15Apr10 Signs You May Be Charging Too Much

Ssigns that indicate that you were charging too little. In this occasion Freelance Switch tells us the opposite.Number 10:
To justify the price on your quotes, you’ve started writing extra words that usually mean the same thing…

eg. Creation of Concept, Concept Development, Concept Refinement, Tweaking to Concept, Amendments to Concept ….
Number 9:
You’re still living off a job you finished in 2005.

Number 8:
Even large clients ask to pay you in installments.

Number 7:
Clients ask if you are perhaps quoting in Singapore dollars even though you live in Ohio.

Number 6:
When you mention that a change request is going to incur additional charges, most clients start to hyperventillate.

Number 5:
No-one ever hires you twice.

Number 4:
When presented with an estimate, clients often say things like “If you didn’t want to work with me you could have just said so”.

Number 3:
When you tried to use the FreelanceSwitch rates calculator your computer exploded.

Number 2:
When you hear how much your lawyer charges per hour you think ‘peh, small fry!’.

…. And the number one sign you may be charging too much
You have reportedly charged *cough* $700,000 for this logo…

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15AprLose Weight, Feel Great - Generic Acomplia

Generic Acomplia helps people who are obese to regain their health. Along with diet and exercise, it has been clinically proven as a powerful tool for weight loss.

Generic Acomplia works on the brains receptors to block cravings for food and some other substances. It works on the system that regulates the appetite and energy, called the Endocannabinoid system. It blocks some of the receptors in the Endocannabinoid system which results in your desire to eat less. It actually targets the same receptor responsible for ‘the munchies’ when people smoke marijuana, except instead of making one hungry, it has the opposite effect.

Click here to learn more about Generic Acomplia

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14Apr71 CSS Menus For Web Designers

Thanks to Vecindad Gráfica I was able to find a very large list of menus made with CSS. You’ll find something you’ll love for sure.

  1. 11 CSS navigation menus
  2. 12 more CSS Navigation Menus
  3. 14 Free Vertical CSS Menus
  4. 2-level horizontal navigation
  5. Absolute Lists: Alternatives to Divs
  6. Accessible Image-Tab Rollovers
  7. ADxMenu
  8. A drop-down theme
  9. Bookend Lists: Using CSS to Float a Masthead
  10. Bulletproof Slants
  11. Centered Tabs with CSS
  12. Clickable Link Backgrounds
  13. Create a Teaser Thumbnail List Using CSS: Part 1
  14. Creating Indented Navigation Lists
  15. Creating Multicolumn Lists
  16. cssMenus - 4 Level Deep List Menu
  17. CSS and Round Corners: Build Accessible Menu Tabs
  18. CSS-Based Tabbed Menu
  19. CSS-based Navigation
  20. CSS: Double Lists
  21. CSS Mini Tabs (the UN-tab, tab)
  22. CSS only dropdown menu
  23. CSS only flyout menus
  24. CSS only flyout/dropdown menu
  25. CSS only flyout menu with transparency
  26. CSS only vertical sliding menu
  27. CSS Swag: Multi-Column Lists
  28. CSS Tabs
  29. CSS Tabs
  30. CSS tabs with Submenus
  31. dTree Navigation Menu
  32. Definition lists - misused or misunderstood?
  33. Do You Want To Do That With CSS? - Multiple Column Lists
  34. Drop-Down Menus, Horizontal Style
  35. Float Mini tabs
  36. Flowing a List Across Multiple Columns
  37. Free Menu Designs V 1.1
  38. FreeStyle Menus
  39. Hidden tab menu
  40. How to Style a Definition List with CSS
  41. How to Style an Unordered List with CSS
  42. How to Use CSS to Position Horizontal Unordered Lists
  43. Hybrid CSS Dropdowns
  44. Inline Mini Tabs
  45. Intelligent Menus
  46. Inverted Sliding Doors Tabs
  47. Light Weight Multi Level Menu
  48. List Display Problems In Explorer For Windows
  49. Listamatic
  50. Listamatic2
  51. Menus galleries in CSS and XHTML
  52. Mini-Tab Shapes
  53. Mini-Tab Shapes 2
  54. More than Just Bullets
  55. Multiple Column Lists
  56. A Navbar Using Lists
  57. Navigation Matrix Reloaded
  58. Remote Control CSS
  59. Remote Control CSS Revisited - Caving in to peer pressure
  60. Rounding Tab Corners
  61. Simple CSS Tabs
  62. Simplified CSS Tabs
  63. Sliding Doors
  64. Spruced-Up Site Maps
  65. Styling Nested List
  66. Suckerfish Dropdowns
  67. Tabtastic
  68. Tabs Tutorial
  69. Taming Lists
  70. Turning a List into a Navigation Bar
  71. Ultimate css only dropdown menu
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14AprLA Police Gear

Looking for quality police gear? Well look no more! LA Police Gear offers a wide range of police clothing and gears for great reasonable prices. From boots, to shirts, to pants, to boots, to under armour, and 5.11 Tactical! You need it, want it, and/or looking for it, they got it and sell it! Check out the closeouts for even better deals! LA Police Gear are extremely competitive on large orders that is why they provide quotes to government agencies and other businesses and is well-known for our quick response and fast execution on orders.

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10AprThe (Real) Language of Love

They say up to 90 percent of our communication with one another is nonverbal — but is he getting the right message? Sometimes what’s in your heart and mind doesn’t come across in your body language. When dating and mating, it’s important to make sure your body language is as sharp as your conversation skills.

From first impressions to first dates, a smile can be worth a thousand words. A smile conveys warmth and friendliness, and helps put the other person at ease. Eye contact is another body language biggie — direct eye contact shows your respect for the other person, as well as your interest in him. In fact, if you want to show a man you’re really into him, look deeply into his eyes as he speaks to you. Trust me — he just might forget what he was saying! To catch the interest of a guy who you’re not on a date with (yet!), catch his eye and smile. Then look away. Hold his gaze the next time you glance over.

Other signs that convey your attraction include leaning toward a person, tossing your hair (not playing with it), crossing your legs, and lightly touching your arm or your neck. When people are really attracted to each other, they often lick their lips.

If you’re wondering about him, similar rules apply. Some signs to watch out for? Fidgeting, crossing his arms across the chest, and darting eyes are all signs of indifference or worse. If he can’t stop scoping the room, it’s probably best to move on!

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05AprFlexing Away Hot Flashes

What’s relaxing, good for you, and may help reduce hot flashes? It’s yoga.

The practice of yoga is an excellent way to stay fit through middle-age and beyond. Even better, research from the Mayo Clinic finds that practicing yoga can reduce hot flashes by 30 to 100 percent! That’s very good news, considering that 75 percent of women experience hot flashes.

The key is that yoga activates the parasympathetic branch of the autonomous nervous system, the branch that governs relaxation. Most of us exist in a state of sympathetic activation — the sympathetic branch being the one that enables us to react to stresses and challenges in our environment. It’s not good for our bodies (or our minds) to be in such a constant state of alert. Yoga teaches the body to relax: Breathing and heart rate slow down, circulation improves, and a feeling of relaxation sets in. It’s a more conducive environment in which the body can function effectively.

By tuning in to your body’s responses, you can minimize hot flashes. You learn to recognize when you feel one coming on and intercept it. Though nervous system responses are considered involuntary, the practice of yoga teaches you to change your body’s way of responding. It’s a combination of mind- and body-control that, over time, reduces the severity and frequency of hot flashes.

Don’t worry if you’ve never done yoga before. Everybody begins as a novice, and yoga is not about twisting yourself into a pretzel. It’s about harmonizing body and mind for a new level of well-being — and fewer hot flashes!

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29MarGive it up!

Being submissive in bed can be highly erotic. When you actively surrender to your partner, sex becomes sensational. You’re at the mercy of your man’s touch — and not knowing what’s next can make sex more intense and exciting.

Your arousal is heightened when you give up all the control — especially if you’ve ever fantasized about being taken charge of in bed. Set the scene: Close your eyes and imagine being ravaged by your partner, a sexy stranger, anyone — just get lost in your own delicious fantasy.

Then let your partner in on your secret. Of course, don’t tell him if you’ve been fantasizing about someone else (that’s for your own personal inspiration), but do tell him you want to be totally under his control. Believe me, he’ll be thrilled with his new authority! You can lay down some ground rules if you’d like. Will you be tied up? Should he tease you? Think about what you want out of the experience and then let him take the wheel. Even better, let him surprise you right from the get-go — you’ll both love it!

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25MarFormaspace.com Tech Furniture

Aside from ready made technical/office furnitures, Formaspace.com offers a ‘you customize’ technical/office furniture Workbenches! Design it the way you want! Formaspace.com offers a wide range of classic desktops, LAN stations, design stations, tools benches, lab furniture, cabinets, and much more! From business to government to laboratory furniture, you name it, they got it! Visit Formaspace.com for more!

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20MarNot In The Zone?

It’s the oldest cliché in the book: He wants sex, she’s not in the mood. Well, guess what? That cliché happens to be very real for many couples — but it doesn’t have to be a source of discontent.

First, understand that a man’s sex drive is hormonal, powered by his testosterone levels. Men simply think about sex more often than women do, and most men derive a sense of closeness to their partner through sex. But the number-one aphrodisiac for a woman is the sense of emotional intimacy she shares with her partner. And men are most likely to provide this emotional intimacy when they’re getting the sex they crave. So it’s a conundrum: She doesn’t want to have sex unless she feels close to him, and he doesn’t give her that sense of closeness unless he’s getting sex from her.

So, if you’re starting to feel disconnected, the answer just might be: sex! Connection accomplished, for both of you.

Interestingly, a recent poll found that when asked if they’d like their partner to initiate sex less often, 82 percent of women said no! So I guess all the asking isn’t such a bad thing after all. Why not return the compliment by indulging him more often?

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15MarTips: Getting Back In The Game

Has it been a while? We’ve all been there — you can’t remember the last time you felt the warm touch of another, and there are no prospects in sight. But before you fill out that application to join a convent, take a deep breath and relax. Breaking the cycle when you’ve gone too long without sex is easier — and safer — than you might think.

It’s important to get back in touch with your body and the sexual energy that’s inside. When you go too long without sex, the hormones and neurotransmitters that pump through your body when you’re having sex decline. Because of this, you may simply stop feeling sexual, and you may not be sending the right “signals” to a potential partner.

Here are some suggestions for hastening the end of the drought:

Flirt. Even if it’s the last person you would ever go out with, use it as a confidence-boosting opportunity. Turn on the charm — smile and practice some skills you may be too nervous to try on a real love interest.

Masturbate. Regularly. Make sure you’re staying in the game, so to speak, by having a little fun on the sidelines. Self-stimulation offers both chemical and physical benefits — and you just might learn something new about your sexual response while you’re at it.

Buy a few erotic novels. By erotic, I mean whatever tickles your fancy. From a classic like D.H. Lawrence’s Women in Love to good old Danielle Steel, keeping sex on the brain infuses you with sensuality. Thankfully, there are scores of excellent books under the heading of female erotica.

Whatever you do, don’t lose hope! Before you know it, you’ll be back in the game and in the right frame of mind to find yourself a partner!

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