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<title>Mastering &quot;Check And Call&quot; In Poker</title>
<description>A review of poker techniques both tight-aggressive and loose-passive for the casino and online poker community</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:32:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Raw Food For Families Recipes</title>
<description>Whether you are eating a 100% raw vegan diet or simply trying to get more fresh vegetable, fruits, and living foods into your family's diet we can help. Subscribe to our ezine and we will deliver mouth watering yet simple raw recipes and tips to your in-box every month.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:31:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>FrugalGuitarist.com</title>
<description>We at the Frugal Guitarist are dedicated to providing our readers with detailed reviews of under-the-radar gear and guides to the best bargains on the net. So sit back and enjoy the ride, we're sure that whatever your skill level or stylistic leaning, the Frugal Guitarist has something for you.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:37:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Art &amp; Craft Business Tips for Entrepreneurs</title>
<description>Get information about art and craft business. Useful information about craft suppliers, manufacturers and organizer.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:59:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Laser &amp; Sword Magazine</title>
<description>At Laser and Sword Magazine, we believe in heroes. We believe in high quality work and are dedicated to telling the great stories that demand to be told. We seek to revive the lost art of the serial pulp zines and episodic science fiction.

In the first issue, Editor in Chief Adam Graham introduces two new series. In the first installment of The Order of the Sword, Earth's greatest hero, The Sword, seeks to unite all of Earth's heroes, but will personal rivalries break the Guild of Heroes apart before its first mission? And can the Sword's chief ally be trusted? 

The second series, Rise of the Judge features dystopian action hero A. L Snyder, a favorite Graham creation that previously appeared in a story released in the anthology Light at the Edge of Darkness, as a hard luck gang leader from Boise, Idaho who gets a second chance in the Imperial Military. Will he thrive in the military or find himself in a hangman's noose? 

About the Editor in Chief

Adam Graham is a professional writer, blogger, poet and journalist with a regular column that appears on Renew America, American Daily, The Conservative Voice, Conservatown, and Red State. On Adam's Blog, and his award nominated podcast, the Truth and Hope Report, Graham comments on U.S. society and politics.

Familiar with behind-the-scenes politics as well as candidacy, Graham penned a political satire The Screwtape Report (2005). In 2007, he released three short stories in the science fiction anthology Light at the Edge of Darkness, including one co-authored with his wife and assistant editor, Andrea Graham. This story, &quot;Chosen of God,&quot; features Laser and Sword dystopian action hero A L Snyder at age twenty-three.

Graham was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and spent his early years traveling around in a big green &amp; brown bus! Mr. Graham graduated in 2002 with honors with an Associate of Arts Degree with an emphasis in Journalism and during that time, acted as editor-in-chief of FVCC's literary magazine. He and Andrea now reside in Boise, Idaho.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:39:32 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Goth Style Secrets</title>
<description>Become the absolute Goth you were created to be - with gothic makeup, goth hairstyles and clothing tips, including corsets, PVC, leather and latex!</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:54:59 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>GE News</title>
<description>Another e-zine you say! Give anyone a computer and a word processor and they start another flaming magazine! Yes, you are right we have a computer and a word processor and we have started another e-zine. But you see we think that we have the angle. Sci Fi is seen as a &quot;boys&quot; world! It's funny you know of all the people we know who love this genre most of them ain't boys. Many groups and clubs are full of women who love the genre. Men go to the movies, buy the DVDs, memorabilia, even t-shirts. But who buys the plates, the Christmas tree decorations, the ear-rings and gets their jeans painted with symbols and signs etc. 

It's women you know! 

So, with all of this insider information we decided to put our mouth where our love is and start, (yes we know another one) our own e-zine dedicated to the genre we love.</description>
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<title>Save On Conferences</title>
<description>Save on conferences is any business's dream come true. It is an audio conferencing service provider that provides high quality service round the clock.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:37:02 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Success as an artist begins with...</title>
<description>Success as an artist begins with exposure, and a strong portfolio is the key to this kind of success.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:37:43 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>HHLO.net News</title>
<description>Hip Hop news, events, rumors. Everything Hip Hop!</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:00:57 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>SEO- The Most Unnoticed Yet Important Marketing Strategy on the Internet </title>
<description>Today many businesses are turning towards having their own websites. Having an informative website or rather having a virtual presence on the www platform has become very common now a day. But then there comes a very vital question: what is the use of having a website if your potential customers can't find it!  

There are many different ways like email or banners or print ads to drive people or rather say Web Traffic to your website; but if you think more about this, there's no prominent way to score more online customers other than by spooling in people who tell what they are interested in, what information they want, request information on your website and visit you website at zero or rather say no advertising cost.
Then here is where the Search Engine Optimization comes into picture.
Search engine Optimization and Search engine marketing is the low-cost and high-return tool for targeted advertising. And it's proven that one yields great rewards by adopting and utilizing this tool. I would rather say that there is no better way any body can challenge that can drive better traffic to your website.

It is proved that in b2c ecommerce models, online businesses have yielded more business than traditional brick and mortar ones. But the only way seen now to stand above in the crowd and stake your claim in the online industry is by employing the sound practices of search engine marketing.
Today, many are adding-on their presence in this virtual business world. SEO is a tool that is affordable by all. And small players have started to compete with the big ones by using the smart moves of SEO.
People strive hard to get their websites to the top of Google's, Yahoo's, and MSN's search results. 

The best way is adding proper Title and Meta to each of the web pages of your website. You have to be very careful in defining your keywords and description. Try to have key-word oriented titles; and that is a simple and straight way to have your pages ranked higher for that keyword.
The Google algorithms consider this very much. Also important is on-page optimization where in you put Heading tags, Alter tags (to pictures and links), 'links' in the content wherever applicable, using images with low size, giving bold and italic styles to keywords and titles wherever applicable, etc.
This is a very simple strategy which is overlooked by many who just simply have their websites ready. They just get satisfied with the look and feel and then soon get frustrated when they see no business from this investment.

SEO helps your website - result into top &quot;organic&quot; search- rankings in the search engines and this doesn't cost you a thing. Also, other SEM activities which are commonly practiced by people are: submission of website URL into different search engines, online directories, submission of their articles into article sites, press-release into press-release sites, Blog- URL into Blog sites and getting into link-exchange with relevant sites.

These activities help a lot in getting more links throughout the World Wide Web network. And this ultimately helps for the boosting up of websites in the search engines with higher ranks.
SEO is a powerful tool. As truly said by Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google: &quot;Search is the ultimate expression of the power of the individual, using a computer, looking at the world, and finding exactly what they want.&quot;
If you use this tool in a wise way, you simply add money to your business with more customers and more prospects.

About Author:

Ghanshyam Shah is working as Research Analyst &amp; Project Coordinator in offshore software Development Company Semaphore info tech 
http://www.semaphore-software.com
Ghanshyam_shah@semaphore-software.com</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:15:51 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Search Engine Optimization- The Significance</title>
<description>From a small local business in a town to a big industry playing on an international platform, marketing has been a prime tool for any company or business to succeed. People started with using tools like write-ups, references, pamphlets and much more to convey their means or advertise themselves among a group. But now is a time where everything happens just on the click of your finger. And in this time is required marketing at the speed of light, marketing with niche concepts that are applied even before a common man would think. 

With the time we are moving from a physical world to a virtual world. Companies started building up their websites to have a presence in the virtual world. But likewise there are billions of websites. What would be your identity then? In this age of Internet and Technology, getting your business visible to your customer segment is more important and this is where the Search Engine Optimization comes into picture.

Building up a website is like making a saw and optimizing your website is like sharpening that saw to use. And it is quite logical that you cannot take optimum use of your saw without sharpening it.

Search Engines are a system through which one gets the information the later wants. Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines through search results. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results or the higher it &quot;ranks&quot;, the more searchers will visit that site. In simple words, Search engine optimization (SEO) just means your site is as accessible as possible to the search engines to improve the chances that they will serve it up when your potential customers type in specific search terms (called keywords). The more easily search engines find your site, the higher up it appears on their results pages.

In this world, SEO is definitely a smart move for any business.

But getting your site ranked for your keywords, there are many aspects that play a key role: a proper site structure, clean coding and necessary keywords, to name a few. This requires the every page of your website to be optimized. Every page should have a proper title, genuine keywords and a perfect description that matches the page. These title, keywords and description have to be relevant for every individual page. Search engines &quot;crawl&quot; the Web looking for the keywords that their users enter, so putting those keywords throughout your site means your pages will be picked up during searches by the search engine. Hence you have to put your foot into your customer's shoe to understand what keywords your customer would use to search for a particular product or service. You have to learn your customers' mind and this will give you the best of Title and meta (Keywords and description) to optimize your website. Also, optimizing your content is equally important as that plays an important role. You may optimize your content with putting keywords in your content, giving the Heading tags to titles, giving bold effects wherever necessary, giving links (to phrases in the content) to internal pages wherever appropriate.

Also, other activities to rank up your website in search engines are submitting your website URL into more and more search engines, adding your website URL into online directories, building up links with other relevant business sites, submitting rich articles into article sites, submitting your blog pages into various blog sites, submitting Press Releases into various Press Release sites. This will both increase the traffic overall to your site and enhance your search engine rankings, since the search engines pick up on the number of times people link to and from your site and rank your website higher accordingly.

People try many techniques to boost up their website ranking in these search engines for the specific keywords. People make researches to add-on their skills to make this task easier, faster and more genuine.

There are companies that provide services for SEO to other companies. We at Semaphore Software (www.semaphore-software.com) have a dedicated team that researches on the SEO and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) activities and undertake projects to upgrade the website ranking for our clients from different businesses.

It has become very important to move ahead with the fast pace if you wish to survive your business in this global competition.

Ghanshyam Shah is working as Research Analyst &amp; Project Coordinator in offshore software development company Semaphore InfoTech
http://www.semaphore-software.com
Ghanshyam_shah@semaphore-software.com</description>
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<title>Artsource Newsletter</title>
<description>Artsource Newsletter is a free online magazine published on a monthly basis. Artsource has articles on emerging artists, historical movements in art, reviews, horoscopes. Artsource  Newsletter is published by Cyberpublishing LLC based in New York City.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:58:41 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Top Snap Marketing: Ensuring Best Prices for Business for Sale in Australia</title>
<description>What are the most compelling points while you strike a good business deal? Is it the cost factor that drives home the victory or is it the tactful negotiation that ensures your success? Among all the vital factors responsible for clinching a good sales or business deal, the presentation that often plays the most crucial role. We, at Top Snap Marketing, specialize in traditional property photography, elevated photography, and aerial photography. Our services are ideal for any business for sale in Australia. We can take elevated photography from as high as 20 meters and our aerial photography which is taken from a plane or chopper from as high as high 4000 feet, are second to none in Australia. 

The old saying that you only get one chance to make a good first impression is indeed true in the field of real estate sales. Professional photography is now vital to ensure that properties look stunning on the web and in advertising. Highly quality photographic presentation is, without a doubt, the most essential tool when it comes to buying a franchise business or putting a franchise for sale in Australia. In fact, this is the best way to use can use to attract buyers. Therefore, at Top Snap Marketing, our prime focus is to accurately depict your property as best as possible.
Whether you have Franchise for sale in Australia or you are buying a franchise business in Australia, our services will significantly enhance your chances of striking the best deal. At Top Snap, we have a wealth of experience in offering superlative services with excellent customer satisfaction by contributing effectively to our clients' success in their sale of their lands and properties. We are considered to be one of the best for properties for sale, resorts rural land, land sales, property developments, and architectural photography. 

If you have any Sydney business for sale or Brisbane business for sale, we assure you of the best prices. Selling properties in Sydney and Brisbane is a highly delicate issue. It requires excellent presentation in terms of views of your properties from every angle. Hence, it is really in essential that you present your properties in the best possible manner to sell them at the best prices. While this sounds like a Herculean task, we at Top Snap Marketing have experience of over ten years in specializing in photographing properties in business for sale in Australia. Moreover, we have done thousands of shoots for magazines, real estate agents, developers and home owners.

At Top Snap Marketing, our photography is well recognized and respected as the first choice in real estate photography by many property agents. If you are buying a franchise business in Australia or willing to have your Sydney business for sale, you should consider us for achieving the best deal for your properties. We can transform the view of your properties in the best possible way irrespective of its location, which will boost the chances of selling them at the highest prices. We have been offering our services for over a decade and, therefore, counted among the best service providers when it comes to business for sale in Australia. 

We have been recognized and respected as punctual, courteous, enthusiastic, and reliable and we offer excellent value for money. We provide sound advice in determining the best photographic options for any property apart from being prompt in delivering their final product. Our products surpass everyone's expectations which in turn results in high enquiry and excellent sales.

If you have any business for sale in Australia or you are buying franchise business in Australia or you want to put your Sydney or Brisbane business for sale, log on to www.topsnap.com.au and rest assured of the best prices.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:04:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Video Search Engine Optimization Tips and Techniques</title>
<description>Detailed list of important tips/guidelines for video search engine optimization 
People usually love video, millions of Americans consume videos online and same is the case world over. A consumer is most likely to keep in mind and refer to a video in comparison to a print advertisement. These days video making is very economical as compared to the cost of a traditional commercial. Broadband is getting enormous popularity worldwide. Now people can watch videos without long download times or quality issues. Present generation considers video to be a reliable source of news and information. Online video for them is second to nature. 

Here are a few tips/hints for optimizing your video:

It is recommended that you create and submit a transcript for users and the search engines, add a transcript to each video file you've uploaded via your Video Status page. Create a Keyword Rich Title for your Transcript; include a brief introductory paragraph/synopsis that describes the subject matter of your transcript (and video) and be sure to publish your transcript.
Don't forget to encode the keywords you are targeting into your video. Try to use the word &quot;video&quot; as much as possible, make sure the word &quot;video&quot; is used in your title, description, meta data etc.

Search engine crawlers rely a lot on the link texts to figure out what the video is all about as they are not capable to figure out the contents of the video otherwise. Therefore it is advisable to get as many back links as possible for your video. 

It is advisable to create a separate sitemap just for your videos in your site and try to keep your video files in one directory this would help the web crawlers to locate your video files speedily and effortlessly.

It is very difficult for the web crawlers of any search engine to crawl into the video contents inside flash players so they usually prefer to stay away from such files. It is therefore advisable not to use such kind of file formats which discourages the web crawlers. 

It is advisable to optimize the URLs of your video pages for the search engines with the help of mod_rewrite function so that the pages are freely assessable by the search engines.

Various video search engines use to capture thumbnails of your in different manner. Some of them take the first frame of your video, while others try to take from the middle or end. It is better to experiment with each site individually to make sure they are displaying the right thumbnail for your video. A video thumbnail is always crucial when it comes to decide for a viewer which video to watch.

Beside the above mentioned points there are few more points relevant for the optimization:

Always make sure viewers are searching for your targeted keywords regularly. If not, try to find the closest related keywords being searched.

Viewers who offer feedback are most likely to take the desired action on your video. This could be a good opportunity for you to submit fresh contents, if the most popular videos were included months ago, it really helps.For more detailed tips on video seo, visit ReelSEO.com</description>
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<title>One Ghana, One Voice</title>
<description>Ghana's only literary magazine, One Ghana, One Voice, features a new poet profile every Saturday.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:29:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Success Strategies</title>
<description>&quot;Success Strategies&quot; is a f'ree weekly email newsletter which provides how-to tips and articles designed to teach small business owners and entrepreneurs how to create an automatic business which allows them to make money as they sleep.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:12:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>MindChic: Habits For Life!</title>
<description>Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and you will receive tips, quotes and freebies that can inspire and improve your life.

For your effort, we will reward you with a rare treat. Subscribe now and you will receive Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich Action Guide. Its not just a book to read, its a book that make you take action. So what are you waiting for? Subscribe NOW!</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:36:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Studentbonkers.com</title>
<description>Magazine for 18-25 year old students.  We cover every subject under the sun which students want to know about from serious subjects such as debt management, safe sex and date rape protection, to practical information, to the fun stuff, drink, travel,eating out and entertainments. We believe in fame from the bottom up. We don't want our pages to be stuffed with B list celebrities at parties we can't get into.  We want pictures, stories and gossip from students themselves.  Student correspondents are always welcome.</description>
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<title>MUSICREVEIW</title>
<description>Online magazine with all the latest unsigned band reviews.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:48:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Creativity Portal e-Newsletter - Explore &amp; Express Your Creativity!</title>
<description>Bi-weekly publication featuring coaching tips, book excerpts, art projects, and resources to jumpstart your creativity. Host of Art of the Song Creativity Radio Creativity Corner segments, essays by Eric Maisel, Jill Badonsky, and other professional creativity coaches, authors, and artists.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>5 Simple Steps to Shooting Photos Like a Pro</title>
<description>When my daughter was born four years ago, our new digital camera and I had to become friends. Fast. I didn't have any experience as a photographer, or any time to learn the craft, yet I still had to find ways to get those perfect once in a lifetime shots. Through trial and error I found a system that works for me. While I'm sure I'm not blazing any new trails here, these are the guidelines I've used to get shots my family and friends enjoy:

1. Say No to Shutter Lag: 
Get a fast camera. Shutter Lag is the enemy when your subject matter won't sit still. I started with a Panasonic DMC LC20. After my daughter started getting a bit more mobile I graduated to a Canon EOS Digital Rebel. It's hard to find shutter lag stats published even in independent reviews. Try out the camera in the store if possible, and pick a moving target. I had a friend rotate slowly. I snapped a shot when he was facing the camera. If the picture was of his profile or the back of his head, I know I had to keep looking.

2. Say Yes to Storage:
 Get a memory card for your camera with as much storage capacity as possible. I use 1GB and that allows me to take about 160 shots before I have to transfer photos from my camera to my computer. Be sure you have a fresh memory card for each new outing. Pick up a memory card reader to speed up the process. You need to clear your card frequently so you don't want comparitively slow USB cable transfer speeds getting in the way. And don't cheat by using a low resolution or low quality image setting. Use the highest quality and resolution you can.

3. No Film, No Fear. Take a Lot of Shots: 
Those precious moments come and go quickly. Get them even if the framing and zoom are not perfect. That can be fixed later. However, be sure to learn how to properly use your auto focus. Very out of focus images are something you can't fix after the fact.

4. Go Deeper. Find the Hidden Gems: 
Once you've transferred your images to your computer, review them carefully to find the shot within the shot. If you've taken enough shots, the gems will be there. You'll need a decent digital image editing software package with and easy to use cropping tool. ACDSee 9 Photo Manager  is a good tool at a good price. 


5. Shed Unwanted Pixels. Crop Crop Crop: 
 Cropping your photos  creatively allows you to get a fantastic shot out of some not so fantastic raw material. Once you've found a part of a photo you like, crop away the extra stuff. Highlight the subject matter and reveal shots that would have been missed if you took too much time setting up before hitting the shutter release. 

Now that you've spent so much time and energy getting your shots just right, you want to have a special way to show them off. Give Touchpoint Gallery a spin and let us know what you think. Download here for free. Images courtesy of Flickr

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5 Simple Steps to Shooting Photos Like a Pro 
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:02 am 
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<description>Talking About the Things that are Second-Most Important In Your Life</description>
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<title>Backspace: The Writer's Place</title>
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<description>CultureGrits.com is a new online magazine featuring an eclectic mix of Memphis-flavored content.

About the sections: the Nonprofit Spotlight section profiles a local nonprofit organization working to change Memphis for the better. The Personal Essay section is a Memphian's first-hand account of an issue or experience that may be relevant to the others in the community. The Evolution of Memphis Soul section describes the history of one of Memphis' most important musical forms. The Backstory section looks at a successful business or individual and explains how and why they achieved their success. The Fiction section highlights the work of local fiction writers. 

Coming soon: Photo Essay section and Behind the Music Industry section</description>
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<description>Your source for articles about and written by many genres of Christian Literature, poetry and speakers. These resources include articles, devotionals, poetry, book excerpts, and more. We offer exclusive content in the form of interview excerpts, contributing writer profiles, and information on products and services of interest to the Christian market. Also included are exclusive interviews with some of today's most prominent Christian authors, speakers, entertainers, and more! In Every Issue We Feature: Home and Garden, Health and Fitness, Food and Festivities, People and Places, Sex and Love, Testimonial and Life Stories, Wit and Wisdom, Christian Literature and Poetry, Family and Parenting; Business, Career and Finances; Entertainment, News and Music, Style and Beauty, Empowered Living, Faithful Living, Inspired Living, Purposeful Living, Positive Living and Sprit- Led Living. 



The Blessed Room Magazine is a FREE downloadable (electronic) PDF publication that  exits to provide positive resources for daily Christian living. It is the mission of TBR to provide a quality publication for a diverse Christian Community that uplifts, inspires, encourages, and empowers people to change- from the inside out!&quot;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:02:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Centrifugal Eye</title>
<description>The Centrifugal Eye features an average of 20 contemporary poets per quarterly issue, plus a Featured Interview, Writer's Life essays, Poetry Collection reviews and blazing accompanying Artwork.  TCE is open to collaborative projects, the occasional guest editor, trade tips for aspiring writers, and builds issues around complex themes, which produce issues that never feel like the &quot;same old poems&quot;.  For striking writing, editing concerned with highest-quality craftsmanship, and graphic, surreal illustrations, visit TCE all year round.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:14:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>TastingSpace.com: Kansas City's Exciting New Online Restaurant Guide
We're Local. Locally owned and operated in Kansas City and focused exclusively on Kansas City-area restaurants and entertainment. 
We're Comprehensive. Find the perfect place to get a taste of Kansas City:
Search over a 1,000 local restaurants by cuisine type, location, menu item, special features, and more. 
Explore our articles, restaurant listings, and customer comments and ratings for in-depth information about dining and entertainment in Kansas City. 
Discover new local events in our customer-driven calendar system. 
We're New. We just launched so check back often because TastingSpace.com is growing fast!</description>
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<description>TastingSpace.com is Kansas City's Most Comprehensive Restaurant Guide.  TastingSpace.com is Local, Comprehensive, and Interactive.  We are KC's Source for Dining, Drinking and Beyond.  Eat. Drink.  Taste KC!</description>
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<title>Dog Airline Travel Tips </title>
<description>If your dog is used to car trips, then travel by plane should not create any problem for you or for your pet. If you want to fully enjoy your trip with your canine companion, then you should take into consideration the following suggestions that help you to provide a better trip for your companion and you. 

&middot; Verify the dog's health before starting an airplane travel trip with your dog. This is not only for the dog's sake, but rather because legislation actually asks for it. It is required from each dog that travels by plane, to be vaccinated and to have no transmissible diseases which will need to be approved before travel. All this must be done within ten days of travel. Make sure you bring an inspection letter from your vet before any sort of air travel. 

&middot; The owner should keep his pet away from extreme temperatures. Make sure that your dog is safe during the air travel and fly with your dog only when the temperatures are between 35 and 85 degrees at both ends of the flight. 

There are airlines that will have &quot;cold embargos&quot; or &quot;heat embargos&quot; in the winter and summer months. That means that the flight, under these circumstances are banned. Call your airline agency if you are unsure if you are traveling during these times. 

Foreign dog air travel may require quarantine. There are some isolated countries like England or New Zealand that requires upon arriving on land, will definately quarantine your pet after landing. You should get used to such obligations and practices. Moreover, if there are several international departure flights, you may have to handle these situations on numerous locations. Although it may not be very pleasant, you have to conform. 



&middot; It is not advisable to tranquilize your dog during the flight. It seems that tranquilizers are the primary cause of illness or even death in dog air travel, according to statistics. During air travel, the dogs simply cannot have professional and quick medical assistance. The medication at hand could be pointless and cause injuries for the dog. For preventing such cases, various airliners have prohibited tranquilized pets aboard. 

&middot; Your pet should be trained before the flight. All airliners require parting of the dog, from its owner during the flight, if the dog is a medium to large sized breed. Smaller breeds are allowed onboard. Large and medium sized dogs have the misfortune to be transported in a shipping case during the flight. 

As to make your dog feel more at ease during the air travel, you should have it previously prepared by training it. You could do this by getting your pet accustomed to be confined in a travel box for a long period of time. The dog must be trained to socialize with strangers in the most unusual environments. 

&middot; Use labels during the dog air travel, as not to lose your pet. You should write your name, your dog's name, and any other helpful information on the dog's collar and on the crate. There were many cases when dogs were lost or taken by other owners, so these measures are very important. 

You can also use a specialized pet air transporter for your dog. There are professional companies that will take your pet to many various locations. Due to their great experiences, these companies are aware of the legislation required during the air travel. The companies offer all that a dog needs to feel comfortable. Actually, many air companies have banned the booking of dog air flights to the public. On Iata.org or uShip.com, you can find the top preferences for pet transporters. 



Maybe you found these pieces of advice interesting and helpful. We warmly suggest you follow these instructions on your following flights and will enjoy a pleasant and safe travel your canine friend without being too troublesome. It is the dog's right to be treated with care and to be offered guidance in our modern way of living.</description>
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Feeling Mushy? Send a Gushy?</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 09:02:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 10:33:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>Banoj Kumar Mohanty is one of the most talented upcomoing young artist in Indian art market now,showing his work at Ashok Art Gallery.Coming from small town to world class cities ,artist has adapted urban culture on his works so neatly, with his own style and techniques.he has amazing art skill with creating different techniques,he is using different daily usable things,like paper,foil,pastel cotton and water color.His subjects are minimal and expressions are of broden vew.

And yet, on its own semi-uncomfortable terms, Banoj  is fascinating, its quality, world and soul elements colliding and caroming off one another in endless succession, its cool grooves streaming by like dreaming on fantasy waves.Although his expressions are semi abstract,but he uses human forms to add reality touch There might be paradise in any of the places this artist, just off the main road from established genres and watching , but you get the sense that Banoj don't live there long enough to find out more experiments,he is coming with some magnificent acrylics.He is undoubtly one of mainline upcoming fine art star to looking for.
Fine Art Reviews:Ashok Art Gallery</description>
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<description>Is a barking dog driving you mad?

Did you know:

- that there are 5 basic different types of barking dog problem and that each requires a completely different solution?
- that anti-bark collars may make some types of problem barking WORSE rather than better?
- that most barking dog problems are created by owners who just need to make a few small adjustments in their routine to dramatically improve their dog's day and reduce problem barking by addressing the cause, yet it is unlikely that anyone has ever told you what these simple adjustments are?  Most people are amazed when they find out!

Take control!  Visit our questionnaire and select the statements which best describe your barking dog problem,  then we will send you a free customised training plan.  We do recommend some products throughout the course, but you don't need to buy them.  This course is produced solely for the benefit of dogs and their often despairing owners.</description>
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<description>Free newsletter packed full of wildlife photography tips, tutorials, reviews and information. You'll be instantly emailed our exclusive 5-page wildlife photography tip guide when you subscribe. The guide covers many helpful topics such as how to approach animals, how to compose your shots and which camera settings to use. All technical terms used in the guide have web links to our online glossary.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 08:40:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:03:34 -0500</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:49:35 -0500</pubDate>
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