There are many teachers in the world to help you build your life, the quality of it, and your contribution to society. They all have something to offer. My teacher is nature, and this is what I share with people.

Nature is teacher of non violence. It teaches that everything is connected to everything, and therefore how we treat others is really a measure of how we treat ourselves. Violence is not required.

The main enemy of nature is narrow mindedness. Narrow minded thinking separates the thinker from nature. There is a sort of individuality that can do harm without conscience or consideration. This narrow-mindedness is a disease of our culture that is spread through the idea that our individual experience is more important than other people’s experience. Therefore, we can do harm provided that harm cannot come back to haunt us.

Separation from our acts of violence have been achieved over the centuries through discrimination. We have claimed skin colour as a differentiator, or religion as a justification to feel superior. Now, even western Yoga practitioners will argue superiority based on the form of yoga they practice. Separation from nature is at the heart of this justified violence. Individuation means, I, and the group of like minded people I associate with, are more correct in our thoughts, words and actions, than another group. Righteousness is the beginning of all violent acts. Being right.

In Canada I worked on reservations - communities created by the Federal Government of Canada to deal with the franchise of Indigenous peoples. In that community there is an extraordinary amount of violence compared with non native community statistics. But, I suspect the statistics to be biased. It is my discovery that non native people commit greater and more prevalent acts of violence than native people. However, they are more likely to commit them in less physical ways. Domestic violence for example is often verbal and emotional abuse, rather than the more detectable physical form, which is the measurement used in reservation management.

Violence is caused by separation. The idea that we are somehow separate, and therefore superior to, or inferior to, something or someone else. And this brings us to the law of compensation. Which is natures way of maintaining order in business, health, relationship and community.

If you see that you are not separate to nature, then you will not act in a way that could trigger compensatory action. This is called evolution in the middle path. Nature evolves, and therefore, if you can accept the idea of non separation, so do you. We evolve at the border of chaos and order, hence, Chaos causes compensation in the form of order, and Order causes compensation in the form of chaos.

The middle path is small doses of both. Neither chaos or order is required in large amounts if both are seen to be essential parts of inner and outer peace. Rarely do people see this. They gravitate to chaos because it builds a sense of worth, or order because it builds a sense of comfort. But this either or, mentality creates compensations in large doses.

The business that grows faster than its systems or qualification of its staff will experience compensation in the form of breakdowns in profit and sales. A relationship, in which one or both partners suddenly gets immersed in a spirituality that dishes up too much too fast (the average American teaching method) will trigger a compensation in the relationship to slow it down. This will be called chaos.

I recently wrote a book about sacred love. The real theme of this book is non violence in relationship. My intent in this book is to demonstrate that we are connected and inseparable from the laws of nature, and therefore each other. We cause and heal our relationships, because we are the cause of the compensation that drives them. Hence, by living in relationship, in tune with natures law, we avoid the violence of severe emotion.

Emotions are the intellectual manifestation of violent minds. The individual who is most separate from nature, and therefore most self obsessed, will be the most emotional, and inspite of their protestations about deforestation and war, they are in fact, the most violent of individuals. Emotional uppers, emotional downers, these are the modern forms of violence that result in compensations.

The opposite to emotion is love. We can call love by many names but one such name that explains the word best is compassion. The sense of being connected to someone who is suffering, or to nature in all its beauty. You can love many things and many people. Compassion is the experience that comes from love.

Compassion in relationship comes in the form of romance. Every comment you make in relationships should be spoken with compassion. People become as you treat them, so it is wise to treat others as you would love them to treat you. Compassion is this equality. Treat the world as you would have it treat you. Being aware of the potential for superiority. You are not more important than the ant, the tree, the cow, or the land on which you walk. You are connected to all things. Even the petrochemical plant is a part of nature, and therefore a part of you.

Those who destroy nature are a part of nature. Beware of the tendency to be exclusive. Many people feel connected to those things they like, and disconnected from those things they don’t like. This again is a form of violent superiority, emotional justification for separation and violence in the form of righteousness.

In your work, you cannot be separated from the experience of those you serve, those you govern and those who govern you. This is impossible. If someone hates you, then the only way to neutralize that is to have compassion for them. Hate is behind much of the compensation that takes place in the form of ill health, and emotional abuse.

In bringing up children, encourage them to love nature. Being in nature is not enough, to love nature one must have compassion for it. To understand the plight of a tree, the life cycle of a butterfly, this is how one understands and therefore feels connected to nature.

I hope this helps you understand the laws of nature. Connecting us to the whole, connecting us to ourselves and recognizing that how we treat the world outside is actually how we will be treated within. Compassion is the link between love and emotions. Emotions separate, compassion humbles us. May you heart be open again and again and again through the understanding of the five great spiritual laws of nature.

With Spirit

Chris Walker

http://www.chriswalker.com.au Chris Walker is a world leading change agent, an environmentalist and author of more than 20 books. Born and bred in Australia, he consults to people and organisations throughout the world on improved relationships, health and lifestyle through the application of the Universal laws of Nature. The result he offers is that we stay balanced, share loving relationships, work with passion, enjoy success, and live our personal truth. To learn more about Chris’s work and journeys to Nepal, visit http://www.chriswalker.com.au — http://www.chriswalker.com.au

This is when I realized it is a whole new level of marketing for any type of business out there, from the local business to the large national corporation.

The lessons we learned included, but were not limited to:

What our clients would like to see available on the marketplace,

Our competitor’s image and how they communicate with their clients,

Our place in the Industry,

and, Potential lucrative alliances with other industry players.

What our clients would like to see in the marketplace:

We had many people approach us about problems they currently face working with current suppliers in our Online industry. We were able to understand from our potential client’s eyes how they see our industry, and the potential upside value they see in our services, and where they are currently being short served.

They also expressed growing concerns of the dynamics of our Industry and how they do not understand all cost’s to do business in our marketplace but understand there is large upside value. This communication allowed us to realize the expanse of market opportunity beyond the services we currently offer. It also allowed us to see what services we can package and in particular how to package them to give our clients this wanted value.

Our competitor’s image and how they communicate with their clients:

For the first time we were able to see eye to eye with our competitor’s and how they present themselves to the public eye with the display at their booth space (or lack there of). How a company decided to setup their displays spoke a lot about them because at this point it became their satellite office to landing business, communicating with their clients, and communicating with their industry.

For the first time I understood how market leaders could become yesterday’s leaders. This could happen many ways, but mainly through lack of communication of not being there to field your current clients’ concerns. This could have happened with many types of companies there from equipment suppliers, your lab guys, to technology suppliers. If your provider wasn’t there to field your concerns you just as easily went to their competitor who was there to field your concerns.

The week before presenting at this event, I went to the boat show in Fort Lauderdale and spoke to some exhibitor’s who told me “It’s not being at the show that gets your client’s attention, but your lack of presence there.” Well I finally understood it and saw it first hand. The importance of a credible presence at the show spoke volumes about your regard for your current client base and concern to keep your company innovative.

This relates to many marketplaces, it would be like Intel figuring they have a complete upper-hand in the semi-conductor industry so they decide to slack on their presence at the upcoming computer expo. They setup their table and let their computer’s do the talking, where AMD has their engineers on the floor fielding concerns. Well who will be the one picking up the contracts in the future? Or, at least looked to as an option for a solution? Pretty cool the way business works similar to war, it’s as if we can really see how an early troop pull-out may affect an extended war effort. The reaction to a lack of presence will almost have twice the back-lash of not being there at all.

Our place in the industry:

Well at this event there were at least four companies that offered similar services/products as us. Well considering we knew at least one of them would be there we spent a good amount of money and time focused on educating the marketplace as to what services we had to offer. At the end of the day in our commoditized economic environment we face two types of shoppers those concerned with price and those concerned with value (service). We are more oriented on the value (service) portion of the environment because we understand our potential clients are not necessarily operating a price oriented business. Their clients expect value (service) which is what they sell, and our clients expect value (service) from those they do business with.

Our position in the industry is very niche oriented and focused at helping our client’s increase conversion rates and exposure. We realized at the meeting there is a solid fit for us within the cosmetic dental industry in helping higher end practices market their value to clients through the power of the Internet as the Yellow Pages becomes increasingly obsolete.

Potential lucrative alliances with other industry players:

We found that many other companies in the industry could increase their sales if we helped their end users increase sales. This is where synergies/alliances kick-in and companies stand to gain value from working with one another. In all types of business there is always an opportunity for a beneficial partnership, examples: a cosmetic dentist referring to a cosmetic surgeon, McDonalds sending their customers to Blockbuster for a rental special, to a corporate attorney referring out to an intellectual property attorney. Wow talk about varying business goals, huh? But at the end of the day they all want to be the provider providing the solution someone wanted. This creates a happy person and the likelihood they will return to you when they need the service you provide.

So now you’re wondering…What does all this mean to my business?

The information provided can fit into any field of work and the importance to understanding your clients and their needs. Stop asking yourself what people want and get out there and find out. Whether it means taking a booth at a local mall expo, or a convention aimed at your particular business field. Yes, the quality of traffic will differ depending on the event you choose but you will have the chance at traffic. Survey these people and find out what they want and not what you want to sell them. It will help you make an increasingly compelling pitch and at the end of the day help your close.

Best of luck in your future business endeavors. And, Carpe Diem.

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I am encouraging you to work smart, not hard. You may think that less time working on a project is dangerous. This is the baby boomer mind that belongs to an older generation. Less time better spent is a sure guarantee of better creativity. And in a cluttered world, creativity is the competitive edge you need.

Less time working on a project does not mean the absence of investment. It actually means spending more time mastering the art, more time contemplating the action, and then cut to the chase on the project.

Do it once, do it right.

In business I meet many people whose mode for success is tiredness. They tell me how tired they are and then have to leave to go to another meeting. But in that meeting are people who are not tired. Clients who are relaxed, happy, not caffeine charged, who is on the backfoot in that meeting?

Do it once - do it right is an important jump from do it hard.

To achieve the do it once strategy requires that you devote significant time to contemplation before pen goes to paper. In spiritual language we say, “the soul speaks in pictures” - this means that in your “minds eye” the process, production and outcome must be a sort of slide show before you act.

See it in my mind, before I get off my behind.

For me, I find this a very important part of my life. In any area of life, I know that if I can’t see it, then it won’t happen. Sometimes I can’t see it but want it. But then I just can’t act because I know, if my soul wont project it, any action is just robotics that I will have to do twice.

The clearer the picture, the deeper the conviction

Sometimes the pictures you will have in your minds eye will be so clear that you will be confused between actually and reality. You’ll think you are sailing on a boat but really you’re walking the dog in the snow. Be careful where you do this minds eye stuff.

Pictures come to you, not from you

Inspiration is the art of awakening the minds eye. I teach inspiration. There are three layers to inspiration.

In - means it comes alive within you
Spirit - means it’s not in material form
Ion - it comes from outside of you

The soul speaks in pictures. This is true. But any picture you conjure up in your head is not a real picture in this sense. Pictures come to you, not from you. This means the minds eye sees things you don’t - so you, the thinker cannot project the thought into a picture and expect this to be a true inspiration from the minds eye.

You have to become a receptor. Not a projector

Inspirations come to you, not from you. That’s why monks, artists and creative people do all sorts of weird rituals. They are softening their mind for receptions. You do have permission to ask for a certain reception. For example you might need an idea for a new marketing campaign. So, you can sit or walk with the intent of generating a new idea for a marketing campaign. But that’s it. The idea, (it must be a form of picture) must come to you.

Activities that inspire mind pictures

There are certain activities that will inspire mind pictures. A painter might paint with no real intent to finish the art, they are just practicing. The composer might play the old music just getting lost in the simplicity of familiar territory. The movie maker might make love. The business tycoon might swim.

The key, is slowing down

Mind pictures cannot enter a working mind. There are many parts of your brain, the highest is centred in the top of your skull, there is even a place you can put your finger and feel the dent. This place is the receiver of signals. It is always receiving inspiration, but the other 6 levels of the brain make more noise, so it’s hard to get reception when there’s too much static.

Thinking, like learning, worry, emotion, stimulation, tiredness blocks mind pictures.

In my workshops I do exercises to help people quieten their mind. I suggest to them that when their mind is quiet they will have an inspiration. I always suggest that if something comes, during this exercise, these people write them down, because nothing can come, if we are trying to remember the last one. (lower brain). There are always one or two people who complain, “Nothing is coming” - and this is really funny because they can’t break the habit of reaching out to grab things, they can’t sit and let the ball come to them.

Let mind pictures land in your hand.

Mind pictures cannot come to a mind that is trying. To catch a ball that is thrown to you, your job is to hold your hand in the general direction of the ball and allow the ball to “find home” - or in better language, land in your hand. The universe is filled with vibration - again in spiritual language, this is called the “Akash” or the “Akashic Record” - in ancient times it was referred to as the great library of all knowledge. The job of the Thinker, was to learn how to “shut up” long enough to tap into the “AKASH”

It’s a free resource - available to all who are ready

Einstein, Plato, Pythagoras, Shakespeare, Newton, Galileo, Picasso, Miro, Joseph Campbell, Ghandi and anyone else who has left behind something immortal, tapped the Akash. Each one acknowledged that something came to them and this is what caused their genius.

Stupid scientists look for something in a human brain to explain genius, but they are stuck in a prison of material reality. Nothing worth thinking ever came from us, it only comes to us.

The only thing you need to do is “slow down”

Monks call it enlightenment. Artists call it “the drug.” Composers call it the “other voice” mathematicians call it “a moment of inspiration” - the branding is diverse, but we must stay simple. Mind pictures are natural, you get them all the time. The only thing you need to do is “slow down” - This does not mean watch TV. No, that is called speeding up. Slowing down is to do something you love, for the love of it.

For the love of it

To act without desire means to run for the love of running. To walk for the love of walking. To paint for the love of painting. To sing for the love of singing. To dance for the love of dancing. A child can play for the love of it, can you? Without competition with yourself, with others without a goal. I think we lost this art in life. I work all over the world and the only person I ever met who lived for the love of it, was Sri K Patthabi Jois. My yoga teacher in India. He started yoga at the age of 10, practiced for 50 more years, had only 10 students in his yoga school for all those years (he worked full time as a professor at the University to pay the bills) - the only reason he taught and practiced yoga, even at the age of 90 with 500 students paying US$350 each for classes in New York, was because his “minds eye” saw it, so he followed it.

Hard Work is not Good Management

Try to catch the ball before you run for a touch down. Try to see the future before you set goals to cause it. Hard work is bad management. This, minds eye picture means doing it once, right. It means waiting for the ball to come to you. Trust is required, because sometimes the ball isn’t thrown. Hold your intent. Spend time learning how to calm the lower parts of your mind, and find the activities that allow you the space to hear what is coming to the higher realms, your minds eye.

A story

When I was 5 years old, I stood in front of my class at school, proud to have done my homework, and read from my reader book to the class. I stood there, happy, joyful, that for the first time in my life, a mind picture would be realized. Even in my dreams after my mother died, I saw myself on a stage. Now, here I was on stage for the first time. But, alas, my pants were home made, and poorly sown. The stitching was adrift, my little penis shared itself with the audience. Humiliated I sat down. It took me 30 years before I ever stood in front of a crowd again. But that whole time, that picture repeated itself over and over and over. And now, I get paid to do it. (minus the exposure)

Another story

When I was 18 I saw myself with a woman. 6 months later I met her, she was hitch hiking, I was driving. One of my friends picked her up, while I drove, they kissed. I found it hard to think of any other girl but her. 8 months later, I was invited to a party, and there she was. We eloped a week later, she moved in, we had babies, and lived a happy life. But it finished. One day when I was contemplating the future, she was not in it. I couldn’t see her. Unbeknown to me, the relationship had ended. 3 years later we separated. Did I create the picture of the future, or was I reading it?

Last story.

More than 10 years ago my son came to my workshop. During that program we all did “minds eye” exercises. He joined in at the ripe age of 15 and wrote his picture down. He would sail the world, to the most exotic places, inaccessible by land, showing people the great beauty of the world, the boat would be 120 ft long, he would race in the Americas cup. This vision was so clear, when he spoke about it, every body saw it in their minds eye too. A mere 5 years later, everything he saw, manifested. What he said to me after that was profound.

Seeing the picture of the future, the only thing it changed in him, was now he knew what to say no to. He was offered all manner of sailing jobs, he turned them down, because none of those would lead to this. He knew what to say no to.

Minds Eye

There are people who have mastered the art of tapping the great Akash. They see the future. This skill is yours if you wish it. Learning to tap the Akash means learning to slow down in order to speed up. Learning what to say no to. Learning how to get answers from outside of yourself. These answers do not come from a God. They come from a library, a library that is free for all humanity, unconditionally, without expectations of good, or worthiness. All, man, woman, child, good, bad, of all religious persuasion can, if they choose, access the Akash, and therefore see answers before they hear them.

Live with Spirit

Chris Walker

http://www.chriswalker.com.au Chris Walker is a world leading change agent, an environmentalist and author of more than 20 books. Born and bred in Australia, he consults to people and organisations throughout the world on improved relationships, health and lifestyle through the application of the Universal laws of Nature. The result he offers is that we stay balanced, share loving relationships, work with passion, enjoy success, and live our personal truth. To learn more about Chris’s work and journeys to Nepal, visit http://www.chriswalker.com.au — http://www.chriswalker.com.au

This is really a two headed coin, while part of me wants to say not it does not, the other part is screaming out yet it does. Ok let me qualify that sentence. From my years of being a hypnotist, I would have to say yes. I have seen too much over the years to deny its power. However from a different point of view I would say no, there is not a lot of prove to say that it does work. Let me put it this way, the old saying “A picture paints a thousands words” it is very true and works well with the sub-conscious mind. If you have ever been to see a hypnotist for any reason, be it on stage or in a clinic, what does he tell you to do? Yes that’s right he tells you to imagine you are somewhere or doing something, he is painting a picture for your sub-conscious mind.

When we try to relate that to a subliminal CD or tape we are left with a problem. How do we paint pictures with short sentences, I have my doubts that we can. All subliminal messages I have had anything to do with, fall short when it comes to pictures. Do not get me wrong, I am not against subliminal messaging at all, I just question the validity of such a medium without pictures. They all consist of messages recorded at just below the conscious minds ability to hear, while the belief that the subconscious mind can in fact pickup the messages and set to carrying out the affirmation etc. I have a lot of doubts that it really works with affirmations alone. Why do we need pictures to reinforce the affirmations? We use pictures in the field of hypnosis to reinforce what is being said by the hypnotist, this creates a certain pull towards the subconscious mind.

I assume that everybody reading this does know what the subconscious mind is, and at least has a little working knowledge of its power. The title posed a question that deserves an answer, in short I think they do work albeit not very well. Why? You might ask. Because of a number of variables. Firstly the CDs and tape you buy through a catalog or in a music type shop are very genetic. They are designed to be a fix all, because it is simply not viable to record many different ones for a certain type of problem or person. Once the recipient has a CD or Tape all loaded to go, the only affirmation that come out of the music are themselves generic. All the tracks on a certain CD or tape are usually recorded by the one person. What happens if you don’t like his or her voice? Certainly you do not hear in the conscious mind and I doubt that the subconscious mind can work with a voice it does not like.

So what is the answer to this dilemma, you need a voice that is familiar and pleasing with the ability to talk in a way that would create pictures in the subconscious mind of the recipient. The perfect choice would be yourself, however this poses another difficulty, what does the average person know about recording one of these type CDs or Tapes. How many people have the knowledge let alone the equipment? I believe I have come up with the perfect answer, let the recipient create there own CDs and Tapes. Before you say “I could never do that” the answer is yes you can. With the latest product that kowhai productions have released, almost anybody can, including you. Steps, is such a product and will take you through the whole process step by step. Including a couple of backing tracks, beat tracks even a script to get you going. Won’t you be surprised when you have a complete track all together in 5 minutes? Yes by recording these CDs yourself, I believe that the success rate will be far greater. You not only have the voice that would not upset the subconscious mind you would have the ability to put the passion in your voice so as to paint a picture for the subconscious mind. The First 100 people buying this product will save $10 dollars off the price

Anthony Has been a hypnotist for a lot of years now. Likes writing and also write computer software
Loves meeting new people on line

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Having a community of artists is a necessary if an artists wants to have publicity Or any sort of exposer. For a community accepts, supports, and celebrates a piece of art. And For any artist there can be no substitute for any sort of creative criticism. Artists need each other for similar intellect exchanges and foreclosure on any idea that does not fit the norm.

Not that it is needed to have an opinion of anyone else to finish a project but in order to fully experience a finished project there is no substitute to share that emotion with someone who knows what it is like to complete a similar idea. And to know what it’s like to have your heart and soul poured into it. Even if it tool you a half second to click the camera.

That sort of community is in dire need of for growth and for any artist that desires a community to grow within needs to recognize that they need to contribute to this sort of thing. Contribution to your community ( In what ever form that may be in any sort of circumstance but without contribution there is no community. There are organizations but for the actual meaning of the word there is none with out contribution.

Well I have been making and brainstorming with other “artist” (we are all artists) as to what would make a good community and the result came down to creating an internet community. And so here is the site Crazy Art Market

Lover of Humanity and the Arts and co-creator of Crazy Art Market

The strawberries are in their full glory. I’ve made jam, we’ve eaten strawberry shortcake and strawberries and cream. How else can we enjoy these beautiful berries before their season is gone? As I rummaged through my old recipes, I found this one for Fresh Strawberry Pie. It is an old favorite that is easy and pretty.

Choose ripe, unblemished berries for this pie. Make the glaze first so that it has time to cool as you prepare the cream cheese and strawberries. You want to cool the glaze enough so that the berries do not cook, but do not chill it or the Jello will set and will not pour. Plan to serve this beautiful pie the same day it is made to enjoy the beautiful berries at their freshest.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

1 baked 9 inch pie shell

1 tablespoon powdered sugar

3 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 1/2 quarts strawberries, sliced

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons light Karo syrup

1 cup water

3 tablespoons strawberry Jello mix

pinch of salt

3 tablespoons cornstarch

1. Make the glaze for the berries by combining the sugar, Karo syrup, salt, and cornstarch and water. Stir and cook over medium heat until thick.
2. When thick, remove from the heat and add the Jello mix. Stir well and set aside to cool.
3. Beat the cream cheese with the powdered sugar, spread carefully over the bottom of the baked pie shell.
4. Arrange the sliced strawberries over the cream cheese mixture.
5. Pour the cooled (but not cold) glaze over the strawberries.

This recipe can be made with other berries as well. Try blueberries, raspberries or blackberries. You would choose the appropriate flavor of Jello, of course. Serve the pie as it is, or garnish each slice with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprig of mint.

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Dooney & Bourke has been around for many years now. But, it hasn’t always been as popular as it is today. Just in recent years, they have made a major comeback from being a brand for the more mature, to being a brand that young girls and women of all ages enjoy wearing.

By making several different designs over the past few years, they have come up with a whole new handbag, it seems. The colorfully designed handbags adorned with the Dooney name along with playful scribble-style crayon text. These have become especially popular with the young and hip crowd. A favorite of the high school and college level girls is the Bumblebee style that looks rather cartoonish and shows the letter “D” for Dooney.

Dooney has began to focus more on its sophistication by making its DB canvas handbags in more subtle and earthy tones over recent years. The handbags are bringing the younger crowd towards developing a liking to them as well. They like the fun and whimsical colors as well as the older more sophisticated look of the more muted colors.

With it’s classy and sophisticated looks with updated designs, Dooney & Bourke has become one of the most popular handbags around. The handbags that were once not so popular, the hobo handbags, are now being made with a more high-end look with its textures, slouches, and crescent and half-crescent designs. Their tote handbags have become even more trendy with the signature DB or the quilted DB. The looks have become younger and more stylish.

These handbags have made a comeback since the less-adorned, plain leather look in the past. The plain black or brown leather handbags with DB emblems and metal name plates are a thing of the past with its new line of updated hobo’s, sacks and totes. These new lines represent todays sleek and stylish fashions. Still with the DB nameplate, even the crocodile prints with eccentric colors have the handbag scene blowing up with popularity.

Dooney & Bourke carries the top of the line products that are affordable and available for anyone to own. Prices range from $100 to $300 for most styles. The more expensive handbags still are fairly priced, ranging from $300 to $500. There handbags and other products can be found in high-end department stores such as Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Lord & Taylor or Nordstrom. There are even Dooney & Bourke outlets throughout the U.S.

Buying this fabulous brand online is a huge money saver. There are online stores that offer the top of the line DB handbags and offer discount prices for new and slightly used items. Ebay is an online store that offers Dooney for discounted prices. Try shopping for your next handbag online and see the money that you will save.

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Jewelry lovers are buying cubic zirconia today more than ever thanks to the improvement in quality and the many fashionable styles available. As a jeweler or jewelry manufacturer, this gives you a tremendous opportunity to sell quality jewelry for less and cater to your customers.

What is Cubic Zirconia?

Cubic zirconia is a man-made composition created to simulate, or take on the likeness of, a real diamond. Due to its hardness and beautiful shine, cubic zirconia has become the most popular substitute for diamonds on the market today. It is available in many fashionable styles, shapes and colors to fit any occasion. Cubic zirconia stones can be used in all types of jewelry, including rings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and earrings.

Synthetic Gemstones

Synthetic gemstones are made in a laboratory but still carry the same properties as natural stones. These “lab gems” have become popular and actually are in greater demand today for their own beauty, not merely as a substitute for natural stones. Almost every popular gemstone has a synthetic counterpart. Customers are flocking to get the latest style of cubic zirconia or synthetic gemstone jewelry like never before.

What’s the Difference?

Though both have lovely characteristics, there is a great difference between cubic zirconia and synthetic gemstones. Both are created in a lab, but synthetic gemstones are made using the same optical, physical, and chemical properties as natural stones. Lab gems also have the same mineral content as natural gems. On the other hand, cubic zirconia is created to look similar to natural stones but with different optical, physical, and chemical properties.

Types of Synthetic Gemstones

Synthetic gemstones come in many shapes and forms. They are available in coral, diamond, alexandrite, emerald, lapis lazuli, ruby, sapphire, turquoise, spinel, garnet, and quartz. There are many shapes and colors available. For example, lab blue sapphire gems and lab ruby gems come in the following shapes: heart, marquise, octagon, oval, round, trillion, square, pear, and baguette.

Cubic Zirconia Styles

Cubic zirconia resembles a diamond and is available in various shapes and colors. For instance, there are heart-shaped lavender stones, oval-shaped pink stones, pear-shaped champagne stones, and many other dazzling combinations.

Quality Checklist

When shopping for wholesale cubic zirconia or synthetic gemstones, be sure to only buy top quality stones. Ask for samples to check for quality in the following areas: cut, smoothness, hardness (cubic zirconia ranking 8.5 on Moh’s Scale of Hardness), and weight. Find a reputable gemologist to help if you’re not sure how to check for quality.

Don’t settle for second-hand stones. Look for great wholesale prices when ordering loose cubic zirconia, or loose cz, without sacrificing quality. Your customers will know the difference. Look for the grades when buying white cubic zirconia - Grade A, Grade AAA, and Grade AAAAA. Grade AAAAA has become the most valued cubic zirconia stone because it offers long-lasting fire and sparkle.

When buying loose cubic zirconia from a wholesale supplier, remember to put quality first so your customers can enjoy long-lasting beauty.

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Everyone knows or should have known that the bureaucracy is not the savior of our civilization that has been widely reported and purported over the last century. This does not mean that the United States is not the greatest nation in the world because it certainly is. Rather it is time to demand accountability and transparency in our government.

Perhaps we need more Sting Operations to entrap all of the crooked Bureaucrats who are on the take. We do not need any more criminals in our government. We have way too much to lose and this cannot go on. Which agencies do we need to look into? Well we must start where justice begins; The Department of Justice. The Department of Justice is a huge bureaucracy with so many sub-agencies that criminal bureaucrats can easily hide out in the fray.

What sorts of criminal stings can we use to catch these bureaucrats? Well why not follow their case loads and see follow those who assign cases and those who are involved in them and then follow the money. All too often bureaucrats attack companies on behalf of competitors or for political favors of politicians in trade for campaign contributions.

Any bureaucrat who is involved in that chain of dishonesty should lose their pension, be fired and never allowed to work for the government or for any company contracting with the government. Until we root out these criminals we can never have justice in the United States or reach our goals of nationhood. How bad is the problem? Well, let’s just say my research shows it is ramped and out of control. Let’s stamp out crime in America and send these bureaucrat criminals to prison.

L. Winslow is a Sociology Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entreprenuer. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.

A lot of discussion and debate stirs up whenever avid golf players and fans ask, “Who are the greatest golfers of all time.” Most likely, this subject often ignites conversations more often then what golf clubs and golf balls are the best to use.

The first famous golfer

By traveling back in time to the 15th or 16th century to Scotland, you might be surprised to find that King James II, became well known because he do not like the game of golf. In fact, he forbid the people from playing it for a brief time.

However, years passed and another British king reversed the law. He was intrigued by the game and became an avid golfer himself. It naturally followed that the citizens within his kingdom also began to look upon golf as a good sport to play themselves.

Who was the first person to play golf professionally?

This topic is still being debated, and the answer might continue to be in doubt. Betting records of several gentlemen golf players showed money being exchanged whenever they lost or won.

Moreover, a few Scottish people began businesses making supplies for golf. For example, a gentleman named Old Tom Morris, made a living making golf clubs and balls.

The basic idea of a “professional golf player” came much later.

How did golf grow so popular in the United States?

Part of the answer to this question is a man named Harry Vardon. He was one of three well known golfers during the late 1800s and early 1900s and a native of the British Isles. Harry Vardon was famous for being the “great triumvirate”.

Harry Vardon traveled the United States playing golf and introduced the idea of excellence in skill and fine sportsmanship in golf. Soon after, new golf players from the United States came to Scotland and Europe and returned home with a new born enthusiasm for the game.

The great golfers of the United States

Two names would most likely be at the top of the list of the best golfers in the United States: Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. These two men have consistently shown their incredible talent on the golf course.

Two more famous golf players also considered to be among the great United States golfers would be one of the best golf players ever to play. Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones, the legendary top amateur golf player.

So, who are the greatest golf players? The debate will probably continue as more and more people join the ranks of avid golf fans.

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Tom Straub is a successful author, and webmaster of the Best Golf Tips web site, where you can read more on The Game of Golf and more golf topics.