November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
Relationships are complicated. They require sacrifice, selflessness and understanding. Relationships can be the most fulfilling and enjoyable experiences or they can be hurtful and full of pain. Those who have just left a bad relationship may need some time to heal and regroup before being ready to date again. This is understandable and normal for anyone who has gotten out of a bad relationship. You don’t want to carry baggage from one relationship directly into the next. You’ll want to ensure you were able to deal with the different hurts and wounds you may have acquired. Once you feel healed and confident in yourself again, venture out and allow your defenses to come down and learn to trust again.
If you’re ready to read this article you’re ready to start dating. One of the sure signs that you’re moving in the right direction is that you recognize where you’ve been, have dealt with the stuff from your previous relationships and have the desire to move towards dating. You may not fully “feel” ready, but again, the desire alone to move on says enough.
Life is too short to be alone. All of us want to be known and know someone else deeply. We all long to be loved and give love from a sincere heart. Although you may have had some bad relationships in the past, you don’t want to lose hope. There is the right person for you, someone who will love you for who you are and appreciate your heart. Our days are numbered and tomorrow is not guaranteed to any of us. That’s why we need to take advantage of the opportunities we have today. Don’t push off your desires, make them happen today. You never know who will come across your path, if you simply go for it.
One sign that you’ve moved on from past relationships is when begin to find interest in other people. If you find yourself starting to admire other people, you are ready. Relationships don’t always have to dive straight into romance. Many romances begin as friendships. If you find yourself admiring someone for their courage, personality or spirit take the small step towards a friendship. You can go for coffee or a casual lunch to make the interaction less official.
Like everything in life, disappointment is temporary. Don’t get hung up on one or two bad experiences. Don’t allow disappointment to deter you from reengaging in romantic relationships. As you move on, you’ll see that the disappointments of yesterday will soon turn to distant memories. They will soon no longer affect you nor will your thoughts be swayed by them. The greatest hero’s of all time are those who have overcome difficulties and many disappointments. You will feel great motivation after you have overcome the issue of disappointment.
Relationships are one of the greatest treasures of life. Many people push to get to the top financially, yet are left alone and isolated. Money, success and fame will never give the deep and fulfilling satisfaction as relationships. We all desire to share the intimate parts of our life with someone. Don’t allow the past to hold you down from moving forward. The best days are yet to come.
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
Emotionally healthy men and women almost always share their lives with lovers whose happiness is crucial to their own fulfillment — even if they failed to understand the reciprocal nature of mutual satisfaction while they were young. In our youthful years we may be so filled with such intense sexual desires that we forget it really does take two to tango successfully for any length of time. If either lover feels deprived, the music soon loses its ability to charm us. As we learn to love a person deeply, we want both to be personally satisfied — while also becoming a pleasing lover. Our sexual pleasure remains second rate unless the lover becomes a full partner in the intimacy.
Of course, some neurotic persons use sex in a power play for ego benefits that have little to do with love. We insist — all psychospiritually healthy women and men want to please the sweetheart with whom they share physical, emotional, and spiritual intimacy. Anything less is selfishness — is prima facia evidence that one is still an emotional adolescent, grasping what he or she can in a short term relationship. Sexual selfishness and the potential for abuse that follows is always the result of one’s serious emotional and spiritual failures.
Despite the universal need for loving relationships, one marriage out of two fails, with a major cause of divorce being serious sexual disappointment caused by some form of narcissism — satiation or some kind of neurotic power struggle within the relationship. Many of the marriages which survive are such emotional and sexual disasters that the partners are left with a terrible sense of disappointment about the entire affair. Actually, comparatively few men and women actually remain lovers for life with the joy that a sound relationship guarantees. It is obvious that many couples have not mastered the attitudes, activities and relationships needed to make love permanent. We, Roberta and Jard, realize that we have done pretty well — we are still sharing our love for one other and enjoying our erotic intimacy after half a century of love and marriage. We have thought much about all this and have come to the delightful conclusion — We are not yet through! Despite all odds and some glaring mistakes along the way, we have managed to remain lovers because we understand some key factors about relationships:
To begin with:
WOMEN AND MEN REALLY NEED EACH OTHER FOR LOVE TO PROSPER.
SEXUAL AROUSAL AND PLEASURE IS A NORMAL STATE FOR LOVERS.
SATISFACTION INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY AS WE MATURE TOGETHER.
These are attainable ideals that unfortunately, because of narcissism and nihilism, can be crippled enough to destroy relationships. However, since the need for love and intimacy does not end with conflict and unhappiness — even after separation and divorce, most persons with failed marriages usually seek someone new with whom to share romance. We have learned how vital it is to have a loving partner who cares deeply about us; who eagerly and joyfully joins their body, mind and spirit to our own. Unfortunately, some people continue looking for a perfect partner rather than learning how to become a better lover. Nevertheless, most second marriages succeed well enough to be held together. Couples, the second time around, usually have more realistic expectations and attitudes — can abandon the youthful selfishness that comes between themselves and their lovers, and accept the partial loaf of a sound relationship if not a grand romance..
Actually, many marriages fail because the institutions that are supposed to help men and women live together without too much conflict, fail at their tasks. For example, many people tell us that the church must accept a full share of the responsibility for the failure of many relationships. Its emphasis on archaic rules, the condemnation of spontaneous sexuality made possible through birth control, and reluctance to accept lovemaking as a spiritual relationship in and of itself, long after science has separated sex from child bearing, has been crippling to a great many marriages. Too many reactionary clergymen have simply not come to grips with the realities of life and love since neurotic medieval myths and superstitions about sexuality were accepted as basic religious morality.
Even today in most fundamental and orthodox religious denominations, morality is connected almost entirely to sexuality. In much of the right wing church you can engage in virtually any kind of racism or sexism — condemning minorities and manipulating women — so long as you profess to have been born again and do not commit adultery with your neighbor’s child or spouse. Or at least, don’t get caught committing adultery! We find such practices not only a simplistic view of spirituality but really a mockery of faith, hope and love within the Judaeo/Christian and the Islamic traditions.
Our educational institutions have done just as poorly, for they occasionally teach sexual mechanics and techniques while ignoring the need for spiritual love which is vital to keeping a relationship alive and well, filled with sexual satisfaction and make the sweethearts mutually supportive over the years. Few of the sex classes we see go beyond simply teaching how to be sexually effective, how as James said, to insert tab A into slot B. Now, with most of the emphasis on how to have a glorious orgasm (or half a dozen of them), it’s as though love, acceptance and mutual support have become sexual taboos. Not enough attention is paid to those things that make intimacy satisfying throughout life, to keep one’s relationship permanent. The vast majority of sexual self-help books have failed to make this vital point clear since they are often based on several distorted assumptions about life and love. Usually missing from such books is the understanding that humans are always subjective beings with deep spiritual needs that must be satisfied or else life turns sour. Life must become meaningful rather than just successful if we hope to live with satisfaction. Our needs and motivates go beyond the physical and psychological levels of personality to the philosophical. As a result, many books that don’t consider the psychospiritual aspects of life fail to help the users all that much.
Our book, LOVERS FOR LIFE is based on the principle of honest partnership and mutual acceptance. We simply cannot find lasting satisfaction except by being truthful. It is also based on the belief that we all need to live with spiritual values, positive attitudes, high expectations, mature beliefs and responsible choices. Of course, few couples begin this way — we must learn how to survive together while we mature as real persons. The myth that men and women are so different that misunderstanding and conflict are inevitable is just that — a myth. Conflicts arise when we relate as lovers from the immature or neurotic needs of adolescence, when we fail to understand personality patterns, when we are pushed from our comfort zones, and when we behave in selfish ways that cause resentment. Then lovers become adversaries who are struggling to win power, prestige pleasure and possessions without regard for the other person’s needs. Dissatisfying lovemaking virtually always occurs because one or both of the lovers behave narcissistically.
Because sexuality and love-making is so compelling in and of itself — so important to normal, well adjusted women and men, we sometimes fail to realize that consistent sexual satisfaction is always the result of having a mutually supportive relationship rather than the cause of a good marriage. Because of the prominence of the pleasure principle, many people still put that cart before the horse. Many and many a person in counseling tells us that they cannot understand why they are having so many problems when the sex is still good. Of course it is — it is the only thing still holding them together — with so many other problems both are determined to make something work well. We find that fearful women who remain with brutal, battering men often engage in wild lovemaking with their cruel abusers, doing everything the men want, trying to make something, anything, satisfying in the relationship. But it isn’t a mutual connection — such a man is very much the tyrant she is frantically trying to please in the only way she can share intimacy with him. This seldom lasts long when everything else good has collapsed. And unless a woman feels trapped, unable to take care of herself, with no one to turn to for deliverance, many women soon decide that sexual satisfaction purchased at such a price is too expensive in the scheme of life. They move on.
Others make the same mistake our sexually frustrated and often neurotic Victorian ancestors did as they tried hard to turn love into a sexless, platonic relationship. No one personifies this more clearly than Mother Lee and the Shaker sect of Christians who came out of England during the Victorian era. We understand why this happened and why groups like the Shakers became celibate; the men and women living within the same colonies but in separate dorms and never sharing sexual love. Sexual diseases were rampant in Victorian England and America at the time. About one person in five had a serious venereal disease at the time of our Civil War and there were no cures. The young Confederate general A P Hill contacted gonorrhea as a West Point cadet and suffered from it the rest of his life until he died in his late thirties. In addition, because they had no reliable birth control methods many wives were pregnant or nursing almost all the time. Married women were baby making machines and every major religious denomination in England and America in 1900 still insisted that birth control was a sin against God and humanity. It is still in the Roman Catholic Church. Birth control was forbidden because primitive societies needed a constant flow of strong, young persons to do all the scut work needed to keep life running smoothly. Such churches still confuse social traditions with spirituality as they always have. As late as 1900, childbirth was a trip down into the valley of the shadow of death for every woman. The childbirth death of great many women was an acceptable trade-off with the need for more workers for the farms and companies of the time. Childbed fever due to contaminated bed clothing was so virulent that most women had their wills written before giving birth.
Roberta’s maternal grandfather, an undeniably devout Methodist preacher, had seven children with his first wife before she died after the final birth and then had twelve more kids with his second wife before she also died in childbirth. Women had no rights — they could not refuse their randy husbands access to their bodies even if another pregnancy would be fatal. Their marriage dowry was given to their husbands, they could seldom work outside the home and if they did, the law required them to surrender their earnings to their husbands every payday. Actually, they were treated as brood mares as Abigail Smith Adams wrote and wrote again to her husband Samuel Adams when he was helping form the United States government. She urged him over and over to give women some civil rights but he was unable to persuade the southern contingent of politicians to treat women fairly. It took more than a hundred years for women to gain the vote and some simple rights to manage their own lives. With disease and death a common outcome of a sexual relationship, and with a complete loss of freedom from entering into a marriage, Roberta says she can certainly understand why Mother Lee founded her Shaker colonies. The arrangement was so women could care for themselves — by themselves — and with the celibate companionship of those men who were willing to treat them decently. Of course, Jard also understands why the Shakers prospered during that period and failed when women won some freedoms, learned to plan their babies and could avoid venereal disease through modern medicines. The lives of women became so much better during the 20th century that few needed to abandon marriage and children in order to become real persons. Thus the Shaker colonies vanished as society changed drastically.
Men and women who have lovingly committed their lives to each other have every physical, psychological and spiritual reason to develop deeply satisfying sexual relations as a positive aspect of life. Each of us needs a loving soul with whom to share the many responsibilities and rewards of life, to labor with during the day and to fill the nights with the magic of a passion that doesn’t fade but becomes more mature and fulfilling as we enfold one another with kisses and caresses We believe that anyone who teaches otherwise, who wants to ration a couple’s sexuality to conception, whether in the church or out, is emotionally crippled and wants others to suffer with him rather than mature in the physical aspects of love. The very concept of life-long celibacy and sexual deprivation is a wicked sociopath requirement laid on couples by medieval minded clergy who are trapped by their sexist theology – which is why ninety percent of English speaking Catholic women of child bearing age defy their clergy to practice proscribed forms of birth control. And why almost seventy percent of Catholic priests from African, Asian and Latin American nations are rearing families with secret wives or with women with whom they are in permanent sexual relationships. To end this practice of love and affection would destroy the Catholic leadership of most nations south of the equator.
Fortunately, even a when person has been crippled and confused by religious, political or cultural myths about the role sexual relationships play in life, human resilience is so great that he or she can learn how to live a purposeful life, one leading to happiness and permanence in relationships. No one is doomed to unhappiness in a partnership unless he or she accepts someone’s manipulation of himself. Ridding oneself of distorted symptoms and selfish behaviors can help pave the way toward maturity and fulfillment.
We, Roberta and Jard — have lived together for almost half a century. We reared three kids and even our grandkids have kids now and we still love each other dearly. We would like to be able to report to you that we had a storybook romance and marriage: We would like to, but alas, we cannot. To start with, Roberta certainly did not get a Prince Charming in Jard. He is a stubborn, willful man who has gone through life doing precisely what he wanted to do. Of course, Roberta wasn’t a Fairy Princess — at times the sparks flew. They still do! But, we started life even, both having naive attitudes about living together. She assumed Jard would be like her father, and he thought Roberta would be like his mother. Don’t all young couples make that mistake? We soon learned how wrong that was but above all we shared a strong religious faith that helped us!
At one time we were even like two veteran riflemen in combat. One soldier was from the Louisiana marsh country while the other was from the mountains of Colorado. They had little in common but survival, they didn’t understand each other, and they would not have even known each other but for the fact that they were in the Army at the same time. However, they have saved each other’s life so often that each has forgotten how to survive without the partner. One kicks in the door and the other throws in the grenade. Without a great deal of deliberation! We have even moved past that and now are fairly tolerant and understanding. The repeated grinding of two dominant personalities, although it created friction and sparks on many occasions, has abraded a pretty good fit to our marriage. Sexual pleasure and psychospiritual intimacy are still vital parts of our ivies, and we recommend them highly to everyone (although we realize that sexual satisfaction can exist only as a part of our total relationship). We are fortunate that we have kept our sexual relationship alive and satisfying — despite the myth that sex is for the young. I suppose many in the reactionary church who would limit sex to conception and childbirth consider us a dirty old couple — but you can imagine how little time we spend worrying about their neuroticism! Love is a constant source of rejuvenation for our life together.
In LOVERS FOR LIFE we have included projects and processes for your use. They have proved very valuable for us and for couples in our seminars. In the beginning, using them may make you feel as awkward as giving a speech or singing a solo for the first time. They will become familiar with use, however, and will help you develop a mutually supportive partnership that remains pleasurable and permanent. Use them well to strengthen you mutual concern and self-transcendence; for they are tools with which to build greater understanding. Even if boredom and desperation have set in, these methods have the power to revitalize a relationship and make it worth keeping — even when you are not making love at the time. May God bless your attempts to grow toward happiness and fulfillment, for all of your life!
SAMPLE SELF-FOCUS
WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE OUR VICTORIAN ANCESTORS WERE SO DETERMINED TO KEEP WOMEN SUBSERVIENT TO MEN — EVEN TO THOSE WHO WERE ABUSIVE AND SOMETIMES MURDEROUS?
WHY DO YOU THINK MANY MEN STILL ASSUME THAT THEY OWN THE WOMEN IN THEIR LIVES — THAT IF THEY CANNOT CONTROL A WOMAN, THEN NO OTHER MAN SHOULD LOVE HER?
SAMPLE PROJECT – BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
Discuss with a friend or write a short paragraph or two or three sentences on what the following could mean to you.
MEN AND WOMEN REALLY DO NEED EACH OTHER FOR LOVE TO PROSPER.
SEXUAL PLEASURE AND SATISFACTION IS A SOUND ASPECT OF LOVE.
ONLY BY MATURING TOGETHER CAN LOVE BECOME DEEPLY FULFILLING.
We wish you the very best as you make your life meaningful and fill it with love.
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
- No one knows you better than your friend. Your friend knows what you stand for.
- You feel relaxed and do not have to pretend. You are on the same level. You do not have to brag to your friend, you can discuss even the most difficult matters.
- You finish each others sentences and read each others mind. One look at the other and you know exactly what she means!
- You share everything. When something important happens, your first thought is to call your friend. That is what makes the bonding between you.
- You have your own jokes, expressions or gestures. That`s what makes your friendship stand out from others.
- You can confide in her. She knows your family secrets no one else knows, secrets you would never let anyone else into!
- Your friend knows your darkest fears and sweetest dreams as well as which size you wear. She knows you hate fish but love chocolate! She knows you love shopping and hate cooking!
Keep your true friends and let go of the others. If a friendship is wearing you out, let go. Not all friendships are worth your time.
In rough times you will see who are your best friends and who is not.
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
In the present situation, learning animation is one of the greatest professions you can ever think of. Once you have taken animation lessons and have graduated or certified in this course, getting a job in some production studio might just be a dream come true for you.
Career in animation
Joining a course in animation does not mean you just learn how to operate the animation software, but it also means that you are thoroughly trained in the related skills.
It is a very good way to earn your livelihood, especially if you join an animation film company where you are able to display your skills and talent globally.
What is included in the course?
There is another way to learn about the latest news and techniques of animation. If you have made up your mind to learn animation then attending animation seminars could enlighten you greatly. You can learn a lot from such seminars.
If you have natural animation skills then with a little bit of creativity, no one will be able to stop you from excelling in this field. When you enroll in a course it will offer you animation lessons in various subjects such as 2D animation, 3D animation and modeling, multimedia, sound, drawing, etc.
Where can you work?
In the past, a film studio was the only place where an animator was offered a lucrative job. But now, industries, medical institutes, corporate offices and many other trades have opened the employment doors for skilled animators.
A corporate office might want to display their presentations using animation to make it look more lively and convincing. Medical or engineering students or any learning institute might use an animated simulation for a better understanding of their subject.
What is needed from you?
You need to be totally involved and devoted to this animation course. Apart from getting a certification you should always keep yourself up-to-date with the latest details on animation technology.
You will be considered brilliant and smart if you display your animation abilities, spiced with a thorough knowledge of the newest animation software. You also need to pave your way in this career by interacting with the correct people who can further promote you.
It is advisable to make a small demo animated film to show at interviews. When you have already mastered all the animation lessons taught to you, with a bit of confidence and determination you can conquer the entire world of animation.
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
Launched in 1998, the Suzuki AN 250 and AN 400 scooters started off the famous Burgman series of super-scooters. Fitted with a large 250cc engine and designed for comfort and convenience, these large scooters were immediately popular with urban commuters. The Suzuki AN 250 could handle itself in almost any riding conditions, including taking on motorways and weekend cruising.
At the heart of the scooter, a single-cylinder four-stroke engine pumped out a good 23 hp at 7000 rpm. Paired with automatic transmission, this made the Suzuki AN 250 an easy to ride scooter with a lot of performance. Top speeds crossed 150 mph, while commuters could easily cruise on motorways at 100+ mph. The AN 250 weighed around 166 kgs, giving it a solid presence on the road. However, smaller riders found it a little difficult to pull all this weight back onto the main stand.
The design of the scooter was based on comfort, with a posh seat that featured separate backrests for the rider and pillion. A roomy storage area under the seat could handle more than just a helmet, while the front dashboard was near car-sized. Little cubbuholes took care of the mobile or toll booth change. Controls on the Suzuki AN 250 were simple as in any other automatic scooter, with just one throttle and brakes. A recessed instrument panel gave riders a complete picture of what the scooter was doing. Overall, the AN 250 provided a comfortable, stable riding experience, with plenty of acceleration for fun or overtaking.
If you are looking for a good deal on a used Suzuki AN 250, you may run into some confusion with the model designation. While the original model stopped production in 2002, Suzuki then re-introduced the AN 250 with some major changes. This “new” scooter has a higher sales price in the used vehicle market. One way to ensure you are looking at an original production AN 250 is to look at the engine specs; post-2002 models come with a fuel-injected engine.
Owning a Suzuki AN 250 from the 1998-02 production makes a lot of sense if you need an inexpensive, trusted ride that won’t gulp too much petrol. The simple four-stroke engine is easy to maintain, with a long working life. It still is a safe, sensible scooter that can turn into a scorcher when needed. An expert parts dealer can help you located genuine spare parts, restoring your own Suzuki AN 250 to complete road-worthiness.
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
Some people require a hefty amount of adrenaline from the sport that they love. These mini dirt bike racers compete on the track but they still look for that heavy rush of adrenaline so some of these professional dirt bike riders perform stunts and tricks. These stunts are fairly difficult to perform. From basic 15 foot jumps, to a 360 back flip. They take dirt bike competition to a whole new level, where these stunts and tricks competition score your for stunt uniqueness or difficulty. So here are some of the names of the stunts and tricks that mini dirt bike riders perform.
Can-Can: This is a Stunt or trick that is also performed during track races whenever a biker jumps over a high ramp. This trick is performed by getting your other leg to go over to the other side of the bike where both legs are now on one side of your bike. Sounds easy enough but here is the kicker, you have to do this stunt while you’re airborne, plus points to the rider who can perfectly execute the stunt and land without any flops.
The Cliffhanger: A stunt that is very dangerous and is only performed by trained professionals. This is a stunt where you stand up while airborne with your toes under the handlebars while standing straight with your arms raised up your head. Stunt riders do this only when they have calculated to have enough air time to perform this trick. Failure to perfectly execute this stunt would result in very serious physical harm. That is why these professionals train and practice hard for these stunts to avoid any mishap when they perform the actual trick in front of a live audience or on television.
The Coffin: This is also one of the more dangerous stunts a rider can perform with his mini dirt bike as he cannot see in front of him for this requires the biker to lay on his back at his bikes seat. The rider performs this stunt by lying on his back at his bikes seat while his feet are below the handle bars and his head near the tail light. The rider must time his ascent and execution so that he may calculate when to get back to his normal position and land safely on the ground. If the biker miscalculates for just a second or two then he would be off to the E.R in a couple of minutes.
Dead Body: One of the popular stunts that a biker performs, this is a bit simple than the other three but can also be dangerous if not executed right. The rider jumps off from a high ramp, does some air time where he extends his legs to his back seat kind of like Superman flying then lands safely on the ground. It sounds a bit easy but the biker requires a tremendous amount of practice to perform this stunt perfectly otherwise it would end up in a disastrous accident.
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
If you notice the honeyed trap closing around you. If you wake up to the feeling that his or her intensity of feeling towards you is becoming out of hand, then immediately end the relationship.
To begin with, it’s flattering. The flowers, boxes of chocolates, phone calls, texts etc.
“Oh, he’s wonderful. He loves me so much.”
He asks you to marry him, and you don’t hesitate in saying ‘yes.’ When you first meet someone, and you’re mutually attracted, the first bloom of love is a beautiful thing. But red flags should go up if you’re literally swamped with gifts and attention. Attention especially. Phone calls and texts every five minutes can become a darned nuisance very quickly.
A man with a balanced outlook on life would realize this, (I’m writing this as though the man’s the abuser, because the woman’s usually so much more vulnerable), and if he was texting you or phoning you at work and actually disturbing you, if you gently told him, he’d immediately stop.
So if you ask; “How do I escape an abusive relationship?” the answer is not to enter into one in the first place. That’s the ideal, but that answer’s as unrealistic as it’s trite. If you find yourself in such a situation, here are 4 tips that may help.
1. Intensity Isn’t Love.
If you’re already suffering, don’t think that the good times are worth the bad. They’re not, and the bad times can only become worse. This person may be very attractive in certain ways — but so are all traps.
2. ‘But I Know I Can Change Him.’
No, you can’t. People, especially bullies of this type, only change if it suits them to do so. How can the relationship possibly be working if they’re beating the daylights out of you every evening?
Leave! Get Out! By putting up with this awful behaviour, you’re encouraging the individual not to change.
3. Don’t Excuse Them.
There’s never any excuse for being treated badly by your spouse. Being knocked around or being made to feel that you don’t even deserve to live on the same planet as they do. As soon as this happens; attempts to isolate you from friends and family, outright physical abuse, psychological cruelty.
As soon as anything like that rears its head, make a decision to leave at the first opportunity. He or she may well have attractive traits that you find endearing, but these will become paler and paler as time goes on. The situation can only worsen.
4. Ignore The Threats.
“Without me, you’re lost.”
“I’d die without you.”
“I made that mistake because of you.”
“I warned you, but would you listen? No.”
“Oh God, I’m so sorry! I’ll never do that again. Please forgive me.”
Remember, a cult works in exactly the same way, with threats and promises. Leave, I beg you, as soon as you see the signs.
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
Free traffic is one of the most important keys to producing income with a web site. Free traffic will actually normally convert better than paid traffic.This stands to reason as people who are deliberately searching for something are more motivated than people who happen to click because something they are interested in is thrown in front of them.Paid traffic may be faster but it can be very tricky when you are starting out. First of all it takes a lot of knowledge to make it work, and secondly a new web site may not be able to get a high enough quality score from Google or its competitors to make the pay per click cost affordable. New companies may also exhaust their typically small start-up budgets before they find an ad with copy that will convert at a decent rate.
There are two main ways to attract free traffic.
First, become a member of a number of high traffic forums in your niche. You can find these by typing ‘forum:whatever your niche is’ into the search box at Google.com. Make interesting posts often, so people want to learn more about you. Put a link to your web site in your signature. The signature is at the bottom of people’s posts. Check to make sure there are links in the signatures of the other posters. If you don’t see links in other people’s signatures then you may be on a forum that does not allow this and you will have to find a different one.Be sure to use good anchor text in your link. The anchor text is the text that a viewer to your page can actually see. The best text to put here is normally a keyword that you want your site to be listed for in the search engines. You should vary the exact wording of the keyword in different forums. If you start to get a lot of visitors from the links, you will want to let Google know that your site has active traffic, so sign up for Google Analytics so they can see what is happening. This will help you with your…
Second source of free traffic- organic search results. The fact that you have back links from high volume pages and that they can see you have traffic will make you more important in the eyes of Google (and the other search engines), so they will move you up in the rankings. Make sure that you go after keywords that have a reasonable amount of traffic but do not have a huge amount of competition. Most importantly make sure that your posts in the forums project you as helpful and knowledgeable. Whatever you do don’t settle for making quick generic comments that won’t encourage people to visit your site, or worse automated posts made by a robot program. These will only serve to tic people off and probably get you kicked off a forum that could have been very helpful in building your reputation and getting traffic to your site.
Capt.Sekhon
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
Under the well known and reputable name of BMW alloy wheels are available in a diverse variety of designs and styles. Rims such as these have become a very popular addition to many high end price cars. They not only look good and enhance the appearance of any car but they have many advantages over the standard steel rims.
For those drivers who are very concerned about the appearance of their car these BMW alloy wheels look very much more attractive than the standard steel variety. They are also made out of materials designed to carry out different functions.
The difference in weight of the alloy wheels being lighter give faster properties and due to the strength of the materials they are made from make them stronger and more durable.
The manufacturing techniques used and design also provides improved performance on the road as they give better suspension on the car which then drives better than the standard steel rims. After these rims are fitted the driver will notice improved road holding and the car will handle rougher terrain in a more acceptable manner. The lighter weight of the alloy rims will also improve fuel consumption which is a distinct advantage over the standard steel rims.
A further advantage of alloy rims is that they are very good heat conductors which keep the tyres from over heating that would in turn increase the pressure on the brakes. The brakes therefore last longer and do not deteriorate as quickly and at the same time making the car safer.
The overall appearance of alloy rims on your car is much better and they are a great deal easier to maintain together with the benefit of making your vehicle more pleasing to look at. They also add value to your car which is a further distinct advantage. They keep their shine longer and are resilient to corrosion therefore needing special coatings less frequently. The variety and designs of these alloy wheels that are now available can be found to suit everyone’s tastes and unlike the steel rims they do not need hub caps.
These rims offered by BMW tend to be a little more costly but with the advantages offered are a very good alternative to the standard steel rims. With better performance from your car and an attractive appearance with durability qualities alloy wheels do offer many advantages for the discerning driver.
November 22, 2011 - Posted by nitenewk239 - Comments Off
Have you ever driven the highway at night and heard a “hissing” noise and then felt the steering wheel *shake*?
Then the whole car started to tremble?
Guess what?
You probable just had a blow-out, or at least you were having a flat tire–that’s what happens when all the air goes out of a tire.
Do you know how to change a tire?
It’s different on most cars.
And then there’s that little *toy* tire somewhere in the back that you have to put on to get to where you are going (if it’s not too far).
It all depends on the type of vehicle you are driving.
If it’s a pickup truck, you’re in luck. At least your spare will be either in the back of the truck, or, underneath the bed near the rear bumper.
That could be good, or it could not be good. It all depends on where you are and which tire went flat, the front, or the rear.
Anyway, let’s assume you can get to it on a pickup.
Usually, the manufacturer has it fastened up to the bottom of the bed with a cable that has a crank or twist mechanism.
If you are in a passenger car, or van, or station wagon you will find the spare tire in the back, or in the trunk (where you store your luggage when you go visit your in-laws).
On my wife’s Ford Taurus station wagon the spare is located in the back, on the left, behind a panel…the *toy* tire.
But, in the very back there is a flap you can pull up and get to the *real* tire if you have one.
Usually the jack is stored with the spare but sometimes, like hers, the jack is under the flap in the floor bed and the spare is stored in the side panel.
This brings up another situation.
Does your vehicle have *locking* wheel lug nuts?
Hers has them, and if you don’t have the key (a special lug nut looking thing with a funny-looking end on it, you can’t get that locking nut off.
Okay, we have the spare, the lug wrench, the jack, the locking lug nut tool.
All we have to do now is break the lug nuts loose, while the vehicle is still flat on the ground (no pun intended).
Take the lug wrench and place it onto one of the lug nuts and turn it to the *left* (I don’t think there are anymore left-handed nuts around, unless you own a Chrysler product from the ’60′s). 
After you break all the nuts loose (you did use the little tool to loosen the lock nut, didn’t you?) you can put the jack under the car to jack it up so the tire will roll free.
Now you can remove all the nuts and then the tire so you can put the spare on.
Where are you going to put the jack?
That depends on the vehicle.
Newer vehicles have a *rib* in the body, just under the body. That is the best place to put the jack.
Now, if you have a pickup, or an older vehicle that doesn’t have that rib, you need to put the jack under the rear axle (if it’s a rear flat), or under the lower control arm (where the shock is bolted to) if you have a flat on the front.
Jack the vehicle up just enough to replace the tire. The higher you go the more risk you take of the vehicle sliding off the jack.
I could have left that part out, uh?
But seriously, you do want to be very careful…several accidents have happened from a vehicle jacked up too high.
Of course the newer type jacks are more stable…you do have the scissor type jack, yes?
Get all the nuts off, remove the flat tire, put the spare onto the lugs, start all the nuts, and then run them up snug (with the wrench).
Now you can let the jack down, and put it back in the vehicle.
Go back to your tire.
Start with one of the nuts and put some, not a lot, pressure on it (turning it to the right).
Next, go across from it and tighten the next one (you want to tighten them in a criss-cross fashion, top, bottom, left, right, etc.).
After you have all of them tightened slightly, go back over them in the same (or close) manner and tighten them pretty good.
You don’t have to *stand* on the jack, most vehicles only torque around 80-100 pounds per square inch. That is not a lot.
But, you don’t want to over-tighten them as most places do with the 1/2 inch impact wrench.
Put everything back in the car and you can go on your way feeling self-sufficient.
You did do a good job though!
