A Beginners Guide To Getting The Most Suitable Pram

February 8th, 2010

Now that you’re a mother for the first time, you are probably noticing numerous things in a completely different way; for example, the beauty of tiny sock to the various number of electrical sockets there is all around the flat. And actions which previously seemed very easy, for example, a casual walk in the country, are now extremely more tricky. Find a large selection of baby & child products including; prams, babywear and cot beds from leading brands online.

Laying your hands on the perfect pram or pushchair is very important. Yet, it can be overwhelming to learn about the variety of baby prams, pushchairs, travel cots, three-in-one prams and three-wheeler pushchairs on sale nowadays. However, the key to getting hold of the proper pram and/or pushchair is easy – acquire a pram that is ideal for you, your child as well as your whole family.

If you are looking for a pram, pushchair or versatile vehicle ideal for jogging then look for user-friendliness. You want to have the capability to assemble, dis-assemble and load your pram with your beloved cargo with calm composure, even if the prized one desperately needs a rest. Always try out your pushchair at a shop, otherwise look for customer comments on the internet in order to help identify which one will best suit your specific needs.

The way you usually travel will certainly affect your pram or pushchair selection. Regular public transport users will need a pushchair which is light and uncomplicated to get up and down steps. If you use a vehicle, then it is important that you ensure that the pushchair folds down to a size that fits in the boot of your car. Some pram and pushchair combos can also be changed into a car seat, which is very helpful.

Two pram characteristics can simplify walking with your toddler. Pushchair wheels by and large either swivel around, which makes it much easier to use them, or lock, which is perfect for uneven land. Many pushchairs incorporate both.

Always take a look at the handle height on your pram or pushchair. This is vital if older brothers will be walking with the pram, on top of varied-sized grown-ups; as you might well need a pram that has a variable handle height extension.

Pram and pushchair combinations will accommodate your child’s changing needs, from newborns lying back to more active children who like to move around. Simply by thinking about your needs, and the most important qualities of the prams and pushchairs, will help you invest in a pram that you can take you and your infant into your future together.

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Soap (DVD) Review

January 11th, 2010

Nominated for 17 Emmys in its short four-year run, Soap premiered in the Fall of 1977 as one of the most controversial shows in American television history (and all before a single episode ever aired). The show was opposed by many groups who thought its subject matter would be too mature for a prime-time audience. But Soap never overstepped its bounds, and the show became an instant smash hit with its brilliant and satirical spoofs of classic daytime programming. Sporting an all-star cast and talented producers, the show spawned successful spin-off Benson in 1979, a series that launched Robert Guillaume’s career to a whole new level…

Set in suburban Connecticut, Soap follows the lives of two sisters – Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond), a wealthy yet dim elitist, and Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon), a housewife in a more traditional blue-collar atmosphere. But regardless of their social station in life, neither woman manages to escape the scandal and intrigue surrounding a typical soap opera family. Jessica’s daughter Corrine (Diana Canova) is smitten with a priest, yet they are both having an affair with the same tennis pro. Meanwhile, Jessica and her husband Chester (Robert Mandan) incessantly cheat on one another. As for the other side of the family, Mary’s husband Burt (Richard Mulligan) is certifiably insane, her son Danny (Ted Wass) is a mobster, stepson Jodie (Billy Crystal) is an out-of-the-closet homosexual, and all of them are caught up in a family filled with promiscuous infidelities and quite possibly murder! Throw in the insubordinate and sarcastic Tate butler Benson (Guillaume), and Soap holds its own as one of the funniest sitcoms in TV history…

The Soap DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the series premiere in which the audience learns the background of the two differing, yet similar, families. Jessica overhears Chester making plans to meet his mistress just before she meets her own lover, a local tennis pro named Peter. Jessica leaves Peter just before Corinne arrives for a lesson of her own… Meanwhile, the Campbells are beset by a rift between Danny and Burt, and Burt reveals to Mary that his inability to perform in the bedroom is a result of guilt from having killed her first husband… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include Episode 4 in which Jessica and Corrine encounter each other in Peter’s apartment, and Episode 25 in which Charles Lefkowitz (Sorrell Booke of Dukes of Hazzard fame) orders Danny to marry Elaine or else he will kill the entire Campbell family…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Soap (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (Episode 1) Air Date: 09-13-1977
Episode 2 (Episode 2) Air Date: 09-20-1977
Episode 3 (Episode 3) Air Date: 09-27-1977
Episode 4 (Episode 4) Air Date: 10-04-1977
Episode 5 (Episode 5) Air Date: 10-04-1977
Episode 6 (Episode 6) Air Date: 10-25-1977
Episode 7 (Episode 7) Air Date: 11-01-1977
Episode 8 (Episode 8) Air Date: 11-08-1977
Episode 9 (Episode 9) Air Date: 11-15-1977
Episode 10 (Episode 10) Air Date: 11-22-1977
Episode 11 (Episode 11) Air Date: 11-29-1977
Episode 12 (Episode 12) Air Date: 12-06-1977
Episode 13 (Episode 13) Air Date: 12-13-1977
Episode 14 (Episode 14) Air Date: 12-27-1977
Episode 15 (Episode 15) Air Date: 01-03-1978
Episode 16 (Episode 16) Air Date: 01-10-1978
Episode 17 (Episode 17) Air Date: 01-17-1978
Episode 18 (Episode 18) Air Date: 01-24-1978
Episode 19 (Episode 19) Air Date: 02-07-1978
Episode 20 (Episode 20) Air Date: 02-14-1978
Episode 21 (Episode 21) Air Date: 02-21-1978
Episode 22 (Episode 22) Air Date: 02-28-1978
Episode 23 (Episode 23) Air Date: 03-14-1978
Episode 24 (Episode 24) Air Date: 03-21-1978
Episode 25 (Episode 25) Air Date: 03-28-1978

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Soap (DVD).

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No Martial Arts or Self-Defense Technique is Perfect

January 10th, 2010

Far too many people who are training in the martial arts or in a self-defense program – including police and security personnel by-the-way – take for granted that all they have to do is learn a few tricks and that’s it. When, according to the reality and nature of self-defense, no technique that you’ve learned in a martial arts or self-defense class is perfect in-and-of-itself for the unique situation and circumstances that you will find yourself in when you need it. And…

…that’s okay.

What’s important to learn is this…

…these techniques that everyone hold up as the “holy symbols of their style,”…

…were just passed down from past-generation masters as “examples” anyway!

After you’ve been training for a significant while with a focus on being able to handle a real-world self-defense situation, rather than merely memorizing a preset string of moves for your next belt, what you’ll find is that…

…in your attempt to defend yourself in a given situation and against a unique assailant with his own ‘favorite’ techniques and attack-methods, you will actually be stringing several basic moves together in a moment-to-moment, spontaneous flow. The trick is to know your techniques so well that you can do this in what appears to be an effortless flow from one technqiue or skill to the next.

Just as I pointed out in “The Karate-Myth” there are certain critical pieces missing from the vast majority of training programs. And, it is those key elements that MUST be managed during a physical altercation if you are to walk away with most of you intact.

So, if you really want to be able to use what you’ve learned in a real-world self-defense situation…

…then you must be able to give up your attachment to your “perfect techniques.”

Remember: The only people who believe that any given technique or skill is “perfect” or “unbeatable,” has not been around long enough, or…

…has deluded themselves into believing that training in class, or competing in a tournament, is somehow equivelant to the all-out, adrenalin-triggering, overwhelm that makes you feel like your heart will explode in your chest during the “real thing.”

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Jeffrey M. Miller is the founder and director of Warrior Concepts International in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. He is the author of the “Foundations of Self-Defense Mastery” eCourse, which is available free of charge to subscribers of his self defense newsletter. You can subscribe to the newsletter at: http://www.warrior-concepts-online.com/newsletter-subscribe-self-defense.html He is also the creator of the EDR: Non-Martial Arts Defensive Training Program, author of the book, “The Karate-Myth” as-well-as the powerful, “Danger Prevention Tactics” video. Additional information is available by visiting http://www.warrior-concepts-online.com

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Absolute Speed & Power Training for Strikes & Kicks

January 6th, 2010

It hardly takes much convincing to conclude that having blinding speed of punches or bone-cracking power in kicks are the most desireable assets for Martial Artists to posess. Remember Miyamoto Musashi stated in his famous text “A Book of Five Rings” that one ultimate goal of the warrior is to learn to end the fight with a single blow! That’s exactly where speed & power come in! The idea is to make them as specific as possible so as to achieve the most applicable results. In this article we will attempt to explore some of the best methods available to get those results.

Economy of Motion. Basically the more you practice your peticular techniques, the more your nervous system becomes familiar & you naturally get faster. Its a really good idea to use mirrors because you can self-coach so to say & strip away wasted movements as well as learn to utilize power centers (like the hips & legs). For example you can immediately make your punch will be twice as powerful by springing off the slightly bent legs when you execute it. Think of your body akin to a coiled up snake about to strike!

Think SPEED! Sounds simple but when you start thinking you are fast you will actually start moving faster. Get over any preconceived mental limitations you may have. The other aspect of this notion is to keep the thought of speed on the forefront of your mind. As you train to do those skills you wish to be faster & stronger at make a conscious effort to do them with your best speed & power efforts! Time yourself. Count down how many strikes or roundhouses you can land on a target or heavy bag in a 10 second period. Seek to improve your numbers every session.

Overspeed methods A.K.A. Forcing faster muscle memory! The abridged version goes like this:You have an innate speed at which muscles can fire off & move any given limb. Factors like motor unit recruitment, neural efficiency/capacity, & strength ratios effect this. What we are going to do is teach the nervous system to coordinate movement & build muscle memory at faster speeds! To speed up punches wrap a tubular resistance band or even bungee cord around your wrists and anchor the other end or have a partner stretch it out. Now release & throw the arm into motion with the added speed. Relax the opposing muscles to avoid any “braking” effects. The same proceedure can be performed on kicks by binding the band to the foot.10-20 reps 2 times aweek will be enough to develop noticeable results.

Specific drills to build power. Much can be done with a simple medicineball & even bodyweight outside of what you are already familiar with. Here are some to get started on:

Power absorbtion exercises:How the theory works is that you can’t create more power than you can absorb. So it only makes sense to start here before we start “jumping” into plyometrics! For upperbody power, drop push-ups are king! Assume a position upright but on your knees with both arms at chest level slightly more than shoulder width apart bend aprox 90, now drop to your hands without hesitation and forcefully contract when the hands touch the floor as to limit the amount of arm bend. The higher the “drop” the more force is absorbed, thus the more power potential to develop. The same concept is easily adapted to the lowerbody by doing drops from a 4′-5′ surface landing in a 1/4 squat. For pulling power, hold yourself at the top of a pull up position & fall to “catch” yourself about 1/2 through the pull ups range of motion.You’ll find after performing as little as 10 reps each you’ll be plenty sore! Its a good idea to work these 4-8 weeks, 2 times a week before progressing to the next phase…

Plyometric Kung Fu:Okay to begin lets start with punching/pushing power. Clapping push-ups work great but I feel the need to mention that the idea is to “bounce” off of each rep. Not just get the clap in! In fact forget the clap, just repetitively hop off the floor from this position. Its the fast reaction off the landing that matters so focus on that. One idea that will work good on the legs is to depth jump right into a kick. Peticularly a jump-kick! Now these are good starters…ready to leave elementary onto High School? Get a partner & medicineball (start with light ball, please!). Have him Throw it (throw, not toss) at you. The first step its to rebound it as soon as it touches your hands. Next level of progress is to actually strike the oncoming ball out of the air with a chop, punch, palm, & even any various kicks you desire to build power onto.

This drill works some serious plyo-power into your martial arts! Start with a light 3 lb. ball & slow throws gradually working up to faster throws & heavier balls.Obviosly the further you are able to displace the ball/target the more power you have gained(Like a baseball batter). Kind of works as a measuring devise as well. For you solo practitioners get a bouncy type med-ball & react off the rebound of a wall throw. Please exercise caution as this last one is alot more difficult than it sounds & takes some serious getting used to.The great thing is you can build accuracy at the same time you get faster & more powerful techniques. Lastly plyometrics like these are intense, so only work out with them 2 times a week.

Mark learned plyometrics as well as other modalities of training as a professional & collegiate gymnastics instructor.He started w/ the city of Ormond Beach, Fl. USA Gymnastics has there own certs & credentials & training programs for levels of qualified instructors. As He climbed in Instructor status he moved on to coach at larger facilities with even more advanced gymnasts.
Mr. Sias now is a Firefighter/Paramedic which allows him much free time to study advances in exercise science. Currently, he works with large group clinicals,charging per-head fees to cheerleading squads & local highschool basketball/volleyball teams.Before getting into this niche he has had the opportunity to do some private 1 on 1 vertical jump-specific training with a handful community college players (almost by accident)with very great results. Some of which have stepped up to Division 1 schools.

More recently he’s had the opportunity consult with a new NBA trainer who’s working on a problem player.
Mr. Sias also frequently consults other trainers across the U.S

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Through an Open Door

January 6th, 2010

A fine front door is not only a delight to see but an impressive addition to your home.
You drive by or walk by some fine vintage homes. A main focal point is always that impressive front-door. These doors are usually canvasses of superior craftsmentship and graceful mouldings.

You always ponder as to where the owners found such a regal door to frame the entraceway into their home.

An antique door can instantly add mellow hues and dcorative carvings to any home. They also have a rich patina of color that adds to the ambivance.

You can also have vintage doors on the inside of your home, leading to a dining room, the master bedroom, or any other focal point in your home.

Expensive – yes and no. They are expensive in their exquisite details, with hardwoods and sometimes decorative glass inserts. Most cities and towns demolish buildings to add super modern structures to a demanding world. These buildings can include churches, banks, heritage homes, etc. The offcasts of these buildings are referred to as salvage. The monetary value is what you place in it, and the benefits are years of service and beauty for your home.

A slight problem – what if the door you love just doesn’t fit where you want it? Talk to a carpenter or check with home supply stores. They can give you tips, and tools to make sure that your “found” dor will be “as tight as a bug in a rug.” Even if years of paint are added to the fine architecture of your door, paint can be removed and fine finishes are available at all hardware stores. The advantages – beautiful ironwork, stained glass or leaded glass insets that let the sunshine dance on your foyer floor, and impressive trims and lines.

A little more work than a mass-manufactured door – but well worth it. Next time you enter through your front door – consider the possibilities and ENJOY! ©Arleen M. Kaptur 2003 February

About the Author

Author of numerous novels, cookbooks, and articles in both magazines, and on the internet. Simple rustic living – life is good! Websites: http://www.arleenssite.com http://www.Arleens-RusticLiving.com http://www.webspawner.com/users/rusticliving/ http://topica.com/lists/simpleliving

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The Top 3 Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Website’s Search Engine Rankings- and How to Fix Them!

January 2nd, 2010

Getting your website up and running is hard enough. After spending hours getting the HTML code just right and trying to make sure that you provide a great user experience, the last thing you want to do is change everything around in order to get your site ranked higher on the search engines. Follow these tips from the beginning and you’ll see the benefits.

1) Not changing the title tag from page to page. A lot of people realize the importance of the title tag. But few sites change the title tag from page to page. If you have a large site with a lot of different pages targeting different keywords, then change the title tag to reflect the keywords of the particular page. Keeping the title tag the same throughout the site may optimize the site as a whole, but you are limiting the amount of search terms that you can use. The shorter the title the better, you don’t want to get caught stuffing the title tag with too many terms. Just change it from page to page.

2) Not using a H1 tag. Use a H1 tag. Really. No, it’s no 1996, but search engine bots love the H1 tag. They view it as “hey, this is so important, it’s in the H1 tag.” Everybody got carried away with putting neat graphics and flash on their site and have neglected this tag. In fact a lot of sites use a graphical banner where their H1 should be. While these certainly look good, search engine bots can’t read graphics, they are just bots. Use the H1 tag and use your keywords in it. It will help the visiting Search Engine bot determine what your site or page is about.

3) Using “Home” as a link text. Everyone uses “home” as the text to link back to their index page. However, this might not be the best choice. After all, it is a link. We all know how important links are in search engine rankings. When you use the word “home”, the search engine bot will chalk up another point to “home” for your site. Why not use a keyword as this text? If your site is about hubcaps…why not use “hubcaps” for the link text? This will help you in that it a)adds a link within your site using “hubcaps” and b) help the search engine bot figure out a little better what your site has to offer.

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VoIP Options for Business

January 2nd, 2010

VoIP makes a great option for business because you can save
money. Many providers offer special packages strictly for
business use. Different products are available such as fax lines
and call forwarding.

When shopping for a service, you will need to take a few factors
into account. This includes whether or not you want your
provider to also service your internet connection, or if your
computers will be on a network. Here is a compiled list of
potential service providers to help you find the best package to
suit your business needs.

Vonage offers two packages for their small business
customers. The Small Business Basic plan is $39.99 and allows
for 1500 minutes of calling anywhere in the U.S., Canada, and
Puerto Rico. The Small Business Unlimited package is $49.99 and
includes unlimited calling to those places. Check out their
website (www.vonage.com) for
information on their additional features and international
calling rates.

Verizon has a lot of options for business. They can
accommodate small, medium, and large businesses. Their rates
vary based on situation and location, so it is best to visit
their site (www.verizon.com) to find the
options that are right for you. You can also specify packages
that include Verizon DSL and VoIP.

Lingo’s business packages start at $49.95 a month for
unlimited calling to the US, Canada, Western Europe, and any
phones within the Lingo system. Service also includes a free fax
line and other features such as three-way calling. They offer
your first month free as a trial. Simply cancel if you are
unhappy with their service. For more information browse their
site at www.lingo.com.

Sprint also offers VoIP options for business. They offer
options for businesses including home offices, small business,
medium businesses, and full scale enterprises. Check out their
options and packages at www.sprint.com/business
.

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Bogged Down Mastering Foreign Languages? Easiest Way to Learning Languages is Mind Mapping

December 31st, 2009

With the unstoppable globalization of economy, careers and culture are breaking barriers and making a borderless world. Nowhere is this more apparent than in careers. Internet has literally become the window to the world. As information and opportunities abound, the choice in careers is no longer limited to a region, but spread wide across the world. This has opened the field for newer pastures and wide range of job opportunities. Consequently, the need for learning foreign languages has become necessary. Besides, in the highly competitive business world that we are in, knowing additional languages invariably gives you the added edge.

But learning a foreign language has its own subtle intricacies. The pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and the use of proper syntax are just some of the major problems confronting any learner. However, there are some sound techniques for mastering a language. Ideally they are best done using memory techniques.

One of the basic methods is to associate the foreign word with a similar sounding word in the language you are very fluent in. For e,g., the French word for rug/carpet is ‘tapis’. You can associate the word with tap in English. Similarly, the equivalent of grump in French is ‘grogon’. By associating ‘grogon’ with the word groggy in English, which means sleepy and tired, you will be able to remember the French word.

Another memory technique is to use images for improving your foreign vocabulary. So for the above two words in French – ‘tapis’ and ‘grogon’, you can imagine taps being open and water running on a rug or carpet, and use the image to reinforce the meaning of the word ‘tapis’. In the same way, you can use a grumpy looking sleepy face to remember ‘grogon’ to convey the meaning grumpy. The image of drooping eyelids and mouth can be visualized to remember ‘grogon’ as grumpy.

Yet another well-known technique is using town language mnemonics. Since the basic vocabulary of a language pertains to everyday things – things that you will find in a town, village or city – you can use the different areas and objects to link the images and the corresponding foreign words. You can associate all the food-related words by visualizing a familiar supermarket and substituting the images and the words of food items sold there with the corresponding foreign language words.

Likewise, all foreign words concerning animals and birds can be remembered by imagining a zoo, and linking the images of different animals and birds in the zoo to the corresponding foreign words. In this way, you can cover different working zones of a town, village or city such as library, park, shopping mall, etc., and master the related foreign words associated with each sphere of activities. This way you will reinforce your foreign language vocabulary thoroughly.

Incidentally, Tony Buzan in his book ‘Using your Memory’ lists 100 basic words that are elementary to any language learning. This could be used to learn the primary words of the foreign language.

In all these methods, it would be obvious that memory has a chief role to play in learning a language, more so for increasing your vocabulary. You need to be familiar with the words in order to use them effectively. Since Mind Mapping technique was born out of the need for enhancing memory, Mind Maps serve as an indispensable memory tool. Indeed Mind Mapping is the most ideal method for improving your memory. Using Mind Maps to learn foreign language is a highly useful and proven technique for mastering a foreign language. Many people are using Mind Maps as a vital tool for learning languages.

As the Mind Map technique is based on information processing abilities of the brain, Mind Maps have a crucial role as a memory-enhancing process. And deploying this technique for mastering foreign language can only speed up the process of learning. The simplicity of the technique and the efficacy of its process, gives Mind Maps not just a clear edge but in elevating it as a time-tested method for mastering any language.

About the Author:

Dr. Vj Mariaraj is a Mind Map enthusiast and has been using Mind Maps for the past twelve years. He has created over 5650 Mind Maps. To learn more about mind mapping send an email to freemindmap@aweber.com He is the founder of BusinessBookMindMap.com that creates Mind Map Summaries of Business Books. To learn more visit http://BusinessBookMindMap.com/mind-map.php?ea17

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Pet Lovers – Pet Insurance is Essential

December 20th, 2009

British Army talisman Sandbag was only recently despatched to the UK to call it a day from his key duties within the Middle East. After growing to be a great source of support for the troops Sandbag is now relishing a well merited break – and so what is existence about for a productive canine, and what lies ahead of them within retirement?

It could more often than not be particularly involved to locate pet cover for one’s canine who is still grouped as “active” whether he is a sheep doggy, a racing mutt or maybe a dog put to use explicitly for reproduction reasons. Thus one might envisage when it comes an army a military or law enforcement doggy that it is often even trickier to uncover pet cover. Also it’s super to know that so many specialised dogs are very much taken care of once their time of invaluable service are ceased.

When he was born in the forward operating base at North Point within Umm Qasr, Iraq, Sandbag a sandy-coloured mutt, soon became an admired part & mascot of the United Kingdom’s troops there. The soldiers arranged that he was appropriately immunised, gave him a collar, let him access the base whenever he barked outside and fuelled him within the morning, shortly before he would go & stand vigilant sentry along with the lookout force. Delivering warmth, fellowship, constant camaraderie, & also welcome enjoyment while the occasional patrol, Sandbag was a very precious treasure whenever it came to keeping assurance strong You can start your decision making process by getting a quote from insurance companies that cover pets, click here to get started.

In spite of this, when the time came the armed forces departed out of the southern port earlier this year, they had to abandon Sandbag in Iraq, & there were major concerns amongst the troops who’d taken the hungry guy into their hearts. The troops were disturbed that if Sandbag was left to look after himself their four-legged friend would be executed by the locals, who hold little concern for homeless dogs. But thanks to fund-raising activity, on Facebook among other places, the Blue Cross raised more than £13,500 within just two months, enabling them to escort Sandbag home.

Deputy dog Sandbag is not the only doggy to be afforded the great acknowledgement he won for his inspiring contributions. Dogs can also prove a substantial asset on the grounds of constabulary procedure. The troops save extensive time looking for missing individuals, narcotics & contraband. Rigorous training means that police force pups might well not uncover any potentially precarious devices but rather hint where it is to his specialist trainer.

As retribution for all their hard work police mutts within Cambridgeshire recently became the first within the United kingdom to get the proper pension they deserve after retirement. Before dogs in active duty for the Cambridgeshire constabulary retired as the guys got older, around that time the dog’s human companion would sign a form evidencing that she would have to accept responsibility for the dog for the remnant of his or her life. This new programme means that retired canines will now have their food, vets charges & kennelling all paid for by the police force.

And so there we have it, the inspiring work that these tireless doggies do brings a completely new level of meaning to the phrase ‘man’s best friend’. So thank goodness that there are humane folk out there with the willingness to provide well-deserved relief and affection for our four-legged friends when they are put out to pasture.

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The Harvesters Part 1

November 29th, 2009

The Harvesters – Part 1 by Laurie Rogers Copyright 2001

Before you start reading this article, I need to clear something up. We’re not talking about the people that gather in the fall to pick all those luscious goodies out of gardens every year! I am sorry to disappoint you, I am sure that would have made for a pretty interesting topic, and they probably do not get the credit they deserve. But I have something a lot MORE exciting to talk about.

Today, we’re going to talk about all of the wonderful folks who LOVE to go around picking email addresses! You must know who I am talking about now? They all have nothing better to do, so they roam around the internet and hit every web site, ezine and newsletter, opt-in list, safe -list, discussion group or board, classified and FFA online, to gather as many email addresses as they possibly can!

You really have to give them credit, because harvesting email addresses takes talent to do, not to mention brains! I can’t for the life of me imagine how stressful a “business” like that must be. “Well today was a bad day, I ONLY got 17,369 addresses”. You have to feel sorry for him don’t cha? He must be having a hard time grasping the concept! He’d better start learning from the Pro’s,

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What on earth are these people thinking? Are they new? Are they just plain STUPID? I’m not even going to ask where their morals are. I think what really get’s us going is, how nice it is to have so much time on their hands, and so graciously grant themselves the right to HARVEST and then, SELL our email addresses! What do they do wake up and decide, “well I think I’ll start harvesting email addresses”?

What would make anyone stoop to that level? You can’t tell me they’re bored, because there are tons of things to do online. I personally keep asking for an extra 4 or 5 hours added to the day just so I can get MY work done on time! I guess I just don’t get it. (Oh but I do get their spam and TON’S of it, which is the reason WHY I need those extra 4 to 5 hours added to MY busy day!)

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