Brainstormer

Without question, finding a tattoo that meets your specific needs isn’t going to be an easy one. Tattoos are a most permanent and a life-long symbol of what you stand for, a crucial part of your life, your beliefs, your personality and your appearance. So, needless to say it is of utmost importance that you choose the tattoo design that fits your needs, whatever they may be. Below are simple and basic ideas to help you decide which tattoo is the one meant for you.

Write a list – Write down a list of all the many important things in your life. Write down any symbols that may signify who you really are. It is important to try to be unique as well. It really stinks if you go somewhere just to find someone has almost the exact same tattoo ideas as you. Try to think outside the box. Many people get tattoos of loved ones that they missed who have passed on. This is an ever-lasting symbol of devotion to people we miss. The key to this is brainstorm, brainstorm, brainstorm until you can narrow it down to just one idea.

Join a Tattoo Sketches and Tattoo Ideas website. There are websites available that have literally thousands upon thousands of tattoo sketches and designs that you can print out and take to an artist. This allows you to browse through the comfort of your own home and not be in any sort of hurry to choose a tattoo. Its an important decision, it deserves some of your time. Tattoo Sketches websites are a great value because they are very affordable and a small price to pay for something you are going to be happy with the rest of your life and forever more. This is a highly suggested method of getting tattoo ideas when you are wanting originality.

Ask a friend to describe you and your personality. This is an interesting method, and kind of unnerving. What makes this so interesting is that other people see us differently that how we see ourselves. Our egos only let us see the part of us we want to see and nullifies all the rest. Through someone elses eyes you can get a unique look at how other people see you and how you appear to the outside world. This is not however for those who want to express to the outside world whats inside or to show some form of ego.

In the case where none of the above will apply, and you want an all out crazy idea with composed originality, use all three of the above methods to come up with something completely new that ultimately defines YOU. For example you could have a three-part tattoo symbolizing your inner self, the way people see you and the world around you. Using the art of a tattoo sketches website is a great way to conceptualize the many tattoo ideas you may have. No matter how you do it, its going to be original and taylored to you. However you come up with tattoo ideas remember that there is no single way to do it. Its your body, so make sure it reflects who you are or who you want to be.

Gabe Killian
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For my art I have to do a brainstorm in the topic ‘surfaces’ pleaase can someone help me get started

thank you xx

when you say surfaces do you mean like worktops or leather material etc..

If it is art you could build a landscape and use different materials to coat it thus giving each part of the landscape a different feel to correspond with the surface it represents.

If You Think You Have No Choice — You Are Mistaken!

In all the years I have been helping people grow spiritually and expand their consciousness, it still causes me a twinge of distress to hear someone say “I had no choice. I had to do to it.”

I remember what it was like for me (many years ago) when I used to feel forced to choose between two undesirable options. Oh how I would suffer — feeling trapped, oppressed or stuck, while I tried to decide which was the lesser of “two evils.”

If you have ever felt trapped by a life situation, with no hope of being free, I am here to tell you, there are always more than two choices in any situation. What you need is more information to create more options. Here is all you have to do to create more desirable choices:

1. Refuse to accept an undesirable choice.

2. Believe you can find an acceptable option.

3. Ask yourself “What would be my ideal solution in this situation?”

4. Brainstorm around the situation.

5. Sleep on it.

Here is how it works . . .

1. By refusing to accept an undesirable choice you are opening your mind to receive new ideas. You will begin to see things with a new perspective.

2. By believing that you can find an acceptable option you are stimulating your thinking brain whose main function is to solve problems.

3. By asking yourself “What would be my ideal solution?” your focus is on creating something you want instead of what you don’t want. Perhaps you have heard this phrase, “you always get what you think about, whether you want it or not.” Use the power of your mind by focusing on what you want!

4. Brainstorming sets the stage for both sides of your brain to operate. Don’t be a “half-wit” when looking for options! brainstorm by writing down every thought that comes to mind, no matter how ridiculous or impossible it seems. Brainstorming is a case where “two heads are better than one” so you might want to have family or friends brainstorm with you.

5. Sleep on it. Go to sleep asking for ideas and you will likely wake up with new information.

No matter how impossible it may seem in the beginning to find an acceptable 3rd option, I have never had a client or myself fail to find an acceptable alternative to what started out as “I have no choice.”

New options can appear all at once in a light-bulb moment, but it is more likely that the new options will appear in fragments, like puzzle pieces, until finally the picture becomes clear.

Take the time you need to let the process work. Don’t be bullied into making decisions on the spot. Ask yourself, “what will happen if I delay this decision for a day (or a week, or whatever).” Usually the answer is “nothing will happen; this can wait while the puzzle comes together and I have an acceptable 3rd option.”

Jennifer T. Grainger, B.Msc.
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Are you feeling trapped in the house this winter? Looking for a solution for the mid winter blahs? Break up the boredom by opening up a few reference books and playing a few games.

Reference books can be as dry as toast made in the Sahara and as boring as watching paint dry on a rock, but with gentle competition, your family can practice using reference materials and still have fun!

Here are several games to play as individuals, teams, or a family using a dictionary, a set of encyclopedias (the old-fashioned kind, not the computer kind), an atlas, and a phone book (like the Yellow Pages). These games will not only break up the long winter day but also reinforce skills that might have been overlooked during the course of the year. Most of these games are suited for fourth graders and older, but younger readers can still benefit with assistance from a parent or older sibling.

Dictionary

Dictionary skills include alphabetizing, using guide words, and recognizing parts of speech. These games reinforce those concepts while adding a bit of fun. Nearly any dictionary will work for these games, but the more complete the dictionary, the more fun the game and the more the student will learn. Picture dictionaries are not recommended.

Guide Word Trap

2+ players

Guide words are the words at the top inside and outside corners of each page in the dictionary. One player opens to any place in the dictionary and reads the two guide words aloud. The other players must say or write a word that they think should come between the two guide words. For example, the guide words might be “candle” and “carry.” Players who say words like “carpenter” or “cantaloupe” are correct and get a point because those words are alphabetically correct. Points can be acquired with each correct word. Players should take turns finding the guide words, looking through the dictionary for hard words to try to stump the other player.

Word Drills

3+ players Each player needs his own dictionary. One player says a word (either from another dictionary or off the top of his head). Players wait with their dictionaries closed until given the signal to go. When the signal is given, players try to find the word as fast as possible. Points are given to the fastest finders, and players take turns coming up with the word to look up.

The Biggest Entry

1+ players

Ordinary words like walk, play, or read have multiple definitions. As a group, or even individually, brainstorm for simple words that have many meanings. With a ruler, measure from the top of the first line of the definition to the bottom of the last line to find out which of these words has the longest entry, using centimeters, not inches. Record which words have the longest entries, or even estimate their length before measuring. Words to consider: plane, house, bear, set, rock, run, stand, cup, pitch, sink.

Syllable Score

2+ players

Students take turns rolling three dice to come up with a three-digit number, which becomes a page number. For example, player 1 rolls a 1, a 3, and a 5—135. He turns to page 135 in the dictionary and finds the word on that page with the most syllables. The number of syllables in the word is the number of points he receives for that turn. In my dictionary, the longest word on page 135 is bouleversement, which has 5 syllables. I would get 5 points. The next player rolls the dice, turns to that page (1, 3, and 5 could be page 531, 351, or 153), and finds another long word, hopefully one longer than five syllables. As the students take turns, they collect points. Whoever gets to 25 points first is the winner.

Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia skills are similar to dictionary skills, because alphabetization and guide words are used. However, other skills, such as finding the main idea, timeline, and summarizing can also be reinforced with these games. These games require a full set of books, such as World Book or Encyclopedia Britannica, but it doesn’t matter how recently they were published.

Six Degrees of Biography

1+ players

Each player selects a famous person such as Queen Elizabeth I and searches that person’s entry for the name of another famous person, such as William Shakespeare. The student then goes to the second person’s entry to find another famous name. The student continues with this process until he finds the name he started with. Many famous people in history are connected to each other. The point of this exercise is that within six entries, the original entry should be found. No fair looking up people who were partners, spouses, or known adver- saries. Your six “degrees” may look like this: Elizabeth I, King Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, Pope Clement VII, Martin Luther, and so on. This can be a time-consuming project and is recommended for upper grades.

Where Am I?

1+ players

Find where your name, as well as the names of your friends and neighbors, would fall alphabetically in the encyclopedia. What entries would be before and after it? Do any seem funny or fitting to the person’s name?

Apples to Apples, The Encyclopedia Version

4+ players

This game is played much like Apples to Apples. Using your green adjective cards from your Apples to Apples game (or a lengthy list of adjectives), each player opens a volume from his encyclopedia set, say, the G book. Each player chooses an entry from the volume that best describes the adjective (or green card) given by the judge (for instance, “clumsy”). The judge then chooses which entry is the best fit for that adjective (or the most humorous, if you play like my kids do).

Thesaurus

A thesaurus, a collection of antonyms and synonyms, requires dictionary skills. These games can familiarize a student with how to use a thesaurus and build vocabulary, all while having a bit of fun.

ABC Opposites

2+ players

With a thesaurus for each player, write down a pair of antonyms for every letter of the alphabet (for example, antecedent and after, bulky and bantam, cheerful and complaining). Once the lists are completed, or after a set amount of time, compare lists. Any duplicate answers between the players are omitted and only original answers count as a point. The player with the most points wins. Recommended for sixth grade and older.

Who Has the Most?

1+ players

Choose one of these simple words: big, happy, pretty, fast, smart. Each player predicts which word has the most synonyms, antonyms, or both. Look each word up in the thesaurus to find out. Can you find other words that have more? brainstorm for your own words and find their entries too. Recommended for lower grades.

Describe Yourself

1+ players

Think of ten words that describe yourself, such as short, funny, cheerful, compassionate, and cute. Then with the thesaurus find multi-syllable synonyms of each of these words (for the given words, for example, diminutive, whimsical, effervescent, commiserative, and pulchritudinous). Try describing others in your family, your pets, or your friends.

Phone Book

A phone book also requires dictionary skills. Even though this isn’t an academic pursuit, learning to use a phone book is a necessary life skill, especially during an emergency. The following games require commercial telephone listings (Yellow Pages)—the bigger, the better.

Fairy Tale Fix-It

1+ players

Consider your favorite fairy tale, such as “The Three Bears.” What businesses might the Three Bears consult in order to avoid the whole Goldilocks fiasco? A home security company? A furniture repairman? A caterer who might provide a breakfast that is “just right”? Search the phone book for businesses that might help the poor bear family and discuss their ads, the words they use to market their business, and their location. Try this same exercise with “Cinderella,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Three Pigs,” and any other stories in your memory.

It’s a Dirty Job

1+ players

Each player creates the columns “Jobs I Would Want” and “Jobs I Would Not” on a piece of paper. Search through the Yellow Pages for 10 jobs to list in each column. To make this a competition, compare lists with other players, eliminating duplicates and assigning a point per original job. For an even greater challenge, find 26 jobs you do or don’t like, one for every letter of the alphabet.

Opposites

1+ players

Your community is full of businesses that have opposing or contradictory jobs or services. Flip through the phone book for examples of this, such as obstetricians and funeral directors, construction and demolition, swimming pool supplier and snow removal, wedding chapels and divorce lawyers. Brainstorm for more examples and count them up. With more than one player, compare the number of pairs each player can identify to determine the winner.

Try these reference book games on a snowy afternoon. You might break up a dull routine, learn a great word or two, and perhaps even have a little fun!

Kathy Grubb lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her supportive husband and her five enthusiastic children. Before she was married, she was a public school teacher and a professional writer. She also had no idea just how much work it takes to be a mother, much less one with two fifth graders, one second grader, and two toddlers.

Copyright 2008.
Originally appeared in The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Winter 07/8.
Used with permission.

www.TheHomeschoolMagazine.com

Kathy Grubb
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If ever you have wanted to learn how to make money on the internet by selling e-books, then this could be the most important article you will ever read.

Here’s why:

You are about to learn how I went from not knowing a thing about making money on the internet to selling over 856 copies of an e-book for $39.95 that has so far made $34,197.20 in sales… and growing.

Before I get into it, I would like to tell you a little bit about myself.

I first logged onto the internet way back in 1995. To make it clear, this was before Google was even born. Back then I was just a consumer of the internet. That means I wasted my time surfing from site to site and didn’t make any money.

Then in 2002 I created my first website. This website was selling a downloadable e-book for $27.77. Since that time I have read countless e-books and reports about how to make money on the internet. I have gone to many expensive internet marketing seminars. I have met countless online “guru’s”. But most importantly I have been in the trenches applying all of this knowledge to find out what works online and what doesn’t.

The model that has made me the most money online has been selling information products. An information product is just a product that gives people information about what they want to know. This can be a an e-book, an MP3 audio file, a C.D. recording or even a video. The products I like to create are ‘How To’ information products that can be instantly downloaded. The reason I like downloadable products is that I don’t have to worry about shipping.

Having said that, there are places online that can ship physical products on your behalf if you want, such as http://www.IFulFill.com. However I don’t like the hassle of shipping physical items for now.

So what downloadable information products could you sell?

That depends. You see, there are courses out there which teach you to scour the internet to find ‘hungry’ markets with few competitors and then create an information product the market wants.

There is nothing wrong with this strategy and it does work.

The only problem is that if you are a beginner at creating information products on the internet then I would suggest you start with a market that you either know a lot about or that you are interested in. That is how I first started out and now I make hundreds of dollars online every week.

For example, what if a beginner found that ‘Crochet’ was a hot market but had no interest what-so-ever in crochet? And what if they weren’t successful at the start? I think they would not only quickly lose interest in this market but perhaps internet marketing all together. However, if they stuck with a niche they were interested in and stayed with it, I think they would be more likely to make internet marketing work for them.

What I teach beginners on the internet is to brainstorm at least 101 ideas for their first information product and then narrow it down to say the top 5 ideas before choosing one to run with.

To do this, firstly list down as many ideas of things that you are interested in.

This could be sports you play, hobbies you have, stuff you know a lot about or perhaps things you spend a lot of time doing. You may get say 20 ideas doing this initial brainstorming session. Just keep writing down ideas of things you are interested in, even if you don’t think you could create an information product out of it.

After you have brainstormed as many ideas as you can, you can then use a free tool on the internet to ‘reverse brainstorm’ even more ideas. The key here is to find at least 101 potential ideas for your own information product to sell on the internet.

The place I go to ‘reverse brainstorm’ ideas is at KeywordDiscovery. You can get to KeywordDiscovery by cutting and pasting the following link into your browser:

http://www.KeywordDiscovery.com/search.html

For example, if you type in the word ‘Crochet’, you can see how many times people searched online for crochet in a given month. Pretty cool, huh?

Now, the way I ‘reverse brainstorm’ potential ideas for niche markets to enter is to type a generic word into the search bar.

For example, you will see that the second most searched term (at the time of writing) is ‘Free Crochet Patterns’.

What I do to ‘reverse brainstorm’ is type the generic terms such as ‘Free’ or ‘Pattern’ into the keyword search bar and see what niche’s appear that also contain that term.

For example, if you type ‘Patterns’ into the search bar you will find the following niche’s appear within the search results:

Pumpkin carving

Knitting

Sewing

Cross stitch

Quilting

Stained glass

Scroll saw

Jack o lanterns

Weddings

Embroidery

Costume patterns

Wood patterns

Purse patterns

Woodworking

Bead patterns

Afghan patterns

Tole painting

Fishing

Celtic patterns

Prom dress

Teddy bears

Celtic patterns

Mosaic patterns

Wood craft

Hemp

Necklaces

Tattoos

Curtains

Puppets

Bridesmaid

Yarn

Dolls

Ceramic tiles

Beading

Doll clothes

Halloween

Handbags

Henna

Camouflage

Pillow patterns

Drapes

That’s is 41 potential ideas just by typing one generic word into the Keyword Research Tool. Sure, you’re probably not into ‘Celtic Patterns’ or ‘Ceramic Tiles’, but it shouldn’t take you too long before you have brainstormed at least 101 potential ideas.

This ‘reverse brainstorming’ technique saves you the hassle of having to think about markets to enter. The keyword research tool does all the thinking for you and each of these ideas is a potential niche to enter. This is not to say that they are all profitable and likely to produce sales online, but it lets you create a list of ideas you probably wouldn’t have otherwise thought of.

As you scroll through the list and find topics that you are interested in then jot them down in your folder until you have brainstormed at least 101 ideas for your information product.

Once you have a list of 101 potential product ideas, the next step is to find out whether these niche ideas could be profitable. The reason for this is that not all markets are the same. Some markets such as making money, saving money or personal development to name a few are lucrative, whereas others such as ‘How to wear a hat’, ‘How to tie shoelaces’ and ‘How to brush your teeth’ for example are not.

The reason for this is that to do well online you have to add value to your potential customer. Some markets add massive value to your customer and they will be more likely to buy your product. However, other markets add less value to your customer and you may struggle making a sale of your product.

You can find out more to see if a market is potentially profitable by picking up your free 35 page e-book ‘How To Do The Work Once And Make Money In Your Sleep – LT Edition’ by clicking on the link below. It pays to find out in advance if a market is profitable before launching a product and a website. The reason for this is that you will save yourself a lot of time and frustration down the track when you wonder why the market isn’t buying your product.

Talk soon,

David Styles.

David Styles
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Most individuals looking to start a membership site understand that they need to have a topic for the site. The site will be successful if the topic revolves around a niche that you have some knowledge or expertise at for the help www.secure-member-area.com. The site will also be successful if the niche is one that lends itself to fresh content and one in which the members will need to keep coming back for more fresh information.
Niches not to choose for a membership site:
A niche that would not be good for a membership site that needs fresh content and a reason to return would be the topic of quitting smoking. The goal of someone who desires to quit the smoking habit is to be successful at quitting, and once they are successful there would be no further need for the member to return to the site would there?
Another bad idea for a niche would be one that is a “how to do” site in which once you have the information it would be difficult to provide fresh content. In order to avoid this problem your niche should not be too narrow. A membership site about how to make Snowmen would be hard pressed to come up with fresh monthly content but a membership site that revolves around the Winter holidays would indeed have fresh content every month because of all the possible content variations.
Good examples of niche membership sites that lend themselves easily to fresh, quality monthly content are: Earning online cash for the new internet user, or a membership site that revolves around investing in the stock market.
When doing research on niches for membership sites make a list of all the things that bring pain or sadness to an individual and then make a second list about all the things that bring pleasure or happiness to people for the help www.starting-membership-site.com. brainstorm for a while on these two lists and you will soon have many good ideas that you can research.
One of the most valuable true statements about finding a niche for a membership site is that you have to know your market. An idea for a site may sound good, may even be one that you are interested in; but if the market demand is poor than it will be a dead site. You have to understand what your members need in the niche you are contemplating. Will you be able to provide enough fresh content each month to address the needs they will have in that niche?
One obvious point that must be made is that the niche you decide on must be one that can be served online, if you choose a niche that can only be done strictly offline you may not find enough interest.
When deciding on a niche look towards keywords to see if there are membership sites already in existence on the niche you are considering. Use keywords that people would actually use when searching for your topic.
Try doing a survey to gage the interest in your chosen niche. One useful tidbit I learned about in college was the fact that there is a site that helps you design surveys called SurveyMonkey.com You want to be able to gage if the niche you are thinking of using will actually be one that will bring in members in large enough numbers to allow for the success you envision for your membership site.

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The most common mistake of linear thinking is to mix up Because and After.

Usually people can’t divide that After is not Because at all.

And not making this difference put them into the trap of circle thinking.

Again and again people usually make the same mistakes in their life. And can’t jump away from this circle.

As you know there are two cerebral hemispheres in our brain. Left one is logical and right one gives us imagination. Most off people have dominating only one of them. But for real creative decisions you need coordinated work of both hemispheres.

Such condition of brain is named usually intuition or even ingenious.

After the scientific proved researches we can ensure you that everyone can coordinate the work of cerebral hemispheres by unusual work with special paradoxical texts. We have prepared for you Free Brainstorm Generator with such texts aimed at home based business and marketing.

Though it’s impossible to meet two equal people with two equal brain – the BrainStorm Generator should be prepared and tuned individually for everyone.

Free version is NOT as paradoxical as it should be. But surely it can also help you.

If you feel while training that you need Generator aimed at another area you can purchase your individual copy of it. If you need some additional functions – feel free to send your request via email form from our blog.

Try training for a three or more days (30-60 min per lesson daily) and notice the changes in your mind, in your dreams, in your whole life.

But to be Genius it’s not only use of the intuition. Genius means an everyday work too. BUT… motivation?!

The best motivation for a daily work is… MONEY !

So you can Start your own home based business with our program!

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First of all you should generate text with your own level of difficulty.

Choose your level and click Generate.

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Then copy and paste it into your new Notepad file.

And try to make a normal text from generated.

Of course it will be only a very simple example from the first level of difficulty from the Free version. But if you will training your brain with this exercise during a few days you’ll discover that you start to solve different problems easily.

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Although Brainstorm’s debut album, Stormin’, didn’t make the Motor City outfit a huge name in RB, it did contain a number 14 RB hit (“Lovin’ Is Really My Game”) and indicated that Brainstorm was a band to watch out for. There was reason to believe that brainstorm might go on to become huge, but regrettably, its sophomore effort, Journey to the Light, was a commercial disappointment. The LP didn’t provide any major hits, and the only people who bought it were Brainstorm’s hardcore followers. Regardless, Journey to the Light is generally excellent. Brainstorm had a gem of a lead singer in Belita Woods, who really soars on tunes that range from Stevie Wonder’s funky “Every Time I See You, I Go Wild” to the quite storm pearl “If You Ever Need to Cry” and the jazzy, Roy Ayers-ish “Brand New Day.” Nor are the lead vocals of Trenita Womack (who is featured on the slow jam “Loving Just You”) and Deon Estus anything to complain about. One can speculate on the reasons why Journey to the Light wasn’t as commercially successful as Stormin’ — some would argue that none of the songs had as much disco and dancefloor appeal as “Lovin’ Is Really My Game.” At any rate, this is an album that should have done a lot better.

- Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

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Two scientists, Michael and Karen Brace are developing a virtual reality system that sends sensory inputs into the brain and can record sights, sounds, feelings, and even dreams. The military attempts to take over the project when a senior worker begins to die of a heart attack and uses the system to tape the experience. They will do anything to get it. Natalie Wood’s last film.

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