Growing up I was always an entrepreneur. I really enjoyed selling things to people that they needed and making a profit from my efforts.

But as I got older and my ambitions grew I found it harder and harder to market things to people because I looked so young and people didn’t take me seriously based on prejudice.

The Internet changed everything for me. Online marketing allowed me to use my brains and without being judged based on how I looked was able to sell a product to thousands of people who did take me seriously based on the merit of my product and marketing in my strategies.

Internet marketing platform took what used to be a weakness and turn it into a strength.

The hardest thing getting started in Internet marketing is knowing what direction to go in, go to believe as far as advice and information, what information is important to your particular goals and strategies, and what information will help you at all.

In my journey to learn online marketing I jumped or lots of groups to figure out what was the basic knowledge and needed and what was his opinion in other people’s ideas of how to apply the same basics.

If I were to give somebody starting out invites I would tell you to try to elicit the things that keep repeating which are generally the basics and at first they ignore the things that seem like someone else’s idea of a strategy.

Once you get the basics down and you understand how the basic online-marketing works then you can elicit your own wisdom would strategies may or may not work for you, or your foundation will be based on some else’s opinion on cold hard foundation of facts.

ALLOW ABUNDANCE IN YOUR LIFE

Getting your first credit card is a big deal and all young people look forward to it with bated breath. We wait for years to be able to apply successfully for out own credit card. This is one of the first things that make us feel like real grown ups. Unfortunately for many they do not have any idea of how to manage the credit once they get it. Just because you feel like an adult does not mean that you know how to act like one. In fact, many real grown ups don’t know how to manage their credit any better.

Credit cards are a big responsibility and they are so convenient that you can find yourself in serious debt before you even know it. Who keeps track of all the money they spend each week? No many people. And if you have a credit card with what seems at the time to be unless credit you can easily find yourself spending, and spending, and spending some more.

Credit cards should only be used in case of an emergency. And I don’t mean an emergency like you have a hot date and nothing to wear to it. No, I mean a medical emergency or something of that nature. The more you use your credit cared the easier it gets to use it all of the time. Keep your usage down to a minimum at all times.

Credit cards can be used anywhere these days. Even halfway around the world. If you use your card too much you will find yourself paying thousands of dollars in interest each year. Credit is not free, it costs you in the form of high interest rates.

Martin Lukac, represents, #1 Loans USA, a finance web-company specializing in real estate/mortgage market. http://www.1LoansUSA.com

I Can’t Stand It!

There should be a law against the pun.

Here I’ve been waiting for the Idaho Farm Bureau Quarterly forever and when it arrives, I get puns!

The thing you want to read in IFBQ is the jokes page. It’s called the Funnies.

At first I thought they had left the jokes out.

I looked and looked and then found it up front on pages 10 and 11 instead of back where it belongs.

That’s when I got hit with the International Pun Contest.

A pun is a play on words. In the first pun a vulture boards a plane with two dead raccoons.

The stewardess says, “Sorry, Mr. Vulture! Only one carrion!”

I shortened the joke so that you didn’t have to suffer like I did.

What did the fish say when it hit a concrete barrier?

“Dam!”

An Eskimo accidentally burned up his kayak. What did that prove?

You can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

One H atom tells another H atom that he has lost his electron. The second says, “Are you sure?”

The first H atom says, “I’m positive.”

Even with my years of chemistry, this joke did not turn me on.

A Buddhist refuses Novocain during a root canal. What is his object?

To transcend dental medication.

Chest players are boasting in the lobby of a hotel and the manager boots them out. Why”

He said, “I can’t have chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer.”

Twins are given up for adoption, Juan in Spain and Ahmal in Egypt. Years later Juan sends his mother a picture of himself. She says to her husband, “I wish I had a picture of Ahmal.” What does her husband say?

“If you’ve seen Juan you’ve see Ahmal.”

A local florist wants to cut off the competition of competing friar florist so he sends Hugh to trash their store. What did this prove?

Only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

Gandhi was shoeless, had calluses, ate little so he was frail, and his diet gave him bad breath. What did this make him?

Super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

I though it was only right that you suffer with me on that last one.

Here’s a typical joke from IFBQ: An Indian comes into a café with a tethered bull buffalo. He asks for coffee, shoots the bull, and leaves the mess for the café personal to clean up. Why did he do this?

He was training for upper management. He explained: “Training for upper management position. Come in, get coffee, shoot bull, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day.”

At an international brewing convention, the CEOs order only the beer that they make. Budweiser, Bud®; Fosters, Fosters®, etc. Finally the bartender is ready for the order from the CEO of Guinness. He orders a diet Coke® with ice and lemon. The other CEOs look at him like he is crazy. One asked, “Aren’t you having a Guinness®?” What does the Guinness CEO say?

“Well, if you bleedin’ pansies aren’t drinkin’, then I’m not goin’ to drink in front of you?”

I changed that last joke, as I did the others, so that IFBQ will not sue me. Actually, they could care less. How do you think they get their jokes? Besides, I’m a member. That’s where I get my insurance.

You’ve heard the old joke about the guy at the Penn State game. An acquaintance notes that his wife is not there nor all his friends that have annual seats near him. He asks, “Where is your wife and all your friends? I didn’t think they would miss a game.” What did the man say?

“My wife died. All her friends are at the funeral.”

The IFBQ joke went like this. A hunter stands reverently when a funeral procession passes by. He gives up a great shot at a buck. His friend says, “I’ve never seen such reverence.” What does the first hunter say?

“We were married 35 years.”

Tedious as it already was, the IFBQ the Funnies gave the Blondes Year in Review.

She returned her scarf in January because it was too tight, in February got fired at the pharmacy because she couldn’t get the little bottles in the typewriter, in March she finished a “2-4 years” puzzle in three hours, in April got trapped on a stalled escalator, in May couldn’t get water into Kool-Aid® packets, in June wanted to water ski but could find no sloped lake, in July loses breast-stroke championship because other swimmers cheated by using their arms, in August got locked out of her top-down convertible in a rainstorm, in September said the capital of California is “C,” in October said M & Ms® were “too hard to peal,” in November she baked her turkey for 4 days because she weighed 114 pounds, and finally and exhaustingly in December needed to call 911 but couldn’t find the eleven button.

The last joke was better than the rest. A short version is that a minister wanted to throw all the beer in the world in the river, then all the wine in the world, and finally, all the whiskey in the world.

The closing song was Shall We Gather at the River.

What? You want to read more puns? Well, go to http://www.badpuns.com/.

There’s not all that much to do here in Idaho this time of year either.

John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com, a retired VP of R&D for Lenox China, is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of Ceramic Industry Magazine. He is Executive Representative of IWS sellers of Tyler Hicks wealth-success books and kits. He also sells TopFlight flagpoles. He calls himself “Taylor Jones, the hack writer.”

More info: http://www.tjbooks.com

Business web site: http://www.aaaflagpoles.com

Two seminal events make the decision to buy properties in Bulgaria a financially beneficial endeavor in the 21st century.

One of these events already occurred — the opening up of the Bulgarian real estate market following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The second of these significant events that will further the boom in Bulgarian real estate and that will enhance the financial benefits of property investment in Bulgaria, will be the entry of the country into the European Union in 2007.

In reality, this period before Bulgaria’s membership in the European Union is an ideal time for a financially astute individual to take steps to buy properties in Bulgaria. Presently, when it comes to investing in Bulgaria property, the market favors the buyer.

In many places around the country, a person has the ability to buy properties in Bulgaria at remarkable prices. By taking steps now — and before Bulgaria becomes a full member of the European Union — property investment in Bulgaria can greatly and significantly enhance any person or company’s investment portfolio.

Financial analysts predict that with Bulgaria’s entrée into the European Union in 2007, a tremendous influx of foreign investment will be made in that country. A large number of business enterprises from different parts of the world are expected to set up operations in Bulgaria. Most of these operations will need to buy properties in Bulgaria, which will drive up the value of real estate in many locations across the nations.

As a result, by investing in Bulgaria property today, by making the decision to buy properties in Bulgaria before the country becomes a part of the European Union, a shrewd person will acquire an asset or assets that will only rise in value in the very immediate future.

The buy low and sell high principle will play out graphically in Bulgaria over the course of the next couple of years. By being on the proverbial (and somewhat literal) “ground floor” today by making the decision to buy properties in Bulgaria, a real estate investor should be able to realize a solid increase in net worth and a likely profit in the short term.

Surrinder Ahitan’s website http://www.Bulgarian-Property-Advice.com provides detailed information and advice on the most lucrative areas to invest in Bulgaria. You will learn how to get around, get a flavor of the language, history, culture and more.

This process is multi fold

1. Learn what YOUR neutral grip is
2. The CORRECT ball position for every club
3. The CORRECT swing shape
4. How far back YOU can take the club
5. How to play within YOUR style

You will have many options to choose from and I’ll show you how to find the ones that will work for you. Once you have all of your “components” you won’t need to experiment any longer!

WHERE TO START - GRIP AND POSTURE

While this may be obvious to some you would be surprised by the number of people that work on their swing without starting with their grip. There is only ONE neutral grip for any golfer! That grip is where YOUR arm hangs down from the shoulder socket and the angle of YOUR target side hand. It makes no difference whether you use an overlapping, interlocking, and ten-finger (baseball) grip. What IS critical is the angle the club lies in your hand.

To find YOUR neutral grip, first take your address position, but without a club, and let both arms hang downward from the shoulder sockets with NO TENSION. Most golfers will find that their target side arm hangs somewhere between the middle of the target side thigh to the inside of the thigh (depending on the width of stance and/or the width of the chest). As you look down at your target side hand pay attention to the angle it hangs. Some of you will see two knuckles of the hand, some will see three, and some may even see four. It doesn’t matter how many you see! Whatever the number, this is YOUR bodies way of telling you its natural tendency and that is the neutral angle for YOUR grip! When you place your target side hand on the club it should be at the same angle you just saw.

The club then runs diagonally from between the first and second joint of the index finger to just under the heel pad. Close the fingers and then close the hand with the heel pad on top of the shaft with the thumb to the backside of the shaft. This supplies pressure from the heel pad downward and the last three fingers exert pressure upward. Then take the lifeline of the trailing hand, located between the thumb and heel pads, and place it on the thumb of the target side hand. The lifeline against the thumb exerts the pressure here; the right forefinger should be separated, in a “triggering position”, but with no pressure. It is important to understand that the forefinger and target side thumb both be on the same side and angle of the shaft for the best support. The trailing thumb should be on the target side of the shaft. You never want the thumbs to exert any pressure. Finally, in order for the hands to work together, they must be parallel to each other.

POSTURE

Regardless of the player’s level of golf anyone can get into a posture that looks as good as any Tour Player, it takes no athletic ability to get into a proper posture! For full swing shots, other than a Driver, the inside of the heels should be as wide as the outside of the hips (for a Driver the inside of the heels as wide as the outside of the shoulders). Push the hips sockets back and up so that the pelvis is at an angle, not horizontal to the ground. As you push the hips back, and up, this will lower the chest and place the weight toward the back of the arch of the foot. Simply unlock your knees, you’ll feel a little pressure above the kneecaps, and let the arms hang limply downward from the shoulder socket. There should be NO TENSION in the arms or shoulders. Some players like to tilt their upper bodies slightly away from target as the final set-up adjustment and just because your trailing hand is lower than the target side hand this is acceptable, just don’t overdue it. Now you have YOUR grip and posture.

BALL POSITION

Ball position is the most misunderstood portion of the entire set-up. There have been many opinions about ball position. Some say one position for every shot, others say move it around depending on the club. All of the guesswork is taken out however if the golfer would set the club at address as the manufacturer designed it. All clubs, except for the Driver, are designed so that the grip end of the club is ahead of the clubhead if soled properly, this means the shaft leans forward, not vertical or backwards! If you address the ball, with say a 5 iron, and the shaft is vertical then even before you swing you’ve added loft and turned it into a seven iron! That same 5 iron is designed to have approximately 8 degrees of forward lean at address. The best players in the world, using that same 5 iron, have upwards of 15 degrees at Impact! This turns it into a 3 iron! Having said that you have the option of setting up to the ball with the shaft vertical as long as you can get into the proper Impact position…the shaft leans forward at Impact!

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER start with the shaft leaning backward! We also need to cover where the ball is located in relation to the player’s upper body, not the feet. The width of the stance changes during the course of a round but the width of the upper body does not. In addition, the target side shoulder socket is the low point of the arc and the fulcrum of the target side arm swing. Therefore the ball with a wedge will be in the center of the chest, in line with the sternum, for full swing shots, the 5 iron under the target side of the chest, and the Driver at the low point, which is the shoulder socket. This could vary depending on whether the player has exceptionally wide shoulders, but for the most part these locations will be fine for irons but the target side shoulder socket IS the LOW POINT and the Driver MUST be played at this location for straight shots! Back of this location produces a fade, with no manipulation, and forward of this location produces a draw, with no manipulation. You may see some players playing the ball back, or forward, of the target side shoulder socket but these players must either change the shoulder location at Impact, by leaning backward with the upper body, or must manipulate the clubface to hit a straight shot.

AIM and ALIGNMENT

As you take your grip you must be sure the leading edge of the clubface square. The leading edge is the edge closest to the ball. Always set the clubface first, perpendicular to the target line, then set your feet, knees, hips, eyes, and shoulders parallel to the target line.

THESE LINES ARE PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER! NEVER AIM YOUR BODY AT THE TARGET! What is the object of golf? To get the ball in the hole with the fewest strokes as possible! To aid in alignment it is imperative that you utilize a procedure called an “Intermediate Target”. The intermediate target is something between the ball and the target. It could be a piece of discolored grass, an edge of a divot, a broken tee, etc. It should be within your peripheral vision, so that you don’t have to lift your head.

MOVING THE CLUB

Because we play golf on an Inclined Plane this dictates that the club MUST move on an arc. That means the club head is only on the base on the Plane Line approximately 2 inches during the swing! It also means that the club always moves in 3 dimensions. The Backstroke dimension is backward, upward, and inward all simultaneously and On Plane. The keyword for Backstroke is “BACK”. The hands and arms control the backward and upward movement of the club. Therefore, if you did not make a shoulder turn the clubhead WOULD NOT move inside the baseline. The shoulder turn moves the club inward, NOT back and up. So if the player just turned their shoulders, without any hand or arm movement, then the club would be inside but not back and up. These two movements MUST work together to achieve the proper sequence. The trailing forearm moves the club on Plane by “tracing” the Plane. The bending, and folding of the trailing elbow also raises and lowers the club and cocks and uncocks the target side wrist. Never raise the arms and club by lifting from the shoulders sockets!

The Downstroke dimension is downward, outward, and forward. Once the player has reached full extension (follow-through) then the club moves again upward, inward, and backward. This completes the 3 dimensional swing.

LENGTH OF ARC

What does this term mean? Simply put, length of arc means how far back YOU can take the club. Some players may be able to take their hands high above their heads in the backswing while others can only get their hands to shoulder height, or less. It doesn’t matter! However far you can take the club and still maintain structure is the end of YOUR swing! You can increase your length of arc by increasing your range of motion. (see your local physical therapist for exercises to increase your range of motion).

LET’S GET STARTED

Before every shot you play there must be a sequential order of events. First of course we have to find our golf ball. Once the ball is located we then must examine the type of lie we have, the distance to the target, the shot shape desired, the wind conditions (if any), how we’re feeling that particular day, whether to play aggressively or conservatively or somewhere in between (this depends on our style), and finally choosing the correct club for the type of shot. We can’t call this a “pre-shot routine” because there is nothing routine about a golf shot! There are always factors to be decided and these factors constantly change. So we would encourage you to use the phrase “PRE-SHOT”. Pre-shot may or may not include a dress rehearsal of the swing, a practice swing. During the practice swing you’re getting a feel for the mechanics involved in hitting the shot and visualizing the ball flight.

ADDRESS AND SET-UP

Once we have gone through our pre-shot we now start the initial mechanical and mental programming procedures. Approach the ball from behind and follow this order for success. Verify these six Impact Alignments.

1. Clubface to Target Line
2. Grip to Clubface
3. Hands to Ball
4. the Plane Angle
5. Pressure Points
6. Position of the Trailing Forearm

Balance, Grip, and Plane Line MUST be verified before EVERY shot!

Now we’re ready to start the backstroke.

BACKSTROKE

Now that address is completed we can start the backstroke. As discussed earlier, this involves two separate movements. These movements are controlled from the waist up. The lower body should be moved by the upper body if the player is flexible enough, if not, then allow it to move freely in both directions.

1. The hands and arms … the vertical plane
2. The shoulders … the horizontal or inclined plane

At this point I would like to remind you that Address and Impact are NOT THE SAME! The only thing that has not changed is the ball position.

You may use any backstroke procedure you choose and there are basically three that the announcers use to describe them.

1. A one piece takeaway…Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods
2. A two piece takeaway…Ernie Els, David Duval, Karrie Webb, Anika Sorenstam
3. A three piece takeaway…Raymond Floyd, Nancy Lopez

Choose anyone you wish that feels comfortable and natural. What initiates the backstroke? Ask ten different instructors and you will get ten different answers. Some player’s feel it starts with turning the shoulders, some feel it may be the hips, and still others think and feel it’s the hands. I believe it is a combination of the hands, trailing forearm, AND shoulder turn that start the backstroke. Earlier I talked about the role of the hands, arms, and shoulders during the backstroke. They absolutely must work together and synchronous if the club is to stay on plane!

As the club starts back the clubhead must point at the base of the plane line until the clubshaft reaches parallel to the plane line and horizontal to the ground. As the club starts upward then the butt of the club must point at an extension of the base of the plane until it reaches the top of the swing. If you can’t get the clubshaft to parallel, then the butt of the club Must point to the base of the plane line. If you are one of the few that can get the shaft to parallel, then it should be parallel to the base of the plane line.

The hip sequence (how the hips move) for full swing shots is always the same. They Turn, Slide, Turn. A great majority of players think the hips slide in the backstroke (shifting weight). While this certainly is an option it eliminates creating any rotating force of the body. A better procedure would be the one described above and is the option that the majority of the world’s best players use.

This article is an excerpt of my eBook - “How To Build YOUR Golf Swing”.

(c) Copyright 2004, Chuck Evans

You can reach Chuck by calling 480.862.6544 or through the website
www.chuckevansgolf.com

Home improvement includes house repairs as well as house renovation. House repairing is an ongoing process for many people. There is always a breakdown of one thing or the other in your house. Plumbing is one of the most common repair works. Electrical job is another important repair work.

House renovation or remodeling is more expensive and less frequent than repair work. House renovation includes painting, wall papering, installing heating system and air conditioning system, etc. You may also undertake bigger home improvement projects such as adding new bathroom fixtures, redesigning your kitchen, changing the way your garden looks, turning your backyard into a basketball court, building a new room, etc.

For all these home improvement jobs, you need to spend money. If you do not have money for this, you can take out a home improvement loan. A home improvement loan can be obtained from banks, building societies and private lenders. You can take out a personal loan to carry out a home improvement job. Personal loans are usually unsecured, i.e. you do not need to offer collateral to obtain such a loan. It can be used for a small home improvement job such as a repair work or small remodeling job. It is repaid within a short period of time so that the borrower does not have to pay a huge amount of interest.

You may also take out a secured home improvement loan. To obtain a secured loan, you have to offer a property as a security. If you are a homeowner, you can offer your house as a security. Your property may be repossessed by the lender if you default in repayment of a secured loan. There are several benefits of secured loans. The rate of interest on secured loans is lower than the interest rate on unsecured loans. Lenders offer flexible repayment terms on secured loans. You can spread your loan repayment over a long period of time. This makes the amount of your monthly installments small. Whether you choose a secured loan or an unsecured loan for home improvement, you must carefully study its pros and cons before applying for it.

Author:

The author is a business writer specializing in finance and credit products and has written authoritative articles on the
finance industry. He has done his masters in Business Administration and is currently assisting Apply-4-loans as a finance specialist.

For more information please visit http://www.apply-4-loans.co.uk

Imagine finding a planet where robots are programmed so that they can make other robots just like themselves from raw materials.

Now, imagine an alien visitor coming to the planet and, after many years of studying these robots, coming to the conclusion that since science can explain how these robots work, function, and reproduce there’s no reason to believe that there was an ultimate intelligent designer behind them.

The analogy above certainly is not perfect but it is sufficient to reveal the fallacious thinking of those who attack intelligent design behind life and the universe.

Chance physical processes can produce some level of order but it is not rational to believe that the highest levels of order in life and the universe are by chance. For example, amino acids have been shown to be able to come into existence by chance but not more complex structures such as proteins which require that the various amino acids be in a precise sequence, just like the letters in a sentence. A single cell has millions of proteins.

There is no innate chemical tendency for amino acids to bond with one another in a sequence. Any one amino acid can just as easily bond with any other. The only reason at all for why the various amino acids bond with one another in a precise sequence in the cells of our bodies is because they’re directed to do so by an already existing sequence of molecules in our genetic code. Without being in a proper sequence protein molecules will not function.

The sequence of molecules in DNA (the genetic code) determines the sequence of molecules in proteins. Furthermore, without DNA there cannot be RNA, but without RNA there cannot be DNA. And without eiether DNA and RNA there cannot be proteins, and without proteins there cannot be either DNA or RNA. They’re all mutually dependent upon each other for existence!

If humans must use intelligence to perform genetic engineering, to meaningfully manipulate the genetic code, then what does that say about the origin of the genetic code itself!

If the cell had evolved it would have had to be all at once. A partially evolved cell cannot wait millions of years to become complete because it would be highly unstable and quickly disintegrate in the open environment.

The great British scientist Sir Frederick Hoyle has said that the probability of the sequence of molecules in the simplest cell coming into existence by chance is equivalent to a tornado going through a junk yard of airplane parts and assembling a 747 Jumbo Jet!

Considering the enormous complexity of life, it is much more logical to believe that the genetic and biological similarities between all species is due to a common Designer rather than common biological ancestry. It is only logical that the great Designer would design similar functions for similar purposes and different functions for different purposes in all of the various forms of life.

What if we should find evidence of life on Mars? Wouldn’t that prove evolution? No. It wouldn’t be proof that such life had evolved from non-living matter by chance natural processes. And even if we did find evidence of life on Mars it would have most likely have come from our very own planet - Earth! In the Earth’s past there was powerful volcanic activity which could have easily spewed dirt containing microbes into outer space which eventually could have reached Mars. A Newsweek article of September 21, 1998, p.12 mentions exactly this possibility.

Contrary to popular belief, scientists have never created life in the laboratory. What scientists have done is genetically alter or engineer already existing forms of life, and by doing this scientists have been able to produce new forms of life. However, they did not produce these new life forms from non-living matter. Even if scientists ever do produce life from non-living matter it won’t be by chance so it still wouldn’t help support any argument for evolution.

We also know from the law of entropy in science that the universe does not have the ability to have sustained itself from eternity. The existence and complexity of the universe point to a Supreme Designer and Creator!

Those advocating the teaching of intelligent design are not demanding that Darwinian theory no longer be taught. Rather, the advocates of intelligent design want the merits of both theories taught side by side when the issue of origins is covered in science classes and textbooks. This is only fair.

Science cannot prove we are here by either design (creation) or by chance (evolution), but students should have full information available to decide which position science best supports.

What we believe about life’s origins does influence our philosophy and value of life as well as our view of ourselves and others. This is no small issue!

Just because the laws of science can explain how life and the universe operate and work doesn’t mean there is no Maker. Would it be rational to believe that there’s no designer behind airplanes because the laws of science can explain how airplanes operate and work?

Natural laws are adequate to explain how the order in life, the universe, and even a microwave oven operates, but mere undirected natural laws cannot fully explain the origin of such order.

An organization of highly qualified scientists, known as the Institute for Creation Research (www.icr.org), has published some excellent books and material supporting faith in intelligent design for life and the universe.

Books published by ICR cover various issues such as the origin of life, genetic and biological similarities between species, the limits to biological variation and natural selection in nature, the fossil record, the age of the earth, etc.

Sincerely,
Babu G. Ranganathan
(B.A. Bible/Biology)

Other helpful resources:
www.creationscience.com
www.ChristianAnswers.Net
www.religionscience.com

Scientific Evidence for a Young World: http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=1842

The author, Babu G. Ranganathan, is an experienced Christian writer. He has his B.A. with academic concentrations in Bible and Biology. As a religion and science writer he has been recognized in the 24th edition of Marquis Who’s Who In The East. The author has a website at: http://www.religionscience.com

You have made a commitment to lose 10 pounds in the next 2 months. You are eating well and working out regularly. You are committed in every way possible- except 1. Your specialty coffee drink of choice. Mochas, frappuccinos, breves and everything in between. You just cannot give up your daily cup of mocha madness.

I don’t blame you. In fact I think the moment you begin to deprive yourself of anything you start a vicious cycle. You start craving the one thing you told yourself you cannot have. So what if we stop denying ourselves of our heavenly coffee drinks? Is it possible to still be on a diet and drink mochas?

Yes, it absolutely is. And I am living proof that you can still indulge and have a fabulous body. I admit that I drink one mocha beverage per day. So if I can do it, you can do it to. Go ahead you have my permission!

But before you run out the door and order 4 venti mocha fraps you should know a few other things. I think that allowing yourself a treat is good and necessary for long term success. The very first thing I think you should do is this- stop dieting. A diet implies negative emotions. It implies that you are restricting your calories and your joy. It also implies that you are going to stop eating according to the diet at some point. After all, who wants to diet all of their life? Not me.

So let’s stop dieting. Let’s make a lifestyle change. Let’s focus more on things we should eat instead of things we should not eat. Let’s focus on all of our accomplishments and not on our failures. In fact, we do not even have failures. We simply had times when we were not as successful as we would have hoped. Let’s also get a few other things in place.

Here are 5 tips to fat loss. Incorporate each of these 5 tips into your new lifestyle change. I know that you will see results. You will feel better, happier, and healthier. You will have more energy and more self-esteem. You will feel good about your body because you are living a clean and healthy life. Here are the 5 tips to fat loss-

1) Eat 5-6 small meals throughout the day. Each meal should be 2-3 hours apart. Each meal should contain one protein and one carb. The first meal should be eaten within an hour after waking.

2) Drink a glass of water at each meal.

3) Rest properly. This means taking at least 48 hours between strength training the same muscles, and it also means getting at least 7-8 hours of sleep per night. Lastly, it means taking 1-2 days off from exercising per week.

4) Cardio should be done at different intensity levels and different session lengths. Consider doing a low intensity/long session, a high intensity/short session and a few medium intensity/medium length sessions. Working at varying intensity levels will ensure a well-rounded routine.

5) Strength train each muscle 1-3 times per week. You should lift a proper weight and perform the proper amount of sets/reps for your strength training method. Strength training is not hard once you have an excellent routine in place. Focus on proper form and a full range of motion.

All of the above tips combined will result in fat loss. Now that we are living a healthy life and not dieting we can let go of all guilt. So long as you follow these 5 tips to fat loss then you can have a non-fat venti mocha with whipped cream. The key is moderation. The secret to long-term success is to eat well, workout often and never, ever deprive yourself of your mocha.

Lynn VanDyke is a Master Trainer and Fitness Nutritionist dedicated to making fat loss simple. She has authored a popular ebook called “Melt the Fat.” You may grab your copy or learn more about her at http://Melt-the-Fat.com

Michigan - May 20, 2005 - MicroWorld Technologies, Inc. the leading solutions provider in the area of Anti-virus and Content security, has announced the launch of its new version of MailScan Ver. 4.5, the antivirus and content security software for mail servers.

The new version of MailScan provides additional security features to allow users to monitor the TCP connections on their systems, and use enhanced Anti-SPAM control to fight SPAM.

The new security feature interface displays all the active TCP connections to your computer. It lists information about the processes, protocols, local addresses, remote addresses and Process Status on the computer. It allows you to identify any unauthorized access to your mail server and take effective counter measures to safeguard your system.

MailScan 4.5 provides the user with real time access to Relay Blackhole List at <http://www.rbl.org> for IPs of known Spammers. The site maintains active real-time Blackhole list that you can use to verify if any IP that connects to your MailServer is listed as that of a known Spammer, and take appropriate action.

MailScan 4.5 is the next step in the continuing process to provide added security to mail servers against virus attacks, SPAM and other forms of security threats to networks via e-mail.

Mr Govind Rammurthy, CEO, MicroWorld Technologies, Inc. says “MicroWorld’s MailScan 4.5 with its new features, is a step forward in strengthening our products to ensure that corporate gateways are well-protected from ever increasing and smart Internet intruders. Continuous development has made MailScan one of the most popular mail gateway security products available in the markets today.”