Why Everyone Should Balance Their Chakras

By Jai Dahalli

A common belief says that most things perform the best when they are provided a well balanced condition, excess or scarce of any factor leads to undesirable conditions and that holds true for the centers of energy in our body as well. Also we need to understand that other than the body we also possess a soul which is not seen but is an important element in our existence.

In any act we perform it is important that both forms of our existence have the correct balance and can perform optimally. While food, air and water are the key elements for the survival and balanced growth of our physical body, the 7 chakras are considered to be responsible for the active functioning of our spiritual self and it is also important that we maintain the chakra balance.

Chakra balance is a follow up after the cleansing of the chakras is completed. Once the chakras are able to free themselves of negative energy and bring in the positive, their cleansing process is said to be over. The heavenly bodies are said to play a significant role in the exchange of energies in this way.

The overall flow of energy decides whether chakra balance has been struck as it is said to be the condition where in each chakra is balanced as well as the entire system is balanced. This also points to the fact that since all the chakras are balanced your body is fit and healthy and without any pain or disorders.

The impact of every chakra is on one of the crucial organs of the human body and for this reason it becomes essential to maintain individual chakra balance as an imbalance in even one chakra could mean that there is a possibility of malfunctioning of a particular critical organ and that can be fatal as well.

An important component of the chakra balance in our body is water, the association our body has with this liquid shares a big impact on the physical body as well as our chakras.

As soothing as the colors are for our eyes, certain colors can also be soothing to the chakras. They play a definitive role in helping maintain the chakra balance and their introduction into your life can drive away problems caused by the particular chakra with which the color is associated.

Meditation is a very effective way of relaxing your inner body, while you sleep your physical body is at rest and it recharges itself to maintain the balance of energy in real world however in order to maintain chakra balance it is important that your spiritual self is also relaxed and can focus and refresh itself, meditation plays a defining role in providing the adequate amount of required rest to the soul.

In fact also sleeping is a form of meditation and it not only relaxes the physical body but also recharges a good amount of the chakras and hence it is very important that a person gets adequate sleep.

One of the most common methods of maintaining chakra balance is by keeping all your body parts in proper shape with the help of correct exercises. Inclusion of exercise in ones routine means that the chakras are physically shuffled and also this helps to ensure chakra balance. Though the exercises done are not for a long period of time, they need to be done daily.

Various chakras are impacted by the kind of food you consume and hence it is very important to change your eating habits to healthy food so that the chakra balance is not disrupted. There are many illnesses that are caused due to the type of food consumed and hence you should be careful about your diet.

One can be sure of the fact that the chakra balance impacts the various aspects of your body and personality and its maintenance is very crucial for effective survival. - 20763

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Addictive Ones

By Cliff Turner

TV watching has changed completely with the rise of digital formats -- back 15 years ago, the idea of watching a show on VHS from start to finish just wasn't convenient or very common at all. Now, it's par for the course, and the brilliant, addictive nature of some of TV's finest series can be seen by everyone. Here are 5 that will keep you hooked.

#5 Gossip Girl

Following the machinations of these spoiled New York rich kids might seem strange at first, mainly because they're such jerks and their private schools are so fancy. But when you have money and privilege and combine it with Manhattan and an insanely juicy plot-line, you've got the recipe for a show that's as addictive as a hard drug. If you get the DVD boxsets, be prepared to stay in your house for many days.

#4 True Blood.

Sure, this TV series is about trendy vampires, but takes it all in a completely different direction from Twilight and its ilk. Once you start following the whole Sookie Stackhouse story closely, you'll realize you've been completely hooked, and the only way to wean yourself is by finishing all the seasons.

#3 Jersey Shore

Reality TV at its absolute finest, Jersey Shore places a series of insanely exaggerated extroverts into a New Jersey beach house for the summer and watches the ridiculous, overblown, hilarious fireworks. People are continuously fighting, creeping, macking, and all the rest, and when you watch it all with the dvd boxsets, you'll have had your "guido" fill for many a year.

#2 The Office

Talk about addictive -- not only is this show hilarious in its send-up of corporate culture and office inefficiencies, it also amazingly inserted a wonderful romance that has its many, many fans clamoring for more. If you go through the show on DVD, you'll really see how wonderfully it's been done.

#1 Lost.

Lost has taken its lessons from the old serials of the 1950s: keep the audience wanting more, and you'll get them hooked for the entire run. Possibly the most addictive show in history, Lost has hooked viewers around the entire globe, and is even worse when watched as a dvd boxset. - 20763

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How Can I Get Motivated To Go To School

By Willis Micheals

Is there a problem that you know of, with getting yourself to school? What is stopping you from going there? Or is something holding you back at home? Are there any difficulties with your classmates, your teachers or any other person? Are there any difficulties with the work that you have to do there? Have a think about whether you are finding schoolwork too easy and maybe getting bored? Or perhaps the work is too hard, or you have missed out on something and can't catch up? Maybe you have difficulty completing homework or projects? Are you having difficulty studying for exams? Do you have a problem with your health, or at home that is worrying you? Maybe a problem with a friend outside school? Perhaps a problem with a parent or guardian is worrying you

Writing down your likes and dislikes about going to school can be helpful. It means you can work out what any difficulties might be so you can work on those. And you can see which things you like and improve on those too. There are some positive aspects to going to school. For instance, just mixing with other people, whether friends, teachers, or others, means you learn how to get on with others and how to recognise other people's feelings and emotions. Discussion and debate with your peer group is important in developing your own thoughts on life, your own value system and testing out friendships and relationships of many kinds, some, or many, of which may last your whole life.

Physical exercise is also important, with team games helping you to learn lessons that will serve you well in later work, as well as helping to keep you healthy. While you could find other ways of improving your skills, knowledge and health apart from going to school, it means making a deliberate effort to find ways of doing this, whereas in school, the opportunities are all there, almost without having to think about them. Of course, the downside of school can be having to attend lessons you don't like, find out about subjects you don't understand and even mix with people you don't like.

Changing minus points into positive ones is not as easy as it may sound. Change can be hard because it means taking action now, for the promise of something good in the future. That's not always easy to do or to keep up but it is very worthwhile. Taking action means deciding on a goal and starting to work towards it. This needs to be something concrete, such as improving school attendance.

If your attendance record is not good, you could make your goal to be to improve that by a certain amount. For instance if you have only attended school for 50% of last term, your goal might be to attend for 75% (three quarters) of the time next term. Of course, just attending school may not be the only goal you want to achieve. Perhaps you want to pass your exams or pass them with a good mark. You might want to hand in homework on time or submit coursework. These are all measurable goals.

If you need to improve your school marks, again you need to set achievable goals and keep at them. This might include a goal of learning 10 spellings or vocabulary words a day. Or it might mean doing an extra amount of homework each day. If you want to improve your people skills, you could join a club and set a goal of attending weekly and taking part in something. If you already belong to a club, you might set a goal of doing some work in the club, such as organising an event. - 20763

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Tips On How To Choose The Right Bridal Dress For You

By William Bell

At any wedding, there is a lot of focus on how the bride looks, and getting the dress right is absolutely important. To make you look photogenic and draw the admiration of the invitees, the correct bridal dress has to be selected, and this should be done keeping some aspects in mind.

In case of bridal dress, the dependability of the shop from where you are buying the dress is important, as well as prompt delivery of the wedding gown at your doorstep. A bridal gown needs numerous and elaborate fitting sessions, so the closer the store is from your place, the better it is.

While deciding your wedding dress, you must search for a colour that highlights your attractiveness and makes you stand out. Sampling a few dresses of various colours is always a good idea. However, fashion and looks must not be given priority at the expense of comfort. A cosy yet nice dress will not only improve your beauty but also keep you in good spirits so that you can enjoy your wedding day to the fullest.

A wedding gown should also be photogenic to make sure that you appear beautiful in photographs as well. If you are based in Singapore, there would not be any difficulty in communicating with a photographer and taking his suggestion on which colours and shades are suitable for photographs.

Almost all the big commercial centres have good Singapore wedding photographers waiting to help you out. In fact, they can also be reached online. Though many wedding photography Singapore companies have excellent performance records, yet it is a good idea to take advice of people who have used their services so that you end up selecting the best guys for the task. The competency and talent of the photographer are the decisive aspects that will influence the quality of the pictures, so it is better to be safe by picking the right organization than be sorry later by picking an unprofessional one. - 20763

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Astral Travel - The Secret For Beginners

By Rick J Griffiths

If you've ever drifted off into a pleasant daydream and imagined yourself floating somewhere high over the roof tops, then you may have been exercising astral travel! Have you ever dreamt about going to different places and seeing different people? That too could be a sign of astral travel. Astral travel is a state of mind that allows you to journey outside of your physical body, going to places you've literally only dreamed of.

Many people confuse actual astral travel with dreaming. This is not to say that each and every dream a person has is an astral travel adventure. When you first go to sleep and begin to dream it is your minds way of working through the events of your day. This is when the mind is trying to work out various stresses or events that were not settled while you were awake. This helps to keep you sane. Few of those dreams are remembered, and if they are remembered it is only bits and fragments.

Those times where your dreams are vividly remembered are the times when you are experiencing astral travel. It is good practice to write down these dreams on paper or in a computer journal of some sort. You may not understand the dreams now, but later you can browse over the lot of them and likely make some sort of sense for you.

Similar to the dreams that allow you to work out the problems and frustrations of the day, so astral travel has some benefits as well. The benefits will be unique to you, as they are to each person who experiences astral projection, and that is why it is so important that you write them down.

The primary benefits of writing down your astral projection experiences stem from an expansion of your spirituality. Through astral projection, you will become more aware of your surroundings and the inner workings of your soul. Once you truly know yourself, you will have an overall sense of well-being and peace. And because astral projection causes us to use parts of our brains that are seldom used, it will make you a sharper person enhancing memory and mental awareness.

An added benefit to astral projection is a boost in your psychic abilities. Those who practice astral projection claim an enhancement in their telepathic and precognitive skills, and also enhance their ability to sense spirits.

This is due to the fact that when you astral project and astral travel you are tapping into spiritual energies that you ignored before.

Those who are skeptical of astral travel soon come to their senses after working on their astral travel skills. Even they have been able to read the auras of other people quite easily.

Besides all of the above, there is also the simple fun and adventure of traveling outside your own body. It is like being on a rollercoaster whenever you want while at the same time providing you a sense of well-being and peace.

It is hard to believe that astral travel isn't consciously experienced by more people. Most people are simply afraid to try because they believe one must have the skills present. However, everyone is born with this ability as long as they are willing to practice it.

It is likely that you've experienced some astral travel in your lifetime, as stated above, either through your remembered dreams or daydreams. You have flown out of your body before, whether you like it or not!

The best way to gain the benefits of astral projection is to simply allow these experiences to happen freely, and try to blend with these experiences and to gain some sort of control over them. Through this mental exercise, you will get stronger in mind and body.

Don't be afraid to give astral travel a try. Don't deny yourself the pleasures of something you were born with but only have forgotten to use. Anyone can do it. You only need to browse the many ebooks and other information you can find online that teach techniques of astral travel. Learn to unlock the secrets of your inner self through astral travel! - 20763

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Classy Entertainment Center For Your Television

By Erik Strafford

Home entertainment centers are fast gaining popularity because of their space saving capabilities and the advantage they provide in storing electronic equipment and components in a compact and a methodical manner. Ranging from the existing home entertainment centers to custom made ones, these centers are either made of wood or metal. While the metallic entertainment solutions are also in great demand, it is the wooden entertainment centers that attract consumers because of their aesthetic values.

The wooden entertainment centers are made of oak, cherry, mahogany, hickory, pine, maple, and walnut. If you are buying a wooden entertainment center you must keep in mind that all-wood furniture is not necessarily all solid wood.

A wide range of contemporary designs is also available for smaller or regular TV's and other entertainment devices. They can range from small units made by combining a stylish TV tabletop with a combination of drawers to larger column like structures with closed, as well as open, shelf space.

While searching for wooden entertainment centers, you should have a keen eye for detail. First of all, look carefully at drawers and ensure that they open and close smoothly. Apart from moving freely, they should also have automatic stops.

Also, check for support blocks at the bottom of the drawers. In fact the quality and construction of the drawers are an important indicator of the over all quality of the furniture. There should also be dust proofing between the drawers. The advantage of this is that this barrier prevents papers from passing between them.

All said, television is only one of the many elements of a big screen entertainment center. In addition, you can also place your PC in the entertainment center and use it to download music or video. Yet the TV continues to rule supreme as the biggest home entertainment provider. To get the complete theater sound effect, you can connect surround-sound speaker systems. The sound of these systems varies depending on where you place them. - 20763

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UFC 98 Review: Machida, Hughes Big Winners

By Ross Everett

When golf legend Jack Nicklaus was still a young upstart in the sport and only starting to tear up PGA courses, legend Bobby Jones commented following 'The Golden Bear's' 65 Masters win that "he plays a game with which I am not familiar". Following his absolute destruction of Rashad Evans in the main event of UFC 98, there's likely a few MMA fighters saying the same thing about the new light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. Machida completely befuddled Evans en route to a 2nd round TKO victory after which 'The Dragon' looked as if hed barely worked up a sweat.

The fight started slowly, with each man trying to get a feel for his opponent and wait him out to see who blinked first. Evans, who prefers to counter punch, quickly began to become uncomfortable with facing an adversary who didn't come right at him. Late in the first round, Machida went on offense with frightening suddenness, flooring Evans with a nice straight right hand. Evans gamely tried to fight back, but a final right hand from the Shotokan Karate master left him out cold.

After the fight UFC announcer Joe Rogan proclaimed the start of the Machida era and this is not just mere hyperbole. Machida is unlike any fighter before him, rooted in mastery of traditional martial arts but with the versatility of a modern MMA competitor. He's essentially a Mortal Kombat character come to life--in a more realistic cross disciplinary comparison he shares many of the same characteristics as boxing great Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as he combines insane handspeed, underrated stopping power and nearly impenetrable defense into an unorthodox and extremely lethal package. Like Mayweather, hes a tough opponent to prepare for as there's simply no way to replicate his skill set in sparring. In another similarity with boxing's recent pound for pound king, Machida has been bred to fight since birth. His father is a first generation Japanese --Brazilian and a Shotokan Karate legend, Yoshizo Machida. He began training in his fathers discipline at the age of 3 and by the time he was 12 years old had earned a black belt.

The comparisons with the insanely talented but equally insanely arrogant Mayweather end when the final bell sounds. Outside of the cage, Machida is a modest and respectful gentleman who is quick to give credit to his father and his karate teachers for his MMA success. He spent most of his UFC 98 postfight interview not singing his own praises, but imploring others to strive to realize their dreams. In the past, his limited English was seen as a potential marketing liability here in the US but on this occasion he demonstrated vastly improved fluency in the language as a Portuguese translator stood by with his hands in his pockets. Almost overnight hes simply become a marketers dream.

An odd trivia note about Machida serves as further repudiation for MMA neophytes who think that the sports kinship with pro wrestling began with Brock Lesnar: Machida was discovered by Japanese wrestling legend Antonio Inoki, and became something of his protege. He trained for some time at the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo in Tokyo and made his MMA debut on a NJPW card in 2003, defeating Pancrase veteran Kengo Watanabe.

Perhaps the most frightening thing about Machida is that hes only now reaching his full potential as an MMA fighter. In other words, hes only going to get better which is a scary prospect for opponents given the fact that hes never lost in MMA competition. In his recent bouts hes shown a downright lethal ability to end fights. He stopped Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at UFC 79 with an arm triangle choke, and blitzed Evans and previous foe Thiago Alves with punishing punching combinations en route to TKO victories.

Machida will very likely face Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson at some point in the future and, with all due respect to the PRIDE/UFC veteran, its difficult to see him faring much differently than Evans did. One thing working in 'Rampage's' favor is his greater experience and a resume filled with high level opponents of various fighting styles.

In the co-main event of the evening, Matt Hughes defeated Matt Serra by unanimous decision to gain the upperhand in their long running feud. It was a surprisingly entertaining fight, with Serra taking the first round with his power punching before Hughes used his takedown and ground control abilities to win rounds two and three. The two men embraced after the fight so, for now at least, their well known dislike for one another that began during their stint as rival coaches on The Ultimate Fighter may have ebbed. - 20763

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Ross Everett is a well known freelance writer specializing in travel, poker and sports handicapping. He is a consulting handicapper for Anatta Sports where he is responsible for providing daily free sports picks. In his spare time he enjoys fine dining, falconry and deep sea diving. He lives in Southern Nevada with four dogs and a pet coyote.

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Past Regression - Why It Is Vital To Your Future

By Lesley Lockwood

More and more people these days are starting to believe in the possibility of reincarnation. With different techniques that help you to recall your past lives available, it can get tricky trying to choose the method that best suits you.

One way to start is in keeping a journal. All it involves is writing down all of your thoughts including what is viewed as trivial experiences. Even your emotions. Emotions maybe the strongest clues to a past life. Like an unreasonable fear of bridges. This journal is helpful when you are starting to see patterns as you refer back to it.

To start with you should begin your journal by describing yourself thoroughly. Write about your likes and your dislikes. Describe what food you enjoy, what phobias (if any) that you have. If you find that you feel a particular affinity with a time period in history, or with a certain culture or even climate, write about that as well. Do not forget to write about what your talents are, and what you enjoy doing. Even writing about animals that you feel drawn to, or perhaps afraid of, can prove useful. Describe your personality and if you experience things like deja vu. If you do, record your experiences when you have them.

Your journal is also useful for recording the details of your dreams if you can remember them. Dreams can provide vital clues for our past life but it is important to remember that our dreams contain information from our current life as well, nevertheless, it is useful to record any dreams that you have.

Past life regression might be the way to go.

This involves a visit to a professional past life regression therapist. They are trained to guide you through the regression and then with your help interpret what information that came through. This technique involves the professional doing hypnosis. Sometimes this can be done by self-hypnosis.

Many people use Meditation as a way to find out about their past lives.

This is a private technique so therefore many people have a hard time in trusting what they receive. With meditation, it is important to trust in your instincts and feelings.

Although many beginners feel that instead of meditating they are only daydreaming, important information can and does come through, so it is necessary to record what you experience during the meditation in your journal.

A lot of people find that listening to music while they meditate is all they need to be able to relax and focus their minds. Alternatively, you might prefer to listen to the soothing and calming sound of water, or the helpful guided meditation audios that are available today. Lighting a pleasant smelling incense or burning some scented candles can help you to relax as well. Whatever you choose to help, it is important that you are completely relaxed and focused. If none of these do the trick then you might want to try something else.

Binaural Beats

With Binaural Beats you listen to different frequencies in each ear that help you to attain the same meditative state that Zen monks can reach. You should choose somewhere quiet and free from any kind of distractions and disturbances. Somewhere that enables you to sit or lie down comfortably.

Keep a positive state of mind and do not allow yourself to be distracted by any thoughts about your daily life. Although it might happen until you gain more experience with meditation. Instead of being completely side tracked try to make a note of it and then put it out of your mind. One thing that you need to remember is that meditation takes practice so do not give up when nothing seems to happen in the beginning. It is when we achieve a proper meditative state that questions will arise, just be prepared to find the answers when you are not expecting to.

Among other things this method can also assist you with regards to issues you are faced with in your present life, including relationship issues. You might, like others have, discover that you have shared lives with people in past lives that you know in your present life. A bit of research will confirm, or not, the information you received.

Within many religions, the idea of reincarnation is accepted, albeit in some more so than in others. Some believe in it so much that they also believe that whatever choices you make, or whatever you do in one life will affect your next life, too. So whether you have done positive or negative things, you will experience the consequences if not in your current life then in the next. This is not necessarily a wrong belief, because once you have discovered what happened to you in a past life, it can be beneficial to you in your present one.

As with many things it is important that you keep an open mind about what you discover. You need to be able to accept the information you receive about your past life, because that will enable you to not only learn from past mistakes, but also afford you the opportunity to correct them in your current life, making it better than the previous one.

Sometimes it happens that the subconscious might be blocked but it can be unblocked successfully to receive the information that comes through past life regression. Despite the fact that some people experience a blocked subconscious, the experts still maintain that past life regression can be very beneficial to the present life. But besides the unblocking of the subconscious, there are other benefits as well.

As already mentioned past life regression can help us by identifying the mistakes we made in our past life or lives, and not repeating them in the present life. The way we do that is by confronting those past life issues head on.

Being able to see what you were or like in the past may help you see a hidden talent that was just waiting to be brought to the front and so help you live a richer, fuller life now. This will also help you have a much better understanding of yourself. If something about yourself that was a mystery before like say singing, maybe you were a professional singer in a past life. And so that talent is coming out even if no one else in your family can hold a tune.

Overall, Past life regression sounds like a positive process to go through. It may give you insight to yourself even if you can't accept it consciously. - 20763

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Eight Phases Of Successful Giving

By Masami Sato

A new experiment is completely changing lives in the rural areas of India by bringing luminosity where there used to be darkness.

An article was published in The New York Times named, "Husk Power for India". Current, which is routinely available in the lives of most in industrialized nations, is an unimaginable luxury in out-of-the-way corners of emerging countries. What was once fodder for cattle is now used to produce current - rice husks.

Growing up in rural Bihar State, Manoj Sinha knew what it was like to sit in the dark. Being an engineer with Intel Corporation he had all the skills to make a lifelong idea come alive. He led the development of his electricity equipment that generates power from rice husks and other farming waste and now he sells it to villages across India.

Sinha is what could be called a reformative businessman because he feels business is the answer to major social problems. "Business leaders must realise that the world's poor need investments more than handouts," he says, adding, "these are customers, not victims."

The article motivated me to think about offering things in a different way that made me ask myself, "what is the most perfect form of giving?" Is it edification, commerce or disaster aid? There are so many ways to create a difference. One way of giving can seem more productive or practical than other ways depending on the way it is given expression, viewed or put into practice.

I then came to identify there were eight sections to giving as a form to perceive this. So, let me outline the eight methods; which in effect are often 'phases' of giving as well.

Stage one: Urgency - rescuing and supporting others who are struck by natural disaster, epidemic diseases or other uncontrollable circumstances.

Stage two: Relief - providing relief from long-standing hunger, poverty, diseases, handicaps or discrimination which otherwise would continue or worsened because of the lack of information, education or resources.

Stage three: Remedying and defense - internally, bodily and psychologically. Many people carry injuries that may be invisible but could be severely confining their lives. Giving the remedy to release the buried trauma creates better facilities for them while giving proper protection gives them a sense of defense.

Stage four: Education - giving better education, information and skill training to create empowered and creative solutions to resource generation while supporting individuals to discover their unique talent to thrive.

Stage five: Creative investment - lending a hand, money or resources to those who have great potential to make a difference. This gets leveraged many times as the resources increase and passed on to many others who again make more out of the opportunities given.

Phase six: Maintainability - working collectively involving the people in the local surroundings, creating maintainable society - ecologically and communally.

Stage seven: Empowerment - sanctioning and influencing the people to set free their true capability and drive to make a difference. In this group of offering, the aim of offering changes from 'giving to those who are in need' to 'giving people an opening to give to others' and to the whole group.

Stage eight: Loving - just doing whatever we feel to do to love and care for others. No strategy or expected outcome exists in this stage of giving. 'Giving' does not even exist here in the traditional sense of the word, as there is no sense of possession or judgment or desire to change anything. This is where we do not even have to think about anything, we give as a part of our own joyful experience.

What we also perceive is that at each one of these eight stages of giving there are distinctive things that the donor gets back.

One: Sense of relationship

Two: Sense of comfort

Three: Relief from pain (our own)

Four: Gratification for our own understanding, talents and situations

Five: Long-term sense of contribution and satisfaction for our own life

Six: Improved atmosphere for our own life and for the lives of all those we value and cherish

Seven: Soul fulfilling inspiration and dedication to our own purpose

Eight: Care

Giving has many levels and experiences depending on the giver and the receiver. And the 'stages' do not describe which one is more important than the other. All are necessary.

I was lucky to have an experience early in 2008 while journeying with a group of devoted entrepreneurs across India to see how we could be more productive in our helping. I was particularly happy to have one outstanding encounter that led me to think about what 'actual giving' really meant.

We were in a little town one day. Four of us had just booked a taxi to take us to another town nearby. We negotiated with the driver carefully as our hotel staff had warned us in advance about the rip-off we might experience seeing we were not local.

We chose to stop in front of the local train station for a short interval en route to the town. While the others went to use restrooms, I struck up a conversation with the driver of the taxi, standing nearby. With his limited English vocabulary and a smiling face that showed his black front teeth to advantage, he told me that he lived in the outskirts of the town and that he had a young wife and two kids who attended the local school - I began to feel a relationship with him.

I patted him on the back for having an affectionate family and told him that I also had two kids of the same age as his. When the others came back the driver instantly asked us to come to his house for food. I thought it was just a formality he wanted to convey at first. However, after leaving us at the centre of the town, he was particular that he would wait for us till we were done with our traveling around the town. And he actually did. I was in fact quite taken aback to see him still standing by the side of the road next to his taxi even after an hour. We hopped back into the taxi and he whizzed off up the road to where his home was.

When we arrived we were actually quite shocked to see how he was living. It was almost like the same condition (if not worse) to the lifestyle of people living in slums we had visited previously. From the nice new taxi he was driving, who could have imagined

As he drove into the narrow unsealed street between small houses that were made with roughcast concrete blocks and mud painted walls, we almost regretted about saying yes to his invite. For a brief moment I felt pangs of guilt. "How could I go to this man's home who didn't seem to have anything and I didn't even bring any food or gifts for his family", I thought.

As we went inside his house, we saw a vessel and a small stove on the floor. His timid young wife raised her head in surprise and withdrew into the small store room (a cupboard size) adjacent to it. As I took in the scene, I saw the neighbours residing next door giving her a few cups across the broken down concrete fence. The young couple did not even have sufficient teacups in their house. There was a single room fitted with one single bed and a pretty old galvanised box near it.

The cab driver swiftly took out three hand-woven rugs from the galvanised box and placed it neatly on the small space of the mud floor keeping one on the bed.

Soon the cups of tea and some snacks arrived. All his children and children from the neighborhood came to see us and stood in the doorway. All six of us were totally squashed in the tiny room. I curiously asked him where all his children were sleeping. I thought they probably had another space somewhere. To my surprise, he cheerfully pointed the chest and said it was their bed with his beaming smile.

He gleefully told us that he was a dancing champion in town and pointed to some trophies on the shelf above the bed. Keen to show us his dancing skills he suddenly dashed outside. From nowhere music filled the tiny room. He didn't have any music system in the house, it was coming from outside. I was curious so I stood up to see him reversing his taxi right against the back wall of his house with the doors wide open with car radio on full volume!

With his dancing and the cups of tea his wife produced, time moved quickly and it was soon time to thank them for their wonderful hospitality and proceed on our way. As we got up to leave and give our thanks to him and his wife, he took the best of the rugs he had, rolled it and gave it to us. It was practically one of the handfuls of good things he had. It was difficult to comprehend the enormity of the gesture.

We all respectfully refused his gift and came out saying goodbye to everyone waving at us. We got perplexed about this whole thing. Should we have offered some cash to the family as they obviously had limited means? Should we have agreed to take his wonderful gift?

As I was thinking about this awe-inspiring experience after a few days, I considered our begging off his gift. He looked crest-fallen that we didn't accept the gift. It wasn't only the rejecting of the gift that remained in my mind.

I understood that the sense of unease I felt was really ensuing from viewing him as unfortunate. I was perhaps thinking that I couldn't possibly accept something from a person who had very little.

But did he really have nothing much? Maybe he had much more - many more.

Maybe the perfect gift we could have given him then was to accept his gift in total surrender and gratefulness.

All actions of gifting and getting are essential for us to fill our world with plenty and contentment equally for both giver and getter. We can begin doing this instead of assessing and defending one over the other. The perfect act of gifting and getting needs no further clarification.

Manoj Sinha's words echo in my mind once again, "these are customers, not victims." I can imagine the smiling faces of the villagers who are now proud to have electricity in their villages and the children who now can read books and learn in their homes at night. - 20763

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Tips For Event Photography

By Willy Wong

One of the many ways you can make money as a photographer is to specialise on events. Christenings, weddings, and lots of other events where people make memories can be well paid business. The great thing is that all you need is a great camera, lots of memory, and a stack of business cards.

How to do it

You must be careful what events to cover if you want to make money. Only where people want to retain memories will it be worth your while.

One idea is to go to kids sports events. Get permission from the coach to click pics for the parents watching and then start clicking away. If you turn up with a wopping big telephoto lens like the ones used for pro coverage of events, you will be taken seriously. Make sure you get all the kids doing great action shots and then hand out flyers to all the kids' parents watching with your web address. If you can write down the parents email address so you can email them the URL of you site then upload the pics to your web site that day and email everyone. If you have a simple shopping cart set up you can make money in a few hours as people pop in to see the pics and buy them for $20 or more a pop.

You can do a similar thing with weddings. Take all the regular shots as part of the wedding coverage but then get your URL printed on the wedding invites and all the other wedding materials and also get an email list of all the wedding guests, offer the couple a nice 20% discount for doing this and then take lots of extra pics at the wedding of the guests doing all the things they do. Upload all the pics to your site and send the emails. You will then make a lot more money than the 20% discount it cost you because then 30 or 40 people will be also buying your pics at $20 or more a shot straight from your site. Also charging them more for higher resolution shots is a great bonus income as well.

The key is to just find a corner of the market where you can take the pics and then sell them easily online.

Dog shows, fashion shows, horse shows, car shows, livestock competitions, rock shows, - the list goes on. Keep your eye out in the events section of your local paper to see what is happening. Always ask for permission to shoot pics and if you need to offer the people 10% of the income if feel you need to so you can get easy access. - 20763

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Must Consider Factors For Buying An Indoor Slate Water Fountain

By Allen Cleveland

Maintaining your home or office with an exclusive and classy decoration is the way to make these areas worth watching and enchanting. A simple touch of decoration mixed with an artistic sense can increase the appeal of your home and can convert it from dull to drastic. The walls, floors, ceiling of any office or a home need to be properly managed and decorated in order to create an astonishing impression amongst the viewers.

You can typically use the paintings, frames and various other types of decorative pieces that can demonstrate a properly managed look but in order to create something unique and stunningly different you can use the indoor slate wall fountains. The contemporary water fountains available in the market are one of the most elegant artworks that can bright up the interior beauty of your home.

The indoor slate water fountains are made of a quality raw material that is slate which gives a surprisingly inexhaustible sight of any house. You can have one of these wonderfully designed indoor water fountains placed on any of the wall which is a center of attraction for all visiting your place.

While selecting any of such fountains you must keep in mind the essential factors that can make it a profitable deal for you. A few aspects that have to be well thought of while buying indoor slate water fountain entail;

1. Reason To Buy First ask yourself whether you really need it? In order to discharge the negative ions present in your home or office, increasing the money flow and efficiency and attaining mental peace you need it. But still there could be some different reasons as well.

2. Price Factor While you work out the need of a wall water fountain you must have to consider the budget that is available with you. Select the best deal in your planned price range as there is a wide range available in the market that suits almost every pocket.

3. Raw Material Before buying any sort of these wall water fountains do consider the quality and the durability of material used in making it. There are number of variants available in the raw material segment such as clay, wood, rock, mirror, fiber, metal, resin, steel, aluminum, copper and slate, etc. But if you are planning for one made of slate make it sure that you do not encounter any difficulty in maintaining and installing it.

4. Layout or Design Choose those layouts that can best suit your interiors and can easily fit in your space. Before finding the one of your choice you must have to see the space availability and the best wall where you can mount it. Even you can find them in free standing designs also that are backed by wall support.

5. Interior Decoration Anything that you buy in order to add on the internal beautification of your home you must match that particular thing with rest of the interiors that your house or office has. The color, design, texture and style should complement each other.

Keeping the above points in mind you can really create a big difference in your buying decision. - 20763

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Hypnosis Training - Be A Professional While Helping Others

By Randy Green

Recognized institutes offering authentic courses on hypnosis and hypnotherapy are spread across the world. It is possible to become a highly skilled hypnotherapist with appropriate skill to use this art in everyday life through these training modules.

Such training targets at making people excellent mind readers and makes them capable of tracing the buried causes behind low self confidence and other mental problems that the patient might be suffering from. You can use the knowledge and skills acquired in the training to significantly enhance your own life as well as help others.

Effective hypnosis training requires lot more than just a course. Just like any other field, hypnosis too, needs much practice and determination. A person having a healthy and unbound mind is in a better position to imbibe and internalize the knowledge provided in hypnosis training. Having such a mind is so important because it acts as a reservoir of other important qualities like concentration, boldness, and determination.

The power of hypnotherapy is great and so are its benefits. Hypnotherapy training helps in bringing a sea change in an individual's personality by helping him relate to his subconscious self. Conditioning of the mind by flushing out negative thoughts and implanting positive thoughts deep into the unconscious is what this method tries to achieve, so that the person's behaviour can be transformed and his maladies cured.

Hypnotherapy can be categorized into self hypnosis and hypnosis aimed at another person. The potential of self hypnosis lies in the fact that it allows the person to understand himself better and strive towards eradicating his shortcomings, be it want of self confidence, fear of public speaking, or lack of success in career. A little tuning of the subconscious could give splendid results in building up inspiration and will power.

Hypnotherapy training also provides professional opportunities to people willing to cure others of their mental afflictions. All sorts of abnormal behaviour can be rectified by an experienced hypnotherapist. Anxiety, phobia, addiction, childhood problems and a lot of other mental illnesses find their effective solutions in correct hypnosis. Hypnotherapy can also be displayed on the streets just to spread knowledge about the subject and to inform the public about the capabilities of the subconscious mind.

Through hypnosis training, one can attain expertise for professional use and also develop an ability to deal with challenging situations and tough people, and therefore it is an ideal tool for self-renewal for people from all professions and of all ages. - 20763

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Discover How To Download Cool Films Right At Home Immediately

By Ashley R Richardson

In this article are nine of the greatest films of all time. Enjoy this list of films that are old but gold. Take into account that you can download any of them you prefer directly to your own computer in the comfort of your own residence. Choose one to see now!

The Leading Man, British backstage show romantic movie in regards to an American film megastar who seduces a playwright's unhappy spouse and his leading-woman mistress. When it might not make up its mind whether it is a comedy tirade or a light thriller, it is still exceptionally humorous stuff. Bon Jovi is excellent as the rash, dishonorable Yankee, and Galiena and Newton are attractive as the females trapped in his web. Cast includes Jon Bon Jovi, Anna Galiena, Lambert Wilson, Thandie Newton, Barry Humphries, and David Warner. (100 minutes, 1997)

The Interpreter, U.N. translator Silvia Broome overhears a death threat made against an African leader. She knows that she was seen and fears for her life. Upon reporting the event to law enforcement, she finds that aid will not come easy.

Your treasured motion picture, Adam's Apples, This movie is a weird mysterious comedy about two very dissimilar men who have a fight of wills. It is a recently developed religious fanatic versus a hard core neo-Nazi criminal. The battle of good versus evil is on. The key stars are Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Brom, and Paprika Steen. (German-Danish-comedy directed by Anders Thomas Jensen)

Thunderheart, There have been a number of killings on the Sioux Indian Reservation. The FBI goes in to deal with the circumstances. One agent, Ray Levoi, has Sioux blood. As he investigates the case he soon finds out there is much more going on than some random murders.

Our top motion picture, Addicted to Love, This movie is a gloomy comedy where we observe an ex-boyfriend, and an ex-girlfriend spying on their previous partners. They find themselves teamed together, with the young lady planning acts of revenge for her previous partner. Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, and Tcheky Karyo star. (1997 dark comedy directed by Griffin Dunne)

Happy Gilmore, Hockey player Happy Gilmore finds his slap shot power translates into 400 yard plus drives in golf. Needing money to help his grandma save her house, he is going to try pro golf. His putting is as terrible as his driving is good, so he has a lot to learn. Overcoming all odds, Happy wins the tour championship and now can save grandma's home.

On Guard is a timeless film from the year 1997. A devoted swordsman saves a child princess from the wicked grasp of her mean adversary. The tot's dad was also the swordsman's mentor. A delightfully old-styled popcorn movie that is full of action and set in the France of Louis XIV. Cast includes Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Perez, Marie Gillain, Yann Collette, Didier Pang, and Philippe Noiret.

Soylent Green, Well-intentioned however cardboard adaptation of Harry Harrison's chemistry-fiction classic Make Room! Make Room! In the year 2022, Manhattan has gotten to be an overloaded hellhole. Charlton Heston plays a copy who while examining the homicide of a bigwig, trips onto volatile government secret which you'll figure out long before he does. Players includes Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Mike Henry, and Dick Van Patten. (100 minutes, 1973)

La Salamandre - Reporter Bideau and author Denis analyze truths behind the case of bizarre Ogier, implicated by her uncle of tried murder. Cast includes Bulle Ogier, Jean-Luc Bideau, and Jacques Denis. Easy, farcical evaluation of reality - (125 minutes, 1971) - 20763

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Different Cameras To Choose From

By Jason Kelly

The availability of affordable cameras in the market mad popular the hobby which is called photography. It has always been a must to capture important milestones and events using a camera. It is a hobby for some people and a wonderful artform for other. The purposes for cameras are different so it only is logical that we have different kinds of cameras available in the market. The option s below will surely give you the perfect camera for you.

The digital camera is numerous in the market. Digital cameras are most utilized and famous all around the world. The main reason is because digital cameras are affordable and easy to use. Normally you see people using digital cameras on normal days and on special events in their lives.

This next one is called point-and-shoot compact camera. Point-and-shoot compact camera is a still camera used with focus free lenses or autofocus. This type of camera is similar to a digital camera. The only difference is that it has a fully automatic operation. People trying to capture weather conditions and nature employ this kind of camera.

The SLR or the single reflex camera is utilized for outdoor use as well. This is also utilized for capturing weather conditions. Press people also use this kind of camera. The feature of SLR is that it uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system. You manually adjust the focus. This is a perfect camera for photography buffs.

We also have the medium and large format cameras. It's almost like an SLR but its size is bigger. This is used in stock photography. This is also used by non-pros. This is utilized by those who consider photography as an art form.

So you have just read about the four types of cameras being utilized these days. They are different in their purposes but will surely give you pictures you can keep for memories. - 20763

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Hypnosis - What It Is And What It Is Not

By Adam Cox

Hypnosis and its derivative, hypnotherapy, have been the subject of several myths created by layman's imagination. People either believe them to be bordering on occult, or don't consider them to be serious scientific endeavours. Given below are some general beliefs associated with hypnosis, and the real truth behind them.

Hypnosis has nothing to do with black magic of any kind. It is a very simple technique, which can be explained easily with the help of psychology and other scientific methods. The authenticity of hypnosis is suspected even by people who have seen it working on subjects. They say that hypnotised people allow practitioners to be successful in their art by not exhibiting enough mental strength to withstand the influence of their words. But nothing could be more distant from the truth. Hypnosis can in fact be successfully practised on people who are mentally strong and are trying hard to avoid the spell.

Another myth is that hypnosis is an alternate state of consciousness, which again is a big misconception. A hypnotized person is fully awake to what is going on around him. That person is just in a relaxed state where the concentration levels are very high and the person can accept new inputs easily.

Some scientists have concluded that hypnosis works on just 5% of the world's population, and this is another common myth. Researchers have hit upon this low percentage because they have made use of the identical hypnosis technique on all people without focusing on their individual traits. People differ in their natures and personalities, and hence there have to be different hypnosis techniques to suit the temperaments of different individuals.

Many people take hypnosis to be a form of meditation. However, interaction between the subject and the practitioner is paramount in hypnosis, while meditation is like an appointment with the self without any external interaction involved. Trance too is not related to hypnosis at all. The person doesn't interact to achieve a state of trance, on the other hand hypnosis is not possible without communication.

It is often thought that hypnosis training or hypnotherapy cannot bring transformations in appearance or in patterns of conduct of a person. Hypnosis definitely cannot transform the body in abnormal ways. However, it can guide the body to a healthy shape through behavioural changes like eating less, and quitting smoking and other addictive habits by ensuring a good amount of of motivation in a person.

Hypnosis, and particularly hypnotherapy, can have an important role to play in the well-being of a person, and not trying them out just because of some false notions is a missed opportunity. - 20763

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Jets End Three Game Losing Streak With Win Over Raiders

By Ross Everett

The New York Jets and rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez found a sure fire cure to their recent struggles-a game against the lowly Oakland Raiders. Sanchez passed for--3 yards and a touchdown, plus added a rushing touchdown as New York thumped Oakland 38-0 in the largest regular season shutout win in franchise history. Oakland quarterback JaMarcus Russell continued to struggle, and he passed for just 61 yards with three interceptions before he was benched in favor of Bruce Gradowski. The Jets improved their record to 4-3 while the Raiders dropped to 2-5.

NFL football betting enthusiasts who took the Jets as -6 road favorites had smooth sailing throughout the game for an easy pointspread cover. The Jets improved to 4-3 against the spread while the Raiders fell to 3-5 against the number. The 38 points scored went OVER the posted total of 34. Both teams have gone UNDER in four of seven games this season. Oakland failed to score a touchdown for the 15th game in the past four seasons.

It was such an effortless game that the only thing that Sanchez had to apologize for was surreptitiously eating a hot dog near the end of the contest:

"I want to apologize for that. I wasn't feeling very good and didn't eat much before the game, so I was feeling a little queasy. Toward the end of the game, I probably should have eaten one of those bars or something, but someone offered a hot dog, so I grabbed it and tried to be discreet about it, but obviously not discreet enough. So I shouldn't have done that, and it won't happen again."

The Jets capitalized on three early Raiders' turnovers and started two of their first three drives inside the five yardline. Sanchez praised the defense for making his job easy:

"It makes it so easy on the offense when your defense is playing like that. Hats off to them, they had a heck of a game to shut that team out. I don't care who we're playing, that's a big-time accomplishment for our team."

Jets' coach Rex Ryan was very pleased with Sanchez's performance:

"Sanchez was great. He was just smart with the football. I think sometimes he could have put the ball on a receiver, but he was making sure the ball wasn't intercepted. It was great to see him respond."

Raiders' defensive lineman Richard Seymour, who boldly predicted the team would make the playoffs despite their slow start, was singing a different tune after the rout:

"I don't think we could have beaten an Oakland high school team today."

Despite Russell's struggles, Oakland coach Tom Cable remains committed to him as the team's starter:

"I thought he was really out of sorts early in the game. I just did not feel like at that point he gave us the best chance to have the success we needed to have offensively and made the move. JaMarcus will continue to be our starter. There is no issue there."

The Raiders will try to bounce back this weekend in a big rivalry game on the road against the San Diego Chargers. Oakland is +16' road underdogs with the total set at 42'. They'll then enjoy a bye week before back to back home games against the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals. The Jets host Miami this Sunday, with New York a -3' home favorite and the total set at 40'. They'll also have a bye week to look forward to before returning to action at home on November 15 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. - 20763

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Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and noted authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Southern Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and an emu. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

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Who Is A Funeral Director And What Are His Main Responsibilities

By Anton Cruise

A funeral director's primary job is to make preparations for the burial or cremation of the deceased and for the particular rituals that precede the burial.

The essential duties of a funeral director can be divided into four broad heads, shifting the dead body, readying it for final service, making preparations for friends and relatives to gather and pay their final respects to the deceased and then the actual cremation or burial of the body as per the preferences or tradition of the family.

These tasks involve taking care of activities like deciding the venue and timings of the memorial services, arranging for a hearse to transport the body, and writing obituaries and placing them in newspapers or the digital media. In addition, funeral directors also take care of things like flowers and bouquet arrangements for each service, embalming and dressing the deceased, arrangement for shifting of the mourners from one service to another etc.

Apart from these jobs, a funeral director is also entrusted with the job of doing the essential paperwork formalities needed following a person's death. He facilitates obtaining of a death certificate for the deceased. He is also entrusted with other tasks like helping the family with obtaining the insurance money and to take advantage of seniors' burial benefits. He also takes care of issues related to clearance of pension and annuities of the deceased to the lawful beneficiary and helps the family to estimate a budget for the ceremony.

In addition, a funeral director has to coordinate with a wide range of people so that he can perform his tasks in a proper way. He has to deal with not only the casket makers and florists but also priests and doctors.

Finally, the funeral directors should be humane too and should attempt to offer some solace to the grieving family and try to help them out of their grief over the demise of a loved one. Some funeral directors overlook this task, but it is an important part of their service nevertheless. - 20763

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Understanding Hypnosis And Its Impact On Your Life

By Alayssa Jones

Hypnosis involves an artificially induced state of consciousness, attained through a completely natural process and without making use of any chemicals whatsoever. Hypnosis, as is commonly understood, is a state characterised by complete comfort and one where the person demonstrates a heightened responsiveness towards suggestions. Hypnotherapy is one of the most significant practical uses of the hypnosis technique.

Hypnotherapy is a therapeutic procedure in which the person is hypnotized by the expert. This treatment acts as a cure against pessimistic thinking and anything else that is ailing the patient's mind.

The human brain is known well by a good hypnotist, who perfectly understands its functioning and malfunctioning. Reasons destroying a person's capacity for growth are thus known to a hypnotist, and he efficiently deals with those root causes by substituting them with constructive ideas.

It has been seen that hypnotherapy cures people of all types of addictions. It is also helpful in healing anxiety, improving self-confidence level, and easing pain and depression. It is an excellent remedy for childhood troubles as well and can solve common issues like bed-wetting and frequent nightmares.

Not just personal problems, inhibitions in professional life like lower productivity levels can also be cured by hypnotherapy. Many people facing problems in their profession have gained greatly from it. The process will find out and replace your fears of failure with confidence and positivism. Many thriving politicians and businessmen are known to have used hypnotherapy to bring about a change in their personality, which has helped them in improving their public speaking and also their relationships with others.

Self-hypnosis is a very interesting offshoot of hypnosis. It helps in unravelling a lot of personal enigmas and eradicating all the destructive thoughts that have been bothering you. It is also an excellent way to unwind and can be done periodically as a form of mental exercise. A hypnotic session lasting an hour is equal to 8 short naps, hence hypnosis is also a good way to reinvigorate your cerebral batteries and feel fresh.

Hypnosis is not black magic, as several people wrongly think. It is more centred on proper science and psychology than on anything mysterious. In addition, it is an extremely safe therapy because no drugs or chemicals are used in the process. People of all ages can benefit from it and lead better and more productive lives. - 20763

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Browns Best Bills In NFL 'Futility Bowl'

By Ross Everett

In a matchup between two of the worst offenses in the NFL, someone had to win. Despite producing only 9 first downs and'3 yards of total offense, the Cleveland Browns got a late game field goal from Billy Cundiff to defeat the Buffalo Bills 6-3 and win their first game of the season. The Bills had the more productive afternoon statistically, with- first downs and 288 yards of offense but were undone by three costly turnovers. Both teams are now 1-4 on the 2009 NFL season. Neither team appears to be headed anywhere but down in the NFL standings.

To successfully bet on the NFL, one needs to find opportunities to play underdogs"this is particularly true in games where neither team is expected to put many points on the board. Such was the case here, as Cleveland easily covered the pointspread as +6 road underdogs. Both teams are now 2-3 against the number on the season. The Browns have now won and covered the last three head to head matchups between the teams.

It was a game without many highlights. The Browns got on the board first with a 24 yard Cundiff field goal in the second quarter, and took that 3-0 lead into the locker room at halftime. Buffalo would tie the score in third on a Rian Lindell 36 yard field goal. That would set the stage for Cundiff to nail the game winner from' yards out with: 23 left to play. Despite todays victory, Cleveland is averaging a woeful 11 points per game this season. Buffalos PPG numbers are slightly better thanks to decent scoring output in their first two games of the season--theyre averaging just over 15 points per contest.

The real loser in Sundays contest may have been Buffalo head coach Dick Jauron. Many were surprised that he was retained after the Bills third straight 7-9 season last year and things have gone from bad to worse so far in the 2009 NFL season. Buffalo has lost to winless teams in back to back weeks, part of a three game losing streak. Overall, the Bills have wound up losers in 12 of their last 15 games. Not that Cleveland has done much better--the win today ended a 10 game losing streak, one short of the all time franchise record.

Cleveland will have a tough road assignment next Sunday, heading to Pittsburgh to face the World Champion Steelers. Theyll return home for a game against the Green Bay Packers on October 25th before playing the Chicago Bears in The Windy City the following week. Buffalo will play the next two on the road, heading to the Meadowlands next Sunday for a game against the New York Jets followed by a trip to Charlotte, NC to take on the Carolina Panthers. Theyll return home on November 1st to face the Houston Texans. - 20763

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Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and a noted authority on sports betting and NFL point spreads. He is a frequent sports radio guest where he gives advice on how to successfully bet on NFL. He lives in Las Vegas with three dogs and a dingo.

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Wedding Photography - A History

By Justine Mitchell

Wedding period is known for being hectic and nerve-wracking. This goes true for those who are planning the wedding, but the most pressure lands forever on the bride and the groom. People have dealt with the stress of weddings with the best of their abilities, 'cause they have already accepted this plain fact

However, a lot of expert services have cropped up nowadays which enable you to stay relaxed on the wedding day, without having to worry about anything. These services ensure that you can fully enjoy what would perhaps be the most significant day of your life. Pre-wedding photography is one such professional example.

As per specialists, Singapore is the hometown of pre-wedding photography, where it originated about a decade ago. However, other like forms of photography have been in existence in some countries even prior to that. In many parts of Europe & the US, couples have for many decades been posing for such pictures taken by amateur photographers, but as pre-wedding photography came up as a well known specialised service, people from around the world started to avail this service increasingly. There are well-defined guidelines that are followed today and you can easily find photographers who have expertise in this field.

Why pre-wedding photography originated is quite understandable. The need for a service, which reduces the stress on the couple on that important day, has forever been in existence. With the passage of time, more and more couples are realising that wedding is not only about the rituals, it is also about having a great time. To turn it into a day of fun and enjoyment you should be free of responsibilities that are both stressful & time consuming.

Further, by going for a pre-wedding photography service, you maximize the prospects of everything going according to plan on your day of wedding. There is forever the risk of bad weather or any other unexpected event ruining your photographs.

To address this important requirement, many established photography service providers across the world started providing pre-wedding photography services & the trend is becoming popular fast. It hardly matters where you live, these services are getting popular by the day, and are becoming a regular feature at weddings.

Today any good wedding photographer would suggest that you make complete use of this service. The photographer would be able to suggest a good venue, would take care of all the arrangements, & would also be able to accommodate any special requests that you may have. - 20763

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Conscious Dreaming - Wake Up Your Dreams!

By Allan Matacan

Lucid dreaming, also called conscious dreaming, is the process of being asleep while maintaining awareness of your dreams. While you're in a dream state, you actually know that you're dreaming. That can even allow you to control your dreams consciously.

While having the ability to control your dreams may sound farfetched, its actually something which is within your reach. Lucid dreaming isnt that hard to do and these dreams are a great place to express your true self and your desires. There are techniques which have proven effective at producing lucid dreams.

First, you have to know what your goal is; are you looking to be able to get more enjoyment from your dreams or would you like to use this ability to help you improve your life in other areas? Whatever the reason, decide what it is that makes you want to discover conscious dreaming.

After you've discovered why you want to start conscious dreaming, you'll begin to learn the techniques to get you into the right frame of mind. Lucid dreaming requires a particular mental state. Most people learning how to do this start with dream recall. This is a simple matter of remembering the dreams you've had.

If you want to begin conscious dreaming, you'll need to be able to recall all the details of the dreams you have each night. There are a number of ways to do this, but the most common is keeping a dream diary. Place it by the bed, and every morning, enter all the details you remember from your dreams as soon as you wake up. It's important to make sure you do this right away, because you start to lose information the longer you're awake.

This technique will help you to start remembering your dreams very quickly. One you have learned to remember your dreams, it will become easier and easier to become conscious that they are happening. Many people find themselves not long after starting to keep a dream diary awakening in the middle of a dream and starting to take control of it.

In addition to use of a dream diary, another popular method is hypnosis. This can help you achieve the mental state required to enter conscious dreaming. Hypnosis can get people to remember the most minute details of their dreams after only a few sessions. After that, you'll be ready to start conscious dreaming.

At first, you may wake suddenly while having lucid dreams. Dont get discouraged, this is very common. You can often get back to your dream by focusing on the dream as you go back to sleep.

Another useful technique to induce lucid dreams is to wake up a few hours earlier than you habitually do and then going right back to sleep. In these hours before your usual waking time, lucid dreaming is much more likely to occur. You may not even be able to tell if you were lying awake or dreaming!

Be aware of your sleeping habits. Youll be able to determine when you are most likely to have lucid dreams. However, dont lose too much sleep " fatigue and conscious dreaming dont mix.

Thankfully, conscious dreaming can be a good remedy for insomnia and other sleep disruptions! Once you develop lucid dreaming, you will be able to put a halt to the thoughts which keep you awake at night.

You may think that learning lucid dreaming takes years of practice, but in fact its not so hard at all to learn " with just a little practice, you can be a conscious dreamer too!

In fact, conscious dreaming is something that everyone can do. Just practice and use these techniques to develop your own lucid dreaming abilities " youll find that it has a lot to offer. - 20763

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