On-line writer? article publisher? This site I found might be of interest to you.

This afternoon, I was spending my time surfing the net looking for websites that has articles on how to improve my writing. Half way browsing, I came through sites that offered on-line jobs as article writers. Having no job at the time, I decided to look through a couple of sites. The first site I entered has a simple layout offering lots of categories and job opportunities for on-line writers catering to different topics. It also has different ads that looked simple yet effective. Scrolled a bit, here and there, found interesting jobs but came late on applying since the sites offering seemed to have filled their needs. So I left the site and found another that seemed like a more sophisticated and formal site for on-line writers looking for a job, having a lay out consisting a well designed sidebar with a wide variety of topics from Arts and Literature to Travel. At first I was a bit cynic because it failed to accept my registration. I was only relieved when I opened my e-mail account and found their e-mail as to why my registration was not processed. They are currently updating their site at the moment and in a ''pause'' as to processing registration and content submission.

For those aspiring writers like me and interested in applying for an on-line job. Or if you just want to expand where you post your articles. This is a well organized site that can categorize your work and find it with ease. Please check out their website at

www.ArticleInsider.com

If you know other good sites like this.. Please post it under comments. I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

What is poverty?

Poverty is just an idea or thought. It is present in the minds of people, specially in developing countries. Now don't get me wrong, these countries have many resources that are yet to be tapped that entrepreneurs can use and give people different jobs. For us to have a better understanding of what poverty is we have to know some things first. As people, our roles in our family is to provide food, shelter and other necessities and these are the reasons why we make a living. In a modern age, this means that we have to make money. Now, very few people seem to understand what money is. Money just like poverty is an idea or thought. As a way for me to make my point. Let's remember our days of schooling. In the old days, people used to trade different things, such as food, clothing and handiwork among many things to interact with each other, then as our trading spread across the world we discovered different varieties of the basic needs (e.g. meat and vegetables which came from the land were traded for fish which came from water). Thus we need a more convenient method. Time came when people used clam shell, or different handy materials that we incorporated with value to make our purchases. Then came the use of coins and paper, much of what we see and touch today. In my observation, not understanding what it is gives poverty. We tend to cling on the material representation rather than seeing that its just a material that society uses to trade.

Prophetic story during supper

While we were having dinner tonight. I was intrigued by a statement that my grandmother said. My grandmother, being old at 77, always have stories from her past that she shares to me. And I enjoy listening to those stories of how life was during World War II. It's like crossing into a timeline where my mother wasn't even born. It draws pictures from imagination of how things were. How people traveled, what customs they had, lifestyle, and how they survived during the war. It was all so amusing. I can also recall of stories that she said was handed down from generations of our family. There is a story told where her grandmother, or her grandmother's grandmother said that "things" made of steel will be seen in the sky, (airplanes) some will float on water (boats), and some stories which i can only describe as a modern submarine. Those where told decades ago when nothing of the sort existed. My grandmother would tell me these hundred of times. She does not have any mystical power or anything, but sometimes she has a knack for saying things that comes true. Anyway, during supper she goes at it again. However, this time she mentioned a rather new story laid down by ancestors, it is said that, time will come where in money as we know it will change. It will be made of leather, and that will be a sign that apocalypse is near. And then she continued, ''i don't know, maybe it will come after millions of years''

Some poetry: Shadow

Stood there in the center of the door, with a light cast from behind, giving off a long silhouette of empty space. The shadow that recalled the memories of the past. Entered and found a fire place. Stared at the beauty that laid before, vividly detailed. Darkness that veils every passing of the hour, when sun sinks in the west, sends shivers down the spine. All those faces in the dark, whisper unsound and cryptic riddles. Body trembles, struggles to find day light, gasping for air.

It is here, in this room, a secluded place in my mind that I have battled the carnal nature of man, weathered the incessant storm of unholy torture. Of which was brought by self, an erring spirit searching for the Truth. I made my own fears. Only to find that it is folly. It is ignorance that made me suffer.

The overshadowed concept of midlife crisis, stress, and depression

Mid-life crisis is a natural process (first identified by the psychologist Carl Jung) and it is a normal part of 'maturing'. However, midlife crisis can sometimes feel very uncomfortable, and cause people to seek psychotherapy or counselling, or to make radical lifestyle changes that can be very damaging and are regretted later.

The process is not a strict 'sequence of events'. It consist of Accommodation, Separation, Liminality, Reintegration and Individuation.

*note: if you are presently undergoing a painfull transition, seek the support of family members or if this is unapplicable to you seek support from people you trust, have known you for years, and vice versa, and YOU consider as family. It would also help to whisper a private prayer daily as you seek knowledge and information about any problem on the way.

http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/midlife.htm

The site also features self-help articles in which we can benefit from.

*disclaimer: The author of this blog is NOT an expert on this subject matter and just intended this post to be a gateway of information for friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. For more detailed information please visit http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/midlife.htm)

Chewing gum versus Smoking

To smoke or not to smoke?

Smoking is cleary one of the most debated subjects in the world. Many articles and books are contributed in an attempt to help people stop smoking. Though many reseach has been done in the attempt, we can only wish to rid the world of cigarette. Why? The answer is simple, there's just too many people making money out of cigarettes. Even governments in different countries benefit from this industry. We offen ask people why they smoke? People have different answers. Some smoke "to relieve tension", or "to calm the nerves". Some gives the idea that "it helps in concentrating". All of these so called ''benefits" can be found in many articles in books or in the internet.

Now, let me introduce the contender, chewing gum.

This innocent looking piece of candy has many benefits that smoking gives (yes, smoking has benefits and it comes with health problems).

Smokers smoke when they are tense, which decreases concentration. Chewing gum has benefits like what we tend to think smoking gives, but without health problems. Below is a list of some benefits.

It EASES tension - chewing reduces muscular tension and helps people feel more at ease.

IMPROVES concentration - repetitive act of chewing gum increases the heart rate and aids concentration.

Thus, it helps in smoking cessation.

Freshens breath

Helps fight tooth decay

Convenient way of taking vitamins and minerals - fortified gum provides a convenient way of taking vitamins and minerals (from International Chewing Gum Association)

Tooth whitening

Relief for sufferers of Xerostomia

Provides low-calorie snack

and in my own experience, Chewing gum relieves indigestion and helped me burp normally.

Gum also has many different flavors.


If you have other constructive suggetions or other benefits gained from chewing gum, feel free to leave comments.

For more facts about chewing gum visit International Chewing Gum Association (ICGA) http://www.gumassociation.org

RF Online: Crimson Dawn PT Guide

RF online: Crimson dawn pt guide.

The recent update of the game Crimson Dawn introduces level 1 "soul" weapons for all races and character types. This is a nice incentive for new players, however, due to the high stats of the weapons new players tend to level fast and leave pt's in a mess. So i suggest the use of normal weapons for increasing pt and reserve the "soul weapons" for player killing.

For accretian players a clear dis-advantage is running speed. As compared to bellato and cora, with their velocity buffs. Accretians are slow, only relying on range armors. Though the race has nimble joint skill from specialist, battle leaders, which boosts running speed, players tend to choose warrior or ranger class rather than specialist.

The information below is very useful for warrior type users. Ranger armor pt requirement for warrior type users, in all races has been capped to 54/99 allowing only the use of level 43 ranger armor.

It is best to focus first on your ranger pt from the start, say level 4, or whenever range weapons are available in your lowest level. Focus on this pattern on leveling your pt until you reach the ranger armor cap, 54/99. Range/Shield, Melee/Shield, Launcher, Defense (defense pt leveling will be easy for warrior types in higher levels).

During early levels, range pt will be easy to level. So after it reaches the pt cap for your character level, (let's say for example your character is level 10 and the range pt cap is 20/20) you can increase your melee pt. And when you reach level 11, range cap will be increased (using my example, 20/20 will have increased to 20/25). Again, focus on your range pt until it reaches 25/25. Just repeat this process until you reach 54/*.

Note that during the process you might or might not be able to unlock your expert, or elite melee skills in your early levels. A good point here is that increasing your range pt early in the game will save time for you to focus on all pt's related to melee (which is all you will use for the remaining of the game.)

Next, focus on unlocking your expert/elite melee skills.

NOTE: always use monsters with full "pt bubbles" (click on any monster outside settlements, pt bubbles are the circles with colors at the top of the monster's name) in increasing any pt, especially in unlocking melee/range skills.

RF Online: Crafting Type C/D armor and shield

In this section you will find the recipe in creating Type C/D armors. Since the introduction of Type C/D weapons (weapons with level and pt requirements reduced) rf online gamers can now craft armors and shields as well. Just a reminder, ARMOR ability reavers are different from WEAPON ability reavers so please check your ability reavers before crafting.


Here are the armor abilities that can be used,


Advanced Strength: Increases hit points and force points by 6%

Endurance: Increases elemental resistance by 4

Fine: Increases accuracy by 5

Guardian: Decreases the duration of debuffs by 10%

Protection: Increases shield block rate by 5%

Sharp: Increases critical hit chance by 8%

Solid: Increases defense by 10%

Vampire: 4% of damage dealt is regained as hit points

Strong: Increases attack damage by 5%


RECIPE

10 Red Stone
Where to find: Process mined Ores to get Red Stones

99 Purple Excelsiar Pieces
Where to find: Excelsiar Pieces are randomly dropped by any monster. There are various colors that can be found that can be used for other purposes.Note: Remember that Excelsiar Pieces are different from a whole Excelsiar.

1 Type C Purple
ExcelsiarWhere to find: Combine 30 Purple Excelsiar Pieces, 20 Silver Catalysts, and 10 Gold Catalysts at the Hero NPC in your racial headquarters. You can purchase the Silver Catalysts and Gold Catalysts from the Tool NPC in your racial headquarters.

10 Armor Ability itemsWhere to find: You can get these from an Inventor's Box, at random. Inventor's Boxes are dropped by Turncoats in Sette, as well as Assassin Builders.

1 Intense Armor with +1 to +5 favor upgrades (no more, no less)Notes: The number of favor upgrades denote the chance of success in creating a Type C/D armor. Using a +5 intense armor does not mean 100% success, however. It is estimated to be at 95% only.

Next go to the Hero NPC in HQ and combine the recipe. There will be a fee for combining. Goodluck!

NOTE: only level 30 to55 weapons can be crafted. For armors level 47 to 55.

RF Online: Crafting Level 50 Jetpack

Here is the recipe for creating level 50 jetpack for all 3 races

You need to have 1 bag, 99 pieces or 1 set of Beam, 99 pieces or 1 set of Gli, 5 pcs of complete exelsiar and 1 chaos talic to succeed your jetpack combination

Bag 1 piece

Beam 99 pieces

Olive Excelsiar (type a, type b, type c complete excelsiars can be used)

Gli 99 pieces

Advance Panzer Pligel (level 50 Accretia)

For Bellato and Cora its the same recipe, just buy the corresponding bag for each race.