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Brides around the world have different expectations of how their wedding day should turn out. But one thing every bride wants is to look beautiful as she attends pre-wedding events, strolls down the aisle, and attends her post-wedding celebrations and romantic honeymoon.

You can’t expect to wake up on the day of your wedding and prepare for your bridal beauty then - it takes months of preparation if you want a flawless look that will have your guests in awe and your own mind at ease with your appearance.

Even the most beautiful woman in the world works at making her beauty shine. As a bride, you’ll want a head-to-toe appearance that is fresh, vibrant, and youthful no matter what your age.

Getting in good shape isn’t all about exercise and diet. While most brides focus solely on their size, there are other beauty basics brides need to pay attention to in the months before their wedding.

As a bride, your groom, photographer, and wedding guests will be looking at your hands more than usual. They’ll want to see the rings and if your hands are dehydrated or your nails are in poor condition, you’ll be disappointed when you see the results in your wedding photos.

Many brides use pre-natal vitamins to boost the condition of their nails and hair. For several months before your big day, make a regular appointment to have your nails done professionally. Solar nails won’t break off as easily as nail tips or your natural nails.

Also, make sure you drink plenty of water. Water is the nourishment your body needs to stay in good shape - and it also keeps your skin from appearing old and wrinkled.

Invest in a good moisturizer for your hands and apply it liberally throughout the day - especially after washing your hands. If your wedding is in the winter months, you might have to take extra care of your hands to make sure they don’t dry out.

Ask your salon if they offer wax treatments for your hands - which is where they dip your hands in warm melted wax and it gives them a soft, smooth appearance. A spa and salon can also handle facial care you’ll need for the months leading up to your nuptials.

Facials can sometimes irritate the skin initially, before you see results, so don’t schedule any abrasive facials like a scrub for the day before or of your wedding. You also want to ensure any products used on your face won’t cause any type of reaction, so be sure to try them out months before your wedding.

Again, water will help your face retain its youthful look. It plumps out wrinkles and keeps your skin from appearing flaky. Make sure you know the effects of any facial treatments you undergo, since processes such as mud facials can draw out toxins and cause pimples to occur.

For your hair, try out different styles before the wedding, but don’t overdo it on the chemicals. You don’t want to change your hair color every other day and then wind up with hair that looks and feels like hay because it’s so dried out.

Make sure you use a good conditioner and other products such as gels, mousse, or hairspray that help your hair retain a natural look. You don’t want your hair to appear greasy, but instead shiny. It should have life to it - a nice bounce when you move, instead of being glued to your head.

Taking care of your appearance from the inside out will help you ensure your appearance is flawless and shockingly beautiful on the day of your wedding. Then anything that’s used topically can assist in enhancing your natural beauty.

As you see a transformation in your appearance, you’ll learn that you won’t need as much help using products on the outside to make an impression. You can go with lighter makeup, so that it doesn’t have that caked-on look. Take a feminine, romantic approach to your beauty routine and it’s guaranteed that you’ll feel confident when you wake up the day you’re to become a Mrs!

Sharon Vaz is the founder of http://www.mydivinewedding.com, providing unforgettable wedding accessories and favors to help make your special day simply divine.

Regardless of your trading style; day trading, swing trading, or position trading there is a simple step by step plan you can use to improve your odds for success.

1. Start by paper trading until you can be consistently profitable on paper.

2. Regardless of how much money you have, start trading with a small amount of money and work up over time.

3. If you are a day trader, avoid the very small time-frames like 1 or 2 minute as you get a lot of signals which can lead to overtrading.

4. Make sure that all your entry criteria are met for the trade setup. Don’t jump the gun until everything is in place.

5. If there are no clear signals in the market, then do nothing. Forcing trades alsmost always ends up with losses.

6. Always place your protective stop immediately after entering the trade!

7. In your studies you will be exposed to many techniques. You will improve your results by concentrating on only one or two strategies. Get real good and consistently profitable with them first.

8. Don’t watch too many markets or stocks at one time. This leads to too much confusion and indecision about which trade to take.

9. Win, lose or draw don’t deviate from your strategies or change things.

This article is courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Wilde, a trading veteran with 15 years of experience in all major markets. He is a trading coach to over 1400 traders in 38 countries.

For additional info: http://www.win-at-trading.com

Some of the most rewarding days that I have ever experienced have been taking a walk in the woods. I’ve been hiking since I was a boy in Georgia both alone and with friends and to this day when I feel shut in behind the desk at work the thing I most often daydream about is putting on my boots, grabbing a daypack and setting out for a good hike. I really can’t think of another activity that rewards individuals in so many ways. There are of course, the physical benefits - cardiovascular exercise, strength training and fresh air for the lungs but hiking also affords many spiritual benefits as well, especially in the area of relationships.

I can hike with people of all ages and I’m generally not to out of breath to have a conversation with them. I get to know them in ways that I never would while standing around the water cooler or watching a game on tv. When you are climbing over rocks and breaking a good sweat the things that often alienate people from one another like income, past arguments and misunderstandings, job stress or you name it often seem to slip away. People’s barriers seem to be lowered when your out in the wilderness and they feel more freedom to just be themselves. Another good thing about taking a hike together is that regardless of the other person’s physical abilities or age you can find the right trail that works for both of you. I’ve had great moments hiking with people that are my senior by 30 years and with my eight year old nieces as well. The former allowed me to learn and the latter allowed me to teach.

Offer to go with someone on a short hike through a city park and test the waters of a new friendship. You can find out a lot more about them than you can at work or at a party. Taking a short local hike does not require the full commitment of going camping together and you can stop for a cup of coffee afterwards. People who may not be used to the outdoors would often love to get out for some fresh air and sun but the fear of going alone might prevent them from ever going. You can make a contribution to their lives that will be appreciated.

All across the USA cities and states have invested millions of dollars to make trails available for you and a friend. A good place to search for locally available parks and activities is at http://www.packyourgear.com/ where you can find a nation wide database of parks offering trails, water activities and camping facilities. Invest in yourself and in someone else be getting out this weekend.

Rodney Whittle enjoys the outdoors and maintains a web site that maintains a database of campgrounds and national parks and features articles about family camping and other outdoor experiences.

Are you the artistic type? Sure, that is what got you to read the article, right?

If you want to show your creative talent to your friends, family or lover, then card making is a wonderful way to do that.

You may send your homemade greeting cards to people and straightaway you will be popular! You can produce simple designs or intricate patterns; it all depends on your imagination and choice.

Card making has now grown popular with publishers cashing in on it. Several monthly magazines in the UK and the US are devoted to card making and scrapbooking techniques. Even on TV, you have programs teaching card making and scrapbooking. It sure is a good source of inspiration.

Rubber stamps are one of the most common products used in card making. They are available in a variety of shapes and sizes.

The latest trend is clear stamps. They cling to an acrylic block that allows a person to position a stamp accurately. The good thing is that they occupy less storage space.

With rubber stamps, you can use a variety of materials like chalks, paints, ink, fibers etc. for embellishment. Stamping has especially become very popular with scrapbooking.

You will also find in the market CD style storage cases, which can be stored in a conventional CD rack.

For embossing, there are special ink pads available. You can give a multi coloured look to your card by using pens that can be used with ink stamps. It can give your card a vibrant look.

Another thing you need if you are embossing stamped images is a heat gun. A heat gun provides the correct temperature to melt embossing powders. Also, if you use a heat gun, the powder will not blow off the images.

If you have already tried card making and love it so much that you have become an avid card maker, then a portable die cutting machine is just right for you. These machines produce a variety of shapes that embellish greeting cards and scrapbook. The latest die cutting machine you can get in the market accommodate dies from other manufacturers by using different sizes of cutting mats so that you don’t have to compromise because of limitations of the machine!

Scrapbooking is another craft, which is widely popular. You can create your very own scrapbook by digging for all those family photographs locked up in old shoeboxes! If you don’t want to include family photos, then you can go for newspaper clippings, articles, photos cut out from magazines to anything you like. It all depends on your taste.

Do you know that “scrappers” or “scrapbooker” from all around the world come together and scrapbook at one place, sharing ideas, tips, talking about their scrapbooking. Such events are known as “crops”. If you are dead serious about the craft, then you could be in a crop yourself!

Nowadays scrapbooking is mostly done on 12″12″ or 81/211″ pages. If you looking for smaller albums, then the most common formats are 6″6″ or 8″8″.

When choosing an album for scrapbooking, you can choose from a variety of designs. There are mini albums and accodian-style foldout albums available. It can be permanently bound and allow insertion of pages.

Take care that the material you take is of top quality. Otherwise the photographs or cuttings you want to preserve might get ruined with time. To avoid that, you should take acid-free, stamp ink, lignin-free papers, embossing powder and pigment based inks.

Some of the basic materials you need for scrapbooking are background papers, photo corner mounts, stickers, scissors, die cut templates, rubber stamps, rub-on letters, vellum, art pen, craft punches, decorative eyelets and brads, tags, ribbons, mounting glues and embellishments such as ribbon and chalk.

Get your creativity going and create something that you will be proud of and treasure for the rest of your life!

Gwen Cooksey is one of the UK’s top experts on card making, crafts, stamps, and scrapbooking. You can find more information at her cardmaking resource - http://www.cardmakings.co.uk.

The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred. George Bernard Shaw

I’m sure this has happened to you: a colleague has just done the exact opposite of what you wanted him to do. How can that be, you ask yourself. I told him exactly what I wanted. Yes, maybe you told him but did you check that he was listening, that he understood, that he agreed and that he would carry out the required action? Obviously not. The first principle of effective communication is to get appropriate feedback.

The second principle of effective communications is to really connect with your audience. It is a fallacy that the mere sending out of information is a communicative act. It isn’t, especially in the current climate where everybody is drowning in information that overwhelms on us all fronts. To connect with your audience you need to address their different needs as partners because communication is a two-way process. You have to decide what you want the outcome of your communication to be: are you trying to inform, persuade, shock, praise, criticize, shame, please, inspire? Whatever your aim you need to plan your message, and the medium for the message, to trigger the emotional and cognitive responses that will ensure you engage your audience. And how do you know you’ve done that? By getting the appropriate feedback of course.

I learnt this the hard way. As part of the induction for new staff, I used to produce a manual containing all the operational information they needed. As time was always short, I would go through the headings with them and tell them to study it at their leisure. But nobody ever did. I was constantly bombarded with simple questions that were addressed in the manual. But it was my own fault. I should have set up a properly interactive session and followed that up with subsequent opportunities to study and discuss the information.

The third principle of effective communications is to listen and understand first. Don’t send out a message until you know what your audience needs. If you are concerned about the quality of somebody’s work, for example, don’t jump in and issue an official warning. First find out what the employee’s perception is. Use active listening skills to really probe the situation. Reformulate the employee’s words, for example, echo the last words of their sentences, invite them to say a little more if they are hesitant. That way, if you discover the family has a seriously sick child or a big financial problem, you will start to understand what is behind the poor performance. You can then decide on the appropriate action.

The fourth principle is to understand that communication is more than the surface meaning of words. You need to be able to interpret other people’s messages. This is just another form of feedback. Let’s say you make an announcement and your group is discussing the information with you. They may feel inhibited about disagreeing openly, but read the signs because you don’t have to be openly aggressive to show disagreement: note the body language, the kinds of words they use, the tone of voice. Somebody who is receptive will give you eye contact, will lean forward and will participate by asking questions, or offering to assist in some way. Those who are not in favour will look elsewhere, maybe fold their arms, use vague language instead of precise terms.

The fifth principle is respect. I don’t want to go over the top here because you may well ask who is she to question the behaviour of the world’s leaders? But it seems to me that many of the international political problems we experience are the result of lack of respect for the other party. Sure, it would be great if other nations didn’t want to develop nuclear weapons, if they had democratic governments, if they weren’t religious fanatics. But we don’t produce good outcomes by taking the view that western leaders know best. To communicate with those we want to persuade, we need to respect them. Just because they don’t agree with us, doesn’t make them inferior or wrong. They have cultural backgrounds and histories that have led them to a particular course of action. Only by respecting that hinterland can we expect to make progress towards cooperation. To translate that to the workplace, you will only gain the cooperation of employees if they know you respect them. If you base your communications on lies, if you try to mislead people, if you ignore their needs and rights, they will see that you don’t respect them and they will lose respect for you.

So where does all this lead us? Simply to the point that if you are having communications problems, you can now start analyzing where you are going wrong. What sort of feedback do you allow for? Do you understand how to appeal to people’s emotions, their reasoning powers? Do you understand what makes your audience tick? Have you tried to find out about their real lives and what is important to them? And are you showing lack of respect by trying to hoodwink them? By addressing these questions as fully as possible you will go a long way towards improving the outcomes of your communications.

Brenda Townsend Hall is a writer and communications trainer and an associate member of the ITAP International Alliance (http://www.itapintl.com). She will shortly launching a website with a partner: http://www.euroconsulting.co.uk

Getting into the wholesale business has become a very attractive thing to do these days, especially with how easy it is to sell things over the Internet. It’s gotten to the point where you don’t even have to handle product anymore. But before deciding to dive in head first, there are some things that you should know. These tips will come in handy.

The first thing you need to do is ask yourself why you want to get into the wholesale business. Is it because you want to work with other businesses and help people make money or is it because you think it’s an easy way to make a quick buck? Believe it or not, the wholesale business is very demanding. You need to have a lot of up front capital to buy product and unless you’re going to have someone else store the inventory for you you’re going to need a warehouse as well. You’re going to be dealing with hundreds of thousands of pieces of inventory and shipping things all over the world. Most retailers expect to get 30 days to pay. What happens if they go out of business before they do? Wholesaling is a very risky business.

The next thing you have to do is study your competition. If you plan on entering a market where there are already dependable distributors you’re going to have a tough time of it. You want to get in a market that needs a wholesaler if you want to have a good chance to succeed.

After that, you need to take a look at your financial situation. You have to have a lot of up front capital to get into wholesaling. You have to make sure that you have the resources to establish a relationship with a manufacturer. Also, can you afford to wait 30 days to get your money from the retailers? Startup costs, taxes, property rental and insurance can eat you alive before you ever get your feet off the ground.

Then, you’re going to need a business plan. You’ll have to get together with lawyers and get advice from consulting services. If you are unfamiliar with the wholesale business you have a lot of education ahead of you.

The next step is applying for all the licenses that you’re going to need. There are certain tax laws that you are going to need to be aware of that apply only to wholesalers, such as tax exempt status for goods moved between manufacturers and other retailers.

You’re also going to need a location for your business. You need to get a warehouse, an office and make sure that people know where to find you. If you’re going to build a warehouse you better make sure you are aware of all the zoning laws. The last thing you want is to have your warehouse torn down because it is in a residential district.

Then comes the marketing. That’s right. Just because you’re in business doesn’t mean people are going to know it. You’re going to have to place ads at a number of places including newspapers, Internet, magazines, etc. Advertising is expensive so be prepared.

Finally, when you are in business you better make sure you take care of your customers. That means getting the product to them, answering their questions and taking care of any problems that arise, and problems WILL arise.

Don’t forget one thing. You’re not going to be running this business alone. You’re going to have employees. You’ll need to pay them and possibly fire some if they do a poor job, which means hiring new ones. This is an ongoing, never ending process that is incredibly time consuming in itself.

So, you want to be a wholesaler? Just make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into.

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Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Wholesale
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Wine and cheese baskets are the perfect gifts as both represent a timeless treat, made of two items that have been enjoyed together for ages. Wine and cheese gift baskets are the ideal gifts for weddings and anniversaries, and adding a personalized touch to the gifts can make them all the more special. This timeless combination of wine and cheese is always appreciated by almost everyone who enjoys wine. The fact that different varieties of cheese enhance the flavor of the wine in most cases and vice versa is another reason for the popularity of this combination. However, for the complete enjoyment of this all time favorite combination, choosing the correct variety of cheese with the right brand of wine is extremely important. Wines usually go well with cheese that is from the same country or region. Acidic wines usually go well with acidic cheese.

Some of the commonly available varieties of cheese like blue cheese go well with

wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Zinfandel. The Brie variety of cheese goes well with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Cheddar cheese along with Riesling, Merlot or Shiraz varieties of wine is popular choice. Gouda along with Riesling Zinfandel, Merlot and Monterey Jack with Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Zinfandel is also a common favorite. Swiss cheese with Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir is another popular option. Roquefort goes well with Port wine while cream cheese and White Zinfandel make a nice pair.

Prices for these wine and cheese gift baskets range from $32 to $250. However, if rare wines are chosen, the price of the gift basket also goes up accordingly. Gift baskets can be stuffed with other favorite goodies of the receiver such as chocolates and wine accessories in order to give the wine gift baskets a personalized touch.

Ghosts, goblins and other creepy creatures roam the eve of Halloween. From trick or treaters to Halloween parties, October is the month when children and adults transform themselves into other-wordly beings. But not everyone enjoys going out during this autumn holiday. Some people enjoy turning the lights down low and passing the time watching mystery and horror flicks in front of the TV. So to set the mood, here are some Halloween movie rental ideas featuring haunted houses for those that prefer a good ghost-like mystery rather than a continuous stream of blood and gore.

The Haunting (1963) - A true classic horror film. Here we find four guests arriving at a mansion with a terrifying reputation. The guests are determined to debunk the idea of a house being possessed and so set up for the night. Strange occurrences soon make themselves known from muffled wails to strange unexplainable noises. The guests encounter a door that appears to breathe, unexplained writing on the walls and many other supernatural phenomena. A new remake of the film is also available (The Haunting (1999)).

Haunted (1996) - Nanny Tess Webb (Anna Masey) has been seeing visions. Her three children, as well as the family doctor all insist that there is no haunting and that she is just hallucinating. She invites Professor David Ash (Aidan Quinn), who is skeptic of the supernatural, to investigate the paranormal goings-on at her country estate. After spending some time there himself, the Professor also begins to experience unexplainable visions, including the vision of his young sister who died in a drowning accident.

Haunted Castle (3-D) (2001) - After his mother dies, a young musician named Johnny is summoned to his mother’s castle according to the final wishes in her will. He soon discovers that not all seems as it appears and that the castle is not only haunted by ghosts, it appears to be alive. He is eventually lead to a Mr. D who makes Johnny the same tantalizing offer that he made his mother twenty years earlier… surrender your soul in exchange for fame and fortune.

The Others (2001) - Starring Nicole Kidman as Grace, this is one of those few, rare movies that will keep you guessing until the end. The story is set in 1945 toward the end of the war. Living on a fog-enshrouded island off the British coast we find that Grace’s husband has presumably been lost in the war and she is living on her own with her two young children. The children are hypersensitive to light and so live in a musty manor with the curtains and shutters perpetually drawn closed. Needing some assistance, Grace writes up a request for domestic help, but before she can go to town to post it, three strangers suddenly arrive in response to her as yet un-posted request. This film will certainly leave you guessing with its twists and turns.

Stephen King’s Rose Red (2002) - Another true story haunting and originally a mini-series, this movie is based on a researcher investigating the paranormal who takes a team of psychics into a haunted house. We soon learn of the building’s gruesome past - women who have disappeared without any trace and men meeting gruesome deaths. Soon after entering, the psychics themselves begin to experience many paranormal activities, including disappearing team members.

A lot of schools offer medical coding training. However, it will require some research to ensure selecting a quality training program. It is essential for a training curriculum to put the majority of its focus on academic training, but you must remember that the best programs also provide authentic experiences. This is critical when helping students start on their career path, and we realize this.

We are in favor of programs that allow people to learn medical coding at home on a full or part time basis, even while continuing with their current jobs.

Everyone may not be able to complete the training in spite of investing in time and money, but it is the best way of studying medical coding and in getting a good job.
A medical coding course can be a major investment in time and money. Once you have begun a program, the expense and time involved can make it frustrating to have to withdraw and begin a different program elsewhere. The choice you make carries significant implications. What are the indicators of a quality medical coding training regime? What differentiates the quality schools from the rest?

To be completely honest, we can all agree that getting a job very quickly just after finishing is what really matters. The only way to get this job is to learn how to be one of the best medical coders. It all has to do with a great program that emphasizes realistic application.

There is a common misconception that you have to starve yourself to lose weight. This is simply not true! On the contrary, you must eat to lose weight. It is the Glycemic index that can help you determine what happens in your body. Let me explain.

Your body needs glucose, which is a form of sugar, and is the main fuel for the body. The body is constantly trying to maintain blood sugar levels and it is the carbohydrates we eat that turns into glucose which goes directly into the blood stream to feed all the cells of the body. Glucose is the only fuel your brain uses and it is the brain that uses more energy than any other part of your body. If your blood sugar goes down, it starves the brain and a wide variety of symptoms can occur such as feeling weak and sluggish, drowsy, dizzy, confused, headache, irritability, trembling, rapid heart beat, and even anxiety and panic attacks.

Carbohydrates alone do not make a healthy body. We need a balance of protein, carbohydrates, fat, water and exercise to maintain health. The biggest difficulty that we have with weight problems is over indulging in high glycemic foods. These are the foods that contain too much sugar or foods that are refined carbohydrates. If you over indulge in carbohydrates, (which produce insulin) then the excess glucose gets stored as fat. You can counter that by eating protein with it, (which produces glucagons). Glucagons promote the utilization of fat to be used for energy. Insulin and glucagons in balance maintain normal blood sugar levels. A body in a high insulin state promotes excess stored fat and disease.

The foods that are high on the glycemic index are foods such as the root family, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, rutabaga, yams etc. If you want to eat potatoes then I’d opt for the yams or sweet potato (without the honey and brown sugar). They are the lowest on the glycemic scale. Also rice, pasta, corn, most breads are high on the scale as well as some fruits like bananas, apricots and pineapple.

Some low index foods are vegetables such as broccoli, the lettuce and cabbage family, various beans, dairy and soy.

I would also like to make a mention about fat. Fat in it self is not the bad guy. Our diets require fat to remain healthy. Fat provides fuel for the body plus it helps in the development of cell membranes and hormones and also helps to insulate our bodies. Fat in our foods is what gives us that satisfied feeling. You don’t need very much fat intake. Stick with good fats like olive oil and stay away from saturated or trans fats.

Portion size is very important. The rule to remember is; if you have approximately 3 oz. of protein and you have a high index carb. then eat only 3oz of that carb. It is a one to one ratio. A protein and a low index carb. would be 3 oz of protein and 6 oz of carb. It is a 1 to 2 ratio.

If you eat 6 small meals per day in the correct ratio then you should easily be able to lose weight.

Enjoy!

“Nothing in this article makes any claim to offer cures or treatment of any disease or illness. If you are sick please consult with your doctor.”

Willie is a freelance writer and researcher and is dedicated in bringing information on health related issues and other topics. http://www.diabetes-glucose-meter.com