Every state of mind has a particular “signature” attached to it. This is represented by your brainwave patterns (or “frequency”).

For example, if you’re in a state of deep focus, your brainwaves are likely to be in the Alpha frequency range of 8-12Hz. Other specific frequency patterns exist for states such as sleep, creativity, and general happiness.

These frequencies can be measured using powerful scientific tools, such as an EEG machine. (Also known as an electroencephalograph machine.)
The discovery of brainwave entrainment

In the 1830s, scientists discovered that by playing certain frequencies through the ears, the brain “followed” those frequencies. This is a powerful process known as “brainwave entrainment.”

By changing your brainwave frequencies, you could change your state – encouraging focus, creativity, sleep, or mood improvement, for example.

The problem was that the human ear can only hear frequencies of around 20Hz to 20,000Hz – whereas the vast majority of ‘useful’ human brainwave frequencies exist at 0.1Hz to 20Hz.
Recreating brainwave frequencies

That’s when scientists did something really clever. They decided to play one frequency into the left ear (ie, 400Hz), and another into the right ear (ie, 410Hz).

The noises cancelled each other out and recreated the difference inside the brain (ie, 10Hz).

The brain then followed (or entrained) toward this frequency, and brought about the exact state of mind desired – such as deep focus.
Going beyond binaural beats

This was the scientific validation of “binaural beats,” the first true brainwave entrainment method. Originally suggested in the 1830s, it was scientifically verified by EEG machines in the 1950s.

Since then, many other methods of brainwave entrainment have been discovered – including monaural beats, hamonic box X beats, and most powerfully, isochronic tones, typically regarded as the most potent entrainment methods availabl.

The most powerful brainwave entrainment sessions typically incorporate several entrainment techniques into each session, in order to produce the strongest results, as with All Natural High.

So, here you go, click on the image and give it a try… and open your mind!!

This means that now you can get a website design, hosted with a domain name related to your business starting from just £15 per month!

Staggering when you consider that just two years ago a Quad Bike company that we have dealings with, paid nearly £15,000 to have their site built by a website designer – oonly to find that 2 months after they instructed the build that the country went into the recesion – making their new business based in Cheltenham, a difficult hill to climb.

We spoke to Steve Davis, the creator of OnKitz – the Affordable Website Design company, and he said this:

“We have noticed a distinct change in the industry over this last 12 months, which has meant we have had to completely change the standard business model for website design. Gone have the day’s where people have thousands to get their site up and running -and it is more like they only have hundreds instead.

Not only this, many design agencies see only how well a site looks, and not the most important part which is how well it performs in search results when people are looking for keywords and phrases related to your business. We have spent the last 18 months working with some of the best website platform companies in the world, and whilst making sure we can still give fantastic designs, the sites are also friendly to search engines”

So, even if you are outside of Gloucester, you can still get this amazing service from OnKitz . To say they are a local firm with an international portfolio would be an understatement – and having seen some of the great sites they have produced for their clients, I can see why they are changing their business model – and making things far more affordable for small to medium size businesses.

Speak to them – there is no pushy sales drive and they tell it from the hip – making it far more understandable to those who have little or no knowledge of the website design industry.

Go take a look at their site, and see exactly what we mean; Web Design Gloucester

Are Cheltenham Council Taking The ........

Another beautiful spring day, people out walking around the Cotswold town of Cheltenham – lapping up the sunshine, enjoying the walks in the gorgeous parks when suddenly that cry from a child; “I need the toilet!!!”

Well, it is happening right now in Sanford Park – just behind the Lido, where the council have a perfectly set out play area for children with swings and slides, climbing frames and a toilet facility which is “CLOSED” to the public. Yes, I appreciate that facilities need to be maintained, yes they have to be closed in the winter because of lack of use, but come on CBC, we have had two staggering weeks of sunshine and you still haven’t opened them.

Here is the problem: “We as a family use the facilities in Sandford Park on a regular basis, and I can’t remember once over the last 3 weeks when we have visited the play area with our son (who is 4 years old) and not found less than 8 or 10 children playing in the childrens area.

And hand on heart, I have seen on more than one occasion – parents having to suspend children in mid flight over shrubs and bushed area’s so they can relieve themselves. And please, don’t tell me “they can hold it till they get home!”

We contacted Cheltenham Borough Council and advised that the toilets were undergoing refurbishment, and would re-open on the weekend 16th/17th April – 2011. We arrived at the play area on Saturday to find them still “CLOSED” – so made another call this morning.

This time, we were given the number of John Reece who is in charge of the Council Public Amenities – he advised that there was a “blockage” issue, and that they had notified Severn Trent to investigate. In the mean time, he also mentioned that due to council cut backs, that there was no guarantee this facility would be opened in the future, and should we wish the take this further – to speak with Roger Whybourn MP.

We have now spoken to Roger Whybourn, who advised that this is not the only block of toilets to be closed – with Coxs’ Meadow having been closed as of the 1st April 2011.

At what point will these cut backs stop – do we need children to start playing in other childrens’ excretion, do they have to fall i’ll and cost the NHS more money for medical assistance, drugs and follow up checks… ???

The only way to get this heard is to stand up, bring the point to the table and see how long it takes the council to find alternative funding to keep health risk at a minimum – and remove some of those useless traffic wardens from the town centre, who find extremely long spells talking to taxi drivers parked in Royal Well, where they should not be parked anyway. (Yes, I got a ticket recently… fair cop.)

Tell us what you think, and let us get some steam up and give the council what for.

It’s hardly surprising to think that when the government decides to enforce something, 9/10 times the industry that they are trying to help start to sit up on their hind legs like Meerkat’s, looking like nothing is wrong and they didn’t need any government intervention.

So when government officials decided to release the possible cap on ticket re-sellers, why did the industry start getting so upset over something they don’t have anything to do with? Or do they?

This is going to have to be slightly tongue in cheek – but here is the reason:

• Ticket companies see the reseller situation and suddenly get the urge to do something “in house.”
• Some of the big companies spend thousands having websites built to sell “unused” tickets.
• One of these companies then begins to syphon tickets from big events before they go on sale.
• Now the rest of the industry want a bigger piece of the pie – so are doing the same.
• Why don’t they want a cap on resellers of tickets?

Do I need to spell it out any clearer than that?

In all honesty, the ticket industry are not concerned about the fraudsters who are selling the tickets for the big events, and scamming people out of hundreds, even thousands of pounds – they don’t care about the scam websites that pop up and sell tickets that don’t exist – they really don’t care about anyone else or anything else apart from their profit margin increase by using different methods to make more money from those who are TRUE fans.

So to wrap this in a nut shell, they have the tickets and you want to buy them – so even if you get scammed online by someone else, they know they would have sold all their tickets 3 times over – so why should they get concerned over scams?

And here is the real scary bit…

The government have put an anti-ticket scam website up too – so you can see what a scamming site looks like!!!

I’m not kidding here – the UK Government have decided to tackle this whole episode of ticket scamming, online ticket fraud and ticket resale by launching a website which is an “idiots guide” to spotting the type of website which may decide to take your money and not supply you the tickets you paid for.

It’s not the websites that are a scam – it’s the ticket industry that needs the kick up the backside – along with the credit card payment gateway’s for allowing these companies to even take online payments and run before the ink has even dried on the tickets!

Come on David, give the fans a break and do something construcive with the time you spend around the table – instead of tossing a coin and taking “best out of three” approach on what to do next!

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The Nuneaton Rotary Walk which is organised by The Rotary Club of Nuneaton – will be going ahead as usual this year, no different to any other. This organised day has been going now for over 15 years, with many hundreds of people walking for charities around the Nuneaton and Warwickshire area – raising literally thousands of pounds for many great causes.

This walk of the outskirts of Nuneaton offers not only a great day for all of the family to join in and raise funds for your own causes, but also gives those on route the opportunity to come out and wish the walkers a safe day walking.

Amongst the charities which have benefit from the support of local people are: The People in Action Group, MacMillan Nursing, WRVS, Young Deaf, Mary Anne Evans Hospice plus unlimited amounts of Local Schools, Sports Clubs, Cub and Scout Groups with some National Charities too.

And for those who may have not taken part in the past – then here is a brief outline of what happens:

The classic walk is a circular route of 21 miles, mostly along footpaths and bridleways but it is divided into several sections with marshalling stations on route. Everyone completing the full route will receive a certificate celebrating their success! Additionally two other shorter routes of 3, 5 and 8 miles have been created for the more casual stroller and family groups, who would prefer to just amble and perhaps enjoy a pub stop on the way.

The Nuneaton Rotary Club organises the event on the understanding that you do the walking and seek out your own sponsors.

For more information on the Rotary Walk, please follow the link to the Nuneaton Rotary Club website.

:: Rotary Club of Nuneaton

The Rotary Club of Nuneaton is pleased to announce the details of its first Junior Golf Tournament. The tournament will take place on 4th August 2011 at Oakridge Golf Course, with the kind permission of the Owners and Commitee.

A shield will be presented to the winner; this will be known as the Oakridge Rotary Shield and has been kindly sponsored by LDJ solicitors, Nuneaton. Medals will also be presented to the runners-up. The rules of the tournament will be based upon a Stableford Handicap competition in order to give every golfer an even chance.

The entrance fee will be £4.00 and food will be provided on the day.

In addition, and on the same day, it is planned to stage a putting competition for younger non-golfing children, for which there will be a nominal fee. It is hoped that this will encourage families to bring along younger siblings who might like to try golf in a friendly non competitive setting.

The official launch day is 28th April 2011, so look out on the Nuneaton Rotary Club website or in the
Nuneaton News for further announcements.

Here are the latest Sky HD Offers and Sky HD DEals direct from Sky TV for March 2011 – but you need to MOVE FAST because this latest crazy offer only lasts until March 24th 2011 – when the vouchers prices will decrease!

New Customers: £100 M&S Voucher, free box and free standard set-up

This offer runs from Friday 18th March until midnight Thursday 24th March, so a limited time only.

Here is a summary of what’s on offer:

New Customers:

· Free £100 M&S Voucher (increased from £50)

· Free Sky+ or Sky+HD box (saving up to £49*)

· Free standard set-up (saving up to £30*)

· Ends 24th March 2011

*Sky+ box normally £49 with £30 standard set-up for new customers.

Applications can only be made online, so here is your direct link!

BONUS Sky HD Offers for March 2011

Terms & Conditions.
HD Channels received depend on your Sky TV Package. Sky+HD packages start from £29.75 a month. Minimum 12 month subscriptions apply and non-standard set-up may cost extra. Upgrade to Sky+HD Online and we’ll send you a £100 Marks and Spencer voucher. One voucher per household and only available when you upgrade online. Offer excludes existing Sky+HD households and is not available in conjunction with any other offer. Vouchers sent via recorded delivery within 45 days of activating your first HD Pack. Only available for existing customers who upgrade online by 24 March 2011 – so hurry before they decrease the vouchers back to the £25.00 standard offer or £50 for those taking a full package.

BONUS Sky HD Offers for March 2011

It’s one of those things you sit and think about, upgrading your Sky Plus (Sky +) so that you can get Sky HD, but always feel that the cost of upgrading can be a little bit expensive. Well, not right now with the latest deal from Sky TV for exisiting customers – you can upgrade your old Sky Plus box for a new Sky Plus HD, with no charge for the box and a £15 activation charge for installing it yourself.

And there is nothing to it – you remove the old box from under your TV, unplug the mains cable, pull out the TV arial cable (if you have one that is) and unscrew the two cables which come from your satellite dish… then rescrew the two cables back in to your new Sky HD box, plug back in your arial cable and in with the power lead and switch it back on!

And if you think that is all it takes, then you would be absolutely right – so why pay Sky TV £60 to get an engineer round to install your Sky Plus HD box when that’s all it takes?

Funny part is they offer a telephone install number should you have problems, and the person who sits and talks you through it is an engineer trained person so they can hold your hand throughout the process, and walk you through the path of ease – within minutes.

Sky+HD gives you the magic of Sky+ with the UK’s widest choice of HD channels, including the newly launched Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Living HD, ITV2 HD, Nickelodeon HD and many more. And if you currently subscribe to any Sky Movies or Sky Sports channels, it lets you enjoy those in amazing HD too. Upgrade to Sky+HD online today and make your everyday TV extraordinary.

Minimum 12 month subscription applies to Sky TV (from £19.50 per month) and the HD Pack (£10.25 per month). Standard set-up is £60 for existing customers, £15 for existing Sky+ customers selecting self-set-up, or free if you take a Multiroom subscription for an additional £10.25 per month. HD Channels received depend on your Sky TV Package. Excludes existing Sky+HD/HD households. Further terms apply, see Sky.com for details.

This offer is only available till the 24th March and when upgrading online (not over the phone) – so hurry before they close this down and make you pay the £60.00 install fee from the 25th March onwards – so click on the following link to Sky TV TODAY!

Sky+ HD Upgrade – Existing Customer Discount Offer

:: But is this just a tease to the online gambler? ::

The Online Scratch Card industry has been alive for many years, infact far longer than I certainly thought. One of the big questions which keeps entering the news about the online gaming and gambling – is the scratch card business and how they try and entice the new customers to their sites.

Over the last couple of weeks, we have been looking deeper into this “rich world” of online gaming and to be honest, you get more enticement from some of the local convenience stores to buy chocolate – than you do to get people to play onlince scratch cards, yet you don’t hear the media having a go at the store and shop owners.

It’s a crazy thing, but I guess with such a high rate of payout playing the scratch cards it’s ever more obvious why you find so many companies who are pushing the Online Scratch Cards No Deposit – with a hope that you sign up, and make a deposit and play more. I mean, is there any harm in trying something which is at the end of the day FREE?

If you have impulisve behaviour then I could understand why you would have a problem not continuing with the deposit, but at the end of the day they are not saying you have to use your credit or debit card to get the free play – in fact far from it.

One of the ways they entice people to their sites is by using something which is called affiliate marketing – whereby they pay companies and individuals a small amount of money for each person who signs up to their free offer in hope they will continue and play the game even after the free credits have dried up.

These small companies then get a couple of bucks for passing the traffic, and then it is up to the site to do whatever they want to try and persuade the customer to play a little more after they have used up the freebies. And yes, they do send you emails from time to time, yes they use thought provoking methods – but they are in this as a business, not for charity!

If you can keep your hand well away from your wallet, and try these sites out, you will find that it can be an awesome amount of fun as long as you know where your limits are should you carry on playing the game.

Here is one of the sites, go take a look for yourself just how easy it is to achieve somethiing from nothing!

Prime Scratch Cards

Mirren, who received the first of her four Oscar nominations back in 1995 for her magnificent performance in The Madness of King George and went on to win the ‘Best Actress’ award just over a decade later for her role in ‘The Queen’ where she played the part of Queen Elizabeth the Queen of England.

On speaking out to the Entertainment Tonight host, Dame Helen said that winning the Oscar was completely incomparable to any of life’s greatest pleasures.

“It is one of the most amazing experiences of one’s life,” she said. “There really is nothing like it.”

One thing that Dame Helen did say to those who were being nominated for this years ‘Oscars’ was that once the ceremony was over, that the ‘afterglow’ quickly wears off.

“You’re in the most amazing…multi-coloured bubble. Then the night after the Oscars, the bubble bursts and you go back to reality,” said the Dame.

So, the Oscars is being held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday 27th February 2011 – I just wondor who will be the star of this years red carpet for fashion? Bet Dame Helen Mirren won’t let the ‘British Designers’ down!