Escrima the filipino martial art

Escrima is a popular Filipino martial art dating back to the 1500s, during the colonization of the Philippine Islands by the Spanish. Escrima is a very simplified but practical form of combat technique originally designed as a self-defense tool. Escrima is also known by many other names such as Eskrima, Arnis, Arnis de Mano, Kali and FMA (Filipino Martial Art). Because of its effectiveness, Escrima is also taught extensively in many Special Forces including the Navy Seals and Army Special Forces. Brief History: Many believe that Escrima or Filipino Martial Art originated from Chinese influenced Indonesian fighting tactics such as Kun Tao, Chuan Fa and Tai Chi double stick forms. Others believe the Escrima art form to be wholly developed by the Filipino people. However, the most plausible explanation seems to be rooted in the history of the Spanish colonization. When the Spanish occupied the Philippine Islands, a form of art similar to Escrima had already existed but was only recreational. However, this art began to develop into a more martial discipline when the Spanish prohibited indigenous Filipino weapons such as the Bolo (machete), daggers and fighting sticks in the 1700s. It remained a clandestine art until the Americans took over in 1898. From then on, the Filipino Martial Art started to gain recognition and popularity. In the West, Escrima was introduced and popularized by Filipino immigrants after the Second World War, particularly in the American states of Hawaii and California. Weapons and Footwork in Escrima: Unlike other forms of martial arts, the primary tool to learn the basic concepts of Escrima is focus on weaponry, which is followed by empty-hand techniques. The Rattan stick is the most common weapon used in Escrima training, which includes hand and head protection when sparring. Other weapons include burned and hardened stick made of hardwood, such as Molave or Kamagong (ebony). Modern versions may be made out of aluminum, other metals, or high-impact plastics. The Nunchaku (also known as Kung Fu sticks or Double sticks) weapon was popularized by actor Bruce Lee, an avid practitioner of Escrima. Each range - the distance between opponents - in Escrima has its own characteristics and footwork techniques. Good footwork enables efficient control of these ranges. The footwork is demonstrated in terms of triangles with two feet occupying two corners of the triangle and the step to the third corner. The shape and size of the triangle is dependant on the particular situation. Escrima Facts: 1. Escrima is mixture of hard (like Karate) and soft (like Tai Chi Ch’uan) styles. 2. Escrima is taught on ideal street-fighting settings without the need for uniforms. 3. Restraining techniques are not focused on but rather on offensive, combat styles. 4. There are no official rankings in Escrima except for titles to recognize seniority of instructors. 5. Most of the power in Escrima is derived from body movement and economy of motion, rather than strength. 6. Escrima is a complete martial art, focusing on weaponry and empty-hand techniques. 7. Escrima provides effective training in sparring against multiple opponents.

The top three main tactics affiliate marketers must do

Most all Affiliate Marketers are constantly looking for successful markets that give them the biggest and fattest paycheck, and the best ways to achieve that goal. Some think there is a magic formula that they can find if they look in just the right place. In truth, there is indeed a formula, but it’s not magic. It really just comes down to making good marketing decisions and following proven practices and tactics that have worked for others over the years. Methods that through hard work and dedication have shown to be the most effective in producing excellent results. Indeed, why re-invent the wheel when all of the "heavy lifting" has already been done for you? Here are the top three affiliate marketing tips that have been proven and that you will be able to use to very effectively increase your sales and thrive in affiliate marketing online. What are the three main tactics? Tactic 1. You have to use a unique web page to promote each individual product you are marketing. You do not want to lump all of them together on one page just to save some web hosting costs. It really is better to have one page focusing on each and every product by themselves. This is a critical mistake many marketers make. If you have more than two items for sale on one page, the potential buyer can get overwhelmed and confused pretty quickly. By putting just one item per page, they have no choice but to focus on that item. This makes it much easier for them to make a decision. You can get away with having two items on one page if they are fairly similar in nature or content, but having just one works the best. Along with the product description, you want to always include at least one product review on the website so your visitors will have a full understanding of what the product can do for them. It is also a great idea to include testimonials from actual customers who have already tried the product/service. You want to make sure that these customers are willing to let you use their names and photos on the page of each product you are marketing, so get permission from them first. Be sure to make the pages attractive and compelling and include "calls to action" on the information/product. Every headline should attract the readers to read more of the page, or even to contact you for more information. Highlight the products "special points". Give your readers as much information as possible to help them learn what the product is about, but leave some out so that they will want to find out more. Tactic 2. A great way to help attract buyers is to offer free reports along with the product, or even for just their name and email address, and use great autoresponder messages. Whenever possible, try to position the "free report" option at the very top of the webpage at the left side, so that they cannot be missed. Studies show that people scan web pages from the top down and from left to right, so the upper left is usually the first thing they see. Always create a warm and welcoming autoresponder message that will be immediately emailed to whoever gives you their personal information through your opt-in box. According to very valid research, a sale is closed usually around the seventh contact with a new customer/prospect. The more personal you make each contact, the more likely the customer will purchase from you, even if the product is available from someone else. My personal experience is that I buy faster from people who reply to my emails and who genuinely want to help me. As for autoresponders, you can pay a monthly fee to one of the big name companies, or you can do what I did and get your own desktop autoresponder that you control every aspect of. I have a lot more peace of mind knowing that I have complete control over when and how my emails go out. With the web page alone, there are only two things that can possibly happen: you will get a sale or the prospect will leave the page and possibly never return again. By giving them useful information in their inboxes at certain intervals, you are reminding them of the product they thought they might want later and it will keep you, your site and the product(s) fresh in their minds. You want to be sure that the content is directed toward the actual and specific reasons to buy the product. One thing you don't want to do is make it sound like a sales pitch. Instead, focus on the important points. For instance, show them how your product can make their life and working on-line easier and more enjoyable. Make sure to use compelling subject lines in each email. Try to avoid using the word "free" as much as possible, because there are plenty of spam filters out there that will dump that kind of content into the junk folder before anyone even reads them. Plus, using the typical disguises for these words, like "F*R_E_E" to avoid the spam filters just look terrible. I for one delete those immediately, as I know they are trying to "sell" me something. You want to use your autoresponder emails to convince those who have signed up for your newsletter/free reports that they will be missing out on something big if they don't take advantage of your products and services, but do it without looking like your "selling" something to them. The more a person thinks it's their decision to buy; the more likely they will buy right away. Tactic 3. Now let's talk about what is probably the most important item. Traffic. More to the point, traffic that brings in customers. And not just any customers; you want to get the kind of targeted traffic to your product that will be more than likely to buy what you are selling. Look at it like this, if the person who visits your website has zero interest whatsoever in what you are offering, they will be the first ones to hit the back button and move on, never to come back. How do you get this good, targeted traffic? Writing articles for e-zines, article sites and e-reports is a great method. This way you can find publications and article sites that are much more focused toward your target customers and what you have available might just grab their interest. If you can write a minimum of 2 articles every week, with a minimum of 300-600 words in length, you will get a lot more attention and more focused traffic. By maintaining articles and writing continuously every week, these articles can generate as many as 100 targeted readers to your site in a day. One thing to remember is that generally only 1 out of 100 people who visit your site are likely to buy your product or services. Once you can generate as many as 1,000 targeted traffic hits to your website a day, you can comfortably guesstimate that you will make 10 sales from that traffic, based on average statistics. Another method that I have found to work very nicely is to use "traffic exchanges". There are many free and paid exchanges around and the principle with all of them is basically the same. You sign up, look at other members’ web pages/ads and they in turn look at your ads and web sites. I belong to a few of these and my favorite is TrafficSwarm. It’s got a very simple interface; you can put up a bunch of short ads with links to your products and web sites within minutes of joining, your ads are targeted to the traffic you want and it’s free. Since signing up with TrafficSwarm, my “unique visitors” stats have jumped up 250%, my page views have had a similar increase and sales are steadily improving each day. You can’t ask for more than that. The strategies given above are not really very difficult to do at all, if you think about it. They do require a little bit of your time, effort and an action plan on your part to insure success. Use these tips for all of your affiliate marketing products, and you will end up with a good source of steady income and make your way easily in this business. To your continued prosperity! Ross the Pit Boss

There are so many builders there but how to choose the right one

In this article we would like to discuss the most frequent questions asked by potential customers that often cause the conflict between a customer and a contractor. I. Cost of work: Very often one might come across customers' complaints about the total cost for the repair that appears to be pretty higher than originally expected. Is it possible? Yes. Why? Let us clarify this. We need to say that we would ignore the situation (that unfortunately occurs) when chasing customer, the contractor intentionally provides underestimated numbers and when the customer is on the hook anything can be done. Let us view the standard situation. You decided to do repair, choose several companies and ask them to prepare a cost estimate. Immediately many questions arise: e. g. "Is it possible to prepare a cost estimate accurate to a gulden?" In general it is possible. But for this you would need a detailed design with the drawings, specifications, list of materials etc. It would take several months and more to do this kind of cost estimate and 2-3% of costs would be allocated for contingencies. Let us be realistic. Over eight years experience in managing the enterprise we had a chance to deal with such projects several times. In the best case the design finishes at the stage of general drawings with further stage-by-stage delivery of detailed drawings. Sometimes we receive general outlays, rough design outlines etc. But the most frequent situation is as follows: nothing is available or "please do for me what you see in this magazine". Can you specify what exactly you want? Who knows? Can you propose something as a professional? Over several minutes of conversation with you the estimator has to guess what your taste is and propose to you some options as well as make your dreams, desires, unclear outlines and all that you thought during long evenings come true in the form of concrete numbers. Actually cost estimate is the plan for the repair of your apartment with connectivity to concrete materials (for example in the bedroom painted wallpaper and in the children's room plain wallpaper will be used) with showing average prices for them. In our opinion to make this cost estimate maximum close to actual cost you would need to do the following: 1). Work with the designers as possible. The costs you incur for the design work will be generously repaid. You will look at the repaired apartment beforehand, not when everything has been done. It may appear that what you have planned is not good for your apartment or the material that you like is too expensive and there is a better option for you. Cost of redesign on paper is not so high. 2). While preparing cost estimate it is necessary to make a list of work and take some decisions (e. g. here laminate and there glaze-tile will be installed etc). It is also necessary to discuss what quality and price of materials will be used in the cost estimate. 3). A customer should make sure that it is impossible to envision everything in this document. Before work start one can not identify what area of the wall should be plastered and what area should be only aligned and what exact quantity of materials would be used for this. Even for the detailed cost estimate a customer should envision a reserve of minimum 0-15%. In this case it is better to include more in the document and get lower actual spending. Besides you pay for specific work and material at specific price. So, the higher amount and range of work as well as material prices, the higher cost of work. II. Terms. Obviously any repair is related to inconveniency and any customer would want to finish it as soon as possible. But let us not become heroes of popular TV shows that describe how brave contractors over one day glue the wall paper, put the glaze-tiles, install the wiring and even eventually clean everything with the vacuum cleaner. One should realize that there are some activities that can not be done in rush. If it is required to dry the aligned wall before putting the glaze tiles, this should be done, no matter how long it would take. If it is required to glaze and clean the wall 2-3 times before putting high-quality paint, this should be done. Violation of the technology and required terms will lead to additional customer's cost. III. Quality of work. All mentioned above is true for the quality of work. Besides, there are also two significant factors. To great extend the quality of work depends on the quality of materials. We all want to save the money but you should avoid absurd situation when you assign work with the high cost materials to people earning pences. A good master should be highly qualified, earn good money, use good tools and take responsibility for his work. IV. "If I pay, do what I want" Magic words ..... but let me notice that there are objective phenomena that can not be ignored. For example without special measures one can not make aperture work or remove load-bearing wall no matter whether someone wants it. And quality glaze-tiles can not be installed on the cement, only on the special glue. And for specific paint specific filler should be used, not the one that was found at low price. A good professional who value his work would explain why your desires sometimes cannot be satisfied and would rather refuse to do the job than do something wrong. Hope that this article will help you to find a good contractor. In all your undertakings follow the slogan: Entrust your work to professionals.

Stress management via anger control

If anger rises, stress also rises. If anger falls, stress also falls! They are like identical twins, difficult to distinguish, harder to separate. If you deflate anger, it is as good as deflating stress. Though there are many similarities between anger and stress, there is one major difference. Stress is accumulated in your mind, over a period of time. Anger is a spontaneous overflow of powerful ill feelings. Instant outburst! It arrives like a flash flood, and goes also quickly. If stress and anger both combine, the situation is comparable to an erupting volcano! Stress is due to bundle of disturbed thoughts and circumstances and therefore has a reason or reasons. Anger does not have a justifiable reason as such. The issues you think that you can solve through anger can be better solved with a calm and controlled disposition. There are many departments in management, the subject is becoming more and more specialized, but amongst all its branches, self management is the most important and difficult one. If you are perfect, your output is also likely to be perfect. From a disturbed state of mind, perfect results can not be expected. Count 10 they say, when you are angry. It simply means, when you are angry, don't indulge in instant retaliation, whether physical or verbal. Give yourself some time to cool off. This deliberately given interval, is bound to help you recover from your devilish approach to issues. When you are stressed and angry, metabolism that is going on within your body/mind, requires an alternative outlet, other than your clenched fists or the tongue itching for verbal slangs. Just move out from the anger junction and go for a walk. Talk to a set of different types of people. Do some light physical exercises. Take a shower. Your emotions need an outlet. Listen to music. You know by experience, very well that your angry outbursts in the past, have not helped your cause. They might have caused you damage and increased your stress. Temper is very valuable; do not lose it. Stress is junk; you can afford to lose it! Once you have controlled temper, the defenses of the fort of stress get weakened. It is much easy to tackle the weakened enemy. Sit down quietly, and begin the deep analysis of the stress. Take out the rotten stress petals one by one. The process of self management in you, has begun!

How to get ebay coupons

You have to be very lucky to be one of the chosen few who receive an eBay coupon by email. These coupons are just like cash that you can use towards anything you buy on eBay – the only conditions being that you pay using PayPal, and that you are using eBay in the USA, Canada or the UK. There are two ways to get eBay coupons. Wait for that Email. Of course, if you just wait, you’ll be waiting for a long time. You have to do something to make yourself look like the kind of person eBay would want to tempt back with a coupon. If you open an account, buy a few medium-value things and then suddenly stop, the chances are you’ll find yourself with some kind of special offer – but still, not always. Go Searching. The better way, of course, is to go and find the coupons that are out there on the web. This is quite hit-and-miss, as eBay don’t always have an offer on, but when there’s a valid code you can guarantee that it’ll be everywhere within a few hours. Just type ‘ebay coupon codes’ into your favourite search engine, but be prepared to pick through some rubbish. You might find you have better luck if you use a more obscure search engine, where people haven’t taken the trouble to game the results. If going through search engines is too much for you, then just keep an eye out at any community forums you frequent, where someone might just post one. You probably have the best chances if you make a few friends on eBay’s own forums at hub. ebay/community. It can be fun and educational to chat to the regulars there too, so you really have nothing to lose. How do You Redeem Coupons? A coupon is basically a code, with some being quite long. All you need to do is pay with PayPal as usual for the item you want to use the coupon towards. After you choose PayPal as your payment method, you will notice a heading that says ‘Coupons, Gift Certificates and eBay Anything Points’. Type the coupon code in here: they can be long, so you should use copy-and-paste to make sure you get it right. Just click ‘Redeem’, and it’s good to go. Don’t worry about causing problems for sellers by doing this, by the way – they have no way of even telling that you used a coupon, as eBay just pay them for the item as usual. Coupons are good for sellers as they attract more buyers to eBay, meaning that they get more bids on their auctions. After all, why would they object to getting more money without you actually having to pay it? Since you’re interested in making your eBay shopping more affordable, you might be interested to know that you can now buy eBay items on credit. Our next email will tell you all the details of eBay’s new ‘Buyer’s Credit’ program.

How to move a home business online

If you have had a home business for awhile, chances are good that you have a great local following that provides you with most of your business. This might be great but you might feel as if you have reached a ceiling as far as your payment goes, and what you are going to be making from your home business. If you feel like you can’t go any farther with the local responsibilities that you have, you might want to move your home business online. This will give you more avenues to use. This is something that you should consider if you find yourself wanting to grow, but don’t’ find the avenues for it locally. Advertising online has many benefits. First Steps First, you have to decide if you are going to benefit from being online. Remember that if you move your home business online, you can expect more business right away. So you have to decide whether or not you are going to be able to handle more business, and if you are, you have to decide if it is going to be worth it. You will have to have more inventory and be able to get the orders out. If you have to hire more help, will it still be profitable. If you have the time and the resources to be able to handle a jump in business, then you might be ready to move online. Next, you have to find a good web hosting site and get a website that you can use. What you do here is going to depend on how good you are at websites. Is this something that you can do on your own, or is it something that you are going to need help with? The decision is up to you, but you have to be reasonable about what your skills are online, and whether or not you are going to be able to maintain and build a website. There are a lot of simple web site builders such as Profitmatic at: 943737.Profitmatic. It has all the tools you need to set up, build a site, advertise and run a business web site. You don't need any experience to set it up. Remember that online today there are lots of great sites, and you are going to have a lot of competition. This means that if you are going to have a site, you had better make sure that it is good. There are plenty of tools out there for you to use and learn how to run your business online. After you have a good website, you have to concentrate on how you are going to market your business. Be sure that you are finding lots of places to advertise your website, because remember that it isn’t going to advertise itself. You have to put the time into getting your name out there, and advertising online is cheaper then offline. After you have your advertising ou there you’ll find that the business continues to grow. Having your business online is an easy and fully automated once you get it set up. If you feel this is a great way to build a bigger business and would work for your type of business, then you can move your business online, and you will see great success. Copyright © Kristiane Pritzel 943747.homebizoffers KristianePritzel

5 Tips for finding a successful home business

Ok, you have scoured the internet for a business opportunity that is going to make you that dream income. You know it’s out there; you just need to find it. But which ones are good and which ones are bad? How do you know? What are the signs to success with a home business? No matter where you go on the World Wide Web, everyone seems to say “I have found what is going to make you successful”. But without some extensive research and a little insight on how the whole web thing works you just might find yourself loosing a lot of money and time. I mean do these people actually think we are going to put trust in something or someone that promises me to be making 10,000 dollars the first month in business? That’s a little far fetched if you ask me. No doubt, in some really rare instances it has happened but could it really happen to you? In my years of trial and error, I have found that it does not happen over night and you do have to put in effort to get paid for it. So that seems to help you weed out a few thousand opportunities. So, what next? For one it would be good to ask “how long has the company been in business?” I know there are companies out there that haven’t been around long and you would just have to take a gamble that they are all they say they are, but there are some other ways to “test” them. One thing to look for: Do they provide a phone number for you to contact them? This may sound simple, but just do a little research for yourself and see how many actually provide you with a number! And yes some will give a number but you can never talk to a real person. It does make a huge difference. Next, what about the product? How big is the market for it? Is it consumable? Is it a product you can believe in and truly “love” to share with others? These are some great questions show the “signs to success”. First of all let’s say you find a product that everyone is buying and it is consumable (which means it can be used up and orders will need to be repeated) ok you seem to have found it, but you decide that I don’t really like it myself but since there is such a huge market for it and it’s consumable I think I can do this. Do you really think you can sell something you don’t truly love? I have tried it already and it made me hate the opportunity I was in just like having a job I hated! Who wants that? So finding something you feel good about promoting is a very good “sign” to look for. Ok now you have found your perfect company with a perfect product. Now what? Another good thing to check for is the cost to become a member of that opportunity. I know the old saying: “you get what you pay for” and while that does ring true in so many cases, it’s not always the case in this business. For instance, I paid $3,500 to join a business and they didn’t even provide a product! I had to find one for myself! You would think it would have been a great opportunity since it cost so much but not in that case! I found one that was free to join and the company disappeared after I first looked into it. So it can really be a matter of investigating the company further. What about a compensation plan? Well we all know the “pyramid” schemes and how they only make the top spot rich. So how do you know the difference? For one Multi Level marketing, at first glance appears to be a pyramid, but after you understand how it works, you will see that it works to better anyone who puts in the hard work, not just the lead guy! And yes I did say “hard work”. It won’t just happen for you; you have to make it work. Although you can find opportunities that will work with just a good product, I recommend you finding one that provides a great comp plan. For instance I joined a company that had a comp plan that only allowed you to enroll 6 people in top spots and after that you had to put people under other people. That was bad because you were practically giving your hard work away! There are companies that allow unlimited top spots and pay down 8 levels! So you make the most out of what you give in! Finally a good “sign to success” is a good support and mentoring team. Not one that just claims to have one but who actually put it in motion! How many jobs have you had that just put you out there and said “do it” without any training? Of course it’s in the best interest of the owner to train you to do your job. It works the same in internet home business opportunities. You want to find someone who has been successful and is willing to teach you how to do it too! Some things to look for are: Do they provide team meetings via telephone? Do they have training calls available every week? Can you contact them with questions? Do they have annual conferences? Although these are just some great guidelines, not all companies will have every one in place and still be a great opportunity. So just get out there and do some research for your self you will find pretty quickly that they all pretty much fall into the same categories. Just keep in mind: “if they promise big things in a short time”, it is probably too good to be true!

Your paradise vacation is a caribbean cruise

Spending your vacation on a Caribbean cruise is enough to almost guarantee a fun vacation. But there are a few simple things you can do to help ensure that your vacation goes smoothly. We’ve put together a short list of tips to help you plan your trip and create that great Caribbean cruise experience. There is more to plan for than warm weather and sunshine when packing for a Caribbean cruise. There are a number of other factors to think about as well. The activities and events require different attire. Make sure to pack for warm weather. But also keep in mind that you need to bring along cooler weather gear. The temperature can change quickly on your vacation. These few ideas can insure a more prepared trip. It’s also good to bring essentials such as sunscreen and a good pair of shades. Then of course don’t forget pastimes such as a magazine, binoculars and snack food also. Medical attention is different in the Caribbean. Especially if you’re going to be at sea for a long while. It’s a good idea to pack extra medications for unexpected needs. Make sure to ask your doctor about any adverse side effects sea sickness medicine might have on your current prescriptions. Remember to pace yourself while on vacation, it’s not a race, relax and don’t tax your system. You want to make sure to enjoy the trip and stay healthy as well. Write a list of those medical needs you have but only bring what’s necessary. You don’t want to over pack either, by reading this article you should be able to find a happy median where you are able to pack the correct medications in enough quantity as to be prepared for unexpected needs but not so as to be cumbersome. It’s important to take into consideration the amount of cash you want to carry with you. Remember that there will be ATMs on the ship and on shore. You want to deter the thieves and pickpockets that exist in any vacation climate. A good rule of thumb is to make sure you have enough cash for shopping and for tipping the staff. If you need more then this is when you can use the ATM machine to acquire more money. The withdrawal fee charged by the machines is significantly less than having your spending money stolen from you. It is a good idea to have a trusted friend or neighbor watch you home for you while you are on vacation. This should help you feel more at ease and enjoy yourself. It’s good to use a friend whom you trust. You should continue any home services as if you were still at home. Also, let people know how to reach you if they need to. By following the simple steps, you can make sure that you enjoy your Caribbean cruise. These small tasks will ensure your peace of mind. Keep in mind diverse weather while packing, be cognizant of the amount of cash you carry with you and have your home watched by a trusted person. This is your recipe for the worry free vacation that you so deserve.

Want to be wealthy don t stop dreaming

If I asked 100 people if they would like to be rich, I'm sure at least 98 of them would answer yes. Their answer might range from, "maybe if the conditions were right" to "YES, and make it fast!" Most people think of the wealthy as being reserved and probably a bit cautious. The thinking goes that if the millionaire wasn't very cautious with how he spends his money, he wouldn't have a million dollars left. But a closer look at who gets wealthy gives a far different picture. You see, at the very core of American business is a deep enthusiasm. People who get rich tend to be people who can make the most of the American business system. And those people tend to be gung-ho, enthusiastic, and more than eager to charge straight ahead. If you say, "I've got a way to make a lot of money, do you want to start tomorrow?" Most will reply, "Let's start NOW!" One European marketing guru got it right when he said, "American business likes to jump in and take chances. In France they'll sit on a good idea until it's time has passed. Americans can't wait to get going." And I would certainly say that attitude toward business applies to everyone in North America, whether they be in the U. S. or not. Here are several ways to light your own fire and get your business future on its way: 1. When you see a business opportunity, let your enthusiasm grow. Rather than thinking of all the ways the business might fail, spend time thinking ONLY of the ways it could succeed and succeed BIG. 2. Listen to those around you, but don't let your friends, family, and people at work talk you out of an idea you really believe in. Scientific studies show it's very hard to keep your beliefs solid when two or more people gang up on you. Keep in that in mind. If you start to see the downside of your business after talking to others, go back to step one and get yourself fired up again. 3. KEEP yourself fired up. It's not enough just to get excited at the start. You've got to get up every morning reminding yourself just how cool your business really is. 4. Try to surround yourself with people who see things as you do. That's a great way to keep your resolve and pump up your vision. That may sound a little self-centered, but it's THE way top corporate leaders get things done in the CEO's office. You can use that method even if you're one person working from your kitchen table. America is number one in business worldwide because we aren't afraid to dream. We aren't afraid to be enthusiastic. And that immense, American enthusiasm is our greatest asset in our never ending quest for wealth and financial security.

Insomnia

Insomnia Sleep is an essential part of good health. A good night's sleep can help you feel good, look healthy, work effectively and think clearly. But sleep is not always so easy to come by. If you sometimes have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, you're not alone. A 1991 Gallup study found that more than one-third of all Americans suffer occasional or chronic insomnia. People often are surprised to learn that daytime drowsiness is not an inevitable, harmless byproduct of modern life, but rather a key sign of a sleep problem that could be disastrous if not treated. Recent figures show that nearly a quarter of the population regularly cannot go to, or remain asleep, and every year doctors write out more than 14 million prescriptions for sleeping tablets. The causes of sleeplessness are many and varied. 'It can be due to a medical condition, such as chronic pain from rheumatism or arthritis,' says Professor Jim Horne, who runs the Sleep Research Laboratory at Loughborough University. 'Or it can be chemical, as a result of drinking tea, coffee or alcohol. Chronic or long-term insomnia is often associated with depression or anxiety, and environmental factors certainly contribute.' And sleepless nights, staring wild-eyed into the darkness, are worse than bad dreams, For too many people--an estimated 9percent of the American population--a good night's sleep is an elusive goal. The consequences of fatigue from chronic sleeplessness include accidents in the car and at work, a dramatically increased risk of major depression, and worsening physical illness. Immediate relief is available, in the form of hypnotic agents, for persons who have difficulty in falling or remaining asleep or who cannot obtain restful, restorative slumber. However, long-term improvement usually involves behavioral therapy. These therapeutic approaches must be integrated if the patient's short - and long-term needs are to be addressed.

The write way to better website traffic results

When you are trying to develop a successful website, you soon realize that your website content is very important. Websites with great content are more likely to have great traffic results than those with lousy articles and headings. The more interesting and diverse your content, the better traffic results you will have. When trying to get the right mixture of content, you may become frustrated. This is especially true if you are not a strong writer. Use these tips to help you find out more about website content and the decisions you can make to create the best text on the web. Care about Content Many times, website operators don’t give content much thought. This happens more frequently than one might expect and the repercussions are immediate. If you want better website traffic results, you should always be sure that you make content a priority. Whether you write the content yourself, or hire professional writers to develop it for you, it should be quality writing. Someone who has passion for the subject should write it. The more passion the writer has, the better the writing will likely be. Usually, this is the website owner and operator, because no one will want the site to succeed as much as this individual. However, if you are not a great writer, you can always hire professionals to help you with the task. Quality over Quantity When it comes to website content, there are obviously guidelines. When trying to fill up a specific amount of area on a website, it may be necessary to set limits on word count. As a whole however, you should always strive for quality over quantity. Having too much content can drive viewers away because they are likely to get bored. Knowing exactly how much content you need for your site can also be a challenge. You should always view your site like a potential visitor would, which means that many of your decisions may be made by instinct. You will know when you have too much content on your site. The main goal is to have specific and direct content that is not too “wordy”. When there are excessive words in the content, you will quickly lose your audience. Be direct and to the point with your writing and you will be more efficient overall. Natural Flow Like discussed before, much of the content decisions for your website will be done with instinct. You need to be sure the content flows naturally. Natural flowing content leads easily to other issues. One subject should flow into the other seamlessly. The same is true with the placement of other website functions. When you are writing, consider the placement of “submit” buttons or other links on the page. This can help you develop content that looks great on the page as well as sounds great to the reader. If a piece feels unnatural when it’s being written, it will likely look uncomfortable to the reader and will be a disaster on your website. Proofread Some of the most unnecessary mistakes made with website content writing are grammatical. Websites that contain articles with spelling and grammar mistakes come can look ridiculous. If you want your site to be taken seriously, you should always be sure that your articles are proofread many times. This will help ensure you are delivering information that is intelligent and complete. It may help you to read your text out loud, in order to hear what it actually sounds like. Although it may seem unnecessary, you will find that the response will be greater when your text is without mistake. As you can see, there are several important aspects to developing website content that will boost and maintain your website traffic. You should focus on passion, quality, and flow of your content. If you would rather not worry about these issues, hiring a professional is the way to go. However, if you are up to the challenge, try it yourself. Just relax and begin writing. Let the content come to you without effort. Try different approaches with your writing and you will quickly learn what works best for your site and its traffic. As long as it feels right to you when you read it on the site, it will likely look great to your site’s visitors as well.

Ways to increase your credit score

Your credit report and credit score can serve you to evaluate your creditworthiness. There are several strong points that may bring about a weak credit score to be assessed by the top credit bureaus - too several debts or outstanding bills, bankruptcy, below par credit to debt relationship, not paying taxes, nonexistent loan payments and contradictory reports to collection agencies from a retailers. The greatest step to improve your credit score is to analyze the sources that have the absolute impact on your credit score. Firstly, your credit history plays a great step in determining your score. You want to have fewer outstanding bills, taxes, debts, liens and delinquencies to excel your score. Yet the past cannot be modified, paying off debts and taxes in a certain period moving ahead can definitely start moving your score in the right upward path. Stretching payments by purely paying the minimum legitimate sum can red flag a flagging monetary situation to those determining your score. Creditors will be trust you less with some enlargement of additional credit. If you cannot clear your balances off altogether make it a target to clear your balances off to 50% of your credit boundary. Maintaining a balance above 50% of your credit boundary can give rise to to adversely bear upon your credit score. Clearing present loan balances altogether can also serve your credit score. Extremely sufficient, refusing to take credit for a long duration of time can negatively impact your credit score as well. It is because lenders will not have some approach to past activity to evaluate you as a credit risk. This is indeed it may be an absolute thought to subsist open accounts instead of closing them, when your debt is paid. Demonstrating that you had credit available but practice it judiciously sends a message of being liable with the credit extended to you. Prove for errors in your score by requesting for credit reports from all three main credit bureaus. Taking this point will make you familiar with your past credit details and you may arrive some errors in verifying the data presented in all three credit reports. Let's say, should you find a delinquent settlement you are certain you have paid you can correct the negligence by sending a letter with proof that you made the payment on term. Following thereby with a betterment like this can usually rise your score in about 30 days. By principle credit agencies are obligated to arrange errors in your credit report that are brought to their respect. Professionals can be sought to form a more personalized strategy to get you through your personal credit issues. The tack outlined above can be applied to many situations to increase credit scores, however there are businesslike advisors and credit counselors to serve if your credit matters are more complicated.

Investing the right way

The world of investments offers a dangerous draw: huge rewards with the chance of terrible losses. Investors love the idea of accumulating wealth, but no one likes losing money. The trick is to know how to invest with minimal risk. Nobody can predict the fluctuations of the market completely accurately, but as you start investing, you’ll learn to take the losses and look forward to the next market high. The market is uncontrollable, but it helps to know what you’re investing in. Become familiar with the products and businesses you invest in before you make the jump. Too many new investors invest in a hot stock from the previous year, excited by the market high. Remember: market highs never last. It’s smart to invest in a strong stock with a record than a trend that’s in one year and out the next. Just as important as the product is the reasoning behind your choosing it. If you know why you’re investing in a stock, you’ll always know what your next move is. For example, if you invest for the sake of profits only, when prices fall you’ll know to drop out, instead of fretting over whether to wait and cross your fingers for the next market high, or cut your losses. Investments are all about timing - not the timing of the market highs and lows, but the timing of your moves in relation to them. You have to know when to take profits and when to cut losses. Some say when the market is up, run a profit in case the market keeps climbing. However, others worry the market will fall, so it’s best to back out while you’re up. When the market is low, everyone knows to cut your losses - back out before it gets worse. Don’t invest in what you can’t afford, and don’t invest without a good reason. While the market highs are satisfyingly rewarding, the market lows are part of the ride. Although much of investing is gut instinct, you can’t afford to make reckless decisions. Invest to your advantage, rather than let the market rip at your bank account. The best thing to do is study the market. Don’t jump to invest before you study the product’s record and think over your reasoning. Some good books about investing include The Real Life Investing Guide by Kenan Pollack and Eric Heighberger, The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias, and The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing (3rd Edition) by Kenneth M. Morris and Alan M. Siegel. Know what you’re doing and why before you start investing. When you make informed choices, you can gain many benefits from the market. The business world is unpredictable, but when the market’s up, the rewards are well worth the gamble.

Acne scar treatment techniques

Acne is one of the most common and bothersome skin conditions for adolescence. Although acne itself is not curable, even the most severe cases can be treated effectively. For these sever conditions, various types of acne scar treatment are available if warranted by the situation. Recent estimates indicate that 85% of the population between the ages of 12 and 24 suffer from acne. The severity and amount of time a person has acne can vary from person to person, but for most of us, it will eventually go away by itself. It is true that even mild acne may affect normal social activities because of the undesirable changes to your appearance, but this is considered more of a nuisance than anything else. Unfortunately, there are more severe forms of acne with greater consequences. In addition to being painful, sever cases of acne can cause serious scarring. Acne scars can occur in both mild acne or severe acne, but the chances of scarring increases as the acne severity increases. Luckily, you have the option of choosing between several acne scar treatment techniques available. The purpose of acne scar treatment is to restore your skin to its original appearance. You will find, however, that restoration is not always 100%, but acne scar treatment works to make the scarring almost invisible. There are a variety of techniques available to remove acne scars and each one uses a different approach. It is recommended that you consult with a dermatologist to determine the best technique based on your type of acne and the severity of scarring present. At this point, you may be asking yourself how acne scars occur. In general, acne scars, and other types of scars for that matter, result from tissue damage. After tissue is damaged, the body will begin healing itself and in the process discourages any chance of infection. Your body sends a special chemical call collagen to the affected area. Sometimes, the collagen is produced in excess and develops into an irregularly shaped fibrous mass resulting in an acne scar. Other types of scars that may also occur include soft scars, depressed scars, "ice-pick" scars, atrophic macules, and many others. For the most part, these types of scars are caused by the loss of tissue from a particular area. Injecting collagen under the surface of the scarred skin is one of the most popular acne scar treatment techniques being used. The purpose of this technique is to puff out or restore the skin, which makes the scar much less noticeable. Another acne scar treatment technique is called autologus fat transfer. This process uses the fat from one part of your body for injection into the affected area. This helps to fill in the scar, but since fat is eventually absorbed into the body, repeated applications may be needed. Other effective acne scar treatments include laser or dermabrasion. Skin grafting and even surgery is a possibility, but these procedures are used only used in the most extreme cases. Hopefully, you will not have to undergo any of these techniques to address your acne, but if scarring is present, with the help of your dermatologist you will be able to make an effective choice.

Protein your plate is the key to a healthier you

Sixty percent of Americans say they'd like to lose 20 pounds, according to a new 2006 survey. If you are one of the tens of millions of Americans looking to take a few inches off your waistline, protein may help your weight loss program. Protein, an important nutrient and fuel for the body, also aids in weight loss, according to researchers who have found a link between protein and hunger. French scientists from Lyon University found a potential new target for the treatment of eating disorders. "It is well known that protein feeding decreases hunger sensation and subsequent food intake in animals and humans," said study author Gilles Mithieux. Protein not only provides satiety, but aids in maintaining lean muscle mass while losing unwanted fat. Another recent study demonstrated the beneficial impact of protein. People following lower-carbohydrate/higher-protein diets lost more weight than those on a low-fat/low-cholesterol/low-calorie diet over a six-month period, although differences in weight loss after one year were similar for both diets. Improvements in some risk factors for coronary heart disease were seen in the low-carbohydrate/higher-protein diet group, including greater decreases in triglycerides and greater increases in HDL cholesterol (also referred to as good cholesterol) levels. Including lean meat and poultry in your diet can be healthy as well as convenient. "Certain cuts or parts of beef, chicken, pork and turkey are all packed with protein, low in fat and saturated fat, and have an excellent nutrient profile," notes nutrition expert Michelle Tuttle, R. D. Look for lower-fat meat and poultry choices such as: • Lean beef cuts such as round steaks and roasts (round eye, top round, bottom round, round tip), top loin, top sirloin, and chuck shoulder and arm roasts. • Lean pork such as pork loin, tenderloin, center loin, and ham. • Extra-lean ground beef. The label should say at least "90% lean." You may be able to find ground beef that is 93% or 95% lean. • Ground white meat turkey (99% fat free). • Skinless poultry-chicken or turkey-or take off the skin before eating. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts and turkey cutlets or turkey tenderloins are the leanest poultry choices. • Choose lean turkey, roast beef, ham, or low-fat luncheon meats for sandwiches instead of luncheon meats with more fat, such as regular bologna or salami. While there are both animal and plant sources for protein, meat products such as lean meat and poultry offer essential vitamins and minerals that are often lacking in the American diet. Mix in some physical activity and you have a great recipe for a healthier lifestyle in 2006. Bon Appetit!

Why can t all ingredients be certified organic

Miessence, an Australia based manufacturer born just a few years back, changed the way that Australians think of organic products and also the way that they view the personal care products they’ve been using for years. Miessence and it’s founder, ONE group (Organic and Natural Enterprise), exploded from an unknown to a massive sales increase of 2500% in just eighteen months. Within the last year or so Miessence and ONE group hit the United States and is growing just as fast. The fact is that consumers, me included, have become aware and wary at the same time of what’s in our products. Manufacturers throw stuff in all the time to preserve products, color them, perfume them, with little to no regard for the side affects of such actions. They do it to keep the products cheap, making people want to continue to buy from them. But, the fact is, these chemicals may be costing much more in the long run, in terms of our health and that of our children, pets or the wildlife we enjoy around our homes. So what is about Miessence that gets people excited? They’re certified organic. But that seems contradictory, right? How can face cream be certified or shampoo? When people think of something being certified organic by the USDA their minds generally turn to food and in fact the USDA has no standards set for products other than food. So Miessence certified their face creams and toothpastes, etc. for the food grade standards, making them the first certified organic products on the planet that isn’t a food. And heck we used to make our soaps and stuff from plants little more than a hundred years ago. The industrial age introduced us to the world of chemicals and we are just now seeing the havoc those chemicals have done to our bodies and environment. Yet there are a few catches in the overall purpose that Miessence is attempting to attain. Some of their products use ingredients that can not be certified by any ruling board. Why not? Because some of them aren’t even organic. Let’s start with cosmetics. This would include Miessence’s line as well as manufacturers like Bare Minerals or other cosmetics companies attempting to make cosmetics safer for women. Mineral make-up does in fact use minerals, but not from mining, due to high levels of contamination. Miessence attains theirs from refined and purified man-made minerals. Zinc-oxide is one mineral in particular. It is used as the white powder base for cosmetics and gives them superior sun protection qualities. It is soft and heavy and recognized by the TGA for it’s soothing and healing properties. Actually, zinc oxide has been used for thousands of years as a whitening agent, back when woman preferred a pasty, white complexion. It was obviously a far safer alternative to the lead that many used. Other common minerals used in mineral cosmetics are iron oxide and mica. Iron oxide is used to give color. The darker the skin or the pinker the blush the more iron oxides are added. Mica reflects light from the face giving it a smoother appearance. Neither have been shown to cause any harm when used correctly, though all of these minerals are claimed to be harmful to the immune system, respiratory system and reproductive system if they are ingested. Now come on, how many of you are going to eat your makeup, considering minerals are basically crushed rock. I personally preferred a baked potato to eating a rock. Concerns over the harm caused by nanoparticles has arisen in recent years and the way in which superfine mineral powders in mineral cosmetics may affect the body and whether or not it can penetrate the skin. But perspective buyers can be comforted by Miessence’s response to such concerns, “The average particle size of our iron oxides is 1.3 microns, which is much too large to be considered a nanoparticle. Nanoparticles are less than 100 nanometres.... very very small!” So that takes care of minerals. What other ingredients can not be certified by the governing bodies? Well, there is one chemical in the shampoos that stops this Miessence product from being certified: coco-polyglucose, a "non-ionic surfactant" synthesised from coconut and glucose from corn. So why does Miessence use this chemical? It’s rather silly actually, but what can you do? You see, of all of the available plant extracts not a one of them will foam up or become sudsy, leaving you with a product that works beautifully without being soapy, but people refuse to use it. Why? Because in our brainwashed society being sudsy equates to a cleaning products. If don’t soap up it don’t clean. So what do you do? Well, the founder of ONE group, Narelle Chenery went in search of the safest surfactant she could find to put the minds of those poor people to rest that yes in fact the shampoo will clean them. Here is what Miessence had to say about polyglucose : “Polyglucose has excellent dermatological compatibility. It is very mild on the skin. Based on the Duhring Chamber Test it has the lowest irritation score of all common surfactants tested. It is free from ethylene oxide, which can cause nitrosamine contamination, and free from preservatives. It also has a very low environmental impact due to: 1) High bio-degradability - It breaks down readily. 2) High eco-toxicological compatibility - It doesn't harm the environment if released. 3)It is manufactured from completely renewable vegetable raw materials. It is very good, however it is still not certified organic. ONE Group will do better. They are working on replacing it with a certified organic "foaming agent" of similar functionality, but it takes time. Rest assured that as soon as they have a certified organic replacement that works, they will introduce it.” Other non-organic ingredients include the clays used in masks for cleaning, obviously another earth mineral and once again should not be ingested. The toothpastes have sea salt, again not organic, but natural and clean of contaminants. There are several other un certifiable ingredients in the Miessence products but they all serve a purpose to enhance the products they are used in and of course ONE group goes the extra step to be sure that all ingredients are clean of contaminants and easy on the environment.

Insomnia a drugfree solution

Insomnia and related sleep problems affect some 35 million people in varying degrees. It was recently estimated that about one-third of all students do not get enough sleep. Lack of sleep can cause many problems, physical and mental. Doctors and the public don't regard insomnia and sleep problems in the same way that they look at other “brain problems” of ADD-Autistic continuum, or depression. All too many of us simply dismiss this problem, but it is serious to many persons. Some such people already use some form of "noise generator" to help them solve such sleep problems, with varying success. Audio sounds such as rain on the roof, a babbling brook, surf or sailboat sounds, and even "white noise" (sounds like continuous TV static) have been used to mask outside noises. Any such noise generator may help solve insomnia and other sleep problems. There are several drugs on the market, heavily advertised on TV, that are also used by many people. However as has been reported in the news lately, such drugs cause many other problems, including sleepwalking, confusion, and even physical deterioration! Listen carefully to such ads on TV, and, in particular, listen to the careful phrasing of the "warnings" required by the Food and Drug Administration. Notice the "weasel wording" that attempts to pass over these serious side effects as not so serious! They make such serious health problems seem "not so bad", but that's advertising and "spin". Such drugs can be (and often are) very dangerous, no matter how they try to gloss over these facts. If you really listen (or read) these disclaimers, think about them. Those words “a few”, or “some users” that cause most persons to think “that's not me” actually mean that it might be you. Do you really want to take a chance on the problems so lightly dismissed in these ads? Take a good look at such advertising and spins. EEG Biofeedback (neurofeedback) "training" has been used by psychologists for many years now. It is very effective, and successful in over 85% of all insomnia cases. However, the cost of such training at $3000-$10,000 means that only the rich can afford such treatment. (Doctor "time" is always expensive.) In 2000 I started a company that leased EEG BF equipment, cutting the overall cost to about 1/5th of the average. But, even that left mid and low income families with drugs as their only available option! In 2004, I suddenly realized that this "brain training" done by EEG BF could also be done by the use of subliminal messaging. I devised an audio recording to do this, and got over 20 volunteers that trusted me enough to pay a fee to enter this test. The results were mixed. Although depression and insomnia problems were solved, some failures were found in the ADD/ADHD test population. In the original audio, I only tried to raise one brain wave by repetition. EEG BF, in the usual format, raises this same one, and also lowers or controls another. Another theory I had advanced in 2000 was that raising this particular brain wave (SMR 12-14Hz) somehow changed the brain's allergy/sensitivity response. Several persons in the test reported that symptoms other than the mental problems diagnosed also cleared up. This shows that my theory was along the correct lines. As an Orthomolecular Psychologist, I was well aware that all such "brain problems" can be (and usually are) caused by allergy/sensitivity reactions. In 2005, I devised a new test that did both - raised the SMR brain wave, and lowered the Theta brain wave. My partner and I got over a medium number of volunteers (charging up to $100 each for this privilege to ensure that they sent reports weekly for 8 weeks). This test was a tremendous success. Of every person who completed a minimum of 4 weeks successfully, all experienced dramatic improvement. Most of these volunteers were ADHD kids, with 2 Autistic kids, and few depressives. (The depressives and insomniacs all solved their problems within 4 weeks). This test ended in March 2006. An interesting note here - not one of the volunteers in this test asked for their money back! Our stipulation was "money back" if they completed the 8 weeks testing. That fact speaks very loud of success. This Auditory Training system is an even more effective solution! It combines the "noise generator" as an audio overlay, combined with a subliminal message underneath which is heard by the unconscious mind. The soothing noise generator overlay masks outside noises, while the subliminal training actually does "brain training" in much the same way as EEG biofeedback. This combination has already solved every insomnia and other sleep problem out of dozens of users. Results speak louder than advertising. In dozens of persons with insomnia and other sleep problems of all kinds, all volunteers who used Auditory Training more than a week or so, solved their sleep problem(s). Of course, Insomnia is also one of the symptoms of depression. This new Auditory Training system has also solved, or at least partially solved every one of such cases as well. One woman lost both her insomnia and her depression, and was able to stay mentally stable when later diagnosed with cancer. The advantages of this system over EEG BF are multiple: 1. It doesn't require expensive equipment - a simple CD player is all that is required. 2. It costs a small fraction of the cost of EEG BF, and much less than the expensive drugs. 3. No negative side effects whatsoever. Positive side effects are that it solves some allergy problems 4. You simply turn on the CD player, and go to sleep. Let's replace the dangerous drugs with a simpler, cost effective method of solving these problems! Phil Bate PhD - Retired Orthomolecular Psychologist Inventor and Patent Pending Holder for Brain Wave Amplitude Changing via Auditory Training Subliminals-Training BateAudio

Why do we have to bow so much

In many karate schools around the world the traditional practice of bowing is being continued regardless of the country of origin and of whether the bow matches that country’s particular culture. The very act of stepping into a karate dojo or a Taekwondo dojang often means that you have entered into a mini-cultural experience that you never expected. Some people find these practices quaint and educational, others find them downright offensive. This article attempts to explain the primary reasons for bowing in traditional Japanese culture and therefore in your Japanese style of martial arts. If you study Korean or Chinese styles it won’t hurt to read on as many of these customs are relevant to most Asian countries and martial arts. Karate originated on the island of Okinawa, part of the Ryukyu archipelago, which now belongs to Japan. In Japan bowing is as much a part of formal culture as the handshake is in western culture. Although the Japanese are increasingly using the handshake because of international business, the bow is still a very important part of Japanese etiquette. Bowing is therefore an integral part of a Karate lesson. We begin and end each lesson with formal etiquette including several bows and we acknowledge our opponent before and after each encounter with a bow. As Karate is part of traditional Japanese culture many instructors believe it is only fitting that they continue those traditions and make their lessons a reflection of how a lesson would be led in Japan. Generally the rule of thumb for bowing is that the more senior the person to whom you are bowing, both in age and rank, the deeper the bow. So for example, if a 14 year old bows to a 40 year old then the bow should be lower than if the 40 year old bowed to the 14 year old. Also a green belt should bow lower to a brown belt than a brown belt would bow to a green belt. The gray area comes when you have a 14 year old black belt and a 40 year old beginner. Who should bow the lowest? Well hopefully common sense will prevail and both parties will realize that the adult is still the superior person in terms of experience and therefore should still be treated with respect. However it would also be appropriate for the adult in question to acknowledge the child’s achievement and prowess and bow a little lower than normal to show his respect. As far as we Westerners are concerned, the complexities of the social nuances regarding the bow in Japan are far too involved for us to show any real competency, unless we have direct experience living in Japan for several years. Therefore the best thing for us to do in the dojo is to simply follow the traditional etiquette and bow to one another in an unforced and comfortable manner and let that suffice. A lower bow can be saved for the obvious age and rank differences but other than that a bow of similar depth would be appropriate in most cases. For more information on formal etiquette and other important information you should know if you’re planning on getting into the martial arts be sure to download my FREE Report, “Beginners Guide to Karate." You can find it at freekarateinformation. Good luck and best wishes on your journey in karate.

Sql server security

There are several levels of security to SQL Server. At the a base level, in order to be granted get access to a SQL Server, a user is required to have a login account. There are two modes of security to SQL Server, distinguished by which program provides the authentication. NT Authentication provides that Windows NT (and/or its successors) verify verifies the identity of a user logging in. In this mode, the SQL Server will ‘trust' that Windows NT has verified that the user is who he says he is. The second method, SQL Server authentication, it is SQL: Server that authenticates the identity of the user. SQL Server authentication is typically used for internet Internet connections, since not all internet Internet users have Windows NT, and not all NT domains are trusted. In addition to identifying users, it is sometimes convenient to define roles at the server level. Since within an organization, there are groups of users with similar access needs and levels, it may be convenient to define roles with specific levels of permissions. Once you have defined a role, you can assign users to that role, and those users inherit all of the privileges assigned to the role. There are two types of permissions assigned to individual users and roles. Statement permissions confer the right to execute certain types of T-SQL commands. Object permissions confer the right to access database objects directly. Defining Logins Users, and Roles Logins can be added either through the Database Properties Window (under Logins), or by invoking system stored procedures with appropriate parameters. The command sp_addlogin loginname, password, databasename will add a SQL Server authenticated login to the list; sp_grantlogin ‘domainname/username' will add an NT authenticated login to the list. After the login has been allowed, you need to allow the user access to the database. This is done either through the Database Properties Window (under Users for that particular database) or with the command sp_grantdbaccess loginname. You can see the list of users using the command sp_helpuser or sp_helpuser username To cancel a security account for a given database, use sp_revokedbaccess username To remove an NT Login use sp_revokelogin ‘username' (note no domain), and to srop stop a SQL Server authenticated login, use sp_droplogin username . To add a role to a database, use sp_addrole ‘clerical', and to add meAugust 16, 2005er ‘clerical', ‘username'. To delete a rolemember use sp_droprolemember username. At the SQL Server level the rolenames are fixed, and cannot be changed, but users can be added using sp_addsrvrolemember username, dbcreator . To drop a rolmember, use sp_dropsrvmember username . Granting permissions The GRANT command is used to assign permissions to a security account. Statement permissions in this way: GRANT right TO username where right can be any of the following: CREATE DATABASE CREATE DEFAULT CREATE PROCEDURE CREATE RULE CREATE TABLE CREATE VIEW DUMP DATABASE DUMP TRANSACTION For object permissions, GRANT is also the command to use, but the grammar differs slightly: GRANT action ON table/view/procedure name TO username where action can be one of the following: INSERT, DELETE, EXECUTE, SELECT or UPDATE One can also apply these this permission to groups or roles as well as usernames. And it is also possible that a role can have a permission, but a member of that role be denied permission for a task. See the next discussion. In all of the above commands, you can also explicitly deny permission using DENY in place of GRANT. Note however that DENY is not the negation of GRANT . DENY explicitly excludes the user from that capability. The REVOKE command is used to remove both the permission and refusal. Resources • Article: How To Identify Your SQL Server Service Pack Version and Edition This is an insightful article that discusses about SQL server pack version and edition. • Tutorial: Using Access or SQL Server to Write your ASP Code This tutorial discusses how SQL server can be used to write the ASP code. Metro NY / NJ SQL Server Consultants We specialize is custom database software. Call us for a free consultation (973) 635 0080 or email us at paladn

New drilling technology could finally make cbm very economic

In a previous interview about coalbed methane (CBM), Sprott Asset Management CBM analyst Eric Nuttall told us he would remain, “quite excited about the prospects for companies with coal bed methane assets so long as natural gas prices remain above $6 per Mcf (thousand cubic feet). The economics would be very skinny under $6.” That’s because CBM exploration and development can get pricey. What if there was a drilling firm regularly bringing gas out of the ground for under $1.50/mcf? There is and they’ve proven it with more than 250 wells in Australia. They’ve moved into India, where they drilled another 30 to 50 wells and another 70 wells to come. Mitchell has taken acreage in southern Kansas, where the company just finished its first CBM well. And the company formed a joint venture with Pacific Asia China Energy (TSX: PCE) to bring its Dymaxion® technology to China later this year. You don’t get to be Australia’s largest privately owned drilling company without timing your markets right. The Mitchell family’s great timing ability began in 1969, when company founder Peter Mitchell bought his first drilling rig at a repossession sale for $11,500. Parts of Queensland, Australia were in the grips of a drought. Mitchell put his rig to good use as he began drilling water wells for farmers in the surrounding rural counties. Just as the drought had ended, Mitchell caught the boom in coal. His growing company began drilling in the oil shale and coal fields around Moranbah, then a remote part of Queensland. They then caught the drilling boom in mineral resources through the 1980s. By then, the company was drilling oil, gas, uranium and coal reserves throughout Australia. In the 1990s, Mitchell Drilling got the first whiff of Coalbed Methane (CBM) exploration entering Australia. That is when the major U. S. oil companies, such as Amoco, Conoco and others, came to the country searching for new CBM fields. But, the major U. S. oil companies abandoned CBM in Australia because they soon discovered Australia’s shallow coal fields were too expensive for their big oil rigs. “The economics just didn’t work,” Nathan Mitchell told StockInterview. “They needed high gas flow, but the fracing technique just didn’t give them what they needed.” Still they persisted and asked Mitchell Drilling to run his smaller water well rigs. “That was the start of it,” Mitchell recalled. “We made CBM work with the water well rigs from an economics point of view, but they still weren’t making enough gas.” Still, the economics of the smaller rig made it work to a degree. Enter the politicians. “The Queensland government made a law that said five percent of all coal-fired power stations had to be run by gas,” explained Mitchell. “That spawned the industry and CBM really took off.” Mitchell continued with the vertical rigs, but it was the economics of the smaller rig that made CBM work. GETTING BLOOD OUT OF A STONE It was during the CBM boom when Mitchell developed the better mousetrap. Coal miners didn’t see the gas resource beneath their feet. “They just saw them as coal fields,” said Mitchell who knew there was “nuisance gas” there. “There was never even a thought there was enough gas there to make it viable.” With natural gas selling for $2/mcf in Australia, the economics didn’t make sense. Australian coal seams are found at shallower levels where greater pressures have to be created to liberate gas from the extended horizontal seams. The Australian one-two punch of shallow coal seams and low gas prices drove Mitchell to become innovative. “We’d seen in the coal business the underground in-seam drilling of horizontal holes and degasification,” Mitchell explained. “But, there was usually a lot of water involved and no way to get the water out.” Because of the company’s decades of experience in drilling water wells, Mitchell combined the vertical well with the horizontal well. Mitchell described the process, “The vertical well became the conduit for the coal mine, the gas and the water, and gave us a huge surface area. Suddenly, in areas where there wasn’t a resource, we could produce something like a million or up to 2 million a day from these Dymaxion® wells.” The technology was put to the test in central Queensland, Australia. An Australian newspaper reported in June 2004, “In an industry where tradition plays a strong role, innovative drillers Mitchell Drilling have chalked up the 100th example of their revolutionary Dymaxion surface to in-seam (SIS) methane gas drainage hole for gas producer CH4 Limited at their Moranbah gas project.” CH4’s website spoke highly of this gas project, “The Moranbah Gas Project will utilise innovative drilling and gas extraction techniques, allowing increased potential gas yields while leaving the coal resource undamaged.” How does this impact the industry? “We see this as revolutionary,” Mitchell cheerily remarked. “It has changed the face of CBM. It works in areas where people didn’t think it would work.” For example, the Dymaxion® drilling works in high permeability with low gas. “We can get such high gas from low gas content reservoirs, where people didn’t previously think there were reservoirs.” It has worked in Australia, where every penny counts. “Our price may cost around $1.25 or $1.10 (US$) per mcf so they are still making reasonable profits at around 50 percent.” How will it play outside of Australia? Mitchell shot back, “If you can imagine costs at $1.25 and you’re selling it for $6/mcf, that’s some pretty good bloody profits.” Drilling at reasonable profits for $2 gas, Mitchell said, “We are keen to take this technology around the world. Even if we were to double our costs, our clients would still be extremely happy.” USING BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL WELLS When discussing the Dymaxion® technology with an oil and gas man, his puzzled response was, “Did I hear you right? You are using both a vertical and horizontal wells to get the gas?” There are the skeptics. “Contractors from the larger oil and gas companies came over to have a look,” Mitchell said. “Some people thought we were sliding by or sort of skimming costs.” He explained the procedure, “We have to intercept (the vertical) because we actually line up every one of our lateral wells with a slotted liner, a perforated liner. It is stacked into the vertical well, by the arrangement we’ve developed, so we know we’ve intercepted it.” Mitchell said the key is the ability to flush and know that the finds are coming out. “We can have a number of wells lined, going from one point to another,” he explained, “and we’ve got continuity of connection and flow between one well which is 1000 to 2000 meters away and the vertical well. We can flush between both.” He gave an example, “We can have three horizontals going into one vertical and two of the horizontals can be closed. Number one can be opened and flushed; then number two can be open, flushed and closed. So you have this over the 10 to 20 year life of the well.” How does the SIS hole de-gas a greater area than a regular horizontal? “When we put two wells into a chevron pattern, you start to get absorption between the V at the start of the well,” Mitchell said, describing the Dymaxion process. “Once you get the wells done, in a V with each other, you start to get better flows, a bit more gas and greater increasing gas in a slow decline.” Mitchell’s website does admit the old technologies may be suitable for deeper drilling, “In the case of very deep deposits, up to 3000 meters underground, a vertical well may be adequate to create sufficient water table pressure to liberate and bring to the surface large quantities of methane gas.” Because of the greater surface area draining the underground gas in the coal seams, the same website is quick to point out, “SIS drilling also provides valuable exploration data on seam rolls and faults, allowing greater certainty in mine planning and development.” The SIS process begins by using modified, multipurpose mineral drill rigs with specially designed bottom hole assemblies. In the SIS technique, a hole is drilled at 60 to 90 degrees from the surface. It is then steered through a medium radius bend to horizontally enter the target coal seam. The 96 millimeter hole is steered in the seam toward a previously drilled vertical production well. A homing device is lowered down the vertical well to the target seam, which helps the horizontal hole intersect the production well. The vertical well dewaters the seam. Once the hydrostatic head has sufficiently been lowered, gas flows to the surface. MITCHELL’S WORLDWIDE EXPANSION Developing the Dymaxion® technology in the late 1990s, the first test took place in Australia in the year 2000. Now, going on nearly seven years later, the company has drilled more than 250 wells in Australia, another 30 to 50 wells in India with another 70 more to drill, and has moved on to both Kansas and China. Mitchell talked about Kansas, “We finished our first well, but we don’t really want to be a contractor in the United States. We don’t see a lot of benefit to handing over our technology, but we would be interested in doing some sort of equity deal or partnership with clients.” He believes that in the right areas, what Mitchell has got is “exceptionally good.” So where did Mitchell first make an equity deal? “The two big powerhouses of the world for the future are going to be China and India,” he noted. “Both of them will have energy problems in the future. Mitchell’s first equity deal came about with Pacific Asia China Energy. “We just astounded them with what was happening in Australia,” Mitchell laughed, “to see this small compact rig drilling 2000 meter holes of a well and making it work at $2 gas.” He explained that although rigs were cheaper in China, the logistics, the costs of roads and access for trucks and pumps, gear and equipment, costs start to go up. “It like a U. S. aircraft carrier,” Mitchell compared with a drilling operation, “you have 40 planes on deck but it takes 70 people to run it.” Even in China, costs can go up when running these logistics. The deal with Pacific Asia China Energy involves reduced drilling costs and a 50/50 arrangement for income produced through the use of the Dymaxion® technology in China. The joint venture company has exclusive use to this technology in the world’s largest coal producing country, China. How does Mitchell see business growing in China? “Exponentially,” he quickly replied. “In China, there is a push to degasify their mines. There are some several thousand large mines, many with over one hundred million tons in reserves, and a lot of mines are being shut down because of degasification problems.” In an earlier interview with the Tunaye Sai, president of Pacific Asia China Energy, he reported that every single coal company at a recent symposium approached both Mitchell and himself about the Dymaxion technology for China. Was that true? “Very much so,” Mitchell confirmed. “Mine safety is now at the forefront of China and international observation. They’re looking forward to international help and technology to come to China and fix these problems. They’re looking at it from they want to sell coal, but they also want to sell gas. It worked well in Queensland and will apply to in China. That’s why we see such a growth for Mitchell.”

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Detroit schools partner for engineering success

The Detroit Schools has partnered with local universities to get students thinking about careers in science and engineering. Students at different levels of the Detroit Public Schools are being targeted in a statewide effort to get more women and minorities enrolled in engineering programs. One program that makes this its mission is the Detroit Area Pre College Engineering Program (DAPCEP). The Detroit Area Pre College Engineering Program DAPCEP works with area students in three main ways. It partners with local public school teachers to design a curriculum that encourages creative thinking in the sciences. To fulfill this goal, DAPCEP sponsors science fairs, field trips, and university seminars for students and teachers. DAPCEP also runs a Saturday program in conjunction with local universities and corporations to provide enrichments activities for students in grades 4 – 12. These activities focus on different aspects of math, computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, and communication skills. In addition to its programs during the school year, DAPCEP brings local public school students into universities for summer programs. Some of the summer programs are residential, with students living on campus for a few weeks and getting a real taste for the college life. Other programs provide transportation to and from campus. University Partnerships DAPCEP’s list of university partners is certainly impressive. • University of Detroit Mercy • Michigan State University • University of Michigan Ann Arbor • Wayne State University • Lawrence Technical University • Oakland University • University of Michigan Dearborn • Michigan Technological University The Little Engineer Program In addition to their very successful middle school and high school programs, DAPCEP also has something for smaller learners. Its Little Engineer Program is for students in grades K – 3. These Saturday classes for both children and their parents focus on teaching and learning math, science, pre-engineering, and reading. How to Join DAPCEP The selection process for DAPCEP can be daunting for parents anxious to give this opportunity to their children. DAPCEP holds an open house each fall for prospective students and parents. Students must maintain a 2.0 Grade Point Average in all their school subjects. Other factors, such as attendance, and taking certain academic subjects in the regular school curriculum, such as physics, chemistry, and higher level math, also play a role in student selection. For many programs, students also need letters of recommendation from their math and science teachers. Summer Course Offerings DAPCEP’s university partnerships are providing a range of summer courses of Detroit area students. Here are some highlights: • Watershed Investigators (University of Detroit Mercy) Students will investigate local water quality in a series of real – world experiments. • How Math Rocks Our World (Tabernacle) Students will see how their math and science skills compare with other students around the world, in particular China and India. • Wireless Integrated Microsystems (Michigan State University) Hands – on activities and presentations from nine different engineering majors offered at the university. • Engineering Intensive Workshop ( Michigan Technological University) Students choose two areas of study, ranging from Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Aided Engineering, Computer Programming, Material Engineering, Chemical Engineering and others. All of the DAPCEP programs emphasize the Detroit Area Public School District’s commitment to ensuring that students have the opportunity to explore many challenging areas and gain further insights into the college experience.

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Whether you're on the road to the CCNA, CCNP, MCSE, or you're on any other computer certification track, the odds are that sooner or later, you're going to fail an exam. It's happened to almost all of us, yours truly included. What you have to keep in mind in these times is that success is not a straight line. You've probably seen charts showing the growth of an industry or a business -- you know, the ones that go from left to right, and look kind of jagged. The line goes up for a while, then down a bit, then up some more, then down a little. The key? While every business has its setbacks, the net result is that the line goes up and progress is made. That's how you want your certification pursuit and your career to go as well - upward! I'm not asking you to be happy about failing an exam. You're allowed to get mad for a few minutes, vow to never take another exam again, and be disappointed. What you're not allowed to do is stay that way. If you put your books away in a fit of anger, get them out. If you took some time off, it's time to get back to work. Again, there's nothing wrong with being unhappy about failing an exam. It's how you handle that failure that counts. No inventor, executive, or entrepreneur has ever been right 100% of the time. Learn something from your failure. Was your study time quality study time? Did you get some hands-on practice with the technology you're studying? Asking yourself these questions can be tough, but it can be highly valuable in making sure you don't fail the next time. And there must be a next time - because the one thing you cannot do is quit. Besides, take it from someone who's been there - your temporary failure makes your eventual success that much sweeter.

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Personal loans is early repayment a good use for spare cash

Reducing your overall debt level as much as possible is always a good idea, and is usually recommended as part of a budgeting plan. If you have some spare funds available, you might be tempted to clear your personal loan, as nearly all loan plans allow for full repayment before the term is over. However, there are a few things to bear in mind before deciding whether paying off your loan is the best use of your spare cash. Firstly, loan providers make their profits by charging interest, and if you clear your loan early then you won't be paying the lender as much interest as you would if your loan went to its full term. Obviously, this means they will make less profit out of you, and so many lenders will write an early repayment penalty into the loan agreement to make sure that the arrangement is still profitable for them if you repay early. This repayment penalty, also known as a redemption charge or a settlement fee, will often calculated as a percentage of the outstanding balance at the time you clear your loan, and depending on how early on in the repayment schedule you are, this could work out at quite a substantial amount. Check your credit agreement small print to see how much you could be charged, and see if this makes the prospect of early repayment quite as attractive. If the fee is substantial, you could be better off by putting your spare funds to another more cost-effective use. Most credit cards and other kinds of debt will charge a higher rate of interest than a personal loan, and so concentrating on reducing these first may be a better use for your money. By clearing your higher-interest debts first, your spare cash will be having the most beneficial effect. Even if you don't have another debt to clear, you may find that there's a better way to use surplus cash than paying off a loan that features a high settlement fee. Investing in a high interest savings account or bond over the remaining term of your loan may earn you more in interest than the cost of a redemption charge, but when calculating this be sure to take account any taxes you'll have to pay on your investment return. Finally, don't underestimate the importance of having a little money in reserve. If clearing your loan would leave you with very little spare cash, then an unexpected expense could push you back into the red. If this would mean you had to take out a new loan, then a new deal may work out to be more expensive than keeping your current loan to its original term. To sum it up, paying off your loan is a commendable aim and to be recommended, but before you do so make sure that any settlement fee doesn't make early repayment uneconomical, that you couldn't better use the money to reduce more expensive debts, and that by clearing your personal loan you won't be leaving yourself too short of money and in danger of going back into the red.