Wednesday, September 19, 2007 

Album Review - Sting - Fields of Gold

Are you looking for a timeless album that contains no filler songs and can be enjoyed year after year? If so, look no further than the album entitled Fields of Gold by Sting. Sting, born Gordon Matthew Sumner, was the lead singer of the popular band The Police. This talented artist has been producing high quality records ever since he decided to go solo in 1984.

Sting has always produced eclectic pop music revealing jazz, classical and world influences and Fields of Gold is certainly no exception. A wonderful assortment of songs in all these categories included. This album is a best of compilation of Sting's most popular songs from 1984 to 1994. What makes this best of album so unique is the fact that it contains 3 previously unreleased tracks. "When We Dance," "This Cowboy Song" and an alternate version of "We'll Be Together" isn't available on any of his previous albums. This provides added value to individuals who already own his other albums.

Fields of Gold includes 14 amazing songs, with not one wasted filler in the compilation. Sting is well renowned for his thought provoking, intelligent lyrics so you won't find any "pop fluff" on this album. What you will find on this romantic album are beautiful ballads such as "When We Dance," "Fields of Gold," "Be Still My Beating Heart," "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You," and "Fragile." Sting's sensual voice and poignant lyrics provide a great backdrop to a cozy evening by the fire or slow dancing with your partner.

This compilation is filled with variety in addition to the romantic classics. The song "An Englishman in New York" is reminiscent of Sting's time spent with The Police and "This Cowboy Song" has a unique sound. "Why Should I Cry For You" is a slightly different version of the original song that graced the Soul Cages album. The songs "Fortress Around Your Heart," "If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free," and "Russians" have a distinct jazz feel. Sting brings a great melancholic mix to the album by including songs such as "All This Time" and "Why Should I Cry For You?" They relate to Sting's grief over the death of his father.

My favorite song on the album has to be "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)." Perhaps this relates to the fact that I spent many months traveling throughout Chile. I learned firsthand about the awful atrocities committed by the dictator of the country, General Pinochet. He tortured and killed thousands of innocent young boys and men; the hauntingly beautiful lyrics of his song reveal the tremendous sense of loss experienced by the female survivors. Even if you aren't familiar with the background concerning the song, I'm sure you will fall in love with it just the same.

Johnny Moon is a contributer to the Music By Day Music Trivia website. This site features a "What happened on this day?" music trivia fact every single day of the year.

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Stylish Maternity Fashion

Youre Pregnant! Your body is constantly growing and changing, and your fast running out of clothes that fit around your new bump.

You know, its time for some new maternity wear but you still want to look stylish and trendy.

Dont worry, you do not need to wear the hideously old-fashioned tent style fashions that were once associated with maternity wear.

There is now a fantastic range of stylish and fashionable maternity clothing available in a wide range of colours and flattering styles for all body shapes and sizes.

For the first few months of your pregnancy you will probably be able to wear most of your usual clothing. Especially those select few items you love when you have put on an extra kilo or two.

Then will come the awkward in-between stage, when you are too big for your normal clothes but not quite big enough for your stunning new maternity outfits.

Great Ideas for the In-between Stage

* Pants and Skirts with elastic waists.

* Hipster jeans or pants that sit below your new belly.

* Loose fitting pants with a drawstring waist.

* Dresses or skirts in a stretchy fabric to accommodate your new bump.

* To continue wearing your pre-pregnancy jeans thread an elastic hair tie through the button hole and loop each end over the button.

* Tummy Bands and Belly Belts are great at this stage.

* Long line t-shirts and singlets worn in layers look great and cover up well.

This Summer Maternity designers are following mainstream fashion with tops, dresses and skirts in lovely floaty fabrics and gorgeous feminine prints.

You will also find fabulous fashion staples in lovely maternity styles including crisp linen shirts, classic capri pants and chic jackets.

Add your own individual style and taste to outfits with colourful scarves, necklaces, beads, earrings and trendy comfortable shoes.

This is a very special time in your life, relax and enjoy the way your unborn baby is growing and constantly changing and enhancing your figure. Most new Mums have a lovely glowing complexion and truly relish the changes that baby makes to their body.

In fact many expectant Mums love to flaunt their new ripe figures and there are lots of lovely fashions available top show off your new baby belly.

Maternity Must-Haves

* A pair of denim maternity jeans denim is always fashionable and really versatile.

* Black pants a well-fitting comfortable pair of black pants can always be dressed up or down.

* A comfortable maternity bra as your bust increases a comfortable maternity bra is a godsend.

* One fabulous outfit its great to have at least one outfit you always feel fabulous in, with ever changing hormones and busy lives it helps if you can look and feel great.

There is no excuse to look daggy or frumpy when your expecting as Todays maternity fashions are both chic and comfortable and available in a sensational range of gorgeous colours and fabrics.

This article is courtesy of Sandy Prosdocimo, Owner and Editor of Smart-Mums, everything Mums need... Visit us today at http://www.smart-mums.com.au

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Teeth Whitening: A Quick Look at the Methods of Teeth Whitening

Tooth whitening, also called bleaching, is a process of lightening and removing stains from a tooth. This process bleaches the enamel and dentin, the principal mass of a tooth, and brightens the discolored teeth.

Dentists advise on the many methods of tooth whitening available in the market. Some of the methods of tooth whitening are the use of over-the-counter whitening systems; dentist dispensed at-home products, laser tooth whitening method; Loaded Tray Teeth Whitening method and in-office whitening methods. Dentists consider tooth bleaching using peroxide chemical as the best option for maximum whitening result.

The simple and straightforward method of tooth whitening is the use of over-the-counter topical teeth whitening products that includes whitening toothpastes and gels, whitening strips, a band aid containing peroxide to place directly on the teeth, are most effective among all other over-the-counter products.

In the Loaded Tray method of Tooth Whitening, dentists load prescribed bleaching or whitening gel Carbamide Peroxide inside the custom-made or ready-made tray and fix it with the gum. The chemical reacts with saliva to release Hydrogen Peroxide and substantial whitening is noticed after two to three weeks of wearing the tray.

In the Laser Teeth Whitening method, Carbamide Peroxide, a bleaching agent, is applied directly to the teeth together with laser to quickly activate the reaction between the teeth and the peroxide. This clinical treatment is costlier than all other methods of teeth whitening.

In the Blue Light Teeth Whitening method, a blue light is used to quickly activate the reaction between Hydrogen Peroxide and the teeth. The effect of this professional treatment lasts for several years. Users of this professional method of teeth whitening visualize the effect immediately after few clinical sitting with the dentist.

In Home-based methods of teeth whitening, home-based gels containing a solution of carbamide / hydrogen peroxide is used which give good result after prolonged usage.

People dedicated to a busy lifestyle should use professional methods of teeth whitening for perfecta teeth whitening, while others can patiently bleach at home using home-based methods.

We have made a research to find the best teeth whitening products. Find it only on the Methods of teeth whitening research. All about teeth whitening on LeanderNet - http://www.leandernet.com

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Six Biggest Mistakes Project Managers Make With Documentation and How to Avoid Them

1. They don't communicate their central message and their desired outcome.
It is important you know the key purpose of your document: Who is your audience? What do you want to happen as a result of someone reading it? Try to understand the user and see through their eyes. You can do this by pre-empting questions the readers may have:

  • What do you want to tell me?
  • Why should I read this?
  • What do I need to know?
  • What do you want me to do?
  • Are you requesting, proposing or seeking approval?

  • 2. They are inconsistent or unclear in what they want to say.
    The pyramid style of writing, devised by Ron Blicq, is a very useful way of arranging the structure of your document:

  • Start the document by writing "I want to tell you that...", finishing that sentence and then deleting the phrase "I want to tell you that..." This should help you communicate your key message in your first sentence.
  • Start every section with a summary overview statement. This will encourage people to read on.
  • Follow the summary statement with any supporting details that justify it.

  • Professional business writers, such as technical authors, typically break a document down into small, discrete units of information, organised around a skeleton of topic headings. If you use this "component" or "modular" approach, you can plan and structure the document using the heading "labels" that describe each section. These signposts help enormously when you start writing, and they can also help you be consistent and avoid missing out any important content. Indeed:

  • If you have more than one audience reading the document, don't be afraid to break information into separate documents. You could also provide a series of ways to navigate around the document (such as alternative tables of content, indexes and tags), suited to each particular audience.
  • As you write, keep refining your structure, by asking "is this section really relevant?"

  • Your list of headings can be structured to form a storyboard, to guide the reader through your document. Meaningful titles for sections also help with the readability of your document, as they enable readers to scan down a document and find the sections that relate or are of interest to them.

    3. They don't use the best style of language.
    Here is some advice regarding the words you use:

  • Keep your vocabulary simple. This will aid your reader's understanding. For example, "use" is better than "utilise".
  • Use the words and phrases your readers would normally use, where possible.
  • Be consistent with the terminology you use.
  • Check your document for any spelling mistakes.
  • Use the active tense instead of the passive.
  • Be succinct.
  • Separate task (how) information from background (why) and support (what) information.
  • When writing instructions: identify who should do what, what you should do before you start and what should happen next.

  • 4. They leave insufficient time to write the information, or spend too much time on presentation.
    The best way to get a writing project completed on time is to adopt standard project management principles:

  • Set a project plan, defining the purpose, key milestones and deadlines.
  • Allocate the resource needed to complete each stage in the project.
  • Write a series drafts and get them reviewed.

  • It's not uncommon for 30% of a writer's time to be spent working on the "look and feel", once all the writing has been done. Of course, documents designed to be read on paper don't work when they are read on screen, so it's important to change the formatting to suit the delivery medium. The more documents (and the content contained within them) are published in different places, the more important it will be for you to be able to create these without being faced with spending lots of time on reworking. Look at the tools you use, to see if you can control the "look and feel" independently of your content. You can achieve this partly by using standard templates, but you might want to consider using content management software.

    5. They present the information badly.

  • Don't overload people with information. In other words, don't give them too much all at once.
  • Have a presentation format appropriate to the medium readers are using. What works well on paper doesn't always work well on screen.

  • 6. They don't have a manageable way to maintain the information.
    A key aspect to managing any business information is for people to be able to:

  • Maintain, update and improve it efficiently after it's been created.
  • Re-use it in other situations, to create value elsewhere (and add value to it).
  • Set standard processes and guide staff on what to do.
  • Have staff work on it simultaneously and collaboratively.

  • This is also true for business documents. However, it isn't always easy, with many organisations being in state of having lots of out-of date or missing documents, or more than one version of the same piece of information.

    Having a dedicated writing or editing resource, such as that offered by Cherryleaf can help, but it's also important to look at the systems and tools you have in place for creating, maintaining and improving documents.

    One popular approach is to have one source for content, allowing you to reuse pieces (or components) of information. These pieces are managed and maintained in a database, and then published to different audiences, documents, and in a range of media formats, such as print and online. You can write information once and re-use it many times, and make changes to it in one place. It promises a reduction in errors and duplication, time needed to review content, translation costs (as you can re-use content translated in the past), as well as better consistency.

    Take the Cherryleaf 1 minute Documentation Audit

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    Ellis Pratt co-owns a technical writing consultancy called Cherryleaf Ltd. We work with developers of software who are afraid of losing their customers and frustrated with the cost of supporting them. Take the Cherryleaf 1 minute Documentation Audit See Cherryleaf Technical Authors and Documentation Specialists

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