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Light Pollution Has India Counting Stars

Cheryl Marland asked:




There are signs that India longs for the dark sky they have lost to light pollution. Many are frustrated as the constellations are being replaced by the reddish glow of light pollution. Their sentiments are described in an article posted in The Week by Malayala Manorama Publications Kochi, Kerala. Jayshree Menon dislikes the excessive light encroaching on Dehli. She misses the mystery and sounds of the night, and the once exquisite view of the stars. Discontented at the pervasive light that invades her apartment even beyond heavy drapes, Jayshree is aggravated enough to do her part to reclaim the night. So is Anita Sharma, who can no longer teach her boys about the constellations because they are no longer visible.

In as little as a generation, the stars have faded due to excessive light. Couples can no longer enjoy a romantic evening stargazing. Glow-in-the-dark stars pasted on a ceiling may be the closest thing that the people of today’s India can come to experiencing the stars. According to Anita, the stars she arranged in constellation formations on her children’s bedroom ceiling may be the only way they have to recognize the stars. Anita doesn’t feel confident they will ever see the genuine stars beyond the simulated light that has caused the night to become indiscernible from the day.

The light has spilled onto other issues as well, affecting human health. It throws off the natural circadian rhythm that the body relies on for sleep and eating cycles. Changing lifestyles may be influencing light pollution levels. At one time, few worked the graveyard shift in India. This has changed with economic expansion and outsourcing opportunities. With so many staying awake at night, the circadian rhythm is disturbed. Fatigue and decreased immunities is a result. This creates problems with Growth Hormone (GH) and melatonin levels. These changes can influence the effects of aging and cancer prevention. Cortisol also plays an important role in the circadian rhythm. The disturbance of Cortisol can cause stress, high blood pressure and weight changes. These issues indicate that light pollution not only causes the sky to fade, but it is causing India to get steadily unhealthier.

One of the reasons for excess light is security, which has since become counterproductive. While the experts try to learn all that they can about the damage of light pollution, India’s youth are counting stars. This movement, known as Taare Sadak Par, began a year ago in response to the dismay of amateur astronomers over a vanishing night sky. As they network to document the skies for later analysis, the damages of light pollution continues.

Many in India see optimism beyond the reddish haze of light pollution, since it is the most reversible form of all types of pollution. It can be reduced simply by turning off the excess lights. Shielding light fixtures and closing the drapes are ways that homeowners can reduce light pollution. According to Bharat Adur of Akash Ganga Astronomical Association, a 60 watt bulb can reduce dark sky visibility by roughly three degrees. It is clear that astronomers require night sky clarity to study the constellations, and obvious that the body requires it. In addition, the children of India are dissatisfied by just listening to legends of the night sky from their parents. Children enjoy stories, but at some point, they want to experience it for themselves.

Replacing existing lights with lower watt, energy efficient bulbs are an excellent place to start. A general rule of thumb is to make sure that lights are pointed downward. Making sure that light fixtures have a shield over them to avoid unnecessary light shining upwards is very important, because light aimed at the sky obstructs the view of the night sky.

As homeowners and business owners we have choices about outdoor lighting. When you are ready to purchase outdoor lighting and/or replace your current fixtures you’ve now got an amazing selection of dark sky lighting fixtures to choose from. Light trespass occurs when lights from a neighboring property enters another household or back yard. This is disturbing and stressful to your neighbors. To keep the lights on only when needed you can install a motion detector on your outdoor lights, in addition to using a timer on lights. The goal is preventing excess light from disturbing the natural night sky and the well-being of others. Switching off lights at a decent hour is considerate, and an obvious way to avoid light trespass. By using these simple measures, not only is light pollution reduced, but light trespass is also avoided.

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Secret Affairs – Sex After Infidelity

Brandon Grittini asked:




Secret affairs can ruin a marriage, but more often than not, they are not a relationship killer. In fact, 82% of marriages affected by an affair actually have happier couples after the affair. The reason is that the affair reveals that something is wrong in the relationship, and most couples want to correct the problems.

While recovering from a secret affair isn’t easy, you can live a happy life with your spouse after the trauma. Among the many things that people need to work on after finding out about a secret affair is how to have sex after infidelity.

This question comes up often from a lot of people. They are trying to work things out, but they just don’t feel right having sex after infidelity. There is a lot of work that needs to go into solving this huge problem, but with the right tools, you can have sex after revealing an affair.

Not being able to resolve this issue can be a relationship killer. Both spouses have to understand the severity and sensitivity of the issue, and know that it may be a long time before you are able to be intimate with your partner again.

Often times the victim in the affair feels as though the reason for the affair is that their spouse was no longer sexually attractive to them any longer. This isn’t always the case. In fact, M. Gary Neuman’s study shows that most men who cheat, in fact cheat with someone they believe to be less attractive than their wife.

Another reason that make this difficult is when the victimized spouse feels that it is lack of performance that caused the affair. It is rare when an affair is caused by lack of performance, but in certain circumstnaces it can be the case.

In the quest for sexual excitement, many people turn to sex books for help. While some books can be good and truly add some excitement, they all focus on the wrong thing. They tell you to change the way you have sex. The true pleasure of sex comes when we are in love with a person, and they are in love with us. With that, you will find total sexual satisfaction. You allow your emotions to take over, and you don’t focus on the physical aspects of sex.

If you have a spouse who loves you, and you combine that love with sex, you will enjoy what many believe to be the ultimate intimate experience; sexual love. This can only be experienced in relationships where the lovers are good friends, know each other’s thoughts, and want to be around each other. Work on being good friends, building trust, and constantly falling in love with your partner and you will experience sexual joy like no other.

One of the hardest things about having sex after an affair is that the victimized spouse is constantly thinking about the cheating spouse and the paramour (illicit lover). They want to know that your attention is on them, not the paramour. You have to be able to communicate to your partner the way you feel, and be able to accept those feelings. There is going to be a strong presence, that while not there in a physical nature, does exist and carries over to the both of you. That presence is the paramour.

An affair will bring about many insecurities, one of them being sexual insecurity. When one or both spouses are sexually insecure, it removes spontaneity from the act, and thus becomes a planned and monotonous, and will lead to boredom and lack of production. When you are finally able to establish intimacy with your partner, there is immense pressure to make up for those insecurities. That is when sex becomes what it never should be, a performance.

When these problems occur, you have to let your partner know that you are constantly comparing yourself to the paramour, and that it is getting in the way of the openness and trust between the two of you. By keeping this communication open, you are able to replace negative feelings with positive one’s, making for a more enjoyable, trusting, and love-able sexual relationship.

It’s also critical not to impose sexual expectations on your partner. It is important to communicate, but to “expect” an orgasm, for instance, is unfair. Dr. Ronnie Edell calls an orgasm “the equivalent of an applause”. It makes the experience feel like a performance, and is sure to lessen sexual pleasure.

An orgasm should never be about, “How did I do?”, or “Now I’m satisfied”. Sex should never be about the orgasm. The orgasm is simply a byproduct of sex. The essence of sex is ‘mutual pleasure’. That is the goal you should be trying to achieve, and focusing on an orgasm, or anything else for that matter, will deprive both of you of the mutual pleasure you should be experiencing.

The essence of sex after infidelity is to re-create the trust you once had, and learn to be more open about your feelings. It is wrong to impose sexual expectations on yourself or your partner. Focus on sex being a free, trusting, emotional experience and you will be having passionate sex with your partner again.

For more information on this topic and many others, pick up a copy of the new E-Book, “Cheating Spouses Revealed”. You can grab your copy now by visiting cheatingspousesrevealed.com

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Veronica L asked:




The number 1 reason men cheat are emotional dissatisfaction. I know you are looking for the signs he is cheating, but think about it for a second is the emotional connection between you and your man going downhill? Men cheat because they do not feel appreciated at home, because they feel like they can not make their woman happy. Is that the case in your relationship? I know you are thinking what about him appreciating me, and HE SHOULD. Cheating is wrong, cheating destroy trust and relationships. It is important to know the reason why most men cheat, now we can look at the signs he is cheating.

What are the signs he is cheating?

1. Emotional disconnection – Is he finding an emotional connection with another woman? Cheating often occurs with a friend, often somebody from work or from a hobby.

2. He spends less time at home – Have you noticed that your husband or boyfriend spend more and more time away from home. Does he work late, did he get himself a new hobby, and does he offer to go grocery shopping when he never did before? This is one of the warning signs he is cheating.

3. Pick fights with you – Does he pick fights with you, often over small things, it almost seems planned so he can leave the house?

4. He does not answer his phone – Does he not answer his cell phone when you call him? Did he at least used to return your call quickly but he does not even do that any more? Is he trying to avoid contact with you?

These are some of the signs he is cheating, there is more…

If you do see the signs he is cheating. Do you think your husband would tell you if he cheated on you? Without being questioned in one research only 7% told their wives about the cheating. 68% never admit to cheating or do so only after their wives have concrete evidence of the cheating. So even if you confront him, he still lies, why? Guilt guilt guilt. A lot of men still love their wives, most men wish they never had the affair and which they could take it all back.

What is important for YOU is to find out the truth, you need to know if you can trust your husband or boyfriend that is why it is so important to get the evidence that will speak for them selves. Evidence that your man can not question or deny, evidence that YOU can trust. So if you have to get more signs he is cheating.

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Le Ann Hairston asked:




Everyday you hear stories of a wife cheating on a husband, but you never thought it would happen to you. You thought everything was going according to your plans as husband and wife. Somewhere down the line your plans and dreams were shattered. Right now you want to know if wife is cheating.

Things have changed between the two of you, well at least for her anyway. The things she use to do for you she don’t do them anymore. Use to be a time when she would try to please you any way she could, now it all about her. It is to the point where she does not care about anything you do for her.

She don’t want to talk to you about anything that going on in her life. She has become distant from you. When she comes home she tries to avoid you at all cost. She closes the bathroom door because she don’t want you to her taking a bath, knowing the two of you use to take baths together.

The signs of a cheating wife can be clearly seen if you want to see them. The clothes see use to wear around you she will not dare wear them for you now. Because she is wearing them for someone else. When she goes to work she dresses different, wearing sexy clothes. Then when she gets home she puts on any old thing.

Every word that comes out of her mouth is a curse word and the sad thing is you are still trying to treat her with the up most respect. If she is starting arguments for nothing, she is using that as a way for you to leave her alone or a way for her to get out of the house.

She will have her friends to call the house so she can get out. Her friends are willing to help her because she has told them some lies about you. They feel as though they are doing the right thing, because they are on the outside looking in they will help her.

The secrets and lies of a wife cheating on husband can be brought to the light. You know the old saying, what’s done in the dark, will come to the light. If you want to know what she is hiding you need to learn how to know if wife is cheating. It is easy to find out when you do it the right way and learn the signs.

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Infidelity and Marriage

James Walsh asked:




An adulterous person is punished and ostracised by Judaism too. Hinduism does not have a very strong stance against it, but does not encourage it either. While English law cannot convict a spouse for infidelity, extramarital affairs remain the greatest ground for divorce in the UK till date.

Divorce and Infidelity

Three is definitely a crowd when it comes to the marriage bed. The love triangle in literature and films has usually ended in tragedy. The novels that do contain divorce; be it ‘The Rain Maker’ with its brutally abusive husband or ‘Anna Karenina’ with the free spirited but socially oppressed woman, have found clever means of ‘justifying’ matters. The marriage can be abandoned only if it contains villainous elements such as wife beaters, frivolous wives, social stigma or some other obstacle. This helps to justify the ‘other’ man or woman as someone who is a rescuer in some sense. If it is a good marriage, and a good lover, then the end is tragic, and people still dab their eyes after seeing ‘Casablanca’. In the UK, divorce seems to be the accepted way out after an extramarital affair has been discovered, but there are other ways too, and this is what we are about to discuss in detail.

How Affairs Begin

Extramarital affairs usually do not happen in real life as we see them in movies – a ravishing beauty or a handsome stranger doest not happen to cross our path every day with music playing in the background. Some of the typical starters are as follows.

Richard Trott asked:




You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to find out that the internet can now be used to find all types of information. It is just the matter of a click and there you are, bombarded with all sorts of options to choose from. It is due to this particular reasons that many people use internet for shopping. But, have you ever thought of using this medium to find a loyal friend or soul mate for you? If you have never thought on these lines, it’s never too late to do it.

Actually, there is a wide assortment of dating sites with all types of men and women looking for a partner to hang around. Any one can register with these sites with a hope that cupid’s arrow will help in finding a perfect man or women. Now, it is understandable why many people are at these sites, bud do you think all they folks become able to find a date? Probably not!

No doubt, more and more dating sites are now springing up, but this doesn’t mean there is no one without a girl in his arms. One major reason is that many people are rejected just because of their marital status. Let’s face it; if you are married, the chances are that most ladies would never bother to notice you around. This is the bitter reality, but it doesn’t qualify to the fact that you should stop searching for the right woman. Yes, there is a ray of hope.

The solution:

The simple solution to this particular problem is to get yourself at sites that help you with marriage affairs. These are the sites that are exclusive designed for those who are not happy with their married life and want some fun in life. The good thing is that you can use internet to find sites for married encounters.

Few things to consider:

Though it is a good idea to make use of these marriage affair sites, it is important to make sure you are at the right place. If you don’t pay attention to this regard, you are surely going to find yourself in deep trouble. There are many things that a man or woman should bear in mind at the time of using these sites. The most important thing to check is that the site you are using is a confidential place to hang around. If a site fails to keep the secret, it is not a sensible thing to use it. Of course, you want to play around, but while doing so, you really don’t want to end your marriage. That’s the reason why you should pay utmost attention on this very point.

In addition to this, you should also pay attention to the way things work at a site. Check their emailing system, pay attention to the way they find a match for you, and see how many profiles they have on their marriage affair site. Considering all these things will help you determine if you want a guy or women for flirting, dating, or discrete married encounters. So, bear all these things in mind before fulfilling your dream of having a secret affair outside of marriage.

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Steve Ubah asked:




If he comes home late and claims he ate dinner at his desk and you notice an odd perfume scent hanging around him, and you called his office earlier and got his voice mail, then there is a strong possibility that he may be having an affair. But how can you confirm your suspicions? I can help you with that. Here are five steps you can take to find out if he is having a fling with his secretary or co-worker:

1. Start taking notes on when he works late. It’s one thing to know it, but it’s another to see his odd schedule on paper. This lets you see if there is a pattern to his “extra work load”. If he just recently started working late on Wednesday nights, then it could mean that’s their date night.

2. Make note of his out-of-town conferences and business trips. Note the names, places, and things he says he will be doing. If you have done your job of tracking his activities, if he is cheating, you will catch him in a lie because he won’t remember the things he has told you and those he hasn’t.

3. Call his office during the times he is working late and see if he answers. If he does, ask him about the work he’s doing and who else is there working with him. If you know any of his co-workers well, you can always call them and ask them to see if they can help you get him on the phone because you are having a lot of trouble reaching him on his cell phone.

4. Visit him at work. In order to make sure you have a good reason for visiting him at his office, take one of his favorite home-cooked meals to him. Chances are, if he is cheating he will most likely get angry because you surprised him.

5. Visit him at one of his out of town meetings without announcing it to him first. If he is cheating you will surely find out.

6. Go to his parking lot of his office building with a girlfriend and hang out around the time he typically goes to lunch. See if any woman gets in his car to go anywhere. Be ready to trail them to see if they are just going to lunch or to a motel.

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Nahshon Roberts asked:




Surveillance cameras have their good uses. Criminals have been caught and jailed based on undeniable video evidence, cheating spouses have been captured on film and forced to pay greater alimony and child support for their ex-partners, and cops have been suspended for sexual harassment and physical mishandling of visitors and suspects alike. Just some of the few cases you read about that can convince you surveillance is good.

However, what do you do when surveillance cameras intrude upon your most private of private moments? How do you cope when intimate affairs are recorded in video and broadcast for the entire Internet world to see?

How It Can Happen

Generally, surveillance cameras are used for home security and public security. You can install small and portable cameras in your house while the government sets up a surveillance system in your neighborhood ostensibly to deter crime and monitor traffic.

Imagine this scenario: Your partner transferred the cameras to your bedroom because he wants to videotape your bedroom shenanigans without your knowledge. After your bitter separation, he uploads the video over the Internet and it becomes a hit.

Or this: In the interest of adding spice to your relationship, you both agreed to place some of the wireless surveillance cameras inside your bedroom. One messy divorce later, you are faced with an Internet video showing you and your despised ex-partner in compromising positions.

Or this: Video surveillance operators across the street intersection videotaped your intimate moments for voyeuristic purposes. The same perverted individuals broadcast the footage over the web.

In whatever way your lady parts came to be plastered all over the Internet, you must deal with the fall-out of other people’s perversions.

How to Prevent and to Cope

Of course, prevention is always better than the cure. If possible, never allow your partner to videotape your intimate bedroom encounters; never install surveillance cameras in your bedroom no matter what you do; never perform live shows where your privacy can be compromised unless you are on a deserted island; never leave the windows open in any way, either in terms of locking it and closing the drapes; and never let your private videotapes lying anywhere.

However, unfortunate scenarios such as the above mentioned do happen. How to cope boils down to:

* Doing something concrete about your plight – filing complaints and lawsuits is a good first step. You can also seek professional help and your family’s support.

* Forgetting about the past and not worrying about the future. You should take each day as it comes and live for the joys of the present. Learn to appreciate the small things in your life now – your ex-partner is paying you sums of money for alimony and for his bastardization of your relationship, your perverted voyeurs of local public officials are in jail, and you are alive.

* Moving on. If this means that you have to do something drastic like changing your place of residence or something mild like changing your hairstyle, then go for it. Just always remember that life must go on, you were a victim but you cannot be a victim forever, and that it is other people’s problems if they see you as anything less than the worthy person that you are.

In the end, your life should never be ruled by one mistake brought by man’s inappropriate use of surveillance cameras. Life is yours, take it!

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How Long Does it Take to Get Over Infidelity?

Katie Lersch asked:




Probably one of the most common questions regarding infidelity is “how long does it take to really and truly get over it?”

Albert Lee asked:




Have you ever suspected your girlfriend to be cheating on you at one point in your relationship? Do you trust her too much and believe that she can never do something foolish behind your back? If you do, it is time to wake up boy because some women, just like men, also flirt when their boyfriends are not in sight. They find enjoyment in playing and leading on other guys especially if they know that the said guys are attracted to them.

Although only a few go further than flirting like sleeping with another guy, this still becomes one of the common reasons why couples break-up. So, if you think that your girlfriend is doing something unusual, try to look at some evidences on how to tell if your girlfriend is cheating.

The first evidence that you can look for is when she starts buying more new clothing than she used to. If you are already spending months or years together as boyfriend-girlfriend, you must have been familiar with how your girlfriend dresses and how she purchases clothing for herself. Although there are girls who become suddenly interested with clothes, this will still become a big puzzle to you especially if you are used to seeing your girl wearing simple clothes and buying only new items when there are important occasions to attend.

If you notice this sudden need to buy new items of clothing, be more watchful because the reason behind could be to create a new look and feel more attractive to the man she is seeing behind your back. Give more special attention on whether she buys new underwear or lingerie because these are big clues on how to tell if your girlfriend is cheating.

Other evidences are receipts and unexplained extra mileage on the car. These two can provide you with loads of information and help you on how to tell if your girlfriend is cheating. When your girlfriend cheats, her buying habits change as well as the frequency of usage of the car. Although these changes can happen even to those girlfriends who are not cheating but merely finding ways to have more fun, these are still strong evidences to consider.

Check the receipts of her purchases and take note of the mileage on the car at the start and end of the day. Do the receipts show purchases of new underwear, men’s items like cologne and shirt but you never remember them being given to you or to anyone you know, and large amount of credit for her cell phone? Do you see a big difference between the distance she said she traveled and what the counter on the car says in reality? The answer to these questions will sure be of big help on how to tell if your girlfriend is cheating.

And lastly, evidences like her cell phone and phone bills will also help you determine if your girlfriend is indeed cheating. Do you find strange numbers on her cell phone and phone bills? Is there someone calling her more often and does she try to get distant from you when somebody calls? If you answer yes to these, then consider them as indicators that something is really going on. But do not confront her at once; you must dig deeper by looking at other ways on how to tell if your girlfriend is cheating. You can look at the address book to check the strange number or you can try calling it and listen to the voice at the other line.

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