9:3, Mk. 2:6-7) "...the word used in Hebrew for 'forgiven' is the Hebrew salach, literally, nislechu lecha chatoteicha (forgiven are your sins). Today, in Hebrew, a person may say to another, 'Ani soleach lecha' (I forgive you), but in the time of Jesus this expression for forgiveness was only used of God's forgiving someone (cf. Leviticus 4:26, 31, 35). "...in the healing of a paralyzed man he used words of forgiveness reserved strictly in the Law to God." (Dr. Robert Lindsey, Hebrew scholar, from 1945-1990 Pastor of the Narkis Street Baptist Congregation, Jerusalem, Israel, Jesus Rabbi and Lord, p. 48, 50.) The idea that the redemptive act of forgiving sins is within the human domain, "Is alien to the mind of Judaism and of early Christianity." (Vincent Taylor, The Gospel According to Saint Mark, p. 199) Jesus recognized His own saving task as summed up in his words at the house of Zaccheus, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." (Lk. 19:9-10) To exercise the authority to forgive sins, as illustrated in the healing of the paralytic (Matt. 9:2, 5-6, Mk. 2:5, 9-10, Lk. 5:20, 23, 24, 7:47-48), was not a salvific work foreign to his nature as the Son of Man. Every Jew, confronted with the ministry of Jesus, understood the implication of the salvational acts of forgiveness that he singularly offered, "...the early Jewish believers in Jesus appreciated the fact that as the Messiah, he was the one who had embodied and effected the salvation promised of old..." (Richard N. Longenecker, The Christology of Early Jewish Christianity, p. 103). The healing and redemptive work of forgiving sins was an exercise of authority over the physical and spiritual realm of human malady preadumbrating the Son of Man's role as the eschatological judge of men and nations. "This expression [Son of Man] goes beyond self-reference and, seen in the light of the post-resurrection period, surely indicates that the eschatological judge had already come on earth with the authority to forgive sin." (D. A. Carson, Expositor's Bible Commentary, Vol. 8, p. 222) As the holder of the intrinsic right and power of execution as the Universal Judge (Matt. 16:27, 25:31-46), to heal a body and forgive sins did not tax his authority. "The one like a man [the Son of Man] who sits upon the throne of God's glory, the sublime eschatological judge, is the highest conception of the Redeemer ever developed by ancient Judaism."-David Flusser, Jesus, p. 103 In the Jewish Apocalyptic book, The Parables of Enoch, the date of authorship is considered to be pre-70 C.E. (see James Charlesworth, Jesus Within Judaism, p. 40, ff), the "Son of Man" is presented as pre-existent from all eternity, he is specially related to God, in that he shares both the heavenly glory of God and is God's chosen agent of vengeance and judgment. The picture of his exalted greatness and authority is overwhelming to behold. "And there I saw One who had a head of days, and His head was white like wool, and with Him there was another whose countenance had the appearance of a man, and his face was full of graciousness, like one of the holy angels. And I asked the angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden things, concerning that Son of Man, who he was, and whence he was, and why he went with the Head of Days? And he answered and said unto me: 'This is the Son of Man who hath righteousness, with whom dwelleth righteousness, and who revealeth all the treasures of that which is hidden, because the Lord of Spirits hath chosen him, and whose lot hath the pre-eminence before the Lord of Spirits in uprightness forever. And this Son of Man whom thou hast seen shall put down the kings and mighty from their seats, and the strong from their thrones, and shall loosen the reins of the strong and break the teeth of sinners. And he shall put down the kings from their thrones and kingdoms because they do not extol and praise Him, nor humbly acknowledge when the kingdom was bestowed upon them. And he shall put down the countenance of the strong, and shall fill them with shame. And darkness shall be their dwelling, and worms shall be their bed, and they shall have no hope of rising from their beds, because they do not extol the name of the Lord of Spirits.'" (I Enoch 46:1-6) "And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth shall bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who was hidden. For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden, and the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might, and revealed him to the elect. And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown, and all the elect shall stand before him on that day. And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who rule the earth shall fall down before him on their faces, and worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man, and petition him and supplicate him for mercy at his hands." (I Enoch 62:3-8) "And he sat on the throne of his glory, and the sum of judgment was given unto the Son of Man, and he caused the sinners to pass away and he destroyed from off the face of the earth, and those who have led the world astray. With chains shall they be bound, and in their assemblage-place of destruction shall they be imprisoned, and all their works vanish from the face of the earth. And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible; for that Son of Man has appeared, and has seated himself on the throne of his glory, and all evil shall pass away before his face, and the word of that Son of Man shall go forth and be strong before the Lord of Spirits." (I Enoch 69:26-29) In the above cited passages the Son of Man is shown seated on the Throne of Glory, existing before the sun and stars were created, executing universal judgment, and bringing salvation at the end of ages, when he will be enthroned as king of the world. "The son of man has a superhuman, heavenly, sublimity. He is the cosmic judge at the end of time; seated upon the throne of God, he will judge the whole human race with the aid of the heavenly host, consigning the just to blessedness and sinners to the pit of hell; and he will execute the sentence he passes." (Encyclopedia Judaica, Vol. 15, p. 160) The authority of this figure "Son of Man" far transcends any anointed office in the Old Testament or the whole angelic order. He stands signally alone in all Judaism as the final arbiter of the destiny of men and nations. "The image of this Bar-Enosh is fascinating and unique. It is the figure of an almost super-human judge, who is to sit on the throne of God and to separate the righteous from the wicked. He is to deliver the righteous to everlasting life and the wicked to everlasting punishment." (David Flusser, professor of early Christianity, Hebrew University, Jewish Sources in Early Christianity, p. 56) In attempting to define the nature of this One, the Gordian Knot, consisting merely of a human evaluation, looms large in Judaism. Can he be a cosmic judge of such unbounded authority and be simply super-human, or is this description a trivialization of his true character? The authority that the Son of Man is portrayed as being invested with, as cited in the above passages, far transcends any delegated authority to adjudicate legal disputes, to wage war, or to interpret the Torah. For the Son of Man's judicial exercise encompasses the entire earth, and in its execution the full justice of God. The Father has vested all judiciary powers in the Son of Man (see Targum on Genesis 49:11, Targum on Isa. 11:4, 10:27, 14:29, Targum on Ps. 72:1-2, Psalms of Solomon 17:21-30, II Baruch 72:2-6, John 5:22-24, 27-30). "Thus it seems that the concept [the eschatological figure Son of Man] preceded the final identification of the Son of Man with the Messiah, which became common at the end of the second temple. It was so applied in the time of Jesus, who used to speak of the Son of Man as the heavenly judge and it seems that finally he identified himself with this sublime figure." (Encyclopedia Judaica, Vol. 15, p. 160) Jesus states unequivocally that he has an all-encompassing judicial authority. "For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son. In order that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgement, but has passed out of death into life." "...and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment." (John 5:22-24, 27-30) The above cited passages are startling in their boundless import. Jesus claims that he has universal judicial authority as the Judge of all, because he is the "Son of Man." No prophet, priest, scribe, or rabbi has ever executed such a judicial authority. No mere man or angelic being operates in such a realm. In the Old Testament, the prerogative of judgment belongs exclusively to God (Gen. 18:25, Judges 11:27, Ps. 9:8, 50:60, 82:8, 94:2, 98:9, 110:6, Isa. 33:22, I Chron. 16:33, Aboth 4:29). Jesus' use of the Messianic title Son of Man encompasses the full breadth of his nature: preexistent, exaltation, suffering, atoning death, glorification, enthronement, coming King and Judge. Consequently, no devised category can contain Jesus. He bursts forth and declares that he is illimitable. Prerogatives that are solely Divine are affirmed by him. A trilemma confronts anyone who undertakes a serious investigation of the Person of Jesus. Either he was a fraud, self-deceived, i.e., nut or he was who he says he was. There can be no other options. The "good moral teacher" category utilized to neatly dismiss Jesus, demands by definition truthfulness and sanity, which, if his declarations are untrue, would nullify such a classification. "The idea of a great moral teacher saying what Christ said is out of the question. In my opinion, the only person who can say that sort of thing is either God or a complete lunatic suffering from that form of delusion which undermines the whole mind of man. If you think you are a poached egg, when you are looking for a piece of toast to suit you, you may be sane, but if you think you are God, there is no chance for you." (C. S. Lewis, essay: "What Are We to Make of Christ?" God in the Dock, p. 158) A rubicon decision is demanded by him, "But who do you say that I am?" (Matt. 16:15) He leaves no one in a moral no-man's land. May his spirit grace us with a vision of his nature, a Divine unveiling from the Father. "And Simon Peter answered and said, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.' And Jesus answered and said to him, 'Blessed are you, Simon bar Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.'" (Matt. 16:16-17) "For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost." 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In the United States, music plays many vital roles in the wedding ceremony, from providing flow and ambiance to highlighting the deeper emotional meaning. Many former brides and grooms remember the songs played at their weddings for the rest of their lives, and they can relive that romantic day when hearing those songs again. Since music is so important to your wedding ceremony, I always advise hiring one or more live, experienced, professional musicians to handle it. Qualified, well-researched musicians will be able to tailor the music in real time to fit what is going on in your ceremony, which will help one part flow effortlessly into the next. Also, youll find it truly ties together all of the visual and verbal elements, from the flowers to the vows, with timeless style and class. For the music, most American wedding ceremonies have six major parts, each with their own special requirements: 1. The prelude 2. The wedding partys processional 3. The brides processional 4. The interlude 5. The recessional 6. The postlude If you do not want to choose individual songs for your ceremony, experienced wedding musicians will be able to play appropriate songs in the right places. But picking out your own music can be more meaningful and satisfying. The first decision you should make that will guide you in your choices is whether you want your music to be traditional and classic or lesser-known but unique. The professional wedding musicians you hire should have a supply of music from both categories in their repertoire. The Prelude The purpose of the prelude music is to welcome guests as they are being seated before the ceremony. It also should give a cheerful yet subdued atmosphere, setting the stage for the solemnity of the event. The prelude generally begins 15 to 20 minutes before the ceremony start time, and it often involves quite a few songs. Because of this, its best to give the musician(s) an idea of the genre of music you want and leave the individual song choices up to their discretion. Since the prelude sets the tone for the rest of the ceremony, its a good idea to base your genre choice on the type of music you will be using later in the ceremony. Popular genre choices include Classical, Love Songs, Jazz, and Broadway, and these genres can be mixed together within the prelude to suit your taste. Each of these genres has sub-categories (Baroque or Romantic Classical music, old or new love songs, etc.), but its safe to leave those choices up to the musicians unless you have strong feelings one way or another. The Wedding Partys Processional The wedding partys processional marks the official beginning of the ceremony. It should have a slow but flowing feel, ushering the beautiful bridesmaids and other members of the wedding party down the aisle. Perhaps the classic example here is Canon in D by Pachelbel, but you should listen to various musical selections to find a song that strikes a chord with you. The Brides Processional The brides processional can be an incredible moment, as memorable to everyone involved as the vows or any other part of the ceremony. You should choose a very special song here. If you go with Classical music, the obvious traditional choice is Wagners Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride). But any Classical piece that strikes you as particularly beautiful or meaningful can be used here. If youre going with jazz, pop, or Broadway, use a song with beautiful music as well as lyrics that are meaningful to you. Even if you dont have a singer at your wedding, the lyrics to a popular song will still play in everyones minds when they hear the melody. The Interlude The interlude can actually be many different moments in the ceremony, my very loose definition being any time there are no words being spoken for a minute or more. For most ceremonies, the interlude is the unity candle, memorial candle, or rose presentation. These are moments of quiet reflection, and the music you choose should encourage this mood. A popular and appropriate unity candle choice is The Wedding Song, partly because the lyrics mention the word union. Sweet Classical favorites include Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring by Bach, Ave Maria by Schubert, and Meditation from Thais by Massenet. The Recessional At last, time to celebrate! The wedding officiants &lt;br /&gt;pronouncement of husband and wife is followed by enthusiastic applause and joyous recessional music as the happy couple leads the way back up the aisle. The song you choose should be bright and upbeat, inviting everyone to celebrate your union. The top traditional choice for the recessional is Mendelssohns Wedding March. A close second and third are Beethovens Ode to Joy and Clarkes Trumpet Voluntary. But any song with a joyous feel that speaks to you will work well in this spot. The Postlude The postlude sets a pleasant atmosphere as guests are leaving. It can last between 10 and 30 minutes, so its best to treat the postlude like the prelude and simply give the musicians an idea of what you want. Experienced wedding musicians will play postlude music that is refined but upbeat, adding the finishing touch to your beautiful ceremony. The best starting point for specific ceremony music ideas is the repertoire list on the website (or in paper form) of the musicians you are hiring. The songs listed there are usually ones that the musicians are requested to play frequently and that the musicians know very well. Talk with your musicians as far in advance of the ceremony as possible about your musical selections. 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First, let me remind you that the best overall skin care product you can use is olive oil.  Whether you suffer from dry or itchy skin, or just wish to improve the appearance and texture of your skin, you would be hard pressed to do better than pure, extra virgin olive oil.  This can be applied straight from the bottle, and can be used on any part of the skin including the face. The curative properties of Olive Oil, both internal and external are nothing short of miraculous and I would like to share with you a recent experience that serves as a reminder to me how some of the most common elements surrounding us often remain overlooked. My neighbor and I happen to share the same birthday.  She is a widow whose children and grandchildren often come to visit.  As our birthdays approached, I made her up a bottle of my favorite after-bath oil (made primarily with olive oil) as a gift.  Unfortunately for my neighbor, I ran into her daughter first, who had suffered a severe exposure to Poison Ivy.  In all honestly, it was the worst case of poison ivy I had ever seen.  Her legs were almost completely covered in angry, purple splotches.  In a number of areas, the rash was crusting and developing a greenish tinge.  The itching was so intense that even after two weeks she was still on sleep medication as well as prescription strength antihistamines and ointments. I gave the oil to her and sincerely hoped it would help to alleviate her suffering.  Im pleased to report that five days later, my neighbor called, overjoyed.  Not only had the oil relieved the itching, but also the crusty, green scabs were gone and the huge purple blotches had begun to fade. The oil I mentioned is extremely simple to prepare and is an excellent curative for virtually any skin irritation including eczema and psoriasis. 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For each of these, you call a telephone number to get the audio, then tune into a website to see the slides and other accompanying materials. Some services also offer a web audio option, so that no one needs to pay a long distance fee. Many of these vendors have also included enhancements such as live polls during the lesson, a "follow-me" type of Internet tour of sites, and the ability to carry on conversations during the class via a chat feature. Try to participate in at least one of each brand so that you are aware of the opportunities. &lt;br /&gt; While live delivery has its place in web-based learning, it takes away one of the primary advantages assigned to online courses - the ability to learn anywhere, anytime. So if you want to provide that advantage, then you must assume an asynchronous mode of delivery. This type of delivery requires that you think through all of the course, design each lesson, then post the lessons for the students. 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Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine.  An example would be the use of aromatherapy to help lessen a patient's discomfort following surgery.  Alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine.  An example of this would be using a special diet to treat cancer, instead of undergoing surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy that has been recommended by a conventional doctor.  There is also Integrative medicine, which combines mainstream medical therapies and CAM therapies to treat a certain health condition.  Note that there is usually high-quality scientific evidence of the effectiveness of the CAM therapy when it is used integratively with conventional medicine. There are five major categories of CAM and they are listed and defined below: -Alternative Medical Systems These are systems that are built on complete systems of theory and practice.  The systems have usually evolved apart from and earlier than the conventional medical approach used in the U.S.  Examples of alternative medical systems that have developed in the Western cultures include homeopathic medicine and naturopathic medicine.  Examples of systems that have developed in non-Western cultures include traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda. -Mind/Body Interventions Mind-body medicine uses a variety of techniques designed to enhance the mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms.  Some techniques that were considered CAM in the past have become mainstream (i.e., patient support groups and cognitive-behavioral therapy).  Other mind-body techniques are still considered CAM, including meditation, prayer, mental healing, and therapies that are a creative outlet such as art, music, and dance. -Biologically Based Therapies These are therapies in CAM that use substances found in nature, such as herbs, foods, and vitamins.  Some examples include dietary supplements, herbal products, and the use of other so-called natural but scientifically unproven therapies (for example, the use of shark cartilage to treat certain cancers). -Manipulative and Body Based Methods These methods, used in CAM, are based on manipulation and/or movement of one or more parts of the body.  Some examples include chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation, and massage. -Energy Therapies Energy therapy involves the use of energy fields, and there are two types:&lt;br /&gt;Biofield therapies are intended to affect energy fields that surround and penetrate the body.  The existence of such fields has not yet been scientifically proven.  Some forms of energy therapy manipulate biofields by applying pressure and/or manipulating the body by placing the hands in or through these fields.  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Persons who suffer from high anxiety are more prone to depression, disrupted sleep, heart disease and a kaleidoscope of other health disorders. In the case of those persons suffering from a plethora of health conditions, aromatherapy massage and massage have been shown to alleviate stress and anxiety. While these natural healing techniques may not always cure disease, they can have a remarkable effect on the physical body. What many individuals do not realize is that stress is the leading proponent in raising blood sugar levels and blood pressure, red blood cell over activity, constricted blood vessels, racing pulse, and digestive problems.[4]  These facts prove that stress can have a very negative impact on overall health. In a report by the Research Institute of Nursing Science (College of Nursing Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea)[1], aromatherapy massage was studied on elderly women in Korea to determine its efficacy on anxiety and self-esteem issues. 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Upon commencement of the study, levels of constipation were measured by the constipation assessment scale (CAS).  While the results found that the average number of bowel movements had improved in both groups (being treated with both aromatherapy massage and placebo massage); the experimental group who had received the aromatherapy massage showed a significant improvement.  Purportedly, the aromatherapy massage demonstrated that its effects lasted for two (2) weeks after treatment; whereas non-aromatherapy massage lasted approximately seven to ten days (7-10). In conclusion, the study found that aromatherapy, coupled with massage does help ease geriatric constipation.[2] Other research suggests that both aromatherapy massage and massage are beneficial to persons suffering from cancer.  In a study performed by Princess Alice Hospice in the UK, patients were administered both aromatherapy massage and massage alone during a four-week course. 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Please consult your health care provider for advice about specific medical concerns and especially before beginning any type of health treatment. NOTICE: Article(s) may be republished free of charge to relevant websites, as long as Copyright and Author Resource Box are included; and ALL Hyperlinks REMAIN intact and active. Author Resource Box: CarolAnn Bailey-Lloyd - Freelance Writer and Web Consultant for HolisticJunction.com, in association with CollegeSurfing.com - Educational Resources for Spa and Aromatherapy Schools, Massage Schools, and other Massage Therapy Schools. 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Be a real friend to them.  Stress to them that even though you cannot fully understand how bad they feel, the experience of others is proof things will get better. In the case of my brother, my family all gathered together and discussed how wed go about helping him.  We made time for him and showed him how much we loved him.  Dont get me wrong, there were mistakes along the way.  There were some that patronized him and treated him like a porcelain doll.  Some seemed to be walking around on egg shells around him.  He didnt need that.  My brother told me how bad that made him feel.  Thats how I knew what to write in this article. All this experience has brought my brother and I closer than ever.  I thank God he is getting well. The best advice I can give anyone out there who has gone through anything similar to my experience is to try to help their loved one by showing them that life, which should be their most prized possession, is worth living. In conclusion, if Someone You Love Tries to Hurt Themselves, remember, its not your fault.  Stop beating yourself or blaming yourself.  Get them the help they need.  Be there for them. Dont patronize them.  Show them you care. I hope I was able to help you by relating my personal and private experience. Good luck to you all, Anna Anna Allen is author of several articles on depression and grief. 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