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There is a lot of talk about alpha male in the articles. Who is an alpha male? Somebody who looks very confident, a winner, has animal appeal, knows how to attract women and leads from the front. Unfortunately most of us are not alpha males. I wonder how many of our romantic poets were alpha males? What to do if you are not an alpha male? How to be a romantic?

What is romance? In simple English to be in romance means to love each other intensely. It does not mean anything more than that. How do you get a girl to fall in love with you that is intense and passionate? For that is it necessary to have looks like a movie star? No. What it needs is intensity in the eyes. Create intensity in your eyes. Let your eyes give that come hither look. Let your eyes have that dreamy look. Let your eyes speak about your love. Gaze into the eyes of your beloved without speaking a word for few minutes and you will win her forever.

What about words and voice? Do you need to have husky voice and great vocabulary? No. Does saying I Love You need great vocabulary? It is the way you speak that affects the hormones. Make your voice as love filled as possible. Let the girl feel very special with your words. Let her feel that she is the princess and you are trying to win her over. Speak few words. But speak them with a voice full of love and care. Handle her as if she is as fragile as a china piece. Treat her as if she is more precious than the whole world. Let her feel very wanted. Let her feel loved. Let her feel the love and let her dream of that. Take her to a world with your voice and actions to a world she had never dreamt of. She will be yours forever.

The author C.D.Mohatta writes articles, advice and ideas at http://www.yourromanceguide.com/ on topics like love, dating, marriage, relationships, break-ups, etc. He also writes for screen-savers and desktop wallpapers at http://www.screene.com/ on topics like nature, spirituality, motivation, love-romance, holidays, animals, etc. The third site associated with the author is http://www.yourfungames.com/ - it has free flash games which one can play online.

Dos and don’ts of consolidating your debt

Its possible you’ve heard all kinds of wives tales about debt consolidation. Some of them portray it as the easiest and quickest way to repay your debts. Other tails conjure up a disturbing picture of increasing debt which, leads inevitably to financial disaster.

The real situation, of course, lies somewhere in-between. Debt consolidation may or may not be the best way for you to repay your creditors. It all depends on a variety of factors: not just how much you owe to creditors, but how much salary you earn and what type of debts you’re thinking about consolidating, as well as your attitude to debt and to money in general.

There are a few rules that apply to most people. Take a look at these debt consolidation dos & don’ts.

Do take professional debt advice if you’re thinking about pursuing debt consolidation. You need someone who can help you explore your options, so make sure you talk to a professional that doesn’t just provide debt consolidation. Its possible that you’d benefit from some budgeting advice so you can manage your debts personally.

Do think carefully about the repayment term for your debt consolidation loan, if you take one.

Don’t keep on struggling if you really can’t afford to pay your creditors each month. If you need help, ask for it - a debt consultant will be able to help you decide whether you need a professional debt solution, and if so, which one.

Click here for more information about debt consolidation.

Let’s face it - with several different types of TVs to be had, splashing out on a new telly can without doubt be difficult. Our buyers’ editorial plans to take you through some of the main things to ponder when purchasing a new television.

Are TVs Evolving? The short answer is, yes. Not very long ago just about all TV’s were of one form - Cathode Ray Tube (or more normally known as CRT). Even as these traditional sorts are still on the market, there is a completely new collection of televisions in development. The self-styled “digital revolution” has made it doable to get extensively more television programmes & get much better images on your TV screen. The most modern TVs are furthermore more compact & elegant. Some new plasma & Liquid crystal display (LCD) TV’s are so ruinously lean that they can be suspended on your study room wall like a painting.

The Varied Sorts of TVs. If your TV is more than six years old, the likelihood that it’s a traditional CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) Telly. The new type of tellies comes in 3 central varieties - Plasma televisions, LCD TV’s & HD (which can include either of the other two). Our television buying guide will assist you be familiar with the difference: Compare, Review and purchase Plasma TVs right now at Digital-Direct.

Plasma TVs. The most popular selection for large flat-panel TVs, plasma screens can be as petite as three inches deep - definitely thin enough to fix to a wall. The display is totally flat, so you can quite simply see the image from a sharper position without causing a fall in sharpness. Plasma TV’s employ a matrix of miniscule gas plasma cells to produce a crystal clear image.

LCD TVs. Similar to plasma displays, LCD televisions are flat and stylish, taking up a tiny amount of space. Available in several dimensions, LCD TV’s give improved resolution images when contrasted against plasma screens. LCD tellies can be watched from many view points, but compared to plasma, there is a perceptible loss of quality. LCD TVs work via a system of little liquid crystals which are packed amidst a backlight & a piece of glass.

Many straight couples are up in arms over gay marriages and the gay and lesbian associations and their communities are saying; what’s the big deal. The Christian Right is busy quoting scriptures and the Christian Fringe is calling them all “Heathen Scoundrels who will burn in hell for all of eternity.” But will gays being allowed to marry cause a destruction of the sanctity of the Institution of Marriage?

Many pro-gay marriage right folks are saying; What; Destroying the Sanctity of the Institution, forget about the 65% of all marriages end in failure. Meaning it is already thoroughly destroyed and of course this was way before any homosexuals ever got married? Will homosexuals have a lower divorce rate? Many believe so.

Speaking of which you know once gay marriage is legalized you will really be supporting the lawyers since there will now be a whole new area of family law? I can see a fringe family gay marriage lawyer in the courtroom wearing a rainbow tie and waving his hands frantically at the jury describing why their client should get more alimony? Sounds like the funny farm will be our already ridiculous courts?

Just think gay marriage will be starting a whole new industry and the ABA American Bar Association for lawyers will just love them all to pieces. Think how much money they are going to make. Well that is of gay divorces are even half of straight people divorces by percentage. Consider this in 2006.

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After the wedding I thought transitioning into married life was the hardest thing I would ever have to do in my personal life. I had never lived with a man before and nothing could have prepared me for the treatment I would succumb to over the next 12 years. I endured an array of verbal abuse ranging from the color of my hair (which was the same since the day he married me) to my apparent lack of intelligence. The degree of physical abuse was minimal but unforgivable and strangely he was most hurtful when he was sober, because then I knew he was aware of what he was saying and really meant it; though the details of the marriage don’t really matter.

What I was even more unprepared for was the divorce. It was a long time coming and beforehand I told myself I would take it in stride and never let myself miss him. To my surprise I had no problems holding up that promise to myself and early on found that I quite liked the fact that I could do whatever I wanted for dinner without being ridiculed about my culinary skills, or wear whatever my heart desired without being called “tramp-y” for showing some leg. And who would imagine that I, the one who has the intellect of “a can of soup”, could get a decent job?! I don’t think anyone would disagree that it’s pretty easy to adjust to living in a peaceful home after years of walking on eggshells.

So what was I so “unprepared” for? Where’s the tragedy to the story? Upon the finalization of my divorce my battle became a financial one and as many of us know that can rapidly turn into an emotional battle as well. Though while we were together money was never brought to my attention as a problem I soon found all the secrets he was keeping from me. Its not that he ever even lied to me about money, he just kept it all in the closet. I discovered a huge outstanding balance on a loan he told me had been paid off years before and had since been unpaid between the time he moved out and the divorce finalization (about two months).

It got a little more serious after they repossessed the car he had bought me (also supposedly paid off) and of course, it was under my name. Though I tried to remain as apathetic towards him as possible every time I found another credit card bill he was sticking me with I wanted to dislodge his tonsils with a spoon and yell at him “How could YOU be so stupid? How could you not have told me we were in such bad debt, especially after all those times I told you I wanted to get job and could have saved us this heartache?” That was what I was most in awe of, his deception. Of course hindsight is 20/20 so no wonder he never let me help out by paying the bills or have access to his accounts.

Long story short, I was eventually forced to move from my home (yes, the one I had planned to retire in someday) and I now live in a modest apartment with my niece- though at times I’m sure she wishes her roommate was a little more hip. It’s been a long road to recovery and there’s still plenty of road ahead but I’m making headway. I know this story has been retold in too many different renditions to count but I would like to offer my two cents to anyone out there who is on the brink, anyone who finds themselves at the intersection of desperation and alone, there is always someone you can talk to.

To be honest, for me friends and family weren’t exactly the ones I wanted seeing me in my fits of rage. I didn’t just want to talk to someone who cared, or who would “help me get through it all”. I wanted someone with the real life experience, who had been down where I was at that moment and could talk me off the ledge because they knew exactly how I felt. And I do believe that permitting myself to let strangers see me like that allowed me to carry on a more normal day to day life without hurting my loved ones.

The irony of all it all that I realized only a few years ago: if we hadn’t been so in debt, or if he had at least told me and allowed me to help him, would we ever even have split up? Was his anger toward me a repercussion of his worry about finances? I haven’t spoken to him in years so I don’t suppose I’ll ever have the chance to ask but now all I can do is encourage all those out there who may be finding themselves between a particular rock and an all too familiar hard spot there are people you can talk to. There are even people you can talk to while maintaining some anonymity! Http://www.lifeaftermarriage.com helped me cope. If not I would still recommend you to find someone you can vent to, they say keeping a journal of your feelings is great therapy but a journal can’t offer advice and the occasional response. You just have to the find the right person you want to reach out to.

** story written based off a personal story where the contributor would like to be kept anonymous.

Kelly Kennedy is the Communications Specialist for MindComet Corporation, a full service marketing agency for Fortune 500 companies and international conglomerates. Kelly specializes in public relations strategies focused on personal finance. Kelly has been author to hundreds of articles focusing on finance. She also acts as a contributing author for a wide variety of websites and newsletters. Kelly holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing from the University of Central Florida.

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Growing up our family played board games on Friday night. We would get together and have a huge dinner to end the week off. The dinner would be around 5 pm. We would eat for an hour or two; socialize about our days and dreams. Dinner would consist of the basics, steak and potatoes. After the dinner would come dessert. Pies and chocolate for dessert will do the trick. After the dinner and dessert we moved on the board games.

We played scrabble mostly. This was my favorite because of the thinking that is involved. I was able to learn about words and how to place them together. As a young boy this was great for my brain development and to enhance my problem solving skills. There were five of us and we all of us benefited from this. We always played that whoever won got the whole next week off from doing house chores. This really made the games competitive because doing house chores, as a kid growing up is no fun. My parents played like at our level so that they could help our mind grow as much as possible. Not only did I get smarter, but also I had the best social time with my parents and brothers and sisters that can never be replaced. Things are different today because of the television and video games. Back then we had to depend on others to keep us occupied and these build characteristics that have helped me out with my life.

This article and my articles “Overcoming Obstacles to Agreement” and “Negotiating Agreement” are about how to deal with disagreement–from simple difference of opinion to active upset and anger–and some specific steps that will help you reach an agreement. As you will see, the things you can do yourself are far more effective than anything a lawyer can do for you.



More than 90% of all cases are settled before trial. Unfortunately, too many are settled only after the spouses have spent their emotional energies on conflict and their financial resources on lawyers. The time and effort spent battling has impaired their ability to get on with their lives and may have caused serious psychic damage to themselves and their children. The spouses could have saved themselves all that simply by agreeing to settle earlier. Why didn’t they?



Okay, here you are, heading for a divorce; your spouse is going to be involved and you want to work out an agreement. What’s so hard about that? Why don’t you just do it? Easier to say than do, isn’t it? There are good reasons why it’s hard for spouses to work out an agreement–five, to be exact:

• Emotional upset and conflict
• Insecurity and fear
• Ignorance and misinformation
• The legal system and lawyers
• Real disagreement

To get an agreement, in or out of the system, with or without an attorney, you have to overcome the five obstacles. Let’s look at them in a little more detail to see what you’re dealing with.



The Five Obstacles to Agreement



1. Emotional upset and conflict: This is about high levels of anger, hurt, blame, and guilt–a very normal part of divorce. If one or both spouses are upset, you can’t negotiate, have reasonable discussions or make sound decisions. Complex and volatile emotions become externalized and get attached to things or to the children.



When emotions are high, reason is at its lowest ebb and will not be very effective at that time. There are various causes of upset:

• The divorce itself, stress of major change, broken dreams, fear of change, fear of an unknown future
• Different readiness to accept the idea of divorce and willingness to proceed–the hidden cause of conflict in many cases
• History of bad communication habits or conflict
• Particular events or circumstances (a new lover, a new debt)

2. Insecurity, fear, lack of confidence, unequal bargaining power: You can’t negotiate if either spouse feels incompetent, afraid, or that the other spouse has some big advantage.



Divorce is tremendously undermining and tends to multiply any general lack of self-confidence and self-esteem. Also, there are often very real causes for insecurity: lack of skill and experience at dealing with business and negotiation, and lack of complete information and knowledge about the process and the marital affairs.



It doesn’t matter if insecurity is real or reasonable; it is real if it feels real.



3. Ignorance and misinformation: Ignorance about the legal system and how it works can make you feel uncertain, insecure and incompetent. You feel as if you don’t know what you are doing–and you are right.



Misinformation is when the things you think you know are not correct. Misinformation comes from friends, television, movies, even from lawyers who are not family law specialists. It can distort your expectations about your rights and what’s fair. It’s hard to negotiate with someone who has mistaken ideas about what the rules are.



Fortunately, both conditions can be easily fixed with reliable information.



4. The legal system and lawyers: The legal system does not help you overcome obstacles to agreement but, rather it is one of the major obstacles that you have to overcome. The legal system is designed to work against you. You want to avoid the legal system as much as possible–and you can. You can beat the system.



5. Real disagreement: These are the real issues that you want to deal with rationally and negotiate with your spouse.



Real disagreement is based on the fact that the spouses now have different needs and interests. After dealing with the first four obstacles, these real issues may turn out to be minor, but even if they are serious, at least they can be negotiated rationally.



The solutions are in your hands. Apart from the legal system–which you can avoid–all obstacles to your agreement are personal, between you and your spouse and between you and yourself.



Take care. Pay special attention to emotional upset and especially insecurity and fear. These are the forces that drive people into a lawyer’s office. You want to avoid doing anything that might increase the upset and fear of either spouse.



The upset person is saying, “I can’t stand this, I won’t take it anymore! I’m going to get a lawyer!”



The insecure person is saying, “I can’t understand all this, I can’t deal with it, I can’t deal with my spouse. I want to be safe. I need someone to help me. I’m going to get a lawyer.”



And this is how cases get dragged into unnecessary legal conflict.



You need to arrange things so both spouses are comfortable about not retaining an attorney. If you think your spouse may be upset or insecure, you have to be very careful and patient. If you are feeling incapable of dealing with your own divorce, the information in my book, Divorce Solutions: How to Make Any Divorce Better will help a lot and you will see that you can get all the help and support you need without retaining an attorney.



Copyright 2005 Ed Sherman

Ed Sherman is a family law attorney, divorce expert, and founder of Nolo Press. He started the self-help law movement in 1971 when he published the first edition of How to Do Your Own Divorce, and founded the paralegal industry in 1973. Ed has saved the public billions of dollars in legal fees while making divorce go more smoothly and easily for millions of readers. You can order his books from http://www.nolodivorce.com or by calling (800) 464-5502.

Is your company aware of the heavy fines and penalties that can be imposed on your organization for infringing environmental laws and regulations? Many companies are not.

It’s important to know that your organization can be fined for many different kinds of infringement, not just for incidents of pollution. Examples are:

- Failure to register, for example, with the appropriate regulatory agency or compliance scheme.

- Failure to report specific incidents, such as environmental infringements and impacts

- Failure to comply with the law, for example, regulations relating to pollution prevention and control, waste packaging requirements, emission levels, countryside and habitats protection, and planning and building regulations.

- Failure to keep proper records, such as those related to disposal of hazardous waste materials, waste management licenses, and local air pollution control.

- Lack of certification, including water discharge consents, IPPC Permits, and certificates of competence.

- Provision of false information

- All of these breaches of the environmental regulations can result in your organization being heavily fined. It’s not just the fine, which can result in a substantial financial penalty, it’s also the damaging publicity associated with the infringement that is so important for your corporate reputation.

In today’s world, everything from refrigerator disposal to vehicle emissions, through river water quality, the construction of incinerators, the use of packaging, energy, waste and water infrastructure, pollution abatement, ownership and development of contaminated land, production of chemicals and policy on climate change, is subject to legislation.

International Treaties such as Kyoto, the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances, WTO trade rounds and UN Conventions and Declarations such as the Johannesburg summit on sustainable development in 2002, all require Governments to take action at national level by agreed deadlines. Even companies that don’t consider themselves directly affected by much of this, may find that their clients or suppliers are faced with new regulatory requirements.

Each year, thousands of companies are prosecuted and fined for environmental offences, and there is pressure every year for the level of penalties to increase, especially for repeat offenders.

The rules and regulations are changing all the time and you need to be certain that you are fully informed about new proposals long before they are introduced.

Just remember, it’s not just incidents of pollution that can lead to heavy fines. Failure to register, failure to report, failure to comply, failure to keep proper records, lack of certification offences, provision of false information - these are all treated as serious breaches of environmental law.

It’s no good pleading ignorance of the law - that’s no defence.

You need an early warning system, which ensures that you are always well informed about your responsibilities.

The sex aid business has noticed a big increase in revenue since the eighties. This is part of the sexy toy revolution and a huge benefit to mankind. Sexy aids are a fascinating way to increase passion into your sex life, they may help you come to orgasm and sex aids consistently put a cheeky smile on your face.

Whichever tremendous sex aid you decide to buy this Autumn let your needs be your guide. If you are into bondage play then go and buy yourself a fetish mask. if you are into romance then go and acquire yourself some oil. Keep your eyes open and see where it guides you.

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For those of us who were fortunate enough to catch Discovery Channel’s latest spine-gripping, docudrama, SuperVolcano this past weekend, we were made aware of the chance that Yellowstone National Park’s Super Volcano could be a literal, explosive and catastrophic time bomb.

Though many common, external traits of volcanos are viewed as Mountainous peaks and regions like that of Mount St. Helens Yellowstone’s ’supervolcano’ is unique. It is one of the world’s largest active volcanic systems. In the last few million years, it has spawned several, massive volcanic eruptions; and relatively, it is likely to occur again. Because of its possible danger, the US Geological Survey, the University of Utah and the Yellowstone National Park combined forces to create the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory This observatory keeps a vigilant watch of regional activity.

Mesmerizing

Yellowstone’s effervescent hot springs and magical geysers woo visitors by the millions every year. Unwittingly, most of these spectators have no clue as to how these natural wonders come to surface. Merely miles beneath them, brews a huge reservoir of an estimated 1,475-degree Fahrenheit, magma that fuels heat to produce these wondrous spectacles.

Meanwhile, its breathtaking scenery and natural wildlife illudes patrons of its below-ground, boiling carnage.

Destructive

If and when Yellowstone blows, it could possibly emit massive volumes of magma that would evolve into a Pyroclastic Flow. This flow would catapult in multiple directions, causing the ground to collapse, and create large volcanic calderas

Based on the film, worst-case scenerio would prove cataclysmic. Not only would nearly everything in its deadly path be destroyed, but its treachery would amiss worldwide in large-scale environmental hazards.

In all of its awesome and hypnotic beauty, Yellowstone typically incurs anywhere between one to three-thousand earthquakes annually. Though scientists lay claim that renewed volcanic activities will more than likely be nonexplosive lava eruptions, Yellowstone has had several, lethal volcanic events. Its last catastropic eruption occurred 640,000 years ago. To date, modern science cannot reliably make accurate predictions of when another cataclysimic event will inevitably occur at Yellowstone.

In a race against time and eruption-cycle averages, one can only hope that FEMA and other worldwide organizations will come up with life-preserving measures that will, at least, keep the spark of life alive on planet Earth should such a cataclysmic eruption happen.

Would you like to add your thoughts and opinions to this segment? Feel free to interact with Holistic Junction’s forum on Yellowstone by going to our Home Page and clicking on the hot topic forum thread: Yellowstone - A Ticking Time-Bomb?

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Yellowstone - A Ticking Time-Bomb?
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by C. Bailey-Lloyd
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C. Bailey-Lloyd
aka. LadyCamelot
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