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Hpathy » Editorials » Should We Keep Homeopathy for Homeopaths?
Should We Keep Homeopathy for Homeopaths?
The homeopathic community has always harbored a desire to “prove” homeopathy to allopaths. Perhaps we believed we could win them over and then homeopathy would become part of conventional medicine. But there are problems with this courtship. Pharma maintains a propaganda campaign with doctors from the time they enter medical school through their years of practice. This creates a kind of “information sickness” which closes the door on other perspectives. In homeopathy we know it’s impossible to cure a sickness as long as there is a maintaining cause.
In addition, homeopathy is constantly evolving. Remedies are now sometimes prescribed based on analysis of themes in the periodic table, or the sensation associated with their botanical order. Can you imagine trying to explain that to medical students who are still struggling with the potency issue?
Finally, what would happen to homeopathy if it were co-opted by the establishment? To maximize profits, it would be exploited, made one dimensional, labeled as disease specific and turned into something useless.
Homeopathy is a strange and wonderful mystery. It will always seem absurd to those who are not ready for it, who think mechanistically, who see life as simply an aggregate of chemicals. These people believe in a medical model that accepts death as a side effect. You can recall a drug, but not the people it killed. In the end, you cannot court such people, or win them over without doing harm to homeopathy.
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Homoeopaths, Homoeo pharmacies, everyone in this field need to give frequent adds through news papers , TV, cinema media etc as it is given by Allopathy system. there is an urgent need of seminars , awareness programmes so that public should know more and more about Homoeopathy, its effectiveness, affordability, easy to take, right from just born babies to very old age people , no side-effects. all -round efforts that too from all those in this field need to devote their time as much as possible for the cause of Homoeopathy to become more and more popular among the public. i have come across many homoeopaths do not spare time to explain to the patients how it works and how it should be taken, about diet and other precautions needs to be taken etc. in one visit if a patient do not get result, will loose faith and his entire family & friends also get influenced and are loosing faith on our system.
personally i spend more time for propagating homoeopathy and its effectiveness. my main motive is to popularise homoeopathy because many miracles have happened in my family circle, i want same way people should develop faith on this system, which is – God given gift to the mankind – Homoeopathy.
Thank you for your comments. It is so important to keep promoting homeopathy to reach people who are open to it and to dispel the false critics. I appreciate your efforts in that regard.
Thank you Pauline. That’s a lovely way to put it!
my comments misinterpreted and misunderstood. it is not an advocation to fit into scientific model. as you aware science is not end to all problems , more the scientific, more confusions , more contradictions, ultimately diseases are taking new turn and becoming incurable in many cases and what is claimed as diseases cured, suppresses one thing by allowing to raise ugly head in other form, there by doing more harm than good. in that perspective creating more and more awareness among the public how good homeopathy can help to suffering humanity, how acute diseases can be effectively harmlessly tackled and can be prevented becoming chronic diseases.
efforts to create more awareness about homoeopathy and its effectiveness, is the need of the hour to save homoeopathy system before further attempt to onslaught this system. ultimately public opinion out of experience is more importance than scientific words war who is superior, who is not.
I sent one comment yesterday, but there was some internet problem and this did not get posted. This is again with regard to the Urticaria problem of my wife and this has been shared earlier. I want to bring to your kind notice about the reoccurance of the urticaria twice for my wife. In the first instance, she was free from her urticaria for about two years after taking allopathy, ayurvedic and finally siddah medicines. When she got admitted last year in the hospital due to swelling over the body, difficulty in walking, pain in the neck, breathing difficulty etc, it was found that her uric acid level was 8 against normal of 4, HB 9 against 12, thyroid TSH of 6 against 2 etc. She was given heavy antibiatics IV, and all allopathy medicines, blood transfusion etc. After getting discharge from hospital, she got this urticaria back. The siddah medicines did not work and homeopathy medicines Cal.Carb,sulphur,puls, hypericum,lyco etc gave good results and she was free from this urticaria and in fact the medicines were stopped.
when she had to go to a Dentist for fitting crown, she was given antibiotic along with pain killers, she got the rashes back last week.
It is seen that this urticaria may be due to the effect of antibiotic and english medicines for her. But it could not be avoided due to the above circumstances.
She was given calc carb 200 , sulphur 200, pulsatilla 200 on the advice of my friend who treated her. But there was violent eruption all over the body yesterday night and rashes could not be controlled even after taking Avil 25mg which could help in earlier times.
I feel the cause for urticaria in her case is due to the antibiotics and english medicines.
I would request you once again to go through this comment and if you feel that calc. carb in higher potencies would relive her problem, (allergy on antibiotics in this case). I will start giving the same. Can we give one dose of calc. carb 1 M and wait for two or three days and see the response. If necessary, I will go for Calc.carb 10 M later followed by Heper sulph.
I hope you would appreciate this.
I will be grateful if you could give your email and cell phone No. It is a great pleasure to be in touch with eminent personalities like you.
Did you try causticum, gelsemium for the Blephraospasm for your better half.
My wife was given cal carb 1 M and carbo veg 200 yesterday. She was free from this rashes on the day time. In the night she had severe itching in the fingers followed by rashes in the body. She applied turmeric powder mixed with curd and there was some relief. Again she had this itching in the fingers and on the thighs in the midnight and her sleep got disturbed. After applying this turmeric powder with curd she could get some relief and started sleeping.
Earlier the cal carb 200 was controlling and she was getting relief from this urticaria.
Any how she will continue the combination of cal carb 1 M and carbo veg on alternate days for this week and let us see how she responds to this treatment.
Thank you for sharing those cases. To us it is an affirmation of the mystery we have been fortunate to share knowledge of. To allopathy it is too strange to allow in.
Thanks for the information and a nice article.
On seeing your information few days in email received, I brought this to the notice of a homeopath who is treating my wife aged 63,for the chronic urticaria for the last 2 weeks. She was suffering from this urticaria for the last four years with a break of two years and again she has this problem from this April onwards.
Several homeo paths treated her with out relief. Finally the present homeopath is treating my wife with great relief.
He gave sulphur 1M – 1 dose,followed by cal carb 1M -1dose the next day and there was 98% improvement in her itching rashes. Then he gave lyco 30,puls 30 ,3 doses daily for the next 2 days. Then he gave nat mur 30, sepia 30, Apis Mel 30 daily for a week.
Lot of improvements for his medicines. But the rashes appear slightly and refuse to go once for all. At this stage,on my discussion with him he gave cal carb 200 -3doses daily . Now it is 4 or days that my wife is very sincerely taking . I can say she has got 99 % relief! but that one percent is still remaining to go.
In your case, it is due to the milk that causes the problem. But in my wife’s case, it is idiopathic and cause could not be found out.
I am a retired railway engineer, having seen the miracle of this homeo medicines have a knowledge in homeopathy and it’s practice. The present homeopath is also my friend working as a computer professional in railways has a great knowledge in homeopathy for more than thirty years.
May I give this carbo veg 200 along with cal carb 200 to my wife taking a guidance from you.
If you suggest, I will try your combination medicine.
As it is , I hope she is nearer to the recovery path.
Thank you for sharing that. Homeopathy is truly a gift to those open to it!
Dear Mr Sundaram, Thanks for your comment and the interest shown. The two medicines administered in my case were specific to milk allergy with which the patient made full recovery till date. Cal Carb along with Carbo Veg can be tried will do no harm and might prove to be curative. However, my suggestion would be to try Calc Carb in higher potencies of 1M and 10 M respectively in single doses and see the result as your wife is almost cured with this medicine which can also be repeated in case of relapse. One more medicine ie Hep Sul works well for allergies which can be tried later if above do not give the desired results. Regards and best wishes to your good-self and family.
Further to my comments, about my wife’s urticaria problem, I will start giving cal carb 1 M. She was cured completely a week back and again she is getting this problem due to taking antibiotics for fitting a crown by the Dental surgeon. May be one of the many reasons for this urticaria.
Before I could see your comments, I started giving cal carb 1 M. I will combine the carbo veg 200 .
As suggested cal carb 1M + carbo veg 200 on alternate days in a week followed by weekly one dose of the above combination for three months. Can I give Nux vomica 200 in the next dose or shall I leave it.
My wife is highly pleased to take homeopathy medicines only and she is confident in getting relief.
In fact I showed your comments to her.
May I suggest that you continue this conversation in the Patient Guidance Forum.
My wife has started taking the combination of calc cab 1 M and carbo veg 200 on alternate days.
She is free from this rashes in the day time , but the rashes appear in the night time.
We will see how far she responds to this medicine.
Now it has become a challenge in this homeopathy treatment.
Further to my previous comments, I wish to bring to your kind notice that urticaria problem has returned to her on two occasions and we suspect that it may be due to taking antibiotics and allopathy medicines.
A week back, she was free from this skin problem and all the medicines were stopped.
But she is again suffering from urticaria . The cal.carb 200 is not able to control.
Only the Avil tablets 25 mg gives some relief.
But she is averse in taking this avil tablets.
As per your suggestion, she will be given cal.carb 1 M.
Hope she will be cured.
I will try the medicines with the higher potencies for my wife.
Thanks for sharing your article to us.
May God bless you and your team .
Thank you Dr Rahman. I’m glad that you find this website rewarding.
It is my belief that people are only convinced about homeopathy by direct experience of its effects. I am conducting a poll on minutus now to see what the source of peoples convictions is. Articles, Arguments and scientific papers unfortunately seem to have little effect in actually convincing someone. For every argument/paper in favor there is one against. It takes personal experience. I have given up debating anyone on the subject in print. I had success convincing one serious “skeptic” by walking into his law office and challenging him to do a proving. He did and he was so amazed by the symptoms he experienced that he dropped his legal attacks on homeopathy. It takes direct personal contact and personal experience to make a difference in this arena.
Hahaha, that was a novel and apparently effective way of handling a skeptic! I agree entirely that we learn with our bodies, an axiom that Piaget stated many years ago. I have yet to find anyone who accepted homeopathy as a result of a study. I’d like to see how your poll comes out. Please stay in touch.
I am going to see if we can find someone living in London who can approach Jimmy Wales, founder of wikipedia, and encourage him to have a personal experience of homeopathy – a proving or simple treatment. Wikipedia is the source of choice for anyone who is new to a concept, like homeopathy. They frequently go there first and get an extremely negative view. If Jimmy Wales could be contacted in the same manner as my lawyer friend we might get the same result. Jimmy has gone on record as explicitly wanting to attack homeopathy.
I have seen many such miracles in Homeopathy when properly diagnosed and given. Not only My family many of fiends / their families have been very much helped with Homeopathy. But I always tried with single remedies. Thanks to system, by which I got good graceful respect from the people/ society whom I treated Never tried combination drugs, which at present blossoming in market with nomenclature of diseases. Are combination drugs [ remedies] really helpful?
we are all well aware, Homoeopathy treatment is individualistic, what suits one, may not exactly fit to another. I too have treated GALL STONE/ KIDNEY STONE problems. one chief executive in wipro, male, aged about 40 yrs approached me with same symptoms as above, i have him Berberis vulgaris I M & Benzoic Acid 1 m combination, his stone related problems within 5 days, he was very happy & he came back to thank me. of course his entire family is under my treatment for varies problems, they are all very happy and have immense faith on homoeopathy system of treatments. he is highly qualified, M Tech from I I T.
another male patient aged 38 years age, scientist who has 100% faith on natural medicines only suddenly developed severe pain and other symptoms as above approached me, i asked him to undergo ABDOMEN ULTRA SOUND SCANNING, 4 to 6 mm multiple stones noticed. i gave him Berberis Q, benzoic 200 and cholesterinum 200 and asked him to watch while passing urine whether he can notice crushed stones coming out, he did notice, within 3 days he was cured and to confirm i asked him to undergo scanning. absolutely cleared, till now he do not have any such problems. his entire family is under my treatment.
more than everything, myself 66 years aged had kidney stones about 7 mm, had severe pain, could not even move , homeo medicines completely cured. but once a while i am taking preventive medicines also.
sorry, there are some grammar and spelling mistakes, excuse me for that.
yes, miracles do happen with homeopathy. Proper selection of medicines is more important. thanks for your article which gives a great insight. | 2019-04-20T04:20:13 | https://hpathy.com/editorials/should-we-keep-homeopathy-for-homeopaths/ |
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Over the past week, I watched the anti-racist and environmentalist activist Dimitri Lascaris attacked by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), as well as several Canadian party leaders. This was because Lascaris criticized Israel and some supporters who wished to "bring in the death penalty," with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "the first one to go … and [Minister Maryam] Monsef and [MP] Iqra Khalid and [Minister] Ahmed Hussen and [MP] Omar Alghabra … and [NDP Leader Jagmeet] Singh, Singh, let's make him sing, you know, as he walks toward the guillotine!"
The accusations of anti-Semitism are disingenuous and were easily debunked by journalist Yves Engler in a piece on Mondoweiss. I have watched Lascaris' work for years and know him personally. Dimitri is not an anti-Semite. Period.
However, the rush to label Lascaris as anti-Semitic and the complicity of several prominent politicians is a troubling example of a common tactic in which any criticism of Israel is labeled as anti-Semitism. In a 2012 op-ed, Israeli writer Benjamin Kerstein summed it up in his headline: "Yes, all criticism of Israel is antisemitic!" This playbook has been run predictably for years, including against me when I was shot while delivering medical aid to peaceful protesters who were themselves being shot in the hundreds.
Jewish history is complex and the contemporary relationship of many Jews to power and whiteness can be confusing, but the premise of this paper is simple: antisemitism is real. It is antithetical to collective liberation; it hurts Jews and it also undermines, weakens and derails all of our movements for social justice.
In recent decades, the political Jewish right and its Christian allies (particularly Christian Zionists) have consistently spoken loudly against what they describe as antisemitism … [T]hey have distended the meaning of the term to include any critique of Israel or Israeli government policy (in some cases labeling such criticism "the new antisemitism").
While this is intended to suppress and delegitimize calls for justice in Palestine, it also spills over into other areas of social justice work. Individual activists, whole organizations and even entire movements have been tarred as antisemitic for the entirely legitimate act of criticizing Israeli government policy or the political ideology of Zionism.
Sound familiar? This is exactly what is being done to Lascaris, as well as entire groups that promote human rights, such as Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) and others. To again quote Understanding Antisemitism: "The political right in the United States and Israel often trades on this fear and uses false or inflated charges of antisemitism to delegitimize pro-Palestinian activism and undermine attempts to hold Israel accountable for its actions."
The problem with the careless politicized accusations of anti-Semitism like CIJA's is that they undermine what we all know: anti-Semitism is real and it hurts us all.
I want to close with a challenge to CIJA: Debate me publicly on the question "Is criticism of Israel anti-Semitic?"
I will donate $10,000 to a charity we both agree on. I suggest the Canadian Cancer Society in tribute to a dear friend.
Tarek Loubani is an emergency physician at London Health Sciences Centre (Canada) and Shifa Hospital (Gaza). He is a member of the Glia team making open medical devices. This blog post was originally published on Medium. | 2019-04-23T20:18:15 | http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2018/09/fuck-antisemitism-lets-be-clear-criticism-israel-not |
Where to eat? What to eat? We constantly wonder about where to eat and what to eat. But have we ever pondered how this is in fact a positive and happy problem in our lives? We are blessed to be enjoying life with good food every day. Somewhere out there, on the other hand, the poor are suffering from starvation and insufficient money to feed their young and elderly at home. Will you care to lend your helping hand if $10 can give you a good meal (valued at $20) and at the same time help the poor to have a spoonfuls of food to eat? Share your thoughts with us.
From now till 31 Jan 2012, WhereToEat Singapore Facebook fans can stand a chance to win up $600 worth of cash prizes! All you have to do is snap a photo of your favourite food, fill up the Contest Form with a reason why you like it, and get your friends to vote for your photo. It’s that easy!
Finally, a place where you can savour in all the best food in Asia and the Pacific without a ticket. The Asia Pacific Food Expo floor was bustling with food businesses beginning Thursday, and as food fanatics, we just had to get a taste of them.
We could tell how well liked most food were by the constant stream of attendees. Starting with food that we were familiar with such as the famous Lim Hai Sheng Carrot Cake, we quickly moved on to Taiwan’s Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken, Penang Original Laksa, Lao Huo Tan Buddha Jumps Over The Wall, and many more. | 2019-04-24T06:04:44 | http://wheretoeat.com.sg/2012/11 |
A Missouri lawmaker Rick Brattin will introduce a bill that would revoke the scholarship of any athlete at a state university if he or she refuses to compete for a reason unrelated to health.
Rep. Rick Brattin pre-filed House Bill 1743 on Friday, just more than a month after African-American football players at the University of Missouri led a team strike from football-related activities amid a campuswide call for university system president Tim Wolfe to step down because of his handling of several racist acts on campus.
Brattin proposes that should the bill be turned into law, that it would be effective Aug. 26, 2016, just over a week before Missouri takes the field against West Virginia.
No hearing on the bill or vote on it is scheduled, nor has text of the bill been made available on the State of Missouri’s government website.
Scholarships at most NCAA universities, including those in Missouri, are good for one scholastic year and can be revoked without cause by athletics departments.
Brattin, who has fellow Republican Kurt Bahr listed as a co-sponsor on the bill, represents District 55, serving Cass County, located south of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
In the past, Brattin has sponsored legislation requiring anti-evolution science classes and a controversial bill that would require notarized consent from the father of an unborn child for a woman to obtain an abortion. | 2019-04-18T12:35:13 | http://sostrenews.com/missouri-lawmaker-rick-brattin-to-introduce-bill-to-strip-scholarship-if-athlete-refuses-to-play/ |
Ready to rock? My Electric Loog arrives, just shy of a year after the Kickstarter launch—and after a long stay in a container at the Port of Los Angeles.
A little less than a year ago, I backed a Kickstarter project launched by Rafael Atijas, a New York based designer. The project was the Electric Loog, a small, three-string electric guitar designed for children (and adults) to jam with. It seemed like a perfect project—Atijas created the Loog as part of a master's thesis at NYU, and he was working on refining the design for production.
The risks seemed minimal. Atijas already successfully executed an acoustic version of the Loog in 2011, and that knocked its funding goal out of the park. This time, for $150, I'd get an instrument for my collection with plenty of upside. I could build the Loog and share it with my daughter. Maybe I could even take it along with me while I travel for Ars, jamming in hotel rooms with headphones on. I happily said "Shut up and take my money," then sat back and waited for an anticipated May delivery.
This past week, after a series of twists, turns and delays, my Loog arrived. Following Atijas' updates along the way has been the equivalent of reading a business case study in why it's so hard to execute what is essentially a "maker" project as a mass-produced product. The Loog encountered manufacturing problems in China, a port strike in Los Angeles, and quality control issues during production ramp-up that resulted in a few small flaws in the delivered guitars. Atijas had to make what he characterized as a "flash" trip to China just last week when the latest issues emerged. Now his New York company is unboxing everything left in the first shipment to check for issues, and Atijas is preparing to ship out replacements to backers with flawed guitars in order to make-good on his promise. | 2019-04-25T02:01:53 | https://cryptocurrencytalk.com/topic/18701-ars-technica-guitar-hero-ars-builds-the-loog-a-kickstarter-funded-mini-rocker-kit/ |
Homework should also be checked.
New spelling words come home on Monday.
Have a great 2nd grade year! | 2019-04-23T11:19:43 | https://www.gvisd.org/Page/86 |
Home Local News How many students receive free lunch in Hampton Roads?
How many students receive free lunch in Hampton Roads?
Some public schools throughout Hampton Roads offer free or reduced meals to students who meet certain income requirements or are economically disadvantaged.
Others offer free or discounted meals regardless of the student’s socioeconomic status. The data below shows the number of students eligible or have received free or reduced lunches in 2017-2018.
More than half of the students attending Hampton and Norfolk public schools receive free or reduced lunch 2018-2019. In Newport News public schools, the amount of students who were eligible to receive a free or discounted meal decreased by 2,118 students compared to last year 2017-2018.
For the past two years, both Williamsburg-James City County and York County public schools had the lowest amount of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, between one-third and one-fourth of the school districts’ total student enrollment.
York County and Newport News public schools districts did not have exact number of students who received free or reduced lunch just the number of students eligible.
“We only collect and report the data for students participating in the program,” said Katherine Goff, spokeswoman for York County public schools.
How much does school lunch cost?
Some schools, such as Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, offer their students free breakfast regardless whether their families qualify for economic hardship under the United States Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provisions program.
“Through this provision, the majority of our schools, 39 school sites, offer free breakfast and lunch for all students without collecting applications,” said Michelle Price, spokeswoman for Newport News Public Schools.
In addition to offering free lunch, some school districts like Hampton City schools, also offer reduced meals, which costs around $0.40 depending on the school district. Those who don’t qualify for a reduced meal pay the following amounts shown in the table below.
The cheapest meals are at Norfolk Public Schools, about $1.80 for elementary students and $1.95 for middle and high school students. The most expensive school lunches are Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools where elementary students are charged $2.70 per meal and middle and high school students can pay anywhere from $2.80-$3.70.
Virginia Beach is the only school district that offers the same price for elementary, middle and high school students. | 2019-04-21T06:18:15 | https://southsidedaily.com/local-news/2019/02/05/how-many-students-receive-free-lunch-in-hampton-roads/ |
Opening Day is right around the corner and we've got a lot of baseball to talk. Nobody better than our Royals Insider Cody Tapp and he joins us for a full 45 minutes live from Spring Training. We talk season expectation for Mondi, Soler, and some other names on this staff. Danny Duffy is off Twitter again and Vern needs Cody's opinion on the Mike Trout deal. | 2019-04-22T12:14:15 | https://610sports.radio.com/media/audio-channel/0320-1-pm-cody-tapp |
How to overcome obstacles to business growth. How to get the most from your business. If your’re thinking of growing and expanding and thinking of the next level of growth. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to know how the business is performing today and the best opportunities for growth? What about finance? Wouldn’t it be great to have a visual plan and know exactly where to focus to build business value?
And what if… you only had the right information, better control, knowing your break-even point and an understanding of how the business cogs work, including your team? What about making the most of your resources and processes and looking ahead?
On this edition of Business Connections Live we discuss businesses getting the right information to understand and manage risk within your businesses to achieve your desired outcome as a business owner to give you the edge. Are you aware of all the options available to you as a business owner? So, now is a great to opportunity for you establish your end game and get the traction you need.
Our guest is Theda Gray – OI Business Solutions Manger. OI Business Solutions offers bespoke solutions to owner managed small and medium enterprise businesses. Theda joined the family business at the start of her career and is an Associate Chartered Management Accountant.
i)Have you got too much to do as a business owner and not necessarily planning ahead and prioritising?
ii)Have you got the information you need to make decisions and are you looking ahead?
iii) What is your business health like? What reports do you look at?
iv) How do you build business value? v) What do you plan to do with the business long term?
vi) How can you stretch what you have?
v) What do you plan to do with the business long term?
i)An understanding of how your business is performing and identify opportunities for the business to undertake growth planning visually/on paper.
v)Putting an exit plan or succession plan in place and work with the business owner to achieve their desired outcome. | 2019-04-25T10:14:18 | http://businessconnectionslive.libsyn.com/bcl143-how-to-overcome-obstacles-to-business-growth |
I use these magnets as gifts for parents on Meet the Teacher night. I wanted a way for parents to easily access my contact information, which is why I included my e-mail address and the office phone number. I also included our lunch time hoping it would serve as a reminder to parents that they can come each lunch with their student!
The best part about this project was the price. For $0.97, I bought this package of magnet strips at Wal-Mart. I cut the strips in half which allowed me to create 36 magnet cards.
Need back to school resources?
Do you still have the teacher magnet freebie? When I click on the image it doesn't take me to the link. I would love to have it.
Nevermind, I found it on Teachers Pay Teachers. Thanks! | 2019-04-26T16:18:44 | http://www.wherethefirstgradersare.com/2013/08/diy-meet-teacher-magnets.html |
Some trends are hard to resist, some you regret (maybe not a first) and others you hate to see fade away. The monogrammed initial necklace trend is one I love (at least at the moment). I wear my necklace so much it's become my gang sign, soon I'll start wearing a pink bandanna (throw my gang colors around). I found my necklace on Etsy (which is my crack, and with today's post I'm pushing my crack) at www.etsy.com/shopBestPerjewelry they have different font choices, chain lengths (from 14" to 22'), gold or silver, and different sizes of monograms (mine is 1.5" on a 16" gold chain). Their prices are outstanding (mine was $51.95). I love wearing it alone or layering with other pieces (it's fun to wear with a bubble necklace or pearls). They have monogrammed bracelets too!!!
I've said before tattoos are not my thing (unless their on a hot man) but I'm starting to think these monogrammed necklaces may be more like my tattoo than gang sign. The few people I know who have tattoos say you can't get just one...well I'm one my third monogrammed necklace. What do you do once you have a gold monogrammed necklace and you are still needing a fix...ACRYLIC. For me it was tortoise acrylic and pink. I'll stop when my neck is covered in monogrammed necklace's...I'm committed to the lifestyle.
I found my acrylic monogrammed necklaces at...you guessed it, Etsy. ElizaJayCharm (www.etsy.com/shop/ElizaJayCharm ) is beyond affordable and offers tons of options. My 1.5" acrylic necklace's was $28.95 and again you can pick the chain color (gold or silver), different fonts, size, plus they have twenty different color selections.
I did mention I was pushing my crack in this post, I love Etsy. You get to support small business (lots of which are owned by women), and it's full of millions of creative people selling their fabulous creations. What's not to love.
Hey Judge, I need this when I go out shooting (remember that beautiful Silver Pigeon 12 gauge shotgun).
I know you're shocked no monogram. I do love a pretty slipcover. Again this shop is on Etsy and WOW they have gorgeous tablecloths, ottoman covers, seat covers, blankets, Christmas stockings, and on and on. I have several slipcovers all over my home (chairs, ottomans, benches, couch, more chairs, lampshades) and they are all beautifully made but I didn't pay $74.95 for any of them (that's the price of the ottoman cover).
Monograms, slipcovers and seersucker...I could make that my gang motto.
These seersucker cloth napkins are definitely on my wish list, I love the green and pink (they have 9 different colors to pick from). A set of 6, 18 inch napkins are $32.
Is it still a gang if there's only one member? I might work on recruiting other monogram loving women to join my gang. To join you have to wear your initials proudly (on everything), love pink, prefer seersucker over silk, and stalk Etsy looking for the next "thing".
What's your favorite Etsy purchase?
I was in NO way compensated for this post. All of the items mentioned are based on personal experience.
thanks for all the new-to-me etsy shops!
I think my first etsy purchase was personalized stationery (gift). Since then, I have bought a couple of antique belt buckles, vintage needlepoint, a watercolor canvas, art prints and lots of monogrammed goodies. | 2019-04-23T00:29:39 | http://www.totallytikaa.com/2012/09/my-gang-sign.html |
What Does it Mean to be "Chronically Disorganized"?
How Do Professional Organizers Charge?
How Do I Know Which Professional Organizer Is Right For Me?
What If There Is Not a Professional Organizer That Lives Near Me?
What Organizing Services do Professional Organizers Provide? | 2019-04-18T16:33:20 | https://professionalorganizersonline.com/Table/FAQs/ |
If you're looking for a place to get away, look no further than Filet. Whether you're planning to stay for a night or for the week, the area around Filet has accommodations to fit every need. Search for hotels in Filet with Hotels.com by checking our online map. Our map displays the areas and neighborhoods around all Filet hotels so you can see how close you are from landmarks and attractions, and then refine your search within the larger area. The best Filet hotel deals are here with our lowest price guarantee.
Where are the Best Places to Stay in Filet? | 2019-04-26T05:48:16 | https://www.hotels.com/de10753184/hotels-filet-switzerland/?pos=HCOM_US&locale=en_US |
How can a hilux twin cab 1989 be on sale today in the Japanese used car auctions with only 11,360kms? Could these kms be real?
Yes, both of the above is true. In actual fact the real owner of this vehicle was a city council. The vehicle was custom made as fire engine. There is a story behind these vehicles for the city council.
These types of vehicles are purchased by the city hall by tender. The city office explains what sort of vehicles is required and any company can tender their bids. After the vehicle is made and paid for the city office also has a condition about how long they can keep the vehicle for, as well as what condition the vehicle must be kept to. The result is a vehicle like this one, low in kms, high in condition that must be sold in the Japanese used car auctions. Bargains to be got! | 2019-04-21T00:18:22 | https://providecars.co.jp/2012/02/ |
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K) is going to hold its three days annual management festival—‘Backwaters 2015 on the institute campus from October 30 to November 1 with plethora of activities.
“There will be variety of competition in different disciplines through a series of gruelling tasks to test their diverse skills and operational excellence. The campus unit of TEDx will also host its talk series on the theme, ‘Uncharted Territory’ as part of the event on November 1. Arunabh Das Sharma, current president of Times Group, Archana Sardana, India’s first woman civilian-base jumper and deep sea diver, Malvika Iyer, bomb-blast survivor, social worker and motivational speaker, V. .S Sudhakar, co-founder of Big Basket and founder of “More” under Aditya Birla Group, will be some of the speakers at the TEDx event,” informed an official of IIM-K.
“Backwaters will also hold a special programme called ‘Shiksha,’ where students from under-graduate colleges and schools get an opportunity to interact with and get career guidance from eminent IIM professors, professionals and motivational speakers,” added the same official.
Students will also be able to test their acumen in various disciplines of management through different events such as, Tek-Quest by Abakus-the technology interest group, Stratagem by Konsult-the consulting interest group, On-The-Mark by mPower-the marketing interest group and Konflict Management by HRiday-the HR interest group. There will also be online events Pips n Profit (online trading competition), Spice Route (online quiz) and Optimus (supply chain simulation game).
When it cultural night there will be performances by Vir Das who will be performing along with his band, Alien Chutney and Celio, leading stand-up comedian, movie-star and singer on first day. Raeth, a sufi pop rock band will also be performing on the campus on November 1. | 2019-04-24T00:43:22 | https://www.collegedekho.com/news/backwaters-2015-to-begin-at-iim-k-campus-from-30th-november-9763/ |
WinLock virus – is a family of viruses, that blocks or hampers the work with operating system and extorts money from infected PC users. You may know them as Trojan.Winlock, Trojan.Ransom, Trojan.ScreenLock. For unlocking you should pay ransom, using electronic payment system.
Banners, that run with operating system and fill the desktop, block Task Manager, Registry Editor and SafeMode.
How WinLock virus infected my PC?
There are many ways to be contaminated, but mostly virus uses weakness of the browsers, while user visits malicious website. Another popular way – is files, which are masked as installation of a good program.
How to get rid of WinLock virus?
For removing WinLockers you can use special programs or remove them manually (for not advanced winlockers). For removing virus by yourself use SafeMode with Networking. For automatic removal, you can use HitmanPro.KickStart or Kaspersky RescueDisk.
If WinLocker runs with your system in safemode, then it is advanced winlocker, that can run even in safemode. We recommend you to use next two methods with special utilities.
First of all, make bootable flash drive with HitmanPro.KickStart, using other PC.
Follow instructions and start scan, then remove found threats.
Reboot PC, return boot drive to default (Hard-Drive) and all be fine now. | 2019-04-25T04:28:45 | http://www.free-uninstall.org/how-to-remove-winlock-virus/ |
A small and lonely star named Twinkle wishes that he could be a member of a popular constellation. He often gazes down upon the earth and wonders whether anyone can even see him. Twinkle soon learns however that even the smallest star can accomplish great things. Ages 1-6. | 2019-04-23T22:14:02 | https://lehistent.com.au/products/twinklepaperback |
Synthetic antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed “medicines.” Excessive consumption of such drugs affects digestion and, ironically, weakens the resistance to infections.
In this article we give you five worlds most powerful antibiotics and natural antibiotics that will improve your health condition without affecting your digestive tract.
Garlic provides numerous benefits as a natural antibiotic, such as combating fungal and microbial infections. According to a 90-day study of Aged Garlic Extract (AGE), treating cold and flu with garlic reduces its severity as well as the number of symptoms.
Before use, cut the garlic and let it sit for about 15 minutes to release allicin, one of its active compounds. Then, add garlic in the last 5 minutes of cooking in order to keep its active compounds which are sensitive to heat.
This herb has been long used to neutralize venom from snakebites, due to its antiviral, antibacterial, and antiseptic properties. It contains polysaccharides which active immune response, providing an immune boost and anti-inflammatory effect.
Oregano oil is not just a culinary spice – it is one of the most effective remedies against the flu and colds. Oregano oil possesses powerful antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal and antioxidant properties which can defeat many infections. It is especially effective against the novovirus, and according to studies, taking 600 mg. of it for 6 weeks can eliminate most parasites in the digestive tract. We recommend taking 1500 mg. oregano oil capsules during the flu season as a preventative measure, and 3500 mg. capsules in divided daily doses to treat acute conditions. You can apply 1-2 drops of the oil diluted in olive or coconut oil topically to treat problems such as Athlete’s foot or ringworm. Inhaling the steam of a few drops of oregano oil added to boiling water can reduce infections and sinus congestion.
Raw honey is an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes, and antimicrobial properties. It also contains propolis and bee pollen, both of which boost immunity and provide antibiotic properties.
Honey has a wide plethora of uses, from reducing coughs and healing foot ulcers in diabetics to reducing postoperative complications and relieving pain better than acetaminophen and commonly used pain-relievers.
Due to its hydrogen peroxide content, raw honey is effective against MRSA as well, a fact which is backed up by science. It has been found that Manuka honey from New Zealand is the most effective against MRSA, due to its high methylglyoxal content. | 2019-04-23T15:55:28 | http://hfstips.org/worlds-most-powerful-antibiotics/ |
"The Girl Who Plays In The Purple Sand"
Also, Molten Minds has picked up an old project that I had started just for fun, I believe, in 2011. It was just about me trying to be chubby and do an endurance race, and Liz Tichenor, who was my right hand during principal photography on Purple Sands, is going to help me edit and finish it. The goal for finishing will be to get a slot into The World Championship Ironman 140.6 in Kona, Hawaii, by having a Big Island Resident qualifying time at Honu the Ironman 70.3 in the spring of 2018 in Kona.
Are you a film buff, screenwriter, what festivals do think are best, ideas for films, want to help with social media, or just have a question in general, no matter what it is we would like to hear from you!
The Big Island, or Hawai'i Island is a living breathing entity, to live here is to be blessed, but for a long time large media productions were nonexistent or passing through, but the times are changing. I've helped shoot scripted (narrative) features, feature documentaries, reality television, commercials, and seen others bringing large scale independent films to the Island. Just like the lava flows in it's ever changing path of creation, an amalgamation of transplanted working professionals and local talent are raising the bar to be a force heard around the World! Yes, the World, as Hawai'i is one of the most diverse places on the planet in so many ways.
SEE SOME OLD PROJECTS, and I mean old!
Sharing the human experience through art is essential if we are to grow and craft ourselves through the chaos of the modern world that tries to divide and isolate us. Mahalo Nui Loa & Aloha Mark Lawrence Lewis. | 2019-04-25T18:23:43 | http://www.moltenminds.com/ |
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is excited to announce that PNK Group Investments has begun construction on the Cambria Hotel Los Angeles – Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles. Slated to open in 2020, the 13-story, 180-room hotel is the adaptive reuse of a Historic Core District building built in 1927 that was once the office for the Los Angeles Police Department Vice Squad.
"Greater Los Angeles has always been a popular travel spot for U.S. and global travelers, and the Downtown area of this vibrant city is quickly becoming a top destination in its own right. The Los Angeles Convention Center attracts more than 2 million visitors annually and the city is exploding with new restaurants and shops catering to a diverse population," said Sagar Kumar, managing member of PNK Group Investments. "We cannot wait for guests to experience the one-of-a-kind transformed Cambria Hotel Los Angeles – Spring Street and all of the upscale amenities offered." | 2019-04-20T01:28:59 | http://media.choicehotels.com/2019-01-28-Cambria-Hotels-Begins-Transformation-of-Downtown-Los-Angeles-Building-with-Sky-Breaking |
ABC News learned that sliming a company can cost a lot of money. An attorney for Beef Products Inc. told CNN Money, BPI was awarded more than $177 million in the settlement of its defamation lawsuit against ABC because its beef was called “pink slime” by the network.
The broadcast networks have refused to cover the conclusion of a massive defamation case involving one of their own. ABC News and Beef Products Inc (BPI) reached a confidential settlement which concluded a 5-year-old lawsuit as of June 27. BPI filed a $1.9 billion lawsuit against ABC News in 2012 for reports that the company’s lean finely textured beef (LFTB) as dangerous “pink slime.” ABC may have been liable for up to $5.7 billion if it lost the case because of South Dakota’s Agricultural Food products Disparagement Act.
The defamation case Reuters called a “trial of a lifetime,” between Beef Products Inc. and ABC over the network’s coverage of its lean finely texture beef product continued with an amazing allegation. The network news also continued ignoring the trial, in spite of depositions of ABC employees which were shared with the court the week of June 12.
A case with huge implications for journalists and speech began on June 5, and the three broadcast networks ignored it. Perhaps because it is one of their own — ABC — which is being sued for its biased attacks on one company’s product. The company, Beef Products Inc (BPI), had to close three out of four beef processing plants as revenue dropped 80 percent, following a series of ABC reports critical of its beef. The fight has become a $5.7 billion lawsuit, according to Reuters.
A new American President is always a big story, but TV news is obsessed with the Trump administration — and not in a good way. In the first 30 days (January 20 to February 18), our analysts determined that the President and his team were the subject of 16 hours of coverage on just the Big Three evening newscasts, or more than half (54%) of all of the news coverage during this period. And while most new presidents enjoy a media honeymoon, the tone of Trump’s coverage was nearly as hostile (88% negative) as we found during last year’s presidential campaign (91% negative).
One of the world’s last brutal communist dictators, Cuba’s Fidel Castro, died at the age of 90. While Cuban exiles celebrated long into the night, on America’s “objective” networks, they pulled out hankies and mourned this despot’s filthy works and celebrated the hellhole he made.
VIDEO Nets Thrilled by Obama’s ‘Historic Trip’ to Cuba: He’s Bigger Than Beyonce!
The network morning shows on Thursday were beside themselves with glee over the White House announcing President Obama would travel to Cuba in March. While all three broadcasts hailed the upcoming “historic trip,” it was ABC’s Good Morning America that went the extra mile by proclaiming the President was more popular than singer Beyonce on the island nation. | 2019-04-19T00:40:06 | https://www.newsbusters.org/journalists/jim-avila |
(BPT) - The trend toward smaller, more efficient homes is still in full swing, with new home builders offering floor plans that lower square footage while amping up usability. If your home is older, however, or you live in an apartment, your smaller space may just feel... well, small.
Nothing makes a small room look more cramped than filling it with furnishings that are too big for the space. For example, if your living room is 10 by 12, a 9-foot-long sofa is going to dominate the room and leave little space for anything else. Conversely, placing a smaller bed (such as a twin or single) in a modestly sized bedroom is a classic trick designers and home stagers use to make a bedroom look larger.
When buying furniture for your small space, keep scale in mind. Furnishings should fit the space well, leaving plenty of area for you to move around them. Mohawk Homescapes blogger Cecilia Staniec advises homeowners take room measurements. "You should never shop for furniture without a complete set of measurements," she writes.
Smart use of wall space can open up floor space, which is often at a premium in small rooms. Some items must occupy floor space, such as sofas, tables and chairs. Others - like lighting, TVs and electronic components - don't.
Wall-mounting TVs, especially flat screens, can be a great way to conserve floor space and create an appealing focal point for a petite room. Low-profile wall mounts, like Sanus' Super Slim Full-motion VMF408, are perfect for small to medium screens of 26 to 47 inches. The mounts keep the screen close to the wall while providing a full range of motion for optimum viewing from multiple seating areas. Similarly, you can wall-mount your computer monitor - even an iPad.
Your walls can work for you in other ways, too. Even in small rooms, the walls are one of the largest design elements. Choosing a bright or light wall color can help a smaller room feel more open and airy. Adding mirrors is another way to make a room appear larger. You don't need to install a full-length mirror on one wall; a series of smaller mirrors attractively positioned in a cluster can do the job just as well without being overwhelming.
Carefully consider accessories you place on the wall, and don't overdo it. Too much on the walls will make them look cluttered and even smaller. Sometimes, one or two thoughtful graphic elements are all you need to make a design statement.
A lack of lighting can make a small room look positively cramped. Whenever possible, enhance the size and appeal of your rooms with plenty of light. Natural light is optimum and adding a skylight or solar tube is a great way to bring sunshine into your home.
If that kind of renovation isn't in your budget, however, maximize natural light by keeping window treatments light and open. Avoid dark colors around windows, as darker hues absorb more natural light. Recessed lighting overhead can help a room feel loftier, and wall sconces provide illumination without occupying valuable floor space.
When it comes to home decorating, bigger isn't always better and smaller doesn't have to mean cramped. With the right blend of furnishings, colors and accessories, it's possible to live large in any small space. | 2019-04-21T22:06:56 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/advertising/2013-03-30/tips-optimizing-small-spaces |
"Look Around, See the Changes"
As I drove around, thinking about making my annual southbound trip, I couldn’t help but notice how many things in our area’s environment have changed. Odd things that many people may not even notice.
When I am down at the lake and look toward the lighthouse, the reef appears to have risen from the water’s bottom. Some of us remember the reef with full-grown trees on it while most people just recall an appearance of a small island of rocks sticking out of the water. Today, as you look toward the reef on a bright, sunny day you can discern where the entire structure lies, from the shoreline to the lighthouse and beyond.
As I look in another direction, straight out from the new waterfront park, I see the old, slanted rock sticking way out of the water just offshore. I recall wearing out the seat of many bathing trunks, using that rock as a slide. The reef beyond that rock is also more definable than in the past.
Among the many changes I observe are the trees. What sad changes indeed. Most of the ash still standing were bare all summer. This past week I observed the removal of two such trees, both giants that had stood for years, one by ring count 132. I saw that the center of the tree at its base was eaten away by root rot, most likely having occurred after a borer attack.
The Emerald Ash Borer is native to Asia, Russia, Northern China, Japan and Korea. They were first discovered in the U.S. and confirmed in Canton, Mich., in June of 2002. The little green borers have killed millions of trees in 14 states around the country. The Ash Borers are killing trees in our area that are over 90 feet tall and leaving many wooded areas a mass of tangled dying trees. For detailed information look for Emerald Ash Borer, Wikipedia, the computer encyclopedia. I know I have mentioned the devastation afflicting our wooded areas in past columns but as I traveled throughout the state, the damage is difficult to ignore.
Ash trees are not the only trees I noticed having an unusual appearance. Maples, which provide such grand color variety during Huron County’s fall season, have what looks like a mold-type fungus in the center of the leaves. The mighty oaks, many 200 to 300 years old, have small holes or black dots apparent on their leaves as they flutter to the ground to cover the acorns which seem to be a smaller crop this year.
Our local animals know it’s that time of year again. Squirrels are storing up spare food and they are wearing very heavy coats — or they are the fattest squirrels I have ever seen. The deer are also changing coats and their winter coats look much darker and heavier than in past years at this time.
I saw fast moving clouds over the lake that sure looked like winter snow clouds, and as the temperature dropped, a few flurries did fall. As I see it, Brrrrrrrrr... I better get back to packing. | 2019-04-26T02:55:26 | http://www.tipsforboating.com/lookaround.html |
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A ceremony to mark the start on site a new 35,000 sq ft trade centre unit under construction for leading UK building supplies and materials group Selco was today held onsite at Horizon38 – the new 1 million sq ft mixed use development located on the site of the former-Rolls Royce Filton Works announced last October and being redeveloped jointly by developers iSec and their JV partners St Francis Group.
The new building under construction, is being developed on a 2,43-acre plot and when finished will serve as a new trade counter to serve Selco’s growing number of customers in Bristol and the South West. Detailed planning consent was granted for the development last year, with Selco taking a 15-year lease. Building work began at the start of March and is expected to be complete by October 2017.
Attending the event Mike Forster, iSec Development Director, said “It’s great to see a major name in Selco as our first trade customer on site, and we will soon be commencing construction of a further phase of 31,700 square feet of Trade Counter units which will be completed in March 2018 to meet the demand from other trade occupiers.”.
Horizon 38 is a landmark strategic development site, directing fronting onto the A38 in Filton near the former Filton airfield, Airbus and Rolls-Royce Engines manufacturing plants. It sits within the Filton Enterprise Area; the largest and most significant regeneration and inward investment project in the south west and just 3 miles from Bristol city centre and less than 2 miles from the M5. | 2019-04-20T13:07:47 | https://horizon38.com/construction-starts-new-selco-trade-centre-hozion-38-bristol/ |
Below is our collection of tidbits, odds 'n ends for Assineau.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Assineau to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
Edmonton [Map], which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the South Southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Assineau to Edmonton, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON [Map]) is 1,838 miles [2,958 km] to the East (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
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<1> Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Assineau) to Point B.
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Assineau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.3741, Longitude: -115.1904 [Map].
<3> The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Assineau to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<4> The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.191 degrees.
<5> The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.445 degrees.
<6> The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.972 degrees. | 2019-04-26T10:49:00 | https://roadsidethoughts.com/ab/assineau-tidbits.htm |
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Henry Beale was a survivor of the Crimean War and his passing caused controversy as no military funeral was provided.
The Salford Reporter of 23rd September 1899 recorded "Henry Charles Beale, an army pensioner, who formerly resided in Gerard Road, Broughton, died suddenly at his residence on Sunday night. The deceased joined the 44th Regiment (East Sussex) in his early years and was first stationed in Gibraltar. He passed through the Crimean War being present at the battles of Alma and Inkerman and the capture of Sebastopol for which he received the Turkish medal and the Crimean medal with three clasps. He was next sent to India with his Regiment, but was not actively engaged in quelling the mutiny, his regiment taking the place of another which had marched onto Delhi. He was present at the taking of the *Taku forts in 1860 for which he received the Chinese medal and clasp.
He retired from the army after more than 20 years service with the long service and good conduct medal; with the rank of Band Sergeant; and with the entry on his discharge papers that during the whole of his period of service, his name had never appeared on the defaulters book, truly a wonderful record. After his death the Reverend J. Dyer Bray, Pastor of the Baptist Church, Great Clowes Street, Broughton, applied to the authorities at Hulme Barracks that military honours should be paid to the memory of the deceased. To his surprise he was informed that owing to adverse criticism in the local press, with regard to the funeral of another Crimean veteran in Manchester some time ago, the Colonel of the Regiment had decided that in future, military honours should not be paid on the death of a Crimean veteran. Mrs Beale then appealed to the Colonel, but he said that the band had a prior engagement.
The Funeral took place on Thursday (21st September) afternoon. A service was held at Great Clowes Street Baptist Church, Broughton, conducted by Reverend J.D.Bray, followed by interment in the Dissenters portion of Weaste Cemetery. Only family and a few friends were present.
*The Battle of the Taku Forts occurred in 1860 when the Government of China refused to ratify the Treaty of Tienstin. As representatives of Britain and France tried to proceed up the Peiho River to ascertain the cause, they found the waterway blocked. Admiral Hope was ordered to force a passage, by attacking the Taku Forts, but he was repulsed with heavy losses. The 44th Regiment composed of 35 officers and 1,176 men were brought in from India. The forts along the river were protected by a series of ditches, bamboo stake palisades and heavy musket fire. The 44th were in the vanguard of the assault on the North Taku Fort. They tried to storm the main gate, but this failed. However they breached a wall and forced an entry into the fort. Next to fall was the Outer North Fort and then by evening they had captured the south forts. During the fighting 2 officers were severely wounded, 14 men were killed and one drummer and 45 men were wounded. | 2019-04-22T21:04:06 | http://www.weasteheritagetrail.co.uk/salford-people/biographies/entry/henry-charles-beale.htm |
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I don't think I've even eaten a cupcake at a Super Bowl party, but according to Delish.com, us Louisianians love us some game day cupcakes.
Maybe it's because we already know how to cook gumbo and fire up a grill, so we don't have to Google recipes for any tried-and-true Super Bowl snacks. But, cupcakes? I mean, the Super Bowl falls smack dab in the middle of Mardi Gras season, it's more likely that we'd be eating King Cake on Sunday than cupcakes.
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Discussion in 'Old News' started by Demon_Skeith, Jun 8, 2018.
Who knows, maybe some forums that post count doesn't go up for us does go up for him (done via permissions).
So, come on guys...hurry up and post more. The more competition the fun this can be.
Posting is fun and enjoying. Doesnt even feel like a competition.
Be be advise the counter doesn't update between the final hour that it would reset. So the contest will end 24 hours from the time of this post.
Thanks, It'll be an afternoon to me then.
But I've been too busy today, so without a doubt, congrats to @NameGervin for winning! Let me know how you like your prize.
I was surprise too that the widget vanished this morning.
I blame you, it couldn't take me not being on top and just vanished.
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We have recently been hearing that some people with young children feel that 11:15 is the only service to which you can bring children. I just want to make it really clear to everyone that children are welcome at all of our services and if you prefer a more traditional service or you would just like to experience something different please do come along to either 8:00am or 9:30am and please do bring your children we love to have families worshipping together at all of our services.
November 5th - No 9:30 or 11:15 Joint service at 10.00 where the children preparing for Communion will be making their First Communion. We hope to make this a real celebration for the children involved so please do come along and support them. In the meantime please keep Alex, Sarah, Elysia, Mason, Katie and Lizzie in your prayers.
November 12th - No 11.15 service as it is Remembrance Sunday and we will be at the war memorial for 11:00am. There will still be a 9:30am service at which everyone is always welcome or alternatively do join us at the war memorial at the end of the High Street for the Remembrance Day service.
Please remember that we do serve coffee between the 9:30 and 11:15 services.
Please do join us and have a chat with other members of the congregation.
If you have never been to Messy Church or haven’t been for some time and would like to try it please contact me and will make sure that you get the necessary information.
I don’t know if you have heard of this organisation before but basically it is a group who encourage dad’s to be more actively involved with the Spiritual nurture of their children. The most popular way of doing this is by organising a dad’s and children event probably on a monthly basis, running something like a cross between parent and toddlers and Messy Church, but run by dads and for dads.
If you think this is something that you would be interested in organising or becoming involved with please do let me know. If there is enough interest we will look into the possibility of setting up a monthly group on Saturday’s at the Parish Centre.
I believe the big draw is generally the bacon butty’s that seem to be obligatory!
If you would like to have your child baptised here at St Nicholas, or if you would like to be baptised yourself, baptism is open to people of all ages, please come along to vestry hour in the church on Monday evenings 6.30-7.30 (except bank holidays) and speak to a member of staff.
Many thanks to everyone who has come along to a service to pick up their baptism certificate we still have quite a number waiting to be collected. We do appreciate that it is not always easy to get here on a Sunday but we do feel that it is extremely important that if baptism is to mark the beginning of a life long journey with Christ then they do need to be welcomed by the local Christian community and we do this when we give the baptism certificate.
I do hope that you have found this information helpful. If you would like any further information please do get in touch, we love to hear from you.
Photos - Courtesy of Roseacre Nursery, showing the recent 'Scarecrow Wedding' held in the church. | 2019-04-18T21:12:17 | https://www.stnicholaschurch-shepperton.org/children-and-families.html |
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The LVMH Prize is back for a new year! LVMH announces the launch of the fourth edition of the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers, inviting designers to apply for the 2017 prize.
LVMH created the LVMH Prize in 2013 to recognize and support talented young fashion designers. In 2016, following a review of over a thousand candidates from around the world, the prize went to British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner, and a special prize was awarded to Canadian Vejas Kruszewski.
This year the jury welcomes Maria Grazia Chiuri, who was appointed Creative Director of Dior last July. The twelve-member jury counts nine creative directors of LVMH Maisons – Jonathan Anderson (Loewe), Maria Grazia Chiuri (Dior), Nicolas Ghesquière (Louis Vuitton), Marc Jacobs (Marc Jacobs), Karl Lagerfeld (Fendi), Humberto Leon and Carol Lim (Kenzo), Phoebe Philo (Céline) and Riccardo Tisci (Givenchy) – joined by Delphine Arnault (Executive Vice President of Louis Vuitton), Jean-Paul Claverie (Advisor to Bernard Arnault and Director of Corporate Patronage at LVMH) and Pierre-Yves Roussel (Chairman and CEO of the LVMH Fashion Group).
In addition to a cash endowment, the LVMH Prize provides the winner with a mentorship and personal coaching to help her or him develop their business. Each year the LVMH Prize also recognizes three young fashion school graduates, who are invited to join the creative team at one of the Group’s Maisons for one year and receive a grant of 10,000 euros.
The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers is open to designers aged 40 and under who have produced and sold at least two women’s or men’s ready-to-wear collections. Applications are welcome starting today and can be submitted exclusively on the LVMH Prize website, www.lvmhprize.com, through February 5, 2017. | 2019-04-18T14:50:16 | https://www.lvmh.co.jp/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%EF%BC%86%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9/lvmh-launches-fourth-edition-of-lvmh-prize-for-young-fashion-designers/ |
Women in Aheqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, have increased their income and become more financially independent recently after working vigorously to develop the local handicraft industry.
Ayiguli Tuobaoku, a farmer from Kulansarike Village, said with happiness: "I got 1,800 yuan (U.S. $290) for a cross-stitch and tapestry I made in half a month."
"Creating handicrafts is popular in our village as we can do it and we still have the time for housework and to help support our family," she added.
The county boasts nearly 10 varieties of folk handicrafts including handmade blankets, string beads, woven silk flowers, embroidery and cross-stitches.
Locals have set up over 10 factories specialized in handmade goods, Kirgiz-style blankets, addressing the employment needs of over 200 rural women.
"Women here now have broader vision, stronger confidence and higher household status. They are enthusiastic in business creation and confident in becoming rich through diligent work," said an official of the local women's federation.
"It is fair to say that they have 'held up the half sky' in building up their families' fortune," she added. | 2019-04-21T13:14:25 | http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/special/grassroots_women/xinjiang/1508/1572-1.htm |
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Remember when Alan Moore wrote Tales From The Crypt...in space?
In the early 1980s, way before he was famous for absolutely anything, Alan Moore was tapped to pen a series of science fiction strips for the now-venerable British comic mag 2000 AD. Dubbed Future Shocks, these 2000 AD staples were one-and-done stories with diabolical twist endings and a quirky cast of aliens, time travelers, and ill-mannered mutants.
Rebellion Press has recently collected these vignettes by the bearded one in The Complete Alan Moore Future Shocks, which hit bookstores earlier this month. And even though no one's optioning a big-screen adaptation of the adventures of Bayer Lupo, The First Werewolf in Outer Space or protesting the status quo with masks of, uh, Phlondrutian dungeon guards, this collection remains a worthy purchase.
It's somewhat bizarre to think of Alan Moore as a novice. 75% of this has to do with his formidable bibliography; the other 25% stems from the fact that his primal, untamable beard has roamed the Earth for millennia, slaying mastodons before settling on Moore's jawline in the late 20th century. But yes, the reader can definitely tell that a younger Moore was still perfecting his craft here.
And although none of the comics are outright bad, several of them are more generic than the Alan Moore you may be accustomed to. The worst of these shorts read like middling entries in mildewy 1970s horror anthologies. It's good when "inoffensive" is the worst it gets.
But how about the good stuff? Lo, there's plenty of it. People tend to forget that Alan Moore can be a funny dude, and the high points of this collection are off-kilter comedy. The best bits star weirdos like the aforementioned Bayer Lupo, the doomed planet Klakton (a riff on Superman's origin), Dr. Dibworthy (a time stream meddler who tosses anvils through chronoportals), and the unctuous Abelard Snazz, a problem-solving supergenius who has the uncanny knack for attracting angry mobs. Moore even pens a ripping take on Tharg the Mighty, 2000 AD's surly, Betelgeusian master of ceremonies.
$20 would be a bargain for Alan Moore's formative zaniness by its lonesome, but when you factor in the art staff — folks like Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon, Alan Davis, and Brendan McCarthy — this collection is a must-buy for Moore completists and a zarjaz choice for anyone else looking to take a respite from reality. | 2019-04-19T00:40:54 | https://io9.gizmodo.com/remember-when-alan-moore-wrote-tales-from-the-crypt-i-5863558 |
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Participants receive interview attire, establish career goals, develop individualized Presoanl Success Plans, enhance their current resumes and improve their interview skills through mock interview exercises. They also have access to all resources of the Dress for Success Ddutchess County Career Center.
SIS Boot Camp is held during consecutive Wednesday morning sessions in our Career Center: Spring: (March-April) Fall: (August-October).
Interested candidates are required to complete an admission interview and application to be considered for enrollment. | 2019-04-20T08:15:20 | https://www.dutchesscap.org/programs_and_services/dressforsuccessdc/sis-program.html |
Following the well-trodden path of saying “hello†on radio and suchlike, attempts are made to orientate the listener as fully as humanly possible. However, the introduction is stripped of all credibility and matter-of-factness, as the dialogue was recorded in anti-realtime from within a phase inverted superelectromagnetic space-chamber which interferes with one’s perception of time.
I have it on good authority that in spite of the embarrassing proclamations herein, his parents are still proud of him; mainly because of the anti-realtime time disruption facilitator thingybob, a difficult thing to build indeed.
Followed by a short acoustical investigation.
This entry was posted in Epistaxis Time on July 12, 2006 by Dan Wilson.
oh, thank god it’s back. i had a wonderful commute this morning. thank you!! | 2019-04-21T00:09:56 | http://podcasts.resonancefm.com/archives/380 |
"Baby, baby, baby, you are the only one for me."
Can't keep his mind on nothing else.
For the good thing he found.
Yeah, if she's bad, he can't see it.
If he put her down.
If she says, "Baby, that is how it's gonna be."
Cryin, "Baby, baby please don't treat me bad."
She can bring him such misery.
He's the last one to know.
Lovin' eyes don't ever see.
So, this man says he loves me, he loves me.
Treat me, treat me bad."
Ohhhh, oh I need him.
He can do her no wrong.
He could never hold another girl.
And run out ah-ah-ah-on the sly?
Baby, baby, this is a man's world.
Thanks for correcting Bette Midler - When A Man Loves A Woman lyrics! | 2019-04-22T12:12:23 | https://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bette_midler/when_a_man_loves_a_woman.html |
Living in a state with some of the highest overall tax burdens in the country, New Jerseyans are used to heated arguments over tax policy. We’ve all seen the movie before. On one side, fiscal conservatives argue that lowering taxes is critical to keeping wealth and “job creators” in New Jersey. On the other, fiscal liberals argue that raising taxes on the most affluent is “fair” and necessary to support critical public services and has little, if any, impact on interstate migration and economic investment. Most of us in the middle are either confused or suspect that both sides may have a point.
Unfortunately, the traditional tax policy debate throws off plenty of political heat but sheds little light. One reason is that both extremes misunderstand or misrepresent the role of competition.
It’s all about competition, but not all the competition is about taxes. Like it or not, states compete for jobs and economic development. Each state faces a unique competitive environment made up of many components. Tax policy is important, but it is just one component among many such as location, climate, educational quality, density, regulatory requirements, cultural amenities, recreational resources, and infrastructure.
Yes, taxes matter, but not always in the way people assume. Clearly taxes matter, but how?
Given the ample statistical data that correlates New Jersey’s high taxes and net outmigration of both income and wealth from the state, many assume New Jersey’s “problem” is high taxes in general. Probably true to an extent, but there’s more to it.
Like many New Jerseyans, I have watched with alarm as a steady stream of friends, colleagues, and business firms decamp from New Jersey due, at least in part, to high taxes. Interestingly, although most complained about overall tax burdens, many specifically identified a “tipping point” issue such as crushing local property taxes, high marginal income-tax rates, low thresholds for taxing retirement income, the lack of any exemption for capital gains on the sale of a business, or the fact that New Jersey imposes a complicated mix of two death taxes. This concern for tax impacts at the important margins of firm- and individual-level financial decisions has important implications for how New Jersey should manage tax policies in a competitive environment.
In the competition for business and jobs, don’t oversell the benefits of lowering taxes. Yes, lowering business taxes can stimulate investment and job creation, but policymakers would do well to keep in mind that the reality of competition limits the long-term impact.
For example, despite the sturm und drang, many businesses’ state-tax burdens are relatively small compared with their federal tax obligations and other costs, so the comparative advantage that a state like New Jersey might derive from reducing taxes or even eliminating any specific tax is likewise relatively small.
Moreover, comparative tax advantages tend to be temporary. New Jersey is located in a highly competitive region, and our neighboring jurisdictions such as New York state and New York City have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to counter New Jersey’s business-oriented tax and development incentives. The plain fact is, with an economy and budget more than twice the size, New York State will always be in a position to out-bid New Jersey.
Know your competition. Hint: it’s not Manhattan. There is a tendency in New Jersey policy circles to think of New York City, specifically Manhattan, as our main competitor. This focus is somewhat misplaced. In reality, outside of Newark and Hudson County’s “Gold Coast,” our northern counties’ most direct competition is from New York’s Orange, Rockland, Westchester, and Nassau, with whom they share many demographic and economic characteristics. New Jersey’s policymakers should therefore be careful to evaluate tax-policy proposals in terms of their relative impact on a target audience in substantially similar circumstances -- for example, suburban office parks or commuting homeowners -- rather than solely the apples-versus-oranges comparison between Manhattan and northern New Jersey.
Tax migration is not necessarily about moving. One of the most incendiary arguments in state tax policy today is over whether or not high income taxes actually encourage taxpayers to move from a high-tax jurisdiction such as New Jersey to a low-tax jurisdiction such as Florida. The answer, supported by research, is a resounding “yes, but.” Yes, we can document a small but consequential increase in “net outmigration” due to high marginal rates. The “but” is that the public dialogue typically assumes that “outmigration” means “moving,” whereas the reality is much more nuanced. Although it’s true that some fed-up wealthy taxpayers move or accelerate existing retirement relocation plans to escape New Jersey’s taxes, particularly when contemplating the sale of a closely held business, many others accomplish much the same goal by following their tax professional’s advice to establish tax residency outside New Jersey through relatively small lifestyle adjustments.
The simple fact is that a wealthy taxpayer with more than one residence who travels a bit can easily establish tax residency outside New Jersey while continuing to live in and enjoy property in New Jersey for almost half of every year. In other words, you can avoid a 9 percent tax on your income but still entertain family and friends at your beach house down the Shore for the entire summer season. Not a difficult decision. Not coincidentally, nonresidents are making up a larger fraction of total New Jersey tax returns filed by wealthy households. Since 1996, the percentage of total New Jersey returns reporting over $500,000 in income filed by nonresidents has increased from 5.9 percent to 7.9 percent. This is hugely consequential given the concentration of our income tax base at the high end (for instance, in 2012, the top 10 percent paid over 72 percent of all state income tax) and the fact that former residents filing as nonresidents typically slash their tax payments to New Jersey.
New Jersey doesn’t have to win on taxes; it just has to avoiding losing. For a host of physical, historic, and political reasons, New Jersey will never be the lowest-taxed state in the region let alone in the nation. And given the competitive environment we’re in, we’d be fools to try.
Yet we should do everything we can to avoid to compounding our losses. We must avoid policies that position New Jersey as a notorious and negative “outlier” in the region and among its economic peers.
Avoiding outlier status means rejecting proposals to boost our top marginal income tax rate far beyond New York State’s level (we are already higher) and filing down obnoxious policy splinters like an inheritance tax that applies to transfers as small as $500. It also means that when we raise taxes -- as we almost certainly will -- we should do it in ways that don’t aggravate our existing competitive disadvantages. That’s why, for example, it may make sense to combine a possible increase in motor-fuels taxes (which are relatively low) with phased-in reform of our death taxes (which are relatively high), even if the result is a net increase in revenue.
The bottom line is this: New Jersey’s best bet lies in maintaining a thoroughly unremarkable state tax-policy profile that frees our businesses and job creators to compete on other factors in which New Jersey may actually enjoy a significant and unassailable competitive advantage. | 2019-04-25T10:11:33 | https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/16/03/27/opinion-when-not-losing-is-winning-the-impact-of-competition-on-nj-s-tax-policies/ |
Do you have either a very small, or very simplistic website and have determined you want to develop and use a web presence as a key component of your organization? Perhaps you have previously invested in your web presence in the past, and find that you are simply outdated, or even worse incompatible with the current web environment and are losing not just your investment, but your position and business volume within the World Wide Web.
The real questions is: Why SHOULD I Have a Web Presence at all? This is a very critical question, and you might think it is too simplistic. However we find many organizations in the Small Business segment to be fairly confused about why they even want one, and what they could, would or should even do. Following are a few simple applications. By not means are these comprehensive, but they might help for the purpose of this discussion. One thing to remember, all these following concepts must eventually end up accomplishing your primary business goal, which typically is to achieve profit in whatever form you measure.
A shingle out of the virtual streets: This is simply the idea that you have a website that advertises you as an organization that provides certain services or products, and that someone should stop and check you out.
A resource of information, content, and concepts about a topic or product.
A lead generator for your sales organization to follow up with, as well as market to in the future.
An online store for your products and services. Users can literally order or even receive product or services from you without contacting you directly. .
A brand homestead. You are simply occupying a spot out in the marketplace to maintain, expand, define, and protect your brand. You might not be attempting to create a specific sale, or lead, but you want to re-enforce your brand identity.
An extension of your organization to your customers and vendors. Think of a portal where customers can log in, interact with your organization, check on order status, or receive updates from you.
The first 5 examples rely on far more than simply having a website. You can have the coolest, slickest, most-est website in the whole www and yet if no one can find you, and i compelled to engage your site, it will result in no benefit.
By far, Google is the critical component of getting found. You can check this site and find out what % of traffic is provided by Google to the whole world. This essentially makes Google the gatekeeper of the web. They receive people at the gate to the www (searching for something), and then based on their massive database of websites they have inspected, and then direct the visitor to the best resources they have determined.
If Google doesn't even know you exists, they CANT refer people to you. As big as Google is, they are not able to even know your web presence exists unless you tell them. In fact, you don't have to just tell them you exists, you have to engage them on a regular basis and remind them.
If Google doesn't understand clearly what you are about, then it doesn't know how to refer people to you. Remember, Google isn't a bunch of people reading your site. In fact, the best they can do (and they do the best job out there) is to "crawl" your website with software and make their best guess what you are about. Try to imagine a machine, without any context, determining your core service or product.
If Google doesn't believe you have anything valuable, unique, authoritative, or otherwise special to offer, they have plenty of other sites (billions of them) that they have looked at and are happy to refer users to.
Google has a key mission (their bottom line depends on it): Providing the BEST referral to the BEST information someone is searching for.
It is critical you make Google happy. Int he past, even as recently as 1-2 years ago, making Google happy was a math problem. The more people linked to you,t he more you did, the more volume you yelled at Google, the more attention you got. Normally this is measured in "ranking". How high up tot he top you rank on Google, the better (in theory) you do. It is proven that the higher up in the results you get on Google, the more success you normally have in your attempt to get attention.
However, Google is not only founded by, but staffed and motivated by, very smart people. Smarter than you, me and your 100 best friends (as long as they don't work at Google) combined. Google has put into place many adaptations that have filtered out things they don't like. Google began to change the focus from just a pure quantity issue, to a quality issue. It isnt just the amount of noise you throw at The Gatekeeper, but how well, how clear, and how authoritative your noise sounds to Google. Not only that, but the quality of the user experience is brought into play.And the most recent change, how well does your web presence interact with technology.
Clarity: How clear, focused, coherent your information is is key.A jumble of bad information, poor grammar, or multiple competing focuses on a single page is fundamental. The way your information is indexed is key. A classic example of this is tags, categories and other website elements that help structure your information well for Google and your users.
Originality: The information has to be original. Int he past, simply copying content and reusing it over and over is actually penalized, not just overlooked. Your information needs to be unique when inspected.
Authoritative: This is a combination of good content coupled with other people recognizing it. When other people refer to your site, share it, linking to it etc... and Google knows about it, they understand your site as higher on the authority scale, and believe you are a better resource than others. As well, all things being equal, the longer a site has been around, and the more history it has, the better.
User Experience: Your site must be well structured, with clear navigation, organization, and must be optimized. Optimized means everything from how it looks, to how fast it is. all things being equal, faster is MUCH better for Google.
Technology: The most recent change as of this writing is whether your site is responsive and usable to mobile devices. This is so important (the estimate is by far the majority of web searching is going on in mobile or table based environments) that many sites were significantly penalized by not having this feature when Google recently implemented it. Literally overnight, the traffic a site got evaporated without the right setup.
One of the solutions is to do all the research, become a web developer, and swing at this until you see a change. The obvious dilemma is simply that the learning curve is not only steep, it is constantly changing. Taking valuable time away from your core focus, and taking the risk on your ability to learn this is a mistake. Take it from us, this is a full time focus, and many (if not all) of the best ranking sites you are competing against are using a service. If they aren't, they either have an in house specialist, or will eventually migrate farther and farther down until they effectively disappear.
Evaluating SEO services is simply as overwhelming as the SEO world itself. We worked on a project developing SEO for a photographer, and saw pricing ranging $25 a month to $1500. Obviously, with that range there is huge discrepancy. After a lot of research, it became clear that the lower end of the scale was very rudimentary, and in some cases, totally bogus services. At the higher end, there was a similar problem. There were many claims of success, along with incredible disclaimers that absolved the organization from any obligation of results!
After significant time researching it become obvious that there was a lot of scams. The stories were too numerous to ignore. It also became obvious that some services were working, because it was simply impossible to truly rank in Google without outside support or dedicated, full time internal effort.
The reality there is a need for coupling an internal structuring and method for creating content and putting it on the web ("on page") with external ("off page") activities that provide the authoritative signals Google wants. These external services have to be "white hat", or legit, highly regarded by Google. The alternative is called "black hat", and can be anything from frowned upon by Google, to outright fraudulent and even illegal.
When it comes to the technical, under the hood element of your web presence, we can help. We can help you understand and develop a method for content that will determine the best words to use, the way to present content optimized for Google, and the way to keep reminding Google about you.
In addition, we have a key relationship with an SEO service that has an extremely long history of foundational SEO service. In fact, as we began working with them, we began to see that there is only a handful of companies that actually do this work, and most of the organizations offering SEO services are simply resellers of these organizations. Many of them are marking up the service hundreds of %, without supplying and additional value! We work with you AND them to get you a great in house strategy, while making the job easy and quicker for the SEO service. The interesting concept for our SEO service company is you DO NOT PAY until your content is ranked organically on page 1 of Google. This is a dirty little secret most services wont talk about. They charge you thousands of dollars a month, and you have no guarantee. Normally their contracts are 6 months. With our service contractor, you pay a certain fee to initiate all the research and effort, then you will not pay until you are ranked. This way everyone has incentive to go as fast as possible and get your rankings high. It is normally a 3-5 month process, so starting sooner is better. Anyone who says they can provide you results faster is probably using :black hat: technique, and you run the rick or permanent black listing by Google. .
We also work with visual designers that can provide consulting on the visual, graphical elements of the way the site looks and feels. An effective style guide, with integrated colors, typography, and layout can go a long way to a better looking site, as well as a better conversion rate among your visitors.
If yu need to take a deep look at your web presence, improve it, and benefit from the massive scale of the web, contact us. | 2019-04-21T02:33:17 | http://mastersolutions.com/tag/seo/ |
American Walnut -Rococo Revial Love Seat. Purple guest room.
The term sofa,couch,lounge,divan,tete-a-tete,settee,sociables or love seat, all seem to have different meanings, especially in different parts of the world. We Americans, are the ones, that came up with the term,"love seat." A far cry from the French word,"canapes' or the Italian expression, "sociables." Leave it to the American's, to get right to it. Two people on one seat,"love seat." Some how it is not as romantic sounding, even if the world,"love", is attached.
American Rosewood, Rococo Revial Settee ,or as the Italian says, Sociable, with built in chaperone . Gentlemens parlor.
American Rococo settee in the Blue Guest Room. This is a dear piece, might be my favorite. might?
American, Hayward Wakefield ,wicker loveseat.
American Walnut, Rococo Love Seat, part of a 6 piece set, Ladies parlor. On-suite.
The defination of Settee is, a long seat with a back. Usually seats two. A medium sized sofa,with upholstered seat with back and arms. I found no defination for love seat. In the furniture and decorator world, the term means a two seat sofa or couch. Some would say, smaller couch.
Different types of settees were given different names deriving from there function. To me the most beautiful name is the one the French have used for years to name the love seat,"Canape'. The name sofa is from the Arbic world,"suffah.".Settees originally came from Italy. Today the sofa or settee in Italy is commonly called a sociable. We owe much of our interior design and decoration trends to Italy. I have always said, they were and still are, the father of interior design. After Italy the sofa moved on to France where it flourished. To make it more comfortable for seating, fabric and padding was added and the button tufting technique was invented. The French world for sofa, love seat is ,"Canape" Soon the sofa trend made it's way to America. The early Federal and Empire period found them to be stiff, straight and with out much decoration. The American Rococo period,1840-1890, brought the French influence to America.
American Rococo is the name for one of the great international ornamental styles of the 18th and 19th century. The emphasis was on naturalistic ornament carved and engraved. This movement started in New York and Philadelphia and latter moved to New Orleans and finally Grand Rapids. Rococo, sometimes called the Antique-French style, because of it's origins in 18th century France. The American Rococo style has become the American's version of French's Louis XV. The most recognized of the Romantic Revials with complex curves,r-scrolls, the furniture of the reign of Louis XV's , reigned supreme in America in the 18th and 19th century.
red silk damask on French love Seat in Entrance hall.
The Rococo furniture soon became mass produced in New York,Cincinnati ,Grand Rapids and New Orleans. Makers like Alexander Roux, from France, working in New York. John Henry Belter, who patented a process of laminating and steam bending wood. Joseph Meeks , and Mitchell and Romensburg, in New York and Prudence Mallard in New Orleans. All were leading makers and designers of the American Rococo Revial Style. No longer did Americans have to travel to France and Italy and import fine furniture to America. It was made and sold in almost every major city after 1840.
The,"Sociable." was a settee with a low back, flanked by two chair seats on each side ,going in the opposite direction. This was soon to be called in America, A Courting Sofa., with a built in Chaperone in the center, it was safe for a young lady and a gentleman, to be seated, in public, together, with out a scandal.
Rococo referred to as, "late Baroque", 18th century style developed as Baroque artist became increasing ornate. The world Rococo is seen as a combination of the French word,"Rocaille", meaning skill, due to reliance of artists,on these objects, to produce decorations, and the refined and fanciful style of the 18th century. Rococo is now widely recognized as a major period in art and design.
After Rococo, the French Louis Seize Revial Style, soon took over Europe and American. This form was more sever and straight in lines. The squared off lines, backs, seats and arms, were far more simple. This is a style that is very popular in the world of interior design today. It is a simpler, cleaner look and much easier to live with. It was well known for its painted pieces and they are highly sought after by collectors today.
The Rococo Revial is my style of choice. I have been in love with it for many years. I love the soft curves, carving, button tufting and the Cabriole leg. Most pieces made in America are of Walnut wood. Sometimes you find pieces of rare rosewood. The earlier pieces were almost always done in black horsehair. That trend soon gave way for velvet and damask. Since, My Old Historic House, was started in 1845, with and 1860 addition, I have tried to fill it with furniture of that period. Most of the furniture in my collection is American and of the Rococo period.. I do have a couple of pieces of French, and a small sampling of English. All the furniture is from the 1840-1860 era. Mr. Elgin, who built my house, was a river boat Captain and I am sure he had access to fine things. I have found in my studies, that most American Homes ,of this period, were furnished with American made furniture. The decorative accessories were another story, usually imported from the owners, "Grand Tour", of Europe. I have tried to stay true to this ,when filling my Historic home. I have to say, I fit right in with the rest of my American friends and neighbors and call my little couches, LOVE SEATS. I have for so long, it just comes natural. At least every one knows what I am talking about, when I say, that love seat, right over there. The love seats I am sharing with you today ,are all American, except the gold one, and it is French. It comes to me by way of the 1904 Worlds fair, that was held in St.Louis. The Mayor of St.Louis at the time, David R. Francis, and host of the fair, had a farm in the country, right beside the farm I grew up on.. When I was a young kid, I mowed the yard for his Grandson. When they sold the farm in 1995, there was an Estate auction and I bought this French Love Seat. Mr. Francis said it was from the French Pavillion at the Worlds Fair. The large Chinese vase beside it, was also to have been at that fair.
The gold gilt love seat, is true to the Louis XV style.
I hope you enjoy this little lesson on small sofas, also known as a love seats. I have a passion for them and want to buy every one I see. I just want to hug them.But alas, room has run out, and I am afraid, there will be no more. Please come by some time really soon, for a real tour. I will leave the lights on . And you can see which love seat is your favorite? Oh yes, Sissy Dog will always meet you with a jump and a Kiss.
This settee and vase are from the 1904 St.Louis Worlds Fair.
These are my storks, they rest on the roof of my house. Once while looking at random blogs , I saw a picture of my storks. It turned out to be Pat, from the Back Porch Musings blog, she had driven by and snapped a picture. I emailed a comment and invited her for a real tour. We have become friends,on and off the blog, every since then.I have been lucky as she has featured my house and blog several times on her blog. It is such a small world.
Mystery, this Gothic window is at the top of my stair case. I have tried for 5 years to get it open, today as I started down the steps, there it was, open. Go figure. | 2019-04-20T12:59:31 | http://myoldhistorichouse.blogspot.com/2011_08_22_archive.html |
New Chinese map of South China Sea: Discovery or fabrication?
The Chairman’s statement at the 31st ASEAN Summit in the Philippines indicated that there were sufficient positive developments practically in all field. The performance of the all ASEAN sectorial bodies was found to be commendable….
Is India’s effort towards marginalisation of ‘Terroristan’ yielding results? | 2019-04-21T20:05:17 | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/ChanakyaCode/page/2/ |
A family dog has been shot dead after police chased down two teens accused of stealing a car on the Gold Coast on Thursday.
Police said the dog was acting aggressively toward a police dog but his owner said he was "just a big playful boy", who "didn't deserve to be shot".
Desmond, a 15-month-old Golden Retriever-Staffy cross, was shot dead by police on the Gold Coast on Thursday.
About 5.20pm on Thursday, officers spotted and pursued a car that had allegedly been stolen from the Gold Coast suburb of Jacobs Well the same morning.
It will be alleged the stolen car was driven to Sunningdale Circuit in Robina, also on the Gold Coast, where a teenage boy and girl stopped the car and ran into the boy's home.
Officers and the dog squad chased the pair into the residence where the family dog allegedly became aggressive towards a police dog.
Police said an officer tried to pull the family dog away before shooting it. The dog was taken to an emergency vet clinic but died during surgery. The police dog was not seriously injured.
The dog's owner told 7 News that her 13-year-old son saw the police shoot Desmond, the family's 15-month-old Golden Retriever-Staffy cross.
“He (Desmond) was just a big playful boy, very boisterous, but still a baby," she said.
“He didn’t deserve to be shot, I just wish there could have been another way.
“He (my son) said that the dog wasn’t doing anything, it was just trying to play.
“I never, ever saw him (Desmond) be aggressive towards a human or another dog.
A 16-year-old Robina boy was charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle and driving without a licence. A 14-year-old Hope Island girl was charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
The incident will be reviewed by Ethical Standards Command and the Queensland Police Service has offered support to the family involved. | 2019-04-24T22:28:05 | https://amp.theage.com.au/national/queensland/police-shoot-family-dog-dead-after-gold-coast-car-chase-20180831-p5013u.html |
Having gained considerable experience developing five of my own accounting practices and spending the next two decades individually assisting over 2000 accountants develop their own practices, there are a few basic principles accountants can observe to provide themselves the greatest opportunity for success.
The best way for accountants to succeed in starting their own Accounting and Tax CPA practice is by providing themselves with the greatest opportunity for that success. This can be done by remembering that the basic principles for a successful practice are good clients together with the basic tools to service them. Many accountants seeking to develop their own practice position themselves with large amounts of unnecessary overhead undermining their opportunity for success. Unnecessary costs can be deferred until they become necessary. Obtain only necessary items to service the initial clients. It is important to keep the initial overhead as low as possible to create a positive cash flow quickly to finance the development of the practice.
When starting an Accounting and Tax CPA Firm, it is recommended that accountants start from their home. In today’s technological world, clients are very accepting to accountants working out of their homes. In some respect, it provides the clients with the perception that they are receiving a greater value. They feel if the accountant is incurring less overhead, perhaps part of the savings is being passed on to the clients. By saving the cost of rent and other office expenses, accountants will accelerate their positive cash flow, which may be used for financing the expansion of the practice without going into debt. Once the cash flow is sufficient to support an office, then the accountant can decide if expansion into an office is warranted. Accountants who do work from home may also find they enjoy it so much that they may choose to forgo moving to an outside office.
Another way accountants can maintain a low overhead is by avoiding unnecessary costly software. Numerous accountants procure very expensive unnecessary software to support clients they have yet to develop. There are extremely good software companies that provide an excellent product at a low to medium price range. Drake Tax Software is a very cost-efficient software program that has an excellent reputation. In the September 2011 edition of The Journal of Accountancy, the results of a software survey were published, and Drake Tax Software received an excellent score. Accountants who are starting their own Accounting & Tax CPA Firm are encouraged to pursue good software at affordable prices giving them the basic tools to service clients.
There are many other simple ways accountants starting their own Tax and Accounting Firm can reduce startup costs. Simply the name that accountants decide on for their firms will reduce their initial costs. If accountants would use their first name, middle initial, and last name followed by CPA and/or Certified public Accountant, they may avoid DBA registration costs, bank charges, and filing fees. In addition, active licensed Certified Public Accountants have legal rights to practice public accounting under their own names saving them costs associated with fictitious names. Many times, Certified Public Accountants can choose fictitious names, which would diminish potential clients’ perceptions of them, which in turn would impede a start-up business. For example, a licensed Certified Public Accountant doing business as “Bay City Tax Service” or “Accounting & Tax Service” loses credibility. Prospective clients may perceive this company as uncertified and unlicensed.
Accountants who are considering developing an Accounting/CPA practice and who are currently employed are encouraged not to terminate their employment in pursuit of starting their own Accounting & Tax CPA Firm. Instead, they should develop their practice concurrently while still employed. This can be a time-demanding decision when compared to terminating their employment and devoting full time to their practice; however, the sacrifice is well worth the reward. As the practice grows, accountants can grow with it and transition themselves full-time into their own practice without placing unnecessary financial pressure on themselves or on their families.
In making that move to a full-time practice, accountants will find it easiest to transition full-time into their own practice in the month of January. January is the beginning of tax season, and along with it comes the beginning of revenue from income tax preparation. The increase in revenue will come right at the time the accountants need it the very most. It is important that accountants position themselves to begin marketing at the start of tax season to aggressively develop individual tax clients taking full advantage of their first tax season. In addition, January encompasses year-end work for many businesses, such as payroll and financial reporting. This will also add additional revenue to the accountants’ practices in the month of their transition.
January is also the best month of the year to transition full-time into the practice because it may be the best month of the year for developing new businesses as clients. Most business owners resist changing accountants. It takes a very solid reason for a client to leave a predecessor accountant. Once a client makes the decision to change, usually he or she will not invoke the change until the end of the business year not desiring to have two accountants split a fiscal year. Accordingly, year-end is the most opportune time for approaching business owners, and it will make the transition into the full-time practice easier.
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Auckland will be the first Australasian destination for Tianjin Airlines.
China's Tianjin Airlines is launching a new service to New Zealand, with flights to begin operating in December.
The cities of Tianjin and Chongqing will be connected with Auckland three times a week using an A330 aircraft.
Auckland would be the first Australasian destination for the airline, Auckland Airport general manager Norris Carter said in a statement.
"Regional China is a rapidly developing source market for New Zealand tourism and these new routes flying directly to Auckland provide another option for Chinese visitors to experience New Zealand."
It was estimated that the new service would add 83,000 seats to the China to Auckland route every year.
China is New Zealand's second biggest source of tourists after Australia. In the year ended May 2016, the number of Chinese visitors to New Zealand rose 27.4 per cent to 394,528.
With a population of more than 15 million people, Tianjin is the largest coastal city in northern China.
Chongqing is a major economic centre of the Yangtze basin and has population of more than 30 million people.
Hopefully they have brought there own bus/stairs for use at AKL, we had to wait 35minutes for an gate on Sunday Night!
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If you weren't under a social media-less rock a few weeks ago, you hopefully heard about the Internet Archive releasing over 2,000 MS-DOS video games, playable in the browser. As I noted to someone on Twitter, it was like half of my childhood on the screen. What I found truly amazing was that with every excited Twitter or Facebook comment I saw, it was about a different game. For me, it was things like Oregon Trail, Pole Position, Lode Runner and Championship Baseball (and also some college memories of avoiding studying by playing Scorched Earth -- hey, at least it sorta felt like I was learning physics). But for others it was something entirely different. Each person seemed to latch onto their own moment in history (and a new chance to procrastinate or waste time by reliving that experience).
This, of course, was only the latest in an ongoing effort by the Internet Archive, led by Jason Scott (who has been involved in all sorts of archival efforts of internet content and video games and made a documentary about text adventure games called Get Lamp). Andy Baio has a great post up discussing this work and how important it is that it's being done by the Internet Archive, rather than a giant corporation. As he notes, while Google used to really focus on similar archival projects, in the recent past, it seems to have let that focus fade, which is quite disappointing.
Of course, in discussing the possible reasons why Google's archival efforts have stagnated, Baio tosses out a few suggested reasons, including the lack of profitability, but also, the potential legal liability. After all, Google is still fighting in court about the Google book scanning project, and the focus of that project seems much more about pushing people to buy books, rather than being able to do useful searches through that huge corpus of knowledge.
Baio is (quite reasonably) thrilled that the Internet Archive has been willing and able to step up, and notes that the video game archive shows how Archive.org is a lot more than just saving old websites: it's about preserving our cultural history.
But, other than that one offhand mention of the risk of legal liability to explain Google's dropping the ball on similar stuff, Baio leaves out the related issue of copyright and the DMCA (which he knows about all too well from personal experience). This isn't a fault of Baio's article, he's just focused on something else. But the copyright aspect is really important -- especially right now.
That's because the main reason why the Internet Archive is allowed to do this kind of thing is because it was lucky enough to get one of the semi-arbitrary DMCA triennial review exemptions that lets them break old DRM for the purpose of archiving vintage software. But, even then, it's not entirely clear that what the Internet Archive is doing is fully protected today. Furthermore, as we saw a few years ago with unlocking mobile phones, the Librarian of Congress can simply delete those exemptions on a whim.
Proposed Class: Literary works in the form of computer programs, where circumvention is undertaken for the purpose of restoring access to single-player or multiplayer video gaming on consoles, personal computers or personal handheld gaming devices when the developer and its agents have ceased to support such gaming.
Baio's article talks about how projects like the one at the Internet Archive are magical in preserving history and giving us access to "all of computing history... accessible from a single click." This is incredibly important -- but copyright law is standing in its way. This isn't about "piracy" in any real sense. The games and software being discussed are not being sold anywhere. The hardware that it worked on is long gone. This is about preserving our cultural history -- something that industry appears to have no interest in doing, in part because copyright law itself makes it so risky.
If you think things like this are important too, I also suggest heading over to the Digital Right to Repair site where they've made a really easy form for you to share your thoughts with the Copyright Office as it considers the latest exemption requests. The Copyright Office also has its own form, but it's government-level cumbersome. The Digital Right to Repair site is much easier to use. It has some pre-selected text for the various exemptions being debated, but also (very easily) allows you to write your own thoughts (which you should).
One of the key factors in the decision over what to exempt and what not to exempt is a demonstrated "market need" and you can help make the case by sharing your story with the Copyright Office.
Let me preface by saying my reaction mirrors Mike's and I think this is an awesome service being performed by archive.org. But how is what they're doing legal?
I get that they have the exception to crack DRM on "formats that have become obsolete", but how does that allow them to redistribute those archival images to anybody who visits their webpage? On the first page alone, I see Wolfenstein 3D which is currently available for purchase on Steam (from the original publisher, who is still in business!). How is something like that put up there? I thought abandonware had been dismissed as a legal theory.
Same question applies to their console and arcade offerings.
Re: How is this legal?
Wolfenstein 3D is a bad example, since that one specifically has been released into the public domain by Id. Perhaps the same goes for all the others that are there (and since I couldn't find one of my own old favorites, perhaps that one wasn't).
But I was kind of wondering the same thing. In fact, I kind of half suspect that the internet archive is hoping they are challenged, just so they can say 'why not' and cause some real change.
Either way, +1 on the kudos for the archive.
Re: Re: How is this legal?
Wolf 3D had its source code made publicly available. I don't believe the full compiled program was ever put into the public domain.
id was really good about releasing their source code from old projects.
Re: Re: Re: How is this legal?
What's the difference? Unless they have things like __DATE__ in their code, I could compile it with the same compiler and options, and get an identical binary. Compilers are deterministic.
Re: Re: Re: Re: How is this legal?
You wouldn't have the .wad files that contain all the art, sound, and levels.
Wolfenstein 3D is just a demo.
Nope. "Back to Demo" refers to going back to the pre-recorded "attract mode" that shows gameplay. If you enter the New Game menu, you are able to select any of the 6 episodes to begin at. The demo/shareware version of Wolf3D only had the first episode.
Full game. Archive.org has the Wolf3D shareware uploaded elsewhere, but I don't think you can stream it through DOSBox.
Good question but I ask you: why is it ethical? Because it is. They are preserving culture to the posterity. In the eyes of the MAFIAA even Libraries wouldn't exist or would be severely crippled while they (the MAFIAA) wouldn't lift a finger to preserve such culture (remember the tons of old movies rotting in their archives?).
It matters not if it is legal when you are talking about preserving culture and we should be changing the laws to reflect this very simple and enormously important point.
It's pretty BS that it's technically illegal for someone to for example figure out a way to apply a patch to a game on the original xbox that doesn't have the supporting servers anymore.
I've thought about this for a while now, but I think one thing we really need is a new organization, one called something like "Citizens for the Public Domain" or maybe "Public Domain Defenders". The beauty of this organization will be its ability to throw the copyright maximalists' rhetoric right back at them, but now framed as defending the public domain.
Instead of talk of pirates "stealing" digital copies of stuff, this organization can talk about how copyright maximalists really are stealing the public domain from us, year by year, and wanting to take even more of it. And you know, maybe all those pirates are just reacting to that and taking the public domain back with their own hands. Sure you can argue against this, but it's harder, and it comes off as an attack on the public, not "protecting starving artists" any longer.
There are other examples too, but I'm having a bad day with my health (lots of pain) and can't remember all I had come up with. I'll reply with more if I can remember them. I do think this would help, even if it couldn't get the public's attention (since mainstream media is unlikely to report on anything that's not in copyright maximalists' favor), it could get congress' attention. It might be the difference between yet another copyright extension and/or more draconian copyright laws getting passed and them not. And it would put copyright maximalists on the defensive, which is always good. And like I mentioned above, it helps to reframe all of the maximalists attacks as the attack on the public they really are, making it harder for them to gain ground.
Techdirt and the EFF do a mighty fine job of fighting for the public domain already.
Anyone trying to defend copy protection lengths has no moral conscience and should be ashamed of himself for putting her own personal gain above the interests of the public and artists.
so has the EFF managed to get in first this year with a higher payment to those who make the decisions on exemptions? it's the only way there will be exemptions that are worth having! it doesn't matter how much sense it makes to give something the go ahead, a certificate, money talks and prevents it from happening because 'an industry wants it stopped'!!
i seriously doubt if there is a more corrupt political sphere that tops the USA. i could count on one hand the number who aren't in league with various industries just for the money and against the people supposedly being served! disgraceful way to act!!
Furthermore, as we saw a few years ago with unlocking mobile phones, the Librarian of Congress can simply delete those exemptions on a whim.
Given this, I certainly hope someone, ideally several someones in various locations have made complete backups of what they are offering, just in case.
Most of the games can't be downloaded, so there's no way for people outside of Archive.org to make backups.
I've made my own backups, some from originals, some downloaded, but that's only for the games I personally like.
1. Change copyright back to an opt-in system. Getting a copyright on something would be free, but would require you to fill out and submit a form. There would be a grace period of a year, just in case someone screws up.
2. Each copyrighted work automatically gets X amount of years of copyright protection. Say five years for video games, 10 years for movies, 20 years for songs, etc. The length would be determined by how quickly each type of work becomes "outdated".
3. Once the automatic copyright term expires, the copyright holder can renew the copyright indefinitely by paying an escalating yearly fee, which starts at $1 for the first year and doubles each succeeding year. When the copyright holder no longer pays the fee, the work becomes public domain.
4. Each copyright holder must turn over a pristine, DRM-free, archival quality copy of each copyrighted work to a third party for preservation. The copies can be digital or analog, but must be in a form that can easily be duplicated. These copies would be held until such time as the copyright expires, at which time they become public domain and the public may obtain copies directly from the archive for a small service fee. They would also be fee to copy the work for others or even sell it themselves. Releasing any work before it becomes public domain would carry criminal charges. It would also be a crime for a copyright holder not to provide an archival copy of their work.
5. When licensing one type of work for use in another (for example, licensing a song for use in a movie), the license would be perpetual for all uses of that work. In other words, studios would no longer need to separately license music for the DVD release, or streaming, etc.
6. Once a work becomes public domain, it cannot ever be copyrighted again. New adaptions of that work can be copyrighted, but the original will remain public domain forever.
Like I said, there's zero chance of any of these ideas ever becoming reality, but they would fix most all the problems with the current, broken copyright system.
20 years seems too much for a song and even with the escalating fees to renew the copyright it should still be capped at a reasonable point where a person can work on it free of strings within their lifetime. I think a maximum of 28 years seem reasonable and the fees should increase faster with a minimum based on either a determined chart or a % of the revenues generated by the work in question, whichever is greater. We also need better protections for personal use. I also don't like treating it as a criminal issue.
But overall it seems reasonable.
20 years seems too much for a song and even with the escalating fees to renew the copyright it should still be capped at a reasonable point where a person can work on it free of strings within their lifetime.
That was just off the top of my head.
I think a maximum of 28 years seem reasonable and the fees should increase faster with a minimum based on either a determined chart or a % of the revenues generated by the work in question, whichever is greater.
Doubling the fee each year adds up quickly. To renew copyright for a 20th year would cost $524,288. The following year it would be $1,048,576 and so on. At 30 years, it would cost $536,870,912. And that's for a single work. Imagine a movie studio with 100+ movies in its archives.
If you base the fees on the revenues, the copyright holder can always get creative with the books to pay less. This way, there's no dispute what they have to pay.
Also, by not setting a hard limit, the copyright holder is free to hang onto the copyright for as long as they can afford to. That way they can't argue that they're being forced to give up the copyright after some arbitrary length of time. Of course eventually it would reach a point where they can no longer afford the fees and would be forced to give it up anyway.
As a bonus, think of all the money the government would be making off the copyright fees. | 2019-04-26T10:31:46 | https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150129/06091629847/copyright-law-is-eating-away-our-cultural-history-its-time-to-fix-that.shtml |
April Cornell - Live Beautiful: Five Ways to Feel Good + Book Giveaway!
Five Ways to Feel Good + Book Giveaway!
I live a busy life, and with a busy life it is easy to forget to stop and enjoy the minute marvelousness of this world.
Here are five simple ways to feel good, and remember that you and the world are important and beautiful.
1. Open a tablecloth and watch as it falls gently unto your table.
2. Light a candle and watch the shape of its flame.
3. Smile at yourself in the mirror. See how good you look.
4. Pat a cat, slowly and softly, without rushing.
5. Wash your face with warm water, and remember that water and heat are precious.
Those are five to start.
Listening to the first birds of the morning... they are singing to the world that there is hope and their song is their gift for rising early.
My grand children are the light of my life. Such a delight when they laugh ,play and sing. We had so much fun in my backyard. We garden,roller skate, picnic and swim. They are what keep me young and moving. Thank you April for you wonderful ideas that my life bright and beautiful!
April, I share your sentiments... if you slow down from time to time, you make interesting waves in your life!
- I love patting the cat... when she lets me!
- Choosing the right wooden spoon to stir a pot of home-made soup, slowly, breathing in the fragrant steam.
- Enjoying the feel of flour on your hands as you make tea biscuits.
Every day is a gift. Breathe deeply and slowly, and fill that moment with your soul.
Every now and then stop, look around and really take in a moment. In the end, we only remember moments like photographs our mind takes.
I have some beautiful furniture pieces from my great grandmother in my workroom downstairs. As I live in southern Alberta where it is very dry, I have to wax these pieces on a regular basis. I love taking the furniture wax and rubbing it slowly over the furniture. I think of the many hands that have touched this very spot over the years. Of course the only reason I do this is so I can put one of my April Cornell linen pieces on afterwards.
Take 5 minutes out of your day to sit in in the sunrays, in your favorite chair with your favorite 4 legged friend on your lap. Close your eyes and relax.
My favorite... hug your child.
Brewing a pot of English breakfast tea and reading for a whole afternoon by the fire.
2. Do something for someone else, without expecting anything in return.
Sometimes it is just as simple as gazing out onto the garden. Noticing the flowers individually, instead of as a group. Looking deeply into their depths and realizing what a miracle they truly are.
Some wonderful suggestions in your post, and your comments.
I love the comments this post has generated. What an opportunity to pause and reflect on what we really value. My thoughts immediately came to time shared with family and friends. sitting and actually looking at the variety of plants in my yard, and my love of photographing birds, flowers, and gardens in general. I think anytime we take time out to spend time in any of the above activities, we can put problems or difficulties in perspective. Thanks for sparking these thought processes. What fun!
I have a ritual of taking the back way to wherever I'm headed. Whenenver I can, I skip the Interstate or main four-lane road and take an alternative route. It might mean taking a road through a country town to get to the big city. It can mean finding a new back street street in town that I'm not familiar with and winding my way to where I'm going. I never know who or what I'm going to discover -- a little gift store I didn't know about, a community garden, an intriguing old house.
I was inspired to start my ritual many years ago after hearing a beautiful song called "Back Roads," by the great late folksinger Kate Wolf. Back then ago I lived on a remote island in Washington State, and it wasn't so hard to find a winding back road. It was a time before mulitasking and BlackBerry's. Now I live in a city, but I have kept true to the spirit of my ritual. I still slow down and take the back roads. I recently did it when I applied for a job, and I'm planning on doing it when I drive to the mountains in Feb.
1. Recently, I've decided to be bold and wear red lipstick. It feels good to have so much passionate color on my lips.
2. Nothing is more precious than my dog, Dilsey's, face. While she's sleeping I like to come up and place her fluffy face between my two hands and kiss her nose just to make sure she knows how much I love her. All animals should be held and kissed this way.
3. I try to enjoy all the natural elements including the rain and frigid cold we have been experiencing here in NYC. They are all part of what makes earth so beautiful. So when I step outside into blistering cold, I breathe deeply and pretend that the air filling my lungs might actually lift me. Sometimes it feels like I just might.
4. I like to underline when I read. Every now and then I will pick up a book I haven't looked at in a while and read the lines I underlined. It is a glimpse into your old soul, reinspiring and reminding you of you.
5. Watch children and do what they do: color with crayons, color with abandon, play with mud, get dirty, inquire, believe.
-Compliments people have given you over the years.
-Your best features, talents, skills, and best character traits.
-Things you love to do (or used to love doing, but have fallen by the wayside).
Then, every day, read out loud the lists of compliments,and your best features, etc., every day. Take steps to start rediscovering passions that you have forgotten about.
For me, this is dancing and singing. I sing a lot more now, and that really makes me happy!
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1- sprinkle some of my favorite perfumes after a sunday afternoon shower, and take the time to appreciate!
Thoses are among the things that make the world beautiful to me!
First, I find a quiet place and thank God for the beautiful day and for all of the gifts that He gave me.
Then, I take in a deep slow breath and pet my cat.
Thirdly, I love to do some stretchs, turn on some music and dance.
Number 4: I love to iron an April Cornell tablecloth and put it on my table with some flowers and a candle.
Then, I LOVE to bake. The house smells good and I can pack some goodies for friends.
Thank you for the time to think about these things! They make me feel good.
Watching the steam rise from my coffee. I love how it rises from my tea cup and curls about and vanishes as the morning sun shines on it.
These moments are priceless. There is great beauty in everyday things, and I look for it all the time.
- The first sounds and feel of fresh air on that spring morning. The air is soft and feels like a blessing. On that morning, it's important to sit on the porch with coffee, and not inside the house.
I, like you April, enjoy these moments. I think they are sacred moments. One of mine is watching the sun rise over the mountain in the morning and watching the dark shadows turn to light. I am content and say "Good Morning God, thank you for another day."
Waking up to a sunlit room and spending time in it b/c it is so cheery, bright and beautiful.
I am also enraptured with my NIA class which is a beautiful flow of dance that's not intense but of movement to new age/foreign beats.
MUSIC: I'm so passionate about music that I allow it to fill me up with inspiration.
Perfect temperate weather around 70 degrees.
Chaque week-end, pour décompresser et me sentir bien, je me recueille paisiblement dans mon coin de salon. Tôt le matin, je sirote doucement un bon café et je flâne longuement avec une montagne (!) de magazines féminins à mes pieds. C'est le nirvana absolu!
Tout autour, l'harmonie des couleurs règne. Le mariage de l'antique et du nouveau me charme. C'est beau, coquet et la vie me le rend bien.
Here are a few of my favorite things that I truly enjoy!
5. Writing stories or drawing pictures with a child and bringing their imagination to life.
Shhh... While the house is still quite and before anyone gets out of bed I sneak downstairs and make my only cup of truly hot tea of the day. It's peaceful and quite, I use this time to organize my thoughts and plan the day. Drink slowly and enjoy, it doesn't last long. Oh, here comes my first kiss of the day! Rituals are good!
I appreciated this post so much! Ever since I read the phrase you coined "the art of everyday" (I'm not sure where I even read it), I fell in love with that thought and have tried to embrace it as I live my life. Those around me say they like to see the beauty I point out in the small things that otherwise would have gone unnoticed. Not everyone has that gift, so I feel like it is something I can bless others with. I'm thankful for your gift in that area which inspires me. Details...it's what makes life!
1. My 8 month old baby, when he wakes up with those rosy cheeks and dazed sparkly eyes. Pausing to nuzzle his soft squishable body and gaze at his little face as the smile breaks through the sleepiness and he looks up at me with adoring eyes.
2. Catching sight of my bare feet poking out from under my soft white nightgown just before crawling into bed.
3a. My cozy tuscan quilt...the perfect backdrop for last night's family snuggle time.
3b. Getting a glimpse of this romantic scene in the mirror...the evening aglow with twinkling white lights wrapped around our canopy bed.
9. When my husband "steals" my pillow each night...then tickles me suddenly, and takes me in his arms when I try and retrieve it.
10. A sliver of butter melting on a steaming piece of freshly baked bread.
12. Sitting on my feet...writing in my journal with a cozy fire in the background and snow falling out the frost covered window in the foreground. Bliss!
I could go on for hours...in the spring it would be a whole new list!
Thanks for encouraging us to take the time to think of these little things that make life special.
Freshly ground coffee. Warm cup. Early morning. Giving thanks to God for all my blessings and true contentment as I enjoy the quiet of a new morning.
I just discovered your blog April and I am thrilled to be here! I subscribed so from now on I won't miss a thing.
When I am stressed out and need relax, I turn off the ringer on the phone. That is critical to relaxation! Then I run a hot bath, light some candles, turn off the lights, turn on the radio to soft music and climb into water up to my neck. With a towel behind my head I can soak for an hour. Running more hot water occasionally I can feel the stress floating away. Bliss.
Five things I do ritually that make me feel good!
1. I have a cup of tea with my husband every night.
2. Ask my boys what their "Favorite Part of The Day" was, every night before bed.
3. Kiss my boys on the cheek! Every day before dropping them off at school.
4. Check in with my husband during the 10 minutes after I leave work, but before I pick up the boys from school.
5. Use Nantucket Briar scent, lotion and powder every day. I love the soft smell.
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Students and members of BHS continue to recycle all year for the PBIS program. They are collecting old phones, MP3 players, cameras, ink cartridges, ipods, and even laptops. If you would like to bring any of these items in please take them to Mrs.Campbell. She will be collecting the items and then she sends them to the recycling factory. People outside of our school can also bring in materials. All money raised goes to the PBIS Bomber store or to PBIS related field trips.
Mrs.Campbell said “I feel that we should all recycle to help save our landfills. I feel strongly about all of us doing our part to help save our planet.” Most people don’t understand how these small, simple items can affect our landfills. All these items are sent off to Minnesota, where they are reused or disposed of properly.
There is no deadline on this fundraiser as the items are sent off throughout the year. When money is returned to the school, it goes directly back to the students and the PBIS program. Mrs.Campbell said “I appreciate all of the help and support from the students, parents, and faculty this past year. We have managed to collect over $200 so far.” The holidays are always a good time to remember to bring these old items in as we upgrade to newer models. Thanks for recycling and doing your part! | 2019-04-24T16:05:17 | http://www.bcusd201.com/latest-news/bhsrecycles |
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A lubricant’s viscosity is generally considered one of its most important properties, and with good reason: If the viscosity of a lubricant is even modestly different from what is needed for a particular component and application, the lubricant will not be able to lubricate the component effectively. This may lead to significant damage and possibly equipment failure.
Understanding viscosity is important for proper lubricant selection and management, and ultimately for maximizing the performance, efficiency and life span of your equipment. Below are answers to some common questions about viscosity that may shed some light on this complex yet vital aspect of lubrication.
A: Viscosity is a fluid’s resistance to flow at a given temperature. The greater the resistance to flow, the higher the fluid’s viscosity.
Q: What are absolute viscosity and kinematic viscosity, and what is the difference between them?
A: Absolute and kinematic represent the two methods for measuring and reporting viscosity.
Absolute (also known as dynamic) viscosity measures a fluid’s resistance to flow when the fluid is subjected to a controlled force, such as a moving machine part, pressurized air or a pump. The more force required to move the fluid, the greater the fluid’s absolute viscosity. For example, it takes more force to mix yogurt in a blender than to mix fruit juice because yogurt has a higher absolute viscosity.
Kinematic viscosity, in simple terms, measures a fluid’s resistance to flow under the force of gravity. The slower the fluid’s flow in relation to gravity, the higher its viscosity. For example, if you were to tip over open containers of honey and water, the honey would pour out more slowly because its kinematic viscosity is higher.
Q: Does a fluid’s viscosity change in relation to the rate of shear stress (i.e., how rapidly or slowly the fluid is stirred, pumped or otherwise forced to move), or is the viscosity constant?
A: The answer depends on the specific fluid. Most fluids maintain a constant viscosity regardless of the pace at which the fluid is forced to move. Those fluids are known as Newtonian fluids (because they adhere to Sir Isaac Newton’s law of fluid mechanics). For Newtonian fluids, absolute viscosity is constant, as is kinematic viscosity, and the two measurements are relative to one another. Most lubricant oils are considered Newtonian.
With some fluids, known as non-Newtonian fluids, the viscosity varies with the rate at which the fluid is forced to move. Mayonnaise is a good example: It has a high viscosity when subjected to the relatively low shear of gravity (i.e., an open jar of mayonnaise does not readily spill out if the jar is turned on its side). But when stirred, mayonnaise yields very easily to the force. It’s viscosity decreases as the shear rate (the velocity of the force) increases.
Q: If most lubricant oils are considered Newtonian, which lubricants fall into the non-Newtonian category?
Q: Can a lubricant’s viscosity change due to other factors?
A: Yes. The viscosity of a lubricant (regardless of whether the fluid is Newtonian or non-Newtonian) fluctuates inversely with temperature — which is why temperature always must be reported with viscosity measurements. A lubricant’s viscosity also can be altered by contamination, oxidation, thermal degradation, or by improperly mixing the lubricant with another lubricant of a different viscosity (higher or lower) or with a solvent.
Regular oil analysis is critical to monitoring a lubricant’s viscosity and other aspects of its condition.
Q: How is viscosity measured?
A: Various types of instruments called viscometers are used to measure viscosity. Many viscometers measure the time it takes for a fluid to pass through a capillary tube under the force of gravity (in the case of kinematic viscosity) or a controlled external force (in the case of absolute viscosity).
Kinematic viscosity is usually measured in units called centistokes (cSt). It is common to measure the kinematic viscosity of industrial lubricants in centistokes at 40°C (104°F) because that is the basis for the ISO 3448 kinematic viscosity grading system — a globally accepted industry standard established by the International Standards Organization. For some lubricants, especially those designed for automotive use, kinematic viscosity is typically measured in centistokes at 100°C (212°F) in accordance with the SAE J300 grading system — the international standard set by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Laboratories usually measure and report the kinematic viscosity of a lubricant. If absolute viscosity is measured and reported, the unit of measurement is the centipoise (cP).
Q: What is viscosity index?
A: A lubricant’s viscosity index (VI) is a unitless number that indicates the viscosity’s stability in relation to temperature changes. The viscosity of a lubricant fluctuates inversely with temperature. With some fluids, a slight change in temperature may cause a dramatic shift in viscosity; for other fluids, the viscosity barely changes even with substantial temperature fluctuations. The higher a lubricant’s VI, the more stable its viscosity is over a wide range of temperatures (i.e., the less it changes with temperature). VI is often an important consideration when selecting lubricants for applications experiencing wide temperature variations.
Q: What problems may occur if a lubricant’s viscosity is too high or too low?
Q: What is the best way to select and maintain proper lubricant viscosity in a system?
Consult lubrication experts to select the proper product for your specific component, application and operating conditions.
Use ongoing oil analysis to keep tabs on the lubricant’s condition, including its viscosity.
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The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Matthew 6.
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face so that you may not be seen fasting by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you. (6:17–18)Fasting is mentioned some thirty times in the New Testament, almost always favorably. It is possible that fasting was even overemphasized in some parts of the early church. At least four times a reference to fasting seems to have been inserted into the original text where it is not found in the earliest and best manuscripts (Matt. 17:21; Mark 9:29; Acts 10:30; 1 Cor. 7:5). The other favorable accounts, however, both in the gospels and in the epistles, show that proper fasting is a legitimate form of spiritual devotion.
Jesus’ statement when you fast (cf. Matt. 6:16) indicates that fasting is normal and acceptable in the Christian life. He assumes His followers will fast on certain occasions, but He does not give a command or specify a particular time, place, or method. Because the validity of the Day of Atonement ceased when Jesus made the once-for-all sacrifice on the cross (Heb. 10:10), the single prescribed occasion for fasting has ceased to exist.
Jesus’ disciples did not fast while He was with them because fasting is associated primarily with mourning or other times of consuming spiritual need or anxiety. When the disciples of John the Baptist asked Jesus why His disciples did not fast like they and the Pharisees did, He replied, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast” (Matt. 9:14–15). Fasting is there associated with mourning.
Fasting is never shown in Scripture to be the means to heightened spiritual experience, visions, or special insight or awareness-as many mystics, including some Christian mystics, claim. Fasting is appropriate in this age, because Christ is physically absent from the earth. But it is appropriate only as a response to special times of testing, trial, or struggle.
Fasting is appropriate during times of sorrow. When God caused the first child born to Bathsheba by David to be taken ill, David fasted while he pleaded for the infant’s life (2 Sam. 12:16). He also fasted when Abner died (2 Sam. 3:35). David even fasted on behalf of his enemies. “When they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer kept returning to my bosom” (Ps. 35:13).
On such occasions of deep grief, fasting is a natural human response. Most people do not then feel like eating. Their appetite is gone, and food is the last thing they are concerned about. Unless a person is getting seriously weak from hunger or has some specific medical reason for needing to eat, we do them no favor by insisting that they eat.
Overwhelming danger often prompted fasting. King Jehoshaphat proclaimed a national fast in Judah when they were threatened with attack from the Moabites and Ammonites (2 Chron. 20:3). From a human standpoint they could not possibly win, and they cried out to God for help, forsaking food as they did so. Queen Esther, her servants, and all the Jews in the capital city of Susa fasted for three full days before she went before the king to plead for the Jews to be spared from Haman’s wicked scheme against her people (Esther 4:16).
As the exiles were about to leave Babylon for the adventurous return to Jerusalem, Ezra declared a fast, “that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions” (Ezra 8:21). Ezra continues, “For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, ‘The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.’ So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our entreaty” (vv. 22–23).
Penitence was often accompanied by fasting. David fasted after his double sin of committing adultery with Bathsheba and then having her husband Uriah sent to the front of the battle to be killed. Daniel fasted as he prayed for God to forgive the sins of his people. When Elijah confronted Ahab with God’s judgment for his great wickedness, the king “tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently” (1 Kings 21:27). Because of Ahab’s sincerity, the Lord postponed the judgment (v. 29). Centuries later, after the exiles had returned safely to Jerusalem, the Israelites were convicted of their intermarrying with unbelieving Gentiles. As Ezra confessed that sin in behalf of his people, “he did not eat bread, nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles” (Ezra 10:6).
When the people of Nineveh heard Jonah’s preaching they were so convicted that they believed in God and “called a great fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. … By the decree of the king” they would “not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing” (Jonah 3:5, 7). Rather than resent the warning of judgment and damnation, they repentantly turned to God and sought His forgiveness and mercy.
Fasting was sometimes associated with the receiving or proclaiming of a special revelation from God. As Daniel contemplated Jeremiah’s prediction of the seventy year’s desolation of Jerusalem, he gave his “attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes” (Dan. 9:2–3). As he continued “speaking in prayer,” he reports, “then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering. And he gave me instruction and talked with me, and said, ‘O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding’ ” (vv. 21–22). A short time later, just before receiving another vision, Daniel made a partial fast-by forsaking “any tasty food, … meat or wine”-for three weeks (10:3). It is important to note that, though fasting was related to the revelations, it was not a means of achieving them. Daniel’s fasting was simply a natural accompaniment to his deep and desperate seeking of God’s will.
We often fail to understand God’s Word as fully as we ought simply because, unlike those great people of God, we do not seek to comprehend it with their degree of intensity and determination. Skipping a few meals might be the small price we willingly pay for staying in the Word until understanding comes.
Fasting often accompanied the beginning of an important task or ministry. Jesus fasted forty days and nights before He was tempted in the wilderness and then began His preaching ministry. Intensity and zeal over proclaiming God’s Word can so consume the mind and heart that food has no appeal and no place. Though abstaining from food has absolutely no spiritual value in itself, when eating is an intrusion on that which is immeasurably more important, it will be willingly, gladly, and unobtrusively forsaken.
Both before and after the Holy Spirit directed the church at Antioch to set apart Barnabas and Saul for special ministry, the people were praying and fasting (Acts 13:2–3). As those two men of God ministered God’s Word they prayed and fasted as they appointed elders in the churches they founded (14:23).
Only the Lord knows how much the leadership of the church today could be strengthened if congregations were that determined to find and follow the Lord’s will. The early church did not choose or send out leaders carelessly or by popular vote. Above all they sought and followed God’s will. Fasting has no more power to assure godly leadership than it has to assure forgiveness, protection, or any other good thing from God. But it is likely to be a part of sincere dedication that is determined to know the Lord’s will and have His power before decisions are made, plans are laid, or actions are taken. People who are consumed with concern before God do not take a lunch break.
In every scriptural account genuine fasting is linked with prayer. You can pray without fasting, but you cannot fast biblically without praying. Fasting is an affirmation of intense prayer, a corollary of deep spiritual struggle before God. It is never an isolated act or a ceremony or ritual that has some inherent efficacy or merit. It has no value at all-in fact becomes a spiritual hindrance and a sin-when done for any reason apart from knowing and following the Lord’s will.
Fasting is also always linked with a pure heart and must be associated with obedient, godly living. The Lord told Zechariah to declare to the people, “When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted? … Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice, and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another’ ” (Zech. 7:5, 9–10). Seventy years of fasting meant nothing to the Lord, because it was done insincerely. Like the hypocrites that Jesus would later condemn, those Israelites lived only for themselves (v. 6).
After chastising the people in a similar way for their pretentious and unrighteous fasting, the Lord declared through Isaiah, Is this not the fast which I chose, to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke? Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into the house; when you see the naked, to cover him; and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light will break out like the dawn, and your recovery will speedily spring forth; and your righteousness will go before you; the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry, and He will say, “Here I am.” (Isa. 58:5–9)There can be no right fasting apart from a right heart, right living, and a right attitude.
But you, when you fast, Jesus tells those who belong to Him, anoint your head, and wash your face so that you may not be seen fasting by men. To anoint the head with oil was commonly done as a matter of good grooming. The oil was often scented and used partly as a perfume. Like washing the face, it was associated with day-to-day living, but especially with more formal or important occasions. Jesus’ point was that a person who fasts should do everything to make himself look normal and do nothing to attract attention to his deprivation and spiritual struggle.
The one who sincerely wants to please God will studiously avoid trying to impress men. He will determine not [to] be seen fasting by men, but by God the Father who is in secret. Jesus does not say we should fast for the purpose of being seen even by God. Fasting is not to be a display for anyone, including God. Genuine fasting is simply a part of concentrated, intense prayer and concern for the Lord, His will, and His work. Jesus’ point is that the Father never fails to notice fasting that is heart-felt and genuine, and that He never fails to reward it. Your Father who sees in secret will repay you. | 2019-04-26T00:20:42 | https://www.gty.org/library/bibleqnas-library/QA0151/is-fasting-a-command |
When couples fall in love, communication is both frequent and exciting. We engage with ease and we hang on to every word emanating from our partner’s lips. We also richly enjoy and appreciate the sense of being listened to by our partner. It is a special feeling that directly links with our sense of self-esteem. When communication is good, the unity that develops between us can enable us to manage and overcome many of the difficulties life throws our way.
But sometimes as we progress further into committed relationship, the pressures of economic, social, family and workplace living can begin to wear away at that bond of togetherness that previously made us feel so invincible. Instead of sharing the worrying challenges of life, we now sometimes face them alone. There are many reasons as to why this can happen: we do not want to worry our partner; we wish to be seen as decisive in our partner’s eyes; we do not wish to be seen as weak and troubled; sometimes we are already in too deep to let our partner know the truth.
But something deeper is perhaps taking place within our relationship: we are losing the bond of togetherness that comes from open, regular, inclusive, shared communications. We begin to take communication for granted. Perhaps instead of sharing with our partner the joys and pressures of our day, we eat dinner and immediately settle down to watch our favourite TV programmes, commence surfing the net, or engage in our favourite hobby. Communication falls by the wayside.
We all have idols in the world of sport and entertainment and we love to see our heroes perform successfully. But on reflection, we know that in consistently attaining the level of performance we demand, our heroes have to practice regularly throughout the week. The art of communication within relationships is somewhat similar in that it requires us to practice speaking, listening and giving feedback to one another every day of our lives. And for communication to become the cornerstone of our relationship, we need to speak, listen and provide feedback to one another in equal measure each day. | 2019-04-24T06:16:09 | https://www.accord.ie/news/communication-for-healthy-relationships |
Our Shared Border commends the extraordinary achievements of the four winners and eight finalists of the Border Research Partnership's 2011 Awards for U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Cooperation and Innovation. These twelve projects represent the best of the U.S.-Mexico relationship, showing how collaboration and a sense of community make the border the place where our countries come together, rather than where they are divided.
By honoring and encouraging the outstanding work of local leaders, the publication seeks to offer a "counter-narrative" to the frequent media portrayals of violence and poverty in the border region. Though such challenges are real, the narratives in this publication remind us that there is at least as much to celebrate.
The Border Research Partnership, comprised of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, the Arizona State University's North American Center for Transborder Studies, and the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, would like to thank the Council for State Governments-West and our outstanding bi-national selection committee for their support of the awards and publication. | 2019-04-25T17:41:13 | https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/our-shared-border-success-stories-us-mexico-collaboration |
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2nd Floor: 581 Sq. Ft.
House Dimensions: 46' 0" x 63' 0"
Great Room: 16' 0" x 19' 8"
Master Bedroom: 15' 4" x 14' 4"
Foyer (Vaulted): 7' 8" x 7' 6" x 9' 0"
Dining Room (Tray): 13' 8" x 12' 8" x 10' 6"
Great Room (Vaulted): 16' 0" x 19' 8" x 14' 0"
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Breakfast Room : 10' 0" x 10' 0" x 9' 0"
Utility Room : 7' 8" x 6' 0" x 9' 0"
Garage Storage : 9' 0" x 4' 4" x 0' 0"
Master Bedroom (Vaulted): 15' 4" x 14' 4" x 13' 9"
Bedroom #2 : 13' 4" x 11' 8" x 8' 0"
Bedroom #3 : 13' 4" x 11' 8" x 8' 0"
Porch - Front : 7' 10" x 6' 0" x 0' 0"
Porch - Rear : 10' 4" x 10' 0" x 0' 0"
Balcony : 7' 4" x 8' 6" x 8' 0"
Storage (1st Fl.) : 3' 4" x 4' 6" x 0' 0"
Storage (2nd Fl.) : 3' 0" x 1' 8" x 8' 0" | 2019-04-19T04:18:22 | https://www.dongardner.com/house-plan/948/the-cleary |
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What a great idea. Willie Nelson returns to the Great American Songbook, this time focused exclusively on the works of George and Ira Gershwin. There aren't any revelations here—in fact, it doesn't seem like that was even Nelson's intent. Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin isn't trying to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it's merely a relaxed, gently swinging stroll through some of the greatest songs ever written.
Highlights among the 11 tunes include lead-off cut "But Not For Me," which won a Grammy for Ella Fitzgerald in 1960. Though it's one of the most-often recorded songs of all time, Nelson's take on the title tune brims with drama. It's pretty wondrous that Nelson, 82 years young (turning 83 in April, in fact), is still in such strong voice. Tunes like "Someone To Watch Over Me" (which he already famously covered some 38 years ago on the all-standards Stardust) aren't done real justice by aged, tired voices. Thankfully there's no such worry here.
A couple of lukewarm duets add a bit of variety but aren't really essential tracks. Cyndi Lauper has some fun trading lines with Nelson on "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." Less effective is a rather colorless effort by Sheryl Crow on "Embraceable You." Neither track is a clunker, by any means—just not the most inspired moments on the record.
The album nicely coincides with Nelson having recently received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize. Sony Legacy's press notes state this marked the first occasion of a country artist winning the Gershwin Prize. A tribute concert was performed in honor of this distinction back in November and was subsequently aired on PBS in January of this year. No word on whether it will be rebroadcast or made available in any other format, but even if you missed it we have Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin to relish. | 2019-04-22T02:33:52 | http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/music-review-willie-nelson-summertime-willie-nelson-sings-gershwin/ |
A range of windowsill herb pots designed to accommodate fresh herbs purchased from supermarkets which are sold in square plastic pots.
The plastic pot containing the herb plant will fit directly into our tailor made square pot.
The herb pot has a glazed interior & no drainage hole - No leakage & no saucer required.
Simply remove for watering & allow to drain before replacing. With careful watering plants will remain fresh & in good condition for several weeks.
With a variety of coloured glazed finishes available there is a herb pot to suit all kitchen styles.
Quality UK made at our pottery studio. | 2019-04-22T12:41:40 | https://www.terracotta.uk.com/herb-pots-2 |
Tetihuacan, the famous "Calzada de los muertos" (Avenue of the dead) becomes alive every night through light and sound.
The headquarters of the BBVA Bancomer tower opened its doors in Mexico City with a unique audiovisual show across his 50-story building.
White Canvas from COCOLAB is an exploration of the potential of the human being through light: an immersive experience of light and sound that activates the imagination of people with hundreds of lights beams. | 2019-04-20T02:41:57 | https://www.livedesignonline.com/excellence-awards?infscr=1&page=2 |
This Happy News Money For Pizza Purse is super colourful and super cute. With the text 'Money for pizza, snacks and stuff', this pink coin purse will hold all the money you need for the most important things in life: food, obviously. Makes a great birthday or Christmas gift for a loved one who who is partial to a pizza. Aren't we all! | 2019-04-23T08:20:23 | https://intu.co.uk/shop/product/prezzybox/happy-news-money-for-pizza-purse_prezzybox22850705577 |
The House committee on trade and industry has urged the foreign chambers and the business community to support the passage of House Bill 4835, an anti-trust act prohibiting monopolies and penalizing anti-competitive agreements and mergers.
Batangas Congressman Tom Apacible, vice chair of the House committee on trade and industry told a forum on fair competition on Tuesday that without a competition law as an anchor, it would be difficult to attract foreign investors.
He urged them to campaign harder for the passage of the bill, lobby their congressmen or write President Aquino to certify HB 4835 as urgent.
"That's the only chance we have. If you want a good government, you should be part of government," added Apacible. The bill is in its second reading at the House of Representatives.
Guy Ledoux, head of the European Delegation to the Philippines, said: "We see the importance that the present administration is giving to level the playing field. The Philippines is an excellent candidate to take the step towards a solid competition law."
Stanley Wong, former Commissioner of the Competition Authority in Ireland said that there is no single model for competition law, as it should take into regard the business culture of a country.
Publication information: Article title: Support Sought for Competition Law. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Manila Bulletin. Publication date: January 29, 2013. Page number: Not available. © Manila Bulletin. COPYRIGHT 2013 Gale Group. | 2019-04-23T18:40:18 | https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-324005005/support-sought-for-competition-law |
Schaeffler is giving Autotechnician readers the opportunity to get hold of one of 20 INA stud fitting tools, an essential accessory for technicians carrying out timing belt system replacements on VAG 1.9/2.0 TDi engines (1998-onwards).
The tool was created after INA engineers became aware of premature failures of the timing belt tensioner stud on the popular range of diesel engines used in many Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen models. The combination of a steel stud and alloy head can create issues unless great care is taken during stud removal and installation.
VAG recommends replacing the stud – either a M8 fine thread or a stepped M8 to M10 stud – during the toothed belt service change interval, which INA includes in its timing belt kits; however, technicians must be extremely careful when removing the stud and should check for any aluminium deposits which may have been pulled out during the process.
The stud hole should then be checked for possible thread damage or contaminants, such as loctite or liquid metal-type materials, as coming into contact with either can render the stud thread unusable – a professional thread repair would then be needed.
The new tool can be used for the majority of applications; however, on rare occasions, a technician may come across a stud at the first service interval change which is slightly longer than the tool. In this instance, the tool should be used as a guide, setting the new stud to the same length as the original.
When installing a new stud, it is important that it is tightened to the correct torque settings according to the VM specifications (usually around 15Nm), always using a calibrated torque wrench. Once torqued correctly, the mounting thread must sit either flush or just below the surface of the cylinder head. Failure to insert the stud to the correct depth will result in the stud being subjected to ‘cyclic stress’, meaning the irregular firing pulses of the engine will vibrate through the stud and cause it to become loose or snap off.
To ensure the stud has been correctly installed, technicians should place the tool over the stud to check if any of the thread sticks out – if it does, the stud is not fitted correctly.
The tool has a 10mm counter bore at one end to allow it to be used with both the M8 plain stud and the alternative M8 to M10 stepped stud.
Once the stud has been installed to the correct depth, the tensioner nut should have torque applied, along with the supplementary turn in degrees. The turn is usually 45 degrees, but best practice is to always check the VM’s specifications and that the stud is stretching, not just turning in the head, as this can damage the thread.
If the thread does need repairing, the stud tool should be used in conjunction with the square nylon block to ensure it is aligned perfectly straight. If the stud is installed at an angle, it will simply amplify the effects of cyclic stress and cause premature failure.
For your chance to win one of 20 INA stud fitting tools, just drop us an email with your name, business name and contact telephone number to [email protected] quoting REF: INA02 before the deadline of Monday 25th February. | 2019-04-20T04:16:47 | https://autotechnician.co.uk/your-chance-to-grab-a-free-ina-stud-fitting-tool/ |
I have been trying to perform an static analysis on a manhole cover in SolidWorks Simulation but unable to get the desired displacemnt. The desired value is below 1.5mm but after repetitive attempts the best value I got is 1.7mm. Its an iges file, which I have converted to SolidWorks part, using the import diagonistic and feature recongnization tools.
The bottom face of the cover is fixed.
Force = 14300N on the top face of the cover is concentrated in the circumference of a circle of 250mm dia at the centre.
As, I am new to Simulation, there can be some errors. Kindly guide me on this issue. I have attached the files for further reference.
I tried to view your files but when i opened both of them they were empty. Nothing on the iges and the parts were not with the assembly.
Thanks for your concern. Plz try with this one. Might be some problem in the last upload.
- Why do you think that the deflection should be 1.5mm, your cover is B125 rated so your load should be 125000N on the test block, unless you are allowing for an additional FOS outside of EN124.
- Are you trying to look at the test load or the permanent set of the cover? Depending on which you are looking at then the important things to look out for are the FOS against the Yield strength of the material in the case of permanent set, or the FOS against the Ultimate strength if looking at the full test load.
- Your cover may deflect more than the standard allows during the test, but the recovery of the cover is important once the test load is released, this is why you should look at the FOS against the Yield strength, along with your deflection results.
- Make sure your contact constraints are set up correctly. I would not fix the base of the cover, but I might fix the base of the frame where it would sit on the concrete and then use no penetration contacts between the frame and the cover and the cover and the test block. This is very important to get accurate results.
- One step further would be to model the base of the concrete and fix this on the base, then use no penetration contacts for the rest of the connections, this will give you the most accurate results.
- I would use symmetry to speed up the tests, you should be able to use 1/4 of your model.
Thanks for your concern. Ya you are right the load is 143000N, I missed one zero. I tried the methods suggested by you, buts it takes hell lot of time, as I still on a learning curve of SolidWorks Simulation, could you please tell me how I can get the symmetry done here. So that I can easily get the analysis done and come up it the right solution.
One more thing what is this B125 rating which you mentioned?
Your frame has B125 on it and EN124 on it as well.
EN124 is a standard - Full title BS EN 124:1994 - It covers gully and manhole tops for vehicle and pedestrian areas, this is a harmonised European standard.
You really need to read and understand this document, as it covers the design and testing of this type of product in great detail. One other thing from your first post is the load application on the cover, in the standard you will see that the load should be applied through a test block that is placed on the cover, if you apply the load in SWX directly to the cover you will get incorrect results.
- Your product is (almost) symmetrical in two planes, you can therefore 1/4 the product and apply symmetry restraints to all of your cut surfaces, remember to 1/4 your applied load as well. There is one part of your frame that does not have this symmetry, if it was me and I was only interested in the cover, then I would ignore this. This will greatly speed up simulation. But depending on your system specs you could well be and hour or two per simulation.
- I still don't understand your load, 143000N is not a part of EN124, unless you are looking for additional safety.
One final point, and please don't take this the wrong way. As you don't appear to know about EN124 and B125 I am assuming you are testing this on behalf of a client based somewhere in Europe. Be carefull about the info you post on line, I am not sure if it is confidential or not, but I design these types of products as well every now and again and we always interested to know what our competitors are up to.
Yes James you are right its for a client, not based in Europe so no problem of competition. Actually its just a sample given to us for bench marking SolidWorks Simulation. As I am new to simulation, I am facing the problem with it. I followed the instructions given by you but the following message comes each time." Equilibrium satisfaction is not achieved. Do you want to exit?
Kindly help me with this. I know I asking for too much, but I am in some deep sort of trouble.
Can you post an image of the whole set up of your test for me? I suspect that you have a problem with one or more of your restraints.
If you are comparing actual test data to FEA you will need to be very sure of the material properties that you are using for the FEA.
Here are the images 1st one the attempt made on the cover only and 2nd one is with ths assembly..
Try to put symmetry on all the cut faces, not entirely sure whether you would want to put cyclic symmetry on them all though.
Sorry I am pushed for time at the moment.
I would not use circular symmetry, I would add planar symmetry to all of your cut surfaces, the top option in the advanced section of constraints, I would also make sure that I use a test block if testing to the standard, it should be 250DIA with a 3mm radius on the bottom surface, maybe 30mm thick, the test block should also have the symmetry constraints added, apply your load to the top of the test block.
If I get the chance over the weekend I will give it a try.
I exactly followed the steps suggested by you, but this I got some errors corresponding to large displacement and ultimately resulting into to the failure of the solution. I am getting clueless about it.
I know you have crunch of time, but I kindly request you to please check the model for once because I am really not able to get to any where near to the correct answer. I have done lots of R&D on it, but still no solution. I will be grateful to you for your this kind heartedness.
I finally got the chance to run your model.
The reason you are getting the large displacement warning is because the cover deflects a lot. You should read up in the help about Large displacement.
I ran the model with ductile iron material and a B125 load, not the higher load that you have described above. I also used mesh refinement on the cover as this is the part that will fail.
I also ran the model without large displacement turned on, so my results would be less accurate and overstate performance.
I am not going to give you any kind of analysis on wheather the product is suitable or not, but I would guess the the cover might bend around 14mm under a B125 load during the test. So my main question is why you think the cover should only bend 1.5mm? You also need to look very closely at your FOS plots.
Are you comparing it to a real live test on an actual part? If so when was the deflection measurement taken, during the test, or once the load had been removed?
Are you comparing it with another FEA system? If so was it set up correctly? What materials, loads, meshes and constraints?
I think you need to sit with someone who can go through your analysis and look at all of the deflections, stress levels in certain areas, and the resultant FOS plots, and what you are trying to compare the test data to. Can your VAR give you any assistance?
I would post some images but my IT policies wont allow it.
Thanks, James thanks alot for your time. I got your point. I am also getting the same displacemnt. Actually, my main concern was whether I am following the correct steps or not.
The reason why is was asking for the 1.5 mm displacement was that according to the prospect when the same model with same parameter is tested on Pro-E (Pro-Mechnica) FEA system gives the above displacement. Now, I believe I really need to check their parameters again.
Since the Pro/E and SW values differ by about a factor of 9, I would check the units carefully. If one is using N for force and the other Kgf, you would get a factor of 9.8 between the two.
Can anyone please help me with the following question.
and the dimenensions 300 mm but everytime it says failed optimization.
I have tried to search online for tutorials but couldn't find any. | 2019-04-24T00:29:21 | https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/43881 |
When you originally had your website designed, was it simply to remove a checkmark from your to do list? Did you throw together a quick template website from one of those inexpensive services online, or hire the first designer you found just to have a little information there if people searched for you?
Many people start their businesses that way. But that doesn’t mean you have to keep it that way once you figure out what an amazing marketing tool your website can be.
If your website has always been “there”, and you don’t really think about it much, it might be time you did. Take a few moments and go through your website with these ideas in mind.
We’ve all opened up those really cheesy sites that you kind of laugh at, wondering why they are even up and running. They look like they are straight out of the 1990s, home made with no pizzazz. Put your trust in that company? No way. Its fun to laugh at if its someone else’s. Its not so funny if its yours.
Would you trust your site?
Looking at a site is one thing; making a commitment to calling or emailing, or filling out a form, or even using a shopping cart is something different. The further you expect people to go on your site, the better it needs to be. What on your site says “trust me”. Is it professional? Do you have links to organizations you belong to that build trust? Is it easy to operate?
Can you easily find things on your site?
Does your site motivate you to want more?
On every page of your site, is there a reason for people to want more? Is it filled with content that leads them to more information, more decisions and more opportunity? You never want a viewer to become bored; there should always be another page to read, something else to learn, and another place to visit. If they can’t be motivated to click a button, they won’t be motivated to pick up the phone and call you.
Is it easy to connect with you on your site?
I once spoke with a business owner who didn’t want his phone number or his email on his site. He had a small form in case someone wanted to connect with him, but even that was hard to find. His reason – he didn’t want spam email or sales calls that pulled his number from online. If you’re in business and want customers, you have to make it easy for them to find you because they won’t hunt for your information. They will find someone else to do business with. Spam, sales calls and other issues are just part of doing business.
Is your site full of options?
What if a viewer doesn’t want to call you, can they visit your Facebook page? What if they don’t want one of your services, do they have other options? Not every potential client that visits your page is going to have the same wants and desires. Its your job to fully define all of your clients and make sure they are happy and have a trail to follow when they end up on your site. Think about each category of clientele you have and make sure you have content specifically for them. Make sure they know you have what they are looking for.
Does your site say what you really want it to say?
Who is your client? What are they searching for? What are their problems? How can you offer solutions? Its easy to think broad and generic when putting a site together. But in today’s world, a website can have dozens, even hundreds of pages all providing content to reach out to your ideal client. If you thought generically in the beginning when you first designed your site, its time to look at it in a new way. When every potential client comes to your site, they should be able to find specific information just for them; something that makes them say “wow” and “how do they know me so well”? This will boost up your exposure and your traffic, and help you start using your website as its truly meant to be used.
We hear stories like that all the time.
Your designer codes; he doesn’t understand marketing.
Your designer is a tech person – he cares about how it looks, how it’s designed, and how it functions. He likes showing off his skills with the “bells and whistles”. He wants to be able to give you all the things that will make you say WOW when you first see it. His talents lie in the looks and the feel. And that’s where his talents end.
The problem lies in the fact that your clients don’t care in any way about those bells and whistles. The first two seconds of load time might make them say WOW. But the second after that, its time for business. They look for what brought them to your site in the first place. They look for the content that will help them better trust you. They look for ease of use. And if two seconds of WOW is all they see and they can’t find what they truly want, they will head to another site – a more user-friendly site – that can get them what they want.
Marketing is what matters. And most web designers simply don’t understand that.
So you get what they want to deliver. And you wind up being ever-increasingly frustrated.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. If you see yourself in the above story, let this be your wakeup call. Today is the day to update your site.
You don’t have easy control over your site. With the easy platforms on the marketplace today, no small business owner should be held hostage by their web designer. If you can’t make changes easily to your site, its time for a new site.
You can’t see your site in a user friendly manner on your smart phone or tablet. Increasingly people are moving from desktops and laptops to tablets and phones for their everyday needs. If they can’t view your site, they can’t do business with you.
You haven’t made a change to your site in months. The only thing that keeps a site relevant is up to date content. If you don’t have an easy way to add content, change your site today.
Are there features and functions you no longer use? Nothing says “old” like a page that hasn’t been updated in months (or even years).
Does your site take a long time to load? Yes, we’re talking seconds here, not minutes. (If its minutes, you need a new site TODAY.) Look at it from your visitors’ perspective. Would you wait around for a site that takes a long time to load? Or would you back out and find another site to look at for information?
Are visitors moving from one page to the next? If you don’t have things like Google Analytics in place to tell what your visitors are doing, you have no way of knowing the path they are taking once they come to your site. The only way to make sure you have relevant content is to view how they move from one page to the next. If you aren’t getting traction, it is your website design’s fault.
When was the last time you updated your site? This is your marketing. This is the way you expect to attract clients. You can’t leave your main marketing tool untouched and without change for months or years. It should be something you change and tweak over and over again.
Do the search engines even know you exist? When you read SEO, if your first response is “huh?”, its time to get busy and work with your site. SEO doesn’t just happen; it takes work to get results in the search engines.
Ready to make a change? Start with a WordPress blog. You can have a customized design and have access to add/change anything you choose 24/7. It really is the easiest way to gain control over your marketing.
Chances are it’s to communicate with prospects and customers. Which also means that you’re hoping to grow your list of prospects and customers down the road.
The problem with most bloggers is they rely on a person to find their blog, and come back to it again and again in order to keep in contact. Think about that for a minute. Do you go back and visit blogs on a regular basis? I’m sure you have your favorites. I have about six I visit several times per week just to see what’s new. But the vast majority I may have found an interesting article at, but rarely head back to visit.
Your visitors are the same way. They may have found interest in your information, but after reading down the page, they found something else of interest, clicked around, and exited out of your blog.
How can you prevent that in the future?
Ask for people to sign up or subscribe to your list for future promotions. Not just at the top of the page, but throughout your blog, on different pages, and in different locations.
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Your reader is already interested in what you’ve written. They’ve probably found value in it because they’ve read to the bottom. They may have missed the subscribe box at the top of the page – this gives them another opportunity when they may be even more committed to learning about you.
Don’t think of your blog as you would a traditional store. People won’t always come in at the top of your home page, look around, and enter out the same way they came in. They may come in through a reference in Google or from Twitter. They may enter a post that’s several months old. Always give them every opportunity to connect up with you, no matter how they find you and where they enter. | 2019-04-20T00:46:16 | https://thesocialghost.com/category/online-marketing-2/page/2/ |
Thanks to this recipe, you will detoxify your body, eliminate infections, regulate the blood sugar and cholesterol levels, boost your immune system, fight cancer, and much more.
One of the most potent plants in nature is garlic, which has incredible healing effects. People have been using these effects for creating numerous natural remedies for centuries now. This recipe in particular has been invented a long ago by Buddhist monks, and it is very easy and simple to prepare, while it is inexpensive at the same time.
People have been using this Tibetan garlic cure to improve and preserve their health. This recipe has also been used as an efficient tool for losing weight, as a part of a healthy diet. Find out how to prepare it and which benefits you will experience in a short time.
You are recommended to use organic garlic or garlic cultured by yourself. Start by peeling the garlic cloves and then chop them. Then, add them to a glass bowl, and add the alcohol into it too.
Mix the ingredients well, and then cover the glass container tightly.
Place the glass container in the refrigerator and keep it there for ten days approximately.
Ten days later, you will see that the liquid has become greenish in color. You can then take it out of the refrigerator and filter the mixture. Strain, and then pour the liquid in a clean, airtight glass jar.
Let the liquid in the refrigerator stay for three more days. After this time of maceration, you can consume the remedy.
First day: one drop in the morning, two drops at noon, and three drops in the evening.
Second day: four drops in the morning, five drops at noon, and nine drops in the evening.
Third day: seven drops in the morning, eight drops at noon, and nine drops in the evening.
From day 11 on: you are supposed to take 25 drops a day, three times a day until you finish the Tibetan remedy with garlic.
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Cooking Class for Children with Nazlina.
Even though you might think that children may be too young to learn to cook, we think otherwise.
The skills that they are going to pick up will be useful for the rest of their lives!
Children learn by observing how things are done. Might as well start them at a young age to learn basic cooking skills.
Think of how lucky they are; they will learn the names of the spices and what the spices look like, smell like or taste like when some of their peers have never even heard of or tasted these ingredients.
Kyling Saw from Penang is already an expert in baking cookies and cakes in her household.
Therefore, it is only natural she was also very interested to learn about the spices in making chicken rendang in our children cooking class.
She diligently grounded the spices manually until they become a fine paste.
Looking at her working, one could see that a seriously competent cook was surely in the making.
Yuki Tan from Hong Kong is our youngest student to date. She is a seven year old who was very curious with every step of the cooking process.
Happy Yuki with her new "toys".
She came with her older sister and parents and proudly took part in almost every activity we did. She scraped the coconut, grounded the kerisik, counted the number of peppercorns to be placed in the pot correctly and also cut the vegetables, guided by her father.
Yuki and her sister Charlotte placing the peppercorns into their saucepan.
Nanda came to learn to cook with her mother. She is thirteen years old. She was so proud to be able to cook an elaborate meal and later enjoy it together with her mother. Even though this session was not a specifically children cooking class, Nanda benefited a lot by being in a group of caring adults.
Nanda, 13 years old, hard at work with her chillies.
We also have request to supervise schoolchildren to do some outdoor barbecue as part of children cooking class activities. For this group, we plan to make scrumptious satay! Aha, everyone would get dirty by making their own sticks of satay. The tedious process of skewering the meat onto the bamboo stick would lessen considerably when it is done in gotong-royong spirit.
Children enjoying the task of scraping the coconut.
You hardly have the opportunity to see this elsewhere.
There is no minimum or maximum number of students. The terms for bigger groups are different from smaller groups. Please let us know what kind of program that you have in mind. Children coming together with their parents are very much welcomed.
Please fill up the form below or send text messages (SMS) to Nazlina at +6012-4538167 to book your session at least two days before.
How many people including you?
Do you need transfer from your hotel?
Please state hotel and room number for the transfer service.
If this a team building exercise, please state your company's budget.
See the fun photos of the cooking class here! | 2019-04-25T20:52:12 | http://www.pickles-and-spices.com/children-cooking-class.html |
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Today we are graced with the presence of my little sister - Joanna. She is a lovely little newlywed (1 yr) and keeps a lovely home. This recipe is a great one and pretty inexpensive. I actually made it Tuesday night and it is definitely Ryan and Charlotte approved. It was amazing! Let's have a look shall we?
Of my small library of cookbooks, I always find myself reaching for the same one.
It is my favorite because I have filled it with invaluable family recipes and little meals I've jotted down from online that have proven themselves to be especially tasty.
Buy it here and fill one with your own family recipes that will suit your personal cooking needs.
One such treasure found in my cookbook is my mother-in-law’s Zucchini Cornbread Recipe. One of the many great things about getting married is that you inherit a whole new lot of family recipes to try. Zucchini cornbread is simple, inexpensive, has few ingredients, and the hands on time is only about 20 minutes!
or until all the pink has cooked out.
Step 2: In a large bowl, combine cornbread mixes, milk, and eggs (according to the box directions).
Wash and grate zucchini with a cheese grater and add to the cornbread mixture.
Then add cheddar cheese, and browned sausage.
and to give your zucchini cornbread brown crispy edges.
I use a dutch oven to bake mine in, but a cast iron skillet or a well-greased casserole dish would do the trick.
(depending on how deep your dish is - the deeper the dish, the longer the time).
Step 5: Heat canned black-eyed peas on the stove top in a small pot. Of course, you can use any kind of peas or beans that you like.
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