Get a Skinny Waistline Fast With This 10 Minute Workout!

Are you trying everything under the sun to get a skinny waistline, lose weight, and burn off fat with no luck? Okay, in this article here, I would like to talk about an excellent workout that will melt the fat away fast!

First things first. Let me first talk about the core principles of a healthy lifestyle. What are the core principles? Proper nutrition (complex carbs such as whole grains, healthy fats such as monounsaturated and Omega, protein, fiber, and foods rich in vitamins and minerals), drink plenty of water every day (I recommend for you to drink 1/2 to 1 gallon of water), get plenty of rest every night (get 7-8 hours of rest every night), cardio exercise, and weight training exercise.

Now, what's a powerful workout to help you get a skinny waistline, lose pounds, and burn off fat fast?

Sprinting!

To shrink your waistline, you have to burn off fat. Fat is stubborn. High intensity cardio exercise is what will help you burn off stubborn fat much more faster. Sprinting is the perfect exercise for that task.

Some of the great advantages of sprinting is that you will maintain muscle (having lean muscle is important if you want to burn off fat), improve heart health, increase your metabolism, and not to mention....this workout only takes a mere 10 minutes to do!

Sprinting is done by running at a fast pace between two short locations (the size of basketball court), rest for 30-60 seconds, and repeat.

By doing exercises like sprinting, and following all of the basic core principles of a healthy lifestyle, you will be able to get a skinny waistline and melt the fat away lightning fast!

The Best Way to Lose Inches Off Your Hips Fast

If you want to lose inches off hips fast, it's going to come down to the #1 healthy lifestyle principle in order to see results. In this article, I would like to talk about this principle to help you lose inches off your hips fast.

What is this #1 principle?

The #1 principle is what goes in your belly. My friend, it begins and ends with proper nutrition. Proper nutrition consists of what you eat, how you eat, and when you eat. Without proper nutrition, results will be minimal to none. So, what exactly does proper nutrition consist of?

When you eat: Start with breakfast (NEVER skip breakfast...skipping breakfast will cause your metabolism to slow down), and eat 6 small healthy meals daily instead of the usual 3. This will cause a boost in your metabolism, stabilize your blood sugar level, and maintain hunger.

How you eat: Eat the calories your body needs based off of your current weight level. If at your current weight level, you are supposed to eat 1800 calories a day, then make sure you eat that amount. Going too far under your required daily calorie intake will cause your metabolism to slow down (because it's sensing starvation). Contrary to popular belief, eating frequently WILL help you lose inches off your hips fast!

What you eat: Your body needs several nutrients. So, please, I'm begging you...STAY AWAY from fad diets!! You know, the "no carb diet", the "eat fish only diet", etc. Your body needs the following: Protein, fiber, complex carbs (whole grains),

Know Your Mortgage Fees, and You'll Never Pay Too Much for Your Loan

If you buy new windows, you'll not only pay for the windows, you will also pay an installation fee. When you purchase a car, you pay tax, title, assumption fee, etc. Just about every major purchase comes with extra costs or fees, and home loans are no different. Most people think they don't have to pay costs on a loan, because they are paying interest on the loan (they figure this is their fee - a premium on the money). A mortgage, however, does not come free.

While some are mandatory, others are not. Follow these guidelines, and you'll never pay too much for your purchase mortgage or refinance loan.
The origination fee -- The fee that bothers people the most is the origination fee, or what some mortgage people call a broker fee. This is often confused with points, but should not be. Points are something completely different. The origination or broker fee is what you pay the loan officer to originate or create and complete your home loan, whether it's a purchase or a refinance. All mortgage people charge them, whether they work for a mortgage brokerage or for a bank.

Remember, if you're told there is not a broker or origination fee, chances are you're paying a higher interest rate, and this is how they're making this fee. The origination fee is the primary way mortgage brokers make money. The company gets the entire fee, and your broker or loan officer gets a percentage of that fee - somewhere between 30 and 65 percent.

So, if your mortgage broker charges you two percent on a $100,000 loan, this is $2,000 for his company or bank and up to $1,300 for him. You may think this is an outrageous amount of money, especially considering that this is just one of the costs you have to pay, in order to complete you loan. It might be, and then again, it might not. It depends on what type of loan you get, how much work is involved in closing it, and the quality of the service you get. Here are a few guidelines on what you should be willing to pay in origination or broker fees.

Bad credit's effect -- If you are a sub prime borrower, or someone with credit problems, expect to pay more - up to $3,000 or $4,000. Remember, sub prime, or non-conforming, borrowers have some type of baggage that makes them difficult to get approved, which is a huge part of the mortgage professional's job. They may, for example, have a recent bankruptcy or foreclosure on their record, or a civil or criminal judgement, tax liens on the property, or very little equity in their home. These are problems that good mortgage professionals can get around, but it takes a lot of time and effort.

I once helped an elderly gentleman on a fixed income refinance his home, and he had 14 liens against his home, all of which had to be satisfied, before his mortgage could be paid off, and he could get a new loan. I had three weeks, and probably 25 hours of time, just clearing these liens. One of them was a defaulted car loan on a car he didn't even have. He owed $3,000, hadn't made a payment in three years, and the bank was still after him. I had to negotiate with the collection agent from that bank, and get them to take $1,800 to satisfy the loan, which I would work into his new mortgage. After many telephone conversations and some very hard selling, they agreed, and I wound up getting it done.

Now, I would have normally charged a minimum of $2,500 (over five percent of the loan amount, in this case) for this type of work, but there was not enough equity in the house to get that much origination in the loan. I actually did it for less than $1,000 ($500 of which was mine), just because I wanted to help this man, who needed the cash he was going to get from the new loan to put a new roof on his dilapidated house. This is just one example of when it's acceptable to pay more in origination fee, even though this man didn't have to do so.

Conversely, let's assume you're refinancing your home in a
perfect scenario. You have perfect credit, lots of equity in your home, plenty of cash reserves, and the paperwork is very easy. The loan officer says he can complete your loan in two weeks, most of which will be consumed by the work of other people, such as title agents and an appraiser. This origination should not be much more than one percent of the loan amount and even smaller, if the loan amount is over $150,000. This is a loan that mortgage people refer to as "A Paper." It is very easy to close, and takes very little work, so the loan officer can make his money on volume, by doing lots of these types of loans. I always charged $1,500 or less for an A Paper loan.

So, begin learning your closing costs by finding out what the origination fee is (remember, most of the time it's negotiable). One to two percent of the loan amount is acceptable, unless extraordinary circumstances exist.

4 - "You Bring the Rain" by Sonic Age

Widescreen, its here! This is to replace my previous version before youtube accepted 16:9 uploads. I recorded an acoustic performance of the band, Sonic Age, inside the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Boardman, Ohio. This was a 3 camera set-up, and I am operating all 3 cameras by myself. The band recently released their deput album entitled, "Monster Inside", which is available for sale from their website at www.sonicage.net- The 5 video clips are all original material off their album. Video clip #4 - "You Bring the Rain"



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Savoy Magazine - Evolve With Savoy

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LeBron James Debate Must End: James is the Best Basketball Player on the Planet

Sports fans love to debate. This is part of the excitement of sports, arguing about what players are best at their respective game or position. One that has become surprisingly popular pits second-year star LeBron James against various other greats, such as Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, and others. It's surprising not only because LeBron is so young, so most people would exclude him but also because it really shouldn't be an argument at all.

That's right. This one is a no-brainer. Stop all the arguments, the debates and the loosely-constructed ideas that other players in the National Basketball Association are better than LeBron James. I'm here to tell you today that there is no reasonable debate -- LeBron James is without a doubt the best basketball player on the planet Earth!

Okay, before you blow your stack about his age, lack of experience and the fact that he has yet to win a title, like Kobe and others, let's consider the best barometer of a great basketball player.

Truly great players possess all of the fundamental skills: shooting, passing, ball handling, rebounding, shot blocking and defending. Now, players like Kobe, McGrady and Kevin Garnett certainly have these skills. But to truly separate players, we need to go beyond these skills. Consider two more factors: the ability to dominate at any position and to make all players around you better. This is the true test of greatness. This is LeBron James.

Larry Bird had it, Magic Johnson had it, and Michael Jordan certainly had it. Does Kobe? I say no. Does McGrady? Definitely not. Garnett may, but he still has too many nights of 14 points and 9 rebounds in a losing effort to say he definitely has it.

Now, consider LeBron James. The skills are unquestionable. He averages 25 points, nearly 8 rebounds and just under 8 assists per game, in only his second year in the league, at the tender age of 20. He's the youngest to score 40, to get a triple double, to start in an All Star game, and the list grows every night he plays.

Further ponder the fact that at 6-8 and a muscular 240 pounds and with uncanny speed, quickness and leaping ability, LeBron James can handle the ball like a point guard, shoot like most decent (not great, yet) off guards, and post up with the best forwards and centers in the NBA. He blocks shots like a center, can shut down anyone, with his size and quickness, and he gets to the basket and draws fouls better than anyone. He creates a mismatch every night, because he is completely unguardable.

Finally, in just his second year, he's taken a team that won 17 games prior to his arrival to a 50-win pace. And for the first time since the early 1990s, the Cavaliers are now a legitimate playoff contender. I doubt any coach in the league wants to face the Cavaliers and LeBron James in a seven-game series.

So, when people want to discuss the greatest players in the game, tell them to forget any argument that doesn't start and end with the name LeBron James.

Hide N' Seek

May 2007: Looking for Clarisa in Barnes & Noble (I trip & Kevin gets sidetracked)



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People Skills for a Portrait Photographer

Taking great portraits is as much about people skills as it is about technical ability, or using the latest and greatest photographic equipment. Sure, refining your technical skills and knowledge may expand the extent of your capabilities, and using superior equipment may indeed boost your edge. But, unless you can first see through your subject's eyes, and understand her as a unique individual, and then build rapport with her so you can unveil and accentuate her finest qualities, your portraits will remain mediocre at best. Some lessons learned along my journey as a photographer may help those who choose to follow.

1. If using a tripod, compose your portrait and then take one step just to the side and forward from the camera. Do not look through the viewfinder as you capture your subject's image. This allows you to make eye contact initially with your subject, and then direct her in mood, expression, position, and the angle of gaze you are aiming for. When your subject interacts with your camera, the result can be a cold or lifeless rendering, but when you engage your subject through eye contact, expression, gestures and words, the result can be a warm and candid reflection, charged with mood or emotion.

2. If you are not using a tripod, you really should redouble your effort to maintain constant interaction with your subject. Many photographers tend to keep their eyes in the viewfinder of the camera, but this leads to your subject interacting more with the front glass in your lens than with you. Again, you do not want the sterile and lifeless rendering that most often comes when the camera serves to isolate you the photographer from your subject. Interaction with an inanimate object (your camera) can never be a substitute for interaction with another human being (you), when your goal is to capture the essence of your subject, and reflect the attitude and emotion she was feeling at that moment in time.

3. Allow your subject to be herself. A little girl dressed up in fairy wings for a special picture is very cute, and I suppose there is a place in this world for cute. But, contrast this with the little girl who just loves to dance. You put her in her everyday clothes, stand her in front of a plain backdrop, put on her favorite music and say to her, "can you show me how to dance to this song?" You should have no difficulty in capturing timeless expressions there. Now imagine a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy whose true passion in all of life is sailing. You dress him up in a tailored suit; formally pose him in front of a low key backdrop, seated in a Chippendale chair, and use classic loop lighting. What would be said of this portrait years later? "Who was this guy, an executive?" But just suppose, you photographed this same guy in his favorite t-shirt and blue jeans, at the helm of his beloved sail boat, on a beautiful late afternoon, just as the boat was coming about? What would be said of this portrait years later? "This was Charlie, doing what he loved most! That was such a glorious day." The point is, "keep it honest". Fantasy can be cute, but your subject being herself, years later this will be much more meaningful. The image galleries at [http://www.hayleybarnesphoto.com] show good examples of allowing the subject to be herself and then capturing elegant but honest portraits of her.

4. Allow your subject's expression to be honest. A frown or a grimace that is genuinely felt can be more interesting than a smile that is forced. I try to never just pose my subject and then say, "Okay, now smile for me." If you want your subject to smile then tell a joke, put on a face, or perhaps merely smile at her and she will smile back at you. People generally tend to reflect in their face what they see in yours, but in my experience this is not always so. Nevertheless, interaction with your subject is the key. That being said, the next time you have a difficult subject ask him to tell you a joke, to bring out a smile, if that's the expression you are after. If you are a professional, you know that smiles sell, but if you're an amateur, you are under no pressure to sell, so make your portraits interesting. Not everything in the world is to smile about.

5. Direct your portraits. Take control of the composition of your portraits! Do not be afraid to tell or show your subject what you want. Sometimes showing is best. I often find that actually demonstrating a pose I have in mind, works better than trying to direct my subject through words alone. If you are photographing a group, your life will be easier, if you arrange and pose the adults first. Then, work your way from oldest (or more mature and settled) to youngest of the children. The point to remember is, as the photographer, you should take charge of the shot. The success or failure of the portrait will be your responsibility, so take charge.

Engage your subject to establish and build rapport with her, to take your photos to a higher level. Make your portraits more meaningful by keeping them honest, and natural. We all know a fantasy photo can be cute, and a formally posed portrait can be graceful and dignified, if that is your subject's personality. But, a portrait that is true to the subject is always more meaningful. Allow your subject to be herself, and never force an expression. Learn to take charge and direct your portraits and you will move far ahead in your journey as a photographer. Practice your people skills with each portrait you take. People skills are the prerequisite to all else, if you want to take great portraits. Good day and happy clicking!

Stop Stealing My Copyrights!

Have you ever been stolen from? Do you know how it feels? You work hard to achieve, to acquire, or to create and then some undeserving fool steps in and takes it all away from you. You feel violated! Your efforts were in vain. Something meaningful that was rightfully yours is snatched away. As a young man, I developed a real love for music. I grew up in it, with Mom on the piano, my uncle on the guitar, and my aunt and sisters singing. By high school, I was becoming especially intrigued with the guitar, and I began to teach myself the chords and scales, and learn from whoever could teach me. During my junior year, some buddies and I formed a band. We practiced for hours upon hours every single day, until we sounded awesome. Those were the glory days, and we thought we had the world on a string.

My interest in guitar quickly became a passion, even verging on obsession, and the guys in the band became like a family. On Saturdays, when I had the chance, I would descend upon our local guitar shop and spend literally the entire day playing first one instrument, then the next. What an opportunity to learn. What beautifully crafted instruments. I knew that someday I would have a fine guitar like the ones in the store... Someday!

I managed to get a part-time job working weekends, and full time during my summer break from school. I saved most of what I earned, really every dime I could, always dreaming of that brand new electric guitar. The Peavey T-60 with dual action pickups, and a Peavey Special 130 with Black Widow speakers to amplify my sound. Yeah, there may have been much nicer guitars at the guitar center where I hung out. But this one, this was the one within my reach by the end of summer break. I'm sure I must have had the proudest look on my face as I counted out the money and took possession of my dream.

As time marched on, our little band gained some notoriety, locally at least, and we had the time of our lives. But eventually high school ended and we all moved on, and life took some new turns. I left home and went off to college to study for a career, and time for guitar became increasingly scarce. Between classes, and study, and part-time work, my Peavey T-60 just about forgot who I was. I sometimes thought of selling her to help pay for college, but I had worked so hard and saved so long for her I just could never do it.

The summer after I finished that first long year in college, I landed a pretty decent part-time job working in a hospital. I moved into an apartment near my job, and my very first day there was when I first experienced the horrible feeling of being violated. When I came home from work, some undeserving fool had broken into my apartment and stolen my Peavey T-60 and Peavey Special 130 amplifier. I was stunned! I was horrified! What could I do? I filed a police report, but what good is that? I knew I would never play my guitar again.

As a man today, I still feel the sting of the impact that loss had on me. It wasn't as if I squandered something meaningful, it was ripped from me. As a business owner today, I'm incensed by what I often see happening in my own industry. I surf the web, to get inspiration from other portrait photographers. There are many beautiful websites that showcase the original artistic works of true craftsman, story tellers who reflect life through the images they create. On every one of these photography websites, without fail you will find a stern warning about copyright infringement, "Violators will be prosecuted!"

As craftsman we are very passionate about our work. As artisans who earn our living from our original creations, I believe our copyrights to the images we create as photographers, should absolutely be honored and protected. But too many times, I click on a fellow photographer's website and, "loading", then up pops the beautiful pictures and awesome graphics, which obviously took a tremendous amount of time to create. But then, what's that I hear; Enya, Kenny G, or some current top 40 hit starts to play. And I sit there wondering, "Can this person really justify paying the very expensive licensing fees to be able to put this stuff on their website? Or are they (God forbid) infringing on someone else's copyright?"

Aristotle once wrote, "Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them." We may be able to give our websites a polished appearance by violating a musical artist's copyright, but what have we also done in the process? Have we not lost our dignity? Webster defines dignity as, "The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence." If we do not exercise dignity in our profession, by abstaining from infringing upon the music copyrights of performing artists, how can we then justify our demands as professional photographers, that our copyrights to our images must be protected? If a client who visits your website, notices you have copyright protected music to accompany your gallery presentations, what does that do to your credibility when you speak of copyright infringement?

In our studio, and on our website, we use royalty free music, for which we have purchased a proper license. The cost for a royalty free music license is very reasonable, even for the smallest portrait studio. There are numerous vendors and a multitude of selections of royalty free music available, both in mp3 and wav formats. The tracks are very easy to download and edit for in studio ambience, multimedia advertising, digital proofing sales presentations, or to use on your website. If you are currently unlawfully using copyright protected music on your website, please consider that, you are trading your dignity to possess honors that you really do not deserve. Hmmm ... makes me wonder how good ole Aristotle was to know copyright infringement would become a serious problem. Serious for sure, and ubiquitous; but what I fail to understand is how a person who's livelihood depends on copyright protection, can justify being a perpetrator. Good day and happy clicking.

Written by: Steve Barnes Copyright 2006, Steve Barnes

NHL Draft History

There was once a time where the NHL hockey draft was nothing more than a small group of hockey executives, and the scouts making decisions on which they were going to take from the draft pool of young talent. Today this process is far broader in scope, and is viewed by hockey fans all over the world. With countries such as Russia, Sweden, and Finland all producing wonderful hockey talents the idea of the North American kids getting the entire spotlight is a thing of the past.

As the armature NHL draft was introduced, so was the elimination of member clubs, sponsoring players for their team. This was gotten rid of to allow for the complete and entire league to have fair shot at all the talented kids available. The basic requirements for draft are relatively simple; the amateur must reach their 17th birthday before the august prior to the draft, in order to be placed in the pool for that upcoming year. If they do not meet this requirement, they will be placed back into the system to which they came from and will have to wait for the following draft.

The system was developed by a sir Clarence Campbell and it went as follows, the last place team at the end of the season will be allowed to make the first pick from the pool, and the chain will work its way up to the top seeded team in the league. What this in turn does is allow for all small market teams to have an opportunity to acquire a star player for their club. Making the league a more balanced one. There are however, many circumstances where teams will trade up or down the scale of available picks to suit their specific needs as an organization. This can come in the way of draft order swap, or trading a current roster player to the team with the higher pick.

The very first NHL draft was held on June 5th 1963,in the Queen Elisabeth Hotel in Montreal Quebec Canada. Any player that was not already sponsored by an NHL club was eligible to be in the draft. It was a center man by the name of Garry Monahan, from the St Michael's juveniles of Toronto that was taken first overall in that years draft. The Montreal Canadiens selected him.

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Grammy Award Winner BUJU BANTON speaks candidly in an exclusive interview by Lady Simone from "AROUND TOWN" Magazine. Jamaican Reggae Music Super Star BUJU BANTON offers some advice as he continues to excite and electrify audiences around the world with his natural wit, charm yet firm stance on the true meaning of Reggae Music and its purpose. Lady Simone from "AROUND TOWN" magazine takes you backstage to VIP to hear the master himself speak as only the great BUJU BANTON can as he travels around the World on The "Rasta Got Soul Tour" 2009 so your free ticket now and see this awsome short interview. Be sure to get your copy of the "Rasta got Soul" CD by The Great BUJU BANTON availible where all great music is sold Pick up your copy of "AROUND TOWN" Magazine By Lady Simone author of the New York Best Selling Novel "The Last Castle in Brooklyn" Availible at Barnes & Noble.com Amazon.com and many many other online book stores. For more great video visit www.Youtube.com/bornkool we have a wide selection of content for your enjoyment. Thanks to all the poeple around the world for watch this and all other videos by BK DIGITAL MEDIA Availble to film your special event call today NJ (973)679-4577 NJ We are living in the best of times, our world is shrinking and now we are connecting and communication with various nations from around the globe



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Shimmer - A atypical by Eric Barnes - Book Trailer (Updated)

The trailer for the novel Shimmer, an IndieNext pick, written by Eric Barnes. "...a sheen of elegance and terror; one is reminded, in Barnes' language and locution, of Don DeLillo's scalpel-sharp delineation of American corporate culture and paranoia, and of David Foster Wallace's penetration into the heart of the relationship between human consciousness and rapidly changing technologies." (Fredric Koeppel of The Commercial Appeal ) One man, one company, one disastrous lie. Shimmer is a quiet and intense novel about ponzi schemes, high tech and the people and friends at the heart of a lie. Literary fiction, contemporary fiction, a literary thriller. Published by Unbridled Books. Available on Amazon, Powells, Barnes & Noble, and at bookstores everywhere. Learn more at www.shimmerthebook.com or http



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Real Books/Fake Excerpts: The Definitive Book of Body Language

A webisode of "Real Books/Fake Excerpts", hosted by comedian Dan Naturman.



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The Long Awaited Turnaround - Barnes & Nobles Nook

Nook owners now have the option of installing Nook's 1.2 upgrade. Users that have done so already are sighing with relief as the upgrade is meeting expectations. There are still some complaints about highlighting, but it looks as though the book store giant is honing its e-reader.

The Nook hit the market in December of 2009, but unfortunately to negative reviews. There were complaints of slow touch screen response. Additionally, users complained about pages refreshing just as slowly. The 1.2 software upgrade has improved on both of these issues, and the UI on the Nook has been updated to add three dimensional buttons for the screen navigation. The cursor response has improved as well.

There ares still a few remaining complaints, though. For instance, some users continue to experience a bit of frustration when attempting to highlight items. The buttons which are displayed in a circle, are small and hard to tap. The Nook also doesn't synchronize bookmarks, highlights, or notes with other versions of the Barnes & Noble eReader apps. Despite these negatives, the Nook's popularity remains, and the ebook reader can be purchased in Barnes & Noble stores this week.

The Nook is the Kindle 2's competitor, and fights fiercely. It has a color touch screen-3.5 TFT Color LCD, touch control and navigation. Nook users can view book covers in the library. It is shorter and narrower than the Kindle, but an ounce heavier. The book store giant offers Nook users over 500,000 free titles and exclusive content like free e-books and promotional offers.

Really unique, the Barnes & Noble's Nook offers the "LendMe" technology which enables the user to lend e-books to others for up to 14 days. Only certain titles apply, and the books can only be lent once. Once the owner allows someone else to use a book from his own collection however, he won't be able to access that title for the 14-day period. The person receiving the book doesn't need a Nook, but he would need to download the free eReader software from Barnes & Noble. This software works on platforms such as iPhone, iPod touch, PC and Mac OS. More platform availability is reportedly on the way.

The Nook has hit the market with strength, and with the latest software upgrades, it seems as though the Kindle has a strong competitor, not only in looks but in functionality as well.

The Smartest Way to Lose Inches Off Your Hips and Thighs Fast

Alright guys, today I would like to talk about what I would like to call the "smartest way" to lose inches off your hips and thighs fast. Read on to learn more...

I mentioned the "smartest way" for a reason. That's because there are a lot of "foolish" ways out there nowadays which are absolutely.....well.....foolish! Some of those things would be diet pills and fad diets. Diet pills are absolutely not recommended for fat loss and weight loss....and this is not just coming from me....it's also coming from doctor's! Diet pills can cause a plethora of health problems. Besides that, they also can cause yo-yo dieting. If you want to lose inches fast, do it naturally.

Also, I urge you to stay away from "fad diets". You know those "sponsored by celebrities" types. Those types of diets are not good for your health......or your bank account! Fad diets typically encourage you to lower the amount of calories you take in daily or encourage you to restrict particular types of foods out of your diet (such as no protein, no fats, no carbs, etc.). My friend, STAY AWAY! You need ALL of those nutrients...even carbs, and yes, even fats. Also, reducing calories is not healthy for your body, and can cause your metabolism to slow down.

The smart way to lose inches off your hips and thighs fast is to follow the core principles of a healthy lifestyle....and STAY CONSISTENT with everything. The core principles are proper nutrition (complex carbs such as whole grains, protein, healthy fats such as monounsaturated and Omega, fiber, and foods rich in vitamins and minerals....you should know what they are....lol), drink plenty of water daily (I recommend 1/2 to 1 gallon of water daily), get plenty of sleep every night (7-8 hours of sleep is ideal), cardio exercise (high intensity cardio works best), and weight training exercise.

If you want lose inches off your hips, your thighs, and get total body fat loss and muscle tone....stick with the smart ways to improve your health...and stay away from the unhealthy methods.

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Exit Cleveland "Can't Stop"

Exit Cleveland. September 2009. Barnes & Noble.



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Ken Barnes Sailing Adventure - A Story Of Zeal, Adventure And Passion - Barnes Ken Sailing

We have heard about stories of rich and famous and how their initial journey into this professional world started in garages, tin-sheds, outhouses. The Business magazine is full of such stories and these entrepreneurs have won themselves not only plaudits but also won them a lot of recognition. Here we talk of a common person like you and me who made sailing his life - Barnes Ken. So much so that Barnes Ken Sailing has become a synonymous word in the world of sailing.

A clear story of passion to the goal, Barnes ken sailing story started at the tender age of 10. The age when we believed munching to our corns or burgers. This is the time when Ken started building his dream. And 20 + years later, when we ask him about his adventure which could have so easily landed him in trouble lot of times, he remains as passionate as ever to the cause. And the commitment does not flag either.

Barnes Ken sailing is all about two things.

The boat and the waters on which he could set sail. A prized possession to him that date, he still holds on to his boat as if it was his dream. Named "Privateer", this beauty of a creation would have put any architectural masterpiece to shame. Building this boat meant he had to look at a lot of carbon fiber, strong steel and a system which could allow him to sail in spite of all the adverse weather conditions which he possibly could have gone on and encountered. Built through the "Terry Eskine" yachts in '93, she had a round chine and 6' bow-spirit.

With Barnes Ken Sailing firmly having plans afoot, there could be little room for technical malfunctions. And then , it was decided that plates on either side of the keel will be amputated as it just did not fit in Ken Barnes design plans. With the latest Electronics Gadgetry to boast about, the Privateer is indeed a masterpiece. The Electronics list includes "Autopilots", "Speed Depths", "GPS Instruments", "Laptops", "Radar Monitoring" and all other basic amenities which could have put a cruise liner to test.

Barnes ken sailing took an episode when it decided to put sail on a round trip from Long Beach - Long Beach in California. Charting the route were some troubled waters and choppy weather. Even long hours of preparation could not help the Barnes ken Sailing through some of its initial difficulties during the course. With the worst weather expected around Cape Horn, Ken Barnes had to do well to ensure that he had his own time as he did not want this to be a race of sailboats. Typically being a racer at heart, Ken Barnes did some mathematics and found out that he would be anywhere between 6-8 months on water. That's right, 608 months away from the pleasures of being at home, meeting your girlfriend. In spite of all the cautions given to him, the Barnes Ken Sailing took off on 28th October, 2006 and went on with his journey, when in Jan 3, 2007 he ran into sever troubles and eventually was rescued by the Chilean Navy.

Barnes and Noble Nook - New Campaign

Barnes & Noble, the worlds largest book seller today, introduced a new advertising campaign for its Nook Electronic E-Book Reader. The Commercial was developed by Barnes & Noble with Merkley and Partners, an Omnicom company. This marks the first television commercial Barnes and Noble has done in over a decade. This campaign is not limited to the television though, it will be followed up by radio, print and online advertising.

The Television campaign is entitled "My Story" which portrays a literature loving female customer from childhood to adulthood and the seminal stories that fostered her love of books from tangible form to now digital format. The closing images reinforce the ability to "take your story wherever you want it to go" as the woman in the spot sits on the beach reading on NOOK's crisp and clear E Ink screen after using the device's fast, wireless access to find her next great read from more than a million digital titles.

The Television commercial then closes by encouraging viewers to find Nook at "your local Barnes & Noble," online or at Best Buy retail locations where the Nook is displayed starting this week.

Sasha Norkin the Vice President of Marking with Barnes and Noble announced "Many of our customers have practically grown up in Barnes & Noble bookstores, browsing, buying and reading the books that have enriched their lives. This campaign celebrates those moments, and offers the additional choice and convenience of a device that puts more than one million titles at your fingertips from that same trusted bookstore."

Where the Hell is Matt? Barnes and Noble Style!

Opening Video for Barnes and Noble College Bookstore Annual Show 2009. Based on the popular video "Where the Hell is Matt", this video is a compilation of various B&N College Bookstores, as well as the corporate office, dancing in various places around their respective campuses. Enjoy!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2kMwjWuBRI&hl=en

Claudia Lynx In Barnes & Noble Bookstore

Los Angeles, CA 15TH, JULY 2008 :: Barnes & Noble, Bookstore "The stunningly beautiful, Claudia Lynx was spotted on Tuesday at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Los Angeles wearing a black hat, and covering her trademark cat eyes with black aviator sunglasses. She was seen browsing around the store for about thirty minutes, then left the side door when our camera's managed to catch a few shots of The Goddess with her sunglasses off."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHK2xWt1ta8&hl=en

The Keys to a Barnes and Noble Book Signing

Dan Poynter wrote in Successful Nonfiction that authors should never host autograph parties. Instead of merely signing their books, the thing to do was offer "mini-seminars." In an August 27th, 2006 interview with Tee Morris for "The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy," Annie Hololob, Community Relations Manager for the Harrisonburg, VA Barnes & Noble, confirms the value of making your book signing into an event. (Tee himself apparently has a habit of staging sword fights during his book signings, which definitely livens things up.)If you want to have an event at a Barnes & Noble, the Community Relations Manager is the person to talk to. This is the person who knows whether the store's customers are the right market for your book, or whether you'd do better at a store in a different city. (My local Barnes & Noble, for instance, doesn't even have author events, just a children's story time.) This is the person whose good side you want to get on.

There are two important things you need before you start assembling your press kit and cultivating the CRM at your local Barnes & Noble, however. Without them, there's no way the store can carry your books. Large chain bookstores have to operate by certain rules in order to stay in business, and those rules may exclude you and your book for reasons that have nothing to do with your merits as a writer.

Distribution

In order for BN to order, stock, and sell your books, they have to be available through a wholesaler or distributor such as Ingram or Baker & Taylor--one BN already has a relationship with. That means BN can buy the book at a wholesale price, usually 40-60% off the cover price, without going to extra trouble to special-order it. If your book is traditionally published, there should be no problem with this. One of the reasons for choosing to go with a major publisher or established small press is that they are already BN Vendors of Record. The traditionally self-published, those like Dan Poynter who start their own publishing companies, can become Vendors of Record by filling out the BN Publisher Information Form.

The authors who run into real trouble in the distribution department are those with POD books. These books may be good-looking and high quality. They may even be available through Baker & Taylor or Ingram. But unless ordered in very high quantities, they are offered only for the retail price. BN's standard order when dealing with a new publisher is two copies of every title. Even an order of 30-50 books for a signing isn't going to provide enough of a profit margin to make it worth the bookstore's while. And because Print on Demand books are literally printed only when ordered, each copy is much more expensive to produce than a comparable mass-produced book.

Returns

The other thing that keeps POD books-and their authors-out of chain stores like Barnes & Noble is the lack of a returns policy. Bookstores expect to be able to return all unsold books to a publisher, and not to pay the publisher for any of the books until after they sell. Unsold books aren't even returned intact: the covers get ripped off and they're sent away to be pulped. (I kid you not. I was horrified to learn this, even after reading all those warnings about not buying books without covers.)

POD houses don't warehouse books and can't provide that kind of returns policy, and very few self-published authors are going to want to. But no matter how barbaric a practice pulping is, it's a fact of life at all major book outlets, and Barnes & Noble didn't invent it. Nor does a Community Relations Manager have the power to bend the rules about this, however flexible s/he may be about the form your signing takes if you can meet the store's requirements.

Alternatives

If you're a self-published or POD author and touring the major chain bookstores is something you can't live without, you can try to interest a traditional publisher in your book, though you need to make sure that you really own the book in its current form before you do this. (Most POD houses lay claim to the final, formatted version of your book, though the content remains yours.)

Or you can skip Barnes & Noble altogether and hold your book events elsewhere. Independent bookstores are often in a better position than large chains to take a chance on an author, though they, too, need to be able to buy the books at a low enough price to make a profit. Public libraries are almost always willing to accept the donation of a book or two and host a reading.

And, of course, if you make your living as a speaker, back-of-room sales may be your best bet and an opportunity to take advantage of the plus side of self-publishing and POD: getting to keep a far greater percentage of the book's retail price.

Book Signing Resources

Unfortunately, it appears that the 2005 episodes of The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy podcast are no longer available on the show blog, but should you be able to track them down, you want episode 003 and episode 021.

Larry James' Book Signing Tips