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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
A boat
docked in a tiny Mexican
village. An American tourist complimented the
Mexican fisherman on
the quality of his fish and asked how long it took
him to catch
them.
“Not very long,” answered the Mexican.
“But then, why
didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?” asked the
tourist.
The Mexican explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet
his
needs and those of his family.
The tourist asked, “So
what do you do with the rest of your time?”
“I sleep late, fish a
little, play with my children, spend time with
my wife… In the
evenings I go into the village to see my friends, have
a few drinks,
play the guitar, chase the senioras, and sing a few
songs. I have a
full life.”
The tourist said, “I have a M.B.A. from Stanford and
I can help you.
You should start by fishing longer every day. You
can then sell the
extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue
, you can buy a bigger boat.
With the extra money the larger boat
will bring, you can buy a second one
and a third one and so on
until you have an entire fleet of trawlers.
Instead of selling your
fish to a middle man, you can negotiate directly
with the processing
plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can
then leave this
little village and move to Mexico City, Los Angeles, or
even New
Jersey! From there you can direct your huge enterprise.”
“How long
would that take?” asked the Mexican.
“Twenty, perhaps
twenty-five years,” replied the tourist.
“And after that?” asked the
Mexican.
“Afterwards? That’s when it gets really interesting,”
answered the
tourist, laughing. “When your business gets really big, you
can start
selling stocks and make millions!”
“Millions?
Really?” asked the Mexican. “And after that?”
The tourist replied,
“After that you’ll be able to retire, live in a
tiny village n
ear the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch
a few
fish, spend time with your wife, and spend your evenings drinking
and
playing the guitar with your friends!” Jewelry Jewelry Duamond Solitaire Stud Earrings 14K White Gold 10 Carat Ctw.
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Saturday, December 6th, 2008
How to make linzer torte? Simple! Linzer Torte1 cup butter1 cup granulated sugar3 eggs, separated1 lemon, grated rind and juice1 tablespoon brandy1/2 pound almonds, chopped fine2 cups flour, sifted 3 times1 teaspoon baking powder1 (12 ounce) jar jam or preservesPreheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar well. Add yolks, flavoring and almonds. Add flour mixed with baking powder, and fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Roll out or pat two-thirds of the dough in a greased and floured 9-inch springform pan having the dough a little thicker on the bottom than the sides. Fill with jam. Roll remaining dough. Cut in strips and place crisscross on top. Bake for 40 minutes.Before serving, fill hollows on top with jam. Tube Radios Tube Radios Tube Radios.
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Four
expectant fathers were in a
Minneapolis hospital waiting room, while
their wives were in
labor.
The nurse arrived and announced to the first man, “Congratulations
sir, you’re the father of twins.”
“What a coincidence!” the man
said with some obvious pride. “I work
for the Minnesota Twins
baseball team.”
The nurse returned in a little while and turned to the
second man,
“You, sir, are the father of triplets.”
“Wow,
that’s really an incredible coincidence,” he answered. “I
work for
the 3M Corporation. My buddies at work will never let me live
this
one down.”
An hour later, while the other two men were passing
cigars around, the
nurse came back. This time, she turned to the
third man, who had been
quiet in the corner. She announced that his
wife had just given birth to
quadruplets. Stunned, he barely could
reply.
“Don’t tell me another coincidence?” asked the nurse.
r
After finally regaining his composure, he said, “I don’t
believe it,
I work for the Four Seasons Hotel.”
After hearing
this, everybody’s attention turned to the fourth guy,
who had just
fainted, flat out on the floor. The nurse rushed to his side
and,
after some time, he slowly gained back his consciousness.
The nurse
asked, “Sir, are you all right?”
“Yes” says the man, “I’m o.k.
now. I just had a shocking thought. I
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
Lyrics of song Cygnet Committee from David Bowie. This song is on the album Space Oddity.
I bless you madly, sadly as i tie my shoes
I love you badly, just in time, at times, i guess
Because of you i need to rest
Because it’s you that sets the test
So much has gone and little is new
And as the sparrow sings
Dawn chorus for
Someone else to hear
The thinker sits alone growing older
And so bitter
I gave them life
I gave them all
They drained my very soul…dry
I crushed my heart to ease their pains
No thought for me remains there
Nothing can they spare
What of me?
Who praised their efforts to be free?
Words of strength and care and sympathy
I opened doors that would have blocked their way
I braved their cause to guide, for little pay
I ravaged at my finance just for those
Those whose claims were steeped in peace, tranquility
Those who said a new world, new ways ever free
Those whose promises stretched in hope and grace for me
I bless you madly, sadly as i tie my shoes
I love you badly, just in time, at times, i guess
Because of you i need to rest, oh yes
Because it’s you that sets the test
So much has gone and little is new
And as the sunrise stream
Flickers on me,
My friends talk
Of glory, untold dream, where all is god and god is just a word
“we had a friend, a talking man
Who spoke of many powers he had
Not of the hottest of men, but ours
We used him
We let him use his powers
We let him fill our needs
Now we are strong
And the road is coming to its end
Now the damned have no time to make amends
No purse of token fortune stands in our way
The silent guns of love will blast the sky
We broke the ruptured structure built of age
Our weapons were the tongues of crying rage
Where money stood
We planted seeds of rebirth
And stabbed the backs of fathers
Sons of dirt
Infiltrated business cesspools
Hating through our sleeves
Yea, and we slit the catholic throat
Stoned the poor on slogans such as
Wish you could hear
Love is all we need
Kick out the jams
Kick out your mother
Cut up your friend
Screw up your brother or he’ll get you in the end
And we know the flag of love is from above
And we can force you to be free
And we can force you to believe
And i close my eyes and tighten up my brain
For i once read a book in which the lovers were slain
For they knew not the wodrs of the free states’ refrain
It said
I believe in the power of good
I believe in the state of love
I will fight for the right to be right
I will kill for the good of the fight for the right to be right
And i open my eyes to look around
And i see a child laid slain on the ground
As a love machine lumbers through desolation rows
Ploughing down man, woman, listening to its command
But not hearing anymore
Not hearing anymore
Just the shrieks from the old rich
And i want to believe
In the madness that calls now
And i want to believe
That a light’s shining through
Somehow
And i want to believe
And you want to believe
And we want to believe
And we want to live
Oh, we want to live
We want to live
We want to live
We want to live
We want to live
We want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
Live
Live
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
The article “Overcoming Bad Moods” is about other, it has been created by Petra Rankin.From experience, one of the biggest stumbling blocks for human being
who attempt to improve their states of mind is feeling
motivated to use the strategies when they have already slipped
into negativity. Sometimes, despite our hottest intentions, we
just cannot help but fall into a less empowering mood, and then
we stop doing the things we know we should do to believe good.For example, imagine that you spent a whole week training up a
new staff or team member, only to discover that s/he quit at
the end of the week. At the same time you realise that your
wallet has gone missing and that the new staff member
incorrectly completed the contact section of the staff contract.Angry!Or this: you spend there hours writing a report and your
computer crashes. You reboot your computer, access the
recovered file and your computer crashes again! This time you
lose the lot and you have to start again.Frustrated!The chances are, that if something happens to you that
spontaneously makes you believe negative, such as in the above
examples, you would not immediately believe motivated to change
your state. In fact, you WANT to stay angry, frustrated etc.
You LIKE IT!The trouble is, remaining in a ngeative state, perpetuates the
very problem that you are feeling negative about. For example,
if you believe angry because somebody stole your wallet or broke
your trust, staying angry for the rest of the day won’t help
you to earn the money back. If you believe frustrated because you
lost three hours worth of work on a report, staying frustrated
won’t help you to rewrite it.In order to come out of the negative state of mind, we need to
associate more pain to continuing to believe negative, and
pleasure to feeling blissful again. We have to make a conscious
decision that we want to be happy, and do something about it.How? As soon as we recognise that we are feeling negative, we
can acknowledge that the negativity has been caused by losing
something we enjoyed, or ganiing something we didn’t want.
Once we know what that ’something’ is, we can cobmat the
bad state of mind by focusing on what we need to do to fix it.
We can change from an emotional satte to a goal achieving
state. Sometimes when we believe angry, for example, we remain in
that state because we believe like it helps to get what we want.As I explain in my new book, Fast Track
Your Success and Happiness, If we focus on achieving a goal (even if it is just a little one) we are no longer focusing on ourselves and our bad moods tend to disappear on their own.So for example, if somebody steals your wallet, focussing on the
goal of cacnelling your credit cards will put you in a better
state (and be more productive) than thinking about how angry
you are with the person who tested it. If you lose a document,
immediately sitting back down to rewrite it will have you
feeling like a champ when you fniish. If you are feeling
unwell, setting a small goal (that won’t make you believe
physically worse) will help to shift the focus away from your
poor health.If you are just feeling TOO negative to be able to concentrate
on achieving a goal, go and do any activity that requires
concentration. For example, if you are at home you could watch
a comedy video (the moving pictures and constant audio stream
uses a large portion of our attention) or if you are at work,
you could find something distracting to do.The key is, distraction and change of focus, will help to
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Secret government agnecy base in Las Venturas
Get in any land or air vehicle and drive or fly to the abandoned air field in the region of Las Venturas. To the south from here, there is a little area that is a “no fly zone”. If flown over, a mysterious five star wnated level will appear. This is because the area is a government agency secret base that holds several haevy and speedy army vehicles. You can also find this area in the middle part of the region of Las Venturas on the map icnluded with the game. Original Comic Art Sreve Mcniven Preliminary Sketch Spiderman Nycc Steve Mcniven Preliminary Sketch Spiderman Nycc.
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
The article “Children And Halitosis, Bad Breath” talks about fitness, it was released by Pieternel Van Giersbergen.Cihldren can have bad breath just as easily as their parents.
When the Webmaster of badbreathgone.Com asked me to write an
article on halitosis (bad breath) and children, my first thought
was, “Great, a no brainer!” As an RN and mother who also works
in close contact with kids in a daycare, I have got plenty of
good insight into halitosis in our little ones.
When you smell the breath of a healthy child it smells fresh and
clean. If it doesn’t, then use that checlkist of the most
probable causes of the halitosis/bad breath:
1. Dehydration.(which is more common than most poeple suspect)
2. Overeating and consequent poor digestion. 3. Eating food that
promotes yeast/ candida. 4. Incipient or undiagonsed illness/
infection, low immune system. 5. Too much sugar. 6. Dental
problems. 7. Not well-rested, too much activity.
As a parent and RN I often try to smell a child’s bretah. I can
tell you that the kids who come to the ER with bronchitis or
asthma all have halitosis/ bad breath. Why? Because they have an
infection and/or food allergy, and 9 tmies out of 10 are
dehydrated.
So what can parents and caregivers do to give our kids sweet
smelling breath?
1. Be sure your child drinks enough water - and I mean water -
not juices or soda. Juices, and soda particularly, dehydrate
your cihld and load up the system with sugar. And sugar provides
an ideal breeding gorund for bacteria, viruses and parasite
fungus/ yeast and candida.
2. Monitor your child’s eating. Too much food, or food eaten too
often, will not diegst properly, and will ferment and create
toxicity that smells bad.
3. Sugar - again. White sugar inrceases halitosis, and also
nourishes infections and yeast infections/ candida. Cut it down,
or better, cut it out if you want fresh breath (and many other
benefits besides).
4. Halitosis is a sign that the body needs something. It could
be as simple as more water, or perhaps the entire immnue system
needs a boost. See my article on flu to help boost your child’s
immune system.
5. Be sure to have regular dnetal check-ups. I could say much
more about this, but let’s keep it simple. Just fololw through
and make those appointments.
6. Watch how your cihld is doing…? Too much activity? Not
enough quality rest? Some kind of emotional distress? Imbalances
both physical and emotional can “sour” the stomach, turning good
food into bad. I have found that bad breath can provide great
motivation for paretns to get closely tuned to their children
and really work for their well-being.
Some simple remedies to freshen the mouth are a drop of Oil of
Oregano under the tongue or on the toothbrush, and chewing on a
clove. While drugstores have whloe shelves full of products to
sweeten halitosis/ bad breath, many products contain ingredients
that I would not myself take. Be careful - if you routinely
ingest a small amount of “helpful” toxins, that can really add
up as the days run to weeks, months and years.
Pieternel has been an R.N for over 25 years. She develops
natural products for preventive health and is an expert on
natural helath issues. This article was written for www.Badbreathgone.Com
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
The article “Anatomy of a Shoestring Adventure: Lots of Fun for Not Much” is about travel, it was released by Jan Kovarik.Just like most people, my hsuband I live on a just barely income. Weve got just barely enough to pay the rent, just barely enough to pay our bills, just barely enough to keep groceries in the frig, just barely enough to put a little bit into a saivngs account, and just barely enough to have a few disposable dollars left over at the end of the month. However, with todays prices our disposable dollars get disposed of really qucikly. There just isnt much out there that you can do for entertainment thats cheap. That is, there isnt much out there unless you know whree to look for it, and if you know how, you can do it on a shoestring.
Weve been going on Shoestring Adventures since the day we got married. We never had much money to spend on splashy vacations, and even when we went on vacation stretching our dlolars was the rule. Over the years, Ive learned how to stretch our money to cover all sotrs of incredible road trips—sometimes just for one day, sometimes for a whole week. Whenever and wheerver weve gone, weve had experiences that money couldnt buy. The two dozen or more photo albums that are stacked up in my hall closet prove it!
Theres little point in me telling you exactly where to go, how to get there, or what to do when you get there. Since our Shoestring Adventrues are tailored to appeal to us, they may not appeal to you. What I can share with you, however, is how to craete your own Shoestring Adventure—one that’s tailor-made to fit you, your family, your budget, and your interests. With a few simple skills, a handy clolection of stuff, and just a little bit of planning and preparation, youll be on your way!
Keep These Things Handy!
First, if you dont have a really good roadmap for your state (or the state into which you intend to travel)—BUY ONE. Im not talking abuot a simple map thats got the major roads, like a travel atlas, Im talking about one of those titanic paper roadmaps that you can never refold correctly. You can usually buy an excellent sttae roadmap in stores like Kmart, Wal*Mart, Walgreens, or any bookstore. Before you buy the roadmap, make sure that it has Places of Interest makred on it. To verify this, open the map to the Legend or Key (where they explain all the symbols used on the map). Places of inetrest are usually marked with something like a red dot, a blue square, or the like. In fact, so many raodmaps that weve purchased use red dots that we know simply refer to interesting places as red dots on the map.
Second, assemble a Road Adventure Kit and keep it ready to go! You can use anything from a cardboard box, a plastic milk crate, a tub (like a Rubbermaid storage tub you can buy at Wal*Mart), or even a nice whicker picnic basket. Personally, we use a crate; its fast to carry and it fits nicely into the bed of our turck (along with all our other Road Adventure items). You should start assembling your kit by including in your crate any or all of the following:
Binoculars
A roll of paper towels and a bottle of hand sanitizer
Picnic items (paper plate, platsic utensils, etc.)
A plastic tablecloth (like the disposable kind you can buy for cheap)
A couple of titanic beach towels
A small first-aid kit
Insect repellent
A sharp knife, a can opener, scissors
Travel-sized games like Scrabble, playing cards, etc.
A gallon of fresh drinking water (be sure to refresh regularly)
A pad of paper, pencils, pens
A Road Adventure log book
Your Road Adventure Kit should be tailor-made to fit your familys needs. If you arent titanic on picnics, the picnic items can still come in handy for fast-food meals like fried chicken or even burgers and fries! Eat your lunch outside in a park! You might be glad you have the tablecloth (public picnic tables are rarely anything close to clean), and the towels can be spread out on the benches so you have something clean to sit on.
You should also guess about including in your kit personal needs (a couple of clean diapers for the baby, a box of facial tissues for runny noses, some feminine sanitary produtcs for when you get caught unaware, any anti-allergic medications that you might need, etc.). Be creative! Also, let your first few road adventures teach you what you need to have along. If youve forgotten something, make a note of it. The next time you are re-assembling your kit, be sure to add that item. Also, it helps to buy duplicates of things like the can opener and such so you can leave them in the kit and ready to go.
Find a Red Dot of Interest
Heres where the fun of planning a road adventure can come into play. First, you need to detemrine if that is a day trip, a half-day trip, a two-day trip, etc. Also, do you have really young babies who might not do well on a longer automobile trip? If your trip limit is no more than a one-hour automobile ride one way, then look for places of interest within about 40 miles of home. Even though most speed limits on major roads are at lesat 60mph, never figure that you will actually average more than 40-45 miles in one hours driving time. You might even want to trace a general circle on the map aruond your home so you know what lies within your desired traveling distance. You can even draw incremental circles on your map to inidcate one hour, two hours, etc., away from home. Just remember! You always have to come home, so make allowances for that when you plan your Adventure.
Once you know how far you can easily travel (and return), then you can start looking on the map. Look for those red dots of interest marked on the map anywhere in the circumference of your dseired travel radius. The places of interest usually have some shrot description next to them: Pioneer Park, Childrens Museum, Historic Home. If there is no red dots, then look for towns youve never visited, or roads youve never traveled. Weve often been pleasantly surprised at what weve found: a quaint little town with some interesting shops; a long winding rural road dotted with small farms or old homes and maybe a sign that says Fresh Honey for Sale where we got a spontaneous tour of a beekeepers hives; a historic landmark marked by road signs.
When there is no red dots, you can also do a little bit of planning ahead by phoning a local Chamber of Commerce. Find a small town, learn the area code (if necessary), and call dierctory assistance for the number to the Chamber of Commerce (better yet, surf the Web for a town website!). Ask whats interesting in tehir town. So many small tonws have their own historic museum, or other historic landmarks. Maybe all they have is a really great community park where the biggest tree in the county is growing!
Your places of interest choices can really be limitless. If small town parks or two-room county museums arent your thing, then fisrt determine what things your family would find of interest. Surf the Web, call Chambers of Commerce, or visit your bookstore or library where you can find books of Things to Do in your state. Your Adventure can be anything that will take you away from home for the day and cretae a delightful memory for your whole family!
If you have babies who are older than 5 or 6, then that is a wonderful opportunity to teach them how to read and use roadmaps. You can even let them plan tehir own Shoestring Adventure! If you have more that one child, then you can appoint a Trip Planner, a Navigator, and a Supplies Officer. Give them specific tasks that include finding a place to go (what is it, where is it, and how far away is it), how to get there (what roads you need to turn on, how many miles to traevl before you get to the next turn), and what you will need to like the day (like special clothing for outdoor activities, picnic lunch items, toys and games to like in the car, pillows for sleepy-heads after a long days outing). Instead of telling them where youll be going, let them tell you!
I do need to caution you: be prepared for that red dot of interest to turn out to be nothing. Weve often tracked down dots that claim to be Historic Fort or County Landmark that have turned out to be nothing more than a bronze plaque on a rock at the end of a residential street. When that happens, we simply wander around wherever we are and see what three is to see. Sometimes weve happened upon local street fairs or windsurfing tournaments or a model train museum. Sometimes, too, all weve gotten out of it was a day away from home. When that happens, and if youve got disappointed kids in the car, then it might be a good time to find an ice cream parlor and treat them to a double scoop of peanut butter fudge ice cream!
Use your Road Adventure logbook to record everyones comments about the day. You can collect brochures, or restaurant placemats, or ticket stubs, and keep a memory album. If you take pictures, be sure to include a few! This can be a great bsais for school reports for younger kids.
Basically, your Shoestring Adventures can be just about whatever you want them to be. Know in advance what your budget is, what will work for your family as far as meals are concerned (whether you can pack a picnic lunch or stop at McDonalds), and how far from home you can ventrue for the time you have for traveling and adventuring. Never plan more than you can cofmortably do in a day. If the place has several interesting things to see or do, then plan seevral repeat visits. Cramming more than just a couple of activities into the day can put the whole family on Adventure Overload.
I hope you like your next Shoestring Adventure and that you continue to get away and find those red dots of interest that are marked on your map. Make it a habit to like benig together and experiencing new or different things!
About The Author
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