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		<title>The Green Revolution</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[World leaders have joined forces to develop electric motors working together on the development of advanced vehicles. By joining forces these leaders are able to expedite the designs into actual production at reasonable costs to the customer. Electric vehicle conference will display company designs for new systems of light trucks and SUVs. Future designs are still in process and for the moment remain independent to each of the auto makers. Goals are to obtain fuel efficiency, while maintaining quality and performance of newly developed electric motors. Joint efforts are formulating the visions of yesterday, creating tomorrow’s reality for presentation at the electric vehicle conference. Previous road models have proven to be successful, proposing continued advancement towards upgrading the vehicle model functions. Future focus is currently on the larger models of light trucks and SUVs as the next generation for design and production of consumer electric motors. This year’s electric vehicle conference will introduce the new designs preparing to promote them to an established market, looking for performance and savings. As leaders prepare for expansion and share technology, future strategies are linked to multiple benefits for vehicle manufactures. They are shaping tomorrow’s electric motors by bringing the best of their individual [...]]]></description>
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<p>World leaders have joined forces to develop electric motors working  together on the development of advanced vehicles. By joining forces  these leaders are able to expedite the designs into actual production at  reasonable costs to the customer. Electric vehicle conference will  display company designs for new systems of light trucks and SUVs. Future  designs are still in process and for the moment remain independent to  each of the auto makers. Goals are to obtain fuel efficiency, while  maintaining quality and performance of newly developed electric motors.  Joint efforts are formulating the visions of yesterday, creating  tomorrow’s reality for presentation at the electric vehicle conference.</p>
<p>Previous road models have proven to be successful, proposing continued  advancement towards upgrading the vehicle model functions. Future focus  is currently on the larger models of light trucks and SUVs as the next  generation for design and production of consumer electric motors. This  year’s electric vehicle conference will introduce the new designs  preparing to promote them to an established market, looking for  performance and savings. As leaders prepare for expansion and share  technology, future strategies are linked to multiple benefits for  vehicle manufactures. They are shaping tomorrow’s electric motors by  bringing the best of their individual accomplishments together.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.evbatteryforum.com/">electric vehicle conference</a> is part of the effort to provide  consumers with more information about the new developments. Companies  are co-developing systems for global markets, establishing standards to  deliver fuel economy performance vehicles. Global markets are searching  for energy independence and methods for environmental sustainability,  sharing common interests are helping to develop more efficient vehicles.  Joint forces are focused on building future mobility, continuing to  surpass the needs and expectations of the consumer.</p>
<p>Economically, these leading manufacturers are inspired to continue  building new generation business and promote expanding markets. Each of  the manufactures are taking the co-developed technology and integrating  the knowledge into their systems independently. Keeping with past  traditions they are using measurements of industry satisfaction, which  include, surpassing customer demands, influencing fuel efficiency  standards and preserving ranking performances. Moving forward the  manufactures continue to incorporate these newly learned and enhanced  developments into the next generation of electric vehicle motors, while  keeping up with new vehicle products and features that make each  independent from the other.</p>
<p>Across the broad the automotive technology is getting major attention  from government policy makers and industry decision executives. New laws  are supporting the developments and research for transportation  alternatives, with specific goals for improvements without loss of  quality. The public and private collaborations are advancing innovations  and applying gained technology preparing to unveil better electric  motors. Commerce, industry and consumers are eager to reduce fuel  consumption and emissions by double digits leading to a <a href="http://www.seql.org/100ways.cfm">cleaner  environment</a>, creating positive economic conditions.</p>
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		<title>A popular traditional healing method</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reiki is a spiritual healing practice that uses a technique called palm healing as a means of restoring health. This practice was developed in 1922 by a Japanese Buddhist and has since developed into two main branches: Traditional Japanese Reiki and Western Reiki. It becomes also more and more popular in Sweden. Traditional Reiki refers to the specific system of teachings by Mikao Usui, Reiki’s founder, and the teachings that have remained in Japan. In this branch, there is a selection of traditions stemming from the original Gakki line to the Hayashi system through Chiyoko Yamaguchi. Founded by Usui and now a society of masters, the Usui Reiki Ryōhō Gakkai is the most secretive of Reiki societies. Western Reiki is a system developed by Hawayo Takata in Hawaii. There is one primary difference between Western and Traditional Reiki: in Takata’s version, the intuitive placement of the hands is substituted for the use of set hand patterns in treatment. As a holistic form of therapy, Reiki can be healing on emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual levels. Healing energy is said to flow from the practitioner’s palms to the injury of the recipient. The hand positions are either chosen intuitively or can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reiki is a spiritual healing practice that uses a technique called palm  healing as a means of restoring health. This practice was developed in  1922 by a Japanese Buddhist and has since developed into two main  branches: Traditional Japanese Reiki and Western Reiki. It becomes also more and more popular in Sweden.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.arenaek.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/energy-circle.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-11" title="energy-circle" src="http://www.arenaek.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/energy-circle-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://japaneseart11.wordpress.com/">Traditional Reiki</a> refers to the specific system of teachings by Mikao  Usui, Reiki’s founder, and the teachings that have remained in Japan. In  this branch, there is a selection of traditions stemming from the  original Gakki line to the Hayashi system through Chiyoko Yamaguchi.  Founded by Usui and now a society of masters, the Usui Reiki Ryōhō  Gakkai is the most secretive of Reiki societies.</p>
<p>Western Reiki is a system developed by Hawayo Takata in Hawaii. There is  one primary difference between Western and Traditional Reiki: in  Takata’s version, the intuitive placement of the hands is substituted  for the use of set hand patterns in treatment.</p>
<p>As a holistic form of therapy, Reiki can be healing on emotional,  mental, physical, and spiritual levels. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tBADYRU4sE">Healing energy</a> is said to flow  from the practitioner’s palms to the injury of the recipient. The hand  positions are either chosen intuitively or can be based around the  body’s seven chakras. Use of the chakras is primarily a Western  tradition. Aside from the palms, Reiki practitioners do not use  medications or instruments. Instead, Reiki healers will use massage,  touching, light tapping, blowing and sometimes looking to transfer  energy to a recipient’s ailments.</p>
<p>For a whole body Reiki treatment, the Reiki practitioner can use a set  of hand positions or can intuitively alternate coverage for a session of  45 to 90 minutes. Shorter, localized sessions are indicative of  Traditional Japanese Reiki. There are many levels of energy available  for the practitioner’s hands. Some include warming the hands physically,  or mentally picturing Reiki symbols and allowing love and energy to  flow from the healer to the receiver. Although some doctors have  concerns for Reiki as an unproven alternative medicine, the  effectiveness of Reiki in reducing stress and encouraging relaxation is  undeniable. Without the distraction of a tense mental or physical state  of being, the relaxed body is free to improve its own natural healing  abilities. With this non-invasive healing practice, attaining a  wholesome body, mind, and spirit can begin with simply making the  intent.</p>
<p>Reiki is known to encourage comfortable sleep, relieve pain, and support  the immune system. Reiki has also shown improvement in patients with  chronic illnesses, patients who are trying to break an addiction, and  patients who are recovering from surgery. Reiki healers are attuned to  unblocking energy channels to bring the body into balance. The  relaxation and unobstructed energy flow a patient can gain from Reiki  are key to enhancing the body’s own self-healing processes.</p>
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		<title>Sweden As The EU Opinion Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concerns of European Union-member Sweden have focused on the loss of national sovereignty, independence and integrity have guided the relationship Sweden has enjoyed with other member nations and the European Nation as a single entity. While membership in the European Union has provided economic benefits and ease of travel for Swedes for almost 20 years now, Swedish identity has been a driving force in shaping the nature and degree of the relationships granted under union membership. Initially reluctant to join, Swedish membership in the continental economic model was gradually seen to be inevitable for the purposes of remaining economically competitive and viable, much to the chagrin of many nationalistic Swedes themselves. While there have been considerable benefits enjoyed due to joining the European Union, Sweden seeks to distinguish itself from other member-nations and states by retaining its governmental system, culture, language, customs and economic system. The Swedish government is a constitutional monarchy defined by retaining a titular head of state, currently King Carl XVI Gustaf, who has reigned since his coronation in September of 1973. The King and other members of the royal family enjoy ceremonial, representational and official duties, and often serve in ambassadorial roles on behalf of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.arenaek.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sweden1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7" title="sweden" src="http://www.arenaek.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sweden1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>The concerns of European Union-member <a href="http://www.sweden.gov.se/">Sweden</a> have focused on the loss of  national sovereignty, independence and integrity have guided the  relationship Sweden has enjoyed with other member nations and the  European Nation as a single entity. While membership in the European  Union has provided economic benefits and ease of travel for Swedes for  almost 20 years now, Swedish identity has been a driving force in  shaping the nature and degree of the relationships granted under union  membership. Initially reluctant to join, Swedish membership in the  continental economic model was gradually seen to be inevitable for the  purposes of remaining economically competitive and viable, much to the  chagrin of many nationalistic Swedes themselves. While there have been  considerable benefits enjoyed due to joining the European Union, Sweden  seeks to distinguish itself from other member-nations and states by  retaining its <a href="http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Society/Government-politics/Facts/Swedish-System-of-Government/">governmental system</a>, culture, language, customs and  economic system.</p>
<p>The Swedish government is a constitutional monarchy defined by retaining  a titular head of state, currently King Carl XVI Gustaf, who has  reigned since his coronation in September of 1973. The King and other  members of the royal family enjoy ceremonial, representational and  official duties, and often serve in ambassadorial roles on behalf of the  Swedish kingdom. Sweden&#8217;s monarchy has persisted since before recorded  history, and writings by such notables as the Roman Tacitus note that,  in the first century BC, Swedes had a king and royal family ruling the  nation. While complete histories of monarchic succession are not known,  oral histories in the form of Norse Sagas serve to provide some  information as to the names, duties and eras of rule enjoyed by many of  Sweden&#8217;s rulers.</p>
<p>Notable to Sweden&#8217;s monarchy are the limited powers kings and royalty  have enjoyed. Historically, Swedish kings possessed powers of legal  judgement, priesthood and war-time leaders, rather than the  all-encompassing political powers claimed by many continental heads of  state. In the 19th century, and formation of a national constitution  divided governmental powers between the monarchy and a parliamentary  government, and further reforms in 1917 led to a considerable reduction  in the powers reserved for the king. Since then, Sweden has been an  electoral democracy governed and ruled by a parliamentary model.</p>
<p>With considerable pressures and national debate, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden#Recent_history">Sweden reluctantly  joined the European Union</a> in 1994. Many individual Swedes, both private  citizens and appointed officials, considered membership to be a loss of  national sovereignty insofar as member nations were required to swear  allegiance to the new political union ahead of any individual national  loyalties. Further, membership in the European Union resulted in the  citizens of individual states being subject to over 10,000 new laws over  which they held no power of national referendum. The independence and  cultural identity of Sweden was considered threatened, and in this light  it was determined that the most effective means of preserving identity  and sovereignty would be to assume a leading role in the governance of  this new political and economic body. To this end, Sweden has been a  vociferous player in the legislation and governance of the European  Union, even going so far as to choose which laws and legislation enacted  by the EU it wished to follow or ignore completely.</p>
<p>In this light, Sweden has determined its course of public health in  concert with the European Union. The European Union has designated  electronic cigarettes nebulously in terms of public health, whereas many  member nations have determined for themselves the efficacy of allowing  new nicotine-based delivery systems under law. In Sweden, electronic  cigarettes are only allowable with the liquid-filled cartridges inside  of these devices containing product that does not contain nicotine.  Smoking throughout Europe and European Union member-states is common,  but increasingly inhibited by legislation and taxation. Sweden has taken  a proactive course, and banned the sale of nicotine-infused cartridges  that serve as the inhaled product of electronic cigarettes. Electronic  cigarette use in the <a href="http://new-smoke.com/e-cigarette-news/e-cigarette-ban-which-states-are-affected/">United States has been banned in individual states</a>,  and Sweden has taken this model to heart, employing its own  considerable clout to manage and direct the future of its public health  legislation both internally and as a leader in the European Union.</p>
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