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Movies, sitcoms and soapies made in the United States could mislead Australian couples into inadvertently breaking the law when they renew their marriage vows.

In various countries in the world, including the United States, it may not be illegal to go through a form of marriage ceremony if you are already married to each other.

In Australia, that could result in six months in jail for the celebrant, considerable explaining, and possibly penalties, for the couple.

Reaffirmation or renewal of vows ceremonies are a popular and romantic way of celebrating significant wedding anniversaries. By all means wear your original wedding dress (lucky you if you can get into it – I wouldn’t have a prayer!), replicate the processional, include your original attendants, exchange new rings or the old ones refurbished.

All that is perfectly legal.

However, to remain on the right side of the law in Australia, the celebrant must make it clear to everyone that the ceremony is a renewal of vows and has no legal standing, and the wording of the vows must not imply that the ceremony is a wedding.

Prefacing your vow with On our wedding day 25 years ago, I promised to … and completing it by saying Today I reaffirm that vowwill ensure that your Renewal of Vows Ceremony is both meaningful and legal.

As is often said, your mind is the most erotic of all organs. Men are said to be visual creatures who get excited at the sight of a pair of limbs, bare skin, or whatever it is that they consider sexy. Women, on the other hand, are said to need creative stimulation for sexual arousal. Thus, following this argument, I would say that indulging in sexual fantasies is one of the soundest self-pleasure tips for women.

To get you in the mood for self-pleasure, set the mood by arranging the time and place in which you’ll do it. Put another way, make a date with yourself. Make sure that you are alone or will be undisturbed for this date. That is, unless you get excited by the prospect of imminent discovery. Part of getting to know yourself as a self-pleasure tip for women is in knowing what excites your imagination.

Here’s a self-pleasure tip for women who get sexually aroused by visual stimulation: Try watching an erotic. Nothing is stopping you from renting erotic films from your local video shop if the mood strikes you. Some women, like myself, get excited by certain films, even after having watched them millions of times. I always find myself panting with excitement every time I watch Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. Man, Brando was the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. I consider the scene where he screams: ‘Hey, Steeeeelllllaaaaahhhhh!!!’ the sexiest movie scene of all time. So, just keep watching a lot of films. If you have homemade videos of yourself doing it with your lover, even better. You might want to replay it to yourself and recapture the magic.

Another self-pleasure tip for women: Read erotic literature to yourself. Try out words and how they feel as they roll away from your tongue. I believe that there are certain words lush with libidinous possibilities. For example, for me, the word ‘lush’ is very sexy. Again, what is ‘erotic’ varies for women. Try out all types of literature to know which author excites you. The standard fare here would be Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Marquis de Zane and D. H. Lawrence. For me, Tom Robbins and Erica Jong are key writers to look up. Indulge your fantasies. Roam the inner recesses of your mind. As the clich goes, only in our imaginations can we be truly free.

Copyright 2005 – E.J. Davis

There are tons of new beat makers being born every year. New beat makers from every corner of the earth are finding out that making music is their passion. This is a great thing for the music industry because music producers keep everything alive. Starting to make beats is the journey that every music producers takes. A lot of producers don’t realize that the beats that they are making can be sold to music artists.

Starting to make instrumentals and mastering music production is a vital part of selling beats online. It wouldn’t be a good move for a brand new producer to try and sell some of their very first instrumentals. The reason is because it takes time to really master any craft. Your first few beats will not be of any great quality and selling them should not be part of your plan.

Selling beats online should come later on after you have been making instrumentals for a decent amount of time. A great way to know that you are ready to sell beats is by giving away free instrumentals to music artists. Let them make songs on your beats. If the songs turn out great and everyone loves them, you know your beats are worthy of selling.

Selling beats online can be a full time job or a side job depending on your goals. There are many beat makers online who sell their beats as a hobby. There are also many beat makers online who sell their beats full time and it’s their job. To find out which direction is best for you, ask yourself the question. If you don’t get a feeling of excitement when you think about selling beats as your job then that’s your answer.

If you have already realized and understand that selling beats is your dream and future goal then you must constantly study and research. Research how everything is done online and offline. There are so many avenues you can take to sell your beats. Online is only one direction for a beat maker to take. Have you noticed when you watch TV that there is beats playing on commercials and even on game shows? Beat makers are being paid for that!

There is so much information on the internet to help you in every way. All it takes is your time and effort to research the right information that will help you. Don’t ever give up on selling beats if you know it’s your passion.

You can usually tell the character of a person by the company they keep. Birds of a feather flock together is not only true in the animal kingdom, it is also true amongst humans. People of like mind, with similar interests tend to spend lots of time together. It’s only natural to be friends with people to whom you can relate.

Consider this. If you are in a long-term relationship with another, that person will influence how you develop and grow. If you were in a long-term relationship with a different person, you would have a different set of influences and as a result potentially be a quite a different person from who you are now.

That is true not only of your closest relationship, but also of your other relationships as well. The people you spend time with will influence you, even in subtle ways, because in a very real sense your understanding of yourself is shaped and formed by those with whom you relate. You can get a very good idea of the type of person you are by taking a good look at your friends.

Do you like what you see in those people, their attitudes, their values, their lifestyle? If not, then you need to do something about it, because that is how other people see you.

Our son had a life changing event happen to him a few years ago now. One of the things that event provided him was an opportunity to take a step back and look at his life and where it was headed. He didn’t like what he saw. In particular he suddenly saw his friends in a different light and decided he did not want to go down the same path as what they were treading. He was able to turn his life completely around, and now has a completely different group of friends with whom he has much in common.

That life changing event was a car crash in which he was critically injured and spent 16 days in a coma and months in recovery. His whole outlook on life changed, for the better, and he is now in a far better position than he was at that time. It does not have to be as traumatic as that for you to start to change your life around.

In my son’s case, his supposed friends rejected him, so in a sense he was forced to make the change. But you can start by developing new friendships while maintaining your old ones. As your new friendships strengthen you simply start to spend more time and energy on them than you do on the old ones. But where do you find those new people? The answer is simple: in places other than where you found your old friends. So, for example, if your old friends frequent a particular venue, try going somewhere else. Become a joiner. There are any number of organisations that cater for just about every interest imaginable. In particular, groups that have as one of their reasons for being, the welfare of people outside their group would be a good place to start. The type of people those sorts of groups attract tend to be open, welcoming and understanding. That sounds like a very good recipe for developing new friendships. If you don’t find friendship there, keep looking until you find a group with which you are comfortable. You will be amazed at how much better your life will become.

A guide for writers and producers

Are you a feature writer with a good idea but struggling to shape it into a script you can sell? Are you a budding producer with a great project but frustrated and confused where to go next?

For writers and producers there are a stack of challenges that appear on the path from page to production: what are the key elements in a successful story? What makes it commercial? When do you know if a script is developed enough and ready to show to a director, actor or financier? How do you get the project funded? What are the steps all the way to completion? and what are the pitfalls producers must avoid?

Information – useful, solid information – is power. The more you, as a writer or producer, understand about the filmmaking process the more you will be able to shape and hone your project right from the start.

There are essentially four stages in making a film: DEVELOPMENT, PREPRODUCTION, PRODUCTION and POST-PRODUCTION. Each stage is complicated, requiring a range of skills and knowledge and an ideal sequence of action, but first let’s just look at Development.

Development usually involves a close working relationship between writer and producer. This can be regarded as a sort of marriage, a relationship of some significance, as it is likely both parties will be working together for a good while, years even. Yet writers and producers tend to be very different animals, so it is vital there is a mutual understanding and respect for each others’ talents. Writers need to be open and flexible and producers must tread gently at times, especially if major changes to the script are required.

In the Development stage careful reports and analysis are used to develop the initial script and strengthen the story, remove weak or unnecessary elements, and increase its commercial potential by adding such things as a touch of comedy, a love interest, more action scenes, more suspense and so on.

(You could argue that there is a stage prior to this – the writing of early drafts by the writer on his/her own. Even this should not be done in isolation of practical and commercial considerations. Writers would be wise to study production and marketing as well as the craft of screenwriting, so that they understand from their very first line who they are writing for and to be mindful of practical constraints such as the number of characters and locations, special effects, stunts and action sequences. Successful writers understand that all screenplays have a context – the film industry. It is not a novel. For a script to have value – i.e. be optioned, sold or produced – it has to fulfill certain commercial criteria.)

The script is the blueprint, a set of instructions to the director, composer, actors, production designer, etc which they can take and implement. It’s a bit like a machine with different parts that each has to be shaped by different, highly skilled workers. With a good blueprint everyone will have a clear idea of what they must do and the overall construction will be very effective.

Many films fall down because they have not been sufficiently developed. So, vital questions for both producers and writers to ask in this crucial stage are: is the script commercial? Is it developed enough that an actor will want to star in it or a financier fund it? Is it a story that will appeal to film-going audiences? For writers immersed in the process of creating imaginary characters and storylines it is often impossible to stand back and take a more objective view, so it is vital that the producer has a strong development background as well as having a network of script readers he or she can trust.

Just getting the script to this point is a big achievement. It may take many drafts, hundreds of hours of writing and discussion, months and years. If you have got this far, well done, you’ve covered the first lap. Now take a deep breath and get ready for the next one: Pre-production.

It’s really all about getting from point A to Point B. Back when travel was arduous and dangerous people kept their Point A and Point B close together. Some people never traveled farther than a mile or two from home in their entire lives.

Nowadays there are trains, buses, boats and airplanes that will take you anywhere you want to go. Of course you have to share the space with a lot of other people that you don’t know and might not like. And you have to travel on somebody else’s schedule. And if you are flying you have to go through the security check stations which can, at the least, be a nuisance.

Most people would rather travel by car when they can. Leave when want, stop when you want, arrive when you arrive. People love cars. That’s why there are so many of them. You see them everywhere. You see them advertised everywhere.

Of course there are problems with cars and pollution and the cost of fuel. Those problems are being addressed as manufacturers invent new and better models that use electricity and other alternatives fuels. In the meantime, however, if you want to get where you want to go you need a car that runs now.

People talk about buying other people’s problems. But in fact you can pay for an awful lot of repairs on a used car for what a new vehicle will cost you. Unless your career depends on impressing people with your wealthy appearance you would be smart to shop the second-hand market.

When you buy a second-hand car you are making at least two people happy. The seller wants to sell the car and he will be happy for the money. He will be helping you to be happy if he has cared for the car well and kept a record of its service and maintenance.

Look for a car that is clean and has been treated with respect. Look for an owner or dealer who can talk knowledgeably about the vehicle’s unique features and eccentricities. Ask for specific information about what special attention it will need when you take it in for maintenance.

As with marriage, buying the car is just the beginning. Only in fairy tales does happily-ever-after sum it up. When buying from a dealer get his warranty in writing. When buying from a private party remind him that you know where he lives.

Female orgasm enhancers have the sole purpose of helping a woman to achieve climax during sexual intercourse. It is believed that the number one reason women have difficulty reaching climax is because their psychological state during sexual intercourse may not be the best. Women tend to have a lot on their minds, so it can become almost impossible to climax during an intimate setting.

Stress tends to be the worst culprit when it comes to sexual dysfunction. This is primarily due to living within a society that has caused women to have to carry more on their shoulders than what they need to. Unfortunately, this has many men believing that their performance is poor and that performance being the reason why their partners are not having orgasms. It is true that poor performance can be a factor, but that is rare.

Fortunately, orgasm enhancers are available for females in order to make the bedroom experience much better. Not only do these enhancers work for the female, but they also work for the male as well. This is because they male does not have the stress of wondering whether or not his performance is up to par or simply feeling inadequate.

Another benefit of these enhancers is the fact that the relationship can thrive. Sexual problems can lead to issues within a relationship. A woman can think there is something wrong with her, a man can think something is wrong with him, or they can think there is something wrong with each other. Sexual difficulties can lead to a couple growing apart because they have difficulty sharing that very important part of intimacy.

The orgasm enhancer is designed to help a man and woman have the bedroom experience that their relationship needs. As for how it works, a woman is able to take her mind off of those things stressing her out and let her inhibitions go. When it comes to supplements, the supplements are meant to give the female body what it needs to perform well sexually and to also have a little bit of a mental boost.

If you are a woman experiencing difficulty climaxing, know that you are not alone. Approximately 43% of women will have some kind of difficulty sexually. Poor diet, stress, and even aging are some of these factors. Fortunately, the effects of sexual dysfunction can be defeated.

So when suffering from the inability to have an orgasm, know that you have access to female orgasm enhancers. You will most likely notice a world of difference in both your mental and physical state so that the bedroom experience can be enjoyable rather than a burden. You will feel better and so will your partner.

Emergencies can- and do- come in many forms. A shoot-out, fire, a serious road accident are all examples of situations that require suitable response by trained professionals. So also emergencies created by heavy snow or rain or earthquakes, tornadoes, mudslides etc. For emergency response professional teams to be able to do their job well, they need powerful lighting at the site. But not all emergencies occur during bright sunlight or where there is adequate artificial light. That’s why portable artificial light sources such as mini lightbars are becoming an indispensable part of an emergency response team’s kit.

With LED technology becoming more affordable, it is not surprising that mini lightbars too use LEDs. Of course, you can also choose strobe or halogen based lightbars. Typically, LED based units consist of an array of around 50 LEDs, each consuming 1 Watt of power. But the combined light emitted by such an array of LEDs is very bright. Far brighter than what halogen lamps or even CFLs can produce.

While intensity of light produced is a major requirement of mini lightbars, there are other features too that a good unit must possess. These features are relevant given the kind of conditions in which the unit will be used. They must be relatively small and light-weight, so that they can be easily handled by the emergency response team. They must be waterproof, not just to protect the electronics and circuitry, but also because the unit may be used in rainy weather. Not all sites may have easy access to electricity. Indeed, some emergency situations may even knock out power lines, resulting in loss of electricity in the affected area. To be useful in such conditions, the unit must have the ability to work even when plugged into cigarette lighter plugs of cars at the scene. Of course, they must also have the option of being plugged into a switch box.

Some emergency situations may last for hours. In such cases, how long the mini lightbars can continue working is important. Therefore, the longevity of the LEDs is important. This is where LED-based units score over halogen units. There is also the larger question of energy-efficiency. Decision-makers will prefer a unit that is more energy efficient to one that is less so. How easily the unit can be mounted on a vehicle such as a car or excavator is also a factor to be considered. A car needs to travel quickly to the site.

If the lightbar unit adds to drag, response times can go up. A few minutes can well mean the difference between life and death. So the unit must be aerodynamic in design- which means a low profile. It must also have the option of magnetic mounts so that it can be quickly fixed on top of a car. If the unit is mounted on a vehicle such as an excavator, chances are it will experience lots of vibration. The ability to absorb vibrations is also an important feature. Lastly, factor in the warranty provided. Most manufacturers provide a five-year warranty for mini lightbars.

Success (Haiku Poem)

So many people

Work long hours, even weeks,

Without successes.

Tell me

If I could twist your mind,

If I could change your thoughts

And if I could absorb all your sadness,

Tell me that you would give me a smile,

That smile so disarming,

Tell me that you would give me a first kiss.

Certainly, I would feel an overwhelmed desire,

As our encounter would begin.

Tell me that you would take me

To your heart,

When the gestures would become thrills

And some cries would become symbols of things….

Certainly, I would be yours

And you would be mine.

I would stay perfectly there for sure,

In a moment of self forgetfulness.

And if another one had been

With you

Instead of me,

Tell me that you would have felt so much sorrow that

You would have abandoned her

To be with me….

Tell me that you knew that I had known this.

Even so, I let you go,

Being unable to break that invisible wall

To be together…..

Terminus Sam Shing

When dinning thunder rolled into madness,

Among the flowers and the wind of spring,

Your lost soul was embedded in sadness

To walk right to the Terminus Sam Shing.

With white clothes and lost thoughts, you were alone,

In aftertime, for thinking to your choice.

With dropping tears, I’m much more like a stone.

I would have singing, but I had no voice.

You didn’t try to live your dreams with me.

Your agony meant shivers from black hole,

Your sad soul never wanted to be free,

You’re the destroyer of your proper soul.

Like a child-Haiku

Carrying on all

The plans for the future self,

Impossible plans.

The baritone singer

The magic.

Across the dreaming sky,

Memories and tears

Hanging down

Magnolias

In crying bouquets,

Illusions

Trying

To please the pleasant sound,

Certainties

Existent inside

Despite an indistinct understanding,

The sky having the same stars

Mixed with

The same dreams,

The stars having the same shine,

The baritone singer

Trying

To sound the pleasantness,

Trying

To please the soundness,

The baritone singer

Trying

To dream his star,

Trying

To star in his own dream.

The dark kinetic love

The dark love,

Grieving my darkness,

The red meat

And the blood of my sadness,

Carving in the sand

Its shadow,

The scissor,

Lurking in grass

Its soft violence

For the kinetic buds

And the returning sap through the

Needles eyes

Of the tree,

The wayward yearning

To share the string waves

Of starting, stopping

And restarting,

Forever kinetic,

Two feelings meeting

For becoming then one,

Like words entwining

To give life unto that is itself.

Dark clouds flushing the wound.

You look out the window, see the drizzle that is getting faster and you sigh. You know that by the end of the evening your car will be soaking, and by tomorrow, the damage will have been well absorbed. Oh well, you sigh, that’s the way life is.

Sorry, but it ain’t. You’re wrong. Neither you nor your car have to go those the awful ordeal of getting wrecked and ruined every day. Learn about car covers and how they can change your life.

Car covers are cleverly woven fabrics, cut and sized to fit your car, that will be able to shield your car from the detriments of nature. As nature takes it’s course, your car is at peril. Be it the rain, wind, sun, snow, anything, they all have destructive factors that will wreck the car.

Most car covers are completely and entirely waterproof. This means that a thunderstorm could be raging outside, but your car, comfortably tucked away beneath a cover, is bone dry. As a result, your car is saved from becoming horribly water-stained, and rusty with time. What you may not have known is that the level of acid in the rainfalls today are alarmingly high. This very acid eats away and the car’s beautiful paintwork, and totally disintegrates it. The result is – awful!

Snow is dangerous when it hits an uncovered car. Snow freezes over the car, including it’s brakes. When brakes are frozen over, they do not work as effectively as they should, and the result could be fatal, G-d forbid.

Another feature car covers have is ultra violet resistant. Due to global warming, the sun’s ultra violet rays are more powerful than ever. These rays melt away the finish of the car and fade the paintwork making it colourless. The inside becomes overheated, which is unbearable to drive in, and very claustrophobic. When the car overheats, the internal specs of the car get ruined too.

Instead of all this damage occurring, the cover simply reflect the ultra violet rays away from the car. Your car can therefore remain gleaming and shiny without any worry.

It goes without saying that a car that is covered over, does not fall prey to stains from dirt, dust, birds muck, tree say, and anything else that may park themselves on the car. These stains are near impossible to remove. They cause endless aggravation, not to mention plain and simple ugliness.

Car covers are a cost effective way of ensuring that your car stays clean and in a healthy condition. They are not expensive, especially when weighed up against the cost of constant car cleaning, polishing, and repairing.

What people love most about car covers is their practicality. They are so neat and compact when not in use that they could be transported around in the glove compartment. This way, it comes with you wherever you go, always giving you the protection you and your car need and want. It is your portable garage!