Monday, July 13, 2009

Poetic License

Emotion defined its existence

Its mystery is expressed by intelligence

Feel free and find your voice in the midst of adversity

Listen to the voice within and defy the charms of gravity

Express what you felt whether it is shameful or hot

You may impose on your self the art of rhyme or you may hot

Poetry is about individuality, is it not?

Rest assure that your voice be heard whatever path you choose

I marveled and took the path less traveled

Listen, reflect and feel the messages behind every heart beat

We may go on different directions but on our destination we shall meet

Let go of your worries and relish the good memories

Don't be sorry but be inspired by thousands of stories

Angels? Nay, we are but men with wits

Finding a better way to express bits by bits

Through weakness our might can be manifested

Though battered but you'll never find us wince

I poured my emotions into the cup of prose

Intelligence merely put these words in place

It's emotional, simply irrational

He who have invented poetry must have understood women

Capture this moment and seize the day!

When this moment will come to pass, we may never find another one like this

Undertones may change but we will not deflect from our purpose

To express, not to depress

I have served my purpose

Emotions are expressed hidden between those lines, can you see?

Poems are made by fools like we

Don't mind the grammar, it is poetic license.

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Friday, July 10, 2009

Ballroom Dancing - A Brief History

When you think of Ballroom dancing, you generally think of flowing gowns and dark tuxedos. You also think of beautiful, willowy, women and tall, dark, handsome men waltzing their way around the dance floor. However, ballroom dance is not just the Waltz, it is a lot more. From the elegant and stately waltz, a hot, sultry and sexy Tango or Paso Doble, or a good bit of lively fun like the Fox Trot, Jive or Quick Step, ballroom dancing is all of these.

Technically, ballroom dancing is defined as "Any of various, usually social dances in which couples perform set moves". However, the word "ball" (not the child's toy) comes from the Latin "ballare" meaning to dance and forms the base for the word ballroom (a room for dancing), ballet (a dance), and ballerina (a dancer).

Ballroom dancing was very popular among the gentry (or upper class) of England, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and didn't really catch on with the working class until the late 19th and early 20th century.

It wasn't until the early 1920's that competitive ballroom dancing began gaining popularity. As a result, the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (formerly known as The Imperial Society of Dance Teachers) formed a Ballroom Branch whose function was to standardize the ballroom dances.

Today, modern ballroom dancing revolves around five dances comprising: the Modern Waltz; the Viennese Waltz; the Slow Foxtrot; Tango; and the Quickstep.

Latin American ballroom is short for Latin and American - not a reference to Latin countries and its dances are the Samba; Rumba; Paso Doble; Cha-Cha; and the Jive.

The modern ballroom dances all involve a couple dancing in a closed hold and vary in tempo (beats per minute) and rhythm (structure). A closed hold involves 5 bodily points of contact between the couple. Three of these points involve the hands, the males left hand holding the females right, the females left hand on top of the males right upper arm (for the Tango the females hand would go behind his arm) and the males right hand on the females back resting on her left shoulder blade. The other two points of contact are the females left elbow resting on the males right elbow and the right side of the females chest touching the right side of the males chest. This dance posture provides a very elegant look as the couple floats across the dance floor and has its origins in the European royal courts.

There is some conjecture that the right side-to-right side contact of the closed hold may have originated from a time when men danced while wearing their swords, which were hung on their left sides. Additionally, this theory would also explain the counter clockwise movement around the dance floor as the man would've stood on the inside of the circle so he wouldn't inadvertently hit any of the people watching the dancers with his sword as he danced past.

The dancing posture for Latin American ballroom varies from dance to dance with some dances using the closed hold and others where the partners hold each other with only one hand.

Both Modern Ballroom and Latin American Ballroom has been standardized for teaching purposes and has a set, internationally recognized vocabulary, technique, rhythm and tempo.

About the Author

Charly Leetham has an abiding interest in Ballroom Dancing with both of her children undertaking Ballroom Dancing classes and performing exceptionally well.

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Best Fax to Email Service

Currently, there is a large number of fax to email service providers who offer a wide variety of features to their customers.

Basically these email fax providers help users with functions that enable them to send and receive fax and other similar communications via email. They provide a gateway from which you can send and receive faxes without actually having to be present by the side of a huge dedicated fax machine. You can now, by the use of these services, send and receive faxes on the move!

Among the various service providers, RingCentral Fax is perhaps by far the best option available. Internet fax services provide you with an amazing fax service at a price you can afford. All you have to do is sign-up and you are ready to fax! There is no complicated setups or fancy hardware.

Fax to Email services also provide a good looking user interface and also a desktop application for free to all its users. This free software works on all popular platforms and is intended to increase the ease of access to all their customers.

To send a fax, you can either use their desktop application or even send it across by emailing the documents you intend to send to a custom email address provided by them. A single email account can store a large number of fax documents, so you are free from the hassles of managing multiple email accounts to send and receive documents. You also get a personal unique phone number.

Thus, this is now the most preferred faxing means across the world not only by businesses, but also by individuals as it eliminates all the problems that is encountered while using traditional faxing technology.

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How to Make a Conference Call

When you want to host a conference call for your business or personal use, it's important to know how to make a conference call. So here is an easy step by step guide to help you find out how.

Step 1: Choose Your Type of Conference Call

You can choose between hosting your call using the modern method of online or using the traditional way which is using regular phone lines.

Traditional Phone Conference Calls

In the older days, conference calls were hosted using normal land line telephones. Even though there are more advanced, easier technologies today, you can still use the traditional method to host your calls. You simply get a special conference number from the service provider you are using. Then you will first call the number yourself and start the conference.

After you have started the call as the host, then everyone else can call now and join the conference. You have more limited power to control the call when using a traditional telephone conference service. That's why more people prefer the web conference services much better.

Web Conference Call Services More and more companies and businesses are switching to online conference call hosting. Because it is faster, easier, and you can manage all areas of your call - from who can access and who will be blocked. In the online solution, you simply login to your online account and start the conference. Then people can join either by logging in to the room (like a chat room) or by calling a phone number that is connected to your online conference center.

This way you can see who is online, who is talking and who are listening, mute any of the users you wish, and much more helpful features.

Step 2: Choosing the Right Conference Call Service

There are many various companies out there offering services to host your conferences. And they each claim to be the best. But you and I know it can't be true. Some of these companies provide you with a poor and unreliable service which only will create a frustrating experience for anyone who joins your conference call.

But there are also some companies that offer a great service with top quality, clear smooth voice, and lots of extra features. That's why it's very important you do enough research to choose the best conference company to help you best to host your calls.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Machines That Think - A Book Review

In the 1980s a huge number of books were written on artificial intelligence. From as early as 1980 books started really producing solid content on the topic. No, the concept obviously originated decades the prior, but by the early 80's computer scientists were really getting a handle on it, and towards the end of the 80s there were some really excellent books that honed in on the future.

Much of what we think of today and the direction we are moving in AI programming really stem from this period. So, if this topic interests you, I'd recommend that you read at least a few works from that era. Let me recommend one book that is fully illustrated and straight forward, one which will really get you on the right track, by allowing you to see from where all of this once came. The book is:

"Thinking Machines; the Search for Artificial Intelligence," by Igor Aleksander and Piers Burnett; Alfred A. Knoff Publishers, New York, NY, (1987).

The authors address the age old question; What is intelligence? And this chapter has a great overview of originality of concept, and all of Alan Turing's philosophical thoughts. It indeed brings it up to date to the mid-1980s. Then the authors talk about the ever elusive "Universal Machine" and then they really help us understand the difference between humans and the future of AI, which one could now say is in the present.

Learn about the thoughts on The Machinery of Vision and sensors, and the philosophical and historical significance. The chapter; "Inside the Machine" is of supreme interest and one you will enjoy. Indeed, I liked the authors' topic; The Myth of the Super Intelligent Machine, and these authors seem to indicate, in the end, no matter what, it is still a machine, not a human and it can only work a certain way. The Future may confirm this, but with the neural networking it may prove them wrong too.

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Photography and Why You May Want a Digital SLR Camera

If your just beginning to take your photography a bit more serious and maybe want to try your hand at making some money with your photography, you will want to look into getting a digital slr camera. SLR stands for single lens reflex, so you add the digital and you have the d-slr camera.

D-slr cameras can cost quite a bit more than a top line point and click camera, but if you are wanting to become the more serious photographer this will be one of the best investments that you will make. The second investment that you can make is taken the time to understand your camera completely. You would be amazed on what you can learn about photography by knowing how to use your camera.

You see the beauty of the digital slr is that you have the artistic control of the traditional slr and the convenience of digital files. When you use interchangeable lens you have the choice of both manual and automatic settings. This makes it easy to play around with the camera and see what is best for you and what you want.

To help you decide whether a digital slr camera is right for you I am going to show you a few reasons why you want to purchase a digital slr camera. The first of these reasons would be that the d-slr allows you to get the perfect lens for the perfect photo. Manufacturers have a very large variety of d-slr lenses. You can have zooms, super zooms, and even ultra wide angles. The list goes on, there is a lens for just about any type of photography that you can think of.

Another thing about the digital slr is the faster power up. The d-slr power up is almost instantly and this allows you to react quickly so that you do not miss what could be a once in a lifetime shot. This in itself is reason to go from the point and click camera to a d-slr camera. With the rapid frame rate you can take several pictures within a second. You can do this because the d-slr has a fast image processor and large buffer.

Now at the top of the list would be that you get better image quality. A digital image that is taken with the d-slr is almost always a lot better that a point and click, I mean a lot better. You have higher light sensitivities and some digital slr cameras have a mega pixel rating up to 16 mega pixels.

A few more things that I think you should know is that with the digital slr you have threw the lens viewing. With this you can get away from the sun on your screen and not being able to see what you are shooting. This also stands true for areas that are dimly lit. Also you easy access to controls with thumb and forefinger wheels that control feature exposure settings. This is real important when it comes to not missing a shot, you do not have to look for the control wheel that you want. And end up losing the shot.

Last but just as important as the rest of the others benefits to having the d-slr is that you have more creativity and flexibility with camera accessories. These accessories include external flashes, wireless transmitters, and even remote triggering devices. As with the lens the list goes on with way to many accessories for me to list here.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Brain Cancer Symptoms - Discover the Signs That Could Save Your Life!

Brain cancer symptoms don't usually start out as something easily noticed. In fact most people don't get diagnosed because they relate these to stress and poor eating habits. However, headaches, dilated pupils and vomiting are some of the earliest signs that will show up. In young children, a brain tumor can cause the skull to grow in diameter, and make the fontanelles bulge. Increased intercrainal pressure is the biggest thing to watch out for because it can cause displacement amongst certain parts of the brain and very lethal brain stem compression.

If there's one thing really frightening about this disease is the fact that it targets the young. In the US alone, around 2000 children and adolescents falling below the age of 20 are diagnosed with malignant tumors each year. Brain cancer is an abnormal growth that is caused by uncontrollable, abnormal cell division that can stem from either the brain, the cranial nerves or the brain envelopes. Of course, the cancer can also be caused by a tumor that has metastasized from another part of the body, so a full routine check-up is required when symptoms start developing.

The effects of these symptoms are based on two factors, first is the size of the tumor, then how large it can get. The time it takes for symptoms to show also depends on the type of tumor that you're dealing with. Benign tumors are slow growing, meaning that the symptoms aren't severe until it reaches the advanced stages. Malignant brain tumors, on the other hand, spread rapidly, showing an early onset of symptoms.

Some signs, however, can be quite severe in comparison. An altered state of consciousness, for example, like somnolence or a coma can happen. If the tumor has done enough damaged, cognitive and behavioral changes can show, as well as eye site problems and facial paralysis.

Of course, some of these brain cancer symptoms can be nonspecific, and can also be caused by other conditions like a stroke or traumatic brain injuries. Whatever the case it is always good to have things checked out by your doctor as soon as possible - it could save your life!

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An Alkaline Diet and Cancer

I have decided to talk about having an Alkaline diet today. I feel it is very important and will play a huge part in your recovery. Cancer loves an acidic body. Why? Because the cancer feeds off acid.

Each cell in your body takes in oxygen, glucose and nutrients which pushes out the toxins from your body. The cells are protected by your immune system. Unfortunately as the body gets acidic your immune system cannot fight the toxins and your cells lose the capacity to take in the right amount of oxygen and that's when they go bad. This is when the cell gets affected by cancer.

Cancer will not live in your body if your alkaline level is at a pH level of 7.4. The higher the pH level gets, the more cancer and the cancer cells will die.

Cancer cells will not live in a high oxygen environment. They only thrive if your oxygen level is very low and the acid content in your body is very high.

So - keep your alkaline level high and your body and immune system will stay strong. This leads to your cells getting plenty of oxygen and discarding their toxins. Cancer will not thrive or multiply under these ideal conditions.
An alkaline diet will not only benefit cancer, it will fight many dis-eases. You can purchase alkaline supplements and they are a good way of introducing alkaline into your diet. But remember, fresh is best.

Steamed or raw vegetables are best and they include - Avocado, Barley grass, Barley, Cabbage, Lettuce, Cucumber, Dandelion, Endive, Beetroot, Garlic, Wheat Grass, White Beans, Tomatoes (I can hear you saying "But they're acid". Yes they are until they get into your stomach and they become alkaline), Lemons, Celery, Broccoli (AND LOTS OF IT), Limes, Squash, Spinach, Red Cabbage, Capsicums, Carrots, Cauliflower, Green beans, Leeks, Onions, Turnips.
Basically any vegetable is good for you, but I do recommend that you eat less potatoes. Try not to have them on your plate every night.

You will be amazed at how quickly you will feel healthier, especially if you avoid the red meat. In a later article I will list the vegetables in categories, but for now this will be a good start for you. Get healthy and feel the difference!


Problems and Excuses

Today I am going to address EXCUSES and PROBLEMS. We all make excuses up in order to get out of something we don't enjoy or fear. And just when I think I have heard them all, one of my clients manages to come up with something so new and creative that I have to concede and just chuckle. Yes, I do chuckle from time to time.

Excuses stem from your fears and from being jostled out of our comfort zone. I believe it's the fear of success more than failure that prohibits most of you from taking the next step whether that is losing weight or something else in your life. Success means change and change is scary. We are creatures of habit and we are willing to forgo happiness and our dreams rather than face one minute of pain. I'll give you an example. One of my closest friends was stuck in a position he dreaded, with an incompetent boss, and low pay. Yet he continued to plug along day after laborious day being miserable and unhappy. When I asked him why he kept choosing to be in this state he told me: "I'm afraid of change". It wasn't failure; it was the fact that he might have to change his daily routine. He would rather come to work and dread every waking minute of the day, rather than find his calling. I persuaded him to move on and find another job where he was not taken for granted and where he would relish walking through the front door. Today he manages a chain of health clubs.

Excuse after excuse after excuse creates PROBLEMS. Problems are and will always be in your life, but you don't need to create more. The way you solve problems dictates how you will live your life. Think about that for a minute. I recently heard a story of a young man who was a world-class swimmer and for some reason decided to jump off a bridge into a body of water below. He misjudged the depth of the water and ended up breaking his neck. Well he could have sat around (no pun intended) and commiserated about his life and asked why me? He could have made excuse after excuse and just given up. Who would blame him? Instead he took his problem and solved it. He is now a successful writer and artist using his mouth instead of his hands to maneuver a pen. He tackled his problems head on and found a way to solve them rather than make excuses.

On the other hand I recently came across a man standing in front of my local Safeway who happened to be smoking a cigarette. There was nothing unusual about that until I noticed that strapped to his side was a portable oxygen bottle. I was flabbergasted! Here was a person with obvious breathing issues, forced to use oxygen, and yet he was smoking! Lets put aside the fact that he was killing himself with every puff, he was also endangering his life by having a lit cigarette near oxygen!! Imagine how many excuses he has invented not to quit smoking.

You must find a way to tackle your problems and defeat them. I hear constantly how people cannot lose weight, can't do this, can't do that and I ask them why? It is then the excuses start pouring out. Break out of your comfort zone people. You will see that nothing is unattainable when you focus and set goals for yourself. Small steps that will lead you to the finish. When you don't have clearly defined goals then you keep coming up with reasons not to realize your full potential. The difference between a thin in shape person and one who is overweight and out of shape are goals. The one in shape desires to be that way and him or she has set up goals and rules. The other one makes constant excuses as to why they will never be thin.

My trainer is no good, I can't do this, my body is just not made for exercise, I'm big boned, etc., etc. Let me put the myth of BIG BONES to rest right now. THERE IS NO SUCH THING.

SANTA CLAUS has personally assured me of that. Everyone's' bones are the same size. Some are longer (height difference) some are denser (athletes) but there is no such thing as BIG BONES unless you are related to Bigfoot. Action creates results folks and yes you will fail from time to time. Heck you will fail a lot. Accept that fact and move on. If you are resigned to believing that pain is what you will derive from failing then that is what you will. If you are committed to believing exercise and a diet will cause you great pain then you will make up every excuse in the book to avoid them. Change the way you think and you will change the way you feel. You control all of the above and your destiny. No one else does. Confidence is a muscle, exercise it.

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Perry Mosdromos
CPT, BS Kinesiology, SCIRION Certified, NFPT Nutritional Cert, AFFA

Promoting Organic Garden Produce and Markets

Organic gardening and organic markets are widely popular due to their benefits to health and the environment. Organic gardening involves the use of all natural, organic fertilizers, soil amendments and enhancements to grow plants, flowers and organic produce. The fertilizers are usually water based and do not contain harmful, toxic chemicals. Communities who practice organic gardening usually organize an organic produce market. This is where organic gardeners congregate to sell different produce and organic food products. These markets are also venues where small business owners and investors discover new, marketable products.

Local produce markets help increase a local community's revenues and resources. They also promote healthy living and the environment. Marketing these events can be challenging especially when they are locally based. Another marketing constraint to consider is the budget. When marketing resources are limited, one affordable yet effective alternative is the use of small print promotional materials. Organizers and promoters can print flyers, posters and brochures about this event. For promotional materials that can also serve as souvenirs or giveaways, organizers can print postcards, catalogs, or even calendars. Online printers today can print business cards, flyers, postcards and posters at very reasonable prices. Below are examples of common print materials and their uses:

Flyers- Flyers are fast and direct mediums to announce local events. Flyers can be distributed not only within the community but in other nearby areas or districts. Flyers today are now more graphically oriented and creative. Apart from full, front and back color printing, online printing services also offer free digital proofing and sample stock delivery. Online printers can also print bulk orders and have them delivered in as early as four days.

Postcards- A creative way to market organic fairs, markets and their products is to print them as images on postcards. This way, organic produce markets can become associated with a local community, neighborhood or town. Organic fairs can become cultural assets of a town and increase its value. The postcards can be given away as souvenirs to producers, organizers, sponsors or even distinguished guests. They can also be sold as special promotional gift items.

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Monday, July 6, 2009

Same Day Cash Loans - Deal With Your Urgent Fiscal Crisis on Time

Emergency can knock your door at any point of time in your life. Dealing with such kind of unexpected emergency with fixed salary amount is not possible. As the need of amount is high and you are having fewer amounts. In these circumstances you can take help of same day cash loans and deal with your unforeseen urgency on time without any hassle.

The need of availing funds can be anything it doesn't matter. No lender will ask about your purposes of obtaining funds but you need to provide certain personal details that comprise your income proof, age confirmation and your social security number, etc. You can fetch the amount for various purposes freely, such as:

• Paying old debts
• Paying home loan installments
• Immediate medical expense
• Car repairing
• Education expenses
• For business development purpose, etc.

With same day cash you can extort cash ranging from £100 to £1,500. Usually, lenders will offer repayment term of 14-31 days. That can be sufficient time period to pay off your loan amount easily as your next payday is near. Here, the rate of interest is relatively higher, as the funds offered for least time duration. Always repay your loan amount on time. If you are late by a day you need to pay higher late charges and a new bad credit term will add in your credit status.

Absence of credit check procedure makes this loan facility suitable for all the borrowers especially for bad credit one. Now, people suffering from poor credit problem like, bankruptcy, payment defaults, IVA, CCJ, arrears, are free to apply and can obtain funds easily without any hassle.

There are various lenders available in the market who can offer you these loans on better terms & conditions and affordable interest rates. Find a best lender with thorough search over the net and apply directly online. There is no requirement of rush to lenders office personally for getting quick approval. Online form is available on lender's website only. Just fill the form with requisite information and procure funds directly from your bank account within next 24 hours.

Same day cash loans are chiefly premeditated for fulfilling short term financial requirements without any hefty procedure. With assistance of these loans you can meet with your unpredicted monetary needs of life on time.

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