Category III Hurricane Emily is Some Thing to See
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
Hurricane Emily the second Hurricane of the season slammed into Barbados and accelerated to Category III in no time, no in open water it makes its way west across the Caribbean and is organizing into a dangerous and potentially killer Hurricane. Most of the Meteorologists are already expecting a Cat...
A Man`s Guide to Choosing an Engagement Ring
By Sharon Jacobsen - 4/3/2009
So, the time has come to pop the question, eh? If you`re thinking of going down on one knee and asking her to marry you in the traditional way that women love, you`d better have the engagement ring ready. While it`s becoming more popular for couples to decide to become engaged in an off-hand manner ...
No More Support for President Bush
By Chris Souther - 4/3/2009
As the 2000 elections drew near, my family eagerly awaited the chance to cast our ballots for George W. Bush. Being from Texas, we felt a kindred spirit in Mr. Bush and believed his leadership could lead us out of what we felt were two wasted terms of presidential leadership under President Clinton....
Parenting Resolutions for Character Builders, The Best Three Ever!
By Jean Tracy - 4/3/2009
Desmond Tutu said, "You don`t choose your family. They are God`s gift to you, as your are to them." Parents, you can help your gift grow into the best family ever by choosing the three resolutions below. Find out what they are and how to keep them. "Acting is just a way of making a living: the famil...
When Your Mind Develops A Mind Of Its Own
By Charles Linden - 4/3/2009
We`ve all been there? One minute your listening intently as your mother in law tells you for the tenth time about the people she met on her recent holiday? or to the boss as he delivers a presentation on improving productivity levels (yawn!) One minute you`re listening? the next you`re planning the ...
Compliments - A Very Powerful Dating Tool!
By Marie Clare - 4/3/2009
Giving a compliment can be a very powerful tool when dating women. Of course, too many compliments can also make you look desperate and needy. There needs to be a happy medium. So, what is the key? As outlined in my book "the Ultimate Online Dating Handbook" you need to give a compliment from a posi...
Lake Oxygenation Hollow Drag Nets
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
Recently in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina we saw complete devestation to the enchanted Gulf Coast and what followed in New Orleans was indeed complete horror indeed. We saw a near waste case scenario as the Levee broke in several places on the Lake Pontchartrain side and began filling up areas ...
How to Handle Child Tantrums?
By Balaji B - 4/3/2009
Child tantrums are a way for children to express their feelings and thoughts. Child tantrums are common in young children. Children below the age group of 4 are the most affected by child tantrums. They may not know how to express their anger and frustration. Hence they throw tantrums when they need...
Ideas Abound - But You`ve Got to Take Action
By Josh Hinds - 4/3/2009
Whether you are aware of it or not, we are all blessed with any number of wonderful ideas at virtually any given moment. What happens far too often however is that we ponder for a bit about the idea. We may even go as far as to plan a little about what it would take to make it work, yet for whatever...
10 Fast Ways to Re-ignite the Flames of Love
By Maria J Colon - 4/3/2009
Enhance Romance today. When Men and Women enter into a relationship, what they are really looking for is a best friend, some one they know will love us no matter what. Research shows that people who put each other down and are hostile to each other are more likely to have serious problems . We all h...
Law Vs. Grace
By Chris Hampton - 4/3/2009
At first glance it does seem that law and grace are opposed. Even the Bible seems to be divided into two sections the Old Testament (law) and New Testament (grace). The Old Testament and especially the first five books are all about law. How God expects righteousness from everyone. In fact God giv...
Once Upon A Time There Was No Money
By Joseph Clark - 4/3/2009
Once in a while a book comes along that can change your way of thinking for the better. A book that free`s the mind of its old limitations. A change in the mind or in the ways of thinking on a very important topic. That mind-set is limiting you and keeping you from the greater awareness that the min...
Exams Cause Stress For Parents Too
By Carol Shepley - 4/3/2009
When it comes to exams, or indeed any academic work, parents feel that they should be encouraging their teen to try hard and do well. The problem is that in trying to achieve this, many parents end up causing stress either for themselves, their teen or both. So what causes this stress? Basically, it...
What Troops Should Expect While on Deployment
By Holly Mann - 4/3/2009
?I never imagined I?d be eating at a Burger King in Baghdad!? said a U.S. Army soldier. Expect the unexpected. Thoughts may be racing as you get ready to deploy overseas, but my advice is to always remember to be prepared for anything and everything. The impact a deployment has on you as a service m...
A Wedding Shower Checklist
By Claire Bowes - 4/3/2009
Bridal showers are one of many pre-wedding parties and are great fun. They are known as parties with a purpose. The purpose of a shower is to assist the couple in equipping their new home or for the bride to assemble a trousseau. Not only that, but they are a good excuse for the bride to get togeth...
Profile for Cherokee Artist /Author Virginia Stroud
By Chet Staley - 4/3/2009
"........a viewer approaches a painting. The painting greets the viewer. The space between the painting and the viewer is where the spirit world lives. That small space separates us."-Virginia Stroud
Of Cherokee and Creek descent, Virginia Alice Stroud was born March 13, 1951 in Madera,Californ...
Do Not Let Rejection In A Relationship Get You Down
By Stanley Popovich - 4/3/2009
Getting rejected while dating or being in a relationship can really be tough. It is even harder to overcome the feelings of rejection and to try again. Here are some suggestions on how a person who experienced rejection in a relationship regain his or her confidence and try again. When getting tur...
HOW BIOLOGICAL LIFE - EVOLVED
By James W. Peterson - 4/3/2009
This is a philosophical view that is supported by significant scientific inquiry. This analysis tracks the evolution of biological life here on earth in four interdependent discussions. It must be understood that the evolution of biological life has necessarily been a continuous unbroken process but...
Natural Stretch Mark Removal
By Nicky Pilkington - 4/3/2009
Some of the products designed to remove stretch marks contain very potent ingredients. These ingredients are not superfluous, but are necessary to cause dramatic results. The only problem with these ingredients is that they can cause negative reactions in some people. If you are sensitive to chemica...
Why Don`t Moths Fly to the Moon?
By Vernon Stent - 4/3/2009
Surely, in the days before man invented artificial light, moths would have been attracted to the only light source at night - the moon. Wouldn`t they have just kept on flying until they dropped from exhaustion? In fact does this not happen today in sparsely populated areas, where the moon is still t...
Wedding Planning - Part VII
By Michael Russell - 4/3/2009
In this seventh article in our series on wedding planning we`re coming down to the home stretch. What follows should be started 2 weeks before the big day. The first thing, as a bride, that you should do is plan your wedding day hair style. You don`t want this to be too flashy. People should be l...
Relaxing Holidays - Five Ways To Make Your Next Holiday Stress Free
By Thomas Murrell - 4/3/2009
For many people the end of a year is a time of increased stress. Instead of relaxing and unwinding from a busy year, the pressures of buying gifts, travelling or spending time with long lost relatives makes it a difficult time. In our household for example, my 4 year-old daughter`s excitement levels...
Body Jewelry and Today`s Stars
By Sam Serio - 4/3/2009
Body jewelry and body piercing practices have been observed by various groups of people all over the world throughout the centuries. For some tribes it is a rite of passage, for others it is an indicator of social status. For many, body jewelry is used to enhance personal beauty and as devices to ri...
Maryland Lawyers and Politicians Want More Regulations
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
We know that in Maryland, which some call ?Merry Land? due to its completely liberal skew that Sarbaines Oxley laws were born. These laws no matter what anyone will tell you, have done more to upset our trade deficits with China than any other single factor. Senator Sarbaines is not even running for...
About That Dream...
By Darlene Arechederra - 4/3/2009
About that Dream... Remember your very first job? That all-grown-up feeling! Your own money to buy things... That feeling of independence! Do you still have that excitement today? Do you jump out of bed, eager to start a new day? Or are you tired, even slightly depressed? Perhaps you`ve lost touch w...
Reverse Dictionary - Ever asked yourself "Whats the word for..."
By Jarrod Hunt - 4/3/2009
I just happened to stumble on a pretty interesting tool today. I was trying to find a word for ?People that are behind the times? for my previous blog post. I did a couple of searches in Google without avail and eventually started scouring for a tool that did a reverse lookup on a word. A tool whe...
Blood Donation Heroes
By Reed Markham - 4/3/2009
A few weeks ago we saw America`s generosity in the long lines
of people waiting to donate blood following the hurricane Katrina disaster and again with hurricane Rita. These blood donation heroes felt strongly about assisting with the 9/11 tragedy. According to the Red Cross, it is now a year later ...
Nuclear Power Plants a Target of OBL?
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
Well our old friend OBL is at it again, this time he is giving us one last warning and chance for reconciliation before he attacks; he says in his latest video. That man needs some help with choreography indeed. He looks like hell and appears to be having what looks like a perpetual bad hair day wit...
Kids Halloween Costumes! Your Pint-sized Witches And Goblins Can Look Their Spookiest & Cutest Ever
By Maria Parise - 4/3/2009
It?s not only the candy that puts smiles on kids? faces on October 31st! It?s the fact that they love getting dressed up and scaring everyone along the way! Kids look cute in any sort of costume, but now that you can purchase their costume online, you?ll be able to find the best selection of kids Ha...
Volunteerism: 10 Questions to Answer Before You Agree to Anything
By Harriet Hodgson - 4/3/2009
Volunteerism. You hear the word often on broadcast media and see it in print just as often. Why? It comes down to money. According to the "Rural Volunteer Network," an Ontario, Canada Website, "Volunteers can often make the difference in whether an agency survives." I`ve volunteered for decades...
10 Points on Children for the New Parent
By Michaela Scherr - 4/3/2009
I remember when my daughter was born, later my son. According to many well meaning individuals, I should?ve done this, should?ve done that and maybe improved in some areas. Most times I appreciated their pearls of wisdom because they made sense. At other times the line dividing the ?yes we can tal...
Creating Custom Swarovski Crystal Wedding Bouquets and Boutonnieres
By Penny Olson - 4/3/2009
My mission through writing this article is to broaden the horizons of your imagination while customizing Swarovski Crystal bouquets and boutonnieres. Many people may not know exactly how versatile these arrangements can be. The sky is the limit when designing in this medium. So I am going to offe...
Free Romantic Ecard and Free Romantic Ecards
By Christian N - 4/3/2009
A free romantic ecard is a cute and easy way to say "I love you" without going to the nearest store for a greeting card, signing it, addressing it, sticking a stamp to it, and finding a mailbox to drop it in. Plus, free romantic ecards don`t cost anything, and they get to the one you love a lot fast...
Hurricane Victims Given Gitmo Food Supplies
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
The prisoners at Gitmo have decided to go on a hunger strike of course this does coincide with their Islamic holy holiday. It costs taxpayers to feed these prisoners who have decided they do not want to eat. People do make choices in life and in fact they have to live with those choices. For instanc...
Planning the Music for Your Wedding Ceremony
By Courtney Lawhn - 4/3/2009
It?s safe to say that out of all the events for which you will gather your friends and family to celebrate your marriage, the wedding ceremony itself will be the most meaningful and, hopefully, memorable. In the United States, music plays many vital roles in the wedding ceremony, from providing flow...
Have You Appreciated Someone Today?
By Ed Sykes - 4/3/2009
I invested some time with Mother recently and drove her to
the hospital to visit with her sick sister-in-law, my aunt.
While I was standing in the doorway, a nurse came by and
introduced herself as Ruth and said ?hello? to us and said
?hello? to my aunt. This put a smile on my aunt?s face. The
nur...
Depression - Symptoms, Causes and Treatment options
By Knut Holt - 4/3/2009
Depression is a complex of psychological and physical symptoms. Low mood level or sadness is often the most prominent symptom. The common property of these symptoms is a decreased activity level in parts of the brain. THE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION Depression may give one or more of these symptoms: -Low...
Supreme Clowns
By Ed Howes - 4/3/2009
Is it just me or are the dunces in the U.S. Senate totally unqualified to pass judgment on Supreme Court nominees? They have been entrusted with a duty that can have no meaning. They can`t do their job because they have no clue what questions to ask. They have to know your dreams and visions, your m...
Vastu Tips to Reduce Holiday Stress
By Robin Mastro - 4/3/2009
Fun, though they are intended to be, The Holidays can be a time of stress for many. Vastu can help you experience a peaceful, prosperous, and harmonious holiday season. How the science of Vastu affects the quality of your life can be compared to how an antenna affects the quality of your television ...
The Train Is Coming
By Yvonne Chase - 4/3/2009
?There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.? Ecclesiastes 3:1 Stay on the platform???the train is coming! This is what a young lady said to me earlier today as we conversed while riding the train. As we talked about relationships, she expressed the fact that she...
Sell Sweet Treats With Candy Fundraising
By Peter Crump - 4/3/2009
Candy fundraising has to be one of the more popular fund raiser for any event. You can make the candy yourself or you can order from the Internet. There are many companies designed just to supply the candy products you need. There are many varieties of flavors for candy fundraising and you will find...
The Older Man Syndrome
By Carol Ann Culbert Johnson - 4/3/2009
What are our views on dating someone who is about ten and more years older than us? Is it an issue we focus on? Is age the issue or do we look at the mechanics of the man involved? In my philosophy of thinking, age is just a number. It doesn?t attach itself to any man thing, or importance. There a...
Time for Sleep..A Guide for First Time Parents
By Ryan Sorensen - 5/14/2008
If you don?t want to fight your two year old for space in your own bed, you must start early in establishing good bedtime habits. Good bedtime habits will allow your child the comfort that he or she needs to fall asleep in their own room by themselves. Good bedtime habits for your child are the gi...
Lose Your Job Now: 5 Tips to Get to Severance Heaven
By Gwendolyn A. Lee - 5/12/2008
You`ve schemed, you`ve scammed, you`ve plotted, but the elusive layoff has evaded you for the last time. Your desire to go to that spacious severance-package-in-the-sky needs to be fulfilled without further ado. How will you get upper management to see how pointless your position really is? Follo...
A Hidden Jewel In Home Decorating, The Powder Room
By Bonnie P Carrier - 5/11/2008
Typically a small space consisting of just a sink and toilet, you most likely know them by a more common term ?half-bath? or ?guest bath.
Ever wonder where the term ?powder room? came from? It?s derived from Victorian times, when women needed to ?powder their noses?.
Why consider them a jewel w...
Why Some Women Are Desperate
By Carol Welsh - 5/1/2008
I asked Dave how he was doing since it was the anniversary of his wife?s death. He replied, ?It?s rough, but what is even worse, is women won?t leave me alone! I don?t want to hurt their feelings, but they phone me too so I can?t even have peace in my own home.?
Dave is encountering desperate wome...
Your Children Should Not Suffer Because of Divorce
By Ralph Crainer - 4/16/2008
Guiding Your Children Through the Process of Divorce
Divorce is, tragically, a family affair, and the ones who suffer the most are the children of the couple divorcing. That couple must carefully consider the repercussions that their divorce will have on their child or children. These children fe...
Make Gift Wrap Paper
By Abigail Beal - 5/15/2007
Chances are at the holidays you?ve been tempted to make holiday wrapping paper. But you may have heard too many stories about needing to use potatoes and tempura paint that bring you back to your grade school days. Have no fear ? you do have options! Here are some suggestions to get your creative ju...
Cats With Feline Diabetes Can Still Lead A Happy Life
By Marc de Jong - 4/30/2007
?Your cat has feline diabetes.? If this is your vet?s message after examining your beloved friend, it will come as a shock. Yes, your cat has a serious disease. But you can treat it!
I got the message myself early 2003. My (then) 10-year-old neutered cat Duvelke had been urinating and drinking mor...
Minimize Stress in Your Life
By Kim Beardsmore - 4/24/2007
Use these simple tips to minimize stress in your day to day living.
Lower your expectations and you will suffer less disappointment. Try seeing everything as already perfect and accept things as they are, then you can strive less and relax more.
Learn to say NO. Next time someone asks you to do ...
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