A voice, once heard and never forgotten: the velvety smooth voice of Barry White belongs there. His celestial voice has the capacity to take his listener to an entirely different world filled with happiness and sheer bliss. Barry White chose 'fourth of July ', the most important day in the history of America, to bid fare well to his adoring fans and family- one expects no less from a man who is larger than life! Barry White died on a Friday morning at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. It was a great loss to music lovers all over the world and of course, to his loving family. That distinctive soul sound, that husky growl with the velvety chocolate edge has influenced many lives since the early 70s. He was nicknamed 'the Walrus of Love', though he would have liked to be called 'The Dove of Love'. He gave the world and his fans, 'LURVE' and he referred to women as 'ladies'! Music lovers everywhere remembers the icon of 'lurve'' on the fourth of July, the Anniversary of the day he left us.

Barry White was born in Galveston in Texas, on 12 September 1944. He played piano at the age of 11 and made records under his own name, 'Barry Lee', as a member of the group 'Up fronts'. He once said at an interview that Elvis Presley was his inspiration to follow a music career. Barry was behind bars for four months when he was growing up in South Park neighbourhood and he heard Elvis's 'Now or Never'and that song changed his life forever. He formed 'Love Unlimited' in 1969, with Diane, Glodean and her sister Linda- he later married Glodean. The unmistakable distinctive 'Love Unlimited Orchestra' was founded by Barry White for which he conducted and composed and his first International hit was the 'Love's theme', in1973. 'Walkin' in the Rain with the One I love, I am Gonna love You just a little more, Never never Gonna give you up, You see the trouble with me, Sho' you Right and Just the way You are' are few of the melodies that melted the hearts of millions, all over the world.

Barry has been 'held responsible', for the 70's population explosion in the US! When asked about this at an interview, Barry laughed and growled in that husky velvet voice, 'not me personally, but my music'! Marine experts claim that even sharks have succumbed to his music. He was a great success with the students at Oxford University, when he gave a lecture there in 2002 on the future of music. He regained his popularity in the 90s, with his powerful melody, 'Practice what you preach' and the album that accompanied. It is a well-known fact that Barry's music has changed the lives of many from all walks of life at trouble times- even married couples claim that Barry's music has saved their lives!

His concerts broke all records and the fans were treated to the most spectacular soul sound. He 'sang to his audience' at his concerts and the melodies like 'You are the First, The Last, My Everything, and Just the way You are', were given standing ovation and the response from the adoring fans broke all sound barriers. I feel honoured to have witnessed one such event in Sheffield, one that I would keep in a special corner in my heart and so will, all those who have been to one of his concerts! 'The Lurve God' is no more, but his husky growl, that velvet smooth soul sound, will live forever. He believed in the only subject on Planet Earth, 'Lurve'' and one hopes that 'Lurve' will save the world, as Barry believed.

E Menon2008

I am a doctor working in the UK. I love to write and my articles have been published in the UK and abroad. My hobbies include reading, writing, gardening, cooking, watching films, listening to music etc.

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Like every major metropolitan area, Los Angeles offers many options when it comes to lodging. But choosing a hotel in Los Angeles can be overwhelming because of the sheer number of hotels and the incredible variety of amenities and price. If you're planning a trip to L.A., here are some things to consider when selecting a Los Angeles hotel.

Location

Los Angeles is a sprawling metropolis made up of many distinct neighborhoods. Because of this, visitors should consider staying in a hotel that is near the destinations they wish to visit.

If you are coming to Los Angeles on vacation, make a list of the tourist attractions you plan to see and then look at where they are located on a map. This will give you a good idea of where you should look for hotels. If you plan to visit attractions that are all over the Los Angeles area, you should try to find a hotel in a central location such as Hollywood or West Hollywood. These neighborhoods are about 20 minutes (by car) from just about every part of Los Angeles and they have convenient access to freeways.

If you are planning a business trip to L.A., first determine where you'll be attending meetings or visiting with clients. Downtown Los Angeles is a frequent destination for business travelers, as the Convention Center and Financial District are located there. If this is the case for your trip, you'll find a wide selection of hotels in Downtown Los Angeles that are walking distance from your meeting place. Alternately, many business travelers choose to stay in a hotel near LAX airport, especially for one-day trips.

Amenities

Every hotel is different when it comes to the amenities it offers. When looking for a hotel in Los Angeles, it's important to consider who you'll be traveling with, how much time you'll be spending in your hotel and what level of comfort you prefer.

Because of L.A.'s warm year-round weather, many hotels in Los Angeles have swimming pools or jacuzzis on their property. If you want to soak in some sun while you're visiting, look for a hotel that has an outdoor pool. Many upscale Los Angeles hotels even offer poolside service so that you can order food or drinks while you lounge by the pool.

If you're traveling with children, look for a hotel that is family-friendly. This can mean everything from offering video game systems in the rooms to having large bathrooms that will accommodate your whole family. Additionally, many Los Angeles hotels offer suites that will provide parents and children with a little of their own privacy yet still giving parents the peace of mind of proximity to their kids. Parents will also want to look for hotels that are located in safe, well-lit neighborhoods.

Do you expect luxury when you travel? If so, you'll find many Los Angeles hotels that cater to your every desire with luxurious accommodations. From pampering spa services on the premises, to high-end toiletries and towels in the bathroom, to five-star hotel restaurants, there are many upscale hotels in L.A. that will provide the ultimate in service and amenities.

If you plan on bringing your dog to Los Angeles, you'll find quite a few hotels that allow pets. Some even have gourmet dog biscuits on hand or food and water dishes available for your room. Make sure to choose a hotel in a safe neighborhood that has plenty of streets to walk your dog. You might even find a hotel with a park nearby where you can bring your dog to play.

Need to stay connected while you're visiting Los Angeles? If you plan to touch base with the office or simply like to have internet access while on vacation, look for a hotel that offers free hi-speed or wireless internet access. Some hotels offer free internet in your room, while others only offer it in the lobby or common areas. If you expect to log on every day, try to avoid hotels that charge a daily fee for internet access, as this can add up quickly and become quite expensive.

Price

Many people choose hotels only based on price, but it's important to consider the value you're getting as well. For example, if you find a hotel that is centrally located near all of the attractions you want to visit, it's worth paying slightly more for it instead of staying in a cheaper hotel that is further away from everything. Since there are not a lot of cabs in Los Angeles and public transportation is spotty, staying in a hotel that is not centrally located will mean you'll need to rent a car, which may end up costing you more in the long run (versus staying in the more expensive, centrally-located hotel).

If your trip to Los Angeles will comprise your one big vacation this year, you won't want to deal with the headaches that can come from staying in a cheap hotel. You want to relax and enjoy your vacation, so there's nothing wrong with spending a little more to have a better experience. It's okay to splurge a little on a nice hotel every once in a while!

Finally, if you don't plan on spending a lot of time in your hotel room, are adventurous or are traveling on a really tight budget, consider staying in a Los Angeles hostel. Known for their dorm-like rooms, shared bathrooms and communal atmosphere, hostels are an affordable alternative to hotels for budget-conscious travelers. You'll find hostels all over the Los Angeles area, with many located near popular tourist attractions in the heart of Hollywood.

Danielle Mead is a 10-year Los Angeles resident and editor of the website LA4Beginners.com, an insider's guide to visiting or moving to Los Angeles. Visit LA4Beginners.com for additional information on Los Angeles hotels, including tips, photos and room rates or to make a hotel reservation.

There's a famous old Hollywood saying "Never work with children or animals"

Children can be a directors nightmare.

They can be unpredictable, outrageous, crazy, volatile, demanding, cute, funny and wild... just to name a few traits!

But it's exactly these traits that can keep viewers glued to the screen watching a particular video and more importantly...

Have them pass your video onto their friends, their family and all the contacts on their email lists (the holy grail ;). Cute or funny kids we all want to share as another piece of good news.

Here's another script from a recent online production on viral video using the actions of cute and funny kids at the core.

Introduction by Frank, kneeling on the floor with the kids.

Stands as he starts to talk:

Frank

"There is an old saying in Hollywood... never work with children or animals

The lack of control and unpredictability of children could blow budgets out of the water and make directors insane. Yet, it's that same unpredictability that can make a internet video go viral"

Cut to scenes of cute children with voice over from Frank:

Frank

"well... kids can be just plain cute" (Emily in a pram)

"Kida can be cute even doing simple things like running around.... And around.... And around..." James running around the mat.

"Making statements!" James in driveway calling out "Even if those statements only make sense to the child..."

"or running... around... and around... And...."

Cut back to Frank

Frank

Sinister music, dark background, Frank lit from below.

"What's slightly disturbing is that otherwise normal adults find it funny when"

Cut to scene of Emily hitting James over the head with bat

"children hurt other children"

Cut to scene of Emily hitting Greg with bat

"children hurt adults"

Cut to scene of James running into wall or jumping off the roof

"children... hurt themselves"

Back to Frank in the studio

Frank

"Am I condoning the exploitation of children? Certainly not... but, it doesn't hurt to have a video camera around when your kids are just being kids" *wink*

Concludes with Emily approaching Frank. Frank tries to shoo her away.

Emily punches him in the groin, James kicks him in the shin and Frank goes down.

Kids jump on top of him... Greg comes in with his familiar "oops"

End of script.

How simple is that? Letting kids be just kids. Kids being funny, kids being cute and kids being a little bit naughty.

Mark Lewis is the owner of KMS Productions and webmaster at http://www.famousbymorning.com A site for quality online videos that value the essence of the story. To see the end result of this script visit http://www.famousbymorning.com/viral-video-2.htm

Grand Theft Auto IV (GTAIV) on PS3 is a game with an amazing and nonlinear storyline, a game with a great protagonist who you can't help but like, and a game that boasts a large selection of online multiplayer features in addition to its lengthy story mode. Of course, it is not without some flaws, but GTAIV is undoubtedly the best Grand Theft Auto yet.

The Grand Theft Auto IV on PS3 story starts with Niko Bellic stepping off a boat in Liberty City, which is modeled after New York City. Right away, you get the sense that Rockstar North's latest GTA offering is something very special. Yes, this is another Grand Theft Auto game in which you'll probably spend most of your time stealing cars and gunning down cops and criminals, but it's so much more than that. You will find that Niko decides to help out Roman with his rundown cab stand and keep thugs off his back until he can figure out how to make money and connections in Liberty City. You also get to discover the real reasons that Niko left his homeland.

So begins Grand Theft Auto IV, the newest - and easily the best - entry in the wildly popular GTA series. The game manages to take the tried-and-true already successful game experience , which involves taking missions to earn cash and climb the corporate ladder of a criminal operation or sightseeing in Liberty City, and turns it into something that feels completely new and updated. Some even claim that it a gaming masterpiece that is a picture-perfect snapshot of the underworld of today's big cities

When the pedestrians, cars and buildings became repetitive in previous GTA releases it was always tempting to get bored, steal a cop car and end up in your own North Hollywood shootout. There are many more times as many distractions in GTA IV, including working cell phones, televisions that can flip channels and the Liberty City version of the Internet. This time, the mundane is as interesting as the some of the unsavory elements of the game.

But that's not to say it's empty of meaning. GTA IV is a crass cultural commentary that mocks the American media's obsession with sex and violence and money. This is the reason why so many people in the media and government are bothered by the Grand Theft Auto games. For example, the Chicago Transit Authority pulled 385 ads for the game from its subways, but the same organization has no problem letting violent films advertise in the same places.) If these people actually played GTA IV, maybe they would realize that not all videogames are for kids and ultimately get the joke - that the game also rejects the violence, sexism, and consumerism it appears to embrace. It is worth mentioning that Grand Theft Auto IV is definitely for a mature audience.

In case you haven't guessed already, Grand Theft Auto IV on PS3 is a game that you will have to play to appreciate it. The single-player game, which you can still play long after you complete the story, is the series' best by far, and the multiplayer features are good enough that you'll likely have no problem finding people to play with you for many months into the future. The minor flaws that you'll experience are no different than those in previous GTA games, and they're greatly outnumbered by the new features that will amaze you anytime just when you think you have already seen everything that the game has to offer.

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One of the best ways for those in online marketing to find out about current demands of the market and what your customers or potential customers are looking for is through a well designed survey. Forget the once popular method of one question surveys. Those types of surveys are not going to help you really understand your customer base. Keep in mind at all times that the purpose of the survey is to get a better understanding of your customers and potential customers in a concise and effective manner.

Right now you need to put yourself in the shoes of your customer. Don't make the same mistake that many marketers do by thinking that if you just find out the most important reason behind the customer's search you are going to make a sale. Maybe the customer tells you the most important reason behind the search is to see if Yorkies are kid friendly. Simply telling them yes is not going to make a sale. What you need to do is understand the customer, learn about their fears and frustrations. What are their concerns and problems? You need to be able to address those issues, convincingly to make a sale. To do this you need a properly constructed survey.

What is the best way to survey your list? The best way to survey your list is to personally invite them. Pick up the phone and tell you them are conducting a survey and would like to email them the link for that survey. They can fill it out at their leisure. The survey is completely anonymous and shouldn't take them more then 5 or 10 minutes. Let them know the benefit the survey will provide them.

How many questions should be asked in a survey? Take the time to think about your questions. Choose your words carefully. Make sure you are using both closed ended and open ended questions. Use more closed ended questions then open ended so that your customers don't get bogged down answering questions and then get out of the survey. You aren't going to want to have more then 25 questions in your survey. About 75% of the questions should be closed ended questions.

How do you get customers to respond to requests for information? The best way to get people to take your survey is to offer them something for taking the time to fill out the survey. Yes it's only 5 or 10 minutes, but how likely are you to take that time out of your day just to help someone that wants you to continue to buy from them? Offer them a discount coupon on their next purchase, or you may consider paying them for taking the survey. But be sure to offer them something for their time and input if you want to increase the response rate. With those surveys in-hand your online marketing business is one step closer to success!

To Your Online Marketing Success!

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Search engine theory is great but most Web Masters Say Show me the Results. These 10 easy to follow tips are sure to boost your Page rankings for a Targeted Keyword or Phrase.

Step 1 Use Keywords or keyword Phrases in the Title /Title Block

If This were a Web Page The Text between the title and /Title headings would be
10 Things the Work at Home Online Business Owner can Do to Improve their Search Engine Rankings. http://ewguru.com/kw-suggestion

Step 2 Use H1 and H2 tags with Your Keywords and keyword Phrases

Now Place Your Title at the very Top of your Page between H1 and /h1 Tags. With very few exceptions your Page Title in the Header Tag should be identical to your Title Meta-Tag. Where it makes sense you should place your Keyword or Keyword Phrases in h1,h2 and h3 blocks throughout your web Page as Sub Headings

Step 3 Concentrate on 1 Keyword or keyword Phrase Per Page.

It is best to pick one keyword or Phrase per page and concentrate on it. You should target a Keyword Density of about 3%.
http://www.organicseo.org/Choosing_Your_Target_keywords

Step 4 Have some Meaningful Content about your Keyword or Keyword Phrase

You need to have meaningful content Search engines are getting much smarter about Robotic Page Writers. One rule of thumb is don't place anything on your web Page you Don't want to read Yourself. The Ideal Web Page is a "Perfect Balance" between Human Readability and Search Engine Friendly KeyWord Rich.

Step 5 Have some Meaningful Links Related to Your Keyword or Keyword Phrase

Use Links either to rela6ted Content in your own web Pages or to External Pages. If you do link to an External Page Send the Web Master of that Page a Note telling him that you linked to him and asking for a Link Back See Step 9. Make sure to use your Keyword or Phrase in these Links

Step 6 Place Your Keyword or Keyword Phrase in Bold

As you use your Keyword or Phrase in your Web Page do something to make it stand out, Bold the Font or Make the Font Bigger. The Search Engines Love This

Step 7 Use the Description Meta-Tag

This is the actual Description the Search engines use when they display Results. This description should accurately match your web page. If at all possible find 2 or 3 sentences at the top of the web page that describe it well and place them in this Tag. If Not you may want to create a Lead Paragraph for your web page and Description

Step 8 Create A Google Sitemap

Here is an Excellent article on how to create a Google Site Map http://ewguru.com/hbiz/googlesitemap.html

Step 9 Use a Robots.txt File

Here is an Excellent Article on a Robots.txt File http://www.searchengineworld.com/robots/robots_tutorial.htm

Here is a Tool that Validates your Robots.txt File http://www.searchengineworld.com/cgi-bin/robotcheck.cgi

Step 10 Get Some Link Partners

http://www.createafreewebsite.net/finding-link-partners.html

Bonus Step 11

Create a Blog entry about your Web Page (don't forget the link) and use Pingomatic to notify the Blog Search tools that you updated your Blog

Once you have applied the above 11 steps to your web page be sure and test it. Do a search on your Keyword Phrase in and out of quotes and note your Position. Repeat this test once or twice a week and note your results.

Mike Makler has been Marketing Online Since 2001, When he built his first Sales organization of over 100,000 Members.

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Do you want to become your own boss or are you looking to make some extra money for a car payment or maybe just maybe you to explore the Internet Business Opportunities that are available and join the Work From Home Internet Business family. Dreams like this are common for most people, the hard part is finding the right Internet Business Opportunity that will not cost a fortune nor leave you wondering what just happened. You want to avoid pyramid schemes and scams, But How? By researching your Internet Business Opportunities carefully before you dive in head first.

Choosing a work from home internet business is not an easy task, but with an a little work you can become successful. A home business may not be for everyone, but that does not necessarily mean you! There are legitimate opportunities out there you just have to explore them and concentrate on the one you like most. Read internet business opportunity reviews and keep an open mind.

When starting a work from home internet business, here a few things to look for:

1. Start Up Cost

Start up cost can range from $0 to over a $100. The cost has nothing to do with the legitimacy of a business. Find one that fits your budget.

2. Training

Does the internet business opportunity provide you with all the training you will need or do they expect you to already know something or do they expect you to pay for additional training. These are very important issues to consider, internet business opportunities will vary greatly with respect to the training they offer.

3. Product

What is the product or service being sold, will there always be a demand for the product. Are you familiar with the product? Are you excited about the product?

4. Reputation

Look around the internet and see what type of reputation the company has. Make sure you choose one that is legitimate and has an outstanding reputation. One thing to remember is that no matter how much integrity a person or company has someone will have something negative to say. There will always be someone complaining, keep that in mind when you are searching for a work from home internet business.

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