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Mark Boardman - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Mark Boardman BSc dip.hyp is an experienced Hypnotherapist and highly qualified EFT and TAT practitioner. After a childhood interest in the Weather Mark went on to study Climatology at University and has continued his studies for the subsequent 20 years.
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- List Building - 5 Key Ideas
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:List-Building] List building is a vital part of any growing online business. The money has always been in the list. This article explains 5 key methods to quickly grow a subscriber list from using the new social media phenomenon, to exploiting your own website or blog.
- Cirrus Clouds - What They Are and What They Indicate
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Cirrus clouds are found worldwide above an altitude of 5,000m. There will hardly be a day go by during the summer that some form of cirrus clouds will be spotted high in the sky.
- Wireless Weather
[News-and-Society:Weather] Wireless weather stations are gadgets for determining the weather, temperature, air pressure, humidity, and other weather factors. Wireless weather stations are great for the home or office with professional units having PC connections and related software.
- Wireless Weather Stations - The New Age of Weather Forecasting
[News-and-Society:Weather] A wireless weather station keeps track of the weather conditions outside from a standalone unit located inside your home. Every facet of the weather can be measured using wireless weather stations including air pressure, temperature, wind speed and direction, rainfall and rainfall rate.
- Hurricane Ike - Give the Caribbean a Break
[News-and-Society:Weather] Fast on the heels of hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike has now torn across the Caribbean and slammed into Cuba. Where next for Ike? And how do these Hurricanes form?
- The Explosion of Hurricane Gustav
[News-and-Society:Weather] Hurricane Gustav formed on the 25th August and has raced across the Atlantic and exploded from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane in just 12 hours. Saffir-Simpson Hurricane categories:
- Cumulonimbus Cloud
[Reference-and-Education:Nature] Cumulonimbus cloud is a 'heaped' rain cloud. (Latin 'nimbus' translates as 'rain'). Cumulonimbus cloud can be viewed as a bigger, more impressive version of it's little brother, the cumulus cloud. Occurring worldwide, except the Antarctic, cumulonimbus are most commonly found in tropical regions.
- Brass Monkeys - Facts About Snow and Ice
[Reference-and-Education:Science] The earth is warming up, even though technically we are still in the middle of an ice age (defined by the presence of ice sheets in the northern and southern hemispheres). So here is a bundle of fascinating facts about the snow and ice that we love and hate.
- Cirrocumulus Clouds - The Best Sunsets
[Reference-and-Education:Nature] Cirrocumulus clouds are found worldwide at high altitudes, typically above 16,500 feet. Just like cirrostratus, cirrocumulus occurs when a large area of moist air at these high altitudes reaches saturation and freezes. Because of this cirrocumulus clouds consist entirely of ice crystals.
- The Chinese Snow Disaster
[News-and-Society:Weather] This article talks about how snow forms and the dangers it can create. An example is made of the Chinese winter storms in 2008.
- 23 Things You May Not Care About - Tornadoes!
[News-and-Society:Weather] The deadliest ever tornado was the 'Tri-State' tornado that passed through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana on March 18th 1925. During its 3.5 hour life this tornado killed 695 people along its 219 mile path.
- Tornadoes - Why We Love These Killers
[News-and-Society:Weather] If you were to see a tornado, what would you do? Run for cover? Stop and stare? Grab the camera and start filming? Why are we so fascinated by these deadly killers?
- Wireless Thermometers - Mourning Two Pins and a Magnet
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Electronics] I love all things wireless. Cables and wires have always found a way to get wrapped up between my feet. I broke my first thermometer sometime around the beginning of the 90's, in Crossgates, Leeds.
- Stratocumulus Clouds - Low, Lumpy, and Dull
[News-and-Society:Weather] Stratocumulus clouds are one of the most common worldwide clouds and are an excellent indicator of moisture content in the lower atmosphere. Stratocumulus is a low cloud, with its base usually below 7000 ft. It forms patches, sheets or extensive layers of grey and white cloud and has a ragged appearance along its upper surface but may have a flat, well-defined base.
- Will a Warmer World Have Fewer Storms?
[News-and-Society:Environmental] Recent research from the US suggests that the number of Hurricanes and Tropical cyclones experienced in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans will decrease as a result of global warming. At the same time there will be a slight increase in the intensity of these storms. So, fewer hurricanes but more severe when they do appear.
- Lightning - 5 Times Hotter Than the Surface of the Sun
[Reference-and-Education:Nature] At any one time there are approximately 1,800 thunderstorms in progress and every second 100 lightning strikes. But clear patterns are now emerging of the occurrence of these bolts from the blue.
- 7 Day Weather Forecast - Is it Worth the Paper It's Written On?
[News-and-Society:Weather] Weather forecasting is becoming more accurate. I don't think there is much doubt about that. With the introduction of ever more sophisticated technology, both computerized and satellite, any weather professional can be more confident than ever about his ability to forecast - but only to a point.
- Conquering Insomnia Using Hypnosis
[Health-and-Fitness:Sleep-Snoring] Insomnia is the inability to sleep. If you struggle either to fall asleep or to stay asleep for at least a few hours, you are probably suffering from insomnia. The symptom of many sleep disorders, insomnia means you find it difficult to enjoy a good night's sleep and feel more or less permanently tired as a result. The good news if you suffer from insomnia, though, is that hypnosis can help ease and conquer insomnia.
- Air Pressure? Feel the Weight on Your Shoulders
[Reference-and-Education:Science] The air is composed of billions of tiny particles that are constantly moving in all directions, bouncing off whatever they encounter. These collisions constitute what is known as air pressure.
- Violent But Local Winds - What's Blowing Towards You?
[News-and-Society:Weather] Although global air flow patterns give rise to the principle winds of the earth, there are smaller and often severe local winds that occur across the world. Some of the more famous are described in this article.
- Altostratus Clouds
[Reference-and-Education:Nature] Altostratus Clouds are located worldwide, but are more common in mid latitudes. These clouds are found in the mid levels of the atmosphere and can be just a thin veil ranging to a layer 2,000-3,000m thick. Generally Altostratus will contain ice crystals near the top and water crystals lower down.
- Lake Effect Snow
[News-and-Society:Weather] The Great Lakes of North America are well known for the extremely heavy falls of lake effect snow they receive each winter, predominantly along the southern and eastern shores. This lake effect snow occurs from late November to early January.
- Weather Gods and Ancient Meteorology
[Reference-and-Education:Nature] The first meteorologists were the priests and shamans of early civilisations. They were tasked with appeasing the gods who, it was believed, controlled the climate and all natural phenomena. This was no mean feat as you can imagine, and sometimes their very lives depended upon favourable weather.
- Cumulus Clouds - The Small Fluffy Ones
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Cumulus clouds tend to be found on fine, summer days, and although they are more common in humid areas, they can be located in most parts of the world. They are also formed in winter, but much less frequently.
- Cyclone Nargis - A Tsunami Scale Disaster?
[Reference-and-Education:Survival-and-Emergency] Nargis formed into a tropical cyclone on April 27, 2008, in the central Bay of Bengal about 360 miles off of the southeast coast of India. Cyclone Nargis was, when it made landfall around the mouth of the Ayeyawaddy (Irrawaddy) river, about 220 kilometres south-west of Rangoon, a Category four storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane strength, with sustained winds of 132 mph. Nargis is the deadliest cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people perished in Bangladesh from a land-falling cyclone that year.
- Insomniac - Are You One?
[Health-and-Fitness:Sleep-Snoring] At some time or other in our lives, nearly everybody will experience difficulties with their sleep. The causes can vary greatly from a physical problem, such as toothache or a bad back, or nervous anticipation about an approaching event, such as giving a presentation, or going on a trip. Or it may just be something out of your control such as a noisy neighbour.
- Stop Smoking With Hypnosis
[Health-and-Fitness:Quit-Smoking] Smoking, and other addictions, has, over the years, proven to be one of the most difficult habits to break. However with a greater understanding and acceptance of Hypnotherapy, more and more people are turning to this powerful and proven tool to kick the smoking habit for ever.
- Hypnotherapy - The Power of the Mind
[Self-Improvement:NLP-Hypnosis] There is a story, on record, of a diabetic woman with multiple personalities. When her blood sugar levels were tested in her diabetic personality it was found to be dangerously high. However, when she flipped into another personality and the test was taken again immediately, her blood sugar level was now found to be normal. Her blood hadn't had time to be flushed by the liver and kidneys. Now that story is big indicator of the potential power of your mind.
- Google Wave - What is It?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Google Wave is currently the talk of the internet, but what exactly is it, what can it do and when will it be released? This article hopefully answers all those questions.
- Why Have a Hosted Blog?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] There are many free hosted blog platforms available, the most common being blogger and wordpress. These are great services and I think offer a good, no cost introduction to blogging. However if you are serious about your blogging, and intend to turn this into a profitable enterprise then it is, in my opinion, important that you have a blog that is on a good quality, hosted domain.
- Pain Management and Hypnotherapy
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Hypnotherapy can be used in many ways to help remove or ease pain from a sufferer. A small amount of pain is necessary to prevent further injury or a misdiagnosis. This article looks at some of the ways pain can be treated with hypnosis.
- All Hypnosis is Self Hypnosis
[Health-and-Fitness:Self-Hypnosis] All hypnosis is self hypnosis, and we all possess the ability. Hypnosis is a natural state of deep relaxation.
- Exploding Challenger and the Polar Surge
[News-and-Society:Weather] The polar front is an area on the earth located at approximately 60 degrees north and south where warm air circulating from the tropics meets cold air plunging from the poles. The difference in temperature of these masses of air causes the warm air to rise and most of this moves back towards the equator and sinks at around 30 degrees North and South, adding to the high pressure systems at these latitudes.
- Black Ops Hypnosis - Why the Fuss?
[Self-Improvement:NLP-Hypnosis] Black ops hypnosis occurs when the Hypnotist creates an unconscious change in another person predominantly through the use of language and indirect suggestion. It is also sometimes referred to as covert or conversational hypnosis.
- Sex With Hypnosis
[Self-Improvement:NLP-Hypnosis] A problem with sexual performance is one of those areas of life that people are often happy to sweep under the carpet. Often sex is too personal to discuss with others, especially when things go wrong. However the use of hypnosis in sexual therapy has some major advantages.
- The Wild Weather Race That So Nearly Became a Tragedy
[News-and-Society:Weather] This weekend in the Lake District 1,700 fell runners, out of a total of 2,500 became stranded in atrocious weather conditions. Fortunately, eventually, every single one of them was either rescued or returned safely of their own accord, but the recriminations are flying around the organisers' ears as the police had advised them to call off the event. Weather forecasters were predicting winds of up to 100mph and torrential rain, and they were right on both counts.
- Does Covert Hypnosis Exist?
[Self-Improvement:NLP-Hypnosis] The term 'hypnosis' is misleading. Hypnosis is derived from a Greek root word meaning sleep and is as much related to sleep as I am to George Bush. When in the hypnotic state you are not asleep, far from it, often your senses become sharpened and you have a deeper concentration and inward focus.
- The Jet Stream and Us
[Reference-and-Education:Nature] What is the jet stream? How it is formed and what drives it to deliver weather systems thousands of miles.
- There's Something Fishy in the Sky
[Reference-and-Education:Nature] Fishing beneath a mackerel sky. The weather can affect your ability as a fisherman.
- It's a Bit Early For a Freeze, Isn't It?
[News-and-Society:Weather] A frost is about to hit the northeast US, in some places a month early. Could this be La Nina at work?
- Weather and Business - A Great Day For Selling
[News-and-Society:Weather] Okay, so it's hot and you want an ice-cream. That seems obvious, but what is less obvious is the breakdown of different ice-cream types sold in differing weather. For instance in moderate warmth a soft ice-cream in a cone is sold more.
- Global Warming - Survive and Thrive
[News-and-Society:Environmental] Throughout time plants and animals, including man, have evolved strategies to survive and thrive in a range of varying climates. Our current global warming is nothing unique. This article looks at how life adapts to climatic extremes
- Hurricane Vince - The Worlds Most Unusual Storm
[News-and-Society:Weather] Hurricane Vince made landfall on October 11th 2005. However, this landfall was on mainland Europe, making it the first ever tropical cyclone to achieve such a feat!
- Another Striking Sign of Global Warming
[News-and-Society:Environmental] As the world continues to heat up the impacts are becoming more obvious. This week a huge sheet of ice has broken away from an ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic.
- Let it Rain, But Not on the Olympics
[News-and-Society:Weather] For years man has tried to alter the weather in his favour. There is little doubt that science has the capabilities, but should we really go there?
- The Power of a Carbon Bomb
[News-and-Society:Environmental] The world's wetlands contain approximately 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases, namely carbon dioxide and methane which is equal to one fifth of the entire earth's store of carbon. If the world's wetlands are destroyed they could release this powerful carbon bomb and unleash a climatic catastrophe upon the planet. As if we weren't in bad enough shape as it is.
- Our Wobbling Earth, Wobbled by the World's Weather
[News-and-Society:Environmental] The world's weather can have an enormous impact on a local scale. From a tornado to a hurricane, or an ice storm to a drought, the weather takes its toll. But did you know that the world's weather is capable of making the whole earth move?
- Tropical Storm Cristobal
[News-and-Society:Weather] Tropical cyclone Cristobal circulated with its mid point just offshore on the east coast of the US, but it has not become any better organized since the afternoon of Saturday, in fact winds on the North Carolina and South Carolina coastline were quite light. Cristobal brushed the coast on Sunday with only minor impact on land (locally heavy showers and windy weather, but be wary of rip currents if you are out in the ocean!).
- How to Measure the Weather
[Reference-and-Education:Nature] These days we can all measure the weather. For some the knowledge that it is cool or warm, wet or dry, windy or still, is enough. However for others it is good to record the weather and know exactly what is going on!
- Wonderful Weather, Except Here of Course
[News-and-Society:Weather] Why is it that so much of the time weather is never quite right? Too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry? Maybe the perfect weather simply does not exist.
- Hurricane Bertha - A Prophetess of Doom?
[News-and-Society:Weather] The first named storm of the hurricane season is trundling west across the Atlantic. Are we in for a big storm season?
- Red Sky at Night
[Reference-and-Education:Science] One Mississippi, two Mississippi.....weather folklore and sayings have become part of our everyday lives, but where did some of these saying originate? Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. Red in the morning, shepherd's warning.
- The Flood of the Century
[News-and-Society:Weather] In April and May of 1997 the Red River, bordering North Dakota and Minnesota flooded across the Red River valley causing $3.5 Billion worth of damage, making it one of the most expensive natural disasters ever.
- The Ice Age Cometh
[Reference-and-Education:Science] There is no doubt that the world is warming up, whatever the causes. However the big question is what impact will this have on global climate? Various computer models are now predicting a new ice age. Caused by global warming? An oxymoron surely? Well maybe not.
- I Don't Care What the Weatherman Says
[News-and-Society:Weather] The weather is probably man's most widely discussed topic. It's effects range from what we should wear to go outside to the huge losses of life and large scale destruction caused by massive weather events such as floods and droughts. With technology weather forecasts are becoming more accurate with each passing year, but technology also allows us all to become amateur weather forecasters.
- The Greatest British Storm - The Severest of Weather
[Reference-and-Education] The worst storm ever recorded in the UK struck in the 18th century killing thousands and destroying huge amounts of property and uprooting hundreds of thousands of trees. On the night of November 26th, 1703, the "Great Storm" hit southern Britain. By the following morning, up to 15,000 people were dead, the majority of them drowned on ships sunk at sea.
- How to Completely Relax in Just Ten Minutes
[Health-and-Fitness:Anxiety] A simple way to relax in ten minutes... Some people find it easy to relax, others find it very difficult. This article is aimed at those who find it difficult. This process is excellent to use if you are having trouble falling asleep at night or just find it hard to switch off from the stresses of life!
- Insomnia and You
[Health-and-Fitness:Sleep-Snoring] Insomnia is a condition in which you have trouble falling or staying asleep. While insomnia can be a sign of a physical disorder for most people it is an effect of bad habits, stress, tension and anxiety. Insomnia also can limit the energy you have to spend with friends or family.
- Can Tapping Your Face Really Make You Happier?
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] What is EFT? It's acupressure or, if you prefer, acupuncture without the needles!
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