Selecting an Orlando or Central Florida Wedding Minister

Perfect Ceremonies are Created by the Best Wedding Ministers When it’s time to buy a house, choose a car or trust someone to paint your house you want and expect nothing but the best! It is no different when choosing a Minister to officiate your Wedding! The perfect wedding minister knows a thing or two about love, weddings, and creating a memorable ceremony.

Key things to look for are a fresh and vibrant person who is a breath of fresh air! Tired of stale, stuffy, old traditional Ministers who have everyone falling asleep at the reading of 1 Corinthians 13? We are too! Do you feel like the weddings you attend are identical to all the others but simply with a different Bride and Groom? Find someone who is recognized as a worldwide Professional Speaker or as an Author, Love Coach or Poet with several published books and consistently writes about love and relationships. This can add suggestions to create the most memorable of ceremonies.

Opt out of a cookie-cutter ceremony, rather speak up as the Bride and Groom so your Minister can best understand what you are trying to achieve. Is it fun, crazy and comical, or is it traditional and conservative? Perhaps it is unique with a sand ceremony on the beach? Whatever venue you choose and whatever your dream wedding ceremony consists of, make it happen!

It is important to build a relationship with your Wedding Minister before even preparing for the ceremony. All of the testimonials of your Minister of choice should be "WOW! This was the perfect ceremony!" Find someone who is happy to meet with you to answer any questions that you might have surrounding the ceremony and the rehearsal. Make sure your Officiant will be present at the Rehearsal and ensures everyone knows their place so they are fully prepared for the Big Day!

Written by Karla Ruzycki-Davis

Central Florida’s Most Referred Wedding Minister:

Paul Davis
Wedding Officiant
I Tie the knot
Tel. (407) 284-1705

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Look Fantastic In A Plus Size Maid Of Honor Dress

Who ever said that you can’t look absolutely marvelous in a plus size maid of honor dress? Celebrate your best friend’s big day in high fashion with a plus size maid of honor dress that your body will love! Just don’t steal the bride’s thunder, comprende? In spite of some of America’s most upscale boutiques being filled to capacity with some of the world’s most spectacular plus sized fashions, there can still be a sense of apprehension surrounding the idea of showing up to your best friend’s wedding in a plus size maid of honor dress. But a new wave of design for the contemporary plus size maid of honor dress are prepared to usher those wedding fears out of your mind.

Choosing a Maid of Honor Dress

The maid of honor’s dress should stand out, you definitely don’t want to be mistaken as making your ninth appearance as a bridesmaid. Selecting a color that is different from what the other girls are wearing is one of the easiest way to mark your territory as “the chosen one.” If the wedding is sporting a pink and beige color scheme, the bridesmaids may all up in pink, while you get to stand out as the leader of the pack with a snazzy beige emerald-cut gown. The bride may decide to put you all in the same colors, but your dress will likely be cut from an entirely different cloth, literally.

Popular Plus Size Maid of Honor Dress Designs

High fashion wedding catalogs love to play up the sexy appeal of the sleeveless dress for both the petite and full-figured woman. Did you know that plus size maid of honor dress patterns without sleeves are very slimming? And you thought only black dresses could do that! The notoriously popular spaghetti-strap designs make for outstanding plus size maid of honor ensembles, compliments of the flattering dash of skin displayed by spaghetti-straps and the off-the-shoulder styles that claimed their fame in the seventies. Necklines are also important, many plus sized women opt for sleeveless gowns that partner scoop necks or sweetheart necklines.

It is important to choose a plus size maid of honor dress in a cut that you simply adore, although your best friend may be doing the dress buying, be sure to ask her if you may try the dress on first. And while you two are talking, you may want to alert her to RUN, not walk away from any plus size maid of honor dress that features tight or puffy, rounded sleeves, such sleeves can make a full-figured lady look more full-figured. You know, those dresses that really remind you of Senior Prom in 1986.

For a beautiful plus size woman’s dress try visiting http://www.fabulousplussizeclothing.com, a popular plus size fashion website that provides tips, advice and resources to include plus size swimwear, plus size dresses, plus size evening dresses, plus size bras and plus size prom wear.

Don’t Advertise On Television - Just For A Couple Of Weeks!

Now there’s a simple, very simple, solution to the myriad Top-Down-Management scams going on at the moment.

And just think of all the money you could save!

Don’t you think that it’s time to teach these Top-Down-Management people a lesson? Think of the damage they are doing to you and your Brands, to the very concept of trust and the building of relationships. Additionally there would be the tremendous Public Relations benefits to you, the advertiser, taking the side of your customers and doing something about the appalling Top-Down-Management Media shenanigans.

Plus the fact that they are already abusing the fledging interactive capabilities of the networks, and you most certainly do not want them to do that, interaction is where YOUR future is

O.K? Then let us review some of the latest Top-Down-Management gaffes,
all of them media/advertising related in one way or another!

One: There’s the Conrad (whoops - sorry) Lord Conrad Black fiasco where they were described as “$60 million thieves wearing ties”. Lord Conrad
Black was compared to a bank robber, accusing him of “a money grab” at his newspaper empire. Lord Black faces up to 101 years in jail and $164 million in fines if convicted of fraud, money-laundering, obstruction of justice and
racketeering!

Two: It was reported that Tessa Jowell, the Culture, Media and Sport Secretary expressed fury over the Premium-Rate Interactive Phone-In fiasco. She also felt that they must never forget the level of trust that people hold in Public Service Broadcasters”…and you lose that trust and confidence at your peril”!!

Incidentally Ofcom has said that an inquiry is to propose recommendations on “actions necessary to restore confidence and trust”.

May we ask what about a prison sentence for Top-Down-Management?

Programmes that have been caught up in the premium rate phone scandal include ITV1 primetime show ‘Dancing on Ice’, BBC One’s ‘Blue Peter’ and Channel 4’s ‘Richard and Judy’ as well as a number of others.

The Ofcom investigation will also weigh up the benefits and risks to broadcasters in the use of premium rate services in programmes and look at the respective compliance and editorial responsibilities of broadcasters, producers and telecoms network operators.

Three: Ofcom is to consider whether BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster,
should be broken up or separated into two distinct units as part of a
competition inquiry into the pay-television market. Sky already faces a ministerial investigation into its £940 million purchase of a 17.9 per cent stake in ITV.

Four: Television watchdogs are to take action against ITV, Channel 4, and other broadcasters who turn up the volume when adverts come on. Deafeningly loud T.V. adbreaks has been a long-standing concern
of consumers despite denials. However it was found that the soundtracks of some ads on ITV had been artificially treated to make them stand out!

Five: The libel case bought by Sir Martin Sorrell, the Marketing Tycoon.
Sorrell was described as “the wealthy chief executive of the WPPMarketing Group who paid, not so long ago, his ex-wife in excess of £20 million in a divorce settlement.

There are several disturbing features about these appalling Top-Down-Management incidents. The huge sums of money involved came about through massive advertising/marketing expenditures.

The arrogance demonstrated by TDM is truly amazing. It, yet again, shows how they have depersonalised and dehumanised the whole of the Advertising/Marketing/Media world, and totally neglect the most important person in their world, your customers and their viewers!

Not surprisingly, your customers know and understand what’s going on, they understand that all of this money is a brand tax, which they pay for each and every time they buy one of your products.

So when they read/hear all of this scurrilous behaviour it is another nail in your coffin Mr Client. And that is why you should set them an example and remove all of your advertising from television..Just for two weeks because that will give them a fright.

Then ask them to really explain what interactive communication is all about,because when you commence implementing interactive advertising “Events” that’s when you will win…big time.

Paul Ashby pioneered interactive communication to the advertising and marketing communities some twenty-five years ago. The communication issues he addresses have been neglected during the explosive grown of advertising in the 60s, 70s and 80s, these are Cognitive Dissonance, Selective Retention and Selective Exposure.

Would you like to discover the incredible results to be attained by using interactive communication? Well these are revealed for FREE at http://effectiveaccountablecommunication.blogspot.com or contact Paul directly on paul.ashby@yahoo.com

Tips On Getting Pregnant

If you’re like most women, you have probably spent a good portion of your adult life trying not to get pregnant. And you have probably received lots of information from various sources (friends, family, school) on just how to accomplish this. I’m sure you imagined that when the time came that you actually wanted to get pregnant, it would be quite an easy task. That tips on getting pregnant would be the last thing you would need. Simply stop using any precautions, ie. birth control, and that should do it!

Well, as it turns out, it is not always so simple. Yet most women have much more knowledge about how to avoid getting pregnant than how to actually get pregnant. You probably never thought you would need any tips on getting pregnant, but the truth is it might not “just happen” unless you get some good information first.

If you ask your friends for tips on getting pregnant, most will just tell you to have a lot of sex. This is definitely a good start, but the number one mistake that couples make when trying to get pregnant is improper timing of intercourse. One of the biggest reasons that occurs is because many women have the mistaken idea that they ovulate on day 14. This is a myth that has been perpetuated because most examples of an ideal menstrual cycle use a model of 28 days, in which case it is likely you would ovulate around day 14–but not definitely. However, many women do not have a perfect 28 day cycle, it can range from 24 days to 35 days or even a bit more or less. So you must never assume that you ovulate on day 14–that is one of the best tips on getting pregnant that you could ever get.

So how do you figure out when you do actually ovulate? Well, there are several methods that can help you accomplish this. One way is using a basal body thermometer and take your temperature each morning upon waking and keep a record for several months. You will start to see a pattern that shows a slight shift up in the temperatures each month. At the point that your temperature shifts up, you have just ovulated. Keeping this chart for a few months will give you a very good idea as to the approximate time of month that you in fact ovulate.

Another thing you can do is check your cervical mucus throughout your cycle to notice any changes. You will start to notice that your cervical fluid changes in consistency as you get towards the middle of the cycle. When the cervical fluid becomes clear and stretchy (like raw eggwhites), you are approaching ovulation.

If you are more interested in a scientific method, you can purchase ovulation test kits, a saliva test kit or a fertility monitor. Each of these note changes in your hormones that indicate when ovulation is approaching. These methods are more expensive, but can be very reliable.

Once you have pinpointed when you will be ovulating, you need to time intercourse so that you can have the maximum number of sperm “waiting” when your egg is released. One of the best tips on getting pregnant would be to have intercourse every day up through the day of ovulation as soon as you discover your ovulation is approaching through one of the methods outlined above. The reason is that the sperm can live for about 5 days inside a woman’s body while waiting for the egg to drop. Once ovulation occurs the egg only lives for a short time. So having intercourse after you have already ovulated is probably too late! The egg will start to disintegrate within 12-24 hours of ovulation.

So in conclusion, if you are searching for tips on getting pregnant, concentrate your efforts on figuring out when you ovulate so that you do not waste the small window of opportunity to get pregnant that arrives each month. Once you have that figured out, you can time intercourse to maximize your chances of having the most sperm available and “waiting” when the day of ovulation arrives. Good luck!

Beth Kiley is a researcher and author of the e-book, Personal Path to Pregnancy. For more tips on getting pregnant, get her FREE report “7 Most Common Mistakes To Avoid When Trying To Conceive”

Seven Ways to Tap Your Spiritual Traditions and Beliefs to Manage Grief

One of the most important resources to turn to when mourning the death of a loved one is the spiritual core beliefs and traditions you have been exposed to. Many mourners have told me about using their spiritual practices to find meaning and eventual peace of mind in trying to integrate their losses into their suddenly different worlds.

In particular, spiritual beliefs help to bring comfort, and in many instances, a sense of relief and meaning to the loss of loved ones. Here are seven ways to plumb the depths of your beliefs to find peace and ultimately the motivation to begin the process of acceptance of the death.

1. Meditate on the belief that the people who come into your life to help at this time, the meaningful things you read, the unexpected things that just seem to come out of nowhere and give comfort, are the Universe, God, or a Higher Power knowing you are in need and remembering you. Look for ways that Your Higher power tries to connect with you. If you look, you will find. Many choose their Higher Power to be their therapist. Believe your Higher Power is with you, especially in time of need.

2. Love has long been considered a most powerful force for dealing with the fear and worry that are common responses when mourning. Love protects. God, the Universe and your Higher Power all work through love. That’s why our support networks are so useful. You will also feel better if, even as you are hurting, you show love for others through service. Create a routine of caring.

Focusing on how to love in separation-a critical spiritual task-will also keep your loved one alive in your heart as you begin the major task of accepting his/her loss. It will give you a spiritual boost. And, most important of all, love yourself without limits. Be good to yourself. Give yourself a gift every day.

3. Use traditions and rituals as vital supports in dealing with transitions. You can create new rituals for starting each day, remembering your loved one, or trying to establish a new habit or routine. Rituals stabilize and help us connect. Perhaps you may want to start a tradition of celebrating the deceased’s birthday or special anniversary.

4. Read what the various holy books say about the legitimacy of sorrow. Don’t deny the pain. Many divine figures grieved. Jesus grieved. Give yourself permission to grieve as long as you feel it is necessary. Embrace your grief and allow it to run its course. Be assured that your grief is not only normal; it is the only kind on the planet, because each relationship is one of a kind. And, don’t avoid legitimate suffering. It will cause even more suffering in the final analysis.

5. Many people believe in the doctrine of The Communion of Saints. It is essentially the belief that deceased loved ones who go to heaven can be prayed to and intercede to God for survivors on earth. I often tell mourners there is nothing wrong with talking to the deceased loved one, or praying for a sign that the loved one is in a better place. If you don’t get an answer right away, don’t feel your Higher Power hasn’t heard you. Be patient and persist. Believe that you will be heard and never abandoned.

6. If you believe in a spirit world, afterlife, or heaven then you can also dwell on the following possibilities. Possibility is what hope is all about.

A. Your loved one knows what you are going through.
B. Your loved one can help you now more than before.
C. You can ask for ideas on how to deal with a vexing problem.
D. The deceased loved one assumes there will always be a relationship with survivors.
E. Grieve with the conviction and remind yourself that you will be guided through your ordeal.
F. Some day their will be a reunion.

7. Pray for the wisdom to make the right choices. Coping well and good grief are all about wise choices. For example, when will you intentionally start new routines, when will you freely express what you are feeling, when will you take a break from your grief, when will you employ self-care on a regular basis, and when will you start loving in separation are all based on the power of choice. For months or years your choices will pave the way for integrating loss into life. Pray as you would talk to your best friend. Cry out for help. Ask for strength, but seek wisdom to choose.

We are mysterious beings who clearly have a spiritual yearning. Be open to how your everyday spirituality (kindness, active caring, compassion, we are all connected) can play a major role in bringing comfort and new meaning into your life at this time of great turmoil. Talk to others who have similar beliefs and allow your intuition to become part of your decision making process. You possess the ability to grow through your great loss and find inner peace.

Dr. LaGrand is a grief counselor and the author of eight books, the most recent, the popular Love Lives On: Learning from the Extraordinary Encounters of the Bereaved. He is known world-wide for his research on the Extraordinary Experiences of the bereaved (after-death communication phenomena) and is one of the founders of Hospice of the St. Lawrence Valley, Inc. His free monthly ezine website is http://www.extraordinarygriefexperiences.com

How To Start A Business When You Don’t Have Money

In the Fall of 1987, I found myself dead broke, in-debt and unemployed. At that point in my life I had been through a series of menial jobs and had never been to college. Not knowing what else to do, I began going door-to-door, a borrowed ladder strapped to the roof of my car, offering to clean the leaves from people’s gutters. Little did I know, I had stumbled into an experience that would change my life forever.

I had always dreamt of owning my own business, yet like most people, I thought I’d need lots of money, a patented new technology or an Ivy League MBA, things I certainly didn’t have. To me, it seemed, owning a successful business was a distant dream, a privilege set aside for a fortunate few.

Again, not knowing what else to do, I began to forge ahead.

Soon customers began to ask me to take on other small repairs and, by doing what I said I would do, my business began to grow. I went to seminars and read books to learn all I could about construction, remodeling and repair. I began to take on larger projects. Soon I was building homes and buying real estate. Before I knew it, I had transformed gutter cleaning into a multi-million dollar business, and a better life.

Somewhere along the way, I became intrigued by the stories of other successful self-made entrepreneurs, to hear their stories, to understand their mindset, and how they were able to accomplish so much with so little.

I soon realized that these entrepreneurs had valuable insights, skills and practical knowledge gained through their experience that I hadn’t found
in a classroom or a textbook.

Some were highly educated, others had barely finished high school. Most were self-made entrepreneurs, bootstrappers who started with little or nothing. Their stories are all remarkable. The lessons they provided were life changing.

Through my own experience, and the insight gathered from other successful self-made entrepreneurs, I learned that starting and growing a successful business doesn’t require money, privilege, patented technology or an Ivy League education.

I learned that entrepreneurship is a mindset, it’s a way of looking at the world that exposes opportunity, ignites ambition and fosters the innate creativity, drive and determination that we all possess.

Entrepreneurship is about innovation and initiative, about using our innate creativity and imagination to solve problems. It’s about taking risks, challenging the status quo as well as our own self-limiting beliefs.

It’s about combining our own unique experience, talents, ideas and abilities to solve problems and create value for others. It’s about getting up early, working late and making things happen in the margins. It’s about connecting and collaborating, bartering and bootstrapping to make it work with what we’ve got.

Through my experience, I learned that entrepreneurship is a mindset that can empower ordinary people to create extraordinary results:

· It can enable you to start and grow a successful business, regardless of where you are right now.

· It can enable you to breath new life into an existing business.

· It’s a mindset essential to educating and preparing the next generation to survive and succeed in the rapidly changing new global economy.

Throughout all of human history, great advances have come about not as the result of greater effort, but as the result of a shift in our awareness, a new paradigm that enables us to see the world in a different way.

Entrepreneurship is a mindset that offers life-changing awareness. It’s a mindset that exposes a world of unlimited opportunity, a mindset that enables us to overcome self-imposed limitations and to achieve things we might otherwise have never been able to achieve. And, it’s a mindset we can all cultivate within ourselves, wherever we are, in whatever we do.

Gutter cleaning taught me that.

© Copyright 2007 Gary G. Schoeniger

Gary Schoeniger is a speaker and small business coach widely recognized as an expert in innovation, profitability and growth strategies for small business and emerging entrepreneurs. Certified as an instructor by The National Foundation For Teaching Entrepreneurship Gary provides entrepreneurial education programs for high school and undergraduate students. He is the founder and CEO of Schoeniger Growth Consultants.
He can be reached at 216/780-9417. www.Garyschoeniger.com
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Senior Financial Planning and Life Settlements

All too often seniors find themselves with a great life insurance policy but not enough money to keep up the premiums or to enjoy their final golden years. A great way for them to get some hard, cold cash is with life insurance settlements. The senior simply sells their life insurance policy trough a life insurance settlement and ends up with less than the face value of the policy but still a good amount of cash money to help finance their final years. Life settlements are a rather new type of investment and while they can have amazing payoffs if the individual dies quickly they can also be a drain if that is not the case. Regardless, seniors considering selling their policy trough a life insurance settlement don’t need to worry about when they are going to die. They simply need to worry about how much they can sell their policy for today.

Life insurance settlements sell for less the longer an individual is anticipated to live. So, any senior with no health issues that wants to sell their life insurance policy will receive less money than a senior with terminal cancer or another disease that is likely to kill them very soon. Of course, there is no guarantee which of these senior citizens will live the longest, but the odds are in favor of the healthy individual. So, the closer a senior citizen can appear to death when negotiating will result in a higher payout. Another way senior citizens can go about financial planning is to buy a policy early on that is more than they can really afford but plan on selling it through a life insurance settlement down the road to get more money. Doing this results in a higher payout as well because the face value of the policy is higher.

There are a lot of things to consider when using a life insurance settlement to finance your golden years. But, it is one option and a good one at that for older individuals who need the money to live and aren’t worried about their beneficiaries after they are gone. For these folks life insurance settlements make good financial sense.

Natalie Aranda is a freelance writer. All too often seniors find themselves with a great life insurance policy but not enough money to keep up the premiums or to enjoy their final golden years. A great way for them to get some hard, cold cash is with life insurance settlements. The senior simply sells their life insurance policy trough a life settlement and ends up with less than the face value of the policy but still a good amount of cash money to help finance their final years.

Four Dieting Myths Exposed

We are surrounded by dieting myths; many of which have grown up over the years until they have become, more or less, universally accepted. So, by way of making a start, here are four of them put well and truly into context!

Diet food is boring and you can’t eat the food you like
One of the main points about healthy dieting is that you get to eat from a wide range of really good food, including some of the best tasting desserts around. However, you’re right, there is a down side.

If your present food is unhealthy food laden with fat and sugar or other undesirables, then you won’t be allowed to eat it every day -simple as that! Seen from this point of view, a diet will appear restrictive, although most diets now have enough variety to stop them from being boring. If you find that you really are limited in what you can eat on your diet then perhaps you should look at another diet plan.

And, of course, you can have a day off. Most sensible diet plans accept that you need time off and allow you to eat what you like sometimes.

The point of this is to allow you to enjoy the sort of food that you used to eat and which, to put it simply, isn’t good for you. The long term idea is that you will slowly get used to the diet food and want your old way of eating less and less.

I like to look upon diets, not as restricting what you can eat, but rather like holidaying in a different country. The food you used to eat is still there, it’s just a bit harder to get at, while you are now surrounded by a table spread with a whole host of new food that is both delicious and tasty and just waiting for you to try. The difference, of course, is that you never need go home!

Some of this new food you will like and some of it you will not like so much, but you will soon develop some new favorites and these will, in future, become your foods of choice.

If the thought of adapting to new food worries you (and it’s a perfectly normal worry to have) take some time out before your diet begins for a dummy run of a month or so to try the sort of food allowed and see how you get on. If you then feel that the diet is really not for you, don’t give up; look around and find another that caters more for your taste and have another trial period.

The reality of healthy eating for most people is that they end up really liking the food but sometimes this does take a week or so.

If I skip a meal I will lose more weight
The theory is good - eat less calories and you’ll lose weight - but the reality is a little different.

Your body is not stupid, it knows how many calories it needs to keep you at your present weight and it knows how much food you need to eat to get there. Skip a meal and you will simply eat more throughout the day to catch up and often, paradoxically, you can find yourself having eaten more calories at the end of the day.

However, doing the opposite, strangely enough, can help with a diet. If you eat more often but eat less at each meal then your body usually feels full and you will find it easier to keep to a calorie controlled diet.

So don’t skip meals and don’t try to deliberately eat less then you are allowed, your diet is designed to give you sufficient calories so that you will feel full but still lose weight.

I only need to diet - exercise is optional
This is true up to a point but you will miss out on a lot. Exercise complements a diet by firming muscles and making you look and, equally important, feel so much better about yourself.

It is now being realized what an important part just being active plays in dieting and so you will be encouraged to make an effort each day to do something active like, for example, walking. Stronger exercise is still needed but needs to be done less frequently.

So consider exercise as being as important as controlling what you eat and get out and have a good time doing it while knowing that it will help build a firmer and slimmer you!

I’m a good dieter, I choose ‘low fat’, ‘low sugar’ food
Most certainly diets should be low in saturated fat and low in sugar but be careful how you choose.

Food manufacturers know that we want food that is low in fat and low in sugar but they also know that the fat and the sugar are what make the food tasty. Inevitably, if they take the fat or the sugar out then they have to add something as a substitute to ‘put back’ the taste.

Unfortunately, what they add might be just as bad for you as what they have taken out. Become a label-watcher and make sure you know what the ingredients mean on the back of a packet or tin and know, too, what to look out for.

This is not an easy area but it is one where it pays to spend a little time learning what you should be eating. Of course, to help prevent this problem, you could increase the amount of fresh food that you buy even if this means shopping more often and spending a little more time in preparation.

So, don’t be mislead by the food fallacies out there; dieting and eating healthily should be enjoyable and should provide a wide variety of food to keep you entertained and looking forward to your next meal.

Mike Taperell is a nutritionist, researcher and prolific author who writes with great understanding and clarity about health and holistic matters. He is Chief Writer and a founder of http://www.healthandholistic.com a site containing a wealth of articles, information and advice on anti-aging, fitness, food and eating, reflexology, stress avoidance and weight loss.

‘Death’ In Islam - A Concept Contrast To The Scientific View For Mental Health Research

In very simple words, death is the end of life. So in this simple definition another term is needed to be explained and that is - life. For human being, life is the existence of an individual. If we take the term existence as an easily understood one, as because not each word can be explained in a limited opportunity, we can now define death and that is “death is the end of existence”.

In medical science, death is the permanent and irreversible cessation of all vital functions namely the brain function, the respiratory function, and the circulatory or heart function. So the medical definition further elaborates the two aspects of the usual definition, ‘end’ and ‘existence’. Thus, for death, ‘end’ represents something permanent & irreversible, and ‘existence’ is mainly represented by functioning.

Integrating the above two aspects, death can be very rationally and scientifically defined as the absolute disappearance of functioning. In the science of psychology or psychiatry theology is also included, with ethical and philosophical points, to have the issues comprehensive. So theological or religious aspect of death is supposed to be important too for psychiatric research purpose. As a Muslim physician I will try to mention about the Islamic view about death.

Islam defines death as a mandatory transitional event in between the ‘life before death’ and ‘life after death’. So if we integrate the scientific aspect with the description, the definition of death for a Muslim would be the absolute disappearance of the functions for the time period in between the two lives - one before death and another after death. As a result it abandons the permanent and irreversible criteria of the ‘end’ in the concept of death with the help of the concept of the life after death.

In our daily life death is related with the biggest stresses due to the knowledge - death ends. It is also supported by the science so far. But when the question of religion comes, specifically Islam, this knowledge changes for a religious person. So it can be easily assumed that death becomes a less stressful event for a Muslim, when he truly believes in Islam. Time has come, I believe, for science to take the definitions derived from the religions in account for the sake of increasing comfort in our everyday life.

About the Author:

Dr. Mohammad Samir Hossain PhD is a researcher teacher of Psychiatry and a Psychotherapist in Bangladesh. He is renowned for his educational and research activity in mental health sector nationally and internationally. The Dictionary of International Biography cites his brief biography starting from its 33rd edition. One of the best educational institutions involved with his educational activity is the Harvard Medical School of USA. Visit his personal web site at http://www.samirhossain.org

Do You Really Need to Lose Weight Rapidly With Pills?

Nowadays we want quick fixes for everything. If you want to lose weight rapidly with pills I’m going to challenge you to rethink your strategy. Here’s why.

The first fact to consider is that many of the wonderful claims that are being made about this pill can make you lose weight this fast and that pill can make you lose weight that fast is pure and unadulterated nonsense.

Many of the people making those claims have little more on their minds than getting their fingers into your purse or wallet.

Can pills make or help you lose weight? Yes, some certainly can.

Is it the best and safest way of losing weight?

No, sensible exercise and diet adjustment are by far the safest way of losing weight.

Many of the pills on the market today make you lose water volume instead of fat volume. The scale moves down a little, but your dimensions don’t. What is the use of that?

Even though a few of the pills on the market can give you rapid weight loss, your results are usually only temporary. Before you know it you’re back at the weight that you started at before taking those pills.

Why is that?

It happens because pills do not modify your eating habits, lifestyle, and exercise routine (or lack of it).

You cannot use most of these pills for prolonged periods of time. Even the labels tell you so.

That means, when you stop taking the pills and continue with your normal lifestyle, you gain all that weight back again.

That’s a ton of money down the drain.

Develop a sensible exercise routine and modify your eating habits in a way that your exercise consumes more calories than you take in, and you will see those pounds literally fly off you.

In closing, you can lose weight rapidly with pills and only with some of the pills on the market today. However, you will probably gain back all that weight. Rather exercise and modify your eating habits for rapid weight loss that lasts.

Tisha Diaz recommends this fat loss and weight control program that will help you get rid of those excess pounds and make you slim and trim.