October 31st, 2009
There are so many Network Marketing companies out there today, way too many for me to name, but out of those many there are only a few that have the “WOW Factor”. When choosing a MLM Company most people are more interested in the compensation plan or becoming an expert on all the products and services their particular company provides. Don’t get me wrong these are very important things and you should know as much as you can about everything, but the the real truth is if your companies product or service doesn’t have the “WOW Factor” its going to be a bumpy ride to success. The “WOW Factor” is so vitally important to your business. Having a product so powerful that it captures instantaneous attention from the public is a huge factor to your success.
Having a demonstrable product will out sell a non-demonstrable product 10x to 1 period! Having a product that potential customers can interact with is priceless for your business. One new MLM Company that has been receiving a great deal of attention these days , has brought to the Health & Wellness Beverage Industry, the technology of Yoli Blast Caps. The focus of these Blast Caps are to offer a healthy alternative to the mainstream performance, energy and sports drinks. With 100% freeze dried nutritional blends locked into their Blast Caps.
The Yoli Company has created a unique product and opportunity that has generated alot of buzz in the Network Marketing Industry. The Yoli Blast Caps are a easily demonstrable product that have seemed to have caught the eye of the consumer. The founders of Yoli recognized the growing trend in the beverage industry. More and more people everyday seem to want to consume their health & energy via beverages. Realizing the massive opportunity to bring not only a unique product to the masses. But a drink that could possibly enhance peoples health and provide to the consumer a great tasting beverage that did not contain any of the negatives that some beverages contain.
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October 31st, 2009
I’m finding that it is possible to download some great software tools to help improve my efficiency at work and at home. I have learned that some can be downloaded at no charge, but others do come at a cost. The first products that come to mind are antivirus software packages.
One thing to understand from the beginning is that you can find free virus protection software, but it is intended only for your home computer. Although the free software will protect you from the most terrible attacks, there are other threats that can be a problem. You need to pay for a full package if you want complete protection that is not available from the free versions.
Finally, as the business world leans towards a paperless environment, there is the need to be able to consolidate and organize all types of files from hundreds of software applications. It will be more and more common that
we will convert these other documents, photographs, faxes and spreadsheets in to pdf documents.
There are a few major companies with products to deal with this requirement, Adobe being the most familiar name. Adobe Acrobat is probably the best-known software package and they offer a few choices of products in that family from which you can choose. Many people get by with the free Adobe Reader download when they don’t have a need to perform more involved tasks.
Whichever file management software you select, you’ll find that there are significant time savings in being able to quickly work with pdf files. This is not likely to change in the foreseeable future.
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October 31st, 2009
As small business owners, we need to find traffic for our websites from wherever we can get it — assuming, of course, that the source is relevant traffic. Irrelevant traffic actually HURTS your website rank in the search engines so we don’t want that. For that reason, we are not fans of reciprocal linking schemes, link farms, etc.
Case in point. I recently met with a new client in Los Angeles who needed to market their small business website. They had previously enjoyed a Page Rank of 5 for their website. Over the past two years, it has dropped to a Page Rank of 3. This was due to a number of factors, but chief among those was the fact that they had been forced into a reciprocal linking arrangement with an unscrupulous vendor. It benefited the vendor tremendously, as they were able to show the search engines that their site was being ranked to from a PR5 website; it made the vendor’s site more “buoyant” (it made it rank higher) in the search engines. The moral of the story is, be very careful if someone offers to do you the “favor” of creating a link to your site, in exchange to linking from yours. It could be detrimental to your website’s Search Engine health.
Nevertheless, you should look for opportunities to receive links from relevant websites whenever possible. It might not seem fair to “take” a link without giving one back, but there are other ways you can help the linking website. If they have a satellite website, you could consider linking to that in the body of one of your posts — relevant topic / contextual link / deep link to the satellite site. Just be careful that the link partner understands that directly linking from the satellite site to their main site will not be nearly as good as if they link in a broad circle of 10 sites before returning to the main site. This is somewhat sophisticated SEO / linking strategy that we’re sharing, so it’s not for everyone to implement on their own. It also implies that you have up to 10 web properties that are all somewhat related that can be daisy chained together… Again, not for everyone. But definitely for businesses that want to insure being on Page 1 on Google. 
It requires a lot of time, attention and planning to implement a 10-site daisy chain strategy, and we encourage you to go into that with plenty of forethought. Take the time to not only analyze and eliminate any chance of reciprocal linking or neighbor linking possibilities in the chain, and also insure that whomever in your organization will be managing your website network understands this strategy. A small business SEO Policy is a very smart investment in resources. It takes relatively little time for a website to fall in page rank, and a significantly greater amount of time to gain rank — especially after it is lost.
The underlying issue of Page Rank has been said to be overrated, and it’s largely a symbol of the site’s overall bouyancy in the search engines… it’s not necessarily a goal for a web owner to achieve a particular page rank; it’s more of a barometer or guideline than a definitive benchmark or landing point. The website owner with a page rank of 0 would certainly agree that a page rank of 5 would represent that his/her traffic has achieved more traffic (visitors), more conversions and more leads & sales. That’s really the benchmark we’re aiming for.
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October 31st, 2009
Over the years, you’ve probably seen plenty of indoor flash pictures that have a pitch black background and a washed-out, overexposed subject. Many factors conspire to produce these stark, unflattering shots, but one of the major contributors is, once again, your camera thinking on its own. You’re letting it decide when to turn on the flash and which shutter speed to use.
First of all, you don’t always need the flash. Indoor photography offers many opportunities for stunning existing-light portraits and moody interior shots. And when you do have to turn on the flash, you can make certain adjustments to preserve the ambiance of the room so that your background doesn’t fall into a black hole.
Flash shots may have a pitch-black background for a couple of reasons. The first problem is that the light from a typical digital camera’s flash reaches only about 2 to 3 metres. Anything beyond this range, and you’ve got yourself an inadvertent ambient-light photo.
If your camera has a manual mode that allows you to dictate both the aperture (f stop) and shutter speed, you can easily overcome these problems.
Once in manual mode, try this combination as a starting point for flash photography indoors:
* Set your film speed to 100
* Set the aperture (f-stop) to f-5.6.
* Set the shutter speed to 1/15th of a second.
* Use the forced-flash mode. (Don’t use the red-eye reduction feature)
When you use these settings, hold the camera as steady as possible or better yet, use a tripod. At these slow shutter speeds, your shots are more vulnerable to camera shake, and therefore to blurriness. Your flash will help freeze everything in its range, but the background, not illuminated by the flash, may blur if the camera isn’t steady.
If your camera doesn’t have a manual mode, all is not lost. Almost every consumer model has a night time or stow-synchro mode (look for a “stars over a mountain” icon). The intention of this mode is to let you shoot portraits at twilight. But you can also use Nighttime mode indoors to open up the background. Granted, you don’t have as much control with this setting as you do with manual mode, but you may be pleasantly surprised with the results.
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October 30th, 2009
“Saving a home from foreclosure needs fast and informed action but the solution doesn’t need to be costly,” said Fed Reserve Governor Elizabeth A Duke. “It shouldn’t hurt to get help.” There are several foreclosure guides available online which assist the homeowner in understanding their options to avoid foreclosure.
Many barristers of foreclosure schemes reach out to potential victims by a variety of means using the Net, the telephone, and direct mailings. Some solicitors go door-to-door or approach homeowners at events related to home preservation. The information the Federal Reserve is providing, which is a part of its “5 Tips” series, is designed to give clients the basic info they have to recognize and stop foreclosure avoidance scams. Shoppers are counseled to check the recommendations of counselors and to avoid working with someone who collects a fee before providing any services or accepts payment only by cashier’s check or wire transfer. Consumers should not pay for a service without knowing exactly what they are buying.
Avoiding foreclosure can’t be guaranteed–regardless of the circumstances. Working with a legitimate counselor can increase the probabilities of keeping a home, but patrons should be cautious of folks that tell them it’s a sure thing. Details of the transaction, along with any promises, should be supplied up front and in writing.
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October 30th, 2009
People eat copious amounts of different foods worldwide and none seems to be consumed than pizza. It is consumed worldwide, in many different varieties, and appears to have the largest homebase in the USA where it is literally eaten by the acre every day.
These amazing statistics are based on pizza consumption in the USA:
- The US has over 60,000 Pizza Parlours.
- On average, an American citizen eats 46 pizza slices per year.
- Over 250 Million pounds of pepperoni is consumed annually in the USA.
Needless to say, the Americans love their pizza. How does this all stack up when you compare with other countries such as Australia? Although the population is far smaller in Australia, the Aussies still carry their weight in the pizza consumption stakes. The guys at Melbourne Pizza Delivery are carrying out the next Aussie Social Experiment to work out where they are positioned in the global marketplace of pizza consumption.
How will this social experiment work? First of all they establish the nutrition levels of various pizza types. Then they look at who eats the different pizza types and what the demographics of the consumers are. How do people’s bodies cope with the nutrition levels of a pizza over weeks, maybe years? There are many questions to ask and these will be answered as the research continues.
People from all backgrounds love their pizza and it isn’t restricted to certain social backgrounds anymore. Just about anyone can find the money for a take away pizza these days and that clearly shows up in the copious amounts of pizza that is delivered to people’s doorsteps every day all over the world.
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October 29th, 2009
Many modern diets promise great results, and some of them deliver quite well on those promises. However, there are three important things you need to be aware of before beginning any diet program in order to ensure healthy weight loss. They are:
1. If the diet omits certain foods, you may fall short of your nutritional requirements. An example of this is the Atkins diet, which is big on protein and veggies but low on carbs and fruit. If you’re active on a diet such as this, you need to be sure to take a good multivitamin to help make up where the diet is falling short. The best multivitamins are whole food vitamins, which can be found at your local health store.
2. Be careful not to cut back your calorie intake too fast. Cutting the amount of food you’re used to eating each day too quickly can leave you tired and lightheaded. It’s much better to scale back slowly. Besides, you won’t feel as hungry if you take it a little bit at a time.
3. Always consult your doctor before starting a diet plan. It may sound contradictory, but you need to be relatively healthy before starting a major weight loss program. Be sure to get a checkup from your physician first, and get his or her opinion on the diet program you’re planning on following.
Dieting doesn’t have to be difficult, but you want to make sure that you lose weight in a natural, healthy way. With many of today’s modern weight loss programs, the emphasis is on speed rather than health. Be careful and plan ahead if you want to lose weight the right way.
Amos Murray has been writing articles online for over 5 years now. He lost 45 lbs in six months and has kept it off, so he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to dieting, but he also runs a consumer shopping web site at SaleFoo.com.
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October 29th, 2009
To maintain a healthy lifestyle we all need to make smart choices every day. From our meals to when we exercise is of primary importance. A healthy lifestyle is something that can only be accomplished by making smart choices every day.
The traditional population of the South Pacific Islands has valued their Noni trees and its fruit as a food staple and medicinal plant for hundreds of generations. Also known by its more common scientific name, Morinda Citrifolia, the Noni Fruit has a green, almost translucent, bumpy skin and gives off a strong unpleasant odour when ripe. The Noni’s health benefits far exceed the strong smell it gives off when ripe. Historically it was used by the native healers in their treatment of common health complaints. Because of to growing modern research, we now understand more about Noni’s apparent ability to benefit the body in many ways.
Life is too short to ignore the advice of a healthy diet and proper exercise. You mother was right about that you know. In order to stay healthy it is important not only to eat a varied and balanced diet, but also to live a healthy lifestyle, keep active, maintain healthy weight. We recommend our products a part of a healthy lifestyle.
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October 29th, 2009
Green is the new watchword for a generation, everyone is looking for products that will help save the planet and that includes green cars. If you are concerned with the environment or would just like an alternative to high prices at the pumps there are several things you can do.
1. Hybrids- The easiest way to have a green car is to buy one! These vehicles are generally combination vehicles that will run on gas, electricity or other alternative fuel. The main thing you want to concern yourself with here is whether or not your area supports the alternative fuel.
2. Driving Habits- One way you can help the planet is to change your driving habits to the point that your automobile is a “green” car. There are things anyone can do to decrease fuel consumption and thereby reduce emissions. Driving erratically with hard stops and fast take offs will burn a third more gasoline than moderate or calm driving.
3. Diesel- More and more people are achieving green car status by converting to bio-diesel. All across the country this fuel is becoming more available and if you already own a diesel vehicle there is little if anything you will have to modify to use this clean burning fuel. The worst emissions you will have is the smell of french fries!
4. Maintenance- Keeping your car properly tuned will help more than you can imagine. Old oil, bad plugs or wires and dirty air filters all conspire to decrease your fuel economy. Would you believe that something as simple as proper tire inflation can affect the amount of gasoline you burn? It is estimated that this country would save two billion gallons of gas per year if everyone properly inflated their tires, talk about a green car!
There are many ways to reduce fuel consumption, boost economy and overall help the planet. Whether you buy a new green car or simply change a few things with your old one, there is something everyone can do to help.
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October 29th, 2009
Introduction
Central to the mythology of mirrors is Narcissus a Boeotian hero, who disliked those who loved him for his own natural beauty. He famously gazed into a pool of water and was so fascinated with the reflection, that he was unable to bring himself to leave the image. Not realising that the image he could see was of his own natural beauty, he couldn’t bring himself to leave the image, and he perished.
The concept of how the mirror works is quite simple. It stems simply from the reflective surface of still water and therefore nature plays its part. When you look down into a puddle or a dark pool of water, the smooth water reflects the light straight back into your eyes.
Mirrors work in a similar way, in that a mirror is made up of a coated glass surface which when a polished metal surface or metal film is applied behind the glass, light cannot shine through and so reflects the image back. Young children especially, are always fascinated when they look into a mirror for the first time and see their own reflection staring back at them. Anyone who has young children will remember the vision of their young daughter kissing their image on a mirror.My eight year old daughter loves sitting in front of her mirror doing her hair nearly as much as my fifteen year old daughter!
Where would we be today without mirrors? Mirrors are generally used for personal grooming or interior decoration and have developed from a luxury item into a necessity. There is an enormous variety of mirror shapes and sizes and over the years, mirrors have gradually developed to meet many different requirements. Today there is a large selection of mirrors to suit every requirement, ranging from small mirrors to large mirrors, framed, unframed and includes bathroom mirrors, decorative mirrors, illuminated mirrors, LED mirrors, shaving mirrors, make up mirrors and demister mirrors.
Away from personal use, mirrors are also used as part of scientific apparatus such as cameras, lasers, telescopes and periscopes, to reflect light and used as tools in dentistry and medical care.Not to mention the beauty and hair salon industries.
History of Mirrors
The history of mirrors as far as we can see dates back over 8,000 years. The earliest known mirrors were made from pieces of polished stone such as obsidian, a naturally occurring glass from cooled volcanic lava flows. In Anatolia in Turkey, examples of obsidian mirrors dated at around 6000 BC have been found. In south and central America, polished stone mirrors from around 2000 BC on wards have also been found. From around 3000 BC mirrors of polished copper are known to have been crafted in ancient Egypt. In China bronze mirrors were manufactured from around 2000 BC.
The first metal coated glass mirrors are thought to have been made in the first century AD, in Sidon, known today as Lebanon. The Roman author Pliny makes reference to glass mirrors backed with gold leaf in his Naturalis Historia, one of the largest reference books to have survived from the Roman Empire, which focused on natural and man-made objects and was written in around 77 AD.
In the 10th Century Arabian Physicists, considered different types of mirrors, reflecting mirrors and parabolic mirrors and another discussed concave and convex mirrors in both cylindrical and spherical geometries. In undertaking various experiments with mirrors, finding the point on a convex mirror at which a ray of light coming from one point is reflected to another point was solved.
During the period of the 14th to 17th Centuries, across Europe a method of coating glass with a tin-mercury amalgam was perfected by manufacturers. Venice was recognised for its glass making expertise and soon became a centre of mirror production using this new technique. Glass mirrors from this period were extremely expensive luxuries.
The particular process of silvering to produce the first silvered-glass mirror is credited to German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1835. He developed a process to apply a thin layer of metallic silver onto glass through the chemical reduction of silver nitrate. The process was adapted for mass production and led to the greater availability of affordable mirrors.
The evolution of the mirror over the years is quite interesting, if like me you love mirrors! It has developed from a luxury item to an item which is now taken for granted in daily use. Today, walk into any DIY store to look at mirrors and the selection is vast, with many technology features now finding there way into mirrors, to give added simplicity, luxury and decoration.
The unique range of eye catching bathroom mirrors means there is a style to suit all bathrooms.
How are Mirrors Made?
The manufacture of mirrors includes the application to a suitable material of a reflective coating. Glass is the most common material, due to its ability to take a smooth finish and its rigidity. Glass is also more scratch resistant than many other materials previously used for making mirrors.
Early mirrors were made of solid metal, bronze or silver and they were far too expensive for many. Metal is also prone to corrosion and because of polished metal’s low emissivity, antique mirrors were less suitable for indoor use. With indoor lighting at the time supplied by candles or lanterns, the metal mirrors reflected a much darker picturecompared to modern glass mirrors.
In modern times ‘float glass’ is used in the manufacture of mirrors, which is a flat ribbon of glass which is run out of a furnace and along the surface of a bath of molten tin. The temperature of both the glass and molten tin is controlled to enable both surfaces to be made perfectly flat. There are now three common types of mirrors: plain - which has a flat surface, and the two spherical types of mirrors: the convex and the concave. The concave and convex mirrors can be used in an entertaining way, when used at fairgrounds or amusement parks to distort peoples figures reflected in them through bloating, stretching and shrinking, the person or object in front of them.
In some applications, a mirror isn’t a mirror at all. For example, when used in public conveniences, particularly in public or factory toilets, where for reasons of cost and the need for greater durability, a single polished metal sheet is often installed as a form of mirror.
Different Types of Mirror
Throughout the ages, mirrors have been employed as symbols of truth, deception and vanity. Mention a mirror and you instantly know that if you look into one, you will see your own reflection staring back at you. The image you see will resemble your own appearance. In optical principles, the reflections in mirrors do not totally match the objects in front of them. When looking into the mirror, trace the contour of the reflection of your head in a mirror. The reflection may correspond in proportion, but will generally be half in actual size.
With such a variety and huge range of mirrors now available, much has been made of the amount of money spent in purchasing mirrors particularly by women, although in this day and age with an increase in men purchasing cosmetics, some men will also be vain enough to carry a mirror.
The vain Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs famously asked her special mirror, “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” Mirrors are synonymous with truth.
Mirrors are frequently used in interior decoration to create an illusion of space, and to decorate and amplify the apparent size of a room. They will be used around the home, the office, a pub, club or restaurant to good effect. They work particularly well in night clubs, reflecting the many images of light in the club or room to create a feeling of a much bigger space.
Infinity Mirrors provide an effect of never reaching an end, known as ‘infinity breaking’ and are particularly effective when used in a dark environment. I remember experiencing this phenomenon for the first time as a child in a large department store lift, where mirrors where on all sides of the elevator car. For those who are not good in lifts I should think this effect probably does nothing to calm them, perhaps that’s why you don’t see lifts like this anymore Or is it just because I’m getting old and that was a particular style popular in the 70’s!
My next favourite kind of mirror after the infinity mirror is the heated mirror, these mirrors have a heating element or what is called a demister pad mounted on the back. The reason a mirror steams up when you have a shower is because the surface temperature of the mirror is colder than the air temperature and causes the water vapour in the air to condense on the mirror. Some bright spark realised long ago that it if you heated the mirror this would avoid it steaming up, brilliant!
For many years heated mirrors have only featured in very expensive bathrooms usually costing thousands, and quality hotels have used heated mirrors as a neat differentiator from the increasingly popular budget hotels and motels. Of course it is not until you step out of the hotel shower and see yourself in the mirror that you realise it is there! Whilst at the back of your mind you realise this is one of the reasons why this room is more expensive than the other hotel across the street.
Last week I heard the BBC Radio 2 DJ Ken Bruce state that the best shave you ever had will have been in a hotel, to which he attributed the benefit of the heated bathroom mirror as the main reason. I have to agree, and every time I stay in (nice) hotel I always have a really good look at the bathroom with a view to reproducing the best of its features in my own home.
Any bathroom can benefit from demister mirrors creating the feeling of that luxury bathroom. All you need is a power supply routing to the mirror which your local electrician can install for you relatively cheaply, once installed it can also be used for powering a shaver point, or better still buy a heated mirror with a shaver socket built in.
In 1980, ska group The Beat had a UK top ten hit with ‘Mirror in the Bathroom’ and the bathroom is probably the location where we are most intimate with our mirrors. Many will say that it is not wise to look at yourself in the mirror first thing in the morning, but the bathroom is often the first port of call in the morning. Many bathrooms feature a main bathroom mirror positioned on a wall and a bathroom cabinet with mirror doors. Other than the “oh my god” do I really look like that expression, the uses of a mirror or mirrors in a bathroom will generally be to aid the application of make up, hair styling or shaving.
One of the major problems with bathroom mirrors is that after showering or bathing, the mirror is misted over. A recent addition in the manufacture of heated mirrors is the inclusion of a demister pad which clears the mirror for use in mere seconds. Just think never having to again wait for the steam of the bathroom to disappear from the mirror, or having to open the window, before using the mirror to shave or apply make up. The bathroom mirror demister or steam free bathroom mirror is a great invention. Some manufacturers refer to these products as fog free bathroom mirrors and there is now a huge range available, again some with back lights, LED lighting and built in shaver points.
Demister mirrors and steam free bathroom mirrors are not the only recent developments on mirrors. As suggested above another reasonably new product is the back lit bathroom mirror. Illuminated mirrors maintain the features of a simple mirror, but will enhance any environment in which they are used with the addition of lighting. As with all mirrors, the range of illuminated mirrors is extensive, with a variety of sizes and shapes available. An Illuminated mirror with shaving point can also be purchased.
Mirrors with illuminated LED lights will enhance any bathroom or environment in which they are installed. Being of low energy consumption LED, or light emitting diode, are more environmentally friendly than traditional bulbs. They are designed to withstand the moisture of the bathroom environment. So steam mist will not cause a problem. As a real luxury mirror, illuminated bathroom mirrors and bathroom mirrors with LED lighting can also include a demister, to demist the mirror in just a few seconds and an on/off sensor to activate the lights as soon as motion is detected in front of the mirror.
As a bathroom accessory the mirror should come high on the list, in fact can you really have a finished bathroom without a mirror? The enormous selection of styles, types, shapes and sizes means that there must be a mirror to match anyone’s budget. Although some of the latest technological versions such as illuminated, back lit and LED mirrors could be considered to be luxury items, some are not as expensive as you may have thought.
We have two bathrooms, both with LED mirrors and since we bought them I manage a much better shave because I can see what I’m doing more easily, especially first thing in the morning!
Mirrors, Superstition and Auspicious Energy Flow
I have always loved mirrors, probably why I have ended up in the mirrors business! When I was at school I did a project on them, this was before the internet was invented mind so I trawled through piles and piles of reference books in both the school and local library for months. These days of course it would only take half an hour on Google, kids these days don’t know how easy they’ve got it!
Once you get immersed in mirrors as I did all those years ago, or ‘mirros’ as I frequently misspelled it, and start researching them, you find that they play a major part in all aspects of life. Mirrors also feature in superstitions. One of the most commonly known superstitions is that someone who breaks a mirror will receive seven years bad luck. A popular belief for this superstition is that mirrors are a reflection of the soul and if a mirror is broken, then part of the soul is broken. Added to this, some believe that the soul regenerates every seven years in an unbroken condition, hence the seven years of bad luck. I bet you’ve always wondered what that was about so I’m glad to share that with you! Mirrors were often used in traditional witchcraft too as tools for performing spells from the belief that mirrors are said to be a reflection of the soul.
It is also said that the mirror does not lie. A mirror can show only the truth. It is a very bad omen indeed to see something in a mirror which should not be there, a technique regularly used in scary movies! Some cultures also have a custom that a newborn child should not look into a mirror until its first birthday because its soul is still developing.
In the southern United States, it used to be customary to cover the mirrors in a house where the wake of a deceased person was being held. If a mirror was left uncovered or exposed, people believed that the deceased person’s soul would become trapped in any uncovered mirror. It was also thought that mirrors unexpectedly falling or mysteriously cracking were believed to be haunted.
In the ancient art of Feng Shui mirror placement is considered very important. There is a lot of information available about this, and it is a subject that can’t be covered in a mere paragraph or two here. But Chi energy flow can be influenced by mirrors so where the energy needs to be diverted, mirrors can be used for this to great effect. Personally I don’t really conform to these rules, although my mum has mirrors strategically placed all over her house to redirect negative energy! One of the principles I do follow though is to make sure I don’t have any mirrors facing my bed, or the kids beds, as this is said to reflect your dreams back onto you whilst you are sleeping, which is not a good thing if it’s a nightmare!
Conclusion
A mirror is defined as a coated glass surface for reflecting images. There is a huge range of mirrors for commercial use, and available in many shapes and sizes. The most commonly seen uses of mirrors are for personal grooming and interior decoration. As a race we are thoroughly addicted to mirrors. Who can honestly say that they can walk past a mirror without taking a look at themselves?
Over time, mirrors have evolved from a luxury item to an item of necessity and many particularly women will always carry a mirror in their hand bags. However, today with technological advancements, some mirrors will be seen as a luxury, particularly those which include illumination, LED or demisting devices. As individuals we spend many hours of our life in a bathroom, so why not treat yourself to one of life’s little luxuries and indulge in a stylish bathroom mirror? After all, let’s be honest, who can really live without a mirror?
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