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Free Apps for iPhone

by Thom Yarbrough

Who doesn’t want free apps for their iPhone, particularly when they are so cool? A look at some of the numerous iPhone apps, which don’t cost you anything will show that you don’t always have to pay for the best stuff. There are numerous categories for these free apps, ranging from health and lifestyle to business and entertainment. Here’s a look at some of them:

ATM Hunter

If you need cash in a hurry and can’t figure out where the nearest ATM is, then this is a very useful application to have. Released by MasterCard, this app will let you know where all the ATMs in your location are present. Launch it, and the inbuilt location awareness technology will get all the required information for you, no matter where you are in the world. The best part is you don’t have to type out your location address or anything, and the application will get you all that you want to know and even maps and directions too.

Natural Cures

If you’re quite the fascist when it comes to natural remedies and you prefer to hunt around for something in the kitchen rather than popping a pill, then this is the right app for you. Natural Cures provides detailed information about natural remedies, vitamins and the right kind of nutritional ideas. It even lists health conditions in an easy to access A to Z format while giving basic guidance about health and nutrition.

Allrecipes Dinner Spinner

If you’re always fretting about what to make for dinner every day, then this free app from Allrecipes ought to help. The Dinner Spinner app is really fantastic because you can choose the type of dish you want to prepare, along with the ingredients you have to use and how much time it will take. Tap on the Spinner icon and the app will come up with different recipes that can be prepared with the information you have entered. Shake the iPhone to acquire more results or flick through the different categories to get random entries of recipes.

iTie

You might be amazed to learn that there are numerous people out there who don’t know how to get the neck tie right. If you’re one of these, then the iTie app is just for you. This simple application guides you through the different steps in tying the tie. Illustrations and steps make the job easier. And yes, this is also a free app available in the App Store.

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Uncover the Truth Behind Obtaining Good IQ Scores in Tests

by Vlad Stivenson

Have you heard of those who were able to get a high IQ Score by even providing you proof that they have really gotten a score that has surpassed the average? The question here is, do you actually believe that? Sometimes we really are given the wrong direction in terms of failing or making it, when it comes to IQ tests. We tend to think that this test is actually the basis of our true intelligence but the truth is, its not! Let’s say one is to take an IQ test and was able to receive a first score through getting the right answers, this would then be the termed as the raw score. from here you will be following specific standards that should be followed to get the statistics and the averaging. only under certain conditions would you be able to get a grasp of the idea if specific circumstances are already met. Below are a few examples of the standards that you have to look into.

There hasn’t been that much effective study that could actually help in the process of making the whole system close to perfection especially when comparing scores that are relative with an IQ test result. It is actually very difficult to compare IQ scores even if both digits are on the highest points. There is actually lack of information, and that is the reason why you have to determine where the highest score was received to be able to compare.

Another issue is that, in having the power of deciding for an IQ test, you should as well consider the level of difficulty when taking the test. You are aware that the more difficult the questions are the more chances of you getting a low score right? So from there, you would still have to decide what would be the mean in passing or failing this particular part of the test. Let’s say that you had taken the test twice for a certain label and it appears that you get different scores from the results, this just means that there are particulars that has to be taken into consideration with regards to difficulty level that may affect the scores that you get in an IQ test.

Basically what one has to look after in finding good IQ scores is what the contents of the test may be. One may be able to get a high score for a certain portion of an IQ test but may actually fail on another test. So, the content of the test actually determines the difficulty and after which determines how one would be able to obtain a good IQ score.

There comparative cases that may be done for IQ test results that are taken by a certain individual after a particular age and time. The results may vary and decrease as one enters a higher level and that would be because of the time as well as the age difference between a certain period of time that the test took place.

Before the term IQ was established, metal age or MA was the first term that is being used as a basis of comparison with regards to intelligence. The term itself referred to the ratio of MA to one’s age arranged according to temporal order and then times one hundred to do away with the decimal points. So in this case, getting a score of 100 would be the average and the deviation that is placed higher than or lower than that would refer you as for being above and below average. this type of system was used until a realization came to the point that standard deviation is not a constant entity.

If you are looking for certain rules or principles to follow in taking IQ tests and understanding its contents via the manuals that are provided. This would then also include information on standard deviation and other principles. Despite anything to the contrary, you may find out that these complex methods haven’t been that very much of an advantage for those who develop tests when it comes to bringing about a reference point where these tests can definitely be evaluated.

To do this, those who develops tests should be able to acquire the precise representation of a certain population, although this may be somehow difficult to obtain. The difference of the variables being compared makes it more complicated to find the right sample for the study.

The truth is, there is no such perfect or good IQ score that one can actually look at. Any digit or quantity would not be able to fulfill a requirement that would determine that it certainly is a good IQ score. So any information that relays to this may not be that reliable because it is not that existent. Regrettably, this issue is not something that would be more of a concern to those who are in the testing industry, so they don’t bother to explain that this is something that many has been putting the wrong interpretation on.

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Love Energy

by Charles Taylor Pennington

Have you ever come across one of those people that seem to just get it?

They seem connected, they have pleasant confidence that just makes you feel good to be around them. You can feel the energy coming off these people. Back in the day, they called it having animal magnetism.

Do you think they folks are walking around life looking for all the answers?

Dont they seem like they have them already?

What gives them this seemingly super power to create whatever they desire in life?

Its not that they have all the answers.

Its that theyve asked a few key questions.

When you have the right answers, you dont need to waste time searching for them.

As a former systems engineer I spent a lot of time getting to the core of some very complex problems. The systems Ive designed and written have run several multi-million dollar corporations and have had billions of dollars run through them.

One of the reasons that I am good at diagnosing and fixing problems in these systems is because of a simple concept one of my professors made sure we understood.

Make sure you are asking the right questions, and solving the right problems.

Thats what these folks that just seem to get it understand.

They ask themselves, what is at the core of this issue? They realize that symptoms are effects and start looking for their cause.

Ive applied my years as a system engineer to the systems that we use to create our lives. I call my work Human Being 2.0 ” The Human Operating System.

In my studies I found that one simple observation, one simple shift in attitude, can short-circuit a huge number of problems that people spend years trying to find the right answers to.

One simple instruction at the core of your Human Operating System can change everything about your life.

Consider this:

Everything is energy. Energy is intelligent. All energy vibrates. All energy harmonizes with all other energy.

You are energy. You vibrate and harmonize with all that is. The act of observing and your attitude towards it is the most powerfully creative process there is.

How you harmonize with energy is, essentially, how you create your life.

The purest energy that a human can produce is love. Thats why love energy is the greatest clearing mechanism known.

The greatest, most powerful Harmonic Thoughts are those of love.

And when the energy of your being is in harmony with love, you are in tune with the purest energy there is.

That’s why Love Energy produces clarity of mind and inspiration of thought, which lead to actions that are in harmony with what you truly desire from your life.

The abundant life that you deserve.

The Love Energy Routine is part of the answer to a question I asked. The answer was delivered through a flow of inspired, harmonic thought that was given to me to help me find peace in my life.

What is the Love Energy Routine? The answer to my question was not just the text and idea for a routine to help me feel better.

It was the idea that thoughts and emotions have energy, and that this energy can be focused and tuned. The routine uses guided visualization to put you in harmony with love and gratitude.

And when you are resonating with love and gratitude, that’s when great things start to happen.

Because we know the power of the harmony of energy, we start our seminars with the Love Energy Routine.

It does an excellent job of very quickly producing a state of clarity and harmony in the group. We know that whatever baggage and clutter that folks are carrying around can be released with simple observation of love energy.

The Love Energy Routine also focuses on gratitude. Gratitude is essentially love. Love for the things you are observing in your life.

Not love for things youve had or could have had. Not love for the things you may or may not have in the future.

Gratitude is the love for the things of now. Moreover, the love of now.

The love for the creative moment that is now.

Your mind is the most powerful creative natural resource on the planet, and its point of creation is always and only right now.

You have the ultimate power and authority to create your life however you are inspired to do so.

However, you must seize the authority and power and use it. Hone the skills and craft of creating your life. If you dont, your life will be created for you.

Action must be taken. Active thought must be involved. Keen observation is required.

Inspired thought produces the most powerful action.

Clarity produces the most inspired thought.

Love produces the greatest and purest clarity.

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Trying to Figure Things Out

I have been sitting here for three hours now, trying to figure things out.  You see, I have to write a philosophy essay for tomorrow, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to get it started.

Up to this point, I have never had problems working on assignments, but I guess that I must have writer’s block.  I have tried so many things including going out of my hose to get inspired, but so far, nothing has worked.  If I don’t get things figured out soon, I will be in big trouble as the essay is worth 45% of my mark.

Maybe I will go over the essay topics one more time to see if I can find something to inspire me.  If I cannot figure it out soon, I just don’t know what I will do.  Maybe I will go talk to the professor to see if he has any ideas - it can’t hurt.

Reading a Work In Progress Creative Writing Piece

For most of my life I have been in love with books.  It seemed like whenever I had a moment, I would pick up a book and read it.

But, in my busy adult life, I really haven’t had a lot of time to do any reading.  I feel sad about it as it was a big part of my life.  So, today, I took a little time out of my busy schedule when I came across some short stories that caught my eye.

I ended up at a creative writing website that was focused on creating a collaborative novel.  What I mean by this is a site that is an interactive novel - you can write a chapter and contribute to the book.  They have a review process where the best contribution each month becomes the next chapter of the novel.

From what I have read (two chapters at the time of this writing) is that what they have so far is good.  In fact, I think I might give writing a chapter a try and submit my own spin on the third chapter.  But, for those of you who love reading, check out End of this World.  It is destined to be a great read.