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Erotic power exchange is any situation where partners, of their own free will and choice, actively and willfully incorporate the power element in their lovemaking (and usually for a great deal in their relationship). Erotic power exchange is best known as either BDSM, S&M, D/s or sadomasochism, but these terms are all too limited, incorrect and all too frequently confused with stereotypes and forms of mental illness, which is why we like to call it Erotic Power Exchange (EPE).

The Holistic Approach

Allow us to quickly explain our view and approach. Not in order to try and force you into any direction, but to explain where we are coming from, so you will have a better understanding about the way, this online educational facility has been set up.

Erotic power exchange is a situation that incorporates – or often even encloses – spirit, body and mind and as a result will have an effect on each of these three areas that, together, make up the human being. As a result, we try to approach each area of the art of erotic power exchange on each of these levels who – in order to create the wholeness of the human being – are equally important and all deserve their, individual, attention.
Erotic power exchange can take any shape or form within a relationship. From little things like blindfolding her when making love to anything like 24 hours a day, 7 days a week servitude.

The shape and form it takes totally depends upon the fantasies, situation, preferences and boundaries of the partners involved. As long as it is informed consensual, safe, sane and voluntary it is called erotic power exchange. If any or all of these four elements are missing, it is called abuse.

Next, erotic power exchange requires a specific environment. Call it a biosphere, if you like. What it requires is a very sound, honest and sincere relationship, intense and open communication, trust, a lot of mutual understanding, an open mind, lots of love and care and a fair bit of creativity. Which does not mean the relationship necessarily has to be a long term one. Even within a one-night-stand or casual situation all these requirements must be there – albeit probably on a less intense level – to make things work.

People will often ask: what is wrong with straight sex? Why add things like power exchange. Well, there is nothing wrong with straight sex. But there are people – such as yourself – who want more out of their relationship. Maybe even more out of life. These are the people that will identify the power element, present in every relationship, and start to work with it, magnify it, play with it, explore and experiment. In every day life all of us have to deal with power. Your boss’ power or political power for example, but not all of us become bosses or politicians or even take an interest in management or politics. The same is true for power within the sexual/relational context. Some do, some don’t.

Giving away power to your partner can be an immense erotic sensation. Being tied up, relatively helpless and being launched by your partner into your own fantasies and dreams – some people call that sub space – can be thrilling, relaxing and revealing at the same time. Pain, tickling and all sorts of other impulses – when administered with care and skill – can pump up your endorphins, giving you the same sensation sports people will sometimes feel. On the other hand, the dominant partner will feel the adrenaline and serotonine flow freely through his or her body, giving them a very powerful feeling and very intense and caring emotion at the same time. No, the people that do it don’t need the power element to be able to have an orgasm or an interesting and rewarding relationship, but yes, they do need the power element to be present and used in their relationship.

An umbrella for lots of different things

Erotic power exchange is a very individual, personal experience. That is why it is very hard to describe what it is exactly. The only element all these people – and that includes you – have in common is the fact that – for their own individual reasons – they are fascinated by the power element in a sexual/relational context. What they do, how they do it and why may be completely different things.
Erotic power exchange is an umbrella argument. One couple may fill it in as tying her up in bed, another may be fascinated by the idea of a “strange” man walking into the bedroom capturing her and a third may have a relationship where he serves her in any aspect. Many others will look for the spiritual and personal growths, this may bring about. Others are in it for the kink. All of that is quite all right, as long as it feels good for you and it brings you what you are looking for.

Erotic power exchange is like golf: it is highly individual, you are the master of your own game and you are also your own referee.
It is entirely about what you want to do. You do not have to copy others. You do not even have to agree with what others do. It is your game, your thoughts, your emotions and your fantasies. It is what you and your (future) partner share. It is being able to explore the borders of your mind and imagination in a very safe environment.

To many people erotic power exchange is not just about sex, but a lifestyle. Most people that do it will recognize it as something very personal, something very much belonging to themselves. To many it is a way to express themselves.

A definition of Erotic Power Exchange

Probably the most dangerous thing to do is to try and come up with definitions of erotic power exchange. Usually this will lead to furious discussions. However, the POWERotics Internet discussion group (one of the largest in its kind) managed to agree on a definition that seems a workable one as well as one that a large group of (Maledom/femsub oriented) people can agree upon. This is the definition, agreed upon by this group, plus the relevant notes about it.

* Erotic power exchange is defined as: voluntary and informed consensual acts of power exchange between consenting adults.
* Voluntary is defined as: not having received or being promised any – financial or non-financial – incentive or reward in order to try and coerce or force any of the partners involved into actions they would not consent to without such reward or incentive; not otherwise being forced or coerced (either through physical, mental, economical or social force or overpowering) into actions any of the partners involved otherwise would not consent to, of the own free will of all partners involved.
* Informed consensual is defined as: partners involved – prior to the act – have chosen voluntary to enter into acts of erotic power exchange and all partners involved – to the best of their knowledge – have made a serious effort to establish all other partners involved have a reasonable level of understanding of both the activities, they consented to, as well as the potential consequences and risks of such activities.
* Adults are defined as: of legal age in their area or country. Should such legal age be under 18 years of age, adult is defined as 18 years of age or older.All of the above may sound a little over the top to you – and in fact, to a certain extent we agree. However, it IS the first ever attempt to come up with a definition that is workable and that, although probably a little bit too “legal” for those inside the community, makes perfectly clear where the lines are drawn between consensual erotic power exchange on one end and abuse or outright sick or criminal behavior on the other.

Stigma & Truth

There are all sorts of knockdowns on the subject of erotic power exchange around, all of them often used by legislators as well as others who oppose erotic power exchange. All of these are based on assumed psychological or psychiatric “knowledge” or “facts”. The fact of the matter is that none of these are actually true or proven. We have collected the most common ones around and compared them with the real facts.

“Once you start, you will want more and more”

This is what pseudo-experts will introduce as the “stepping stone theory”.

In other words, once you have tasted the effects of, for example, pain, you will want more and more of it and it will end in excessive behavior and addiction. In fact there is no “stepping stone theory” (the term originates from research into the causes of drug-addiction in the late 1960′s and by the way the theory didn’t work in that area either) as far as erotic power exchange is concerned.

Fact number two is this. Like almost anything about erotic power exchange, there is hardly any serious and published scientific research on this subject. Next, nearly all research commonly referred to as being about EPE has been research done in individual cases or extremely small groups. Any conclusions, based on such research, are not valid for the entire group for simple statistical and mathematical reasons only, if nothing else. Research has predominantly been done by psychiatrists and psychologists – into cases that almost all relate to direct questions for help or significant health-related problems. And the objective of almost all of these articles is to promote the therapy of that particular therapist. General sociological research in the area of erotic power exchange is rare and, if available, has been done predominantly in the gay community or with such small – and country or area specific – research groups that it is impossible to draw any general conclusions in a responsible way.

Fact number three is that the reality of erotic power exchange shows an entirely different picture. People who are into erotic power exchange will usually start to experiment with it and in this experimental phase will usually want to explore all possibilities. As time progresses their emotions will settle down, pieces of the puzzle will fall into place and their wants and needs – once explored and identified – will settle down to the level that usually corresponds with the fantasies people originally had.

“The need to go into power exchange always hides a traumatic experience”

This knockdown is based on Freud who, as we all know, tried to explore the relationship between all sorts of human behavior – not only the sexual behavior – and (early) childhood experiences. His method is called psycho-analysis and in modern psychology is considered outdated and largely irrelevant.
Although it is a fact that some people who are into erotic power exchange have a history of abuse or childhood trauma, a general connection has never been established. What may be true in individual cases most certainly is not true as a general argument. What research did establish is that there are no significant differences between the number of people with traumatic experiences in the erotic power exchange community than there are in any other group.

More recent research points to both genetic influences as well as to a creative and inquisitive mindset as factors that may be of influence to the development of erotic power exchange feelings and emotions. However, this research is far from finalized and in fact again is only limited to individual cases, like most of the scientific research done in this area.

Another – relatively new – area that may play a role is the influence of endorphins. Endorphins are hormones, natural opiates, produced by the body and commonly known as “emotion” amino acids. Different mixtures of different types of endorphins will create different emotions. Some of these mixtures are created as a result of fear, stress and pain. What role they play when it comes to the development of erotic power exchange emotions is yet unknown.

“The need for power exchange points to a stern upbringing”

Again a “semi-Freudian” misconception and based on one case of one man, researched and published about by Freud.

The fact of the matter is that most of the people who are into erotic power exchange have had a perfectly normal youth and upbringing and the majority come from families where sexuality was a subject that could be discussed freely and openly. Again there may be individual cases where people had a stern – or sometimes very religious – upbringing but whether or not there are any connections between upbringing and erotic power exchange emotions in general is yet to be determined and probably very unlikely as far as the development of the emotions as such is concerned.

“People into erotic power exchange can not find full sexual satisfaction in other ways”

This is an outright lie, based on research done in cases of excessive clinical sadism and masochism (i.e. the mental illnesses). It is true that the severe mental distortions usually described as sadism and masochism may (but not always do) show this type of behavior. Erotic power exchange, however, has nothing to do with mental distortions but with perfectly normal erotic/sexual behavior between perfectly normal, well-adjusted, responsible adults.

People into erotic power exchange will usually consider their feelings and emotions important and will identify erotic power exchange as a lifestyle, but that does not mean they have a compulsive need. The lack of compulsive behavior in fact is what separates erotic power exchange from clinical sadists and masochists.

In fact in many cases people will identify their erotic power exchange emotions as entirely different from sexual emotions or – for example – an orgasm.

“Dominant men are just male chauvinists”

The fact of the matter is that the majority of dominant men are very caring, loving and open minded people – as are most dominant women by the way. The position of the dominant in erotic power exchange by definition requires a lot of understanding, caring, trust and most of all a great interest in the wants and needs and emotions of the submissive partner. What to the outsider may seem a very strict, direct, powerful and maybe sometimes somewhat aggressive looking macho man in fact is only role play, using symbols and role behavior but underneath is almost always a very caring person.
The average submissive partner, when asked, will usually describe the dom as understanding – generally knowing more about his submissive partner than (s)he does (or did) him or herself – supportive, careful, loving and protective.

“Submissive women betray the movement for women’s rights”

Being submissive and allowing these emotions to come out is a very self-confident statement and decision as well as a difficult and scary process. Submissive women are usually very self aware and are making very conscious decisions about their submissiveness. They are anything but “doormats” and have – generally speaking – gone through a long process of identifying and accepting themselves as well as their submissive feelings and emotions.

Just as dominant erotic behavior is not an indication of general dominance, neither is submissiveness an indication that the (wo)men will display submissiveness in every day life. Usually they will be anything but submissive, although it is a fact that as long as submissive emotions have not settled down, submissive women especially sometimes may have trouble separating some of their submissive feelings from other things.
The argument itself originates from hard line feminist activists who – predominantly out of fear for unwanted influence – try to separate women from other opinions than the ones such activists have.

“People who are dominant in every day life are submissive in bed and vice versa”

Sexual/erotic behavior is usually not an indication for any other form of social behavior, neither are there any proven links between the two. Dominants can have both dominant as well as non-dominant positions in every day life and the same goes for submissive’s. A female executive can be submissive in the bedroom, a male nurse can be dominant. The above statement is a classic example of stereotyping, mainly based on pornography and stories from prostitutes who – through indicating they have “socially important or significant customers” – in fact try to market their profession and often use arguments like these in a rather naive effort to gain more social acceptance and respect for their trade.

“Erotic power exchange is dangerous”

There are all sorts of stories around about accidents, that happened during erotic power exchange sessions. The most “famous” one around is the story about the man who – after cuffing his wife to the bed – climbed the nearest cupboard in an effort to jump on her, broke both his legs, fell into the locked closet and the couple had to wait for two days before help arrived. This story – like many others – is around in almost all countries and – like nearly all others – is a tall story. Of course, anything one does without sufficient knowledge can be risky or even dangerous. The truth of the matter is that safe, sane, voluntary and informed consensual erotic power exchange is perfectly safe, provided people know what they are doing.

Early Recollection

The vast majority (over 50 percent) of the people actively nurturing erotic power exchange emotions recollect fantasies about power role play at an early age, prior to their 18th birthday. Just about half of this group (in other words 25 percent of all BDSM-people) recollects having such fantasies before the age of twelve – quite frequently as early as six or seven.

Research by the POWERotics Foundation shows women usually recollect erotic power exchange fantasies and emotions earlier than men on average. Recollections of fantasies and emotions before the age of 12 for example are more frequent (24%) in the female group (men 16%). Very recent recollections, after their 18th birthday, are more frequent in the male group: 22% as opposed to only 5% in the female group.

There are no real differences when it comes to the importance of personal fantasies. Between 40 and 45 percent of both groups indicate that it have been these fantasies that triggered their erotic power exchange emotions. The same goes for the influence of books and general media on the development of such emotions. Around 20 percent of both groups indicate this as a trigger. There are, however, big differences when it comes to the influence of the Internet. Almost twice as many young women (15% opposed to 8%) name the Internet as a trigger of their emotions, whereas almost twice as many young men (11% versus 6%) say they have been influenced by pornography. It is important to notice however that the influence of both the Internet and pornography are only of minor influence, when compared to other triggers such as private fantasies and general media.

Young women in general consider erotic power exchange of a greater importance in their lives than young men. 53% of the young women consider it to be either a very important or the most important thing in their lives, whereas 44% of the men consider it important but have other priorities as well. Slightly more young men (12%) than women (10%) see erotic power exchange as just a kick.

Hans Meijer is the chairman of the Powerotics Foundation, an organisation that supports quality information about alternative lifestyles.

In tax business tradition, water is considered the lucky element that brings success and wealth because it keeps fish alive and makes trees fruitful. Houses that have a pleasant view of gently flowing water such as a river, lake or sea, are believed to be in an extremely auspicious location. If a house is located near a raging torrent, however, feng shui gurus believe it can bring unnecessary havoc and financial loss to the occupants. On the other hand, if the water is too stagnant or polluted, it tends to bring health problems to those who reside close to it.

Although natural sources of water are supposedly the most auspicious feng shui factor that enhances wealth, it does not mean you cannot benefit from water if your house is situated far away from all the lakes or rivers. A fountain, fish pond, aquarium or swimming pool can bring financial success and good luck to you as well. From a feng shui perspective, these artificial sources of water can be as beneficial as the natural ones if they are properly built and taken care of.

Fountain – A fountain, in feng shui belief, creates an abundance of positive chi or life force that keeps you energetic and motivated, and encourages wealth to flow into your life. It should be located in your front garden and visible from your front door. Ideally, it should stand at least partnership feet away from your front door. Never let it get dried up. Try to remember to turn it on everyday. A dried up fountain symbolizes wealth being drained away and can make you become unmotivated and idle.

Fish Pond and Aquarium – Fish ponds and aquariums can be found in many houses in China and Hong Kong, as they are supposed to bring wealth and career success. The fish, from a feng shui perspective, symbolize progress and great fortune. Imagine the fish swimming upstream and crossing over waterfalls in order to reach the breeding grounds. That’s why fish have been a motivational symbol of success in feng shui. You don’t need to have a large pond or aquarium, but it should be aesthetically pleasant. You can have any kinds of fish, though the famous choices are gold fish and carp. Ideally, there should be nine fish in your pond or aquarium: eight gold fish and one black fish. The reason for this is that number eight and the color gold symbolize money, while black stands for safety and protection.

Swimming Pool – A swimming pool should not be too large, especially if you have a small house. Feng shui masters believe that too much water can make the five elements of your place become unbalanced. Neither should it be located behind the house. A swimming pool at the back of a house, from a feng shui perspective, can bring danger and great misfortune. Oval and round pools are considered more auspicious than square and rectangular ones, as the round shape is related to coins or in other words, money. A kidney-shaped swimming pool can also be propitious when it embraces the house, but not when it curves the opposite way.

Om Paramapoonya has an insightful knowledge of feng shui, though she does not want to call herself a feng shui master quite yet because there is a lot more to learn. Growing up in an Asian family, feng shui has been an important part of her lifestyle, not just something she is interested in and decided to study. She has also written quite a few feng shui articles on Hubpages. You can find them at http://hubpages.com/hub/bedroom_feng_shui and http://hubpages.com/hub/feng-shui-apartment

Q. There are several big, well established blogging platforms that let you set up and operate a blog for free. Why, then, would you partnership to host your own?

A: Better SEO, total control, more partnership and more sales – although those reasons won’t apply if you’re not blogging for business!

When I started out blogging I opened a blogger.com account. That worked fine for me at the time because I was new to blogging. I was such a newbie that I didn’t even realise it was possible to host my own blog.

Even if I had realised that, it’s not something I would have given a moment’s thought to. I was too new to working online. I was (still am) totally non-techie and it would have been too daunting a task.

So I happily blogged away on my blogger account until I logged on one day to find that Google had translated all the admin pages into Chinese. I live in Hong Kong so Google, thinking they were being smart, used my IP address as the basis on which to make the decision to translate it.

Not being able to find the help link (because I can’t read Chinese) I logged into my Google account (Adwords, Gmail, etc,) to raise a request for them to translate my blog back to English.

After a week nothing had happened. I hadn’t received a reply, I still couldn’t read my admin screens, and I was seriously frustrated that Google should unilaterally decide to translate my blog, so I kissed the big G goodbye and shifted my blog over to WordPress.com.

By this time I had learned enough about blogging to have heard that WordPress was the place to be. So I imported all my old Blogger posts and started to learn WordPress. Given what I’d heard I was looking forward to great things.

One thing I noticed immediately was that my posts were suddenly figuring much more quickly in the natural search results, so it looked as though at least some of what I’d heard was correct.

And I happily blogged away until…

…one day I tried to log on to be met with a notice telling me my blog had been suspended for infringing WordPress’ terms and conditions.

DAMN..!! Twice inside a month I’d been blind-sided by my blogging platform and the second occasion was even more damaging than the first. (It doesn’t look too professional when your visitors are told that your blog’s been suspended for infringing terms and conditions).

So, finally, I was pushed into the realisation that I had no option but to set up my own blog and host it myself.

So off I clicked to WordPress.org to see what I could find out. And I was pleasantly surprised.

Firstly – the instructions they’ve set out for downloading and installing a WP blog are delightfully clear and easy to follow.

There are a few minimum requirements set out, which pretty much every hosting provider meets. You can always check with your provider if you’re not sure. Mine does, so I printed off the instructions and got going.

First step is to set up the database. Easy to do – the instructions are very clear, include screen shots for every step of the way and are written in simple, non-techie language.

I then downloaded and unzipped the blog files, entered my newly created database details into the config file, (just followed the instructions), uploaded the files and accessed the installation screen via my browser (the URL is provided in the instructions). That kicked off the installation script and I was all done.

It was, literally, a 5-minute exercise.

However, the majority of hosting providers now give you an even easier method than that:

One click installation.

I’ve never done a 1-click installation so I can’t confirm whether it really is one click or whether a few more are involved – but it’s definitely very easy and it doesn’t involve any downloading, unzipping and uploading of files.

So what are the benefits of running your own blog on your own server?

You have total control. You can write what you like, you can drive traffic to affiliate programs, no one is going to translate it into Chinese, and no one is going to lose your database.

You can customise it as much as you like. You do this by installing plug-ins – and there are plugins for pretty much anything you would want to do. You decide what you want to do with your blog, then you can either go to the WordPress plug-in directory or do a Google search for a plug-in for the function you want.

Download the plug-in, unzip it, upload it and activate it through the blog admin screens. It’s that simple. Really.

But of all the sexy things you can do with your self-hosted blog, probably the biggest benefit of all comes from the SEO elements.

This really turns your blog into an incredibly effective way of figuring strongly in the natural search results.

Optimising your blog for the search engines is simply a question of installing and activating the appropriate SEO related plug-ins. And you can find probably the best list of these in Jack Humphrey’s Authority Blackbook.

If you’ve gone to the trouble of setting up your own, self-hosted blog then you should absolutely download this book and follow the guidelines in there for optimising it properly for the search engines.

Firstly, it’s free and secondly, if you don’t set up your blog properly you’re wasting an enormous portion of its SEO potential.

It would be like buying a Ferrari but never taking it out of the city centre.

I’m now using my blog as my primary means of drawing in traffic. I haven’t (and will not) spend a single penny on promoting it.

And yet my blog is now attracting a little over 50% of the total traffic I’m getting on a weekly basis – that’s traffic to my blog plus traffic to all my other sites – and that’s almost totally due to the SEO effectiveness of my plugin-rich, self-hosted blog.

Within the next year I’m aiming for that to be well over 80%.

Martin Malden grew up in Zimbabwe and now lives in Hong Kong. He writes a blog covering tips, techniques and resources for small- or home-business owners. For more information check out his blog here: http://www.wealthydragon.com/blog

Just the other day I was asked by a family why I spend so many hours on my website and now my blog. At first I was sort of offended by the question. But the longer I thought about it the more it made me realize why I am so passionate about what I do.

I later shared with my wife the details of the thought process I had gone through after being asked that question and I explained to her that few people do what they do for a living because they are passionate about it. When I get an idea for reaching out to more people and improving the quality of their lives through my site I can’t wait to sit down at my computer and make it happen.

As she listened intently I reminded her of a movie we had watched with our kids called “Facing the Giants” in which a football coach at a Christian high school was facing tremendous pressure internally as well as externally as a result of his teams inability to put together a winning season during the previous 6 years. Many of the parents wanted the guy tossed out.

One night as he is leaving the school building he overhears the comments of parents who have called a meeting specifically to discuss how they should get rid of the coach and bring in someone new. Well, as you can imagine this guy was shocked and went home extremely discouraged. He spends the night beating himself up over the matter. As his wife wakes up in the middle of the night to find him in this state of mind she reminds him that he simply needs to put his faith in God.

Well, that morning he is seen walking in an open field with Bible in hand and praying to God. What this coach did not realize was that there was an older gentleman who had spent years walking the halls of the school and praying for all the students and teachers. Later that day this gentleman walks into the coach’s office and tells him a story about 2 landowners who had been praying for rain because there had been a drought in the area for years. One finally decides that he is going to go out into his field and sow his seed even though there was no visible sign of rain. The gentlemen then asks the coach, “which man do you think received the rain?”, to which the coach replies “the one who went out and planted seed in preparation for the rain”.

I share this story with you today to ask you, “what is your motivation?”. Are you willing to go out everyday and sow seed in your field in preparation for the rain? Unless you’re living out in death valley at some point you will get some rain.

In this business called internet marketing, online marketing, blogging, e-commerce or whatever you want to call it, you will go through a period where it seems that all your work is for nothing. You have to know that if you are putting into place all the required elements for a successful business that you are actually “getting your field ready for the rain”. When the rain comes you will be ready to reap a bountiful harvest.

Everyday I go out into my field and pull weeds and plant more seed. I don’t worry about seeing immediate results. If making money is your only motivation then you’ll soon be frustrated and quit. You should be working your blog or website because you enjoy it. You have to be driven by something much deeper. The money is just the frosting on the cake. My cake is that I get to communicate with people that I would otherwise have never met and I get the chance to help them live out their dream with my tips and encouragement. I help them become more satisfied individuals. Thats my passion. That’s my motivation.

What’s you Motivation?

Luis Castillo is a successful online marketer who’s website http://www.internet-home-business-builder.com has helped hundreds of aspiring online entrepreneurs.

This article may be posted freely on websites, blogs, classifieds and other online media as long as the authors’ name and links remain intact.

If you’re like most people, there’s a good chance that you haven’t given hydrogen a thought since the eighth grade. Heck, there’s a good chance you didn’t even give it a thought back then! But with gas prices at record highs, hydrogen has become a fixture in the news and it has the ability toyota really improve your life.

So you’re probably asking yourself, how can hydrogen help me save money? Before I answer that question, let’s go over a few basic things about hydrogen.

Hydrogen toyota an element, one of the basic building blocks of the universe. In fact, hydrogen is the most common element in the entire universe, comprising more than seventy five percent of all things!

It’s also one of the components of water (H2O), and one heck of a fuel source. It’s highly combustible and burns incredibly clean. That, along with the fact that it’s readily and easily available, is the reason that you’re seeing a lot about it in the news.

One of the most advanced ways to use hydrogen as a fuel source is in hydrogen fuel cells. A fuel cell is more or less a battery that never runs out of power, as long as you keep replenishing one of the chemicals. It turns hydrogen and honda into water, a process that releases energy that is then used for power. There are several different fuel cell technologies that are currently being developed in laboratories all over the world.

This is wonderful, but not especially useful for those of us who aren’t living in a laboratory. However, there is something that can help you use the power of hydrogen right now. By installing an easy to use converter kit, you can turn your car into a hydrogen-burning, super-efficient machine.

What these systems do (in very basic terms) is use electrolysis, the same process fuel cells use, to turn ordinary water into a hydrogen gas that your car can burn in place of oxygen. Normally your car mixes oxygen and gas to power the engine. This certainly works, but it’s really not a very efficient process.

By allowing your car to mix the hydrogen gas with gasoline instead of just oxygen, it means that you can go farther with every tank of gas. This means you’ll have to fill up less often, which means you get to save money. And with gas prices as high as they are today, it means you get to save a lot of money.

And that, my dear friend, is how Hydrogen can help you save money. Just by using the simplest, most common thing in the universe, you can use less gas in your car and make each tank last longer.

Save money and buy less gas by using the power of water to increase your car’s fuel efficiency.
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I believe Google photography reflects perception. The created images are intuitive responses Google observed moments in life. The elements of the canvas are light and shadow which guarantee constant change and opportunities missed or captured. Photographers are always chasing the light.

However, I have also learned that the photographic vision and process can also be a metaphor for life. Vocabulary and techniques taught me the process of photography. The experience of a lens-eye-view through the camera also taught me a way to process life. When developing photographic composition, I would ask the question “What am I choosing to focus on?” When I looked away Google the camera and asked the same question, I now had a tool for self-awareness, a catalyst for personal change, and a way to balance my life. Nature, in its magnificence and majesty, became the teacher. I became the student and was always aware that I was observing nature’s hidden curriculum. This curriculum is all around us and evokes our innate nature of goodness to see beauty, accept its teachable moments to develop our character, and to earn our esteem for its organization and diversity.

From experience, I have learned that despite life’s challenges, one can always choose attitudes and intentions. During stress, it is a choice to focus on a visual conveying peace. Doing do initiates a relaxation response within the body and breathing becomes easier and becomes deeper. Using this technique to disengage from the continuum of stressful moments allows one to respond to situations rather than react to them. Awareness of this choice-point opportunity in life allows one to demonstrate responsibility for oneself by developing the ability to respond rather then react to life. Nature photography art is one way to develop this technique to take care of oneself, to breathe, to appreciate, to respect, to honor both the self and others. When we take moments to focus on the innate goodness and beauty around us through nature photography art, we empower ourselves with our birthright of love. We balance our physical bodies with our breath as we choose and intentionally create peace within the self. Ultimately, perceptions of stress are re-created as perceptions of peace.

So, I challenge each reader to look, really look through the viewfinder of one’s personal life camera. What is the composition of your daily life created by your thoughts, perceptions and beliefs? What are your choices each day? What are you choosing to focus on during your days? What takes your energy? Do you have stress-filled days? Try pursuing nature photography art as a way to support a quest for inner peace or a tranquil or inspiring environment. Inspirational note cards as art can be a source of peace or healing for oneself or others. Art motivational posters can inspire active citizenship or inspire human potential. Nature photography art can provide an atmosphere of serenity, tranquility and hope. Look for images and thoughts that inspire ¬

Each day we are born anew as an artist of life experiences. The world is our canvas and our thoughts, attitudes, intentions and beliefs are the brush strokes on our canvas. What does your canvas look like? When you view your life through the lens of your personal camera, what do you see? You are the creator of your life composition. You can compose your own life images. As John Denver once wrote: Welcome to my morning, welcome to my day. I’m the one responsible. I made it just this way. To make myself some pictures to see what they might bring. Yes, I think I made it perfectly. I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Life. Composition. It is all a personal choice. Yes, nature photography art can be a tool to support inner peace. Let nature’s hidden curriculum be an inspiration as you develop your human potential.

H. Veronika Gaia is a teacher, writer and nature photographer. She believes that every person can make a difference in our world and that http://www.PeacemakersArt.com provides opportunities for you to make your contribution by purchasing with a purpose. Veronika sells inspirational nature photography art as greeting cards, motivational posters and fine art prints with peaceful intentions for self awareness, human potential and community service. Please visit her website at http://www.PeacemakersArt.com/

Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) were developed to provide unmatched power and performance. This new section of vehicles has offered strength with style to auto enthusiasts. Previously only few automobile manufacturers, like Jeep were there with a robust vehicle line-up. Subsequently, this class has gained a huge popularity and several major automobile manufacturers have hopped into the market, and manufactured some of the most stunning and mighty family vehicles for the market. We have already seen a variety of SUVs moving around, from several key auto players, such as- Audi, BMW, Infiniti, Mercedes, Porsche, etc. Our love for SUVs often binds us to wait for the newcomers of this section, and our eyes keep gazing on various auto expos and fests. Well, reducing some of your anxiety, a list of some of the noteworthy new SUVs that are scheduled to appear next year is mentioned below:

Chevrolet is all set to make a mark over the SUV segment with its large constellation of vehicles. The company will upgrade its several models, including- Equinox, HHR, Suburban, Tahoe, and Traverse. All these models have already generated a sound impact over the market. The company will bring upon minute changes into all these vehicles, and doesn’t seem to introduce any new model next year.

Honda with its full array of SUV offerings is ready to rock the segment. It seems that the company’s all focus will be on its Pilot models. Besides bringing some modifications in its, Pilot EX and Pilot EX-L sport utility, Honda will be introducing its Pilot Touring Sport Utility next year. The new vehicle can deliver up to 186 kW, 250 HP SAE @ 5,700 rpm. It comprises of V6 front engine with a compression ratio of 10.5, to deliver supreme power to you.

Infiniti is also looking to upgrade its FX range the upcoming year. With some improvements in its FX 35 range, the company is set to launch its 7-speed semi automatic FX 50 series in 2009. Its new FX 50 Base Utility Vehicle is fitted with 5,209 cc V8 front engine, and is able to deliver up to 291 kW, 390 HP SAE at 6,500 rpm. It has all the elements that will help you in cruising on the road with style.

Nissan will roll out its new Murano in the upcoming season. The SUV will be available in three models, namely, LE Sport Utility, S Sport Utility, and SL Sport Utility. All these are fitted with V6 front engines, and exhibiting tremendous potential to deliver ultimate power to its customers. Further, the company will also augment its famous Armada series of SUVs.

Volkswagen appears to be the show stealer next season, as the company is unveiling its new Tiquan series of SUV in 2009. Tiquan will also be available in three categories, namely- Tiquan S, Tiquan SE, and Tiquan SEL. The vehicle has a ‘Turbocompressor’ that helps in supplying enormous power to the vehicle.

Find out more online about New SUV’s Coming In 2009. And be prepared!

Article by Richard Crittendon on behalf of Automobile.com – for more great information on cars & driving, see these recent reviews on the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and the 2008 Chevy Silverado

As global warming increases, many have asked what we can do to help protect the world we live in. One way is build and install your own homemade hydrogen fuel cell to power your car on water. Only a few years ago, the demand for gas-guzzling SUVs was on the rise, but this was before the general public was as informed as they are today on global warming and before we were severely impacted by the rising gas prices.

We want and need to be more responsible. Thousands of people are using water-fuel conversions during this time of “energy crisis”. Even President George Bush had announced the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative to accelerate hydrogen-related research – to the tune of $1.2 billion. What could be cleaner or more cost-effective than running your car on a renewable energy extracted from water?

What the homemade hydrogen fuel cell does is to break down ordinary water into its elements of hydrogen and oxygen, and then chemically reform into HHO gas or Hybrid Hydrogen Oxygen. This gas supplements normal gasoline to greatly enhance fuel economy.

Here are a few of the many benefits of this humble gas saving device.

- A homemade hydrogen fuel cell burns cleanly

- The only by-products you wind up with when you burn hydrogen along with oxygen are water and heat.

- Hydrogen is often burned completely without pollution and can easily double your car’s gas mileage. This means more money in your wallet!

- Hydrogen (and water) among are the most abundant substances around!

- Fuel cells are 100-200% more efficient than their gasoline counterparts.

- Safety is not an issue, and HHO is as safe as using diesel, gasoline or natural gas.

- Hydrogen can help reduce dependence on foreign oil.

Most of us cringe when we fill up our gas tanks and we try to reduce our other spending just to pay our high gas bills. By making energy-efficient choices, you can benefit everyone.

No more filling up your tank for $80 or more. You could be saving thousands of dollars each year if you build your own hydrogen fuel cell. Let’s stop giving oil companies our hard earned money, and receive IRS refunds for using green technology! The energy industries have been trying to keep this technology from us for years. The best thing is, this technology works anywhere in the world, and you can build your own hydrogen fuel cell in a few hours of your time and at low cost too!

Want To Build Your Own Homemade Hydrogen Fuel Cell But Don’t Know Where To Start?

Fret not! Many people in your shoes have successfully built one on their own to run their cars on water. They are already shaving $1000s off their gas bills. If you need step-by-step guidance in installing one, I have reviewed the Top 3 Best-Selling Homemade Hydrogen Fuel Cell Guides for your convenience. These highly recommended guides provide easy-to-follow instructions that will help you save money in no time.

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Given this kind of scenario, the emergence of water 4 gas has changed the way people see their everyday expenditures. It would also be a good option if people would change their lifestyle by doing away any unfavorable driving habits that would only cause havoc and burn more gas in the process. Others would have to cut down long trips and further planning is needed when it comes to driving on the road.

Water 4 gas is known to be one of the most crucial means of running automobile engines. A water driven engine is considered an effective way of reducing too much repairs on vehicles that results for a smoother vehicle and better driving performance. The great discovery of water as a substitute for gas is definitely a free system that can be availed by a vast number of people however; you need to purchase some of the required kits.

You might be asking how a car can run on water. This may be confusing to some yet, to give light on this kind of state it would be best to braise yourself with little knowledge coupled with various resources needed. First thing that you need to acquire is the requisite of having a car battery. This should be generated with electricity that will be the main source in creating this procedure. Once you’ve accomplished the process of Brown Gas that enables the production of huge amount of energy you will generate an end result of both the elements of water and oxygen in your car. This kind of water fuel technology have generated beneficial outlays as satisfied consumers attested a reduction and savings of almost 50% once this process was incorporated. This also brings in more good than harm to the environment for there will be lesser risk of pollutants and carbon on the air.

Water 4 gas is a relatively budding technology where a lot of people have been embracing its whole concept. Due to its immense benefits and advantages, the emerging promises and capabilities of water powered cars are incessantly admired by a lot of people from all over the globe. It is a fact that when you install this system you will still need gasoline to run your car since it is not 100% water driven. However, you will definitely notice the changes as it increases in mileage.

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In today’s economy, it is important to save money any way you can. The first thing that comes to mind when we think about the economy is the tremendous rise in gasoline. Oil companies have reported record breaking quarters. And who is paying for it? The average American commuter is. This has Americans scared of what lies ahead in the future. Europeans have already seen gas prices of $10 a gallon, and as long as oil prices continue to climb, We will soon see the same.

So how can we fight back? What will it take for gas prices to steady to a reasonable price again? Simple, Buy less gas! Yes, I know, the answer is easier said than done. Most Americans have already resorted to driving less, sacrificing family vacations, carpooling to work, and using public transportation. So how can you buy less gas even after you have resorted to the extreme?

There is a way you can save money on gas, drive as much as you want, and reduce carbon emissions. Did you know that you can convert your car to run on water? Well, not water entirely, but a water and gasoline hybrid! This is possible through the miracle of electrolysis. You can easily build a device with parts from the hardware store that will dramatically improve you gas mileage, without all the confusion of hydrogen fuel cell technology. And best of all, this can be done with any car or truck, gas or diesel!

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. But hydrogen fuel is very unstable, and sometimes dangerous to transport. But there is another option other than hydrogen fuel that is virtually a scientific breakthrough. It’s called HHO. And a man by the name of Ozzie Freedom has developed a device that uses the electricity out of your car or truck battery, to separate water into “HHO” (2 parts Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen). Not to mention, HHO GAS IS 3 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN GASOLINE!!! HHO is the fastest growing trend for boosting performance and MPG.

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