Saturday, November 13, 2010

Massage Therapy For Your Health: Massage Chairs Can Help!

By Janet Lammers

We know we need to take good care of our bodies. We also know that having good health should be a higher priority. We get so busy, we just do not have time for everything. Out goes the window our long term health. We accumulate stress throughout the day and need a way to release it. Since ancient times, massage therapy was the answer to releasing stress and relaxing. Time at the day spa would be nice, if only I had the time. This is where a massage chair can help.

The premier massage chair brands build in an arsenal of advanced massage therapies. How can a massage chair help me? Massage chairs recliners are capable of performing full body massages. Need attention to your shoulders, push the button. Lower back got you down, push the button. Do your feet ache? push the button. Relief from aches, pains and discomfort are only a push of a button away.

Massage therapy is being recognized in more studies as an effective treatment to increase blood flow and lymph flow; reduce stress; relax muscles; reduce heart rate; and improve range of motion. These are significant findings. However, these benefits are premised on obtaining these therapies on a periodic basis. Just like diet and exercise, massage needs to be part of your total health routine. Not just something done a few times a year.

OK, we know massage therapy is good for our health, but I just do not have the time. I love the day spa and it is wonderful for a great array of massage therapy. My only gripe is not having enough time to take advantage of it. By the time I go and get my wonderful treatment and come home, it took over 2 hours. Now, most of the time was heavenly bliss, so I am not complaining. It it just finding that amount of time (forget about money) to get the benefit. Now, a massage chair has one great advantage. It is always waiting for me with its tireless mechanical hands to relieve my daily stress.

The traditional massage at a day spa for a full body massage starts with a therapist covering one part of your bodywill and then moving on to the next. If there are 5 major areas of coverage, then the massage therapist spends an average of 10 minutes on each area over a 50 minute massage.

Now, a massage chair performs a full body massage as well. The difference is the massage chair works in parallel, so all major areas are receiving massages simultaneously. Since all areas are being massaged, the total massage time is only 10 minutes. The massage therapist by contrast work 5 areas for 10 minutes each for a total of 50 minutes. The massage therapist takes 5 times longer to cover the same area.

A massage chair can help you by always being available when you need it. Imagine having 24/7 access to your own mechanical masseuse. No appointment necessary. Building a routine around massage therapy cannot be too hard. In fact to get the most benefit, the routine has to include periodic, continuous treatment. Sound like more fun that working out! Well, it certainly is a great compliment to soothe those aches, pains and soreness. Get the balance you need, and look at integrating massage therapy into your total health. The ancients would have loved the opportunity to have a massage chair recliner. - 42635

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Interesting Facts About Life Extension Treatment And Vitamin C

By James Keyes

Environmental pollutants and overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation can causing oxidative stress to the skin and accelerate the aging the skin through the degradation of collagen. However, there is a remedy that will heal the skin and help to overcome the effects of aging. The body's production of collagen is the result of vitamin C, which is an important antioxidant which helps to rejuvenate photo damaged and aged skin.

Although vitamin C is an important nutrient for good health, when it is taken orally very little gets to the ski. When the levels of vitamin C in the skin decrease with age, replenishing the levels of vitamin C directly into the skin helps to fight oxidative stress and the degradation of collagen. There are studies that have shown that when vitamin C is applied topically, it reduces the effects of free radicals and promotes the formation of collagen which helps to keep the skin youthful and firm.

All through history, women have always found a way to fight the effects of anti aging by using vitamin C topically.

During the Tang Dynasty in Tibet, the women who wanted to combat the premature aging of the skin rubbed vitamin C rich sea buckthorn on their face and hands. Many years ago, Native Americans used a past that was rich in vitamin C that they made out of rose petals to heal and moisten their skin.

These herbal remedies have become to be understood by modern medicine. When vitamin C is applied topically, it limits the damage to the skin that is caused by free radicals, and it rejuvenates the skin by improving collagen that is synthesized in the skin which slows down aging. In order to have youthful, firm skin, the structural support protein in collagen is necessary. The overall amount of collagen that is in the skin declines with age, which is accelerated by numerous factors such as inflammation, free radicals, smoking, and sunlight. One of the most effective methods to increase the slow degradation of collagen synthesis is with the topical application of vitamin C.

Much of the vitamin C that a person ingests is excreted rapidly because it is water soluble. In addition, human beings and some other species don't have the ability to produce the vitamin C that is so necessary for healthy, beautiful skin.

Although taking vitamin C orally is important to maintain a person's overall health, it doesn't do a very good job of increasing the skin's concentrations of vitamin C since its absorption is limited by the mechanisms of transportation in the stomach. Applying vitamin C topically is the most effective way to replace vitamin C in the skin. - 42635

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Friday, November 12, 2010

Over The Counter Bulletin Board - Now You Can Raise Money Quicker

By James Scott

Structure your company should spearhead your capital raising initiative. Make sure that your corporate layout is conducive to creating and retaining investor and venture capitalist attention. You should have a solid and elite executive team composed of the best of the best that your industry has to offer and if you can't attract those in the upper echelon of your business genre, you need to take an active approach to branding them as experts using on and offline PR campaigns labeling yourselves as industry experts who are innovating industry changing solutions. Create a stir, be controversial (but not offensive) and be ready to back up your stir with empirical evidence of your knowledge and success. You should have an advisory board and board of directors composed of industry specialists. Each individual should represent a forte that makes investors start to salivate when they are reading the bio section of your business plan. They should be able to contribute with contract negotiation, strong alliance introduction capabilities and more. When choosing professionals to fill the void of adviser and director positions you should think in terms of corporate 'growth' and 'stabilization'.

Next you want to make sure that your entity is prepared to receive debt and/or equity capital. You'll need a solid business plan, don't write it yourself, you'll only hinder your ability to raise capital. Call a professional to write your strategic business plan. Next you'll need a way to distribute equity or debt shares, a Private Placement Memorandum is the most common mechanism for helping companies raise capital quickly and easily while staying within the regulation guidelines of the SEC. Your PPM must be written by a professional to deliver the ultimate protection for your company while simultaneously spelling out the technical intricacies of your business to the investor.

Now that your company is structured properly, you have a business plan and a PPM, you are ready to start raising capital. Your first call should be to a corporate turnaround consultant with an arsenal of global funding contacts composed of all the necessary contacts such as: venture capital firms, private equity firms, angel investors, private investors, accredited investors, structured finance firms and so on. This turnaround consultant, if they are part of an established firm (always use a small boutique firm if you can find one, they are much more affective and one on one than the larger firms and tend to get the job done quicker without the headaches) they will have a service call and 'Investor Finder' service. They will reach into their gargantuan bag of contacts and give you so many funding options your head will spin, thus, making your fund raising efforts fast and painless.

Now that you achieved your first round of fund raising it's time to get serious. Yes! It's time to take your company public. Stay away from Pink Sheets and Reverse Mergers, you'll only regret it. If you are a smaller business or a startup, your best bet is the OTCBB. Go back to your turnaround consultant and have them start putting you through the sec audit, sec registration, FINRA registration and Market Maker joint venture and S1 filing. They should be able to handle the entire 'going public' process for you and in 4 to 7 months, you're public and trading.

Be sure to take advantage of the multitude of strategies to capitalize off of your securities. Remember there are many ways to capitalize off of your shares, selling shares through your market maker, continuously engaging in heavy PR to stabilize and enhance your stock price and another way that many entrepreneurs don't consider as an option when raising capital, the almighty hedge lender will can lend your company money against your collateralized securities. Yes! Use your stock as security for financing. After you pay off the loan, line of credit or lease you get those shares back (be sure that your lawyer audits your contract with the lender to keep away from any convertible stock clauses). So now you are raising capital by selling stock as well as the 'on demand' loan or loc concept of security backed lending.

Congratulations! You've just completed 'Real' corporate finance 101! Now get out there, put your company together and start raising the capital you need. - 42635

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Your Sheffield Sciatica Issues Helped With Acupuncture And Therapy

By Judie Vivien Pullido

Sciatica issues are something that can be experienced on a chronic basis or come on seemingly out of nowhere. In either situation, a Sheffield physiotherapist can help you with them. A physiotherapist provides natural as well as non invasive ways to approach issues of this type.

There are lots of reasons that sciatic pain can happen. For some people, it is a low back disc that is causing the problem. For others, it is a muscle that is putting pressure on the sciatic nerve. The pain may be felt on just one side of the body or on both of them. It is sometimes felt in just one location where the pain is originating from or it can be felt down the entire leg.

Since there is such variety to these issues, a physiotherapist will start by performing a complete assessment of your particular situation. Following this, a personalized approach to your sciatica can be designed. Often, this will include several different kinds of therapies.

One type of therapy that is often used is acupuncture. Acupuncture has been found to be quite useful both in relieving pain as well as in speeding up the healing process. It is an excellent therapy to use in conjunction with other types of modalities, and can be used for disc problems, muscular problems and more.

Exercises for rehabilitation will also usually be prescribed. Exercises such as these do more than help with recovery from the current issue. They are also able to help prevent future problems from occurring.

A Sheffield physiotherapist can help with your sciatica problems whether they result from a sports injury, a work related accident or the etiology is unknown. The types of therapies used are often able to help even when other modalities have not been able to. It's certainly worth investigating before resorting to surgery which may end up not being necessary. - 42635

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Take A Company Public - S1 Filing - Powerful Investor Relations - Globalization Strategies

By James Scott

For those of you who have reached the point in your company's evolution where it's time to take your company public there is often a lot of confusion centering around the services that a corporation needs in order to go public at a solid price, hold it's position and grow steadily.

The solution is to bring on a consulting firm steeped in a solid history of creating solid corporate foundations so that building on that foundation is simple and streamlined. Below is what you can expect to pay and the services you'll need for a solid public offering on an exchange like the OTCBB that will help your company eventually qualify for the NASDAQ.

Of course there are many consulting firms out there who will do reverse mergers into public shells or charge $400k+ for the process of going public but the truth is, your company can get a premium grade public offering solutions without having to pay even remotely close to that much.

For a solid, top tier consulting firm to come into your company and provide everything from A to Z, the below is what you can expect to get and pay from reputable consulting sources.

For a full turnkey solution, the costs involved and solutions provided would look something like this: 1. Retainer ($25k to $35k)+ equity distribution 2. Business plan and Private Placement Memorandum authoring 3. Company Valuation by top tier analyst 4. Board of directors selection and evaluation 5. Advisory board selection and evaluation 6. C level executive evaluation and recruitment initiation (if needed) 7. Strategic Alliance search and facilitation 8. First round of funding offered to our investor network (and your investor contacts) 9. PCAOB audit 10. $50k fee from proceeds raised paid to Consultant 11. S1 filed by PCS legal team through SEC comments stage to SEC approval 12. Market Maker attachment, 15c211 filing with FINRA and final payment of $50k is made to Consultant from capital raised 13. Trading symbol issued to company by FINRA 14. Company is up and trading on OTCBB 15. Consultant brings in first phase Investor Relations strategies to create market and trading volume activity 16. National Public Relations strategy begins by having C level executives placed on top tier radio and TV programs as Expert Panel participants for industry 17. Ongoing acquisitions identification, corporate expansion strategies and Investor Relations consulting by Consultant to assist company with growth.

You don't need to overpay for a service as intricate as going public. Just find a turn-key consultant who understands your company and what you're trying to achieve and take it from there. - 42635

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Bridesmaid Jewelry For Weddings

By Janeth Green

All of us were raised in a different home, environment and society. Thus we are exposed to varying influences as well, and they in turn dictate part of how we live and what we prefer. This is the reason why when you observe how women advocate fashion, they apply what they have learned according to what they believe looks best on them that fits their personality. To go down to specifics, even if jewelry can be expensive, once women have the opportunity to own one, they will surely not decline or reject the chance. The rich and famous are popularly known to have wide collection because they can afford to have many kinds as well. It comes to a point when they couldn't go out of the house without a piece. Meanwhile, for some modest owners who only have a few, they usually reserve it for very special occasions, like dinner dates, VIP parties or weddings in which even the women in the entourage have bridesmaid jewelry as accessories.

The limelight automatically shines on the couple who are soon to be wed, because it is when they will culminate months or years of friendship and love and be sacred in union under the new journey that is marriage. Imagine having gone through a lot of ups and downs, and for two people to remain devoted to each other no matter what, it deserves respect and the bind that they ought to keep for a lifetime. And together with the grandness of the event, everything should go as planned and in order. After all, it takes months to prepare everything. First, there's the gown which should be perfect in sight, and mind you, it could cost much. Meanwhile, everyone should look their best because it is a celebration of love and the beauty of it, thus the need for all things inspirational and heartwarming.

And then there are the suits and gowns for the entourage who would walk the aisle in which the groom and bride would grace as well. For accessories, the necklaces are best worn when the gowns are designed to show off the neck area, because then it can be viewed perfectly and admired even from a distance. Meanwhile, a pair of earrings could also work well to make the face more pleasing and elegant. Now you can also adorn your hands with bracelets and a ring which can be shown off once you carry that lovely bouquet on the ceremony. There are a lot of items that you can choose from the bridesmaid jewelry set, and it's best to use them appropriately.

If you are keen on the kind of material used to make them, you also have a wide collection to choose from starting from the birth stones. The most common ones used for weddings include the pearl set which looks so ethereal and pure with its milky finish. Meanwhile, for the more sophisticated class who can afford to spend hundreds of thousands, a diamond set would be a timeless and classic piece.

If by any chance you can squeeze in some extra expense to the budget, then think well of the surprise you will give to the women who mean a lot to you. A bridesmaid jewelry set will be a perfect choice because it can never go wrong once worn in events that are meant to be remembered, - 42635

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Taking A Company Public: Is Business A Form Of Warfare?

By James Scott

So is business a form of warfare? If it is who are the pawns and who are the kings? Let's look at the facts and past the 1980s clichs that chant: Greed Is Good and Business Is War as those chanting these phrases are often on the sidelines and not gifted enough to be on the field and playing and have no choice but to live vicariously through those they are jealously watching.

Everyone wants to be a player but in this industry you need a lot more than drive you need connections and capability. By connections I mean global political, global corporate, international finance and more. By capability I mean nerves of steel, the ability to bath in acid and swim with sharks and eat class for breakfast. This is one of the most stressful industries I know of with a burnout rate that is off the charts and any other global consultant that I know has struggled with their demons to stay on the top of their game. Business, by all categorical definition is War.

There are winners, losers, economies rise and economies crumble all because of global commerce. Global commerce as you know is control over the masses by an elite few. The elite are not the government officials as they themselves are pawns in a much larger game that even they don't understand. Commerce and finance are numbers on a computer screen and fractional reserve lending, the IMF and other organizations at the end of marionette strings to impose the will of the elite on the global populace.

War in the form of economics is ongoing whereas war with guns and the military is to make a statement. Economic warfare is trade sanctions and limiting technology that will enable a developing nation to grow which will disable their industrial capabilities so that instead of a thriving economy they are dependent on the involvement by industrialized nations. With the Bretton Woods Convention in 1944 and the reconstruction of Europe and the doing away with the gold standard the above mentioned Numbers On A Screen are dictated by who holds the most economic collateral to enforce their idea of numbers.

This group of elites has the economic and military power to impose its will and enforce the idea that the numbers that they place on that screen are etched in stone and if those numbers demonstrate a Loan to a developing nation, though no actual empirical capital has been transferred, that developing nation now becomes a willing pawn in the overall game of economic warfare. So there you have it, business is indeed a form of warfare. This industry of global finance serves as the royal court while those around us are forced to play by the rules we invent and enforce.

I'm not saying that this is a good thing, I'm not exactly proud to be part of the problem but this is the awkward reality. I know you're waiting for a happy ending or an idea that will help create a solution but I don't have one.

When my firm is brought in as a strategist and alliance facilitator for global rollups, acquisitions, mergers and IPOs we try to create as many jobs as possible but let me ask you, by creating more jobs are we just perpetuating the problem of the masses being controlled by the few? - 42635

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