Wednesday 3 February 2010

How To Select That Ideal Dress For Your Marriage Ceremony

By Darwin Bell

At any wedding, there is much focus on how the bride looks, and getting the dress right is absolutely important. To make you look photogenic and draw the admiration of the invitees, the correct bridal wear has to be selected, and this should be done keeping some aspects in mind.

The foremost factor about picking bridal wear is how reliable the shop is, as the store owner must guarantee you of prompt delivery of the dress. A store located in close proximity to your house must be selected so that in case it does not fit you well, you can go to the shop without wasting much time.

A unique colour should be chosen for a wedding dress that will make you appear even more beautiful. The right coloured dress should be chosen from an array of carefully selected samples. Although style and looks are vital, you must also keep comfort in mind. A comfortable yet nice dress will not only improve your attractiveness but also keep you in good spirits so that you can enjoy every moment of your wedding day.

When selecting the wedding dress, you must always remember how it will appear in the photographs. In Singapore, there are many cameramen who are easily accessible and can suggest you which colours and textures are appropriate for photographs.

There is no paucity of good Singapore wedding photographers in any commercial hub in the country. Such service providers can also be contacted via the internet. Though many wedding photography Singapore companies have very good performance records, yet it is a wise decision to consult people who have used their services so that you end up hiring the right people for the task. The proficiency and expertise of the photographer are the ultimate factors that will determine the standard of the output, so it is better to be safe by choosing the right company than repent later by picking an unprofessional one.

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How To Make Money With Event Photography

By Willy Wong

A great way to make money with photography is to focus on events. You will be surprised about how many people want events covered and photographed.

What to do

You must be careful what events to cover if you want to make money. Only where people want to retain memories will it be worth your while.

One idea is to go to kids sports events. Get permission from the coach to click pics for the parents watching and then start clicking away. If you turn up with a massive telephoto lens like the ones used for pro coverage of events, you will be taken seriously. Make sure you get all the children doing great action shots and then hand out flyers to all the kids' parents watching with your web address. If you can grab the parents email address so you can email them the URL of you site then upload the pics to your web site that day and email everyone. If you have a simple shopping cart set up you can make money in a few hours as people pop in to see the pics and buy them for $20 or more a pop.

You can do a similar thing with weddings. Take all the regular pictures as part of the wedding coverage but then get your URL printed on the wedding invites and all the other wedding materials and also get an email list of all the wedding guests, offer the couple a nice 20% discount for doing this and then take lots of extra pics at the wedding of the guests doing all the things they do. Upload all the pics to your site and send the emails. You will then make a lot more money than the 20% discount it cost you because then 20 or 30 people will be also purchasing your pics at $20 or more a shot straight from your site. Charging a higher price for high res pics is also a great money spinner.

The trick is to find a corner in the market place where you can excel by being the best photographer in the room, and offering an easy way for people to buy your photos.

Dog shows, fashion shows, horse shows, car shows, livestock competitions, rock shows, - the list goes on. Keep your eye out in the events section of your local paper to see what is happening. Always ask for permission to shoot pics and if you need to offer the people 10% of the income if feel you need to so you can get easy access.

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Finance Power: How To Easily Control The Mind of an Investor

By James Scott

Discovering the 'thumbscrews' of investors is crucial to getting them to take action. In over a decade of dealing with global investors there are several elements that I've discovered to be universal truths about the mind of the private investor (angel investor, accredited investor).

When talking to an investor for the first time, it's more important to listen than to speak. It's more important to ask questions than answer them. It's more important to discover their needs and wants than to exclaim your own. Your first conversation with an investor should be all about piercing the armor and finding the trigger points that prompt a reaction that gets to the center of their 'childlike' state.

What I mean by this is, investors, just like anyone else, has insecurities that are rooted in their childhood and what they are outwardly today, is typically a polar opposite of what they are on the inside. For example, an arrogant, chest beater seems proud and obnoxious on the outside but the reality is that they are over compensating for an insecurity that is rooted in an individual or collection of childhood incidents.

Maybe they were made fun of as a child, maybe they're father was verbally abusive, maybe their teachers would single them out in class opening them up to playground mockery. When talking to these individuals it's important to listen to their voice and intonation when the conversation topic changes. Take notes on their psychological adjustments to the conversation. After you feel you have discovered the triggers that induce the 'pleasurable' responses, end the call, and set your second phone appointment with them.

On that second call, you want to have your conversation ready to go using the triggers you found in the first conversation. Play off of those insecurities that you found, become their best friend without being chummy but it is your mission on this call to be the "guy that understand me" to the investor. You want the overall tone of this conversation to have the response from your target along the theme of, "wow, this guy gets me" , "I can see investing in this company".

By using this method and not coming across as 'fake', you have become an investment opportunity and a shrink all rolled into one. You want to be the one person that this investor can lower his guard to because everything he says, you seem to be the one person who understands him at his deepest level. You seem to naturally be tuned into his insecurities, emotions, needs and wants. Sound strange? Try this out on the next investor you talk to, I guaranty you will be shocked with the results.

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Monday 1 February 2010

Trophies Over The Ages

By Al Choo

Trophies not only symbolize victory but also offer people with memories of the accomplishment and act as a souvenir for them. They are a constant source of encouragement and motivation to the recipient. The trophies are thus created to represent the field of achievement of the person it will be presented to, like a trophy with the image of a car for car racing event.

Initially, trophies were erected by victors on the battle ground to mark their success over their enemies. The tradition began in Greece where the routed enemy's weapons and artillery were displayed as trophies with an account of the battle engraved on them. These were considered offerings to the deities who had brought victory for them. In fact the origin of the term trophy lies in the Greek word for defeat - 'tropaion'.

Romans had their own unique method of displaying their success through trophies. They used big columns with the trophies placed high up for showing off a glorious victory to everyone. After some years, the winning athletes started getting chalices from the kings and rulers.

Designing a trophy is generally a complicated process. Just like other design tasks, even trophy designing requires a significant amount of analysis, market research and a detailed study of the elements to be used. A trophy should not just be remarkable but also strong enough to remain safe for years as a cherished possession of the winner.

Today, a trophy may be awarded to commemorate victory in a sport, scholastic achievements or even success in one's selected career. Trophies are available in many shapes and designs with various kinds of inscriptions. The conventional metal design on top of a wooden base has been replaced by glass, gold or silver finish as well as designs of crystal. Buyers now have a vast range of trophies varying in shape, size and models to select from. The vast range of trophies available in the market has made the job of buying the right trophy a lot easier than it used to be.

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Remote Viewing. What Is Really Going On?

By Hugo Preis

Have you ever thought about having the ability to see things, people, even places that are not within the range of your five senses? The thing to remember is that we have more than just five senses and it is entirely possible to reach out with your own innate psychic ability and to make observations that are otherwise impossible!

Remote viewing is something that is different from an out of body experience. An out of body experience or astral travel, involves leaving your body in a spirit form to see what is going elsewhere.

On the other hand, you will find that remote viewing actually only involves using your psychic power to find out what you need to know. This involves the use of ESP to figure out exactly what you are interested in.

The interesting thing to realize is that we are all capable of it. Most of us only ever use ten percent of our brain's ability and that means that there is an impressive ninety percent that is still available. This impressive percentage can easily be put to good use and you will find that it is an important thing to consider.

Do you like the idea of being able to reach out and to reassure yourself that your children are okay? This kind of security and peace of mind can be used to make remote viewing that much more beneficial for you and your family.

The interesting thing about remote viewing is that just about anyone can learn how to do it. Even with people who do not show off psychic traits, the ability can be developed once they are taught to enter a trance-like state. After that, they could engage in remote viewing with the same positive effects as a psychic.

There are quite a few techniques that can get you started

*Start by sitting quietly in your room and closing your eyes. Make sure that there are no distractions around you.

*Start by breathing slowly and deeply through your nose and see what you can do about making sure that your tongue is pressed to the roof of your mouth. This can keep you from yawning while you do this!

*Remember that you need to believe in yourself and your ability to do this. As you get more and more relaxed, tell yourself that you are capable of seeing places, people or events that you are not physically seeing.

*As you get started, start by thinking of a very simple target. One good exercise to get you started is to think about viewing your relaxing body from the side or from straight ahead. Construct the image of yourself slowly and carefully. While it can be difficult to view yourself this way, just remember that it will come with patience. Think about where other people stand when they view you and think about how you must look to them. This can be a good regular exercise for you.

*After you have mastered viewing yourself from a static remote perspective, try widening the lens, as it were. Think about a location that you know very well. It might be a place that you go regularly, or it might be a place from your past. Look for small details that surprise you or that might signify change. After you finish, try calling that location or visiting it, and seeing if you can confirm what you had seen. Reinforcement of your vision is essential and you will find that though you might not be completely right at first, you'll be closer than you think!

One interesting thing that you might be interested in doing is to see how these remote viewing exercises can involve two people. Start with you and your friend sitting in different rooms. Your friend performs a simple movement and as you concentrate on what is going on, you should try to see your friend doing this. Then let them do the same or you. This can be something that allows you to instantly compare results.

Once you have gotten some practice under your belt,you will find that it is much simpler to enter the relaxed state that you need. Getting into this state is much easier than you might think it is, and you can think of it as hypnotizing yourself. You might be wide awake, but your body is relaxed enough to allow you to access your full potential.

The truth of the matter is that your psychic abilities are much easier to get to than you might think, and remember that practice is the key!

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Straightforward Methods To Take Advantage Of Your Music More

By Ray Jennings

When you need to listen to music and those around you don't, the simplest way out is always to utilise a pair of headphones! If you wish to personalize your encounter of using music, the very best option would be to get hold of your headphones and tune in to your preferred music! I am certain most of you use headphones frequently. Then again, have you pondered how headphones work? Here's how.

Headphones are a pair of small loud speakers or transducers that receive electrical signals from a mp3 and alter them into sound waves. The speakers on the headphones are responsible for converting the electrical signals into sound waves. The headphones are connected to an audio-frequency signal source. They are held near the listener's ears so that his/her listening experience is maximized.

You can get different methods that headphone transducers employ to recreate sound. Within the electrostatic method of sound reproduction, an electric signal is applied to electrodes. It produces an electric field as well as diaphragm in the headphones moves towards the plates. The air traveling through perforations and also the changing electrical signal lead to the production of a sound wave. Headphones often have a balanced nature armature, that is a transducer that increases electrical efficiency by removing the stress within the diaphragm. A number of headphones have ortho dynamic drivers that include fine aluminum discs in the role of the diaphragm.

You'll find unique variations of headphones, varying in size and style. Circumaural headphones have circular ear pads and so are utilised in recording studios. Earbuds are smaller in size and can be placed outside the ear canal. While Canalphones may be inserted directly into the ear canals. Closed-ear headphones filter external interferences and therefore are believed to provide a more suitable listening encounter.

Noise-reducing headphones are supposed to provide the users with refined sound quality, as they cancel ambient noise frequencies belonging to the sound waves created. Cordless headphones are becoming well-known as they support the mobility of the user, and don't require them to physically hook up to a music player. This dialogue should have helped you select the precise pair of headphones to best fit your needs. What do you think you're waiting for? Get going to acquire them!

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Incredible Subconscious Mind Power

By Graham J Milne

We all remember the movie Fields of Dreams, with the 'If you build it they will come' Consider your subconscious mind as your field of dreams where if you THINK it, it will come. Asking yourself 'what will come?' The answer is, whatever you want to come.

See, the power to create the life of your dreams, to change the person you are, to change the way things are in your life is all in your mind. The power of the mind is a beautiful thing, honestly. The mind has the power to heal us, to transcend us to make us feel good or make us feel bad. The subconscious mind power that each of us have is enough to completely change the world if we all would only take control of that power.

Sceptical, probably, allow me to give you a few examples of how powerful your mind is. One of my favorite examples to give is scientific, medically actually. This example is offered because the results have been documented time and time again. It is the Placebo Effect. Most commonly this term is used when medication trials are taking place. You have the control group, which are given a sugar pill (or placebo) and then the study group who get the actual med. Both groups are told what the medication is for and what it should do for them. Neither group knows if they are getting the actual medication or the placebo.

A surprising effect happens with many, many trials. That is, those who get the placebo pill still often show similar results to those who get the actual drug. No one quite knows why, but oftentimes, the people getting the placebo show at least some benefit (perhaps not to the same intensity as the drug, but still experience benefits), even though the pill they've gotten has NO medical benefits whatsoever, as an inert substance. They also may experience "side effects" that they've been told the actual medication will give them, again, even though they've taken an inert substance. Why is this true? These people were told what the medication would do, and if they believed they were being given the real pill, their subconscious minds often gave them the "benefits" and "side effects" of the real drug.

Think about this. When you go to the doctor and you are prescribed a new medication does the doctor tell you the side effects? If your doctor does then he/she is a rarity. You could be thinking that they are not doing their job. Actually they are. They know how powerful the mind is. They know that if they suggest that negative things could happen that you will either not take the medication or you will take it and get the side effects no matter how rare.

The power of suggestion combined with subconscious mind power equals incredibly powerful results. If this works in the medical realm, why can't it work in the everyday realm of your life? What is preventing you from tapping into your mind power and positively changing your life? Some people use the power of suggestion to change the way their subconscious mind works.

Or, you may want to use visualization to alter the way you see things. Visualization is a simple technique that really, truly works. You can do this a couple of ways. Try this; close your eyes and visualize what you want. See it as though you're looking at it from your perspective, with it right in front of you.

Another way to visualize that's very effective, as well as with the first technique, is to create a physical picture of what you want. For example, if you want a new car, you can find a picture of the car you want in a magazine or something similar. Put that picture on your refrigerator so that you see it several times a day. Or, better yet, have a friend take a picture of you standing next to that car. As you see that picture of you standing next to that car over and over again, it eventually becomes imprinted on your subconscious mind that you are to have that car, and you eventually will have it as a reality.

People have known about the power of the subconscious mind for many years, and many have used it to their benefit. Only recently, though, has science begun to understand how very real this process is.

Quantum physics has opened the door to "seeing" and observing this world at its essence. Subatomically, all matter is energy, and is not solid. And, quantum physics has also shown that this energy can be manipulated through thought. In fact, it has actually shown that energy cannot exist at all without being observed by someone.

If matter and energy exist only because they is observed, then, the mind is responsible for the matter's existence, and not the opposite as has been thought previously. Therefore, matter (and subsequently, reality) is actually a creation of each of our minds. And this is subconscious mind power at its essence.

Ancient religions have known this for thousands of years, but quantum physics has now brought this into the modern age and into modern science at last. Whatever your spiritual belief structure or paradigm, the science of quantum physics cannot be denied.

So now, let's go back to our original question. If you could change your life just by changing the way you think, would you? You can if you only harness the power of your subconscious mind. Use your subconscious mind to YOUR advantage, instead of letting it have control of you. Try it; spend the next week or so using visualization techniques or affirmations (or a combination of both) to get what you want. Start small so that you can get acclimated to this new power. Once you see that it works, change your life by changing the way you think;literally. Develop the power your subconscious mind, sit back, and watch what happens.

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Goldstein & Handwerker, Auto Accident Lawyers, Protect Personal Injury Victims

By Larry Leeds

An automobile accident can be one terrible nightmare for its victims. Once in this situation, the result can be really tragic, such as suffering from serious injury, the affect on one's life which can be permanent, and devastation to the family due to loss of work, whether short or long term. People worry of what they would do and if there is to be a settlement after the accident, as well as for those receiving settlement, the amount of time it would take to get the cash fast enough to cover their losses.

In most cases it may take an attorney a long time to produce fast cash for a person in need, especially since they cannot return to work. This may result in their need for a fast cash settlement. At the Law Offices of Goldstein and Handwerker, LLP, their fast cash settlements have amazed clients and other attorneys that deal with these types of cases. Their office has been dealing with automobile accident cases for decades and they know what it takes to get their clients the fast cash they need in order to go on with their lives. It takes precise tactics to deal with these cases, and it can be an unneeded long and drawn out process to get a person the money they deserve and need.

The boroughs of New York City are well served by Goldstein and Handwerker, and their clients in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island and Brooklyn will find they will get the verdicts wanted and the compensation needed. Unemployed for a while, especially if for a long time-span, would make car accident victims worry about paying bills as a result of being unable to work, and they need to count on a fast cash settlement.

Retaining experienced automobile accident attorneys is a must. Goldstein and Handwerker, upon knowing the facts of their client's case, will put their expertise to work for them. Says Steven Goldstein, "With total consideration for our clients, we get the verdicts they deserve quickly, working with them every step of the way".

If you are looking for a fast cash settlement attorney for your automobile accident, The Law Offices of Goldstein and Handwerker, LLP are the people for you. You can contact their office at www.accidentlegalhelp.net or reach them by phone at 212-679-1330. Choose the right attorney to get you a fast cash settlement today!

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