Breast Cancer Survivor Stories - Write Your Own!

August 4, 2008 · Filed Under Cancer · Comment 
by Roselyn Capen

Breast cancer is something that can happen when you are so busy with many different things that you don’t realize it until it’s sometimes too late. Some people will feel no pain at all, which is sad because most breast cancer will have no pain and nothing showing until it is already too late.

Never think that you can’t get breast cancer, for anyone can get it, no matter your age or genetics, although that may play a part in it. For your own peace of mind it is better to get checked, then not to and then find out that you have breast cancer and that it has spread.

To discover and talk with someone who has successfully fought breast cancer all their lives, and are still surviving it is very heartening - whether it is someone you, yourself, or someone you know - the fight gives tremendous strength in times when making through it seems impossible. This strength will hold you up when people ridicule you, or mock at you for taking the cancer so seriously.

There are people who can not even think of handling something as gruesome as cancer, and it’s only natural. And not everyone you meet will sympathize with you, or share your grief, and if they did, only tears and mourning would prevail in the world. You will have to stand up alone, gather the courage to talk with doctors and know all there is to be known about the progress of your treatment. You have just one body, and you should do all you can to not let it go.

Breast cancer can be vanquished with sheer will, the many proud survivors will tell you. Be willing to cure it. If you feel sad, do not demean yourself. Everyone feels depressed sometime or the other and cries. It’s normal to let your emotions flow out, but accumulating grief within you will put so much more pressure on your already very sick body and will dampen all your chances to recover. Vent out your anger, outrage, frustration, whenever you feel you need to, no one would call you weak for doing so, but remember, do not lose hope.

One thing that will help to survive this is to not focus on it. Yes you have been diagnosed and that is as hard to handle as anything, but if you focus on what makes you happy and enjoying life as much as you can, you will see that you will not be consumed by your disease, and family and friends will be able to see that as well.

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Email Marketing Software - Tips For Maximizing Your Campaign

August 4, 2008 · Filed Under Internet and Businesses Online · Comment 
by Ray Lam

If utilized properly, email can become a powerful marketing tool for increasing brand recognition, boosting sales, driving traffic to your web site, and building and maintaining relationships with customers. In addition, email marketing is inexpensive and fast. Using email, you can send personalized messages to a targeted audience and verify customer responses.

Email marketing software efficiently manages a web site by organizing bulk e-mail address lists. It is capable of locating and collecting targeted e-mail addresses. Moreover, email software automatically subscribes web site visitors, replies to e-mail inquiries, removes unsubscribed visitors from the list, checks email addresses and removes invalid addresses. It can schedule mailings, and also collect data from files or databases.

Pay attention to non-responders. Most online business owners tend to target people who open, click and buy. There is however an even larger group of non-responders that you can nudge into paying customers. You should ensure that your emails are being delivered, then either change your message or phase out non responders to ensure you are targeting people that will become paying customers and not wasting your time.

Before buying software for email marketing, look at the various features of the software, as well as its cost. Another point to be considered is the compatibility of the software with the hardware you are using.

Compatibility with the hardware you are using is also something to consider. With a good email marketing software program you can stay in contact with your customers and leads, save money on marketing and simplify your email marketing campaign so it won’t be too time consuming for you.

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Training A Dog For Children

August 4, 2008 · Filed Under Home and Family · Comment 
by Lee Dobbins

If you have kids and want to adopt a dog, then training a dog for children is something you need to think about. There are a lot of families out there who have had an event happen between a dog and child that now causes tension and uneasiness. Children and dogs are not always compatible together. Certain dogs may not be comfortable around children or may not be trained properly at all, causing safety issues. Anyone who has children and has thought about adopting a dog has probably raised the concern as to whether or not that would be best, or if its better to forget the idea.

Of course, in most cases dogs and kids get along great! After all, they seem to be on the same level and most develop a strong bond, but one can’t be too careful and an unfortunate incident can have long lasting effects. For this reason you want to take some extra steps to err on the side of caution.

It is not difficult to train your dog to be both great company and a great playmate for your child. In fact, training a dog for children involves little more than teaching it not to bite and not to jump on small kids. However, both your child and dog will need to learn some basic behaviors for living and playing together.

Choosing a dog who doesn’t exhibit unnecessarily aggressive behavior is essential if he is going to be living with young children. He can be trained to play nicely with you and the kids if he has a pleasant temperament. It’s just as important for your children to realize that the new pet isn’t a toy. A dog might become anxious or aggressive if he is immediately subjected to unfamiliar roughhousing. You don’t want him to fear your children or bite them in self-defense.

If you are bringing a new pet into your home, it would be good to have a series of talks with your children beforehand to let them know how to treat a pet and how to be gentle and considerate of the pet’s feelings. If they have had pets before they will understand this but you can still let them know that a new pet will be a little scared and unfamiliar with them and so they should take it easy with their new pet. It would also be smart to supervise the children and the pet at first to make sure neither one is too aggressive or hyper.

If you have young children, you should consider the prospective pet’s personality before making a final decision. Training a dog for children should be part of your pets basic training, but choosing a dog who is both playful and relatively well-behaved is the most ideal choice for your kids.

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Video Games the New Frontier

August 4, 2008 · Filed Under Gaming · Comment 
by Bryce Verdier

Video games have progressed a great deal from when they first came out. Who could have imagined the realistic graphics, sound and music? Or, who would have thought of the multiplayer capabilities or the innovative game controllers? Video games were certain to be popular, but who knew that they would blossom into an industry worth billions?

Video games were envisioned as far back as 1947. But, the first commercially made video game was not released until 1971. It was called “Computer Space”, and it was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Shortly thereafter in 1972 the Magnavox Odyssey came to market as the original home gaming console.

30 years hence, video games have exploded into some of the most lucrative entertainment devices ever. A huge assortment of systems have appeared over the years and they are made better all the time apropos of Internet play, multiplayer capabilities, computing power, etc.

Video games can be played on various platforms. Among them are the PC game that is played on the computer, a console game which is a device connected to the television or monitor, a handheld which is gaming system that is portable and can be played nearly anywhere and the arcade game platform which is the standard, large electronic unit found in arcades the world over. Also, you can play video games on mobile phones, MP3 players, graphing calculators, GPS receivers, digital cameras, and watches however these do not offer nearly the same dimension and experience as the aforementioned platforms.

At first, arcade games permitted an individual to play a video game versus the computer and sometimes against another human player. Later on as technology advanced, video game consoles permitted as many as four different players to play simultaneously. With the invention of the Wii system, as many as 12 players can compete at once. An amazing feature of this technology is that you can play concurrently with local players and players worldwide.

Some may ask how this is possible. And the answer is via the Internet. Nowadays Internet capabilities are being implemented into these video game console systems. Local area networks and the Internet allow up to 32 players if not more to play in a single game at once. These capabilities also allow one to talk via voice chat or instant messaging.

Video games have come a long way from Table Tennis, Atari and Pac-Man. The universe of video games expands more and more every day with the rapid advance of technology. The video game makers are always incorporating new technological advances to make for a better, more exciting gaming experience. As video games become ever more powerful and realistic the line between reality and the virtual world is beginning to blur.

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Hypnosis is all around you

August 4, 2008 · Filed Under Home and Family · Comment 
by Patrick Glancy

Hypnosis is not a closely held secret mastered by Las Vegas stage shows. Hypnosis is a simple state of mind that you make use of every day. After reading the next few paragraphs, I think you’ll see what I mean.

Hypnosis is NOT a secret power. It’s NOT a special Jedi mind state. It’s just the method your mind uses to access your emotions, memories, and learned behaviors. It generally feels relaxing, mellow and focused. But, can also feel distracting, angry, stressed, and depressed. That depends on your current mental state.

The word hypnosis applies to the ways you communicate when asking for a favor or when someone else tries to appeal to your emotions to manipulate a decision. Hypnosis is a word with odd interpretations that describes everyday situations.

Using hypnosis is about bypassing the analytical mind and stimulating a learned behavior response. A behavior response will tend to be more predictable. Like my wife gets mad at me for staying up late to write this article. I don’t want her to be mad because that makes me feel guilty. She unintentionally creates an emotional response in me that motivates me to do what she wants. Sounds complicated until you start seeing how common it is.

The beer advertisement shows video that stimulates feelings of happiness, satisfaction, and companionship. People like those things and now those good feelings will tend to be associated with the image of that particular beer brand. If you think of a remote, relaxing, sunny beach in Mexico, blue water, white sand, the sound of small, soft waves, two lounge chairs and maybe a slice of lime, do you think of a particular brand of beer? That’s emotional association at work.

This is evident in all aspects of your life. Your mind began collecting these associations soon after you were born. It is the same for all of us. Of course, it is common sense, but we don’t always realize how powerfully it influences our behaviors and choices.

When a strong emotional connection is made with a trigger, and then combined with repetition and the influence of an authority figure (like a basketball star), the learned belief can be very strong. That can make it more difficult to change. You can call this brand loyalty.

So, take this concept and apply it to someone with PTSD, or depression. Apply it to that person you know that can’t quite quit smoking or has a favorite comfort food. Apply it to your driving habits, your eating habits, and your stress level. At the risk of being boring, I’ll stop the examples and assume you get it.

Seeing this process in action and understanding the concept can give you a big step forward in changing your habits. Sometimes you can do it on your own. Sometimes it’s easier to use help. Find a professional hypnotist you can trust and use them. That’s their job.

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