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A whole foods, plant-based diet is the heart-healthiest diet

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world, even though three-quarters of the humans on this planet have no heart disease. Womens death rate from heart disease is eight times higher than their death rate from breast cancer. The incidence rate (not death rate) for heart disease is about the same as it was in the early 1970s. According to USDA figures, we consume significantly more meat and added fat than we did 30 years ago. Dr. T. Colin Campbell concludes:The American public is not being given the most up-to-date scientific information. Health institutions in America such as the American Heart Association are intentionally misleading the pubic about heart disease by recommending a diet for heart disease that favors moderation rather than scientific truth. The layperson must be aware that a whole foods, plant-based diet is far and away the healthiest diet, whether scientists, doctors and policy makers think the public will change or not.

Heart Disease Proved to Be Both Preventable and Reversible

A whole foods, plant-based diet is ultimately more effective and far cheaper than medical intervention because it reduces coronary risk factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure and weight. Beyond prevention, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Jr. and then Dr. Dean Ornish proved that heart disease is reversible with a very low-fat, plant-based diet. Dr. William Castelli, director of the Framingham Heart Study, the nations oldest and largest cardiovascular research project, also participated in research on vegetarian and macrobiotic people at Harvard Medical School. He noted they have healthier hearts and circulatory systems than conditioned athletes.

Sources: American Journal of Cardiology; The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., 2005; William Castelli, Summary of Lessons from the Framingham Heart Study, Sept. 1983

Meredith McCarty, DC, NE, is a holistic nutritionist (Diet Counselor and Nutrition Educator). She has consulted, taught and lectured internationally since 1977 and has authored three cookbooks including Sweet and NaturalMore than 120 Naturally Sweet and Dairy Free Desserts, which won the Versailles World Cookbook Fair Award. Formerly the associate editor of Natural Health magazine, Meredith co-directed a macrobiotic holistic health center in northern California for 20 years. Contact Meredith via email, meredith@healingcuisine.com or visit http://www.healingcuisine.com for the latest news on diet and health.

This may sound strange, but I believe that fishing with live worms is every bit the art form that any other form of fishing has ever been purported to be, it's simply that most anglers don't look at it this way. Most angler think that "threading" a live worm onto a hook and throwing it into the water is considered live worm fishing. I have to disagree with this sentiment. I'm not a flea flicker, by any stretch of the imagination, but in my favorite movie A River Runs Through It, the reverend McLain is said to have said if he had his way, "anyone who does not know how to catch a fish, should not be able to disgrace that fish by catching it." This is exactly how I feel about people fishing with live worms.

If you're going to fish with live worms, it can be considered an "art" only if you take your craft seriously. The best way to accomplish this is by learning to present said live worms in a natural manner, rather than simply "threading" them onto a hook and creating what ends up looking like a 'worm ball' in many cases. The best way to present live worms in a natural manner, is through the use of a set of gang hooks. A set of gang hooks can be tied yourself or purchased ready to fish, the point is that to present worms naturally, a set of gang hooks is imperative.

To become and "artist" when it comes to fishing live worms, not only do gang hooks need to be employed, so does a practical way to carry your live worms while you're fishing. How many painters do you see that prop their painting up against a tree when they want to paint a picture? You don't see such an inefficient thing happening. Painters employ an easel to hold their painting while they paint. Well anglers, if they fish with live worms, should employ a bait bag to carry their live worms while fishing, much the same way a painter uses an easel to help them paint. You see, carrying a container of live worms around can be very unwieldy and a big time waster. With a bait bag, your live worms are always literally "at your fingertips" waiting to be used.

Fishing with live worms doesn't have to be reserved only for kids just learning how to fish and amateurs. If you begin to take live worm fishing as seriously as other variations of fishing are taken, you can become an artist. Not only that, but you will never again disgrace any fish, by not knowing how to catch it.

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country..Montana!

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Charisma is a quality that can enable you to accomplish almost everything you could ever want faster than you can imagine. It is a quality that all highly successful people have developed and use to their advantage in everything they do.

Charisma is an indefinable personal magnetism that can earn you the support and cooperation of people in almost everything you do. When you take the necessary steps to develop charisma, people will find themselves attracted to you and will want to help you achieve your goals.

Charisma is a personal magic of leadership that arouses loyalty and enthusiasm in other people. It is a special quality of magnetism that each person has and that each person uses to a certain degree. You have a special charisma to the people who look up to you, who respect and admire you, the members of your family, friends and coworkers. Whenever and wherever a person feels a positive emotion toward another, he or she imbues that person with charisma, or attractiveness.

People who have developed their charisma are often described as having an aura. This aura is a light that is invisible to most people, but not to everyone. This light radiates out from a person and affects the people around that person in a positive or negative way. The halo around the heads of saints and mystics in many religious paintings was the artists attempt to depict the light that many people reported seeing around the heads of these men and women when they were speaking, praying, or in an intense emotional state.

You also have an aura around you that most people cannot see but is there, nevertheless. This aura affects the way people react and respond to you, either positively or negatively. There is a lot that you can do, and a lot of good reasons for you to do it, to control this aura and make it work in your best interests.

If youre a business owner, developing greater charisma can help you tremendously in working with your staff, your suppliers, your bankers, your customers, and everyone else upon whom you depend on for your success. People seem naturally drawn to those who possess charisma. They want to help and support them. When you have charisma, people will open doors for you and bring you opportunities that otherwise would not have been available to you.

In your personal relationships, the quality of charisma can make your life more joyous and happy. People will naturally want to be around you. Members of your family and friends will be far happier in your company, and you will have a greater influence on them, causing them to feel better about themselves and to do better at the important things in their lives.

There is a close association between personal charisma and success in life. Most of your success and happiness in life will come from your relationships and interactions with others. The more positively others respond to you, the easier it will be for you to get the things you want.

Charisma is based on the Law of Attraction. This law states that you inevitably attract into your life people and circumstances that harmonize with your dominant thoughts. You are a living magnet, and you are constantly radiating thought waves, like a radio radiates sound waves, that are picked up by other people. Your thoughts, intensified by your emotions, as radio waves are intensified by electrical impulses, go out from you and are picked up by anyone who is tuned into a similar wavelength. You then attract into your life people, ideas, opportunities, resources, circumstances, and anything else that is consistent with your dominant frame of mind.

Your charisma is really a measure of the power of your personality. It is determined by a variety of factors, most of which you have control over. The critical thing to remember about charisma is that it is largely based on perception. It is based on what people think about you. It is not so much reality as it is what people perceive you to be. For example, one person can create charisma in another person by speaking in glowing terms about that person to a third party. If you believe that you are about to meet an outstanding and important person, that person will then be charismatic to you.

The foundation for developing charisma is having a strong purpose. Men and women with charisma and personal magnetism almost invariably have a clear vision of who they are, of where theyre going and what theyre trying to achieve. Business leaders have a vision of what theyre trying to create and why theyre doing what theyre doing. Theyre focused on accomplishing some great purpose. Theyre decisive about every aspect of their lives. They know exactly what they want and what they have to do to get it. They plan their work and work their plan.

You can increase your charisma and the magnetism of your personality by setting clear goals for yourself, making plans to achieve them, and working on your plans with discipline and determination every day. The whole world seems to move aside for the person who knows exactly where he or she is going. In fact, the clearer you are about your purpose and goals, the more likely people will be to attribute other positive qualities to you. They will see you, or perceive you, as being a better and more admirable human being. And when you have clear goals, you begin attracting to yourself the people and opportunities necessary to make those goals a reality.

You must have strong self-confidence to develop charisma. Men and women with charisma have an intense belief in themselves and in what they are doing. They are usually calm, cool, and composed about themselves and their work. Your level of self-confidence is often demonstrated in your courage and your willingness to do whatever is necessary to achieve a purpose that you believe in.

People are naturally attracted to those people who exude a sense of self-confidence, those who have an unshakable belief in their ability to rise about circumstances to attain their goals. People with strong charisma have developed expertise or competence. The more knowledgeable you are perceived to be in your field, the more charisma you will have among those who respect and admire that knowledge because of the impact it can have on their lives. This is also the power of excellence, of being recognized by others as an outstanding performer in your field. Men and women who do their jobs extremely well and who are recognized for the quality of their work are those who naturally attract the help and support of others. They have charisma.

One of the most admirable qualities of leaders, which lends a person charisma in the perception of others, is the capacity to step forward and take charge. The leader accepts complete responsibility for getting the job done, without making excuses and blaming anyone. When you take complete responsibility for yourself and your actions, you experience a tremendous sense of control and power that enhances your feeling of well-being and that generates the charisma that is so important to you in attracting the help of others.

When you set clear goals and become determined and purposeful, backing up those goals with unshakable confidence, you develop charisma. When you are enthusiastic and excited about what your are doing, when you are totally committed to achieving something worthwhile, you radiate charisma. When you take the time to study and become an expert at what you do, and then prepare thoroughly for any opportunity to use your knowledge, skill, or experience, the perception that others have of you goes up. When you take complete responsibility and accept ownership, without making excuses or blaming others, you experience a sense of control that leads to the personal power that is the foundation of charisma.

By merely looking like a winner in every respect, you will have the kind of external image that others admire, you build your charisma. When you develop your character by setting high standards and then discipline yourself to live consistent with the highest principles you know, you become the kind of person who radiates charisma to others. Finally, when you concentrate your energies on achieving the results that you have been hired to accomplish, the results that others expect of you, you develop the reputation for performance and achievement that inevitably leads to the perception of charisma.

You can develop the kind of charisma that opens doors for you by going to work on yourself, consistently and persistently, and becoming the kind of person everyone can admire and look up to. In the final analysis, that is what charisma is all about.

Copyright 2005 by Joe Love and JLM & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.

Joe Love draws on his 25 years of experience helping both individuals and companies build their businesses, increase profits, and achieve total success. He is the founder and CEO of JLM & Associates, a consulting and training organization, specializing in personal and business development. Through his seminars and lectures, Joe Love addresses thousands of men and women each year, including the executives and staffs of many of Americas largest corporations, on the subjects of leadership, self-esteem, goals, achievement, and success psychology.

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Back pain is a part of many people's lives. From long hours of sitting in a chair staring at a computer to the moments spent lifting up a heavy box to the hours spent toting a three-year old around on a hip, pain often manifests in one of the workhorses of our body: the back. While this sort of pain may simply seem like a load to bear, something with which we all must deal, there are ways of lessening it, getting the proverbial monkey off our back completely.

Many people plagued by back pain have recently turned to yoga, using it as a way to condition their body by the way they think and feel about its relation to their mind and spirit. Yoga moves every joint in your body. You begin to realize where you hold tension in your body and this allows you to let it go. You can actually make changes and live your life in a tension free relaxed manner. Along these lines, pain is sometimes informative. It's your body's way of saying that it's time to change your habits. Yoga encourages us to explore pain, using it as a way to understand our body and habits.

Restorative yoga helps you become aware of and relax chronic tension held in the muscles, for example, muscles along the spine and in the neck and shoulders. Decreased chronic tension can begin to relieve back pain that manifests. A healthy resilient spine distributes weight throughout the whole body. With correct posture, you can help prevent muscular tension in the back and future structural problems, as well as give your internal organs room to function normally.

Conditioning the entire body - especially the legs, back and stomach muscles helps support the back and spine. These muscles bear a lot of the bodys physical load and they are highly conducive to proper posture and correct alignment. Thus, when these muscles are strong and resilient, the support comes from the inside out. A well conditioned body allows it to self-regulate and the pain that once plagued you begins to subside.

In addition to relaxing and strengthening muscles, yoga also elongates them through flexibility. For people with back problems, particularly lower back problems, flexibility is highly important. Stretching and improving the flexibility of a seemingly unrelated muscle, such as the hamstring, decreases the amount of stress placed on the back, ultimately decreasing tension and pain.

But, flexibility doesnt stop there, flexing its muscles in other aspects. In addition to relieving the stress and tension placed on a persons back, flexibility also increases circulation, sending nutrients into back muscles and filtering toxins out of them. This nourishes back muscles and muscle tissue, leaving them healthier and more properly armed for pain prevention.

Proper breathing, one of the backbones of yoga, is also essential to quieting back pain. Many times people erroneously perform yoga poses with their breath held, creating stress on their body. This tendency, however, must be broken in order for proper breathing to promote the bodys natural healing potential. Once people have learned to take deep, rhythmic, natural breaths, their body becomes relaxed, freeing them of pain-causing restrictions and facilitating proper circulation. Proper breathing also oxygenates the body, which creates harmony and calm, producing a better balanced being.

Making a commitment to the techniques taught in yoga can help commit our backs to a less painful existence. The practice of yoga is intended to improve a persons well being not merely for one 75 minute session at a time, but for a lifetime. When a person begins applying the knowledge they learn in yoga class - correct posture and relaxed breathing to all their waking hours - proper body alignment begins to manifest. This, while improving general health, also protects the curvature of the spine, an element that is essential to the decrease in, and prevention of, back pain.

While the ways yoga physically helps a persons back can be researched, checking out medical journals and highlighting important phrases, only those who practice yoga can fully grasp the way it mentally benefits back pain. One benefit is through the art of self-awareness. Self-awareness helps us to better understand our bodys capabilities, and its limitations. By knowing these, we are far less likely to strain our body in such a way that causes back pain. This is because self-awareness leads to empowerment, empowering us to be proactive in our own pain prevention.

Another way yoga mentally benefits back pain is through the concept of perception. Perception is the way we look at things; it conceptualizes the old glass half empty or half full adage. We all recall scraping our knees as children and thinking that it didnt hurt until we saw our own blood flowing through an open wound. At the sight of this, our perception of the injury worsened and the pain skyrocketed. The perception, alone, fueled the pain. Similarly, when we perceive our back pain with negative thoughts thoughts of hopelessness and despondency - the pain will undoubtedly worsen.

Yoga, however, is a vehicle of positive thinking. By teaching people to embrace thoughts of gratitude, hope, and encouragement, yoga helps us to alter our perception of things, spinning our perception of pain into a more positive light - a gift actually. This is, ultimately, one of the greatest ways to get pain off our backs for good.

TWISTED is a medical yoga studio at the Center for Osteopathic Medicine in Boulder, Colorado. Twisted integrates osteopathic medicine, hatha yoga and mindfulness practices to teach optimal balance between physical, mental, and emotional health. It aims to educate and help people to live a healthy life from the inside out. Rehabilitation programs offer a comprehensive treatment regime for the whole being, empowering each person one breath at a time to stimulate the bodys natural healing potential.

Jennifer Jordan is senior editor of http://www.yogatwisted.com Specializing in articles that not only teach yoga techniques, but also teach techniques on fulfillment and enrichment, she aims to educate students proudly enrolled in the school of life.

Small enough to hook onto a keychain, USB pen drive emulates a small disk drive and allows data to be transferred easily from one device to another. The way it works is very simple. It also works very fast. Since it is a relatively newer device, manufacturers are launching it with added capabilities and higher storage power. Some of the purposes for which it can be used are discussed below.

To transport personal data

The commonest use of USB pen drive is to transport or store personal files such as documents, pictures and video. One can also store medical alert information for emergency use or as preparation against disaster.

Repairing computer

Successful usage of USB pen drive has been noticed in the PC repair field as a means to transfer recovery and antivirus software to infected PCs. It also allows a portion of the host machine's data to be archived in it in case of emergency.

System administrators helper

System and network administrators find USB pen drive highly handy to load them with configuration information and software used for system maintenance, troubleshooting, and recovery. Such use of this portable device makes it popular among them.

As an application carrier

USB pen drives are used to carry applications that run on the host computer without the necessity of installation. U3, backed by pen drive vendors, offers an API to pen drive-specific functions. Portableapps, a free and open-source software, has also been developed to allow U3-like functionality on non-U3 drives. airWRX is also an application framework that runs from a pen drive and turns its PC host and other nearby PCs into a multi-screen, web-like work environment.

As audio players

A number of companies make solid state digital audio players in a small form factor, essentially producing pen drives with sound output and a simple user interface. The MP3 playback function is the most popular addition to USB pen drive. Some of them also have LCD display for track browsing and audio input jack and a rechargeable battery.

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If you run a website business, you will need to begin directing traffic to your website as soon as possible. The only way to get rid of your product is through website traffic, and that requires generating profitable traffic. Generating traffic means you are trying to draw visitors to your site who might in fact be interested in what you have to offer. Here are 4 keys to create more money through generating traffic.

The first thing you should do is submit your website to directories and search engines. This is an absolutely crucial part of generating profitable traffic. It is the top way to make certain that people who are searching for your products find you.

Another excellent way to generate profitable traffic is by offering a free newsletter. This can typically be done directly from your site. Publishing a standard newsletter is a great idea because only people who are somewhat interested in your products will sign up for it, and it gives customers a motivation for coming back to your site.

The next step for generating profitable traffic is to join discussion groups and online forums. Many potential customers and clients will use specific online forums and groups to share information and ask questions. The best thing to do is to locate the most trendy forums or discussion groups that relate to your website services.

Lastly, many website owners are trying pay per click campaigns for generating profitable traffic. You only pay for how many people actually click on ads to get to your website.

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There are so many online education degree programs that you can take. You can almost have a customized program in a lot of different areas. A few examples:

Bachelor programs with business administration in various fields.

Master programs in many areas like master of education in fields like educational management and technology in education. Also master of science in fields like communications technology, information systems and so forth.

Diploma programs can be found in fields like accounting, acquisition and contract management. Executive graduate certificates programs in business administration, computer information systems and related fields as well as professional accounting. Undergraduate Certificate programs can be found in accounting, business administration and computer information systems.

The full list can be very long and other areas like for healthcare professionals and persons working in the medical sector have a large variety of online courses to choose from. Even specialties for like continued medical education are to be found in online learning programs.

Often classes are both online and on campus. The online classes have usually a great amount of flexibility. The reason is that online classes can be live as well as recorded so students have the flexibility to choose timings and study online or on campus according to their schedule. The literature that is needed are made available online and generally the examinations are conducted both online and on campus.

If you are interested in learning more about online education you can search for information on the internet and other resources. To learn more about distance learning universities, for example Strayer University you can easily find their website in a search on Google and other search engines. Another alternative to find information about a variety of online colleges, universities and distance learning is to go to SchoolsGalore.

When universities adopted online learning as an important media for imparting distance education, the quality of the online courses that are offered has become as good as traditional classroom courses. A short distance to a college for your online education needs is beneficial as you can actually meet with teachers if you want. It is the same as when you are looking for an offline course, take your time for some research so you get the best alternative for your online college education. Except from Strayer University, the University of Phoenix is the leading university for getting a college education online.

The online colleges and schools vary much in course length, curriculum, tuition costs, and possibilities of college loans, therefore it is always wise to carefully review online computer education courses. In many cases there are financial assistance available to students such as scholarships, active military duty scholarships, VA benefits, state and federal grants, loans and work study assistance and so on.

During the last decade the online education has rapidly evolved and courses are available for a variety of subjects. The fields available are seemingly limitless.

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Affliliate Marketing is the major way in which businesses both large and small market on the internet. This has become the preferred method of advertising and achieving business sales because the internet is so large - 8 billion pages and growing daily, that even huge multinationals don't have an advertising budget in which they can dominate the net. By giving others -us plebs - the chance to get in on the action companies both large and small get better return on their advertising dollar. This is because they only pay on results.

Either paying per click, lead or per sale. Thus although many affliliate programs are giving 25%-75% of the final sale as they have had to do little to generate the sale this is a price they are willing to pay as they can laugh at their own profits all the way to the bank.

Thanks to companies such as clickbank, clixgalore, commission junction, linkshare and more anyone who is on the net can start a business easily by starting their own affliliate sites.

So most people join and realise that there are literally thousands of products to advertise. How then can one decide what to advertise in order to get a return on their investment of time, effort and sometimes money (ROI - return on investment). Clickbank alone has thousands of different products to advertise. The site gives some statistics to make it a little easy like % per sale, $ earned per sale, % referred - fraction of publisher's total sales that are refferred by affliliates, and gravity - a weighted sum that lets you know the number of distinct affiliates who earned a commission by referring a paying customer to the publisher's products. It can if you an idea on your own ROI.

For the newbie this information overload can present a challenge. What if you can't figure which one to promote, what if your not sure how to best match a potential customer to a potential product? what if you want to market several products at once? What if you want to market the whole lot? Surely this isn't possible with thousands of products?

The truth is you can market the whole lot and it is very easy indeed. First you need to join clickbank (see link below). Then you can advertise the whole lot by having a directory. A directory is like a big index to various products. From one index page links can be established to thousands or tens of thousands of different products, affliliate programs, etc. Your potential customer can then choose to look at topics that interest them giving more options from one webpage. Some guru's sell directories - like CBmall for $97 and such an offer is a fair ROI. But if you hunt around you can find a similiar product for FREE.

If you visit http://total-shopping.blogspot.com you will see an example of such a directory (if you want one yourself don't forget to join clickbank first). Clicking on vary topics will take to you to thousands of affliliates products. Many are very useful for the newbie internet marketer - traffic builders, article submitter and many more; and some are intended for the general web market - e.g. dealing with divorce, how to beat a speeding ticket and many more.

Now from one source you have established links to thousands of affliliate programs. It is easy then to advertise the one site and let the customer choose the product they are interested in. You will have begun the quickest and easiest way into affliliate marketing.

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The various methods or ways of profiting or making money from your blog are numerous Firstly, if you do not know what a blog is , An online blog is an online journal platform for discussion on various interests, activities, products on and off the internet.

It is very easy to setup a blog and it is free to sign up with most blogging site but there are certain technicalities you need to adopt for search engine optimization to be able to drive traffic to your blog and make money from it How to make money from blogging

1. With an online blog , you can make money there by offering your product and services and do product reviews on your blogs

2. You could also promote affiliate products on your blogs and make money from it.

3.You could create different blogs for different niche areas , do product reviews on it and make money from your blogs.

4. If you generate traffic enough to develop a large blog you could offer advertising space on your blog and make money from your blog through sales of advert space 5. Also you could partner with google or other pay per click site to offer their adsense adverts on your blogs to make money from your blog .

This are some of the various ways that you can profit from creating blogs and make money from it.

Another important thing is that you need to have a way of bring traffic to your blog to make money from it. Some of the traffic sources include submission to blog directories , search engines, link and banner exchange with other blogs, write on blogger sites. To succeed with your blog ,you also need to discover a proven method of generating traffic to your blog and do quality search engine optimizations for your blogs to profit from it .There are quality resources available on traffic generation to blogs.

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Taking photographs of the people in your life is simple with a digital camera. We all have collections of images which represent the important people and events in our lives. Some of the pictures are great, but some leave our subjects stiffly posed, lost in the sea of a cluttered background, and often lacking personality as they stare back with the same "posed" face as in every other photograph. So how do we capture the detail and the personality so that the image saves for us a more meaningful record of a moment or a person?

Obviously, professional photographers take control of the background and lighting, direct the pose of their subjects, and use a great deal of creativity with props and camera controls to assure the highest quality image. For the average person however, candid shots are more effective in capturing the true meaning or personality at a given moment. For these individuals, following just a few basic tips can go a long way in obtaining photographs that will become a treasure for many years to come.

The subject should be the focus of the picture. Avoid a cluttered background so that it does not distract from the subject. Using the viewfinder allows the photographer to determine how the shot will look. If the background is too cluttered the subject can be moved, but in more candid shots of individuals, holding the digital camera in a vertical position sometimes helps to eliminate some of the background.

Step in close to capture more detail. For an image that captures the true personality and emotions of the subject, a photographer must get facial detail. When taking a candid shot and stepping in closer would disrupt the moment, use of the digital camera's optical zoom or telephoto can have the same effect.

Some shots don't require posing. Many of the most meaningful shots are taken as subjects interact or are engaged in an activity. From images of children at play, a spouse reading the morning paper, a parent and child talking, or grandma gardening these are the moments that reflect the true personality of subjects.

Happy is good, but there are other emotions worth capturing. It adds depth to a subject when images reflect other feelings such as humor, concentration, relaxation, or even boredom.

A relaxed subject makes for a better photograph. When posing subjects, many photographers suggest talking to them to get them to relax and reveal more of what they are feeling or thinking. A natural, relaxed posture will provide a better image than that of a person standing rigidly with their arms crossed. A subject may be seated with their head resting on their hands or standing with their head at an angle and hands in their pockets; posture varies in real life and should be varied in photographs as well as it reflects the subjects mood.

It is sometimes acceptable for a subject to be looking away from the camera. Just as with expressions on the face and posture, variations in where a subject is looking can work well in capturing a more meaningful image. Whether it is a child daydreaming as they gaze out of a window or simply an attempt to catch the profile of an adult as they drink their morning coffee these images which most accurately capture a subjects personality don't always require that they face the camera directly.

Use the portrait setting on the digital camera for individual shots. The portrait setting will set the depth of field to focus on the subject.

Focus on the subject can also be enhanced by framing them. For instance, a subject may pose in a window, an arbor, a doorway, sitting on a swing, or something similar to focus attention in the image on them.

Lighting does matter. Although natural light outdoors is generally the best lighting for photographs, direct sunlight must be used carefully as it causes harsh shadows. Using the fill flash on a digital camera can help to reduce such shadows. Otherwise, taking shots in the shade, on an overcast day, or in the morning or evening when the sun is less harsh can help alleviate this problem.

For images that truly capture the personality of people that matter to us, photographs taken by family members can offer a dimension that is very difficult to capture in a studio. A willingness to experiment with more relaxed and natural poses or to avoid posing completely will provide a collection of photographs that reflect and record our lives more accurately.

Christine Peppler shares information on home entertainment and home electronics products, including digital cameras, on her website at: http://www.homemedias.info.

Before entering college, you may find yourself pondering exactly how you will be able to pay for college. Many public colleges and universities cost thousands of dollars, while private colleges and universities can cost $10,000, $20,000, $30,000, or even more just to attend. Before getting too worried about these high prices, it is important to know that help is just a click of the computer mouse away, as the internet can help you to find the financial aid option that is right for you!

FAFSA First

Without knowing any of the options, it is important to first fill out a FAFSA form with your schools financial aid department. The FAFSA form allows you to tell the federal government all of your financial information. Once they have that in hand, they can determine what your best financial aid options are.

Loan Options

One option often used by students entering college is loans. Loans, like the federal PLUS loan, Perkins loan, Stafford loan, and FFEL loan, can all help you to pay your way through college without putting a dime down to do so. You will, of course, be required to pay back some or all of these loans (depending upon your financial status and the financial status of your parents), but loans can be an effective way of paying your way through college.

Grant Options

Another option is grants, which can be obtained through the government (like the Federal Pell Grant, for example) or through your particular school. Grants pay your way through college and do not need to be repaid once you graduate. These grants are usually only granted to those who are in need of financial aid, but be sure to apply for them if you think that you are eligible.

Other Financial Aid Options!

Other less conventional methods of financial aid are also available to college students. Federal work study allows students to work at colleges and universities while they are enrolled there for several hours per week. Money earned can then be used as a means of financial aid. Check with your specific college or university for other financial aid options that may exist and be at your disposal.

This article is distributed by NextStudent. At NextStudent, we believe that getting an education is the best investment you can make, and we're dedicated to helping you pursue your education dreams by making college funding as easy as possible. We invite you to learn more about Financial Aid Options at http://www.NextStudent.com.

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Who chose your lunch - your body or your self-esteem?

Do you struggle with weight problems?
Do you console yourself with food?
Are you aware of your inner food programming and just how easily those buttons are pushed?

Read on to discover how they got there in the first place and what you can do to "re-program" your food responses.

Firstly, how did it happen?

This goes way back to how we were "trained" as babies, toddlers and children. The reward and punishment program worked well to produce boys and girls that did what they were told and got an ice-cream or who didn't and got a smack!

It is a well known fact that rewarding "good" behaviour and punishing "bad" behaviour will quickly train your pet to act exactly how you want it to i.e. perform tricks, use the litter tray, salivate in response to the food bell! This system works because the actions are programmed behaviours in response to a particular stimulus. And, what is mostly used for the reward is a food treat.

Even if we didn't deliberately set out to do so, we use very similar techniques on children - "eat up all your greens and you can have an ice-cream", "you can have a lolly only if you're a good boy". Or maybe it's a grazed knee which prompts "there, there, don't cry - here's a sweet to make you better".

Growing up we learn an association between certain foods and a reward or treat. We learn that we get these things when we are "good" or if we're feeling unhappy in order to make us better again.

Now, in animals where you have control over the food source, there is generally no problem. But, babies and toddlers soon grow up to be able to reach the cookie jar for themselves, or go to the shop with their pocket money or have their own wage and decide for themselves when they "deserve" a treat or not.

Perhaps I didn't get a good grade in the maths test, so I'll buy myself a bar of chocolate as a consolation prize instead. Maybe, I'm just feeling down because it's "that time of the month" so I'll cuddle up in front of the TV with a tub of ice-cream or chips. Or, maybe I just cleaned out the spare room and all of its junk and so I feel I deserve a reward of a triple helping of chocolate fudge cake with lashings of cream and caramel ice-cream.

In all these scenarios we use food as a reward or substitute. And all these habits, these "buttons" are put in place as we grow up and are "trained" with the reward and punishment program. Sales people know all about these little buttons, which is why a lot of food adverts feature words like "treat", "deserve", "reward", "indulge".

Well, what do we do about it?

Firstly, we can stop reinforcing these habits in children, which will help them in future years NOT to become a "food addict" and to enable them to make food choices based on their body's needs and not their self-esteem's.

1.Stop using food as a reward for good behaviour or to placate.

2.Don't bribe a child to do something with the expectation of a food treat.

3.Bring sweet foods down from the pedestal - they are just a food item, don't put special emphasis on them as "for special occasions only". They have to be managed along with the rest of a child's food intake, to make sure that a child gets enough nutrients, but don't make them "special".

4.Reduce children's exposure to adverts - sales companies have a vested interest in establishing "buttons" in order to trigger sales now and in the future.

5.Feed children when they are hungry, so they get used to recognising and responding to their own body signals rather than external stimulus. As a baby, they cry to tell you when they want their next feed - they are responding to their body's need. As they grow and move to solid food, don't confuse their body signals with snacks in order to train them to someone else's "meal times".

Now, for the hard part, what to do for those of us who have already been "pre-programmed". Habits that have been built up over many years will not disappear overnight, so be prepared for a gradual process. It will take some time and effort, but it is possible to change your programming. Firstly by being aware that something just pushed your buttons and then by responding with a better choice, you can gradually change your habits.

Here are 10 ways to help in your re-programming:

1.Reduce exposure to adverts - if you don't see it, it can't push your button.

2.Don't buy foods that you find hard to resist - if you don't see it, it can't push your button.

3.Avoid shops selling those things you find hard to resist - if you don't see it, it can't push your button.

4.Stop reinforcing your old programming - avoid using words like "treat", "reward", "indulge" etc in the same sentence as anything related to food (the same goes for drink too).

5.Eat a balanced meal when you are hungry - learn to listen to your body and respond to its signals rather than external stimulus. Avoid snacks - if you are hungry your body is telling you that you are ready for your next meal.

6.Find a different "reward" that you can replace "food rewards" with - be careful what you choose though so that you don't reinforce another habit that you later want to release - avoid shopping "treats" as well as cigarettes, alcohol etc. How about a "time" reward - allow yourself some time to do something you enjoy doing (not eating!)

7.Start a Book of Achievements - you can record all the things that you did well, won, achieved and then in any "low" moments you can look through it again and remind yourself. No need to bury yourself in a food indulgence to "feel good" again.

8.If you're feeling low, give someone a hug - what you give out, you'll get back! And, there are no calories in hugs.

9.A balanced diet includes all food types. Don't deny yourself something you enjoy, but keep it in perspective of all the rest of the food that you eat. If you are actively trying to lose weight then planning is important to keep control over how many calories you take in versus their nutrient value. Try not to treat any food as special - it is all food, but you decide what is appropriate for YOUR body.

10.Recognise patterns and associations relating to food - such as do the snacks and ice-cream come out to nibble when you sit down to an evening's TV viewing? or at the Cinema, do you need popcorn in order to enjoy the movie? Try some of these activities without the food additives for a while and see if you still enjoy them just the same!

Being aware is the only way that we ultimately make our best choices.

If we are responding to something with pre-programmed behaviours then we are not making our own choices, we are acting out someone else's.

So who decides for you - your habits, your self-esteem or YOU?

Julie Hargreaves - life coach and author of many self development articles and guides available at http://www.hark.net.au