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		<title>Car Floor Mats</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Car floor dotnet web hosting are the coverings that are used on car floors to protect the floor carpet from dust, water, insects, soil and other unwanted particles. Car floor mats also prevent snow and water from soaking through the carpet and rusting the car body. They are also a decorative accessory giving the car [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Car floor <a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Computer/Web-Hosting/web-hosting.php>dotnet web hosting</a> are the coverings that are used on car floors to protect the floor carpet from dust, water, insects, soil and other unwanted particles. Car floor mats also prevent snow and water from soaking through the carpet and rusting the car body. They are also a decorative accessory giving the car a tidy look. Car Floor mats are made by cutting the desired materials according to the size of the vehicle. Basic mats can be enhanced with embroidery, ribbing etc. They are then edged with matching bindings. These mats are chemically treated to reduce humidity, enhance color and maintain it .These mats are subject to a lot of wear and tear as they are in a heavy usage area. Hence, checking their condition from time to time is highly recommended.</p>
<p>Car floor mats are of two types. They are carpet floor mats and all weather car floor mats. Carpet floor mats are available in many colors. They protect the car floor and provide presentable interiors to the car. Rubber floor mats are more durable and tough for extreme weather conditions. Rubber car floor mats are available in standard rubber colors like black, tan and grey. Both types are washable.</p>
<p>Car floor mats are either custom made or semi-custom made. Custom floor mats are made to order in the exact size of the car floor. Individuals can specify the design and color and get mats made to order. Such mats will be a perfect fit for the vehicle. Semi-custom made car floor mats are not made specifically for each vehicle. They come in standard sizes and the size closest to the vehicle floor is used. They are about 90-95% accurate. They are available in the stores and individuals can choose the best option out of the mats available. It is common practice to use removable rubber mats over fixed floor mats. This helps in cleaning and maintaining the mats.</p>
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		<title>How to Give Her Multiple Orgasms - Satisfy Her to the Extreme &#038; Drive Her Absolutely Wild Instantly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when you are able to satisfy a woman in ways she desires? She gives you what you desire from her instantly. Sex is a mutual thing and this is the reason why if you give her what she pleases she would be more than willing to give you what you please. But giving [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What happens when you are able to satisfy a woman in ways she desires? She gives you what you desire from her instantly. Sex is a mutual thing and this is the reason why if you give her what she pleases she would be more than willing to give you what you please. But giving a woman multiple orgasms is not easy if you don&#8217;t know what you are doing. With the right information and the technique you can make her orgasm multiple times. Read on to discover how to give her multiple orgasms and make her scream with pleasure&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Build the tension- You see it&#8217;s not always about penetration which would truly make her orgasm often it&#8217;s more about the tension you build and her level of anticipation. The best possible way to do this is to keep her waiting before you insert your penis. Touch her vagina with your penis but do not insert it. Doing this would build excitement and the more you make her wait the more she would want it due to which she would orgasm extremely fast.</p>
<p>Blindfold her- This technique gets her to orgasm extremely fast. You see when your eyes are closed you concentrate more on the <a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/personal-injury-attorneys.php>Fort Worth personal injury attorneys</a> you get from stimulation and doing this would double her excitement and the level of arousal due to which she would orgasm extremely fast.</p>
<p>Keep her guessing- The more you surprise her the greater your chances would be of giving her multiple orgasms. Try to experiment with new things and don&#8217;t be predictable at all. You see the more she thinks about what&#8217;s about to come next the more excited she gets and she would be more closer to an orgasm.</p>
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		<title>How to Sell on the Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of people go online everyday and thousands more join them. Businesses are rushing to use the Internet as an economical way of advertising. With Internet advertising businesses can reach the entire world 24 hours a day. Best of all the process can be completely automated.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Millions of people go online everyday and thousands more join them. Businesses are rushing to use the Internet as an economical way of advertising. With Internet advertising businesses can reach the entire world 24 hours a day. Best of all the process can be completely automated.</p>
<p>Most businesses, including small businesses and even home based businesses, are making a big mistake with their Internet advertising.</p>
<p>The <a href=http://www.viaggra.org/viagra-health-care-info.php>Generic Viagra</a> of your advertising is not to sell your product, or business opportunity. The real purpose of your Internet advertising is twofold:</p>
<p>1. Build a business relationship with your customer or prospect. Remember that people buy from people, not websites.<br />2. Get customers or prospects contact information.</p>
<p>The majority of people do not buy on their first visit to your website. They are just looking around and do not want to be sold to. It is your job to stay in touch with these people in order to build a business relationship with them. When you have earned their trust they will buy from you or join your business opportunity.</p>
<p>In today&#8217;s marketing world it is getting harder to collect your customers or prospects contact information online. People are becoming list resistant. A high percentage of people are entering incorrect information or using an e-mail accounts that they never check.</p>
<p>You can no longer offer a free report or e-book for them to download, if you want to get their attention and accurate information from them you will need to offer them something of value in exchange for their information. A printed report or CD is excellent items to offer.</p>
<p>If you mail them something of value are they going to give you an incorrect mailing address? Heck no! The other information they supply, such as phone number and e-mail address will also be correct. You then take <a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/personal-injury-lawyers.php>personal injury lawyers Fort Worth</a> valuable information and enter it into an autoresponder so that you can stay in regular contact with them, providing a continuous flow of information to assist them in making a decision to buy from you, or join your business opportunity.</p>
<p>Audio CD&#8217;s are excellent for this - find one that matches with your business and offer it in exchange for their contact information. Your costs are usually very small and most businesses that are using this method have the customer/prospect pay a shipping and handling charge. Best of all you have given your customer or prospect something of value, the first step in gaining a customer or new business partner.</p>
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		<title>Colored Toric Contact Lenses - Wearing Color Toric Contacts To Enhance Your Look</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have astigmatism but still would like to change your eye color, colored toric contact lenses are a great option. At one point, only clear toric contact lenses were available. It is only in recent years that special colored lenses were created for those with astigmatism in one or both eyes.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have astigmatism but still would like to change your eye color, <b>colored toric contact lenses</b> are a great option. At one point, only clear toric contact lenses were available. It is only in recent years that special colored lenses were created for those with astigmatism in one or both eyes.</p>
<p>In short, astigmatism is caused by the irregular shape of the cornea or the lens that is behind the cornea. Those who have astigmatism can&#8217;t see clearly with regular lenses, so toric lenses are prescribed to help patients see as clear as possible. Thanks to modern technology, you can get colored contacts even if you have astigmatism. What can be better than seeing clearly while fashionably changing your eye color?</p>
<p>You can get toric colored lenses in blue, green, brown, gray, violet, and shades that are in between. There are many other colors and styles available, including designs like cat eyes and half moons. These days, you can get colored contacts that better blend with your natural eye <a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/personal-injury-attorneys.php>Las Vegas personal injury attorney</a> through a high-tech, three-color combination.</p>
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<p>But the most popular <b>color toric contacts</b> is the extended wear which can be worn for up to seven days before they are thrown out. Although it is recommended that you take them off and clean them before sleep, you do not have to take them out at all for a whole week. These extended wear contact lenses can be worn for up to two weeks if you take them out and clean and store them before wearing again.</p>
<p>Before you can buy color toric contact lenses, you have to go see an eye doctor to get fitted. Your eye doctor will measure your eyes and ensure you get the best fit for the shape of your eye. He or she will also update and make changes to your prescription. You can then order lenses from the eye doctor or at contact lens websites.</p>
<p>You can change the color of your hair and lip. Why not change the color of your eyes? Don&#8217;t let astigmatism stand in the way. With colored toric contact lenses, you can have both clear vision and any eye color under the sun.</p>
<p>Paul Swadya offers <a href="http://www.presbyopia-contacts.com/toric-contact-lenses.html"target="_new"  onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.presbyopia-contacts.com');">colored toric contact lenses</a> information to help wearers improve their vision and lifestyle. He runs an informational website that provides tips on <a href="http://www.presbyopia-contacts.com/buy-contact-lenses.html"target="_new"  onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.presbyopia-contacts.com');">how to buy contact lenses</a> for vision corrections as well as for fashion accessories. Please visit <a href="http://www.presbyopia-contacts.com/"target="_new"  onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.presbyopia-contacts.com');">http://www.presbyopia-contacts.com/</a> to get more quality colored toric contact lenses information.</p>
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		<title>What Are Publishers Looking For?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IDEA MEETINGS:
Writers understand that publishing is a business, but novice writers seem to think that the business begins when their South Carolina Lemon Laws goes to print. Not so. The business begins with an idea meeting.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IDEA MEETINGS:</p>
<p>Writers understand that publishing is a business, but novice writers seem to think that the business begins when their <a href="http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/south_carolina.html" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com');">South Carolina Lemon Laws</a> goes to print. Not so. The business begins with an idea meeting.</p>
<p>Idea meetings are usually attended by a combination of a publisher&#8217;s editorial and marketing people, and the attendance may vary by who is available on any given day.</p>
<p>Although they may be scheduled for the same day and time each week, these meetings are basically informal and unstructured, more like group discussions. They usually don&#8217;t have a written schedule or agenda; everyone sits around a table and the atmosphere is collegial, relaxed, and frank.</p>
<p>Editors inform the group about book proposals to generate discussions in which everyone chimes in. The group asks questions, gives opinions, and volunteers information about similar or competitive books.</p>
<p>Idea meetings are essentially exploratory. Their purpose is to challenge proposals by closely examining them and chipping away to see if the proposed project would make a good book for the house to publish. They discuss whether they think the firm should commit further time and resources to each book discussed.</p>
<p>At idea meetings, proposals can be rejected, but they cannot be given final approval.<br />At these meetings, the group wants want to see if the book has a strong hook and how it is positioned. The proposal must clearly answer the following questions:</p>
<p>What is the book about?</p>
<p>Is there an audience for the book?</p>
<p>If so, who is that audience?</p>
<p>Where will it be shelved? Books that don&#8217;t have clearly identifiable places on bookstore shelves get lost. Booksellers don&#8217;t know where to place them, and potential buyers don&#8217;t know where to find them.</p>
<p>Can the book be produced so that it provides value for readers? For example, if all the books on a subject are priced in the $30 range, can the publisher deliver this book with a higher word <a href="http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Computer/Web-Hosting/web-hosting.php" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.shop24-7-365.com');">exchange hosting services</a> or information not in competing books and sell it for $12.95?</p>
<p>&#8220;A book has to be clearly identifiable as something new in the marketplace,&#8221; according to Gary Krebs, the Publishing Director at Globe Pequot Press. &#8220;New in the marketplace means that it can be on the same topic as something that already exists, but there has to be a new spin, a new direction, which sometimes can be just a format change. Or, you could spin an existing topic for a new demographic such as businesswomen when all the other books were primarily aimed at men.&#8221;</p>
<p>All decisions are market driven; the group must believe that the book proposed can make the company money. Editors as well as marketing representatives usually won&#8217;t support a proposal unless they believe that the book can be commercially viable.</p>
<p>If the proposal survives the idea meeting, the editor who championed it usually prepares a presentation report or packet for another committee; one that has the authority to acquire the property. The report or packet includes research on sales figures, competing books, comparable history of the publisher&#8217;s other books, recent publishing trends, and whether this proposal fits in with its overall vision of what they did in the past and want to do in the future.</p>
<p>At many houses, the champion prepares a profit-and-loss statement (P&amp;L) for each proposed book. If the company decides to make an offer to buy the book, the P&amp;L statement forms the basis for the price the company will be willing to pay for book.</p>
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<p>Rick Frishman, the founder of Planned Television Arts, has been one of the leading book publicists in America for over 30 years.</p>
<p>Working with many of the top book editors, literary agents and publishers in America, including Simon and Schuster, Random House, Wiley, Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Penguin Putnam, and Hyperion Books, he has worked with best-selling authors including Mitch Albom, Caroline Kennedy, Howard Stern, President Jimmy Carter, Mark Victor Hansen, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Hugh Downs, Henry Kissinger, Jack Canfield, Alan Deshowitz, Arnold Palmer, and Harvey Mackay.</p>
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		<title>Macular Degeneration - Curiosity is Essential For Those With Vision Loss</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s wonderful to have sight. I know because I had it the first seven years of my life. I also know, however, that there is more to you and I than our two eyes. You and I were each born with a tremendous gift which, I believe, is seldom used to its fullest potential. That [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s wonderful to have sight. I know because I had it the first seven years of my life. I also know, however, that there is more to you and I than our two eyes. You and I were each born with a tremendous gift which, I believe, is seldom used to its fullest potential. That gift is the gift of curiosity.</p>
<p>Curiosity is essential to anyone who is facing brick walls in their lives. I believe, however, it is especially important for a person, due to Macular Degeneration or any other eye condition, who has experienced vision loss to be a curious creature. There is seldom a day that goes by that I do not have to figure out an alternative way to accomplish a task that, to someone who can see, requires little thought at all. But I love solving puzzles and so I think of this as a game.</p>
<p>The opponent might be the blurry letters on my mail that I cannot <a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Student-Loan-Consolidation/student-loan-consolidation.php>direct student loan consolidation</a> to read. But once I place it under my video magnifier and can now see it, I consider myself the winner of this game.</p>
<p>Once I completed college and began my teaching career, I was reminded of just how curious children are. I believe this is the reason why they tend to have an easier time adjusting to new situations in their lives.They are always seeking answers and asking &#8220;If I do this, what will happen?&#8221;</p>
<p>One winter morning, it was very cold. When the school bell rang, the third graders came rushing into the classroom all excited. One child called out, &#8220;Ms. Shugart, did you know that if you put your tongue on the flagpole when it&#8217;s this cold outside that you&#8217;ll get stuck to the flagpole?&#8221;</p>
<p>I thanked her for sharing that science experiment with me and then said it was time to begin class.</p>
<p>&#8220;Does anyone know where Danny is&#8221;, I questioned the class as I noticed he was missing.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes&#8221;, they all chimed in together, &#8220;he&#8217;s stuck to the flagpole!&#8221;</p>
<p>Be curious <a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Car-Insurance/van-insurance.php>online van insurance</a> a child. Vision loss is a serious disability but every brick wall it attempts to place before you can be overcome as long as you stay curious and seek to find answers.</p>
<p>The one thing I refuse to do is to just sit down in front of a brick wall and throw rocks at it. I know this does not work. I know that because I did that for about three years until I finally realized that I was getting nowhere.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to prove how badly we want something.&#8221; -Dr. Randy Pausch</p>
<p>Lasso your curiosity and find a way to get over that brick wall! You can do it!</p>
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<p>From Nancy Shugart</p>
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		<title>Barack Obama As Mystic</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that <a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/accident-lawyers.php>accident attorneys Philadelphia</a> election is over I can say this without anyone accusing me of trying to influence the election! About a year ago, while reading &#8220;The Audacity of Hope,&#8221; I got the notion that Barack Obama may be at the Mystic level of spiritual development - that is at the fourth of four stages we have enough data to address.* That of course was not reason enough to vote for him as president and I really did not think too much about it after that. It was only today, while I was recalling some aspects of some of his speeches, that it hit me: I am pretty sure: Barack Obama is a Mystic!</p>
<p>So tonight I dug up my copy of &#8220;The Audacity of Hope&#8221; and re-read the thirty-two page chapter entitled &#8220;Faith.&#8221; Sure enough, though he uses couched terms, parts of it read just like any one of the &#8220;Mystic&#8221; stories I am developing for my book!</p>
<p>Obama describes being brought up in a non-religious household under the influence of a Rational level grandmother &#8220;&#8230;too rational and too stubborn to accept anything she couldn&#8217;t see, feel, touch, or count.&#8221; and a grandfather who could have been in the Lawless group! &#8220;&#8230;restless soul that might have found refuge in religious belief had it not been for&#8230;an innate rebelliousness, a complete inability to discipline his appetites&#8230;&#8221; (rules of a strict religion might have helped here!) Then while he was growing up, Barack&#8217;s mother would tell him about the frailties of the (Stage Two or Faithful level) &#8220;&#8230;Christians who populated her youth&#8230;.sanctimonious preachers who would dismiss three-quarters of the world&#8217;s people as ignorant heathens doomed to spend the atfterlife in eternal damnation - and those who would insist that the earth and heavens had been created in seven days&#8230;.She remembered the respectable church ladies who were always so quick to shun those unable to meet their own standards of propriety, even as they desperately concealed their own dirty little secrets; the church fathers who uttered racial epithets and chiseled their workers out of any nickel that they could.&#8221; &#8220;For my mother, organized religion too often dressed up closed-mindedness in the garb of piety, cruelty and oppression in the cloak of righteousness.&#8221; (p. 203)</p>
<p>Moreover it seems his mother may have been a Mystic herself in that she made sure he was equally exposed to <a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Auto-Accident/motorcycle-accident-attorneys.php>Oregon motorcycle accident attorneys</a> the world&#8217;s great religions - as part of his education, not in the expectation that he adopt one. &#8220;Religion was an expression of human culture, she would explain, not its wellspring, just one of the many ways - and not necessarily the best way - that man attempted to control the unknowable and understand the deeper truths about our lives.&#8221; (p. 204)</p>
<p>Barack then goes on to ascribe further Mystic-sounding tendencies to his mother, saying she was &#8220;&#8230;the most spiritually awakened person that I&#8217;ve ever known. She had an unswerving instinct for kindness, charity and love&#8230;.she worked mightily to instill in me the values that many Americans learn in Sunday school: honesty, empathy, discipline, delayed gratification, and hard work. She raged at poverty and injustice, and scorned those who were indifferent to both. Most of all she possessed an abiding sense of wonder, a reverence for life and its precious, transitory nature that could properly be described as devotional&#8230;.she saw mysteries everywhere and took joy in the sheer strangeness of life.&#8221; (p. 205)</p>
<p>Through all this chapter on faith, Obama does not disclose himself making his own way through the earlier spiritual stages himself but in the pages that follow phrases show up exposing personal values he holds that accord with those of the Mystic. He makes these statements as though all his readers would be in agreement that these values are of the highest order - where in fact, those at stages other than Mystic probably have little appreciation for their value. He speaks of the need to build community and make justice real, the value of a type of &#8220;faith that doesn&#8217;t mean you don&#8217;t have doubts, or that you relinquish your hold on the world.&#8221; (p. 207) While I do not have the background to know why this would be so, he claims the &#8220;black church rarely had the luxury of separating individual salvation from collective salvation.&#8221; Certainly concern with collective salvation (or let us say, the collective good) IS the territory of the Mystic and in almost direct opposition to the goals of many an ethnocentric, &#8220;we are the only ones who will be saved!&#8221; form of organized religion.</p>
<p>When Barack chose to join a particular church** &#8220;It came about as a choice and not an epiphany&#8221; (p. 208) This is typical of a Mystic. If they choose to participate in an organized religion it tends to be in full knowledge that any given church or religion represents only a part of the real truth and not the whole; that they are chosing this church or religion as a means to a greater end - in Barack&#8217;s case, the greater end he was seeking was a community &#8220;in which to ground my most deeply held beliefs.&#8221; (p. 206) A statement like this implies that there were many other choices he could have made that could have met that end just as well; it is not that he believed this church held any final absolute answers for him, assured his salvation, or promised him a perfect God.<br />Going on to further explain himself in relation to his faith, he speaks of the need to &#8220;engage all persons of faith in the larger project of American renewal&#8230; and to think in terms of &#8216;thou&#8217; and not just &#8216;I.&#8217; (p. 216)</p>
<p>The best summary statement found in this chapter puts Obama somewhere between Rational and Mystic - which parenthetically is where I myself reside personally - &#8220;This is not to say that I am unanchored in my faith. There are some things that I&#8217;m absolutely sure about (Mystics almost never say they are &#8216;absolutely sure&#8217; about any matters of faith) the Golden Rule, (nearly all Mystics in the stories in my book mention this) the need to battle cruelty in all its forms, (this sounds more like the Rational level again) the value of love and charity, humility and grace.&#8221; (p. 224) Love, humility and grace are concepts Mystics seem to understand in a way totally different from the way others use them. And just since yesterday I have come to believe Barack Obama&#8217;uses those words in the Mystical sense, though he never comes out and says this.</p>
<p>Now a higher level of spiritual development does not imply a higher worth as a person and is not a criterion by which we are accustomed to selecting a president. I have not studied enough history to know if we have ever had a Mystic level person in the White House before. I do believe most of the presidents in my lifetime have been either at the Lawless level (yes! these people disguise themselves very well in many cases and often rise to prominent positions) or the Faithful level (the current administration!)</p>
<p>So over the months of the campaign, for various reasons it took me a while to come around in my decision to vote for this man but in the end I did vote for Obama myself. Only time will tell if a Mystic leading this country will be a good thing or not.</p>
<p>But somehow once the results were in last night, I felt a deep sense of joy. I suddenly felt &#8216;certain&#8217; (as my Rational level self is often prone to do) that for once we were going to have a leader not prone to serving the selfish and egocentric goals of a small few over that of the greater good. Perhaps we can even dare to hope today&#8217;s headline in a French newspaper was correct: &#8220;Obama&#8217;s victory marks America&#8217;s reconciliation with the world!&#8221; ***</p>
<p>*To recap for those who are not regular readers of my blog, Stage One is what we are calling the Lawless stage. Folks at this stage have never submitted their being to anything other than their own will. They have never truly embraced religion at any level and generally pursue their own aims with no regard for how that might affect others. Stage Two then we call the Faithful stage. This group includes most people who are traditionally religious. These are people who have chosen to accept the rules and explanations offered in a pre-set way by an organized religion. They tend toward a literal interpretation of everything their church teaches and most likely insist that their religion is somehow more true than all the others. Though they may believe very fervently, they are ones who have never really questioned their faith and thus there is something superficial - or less mature - about their faith. At Stage Three or the Rational level the person has allowed some questioning into his faith system. Either he has realized that some things his religion teaches cannot be literally true, or he at least begins to take some level of personal responsibility for owning his beliefs in a personal, individual way. He may either wind up rejecting religion altogether for a time, or he may find a new way to incorporate his faith with the questions he has run into. If this person who has survived the questioning stage then returns to his religion or perhaps instead chooses some more universal way of living out his faith, understands elements of faith in a more metaphorical way and maybe allows some creative elements into it, then he has probably moved on to Stage Four or the Mystic level. Some say there may be many stages above the Mystic level but there are not enough people at those stages to study them.</p>
<p>** which we now know he later renounced, largely because the pastor was sounding too ethnocentric - which would never do for a Mystic - and of course made statements that would threaten Obama&#8217;s political career!</p>
<p>*** &#8220;La victoire d&#8217;Obama marque la reconciliation de l&#8217;Amerique avec le monde.&#8221; L&#8217;Express, as quoted at french-word-a-day.typepad.com/motdujour, accessed 11/5/08.</p>
<p>Margaret Johnston</p>
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<p>&#8230;using real life stories to highlight principled atheism and mystical faith as respectable alternatives to organized religion.</p>
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<p>Feeling stressed lately? Too many to-do&#8217;s on your to-do list? If you are doing too much for too many people, you must eliminate some of the stress in your life. Start by eliminating the responsibilities that do not directly contribute <a href="http://www.viaggra.org/cialis-faq.php" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.viaggra.org');">generic tadalifil</a> the top three goals in your life. Many areas of your life will improve immediately. Lightening your load will benefit you by improving the quality of your health and your relationships. Reevaluate your responsibilities using a time management chart at least twice a year.</p>
<p><B>Start By Writing Down Your Goals</B></p>
<p>Before you can begin to eliminate responsibilities, you need to decide what your top three goals are. They do not need to be in order of importance. Mine are: 1) Nurture myself, 2) Spend quality time with my family, and 3) Grow my businesses.</p>
<p><B>Create Your Time Management Chart</B></p>
<p>Your chart will consist of three columns: a list of all your current responsibilities, the approximate number of hours each responsibility takes during a given month (estimate), and which of the three goals the responsibility is helping you to accomplish (if any!). You will find that many of your current responsibilities are not helping you to accomplish one of the three goals. These are the easiest to eliminate or to delegate. Learning how to delegate is important because it allows you additional time you need to focus on your three goals. You can delegate a lot: my youngest daughter folds the dish- and face-cloths in our house while her two older sisters handle the rest of the laundry. Here is a partial example of my time management chart. (Note: You can create a table with the correct number of rows and three columns in Microsoft Word under the &#8220;table&#8221; drop-down menu. Mine appears in a listing format below.)</p>
<p><UL><LI><B>Column One &#8211;&gt; Responsibility</B><UL><LI>PTA Board</LI><LI>Running my local women&#8217;s group</LI><LI>Taking my children to and from soccer practices and games</LI><LI>Spend 1 hour each day exercising</LI><LI>Spend 6 to 8 hours, Monday thru Friday, working my businesses</LI><LI>Cleaning the house/laundry and grocery shopping.</LI></UL></p>
<p><LI><B>Column Two &#8211;&gt; Number of Hours per Month (Respectively)</B></p>
<p><UL><LI> 5</LI><LI>5 - 10</LI><LI>20</LI><LI>30</LI><LI>128 - 160</LI><LI>20 - 30</LI></UL></p>
<p><LI><B>Column Three &#8211;&gt; Goal That I Am Accomplishing, If Any (Respectively)</B></p>
<p><UL><LI>Not helping me accomplish one of my 3 goals</LI><LI>Not helping me accomplish one of my 3 goals</LI><LI>Not helping me accomplish one of my 3 goals</LI><LI>#1 â€&#8221; Nurture myself</LI><LI>#3 â€&#8221; Grow my businesses</LI><LI>Not helping me accomplish one of my three goals.</LI></UL><br /></LI></UL></p>
<p><B>The Elimination Process</B></p>
<p>After reviewing my complete chart, I decided to step down from my local women&#8217;s group responsibilities and from my <a href="http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/accident-claim.php" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.shop24-7-365.com');">accident compensation claim</a> PTA Board. I decided to delegate more household responsibilities. Completing this chart every six months allows you to assign tasks based on the new skill levels of the family. Children develop quickly and can take on more chores as they grow. Doing everything for your children doesn&#8217;t help them&#8211;if anything it hinders them in adulthood. Delegating household chores to them is a win-win for everyone. I also sat down with the other adult in my life (my husband) and convinced him to take on more responsibility. Not an easy task! I know my chart (the complete version) made it much easier for him to see where he could easily pitch in. He chose grocery shopping and driving the children to and from their events. Create your own time management chart and &#8220;take back&#8221; at least 10-15 hours of your life each month. You will be less stressed and happier. I know I was!</p>
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<p>Bathroom theme ideas are in this for the purpose of a guide to many who are new to designing their bathroom for style, class, mood, and comfort.</p>
<p>In looking for a theme for your bathroom, you can coordinate the bathroom theme you chose with the theme the whole house is in or you can come up with a more unique bathroom style, separate from the home&#8217;s theme.</p>
<p>Do keep in mind that it is important to keep your floors, walls and countertops neutral no matter what bathroom design is in your mind and accentuate the theme with accessories instead. This way, it would be easier to redo your bathroom annually, if you tire of the old theme.</p>
<p>1. The futuristic bathroom</p>
<p>Many people who are fond of gadgets opt for this bathroom theme. Modernity of the society can be mirrored easily by the bathroom with the right innovative accents and accessories. This theme may easily be achieved by utilizing tech-savvy products such as automatic baths, nifty shower heads, and a smart toilet.</p>
<p>Smart toilets are said to save many marriages as this gadget is really clever in that it automatically shuts the seat and cleans itself after use. It has many automatic features that traditional toilets do not have.</p>
<p>2. Calm oasis</p>
<p>To produce a simple bathroom that elicits feelings of calmness and peace from the users, you can opt for the oasis of calm bathroom theme that uses light colors (light or baby blue, light or baby yellow among others). Light colors make the room appear larger and spacey. To add to the calming effect the bathroom gives off with the light colors it sports, you can add sweet-smelling and calming accessories such as lavender incense or sweet-smelling potpourri.</p>
<p>3. Kids&#8217; bathrooms</p>
<p>Bathroom for the kids can be made interesting by adopting a sea theme or a princess theme or a fairytale theme. It is best to ask your children how they want their bathroom styled before decorating the room.</p>
<p>With imagination and a tiny bit of research, a contemporary, stylish and classy but comfortable bathroom that fit personal preference can easily be achieved. It would be nice to consider the bathroom theme ideas mentioned in this article to achieve that dreamy, classy and comfortable bathroom you want your home to sport. It could be fun to include the kids in the bathroom decorating ordeal.</p>
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<p><P>Little Johnny canâ€™t remember his multiplication facts. Much of the time, he struggles with subtraction facts as well. His reasoning skills for determining whether he should add or subtract, multiply or divide, are faulty. And when he writes a math problem on paper, there are no columns. The numbers are all over the place. He gets very confused with the entire process as well.</P> <P>But, boy, can he read. He reads books that are way above what the other students in his class read. The words in them are harder, and they are more difficult to understand.</P> <P>Does he have a learning disability? Should his teacher refer him for testing? </P> <P>Do either of these scenarios sound familiar? The decision regarding whether to refer a child for testing can sometimes be a difficult one to make. There are many factors to consider, not the least of which is whether the child perceives a stigma attached to the testing.<BR> <BR>As a teacher of students with learning disabilities, teachers often consulted with me when they questioned whether or not to test. After looking at all the facts, if there was still any doubt, I would tell them that I would rather err on the side of caution. If the child is not found to have a learning disability, at least we will discover his learning styles and how best to help him with his problem. If his does have a learning disability, we can proceed to get him the special help he needs to be more successful in school. Either way, he wins.<BR> <BR>And who can question a win-win situation?</P> <P>For more plain talk about learning disabilities, please visit us at www.ldperspectives.com&#8221;&gt;www.ldperspectives.com.</P></p>
<p>About the Author<br /> Sandy Gauvin is a retired educator who has seen learning disabilities from many perspectives - as the parent of a daughter with learning disabilities, as the teacher of children with learning disabilities, and as an advocate for others who have diagnosed and unrecognized learning disabilities. Sandy shares her wisdom and her resources at www.LDPerspectives.comwww.LDPerspectives.com.</p>
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