Archive for October, 2006

What does it mean to be perfect? Many people strive for ‘perfection’ in their life, through their work, their family, and their love lives. All the time we hear about, or are even called ‘perfectionists’, and usually in a negative context. There have been many great humans throughout history that we choose to revere and respect because of their virtuous deeds, but were they perfect? It probably comes down to how you look at it, ‘it’ being perfection. Pobody’s Nerfect is a cool motto that appeared on Lisa Simpson’s hat when TV’s ‘The Simpsons’ (you had better know who they are) family went to Australia. Could imperfections be paradoxically perfect in themselves? If you look close enough at all of the great names in recorded history you will see that besides their crowning achievements they also carried with them the faults and mistakes of the average person. John Lennon beat his first wife, Martin Luther King Jr. had extramarital affairs…Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Einstein, and even Mother Theresa must have done things that were socially or morally unacceptable. So, is striving for perfection a pipe-dream when we realize that no matter what our lives are destined to become, there will always be a balance of negative influence in our actions? What about the Buddha? Buddha means ‘perfect one’, and when he supposedly achieved ‘enlightenment’ he no longer had imperfections. But look at what he had to go through to get to that feeling/awareness. Was his life up to that point flawless? No way. If you asked the Buddha about his life I’m sure he’d say right away that he only learnt what he did by making mistakes. Could it be that we are all already perfect? Everything in the Universe is scientifically balanced. Negative electrons, positive protons, and neutral neutrons do everything they can to balance out in any and every situation imaginable. By that logic, all of our faults and imperfections exist inherently as part of our perfection. How could we ever do the most important work in life (learning to love), if we already know everything? Everyday we go to work and we do our utmost to do the best job possible. We want things to be perfect. Supposedly no circle ever drawn has been perfectly round. I believe it’s the same with people. You might now be asking, ‘If we are all inherently flawed and have no possibility of attaining a perfect state, what’s the use in even trying? The answer is as simple as two Hydrogen atoms coming together with one Oxygen atom to make a single molecule of water. We may always have faults, but if we do our best with altruistic intention driving us forward, we will make the world a better place. You may still obsessively eat chocolate but if you write up the achievable ‘2050 Plan for World Peace’, people are going to forgive you. On the other hand, if you sit at home hating yourself because of your chocolate addiction, you aren’t going to help the world, and in essence you’re not going to achieve the balance of energy (both positive and negative) that you require to attain satisfaction in your life. Within paradox there is always the other side of the coin and so I have to suggest yet another perspective. If everything in the Universe is already balanced then doesn’t that imply that no matter what we do, good or bad, we will balance out evenly? It depends upon what size picture you’re analyzing. If you’re looking at human society as a whole you might choose to believe that for every person that is a little bit more negative than positive (with their thoughts and actions), that there will be another person in the world who is a little bit more positive than negative. If more of humanity is positive than negative, maybe the balance of energies could show up elsewhere, like in our surrounding environment? The point of this article is to get you to question your desire for a perfect life. Maybe it already is. Maybe you are already aware of it. If life was all happiness and joy we wouldn’t know what happiness and joy were, as we’d have nothing to compare them to. If we never made mistakes, how would we know we were even learning anything? What would a life be without the experience of learning? What would it amount to? There’s no need to try and be perfect. Either you already are perfect, or you will never achieve perfection. There is a point in doing the best you can everyday, even if today that simply means getting out of bed. If everyone who ever lived had doubted their abilities because they had faults, nothing great would ever have been done. If everyone compared themselves to people who have already come and gone and achieved greatness, then no one would have had the courage to follow their dreams, goals, and purposes. If Einstein had compared himself to Da Vinci, and subsequently been scared into inaction, we would never have gained the knowledge that he shared with the rest of us. Einstein wasn’t perfect. My bet is he probably had a few problems with his personal hygiene, you know, cutting his nostril and ear hairs. Still, this isn’t often commented upon compared to the Theory of Relativity. He could also have gotten down on himself for being a ‘lowly’ patent clerk. I’m glad he didn’t. You were born into the Universe, and you were blessed with some great skills and talents, even if you haven’t discovered them yet. Like me you have probably stopped yourself before taking a big risk in your life because you compared yourself to one of your heroes, gurus, icons, or role-models. You most probably doubt you’re abilities at times, and because of that doubt you don’t attempt an opportunity that life has given you. Forget those other people. They aren’t better than us. They are, and were the same. They are a perfect balance of energies. The only difference is that despite their perfect imperfections, they still did their best to work for the betterment of the world. It’s time we all realized that we were put here for a reason, even if it’s only a small anonymous role to play, and that attaining perfection is as simple as doing the best that you can to change a tiny part of the world. By Jesse S. Somer .m6.net Jesse S. Somer is a perfectly imperfect human being just like you. It’s time he just did the best he could, instead of comparing himself to his role-models. They were, and are, perfectly imperfect too. Jesse S. Somer is a creative writer working at M6.Net: ‘The web-hosting company for humans.’ M6.Net is working hard to help humanity experience the power and freedom to develop their own part of the Internet, to share their information and connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Summary: What does it mean to be perfect? Many people strive for ‘perfection’ in their life, through their work, their family, and their love lives. There have been many great humans throughout history that we choose to revere and respect because of their virtuous deeds, but were they perfect? If everyone who ever lived had doubted their abilities because they had faults, nothing great would ever have been done.

In Part 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed how to find, develop, and enter information onto a website that you get for free and how to find profitable products to sell. In this article, we will cover how to advertise your website and products to generate traffic and make money. Using the Internet is one of the least expensive ways to make money and start our own business. You don’t need to rent or buy a store. You don’t need to have, buy, or stock inventory. And you don’t need to pay employees to service your customers. All of these things can be done for free on the Internet. In fact, in order to make money with your online business, you’ve only got to bring people to your website or the sales page of the product you are promoting. I do this by writing articles. Write short 300 to 500 word articles and submit them to article directories. By doing a search, you can find hundreds of sites that you can submit articles to. To achieve maximum success, you should submit at least one article every day. After several days, you should begin to see some traffic trickle in. Within two to four weeks, traffic will begin to come in on a regular basis. Once you’ve written over a hundred articles, you should have thirty to forty visitors per day. After you’ve submitted 1000 articles, traffic will be flooding into your site. The key is volume. The quicker you can write and submit articles, the sooner you will make money and achieve success. With each article you write, make sure you add a resource box that includes one or two links to your site or the products that you are promoting. In order to submit articles with this kind of volume you should use article submission software. It will make your job a lot easier and make it much more efficient. Want to know how I make money? Get my free ebook, Make Money Every Day! Learn how to Make Money Every Day! Free! .MillionDollarArticle.com Free Article Submission Software! .MillionDollarArticle.com/cash8.html

I have wanted to visit Toledo for at least forty years and for one particular reason, being the canvases of Domenicos Theotokopoulos, or El Greco as we have learned to call him. Well, now I have been and I found what I sought, plus a truly amazing and unexpected surprise. Toledo is one of those celebrity tourist destinations that defy categorization. It was a trading centre in Roman times. It was the Visigoth’s capital in what we still call the Dark Ages. It became a splendid, rich, cosmopolitan, multi-faith trading city and artistic centre under Muslim rule. The Christian era saw the construction and decoration of the institutions and monuments that now comprise the city’s current iconic identity. And, after the period of relative decline that affected all of Spain, it is now one of the world’s most visited tourist venues whilst retaining its own, highly dignified life. Its setting is superb. Almost surrounded by the Rio Tajo, the outcrop towers over the gorge. And it is topped by a mass of buildings, each of which seems to state its own competitive claim to grandeur. Few of them can challenge the sheer scale of either the Alcazar or the cathedral. The former is much reconstructed and rebuilt after being fought over many times, but its vast scale alone impresses, and surely, courtesy of El Greco’s painted cityscapes, is one of the most recognizable buildings one earth. The cathedral, on the other hand, is both monumental and aesthetically pleasing. Its pictures include El Greco portraits of the saints and an amazing, near cubist Madonna by Morales. One chapel has portraits of all the archbishops who have reigned there. The treasury has five hundred years of their robes. And the ambulatory behind the altar has some of their cardinal’s hats hanging from the ceiling. Apparently they are hung over the owner’s tombs and remain there until they rot. The hats, that is. There’s an interesting point to be made about a visit to one of the town’s smaller buildings, the Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca. The period of Muslim rule was marked by great tolerance. Though the different religious communities had their own areas of the city, Christians, Jews and Muslims built their own churches, synagogues and mosques. But after the re-conquest, Christianity asserted its dominant and normative creed and everything except the churches was suppressed. So the synagogue became a church. An altarpiece was erected in front of the holy wall and arches were bricked up so that Christian paintings could be added. And since the Christians actually did not believe that Jews and Muslims had actually converted, a Holy Inquisition was established was established to identify dissenters. It was not long after this turbulent period that el Greco arrived in Toledo. Domenicos Theotokopoulos left Crete to train as an artist in Venice. By 1577 he had settled in Toledo and there he stayed. His unique style, a blend of high Renaissance, Orthodox Church iconography and emerging Mannerism is both instantly recognizable and supremely expressive. His use of light - or often lack of it, since he often painted in the dark

Dissertation- it can be a very daunting, scary and intimidating word. College students are shaken by the very word. Unfortunately, students can not do away with dissertations, no matter what their course is and no matter what college or university they are attending. It is usually the last big requirement during the senior year before finally getting that hard-earned diploma. A dissertation is different from other college paper requirements. So being a good writer alone will not assure you of a Grade A+. What differentiates it from other college essays (book reviews, movie analysis etc.) and research papers is that it is a scientific research. The scientific method is employed in gathering data for the dissertation which are then analyzed using theories. The findings are used to either prove or disprove a hypotheses or an educated guess. Because of this, dissertations are very important in the academic world because it adds to the pursuit of truth and knowledge. Although it is true that writing a dissertation is not easy and definitely time-consuming, one needs not be afraid of finally facing it. Doing a dissertation can be an extremely exhausting process for both the mind and the body. Take note however that in order to maintain your optimum mental performance, it is important to maintain your body’s optimum health. Studies show that many graduate and undergraduate students suffer from physical breakdown during the period of doing their dissertations. Owing to the great amount of time and effort that dissertations entail, most students neglect to take care of their bodies. In order to fight off exhaustion and sleep to beat the deadline, a lot of students take in too much caffeine and nicotine. Unfortunately, a significant number of students rely on drugs. More often than not, students miss their meals, do not have time for exercise and suffer from anxiety, depression and isolation. Sooner or later, the missed meals, the lack of sleep, the substance abuse and the emotional roller-coaster will take its toll on the body and the outcome of the dissertation as well. To avoid this from happening, one needs to have a healthy attitude towards doing dissertations. For example, one must view dissertation as a challenge and an opportunity and not as a big problem that you have to contend with. A dissertation should be an exciting opportunity for students to apply what they have learned during their years in the college or university. Students should be able to take it as a prelude to the “real world”, not very different from internship and on-the-job trainings. How you will fare in the dissertation will determine whether you are ready or not to work; whether you have enough skills and knowledge to take on the responsibilities that your chosen profession will require. In addition, a dissertation should also be viewed as a challenge that needs to be faced, with the realization that every aspiring graduate are undergoing the same process. Maintaining a healthy attitude towards doing dissertations will help ensure that students will not neglect their body. What value is a diploma if one’s health is compromised, right? Kate Gardens is a custom essay writing expert writer and UK customers support consultant at Customessays.co.uk. Get more details for essay writing, dissertation writing and find more tips for arts essays .

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Biology essay forms a very integral part of scientific writing where the elements like scheduling, procuring, investigating, evaluating and structuring the proceedings comes in the picture. When given a biology essay the approach taken must be similar to an organization’s proceedings in finishing a job to perfection. The same rules of planning, organizing and scheduling must hold equal importance. Similar to any business case analysis paper, the prior planning is essential, as what needs to be done is not certain and there will be a different strategy for approaching. Once the planning stage is over, the objectives are clear as to what needs to be done next. It needs to have an objective statement which would be proved in the successive stages of the paper. This statement would be the clear cut segregation from other forms of objectives which stand as secondary. The critical analysis of the inputs processes and outputs must be well decided and evaluated. Organizing all the data and materials required for proving the statement of purpose must be well researched and gathered in the paper. This stage marks the gathering of amenities for an experiment. Once the gathering stage is over, the essential requirements regarding the further proceedings must be analyzed and categorized well. It can be in the form of instructions which would act as processes for transformation of inputs into outputs. Investigating the experiments must be done to analyze the inputs and outputs of the experiment and the fundamental stages of the experiment. The processes of the experiment must be well studied so that the probability of the results can be directly figured out and its certainty must be well judged before hand. That would ensure the safety of the experiment and its optimum usage of resources which would in turn save effort and time. Getting the list of equipments required for successfully executing the paper must be decided well and procured in advance. This step is very important as without that the forthcoming steps would be quite difficult to manage and its completion over time would be delayed as a result. The results must be categorized well for its further use and final derivation of results. The evaluation of results is a must as its exactness to the expected outcome must be matched so that process improvements can be suggested in practice for better yielding of results and its future use. The process of the biology essay is quite evident in most of the papers where experiments are to be carried out for derivation of results. The dissertation could be the history of biology itself, stem regulations, genetics, behavior of solutions acting with catalysts, human and animal cell processes, molecular biology, internal systems like heart, kidney, brain and other organs and many others can be attributed to such papers. The strategy for each of these would be quite different and it’s an expert’s job to carry out the entire process with suitable introductions and conclusions for the entire topic. It is utmost essential to prove the experiments and reveal the results at the end. Gabriel Rise is an expert writer at essays writing and a writing counseling department expert at animal farm essay. The assistance of their writers is an invaluable input in your future professional growth.EssayCapital.com is dedicated to providing a biology essay writing service that is both top-quality and affordable.

When you ask people why they write and submit articles what is the response? I want to receive traffic they say. Can they respond with more reasons to write and submit articles? No, as all they are focused on is receiving traffic. Traffic is the benefit of writing and submitting your articles. Lets take some time and discuss what articles do for you as an individual. 1) Articles create a presence on the web. The more you write the bigger your presence. Each article should therefore create a knowledgeable impression. 2) Your articles create an image in the readers mind. You must create an image that is favorable to those who read it. A bad image can turn people off. I do not like articles that have curse words or imply curse words in them. Their image in my eyes is not good. Always stay away from cursing or implying a curse word. Remember that your image is everything when you write articles. 3) Write articles that can truly benefit others and that when your information is applied it makes others knowledgeable and successful. You will then be recognized as an expert and people will be ready to read your next article. 4) Articles build trust in the writer. If you give good and helpful information you build up trust with your readers. Ensure that your information is correct. Never give out second hand information as it usually is not totally correct. Content that is incorrect will quickly destroy trust in you. 5) Articles will give you a reputation. Is the content trustworthy? If it is then you will have a good reputation. When you have a good reputation then when people see your name they will start reading your article. With all the articles that are on the internet and those that are written today, and those written tomorrow, who will receive the most traffic? Those who do the five things listed above will have more traffic than those who don’t. Why? By creating an image, a presence, expertise, building trust and a good reputation, and giving knowledgeable content will show you care about what you write and submit. It will show if it is there just for content or to benefit others. Go ahead and submit your articles, but ensure you take care to display the five characteristics outlined in this article, and success will come your way. About the author: Paul Glover —————————————————————– Join my Ezine: .netserviceboxnews.com/subscribe/ To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: .largeprofitweb.com Learn & Earn your way to Profits: PGlover2.successuniversity.com/new —————————————————————-

Friday, October 27th, 2006

life is but a stopping place, between the womb and the tomb a resting place along the road, the road to sweet eternity we all have different journeys and destined paths along this road our experiences also differ but in them we learn lessons what these lessons mean we never may know till we reach our destination where our tears will melt and who we are is revealed and when we meet He who sent us we’ll claim a great reward according to how we faired with the crosses in our experiences so, until our journey nears its end and till we hear the angels sing lets face each new day as it comes and feed on the love left by our father

The major concern many doctoral candidates have is the selection of dissertation topic. In some cases a topic just comes naturally out of past projects and coursework, but for most people it is a very hefty confront. Selecting a topic is at the core of any dissertation project, because the dissertation titles is what drives the proposal, the prospectus, and dissertation. It’s better to pick the broad topic as early as possible, so that you get a chance to think about it in your research classes. The goal is to be familiar with the relevant literature on your broad topic. If you don’t have something in your job that is interesting, pick something that does fascinate you. Narrowing the actual research question will be done with your dissertation adviser and perhaps your committee because they will know what data you can access. Here are some key points that will help you in selecting sparking dissertation ideas for your topic writing project. Choose a Subject Area First

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

This article on the 10 (no, 11… yes, 11) tips for newbies is not written from the catbird seat point of view of the article host or data base manager. Rather it is by and from the perspective of an author who remembers the early misgivings. It is written especially for the beginning article writer. The Tennessee Mountain Man has written and submitted hundreds of articles for publication to thousands of article hosts and database managers and still finds article writing his nemesis. 1. Necessity vs. Desire: Articles and Blogs are necessary in today’s scheme of search engine indexing. Not what the newbie wants to hear. Just remember what the Bible says, “there has nothing over taken you that is not common to man”. That’s right! All of us hate article and Blog writing at times, and some of us dread the journey to pen and paper (or keyboard as the case may be) all the time. Many a web master would call them “a necessary evil” as they are not generally anyone’s best liked house keeping chores. 2. Just Start, It Gets Easier: First it is sometimes difficult to get a subject or theme and to get the first couple of lines scribbled down. The Tennessee Mountain Man knows authors who literally get sick thinking about the process. Lighten up. Once an author has a starting point and gets passed the initial thoughts, article and Blog writing usually goes fairly smoothly. The main thing is that you get started. Pick a subject you know something about and just start. You will be pleasantly surprised at just how easily ideas flow. Don’t assume everyone knows what you know. They don’t. Will Rogers once said, “all men are ignorant, just on different subjects”. And, so it is! 3. Good vs. Perfection: Your old English comp professor is not looking over your shoulder. This paper does not have to be perfect. That is not to say it does not have to be on point or to say that it does not have to be correct. It does or at least it should be. But, perfection is not the goal and is, in fact, seldom possible. Too much detail and you run the risk of losing your reader on several levels. Too long and most readers simply don’t have the time or interest to wade through the material regardless of how important it is. 4. Blog Length vs. Article Length: Most publishers want a minimum of six hundred (600) words per article - some will let you slide with four hundred (400) words. Blogs can be much smaller. Blogs can and maybe should support appropriate pictures and embedded links. Just don’t over do it. Too gaudy or too slow to load and you have wasted your time, ticked off a potential reader, and probably upset a host who can ban you from their publications. Articles, on the other hand, typically cannot carry these extra touches according to the requirements of most publishers. 5. Format: Prepare your article in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format. There are many tools from which to choose to get the job done. A search for ‘free ascii editor’ or for ‘free plain text editors’ will provide one with a multitude of free options. Word Press is a popular choice. If all else fails simply use notepad to turn out your masterpiece. 6. Spelling and Grammar: Once you have your article or Blog run it through a good spell checker and a good grammar checker. Microsoft Word works well for these purposes. Just don’t use the MS Word copy for publication of your article. Rather use it’s suggestions to make any necessary corrections to your plain text copy. The MS Word copy will work for Blogs although the Computerman prefers other editors. Just like the days when you were pushed by Profs, you will find Article and Blog writing skills become easier with time and practice. 7. Publish and Announce: Once your Blog is ready you may want to use some automatic tools to publish and announce it. First do a search for Blog hosts and select those which best suit your needs. Join one or more and publish your Blog there. Then search for Blog announcers and rss announcers and use them to get your Blog noticed. Now that you have that out of the way find an article wizard that will post your Articles to free publishers. You can post them one at a time by hand if you are really bored and have absolutely nothing else in life to do. Using an automatic poster you can publish to hundreds of hosts in an hour or so. The only way to go. 8. Patience: Now, have some patience. Here is where you lose control. Many of the men and women who host articles are timely and your articles will be reviewed within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours. But, many others will be days and weeks down the road therefore never date an article - a sure way to get rejected. 9. Rejection - “sorry your article has been declined”: Be prepared for most hosts to reject your articles. Do not take it personally. It usually has little to do with you or your article. Some data bases routinely reject articles for spelling errors when there are none or where there is more than way to spell a word. And, just as in any other endeavor some hosts are simply too lazy and get so far behind, the easiest and fastest thing to do (and perhaps the only alternative) is to reject everything. You will learn who these are over time. Then there are those who run your articles through the sausage grinder and if they find certain words, irrespective of how they are used, your article gets no farther. These are the people who can’t publish the Holy Bible because it contains words that offend them or their readers. Don’t worry about these folks who are so heavenly minded they are of no earthly use. Remember, just as in everything else in life, for every rule there is an exception. 10. Keep the faith, and keep cranking out articles: Since most authors, especially newbies, prepare only one copy of an article against the advice of most seasoned authors it is important that the newbie keep his chin up - keep the faith. That will be easier as more and more of your articles are accepted and published driving visitors to your website while creating those all important back links. It is not necessary that every host to accept everything submitted to them. After one or two hosts publish your article on any given subject, the search engines tend to penalize you anyway by ignoring additional postings. This is close to spamming and while it could help someone find you, it probably won’t. It is not necessarily, the more the merrier. The additional listings will not increase your page rankings or links reported by the search engines. It is more important to get published by host with the highest Google page rank possible. Now, one BONUS TIP for you: Along with “the rejection slip” will usually come a suggestion on how to “fix” your article and a request that you resubmit it. Don’t waste your time. While trying comply with one database manager’s request you could have written a new article from which you get much more punch. Enough publishers will pick your article up so move on and save yourself some time and heartburn. Everybody has a thought or idea at least once a day usually at the most inopportune time. How many good ideas have you lost because of waiting? Don’t procrastinate! Go! Capture that thought before it is gone forever.

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Goals, what does the word “Goal” means to you? Is it a mere word that emphasizes ones objective in life or is it a word that gives us the will and hope to move forward or to go on with what we desire? Well what ever is the meaning of it, it still has the same thought and the same objective, achievement. Now, every one of us has their own goals in life. There are some goals that are simple enough for some, but difficult for others. Goals can pertain to a lot of things or thought that defines who we are and what we are. Goals come in the simplest of forms to the most difficult. There are personal goals that pertain to achieving a high grade in exam. It also pertains to some short-term goals such as to get a bill paid in the next few days. Goals pertain to a lot of things and a lot of ways. Though some goals are as easily thought of and easily achieved through a short period of time, some goals are not. These kinds of goals are called long-term goals or lifetime goals. These kinds of goals are those goals that were set upon an idea or thought of greatness or grandeur in one’s self. These kinds of goals are goals that can be achieved through a long period of time, involving a lot of patience, hard work, and determination (though some could easily achieve it through wealth). These kinds of goals usually pertain to a higher state or grade of life, or more commonly on a higher position in career. Though goals have been thoroughly made and systematically planned, failure is still very common. This happens especially to a person that easily looses his or her hope upon the thought of impossibility and hopelessness in achieving their goals. That’s why books about goals and achievement have been published to provide people on how career building, life building, or on their career building goals. Bring Your Vision to Life is one of the many career building books by Dr. Ralph McCall that tackles the issues about goals, career building goals, and how to achieve it. For more information about the book, visit .visiontolife.org. Bring Your Vision to Life, providing a way to bring your vision, your goal, your reason and your fulfillment to more than just a vision or dream, more than just a fantasy but a reality so real that satisfaction embraces you.