Tired of making five or six payments to different creditors each month and seemingly making little or no progress in paying down your bills? Consolidating your bills into a single monthly payment will alleviate that problem.

Getting out of debt is no easy task, especially when you have to split your efforts among several different creditors and lenders. You could be spending hundreds of dollars on your debt each month, yet only see your balances go down a little because of the number of bills you have.

Using a consolidation loan to pay off your debts allows you to concentrate your efforts on a single debt instead of several different bills. This not only alleviates the stress of remembering to make several payments each month, it also enables you to pay off your debt quicker.

If you own a home, you can use the equity youve earned to consolidate your debt. By taking out a home equity loan or home equity line of credit, you can qualify for a higher loan than you might not qualify for otherwise. Not only that, when you have a loan backed by your homes equity, the interest paid is tax-deductible. You can take advantage of the tax benefits and start alleviating your debt.

You may already have a lender in mind for a debt consolidation or home equity loan. Before you make the application, you should shop around among various lenders using free loan quotes. Because lenders have different terms and rates for their loans, its in your best interest to compare loans before making a final decision.

If you dont compare loan quotes, you could end up choosing a loan with a higher cost than whats available to you. Avoid signing for a loan without first getting quotes from a few other lenders.

Get competitive Virginia debt consolidation refinance loan quotes at http://www.pioneerlenders.com Pioneer Lenders is a consumer centric loan network that assists consumers with all credit types in finding refinance loans.

Lisa Jones writes about family and finance with a special focus on consumer mortgage products in Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C.

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What happens to you when you feel anxious? You may find that you are having heart palpitations, sweaty palms, feel flushed, or are suffering from racing thoughts. You may even think that you are having a heart attack if the anxiety is overwhelming. Many people in my practice ask me how to stop that seemingly un-ending road of fear and panic. It seems as though once you start on that road, it is difficult to pull off it.

This is quite understandable if you understand the biology of anxiety. Anxiety served as a protective purpose for us during the times of the saber-toothed tiger. These animals lived roughly about 33.7 million to 9,000 years ago and were quite deadly to humans. Humans developed an anxiety reaction to these animals to protect them from being eaten. This is known as the fight or flight syndrome and it is a primitive reaction that we have developed to protect us. However, we are no longer in danger of the saber-toothed tiger, but our well developed anxiety reactions are still present. They serve a useful purpose in times of real imminent danger. But many people find that they are suffering from anxiety that is not related to real imminent harm.

Now you ask, How do we stop those racing thoughts and adrenaline-like feelings so that we can stop worrying and be more productive? Well one of the tools you can use is called the thought-stopping technique. It is quite simple and many people laugh when they first hear it, but it really does work.

Imagine a stop sign. It is red and white and has eight sides. In the middle of that octagonal shaped sign is the word STOP. Now imagine that word STOP being said out loud to you by either you or someone else, or printed on a piece of paper right in front of you. Usually you will stop what you are doing or thinking even for a second and wonder, What do I have to stop for?, What is going on? Then you may go back to your racing thoughts or actions you were performing just before you heard or saw the word STOP.

The key here is that you just shut down that cyclical pattern of thoughts even for a second as you pondered the word STOP. As you go back to whatever you were doing just before imagining the word STOP, you are still training yourself to be more in control. What we know about anxiety is that the premise is one of fear. Fear is about feeling out of control of what will happen to us. However, once you employ the thought stopping technique, you were in control of stopping your racing thoughts, even for a second.

The thought stopping technique is as easy as what I described above. It is a way to interrupt your racing thought patterns. Now if you find yourself going back to your intruding thoughts, imagine the word STOP again. Imagine a stop sign or repeat the word out loud over and over. Again, you may find yourself going back to your racing thoughts, but this time you shut that process down for a few seconds. Every time you do this, you are re-training your brain to interrupt the seemingly un-ending cycle of racing thoughts that are creating a lot of your anxiety symptoms.

Thought stopping techniques are very useful tools to help you when you feel that your thoughts are out of control. If you are still struggling with anxiety to the point that you are not being productive in your life, you should have a full psychological and medical evaluation to see if there is another reason for your anxiety. Some people need medications and others need on-going psychotherapy or both.

What ever it is that you choose to do, you need to take back the control in your life and understand that there are some processes that you do have control over. Thought stopping techniques will help you begin to put yourself back on that road of control.

Jordana Mansbacher, LCSW, DCSW, MSW
\r Jordana Mansbacher is a private practice psychotherapist and life coach in Los Angeles, CA. Her specialties include treating anxiety, eating disorders, relationship issues, issues of aging and depression.

You can contact her through her website: http://www.JordanaCares.com

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Stretched across the vast ineptitude of my soul, I see the ever present temptation of resurrection. I can take no more of new beginnings. Can you not see how vague is our horizon? Doesnt the glare of mankinds failure wrench you from your thoughts of a better tomorrow? Glorious, my irascible Magic Genie brother, where are we in the cosmic theme of things? What is there left for us to do? Standing here on a transparent cloud of natures quirky design, what can we hope to find in the future? When will God tell us what to do?

My old friend Gali, my magical soul mate, my Magic Genie brother, you are as ever the old world philosopher. We can try again. We can search for a better time. We have less than nothing else to do. We can put our minds together and deduce a new beginning, if not at the very beginning, at least not at the end of humanity. Lets meld our purpose and share the provisions of our hearts and minds to reinstate the possible. God will give us guidance.

I see nothing but shadows Glorious. My thoughts are too disheartened for a meeting of our minds to do any good. Woe is me, where has all the magic gone?\r It has left us at the entranceway of a new beginning my dear friend Gali if we can only find our way. We must try again. It is Gods will.

But they are all gone Glorious, all our friends, their culture, their very humanity. We cannot expect to resuscitate civilization with our own shaky salvation.

I guess Gali there is nothing left to do but have faith. What else is left to us?

Maybe you are right Glorious. What else can we do but have faith. I will try again with you. Come, join your thoughts with mine and we will try to begin again. Together we will resonate as one voice; one thought in our attempt with Gods help to resurrect humanity.

Thats the spirit Gali. After all, we are nothing if not free spirits.

This mind meld must be working Glorious. You are starting to sound like me.

And you Gali are starting to think like me. Isnt it wonderful? Together we shall find the power for humanitys salvation, and maybe even our own redemption. I can feel it, cant you? The old magic is coming back. A new future is in the making. May we find a better way to be civilizations guardians this time under Gods good grace. May we begin again.

Can you perceive it Glorious? Can you sense the strength returning to our spirit? Can you not see the vale of despair lifting? Where shall we start my old friend?

We must start before the final bombs fall Gali. We must go back in time. We must change the ending to find a new beginning.\r I see, would that it were ever thus. Can we do this Glorious?\r Do we have a choice Gali? What are they waiting for?

They are waiting for final instructions Glorious. Here on the frozen Tundra of Siberia they are waiting for the command to let loose the final bombs that will end the world.

Where will the orders come from Gali? What can we do to stop them? Why are they fighting?

They are fighting for different ways of life. They are fighting for religious principals. The orders will come from bunkers buried deep in the earth far from here where men of fanatical endeavor will give the orders. We can only stop them if we can show them that there is no one right way. We must show them that there has got to be a better way than destroying humanity to prove whose way is right. We must reinvigorate them with the possibility of a better tomorrow. We must give them hope Glorious. And we must do so quickly. Time my old friend is not on our side this day. We will have to split up. You must go to the West. I will go to the East. We must get them to stand down. Hurry, we are almost out of time. They are about to destroy the world. There will be nothing again - no humanity, no civilization, no hope for the future. I do not believe this is how God would have it.

How will I know what to say Gali?

Remember we are of one mind Glorious. We shall know each others thoughts. We shall speak as one mind. Hurry, we must find a better way. God will give us the words.

Feel free to use this article as long as credit is given to my resource box.\r Copyright Arthur Levine 2006

Arthur Levine is the author of The Magic of Faith. To download a free faith-based Magic Pill, post an Expression of Faith, discover 99 Magical Keys to finding you faith and read more about Glorious the Magic genie, access: http://www.faith123.com

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In fact from a pure usage standpoint of those who gather their news and information and prefer this format, I would say that Ezine does not suffice and needs an upgrade of the definition. Additionally an online newsletter or update with multiple stories or information and graphics is an Ezine, I beg to differ with anyone who denies that. In fact if it is not, then you better go 70% of those out there that call them selves Ezines, because they are running away with the show and many have HUGE subscription bases in the 10s of thousands.

The definition of Ezines is evolving and attempting to limit the definition, perhaps does not serve the users or subscribers. More importantly the quality of the Ezine is at stake because of the shear numbers of new entrants into the market and the ways they attempt to differentiate themselves. This is an interesting subject and I wonder how many others have opinions or thoughts on alternative definitions out there and how many definitions maybe introduced in the future. Consider all this in 2006.

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One of the main things that I have learned about talking to elder parents is to treat them as you would anyone else. Ask general questions to start conversations. Be open about what you want to know. If you were talking to your best friend, you would not sugar coat anything you wanted to know. Just remember that their answers need to be accepted. They may tell you the truth and just remember that the truth is not always about you or protecting your feelings. These truths may help you tremendously in your future and your childrens futures. Especially the health questions.

When you reach midlife and approach the many changes physically, emotionally and mentally that await you, youll be very happy that you spent time divulging information about the generations before you. It will help you and your health support system formulate appropriate tests and programs that allow you a continued healthy result in your own life.

If a parent has a terminal illness, ask them what it is like to experience it. Let them know that youre not sure how to respond and you dont want to upset them but you are very willing to listen if they need a loving ear. You dont have to know anything about the illness but understand they may be as frightened as you are and that definitely is common ground for a more open relationship. Most people are scared of the unknown and having support, love and someone to share their feelings with is a major contribution. Remember to ask if any other family member experienced the same thing. One suggestion is to let them know that you are not going away and you will help anyway you can and that you are not there to take over their lives. Utilize elder-care, assisted living or even home health aides to keep your relationship more social and familiar. Taking over puts way to much stress on everyone and can ultimately destroy that personal family life needed so much when they are older.

Jog their memories to give you any descriptions of former family members in regards to personalities, health issues, family life and antidotes. There are many books sold now on questions to answer for children, grandchildren and so on. If stuck, always resort back to the good old Who, What. When, Where and How of their youth, parents and extended families.

If they are over 75, ask them what it feels like to be their age. Take the mommy-daddy out of the conversation and treat them as a human being that needs to express themselves. Truly you will open a door to a new and highly beneficial relationship. Trust me, when they look in the mirror they dont recognize the reflection either. How they think and feel is not what they see. They remember all the good times and that flexible person without any ailments or physical aging. Everyone wishes they could find a way to stop the aging clock of life. Eventually, we all will!

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There is something about the words barbecue grills that has so many happy connotations. Some remember happy holidays with some great outdoor cooking while others envisage warm summer evenings in their backyard with their outdoor cooking equipment. The best thing about barbecue grilling is it need not be confined to any one season; with the variety and choice available and built in indoor propane grills, indoor electric charcoal grills and tabletop portable grills, there is simply no reason to restrict yourself just outdoors with your cooking equipment, since you can enjoy grilled food even indoors. Smokers and grills are best seen as an extension of your kitchen.

Grills and smokers are of different types and you can choose from:

Propane gas barbecue grills

Charcoal Grills charcoal table grills, small charcoal grills, charcoal and gas grills

Natural Gas outdoor grills

Electric Grills indoor electric grills, electric outdoor grills, indoor electric barbecue grills

Smoker Grills choose from Brinkman electric smoker grills or have custom smoker grills made.

Turkey Fryers and fish cookers indoor turkey fryers, fish cooker smoker combos, propane fish cookers, electric turkey fryers.

For those who enjoy camping portable gas grills for tailgating and portable propane grills are fun. Propane gas grills make good portable bbq grills and are great companions when you travel as you only need to ensure that you have your replacement tank ready to ensure you are not caught out without fuel just when you are dreaming of those juicy steaks dripping in basting sauce.

Great outdoor cooking is incomplete with just the grilling equipment. There are a variety of barbecue grill tools that can enhance the enjoyment, while making it a much pleasanter experience. There are barbecue forks, grids, barbecue skewers and tongs, barbecue turners and thermometers and barbecue tool sets and grill brushes. These help handle the food, keep track of how well the meat is done and also help clear up when you have enjoyed your grilled meals.

Among grilling utensils, cooking woks are a big favorite with barbecuing grill fans for stir frying, steaming and deep-frying. Among these, there is the traditional Chinese wok, hand hammered wok, the more recent stainless steel wok and electric woks. You also get wok pot sets that come complete with a potholder, utensil holder and bamboo turner, fork and tongs.

Smoke flavor can also be achieved with charcoal briquettes, wood briquettes and ceramic briquettes that are a lot easier to use than lump charcoal and less messy. You can also add smoker chips to your gas grill or smoker to get that flavor. There are gas smoker wood chips and electric smoker wood chips. Hickory wood chips for smokers is among the best as it gives the food a strong flavor.

Talking of flavor, why not add a grilling plank to your cooking equipment? Cedar grilling planks are a favorite because cooking salmon on cedar planks makes delectable smoked salmon. Cooking planks have been around a long time and plank grilling is a favorite cooking technique.

Another wonderful cooking technique is rotisserie cooking. Cooking a chicken for a rotisserie grill has never been so easy with the modern day gas grill with rotisserie burner or gas grill rotisserie, which is motorized.

Grill accessories are a boon to the barbecue enthusiast. Barbecue grill accessories are available as charcoal grill accessories and gas grill accessories. Of these the foremost one is the barbecue apron that protects the cook from food stains, and more importantly the heat of the barbecue grill. There are so many mens cooking aprons in different apron patterns. Funny aprons, Novelty aprons, vintage aprons you can have your pick.

Choosing the right grill involves selecting the right outdoor cooking grates. Stainless cooking grates for grills are considered a good choice for their portability and easier maintenance.

Every barbecue cook keeps a grill lighter handy on the off chance that the gas grill lighters ignition may not work. There are good quality stainless steel butane grill lighters and refillable butane grill lighters that can come to the rescue when you are about to give up.

Protecting your barbecue grill is just as important. Outdoor barbecue grill covers keep your grill safe from dust, debris and pests.

About The Author: Jonathan Goodman is the owner of Market Merchants an online retailer specializing in home and garden products. My passion for bbq grilling and fireplaces is the core focus of Market Merchants. I am a member of the Hearth Patio Barbeque Association (HPBA), the National BBQ group (NBBQ), and the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS). We sell these products because we love them and are passionate about consumer living needs. So whether its furniture and decor, home improvement, kitchen and dining, or outdoor living Market Merchants brings a dedicated commitment to the customer and a passion for high quality products. Visit the Market Merchants website: http://marketmerchants.com

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It would seem that very soon the old adage of “An apple a day will keep the doctor away” can be replaced with the common tomato. Why? Tomatoes are rich in a powerful antioxidant called lycopene. Antioxidants are extremely important because they prevent and even repair damaged cells in your body. There have been recent studies that have convincing results that lycopene also can prevent prostate cancer and heart disease. One such study, conducted by the University of North Carolina, compared the fat samples of 1,379 men who had suffered from heart attacks with those of healthy men. This study concluded that those men with high levels of lycopene were half as likely to have a heart attack as those with lower levels. Another Harvard study of over 47,000 men found that as levels of lycopene in their blood stream rose, their risks of prostate cancer were considerably reduced. Preliminary research has also suggested that lycopene may be linked to preventing macular degenerative disease which strikes nearly 1.75 million people in the United States.

With such supportive research as a backbone, it indeed seems a good reason to change the slogan. Do your family members have a history of prostate cancer or heart disease? Then perhaps it is time to take a good look at your diet and incorporate foods that are rich in antioxidants such as lycopene.

Although lycopene is most prevalent in tomatoes, it can also be found in rosehip, guava, pink grapefruit and watermelon. However, the tomato is the most common source but only in certain forms. For example, a plain tomato fresh off the vine has very little actual lycopene per serving (only approximately 8mg). The process of cooking a tomato and subsequently raising its temperature actually makes the lycopene easier to absorb into your liver, lungs, prostate gland and skin. The most efficient absorption rates come from drinking tomato juice at 22.9mg per serving with a close second found in spaghetti sauce at 20mg per serving.

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Advertising in ezines is possibly the most effective way of generating fast sales. Ezine advertising also consumes very little of your time. However, ezine advertising does consume your money and can consume it very quickly if youre not careful. Here are 8 things, which if you think carefully about, will ensure that ezine advertising does not cost you more than you earn.

1. Who is your target audience?

Be sure to identify this early on. Do not make the mistake of thinking that everyone will be interested in your product. Your target audience are those people who would benefit from your product or service because these are the people who are most likely to make a purchase. Advertising to a targeted audience will result in a great amount of interest and a lot of sales.

2. Which ezine should I advertise in?

Choose an ezine which is made up of subscribers who fit in with your target audience. The closer your targeted audience and the ezine subject, the more sales you will make. Also, if you are looking to advertise in a particular ezine, subscribe to it. Do some research on how often subscribers purchase from the publishers recommendations because this will give you a good idea of how effective it is to advertise in this particular ezine.

3. How much are you prepared to pay?

Set yourself a budget. This is extremely important because overspending could have a serious effect on your overall profits. Look to divide your budget up as well to advertise in several ezines instead of only one. This way, ezines which have been bad to advertise in will be compensated for those which are particularly good to advertise in. Additionally, you will know where to advertise next time.

4. Should you track your ads?

Of course you should. This is how you can tell which ezines have been particularly successful to advertise in and which ones are those to stay clear of next time. If you arent tracking your ads you are making a big mistake. Go to: http://www.clickaudit.com/ to track your ads.

5. How many subscribers does the ezine have?

This is a very common mistake which ezine advertisers make; they assume that the more subscribers the ezine has, the more profitable advertising in it will be. Generally, this is untrue. What you should be looking at is the quality of content in the ezine. If the quality is good then you can guarantee that most of the subscribers will actually be reading the ezine and consequently will read your ad.

6. Are you going to use autoresponders in your ad?

It is essential to put your autoresponder email address into your ad. When readers are looking at your ad, the majority of them will not be persuaded to buy at a first glance. However, this does not mean that they are not interested. You need to follow up with these people and the easiest way to do this is to capture their email address using an autoresponder. Use your ad not only to make immediate sales, but to make sales in the long run.

7. What type of your ads are best?

If you wish to test your ad or try it out to see its effect then put a tracking URL on it and use a classified, top sponsor or bottom ad. These are the cheapest ads but bring in the poorest results. If youve done necessary research and are looking to sell directly from your ad then consider using a solo mailing ad. A solo mailing ad is an individual email sent out to all subscribers with your ad in it and no one elses. These ads bring in the best results but are inevitably the most expensive.

8. Is your ad effective?

Before spending huge amounts of money on ezine advertising, be sure that your ad is effective so that you can guarantee that it will lead to a huge number of sales. Just make sure that your headline catches the eye so that your ad gets noticed. Capture your readers interest and desire by using persuasive, positive words such as free, profits, breakthrough etc Make sure that you give contact details or an additional information link so that readers can find out more about your product or service. For a more detailed explanation on how to create profit pulling ads go to:

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Did you realize that over a billion people in the world now speak English? According to a report titled, \”English Next\” by language researcher David Graddol, \”…two billion people [will] be speaking or learning English within a decade.\” [1]

English is everywhere. The Economist says, \”[English] is the language of globalization-of international business, politics… It is the language of computers and the Internet… it is the dominant international language in communications, science, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy….\” [2]

\”English… is an important tool for operating on the world stage,\” says John Whitehead, director of the British Council. The ability to speak and understand English is mandatory in certain fields, professions, and occupations. In fact, English is so widely spoken, it is referred to as, the \”lingua franca\” [3] of the modern era.

Nonetheless, with the millions of native speakers vying for jobs in the global market, what chance is there for ESL (English as second language) speakers to compete? ESL students take heart. As the Graddol report demonstrates, the global spread of English… will lead to serious economic and political disadvantages in the future…. A future in which monolingual English graduates face bleak economic prospects as qualified multilingual young people prove to have a competitive advantage in global companies and organizations.

Given that English has acquired its world-wide reputation due, in large part, to globalized power relations, those companies and governments employing well-trained non-native speakers for their international business communication needs will obviously see the advantage of hiring non-native speakers of the English language with multilingual talents.

1) David Graddol (1997). The Future of English?. The British Council.

2) The triumph of English. The Economist (20 December 2001.

3) David Graddol (1997). The Future of English?. The British Council.

Steve G. James is a native English speaker living in Tomsk, Russia with over thirty years teaching experience. He is an independent journalist, ESL professor, and authority on teaching international business English. His site, http://www.esl4ru.com provides an affordable opportunity for non-native speakers of the English language to learn the international business communication skills necessary to give them a competitive advantage in our globalized world.

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