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Indian Jewelry makes the kind of "Wild Rumpus" sounds that the castaway kids do around their bonfire in "The Lord of the Flies". It's equal parts liberating and dangerous. Their new CD, "Invasive Exotics" (Monitor Records) is a strange and hypnotic ride through the subconscious that doesn't only aim at the head, but shakes your body as well. This mutant hybrid of ethno-voodoo, industrial death disco is just the right tonic for these gray times. It's a multi-headed and colorful mix that after repeated listens reveals a literate and political undertone. Indian jewelry is letting their freak flag fly and believe me folks, we're all the better for it! I recently shot a few questions their way via email...

Historical and Recent Past Period Drought Data is very valuable to predicting future trends and cycles. By doing this we can prepare for crisis by building adequate water resources and monitoring our fresh water supplies. It is important to understand all the regional dynamics in order to make good non-linear decisions to insure our civilization has what it needs. This data is from 2002.If you think the US is having problems look at Mexico although they are getting some good and needed rain this week in the interior of the country, it has been quite a problem. This Hurricane season has been lighter than anytime in the last 100 years and is not delivering the rain it could. As the El Nino cuts of the...

Working in the Los Angeles area but looking for an affordable area with lots of local things to do for yourself or the family? One of California's best kept real estate secrets is the Santa Clarita Valley located just thirty-five miles northwest of Los Angeles. Homeowners enjoy picturesque vistas, beautiful lakes, recreation to fit every family member's need, award winning schools, cultural venues of varying genres; and best of all, Santa Clarita Valley is close to metropolitan areas surrounding and including Los Angeles.Choices for Homes in Santa Clarita range from single-family residences to condos, apartments, and even assisted living facilities. Over 40% of the new homes sold in 2004 were...

It is hard to imagine many places a dog is happier than at a beach. Whether running around on the sand, jumping in the water, digging a hole or just lying in the sun, every dog deserves a day at the beach. But all too often dog owners stopping at a sandy stretch of beach are met with signs designed to make hearts - human and canine alike - droop: NO DOGS ON BEACH. Below is a quick traveling tour of America's beaches with each state ranked from the most dog-friendly (****) to the worst (*).DOGS ON ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES (traveling North to South)The rocky coast of Maine (***) is mesmerizing to look at but doesn't leave much room for sandy beaches. Dogs are generally banned from the beaches at the...

Last week I received a very nice thank you gift from a friend of mine, Eric Ruth, who is arguably the number one marketing coach to the personal fitness trainer industry.Eric, asked if he could interview me about a specific topic and I agreed.After it was done, Eric sent me a bunch of filet mignon steaks from Omaha Steaks (Thanks Eric).But the steaks are not what this article is about.It's what was inside the Omaha Steaks box that I want to talk to you about.You see, two things came with the steaks. One was a Omaha Steaks cookbook.The cookbook not only contained recipes but also a bunch of bounceback special offers.Each of these offers were specifically designed to get you to call Omaha Steaks up...

Historical and Recent Past Period Drought Data is very valuable to predicting future trends and cycles. By doing this we can prepare for crisis by building adequate water resources and monitoring our fresh water supplies. It is important to understand all the regional dynamics in order to make good non-linear decisions to insure our civilization has what it needs. This data is from 2002.If you think the US is having problems look at Mexico although they are getting some good and needed rain this week in the interior of the country, it has been quite a problem. This Hurricane season has been lighter than anytime in the last 100 years and is not delivering the rain it could. As the El Nino cuts of the...

Going past the San Mateo BridgeThere's plenty of good sailing north of the San Mateo Bridge. Sailors must be aware of the shallow water extending from the western tower of the main span of the bridge northward past the red marker number "8A". There's one other shoal to look out for, the San Bruno Shoal which is covered by as little as 2 feet of water at low tide. San Bruno Shoal is locate east of the main channel adjacent to markers "4" and "6". Sailboats don't have to stay in the marked channel but should avoid the area of San Bruno Shoal.Coyote Point Harbor makes a good destination for those going north of the San Mateo for a day's sail. There is a regional park with picnic...

Last week I received a very nice thank you gift from a friend of mine, Eric Ruth, who is arguably the number one marketing coach to the personal fitness trainer industry.Eric, asked if he could interview me about a specific topic and I agreed.After it was done, Eric sent me a bunch of filet mignon steaks from Omaha Steaks (Thanks Eric).But the steaks are not what this article is about.It's what was inside the Omaha Steaks box that I want to talk to you about.You see, two things came with the steaks. One was a Omaha Steaks cookbook.The cookbook not only contained recipes but also a bunch of bounceback special offers.Each of these offers were specifically designed to get you to call Omaha Steaks up...

Even the oddsmakers don't know what the hell is going on in the National Football League. This week, 11 of the 14 lines started at either 3 or 3.5 points. That's the token line that bookies throw out to the home team, and it tells me that they're feeling a bit uncertain about this week's slate.Seattle (2-2) at St. Louis (2-2), 1 p.m. on Sunday St. Louis has the mental edge in this series and has taken nine of the last 13 meetings. In 2004 the Rams posted a 3-0 sweep, with two wins coming in Seattle. This week St. Louis fans have been calling for the head of Mike Martz, whose heart infection is still troubling him. However, Martz is 26-10 against divisional foes and 27-6 at home since 2001.Seattle...

Background:The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the IAEA. Don't know who they are? They are the International Atomic Energy Agency. What did they accomplish? I don't know. Did they prevent the proliferation of atomic weapons in North Korea or Iraq? No. But they meant to and that is usually good enough for the Nobel Committee. These Norwegians (the Peace Center is in Oslo, Norway, not Stockholm Sweden) are idealists, intentions go a long way with them.Let's review some of their other stunning awardees.2004- Wangari Muta Maathai. Already forget who she was? That was just last year. She is an AIDS activist and environmentalist. No, she did not get the prize for medicine or chemistry. She received...

OK, let's establish some ground rules. It's called the City, not Manhattan. And under no circumstance should you ever say New York City. Yes, we know some New Yorkers do take things a bit too far and say they are from the City even when they are visiting relatives in Tulsa - where the nickname really loses its luster.Whatever it is you are trying to do while you're in the City, do it quickly and get out of the way. That applies to ordering at the deli (where do you think the Soup Nazi idea came from?), riding the escalators, crossing the street or buying a paper. Things have a faster pace up here and people like it that way. This City will eat you alive if you don't prepare properly.But even with...

Sole proprietor, Inc, LLC, - What does it all Mean?Your childcare is a business. While you may not need to formally create a legal business, there are options to consider if you have an especially large operation, or employ more than one person. From a legal standpoint, different types of entities provide limited liability. This is something you would want to discuss with a lawyer.Different entities also provide different tax advantages and disadvantages. The type of entity really depends on the business and how many people own the business. An accountant should be able to advise you on the best entity for your situation.What can you deduct on your taxes? Any why would you want to?Each...

There seems to be a trend to leave the cities - to get in touch with one's own self. People seem to start listening to the little voices inside of themselves, their gut feeling or nudges. Word got out, that there are friendly people wherever you go, especially out west and in the country, where they can grow a garden, raise livestock, hunt and fish and where people can be more independent of the things the rest of the world is doing. If someone has a job they can do from home, there are Internet connections available via satellite from even the very remotest spots, and most small towns make it a point to have Internet connections available. People, who work from home and are connected to the rest of...

One of the most commonly listed impairments on social security disability and ssi disability applications is lower back pain. Why is this condition so "common"? Well, it's simply due to the way humans are built. The lower back area (particularly L5-S1) is the point at which we bend to pick up things and we often use it as a fulcrum to lift heavy objects.Unfortunately, because lower back problems are seen so often on disability applications, they tend to be viewed by disability examiners in a dismissive way. The typical examiner will look at a disability app that lists back pain as the only allegation and will think to themselves, "Back pain, is that all?". From day one, when the file lands on the...

Last week I received a very nice thank you gift from a friend of mine, Eric Ruth, who is arguably the number one marketing coach to the personal fitness trainer industry.Eric, asked if he could interview me about a specific topic and I agreed.After it was done, Eric sent me a bunch of filet mignon steaks from Omaha Steaks (Thanks Eric).But the steaks are not what this article is about.It's what was inside the Omaha Steaks box that I want to talk to you about.You see, two things came with the steaks. One was a Omaha Steaks cookbook.The cookbook not only contained recipes but also a bunch of bounceback special offers.Each of these offers were specifically designed to get you to call Omaha Steaks up...

Last week I received a very nice thank you gift from a friend of mine, Eric Ruth, who is arguably the number one marketing coach to the personal fitness trainer industry.Eric, asked if he could interview me about a specific topic and I agreed.After it was done, Eric sent me a bunch of filet mignon steaks from Omaha Steaks (Thanks Eric).But the steaks are not what this article is about.It's what was inside the Omaha Steaks box that I want to talk to you about.You see, two things came with the steaks. One was a Omaha Steaks cookbook.The cookbook not only contained recipes but also a bunch of bounceback special offers.Each of these offers were specifically designed to get you to call Omaha Steaks up...

Okay, I admit it. I watch CSI. I even watch CSI reruns on Spike - yeah, I'm one of those pesky females that the programmers at Spike just don't understand. Ah, well, I digress...sort of.A while back I was watching my beloved show, yes a rerun, and one scene really grabbed my attention. Two bad guys were using stun guns. Probably not a new thing, but you know how it goes - once you buy a red car it seems that everyone has a red car. Well, this is the case here. I own a stun gun, a really cool little stun gun - a Stun Master - so now I'm noticing how many other people have stun guns.And now I've noticed something else...the police are using them. Tasers, actually. Good for them.Good for them? Yeah...

Every Real Estate Agent has a pretty good idea how important a website can be for generating real estate leads. It is a well known fact that something like 60% of all people looking to buy a home in the U.S. and Canada look to the web as their first source of information.That means there are thousands of people looking to the web for real estate information about every community in the country. But relatively few real estate agents know how to tap into this huge mass of web surfers.As an online marketer, your objective should be to turn your website into a lead generating machine. It is not easy. There are millions of websites that no one ever looks at, and many of them are real estate websites. In...

Each year, Money magazine rates hundreds of American cities in order to help folks who may be yearning to move be able to find the best new place to settle. The magazine compiles statistics on various factors, such as housing affordability, job growth, commute time, schools, weather, access to health care, leisure pursuit possibilities, crime rate, and quality of life, and then publishes its findings once a year.For the year 2006, the overall winner was Fort Collins, Colorado, followed by Naperville, Illinois, and Sugar Land, Texas. Money magazine was especially impressed by the many parks in Fort Collins, including some sixty miles of biking and hiking trails in a town of 128,000 people located...

IntroductionMen are innately self-centred. Due to this characteristic, countless problems are flourished, and if there is no any official institution to govern men’s negative nature, the whole state would steps toward anarchy. Single-mindedly targets to offer possible benefits to its people, nearly all government in the world is divided between the three; executive, legislative, and judicial. Professor George Mckenna, in one of his excerpts called “Why Government,” claims that government has four basic compulsions to be executed (McKenna, 1998, 7).Democratic Kampuchea, on other hand, drew a completely outlook from what Professor George Mckenna has claimed above. All of the people...

Internet, also known as the World Wide Web, did not always exist. This is hard to believe for my 4 year old son. For him, it is natural and simple to play an Internet game, or sit with me to look at pictures of his favourite TV show online. So I decided it would be a good idea to tell him, and many others, a bit about how Internet became what it is today. I will keep it simple, avoiding the usage of technical terms.Back on 1969, a network called ARPANET was born. This network evolved to be the Internet we know today. ARPANET was created by ARPA, which stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency. ARPA is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense of the United...

Last week I received a very nice thank you gift from a friend of mine, Eric Ruth, who is arguably the number one marketing coach to the personal fitness trainer industry.Eric, asked if he could interview me about a specific topic and I agreed.After it was done, Eric sent me a bunch of filet mignon steaks from Omaha Steaks (Thanks Eric).But the steaks are not what this article is about.It's what was inside the Omaha Steaks box that I want to talk to you about.You see, two things came with the steaks. One was a Omaha Steaks cookbook.The cookbook not only contained recipes but also a bunch of bounceback special offers.Each of these offers were specifically designed to get you to call Omaha Steaks up...

Part 1: Spots to visit while in San JoseSan Jose is on of the largest cities in California and is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley (hence, the city is appropriately nicknamed...

It was reassuring to read recently that a prominent developer at the south end of our village's shopping strip has promised not to turn North Conway into another Portland. That's fine, but I wonder what impact Borders, Barnes and Noble, or Starbucks might have on some of our local independent merchants who have worked so hard to bring money into the town rather than send it out. I wonder what Home Depot and Lowe's and the latest new big box (which is one box too many) will do to some of our local businesses and to our new and scenic North-South Road.Make no mistake, owning a business is essentially about making money. That's the name of the game. Everyone has a right to do it, regardless of size...

Recently it was discovered that a Department of Agriculture worker at the USDA had used government credit cards to get a tattoo. Well this is very interesting and I hope the tattoo serves them well. Perhaps the taxpayer should pay for another tattoo on therefore had that says; THIEF! Or perhaps one on their anus, which says; I Am a Thief.But that's not all apparently other USDA workers have used government credit cards to buy a car and another one to go to an Ozzy Osbourne Concert onto the taxpayer's dime. They must've had one hell of a night buying a car, Ozzy Osbourne concert tickets and stopping to get a tattoo or two.It's amazing that the United States Federal Government and to the USDA cannot...

Recently it was discovered that a Department of Agriculture worker at the USDA had used government credit cards to get a tattoo. Well this is very interesting and I hope the tattoo serves them well. Perhaps the taxpayer should pay for another tattoo on therefore had that says; THIEF! Or perhaps one on their anus, which says; I Am a Thief.But that's not all apparently other USDA workers have used government credit cards to buy a car and another one to go to an Ozzy Osbourne Concert onto the taxpayer's dime. They must've had one hell of a night buying a car, Ozzy Osbourne concert tickets and stopping to get a tattoo or two.It's amazing that the United States Federal Government and to the USDA cannot...

My daughter's grade 8 grad is coming up in June and I was eagerly thinking of ways to keep the cost down. Even grade 8 grad is a big time in a girls life. This is a night for my daughter to remember but it shouldn't cost me and my husband a fortune. For many parents prom is an expensive time of year and families are struggling financially to give their son or daughter the perfect night that they will remember a life time. Well there is no reason why you can't give them that night but on a budget you can afford. I have put together ten tips to help you save a few dollars. Attending a prom doesn't have to cost a fortune. Prom night doesn't have to break us. Girls the memories of prom will not be if...

Recently it was discovered that a Department of Agriculture worker at the USDA had used government credit cards to get a tattoo. Well this is very interesting and I hope the tattoo serves them well. Perhaps the taxpayer should pay for another tattoo on therefore had that says; THIEF! Or perhaps one on their anus, which says; I Am a Thief.But that's not all apparently other USDA workers have used government credit cards to buy a car and another one to go to an Ozzy Osbourne Concert onto the taxpayer's dime. They must've had one hell of a night buying a car, Ozzy Osbourne concert tickets and stopping to get a tattoo or two.It's amazing that the United States Federal Government and to the USDA cannot...

Recently it was discovered that a Department of Agriculture worker at the USDA had used government credit cards to get a tattoo. Well this is very interesting and I hope the tattoo serves them well. Perhaps the taxpayer should pay for another tattoo on therefore had that says; THIEF! Or perhaps one on their anus, which says; I Am a Thief.But that's not all apparently other USDA workers have used government credit cards to buy a car and another one to go to an Ozzy Osbourne Concert onto the taxpayer's dime. They must've had one hell of a night buying a car, Ozzy Osbourne concert tickets and stopping to get a tattoo or two.It's amazing that the United States Federal Government and to the USDA cannot...

Last week I received a very nice thank you gift from a friend of mine, Eric Ruth, who is arguably the number one marketing coach to the personal fitness trainer industry.Eric, asked if he could interview me about a specific topic and I agreed.After it was done, Eric sent me a bunch of filet mignon steaks from Omaha Steaks (Thanks Eric).But the steaks are not what this article is about.It's what was inside the Omaha Steaks box that I want to talk to you about.You see, two things came with the steaks. One was a Omaha Steaks cookbook.The cookbook not only contained recipes but also a bunch of bounceback special offers.Each of these offers were specifically designed to get you to call Omaha Steaks up...

In a small, white collar suburban community just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah the ex- offender we spoke with (he asked us to keep his identity confidential) had been a model citizen, receiving promotion after promotion at work, avoiding all negative influences from his prior life, and even started his own foundation to assist in the rehabilitation of fellow Federal and State offenders. He was released from probation, had moved on in a world where he would finally be able to be productive and could use the skills and tools that he learned to assist the less fortunate. Life was good..His success hasn't come easily. The light haired 38-year-old is an ex-offender who had served in the Federal...

We have only one life, but we live in three overlapping worlds-our business world, our family world, and our other social world. Imagine bringing your spouse and kids to a meeting with seven of your salespersonnel. Sitting off to your left, Miss Wright asks the question on the minds of all her fellow sales colleagues, "Why did you bring your family to our meeting today? Will they be playing any sort of role in our discussion?" You simply respond, "No, they're just here so I can tend to their needs."Of course, this is a highly unlikely scenario. You don't bring your family into work with you every day. However, Heather Howitt does. Howitt, the CEO of Oregon Chai in Portland, Oregon...

We have a serious problem brewing with GPS navigation systems for automobiles and even motorcycles. There are however problems with this devise as a high tech toy are more serious than you might think. Ask anyone in a metro area who has bought a new car with one of those cool GPS upgrades for their SUV or new sports car. We have had our customers complain (customers of the carwash business, which is my profession). Oh they love the gadget, but they are under whelmed by the lack of data and streets, which are not listed. You see we have been seeing incredible suburban growth in many cities. Places near large DMA metros are a problem out in the middle class suburbs. In many areas such as outside...