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		<title>Majestic and Beautiful Impression by Rugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you hear the word ‘Aladin’.. what is in your ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rugs.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-320" title="rugs" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rugs-300x249.jpg" alt="rugs 300x249 Majestic and Beautiful Impression by Rugs" width="300" height="249" /></a>If you hear the word ‘Aladin’.. what is in your mind ?  Of course, one of thing is flying rug.  In that movie, rug is used as a vehicle by Aladin for saving his life and also the princess.  At this time, rug is one of the things that usually use as home or building accessories.  Why accessory? it because rug is very beautiful.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.superiorrugs.com/rugs/final-clearance-rugs/final-clearance-rugs.htm">Rugs</a> itself is a kind of carpet and made from wool material.  Rugs were renowned for their ornament beauty came from Middle Asia, Iran and Persia.  Previously, rug was generally handmade, so that it takes enough long time to make one sheet of rug.  For this reason, each rug looks very unique.  Not only for   floor, at past time rug also used for home wall decoration.  The rug will give majestic and beautiful impression.  The rug began come to Western and Europe when the army of Cross War brings the rug from Turkey as a gift when returning to each country they come from.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">At this time, of course many industries that produce a rug, but superriorrugs.com was the right place for us to get the best quality of rugs.  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.superiorrugs.com/rugs/clearance-rugs/clearance-rugs.htm">Area Rugs</a> offer us many beautiful collections of rugs.  The color of rugs are very various with beautiful ornament, with many style, modern style, classic, oriental and also simple.  Not only that, in superriorrugs.com we can also get <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.superiorrugs.com">cheap rugs</a> with best quality.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If we look at, some of magnificent buildings in the world like Kingdom’s palace, presidential palace and place for world leader meeting always use the best quality rug so that a whole building or palace will look majestic and beautiful.   At home, the rug usually was used at the main room and suitable for carpet floor or hardfloor.   Some home also use a rug as a wall home decoration.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For look beautiful and elegance, of course the color and ornament of rugs must be adjusted with color paint wall and floor.  Superriorrugs.com provides any kind of colors and ornament so that you do not to be worried.</p>
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		<title>If These Walls Could Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that there are some rooms you ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wall0001.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-316" title="wall0001" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wall0001-300x224.jpg" alt="wall0001 300x224 If These Walls Could Talk" width="300" height="224" /></a>Have you ever noticed that there are some rooms you just love to go into and others that you find unsettling?  Without realizing it colors affect our moods and the way we function. Interior decorators have known this for years and use it in their offerings on a daily basis but you don’t have to be a professional to learn how to use colors to your benefit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">How we react to color is usually on an unconscious and almost instinctual level and that reaction is purely our own.  You may love the color blue because you find it soothing and calming whereas I may find that same color unsettling and a little disconcerting.  There is no right or wrong reaction to any given color but there is scientific backup to show how the use of color affects our moods.</p>
<p><em>Try this little quiz to see if you can tell which color belongs to which effect:</em></p>
<p>1.  blue &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;A.  energy, vitality, excitement</p>
<p>2. orange&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; B.  harmony and balance</p>
<p>3.  red&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..C.  dramatic, sensual, sophisticated</p>
<p>4.  yellow&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.D.   truth, serenity and harmony</p>
<p>5.  green&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..E.   intellect, used for mental stimulation</p>
<p>6.  purple&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.F.   social and exuberant, warmth</p>
<p>7.  black&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..G.   purity, innocence and joy</p>
<p>8.  white&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..H.   suppressive</p>
<p>9.  pink&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.I.    restful and calming</p>
<p>10. grey&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. J.    powerful, aloof, intimidating</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You might be hard pressed to try to figure out which is which although some are fairly obvious because again we react to them on a subconscious level.  I’ll give you a hint: pink is restful and calming and is the color of equilibrium.  That is why delinquent children and even adults placed in pink holding cells had fewer outbursts when it was tried in the state of California.  Conversely, couples fought more and babies cried more in a bright yellow room.  These are the kinds of things you need to consider when painting and decorating your home.  Green is a restful color and will help you sleep so it would be a good choice for bedrooms.  This might be ringing some bells for you as you recall color schemes that were wrong for the atmosphere you were trying to create in a given room.  Perhaps your yellow and white bedroom looked beautiful in the daylight but was unsettling when you were trying to relax and fall asleep.  Keeping this knowledge in mind can help you enormously when you are ready to redecorate.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Colors not only enhance the atmosphere of a room but they can also visually change the dimensions of a room.  The use of warm colors makes things like doors seem to stand out more and cool colors tend to recede or withdraw.  You have to be careful though as there is a fine line between a color being aggressive and that same color being cozy.  Usually the difference lies in the tones used.  Walls, like our waistlines, appear longer and taller with vertical stripes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Did you know that colors could help with weight management too? Using the color orange in your place settings or tablescape stimulates the appetite whereas the color violet suppresses it.  Darker hues are said to slow our eating and brighter colors makes us eat faster.  Think McDonald’s.  They use the brightest of the primary colors to get you in and out fast.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Colors affect our moods and feelings and can even evoke physical reactions. There is research to show that fertility is increased in a blue room (this can work for you or against you). Even though the temperature is the same, people feeler cooler in a blue room and warmer in a red room.  With all the research and studies done on our color personalities and what the predicted effects of color should be on us, we have to remember that color is still a very personal choice.  What works for one will not work for another so when redecorating and getting a “professional” opinion it is important for you to be honest with them.  It doesn’t matter what combination works on their palette or in the showroom, it has to work for you.  Make every room inviting using the colors that evoke that feeling in you.  Surround yourself with the colors you like.</p>
<p>Answers:</p>
<p><strong>1-D, 2-F, 3-A, 4-E, 5-B, 6-C, 7-J, 8-G, 9-I, 10-H   How did you do?</strong></p>
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		<title>Returning to the Simple Joys of Home and Hobby</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past decades, many mothers have made the decision ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/handletterd.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-185" title="handletterd" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/handletterd.jpg" alt="handletterd Returning to the Simple Joys of Home and Hobby" width="500" height="375" /></a>In the past decades, many mothers have made the decision to pursue careers, but that trend seems to be changing.  Home and hobby are calling to these women, who are willing to make financial and personal sacrifices in order to be the primary caregivers for their small children.  Many women have returned to being keepers at home, and hobby skills can help them meet the financial challenges of being a one income family.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One hobby that helps the mother at home is cooking.  Though it could be considered work, cooking and baking are fascinating hobbies.  One can explore the cuisine of different countries or learn to create gourmet treats.  Baking can yield wholesome whole grain products that nourish the family for a fraction of the cost of loaves bought at the store.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another home and hobby skill that comes in handy is sewing on a sewing machine.  Many homemakers are producing quilts that are works of art. These beautiful offerings can be made inexpensively by recycling unwanted fabrics into squares and other shapes and artistically arranging the pieces.  Other sewing skills that are useful for the stay-at-home-mom are mending, altering, and creating clothing.  When polled about favorite pastimes, women often rank sewing at the top.<br />
In this age, internet has become one of people needed.  Internet helps people in the world to look for anything information following their jobs, skill, education an also hobby.  Moms who choose producing cloths or other work art as their hobbies can use internet as marketing agent.  They can still be at home doing their hobbies but at the same time they are also be a business women.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gardening is a hobby that not only gets the participant close to nature, but also can put high quality produce on the family table.  Some families are even investing in hobby greenhouses or growing enough extra to sell a bit each week at farmers&#8217; markets.  A good practical hobby like growing a garden gives a person a sense of accomplishment when they realize their efforts have created something useful and profitable.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The homemaking parent that has a sense of art can inexpensively create harmony and beauty around the house, raising everyone&#8217;s standard of living. It doesn&#8217;t have to involve spending any money.  Perhaps she can arrange dried wild flowers beautifully or create simple hand-lettered wall mottoes that lift everyone&#8217;s spirits.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Yes, home and hobby call to the women of today, suggesting a simple way of life closer to those people and things that matter most.  While the career women are truly making an important impact on today&#8217;s world, the quiet return of many to home and hobby may result in more impact than any of us realizes.</p>
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		<title>Irene with Her New Hobby : Online Slot Making Her More Cheerful</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, me and my old friends that have long time ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/casino_image_1219376.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-157" title="casino_image_1219376" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/casino_image_1219376.jpg" alt="casino image 1219376 Irene with Her New Hobby : Online Slot Making Her More Cheerful" width="315" height="304" /></a>Today, me and my old friends that have long time no see were invited by our best friends to come to her house for dinner.  My best friend, Irene, had just completed her study at the one of the famous university in the capital city of United States. Reunion and having a joke with some old friends always be a nice time due to each of us just already finished our study at different university and different cities. Each of us has a fun experience and interested story as long as we were studying.  Something interested of this dinner invitation, it&#8217;s because of the host, Irene.  During I known her, Irene rarely socialize or gather with other people. She was a taciturn and smart, like to spend more time in the bedroom for learn, accompanied by some type of snack. Now, she look more cheerful and told us about her new hobby..playing casino &#8230;!! Oo my god .. Irene with casino..surprising..</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Then she began telling her story&#8230; At the end of her study, she get saturated ..boring for the same activities every day.  At the same time her some friends also get same problem.  Then one of them has a great idea, playing gambling ! They arrange time to come to the famous  casino there..something that never done before.  Yeah .. Irene and her friends are rich enough, allocate some money to play gambling is not something difficult especially if it&#8217;s the way that making them happy and avoid them from saturation.  Next, they tried some games like Roulette or casino &#8230;. Be there for many hours is really an entertainment &#8230; Irene lose in one game but win in the other game so that she does not lose much money.  On the day next, Irene want to play gambling again, but be in the arena of gambling with crowded by people, is not interesting to Irene. Her nature basic which is calm, making that arena is not interesting place, but she still want to play gambling.  Some friends also feel the same. Since that time, they do their new hobbies through online casino.  For many days, she and her friends are looking for the information about online game and find a site, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.allaboutslots.com">all about slot</a>, that give them much information that they need.  For winning a game of course need a strategy or knowledge about slot, slot machine gaming and so on.  That site also give information about 5 top game that accept US player.  One of them is <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allaboutslots.com/review/golden-casino.html">Golden Casino</a> which Irene liked also.  She ever got much money when playing <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allaboutslots.com/review/online-vegas-casino.html">Online Vegas Casino</a>.  For some time, she meet with her new friends in online casino just for discussing the strategy of playing a game, about their loosing and winning accompanied with a couple of tea. It was fun.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">At the end of dinner.. Irene asked us to join with her in online casino. Perhaps later I will join her to try playing <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allaboutslots.com/review/rushmore-casino.html">Rushmore Casino</a> like her friends do.  Yeah..nothing wrong with that as long as we done with responsibility.</p>
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		<title>How does body jewellery really enhance your beauty?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since ancient times body jewelry has been a part of ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/body-jewelry-1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-145" title="body-jewelry-1" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/body-jewelry-1.jpg" alt="body jewelry 1 How does body jewellery really enhance your beauty?" width="500" height="300" /></a>Since ancient times body jewelry has been a part of the culture and heritage of different religions. It has been known to be an essential part of the clothing and appearance of the people in many regions of the world. At different parts of time through the centuries it was also used to signify the class demarcations prevalent in society at that point of time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">However in recent times it has acquired a new dimension. Body jewelry has never been in such high demand. The human body is not merely a body, it is a piece of art which has its own innate beauty and body jewelry is the perfect way to enhance the beauty of your body. Not only can you <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.andrearosen.com/free-tattoo-designs.html" target="_blank">decorate your body</a> with it, but you can also use it to bring into focus certain parts of your body or to enhance the beauty of certain parts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Body jewelry items are usually for particular places on the human body. These more common places for body jewelry include the nose, eyebrow, nipple, ear lobes and naval, along with ear plugs (both curved and straight barbells). As fashion trends keep changing, the various parts where you can use body jewelry and the manner in which you can use it also keeps changing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Nose body jewelry comes either in the classic captive circular barbell, or in the form of a nose screw. The nose screw can either be jeweled or plain, depending upon your preference. Eyebrow body jewelry is similar to that of the nose, in the sense that the eyebrow body jewelry also has the small captive barbell. This is now being made with a dangling, sparkling charm to hang from the upper most part of your eyebrow barbell. The eyebrow body jewelry can be either curved or straight with a charm of any style or color dangling from the top.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Nipple and naval body jewelry is one of the more popular types of body jewelry, it is especially popular amongst the youth or the more adventurous in spirit. Nipple body jewelry includes the nipple barbells and the nipple shields. Naval body jewelry designs are also endless.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whatever kind of body jewelry you use or wear it is important to keep some pointers in mind. Such as what kind of material is that specific body jewelry made off, is your skin allergic to it and is the piercing for the body jewelry done in a <a rel="follow" href="http://lavendercastle.com/category/womens-health" target="_blank">sterile and antiseptic</a> environment.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This kind of jewelry is available for almost every conceivable part of your body. There are endless styles, designs, colors and textures in which body jewelry is made. Whatever your budget, whether it is low end or high end; body jewelry is available in every range to suit your pocket as well as your tastes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Body jewelry is not merely a decorative fixture; it is also a personal style statement. You can use it to bring attention or to take away attention from a specific part of your body. It is quite in vogue these days and has been in existence since time immemorial. If you have the attitude and the panache you can carry of any kind of body jewelry.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/women_cellphone10.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-110" title="women_cellphone10" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/women_cellphone10.jpg" alt="women cellphone10 best cell phones for women" width="450" height="339" /></a>Contrary to expectations, not all women want to be seen with a girly pink or bejeweled phone that screams for attention. Don&#8217;t get us wrong. We love cute colors, but we also like understated tastefulness that mingles fashion and femininity in equal measures. In short, a phone good enough to be seen with. That said, <a rel="follow" href="http://www.andrearosen.com/" target="_blank">design and colors </a>aren&#8217;t the end game for us. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://lavendercastle.com/category/works-and-professional" target="_blank">The professional</a>, hip and smart women of today want <a href="http://curvedms.com/" target="_blank">cell phones </a>that also offer great functionality (as opposed to a ton of features) for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oopshey.com/" target="_blank">not just work but also play</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So yes, give us something that works and works well. Let there be sufficient fun features for ringtones and personal pictures. How about a user interface that&#8217;s easy to text with? Finally, a handy size seems to be the operative word among our female friends who fancy unobtrusive terminals. So for the money, and based on the earlier criteria, these top 10 choices (in no particular order) make the final cut for what women want.</p>
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<li><span class="f3"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.curvedms.com/motorola-razr2-v8.html" target="_blank">Motorola RAZR2 V8</a><br />
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<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.curvedms.com/samsung-sgh-e590.html"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.curvedms.com/motorola-razr2-v8.html" target="_blank">Samsung SGH-E590</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.curvedms.com/samsung-ultra-edition-121-u700.html" target="_blank"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.curvedms.com/samsung-ultra-edition-121-u700.html" target="_blank">Samsung Ultra Edition 12.1 (U700)</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.curvedms.com/lg-shine-ku970.html"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.curvedms.com/lg-shine-ku970.html" target="_blank">LG Shine (KU970)</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.curvedms.com/nokia-6300.html" target="_blank"><span class="f3">Nokia 6300 </span></a></li>
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		<title>Secret Benefits of Aromatherapy&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-89" title="aromatherapy-massage4" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/aromatherapy-massage4-300x198.jpg" alt="aromatherapy massage4 300x198 Secret Benefits of Aromatherapy..." width="300" height="198" />Many people are familiar with the therapeutic properties of aromatherapy massage. It relaxes your body, helps increase circulation, and gives your skin a vibrant glow. However, what many people do not know is that <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://helpfuture.com/basic-uses-and-benefits-of-aromatherapy.html" target="_blank">aromatherapy </a>massage is an effective treatment for many other things such as cellulite, stress, emotional problems, as well as for animals.</p>
<p><em><strong>Aroma therapy massage for cellulite</strong></em></p>
<p>Unfortunately, there are many people who treat their bodies well yet cannot escape the terror of cellulite. Particularly for people who used to be overweight, cellulite is extremely difficult to get rid off no matter what you do. Even if you have never been overweight you may have some cellulite; this is because <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://helpfuture.com/the-miracle-of-hormone.html">hormones </a>play a big part in the development of cellulite.</p>
<p>Besides exercise and a good diet to detoxify your body, aroma therapy massage is a great way to get rid of those unruly cellulite lines. It helps to breakdown and melt fatty deposits. An effective massage oil is a blend of juniper, sweet fennel, cypress, and a carrier oil such as sweet almond or jojoba oil. Make sure to have long and deep massages for cellulite treatment.</p>
<p><em><strong>Aroma therapy massage for stress</strong></em></p>
<p>Everybody has experienced stress at one point or another. There is nothing more relaxing than a deep, aroma therapy massage at the end of the day. High levels of stress are not something to be taken lightly it can lower your immune system making you more susceptible to diseases.  For those who experience prolonged sessions of high stress, it may be a good idea to look into aroma therapy massage.</p>
<p><em><strong>Aroma therapy massage for emotional problems</strong></em></p>
<p>Many therapists use aroma therapy oils for emotional issues such as anxiety, depression, physical exhaustion, insomnia, and irritability. Many people have found that aroma therapy is a good way to calm nerves and boost mood. In fact, therapists have found that different blends of oils can trigger different moods. For instance, there are oils that increase energy levels, and some that alleviate pain in the body. Other scents that are popular for being able to lift the spirit are citrus scents such as grapefruit, lemon, lime, and orange.</p>
<p>Aroma therapy massage for dogs</p>
<p>If you think that smells can be soothing and therapeutic, imagine what it would do for animals with a more sensitive sense of smell. Aroma therapy massage is now being used to pamper pets, particularly dogs. Over the years, it has been gaining popularity as a way to treat dogs emotionally and physically. Typically used to treat tick problems and anxiety, the natural smells in the oils have a visible effect on a dog&#8217;s health.</p>
<p>Oils used in dog aroma therapy are usually 100% all natural made from natural oils, plants, and herbs. Usually, lemon oil is also added and serves as an effective repellent. Rosemary is also a popular choice, which is used to treat arthritis. These oils can be massaged into a dog&#8217;s fur, or simply diluted in water and sprayed on.</p>
<p><em>With all these benefits, it is easy to see why so many people are addicted to aromatherapy massage. If you have any emotional problems, physical pains, or just want to give your pet a wonderful treat, get up now and find your way to an aroma therapy spa near you.<br />
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		<title>5 Romantic Travel Resolutions</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">A new year always means a chance for a new start. You and yours can begin this new year by making some travel resolutions together, regardless of your time and budget restraints. Put aside those old travel habits and make some new ones! Let this be the year that your travel plans focus on fun, fantasy, and festivities!<a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/romantictravel.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-79" title="romantictravel" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/romantictravel.jpg" alt="romantictravel 5 Romantic Travel Resolutions" width="375" height="256" /></a></p>
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<li>We&#8217;re going to plan a real vacation. No, it doesn&#8217;t have to be an around the world cruise or first class getaway (but if you can afford it, what are you waiting for?) It does have to be an honest-to-goodness vacation, though. No cell phones, no <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.curvedms.com/" target="_blank">laptops</a>. Mark the dates on the calendar and keep it just like you&#8217;d keep any business appointment. The business of romantic travel, though, is a fun one and an activity that the two of you can plan for months.</li>
<li>We&#8217;re going to involve each other in the trip planning. All too often, one partner gets the job for planning a trip&#8230;and that task quickly becomes a bore. Plan your trips together! Anticipation is half the fun. Visit a travel agent. Collect brochures. Buy a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://vasthub.info/">guidebook</a>. Rent a video about your destination. Search the internet for information.</li>
<li>We&#8217;re going to do something we&#8217;ve never done. Here you can be as mild &#8212; or as wild &#8212; as you dare. Go whitewater rafting. Rent a houseboat. Take a hot air balloon ride. Spend the night in a local bed and breakfast. Learn to scuba dive. Dance the whole night away under the stars. The choice is yours.</li>
<li>We&#8217;re going to take one mini-vacation every month. Whether it&#8217;s for the night or just for the night out, plan one tiny slice of a vacation every single month. The only rule: you must pretend you&#8217;re on vacation. Book a night at a local bed and breakfast. Call your local hotel and find out their non-peak nights (in business-oriented cities, it&#8217;s usually Friday and Saturday) then plan a short romantic getaway.</li>
<li>We&#8217;re going to go to at least one festival. Special events take place at just about every community around the world. Whatever your interests &#8212; from square dancing to sandcastle building &#8212; you&#8217;ll find a festival celebrating with a day or two of fun and food. If you don&#8217;t have the time or budget to go far, contact area chamber of commerce or tourism offices within a day&#8217;s drive of your home for their calendar of events. If you can, extend your trip into a long weekend. If you&#8217;ve got the time and resources, check out some of the major fun festivals: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.oopshey.com/grebeg-demak-celebrate-the-islamic-holiday.html">Grebeg Demak</a> , <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://somemap.com/lomban-batang-regency.html">Lomban-batang regency</a> , Don&#8217;t forget your costume!</li>
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		<title>Nicole Kidman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 class="content-subhead">The Oscar-winning star of <em>Australia</em> unloads decadesâ€™ worth of revelations, ruminationsâ€”and so many useful life lessons, youâ€™ll want to take notes.</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1028-nicole-kidman_aw.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-56" title="1028-nicole-kidman_aw" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1028-nicole-kidman_aw.jpg" alt="1028 nicole kidman aw Nicole Kidman" width="618" height="420" /></a>Beneath Nicole Kidmanâ€™s unruffled exterior, thereâ€™s always been something clearly, unapologetically complicated.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Weâ€™ve seen a hint of it in her gritty, bravura performances, whether in her dramatic roles (she <em>became</em> Virginia Woolf in <em>The Hours</em>) or her comic turns (remember her wacky scheming in <em>To Die For</em>?). Weâ€™ve been treated to her startling-for-a-movie-star candor: In 2006, when her husband, country singer Keith Urban, entered rehab for alcohol addiction virtually on the heels of their honeymoon, she didnâ€™t avoid discussing their ordeal; she said she hoped it would help other couples. And the intense work ethicâ€”more than 30 movies over the course of almost two decadesâ€”is hardly the stuff of blithe serenity, especially since sheâ€™s kept up that hectic schedule while being a mom to Isabella, 16, and Connor, 13 (her children with ex-husband Tom Cruise), and now Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, five months.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It was really only a matter of time before the impassioned actress became an activist, too, as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). â€œWe didnâ€™t call her; she called us,â€ says Joan Libby Hawk, UNIFEMâ€™s chief of public affairs. â€œAnd she said, â€˜Iâ€™m in this for the long haul.â€™ Thereâ€™s a level of passion that shows.â€ That passion was evident in her numerous visits to shelters for abused women in a range of countries, from Switzerland to Kosovo. When she meets victims at shelters, Kidmanâ€™s empathy is markedâ€”and effective, say the women who have accompanied her. At a safe house for survivors of domestic violence in Kosovo two years ago, â€œshe was so modest and close to the women that she made it easy for them to speak about what happened,â€ says the houseâ€™s director, Sakibe Doli.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Baz Luhrmann, who directed Kidman in her current film <em>Australia</em> and 2001â€™s <em>Moulin Rouge!</em>, has long seen the actress as both an â€œextreme professionalâ€ and â€œthe most human friendâ€¦a true mother, a real person.â€ Indeed, when <em>Glamour</em> sat down with Kidman at her hotel in London, where she was in rehearsals for the film musical <em>Nine</em>, we met that â€œreal person.â€</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LC:</strong> Important things first: Who does Sunday Rose look like, you or Keith?<br />
<strong>NICOLE KIDMAN:</strong> Keith! Itâ€™s fine by me, having a little Keith-ette. When he goes away, I can look at her and see him.</p>
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		<title>Movie Theater</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A movie theater or cinema is a venue, usually a ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/theater.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-45" title="theater" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/theater.jpg" alt="theater Movie Theater " width="640" height="480" /></a>A movie theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing movies. Most cinemas are commercial operations catering to the general public, which attend by purchasing a ticket. The film is projected with a movie projector onto a large projection screen at the front of the auditorium. Some movie theaters are now equipped for digital cinema projection, removing the need to create and transport a physical film print.</p>
<h2 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Design</h2>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Traditionally a movie theater, like a stage theater, consists of a single auditorium with rows of comfortable seats, as well as a lobby area containing a box office for buying tickets, a counter and/or selfservice facilities for buying snacks and drinks, and washrooms. Stage theaters are sometimes converted into movie theatres by placing a screen in front of the stage and adding a projector; this conversion may be permanent, or temporary for purposes such as showing art house fare to an audience accustomed to plays. The familiar characteristics of relatively low admission and open seating can be traced to Samuel Roxy Rothafel, an early movie theater impresario. Many of these early theatres contain a balcony, an elevated platform above the theater&#8217;s rearmost seats. The rearward main floor &#8220;loge&#8221; seats were sometimes larger, softer, and more widely spaced and sold for a higher price.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">In conventional low pitch viewing floors the preferred seating arrangement is to use staggered rows. While a less efficient use of floor space this allows a somewhat improved sight line between the patrons seated in the next row toward the screen, provided they do not lean toward one another.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Stadium seating&#8221; is employed in many modern theaters, giving patrons a clear sight line over the heads of those seated in front of them. Originally employed for flat-screen IMAX viewing (which has a very tall screen) this feature has proven popular with theatre patrons.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Rows of seats are divided by one or more aisles so that there are seldom more than 20 seats in a row. This allows easier access to seating, as the space between rows is very narrow. Depending on the angle of rake of the seats, the aisles have steps. Each step in the aisles is marked with a row of small lights so that people don&#8217;t trip in the darkened theatre.</p>
<h3 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Multiplexes and megaplexes</h3>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Stanley Durwood of American Multi-Cinema (now AMC Theatres) pioneered what would become the <em>multiplex</em> in 1963 after realizing that he could operate several attached auditoriums with the same staff needed for one through careful management of the start times for each movie.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Since that time multiple-screen theatres have become the norm, and many existing venues have been retrofitted so that they have multiple auditoriums. A single lobby is shared between them. Because of the late development of multiplexes, the term &#8220;cinema&#8221; or &#8220;theater&#8221; may refer either the whole complex or a single auditorium, and sometimes &#8220;screen&#8221; is used to refer to an auditorium.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">A popular movie may be shown on multiple screens at the same multiplex, which reduces the choice of movies but offers more choice of viewing times. Two or three screens may be created by dividing up an existing cinema (as Durwood did with his Roxy in 1964), but newly built multiplexes usually have at least six to eight screens. In these large modern theaters, an electronic display in the ticket hall often shows a list of movies with starting time, auditorium number, admission rating, and whether it is sold out. Sometimes the number of remaing available seats is shown as well. At the entrance of each auditorium there may be a one-line electronic display with the title of the movie. After the movie has started, it can display the title and time of the next scheduled showing.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Although definitions vary, a large multiplex with 20 or more screens is usually called a megaplex. The first megaplex is generally considered to be the Kinepolis in Brussels, Belgium, which opened in 1988 with 25 screens and a seating capacity of 7,500. The first megaplex in the United States was AMC Theatres&#8217; Grand 24 in Dallas, Texas, which opened in 1995.</p>
<h3 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;"></h3>
<h3 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">IMAX</h3>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">IMAX is a system using oversized film to produce image quality far superior to conventional film. IMAX theaters require an oversized screen as well as special projectors. The first permanent IMAX theater was at Ontario Place in Toronto, Canada.</p>
<h3 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Drive-in</h3>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">A drive-in movie theatre is basically an outdoor parking area with a screen at one end and a projection booth at the other. Moviegoers drive into the parking spaces which are sometimes sloped upwards at the front to give a more direct view of the movie screen. Movies are usually viewed through the car windscreen (windshield) although some people prefer to sit on the hood of the car. Sound is either provided through portable loudspeakers located by each parking space, or is broadcast on an FM radio frequency, to be played through the car&#8217;s stereo system. Because of their outdoor nature, drive-ins usually only operate seasonally, and after sunset. Drive-in movie theatres are mainly found in the United States, where they were especially popular in the 1950s and 1960s. They are now almost extinct.</p>
<h3 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Other venues</h3>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Some outdoor movie theatres are just cleared areas where the audience sits upon chairs or blankets and watch the movie on a temporary screen, or even the wall of a convenient building.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">In the late 1990s, student organisations in universities and schools started to show movies in auditoriums equipped with multimedia projectors. Before the ubiquity of classic and modern films in DVD and VHS formats, student groups at large universities often sponsored screenings of films on 16 mm projectors in lecture halls as a way to raise money. Many small colleges also had student-run film groups that projected 16 mm films on a regular basis to students.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Some alternative methods of showing movies have been popular in the past. In the 1980s the introduction of VHS cassettes made possible video-salons, small rooms where visitors viewed the film on a large TV. These establishments were especially popular in the Soviet Union, where official distribution companies were slow to adapt to changing demand, and so movie theatres could not show popular Hollywood and Asian films.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Movies are also commonly shown on airliners in flight, using large screens in each cabin or smaller screens for each group of rows or each individual seat; the airline company sometimes charges a fee for the headphones needed to hear the movie&#8217;s sound. Movies can also be shown on trains.</p>
<h2 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Movie theater culture</h2>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Movie theaters are associated with dating, 3D glasses, popcorn and expensive treats. It is also more culturally accepted to throw and leave your garbage on the floor in a movie theater, than elsewhere. Movie theatres are notorious for sticky floors.</p>
<h3 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Intimacy</h3>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes couples go to a movie theater for the additional reason that it provides the possibility of some physical intimacy, where the dark provides some privacy (with additional privacy in the back-row), i.e., the same amount of intimacy is a lesser form of public display of affection. This applies in particular for young people who still live with their parents, and these parents tend to monitor and/or forbid certain activities, and in the case of other social or even legal problems with public displays of affection. Compared with being together in a room without other people, it may also be reassuring for one or both of the couple (and for parents) that the intimacy is necessarily limited.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Arm rests pose a hindrance to intimacy. Some theaters have love seats: seats for two without an armrest in the middle. The most modern theaters have movable armrests throughout the theater that when down can hold a food container as well as act as an armrest or partition between the seats and when up allow closer contact between the couple. More expensive theaters may have large comfortable sofas.</p>
<h3 class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Lobby, food and drinks</h3>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">Movie theaters usually sell various snack foods and drinks; the points of sale are called concession stands. There may be a counter, selfservice where one pays at the counter, and/or coin-operated machines. Sometimes the area of sale is more like a self-service shop than a lobby (it is not suitable for consuming the goods), and one pays at the check-out between the shop and the area with the screens.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">The facilities for buying snacks and drinks often represent the theater&#8217;s primary source of profit; movie studios in the U.S. traditionally drive hard bargains entitling them to more than 70, 80, or 90% of the gross ticket revenue during the first week (and then the balance changes in 10% increments per week from there). Some movie theaters forbid eating and drinking inside the viewing room (restricting such activities to the lobby), while others encourage it, e.g. by selling large portions of popcorn; however, also in that case bringing one&#8217;s own food and drinks may be forbidden. Concessions is currently a huge area of expansion with many companies in the U.S. offering a wider range of snacks, including hot dogs and nachos. The noise of people eating, including the opening of wrappers, is frowned upon by some moviegoers.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">A few movie theaters offer full restaurant service at one&#8217;s seat, though outside of Texas this is still uncommon. Some chains, such as McMenamins in the Pacific Northwest, may also serve alcohol (usually microbrewed beer) as well as pizza.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">The lobby may be before or after the ticket check. If it is after, sometimes entrance to the lobby is only allowed from a limited time, e.g. half an hour, before the movie starts.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">It is quite common for the lobby to include an arcade game area.</p>
<p class="style12" style="text-align: justify;">It is common for moviegoing teenagers to throw various foodstuffs &#8211; most notably popcorn &#8211; at each other, though sometimes at other moviegoers. This is always frowed upon by the managment. In Ireland, mobile phones have also been banned in all cinemas, with some going to the extreme of installing equipment that blocks mobile phone signals.</p>
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