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Art Lawyer New York, Takes Care Of All Legal Nuances

Art is the expression of life and it means different things for different people. For one person a piece of art may be an extraordinary thing, while for some it may not be extraordinary. It all depends on how one perceives and views things in life. However one thing is universally true, there is no person who does not appreciate genuine art work whether it is in the form of painting, poetry, art, literature besides many other forms. Now buying art pieces can be tricky at times if you are not dealing with a genuine art dealer. Fraud art dealers are plenty in operation in the market and if you are one of those genuine lovers of art you must try and avoid these fake dealers at all costs. Well this can be difficult at times, but if you are properly educated about all the aspects related to this you can avoid this. An art lawyer is the professional that can help you out if at all you become a victim of any kind of fraud.

Remember its not that the art lawyer New York can help you out if you buy fake art pieces from a dealer, but also if you want to sell an art masterpiece at the correct price. If you for some reason or the other become a victim of fraud while buying a piece of art, you must understand that there are many legal nuances associated with this. An art lawyer is professionally qualified to deal with such cases. Lawyers expertise in handling different types of legal cases types just like a doctor. So you must make sure that you are working with a really good art lawyer to help you with the case if at all you have to fight a legal case about a fraud art dealer.

Now there are some things that you have to find out about a lawyer if you want him or her to handle the case for you. First you must find out how many cases he has successfully handled till date. If possible talk to people who have used the services of that lawyer and find out how efficient he or she is in handling the case. Well you will surely want the best art lawyer in New York to handle the case for you and of course win the case. There are some law firms that specialize in handling art cases, while there are also art lawyers that are experienced in handling such cases. If you are someone who loves art, then having a fake piece of art in your possession which the dealer promised to be real can annoy you to no ends.

Now if at all you are faced with situation, you must take resort of the law and see that the fraud dealers are put at their place. An art dealer can help you to deal with any issues that you may face while buying or purchasing a piece of art. After all why must you suffer due to the action of another individual?

Author: Damyel Flower
Source: articledashboard.com

New South Florida Business Formed to ProtectMental Health Professionals From Risk of Lawsuit

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (May 2, 2003) โ€” Practicing medicine today presents many challenges for health care professionals, including the threat of lawsuits. This threat looms not only for doctors involved in treating the body, but also for doctors involved in treating the mind and other mental health professionals. As a result, Larry Benovitz, M.D., L.H.R.M., has formed Strategic Risk Management. The goal of this new business is to provide risk management for psychiatrists, psychologists and others involved in the mental health field.

Dr. Benovitz has been in private psychiatric practice for 22 years. His areas of specialization include psychopharmacology, geriatric psychiatry, schizophrenia, affective disorder, anxiety, adjustment, and somatoform disorder. Under his direction, Strategic Risk Management will help doctors and professionals negotiate the challenges of risk management. SRM’s goal is to help clients reduce their liability to lawsuits and other challenges.

Malpractice insurance carriers, managed care carve-outs, hospitals, long term care facilities, group practices, doctors in private practice and other mental health professionals can all benefit from the services offered by Strategic Risk Management. Dr. Benovitz can visit offices to review procedures that can reduce risk and liability, or address these topics with large groups in a seminar format. In fact, psychologists, social workers and other therapists can receive continuing education credits through seminars with Dr. Benovitz. His sessions are approved for CEUs by the Florida Board of Psychology and the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.

A board certified psychiatrist and licensed healthcare risk manager, Dr. Benovitz is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, Florida Psychiatric Society and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He is also an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry with Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. In addition to his private practice experience, he has extensive forensic psychiatry experience, has served as a case reviewer for numerous independent medical review companies and an advisor for Medicare and Medicaid programs.

For more information on Strategic Risk Management call 305-957-1977.

Editor’s Note: Media outlets seeking comment on various mental health issues can contact Dr. Benovitz. He is available to address topics relating to general psychiatry, geriatric mental health issues, and other related topics, including risk management and the liability exposures faced by professionals.

Author: Anonymous
Source: free-articles

The Nefilim: Angelic Warlords [An Epic Poem: Part One of Three]

Prologue:
This was meant to be the sequel to the book: “Angelic Renegades & Rephaim Giants.” The Rephaim Giants, whom were the offspring, or hybrid of the Watchers, which was done for the most part in poetic form and represents a short novel; the author he could present the best impression that way, that being, more on the emotional, symbolic scale his images, impressions of them.
This sequel is done was done in both poetic prose form; now put into poetic prose for the first time, and a vast amount is being left out [two sections]. The story represents a vision the author had. There were angelic beings given the task by God to watch over earth, did just that for a while, then two-hundred of them took it upon themselves to go down to earth and co-habituate with the human female gender, in so doing they chose a most dreadful fate, to be buried alive in the pit of the abyss, within the bowls of the earth.
Their off spring [children] was the giants of the Old Testament, Genesis Chapter 6, and also presented in the Pseudepigrapha, in the book of Enoch, written about 200 BC. No one is sure when the time period of this first started, but these giants of old were called the Rephaim Giants. Eventually they would meet their fate, by killing off one another in wars. Then came the flood, and your guess is as good as mine, what happened to them.
In my first book I took a visionary journey, within the story called: “Meeting of the Watchers.” Now you may be saying, where these Nefilim angelic warlords come into play; and especially how does one link them to the other.
Well, as you most likely know, God works things out in accordance to his laws, which I put into place a long time ago. That is to say, one of my visions, which I wrote about in the book: “The Last Trumpet and the Woodbridge Demon,” is about these Nefilim angelic beings also. The Nefilim angels were before and at present the Watchers, although being from the same stock. But I didn’t go on a journey like I did with Serr’el, to meet the Watchers in this quest of sorts. I simple went on a journey in which I got caught up in, and maybe was not suppose to, in their space craft, and out of wanting to know, stayed within this vision, not letting go, and some times, things just work out surprisingly for you. And this is what I’m about to share with you.
I was kind of like looking through a porthole. And I wasn’t taken back in time like I was with the Watchers, some 13,000-years. I was in the present, and so where they; or so it seemed. Again, there are no birthrights here. For the Watchers may even have slid over to the Nefilim quest, before they were sent to the abyss, and could be living today on some far off planet waiting to visit us: for Armageddon, or perhaps they will start it. This is what my vision was about, the Nefilim. Even though the Shinning Ones are involved, and what are they doing up there, was my quest, to find out. These were no aliens my friends. These are powerful angelic forces, although the Shinning Ones seem to have some kind of angelic-humanistic link. Meaning, the Watchers and the Nefilim are from the same sphere (I think); and may go on journeys together, but they do not think alike completely: similar to the space program between Russia and the United States, it could be: in a far fetched way. Whatever may be, we all share the same God, like it or not. We just all think we got our hands in His pockets, thus, no room for the others.
This story or combination of facts, vision, dream, some travel involved (Easter Island), over time: 1980s, and 90s and the new century: put me on a space ship, in l984. Although it took me close to twenty years to put it into in story form, it is ripe for the picking right now: in 2002 it was written, and in January 2006, it is revised, or reedited, more on the latter than the first: for there was really not a thing to revise but the style in presenting it to you. There were twelve-beings; six were angelic, the other six of an unknown species [I call the Shinning Ones]. But I do have hypotheses to this historical-visionary fictional story. Having said that let me take you into their world, and my image, visualization, or call it dream-vision;
It was l984:
The Nefilim: Angelic Warlords
[And the Shinning Ones]
Poetic Prose
The Space Ship
[A Dream Vision]
I noticed a spaceship high in the sphere observing earth —it couldn’t see me, I thought, but perhaps it could. Activities— a white dote, that’s all it was, for the moment; I wondered what they looked like, inside that space craft (from where I was standing, watching, observing on flat dirt), underneath their helm; “…what do they look like?” I questioned my mind, or perhaps it questioned me, as if I was what they were thinking.
There were twelve-beings inside this space craft: call it second sight, if you like: likened to a large arena… it was inside; caught in our atmosphere like a mouse-trap, or akin to a fly to a spider’s web. It was, round and spacious, half of these creatures were wearing white suites, the other half, lit the space they walked, as if—if they were on fire, likened to a glow from the moon, I call them: the Shinning ones.
The ones in the white suites, their heads were shaped like dogs in coffin, plastic coffin goon, but tall and strong looking. Slowly they walked as if death had no rights; I suppose I should admit they got my attention, these space suites and all, and the Shinning Ones, but I wanted to be among them.
Yes, oh yes, it had its own reality, different than mine, I could tell, as I transposed my mind to their mind, as if I was lead on top of their heads, they didn’t know I was there, in their space, in their spacecraft, half spirit, half alive, still standing on earth’s ground, still looking at them, now amongst them, in some kind of shadow bubble.
I now was there, there I say, there: standing like a soldier, in the throne room of a spaceship; a ship that never was, or at least, it seemed it was never. A dream, makings of a dream, but real it seamed, as if I was a step beyond, fiction, and in reality, one in another dimension. —It was less than real, but better for my mind to believe that, so my subconscious said.
“Wake up! Wake Up!! “I told myself yet I couldn’t almost, but couldn’t, wouldn’t, dare not—what for, my mind wanted to go on a longer journey. This, my friend, was not, not a dream!! The—Angelic force had on white dog-shaped space suites. I repeat, White….
“Awe,” I cried, “There are Baboons inside them suites. ” How foolish can one be, so I said to me? I told myself, “Baboons.” I stood still, as if they could see me, but they couldn’t of course, I was, like they were to earthlings, invisible.
As I looked about the ship, around and around, I noticed these beings were very tall; I also notices holes, big round windows, that looked like portholes, that peered here and there, everywhere, and especially now, especially down onto, upon earth. The white plastic coated monsters walked slowly, in dolce, cigarette machine: flat unemotional stride; from a distance, the Shinning Ones looked like robots, somewhat pre occupied.
What was their quest, I asked—me, but nobody heard, not even my inquisitive subconscious, for it didn’t’ question me beyond looking: yet, I felt they were the ancestors of stones, perchance those old stones, perhaps those on standing stones on Easter Island that look out and up, high into the sky, out into the frozenness of a past-time, ready to become beings again. Otherwise, what were these statues waiting for? So I asked myself. Yes, oh yes, maybe these people, these: whatever you want to call them, a lost tribe in forbidden time; now coming back to still, what it lost (perhaps)?
Another…landmark in time like Atlantis, so this was, I told myself: there I go again, more foolishness, thinking out loud with no one to disagree with me: like having a dead horse by your side and kicking it to let you know you’re alive, and who can disagree with you? Not the dead. Enough said, they didn’t seem too busy, these ancient creatures, up till now anyhow, they all seemed to be in a state of: no time wasted on idle chatter, but no hurry; so it seemed, so it was yet, there awareness of what each other wanted, and the system of the space craft, was all in tack. An angelic thing, or intuition, I gather.
Maybe a demon thing, maybe nothing, nothing at all, maybe I can get out of this dream, and not have to write a damn thing, but here I am nonetheless, writing it. I think they feel me, sense me; like one senses love, death. Like one has a third eye, but no one knows where it’s hidden; this was really happening. Not like I was taken back in time. Only taken up to a…whatever this is…space ship of sorts, in a buddle of some sort, “I’m watching you,” and they’re watching Earth.
I heard one say: “Israel, the Great Circle.” Another says, Avalon, “The New Jerusalem.” I am not sure if I was saying hearing it right so many echoes in this invisible chamber—a bubble of silence at times, and having to read their minds, or absorb their defusing talk: which I call: Cadaverous Talk, the Devils walk… —heaven knows it’s draining. But now I was in their ship, a bubble in a ship, trying to see where I belonged, where all this was leading. Where is my map? I am talking to myself again, and no one to talk to but the membrane of the bubble I’m in.
“Serr’el, where are you?” it’s my angelic friend, protector of sorts. He was at the hospital when I had my heart attack, the stroke, back in ‘92. He was there, also in Vietnam, when the plane went down, in ‘70. Oh, yes, he was always around. By my side when I met the Watchers in a book I wrote some time ago, back in a dream quest, about l982; and again he was there when I was on Easter Island, awhile back, when the spiritual forces in the stones tried to nerve me out of their ruins. But where is he now, right this moment.
The second group of six, I call them “The Shinning Ones,” they shine like flames from the Sun… I’ve learned their history… it goes back to earth…75,000 BC.
(Thoughts) If I had no form, I would put on those plastic suites, just a thought, loose talk; suites, I knew they were not the Watches, the Ancient Angelic Renegades; nor the Rephaim Giants, the Watcher’s children perhaps, of Enoch’s time, when Noah was still young, in his prime. They had all been killed, buried alive, in the abyss of the pit, these ancient ones of a lost time.
Some went home to the Golan Heights, where they still live, others children of Og, the giants of Malta, or perhaps the ancestors of the demons of the Tor. Who were these? Observatory beings I kept saying, guessing trying to decipher in this bubble of sorts.
(More thoughts) Were we plants to them? Or rocks to look at? Certainly not human beings, as I see it, no, oh no: we, I, were, is: just things: circles in evaluation, wishful thinking.
(Observations) As I looked around their spaceship, I came to the conclusion, they were checking out different geological locations on earth. Landmarks, old and new, Israel from the heavens, Egypt from the Sea, Washington they flew by, over like a breeze; and China they could see people reading a world event; something that just happened, perhaps was going to happen. They searched and searched, as if they were mortal enemies of the earth, the skies, old and new living things; envious of earth’s atmosphere.
Searching the Ship
As I searched the ship, its hauls, rooms nearby, I never seemed to leave the observation area, not sure why; I whispered, asked myself: ‘…am I walking in circles?’ They were looking through devices. The ship standing still at times; and at times faster than the eye it flew like a raging eagle.
(Old Thoughts): I had heard of the return of such beings that had visited earth. Coming back several times (13,500 BC; 4500 BC; 1073 BC, and now, AD l984, as I’m writing this: I see); (Thoughts): and I’m sure they are up there now, AD 2002. I have not seemed them in almost twenty years, or a little less, it was in ‘82. I wonder way (?) Now revising my poetic prose (this story): in January of 2006: some say these wee the Shinning Ones, all twelve; I say both, the Nefilim, and the other. I say, they came, and they left, and will come back again.
Number One
(More thoughts) One of the beings seemed to be the leader, I call him simply ‘Number One,” (likened to a First Sergeant in the Army I suppose)) in lack of a better name)). He stood there thinking, as if he was working out a plan; trying to tie things together. His mind was busy. His arms huge, like a donkey’s tail, a monkey’s limbs, something like that; nevertheless, he didn’t move slowly, he was swift: oh yes, even with the white shell of plastic armor on, flexible indeed, likened to the Lone Ranger, or Zorro or some hidden superhero, I wanted to see inside his mask, his shell, to see his face again—for curiosity’s sake; it perturbed, akin to a dogs beak. It troubled me, troubled me so: how on earth would he eat: meat, or me, if he could; so again, deep within my thoughts, I asked myself this: how could it be: but I suppose not everybody eats like me: does the devil? I knew now, but I didn’t know then. He had a black—area around his chin, like that of whales, he was proud with sin. But again I asked myself and answered: does the dead eat? Or the ghosts, or the devil, or God Himself; nor do any of these need sleep. Thus, the question was answered for me, by me: or was my friend around, feeding my mind?
I told myself I would not leave this ship until I found out, why: what I should say was happening. Unless this vision ended before I could. And it may. At this point to me, they were merely a white object spinning like a dot in the sky, and I hitched a ride; at the moment, no more than this.
(Observations): as looked about more, I saw planets on the spacecraft’s monitors; and as time went by, we past a few in the heavens I could see through the window ports. How long was I on this ship I asked myself?
What dimension was I in, at 76,000,000 mph, in 3.125? I witnessed Mars, a comet fly by; a space shuttle of sorts, how fast did the gages read, 489,600 Kilometers, and that doubled.
Notes from the author’s journal: Some of this story was written while on my way to Lima, Peru, and Santiago, Chile, 2002. But the concept of the Nefilim came about while doing research on some of my other books, into the Rephaim Giants, and Angelic Renegades, also called the Watchers; a some fragments of dreams pertaining to them, and visions I had in l984. In, 2002, I stumble over an old article in a magazine I read, then had did some more research into the mystery of these ancient angelic beings; on my second trip to Chile, I went to Easter Island. Thus putting all of this together, and creating this story. And now in 1/2006, revising it to fit its time; unlike my book: “Angelic Renegades and Rephaim Giants,” this story has never been published: but again the visions and notes go back to 1983-l984. Perhaps it could be a small sequel. You are only getting one third of the story, the other two thirds are in prose, completely. And are other fragments of the same nature as the first which is not necessary to the fullness of this story, yet it is not complete; that being, part two and three. What they were looking for I think is in part three. In part two I remain on a ship, and see some things very strange if not unsettling to me; infants being hybrid in incubators, and mothers in glass rooms with them. Perhaps the first part was to show me the ship general make up, calm me down. And the second was to show me what they were doing on board, and the third hovered over Mexico City, as it did others places, but they wanted something, a skull to be specific [Teotihuacแn]. If I find time, I will try to do the other two parts, if I find people want to read it, find out about it. If not, it is fine where it rests.
See Dennis’ web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com Dennis is a two time Award Winning Columnist, and “Poet Laureado de San Jeronimo, Peru”

Author: Dennis Siluk
Source: articleage.com

Coaches, Should You Specialize?

Whether to specialize or not seems to be a dilemma for many coaches. Should you specialize? First we’ll define what this means. Then we’ll give the answer, which is โ€œyes, but.โ€ โ€œYesโ€ for reasons other than you might think, and โ€œbutโ€ because you should also NOT specialize.

DEFINITION

Specializing means choosing a specific area within the field of coaching, just as lawyers do, for instance. There are divorce attorneys, litigators, medical malpractice, and guardian ad litem attorneys. Specializing can mean what problem you work on, what area of life, or what group of people you work with.

Other fields have these specialties. A gerontology social worker works with seniors. A pediatric nurse takes care of babies. A special education teacher works with ADHD students.

In coaching you can work with a special population (teenagers or seniors), on a certain area of life (career or personal life), on a transition (divorce or retirement) or different sets of life skills (accountability or emotional intelligence).

Specialties developed as knowledge grew. Way back when there were doctors. They were all general practitioners and you were lucky if your town had one. As knowledge grew in different areas, specialties evolved.

THE BENEFITS OF SPECIALIZING

The most important reason to specialize is for your clients’ benefit; so you can get really good at something. Even within your specialty new things will always be developed and you’ll always be learning. If the area is too broad, you’ll simply be spread too thin.

Another reason is pragmatic. โ€œSpecializing is the key to getting clients and growing your practice,โ€ says Deborah Brown-Volkman in a recent article in CoachVille, and I agree. It’s crucial from the marketing standpoint. From the name of your business, to your URL, to your tagline, to your press releases, people have to understand what it is you do. Exactly what you do.

The field of coaching is relatively new, but consumers are going to relate it to other professions with which they’re familiar. Consider, for instance, asking someone โ€œWhat do you do?โ€ and they reply, โ€œI’m a doctor.โ€ What’s your next question? โ€œWhat KIND of doctor,โ€ of course. Baby doctor or gerontologist? Orthopedic surgeon or shrink? MD or Ph.D.? We use big terms and little, but we know our specialties.

So if you’re lucky enough to get to the second round with a potential client, they’re going to ask โ€œWhat kind of coach are you?โ€ They want you to narrow it down. What issues do you work with? What age of people? And of course the question at the bottom is, โ€œCan you help me with this specific problem?โ€

Therefore many coaches fear specializing. They think it will eliminate clients. It will, but it will also draw clients and it will draw pre-qualified clients.

What if you reply, โ€œI do all kinds of coaching.โ€ This, says Deborah, would be like putting on your resume, โ€œI can do anything.โ€ The main problem is that it isn’t true. No one can do โ€œeverything,โ€ even within one field. Saying that will not make you attractive. It simply doesn’t make sense to people. In fact it raises suspicion.

It’s true that particularly with age and experience you can broaden your specialties, but you should still quickly be adding โ€œexcept.โ€ For instance, when someone asks me what I like to do, I reply, โ€œJust about anything.โ€ But then I start adding (because you never know) โ€œnothing dangerous, life threatening, illegal, immoral, unethical โ€ฆโ€ and pretty soon I’m back to listing specific things I like to do! Why not start there?

You may think you do all kinds of coaching, but did you know there’s a Bipolar Coach, a Breast Cancer Survival Coach, a Ph.D. Dissertation Coach, and a Coach for Co-parenting with a Jerk out there? You may think you do it all, but you don’t. If you’re honest with yourself, there are things you aren’t that good at. If you look far enough, there are things on which you really wouldn’t want to coach.

Specializing will not only draw clients, it will get you publicity with the press (which will bring you more clients). If you say you are โ€œa coach,โ€ that’s of little interest. There’s no โ€œhookโ€ there. The press is always looking for interesting, informative, and inspiring stories with a hook. They need to relate things to other things that are going on. For instance around Father’s Day, they’re looking for related feature articles and would like to hear from a fathering coach. He’d also be a good person to interview about life balance for men, or men’s health, parenting, or marriage. โ€œFatheringโ€ gives a slant to each of these issues.

NOW HERE’S THE โ€˜BUT’

I think another reason why coaches don’t want to specialize is because it’s limiting. The solution to that is, while you do have a specialty in coaching that allows clients to recognize you, find you, and hire you, do not allow this to limit your quest for knowledge. In reality, we are whole people and the interfaces of our life are not hard and fast. The more you know about many different things, the better you can serve your clients.

For instance, say you’re a career coach. If someone is having a career transition it is going to affect their relationships, and their health. They’ll need stress management skills and they’ll need to be considering the repercussions for their retirement.

If you’re an emotional intelligence coach, you need to know the field of emotional intelligence well, but also know enough about career, relationships, stages of life, conditions such as ADHD, transitions and age groups to be able to apply it to the client’s situation, and to make it useful for them.

The debate continues about what’s appropriate preparation for a career in coaching โ€” coaching credentials, an academic degree in the human sciences, being trained by someone with a graduate degree in life sciences, relevant life experience, or all of these? I think this is a win-win proposition. Specialize, but continue to broaden your knowledge base. As with any profession, you need to be comfortable with what you don’t know. Get as much education as you can, book learning as well as experiential, and keep learning. You may master your specialty but there will be fields it interfaces with that will be changing all the time that will impact your practice as well. Specialization is an opportunity for mastery, and a necessity for marketing, and not a limitation.

Author: Susan Dunn, MA, Mentor and Marketing Coach
Source: free-articles

YO THERE QUIPPING QUEEN!

Copyright The Quipping Queen 2005.

YO THERE QUIPPING QUEEN!

Or, who is that entourage of questionable quirky characters anyway?

By: Adrian Air-of-Sleet, Personal Secretary and Royal Biographer to Her Royal Majesty, Victoria Elizabeth, Quipping Queen and Empress of Eccentricity who is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day-affairs of state involving members of her eager-beaver entourage not to mention all the loyal lollygaggers puttering about in the Queendom of Quirks, Quidnuncs & Quagmires (situated in the little known but well-appointed “Pith n Vinegar Palace” on Dallas Road in beautiful downtown Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)

Much has been said about the Quipping Queen. A spate of bad press lately, (about the odd habits of the merry-making monarch), has led to a good deal of speculation about her state of mind.

To nip the nasty non compos mentis natterings in the bud, the Quipping Queen has asked me to set the record straight.

First, let me assure you that Her Royal Highness is of sound mind, body and spirit! Her only regret is that her loyal subjects often lack opportunities to tickle their funnybones, open Pandora’s box to see what’s inside, or crayon outside the lines in their coloring books.

Second, since she is in possession of her marbles, she has come up with a playful solution to a perplexing problem – the precipitous decline of fun and frolic in the Land of Quibbles and Querilulous Things Going-On or Running Amok.

To stem the flood of feisty complaints to her gates, she has come up with a plan dedicated to improving wit and wisdom in the Queendom. This plan known affectionately as “PUCK-UP”, will begin by putting an end to all “do-this-do-that” games in the royal realm, and then encouraging her seriously smile-impaired subjects to play cooperatively in “Sand Circles”.

It is hoped that the new learning centers will foster appreciation of the sands of time, assist participants to build sandcastles in the air effectively, and to understand the ancient philosophical notion that, “going around in circles is what life is all about”.

In response to a myriad of questions from journalists as to who will be responsible for leading this cutting-edge project, a spokesperson for the Ripsnorting Royal Court of the Quipping Queen, responded with alacrity, ardor and artistry.

He stated that this exemplary initiative would be undertaken by an assortment of incredibly clueless if not cockamamie characters who have volunteered to act as “Champions” and “facilitators” for this entertaining social-consciousness engagement.

The list of leading learned lights includes:

Arch-Duke of A-Very-Good-Time-Was-Had-By-All (Need we say more!)

Baron of Bunkum (The best source for dross and drivel in the queendom!)

Baroness of Baubles Bangles & Beads (She coordinates accessories for every occasion …especially those sparkly sequined spandex yoga outfits!)

Butler of Biscuits & Bottles (Known for his fine selection of premium-brand kibbles, nipples and vittles)

Count Can’t-You-See-I’m-Busy-Right-Now (His “to-do” list is a tad longer than the average dance card or grocery list)

Countess of Catnaps (Not known as a “snooze alarmist”, she is a welcome guest at every long and boring cocktail party)

Dame Do-You-Know-What-Time-It-Is? (A renowned Clockwatercher!)

Duke of Doorknobs (Applauded for his lively impression of a pet rock!)

Duchess of Dither (The Diva of Damsels-in-Distress)

Footman of Fetish Wear (Tan shoes and pink shoe laces are not his thing)

Grand Duke of Garter Belts, Glass Slippers & G-Strings (A gift-of-the-gab sort who operates exceptionally well “in a tight pinch”, “under-cover”, and “behind closed-doors”)

Groomsman of Grouses, Grouches, Grumps & Growing Pains (A great smile and stroke personality whose silver-tongue and silver spurs keep everyone in line — including cowboys who don’t know when to stop talking about the size of their spread)

Knight of The Testy Turntable (Operator of the 33 1/3 and 78 RPM minstrel music machine …known to have a mind of its own!)

Knight of It-Seemed-Like-A-Good-Idea-At-The-Time (A terrific connect-the-dots, fill-in-the-blanks and paint-by-numbers problem-solver)

Knight of Knock-Kneed Knickers (He has the finest selection of briefs, boxers, and BVDs for anatomically-challenged carpet knights of the realm!)

Knight of I’m-Sure-It-Was-There-Yesterday (A marvellous speciman of a memory-gene gone missing!)

Knight of When-Will-We-Get-There? (Note: There’s one of these in every band of merry men in search of Maid Marion, the Holy Grail and some bloke called “BOB”!)

Lord Leaping to Conclusions (Long jumps are definitely his speciality!)

Lady Looby-Loo (A wonderful water-closet waif if ever there was one!)

Lady-In-Waiting-of-Giggle Gear (No …she doesn’t own a dunce cap, but thank you for asking)

Prince Jeepers-Creepers I (Nothing gets past this lad!)

Prince Jolly-Bean II (He puts all those ordinary Mexican jumping beans to shame!)

Prince Jolly-Jodpurs V (The happy-go-lucky sort who adores riding a cockhorse to Banbury Cross just to test-drive his turbo-charged breeches)

Prince Jolly-Jump-Up IV (A truly clean, keen, yes-madame machine!)

Princess Jelly-Bean III (A jaunty jelly-belly aerobics instructor)

Princess Jiggle-Pot III (A scantily-clad sylph with fantastic fundraising capabilities)

Princess Jot-It-Down II (Not-your-average pencil-pushing pen-pal)

Sir Snuff & Such (Responsible for sniffing out stuff and nonsense in the nick of time)

Sir Harold Prickmedainty (Responsible for “Minor Medical Miracles” and sweeping the occasional medical malpractice suit under the table)

Valet I (A well-known “hanger-on” who supplies garb for gargoyles and gals plus celebrity-approved “Valiant & Vixen Togs for Titillating Types”)

Valet II (A Professional Putz who polishes booties and brogues for “Beautiful People”)

Viscount Don Juan Valentine (Responsible for drafting the Queen’s annual gushy greeting entitled, “Tips on How to Gird-Your-Loins Safely & Securily”, in order to allay concerns among all her romantically-inclined subjects, their squeamish parents not to mention a large constituency of early childhood educators, public health nurses, and pharmacists on the occasion of Cupid’s Visit to the realm every February 14th)

With all these robust if not ridiculous resources available, there is no doubt that the project will be an unbelievably huge success!

If not, Her Majesty, (Chief Executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Grand Poobess of the Whole Shebang in the Queendom of Quirks, Quidnuncs and Quagmires), will simply hire some well-compensated consultants and self-promoting spin-doctors. Their task will be to revise the final, feel-good “Project Evaluation Report”, (to reflect a healthy, hokey, happily-ever-after story naturally.)

And last but not least, rest assured, the Queen will always find another worthy project to keep her courtiers contented and her subjects in a sportive frame of mind so they will not toss hanging flower pots about in the “City of Gardens”, nor frighten the horses pulling the tourist-trap carriages around town, and refrain from sticking ooey-gooey wads of bubble gum on the leather seats of the environmentally-friendly pedi-cabs blocking traffic in the downtown streets!

Hail the Queen of Quixotic Quandaries! May she, her ludicrous court, and her loopy subjects all enjoy much health, wealth and happiness! And as they say here, “When in doubt, chortle and chug-a-lug, ’cause tomorrow’s another day!”

Author: Adrian Air-of-Sleet
Source: articleage.com

Anchorage DWI Lawyers

Being cited for DWI can be very humiliating. It can also be a bit scary. It is definitely not something you would want on your record. If you are in Anchorage, you would be pleased to know that there are many Anchorage DWI lawyers who are only too willing to help you out – and yes, even get you out of jail!

Why Do You Need a DWI Lawyer?

Under the Alaska law, DWI is a serious offense with serious consequences. You can lose all your driving privileges and you can end up paying huge amount of money for your fines. You need to know what you will be facing and you need the assistance of a lawyer to figure things out.

The law provides that once you are cited for violating the state’s DWI statute, you will end up facing two simultaneous but separate legal actions, that is, a criminal action and an administrative action. The former is in response to your citation. The latter is brought against your license. You could end up with a suspended driving license or you could lose your driving privileges. This would depend on the circumstances of the case. Fortunately, there are many Anchorage DWI lawyers, so you can definitely find one who can represent you properly.

What Will You Be Facing as a First Time Offender?

First time offenders rarely escape unscathed. In fact, a mandatory imprisonment of 72 hours is prescribed by law to first-time DUI offenders. They also need to pay the minimum fine of $1,500.00. They will also have to forgo driving for at least three months. That’s bad news especially if they have to report for community service as well. These are just a few of the things that first-time DWI offenders in Anchorage will have to face if cited for violation of the statute.

If you find yourself in this unfortunate situation, you really should consider checking out various Anchorage DWI lawyers before you make your choice. You really need someone who knows what he or she is doing. You need someone who can help you face the charges properly.

Author: Peter I Smithson
Source: ezinearticles.com

Can You Really Think and Grow Rich?

There are many ways to interpret Think and Grow Rich. This is just one way I see it.

Having read the book “Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill” a couple of times I can highly recommend it to everyone. Whether you are looking to get rich or not, there are deeper lessons to be learned from it than how to grow rich by thinking about it.

I don’t want to go into details of the book at this time, but just want to look at the title “Think and Grow Rich”. Can you really Think and Grow Rich?. Well if you take a look at you own life to this point in time and work your way backwards step by step, you’ll see a very clear pattern emerging.

Lets look at your present job for example, ( fill in the blanks to suit – this will work for just about any job or position – employed, unemployed or other!) So, at the moment your a ____, and you’ve been there since ____. Before then you where a ____. Then you either wanted to change or had to change due to either your circumstances or those beyond your control.

Now this is the interesting part…. you got to your position today as a direct result of your thoughts! – If we take that a little deeper you’ll see how that works and, how you can control your next move.

Lets make up some circumstances for a good example:

Alan works in a supermarket, and he hates it!, so he’s faced with a decision that will change his life forever. This decision will be made either in hast or after some thought. Now if Alan just sits and thinks for a while he will begin to see the options he has, and the things he can or can’t do. So Lets look at two scenarios:

Do nothing and put up with it. Requires no thought, and no change and is by far the easiest option.
Put some thought into his options and think more long term.

This could lead to all kinds of outcomes lets take a look at some of the possibilities:

a. Look for new positions within the company
b. Look for promotion within the company
c. Look for a similar position with another company as he can do the job well, but just wants a change of scenery.
d. Learn a new skill, one that he finds interesting and would open new door’s for possible future employment, or even self employment.

This simple example shows just how useful a little bit of thought can be. Now this may seem obvious to some people, and may even appear to be stating the obvious, but until you break down the process of how your thoughts shape your future, you don’t often realise just how powerful they can be, so looking at the title of Napoleon Hills classic “Think and Grow Rich” and the original question “Can you really think and grow rich? The answer is undoubtedly YES – but only if you choose to think the right thoughts that will put you in the path to enable you to grow rich. We become what we think about.

Geoff Beattie

www.covenantoftimelesswisdom.co.uk

Author: Geoff Beattie
Source: ezinearticles.com

Lancaster Wrongful Death Attorney, Lost Love Lawyer and People Search Attorney for Lancaster – Find Your Lost Love

Lancaster Lost Loved One Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson states and psychologists agree that with so many people now searching unsuccessfully for love since the start of 2009, there may be nothing stronger or more hopeful to people in these times than finding and rekindling a lost love. These loves, by their nature are more intense than normal loves. More thought has gone into the search for the loved one. Hopes are raised and the excitement of the reunion is palpable. But it is not only the intensity of lost loves that is so attractive, says Lancaster CA Lost Loved One Attorney, Sebastian Gibson. They are also enduring in the feelings the lovers have for one another both before and after their reunion. In one study of lost-and-found lovers, nearly three quarters remained together after a decade. If you need help in searching for or finding your lost love, visit the Sebastian Gibson Law Offices at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and call us at any of the numbers easily found on our website. What makes a reunited lost love so powerful and so intense? Lancaster California Lost Loved One Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson, who recently searched for and found his own lost love, states it may be because these loves have endured the test of time, even though there has been a gap in their time spent together. It may be the obsession some people have over their lost love. It may even be the effect of movies, literature and music that makes finding a lost love so powerful. But it is surely also the combination of the highly charged effects of a new romance combined with the deep feelings of a long-term romance by persons who now know the importance of true love and who treasure it when it is finally realized. When that love is reignited after the absence has made their hearts grow fonder, it is even more intense the second time around. Their feelings have grown even more potent, passion even more intense and upon reuniting, and lovers in this type of romance will often resolve to never lose each other again. For many, says Lancaster Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson, there is no price too high to pay to find a lost love. Another reason lost loves are so successful when they are reunited, is the single bullet theory. The theory is that every person in their life is struck by a single bullet – a single love that never makes it the same for that person with anyone else. And when such a person finally realizes who they really loved all their lives, the search for their single bullet lost love begins in earnest and with great intensity. The most interesting thing about lost loves that find each other, says Lancaster California Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, is their amazing success rate upon reuniting. While the same cannot be said for the marriages broken apart by such reunions, the results for the couples finding each other appears worth the risk of the breakup of a marriage in many cases. Of course, many couples are in unhappy marriages in the first place, and this is why partners in such a marriage will often begin their search for a lost love. A lost love who contacts a person in an unhappy marriage often finds that their lost love is not only receptive to meeting with them, but has also been thinking about their lost love as well. For lost loves in unhappy marriages, it’s not only the search for or a contact by someone they once cared deeply about, it is also the possibility of realizing a dream for love they no longer find possible in their current marriage. For those in happy marriages who find themselves contacted by a lost love, the situation is more difficult, says Lancaster CA Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson. For the person whose partner has been contacted by a lost lover, this may spell doom for their marriage. And for the partner contacted by a lost love, the contact will cause that person to reexamine their life and their marriage like they never did before. Equally devastating, states Lancaster Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, is the loss of a loved one, either by wrongful death or by circumstances. Such a loss can test a person’s soul and bring unbelievable misery. The results of such devastation can often be seen when a relative or spouse dies and the remaining spouse or person who was closest to the deceased dies shortly after. While a doctor might not put it down as their cause of death, just as surely as the sun goes down every night, the person suffering the loss of a loved one subsequently dies of a broken heart. And so, Attorney Sebastian Gibson specializes in helping people search for and find their lost loves legally and when asked, will contact the lost loves on behalf of the person searching. We also specialize in seeking damages for the loss of a loved one due to a wrongful death. At the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson we utilize the most effective search techniques available and work with successful investigators and people searchers in order to find lost loves and persons responsible for the loss of a loved one in wrongful deaths. If you have lost a loved one and have been unable to find them or if you have suffered the loss of a loved one in a wrongful death, call Attorney Sebastian Gibson today and let us help you find your lost love and seek the compensation you are due as a family member, spouse or relative if a loved one has died in a wrongful death. If you’ve lost a loved one as a result of a wrongful death, learn more about wrongful death cases at our website, http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com . Due to the variables that exist in every case, Lancaster California Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can offer no guarantee that we will find your lost love or obtain compensation for you for the wrongful death of a loved one. However, in the case of lost loves, Lancaster CA Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson strives to provide the highest quality legal resources that can be utilized to find the person you are looking for. Today, the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson have more resources than ever that can be utilized to find a lost love. In most cases, upon being provided the information you have on your lost love, we will attempt to provide you with an estimate of how long it will take to find the person you are searching for. The methods we and the private investigators we utilize to find lost loves are completely legal. Lancaster California Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson’s services are confidential and private and protected by attorney confidentiality. We will only give out information about you or your search if we have a duty to do so under the law. Otherwise, your information is completely confidential. Lancaster Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson reserves the right to refuse to represent any individual or entity if in our opinion the reason for your search or for retaining our services is either not legal, ethical or, in our opinion for the right reason – love. Retainers are required in advance prior to the start of our services in searching for lost loves. Wrongful death cases that are accepted by Lancaster Wrongful Death Attorney Sebastian Gibson are accepted on a contingency basis. Sebastian Gibson is a California lawyer with over thirty years of experience in the U.S. and U.K. and nothing on this web site should be interpreted to infer that he is a private investigator. Sebastian Gibson is an experienced internet attorney and is also experienced in the search for lost loves and in wrongful death cases.

Author: R. Sebastian Gibson
Source: articlesbase.com

My Stupid Ex Boyfriend Won’t Leave Me Alone… What Does This Mean

Has your ex hurt you so negative you can’t stand it when you think about the whole situation? Do you get disturbed with how you’ve been treated? Have you ever intended to retaliate him so he feel the pain just like you’re feeling at present
Click Here – Advice to Get Over Your Ex Boyfriend Completely
I’m sorry you feel so uncomfortable, I’m aware of your situation, I have been in this situation myself and regardless of how bad it aggravates you, you must realise that he who angers you has got you. Release, admit, go ahead, respect yourself and be aware that you cannot turn it around. Even though revenge may leave you with that ultimate feeling of quick satisfaction, the greatest revenge is knowing you can do it with another human unconditionally.

Its awful to sit around by chance remembering about old relationship which gives you the feekings of powerless, exploited because you understand that he now has manipulated your thoughts and your state of mind due to the anger you have. Even though this issue harms so much do not undertake to retaliate him. Even if you think of putting some chemical in his gasoline tank I have to tell you not to.

If he finds out about the entire thing you could end up in a law suit. Although you could be influenced to give a kid some money to slash his sidewall or put some surgar in his gas tank, I urge you not to. For whatever reason if that youngster is interogated, she will probably tell them who executed that plan which leads you in more mess. Even if the kid may slips away for being a junior you wont.

If you want to do some internet revenge like throwing ex boyfriend pictures on dozens of pages about how abusive your ex is. You may go to jail if you get arrested. You have to be well aware that when your actions are done pure people suffer in the process. I recommend you find a way to go on with your life which is the best revenge. You will get fresher later in life.

Author: simon
Source: articlesbase.com

VETERANS PUSH TO STOP DIVORCE COURTS FROM DIVIDING THEIR RETIREMENT PAY

The ULSG, LLC, veterans’ group insists that the Constitution forbids a twenty-year-old federal statute that permits state divorce courts to divide veterans’ retained/retirement pay with their ex-spouses. The law is the Uniform Services Former Spouses Protection Act

The veterans’ group was founded after the failure of legislative efforts to kill the law. About twenty of the group’s members met with the ULSG’s two lawyers on December 6-7, to finalize plans for filing a federal lawsuit against the law. They plan to file the lawsuit during the first quarter of 2004.

The USFSPA undoes a Supreme Court ruling that protected veterans’ retirement pay from being divided with ex-spouses in divorce court. The ULSG contends that Congress may have meant well in enacting the USFSPA, but that the law has resulted in harsh consequences to divorced veterans, many of them unanticipated and unintended.

The group further asserts that among the law’s failings is that it does not even exempt veterans who joined the military before the law was ever passed. The ULSG asserts that this amounts to an unconstitutionally retroactive application of the law, seeing that the law was passed only after the Supreme Court said that veterans’ retirement pay could not be divided in divorce court.

Over two thousand male and female divorced veterans from an estimated population of over 100,000 who are affected by this law have already joined the ULSG’s plight. The group’s litigation effort is being led by attorney Jonathan L. Katz of the law firm of Marks & Katz, LLC, Silver Spring, Maryland, with substantial assistance from attorney David J. Bederman of Atlanta.

Attorney Katz said: “Divorced veterans have waited long enough to seek a legislative remedy to this unjust law. Now it is time to resolve the matter in court.”

The ULSG’s President, Jack C. Crutchfield, said: “We ask for nothing more than fair treatment of the divorced veterans who have so proudly served their country over the decades. We have assembled a superb legal team to lead our court challenge.”

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

MEDIA INQUIRIES:

Jonathan L. Katz, Attorney at Law

Lead Counsel for ULSG, LLC

Marks & Katz, LLC

1400 Spring Street, Suite 410

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Phone: (301) 495-4300

Fax: (301) 495-8815

E-mail: jon@markskatz.com

www.markskatz.com

NON-MEDIA INQUIRIES

ULSG, LLC

PO Box 270337

Tampa, FL 33688-0337

email: Input@ULSG.ORG

http://www.ULSG.org

Author: Anonymous
Source: free-articles