Do you want to bridge the gulf between you and your teen, and start to really understand and relate to each other?

Then this book is exactly what you are looking for.

Written by a real parent for real parents, “Help Me With My Teenager! A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents that Works” is specifically aimed at helping parents build a better relationship with their teenage children. Right now!

Unlike most “parenting your teen” tomes, this isn’t a book written by some psychologist telling you how to be a parent – you already know how to do that.  Instead, this is a book written to help you better understand and relate to your teen.

Author Christina Botto is a single mother to two teens, and is also a highly sought-after parent/teen mediator. And she writes with a clear purpose – to help parents just like you.

Her book is filled with strategies and useful “real world” advice that you can put to use today. By knowing what moves and motivates your teen, you will end your frustration and start to build a mutually supportive and respectful relationship with your teenager - and still be in charge.

About the Book

Written in an easy-to-read manner, “Help Me With My Teenager! A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents that Works” dives right into solutions without making you jump through impossible hoops to get results.

• Understanding why teenagers behave the way they do and what motivates them
• How to successfully engage teenagers in conversation that will open the lines of communication
• How to help teens smoothly transition from a child to a young adult
• How to remain active in a teen’s life - without being seen as obtrusive
• How to set limits and boundaries in a way that teenagers will accept them 

Being a teenager today is much different than it was just twenty short years ago. What motivated you as a teen may not necessarily motivate your teenage children. That’s why a depth of understanding is essential - once you understand where your teen is coming from and why they do what they do, it becomes much easier to relate to them (and they to you.)

In addition, you, being the adult, are the one that will need to take the step. There are precious few “how to relate to your parents” books out there (and no teen worth their salt would read them anyway.)

Teenagers have their own world, and their own culture.
And it’s very different than the one you remember.

Here are just a few strategies the
book covers in detail…

• Understand how your teenager feels
• Developing a clear picture of how to approach your teenager to get the results you want
• Keep your teen talking (and not arguing)
• Giving your teenager room to grow
• Where/how to start giving your teenager some responsibility
• Protect your teenager without being overprotective (vital!)
• Get to know his or her friends without being seen as an embarrassment to your teen
• Prepare him or her for the freedom of the driver’s license (a big step)
• Set limits that your teenager will accept and which he or she will be happy to adhere to
• Be in control without being seen as controlling 

Fresh ideas and examples on spending time with and enjoying your teen (done correctly, they will want to spend time with you, and you won’t be in such a hurry to have them move out!)

The strategies presented by Botto are not difficult to implement. They are also not “highbrow” in any way - This is “real” advice for “real” people. And it’s advice that works.

Marketers and consultants across the nation are invited to nominate lawyers for the Rainmaker of the Year Awards, sponsored by the editors of Originate! - the monthly business development newsletter, and judged by LSSO - the Legal Sales and Service Organization.

 “We want to recognize the lawyers who have geared up to bring in business and applied themselves to make it happen. And we want our readers to learn from those who have been particularly successful this past year,” said Editor-In-Chief Barry Schneider,

Winners will receive a handsome award, be publicized in a nationally-distributed press release and be interviewed for articles to be published in Originate! and on the LSSO website.

The newsletter is now soliciting entries for the Rainmaker Awards from lawyers, firms, marketing specialists, recruiters and consultants, in six categories:

1.     Associate

2.     Small firm lawyer (30 or fewer lawyers)

3.     Partner – transactions

4.     Partner – litigator

5.     Woman Lawyer

6.     Diverse Lawyer

Law firm marketers and marketing consultants are encouraged to submit an entry on behalf of a top rainmaker they know in one of these categories, and self-nominations are also welcome.  There is no entry fee this year. The deadline for submissions is Monday, July 21, 2008.  Entry forms are available online at www.pbdi.org/originate. 

A panel of independent judges with expertise in legal business development has been assembled by the Legal Sales and Service Organization (LSSO):

• Martha Fay “Marty” Africa, Managing Director of Major Lindsay & Africa consultants
• Gabe Miller Esq., General Counsel of The Law Offices of James Sokolove
• Catherine MacDonagh, Esq., President of LSSO.

The judges will determine the best of the best among the submitted entries.

“With sales and marketing now so critical to the careers of individual lawyers and the vitality of law firms, we know how important it is for the best to be recognized and share what they do,” said Beth Cuzzone, a co-founder of LSSO, who is the Director of Business Development for Goulston & Storrs in Boston.

More information on the contest, as well as the entry form, can be found at www.pbdi.org/originate

ABOUT ORIGINATE! — Originate! is an independent online business development newsletter for lawyers is found at www.pbdi.org/originate. The paid subscription newsletter offers practical advice to lawyers: how to get new clients and generate more revenue. Originate! has assembled firm leaders, rainmakers and consultants to publish case studies of successful lawyers, specific techniques to boost marketing results, how-to’s, and market insights.  First published in 2007, the co-editors of Originate! include Barry Schneider of Dallas, TX, Larry Bodine, Esq., of Glen Ellyn, IL, and Michael G. Cummings of St. Charles, IL.

ABOUT LSSO – The Legal Sales and Service Organization, based in Boston and found at www.legalsales.org, is the legal profession’s only organization exclusively focused on sales, service excellence and process issues in law firms and legal departments.  Founded in 2003, LSSO delivers the education and resources that lawyers need to improve their sales and client service skills with a searchable library, exclusive research, tools and information for members only, LSSO’s RainDance Conference, LSSO’s Process Improvement Certification Programs and the Thomas H. Lee Award for Service Excellence. Catherine Alman MacDonagh, Esq. is the association’s Co-Founder & President.

For further information please contact Originate! co-editor Larry Bodine at 630.942.0977.

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June 02, 2008 12:48 PM

ABC News’ Sarah Amos Reports: Speaking to a crowd in Milbank, SD former President Bill Clinton admitted that today could be the last time he has such an active role in presidential politics.

“I want to say also that this may be the last day I’m ever involved in a campaign of this kind. I thought I was out of politics, ’til Hillary decided to run. But it has been, one of the greatest honors of my life to go around and campaign for her for president,” said Clinton as he began his speech.

Watch the VIDEO HERE.

It was certainly not a long thought - nor something he seemed to want to dwell on. But for a man who has rarely shown even an inkling of defeat in the past year, even uttering the words says a lot.

See “Definitive Advice on Barack Obama becoming U. S. President“

at http://best-relationship-advice.com/ for full article.

Started in the late 14th century, completed in the Renaissance and crowned with an 18C dome by Juvara, the Como Cathedral has a remarkable face decorated with exceptional technical skill by the Rodari brothers who also decorated the North Portal, called “the frog’s portal”. The solemn Gothic interior is decorated in the Renaissance style: tapestries, paintings by Bernardino Luini and Gaudenzio Ferrari, and a moving Deposition, sculpted by Tommaso Rodari.

The Saint-Fedele Church is decorated with a curious portal in the apse embellished by beautiful carvings. On the inside, which has three naves, do not miss the superb polygonal Romanesque chancel, which is flanked by absidioles and emphasised by two rows of arcades.

The S. Abbondio Basilica is a masterpiece of Romanesque Lombard architecture, consecrated in 1093, and has a front that is sober and noble fronted by a beautiful portal. On the inside, which has 5 naves, there is a magnificent collection of 14th century frescoes evoking the life of Christ.

Maggiore, Orta, Como, Iseo and Garda are all legends in their own right. Of glacial origins, these long, narrow expanses of water stretch out from Piedmont to Venetia and from Switzerland to Trentino at the foothills of the Lombardy Alps. The climate is mild and the landscape of blue waters and towering peaks is particularly pleasing. It is impossible to resist the charm of these Alpine and southern landscapes, the shores of which are lined in opulent villas set in superb gardens and tiny fishing harbours.

That was worth the patience, because, since the marginal RZ of the beginning of the Nineties, one doubted the aptitude of the Italians to revive the virus of the alfists.

Car lovers were prompt to show their passion towards the power of the V8, developed in Maranello and concealed under a carbon skin. During the Paris Motor Show in 2006, where the Italian diva played the stars behind a glass, Alfa Romeo received more than 1,000 orders. This car is produced in limited numbers at Maserati, in Modena, at a rate of two units per day.

The 8C Competizione carries quotations and references to the cult Alfa models. If the name pays a vibrant homage to the famous 8C of twenties Zagato, the silhouette reminds of a little Giulia TZ in the grill, and of the 33 Stradale of 1967 designed by Franco Scaglione.

To place side by side the model and its copy, separated by forty years, causes a shock. As much the original is frail and tiny (39 inches high), as much the modern and round 8C appears to raise of another scale. The style deserves praises to have made a success of the challenge to preserve the purity of the engineering draft of 2003. The engineers had to meet this requirement at the time to graft a strongly shortened platform of Maserati Quattroporte. This strict 2-seater succeeds in putting a large V8 in front central position, with the gearbox at the back in order to guarantee an almost ideal distribution of the masses (49 % at the front, 51 % at the back).

The excitement is full when, after having started 286ci V8 which delivers 450 HP, one presses on the “sport” button located on the central console. The V8 thunders with a musical aggressiveness. The steering is of a total precision, and the brakes oversized.

In addition to a call center dedicated to the beast, Alfa offers to the 500 owners to carry out a training course (US$12,000) and a multitude of custom equipment: custom paint (US$22,000), braided or granulated leather (US$3,000) matched with specific seams (US$500), custom brake color (US$1,500), plate “500 Limited Edition” with the owner’s name (US$800) and a set of luggage (US$5,000) coordinated with the car’s upholstery. Especially designed to occupy the rear space, the latter is strongly recommended.

Enthusiastic with the success of the 8C, Alfa Romeo now plans to produce a spider version limited to 500 numbered units. But not before 2009 and the return of the Quadrifoglio on the North-American continent.

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Today is Wednesday, February 6, 2008, the day after the Super Tuesday — the single biggest U. S. presidential primary day.

Notwithstanding the fact that so far neither Senator Hillary Clinton nor Senator Barack Obama could proclaim the victory of the presidential primaries after the Super Tuesday, Best-Relationship-Advice is, however, prepared to make a bold and definitive advice that the now Senator Obama will become President-elect at the end of 2008.

Barack Obama will not only prevail the presidential primaries of the U. S. Democratic Party but also advance to enthrone to the White House becoming the forty-fourth President of the United States. He is making history in the presidency of the United States of America – the first non-white ethnic President of the World’s Super Power. What “An American Dream!”

It has to make clear that Relationship Adviser is not American. He is not a member of or an affiliate to any political party – he does not have a slightest interest in politics. He is not a psychic either.

This piece of definitive advice is not fortune-telling based on horoscope or psychic power, as most fortune-telling always gives equivocal answers which are largely subject to interpretations after the event to its favor. The advice is like when a traveller books a plane flying from New York to Paris on a certain day with a certain flight time, he or she would be foretold the scheduled time of arrival in Paris on that particular day. When he or she actually takes the flight and onboard the plane, he or she would almost certain that the plane will get to Paris at about the ETA — estimated time of arrival — foretold by the Captain. At the end of the journey, the plane would actually get there at about that foretold ETA.

This seems exceedingly natural nowadays but not before May 21, 1927 when The Spirit of St. Louis was flown by Charles Lindbergh which made the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris.

The above analogy is most apparent and easily understood but not the advice on the outcome of a weighty presidential election campaign.

Most people would certainly be extremely skeptical about the credibility of Best-Relationship-Advice, but time will soon prove the stunning accuracy of Best-Relationship-Advice which relies on meticulous calculation and not on guesswork. After all, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

Best-Relationship-Advice is intended for people who are very serious about making decisions of significant consequence, and today this piece of bold and definitive advice is monumental to demonstrate how credible it is.

Best-Relationship-Advice  is unprecedented, definitive and invaluable for those seeking for right directions in order to make right decisions, not only in love and marriage relationships.

Rome

A group of itineraries has recently been opened to the public to showcase the Rome coastal land. There is an Information Center at the back of the Roman tourist Port, in Ostia Ponente, and the reserve’s attractions are environments having various salinity levels. Several dry and wet micro-ecosystems hosting various micro organisms in a common area are quite a stunning and unexpected attraction near the city of Rome.

The Center is in the heart of the National State Rome Coastal Area Reserve and walking tours can be quite a learning experience there: wet environments, a fresh water lake and salt water inlets are encircled and sheltered by sand dunes. Visitors have a lookout and admire the pond from bird watching shelters. These shelters were placed on the walkways so that visitors could have an opportunity to spot the animal life. There are more than 200 species in this ecosystem, including duck-hawks, dabchicks, red herons, and bitterns.

The Center has more than 50 acres. It offers learning facilities. A new museum is planned as well. More natural areas will also be prepared for visitors: swamps and forests. The vegetation is representative of the Mediterranean dry bush land, but also offers variety in the form of cane, sea squill thickets, reed, reed mace, samphire, willows and poplars, typical of swampy land, which have seeded here spontaneously when that coastal area was still a huge swampland.

This is quite an improvement, since the area was previously an open-air garbage dump. Man’s intervention gave a hand to nature here and recreated the area as it looked over 100 years ago. A 27 acre lake hosting over 200 bird species is already popular with nature enthusiasts. Visitors can come to this paradise following natural paths and bridges, reaching bird watching shelters from where they can spot the numerous bird species without disturbing them. The area is still being expanded and another salt water lake is currently being prepared to complement the fresh water lake already there. The nature areas are being expanded further. The facility is designed both for adults and kids to develop their interest in nature, or just for curious visitors who are not yet acquainted with nature and wildlife spotting.

This reclaimed coastal swamp area has more than 27 acres including all water areas and islands. The walkway is only the first step of the reclaiming of that nature area. It will soon also offer a museum and a learning center. The management has focused on young people who can enjoy the Center and offer guided tours for schools. The general public can also see the Center every Saturday morning or Sunday, with a  free entry, and take advantage of interesting thematic guided tours. The Center will also have a Literary Garden dedicated to the memory of Pier Paolo Pasolini, a novelist, stage and film director; he had died in this very place. This Literary garden has been recently inserted in a larger and more ambitious Literary Park project.

The Pier Paolo Pasolini Garden is the last link between culture and nature, to bind these two Italian beauties together forever. After all, Italy offers more than arts and antiques; natural history is definitely not to be neglected and will appeal to many local and foreign tourists.

The Prosecco Val d’Oca

From Florence to Genova, from Viareggio to Pescara, the tour of the Prosecco Val d’Oca will visit various cities in order to satisfy the curiosity of many enthusiasts of this symbol of the Italian lifestyle. The five stops of the tour include the best wine cellars and wine-bars of central Italy, tastings of regional products, the Prosecco Millesimato (vintage wine) and the new Historical Uvaggio, extra dry sparkling wine that uses ancient varieties like Verdiso, Perera and Bianchetta Trevigiana.

With a production of 40,000 bottles, Historical Uvaggio is a product that marks a return to the past and to the rediscovery of a production method handed on for generations, yet reviewed in a modern way. As an art work the Prosecco Val d’Oca will be appreciated by all connoisseurs. It will be a bubbly debut that will see in some cases the extraordinary participation of local fine chefs.

There is side by side a promotional tour and an advertising campaign. “The idea of the tour has come to us when thinking of the Prosecco like of a world-famous star. It comes universally recognized as a symbol of conviviality and friendship” - asserts Aldo Franchi, director of the Wine cellar Producers.

The itinerary of this tour will be set in the smallest details: from the choice of the location to the communication, from the selection of guests to that of wines. After a positive budget in 2007 that has recorded a turnover in increase from 18.5 million to 21.5 million euro, and an increase of 29% in export and 13% in Italy, the Wine cellar Producers of Valdobbiadene invest hours in the promotion and the image of their products. Of course that is without neglecting the quality, which holds the first priority in the business philosophy.

The Wine cellars of Valdobbiadene - Val d’Oca collect and transform annually approximately 8000 tons of grape. Approximately 90% of such production is represented from white grapes of which the grape Prosecco represents 90%. Therefore all the technology of the company is committed to obtaining optimal bases for sparkling wines or frizzanti. At the moment of the reception of the grapes (generally September), officials assess the content of sugars and acids, in order to establish the qualitative parameters. Subsequently the grapes are sorted to various production lines.

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