http://sarenachona.blog.com Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:11:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/16/who-is-my-brother/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/16/who-is-my-brother/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:11:16 +0000 sarena how much can i borrow from a cash advance paycheck locations is owners cash contributions and loans included in gross revenue maryland bad credit lender ]]> By David B. Smith Its been a few months now since I started my Christians and Moslems can be friends campaign (www.fatherdave.org/friends), and the results thus far have been well surprising. Some of the surprises have been very pleasant. Ive made new friends - most of them warm-hearted Moslems from Turkey and elsewhere, along with some enthusiastic Aussies who are keen to stand with me in battling prejudice against Moslems and Arabic people in general. The nasty surprises have been the flames Ive received (thats NET-talk for vicious and caustic emails). Ive been called every name under the sun and told repeatedly that Im not a real Christian and dont know my Bible. Ive even received some threats! The biggest surprise though has come from some well-meaning and mature Christian friends, who are largely supportive of the campaign, but think that I went too far in one of my addresses when I referred to the Islamic members of the gathering as my Islamic brothers and sisters. The first time someone drew my attention to this I thought nothing of it. But when two and then three people - all of whom I respect - independently made exactly the same point I thought Id better re-examine what I had said. What was put to me was as follows: that while we all want to be friends with all sorts of people, regardless of race or creed, the terms brother and sister reflect a level of kinship that is not appropriate between persons of totally different faiths. The paradigm appealed to was the Bible itself. In the New Testament the words brother and sister are used quite specifically to refer to other members of the Christian community. The terms are not used indiscriminately, and we likewise should be guarded in our use of them. It was suggested to me that I substitute the term friend or neighbour when speaking of Islamic persons and reserve the more familiar terms for my fellow Christians. These challenges have concerned me, and have forced me to re-examine the Biblical material. They also got me thinking about what lay behind these challenges. Why were some of my Christian brethren so determined to exclude Islamic people from the family, so to speak? Now, before anybody accuses me of being a raving liberal, let me acknowledge up front that the Bible does indeed recognise a significant distinction between those who are inside the community of faith and those who are outside - between us and them. This doesnt sit well with the modern ethos, where all religions are considered to be variations on the same theme, and where differences are minimized and often trivialised for the sake of harmony, but this is not the mindset of the Scriptures. Further, my critics were quite right in pointing out that the terms brother and sister are generally reserved for persons who are on the inside of the faith community. What they overlooked though, I think, was the way in which the Lord Jesus Himself continually blurred the border between those on the inside and those on the outside - between us and them. Even a cursory reading of the New Testament will show us that most of Jesus contemporaries had a very straightforward understanding of who was part of the family of faith and who was not. Your brothers and sisters were your fellow Jews, and all non-Jews were outsiders. Jesus clerical contemporaries (the Scribes and the Pharisees) had a still narrower understanding. They only included Jews who lived pious lives in accordance with the commandments of the Torah as members of the household of faith. Those Jews who collaborated with the Roman occupying forces and other notorious sinners joined the great unwashed as being excluded from membership of the faith community. In both cases Jesus repeatedly and deliberately blurred the borders between saved and unsaved, between insiders and outsiders. He openly fraternized with the great unwashed within Israel, and he regularly moved beyond ethnic and religious boundaries - communicating with Romans, Greeks, and even a Samaritan woman! It was for this reason that Jesus was so often despised by the authorities - because he refused to accept the clear lines of demarcation between us and them. And when challenged to recognise His own family, Jesus made a very telling response: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. (Matthew 12:48-50) This is a significant quote, as here Jesus defines membership of the household of faith dynamically. It is obedience to God that makes someone part of the family - not their synagogue membership nor their ethnicity. This is consistent with Jesus behaviour throughout the New Testament. He shows striking disregard for the traditional distinctions between insiders and outsiders, and the early church followed in His footsteps by joyfully abandoning any spiritual distinctions made on the basis of race and ethnicity. Two of Jesus’ parables also come to mind: One is the parable of the weeds in the field in Matthew 13, where Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to a field of wheat that is somewhat overgrown with weeds. The servants of the farmer ask him whether they might not go and rip out the weeds, but the farmer stops them, saying, No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. The problem is that the servants cant tell the difference between good and bad. Membership of the right church is clearly not sufficient as a mark of authenticity. Only the master can tell the wheat from the chaff. The other parable that comes to mind, ironically, is the parable of the Good Samaritan, found in Luke Chapter 10. There we see one of the clergy testing Jesus concerning the commands of God. Jesus tells the questioner to love God and to love his neighbour but the man is not satisfied. He asks, but who is my neighbour? Those who were listening that day knew the answer to the mans question. Your neighbour is your fellow Jew - a fellow member of the people of God. So Jesus tells a story about a good Samaritan - a man of a different race and faith altogether! I said that there was something ironic about the appropriateness of this parable, and it is the fact that one of my critics had suggested to me substituting the word neighbour for brother when referring to my Islamic friends. The irony is that the two terms would have been used interchangeably in New Testament times. Both brother and neighbour were labels you applied to your fellow Jews only. Jesus though refused to play along, but instead redefined the word for us. Im sure that theres plenty more that could be said on this subject. Let me make only one point today - that any attempt to make a tangible distinction between the wheat and the weeds, between those on the inside and those on the outside, between those who are our brothers and sisters under God and those who are not, is surely contrary to the Spirit of the New Testament. Christ reserves for Himself the role of separating the nations into sheep and goats. It is not our role. So does this mean that all Islamic people are my brothers and sisters, in terms of the language of the New Testament? The answer is simple: Whoever does the will of our Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. Rev. David B. Smith (the ‘Fighting Father’) Parish priest, community worker, martial arts master, pro boxer, author, father of three http://www.fatherdave.org Get a free preview copy of Dave’s book,Sex, the Ring & the Eucharist when you sign up for his free newsletterat http://www.fatherdave.org Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=David_B._Smith http://EzineArticles.com/?Who-Is-My-Brother&id=379184 how much can i borrow from a cash advance paycheck locations is owners cash contributions and loans included in gross revenue maryland bad credit lender

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/16/who-is-my-brother/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/12/self-help-marriage-counseling-5-critical-tips-for-success/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/12/self-help-marriage-counseling-5-critical-tips-for-success/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:36:48 +0000 sarena hard money loan on oil and gas deed pay day advance virginia uma thurman paycheck mpegs federal pay day calendar ]]> By Liz Wasson Welcome to the 21st Century. This is the day and age of instant information. Many people simply visit their favorite search engine to learn how to fix, repair and restore anything and everything - including marriage. Are you seeking some self help marriage counseling? If so, these pointers will be worth reviewing. 1. Consider Help If you think you can solve everything wrong in your marriage by taking the self help marriage counseling route consider incorporating tools and techniques from professionals. When you have more information you’ll have more choices and when you can make more choices you will stand more of a chance of discovering what does and does not work. 2. About your friends Be careful about who you share your problems with. Even good friends when put under too much stress will confide what you’ve told them to their other friends. The last thing you need when trying to solve your marriage problems are rumors on top of rumors. 3. Don’t project When you’re looking for a self help marriage solution make sure you’re not projecting onto your partner. Many times we’ll read things into our relationship based on our own insecurities or past experiences. Rather than project what we think is happening it is vital to discover what is really happening. How do we do that? 4. Communication is Key Communicating with your spouse is critical to managing any marriage especially when you are seeking self help marriage counseling. One of the greatest problems with any marriage - in fact, any relationship - is communication. The only way to really know what someone is thinking is to ask. Mind reading, while many of us do it, is dangerous and destructive. Like projecting, you see something happen and then you leap to a conclusion (based on your own fear or anxiety or lack of self worth). Whenever we judge other people without knowing all the facts we make mistakes that are hard to undo. 5. Is it productive Many people seeking self help marriage counseling may not want to admit that the marriage just isn’t working. Some marriages are worth saving and others aren’t. Ask yourself questions about how you feel in your marriage. Are you happy with your partner? Do you have anything in common? Many times people grow apart and before you jump into your self help marriage solution you should be taking inventory on how you feel. Grab a piece of paper and do the time tested Ben Franklin. Simply draw a line down the middle of the sheet and on one side list everything that works in your marriage and on the other side list everything that doesn’t. Once you have your list notice each topic and jot down a feeling next to it. For example you might have “no time for me” on your list. How does that make you feel? Are you sad about that? Are you angry about that? The core of a healthy relationship is in how we feel when we’re with our special someone. The list helps you see if your special someone is treating you like the valuable and irreplaceable gift that you are. Relationships, especially marriage, are complicated. It’s when we forget the other person, their feelings and their gifts that we begin to take them for granted. Oft times we feel as if we’ve become an object rather than a treasured companion. With so much information available today many of us probably feel that we can tackle anything - even self help marriage counseling. Don’t just read about it - turn your marriage around today! Enroll in a Free 6-day Mini E-course compliments of Save My Marriage Today. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Liz_Wasson http://EzineArticles.com/?Self-Help-Marriage-Counseling—5-Critical-Tips-for-Success&id=379975 hard money loan on oil and gas deed pay day advance virginia uma thurman paycheck mpegs federal pay day calendar

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/12/self-help-marriage-counseling-5-critical-tips-for-success/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/08/psychiatry-meditation-or-medication-that-is-the-question/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/08/psychiatry-meditation-or-medication-that-is-the-question/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:16:48 +0000 sarena hard money loan on oil and gas deed payday loan defaulted contacting references calculate net paycheck residential hard money lenders ]]> By Pradeep Chadha In some of the old texts of therapeutic hypnosis, there are contraindications mentioned to hypnosis. In laymans language it means that hypnosis was not recommended for conditions like depression, psychosis or schizophrenia. The reason given was that hypnosis makes these conditions worse. There is no literature to reveal why this happened. Many years ago when I learnt hypnosis, I wanted to know the what, how and why of this phenomenon. It became evident to me in my work that meditation and hypnosis had a lot in common. The imagery exercises and the relaxed state were common to hypnosis as well as meditation. But there was no literature on meditation that recommended any contraindications. In my clinical practice, the answers came with many years of work. Many years ago,a senior professor of psychiatry referred me a case of schizophrenia. On our first meeting I asked this person, a young lady, to do ten minutes of breathing exercise daily. Then I did not hear from her for many weeks. Many weeks later she phoned to tell me that within a week of doing the breathing exercises, she had become paranoid, despite being on medication. She had to be admitted in a hospital and her medicines were increased. I had learnt my first major lesson. Meditation DOES make schizophrenia worse. It took me many years to learn the what, how and why it happens. It is now clear to me that when a person meditates, the body and the mind lose their tension. As the person starts to relax, the patient starts to feel and remember events and emotions that were locked up in the body. It is as if the body and the mind are releasing emotional distress. The release is also experienced physically, as in depression, for example. It is a researched fact that when a depressed person relaxes, the symptoms become worse. Clinically, if the person stays with the experience, the body gets used to it and the person feels well after sometime. Psychiatric drugs block the emotions that a person feels. Antidepressants make a person emotionally anaesthetised. If the medication is reduced, the sense of depression usually returns in a few months. All psychiatric drugs play a similar role. By numbing the emotions, the thinking and perception of the person are affected. The illnessis said to be controlled when this happens. At times drugs become mandatory especially when the deterioration of the persons mental state is irreversible. This happens when the patient loses insight. Meditation and medication have their own place in psychiatry. Though not well explored, meditation can effectively prevent psychiatric conditions to a large extent. Pradeep K Chadha is a psychiatrist who specialises in helping patients with meditation and imagery using little or no medication. He is the author of The Stress Barrier-Nature’s Way To Overcoming Stress published by Blackhall Publishing, Dublin. His second book- The Road To A Happy Life- is being published this year byRaider Publishing in the UK, USA and Canada. He is based in Dublin, Ireland.His website address is http://www.drpkchadha.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Pradeep_Chadha http://EzineArticles.com/?Psychiatry-Meditation-Or-Medication–That-Is-The-Question&id=106748 hard money loan on oil and gas deed payday loan defaulted contacting references calculate net paycheck residential hard money lenders

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/08/psychiatry-meditation-or-medication-that-is-the-question/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/04/hoodia-gordonii-one-reason-to-take-it/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/04/hoodia-gordonii-one-reason-to-take-it/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:45:33 +0000 sarena no faxing pay check loans first time buyers loan even with bad credit studen loan parent bad credit online car loan calculator ]]> By Paul Callis When Hoodia was discovered the very first animal trials to test it was with Rats. The rats that were fed with Hoodia stopped eating completely. Rats are well know as animals that will eat anything and everything. Can you believe that an animal who loves to eat anything simply switched off its desire to eat, even when foods that rats love were placed in front of them. When the first clinical human trial was conducted with Hoodia, several morbidly obese people were placed in a unit which was a closed off area were all that they could do was to read, watch television, interact with each other, and of course eat. Half the people were given Hoodia Gordonii to take, and half were given a placebo. After fifteen days, the group that had been taking Hoodia Gordonii had reduced their calorie intake by 1000 calories a day - despite taking no exercise and not being on a diet This is due to the active ingredient in Hoodia Gordonii, the molecule known as P57, as it imitates the effects that glucose has on your brain, signaling that you are full. Your brain has what is called a Hypothalamus. This part of your brain controls your appetite. When you eat, the glucose levels in your body rise. As these levels go up, the hypothalamus sends off a signal to your cells to stop eating. This is when you start to feel full. Hoodia Gordonii’s molecule, P57, tells your brain the same exact thing, even if you haven’t eaten a bite. By mimicking the effects of glucose on your brain, the hypothalamus starts to send messages to your cells which in turn, make you feel full Hoodia is grown in the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa, Hoodia Gordonii is an all natural appetite suppressant, derived from a cactus like plant with prickly spikes. Scientists have been researching the Hoodia plant for almost a decade, and have found it to be completely free of harmful side effects. About The Author Paul Callis is extremely knowledgeable in the field of sports and nutrition in the UK . You can visit Pauls web site, and read his recommendations and advice at Hoodia Gordonii - http://www.hoodiagordonii1.com. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Paul_Callis http://EzineArticles.com/?Hoodia-Gordonii—One-Reason-To-Take-It&id=232690 no faxing pay check loans first time buyers loan even with bad credit studen loan parent bad credit online car loan calculator

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/06/04/hoodia-gordonii-one-reason-to-take-it/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/30/pay-day-loans-cash-advances-24-hours-loans-provide-fast-cash-in-a-pinch/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/30/pay-day-loans-cash-advances-24-hours-loans-provide-fast-cash-in-a-pinch/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 14:33:03 +0000 sarena bad credit lender mortgage loan money to friend and get sex in return fast cash loan las vegas student personal loans ]]> By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Daymon_Hoag]Daymon Hoag You’ve seen ads on television, in your local newspaper, and online for quick loans, or short term loans. These loans can range from cash in one to 24 hours. You can go to your local cash advance business down the street, or you can apply online. In both cases the cash is pretty easy to get right away when you’re in a pinch. When you need money fast, pay day loans are there to save the day, but be careful where you go to get your cash advances since some will charge you a pretty penny in finance fees, and normally require you to pay back the loan in one to two weeks time, and with interest. There’s no harm in borrowing, just be sure it fits your budget. Here are a few tips in how to avoid the cycle of borrowing fast cash loans pay day after pay day. Don’t borrow from Peter to Pay Paul. If you find yourself taking out a cash advance from company A to pay your cash advance at company B, you have just gotten caught up in a reoccurring, yet avoidable cycle. The main cause of this problem are finance fees. Payday loan finance fees can range from free to 25 dollars per 100 dollars borrowed. Free financing is not the norm, and normally reserved for first time customers. The next best average finance charge for pay day loans is ten dollars per one hundred dollars borrowed. So if you’re looking for a low rate on cash advances, go for free financing or ten dollars per one hundred. That’s only ten percent folks, and fifteen dollars cheaper than the twenty five dollar finance fee. Lets say you borrowed five hundred dollars. Would you rather pay back 50 dollars, or 125 dollars? Whenever possible, get make sure you have at least two paydays before you have to pay back your short term loan. For example, if you get paid bi-weekly, try to go with a lender that will give you at least 30 days to pay back the loan. This way you’ll have a little cushion to work with and won’t blow your whole check paying off your loan, and can help you avoid the cycle of borrowing again right away. Pay Day Loans are great for keeping the repo man away, or the mortgage companies, and landlords off your back. Be responsible, use them sparingly, and cash advances can be a god send. It’s always nice to know money is available when you need it in a pinch. Keep it cheap, keep it infrequent, and most of all keep as much as you can in your pocket. Daymon Hoag is founder of [http://www.cheapest-service.com/]Cheapest Service and provisioner of low cost [http://www.cheapest-service.com/financing/badcredit-payday-loans.html]Pay Day Loans Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Daymon_Hoag http://EzineArticles.com/?Pay-Day-loans,-Cash-Advances,-24-hours-Loans-Provide-Fast-Cash-in-a-Pinch&id=241000 bad credit lender mortgage loan money to friend and get sex in return fast cash loan las vegas student personal loans

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/30/pay-day-loans-cash-advances-24-hours-loans-provide-fast-cash-in-a-pinch/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/28/the-hobbit-diet-plan/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/28/the-hobbit-diet-plan/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 03:50:32 +0000 sarena refinance personal loans caribbean cruises keywords personal loans ez cash advance pay day loan offices in spokane wa ]]> By Jaime Smith Have you ever wondered what the easiest way to lose weight (and more importantly body fat) was? I know I have. The United States currently has the highest incidence of obesity ever, and the problem is only getting worse. The problem is that we are obese because we are constantly trying to find the easiest way to lose weight. It’s a never-ending battle. We develop fat-free this, and sugar-free that, but still no weight loss. Well, I’m here to tell you that there is an easy way to lose body fat, and it’s not what you might think. You see, most people’s common sense would tell you that in order to lose body fat you need to eat less food. I’m here to tell you that this is not always the case. A lot of times, the best way to burn excess body fat is by eating more, or at least more often. That’s why I call this the Hobbit Diet Plan. You see, the Hobbits, from the book and movie series “Lord of the Rings”, tend to eat many meals throughout the day instead of just 2 or 3 like most Americans. If you’ve seen the first movie in the series, you’ll remember a scene where the Hobbits stop to eat, and are scolded for doing so. Their guide tells them that they’ve already eaten breakfast, to which one Hobbit quickly replies, “Yes, but what about ’second’ breakfast”. He then goes on to ask about several other meals that the Hobbits have become so accustomed to eating. All in all, I believe the total meals add up to 6. That’s right, 6 meals a day. Now, 6 meals a day might seem absurd, but the Hobbits have it nailed. By eating more meals spread throughout the day, you are actually helping your body to keep your metabolism as high as possible. Which in turn means your body will naturally burn more calories, even while you’re sitting on the couch. By eating less often, you are almost guaranteed that your body will go into “starvation” mode, and hold onto every drop of body fat that it can in order to survive. This, unfortunately, is a genetic trait passed down from our ancestors thousands of years ago, when food was scarce. When you give your body less calories, or go long periods without eating, your body automatically fears the worst and assumes that you won’t be getting another meal anytime soon. So what does your wonderful body do? It begins to burn less calories in order to conserve what it currently has stored. Your body also begins to break down your own muscles for fuel instead of using the body fat. Your body thinks this is the perfect solution. It’s getting rid of the muscle that is taking so much energy, and it’s conserving its fat stores for later down the road when you really need it. Well, we all know that you’re not really going to starve. So, what happens when you finally do eat? Your body is still afraid that another starvation is coming, so it packs all of those calories away in the form of fat for the next time you have to go without. And you get fatter. Vicious cycle. So, how do we break the cycle. Eat like the Hobbits. Eat more often every day. Preferably 5 - 6 meals spaced evenly throughout the your waking hours, about every 3 - 4 hours. I know, you’re thinking “Holy cow, this guy wants me to eat every 3 or 4 hours?”. That’s right! You see, by eating more often, you are signaling your body that you are well nourished and there is no sign of shortage ahead, so it’s OK to go ahead and burn off all of that extra energy stored in the form of fat. There are a few important things to remember though. Although we are going to be eating 5 - 6 meals a day, we still need to be conscious of the calories that we are taking in. You shouldn’t be eating 5 - 6 meals made up of Quarter Pounders and Fries, or Big Macs and Chocolate Shakes. Your body still only needs a certain number of calories in order to function efficiently. If you want to burn fat, you need to make sure that you are just a little below that level. “Ah ha!”, you say, “You tricked us”. No, not really. I think you’d be surprised at how many calories your body really needs to run efficiently. As a matter of fact, it is very common for many people to not be getting enough calories, and in turn, be sending their bodies into starvation mode. So how many calories does your body really need? Well, that’s a good question, and the right answer depends on what your body composition is. Now, that’s a pretty heavy bit of math for right now, but here are some averages. For women, the average calorie need to maintain body weight is between 2000 - 2100 calories per day. Which means, in order to lose weight (preferably body fat), you should be taking in 1400 - 1800 calories per day. For men, the average calorie need to maintain body weight is between 2700 - 2900 calories per day. Which means, in order to lose weight (again, preferably body fat), you should be taking in 2200 - 2700 calories. That’s a pretty substantial amount of calories. This is by no means a starvation diet. Just a quick bit of math will show that a man who’s trying to maintain 2500 calories a day and eating 5 times a day is allowed 500 calories per meal. If you make the right food choices, 500 calories is a lot of food. For example, you could eat 4 ounces of grilled chicken, a 6 ounce baked potato, a cup of broccoli, and a large (2 cups) mixed green salad with light italian dressing, and still only be at around 450 calories. That’s a lot of food! So, if you want to burn some fat, and be able to eat great while doing it, I recommend that you eat like the Hobbits. Try to eat 5 - 6 balanced meals a day about every 3 - 4 hours. I think you’ll be amazed at the results. If you’d like to learn the ins and outs of eating more often every day, and learn how to determine exactly how many calories your body needs and how many calories you should be consuming to most efficiently burn more fat, I recommend you read Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle, by veteran bodybuilder, personal trainer, and nutrition expert, Tom Venuto. It’s available at http://burnthefat.entrepenerd.com. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jaime_Smith http://EzineArticles.com/?The-Hobbit-Diet-Plan&id=355789 refinance personal loans caribbean cruises keywords personal loans ez cash advance pay day loan offices in spokane wa

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/28/the-hobbit-diet-plan/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/24/acupuncture-the-oriental-medicine/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/24/acupuncture-the-oriental-medicine/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 08:41:01 +0000 sarena how much shall i withhold on my paycheck personal loans for people with poor credit cash loans tampa fl ehlermann cash thru payday shoob ]]> By Eric Hartwell Acupuncture is a form of Oriental medicine that originated 2000 years back in ancient China. This method of pain alleviation made its entry into Japan in the 6th century as a form of religious medicine with Buddhism. It is now practiced widely in Japan. Though its efficacy was much in debate for years, it is now being accepted as a pain management technique across hospitals and clinics across America and Canada. The WHO, after extensive study with other Government organizations, has declared that it is a relatively safe method of pain alleviation when done under an expert acupuncturist. Theories of Acupuncture Ancient theory The ancient Chinese acupuncture Text of Huangdi Neijing describes acupuncture pathways called jingluo or meridians that allow excess blood or qi to flow out of the body. The skin was thought to be the gateway of diseases in ancient China and making holes in them was a way to let the disease out of the body. The Chinese had a well developed irrigation system consisting of streams and canals. They compared the human body to having such canals through which the vital energy qi flows. If there is an obstruction to the flow of qi, diseases occur. So, acupuncture aims at clearing the blockages and allowing the free flow of qi. Modern Theory According to modern medicine, diseases are caused due to microbes and not due to the blockage of qi. The modern theory of acupuncture states that the stimulation by acupuncture needles send signals to the nervous system which in turn emits biochemicals and causes the release of certain hormones that aid in disease management. When the acupuncture needles are inserted at strategic points, electromagnetic signals are released that excite the immune cells to release hormones like endorphins that alleviate pain. Studies have found that acupuncture also affects the brain sensations, body temperature and blood pressure. Therapeutic Care Acupuncture has showed good results in post operative pain in dentistry, nausea caused due to chemotherapy, drug addiction, pain during menses, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, backpain, migranes, asthma and carpal tunnel syndrome where it has been included in the pain management program with the general treatment. Acupuncture Points The categories of acupuncture points are the Jing well, shu-stream, Ying-spring, Jing river, He sea, and the Five phase points that describe the five transporting points namely the fire, wood, earth, metal and water, Xi-cleft points, luo connecting, Yuan source, back-shu, hui meeting and front mu. Eric Hartwell oversees “The World’s Best Homepage” intended to be a user-generated resource where YOUR opinion counts. Anybody can contribute and all are welcomed. Visit us to read, comment upon or share opinions at the worlds best homepage or submit or use content at free content resource. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Eric_Hartwell http://EzineArticles.com/?Acupuncture—the-Oriental-Medicine&id=483384 how much shall i withhold on my paycheck personal loans for people with poor credit cash loans tampa fl ehlermann cash thru payday shoob

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/24/acupuncture-the-oriental-medicine/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/21/how-a-sim-card-can-be-used-in-gsm-unlocked-phones/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/21/how-a-sim-card-can-be-used-in-gsm-unlocked-phones/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 10:20:24 +0000 sarena hard money lender in texas unsecured business loans from banks need a 35000 dollar debt consolidation loan with poor credit figuring a paycheck ]]> By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_Dulaney]John Dulaney There are such features in selected mobile, where you can use two SIM cards instead of one. All you need to do is to buy a cover accommodating two SIM cards. This gives you the advantage of holding pay-as-you-go and a pre-paid SIM cards, for example. This may be useful for your office and personal use. In normal circumstances, you can remove your SIM card from your present handset and carry with you and choose to use it with the line of GSM phones available. If you misplace your SIM card, you will be required to inform your service provider immediately to that effect, and follow the instructions given. You may be liable to pay charges for issuance of a duplicate SIM card. When you buy a GSM phone, it comes in an unlocked state and it can work with any SIM card from any service provider, provided you are using it for GSM bands. It is a matter of slipping-in that SIM card in your phone, activating it and start using it. But, when you enter into a service contract with a service provider, which stipulates that you should be with this particular service for a definite period of time, a mobile handset is usually offered free with the SIM card, where the handset is given to you in a locked state. This would mean that the phone will not work with any other SIM card than the one given to you. You will need to stay with your service provider till the end of the term and after that the service provider may help you to unlock your phone. There are ofcourse ways to unlock a locked handset, which becomes a violation of the contract that you have signed with your service provider. A locked phone features a SIM lock in reality. In such a handset, you will not be able to use any other SIM card other than the one which has come along with your handset. That is the reason why it is sometimes termed as a SIM locked phone. Any SIM card may be used with an unlocked GSM phone. For a pre-paid SIM card, you do not need to enter into any contracts and more-over there would not be any bills to pay at the end of the month. For instance, if you are traveling abroad and wish to visit a few countries in your trip, you can buy an International SIM card, for the benefit of saving up-to 80% of your cost in calls. This card will give you the facility of free incoming calls, no matter where it generates from, and outgoing calls at local rates. When you make calls to your home, you do not pay the roaming charges, as you would do if you had carried your regular mobile with you. But in this instance, you have to make sure that you have a quad band GSM mobile phone, in order that you may use the handset effectively when you are abroad. If not, you will need to rent one unlocked quad band GSM phone. To know more about the matter, visit www.planetomni.com/RENT_INFO.shtml For SIM cards visit www.planetomni.com/FAQ_sim.shtml Since unlocking a locked phone under contract is not taken to be legal, it is always preferable to buy an unlocked phone from the market and you will have the choice to get your SIM card from the service provider who gives you the best deal. Also, this avoids your expenses that you would incur in getting locked phone and trying to have it unlocked from such vendors offering to do the job for you. There is a pitfall here too in buying an unlocked handset. You should be able to distinguish between a carrier unlocked phone and a factory unlocked one. The main draw-backs of carrier locked phones are -  Use of pirated software to unlock a locked phone.  In such phones, you may observe that even if you try to connect with a correct IP address, to your provider’s WAP or GPRS services, the phone may not allow the setting, may not comply with your request or automatically will try to connect to another service provider. Therefore, it is always a good choice to buy factory unlocked mobile handsets from known vendors. For more details visit www.planetomni.com/ When you buy a prepaid SIM card for your unlocked GSM phone, there are a few things that you should remember: That you are free from any contract what-so-ever, between you and your service provider. That, while your SIM card will carry a certain built-in talk time, you will need to re-charge your SIM card with more talk time credits with vouchers that you can buy. These vouchers are available in different denominations, depending upon how much credit you would want. After you get the SIM card, you would need to open the back of the GSM handset and insert the card inside the SIM card slot in the phone, the right way up and then put the cover back. You would then be required to make a call in-order to activate your card. There is a time limit to the use of the SIM card. If you do not utilise the SIM card for 6 months, the card gets de-activated and you will need to purchase a fresh one. This is not always the matter with all the countries. In UK you can have your SIM card for life and you can re-charge your credits for that SIM card when you want. The card never expires. Barring some of the countries, unlocking a locked phone, when under the contract terms, is seen to be a breach of contract. But in countries like Poland, the law says that the service providers are not allowed to word their contracts with the customers, which forbids them to remove the SIM locks in their handsets. For more details on how to use SIM cards in an unlocked mobile phone, visit [http://www.planetomni.com/]www.planetomni.com Cell phone use overseas. In 99% of the world the local cellular service standard is called GSM. We use this in the states as well. When combined with a SIM CARD (which usually goes under the battery of the phone) the phone is able to communicate and the SIM CARD also holds the telephone number and memory for pre-paid credit. Rates can be extremely low using this system. For example in 99% of all SIM CARDS incoming calls are free and calls to the states can cost a trifle. Such as, from the UK to the USA 7 cents/minute, from Israel 22 cents, from Australia 27 cents. Yes, USA Dollar cents! There are today even prepaid service providers in the USA offering rates of 10 cents per minute to call anywhere in the US to any type of phone. No contracts, no credit card checks, no bills. Pre-paid always means no minimums no contracts, no obligations. You only pay for the calls made. You’ll need an unlocked GSM tri-band or quadband UNLOCKED phone. You can buy factory unlocked phones and sim cards for more than 170 or the 193 countries on earth from http://www.planetomni.com Tel. # 800-514-2984 Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Dulaney http://EzineArticles.com/?How-a-SIM-CARD-Can-Be-Used-in-GSM-Unlocked-Phones&id=299300 hard money lender in texas unsecured business loans from banks need a 35000 dollar debt consolidation loan with poor credit figuring a paycheck

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/21/how-a-sim-card-can-be-used-in-gsm-unlocked-phones/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/19/youre-a-man-its-your-fifth-date-with-a-woman-dont-even-think-youre-going-to-get-sex/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/19/youre-a-man-its-your-fifth-date-with-a-woman-dont-even-think-youre-going-to-get-sex/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 04:40:07 +0000 sarena advance cash loan payday oklahoma hard money loans greensboro apartments no credit check paycheck 72 hour law ]]> By Mike A. Thorpe What a fantastic first date it was. She was gorgeous! She even let you give her a little peck on the cheek as you said goodnight. The second date was even better. You chatted for ages and exchanged every detail of your life stories. And you got to kiss her on both cheeks. On the third date, you talked about your work, and what she likes to spend her time doing. Clearly you have a lot in common. Wow that kiss on the lips was good!. Shame it didn’t last longer. Fourth date - we’re just so compatible. Everything is going perfectly. Even the kiss at the end of the date. So romantic - it would have been nice to have found a little tongue though. So there you are all ready groomed for your fifth date with this wonderful woman who has stolen your heart. You suspect that there is ’something in the air’ and tonight might be the night you ’seal your relationship’. You fool! You complete and utter fool!! You are never going to have sex with this woman. And you know what? She decided that on the first date. You’re a ‘nice guy’. She really does like you and she is very pleased to count you among her friends. Among her male friends, of which there are quite a few. All of them thinking that one day they’ll get to have sex with this woman. But none of them will. There are three reasons women collect male friends that they don’t want to have sex with… 1. To do ‘male type’ jobs for her - fix her car, carry some stuff, tend her barbeque at a party. 2. To gain access to your male friends. Who knows, there might be someone hot among them. 3. Attention. Women love attention from men. It’s almost as good as sex to them. So at some point in your dating with a woman, you have to decide whether or not she wants you merely as a friend or whether things could go further. And the way to do that is the ‘kiss test’ that I describe in detail on page 166 of my e-book, ‘Online Dating Tips For Men’. You need to try this test no later than date #2. You have to be bold and make a firm move - any sign of hesitation and you’re history. This is what might happen… She might turn her head and it will turn into a kiss on the cheek. (That means no sex for you buddy - ever!) She might let you kiss her on the lips (it won’t happen by accident). But if she pulls back, then likewise she’s not interested. No, unless you get a proper full-on kiss on the second date, you are completely wasting your time. Unless you just want to be a friend that is About the author: After a ten-year marriage, writer Mike Thorpe found himself once again on the dating scene. His early difficulties with online dating led him to develop a framework with which any man can travel step-by-step from early ‘getting to you know’ with a woman all the way through to a successful relationship. ‘Online Dating Tips For Men’ is available as an e-book from http://www.online-dating-tips-for-men.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mike_A._Thorpe http://EzineArticles.com/?Youre-A-Man.-Its-Your-Fifth-Date-With-A-Woman.-Dont-Even-Think-Youre-Going-To-Get-Sex!&id=242094 advance cash loan payday oklahoma hard money loans greensboro apartments no credit check paycheck 72 hour law

]]> http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/19/youre-a-man-its-your-fifth-date-with-a-woman-dont-even-think-youre-going-to-get-sex/feed/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/15/the-top-ten-worst-work-at-home-scams-part-2/ http://sarenachona.blog.com/2008/05/15/the-top-ten-worst-work-at-home-scams-part-2/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 08:18:24 +0000 sarena how to get immediate cash without a payday loan sba loan custom connection battle creek michigan cash advances and bankruptcy what banks in midlothian give cash advances ]]> By Marsha James 6. Make Lots of Money Taking Surveys You probably get one of these in your email a week. Sign up for free or for a few of them a fee, and you will soon earn a steady income just filling out surveys. It is true that people used to make money doing this. Not enough to quit there jobs and pay there bills but $30-$100 or more a month. With the influx of people surfing the internet trying to get a buck anywhere they can, this is no longer the case. If it were that easy to make money everyone would quit there jobs and do it and companies wouldnt be making much money. The sites are still there, but now most of them put you in a raffle to earn “cool stuff” not money. Others will put you in a raffle to some money. But what are the chances of you winning. And what are the chances of you winning more than once a year? That is not steady income. The ones that do say they will pay you, up up $30 or more for a survey, leave something out. You will sit and wait for that email telling you that you have a survey, but you more than likely will never get one. Or even better you get one, and after filling out 3 or 4 questions such as age, sex, location, and yearly salary, you will quickly find out your not what there looking for. Others will slam your email with surveys that pay 10 cents if your lucky. At the end if you can get even $20 a month on surveys then your still stuck, because many will only mail out checks of $25-$100 dollars, so it would be months before you get the money, IF you get it at all. 7.Customer Service There are companies out there who you will apply free to work for them as a customer service rep, from your home. It seems legitimate because you didnt have to pay a fee, the website looks professional, which it usually is and youll be earning an income and you dont have to sell anything. The fine print is, you have just applied to be a telemarketer. I myself just last year read over the entire site and in the end all the information and FAQ informed me that I would be making no cold calls, or outgoing calls. I would be taking incoming calls from people who are customers. That much was true. However the last phone call between me and my representative/manager I am informed that I will need to pay $29.99 a month for the phone fees and but Ill make it back with my commissions. Fee and commissions all in the same sentence about a job that wasnt telemarketing. Yes I would be receiving calls from customers, and I would be getting a salary but what you dont find out til you apply and are accepted is that you will be making maybe $2.00/hr if your lucky and you will be trying to get a bigger income by pushing extra products on there customers who are calling for help. You also dont know that when the customer calls and goes down the line of being transferred to you, they are already inundated with so many product ads from other phones workers and automated wait commercials that they will be cursing a blue streak at you, and good luck making an income. There are actually a handful of companies online who are hiring customer service reps. But just like the true typist jobs, many want someone with experience. They dont want someone who cant take care of their customer. And there are others who will train you if you have no experience but are someone they are looking for. There are a few, but its hard finding them amid all the telephone job scams out there. 8. The Instant Online Business You pay a sometimes huge fee and you can be making money in minutes. Or so they claim. Many of these sites are just selling you an ebook “telling” you how to start your own no fail work at home business. The website is filled with pictures of people on the beach, and yachts having fun. There are the testimonials from people who they say already bought the book and made so much money in a short time. All you need to do is press the x on your browser and get off that site. The only person who is going to make money is the one selling that expensive ebook. There are books out there with real information that will help you. But people have to remember that the internet is big and most of these sites are selling what you can find for free other places. Plus starting an internet business is not easy and its not quick. For some it took years before they really started earning an income that allowed them to live comfortably. For others they had to quit after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Online business creation companies will make you a website and tell you your good to go. You only have one problem, its not hard to create a website, there are billions of them. The biggest problem of any internet business is getting traffic and sales. Neither happen overnight even with the best website and product. 9. Medical Transcriptionist/Medical Billing There are ads all over from the hundreds that come up in search engines to the dozens that are emailed to you on any given month. 10. Craft Assembly Even as I was doing research for this article I came across a message board where many people were responding to an ad that went like this: “Work from home, no experience necessary. Make over $3000 a month.” Medical transcription is actually a legitmate business but it takes a lot of hard work to get it going. The ads will tell you how easy it is. You pay them and mostly get a floppy disk or papers and thats it. All you find out is that you need to call doctors offices to see if any of them will hire you. The fees are usually outrageous as well anywhere from $300 to well over $1000 for there “software” and just like the data entry, its the only thing you can use. There are real places hiring transcriptionists online, however the no experience rule you see some advertise is a good indicator that they are a scam. You need experience, you need to know all of the coding and medical language. Would you want someone typing up your file who doesnt understand what there typing, and make key mistakes that could endanger your life? It should also be noted that the scammers have also extended the scam by creating “schools”, for you to pay them and get a degree by doing a home course which is actually not a real certificate. To become a real certified Medical Transcriptionist you need to go to American Association for Medical Transcription and read all about the Medical Transcription Certification Program (MTCP).Work At Home! Make Crafts For cash! Are you looking to work from home doing assembly, crafts, sewing or making jewelry, and getting paid for it? Start earning money from home today!” I was so very disturbed to see over 50 people giving out there emails while begging for more information on this. Stay away from it unless you have done the work of really checking a company out and even then I would pass, because there are simply only a handful that are legitimate and I have NEVER even stumbled across them as of yet. Craft Assemly, I saved the worst for last because the ones who run these ads online and offline, are right at the bottom of the scum bucket. There are 3 types of scammers for this one. Crappy Materials With all 3 types of companies it is usually the same. Type1 sends out an ad. You respond to the ad and they want money from you, but dont worry its “refundable”. The amount of money is many times over a $1000, and they will tell you its to weed out the people who arent serious as well as to cover the cost of the materials. You will need to get expensive equipment such as a sewing machine or a machine to make signs. You of course have to get everything from their company because they need to make sure that you are using only the finest materials and equipment. You get the package and the materials are crap to say the least, the instructions are hardly understandable and you are left struggling to up together the dolls, aprons, crafts and other items. Your only problem is many of these so called “companies” are a P.O. Box which the owners have closed up and moved on. You are left with products that you will probably toss or have to sell yourself. End result all they were selling were the machines, thats where these people make there money from, not the “crafts” they want you to build. Type 2 is the same except you send them in the products and they tell you that the product is not up to there standards. They are right, after all with the shoddy materials they sent who can make a quality item? Congradulations, they have your money and thats about it. End result, they too have your money from the products you “had” to buy only from them. Type 3 well, they are simply the worst of this little trinity. Everything goes the same as type 1 except that they might actually send good materials. You send back the finished product and you get a response saying that the product isnt up to there standards. Unlike Type 2, the product is usually good and they sell it, while they make you think they tossed it in the garbage because it was just so awful. They have the money from the machines and your crafts and you get the unpleasant experience of being scammed. There they are for now. Unfortunately there are so many scams out there that was only the tip of the iceberg. The best advice I can give is to use common sense. If someone is telling you that you will make $10,000 a month, shut the door in there face, close the webpage, or hang up on them. Also be very wary of an ad that promises a lot but gives you virtually no information on what you are supposed to be doing. 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