Modern Furniture: A Staging Must!

When it comes to selling your property, there is no doubt about it, you need to appeal to the masses. This means that your 15 year old living room set won't cut it. There are, however some simple solutions that can help you modernize the look of your home, without necessarily breaking the bank. For instance, if you were planning on updating your furniture once you've moved into your new house, it may be wise to do so right away and move the furniture once your house is sold. Certain items such as chairs and sofas can be re-upholstered to give them a fresh new look. You can also invest in inexpensive accessories that will attract the buyer's attention to a more modern decor while preventing your old comfy couch from becoming an eyesore.

As a first step, you will need to determine which furnishing items you will be keeping once you are in the new house and which ones you will be replacing. It is crucial that this step be taken immediately as it will go a long way in helping you sell your home. It is wise and even recommended that the furniture you are planning on replacing after you move, be replaced immediately. It's time to go shopping! Yes it may be a hassle to buy it all now and then move it once the house is sold but remember that if buyers are not making offers because the house doesn't appeal to then, you may never be buying all this furniture, whereas buyers will be more likely to make an offer on a house they see themselves living in. Although they will not be buying your furniture, it is the overall look of the house that has to speak to the buyer. You need to guide their imagination and show them how nice it can be.

Although you are planning to move, you may not be planning on purchasing new furniture. After all, why throw away such good comfortable furniture that has already been broken into. There is also a simple solution for that. Slip covers for sofas, love seats and armchairs are a fantastic and inexpensive way to breathe new life into your dated living room set. For the bedrooms, whenever possible remove any headboards with a dated took and use fresh modern linen to dress your beds. Set the dining table with modern plates and a bright centerpiece to attract attention away from the older table. Re-upholster chairs for a fresh modern look. If your rooms are over flowing with furniture, it will be important to get some of it out of the house and arrange to store it until your house is sold.

Last but not least, you can use decorative items and accessories to attract the buyer's attention and tone down the dated look. Bright, bold and contrasting colors tend to attract the eye. The buyer will be focused on the colorful item and will probably be less likely to notice the dated decor. The most important accessories you can modernize are your window coverings. They are a dead giveaway and no matter how expensive and chic they are, if they are from another time, it will be a turnoff to the modern buyer. Other examples of using accessories to deter attention can be a contrasting colored throw placed on an older couch, which will catch the buyer's eye. The same is true for an old dresser. You can easily invest in a colorful, modern vase to offset the age of the dresser. Adding art to your walls will also have the same effect. The idea is to tone down the older furniture by enhancing it with modern accessories.

In the end, you do not have to buy or rent new furniture to stage your house. You simply need to give buyers what they are looking for and if that is a modern look and feel, there are ways of doing it without spending thousands on furniture you don't necessarily like. If you are going to be changing your furniture, by all means, buy it and stage your house with it. It will go a long way. If this purchase is not part of your plan or your budget, you can use re-upholstering as an effective alternative to bring your old items into the twenty first century. alternately, you can also use modern decorative accessories to give your buyers the impression of a modernized look. The options are plenty and the more modern the look, the more likely you are to sell quickly.

New Theory On Increased Military Suicides Considered

In previous wars, we've had our military war fighters come back and often they had psychological challenges readjusting to society. This is normal, it has been talked about since Roman times in Western culture. It is also been discussed in ancient Chinese and Japanese writing as well. It's no secret, warfare, that is to say real war up close and personal changes a man. The young gung ho soldier running into battle is all about bravado, but their steely eyes once it's done don't lie, their innocence is lost.

We already know this, we don't need more psychologists studying this topic telling us what we already have discovered, and humankind has not changed from that historical record for as far as we can tell in the last 6000+ years; so why would it change now, because our technology has; doubtful?

The RAND Corp recently put out an interesting report in the 4th quarter of 2012 titled; "The War Within - Preventing Military Suicide" by Rajeev Ramchand, Joie Acosta, Rachel Burns, Lisa H Jaycox, and Christopher G. Pernin. The report's introduction discusses combat stress in the theater, prolonged deployments, multiple deployments, etc. and then on the issue of stress it stated;

"This stress can manifest itself in different ways - increased divorce rates, spouse and child abuse, mental distress, substance abuse - but one of the most troubling manifestations is suicide, which is increasing across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The increase in suicides among members of the military has raised concern among policymakers, military leaders, and the population at large."

The report also noted all the military is doing with "state-of-the-art suicide prevention programs" and "prevention science" including robust monitoring. That's all well and good, and it makes sense to get to the bottom of the problem and find a way to prevent it.

However, I have a different theory on all of this, it is a new theory, one you haven't heard before, and I would like to discuss it with you. First of all we know that sand often has in it lots of bacteria. This shouldn't surprise anyone because if you look at sand particles under a microscope you see it is all filled with old organic material. As that old material decays, and since it is high in nutrients and minerals, there is an abundance of bacteria around even with all of the sunlight and UV radiation constantly on it.

These last two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq occurred in regions filled with sand. That bacteria in the sand does have an effect on the human bio system, gene expression, and disease. We already know that people in the Middle East often feel it is their duty to commit suicide through suicide bombings and terrorist attacks. Maybe they've been subjected to this bacteria in the sand all their lives.

Now that we have brought hundreds of thousands of Americans into that theater to fight a war, they are experiencing the same thing now, to a greater degree in previous wars. I'd say this bacteria effect is an enhancement or force-multiplier to the suicide problem and psychological issues of human warfare. There's your new theory, do with it what you will, but don't deny what I've said unless you can empirically prove me wrong. Please consider all this and think on it.

Get More Insurance Quotes From Other Local Businesses

Owning a business can be lonely and marketing can be expensive. That's why it's a great idea to team up with other businesses that market to the same clients in order to get more quotes. Here is an easy way that you can do this in order to attract new clients without spending a lot of money.

If your agency is located in a retail location or close to other businesses, then there is a lot of opportunity to work together to reach out to a similar market. Consider an agency located next door to a popular lunchtime sandwich shop. It preferably needs to be a local restaurant with a local owner.

Everyday for several hours, this sandwich shop is packed. People are standing in line and waiting to make their order. If your agency is located close by, then it is a great opportunity to market for new quotes.

Contact the owner and see if the would be receptive to making an offer with you. Create some small cards with your agency information listed and add that the card is good for a free six inch sandwich at this one restaurant location.

For every person that gets a new quote, in the office or even over the phone, you will give them a card as a gift.

The client will then go to the restaurant and use the card to redeem their sandwich. The shop keeps the card and at the end of the week or month, bills you for the sandwiches. Many times, they will give you a discount since you are generating new business for them as well. (They might give the sandwich for free, but most likely also sell chips, drinks, and food for anyone else that came in with that person.)

From a marketing perspective, you'll spend around three to four dollars per quote which is fantastic compared to expensive internet leads or traditional advertising.

Once you have a plan in place, create a sign or sandwich board and place it outside the agency everyday during lunch. Let everyone know that they can get lunch on you when they get a free quote!

People will get quotes and you'll make sales. You'll have a low lead cost and be supporting another local business at the same time. There is no substitute in marketing for a great win-win situation.

Think about people you know that would be receptive to teaming up to attract business. Try out this marketing strategy and start reaching more local businesses.

November Is National Adoption Awareness Month

Although for some November is just another month of waiting, longing to have such a family to enjoy the holidays with, as well as have a family 365 days a year. They are an estimated 800,000 plus children in the United States in foster care waiting to be adopted, waiting to be a part of a family who will love and care for them.

This may be the ideal situation one would think with the number of children in foster care, there would be people rushing to adoption agency's to adopt a child into their family. Not all foster children are as blessed to find a loving home who treats them as a part of the family and not make them feel as the outsider of the family. Frankly speaking 3 out of 10 children in America are very fortunate to find the "ideal" loving family, then there's the sad other numbers in the equation of those who are adopted by families who abuse them, mistreat, and sometimes cause fatal harm to them.

There are many wrongful reasons to consider adopting a child for example being selfish, such as the mere thought of being able to have a conversation with a colleague or other family members, sharing you have adopted a child into your family (not wanting to give the child the love they deserve), considering adopting a child to supplement income by becoming a foster parent. Foster children as with all children deserve a loving home, a home where they are not considered a "meat market" for someone to gain financially from them.

Every child that enters the foster care system wants to know someone not only cares about them but loves them as much as their own biological children. Children don't enter the foster care system by choice, so it is important for adults who consider adoption to see them in this way. It's not the child's fault they end up where they are in the system it's up to one loving person after another to make a difference in a child's life forever.

November is National Adoption Awareness Month, if you are unable to adopt a child at this time or in the near future, find an organization that donates to the Foster Care Children Foundation and make a donation, or if you know someone who would make an excellent foster parent share the awareness of how important one adoption can change a child/children lives forever.

Improve Your Scrapbook With These Wedding Scrapbook Layout Ideas

Among all life occasions, a wedding can be considered as women's favorite. Whether you're the bridesmaid, or the bride, weddings just give this giddy feeling especially if those getting married are your close friends. All the excitement and fun rubs off all your female friends, making the wedding better than you expected. Of course, you also have to plan for everything, and that is the tricky part. But once everything is done, you and your spouse would have to sort through all the gifts and pictures that you have accumulated during your wedding. One good way to keep your pictures is to make a wedding scrapbook, and make your scrapbook standout with these wedding scrapbook layout ideas.

Before working on your project, it would be better if you sort your pictures first. Not all pictures are the same; there might be some candid shots, some professional shots, and some wacky shots that can be grouped together. Think of a theme for your scrapbook. Will this scrapbook just focus on your wedding day, or will it tell your personal love story? Will you be adding more pages in the future? Once you've figured out what you want to do, then you can go out and buy some supplies. Visit the nearest craft store and look for scrapbooking materials. Most stores have an aisle especially for scrapbooking, and you can surely find everything that you need: from scrapbook paper to twine to stickers to flowers and other ornaments for your scrapbook. You can even use materials like magazines and newspapers. It all depends on your creativity, and of course, your wedding scrapbook layout ideas.

Deciding on the layout of your scrapbook can be tricky, but there are a lot of websites that can help you in deciding on the look that you want. The most common and highly customizable wedding scrapbook layout idea is to create a collage of your pictures and post different pictures as one picture. There are different photo editing websites that you can use for your pictures. Use the online applications to edit and create your collage, and then download them or print them directly from the website. Another option, if you have more time, is to create the collage on your own. This can be a bit tricky, but with enough time and patience, you can surely get it done. Once you have finished with your scrapbook, put it somewhere where your visitor can admire your work. Who knows, you might even get requested to make your friends' wedding scrapbooks.

Rubber Grommets Used in Hole Eyelets

Grommets are used in hole eyelets thus preventing tearing, fraying and stretching that can cause damaged on the material base. The grommets are of different kinds and are designed to different kinds of applications. The most common grommets you will find in the market include leather, pipe, textiles and fabric among other kinds of materials used in making them. They are normally quite easy to fit into the holes and apart from offering the protection needed on the holes, they provide the durability most people look for.

The grommets offer protection to pipes and threaded conduits as well as on sharp edges which can be damaging. You will also manage to keep off moisture, rust, dirt and dust on the pipes. They are a perfect way of keeping your wires free from abrasion and damage since they make it possible to pass all the cables and wires in a tidy organized manner. Rubber grommets are some of the most popular kind of grommets you will find today and they are used largely in different kinds of application.

The popularity of the rubber grommets can be attributed to their low permeability especially for gases. They are also highly resistant to glycols, acids and ozone thus making them the most ideal in manufacturing industries. Rubber is a material that will maintain its texture and shape even in situations where it is subjected to extreme cold, dry heat and even steam and this is an added advantage to different manufacturing industries hence the popularity of the rubber grommets.

Types of Rubber Grommets

Cable or Open rubber grommets: they are designed to offer protection to cables and pipes especially in cases where they need to pass through surfaces that are metallic. These type of grommets also have anti vibration features but they need to be in the right panel hole size to offer that great fit and protection to your application.

Blind or Blank rubber grommets: they are commonly used in plug or blank holes in plates or metal sheet panels. The smooth finish makes them most ideal for the surfaces and they offer that tight and secure fit since they are quite flexible. They are a popular type in the industry.

Half blind rubber grommets: these type comes with a section or membrane that can easily open or close hence providing the sealing needed on applications. They offer great passing for wires but can also be used in other applications.

Movies - Watch What You Want, When You Want

Movies are a tremendous source of entertainment for most people. The reason? It's probably because even people who have little in common can find a movie to enjoy together.

The moviemakers apparently understood the need to create films that appeal to a wide audience. Otherwise, the good guy wouldn't take time out in his pursuit of the bad guys to kiss the girl. The girl wouldn't get herself in a wreck that required a heroic rescue before she got her guy. And - perhaps the most obvious example of all - the cartoons wouldn't have such great humor that appeals to the adults almost as much as the children.

Technology has played an important role in broadening the appeal of most movies to encompass a wider audience. Consider the movies of a half-century ago. There were spacemen on Earth and earthlings in space, but the scenes were usually very plain and the almost everything was left to the imagination of the view. Today, the vistas are bigger than life, futuristic scenes are more incredible than the average imagination could have conjured on its own and the stunts are unbelievable - because they are humanly impossible.

But even when we're watching a stunt that can't possibly have happened in real life, we're awed and amazed and can't wait to see it again. And again. And that's the beauty of the movie experience today. Not only are there thousands upon thousands of movies to watch, many are available to buy, rent or download onto your PC. You can watch them as often as you want, shelve them for awhile and watch them again.

While technology is playing an important role in the movie-making process, it's also important for movie watching. The fact that many movies are now digital files on DVD allows moviemakers to apply a myriad of special features into the movie file itself. Surround sound is one of those special features and if you have a home theater set up with surround sound, you'll be able to hear the special effects just like you do at a commercial theater. Ever wonder how it is that a door squeaks to your right, while a woman screams to your left? The answer is surround sound technology and a DVD has ample space to store those kinds of programming features.

You and your spouse will probably never agree on every single movie. But with the many movie titles available for you to rent or own either on DVD or to download to your computer, it's likely that you'll find something that you both want to watch tonight. And maybe even something that you both want to watch again. And again.

© Copyright 2005 by Rickia Sanders. All rights reserved.

Easy Tips to Increase Traffic for Your Website

Have you launched a new website recently? Wondering how to make people online to visit your website? This is a standard basic question among all newbie or would be online business entrepreneur. Though there are some deep-rooted fake believes among folks, it's possible for a newbie to drive more chunk of traffic to their websites and thereby enhance their visibility and ranking quickly.

Here you get some easy tips to follow in order to increase traffic for your websites.

1. Write Targeting Audience - Writing for website must be aiming at the targeted audience and their queries. Those who provide solution while writing online, easily catch up with traffic and get better visibility on Search engine ranking pages. Writing website contents and copies keeping in mind what exactly audience is looking for is the right way. Through various proven and tested tools knowing popular queries of wider audience is easier these days. Write aiming at the bull's eye and get your job gone.

2. Write with Authority Being Unique - Copies or content for online stuff must offer better users' experience. Moreover, the writer must have an authority on what he is writing. Authoritative and unique contents attract masses if it includes high traffic keywords. Famous websites and brand from all across the world have authority on the topics they are writing. Uniqueness comes up with innovation of thinking and creative angles to catch up with flow of the moment. To increase traffic for website, original content plays the most crucial role.

3. Get a Problem Solver Website - By offering solution through website, chances of getting huge traffic are likely. One needs to solve the problems or issues that the wider audience is going through. Addressing the problem of audience, if you can really provide them the right solution at hand, audience would stick your website while recommending your services to others. For instance, if your selling mobile applications, try informing and updating your audience regarding the up-coming trend, its costs and moreover its uses for them. They would be curious to read out your copies and this way you would earn huge amount of traffic.

4. Build Relation with Related Websites - Diverting others traffic is an easy pick for many of the website owners. But, it sound unethical altogether. The roadway in between is building relationship with related websites and get noticed by the masses quickly. This has double-fold benefits. One, you build up relation with companies offering homogenous business and this pops up the platform to increase traffic.

5. Offer Free and Worthy Stuffs - Through websites; try offering something really worthy for them free of cost. It would help you in gaining their trust among others. Popular websites always come up with innovation ways to fix problems and offer solution absolutely free. It enhances their popularity by attracting more traffic to their websites.

6. Keep following - These five tips sound easy and moreover less time-taking and creative. Many of the business owners forget to push their websites from time to time. Once they reach out to a considerable amount of audience, their efforts cease. But you must not imitate them. Rather, you have the responsibility to stick to these five easy ways in order to increase traffic for your website over time.

The Sacred Numbers Of Pythagoras

The great mathematician Pythagoras used sequences of numbers that were tied closely to sacred geometry. It used a similar method of sequential number summation as the mathematician Fibonacci employed. It is far more complex in scope than the Fibonacci sequence uses, but a lot of the numbers are the same using both methods.

For those of you not so familiar with Pythagoras He is the one credited with the equation:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Perfect Square = 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2 = 25 or any whole number multiplied by these numbers; for instance.

(3 x 3)^2 + (3 x 4)^2 = (3 x 5)^2 = 9^2 + 12^2 = 15^2 = 225

Perfect Square = 5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2 = 169

Pythagoras was also a master of the ancient mysteries, and was a founding member of a secret knowledge Fraternity. He kept his secrets closely guarded, and allowed only persons knowledgeable in mathematics, music, and reason into his fold.

This is the mathematical blueprint for the alchemy of harmonic balance and Unity of spirit, mind, and body, through numeric sequencing according to my interpretation of Pythagoras's terms.

Also injected into the sequence is the secret Philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus

1^3Alpha(Perfect Cube) = SOURCE (GOD) = (Divine meditative thought; the Spirit essence, or the ALL)

7 is the only number between 1 and 13 not used as a sacred number, so it is associated with, and sacred to SOURCE. Associated with peace, and rest.

1 = Unity (The Correspondence between all levels and planes of existence; the active essence of God; Aeon,the first Son))

2 = Duality = 1A +1 (The Creation of polar opposites, or duality of being)

3 = the sum of Unity and Duality. = 1 + 2 (The Creation of Vibration, thus all matter;Trinity of God Mind, Sub Mind, logic mind; Cosmos)

4 =2 + 2; = 2^2; = 8 - 4; = 3^√64; = √16 (Division of the sub-conscious/conscious minds; the creation of time through motion, and the Rhythm of life set into motion)

5 = 2 +3; = 3^√125; = √25(Perfect Root; The root of the manifestation of man; the unfolding of Cause, and Effect)

6 = 1+ 2 + 3 = 3 + 3 (Creation of Man; the combination of Spirit, Sub Mind / Mind, and Body; becoming conscious of Self)

8 = 4 + 4; = 16 - 8; = 2^3; = √64 (The manifestation of Gender in all things)

9 = 3^2; = √81(The introduction to Mathematics, Logic, Music, Philosophies, Reason, Science's, Religion's, Agriculture and Civilization)

10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4; = √100 (Sacred to the ancient Qabbalah, and all the secret wisdom schools; This is the beginning of the alchemy of the mind, the transmutation from a lower state of being to a higher one)

10 = (The beginning of the 2nd incarnation of the prime 1; 2; 3) 1 is the symbol of unity; 0 is the symbol of infinite mind. So 10 is the number of the Unity of the infinite mind. One and Zero were not really considered numbers, they were considered symbols of the infinite Divine.

11 = √121;= 10 + 1

12 = √144 = 6 + 6; = 10 + 2

13 = √169; = 10 + 3

15 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5

16 = 8 + 8; = 32 - 16; = 2^4; = 4^2

20 = 10 + 10 (Beginning of the 3rd incarnation of the prime 1;2;3)

21 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6; = 10 + 11

22 = 11 + 11

23 = 11 + 12

24 = 12 + 12; = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3; = 6 + 6 + 6 + 6; = 8 + 8 + 8

25 = 12 + 13; = 5^2 = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5; = 3^2 + 4^2

27 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3; = 3^3(Perfect Cube)

28 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7

30 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3; = 9 + 10 + 11 (Beginning of the 4th and final incarnation of the prime 1;2;3)

31 = 10 + 10 +11

32 = 16 + 16; = 64 - 32; = 2^5; = 10 + 11 + 11

33 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3; 10 + 11 + 12

36 = 1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3; = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +8; = 11 + 12 + 13; = 6^2; = 3^2 x 2^2; (Harmony of Body)

45 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +8 + 9

55 = 1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + 4^2 + 5^2; = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5; = 27 + 28; = 91 - 36

55 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +8 + 9 + 10

64 = 32 + 32; = 2^6; = 4^3; = 8^2(Perfect Cube)

66 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +8 + 9 + 10 + 11; = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 +3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3; = 21+22+23(Harmony of Mind and Body, Master of Self)

78 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12

81 = 3^4; = 9^2

91 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13

91 = 4^3 + 3^3; = 6^2 + 5^2 + 4^2 + 3^2 + 2^2 + 1^2; = 55 + 36

96 = 31 + 32 + 33; = 32 + 32 + 32; = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

100 = 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10; = 6^2 + 8^2 = 10^2 (Perfect Square)

121 = 11^2; = 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11

125 = 5^3(Perfect Cube)

144 = 12^2; = 36 + 36 + 36 + 36; = 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12

169 = 5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2; = 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13(Perfect Square)

Reverse Order(The Symmetry of similar terms is important)

169 = 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13; = 5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2(Perfect Square)

144 = 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12; = 36 + 36 + 36 + 36; = 12^2

125 = 5^3(Perfect Cube)

121 = 11^2; = 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11

100 = 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10; = 10^2 (perfect square)

96 = 33 + 32 + 31; = 32 + 32 + 32; = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

91 = 13 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 9 +8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1

90 = 13 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 9 + 8 + 7+ 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2

88 = 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8; = 13 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 9 + 8+ 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3

85 = 13 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 9+ 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4

81 = 13 + 12 + 11 + 10+ 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5; =3^4; = 9^2

76 = 13 + 12 + 11+ 10 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6

70 = 13 + 12+ 11 + 10 + 9 + 8 + 7

64 = 32 + 32; = 2^6; = 4^3; = 8^2(Perfect Cube)

63 = 13+ 12 + 11 + 10 + 9 + 8

55 = 13 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 9

46 = 13 + 12 + 11 + 10

36 = 13 + 12 + 11

33 = 12 + 11 + 10; = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

32 = 11 + 11 + 10; = 16 + 16; = 64 - 32; = 2^5

31 = 11 + 10 +10

30 = 11 + 10 + 9; = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3; = (End of 4th and final incarnation of the prime 1;2;3)

25 = 5^2 = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5; = 13 + 12; = 3^2 + 4^2 = (Perfect Square)

23 = 12 + 11

22 = 11 + 11

21 = 6 + 5 +4 + 3 + 2 + 1; = 11 + 10

20 = 10 + 10 (End of the 3rd incarnation of the prime 1;2;3)

13 = √169

12 = √144

11 = √121

10 = √100; = (The End of the 2nd incarnation of the prime; the beginning of the illuminated being)

9 = √81 (The beginning of the Correspondence of the 3 planes of existence to the Duality of Mind)

6 = √36 (Man is the mirror image of God, only separated by degree)

5 =3 + 2; =3^√125; = √25(Perfect Root; This is the root of enlightenment, Correspondence through Active Meditation)

3 = the sum of Unity and Duality. = 1 + 2 (Realization of True Self; The true Illuminate)

2 = Duality = 1A +1 (Balancing of the sub-conscious and conscious minds;Opening of the 3rd EYE)

Ascension to Fully Enlightened Being requires the completion of the circle of servitude. One must Know how to be the Master, and the Servant before one can be an ascended Master.

666 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +... 36; = (Fully enlightened being, Completion of the circle of Servitude)

13^√666 = 1.648884841 This is very close to being equal to (PHI) = φ = 1.618 (This shows that even the Enlightened Being is irrational in nature before the Pure nature of GOD.

The final requirement is that one must sacrifice something of them self for the benefit of the whole. Only then will one be invited to join the Sacred ranks of the ascended Masters.

1 = Unity (United to Source; Ascended Master; These are drawn back to Source by Source)

1^3Alpha = SOURCE (Divine thought; GOD) = Perfect Cube; (7) is the divine number of God

Pythagoras's Numbers

Primary numbers = 1;2;3;6;10;15;21;28;36;45;55;66;78;91;96

2nd incarnation of the prime 1;2,3 = 11;12;13 = 36

3rd incarnation of the prime 1;2;3 = 21;22;23 = 66

4th incarnation of the prime 1;2;3 = 31;32;33 = 96

Secondary numbers = 5;25;36;46;63;70;76;81;85;88;90;91

Squares = 4;8;9;16;25;36;64;81;100;121;144;169

Perfect Squares = 25;100;169

Perfect Cubes = 1Alpha;27;64;125

Fibonacci sequence

1; 2; 3; 5; 8; 13; 21; 34; 55; 89; 144

Obviously there is a lot involved with Pythagoras's sequence of sacred numbers. There are many aspects of this sequence that I have not even considered yet. Fibonacci kept it fairly simple, although it does go much deeper than this article takes it.

I hope that you are starting to understand the significance of the sacred numbers as they relate to the construction of the Universe and Man's 3 fold spiritual, Mental, and Physical development.

For instance 2^2 √6 = 9.797958971 this is very close to being equal to the gravitational fore of Earth. This could very well be a coincidence, but I doubt it. All life is dependent upon gravity for many different reasons.

Both numbers are sacred, 2 ^2 represents Duality squared. 6 is the number of man, it is derived by taking the sum of the sum of Unity and Duality, and the sum of Unity and Duality = 3 + 3.The square root of 6 represents origin of man, it is an irrational number, I wounder why?

√6 = 2.449489743 this is between 2 and 3, so man was raised from his original state of being to the higher state of being that we exist in now.

The number 666 has long been a feared number by those of certain religious faiths. According to my reasoning, the Pythagorian school of thought would maintain that this number represents mans ascension to enlightenment.

If there are 36 degrees of ascension for the Spirit, Mind, and Body to attain the balance and harmony that Unity is, there would be 12 degrees of ascension for each aspect of Spirit, Mind, and Body.

12 x 36 = 432; 666 - 432 = 234; 432 - 234 = 198 which is very close to equaling (φ^11) - 1 = 197.96;

666 / 12 = 55.5 which is very close to the mean resonance of the resonance of the Earth = 60.57Hz, and the resonance of our Solar system = 50.177Hz;

(60.57 + 50.177) / 2 = 55.3735Hz.

666 / 36 = 18.5; 18.5 / 3 = 6.1666666667 If you divide this by 10 it is very close to equaling phi =.618

3^2((6^2 x 2) + 2) = 666

666, This number simply represents the harmonic Unity of the 3 aspects of the fully enlightened Human Being. I think that someone of this nature would definitely pose a problem to most theological schools of thought prevalent in the world today. Also 666 represents man's elemental construction being composed of the carbon element which has 6 neutrons, 6 protons, and 6 electrons.

I do not wish to imply that we should all go around wearing 666 as a mantra, this number has a negative meaning to a lot of people, so it is best to be understanding. Be respectful of others beliefs, refrain from any practices that would create a negative influence in the minds of others.

There are 2 paths for all beings to follow. One is on the high frequency range, the other on the lower frequency range. All enlightened beings should follow the higher frequency range for obvious reasons.

Even enlightened beings can become negatively influenced by too much power.

Ego is the darkness that casts shadows over the light of Love.

It is not wise to seek power over others, this creates conflict. Greed, and the lust of power over others are what destroys families and Nations.

Be mindful of each thought, and even more so of the words you choose to use, they have more power than you think. Thoughts and words are vibrations that can have a positive or negative affect on us.

Thank you for joining me on my quest for Truth and higher knowledge, I hope that your mind has been opened by my words and equations.

Like all of my articles, this is a work in progress and updates will be frequent.

PEACE!

Improve Your Scrapbook With These Wedding Scrapbook Layout Ideas

Among all life occasions, a wedding can be considered as women's favorite. Whether you're the bridesmaid, or the bride, weddings just give this giddy feeling especially if those getting married are your close friends. All the excitement and fun rubs off all your female friends, making the wedding better than you expected. Of course, you also have to plan for everything, and that is the tricky part. But once everything is done, you and your spouse would have to sort through all the gifts and pictures that you have accumulated during your wedding. One good way to keep your pictures is to make a wedding scrapbook, and make your scrapbook standout with these wedding scrapbook layout ideas.

Before working on your project, it would be better if you sort your pictures first. Not all pictures are the same; there might be some candid shots, some professional shots, and some wacky shots that can be grouped together. Think of a theme for your scrapbook. Will this scrapbook just focus on your wedding day, or will it tell your personal love story? Will you be adding more pages in the future? Once you've figured out what you want to do, then you can go out and buy some supplies. Visit the nearest craft store and look for scrapbooking materials. Most stores have an aisle especially for scrapbooking, and you can surely find everything that you need: from scrapbook paper to twine to stickers to flowers and other ornaments for your scrapbook. You can even use materials like magazines and newspapers. It all depends on your creativity, and of course, your wedding scrapbook layout ideas.

Deciding on the layout of your scrapbook can be tricky, but there are a lot of websites that can help you in deciding on the look that you want. The most common and highly customizable wedding scrapbook layout idea is to create a collage of your pictures and post different pictures as one picture. There are different photo editing websites that you can use for your pictures. Use the online applications to edit and create your collage, and then download them or print them directly from the website. Another option, if you have more time, is to create the collage on your own. This can be a bit tricky, but with enough time and patience, you can surely get it done. Once you have finished with your scrapbook, put it somewhere where your visitor can admire your work. Who knows, you might even get requested to make your friends' wedding scrapbooks.

Earn Extra Income on the Internet With Forum Posting

Are you trying to earn some extra income on the internet? Perhaps you are already doing some type of work online and you need to supplement that income. You decide to begin researching the internet for alternative ways to generate some extra money online. After you have reviewed all of your available options, you decide that the best option for you to make some money online is through forum posting.

Forum posting

What exactly is forum posting? Basically, forum posting is commenting into a thread or discussion group through a forum posting site. What is a thread? A thread is a new conversation or more correctly, the beginning of a new conversation. Thus, forum posting is the combination of asking questions and receiving answers through a forum post site. You may also describe a forum post as a question and answer site where you post a question or thread and then other people respond to your thread by answering your question and adding to your thread. Some sites will pay you for posting answers to questions or vice versa. Although you are paid only a small amount of money for your efforts, it is one money making strategy that could provide some added extra income.

Earning Extra Income

Your best option is to sign up in all available and legitimate forum posting sites. By participating in the question and answer threads or discussions on each site, you will receive compensation for your questions and responses. When becoming involved in a discussion group, it is important that you interact sincerely with the other members. This will ensure that they will participate in your discussion when you open a thread. Thus, the more activity in which you are engaged and the more content you are able to provide will increase your earnings since the sites usually pay you for each answer given and each question posted based on the value of your discussions.

Posting Questions

In addition to answering questions or contributing to a discussion, you will also need to begin a thread or post a question. Be sure to ask your question in the proper forum area and be as descriptive and concise as possible. Controversial topics and topics that tend to discriminate against people should not be discussed. Also, this is usually an informative type of site so you will want to ask questions that are meaningful to a large audience so that many members are able to participate in the discussion.

Answering Questions

When responding to questions, think about your answer prior to entering into the discussion. An answer should contain quality content and it is important that you focus on the subject when entering into a discussion. You will be rewarded for the valuable content you provide to the forum and not the number of individual responses you have in a discussion.

Some sites also allow you to add pictures to your responses or even add examples to further express your explanation. Be aware of the policy of each forum website regarding acceptable topics for discussion and also the general posting rules. Participating in forum discussions can also increase quality, targeted traffic to your website and build desired, quality backlinks as well. Earning extra income on the internet is possible in a variety of ways and forum posting is a popular choice to achieve this goal. Although it may take a little extra effort to develop income streams that are both profitable and popular such forum posting, you will be able to generate money on the internet through hard work and patience.

What to Do If You Think Your Workers' Comp Insurance Company Is Acting in Bad Faith

Good faith insurance practices require your worker's comp insurance company to handle claims in a timely fashion and to pay legitimate bills associated with your worker's comp claim. Bad faith practices occur when insurance companies avoid or delay payment of legitimate claims. Likewise, an insurance company may be acting in bad faith if they:

• Manipulate or hide evidence supporting an injured worker's request for benefits

• Dictate the care that a medical provider can give to an injured worker

• Cut off worker's comp benefits in violation of the state's law on worker's compensation

• Fail to investigate claims in a timely fashion

If you think your insurance company is engaging in any of these bad faith practices, there are several steps that you should take:

• Thoroughly review your insurance policy. Your claim must fall within the limitations and guidelines of your policy. Just because you disagree with your insurance company doesn't mean that the company is acting in bad faith. If you need help reviewing your policy, you might want to contact an specialized attorney.

• Collect Documentation. If you pursue a claim against your worker's comp insurance company, you will need as much documentation as possible. Keep close records of all your interactions with the company and your medical treatments. Be sure to keep copies of any written correspondence generated by you, your company, or your doctors. Record the name of the insurance representatives you talk to on the phone and the date, time, and contents of your conversations.

• Contact Your Director and Commissioner. You should send a letter to the Director of Claims at your insurance company asking them to review your claim. If they refuse, you should contact the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance in your state and ask for them to review your claim.

• Contact an Attorney. If you haven't already, you should contact an attorney who specializes in insurance bad faith and/or workman's comp law. Companies who have failed in their responsibilities to their insured can be held accountable with legal action. When brought to court, companies who have engaged in bad faith practices may be found responsible for paying past claims and for paying damages that you may have incurred in the wake of their negligence.

Most companies are reliable and professional, but bad faith practices within workman's comp insurance companies do still occur. If you have suffered from a company's bad faith, you deserve just compensation and repayment.

Do You Make These Car Rental Mistakes?

Cheap car rental deals are spread all over the web. But not all are good deals. There's a few thing you must look out for... or your cheap car rental deal might work out a lot more expensive than you planned !

Here's some things you mustn't do :

* Forget to check the car's condition

When you pickup the car, be sure to check it carefully. Some companies will blame pre-existing scratches & dents on you. They know it needs fixing, and wait for a sucker to pay for it. This is less likely with the big, reputable companies, but can be avoided with these tips.

Check it over with the delivery guy, or when you go to pick it up. If you have a digital camera or camcorder, which you probably do if you're going on vacation, then give them a quick run over the car. Then you can prove the exact condition of the car when you first took it.

* Don't use the Internet to check for best deals

Of course you'll check for deals on the Internet ! That's probably where you're reading this article. But there's still people who don't check, and just take the first offline offer they see. Check online, and use one of the search engines that scans lots of different car rental offers.

* Don't check Offline too

Even though the Internet is probably the best place for car rental deals, it's worth checking offline too. I found when searching for Hotel deals, I often get the best deals by calling ahead and negotiating with the receptionist (it's hard to negotiate with a web page). Yet, with Airline tickets the best deals are usually online, and the telephone/walk-in prices are higher and can't be negotiated.

But with car rentals, if you want to cover all your bases, be sure to check online and offline. Your local car rental dealer might have a special offer he's forgotten to update on the web site, or maybe someone's just cancelled a booking and you can take it cheap at short notice.

* Don't carefully check the terms of your car rental deal

Make sure you've got unlimited mileage if you want to drive a long way. Some deals have a mileage allowance, after which you get charged high dollar per extra mile. Unlimited works out best most times.

Check the terms to see if you need to return the car gas tank full or nearly empty. I once made the mistake of returning it full when I didn't need to - the car rental company refused to refund the cost.

* Fail to clean the car if you genuinely do get it dirty

It's okay to return it dusty from driving a couple hundred miles, but if your kid sicks inside, or someone spills coffee, or drops a burger & fries, then clean it up ! If you don't the car rental company will add an extra cleaning charge onto your credit card.

Follow these tips and you'll have a relaxed and stress free car rental experience, all ready to enjoy your vacation or business trip.

Ten Great Holiday Dates For Singles

Dating during the holiday season can be a special treat. Of course, in order to fully experience this you may need to re-order some priorities and make time for yourself and your own personal needs. Don't give into the temptation to put your social life on hold until after the New Year. Manage those work projects and family demands in a way that leaves you open to try some of the romantic and fun-filled activities that are available at this time of year.

The following 10 date ideas should help put you in the mood and may even inspire you to come up with a few on your own.

1.Have a "progressive" dinner together. Go to one place for your appetizer, another (romantic and intimate) place for your dinner; and then have dessert and coffee (nightcap), in a quiet spot with a beautiful view of holiday lights or other holiday views. Even better, go by limo, so you have all your time to focus on each other and don't have to worry about all the driving.

2. Take a holiday tour of historic homes in your area. Many areas of the country have these. Often they are done in the evening by candlelight. Afterwards, you can go for a walk and view the surrounding neighborhood lights and decorations. Finish with coffee in a quiet bistro.

3. Get dressed up and attend a holiday concert or play. You can spend a lot or very little on this kind of date, depending where you go for the entertainment. A nice little before or after meal fills out the evening.

4. Go and get hot chocolate with your date; then go look at Christmas lights or displays available in your area. Many places have dazzling displays that light up the night.

5. Go ice skating together. Find a nice place, not too crowded. This brings out the playful side and encourages a lot of interaction with each other. Hold hands, show off, race- be kids again!

6. Attend a religious service together. This could be accomplished by going to a place of worship that one (or both) of you belong to; or you could go to a non-denominational service. An evening service, followed by a supper in an intimate restaurant could fill you with a sense of well-being and peacefulness.

7. Throw a small holiday get-together with a few other couples (or friends). Plan an activity such as trimming the tree or lighting the menorah. Be sure to serve festive food and drink. A bonus would be to have a secret Santa gift exchange. This would be where each person brings a gift ($10.00 or less). Everyone picks a number. Person with number one begins with first selection. Go through all the numbers and open each gift in front of the group. Exchanging is fine and provides some extra fun. Lots of laughs and very interactive.

8. Choose your or his/her place, stay home, rent old holiday classics, light the fire and cook a simple but festive meal together. Play holiday music while you cook. Then watch (a few if you like) holiday favorites together. Or, you can bake Christmas cookies or other holiday treats together while listening to music and enjoying the fire.

9. Work at a soup kitchen one day (meal) together. Sharing the experience of giving is a wonderful way to get to know someone and deepen a relationship. It is also a great way to get into the true holiday spirit. After the clean up, go for a walk followed by coffee or a nightcap.

10. Go to a planetarium (if one is nearby). Enjoy the spectacular winter sky together. There is usually a guided "show" that you can experience as you sit closely, (perhaps hand in hand?). Try to pick out constellations together as you walk back to your car. It is always nice to have an intimate meal afterwards.

See if you can add some ideas of your own to this list. Then put aside several evenings over the next few weeks and awaken those feelings of peace, joy and goodwill for others.

Happy Holidays!

The Power Of Email Marketing Unleashed!

I decided to do some research of my own into the effectiveness of email marketing and stumbled upon (rather appropriately) an article that was posted on StumbleUpon, highlighting some research that was conducted just last year by Sosemarketing.com.

Here's what they reported:

Email marketing returns 42 times your investment Internet Search SEO returns 22 times Social Media returns 12 times Newspaper Ads return 12 times Mobile Marketing returns 10 times Magazine Ads return 10 times Direct Mail returns 7 times Broadcast TV returns 7 times Trade Shows return 1.5 times

I fully admit that I was surprised at the results. The findings suggests that email marketing offers a better return on investment (ROI) than any other media channel.

Additional Benefits Of Email Marketing

As if bigger returns on your investment aren't enough to fuel your interest in email marketing, I also came across a host of additional benefits in support of this often underrated method of reaching your target audience.

Less time. Just consider the amount of time and effort needed to produce a paper-based direct marketing campaign, organise a telesales operation, or coordinate the many facets required for SEO and/or social media. With an email campaign it's possible to put together and send out a campaign that reaches thousands of people in just a few hours. Less cost. No print costs, no mailing costs, no telephone call costs, little or no outsourcing, the list goes on. Email marketing is without doubt one of the most cost-effective ways of reaching your customers. More personalisation. Not only can you personalise your messages with the recipients' name and job title, you can also customise messages to ensure that they reach different sectors or client bases. Segment your database. This basically means that you can divide your customers by geographical location, product or service offerings, size of business, annual spend or a host of areas relevant to your business. The result? By segmenting customers into smaller lists you can communicate with your customers in a very personalized and intimate way that just isn't possible with other channels. More dynamic messages. Got something to sell or say? With email marketing, once the groundwork has been done it's possible to put out a message the very same day. Test messages. Unsure about what message has the greatest impact? With email marketing you can easily test different messages by splitting them up into groups and creating a test matrix for fast feedback about your most powerful communication. Communicate more regularly. The speed and ease of sending out emails means that you can plan, create and send out messages far more frequently. This also enables you to gauge the success of your campaign and gather that all-important feedback. Better customer engagement. There is no better way to track and respond to messages. As a result it's much easier to work out what works, what doesn't and be able to respond accordingly.

Planning, Creating And Converting A Successful Email Campaign

Now that you know the benefits of using email marketing to reach your customers, it's time to turn your attention to how best to plan a email campaign that works!

Mailing Lists

To start with you need to ask yourself: who I am I going to mail? I would advise you to start as you mean to go on by dividing recipients into easily identifiable groups such as:

Existing Clients - How to stop clients from being ex-clients? Treat them like new clients! These are your most important targets and should be the first to receive offers, discounts and introduced to new products and services Hot Leads - Personal referrals, leads gathered through networks and trade fairs Warm Leads - Casual enquiries, competitors' clients and ex-clients that you wish to entice back into the fold Cold Leads - Bought lists, contacts gathered through online research, telephone directories etc

You can also segment recipients according to geographical area, products or services of interest, in order to be able to easily identify which people to send your email to both now and in the future.

If you are going to buy into mailing lists, remember quality is far more important than quantity! Invest in a reputable company that offers verified mailing lists that are focused and, most importantly, regularly updated. Below is a list of some of popular and recognized mailing list companies:

datahq.co.uk marketscan.co.uk businessmailing.co.uk marketingguru.co.uk

Mailing Software

In an ideal world, you would send every email individually personalized and one email at a time, thus avoiding most spam filters and greatly improving the chance of your emails being opened.

If you are talking about small numbers of recipients (say below 50) it's still possible to use your existing email software and simply create a number of different groups in order to identify and segment your target audience.

Obviously this would be unfeasible when you are talking about large numbers of recipients, in which case you might want to use one of the many email software packages available, many of which are open source and therefore won't cost you anything.

Below are just some of the most popular email marketing software packages available to you:

mailchimp.com email-unlimited.com emailmarketinggold.com sendblaster.com mailpro.com resultsmail.com getresponse.com

I've personally used Mailchimp and Getresponse. Mailchimp has a great free package to get started.

Next week I'm going to share some tips on creating email messages that hit the mark.