Maintaining a healthy relationship in the light of breakups and separation which occurs frequently between boyfriends and girlfriends, and lovers; divorce, law suits and issues with regards to single parenting that occurs between Spouses, Couples or partners is fast becoming a growing concern among those who are into love relationships and boy/girl affairs already as well as for those who are getting set to enter the arena of love, dating and romance newly.All those who are into troubled marriages or are in crisis ridden relationships and affairs must endeavor to return back to learn and master the art of creating and maintaining a healthy relationship today rather than throw in the towel, quit or give up on their once beautiful, lovely, romantic and resourceful relationship or love affair.Creating a healthy love relationship and maintaining a healthy affair with the opposite sex is a matter of choice, how prepared both of you are and how committed you are both set to work as boyfriend and girlfriend, lovers, partners, Couples or Spouses at building a relationship that both of you will enjoy and be proud of. To get you started are a few thought provoking tips on how to maintain a healthy relationship and which you should find quite helpful:1. Be Yourself. Learn to accept who you are because you are unique and special in your own peculiar way. Being real no matter your estate or position in life is a contributing factor to maintaining a healthy relationship.2. Accept your Friend, Lover, Spouse or Partner the way he/she is. Contentment in a love relationship is another important factor for maintaining a healthy relationship.3. Communicate and share your personal goals, dreams, ambitions, hopes and aspirations, challenges and disappointments together. In addition, also get to discuss your individual expectations for getting involved in a love affair or relationship with your boyfriend, girlfriend, lover or Spouse.4. Committed Work. Both of you must invest in and work in an agreeable manner to build and maintain your relationship as a healthy, romantic, resourceful and enjoyable one.5. Forgive wrongs and overlook faults or shortcomings. Both of you must master your emotions and learn how to resolve conflicts. You must realize that there is no love relationship or affair that is immune to crisis, troubles, challenges, etc.6. Pray together. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding (wealth, prowess, affluence, learning, etc). Remember to commit your lives, relationship, undertakings, etc in to God’s care.7. Make out quality time to play, have fun and enjoy the presence of your boyfriend, girlfriend, lover, partner or Spouse in your life and world. Bask in the euphoria of each others’ love, care, affection and attention.

We hear the word kinky on a regular basis, mostly in jokes and innuendos, as a way of describing something sexually odd. The reality is that there is no set definition for what “kinky” is. Kinky (kink) is defined as a sexual practice hat maybe considered taboo or contradictory to societal norms. As a result individuals from different cultures backgrounds, and upbringings have a different idea of what kinky is. For some individuals, it is anything in the bedroom that goes beyond plain vanilla sex. Some people think of sex, as well… just sex. Adding anything to it, makes it kinky. That includes anything from a basic role playing to some mild fuzzy handcuffs. If it isn’t two people and a bed, it is kinky. On the other extreme of it, are those who hear the word and think “gag me, tie me, and spank me”. This sexual interest is known as bondage, or BDSM. It is generally characterized by whips, chains, restraints, gags and other sex toys. While these interests may come of as odd, for some it is a lifestyle; the BDSM lifestyle.BDSM is dissected as bondage, sadism, and masochism. On the surface they may seem to be a unique grouping of fetishes, however they are a very intricate close knit fabric that, among its community, is beauty in and of its self. A fetish is defined as a habitual erotic response to any object or non genital part of the body. We all have arousals that arise for reasons aside from simple emotional attraction. Some may experience a heightened sense of arousal from a certain style of lingerie or a dirty talk. This is no different in the psyche than one who engages in the BDSM lifestyle.The core dynamic of the BDSM lifestyle is the roles of master and servant. These rules rules which date thousands of years have always elicited a feeling of taboo. In general most individuals assume a sexual role as a Domme or a Sub. A Domme is more so a guide than who leads the sub on adventure of challenges through their mind and actions. These adventures may be physically or emotionally gratifying. As odd as this may sound much of the BDSM lifestyle is about mental aspect of dominate. Anyone can learn to put aside physical pain and withstand it, however when we deal with the mental aspect we grow as a person.Very often in our life we are forced to portray the roles society lies for us, but the BDSM lifestyle changes that and gives us a way to escape. For example men who are generally pressured to take charge, can give up control. Although this may be hard for them to do as a result of gender roles, the BDSM lifestyle encourages and and reward the behavior. The rewarding is also twofold for a Domme. The control elements at hand of the Domme may not be experienced outside of the BDSM setting. Also when the Sub has a breakthrough it is rewarding for the Domme, and satisfaction can be taken in knowing they were had a presence in the mental growth of another individual.With the mental aspect being important, the BDSM setting is significant. Most individuals in the lifestyle create a dungeon for their use or have access to an erotic club with a dungeon for use. The dungeon is the setting for for the Domme roles and the challenges the Sub must overcome. With the BDSM lifestyle being primarily about challenges the dungeon setting represents those challenge situation faced in the real world. It is important that this dungeon allows the sub to have free zone. A place where it is okay show their vulnerability without fear of scrutiny. With the dungeon will come with the use many sex toys and accessories. The average dungeon will include such things as a sex whips, ropes, chains, floggers, and lesbian sex toys such as stap-on dildos.There will always be people who cannot comprehend the BDSM lifestyle cannot get it passed that the lifestyle isn’t about kinks, fetishes or sex but rather mental growth. It is sad that the lifestyle is often misunderstood and discredited as some form of sexual deviation. The reality is that it is about trust, respect and growth between two people.

Are you and your family suffering financial hardship while you’re fighting a pending lawsuit? If so, don’t get discouraged and settle early for a lower amount. Consider using lawsuit financing to meet your financial needs.Lawsuit financing is a cash advance, provided to injured parties in return for a promise to repay the advance after they win their case. The advance typically covers living expenses, medical and health care costs, expert witness, research, and attorney fees. But you can use the funds for anything: house and car payments, college tuition, car notes and daily living expenses. With lawsuit financing, you can continue your case and get the settlement you rightfully deserve.Because lawsuit financing is non-recourse funding, not a loan, there are no monthly payments to make. Therefore, repayment of the advanced funds isn’t required until after your case has been settled. And if you fail to win your case, you don’t have to repay the advanced funds. The company that provided the funds as an investment bears the full risk. But if you win, the funding company will have a legal right to part of your award.How Lawsuit Financing WorksLawsuit financing can provide a financial float to floundering litigants involved in cases ranging from medical malpractice and personal injury to worker’s compensation and sexual harassment. When an injured person receives lawsuit financing, he or she takes a lien on their future proceeds in exchange for cash today. The lien is for the amount of the cash advance and a specified monthly interest rate and is deducted from the settlement or judgment received from the outcome of the suit.Generally, the lawsuit should be at least six months old, with settlement likely to take place within at least 18 months. Lawsuit financing companies will provide you with up to 20 percent of the expected judgment in return for a lien against the entire award remaining. This lien follows any claims placed on the case for attorney or medical fees. By minimizing the funded amount and time remaining on the case, lawsuit financing companies are able to keep litigant’s costs small relative to their increased gain.As investors, lawsuit financing companies will assess your case and estimate the value of the case and the risk involved. That estimate will determine how much cash you’re advanced. This amount will actually depend on the nature of the case, insurance company involved, how long the case has been active, and the expected settlement date. The company’s fee may be a flat fee or a percentage fee that accrues monthly. But, remember, you only have to pay the fee if you win.Why Lawsuit Financing?Litigation can be slow, stressful and extremely expensive. In fact, lawsuits cost America $246 billion a year, according to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Cases may drag on for months and years, producing mounting legal and other expenses in the process. During this time, litigants–many of whom are unable to work–still must have enough money to live on and support their families. Often, they face the threat of losing their home, car and well being. The strain on their finances and emotions may force them to consider settling out of court.However, lawsuit financing can enable them to hold out long enough to receive a much larger settlement. In short, lawsuit financing can fill a vital need for litigants who have no other viable option. And the fees involved in this type of funding may be a small price to pay for the larger gain they can enjoy.Eligibility for Lawsuit FinancingLawsuit financing may be the best resort if you are suffering financial hardship and have exhausted all other means of getting financing help. Qualifying is relatively easy, compared to traditional types of financing. In fact, the standard requirements, such as good credit and employment, don’t apply.Instead, eligibility is based strictly on the merits of your case. If you have a solid case with a high chance of winning, lawsuit financing will be easier to obtain. People who may be able to secure litigation funding include those who:- Were injured in a car, boating or amusement park accident- Are involved in a medical malpractice case with a doctor, nurse or paramedic- Have been injured on the job or by dangerous products- Are litigants in a wrongful death case- Had a serious slip-and-fall accident- Suffered from breach of contract- Were discriminated against- Were wrongfully terminatedLawsuit financing can provide critical financial support for you and your family while you pursue justice.

As working photographers how would you describe the effect of Digital in your photography career?The consensus was that the greatest benefit is that the moment you take the picture you know whether you have the image or not! On a large budget shoot it is incredible to have the client look at final takes from a shoot before they leave the studio. But also to Photojournalist, Portrait Photographer or on Weddings the benefit is immense. Other benefit were the total control of the image once in the studio, the option to become the retoucher and to not have to outsource. Any Photographer can layer any number of layers and images to create any kind of Photograph. Ten years ago that was not possible without a very large budget or with the help of a professional retoucher. The major problem we agreed on is the enormous and never ending learning curves. and the amount of time required in front of the computer. For any educators it is a difficult situation. Educators have to know and have gone through Photoshop CS to CS2 to CS3, to Adobe Lightroom, and Apple Aperture. But also may include software such as Capture Pro, iView and many other.What other comments do you have about Digital?Couple of things that people who have only shot with Digital are not aware of is the cost of shooting has been reduced to nothing. Once a camera and some memory cards have been purchased a photographer can go and shoot as much as his/her memory cards will handle. No Polaroid at $1-$2 a piece, no film cost no lab cost. It allows Photographers to have a photography project that can be very extensive without the financial worry. The quality of Digital Photography was for a long while,considering its short life, not great. Now the files you get from a $500 are incredible.For $2000 you have a professional camera of excellent quality. Digital has also created new opportunities for Photographer to offer more services.Dealing with Students and teaching Photography what do you see is the benefit of Digital Photography?The answer surprised us a bit but most agreed that the cost of taking pictures was the major benefit they could see. Most student have and will always struggle with the cost of photography, However once they have made the investment they are pretty much set. In studio shooting 4×5 Polaroids, 4×5 transparency film was extremely costly. However shooting film made students slow down. It is too common for student to fix things in post-production. The major draw back is the focus on technology and not on the “Visual” aspect of Photography.What do you think will be the most drastic change or changes we will see in the field of Photography during the next few years? The most drastic change in Photography has already happened: Digital. For a while we could say Photography and Digital Photography but the reality, however disappointing it is to many, is that photography is digital. Very little film used anymore. Manufacturers have moved on and each and every field in Photography has adapted and changed. The more interesting question is where do we go from here? Let’s look at the 2 major groups who create photography, professional photographers and consumers.Taking into consideration what digital has brought to the media; Ease of Communication, immediate delivery worldwide, a Highly technical users and consumers base. The changes will be drastic, especially when you think that digital photography is still in its infancy.The ease of communication as seen in the web conferencing industry will grow to allow pro to shoot and connect through a wireless network to the web from anywhere and present images for approval/delivery across the world. Think IPhone built in your $3000 camera and you are set. Someone is about to change way of coding images that will make raw file extremely compressed. It will become the standard. As a result Photographers will deliver RAW files, with protected metadata included and locked in the file for copyright protection, Gps location, the minute you mess with the metadata the File will self destruct. If you are a pro you like the sound of that. So on a pro level Cameras will have wireless transmitter built in, just as any phone connecting to a satellite, built audio and video for communication and extremely small raw files containing encrypted metadata protecting creator. From the consumer point of view the changes will come faster and in a greater steps.TV, computers, phones will merge into one product or service resulting in countless possibilities. With a technically advanced consumer base it is easy to imagine a screen allowing you to write an email on one side, watch a TV program in another and speak on a video/phone in another part of the screen. This technology is available today but too expensive for consumers, for how long? Will you see your children come home, turn their phone or multimedia device on, connect to a base that will automatically download photographs, TV shows and whatever it’s set to do. Your child will select the photos he she wants to post, dial on a keyboard and call across town to shows his/her shots to a friend or family member? Most definitely! The missing piece is a new language or new way of coding. To allow for smaller data transfer. This will come, without a doubt! So if you are an engineer, find a new way of coding all these information into a much smaller data size, find a new codec and you’ll be set and retire early.Does all this make photography better. Photography has become more and more affordable giving access to incredible equipment to a large group of consumers that may not do this for a living but love it and are constantly trying to learn more. Look at how many classes and workshops that have been offered over the past ten to fifteen years ago that did not exists. In a sense with more and more intelligent and dedicated amateur photographers the quality of images will get better and better as a teacher I see it on a day to day basis.