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How To Respond When Others Question Your Faith

No matter how strong your faith may be, the day will come when you are faced by one or more people who decide to challenge your belief in God. This is a perfectly natural occurrence and you should not feel threatened in any way. But the first time it happens may seem a little confrontational and unpleasant. This article looks at these scenarios and offers some solace that may help you to deal with this situation without losing your cool.

What Is Meant By Apologetics?

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This term was devised to describe the act of defending a position, often a religious one, by using facts and practices. It is commonly used to describe the time when religious people are defending their faith to a group of non-religious critics. It can also be used to describe the scenario when religious people are volunteering information about their faith to outsiders in order to persuade them to become interested in worshipping God. This practice has many responses to questions about God’s existence and some of these can be used when we are challenged about our beliefs in an everyday situation.

Be Prepared

It is always best to have a good knowledge about any topic that you are being challenged about. This also applied to your faith and belief in God, so read the Bible as often as possible and digest the information that you are taking in. Understand the meanings of the parables and try to make the connections between the Torah and the New Testament. It is only by true understanding that your faith will be strengthened.

Don’t Wait To Be Challenged

Instead of dreading that moment when somebody points a finger at you and criticises your beliefs, why not offer some information and see what response you get? Nobody enjoys being on the back foot and you can use this proactive stance to your advantage. You needn’t be too assertive, but offer some insight into your own reasons for believing in God. Ask your friends if they have any specific questions about your religion and see what they come up with. Find out what the most common areas of religion interest them and if you do not have the answers, write the questions down and research the required responses when you have a moment.

The Most Common Questions

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This will depend on whether or not your friends are being genuine or not, but the following queries tend to crop up more often than others:

  • Why does God allow good people to die young?
  • How did Jesus rise from the dead?
  • Is the Bible true or just a fairy tale?
  • Does the Bible agree with abortion and homosexuals?

Speak To Your Peers

Answering these questions and many more that are bound to come your way, is a matter of choice. The more you truly understand the teachings of God, the better chance you have of finding the answers. Speak to your Christian friends and ask them for advice on these matters. Some sceptics will never accept your answers, but you may find others are more sympathetic towards your religion.

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This post was contributed by Rosy Bennett; she is a member of a beautiful evangelical church in London, Ontario and she is a god-fearing person. She enjoys reading and writing during her free time.

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Impress Your Date: Go Fishing!

As we advance into a new era, we see more of how much fun we can have in this world. From simple conversations over coffee, to classy wine-tasting dates, to laid-back picnics at the park, it’s impossible to run out of ideas on where and how to have fun on a date. And now that technology is on our side, all the more has arranging things become easier. Bookings, research, calls, are just a few clicks away.

Fishing date? For real?

Perhaps one of the more uncommon date activities is fishing. It might even sound silly and corny to some, but fishing dates are actually fun and are a great way to get to know your date. It’s also wholesome and not to mention – enriching. Not everybody has know-how on fishing and what better way to learn it and about it than with your special someone?

Why go fishing?

Fishing is a great outdoor activity that’s not too laid-back, but not too intense either. It will not bore the wits out of you yet will leave you with enough energy to actually interact with your companion. Sure, it’s fun to try out extreme sports activities with someone special, but for first dates? They will only drain the energy out of you and at the end of the day you’ll realize you don’t even know which university she attended in college. Or what her sign is, which is worse.

Planning things out

So, do you simply buy or rent a boat, tow it to the nearest lake, hop in, take out the rods, and wait for a catch? Of course not. The best way to go fishing especially for first timers would be to book a legit fishing guide – it’s the surest way to minimize the chance of first-timer mishaps. Guides are skilled and experienced in their craft, so you can count on them to teach you the right ways to go about the activity. Having guides will also ensure that you catch good fish as they are knowledgeable when it comes to choosing the right fishing spots. You also have the option of checking out some popular fishing sites and book a guide from there.

While the fun part is actually the fishing, the best parts might as well be the cooking and eating. Usually you have the option of cooking your catch yourself, or have the resort cook it for you – exactly the way you and your date would want it! Eating humongous and sumptuous fishes (that you yourself caught) on your first meal together – sweet!

Now, you might be wondering how to reach the proprietor of those fishing sites. This is definitely not a problem as the Internet has it all – just look for the website, and the numbers to contact will be posted there. You will also get a feel of what services they offer aside from giving fishing guides. You can even compare sites so that you find one that fits your preferences best. After it’s all set, all you need to do is hope and pray that she will realize what a “catch” you are.

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    This article was written by Cedric Loiselle — a highly enthusiastic and knowledgeable writer for many niches. If you are looking for the best, most reliable Venice LA fishing guides, read his articles for more tips and advice. He recommends Plaquemines Parish Tourism for those visiting Venice, Louisiana.

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    I Am Here For You – Helping Friends And Family To Deal With Grief

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    When we lose someone special, it is always going to be an incredibly difficult event to deal with. We often react in a way that others may find hard to deal with, we are all wired differently. But what happens when the loss is experienced by a friend or a family member? Although we may know the person who has passed away, perhaps the friend or family member were much closer to them. It can be a struggle knowing how to react and what to say to them during this sad event. This article looks at some ways in which we can be a boon instead of a burden when this sad time occurs in our lives.

    Listen First

    It is often a very difficult choice to make when you are thinking of the right words to say in order to make your friend or family member feel better. Often the best response is just to continue listening to them, with a few hugs and sympathetic smiles along the way. They will feel the need to talk about their feelings and about the actual events that led up to the passing. The more that they can talk about these things, the easier it is for them to come to terms with the reality.

    Be Patient

    Everyone will have their own way of dealing with grief and you need to bear this in mind at all times. If your friend or family member seems to be taking a long time to process this grief, you should allow them this dignity. Never tell them that they should have gotten over the event already. Acceptance of death is vital if they are to ever have a chance of moving on from these events in their lives.

    Open Up

    It is more than likely that you will also have known the deceased and will probably have some feelings for them. Share these with your friend or family member and they will appreciate this gesture. They will also understand your need to grieve and can often heal faster if they feel they are helping another get through this untimely event.

    Help Them

    When dealing with the passing of a loved one, people will often neglect important daily tasks. Enquire about the daily routine of your friend or family member and offer to assist with these. It may be something as simple as doing a little shopping, or perhaps taking the kids to school. Do not assume that because they seem to be doing nothing that there is nothing to do!

    Be There As Often As You Can

    Although our friends and family member will need some space, remember to stay in touch and check regularly that they are okay. It is common for someone who is grieving to withdraw from society, ensure this does not happen and try to call in at least once a day if possible.

    Understand Grief

    If you have an understanding of the grieving process, you will be much better equipped to deal with this type of scenario. You can find specific books and websites that have a lot of pertinent information with regards to this human condition.

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    Henry Bale provides services for cremation in CT. Dealing with personal loss is certainly very difficult and feels that friends and family can help a lot in overcoming the grief, according to him. A keen writer, he likes to write about family and personal issues on his blog.

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    Marriage Proposals – Make Her An Offer She Can’t Refuse!

    When that magical moment finally sinks in, and you decide that you really want to spend the rest of your life with your girlfriend, how do you ensure that she will agree to your proposal? Just because you think that you have found ‘the one’, doesn’t mean that she will automatically reciprocate. This article takes a look at the best ways to propose and will give you a little head start when you get down on one knee.

    Choose The Right Spot

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    If you are a romantic type of couple, you will probably have a particular place that has a special memory. You could do worse than returning to this ‘shrine’ when you are ready to ask the big question. If you don’t have a special place, or you have forgotten where it was, then you should probably not bother making a proposal at all! Asking your partner to marry whilst on holiday is a pretty sweet idea, but try not to do this after a headful of tequila slammers in a noisy nightclub.

    Don’t Be Predictable

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    Many couple have had a frank conversation and plan the proposal together, almost with military style precision. You will be guaranteed a ‘yes’ if you choose this route, but it is rather lacking on the romantic side of things. The beauty of planning a surprise proposal is that slight chance that it could go all pear shaped. Keep the event real and show your partner a glimpse of an exciting future if she agrees to marry you. Apparently over 90% of woman would rather not know about the time and place of the proposal, and statistics never lie!

    The Ring Is The Thing

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    According to some sources, over 10% of ladies have changed their mind when they see the engagement ring. It is unsure if these figures mean that they were going to say yes or no, but it is an indication that the ring has mystic powers. You can get some valuable hints about what style of jewellery floats your lady’s boat. Try and be subtle, but remember the ones that made her eyes jump out of her head!  Her friends will also know more about these preferences than you do, let them be useful for once but try not to let the cat out of the bag.

    A Long Shot…

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    There are still some traditional ladies out there, and if you have managed to snare one, you could do worse than asking her parents first. There is little doubt that this will cement your relationship with your potential father-in-law, but you need to be very sure that your wife to be will be on the same page as you all. Why not ask her mother as well and increase the odds to three against one?

    Just Say It!

    Despite all of these tips and there are probably a whole book of other gems for you, nothing can quite beat being upfront from the start.  Just get down on your bended knee and say the words, “Will You Marry Me?” It worked for millions of young men before you – Good Luck!

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    David Cartier is a successful portrait photographer in Melbourne and he likes to write articles sharing his thoughts and opinions. You can follow him on Twitter @davidcsvenska.

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    5 Ways To Stop Roommates From Using Things That Don’t Belong To Them

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    If you have lots of brothers and sisters you know what it’s like to grow up in a house where you can call nothing your own. Every time you turn around something is missing and it takes you ages to find it. Some things never get returned and some things disappear before you even get the chance to use them. It’s a tough life that you eventually learn to deal with, but when you’ve never experienced it before it can be a little hard to take when you start living with roommates.

    People will steal your stuff if you let them. They will take things without permission and you won’t get them back for weeks. Things will get broken and a replacement is going to come out of your pocket. It’s even worse when your roommates are not really your friends. They are just random people you live with and some of the things they do will annoy you. Check out these cool ways to stop people using things that don’t belong to them.

    Start using labels

    If you have a nice piece of ham in the fridge I’m pretty sure you want to eat it. You didn’t just spend your hard-earned money so someone else could come along and eat it for dinner. Some people are funny and if they can’t see a name on something they automatically assume it’s theirs. It’s going to be better for you when they stop thinking that way, but until that time you should keep a little packet of labels in a drawer and put one on everything you have in the fridge.

    Lock it up

    If something is locked up it’s impossible for anyone to get access to it without a lot of effort. Someone might not think they are a thief because the item they stole was just lying there, but it’s different when they have to break into something. If you want to lock up your room you will need to ask your landlord if it’s allowed because you will need to mess around with their door. You could also keep a safe in the bottom of your closet that is big enough for your valuables.

    Scare them

    How would you feel if you normally picked up someone’s mobile to make phone calls and you seem them stick it down the back of their pants? You know it wouldn’t have touched anything, but for some reason you still wouldn’t go near it. You are scared and they have won. I’m not telling you to do that with any of your possessions that you don’t want anyone to touch, but if you did you would need to do it in front of them so they witnessed it.

    Respect their stuff

    Don’t expect anyone to stay away from your stuff if you can’t stay away from theirs. If you want people to leave your possessions along you have to be very careful not to touch things that belong to them. Once you start asking to borrow something they will start asking you. What can you say to them? It will have to be yes and sooner or later they will start taking it without asking again. Just get into the habit of relying on yourself and you won’t need to use anyone else’s things.

    Monitor them

    Have you heard of keylogging software? It’s the kind you install on your computer and if anyone decides to sneak on you will know exactly what they were doing. You can get all of their passwords and I’m not saying you should hack into their online accounts, but let them know they have been caught and they won’t go near your computer again. They will also have to change their passwords, so they get a little punishment at the same time.

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    Author of today’s post is Sheldon Lewis. He is an outstation student and stays with his roommates in London. He is well aware that not everyone gets the perfect roommates and so advises people to act cautiously. Webwatchwer software is one good way to keep a tab on their activities and keep your belonging safe.

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    How To Give Your Home A Sense Of Luxury (Without Breaking The Bank)

    There are many reasons that we get up for work in the morning and why we continuously push ourselves harder and harder to keep up with the rat race. Undoubtedly though, one of the main motivating factors for many of us is that we hope to impress our friends and family in order to feel better about ourselves. Creating a great home that looks and feels luxurious will make you look as though you’ve made it and make you the envy of your friends which in turn can give you a huge boost and make all the long hours after five seem worth it.

    But money and success alone won’t make your home luxurious and in fact you don’t even really need to have a particularly healthy bank account in order to make your home look luxurious. More than anything it’s really about style and it’s about design. Here we will look at some of the ways you can make your home seem luxurious and impress guests.

    Give it a Sheen

    A simple way to make your home appear more luxurious and classy is to look after it better and make sure it’s clean and tidy at all times. Use white colours in your décor to reflect more light and make the spaces seem bigger and cleaner, and then make sure that they are polished and dusted when people come round.

    The Bathroom and Kitchen

    Whenever you see videos of real ‘homes of tomorrow’, the kitchen and bathrooms are often the focusses. The reason for this is that these rooms both use a lot of modern appliances and gadgets to operate which can be modernised in a number of ways. Bathroom and kitchen designs thus move very quickly and if yours look out of date this will quickly date your home. Avoid those green baths and sinks then and make sure to invest in things like waterfall showers, hot tubs, soft close kitchen cabinets and stone floors.

    Faux Materials

    If you want to make your home look even more luxurious then using granite or marble floors and hardwood floors is the way to do it. These are classy touches that will never go out of date and that people know are expensive. If you don’t have the money though you can create the same look using stained concrete or polished laminate flooring and no one need ever know the difference.

    Unusual Features

    If you want your home to stand out among the crowd then you need to think of ways that you can make it genuinely unique and different from every other home. This will often mean adding more unusual and fun features. So for instance, why not include a row of bar stools in your kitchen or add booths like you’d get in an American diner? There’s no reason why your custom kitchens should look just the same as every other kitchen and no reason you can’t have a home theatre, a gym or a ‘reading room’ instead of just another ‘spare room’.

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    Gary Mint is an interior designer by profession. He has been in this profession for the past 10 years and believes that houses have now evolved. He finds a latest trend in people is to opt for inexpensive but useful items which give their homes a new look.

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    Top Ways To Improve Productivity When Working From Home

    Working from home requires a great amount of discipline and dedication if you hope to be able to achieve an output similar to what you would be likely to accomplish in an office. At home there is no boss breathing down your neck to ensure that you aren’t ‘slacking’ and there are just too many distractions from the television to the phone that beckon you away from what you’re meant to be doing.

    One of the best ways to prevent this is to think harder about how you want to set up your working environment at home to reduce distractions and encourage productivity. Here we will look at some ways to do that to help you work better.

    Have More Than One Place to Sit

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    So let’s say that you’re back is getting achy at the desk. You get up, you stretch, you sit on the sofa – and what’s that? The TV remote ends up in your hand.

    In other words, if you want to encourage work then you need to make it bearable and that means making it comfortable. Having more than one place where you can sit and knuckle down is very useful in this regard, so consider having a bean bag where you can recline with a laptop as well as your desk.

    Have Something Good in the Background

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    Having something good on in the background is a great way to prevent yourself getting bored. If you spend all day writing articles and doing nothing else then that will quickly become dry and boring and you’ll start looking elsewhere for entertainment. Conversely, if you have some good music on in the background, or even TV with the sound turned down, then this can add just enough colour and interest to avoid you feeling the need to look for entertainment elsewhere.

    The other thing that’s useful about this is that if you have music on, it will make it harder to do anything else distracting – you won’t be able to watch TV for instance without turning off the CD player so that prevents the ‘just ten minutes’ argument.

    Set Up Your Tech

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    Chances are in this day and age that working from home involves sitting in front of a computer. In that case then you need to make sure that your computer is working so make sure that you maintain it well and avoid abusing it so that it’s always quick to load up and as functional as possible.

    Meanwhile you should also stock up on any supplies you need. This means ensuring you have a spare black toner cartridge to hand so that you aren’t forced to stop printing and having lots of paper in reserve too.

    Shut Off the Internet

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    And in the worst case scenario? If you really can’t focus and you find you’re spending all your time on YouTube? Then do what you know has to be done and disconnect the internet until you’ve completed the bulk of your work. You could consider getting your partner to lock you in the study too but that may be a bit extreme for most people…

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    This post was contributed by guest blogger Shirley Templeton from Blankdvdmedia.com, Canada’s leading online computer accessories shop.

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    Yawning Linked To Fetus Growth?

    The researchers have a come up with a new way of determining the health of the fetus, well according to this new test conducted by Durham University and Lancaster University where in the 3D scan of 15 healthy fetuses was observed it was concluded that yawning is an activity that indicates the health and development of the baby.

    There are some researchers who decline the process of yawning and call it just the opening of mouth by the fetus. However, the difference between yawning and opening of mouth has now been clearly pointed out by the new research where in the duration of opening the mouth was observed. During this research it was also observed that more than half of the times opening of the mouth was for yawning.

    According to the study carried out where in 8 female and 7 male fetuses around 24-36 weeks from gestation were observed the there was a decline in the frequency of yawning from 28 weeks and also that the pattern did not vary between boys and girls.
    And although it is too early to establish the role of yawning, the experts say that it has some concrete role in fetal development and it might help in determining the health of the fetus.

    Dr. Nadja Reissland who leads the team from Durham University’s department of psychology has to say that this study has only underlined the previous researches proving that yawning indicates the health of the fetus and as the development in the fetus increases the yawning decreases. Thus proving hat yawning is actually an indication of a healthy fetus. Although further research is required where in both the mother and the child would have to be tested to conclude that yawning is linked to the central nervous system and has role in the development of the fetus.

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    What Goes Into Making a Perfect Halloween?

    While the whole nation is busy preparing for the spookiest night of the year, there are concerns being raised over safety, economy and the expenditure. In an attempt to make this Halloween a better Halloween the Statesman Journal has gathered some statistical data which is related to Halloween’s Day.

    If you are in the United States then you must know that an average American spends about $26.52 on a Halloween costume as per the survey conducted by BIGresearch for the National Retail Federation for September and October. The survey was able to give the data for each region. People who live in the West reportedly spend more on the Halloween costume than the rest of the country – $44.23.

    The survey also revealed that while an average American spends $21.05 on candy the Westerner spends about $24.15 on the same. And while the rest of the country spends about $20 on decoration the Westerners spend about $32.

    As for the safety Halloween is considered as the deadliest day for child pedestrians. A study conducted by State Farm and Sperling’s Best Places about five and a half children each year during the Halloween making it the most dangerous among the holidays. The time between 6 – 7 pm is the most dangerous hour and the children between the age group of 12 and 15 years are the most at risk followed by the ones between age group of 5 and 8 years. As a precaution one must carry torchlight and something reflective on their costumes. As for other precautions the trick-or-treaters can keep to sidewalks and crosswalks instead of darting in front of the vehicles.

    The popular costumes include a number of fantasy characters like Witch, Pumpkin and so on. A Census report suggests that Oregon has as many as 627,242 trick-or-treaters targets and around 30 chocolate manufacturing units. Thus, let us make this Halloween a Fun affair not a tragic one.

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    She Wants A Lot More Loving

    So one would reckon that after a long day spent on looking after home and kids all a woman would desire is a good night’s sleep or a day off at a spa but hey! You are mistaken, in a survey that was conducted recently where in 900 women of an average age of 38 were observed and questioned it was found that after eight hours of continuous sleep, women wish for good 106 minutes of romance to be precise which was followed by spending time on the computer, 98 minutes and socializing 82 minutes. Relaxation appeared next on their wish list, followed by shopping 56 minutes and spending time on the phone 57 minutes. This list also included 68 minutes of exercising and 36 minutes on work.

    The researchers also kept in mind while writing in the Journal of Economic Psychology that most pleasurable activities become less enjoyable when done for a longer period of time. They also analyzed data from US time Use Survey which kept a track of the amount of time men and women spend on different activities to produce a perfect routine. The result showed 16 different activities each spanning between 33 minutes to 106 minutes. However, if women were to have it their way completely they would spend as much as 619 minutes a day with their partner, 103 minutes socializing and 73 minutes relaxing. They would spend no time commuting and 2 minutes each with housework and children.

    Greater well being is ensured when more time is spent with friends and relatives than with the employer as per The University of Bremen, Germany and The Georgia Institute of Technology in the U.S.

    What we can really do is start spending a little more time with our friends and folks to ensure greater happiness and a stress free life.

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    How to Make Your Skin Glow

    If you want to transform your look and feel and look more attractive then one of the best ways to accomplish this is to look after your skin. By making our skin look smoother and clearer it’s possible to make yourself look healthier and more tanned while at the same time feeling more soft to the touch and making other features like your teeth and eyes look better by extension. Trust me – you can go from a 6/7 to a 9/10 simply by improving the quality of your skin and all your other features will benefit as a result.

    So the question is, how do you make your skin look great? Let’s have a look…

    Diet

    If you thought this article was going to be just a long list of products for you to use then you should think again. Great skin is so important because it’s a reflection of your general health, and this means looking after your diet. Some parts of your diet then should be eliminated and that means of course sugars and fats, as well as very acidic foods such as tomatoes. Try to eat foods that are relatively PH neutral, but also that are generally health. That means getting more salad and more steamed rice and chicken and less Burger King and soda drinks. Drinking a lot of water will also make a big difference to the appearance of your skin and your general health.

    Health Routines

    It’s also important to look after your health generally in a number of other ways with good health routines. This means for instance using a training regime at the gym which will aid your skin in a number of ways by improving circulation and improving your metabolism which will work to give you a more even skin tone while at the same time ensuring any skin damage is instantly repaired.

    Another beneficial health routine to take up is exfoliation using a sauna or steam room. Here the warmth will cause your pores to open and you will sweat out any toxins or other trapped particles that can build up and cause spots and blemishes. At the same time this will further encourage a healthy circulation and even skin tone.

    Products

    Meanwhile you can also of course use a range of products to improve the appearance and the health of your skin. For instance using a range of moisturisers, face masks and exfoliators it’s possible to further fight blemishes while at the same time encouraging your skin to be buoyant and flexible. Combine this with a good routine of washing, and avoid using soap with a high PH value, and you can make big differences.

    Finally using relatively cheap cosmetics it’s easy to make the finishing touches and to hide those blemishes and wrinkles that you haven’t been able to eradicate yet. Find a good foundation and concealer and stick to a tone close to your own skin tone. Think subtle, but leave no trace of spots. Using a self-tanning moisturiser can additionally help to give your skin a sun-kissed glow while at the same time hiding any spots by reducing the contrast with your skin.

    Felicia Banks is an image consultant. She can help you improve your personality and your life. To read more about her and her work visit her website.

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    Prius, Less Likely To Be Stolen

    For all those who own Toyota Motor Corp.’s hybrid Prius, you might want to ease a bit regarding the security of this car as reports suggest that they are less likely to be stolen compared with other cars of similar age.

    According to a report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau 1 out of 606 of the 2008 to 2010 model-year Prius cars had been stolen compared to 1 in every 78 for other cars.

    John Abounader, executive director of the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators says since the parts of Prius won’t fit any other car model as its hybrid therefore chances of it being stolen are less.

    Hybrid models were introduced in U.S in the year 2000 and fall under the category of fuel efficient cars.

    According to a NICB report hybrid models like Prius are likely to be stolen less as they haven’t been in market for much longer time. It also stated Honda Motor Co.’s 1994 Accord was the most stolen car followed by 1998 Honda Civic.

    Frank Scafidi, a spokesman for the NICB says that thieves usually steal those cars whose parts are needed in the market; he also adds that parts of Nissan and Honda are valuable because people who own then tend to use them for a longer time.

    According to the NICB report Prius had a recovery rate of 96.7%and was mostly stolen in state of Florida (127) followed by New York (111).

    Scafidi says that as more and more Prius like hybrid models come to the market and come on road they may be an increase in number of these cars being stolen.

    The report thus indicates that the newer and hybrid the car in the market the lesser chances of it being stolen.

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    Porn at work!

    Porn is being watched by almost everyone in the world today and it’s no longer a taboo to watch porn. People do so for various reasons let’s not get into that.

    According to Kevin Camps(the narrator) it would be one last thing that would be on his mind while on work because he one is always busy with his/her work and a constant eye of people in the office and a fussy boss would make it last thing on the mind.

    Though it sounds risky but it seems many of the workers do watch porn while working.

    Dr Christoph Ahlers a German sex therapist recently conducted a study and found that of 60 million people viewing the world’s most famous free porn website two thirds of the visitors to the site do so during their office hours. He also added that the second rush to the website occurred after dark (i.e. in midnight).

    The doctor also states that porn is now a “worldwide phenomenon” i.e. it’s not the case where only particular part of the world is keener on watching it.

    However the results obtained from the study create a bigger question are the people working in their offices offices after midnight?

    Kevin Camps also says that he would never prefer watching porn at work but do agrees to the fact that many people are scared of being caught watching porn while working in office.

    Thus we have come across a generation where viewing porn is not a big deal but what matters here is people do it so while working regardless of the fact that they may be caught (while watching porn) by their or by other co-workers; seemingly it has now become a part and parcel of the stress and tedious office routines and the employees find it, a welcome respite, though some may beg to differ of course.

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    No link Between Vaccine and Increased Sexual Activity Discovered

    In the first ever examination that was carried at the Emory University and Kaiser Permanente by researchers to find the link between Human Papillomavirus Vaccine and sexual activity it found that there was no association between the vaccine and the increased rate of sexual activity among young girls.

    The survey was conducted among 1,398 girls aged between 11 and 12 years during the years 2006- 2007. These girls were a part of the Kaiser Permanent. During the 18 months of HPV or Gardasil available to them.

    During this test 493 girls received the HPV vaccine and their results were compared with other 905 girls who received other vaccines instead of HPV.

    The researchers closely followed up on both the groups of girls up to three years and checked whether any of them had been tested for sexually transmitted diseases, had reported pregnancy or had been counseled about the use of contraceptives.

    On being observed it was found that about 10% of girls in both the groups had shown in one or more of the outcomes. The average age for this above test was 14.5 years though only 8 girls that is less than 1% of the girls tested were either diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease or had reported a pregnancy.

    The girls who had been given the HPV vaccine had not received any special testing or counseling in comparison to those who had not been administered the HPV vaccine.

    Thus the conclusion drawn is pretty much clear and screams loudly saying that there is no connection what so ever between the HPV vaccine been administered and the increased sexually activity observed among women as was demonstrated in the tests conducted and also that results remained pretty much the same for girls who took the vaccine and the girls who did not.

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    Loss of Job May Lead To Heart Attack

    Recession has hit the U.S more strongly the hurricane Sandy such that its effects have already started impacting the health of the common man. As per the researchers whose survey was published in the Archives of Internal medicine where in over 13,000 older adult volunteers were tested, it was found that there was increase in the risk of heart diseases as much as 35% among those who were unemployed.

    However the test does not clearly point to unemployment being the only cause behind this statistic, this could be coupled with many such factors like stressful routine, worsening living conditions and also the inability to manage the health due to lack of proper health insurance facilities, so points out Matthew Dupre, from the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina. He further adds that though it might be too early to establish a direct link among unemployment and heart diseases but as per the survey where in 13,451 volunteers participated and were surveyed over a period of 12 years it was clearly found that those unemployed showed potential symptoms like obesity and increased weight and in fact one in seven such volunteers was unemployed, the research also confirmed that 8% of the volunteers had experienced heart attacks. Thus the team headed by Dupre concluded that there was some concrete link between the two. He has also pointed out that those who had lost their jobs recently were at a higher risk of experiencing health adversities.

    The research has paved the way for the doctors who treat such patients and this might help them to treat their patients more adequately comforting them both mentally and physically. More study is still needed though, to establish all the facts and confirm the link between unemployment and heart diseases.

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    Full moon madness, a myth!

    Various urban legends have said that the crimes increase on full moon nights and new moon nights. Does the Lunar cycle actually affect the human psychological behavior?

    Studies conducted by a group of psychologists from Canada have revealed that lunar cycle has no influence on crime rate, injuries and other events that have been believed to rise during full moon and new moon in the lunar cycle.

    More than 770 hospital patients were put under observation but there was no evidence of a lunar link in their behavior.

    According to Professor Genevieve Belleville, a psychologist that erratic behavior among the patients could be because of other factors but there was no was no full moon or new moon effect observed.

    The analyses of the study were that there was no link between psychological problems and the four lunar phases added the Professor.

    The cause for such psychological stress among the patients was found to be mental health of patients and timing had no pattern except that the psychological stress were 32% less in the last quarter of lunar period.

    This myth has been believed to be true on various occasions. Nearly 80% of nurses and 63% of doctors were convinced that the number of patients for psychological problems were more on a full moon day than other days. There has been an increase in police forces across Brighton to Ohio on a full moon day blaming the day for the rise in criminal activities. Some people even blame the full moon day for President George W. Bush unexpected win in the year 2000.

    Thus though people may have an abnormal psychological behavior on the full moon and new moon days but it is not because of the lunar cycle and it could be because of other factors such as mental imbalance and other similar factors.

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