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Auto Date Saturday, April 25th, 2009

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About the author:

Tony Randall is the webmaster for http://www.free-guitar-music-sheet.info

Finding the right digital camera printer

Auto Date Friday, April 24th, 2009

Once you have clicked snaps through your digital camera, then the next step is to turn these ‘virtual’ snaps into real snaps. One way is to send the memory card to a digital photo laboratory and get the snaps developed there. But if you click snaps on a regular basis, then it is better that you buy yourself a digital camera printer, or more commonly known as a digital photo printer.
There are lots and lots of choices available in the market today. The top three companies are HP, Canon and Epson. So, before you go and spend your money, here are some tips on what you must keep in mind while deciding on a digital photo printer.
Firstly, digital photo printers are available in two basic types. There are 4-colour printers and 6-colour printers. Nowadays, there are even 8-colour printers available. So, higher the number of colors better will be the photo quality.
Secondly, the printing method used by the printer is also very important. There are 2 main printing methods: inkjet and thermal. Inkjet is commonly used for taking photo prints but the quality of the printout is not excellent. You need to have at least a 6-color printer to get decent print quality. Also, the ink cartridges are quite expensive and the biggest disadvantage is that inkjet printing does not provide a waterproof coating to the images. Hence, the color fades after some time.
Thermal printing, on the other hand, is much better since it not only applies a waterproof coating but is also better quality-wise. It is also more cost effective as the paper and ink cartridges used are cheaper.
Most of these printers can be purchased under $500. However, there are few key characteristics that are different in all these printers which determine their price. These are :
The printing width differs amongst printers. Normally the width is either 8.5″ or 13″.
If you want to print really great looking black-and-white images, then the printer needs to have grey inks as well. So, an 8-color printer would be best suited for this purpose.
Whether your printer has separate ink tanks for each color or does it have multiple inks in each cartridge. If you have multiple inks, then you have to replace the entire cartridge even if one color finishes. Hence, it is more expensive to replace such cartridges and you waste a lot of ink as well.
The ability of the printer to print directly from your camera or a memory card through a link.
The printing speed per minute. This can go up to 10 minutes for a colored snap, so you must properly check this out depending upon our usage.

About the author:

Kevin Rockwell worked as a network TV cameraman for 20 years shooting news and sports. Now a devoted fan of digital photography and video he works to gather information, tips and news for digital camera users. Oh and he loves to shoot pictures. http://great-digital-cameras.com

Sananda Maitreya Releases His Mastered Album “Angels & Vampi

Auto Date Friday, April 24th, 2009

This new mastered album contains twenty songs that are available as MP3 files for download, so now all Mac-users can access the music. The price per album is 15 with a free real-tone and 0.99 per song.

Milan, ITALY July 30, 2005 — Grammy Winning artist Sananda Maitreya releases his finished and mastered album “Angels & Vampires - Volume I”. From May 2004 till May 2005 Sananda gradually released the rough versions of the songs in Chapters on his website, with the music download service WeedShare, which allows file-sharers to participate in the distribution and earn money from it with a share in the sales up to 35%.

The mastered version of the Album is now available, also for Mac-users, to download as single songs or as full album.

Sananda first announced “Angels & Vampires” as his follow-up project to his last release “WildCard - The Jokers’ Edition” in 2001.
Maitreya about the project: “Angels & Vampires relies quite heavily for its musical support from the four basic food groups of live music: real drums, bass, guitar and keyboards and went with a more intimate and organic sound in order to reintroduce sonic sub tones back into the bodies energy matrix long weakened by compressed digital overload and its over emphasis. Sonic sub tones help to bolster the bodies electromagnetic and sense of overall wellbeing. Angels & Vampires also sought to create a sound base which would provide more emotional space in which the songs might breathe and feel less constricted. I felt that the WildCard project was a little too “studio-orientated”, but was what the time and circumstances required. With this project, I wanted it to be less about the studio and more about me and the songs”.

The term he uses to describe this new music and more organic approach is:
POST MILLENIUM ROCK.

All songs are written, arranged, produced and performed by Sananda Maitreya, except for “Angie” which is written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.
The project was recorded at Jungle Sound Station Milano and mastered at Nautilus Mastering Studios in Milano - Italy.

There are no plans for traditional CD distribution, each customer will be able to download the CD cover and the Booklet from the website.

“Angels & Vampires - Volume I” is Sananda’s 6th project after the release of:
* 2001/2003 “WildCard -The Jokers’ Edition”
* 1995 “Vibrator”
* 1993 “Symphony Or Damn”
* 1989 “Neither Fish Nor Flesh”
* 1987 “Introducing The Hardline According To ..”

For more information about Sananda Maitreya and to download the new music:
http://www.sanandamaitreya.com

Contact: press@sanandamaitreya.com

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Roulette Strategies - The 10 Commandments for Bigger Profits

Auto Date Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Roulette Strategies - The 10 Commandments for Bigger Profits!
You will see many roulette strategies on the net.

Here we have gathered the 10 most important strategies for playing roulette and maximising your profits.

If you follow these roulette strategies you will be well on your way to playing like a pro.

Therefore, here are your 10 roulette strategies for greater profits:

1. Know the Game
Of all our roulette strategies, this is perhaps the most obvious one.

Take a little time to learn the game, the rules, the odds of roulette and all the bets etc so you know exactly what to expect when you start to play.

2. Realise That Roulette is a Game of Chance
Roulette balls have no memory; each spin is unrelated to the last spin and has no influence on the next spin. If a ball lands on black the chances of it lading on black next time are 50 - 50.

If the ball lands on black 100 times in a row, the chances of it landing on black on next spin still remain 50 - 50!

This is very important; each spin is an independent event.

If you understand this you won’t fall prey to the common misconception that a number is “due” because it hasn’t come up for a while.

3. Don’t Use a System
If roulette is a game of chance, then by its very nature roulette system cannot work, as there is no reliable past data you can base a system on!

4. Play European Roulette Only
Do you want to get the odds in your favour straight away? Then play the European wheel, which has a house edge of just 2.70%. These are far better odds than the American wheel, which has a house advantage of 5.26%!

5. Play the Best Bets
The best bets are those whose odds are low, i.e. red, or black. These odds allow you to win nearly half the time, so they give you the best chance of winning!

Look also to play this bet where the en prison rule is offered on even-money bets. The house edge on even money bets with the en prison rule and single zero is just 1.35% making it the best bet on the table.

6. Avoid the Worst Bets
Avoid all single number bets and the five number bet of 0, 00, 1, 2, 3 (another reason not to play American wheels) with a terrible edge against the player of 7.89%. Don’t place these bets.

7. Manage Your Money Correctly
Set your bankroll in advance and only play what you are prepared to lose. Once you have finished playing that’s it. Don’t ever chase your loses.

8. Don’t Believe Myths
A couple of myths are: Luck will change, and a number is due a hit. These myths are widely believed and lead to greater losses for players.

They all stem from players believing that roulette is not a game of chance and there is some way of influencing the outcome of the next spin.

You can’t influence where the ball will land so don’t believe these common myths!

9. Know Your Motivation for Playing the Game
Why are you playing the game? Check your motivation! If you want a fun and an exciting time then roulette is hard to beat. If however, you want to make money, play a game like blackjack, where the odds are more in your favour.

10. Have Fun!
It’s not really a strategy, but it is the overriding reason you should play a game like roulette - enjoy!
About the Author

To find out more on how to play roulette and maximise your winnings visit our site: www.online-roulette-strategies.com

50 Things to do to your Boss that are Fun for you, but not f

Auto Date Saturday, April 18th, 2009

1. You’re eavesdropping and you hear your boss has reservations at his favorite restaurant. You know, the one you can’t afford. Call them back and cancel his reservations - say you’re his wife.

2. Have a friend of yours make an anonymous call to your boss saying that they know what he has been up to, possess incriminating pictures, and hang up. It will scare the bejesus out of him.

3. Put chocolate ex-lax in your manager’s chocolate licorice. Not only will you feel better, it may wipe that constipated look off of his face too.

4. Call the local Mormon or Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church and ask that they visit your house soon, only give them your manager’s home address.

5. Every time your boss asks you a question, just look at him and say “interesting” and go back to what you were working on.

6. Take your eyeliner and smears it in his chair when he’s not looking. His wife will feel needed when she has to heartily scrub and wash his pants.

7. Turn the pictures on his desk upside down and act overly sweet and innocent when he asks if you know why they are like that.

8. When your boss goes to the bathroom, turn his computer off. When he asks you if you know what happened, say that you don’t and it must have just crashed or something. Smile like the Cheshire cat.

9. Enlist a friend to deliver papers appearing to be legal documents that insinuate he is being sued for 4 million dollars. Put word “joke” on the last page of the 20-page document. It will be fun to watch beads of sweat form on his brow.

10. Remove all toilet paper from the men’s bathroom and put it in the women’s. Shake your head in disapproval of the janitorial help in your office when your boss complains about it.

11. Put your boss on all of the mailing lists of his most detested organizations and clubs. When he asks you to call and have them remove him from the lists, say of course, and never do it.

12. Replace the vodka in the liquor cabinet with water. You’re doing him a favor, really you are. When he comments that his vodka tastes like water, respond smartly by saying that it appears that just about everyone is cutting corners these days.

13. When he comments that the coffee is too weak or too strong, ask, in a serious tone, if he is sure that his taste buds haven’t changed.

14. When your boss mentions a particular food that he does not like, purchase that item repeatedly and eat it in front of him. Put your garbage from that food into his garbage can, so that the smell will linger in his office.

15. When you arrive late, move all clocks back. When you want to leave early, move all clocks forward. Pretend that all the batteries need to be replaced.

16. When your boss inquires about your weekend, say you went sky diving and to Italy. He will hopefully get your sarcasm and not ask again.

17. When your manager inquires as to what your favorite TV show is, reply that it is a child’s show like Sesame Street. Say it like you mean it.

18. Out of the blue, say you have an emergency appointment with your astrologer and it is important that you leave now because your charts are waiting!

19. For your manager’s birthday, hire a palm reader to read your manager’s palm. Pay them an extra $50 to say “Oh My” in the middle of the reading and not be able to continue.

20. Grind up leaves from your backyard that look like pot, put into a baggie, and send it to your boss. Stand there while he opens it and gasp when the contents are revealed. Say “it is none of my business” and walk out of the room.

21. Call the fire department and pretend you are in the office next door to yours and exclaim there is a massive inferno in the building next to yours. It is guaranteed to raise your manager’s blood pressure a few points or more when the firemen arrive.

22. Time your manager when he goes out to run personal errands and comment that he took an exceptionally long break when he returns.

23. Run into the office exclaiming to your manager that his car has a huge dent in the side! Walk outside with him when he goes out to examine it. After he looks it over thoroughly and asks you what you saw because he can’t see it, apologize that it must have just been the way the light was reflecting on it that made it appear that way.

24. Exclaim how sorry you are that your manager’s grandmother died over the weekend and that you read about it in the obituaries. Declare that it must have been somebody with the same name when he says he has no idea what you are talking about and begins frantically dialing his grandmother.

25. Superglue two middle pages of your manager’s favorite book and return to the shelf. He will find it after the glue has permanently set.

26. When you are simply not in the mood to get out of your chair, proclaim that the copier is broken when your boss asks for copies to be made. If your manager attempts to make copies on his own and exclaims it works just fine, jam a paper clip in the innards of the copy machine when nobody is looking.

27. When your boss asks you what you would like for secretaries’ day, first of all, reply that you are not a secretary. Request that he answers the phone on that day as well as having all of your whims fulfilled that are of inconceivable proportions.

28. Using desktop publishing, relabel a can of bug spray as vanilla air freshener and place in men’s bathroom.

29. Call in sick and leave a message on the company’s voice mail. State that you are ill due to the overwhelming imbalance of wealth and power within the company’s structure and your illness should subside once you are paid what you are worth.

30. When your boss asks for a donation to his son’s little league fund, ask what the minimum amount is that you can donate in order to keep your job.

31. When your boss invites you to the company Christmas party, matter-of-factly state that you’d prefer to spend it with rabid dogs and wild monkeys, but proclaim your sincere thanks just the same.

32. Stockpile in your office your manager’s favorite type of pen so that he is constantly bewildered as to where they are disappearing and continues to order new boxes of pens repeatedly.

33. During your yearly review, exclaim that you would just like to discuss your raise and not your manager’s suggestions or comments. Also, add that you do have a list of improvements for him that you’d like to share.

34. Find boss’s buttons and push them. If it is his weight, ask if he has gained weight or do those clothes just make him look fat?

35. Announce at the next company birthday (cake eating in the lunchroom) that the boss is giving everyone a 10% raise. When your manager pulls you into his office to discuss this, say that he sure is losing his sense of humor in his old age.

36. Stack all incoming unwanted sales related faxes and printed e-mails on your manager’s desk and connect all sales related calls to him, especially the stock brokers. When your manager comments that he would like you to screen all sales related material and calls, comment that you thought he was open to new ideas and new people and didn’t realize he was so introverted.

37. After next company announcement of a marriage or pregnancy, proclaim that you are getting married and having a child, but not necessarily in that order.

38. When company phone bill gets passed around asking you to highlight your personal calls, always state that you would never do that and never highlight anything. Say your family and friends all reside in Tasmania.

39. As soon as your boss returns from a vacation, ask where he went and always state that you vacationed there a few years ago and how fantastic it was.

40. Five minutes into the weekly company meeting, excuse yourself to go to the restroom and return twenty minutes later when it is wrapping up.

41. When the boss is out of town, forward the phones to your house and take a nap. Run back to the office if something needs to be done.

42. Position a cup of coffee on your manager’s desk so that when he sits down, you can pretend to fumble for papers on his desk and easily knock it onto his lap. State that you hope it isn’t hot and that no third degree burns are inflicted.

43. If you are single, place your grandmother’s antique diamond ring on your married finger on the left hand. When boss asks you if anything new has happened to you recently after he clearly notices your ring, state nonchalantly “no, not really.” If you are married, remove your wedding ring and state the same answer when asked the same question.

44. On casual dress day, wear a bathing suit top and the shortest shorts that you own. When you are called into your boss’s office to discuss this, ask for a list that defines the parameters of the casual dress day code.

45. Circulate an anonymous memo that this coming Friday is fetish day so dress appropriately. Add that a $100 prize will be awarded to the freakiest costume.

46. After your boss gives you an overwhelmingly long list of items for you to complete, ask if he’d like for you to wipe his ass as well.

47. Take items out of your manager’s sack lunch. When he comments on this phenomenon, reply that society is degenerating at an unbelievable rate.

48. When you manager asks you how your day is going, be honest. Say, well, if people that worked for this company weren’t so dysfunctional and psychotic, it might be a marginally average place of employment.

49. When your boss says “good morning”, quickly reply, “Oh is it?”

50. Once a week, send an anonymous email to your boss that is spiteful in nature. To kick it off, the first one should simply read, “you are pond scum.”

Graduate University of Washington, owner spiritwhole.com, published poet, and animal lover/activist.

Unique Mens Wedding Bands, - For When Common Won’t Do.

Auto Date Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Wedding rings are a symbol of union. A union between a man and a woman.

This tradition of publicising the union between the man and a woman is a tradition that goes way back to the ancient Egyptians.


Then the use of a ring was slightly different then than now. A ring consisted of something that was more commonly available to the Egyptians. Rushes from along the banks of the Nile.


Rushes were used to symbolise the union between male and female by braiding a small piece around the finger. This created a never ending circle that symbolised eternity. A never ending circle of love.


However although this tradition goes back thousands of years the
wearing of men’s wedding bands is much newer. It was really only after the second world war that men decided that the wearing of a mens wedding band was an appropriate way to celebrate their new commitment to their bride.


Now that the wearing of a mens wedding band is fashionable men are turning their thoughts to which type of ring to buy. And as it is rare that a man will wear an engagement ring, (although not unheard of), their wedding ring is often the only piece of jewelry that they will wear. So they need to give it some thought.


So in many cases men want something unique. Something that no-one else has. A mens wedding band that stands out and makes a statement about just who they are. Something very different.


So what alternatives are there for the man who just wants to be
different?


Gold, Silver or Diamonds are usually first associated with wedding rings. However for the modern man there are many more choices.


Mens Platinum wedding bands and mens Titanium wedding bands are newer but no less stunning. Both are much more recent for the crafting of rings but both make for magnificent rings.


Platinum is exceptionally strong and durable. However it’s appeal is its unique patina or sheen which it develops over time. And it can be crafted into a fascinating range of unusual mens wedding bands. The options are endless.


Similarly Titanium is exceptionally strong and also very light, a third of the weight of gold. This is a bonus for anyone worried about whether a ring on the finger may feel heavy.


Titanium rings are fashioned out of a single block of Titanium and so need to be made to the exact size. The range of Titanium mens rings is, like Platinum, extensive, and there are rings to suit any taste.


However for the man looking for something really unique there are many other options. The internet has opened up a whole new world for the man looking for unique mens wedding bands.


There are now online jewellers who allow you to design your own ring.


For example it is possible to design your own Titanium mens wedding band using a whole variety of Titanium colors. You choose your own ring shape, size and color or mix of colors and add any one of a variety of gemstones to it as you wish. These can be placed exactly as you desire to create a really unique men’s wedding band unlike anything anyone else has anywhere in the world.


For the really adventurous there’s more. Why not carbon fibre? How about stainless steel, or two tone bands? Or celtic mens wedding bands?


And why not get REALLY adventurous if you wish. For those who want something right out of the ordinary there are many options.


Zodiac mens wedding rings are stunning. Available in all the zodiac signs a zodiac ring will turn the head. Large and very visible a zodiac ring is not for the faint hearted but for the man who wants to be noticed it is a ring that must be considered. And two tone zodiac rings are even better!


Not suitable for a wedding ring? Who says! For the man who wants to be unique it doesn’t matter. If he, and she, both like it then it works for them. That’s all that matters.


How about mens gambling rings? For the gamblers amongst us there are rings featuring all manner of gambling symbols. How about a gold and diamond roulette ring? It really does have a tiny roulette wheel, with numbers.


Or a gold and diamond spinning dice ring that really does have 2 tiny dice? Or a gold spinning black jack ring.


Even unusual gemstones can be made into the most unique mens wedding bands. Two tone rings with Tanzanite anyone? Gold with Blue Topaz? Gold, Diamond and Garnet?


So although the wearing of mens wedding bands is relatively new, it doesn’t have to be boring. These types of rings are not for everyone, but for the man who wants a really unique mens wedding band there are lots of choices.


It’s just a case of how unique do you want to be!!!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

© 2005 Peter Crump. Peter Crump is the webmaster and owner of Cool Mens Wedding Rings This is a website devoted solely to mens rings, both mens wedding rings and mens rings in general. For great ideas on all types of mens rings.

Singer Says Try Romance

Auto Date Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Artist: Bernadette Lawrence
Title: Try Romance
Genre: Rhythm and Blues-Pop
Label: Verdict Records
Website: http://www.sherosemusic.com

Bernadette Lawrence says Try Romance. Her enjoyable release carries that common theme throughout on all ten tracks.

This is a beautiful album, lyrically and musically. The songs that really got my attention are “Amor, Amore” and the tender “God Bless The Children.”

Lawrence has a superb voice and sense of rhythm. Every track has different elements of rhythm & blues, pop, funk, and some rap. Her Caribbean hertiage comes shining through like a bright star in her voice and the rhythmic backbeat of several of the tracks. Most notably those attributes are delivered with a smile on “Do It Right” and “Dancin’ On A Moonbeam,” which comes complete with the steel drums. These sounds could very easily be generated by a keyboard, but what can’t? In any event, it all sounds great regardless. I found the piano playing to be exceptionally strong consistently during this listen.

This is bright and cheerful music filled hope and positive messages, which is kind of nice to hear for a change. With the exception of “Let You Go,” which has a toned down slow dance groove to it, there is not a dull or dark moment heard on this CD. If you have the urge to dance and smile the night away, put on this CD.

© Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck-http://www.muzikreviews.com

December 16, 2004

Rating-8/10

1. Let’s Try Romance
2. Not A Game
3. True Love
4. Amor, Amore
5. All Bets Down
6. God Bless The Children
7. Do It Right
8. Dancin’ On A Moonbeam
9. Let You Go
10. Thank You

7 Ways to Self-Promote Within Your E-zine

Auto Date Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

We all know that an e-zine won’t attract and keep subscribers without offering insightful, practical content. If you only drone on and on about how wonderful you and your services/ products are, your readers won’t stick around for long.

But let’s think about WHY you began your e-zine in the first place. It was likely to use it as a vehicle to promote you and your services/products, right?

You have every right to toot your own horn in your e-zine, as long as you don’t drown out the useful content your readers are looking for.

You work hard on your e-zine, so let’s make your e-zine work FOR you!

** Here are 7 simple ideas on how to accomplish this: **

1) Make sure your MAIN ARTICLE always provides information that your readers will find valuable.

By having a main article as the foundation of your issue, readers will feel they got what they came for - helpful information. Try a list of top 10 tips, a “how-to” article, a list of resources, a review of a trend in the industry - that sort of thing. (For a free copy of my article, “11 Quick and Good E-Zine Content Ideas,” send a blank e-mail to mailto:ali- 14285@autocontactor.com)

So remember, if your e-zine is tonight’s meal, your main article should be the entree. Any promotional info should be your side dishes!

2) Begin each issue with an “EDITOR’S NOTE” or “PUBLISHER’S NOTE.”

I began doing this during the fall of 2001, and have found it’s the perfect place to let readers know about what’s happening with me and my business, give them a taste of my personality, and announce any upcoming events or workshops. Because this is a personal message from you to them, and because it’s NOT your main content, you have more leeway in being direct and self-promotional.

3) In your article, throw in LINKS to related articles you’ve written or been featured in, when appropriate.

Your readers will appreciate the additional information and resources, and it’s one more chance for you to demonstrate your expertise and credibility. (See how I did this in item no. 1?)

4) Directly after your article, give a quick PROMO BLURB, mentioning your e-books, reports, or workshops, if you offer them.

Why right after the article and before anything else? If someone reads your article and says to themselves, “Gee, that was great information!” They’ll be ready to hear what else you have to share on that subject.

A great lead-in for your blurb is: “Did You Like Today’s Article? If you did, you’ll LOVE my [e-book, report, upcoming workshop, etc.]…”

5) In each issue, offer a TESTIMONIAL from one of your clients or customers.

I saw another e-zine publisher doing this last year and thought, “What a great idea! She’s giving her readers further reason to try her services.”

I now do this regularly for my “AKB MarCom Tips” e-zine, Which features tips on writing “copy that sells” (http://www.akbwriting.com). After the article and promo blurb, I have a small section that says “What Our Clients Are Saying.” In each issue, I feature a short testimonial from one of my copywriting clients.

6) Tell us what YOU’RE all about!

At the end of your ezine, take at least 10 lines and give a concise description of YOU and what you have to offer your readers.

Marketing writer and consultant Alexandria K. Brown, “The E-zine Queen,” is author of “Boost Business With Your Own E-zine: 209 Secrets to Planning, Writing, Publishing, and Promoting an Online Newsletter That Gets Results.” To learn more about Alexandria’s corporate writing and consulting business, AKB & Associates, visit http://www.akbwriting.com

Sin In the Church: Gay Leadership

Auto Date Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

It drives me nuts when schools, the courts, colleges, tv, the media, government, and those in politics back or bless sin.
It drives me nuts when schools, the courts, colleges, tv, the media, government, and those in politics back or bless sin.

However there is something else that concerns me and makes me even more upset than all those groups backing sin and that is when those in the so called church world endorse sin.

Well, that has happen again another church body is encouraging wrong and sin.

Episcopalians in New Hampshire elected the church’s first openly gay bishop on Saturday in a vote sure to fuel debate in a denomination divided over homosexuality and same-sex unions.

The Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire on the second ballot, according to the Episcopal News Service.

The leadership of the national Episcopal Church, which counts about 2.5 million members, must ratify Robinson’s election during a general convention meeting in Minneapolis in July.

The dad of two grown daughters, Robinson now lives with a male partner. He was in a heterosexual marriage when he acknowledged his homosexuality in the mid-1980s and break up his family.

When the tally was announced, the clergy and lay delegates leaped to their feet and applauded as Robinson came to the front, stood before the altar rail and embraced his two grown daughters, his son-in-law and his partner.

Robinson said the rift in the church could be healed if believers stayed focused on their faith in God, and in the sacrament of communion, adding, “We can get through this if we keep coming to the altar rail.”

What about doing what the Bible says true faith and true love of God is not about backing sin.

Is this church next going put in office a person who has not repented of raping another person? By the way I would feel this way if this person was cheating on his wife with another lady.

A church that gives its blessing to sin is a church that you might want think about leaving if you are part of it and a church that backs sin will not get the blessing of God.

About the Author

Billy Dickson is a youth worker and writer.He writes about issues to do with our culture as he sees what is taking place in the Christian and secular world.In all that he writes his goal is to be a MAD Person. MAD=Make-A-Difference.

Cake Makers Extend Yummy Market Area

Auto Date Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Owners Larry and Lisa Oswald have signed with Pacific West Marketing of San Juan Capistrano, which promotes products at trade shows or sells directly to the Microsofts and IBMs of the world through corporate gifts and the like.

Yummykake www.yummykake.com/ has embarked on a new venture that could extend the artisan cake maker’s reputation from sea to shining sea.

The Oregon company has won the palates and minds of discerning Southern Oregon dessert eaters since moving from Iowa in July 2002 and setting up shop first in Ashland then in Medford in February 2004.

Owners Larry and Lisa Oswald have signed with Pacific West Marketing of San Juan Capistrano, which promotes products at trade shows or sells directly to the Microsofts and IBMs of the world.

“They approached me,” says Larry Oswald, 54, who repeatedly said no until local marketing consultant Tina Janke of TJ Consults Inc. www.tjconsults.com suggested it might be worth his while.

Because Yummykake’s ingredients make a for a decidedly short shelf-life, Oswald hadn’t presumed to extend his marketing reach until now.

“What I’ve been doing in Medford and Ashland with gourmet cakes takes refrigeration,” Oswald says. “That comes down to me shipping with dry ice. It can be done, but I didn’t want to get into dry-ice packaging and freezer space.”

But with a little innovation and thinking outside the cake box, Oswald blended a
truffle and cupcake into a new product line called the Trufflekake(SM), which is
rich, moist cake surrounded by truffle chocolate filling and a decorative shell.

“We don’t need dry ice to ship these with the weather we have right now,” Oswald says. “We can send them by next-day air and they arrive OK. In the heat of the summer, we’ll cold-pack them. But it doesn’t need dry ice like meats and ice
cream.”

The Oswalds ran a full-service bakery with annual sales of about $220,000 in Fairfield, Iowa, a town of 10,000, for more than a half-dozen years. About three years ago, they sold the bakery and moved to Ashland. But even though
Ashland had twice the population, the Oswalds found the going tough. First on Hersey Street, where they still make their cakes in an 1,800-square-foot shop, and then on Siskiyou Boulevard, the light, creamy cakes failed to draw a steady clientele.

Opening a second location at the Grandview Plaza on Roberts Road in Medford, a couple of doors down from Bruno’s Pizza, solved that problem. Oswald says Yummykake had sales of about $200,000 last year and projects revenues to hit
$250,000 this year. Weddings account for 30 percent of sales, the largest individual revenue slice, followed by birthdays and anniversaries.

“It seemed like no one ever has birthdays in Ashland and people couldn’t find Hersey Street,” Oswald says. “In order to survive, we had to move into Medford.”

Now, Yummykake is in position to do better than survive.

Ed Shriber of Pacific West Marketing www.pacificwestmarketing.com has promoted
product-driven companies to corporate gift buyers for more than a quarter-century.

Trufflekakes, measuring about 2 inches in diameter and the same in height, retails for $10 in individual gold-foil containers or six in a gift box going for $65. A flower box of six goes for $85.

Local customers, Oswald says, will find the same items available at Grandview Plaza below those rates.

Shriber, who will earn a commission on his sales, was at a trade show Monday and wasn’t available for comment.

Janke says corporate gifts are a good entry point into wholesale markets.

“There are only so many individuals who can afford most corporate gifts, but those who do, don’t care how much they spend,” says Medford marketing consultant Tina Janke, who has worked with Shriber for several years.

“There are many different reasons a company can give gifts, but food is a big thing for gifts Food Catalogs like Harry & David have taught us that.”