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		<title>Save Money By Building Your Own Turbine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saving cash is essential to everybody which is the reason why more and more people are deciding to to build a wind turbine rather than paying for one.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saving cash is essential to everybody which is the reason why more and more people are deciding to to build a wind turbine rather than paying for one.</p>
<p>To make a turbine for yourself is relatively simple and comes with many advantages.</p>
<p>First of all, commercially manufactured wind turbines, while effective are not as efficient as they could be just because they are mass-produced. So that you can mass produce anything, it needs to be designed in a way that production costs are significantly decreased; even if that implies giving up some performance of the end product.</p>
<p>It is not that hard to build a wind turbine at home. The most essential components needed for the construction of a wind turbine are rare earth magnets like neodymium, epoxy resin, magnet wire and some plywood. The toughest aspect about building your own wind turbine is creating the propeller blades and getting the wire windings right so that the power being produced is usable in the home.</p>
<p>While you do this you&#8217;ll get lots of experience. Even if you build stuff all the time and love getting your hands dirty, there is practically nothing like taking on a project such as building a wind turbine. Right from the start, you will have to use your hands and your head to make sure everything works great. With the help of do-it-yourself instructions, the process is made much less difficult.</p>
<p>Your neighbors will come to you and ask you to help them to build a wind turbine which they can use to power their households. Simply because of the experience of the construction process, you will instantly become the neighborhood expert on renewable power. Be ready to answer people&#8217;s questions concerning the construction of your wind turbine as well as other potential questions with regards to home power and power savings techniques.</p>
<p>Saving the world is also crucial. While not everyone who chooses to build a wind turbine is doing so out of appreciation for the planet, the simple act of kindness to Mother Nature does have its returns. The less power you are using from the power company, the less carbon is released into the surroundings. This means the less damage that will be done to the earth and allow future generations to marvel at its existence.</p>
<p>Of course one might go on and on for days discussing the many benefits of using wind power in the home; but it is simply obvious that they outweigh the costs.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s lots to learn about <a href="http://windturbinebladedesign.com">wind turbine design</a> see this site now. You&#8217;ll learn all about creating your own wind turbine for under $200. You can also learn about <a href="http://homemadewindturbinesite.com">homemade wind turbine</a> design tips here.</p>
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		<title>Dating Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dating advice is all over the internet, in magazines, books, newspapers and on TV. There's even an eight year old who wrote a book filled with great dating advice. (That kid is pretty smart and must be really good with the girls, because while basic, all of his dating advice rings true. If you've read the book, however, you'd be forced to admit that the eight-year-old boy does know what he's talking about and he keeps it simple. The important thing in dating is to do just that and not complicate things.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dating advice is all over the internet, in magazines, books, newspapers and on TV. There&#8217;s even an eight year old who wrote a book filled with great dating advice. (That kid is pretty smart and must be really good with the girls, because while basic, all of his dating advice rings true. If you&#8217;ve read the book, however, you&#8217;d be forced to admit that the eight-year-old boy does know what he&#8217;s talking about and he keeps it simple. The important thing in dating is to do just that and not complicate things.</p>
<p>Leave your past in the past. There&#8217;s a reason it&#8217;s called the past. The first thing any giver of dating advice would tell you is that a fresh start is important for a date to go well. Boring your date with tales of the ex&#8217;s misdeeds is a definite no-no. Don&#8217;t let old grudges get in the way of new opportunities.</p>
<p>&#8216;Do as you normally do &#8211; just be yourself&#8217; is surely the best dating advice there is. Without dobt, people like to excel, to shine and impress their date, but faking it will only make both you and your date feel uncomfortable.</p>
<p>Making sure that your expectations are neither too high nor nor too low is also good dating advice. If you expect too much out of one date, or of the person you are dating, it is bound to be disappointing. Even your date is only human, and first dates are notorious disasters.</p>
<p>A frequently asked question is who pays? The consensus in dating advice is that he who invites, pays. However, some people insist that it is better to go Dutch every time and avoid complications. There is another school of dating advice though, that insists that the man pays for every date. In the case of a difference of opinion between you and your date, come to a compromise that works for both of you.</p>
<p>Probably texting your date before your meeting is smart dating advise as it puts him or her at ease and allows you to discuss interests or hobbies in a much more informal way and less tense environment than your first date would be. That would allow you to use this as common ground when things get awkward (as they generally do on the first few dates unless there is an instant rapport) and get the conversation going again.</p>
<p>Basically, just remember, no matter how much dating advice you have, it&#8217;s all up to you in the end. No date is the be-all and end-all, so if one doesn&#8217;t work out, never fear, there will be others. No matter how difficult the first date seems, it does get easier until  it&#8217;s actually fun.</p>
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		<title>How to Growing Online Dating Relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Pierce</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just as with normal off-line relationships, online relationships need to be tended and to be allowed to grow over time. Here are a few fast growing tips:</p>
<p><u>1. Take Time and Make Time:</u> Does your online partner get in touch with you often? Do you do it too? Ignoring virtual meetings is considered rude, so treat each other&#8217;s time respectfully. If that respect seems lacking, it could mean that it is time to move on.</p>
<p><u>2. Communication Needs to &#8220;Feel&#8221; Right For Both of You:</u> If one of you is too pushy about organizing a meeting, for instance, that can create bad feelings. So, please, don&#8217;t rush things; just take your time to learn more about each other and develop trust.</p>
<p><u>3. Respect Each Other&#8217;s Privacy:</u> Don&#8217;t show the other person&#8217;s email addresses or digital photos to your friends, for example; especially if your online friend emailed  you the information in confidence. </p>
<p><u>4. Share Special Online and Offline Enjoyable Times:</u>  when online: send online greeting cards; links to favourite sites to upload digital photos of your favourite pet or car; download music and video clips; post on favourite forums of interest. When offline: if you&#8217;re exchanging addresses or post office boxes, send printed greeting cards and postcards and/or small items from your area (like a key chain with your state flower).</p>
<p><u>5. Share Recipes:</u> People get tired of talking about the weather, so a popular subject to turn to is food. Sharing information about favourite foods and recipes helps to break the ice and even helps form friendships over your culinary skills, or the lack thereof, and tastes. Search your favorite search engine for free recipes to share and take photos of your culinary creations and share them with your date as well. </p>
<p><u>6. Bidding at Auctions:</u> Ebay auctions sell just about everything, don&#8217;t they? There you go then, surf around and enter searches like the dates you were in middle school and share nostalgic photos of old games, toys and TV shows from when you were a child or when your parents or grandparents were small.</p>
<p>Online dating should be an educational and fun experience. So, go on, take the time to learn more about each other and have fun while youre at it! Take a cyber-stroll down ol&#8217; memory lane together and see what&#8217;s cookin&#8217;. Look after your online relationship, water it with care and over time it may sprout and grow.</p>
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		<title>Astronomy &#8211; Important Dates Before Christ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no uncertainty that astronomy is the oldest science and there is also no hesitation that astronomy was being studied by everyone, not only the wise men, thousands and thousands of years ago.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no uncertainty that astronomy is the oldest science and there is also no hesitation that astronomy was being studied by everyone, not only the wise men, thousands and thousands of years ago.</p>
<p>We do not know precisely why they did it, but we can surmise that early man noticed a correlation between the weather and the stars, which were themselves not fully understood, of course.</p>
<p>Early man, probably even as far back as Neanderthal man, noticed the relationship between the weather and herd movements and crop growth, or at least fruit and nuts on local trees, if they did not have planted crops.</p>
<p>This means that people could see a relationship between the stars and food availability. This relationship was probably ritualized into some kind of religion like early Wicca. Therefore, the stars became a very important part of the lives of every single person and it is probable that astrology and astronomy were widely intermixed by the average person.</p>
<p>However, there were also people who did not only use the stars as some enormous celestial clock and who tried to make sense of the whole shebang. I am going to narrate below, eight of the most important dates or years in the history of astronomy before Christ walked on the Earth. Never forget that they had nothing but an abacus to do there calculations and no telescopes, which came about two thousand years later.</p>
<p><u>585 BC</u>: Thales of Miletus (c. 625- c. 547), a Greek, predicted a solar eclipse in Asia Minor purely on the basis of his observations and calculations. It was not a lucky guess!</p>
<p><u>c. 400 BC</u>: the astronomer Oenopedes (5th. century). also a Greek, announces that the Earth is tilted on its axis with respect to the Sun.</p>
<p><u>352 BC</u>: the Chinese report what they called a &#8216;guest star&#8217;, a supernova, which was the earliest reported sighting.</p>
<p><u>340 BC</u>: The astronomer, Kidinnu (b. Babylon c. 379 BC) discovers the precession of the Equinoxes, ie the apparent change in the position of the stars caused by the Earth&#8217;s wobbling on its axis.</p>
<p><u>c. 300 BC</u>: a &#8216;committee&#8217; of Chinese astronomers compile star maps of the visible universe.</p>
<p><u>c. 240 BC</u>: Chinese astronomers observe and make notes about Halley&#8217;s Comet. Also Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 &#8211; c.194 BC), a Greek, correctly calculate the Earth&#8217;s dimensions.</p>
<p><u>165 BC</u>: Chinese astronomers notice sunspots for the first time.</p>
<p><u>c. 130 BC</u>: the astronomer Hipparchus of Nicea (b. 147 BC), a Greek, correctly calculates the distance to the Earth&#8217;s Moon and also rediscovers the precession of the Equinoxes.</p>
<p>You will see from the dates above that obviously not everyone let nature and the stars govern their lives, as the common farmer or hunter did. Some men actually took pen to paper, but before pen and paper even existed, and tried to work out &#8216;why these manifestations occurred?&#8217;.</p>
<p>These individuals must have been remarkable men to have worked these measurements out by calculation, observation by the naked eye and rationalization alone.</p>
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		<title>Astronomy Fun Facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Astronomy is an interesting science to many people because it is stuffed with many astronomy fun facts. Everything from the size and temperature of our own star, the Sun, to the make-up of distant planets has been established. All of this information can be retold to entertain and enlighten people.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Astronomy is an interesting science to most people because it is filled with loads of astronomy fun facts. Everything from the size and temperature of our own star, the Sun, to the make-up of distant planets has been established. All of this information can be retold to entertain and enlighten people.</p>
<p>The Sun is a fantastic source of astronomy fun facts. Our own star, which provides us with all our heat and light is between 91 and 94.5 million miles from Earth. It&#8217;s not that nobody has measured the exact distance. It&#8217;s because the Earth orbits the Sun in an elliptical, uneven, orbit, so the distance varies depending on where the Earth lies in that orbit.</p>
<p>The Sun is only an average size star, yet it&#8217;s size is another great source of astronomy fun facts. As normal as it is, it accounts for about 98% of all the matter in our solar system. Even with the huge planet of Jupiter on our side, we&#8217;re still only a small 2% of non Sun material.</p>
<p>It would take the diameter of about 100 Earths to measure across this average Sun. The solar winds produced by the Sun extends to about 50 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. In other words, those solar winds go out about 50 AU&#8217;s, with an AU being the distance from the Earth to the sun. That&#8217;s quite fantastic, isn&#8217;t it?.</p>
<p>How about astronomy fun facts that don&#8217;t have anything to do with the Sun? How about our Moon? It&#8217;s the only non-Earth object upon which man has walked so far. And one man actually travelled to the Moon but never left it. Dr. Eugene Shoemaker loved the Moon but was rejected as an astronaut. After his death he was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the moon by the Lunar Prospector spacecraft in 1999.</p>
<p>There are many more astronomy fun facts about the Moon. It&#8217;s where what may become the oldest footprint known to man. Neil Armstrong&#8217;s giant leap for mankind left a footprint or shoe print in the Moon&#8217;s dust that will probably still be visible in 10 million years time.</p>
<p>Many people, in fact about 13% of those polled in 1988, still thought the Moon is made of cheese. And finally, the suits worn by the Moon-walking astronauts weighed 180 pounds on Earth but only 30 pounds on the Moon, because of the Moon&#8217;s reduced gravity. Talk about losing weight, eh?</p>
<p>Astronomy fun facts aren&#8217;t limited to our close astronomical neighbours. Looking at stars is like looking into the past. Some of the stars we see nowadays in the night sky are so far away that their light takes a million years to get to Earth. Some of the stars you see may really be images of stars a million years old that aren&#8217;t even there any more. There are over 1 x 10 ^22 stars in the universe. That&#8217;s a 1 followed by 22 zeros. And all their planets. The number is really quite staggering.</p>
<p>There are millions of astronomy fun facts and we could relate them forever. But this article can not. So, please, walk out there and learn about astronomy for yourself.</p>
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		<title>Acne is Not Spots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several different forms of acne, depending on how or why the acne developed. Some of the forms of acne are: acne conglobata (chronic boils); acne fulminans (an extreme form of conglobata); acne cosmetica (caused by cosmetics); acne keloidalis nuchae (from shaving); acne medicamentosa (caused by starting or stopping a medication); acne rosacea (redness on the face); baby acne; hormonal acne; cloracne and the common variety, acne vulgaris (also known as 'puberty spots'). In this article, we will concentrate on acne vulgaris.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are quite a few different kinds of acne, depending on how or why the acne arose. Some of the forms of acne are: acne conglobata (chronic boils); acne fulminans (an extreme form of conglobata); acne cosmetica (caused by cosmetics); acne keloidalis nuchae (from shaving); acne medicamentosa (caused by starting or stopping a medication); acne rosacea (redness on the face); baby acne; hormonal acne; cloracne and the common variety, acne vulgaris (also known as &#8216;puberty spots&#8217;). In this article, we will take a closer look at acne vulgaris.</p>
<p>Acne vulgaris can be described as: &#8216;an inflammatory disease of the skin, caused by changes in the pilosebaceous units (skin structures consisting of a hair follicle and its associated sebaceous gland). Acne lesions are commonly referred to as pimples, spots or zits&#8217; (from Wikipedia).</p>
<p>Acne is most common in white Western teenagers, although it does occur in every country in the world, so there could be a genetic predisposition to it. It is possible that it could be an abnormal reaction to quite normal levels of testosterone. For most sufferers, outbreaks of acne last only until adulthood, probably only a few years or at the most ten. For other people, however, it can be a life-long problem. It usually affects the face, upper-chest, upper-arms and back. However, an occasional spot does not constitute acne. </p>
<p>Acne vulgaris appears in various ways, which include: whiteheads, resulting from pores that are totally blocked, trapping sebum (oil), bacteria, and dead skin cells, resulting in a white spot on the top; blackheads, caused by pores which are only partially blocked, allowing some of the trapped sebum, bacteria, and dead skin cells to slowly drain to the surface (the black colour is not a result of dirt, but is a reaction of the skin&#8217;s own pigment, called melanin, with the oxygen in the air); papules, which are inflamed, red, tender lumps with no head and pustules, which are like whiteheads, but are inflamed, and appear as red circles with a white or yellow centre. </p>
<p>Whiteheads do not usually last long; blackheads do last a long time and pustules are what people call spots. Severe acne vulgaris is distinguished by nodules and cysts. A &#8216;nodule&#8217; is a much larger and more painful type of pustule and can often last for months. Nodules are large, hard lumps under the skin&#8217;s surface. They often result in scarring and should never be squeezed, which could cause them to last for months longer still. </p>
<p>A &#8216;cyst&#8217; may look similar to a nodule, but it is full of pus and has been defined as having a diameter of at least 5mm and, again, can leave scars and cause pain. Squeezing an acne cyst may cause a more severe infection and more acute inflammation which will last quite a lot longer than if it had not been squeezed. Dermatologists have ways of lessening the swelling and avoiding scarring with both nodules and cysts. It is just not true that acne sufferers are not meticulous about their hygiene. </p>
<p>In fact, excessive washing can exacerbate acne. There are many, many useless &#8216;treatments&#8217; on the market and many, many old wives&#8217; remedies. However, any good skin expert would tell you that there is no sure-fire remedy for acne and that the patient has to follow a strict regimen of cleansing until the acne just &#8216;disappears&#8217; of its own accord.</p>
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		<title>How Do Dogs Speak?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dogs are just about the most intelligent of domestic pets. If you take the time to look, you will see that they have the ability to communicate with humans, other dogs and even other animals. They do this with body signs and voice. Their signs are made with the their eyes, ears, eyebrows, head, mouth and tail.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dogs are just about the most intelligent of domestic pets. If you take the time to look, you will see that they have the ability to communicate with humans, other dogs and even other animals. They do this with body signs and voice. Their signs are made with the their eyes, ears, eyebrows, head, mouth and tail.</p>
<p>Their voice is clearly not the same as ours, but they use pitch in their barks, whines, whimpers, pants, growls and howls and their gestures are made with their entire body and every element of it.</p>
<p>You can always differentiate a confident and therefore higher ranking dog, because they hold their tails aloft. Dogs, like all other animals, including we humans, have an innate sense or their place in society. This is because dogs lived in packs in the wild, just as we evolved in communities. which is why they fit well into our human society.</p>
<p>There is a hierarchy within their group, as within human society. The weaker dogs submit themselves to the stronger dogs, which is why dogs lower their tail when they feel unsure of themselves. When dogs fight for dominance, the fur on their tails stands up and they have this trait in common with other animals. They do it to show that they are being serious in front of their enemy.</p>
<p>A dog that is uncertain what to do will wag its tail slowly. A bit like you or I might give a weak smile, unsure whether to smile openly or glower. They are in a process of working out whether they should accept the status quo or fight. Excited dogs wag their tails very fast and if the dog&#8217;s hip wiggles along with its tail, it means that the dog is in submissive mode to a higher ranker. A pet should do that to its owner, as you have become the leader of its substitute pack.</p>
<p>When dogs get aggressive they show their teeth, the same as humans. If all of the teeth are visible, it indicates that the dog is prepared to bite or attack. We do the same unconsciously. People often bare their teeth and snarl insults, before a fight. However, they also show teeth when they smile but this is an indication of compliance, again as we do &#8211; compliance here meaning a recognition that a fight is unwarranted.</p>
<p>With a dog, the number of teeth on display differentiates between a smile and a snarl. In a smile, a dog only shows the front teeth, but in a snarl the dog reveals all his teeth and gums and makes an aggressive noise.</p>
<p>Ears are a good indication of the dog&#8217;s degree of attention. When the ears are vertical and forward facing, it means that the dog is concentrating. But if the dog is relaxed, its ears will lie flat. However, some breeds do not have as much control over their ears.</p>
<p>Dogs bark to defend their territory, which comes to mean their boss&#8217; territory, which should signify your property. However, barking is their usual speech so you will have to learn the difference between friendly play barking and aggression in your dog. It is pretty obvious though.</p>
<p>Observation of your pet is the key, because, although all dogs are the same as in all humans are the same, there are minor differences. They are not difficult to learn, just spend some time with you dog and keep your mind open and it will become very apparent to you.</p>
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		<title>Using Stylish Illumination to Wonderful Effect.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are considering the interior design of a dwelling or room, lighting is most likely the most important aspect of the changes to the interior decoration. After all, it is the element that generates the mood of the room. You can create moods from intimacy to austere clinicism just by the power of your light bulb or turning a dimmer switch.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you are considering the interior design of a dwelling or room, lighting is most likely the most important aspect of the changes to the interior decoration. After all, it is the element that generates the mood of the room. You can create moods from intimacy to austere clinicism just by the power of your light bulb or turning a dimmer switch.</p>
<p>However, if you want to be sure that the effect of the lighting is the one you are looking for, it is important that you be acquainted with the four main kinds of lighting.</p>
<p><u><b>Ambient lighting</b></u>: This is the general illumination for the entire room. In most rooms it is the typical light in the centre of the ceiling be it a fluorescent tube or an incandescent bulb. It is recommended that you use one or more dimmers in order to gain more flexibility in creating effects for every occasion.</p>
<p><b><u>Local lights</u><b>: These lights are used to complement or even briefly replace the ambient illumination. Local lights are most commonly standard lamps, table and wall lights and are ordinarily used in order to aid such activities as reading, cooking, and shaving. The concentration of the light is local and it has to be correctly worked out so it won?t put a strain on the eyes.</p>
<p><b><u>Accent lights</u></b> Accent lights are sources of light for showing off decorative items, ordinarily placed so as to draw attention to an objet d?art . Quite literally to show it in its best light.</p>
<p><b><u>Natural light</u></b>: This is the one we get free though skylights, windows and doors. This light is controllable for part of the day by shades, curtains, drapes, blinds or awnings, but obviously varies with the time of the day, the season and the weather. Some locations see huge variations in natural light according to the season, eg monsoon, snow, etc.</p>
<p>It is doubtless easiest, if you consider a house room by room. Commence by analyzing what the room is used for. Retirees will probably want to take advantage of the daytime natural light for hobbies and reading, while a working couple with school-age kids, will be more active in the evening, when additional illumination might be more essential. Write down what you do and where you do it. Do you have a favourite fireside chair for reading the paper, do you read the paper during daylight hours or after work? Be courageous in your selection of illumination, but also bear in mind that illumination can have a strong influence on our perception of dimensions, making a room look larger or smaller than it is in reality.</p>
<p>There are lots of methods to illuminate a room but they all come from one of two perspectives: the illumination is either practical or aesthetic. Yes, they are both used to enable you to see more effortlessly, but highlighting the pages of a book or a shaving mirror is not quite the same as using a soft light to highlight a statue of the Madonna in an alcove.</p>
<p>In a short synopsis, you could use the few lines below to give you preliminary thoughts when you are considering changing a room?s illumination:</p>
<p>i] Place a standard lamp behind armchairs: they should be between three and five feet high. ii] Use an accent light to high or even low light a canvas. iii] Use an accent light to emphasize the contours of bookcases. iv] The ambient light ought to be modifiable. v] Use local illumination to swathe the walls with a low light or glow (can be sunk into the floor).</p>
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		<title>The Chinese Lunar Calendar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before their implementation of the Western solar calendar scheme, the Chinese almost wholly followed their own lunar calendar for determining the times of planting and harvesting and festival days. Though people in China today use the Western calendar for almost all business, governmental and practical matters of daily life, the old method still serves as the basis for working out many seasonal holidays. This coexistence of two calendar schemes has long been acknowledged by the people of China.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before their adoption of the Western solar calendar scheme, the Chinese almost wholly followed their own lunar calendar for working out the times of planting and harvesting and festival days. Though people in China today use the Western calendar for almost all business, governmental and practical matters of daily life, the old system still serves as the basis for determining many seasonal holidays. This coexistence of two calendar schemes has long been accepted by the people of China.</p>
<p>However, this does not only apply to China, it also occurs in most other Eastern countries, like Thailand, and most Arabic countries.</p>
<p>A lunar month is determined by measuring the period of time needed for the moon to complete its full cycle of 29 and a half days, a standard that makes the lunar year a full eleven days shorter than its solar counterpart. This difference is corrected every 19 years by the addition of seven lunar months.</p>
<p>The 12 lunar months are further divided into 24 solar divisions characterized by the four seasons and times of heat and cold, all of which bear a close relationship to the annual cycle of agricultural work.</p>
<p>The Chinese calendar &#8211; very much like the Hebrew calendar- is a combination of the solar and lunar calendars in that it strives to have its years coincide with the tropical year and its months coincide with the synodic months. It is not surprising that a few similarities exist between the Chinese and the Hebrew calendar.</p>
<p>For instance, an ordinary year has 12 months, a leap year has 13 months. An ordinary year has 353, 354, or 355 days, a leap year has 383, 384, or 385 days. When determining what a Chinese year will be like, one needs to make a number of astronomical calculations.</p>
<p>First of all, you have to work out the dates for the new moons. In these instances, a new Moon is the completely black Moon (that is to say, when the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun), not the first visible crescent, as is used by the Islamic and Hebrew calendars. The date of a new moon is then the first day of a new month.</p>
<p>The reason why the majority of countries which had their own calendars had to dump them in favour of the Western, Julian calendar that we use today, is business. First the British and then the Americans ran international business and they used the Julian calendar.Anyone who wanted to work with them had to follow suit. This is why national policy often varies from local custom in Third World countries.</p>
<p>The government desires to trade on the International markets, but the normal family in the country can not. So, the government adopted the Julian calendar but the people only pay lip service to it. I live in Thailand and people here do not even use the 24 hour day divided into two halves. Their day has four sections of six hours each and the first part starts at 6AM, not midnight. Therefore, they have four 4 o&#8217;clocks a day, for example and no 7 o&#8217;clocks. They are also 543 years ahead of us, although this is more common, for instance in Muslim countries.</p>
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		<title>Reverse Telephone Number Look Up-How To Perform A Reverse Number Search</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have missed a call from a number you do not recognize, or you are trying to catch some prank callers, then I am glad you are here reading this today. Once you are finished reading every word of this article, you will know three incredible steps you can take to find the name of a person who has called.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have missed a call from a number you do not recognize, or you are trying to catch some prank callers, then I am glad you are here reading this today. Once you are finished reading every word of this article, you will know three incredible steps you can take to find the name of a person who has called.</p>
<p>1-Know exactly what a reverse telephone search is</p>
<p>Before I get into detail about how to use a reverse telephone number lookup service, I want to make sure you know exactly what this is. It is simple, it is a service that will allow you to enter any phone number you want (including the area code) and it will run through its computer database and find a match to the number you entered. If there is a match you will get the person&#8217;s name and some other information such as the person&#8217;s billing address.</p>
<p>2-Should I use A Free One Or Paid One?</p>
<p>A popular question we have been receiving lately is whether or not there is a difference between a free service and a paid service and which one they should use. Well, it is always best to try out using the free service, but the chances of them actually having the number are rare because free services don&#8217;t carry cell phone numbers. If the free service does not have the number then obviously you will need to move on to the paid service.</p>
<p>3-What service should I use?</p>
<p>If you begin to look for phone number look up services, you will be blow away as to how many there actually are. Because of this, it may be hard to figure out which service you should use. Obviously, you need to make sure they will give you access to the persons name, but you want to find one that will do more than this. Some things you should look for in a service are whether or not it returns the persons address, name of the family members, and the name of their neighborers. Some even include a map to the house. Look at all the sites, once you find a site that offers you that kind of information you have got a winner.</p>
<p>Performing a <a href="http://findnamebyphonenumber.info/reverse-telephone-number-look-up">Reverse Telephone Number Look Up</a> is simple, all you have to do is put the number into the search box. <a href="http://findnamebyphonenumber.info/reverse-telephone-number-look-up">Click Here</a> to try it</p>
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