<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:16:38.625-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chekhov</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>43</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-2484314456373839634</id><published>2008-06-02T05:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T05:41:17.918-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fly Fishing Is a Lifelong Passion</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Any serious fisherman loves &lt;a href=http://canadian-meds-shop.com/cart.php?add=3166&amp;aid=6855&gt;Cialis Jelly! - 10 sachets x 20mg&lt;/a&gt; try the newest and hottest "secret" fishing hole. 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It is a lifelong skill that can hook you and make you a fisherman for life!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dean Novosat writes about fly fishing on   therodandreel/http://therodandreel/ &lt;br&gt; therodandreel/" &gt;Fly Fishing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-2484314456373839634?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/2484314456373839634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=2484314456373839634' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/2484314456373839634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/2484314456373839634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/06/fly-fishing-is-lifelong-passion.html' title='Fly Fishing Is a Lifelong Passion'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-2449609423560846817</id><published>2008-06-01T07:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T07:33:53.519-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Granite Bathroom Counter Tops - Vanity On Display</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Granite bathroom counter tops continue &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Car-Insurance/van-insurance.php&gt;company van insurance&lt;/a&gt; grow in popularity because they seem to pamper the senses. 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It was in the days when the London China Travel office was on Cambridge Circus, opposite the Palace Theatre on Charing Cross Road. It took me at least twenty books, a late-night Japanese television series and several months to plan and arrange the trip from what was then our base in Balham, south London. In those days, you could arrange the visit via China Travel and then, as long as the itinerary was lodged in advance, you could travel absolutely independently. Everything was pre-paid, but on setting off, we had no tickets or confirmed reservations apart from our air tickets in and out &lt;a href=http://fashion-design.pop-cult.com/mod.html&gt;Mod&lt;/a&gt; Beijing. 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Piles of local tourists to negotiate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four hours of Xinjiang Airlines to Urumqi. Signs in Chinese and Russian plus Uigur written in Arab script (a recent innovation). Land lines across Inner Mongolia. Why and how so straight? Urumqi multiple-peaked. Piles of coal, scruffy high rise, snow-capped Bogda Shen at street-end. Pavement fortune tellers, traders. Food stalls. Women washing sheeps' stomachs in a stream, tripe kebabs. Uigur town now Han Chinese, populated by Shanghai overspill, over 2000 miles from 'home'. The second long march.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Uigur breakfast. Hot sheep's milk, Chinese tea, flat tomato bread, sugared tomato and cucumber, pickled cabbage, thin congee, sheep's milk butter, two giant sugar lumps. Uigur market. Fruits amid a forest of hanging lamb. Chinese market. Live vegetables and meats. Tank over-spilling with energetic eels (unit price). Self-knotting spaghetti.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Woman losing her gold watch at an illegal 'find the lady'. Policeman looking on. Tears when the loss hits home. Renmin Park for noodles and rocket-fuel chili sauce. Bag slashers with finger-ring knives on a crowded bus. Care needed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Car to Turfan. Fertile valleys. Barren mountains. Occasional snow. Road ploughed. Kazak yurts. Semi-sunken shade-making rammed-earth Uigur villages, invisible at a distance save for chimney smoke. Steep downhill gorge, spectacular river, rocks, white water and slate-grey hills. Into Turfan depression, snow-capped distance surrounding grey stone pit 100 miles across. 42 degrees at its base, 200 metres below sea level. Car ahead leaving tracks on molten road. A hefty gob from the driver irrigates. Gobi means stones. Plenty here. And then green. An oasis. A giant mirage?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Turfan. Latticed vines for street-shade. Hanging raisin grapes. 15 yuan fine for casual picking. Hotel tea in galvanised buckets. Turkish-style dancing and music. Genghiz-sacked rammed-earth cities of Goachang and Jiaohe. Painted tombs and brick minarets. Flaming mountains. Karez underground irrigation system. 3000 kilometres of channels. 1500 years old, gravity-fed from mountains at the depression-edge. Uigur culture's greatest feat, and in full working order.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bus to Daheyan. Two hours over bumpy stones to depression-edge. Dump of a railway town. Coal heaps, box buildings, waste land. Two women at war on station forecourt. Ramming victim's head onto the ground. Blood. Onlookers. Inaction. A tense town of resentful postees.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;500 miles to Liuyuan in Gansu. Featureless flat grey shale stone. Spectacularly unique. Snow mountains to the north. Utterly empty, save for smoking coal towns. 40 above in summer, &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Homeowners-Insurance/homeowners-insurance.php&gt;homeowners insurance&lt;/a&gt; below in winter. Overnight by train. Dawn reveals same massive scene, now in brown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Arrive Liuyuan. Daheyan writ similar. 120 miles south across the desert (black at first!), past remnant ramparts of Han Dynasty Greater-Great Wall. Camels and dunes of Taklimakan, world's largest sand desert. Near Dunhuang oasis blossoms again. Sand and scree suddenly crop and tree. Feitian Hotel, with complimentary toiletries labelled Sham Poo and Foam Poo. Lunch. Fourteen dishes. Duck, foo-yong, cucumber, cabbage, oyster mushroom chicken, coriander pork, steamed buns, steamed bread, rice, beef broth and noodles, pork and green beans, pork and sweet chili, chicken and squash, plain noodles, water melon. Then to get the essential torch for the caves. Houses huddled together. Wood stores for winter piled on top. View across the roofs like a scrap heap. Ground level claustrophobic stoneware maze.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cave day. Mogao Buddhist caves - closed from 12 to 2, full day needed for perhaps the most stunning sight on earth. 400 'caves' (some cathedral size) in a sandstone gorge, between 400 AD to 1100 AD. Utterly dry, always dark, perfectly preserved. Everything painted. Tang period complex and colourful. A world of scenes by torchlight. Buddhas reclining, sitting, standing, posing. Thirty metre seated figure with thousands of unsmoked cigarettes and coins on his lap as offerings. Shock of Qing-renovated cave with Taoist figures. Ghoulish features, contorted, and a face in the groin. 40 caves seen in the day, archaeologist as a personal guide. Stunning. Fourteen dishes for dinner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Desert bus back to Liuyuan. Always a fight for seats. Three dusty hours. Train to Lanzhou. 800 miles along Gansu-Qinghai mountainous border. More black desert, then yellow earth. Jaiyaguan fort at the limit of the Ming empire. Overnight by train. Country changed. Mountain pass, green rolling hills and stepped fields. Wheat harvest in. Straw dollies like children at assembly. Houses still of rammed earth. Lanzhou a thriving industrial city. Thirty hours of travel. Walk by Yellow River.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fish in hotel restaurant tank all dead. Lanzhou bus expensive. 50 fen per trip. Radios and knitting banned. Han dynasty flying horse and bronze warriors. Steamed carp with rape on menu. The fish comes first. Train to Xian through yellow loess country. Deep furrows and gorges. All flat land cropped. 500 miles overnight.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terra cotta warriors facing east to guard Qin Shihuang's tomb. Made in pieces. Assembled in situ. Partly excavated section where piles of dismembered limbs emerge from the earth. New terra cotta warriors for sale from the factory behind the museum. Exact replicas of originals. Wheeze at the thought of the whole thing as a sham for the tourist trade.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Xian, like all Chinese cities, a square. Roads straight, intersecting always at right angles. Ancient centre walled, Ming rebuilt. Old mosque exquisite. Xianyang nearby, with Seventh century Qian tombs, museum with another 3000 Han terra cottas like a football crowd. Train to Beijing. 800 miles, 26 hours. Houses often caves in valley side. Later immense flat land, maize everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Temple of Heaven, Tiantan, and then Beijing Opera. Pause for beer at wayside stall. Served by moonlighting trainee stockbroker! Breakfast pickle amazing, like four year old camembert out of a shotgun. Takes the head off. Great Wall. Mucho touristico, but still stunning. Like climbing a giant ladder in places. "I climbed the Great Wall" T-shirts, prices lower the further you climb. Must be the air. Ming tombs dismissed by guide-book. Wrong. Amazing barrel vaulted rooms nine stories underground. Jade doors, carved thrones, marble, marble, marvel. Reminiscent of renaissance Italy. Everlasting bricks etched with names of their makers. Souvenir jade boat for 55000 pounds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;White drapes over erotic statues in Tibetan Lama Temple. Same bestial content in wall paintings. 24 metre gold Buddha through the incense-blur. No smoking &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Finance/Mortgage-Refinance-HomeEquity/mortgage-loans.php&gt;mortgage loan&lt;/a&gt; everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mao's Maosoleum an emperor's tomb. Lines for queues painted across the square. Feet pointing north towards Tiananmen Gate, upside-down feng shui. He is shiny, waxy and painted about the face. Moving lines file past on either side. No pausing. Outside, stalls with Mao T-shirts, Mao key rings, cuddly toys, post cards, magic lantern shows. Mao Zedong candy floss by the armful. Then Great Hall of the People. Dining room for 5000. Now fast food for tourists. Great Hall chop sticks, cigarettes, T-shirts. Great Hall of the People cuddly toys.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2500 miles. 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If the color is in the pastel range, the clarity should be good: because in lighter tones inclusions are more noticeable, the trade usually prefers the gemstones to be cleaner with fewer visible inclusions. In a lighter colored gemstone, the cut is also more important: it should reflect light back evenly across the face of the stone, making it lively and brilliant. With darker more intense colors, the cut is not as critical because the color creates its own &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/personal-injury-attorneys.php&gt;personal injury attorneys Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt; Stones too dark to give good return of light and sparkle are also valued less.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sapphires are most often cut in a cushion shape - a rounded rectangle - or an oval shape. 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The Florida Marlins (last year's payroll - $33.1 million) trade Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to The Detroit Tigers (last year's payroll - $98.5 million) for a package of 6 prospects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. The Oakland A's (last year's payroll - $78.5 million) trade Nick Swisher to the Chicago White Sox (last year's payroll - $100.2 million) for Ryan Sweeney and two prospects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. The Minnesota Twins (last year's payroll - $71.9 million) trade Johan Santana to the New York Mets (last year's payroll - $120.9 million) for a package of 4 prospects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sensing a pattern? Does it make any sense that poorer teams seem to be trading off their best players in exchange for inexpensive prospects? Does it make sense that the Mets and Marlins play in the same division? Or that the Yankees, who had a record-breaking $218.3 million dollar payroll last year, play in the same division as the $31.8 million Devil Rays? These examples only point out part of the dilemma. Unbelievably, MLB's draft is also inequitable, as top prospects often make outrageous financial demands, and scare off the poorer teams from selecting them. Also, the money from revenue-sharing, which was instituted to actually help small-market teams compete in this landscape, is often going into the owners' pockets instead of into their teams, thus rendering this process ineffective. The divide continues to grow, and these examples suggest that it will continue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All of this makes me conflicted as a fan of a large-market team. Next season, if the Mets win their division, there will be no cause for celebration, as they will have done what they were supposed to do. If they lose, it will be another embarrassment, as they will have once once more failed to benefit from their edge in talent and payroll. And this Steinbrenner-esque, winning-is-required mentality makes me enjoy the game a bit less. I go into next year knowing that a Mets' championship might not be as fulfilling as one earned in a sport with actual rules. It's never fun to root for the bully, which is exactly what my team has become. There's no question that the Mets are now in position to win a lot of games next year. It's just sad that Major League Baseball has put small-market teams in position to lose a lot of fans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christopher E. Smith,   xenfulmusings.blogspot.com/xenfulmusings.blogspot.com/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-6213941122115892023?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/6213941122115892023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=6213941122115892023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/6213941122115892023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/6213941122115892023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/05/johan-santana-trade-great-for-mets-bad.html' title='The Johan Santana Trade - Great for the Mets, Bad for the Game'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-7066558009066967500</id><published>2008-05-06T05:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T05:53:21.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>machine Information Science Schools</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;machine Information Science schools, universities, &lt;a href=http://www.tv.pop-cult.com/supercar.html&gt;Supercar&lt;/a&gt; colleges train students &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/Akashic-records.php&gt;Akashic records&lt;/a&gt; technical expertise in applications of machines. 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For information about   www.schoolsgalore.com/categories/2/machine_education_schools.html&lt;b&gt;machine Education&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; look for   schoolsgalore.com/categories/2/machine_schools.html&lt;b&gt;machine Schools&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Colleges, Universities, Vocational and Trade Schools, and Online Schools at SchoolsGalore.com, your educational resource to locate schools.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-7066558009066967500?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/7066558009066967500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=7066558009066967500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/7066558009066967500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/7066558009066967500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/05/machine-information-science-schools.html' title='machine Information Science Schools'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-2330100684181611281</id><published>2008-05-05T06:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-05T06:01:57.580-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Your Need For Instant Success Keeping You From Achieving Your Goals!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The first thing that all entrepreneurs need to do is spot &lt;a href=http://marchjotmgaq.blogspot.com&gt;Marchjotmgaq&lt;/a&gt; red flag that says you're on a banana skin!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You know you're on a banana skin when you start to make excuses, by &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Six-Million-Dollar-Man/index.html&gt;Six Million Dollar Man&lt;/a&gt; point you have already passed through avoidance behaviors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The failure cycle starts when we &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/vlad-dracula.php&gt;Vlad Dracula&lt;/a&gt; excited about something, we get excited about being powerful &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Elvis-1978/index.html&gt;Elvis&lt;/a&gt; successful in our chosen industry and we start to take action towards achieving that goal. So we do that for a while before we get into the second part of the failure cycle, this is where we start to avoid the behaviors that are required for us to become successful. So we'll subconsciously sabotage ourselves by avoiding the action that will produce the results we're dreaming about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After this we'll start to make excuses....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once someone starts making excuses you know that it's ALL OVER!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After they're done with the excuses and they can't find anymore they'll start blaming situations, people and everything they can so that they can let themselves off the hook and not have to feel responsible when they take a vertical drop which ends the failure cycle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A simple awareness of this failure cycle is all that is needed to break it FOREVER!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All we need to do is imprint it on our memory so that we catch ourselves making excuses and avoiding the action that we know we need to take, it's that simple!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you realize that you are turning the success cycle into a failure cycle you automatically stop yourself. 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In his guise as fool he was an epitome of the principal of disorder, but he was also the chaotic force that brought forth, directly or indirectly, new solutions to a threatening world. He was "a lawless element, full of surprises."(1)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The trickster in various forms, and often in curtailed or circumscribed powers, was a creative response to the actual meaninglessness of human existence, a means of relaxing the tensions of such an existence, and a ridiculer of the various ways that human &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/oklahoma.html&gt;Oklahoma Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; gone about denying this essential fact of life. (2) Down through the ages, the trickster has continued to laugh at human structures partly through his own foolishness at trying to operate within the confines of social and culturally defined rules and laws. Irony, humor and laughter have permeated everything that Trickster does. (3)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=http://batmanmmnddytn.blogspot.com&gt;Batmanmmnddytn&lt;/a&gt; adventures are protests once morest societies rules and a recognition of the primal drives that are chaotic but necessarily restrained. Breaking taboos reveals social tensions, but as a grotesque loser who exists in a timeless, &lt;a href=http://spawnrgmhvh.blogspot.com&gt;Spawnrgmhvh&lt;/a&gt; world, and is really an innocent, the Trickster's exposure of the tacit rules of life are &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Battlestar-Galactica/index.html&gt;Battlestar Galactica&lt;/a&gt; only permitted but hilarious to the audience. He simultaneously reaffirms the emotional need for order as well as the need to release the primal drives. In this lies Trickster's creative potential.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Through such vehicles as the Trickster, societies through the ages have maintained the health of the group by exploring the inherent paradox of human life and discharging the inevitable tensions &lt;a href=http://riflejpnngemzd.blogspot.com&gt;Riflejpnngemzd&lt;/a&gt; by it. Balancing this paradox is essential to group and individual health.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. Constance Rourke, American Humor: A Study of American Character, New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1931), 8.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Joseph Campbell, The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology, (New York: The Viking Press, 1969), 273.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. Paul Radin, The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology, New York: Schocken Books, 1978), xxiii.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barry Krost is the co-founder of Natural Reflex Therapy, a Licensed Massage Therapist and Massage Instructor in San Antonio, Texas. He has been a professional Massage Therapist and Bodyworker for 24 years. He has a BA in Anthropology and a MA in American History. More information is available at   target="_new"  www.naturalreflexes.com"&gt;www.naturalreflexes.com  or   target="_new"  www.selfgrowth.com/experts/barry_krost.html"&gt;www.selfgrowth.com/experts/barry_krost.html &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-3760931292511541283?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/3760931292511541283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=3760931292511541283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/3760931292511541283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/3760931292511541283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/05/trickster-as-ancient-method-of-health.html' title='The Trickster As An Ancient Method of Health'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-7258920154839309186</id><published>2008-05-03T12:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T12:15:52.272-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The three Perspectives for Sustainable Growth</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Do either of these statements sound familiar?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;My investment is running at a hectic pace-with little or no incremental growth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;I'd love to experience exponential growth, but I can't even think about it because I'm already over capacity. But if I don't grow, my investment is at risk from competition, rising costs and employee turnover.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; If these statements ring a bell, then the three Perspectives from the Balanced Scorecard can help &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/colorado.html&gt;Colorado Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; see growth and the effects of growth from three different angles. These perspectives enable you to clarify your vision and strategy, and translate them &lt;a href=http://www.toys.pop-cult.com/barbie.html&gt;Barbie doll&lt;/a&gt; actionable, tangible tasks. Let's take a look at how you can use each perspective to achieve sustainable growth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perspective 1-Learning and Growth Perspective&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do you sustain your ability to change and improve?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First, ask yourself if your organization is a learning organization. Careful-this is a trick question, since a learning organization means more than just rolling out some training. In his book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, Peter Senge defines a learning organization as "human beings cooperating in dynamical systems that are in a state of continuous adaptation and improvement."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But what does that mean? In a nutshell, learning organizations are successful because they know how to adapt and learn in response to environmental changes, and it's those abilities that ensure growth. So how does your organization adapt to change?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perspective 2-Internal Process Perspective &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are the areas in which your organization needs to excel?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to the Federal Reserve, the US has doubled the average labor productivity over the past decade. Clearly productivity is essential in achieving growth. But productivity requires a plan, processes and &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/Gein-Ed.php&gt;Ed Gein&lt;/a&gt; and without all three your company will not experience sustainable growth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What should your organization do exceptionally well? Identify those areas, and then focus your time and energy there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perspective 3-client Perspective &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do you look to your clients?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want to learn how to grow, just ask your clients! They know first-hand how easy or hard it is to do investment with your company. You'd better believe your competition is already talking to your clients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your company's culture and innovation affect how your clients see you. Does your organization focus &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Outer-Limits/index.html&gt;Outer Limits&lt;/a&gt; the client? Are your employees empowered to be innovative with clients? These are the elements that help your clients see a focused, vibrant organization.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You cannot afford to guess at how well your company implements this perspective. To grow-really grow-you and your team need to know what your clients think about you so that you can create a positive client relationship. This all &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Green-Berets/index.html&gt;Green Berets&lt;/a&gt; with talking to your clients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perspective 4-Financial Perspective&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do you look to your stakeholders?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your efforts from the first three perspectives cumulate here, in the threeth perspective. One drawback to using your financials as a metric for success is the time lag-it's a snapshot at a certain point in time that's already passed-you can't change that result, it is what it is or rather, what it &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By combining with the first three perspectives, the financial perspective gives you a holistic view of your investment, rather than becoming the sole gauge of success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;if you aren't growing, don't want to grow, or are growing too fast, using these perspectives of investment provides you with sustainability. Remember:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Talk with your clients to keep your competitors at bay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Continuously improve your process to improve your capacity and profitability.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create a learning organization to get these tasks done.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use your financial results to see where you've been, and help chart where you need to change.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By creating this kind of vibrant, thriving organization, you'll also create an environment where top-notch employees want to work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paul is the founder and CEO of   www.mymarketplan.comwww.mymarketplan.com, a web based sales and marketing firm located in Kansas City. After 28 years of employment, Paul found his passion through a new frontier to sales and marketing - the Internet. Most of his prior life experience has been spent in larger organizations that have the capital to properly market themselves. These companies have a large staff of marketing and sales professionals at their disposal. Unfortunately, this is a luxury small investment owners can not afford!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During his interactions with small investment owners, He began thinking about new and innovative sales and marketing methods that could deployed within the cost and time constraints of a small investment. The result is the birth of his own small investment -   www.mymarketplan.comwww.mymarketplan.com Creating a sales and marketing plan similar to the ones found in larger organizations but geared to fit the small investment. Please check out our website at   www.mymarketplan.comwww.mymarketplan.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-7258920154839309186?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/7258920154839309186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=7258920154839309186' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/7258920154839309186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/7258920154839309186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/05/three-perspectives-for-sustainable.html' title='The three Perspectives for Sustainable Growth'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-4884303796196552674</id><published>2008-05-03T09:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T09:35:00.951-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Intelligent Plants in the Science Fiction of Olaf Stapledon</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The theme &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Lost-In-Space/index.html&gt;Lost In Space&lt;/a&gt; vegetable intelligence has occurred from time to time in science fiction, but for the most part it has been vulnerable to the charge that such a notion is hopelessly unrealistic, belonging more to fantasy than to true science fiction. In particular it is argued that a plant species has no &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Charlies-Angels-1/index.html&gt;Charlie's Angels&lt;/a&gt; need to develop intelligence, so that a vegetable brain is a nonsensical concept.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, a startling exception is to be found in that inexhaustible mine of species-sagas, Olaf Stapledon's &lt;i&gt;Star Maker&lt;/i&gt; (1937). In a spellbinding piece of narrative lasting only 8 pages Stapledon tells the story of the rise and fall of an intelligent plant civilization. And he does it convincingly, in a way that shows he is concerned with scientific justification, though his main interests lie as always in the spiritual life of the species he describes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 'plant men' evolved on a small, hot world, bathed in a far greater amount of solar energy than is available to the plants we know. Mobility therefore came naturally to the vegetation of that world. Turbulent natural conditions, and the pressures of competition with other species, eventually produced an intelligent race of plants, whose life was mainly vegetable by day and more animal in style by night. Their cultural achievements were born of the dynamic tension inherent in their natures. 'Every morning, after the long and frigid night, the whole population swarmed to its rooty dormitories. Each individual sought out his own root, fixed himself to it, and stood throughout the torrid day, with leaves outspread.' The species came to dominate its world by the animal prowess and practical human intelligence it showed during its night-time activity. But during the day they surrendered this industrial mode to a contemplative ecstasy, a cosmic communion peculiar to plants, whose nature allows direct reception of energy than can only be obtained at second hand by animals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The doom of the plant men came about through technological advance which tempted them to do without the daytime trance, replacing natural photosynthesis with injections that gave them extra energy but unfortunately could not give the essential spiritual sustenance they had derived from their former communion with the sunlight. Frenetic activity increased; roots were dug up and the unhappy creatures became completely mobile, much richer and more powerful, but untrue to themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then the reaction came, and it was an over-reaction. The few remaining roots were rediscovered and grafted back on; the species plunged with &lt;a href=http://www.saturdaymorning.pop-cult.com/wacky-races.html&gt;Wacky Races&lt;/a&gt; back into the plant mode of existence, but the pendulum swung too far. Intelligence itself waned as the plants in their anti-intellectual revulsion sank into blissful unconsciousness as mere trees. But the planet could no longer support the now enlarged population by natural means alone. With no one to man the pumps and keep water circulating, life died.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The tragedy of a race of intelligent plants on a far world might seem to be the ultimate in irrelevance for our own daily human lives. Yet with the magic of great science fiction Stapledon's account touches us by the universal relevance of the need that every species has, to remain true to its origins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Robert Gibson is caretaker of the Ooranye Project, creating a fictional giant planet which can be explored on   TARGET="_NEW"  www.ooranye.com"&gt;www.ooranye.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The project's aim is to meld the subgenres of Future History and &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/flat-earth-society.php&gt;Flat Earth Society&lt;/a&gt; Romance, resulting in over a million years of civilization with its own societies, customs, conflicts, triumphs and disasters, politics, philosophies, flora and fauna, empires both human and &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/alaska.html&gt;Alaska Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; and adventures that range over an area ten times that of the surface of the Earth. Lovers of planetary adventure are invited to view the history, comment on the progress of the project, access the tales and keep in touch with the developing destiny of Ooranye.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-4884303796196552674?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/4884303796196552674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=4884303796196552674' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/4884303796196552674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/4884303796196552674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/05/intelligent-plants-in-science-fiction.html' title='Intelligent Plants in the Science Fiction of Olaf Stapledon'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-3863964630377514633</id><published>2008-05-02T08:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-02T08:28:00.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Fabber - Real World 3D And Rapid Prototyping For The Hobbyist And Home User</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Solid Freeform Fabrication &lt;a href=http://www.viaggra.org/erectile-dysfunction.php&gt;impotence cause&lt;/a&gt; Rapid Prototyping has been around for quite a long time now. Many commercial companies offer various type of machines that &lt;a href=http://www.tv.pop-cult.com/dark-shadows.html&gt;Dark Shadows TV show&lt;/a&gt; manufacture high precision parts out of &lt;a href=http://www.tv.pop-cult.com/abc-after-school-special.html&gt;After School Specials&lt;/a&gt; plastic or metal to exating tolerances. The downside, they cost anywhere between $15,000 and upwards of $90,000. Some machines can even run up to $500,000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Fabber is a joint project started in the Computational Synthesis Lab at Cornell by Dr. Hod Lipson. He initially visualized the Fabber as a tool to reproduce lost Lego pieces. It is a low cost reasonable detail sold freeform modelling or fabrication tool with a build volume of about 512 cubic inches. or an 8" cube.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What the Fabber really represents is a grass-roots approach to what has been a niche product for more than 20 years. As they explain, they are comparing the Fabber to the Altair 8000, one of the first micromachines and one of the things that triggered the home machine boom back in the mid 1970's. The Fabber even costs about the same with inflation, at about $2300 for parts, whereas the old Altair would have cost about $2000 in today's dollars.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What the Fabber is specifically, is a Solid Free Form Fabrication tool. It uses a lifting table combined with a XY axis stepper motor that guides a print head or engine that contains a number of syringes. Each syringe can hold a different fluid material, and depending on the size of the nozzle, you can potentially use the Fabber to build very small and detailed objects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The real beauty of the tool is that it is all made from off-the-shelf components. For a little over $2,000 you can buy the complete kit and put it together, or buy a fully assembled unit from a company called Koba Industries, which has partnered with Fab @ Home to build and sell the product at only a little bit above assembly prices.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Fabber will take a standard STL file format used by any of the 3D design applications and produce an &lt;a href=http://www.food.pop-cult.com/pez.html&gt;Pez&lt;/a&gt; model based on that file. They have used the Fabber to produce a watch with embedded electronics, a working flashlight with circuitry injected, as well as some other really cool things.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a brand new technology and certainly not as refined as the high end production machines that can &lt;a href=http://www.mad-monsters.com/&gt;Universal monsters&lt;/a&gt; bought for multi-thousands of dollars. But as a concept, it's something that can be developed and evolved. All it takes is ingenuity and a desire to see how far you can go.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For details on this exciting new hobby tool go to   www.fabathome.orgFab @ home.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tim Morrison is a founding member of   www.morristreet.comMorristreet.com&lt;/a&gt;, a technology company developed to bridge the gap between virtual and real worlds in the realm of 3d. Our goal is to be able to produce a 3d image on the machine and then produce it as a physical object - no matter what the complexity or detail involved. In this vein, we keep track of anything in relation to 3D imagery that can bring our goals closer, be it gaming consoles that can do more than play games, hardware imaging solutions, or software that can make our lives easier.   www.morristreet.comReal World 3D&lt;/a&gt; is coming, Morristreet is in the lead!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-3863964630377514633?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/3863964630377514633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=3863964630377514633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/3863964630377514633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/3863964630377514633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/05/fabber-real-world-3d-and-rapid.html' title='The Fabber - Real World 3D And Rapid Prototyping For The Hobbyist And Home User'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-1854443798532366857</id><published>2008-05-01T09:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T06:40:02.982-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Your 'Gravity' Heavy Or Light?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;'Spiritual gravities' defines us. Some natures are natures are naturally heavy while others naturally light, affecting our moods and levels of optimism or pessimism. A friend of mine, struggling in the quicksands of a negative mood, challenged me to say something that would make him see things differently. &lt;a href=http://blogs.tac.gmu.edu/justmetoo/&gt;Justmetoo&lt;/a&gt; of course, my best efforts proved unavailing. For when a person wants to be &lt;a href=http://www.pharmacy.shop24-7-365.com/Prozac-Fluoxetine.php&gt;generic Prozac&lt;/a&gt; no one in the world can make him happy. But then an inspiration came to me. "I am not really worried about you, "I said. We &lt;a href=http://edowbrxdf.blogspot.com&gt;Edowbrxdf&lt;/a&gt; have a certain specific spiritual gravity, and return to it repeatedly after any temporary depression or euphoria.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your own specific gravity, "I said, "is high. I am sure you &lt;a href=http://noanqnhiu.blogspot.com&gt;Noanqnhiu&lt;/a&gt; return to it naturally in a day or two. "And so it proved. An object placed in water will sink, if its specific gravity is greater than of water, but will float if it is less. People too, I have noticed, sink or rise in their consciousness according to another kind of "specific gravity". Some natures are naturally heavy;others, naturally light. People with a naturally positive out look may rise above even extraordinary setbacks-tests under which people more pessimistically inclined, might sink.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indeed every language contains words and expressions that describe positive and negative states of mind in terms of this specific gravity. No one who feels spiritually heavy is likely to say, "I am so happy!"A happy feeling is marked by a rising awareness from heaviness towards a consciousness of lightness. The more a person's sympathies expand to embrace family and friends, neighbors, country, mankind, the more the "particles, "so called, of his consciousness become light in their expansiveness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Selfish people are "heavy" because of their self-involvement. Selfish people, moreover, in their heaviness of temperament, are habitually unhappy, negative, and morose. By contrast, unselfish people are habitually cheerful and positive. The cure for happiness and negativity, then, is not, as &lt;a href=http://comicsubscriptionswrrebhjo.blogspot.com&gt;Comicsubscriptionswrrebhjo&lt;/a&gt; people imagine, to increase their concern for their own welfare. It is to forget themselves in concentration on the welfare of others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He has an affiliate marketing experience of two years. Read more:   www.articlescart.comhttp://www.articlescart.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-1854443798532366857?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/1854443798532366857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=1854443798532366857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/1854443798532366857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/1854443798532366857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-your-gravity-heavy-or-light.html' title='Is Your &apos;Gravity&apos; Heavy Or Light?'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-6163978187898517422</id><published>2008-04-30T08:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T05:26:34.765-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Best Coffee Makers</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;There are so many different types of &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/tennessee.html&gt;Tennessee Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; makers available today with infinite features that it is hard to know which one is the best for you. if you want a rich cup of drip coffee, or a steaming hot cappuccino filled with a deep shot of espresso, coffee maker options abound. However, the large range of functionality, coupled with prices beginning at $20 and upwards of $2000, how can you know which one will satisfy your coffee craving?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;if you want a good basic coffee maker or one that has programmable features, one that comes with a thermal carafe or one that can grind and &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/north_carolina.html&gt;North Carolina Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; all in one, we have listed a few of the favorites, as rated by both professional evaluators and everyday users.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reviews include comments on such features as quality of flavor, brewing temperature, quality of &lt;a href=http://www.pharmacy.shop24-7-365.com/Celexa-Citalopram.php&gt;Celexa&lt;/a&gt; ease of use, durability, and heat retention. Other factors include programmable features, temperature control, and ease of cleaning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Braun KF510&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This no-frills automatic drip machine was rated best overall for a basic coffee maker. The built-in Brita water filtration system improves the flavor of the coffee, and it brews at a hotter temperature than most other basic models. This unit is well constructed and durable, built to last.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Drawbacks included a lengthy brew time, no programmable features, and no automatic shut-off. The price is approximately $30, which makes &lt;a href=http://www.fanatique.net/Marvel-Comics/Iron-Man/Iron-Man.php&gt;ironman movie&lt;/a&gt; all-around favorite affordable for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cuisinart DCC-1200&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For around $80, you can purchase this top-rated, full-feature machine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users said the quality of taste from this automatic drip machine is excellent, and it comes with an adjustable temperature hot plate, allowing you to choose how hot you want your coffee. The machine is durable and reliable, with a full three-year warrantee. Ease of use features includes a programmable timer and convenient cleaning. Most said this coffee maker was worth the extra cost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only disadvantage mentioned is that some users wish the machine had a water level gauge. The unit has a special function to allow for making smaller amounts of coffee, and a gauge would make this feature more user-friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Capresso MT500&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At a cost of around $180, this coffee maker is the Rolls Royce of automatic drip machines, complete with all the luxury features. Rated best overall by The Wall Street Journal, this &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/Gein-Ed.php&gt;Ed Gein&lt;/a&gt; brews your coffee hot and fast.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A built-in water filter makes the Capresso the highest rated model for taste. The thermal carafe will not allow the coffee to burn on the hot plate, yet it keeps the coffee hot and fresh for a full three hours.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only drawbacks for this model were the price, and that the carafe can sometimes drip while coffee is being poured. The carafe can also overflow if it is not properly placed during brewing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If price is an issue, the Zojirushi Fresh Brew is available for around $90 and it is an excellent, more economical alternative that is also highly rated for taste, quality, and reliability.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Technivorm Clubline&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This coffee maker manufactured in the Netherlands has everyone infatuated not only the quality of the construction, but the superb quality of the brew as well. Articles have appeared in such magazines as Wine Connoisseur describing the richness of flavor produced by this coffee maker.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The unique design of this machine does not include a pump to push the water out of the heater, nor is it gravity-fed. Rather, the water in the heater must boil before it can transfer to the filter and brew the coffee. This guarantees the water will always brew your coffee at 200 degrees Fahrenheit - the optimal temperature to achieve the best flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This coffee maker has the highest wattage available on the market, allowing the water to heat to brewing temperature in a very short period of time. Features include a quiet brew function and an adjustable temperature hot plate. Depending upon the model, you can get one with a glass pot or a thermal carafe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coffee connoisseurs report that this coffee maker allows various tones and flavors to be pulled out of the coffee that other coffee makers cannot, mostly because of the brewing temperature. The exquisite quality of the Technivorm Clubline has earned it certification with the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), and overall kudos from everyone who owns one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only drawback to this fantastic coffee maker is the price. At upwards of $225, the cost is as impressive as the quality of the brew. Any owner will tell you, though, that the cost is well worth the rewards of the brew. It comes with a one-year guarantee, but satisfied users everywhere rave about the reliable workmanship of this model.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With so many varieties of coffee makers available today, choose the one that provides you with the best balance of quality, reliability, and flavor, yet will not take a heavy toll on your budget. 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This is actually consistent with our expanding world because our leisure activities are moving towards electronic correspondence as machines become more and more ingrained in our society, culture and our everyday lives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The original Role-playing games was started back in the 1970s with Dungeons and Dragons games and rapidly grew to include virtually any type of game or scenario you could possibly imagine including games revolving around espionage, horror, action-adventure, science fiction, &lt;a href=http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Boy-Toys/ricochet-racers.php&gt;Ricochet Racers&lt;/a&gt; and a lots of other genres.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Role-Playing Games machine Version&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; Role-playing games destroyed the traditional cause effect method that the original board games utilized and quickly turned the games into an improvisational exercise that most people found quite intriguing. 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However some role-playing game companies have some concerns about this machine gaming online trend that is evolving.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The machine gaming online role-playing trend has really hurt sales of game packages and board games because people no longer have the wants and needs for the original role-playing set as they are almost never playing in a room together with the each other but are instead connected electronically with people from all over the globe. 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Click on the link for a free introduction to the best   target="_new"  www.themarketingmanual.com"&gt;small investment marketing resource  you can ever invest in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-5713908641975304432?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/5713908641975304432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=5713908641975304432' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/5713908641975304432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/5713908641975304432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/04/amazing-small-investment-marketing.html' title='The Amazing Small investment Marketing Resource'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-4564488133131975778</id><published>2008-04-26T08:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T05:11:37.153-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Stress Destroying Your Business</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Stress is costly. It results in lost work time due &lt;a href=http://thomasj.blogpico.com/&gt;Thomasj&lt;/a&gt; illness, in ineffective work, in on-the-job accidents, &lt;a href=http://conndstxgplt.blogspot.com&gt;Conndstxgplt&lt;/a&gt; even in post-office-style murder frenzies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's costly too on a personal level. Stress will beat you up and wear you down, physically and mentally. It gives you headaches, weakens your immune system, irritates your stomach lining, raises your blood pressure, and puts a strain on your heart.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today, let's take a look at the main causes of stress -- and what you can do to overcome them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Little Impatience Can Help You Get Rich; Too Much Will Eventually Kill You&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to stress, it's not the external factors that seem to be the culprits -- the deadlines and traffic jams and pain-in-the-ass people who have discount coupons on &lt;a href=http://webcomicrzvfppy.blogspot.com&gt;Webcomicrzvfppy&lt;/a&gt; damn thing they buy -- it's how you react to those things.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two things cause stress: unrealistic expectations and impatience.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Setting unattainable goals -- advocated by some of the self-help gurus I read -- is not a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Impatience is another matter. Successful people -- and would-be successful people -- are often impatient.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A certain amount of impatience is good, because it creates the tension you need to keep everything going. But too much impatience is often counterproductive. The work is sloppy and has to be redone. Good people decide they don't want to work for you anymore. And so on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you consider yourself a very patient person, you don't need to read any further. (You probably need to be more demanding.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patience s a lot about what you don't do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's about holding back when you want to let loose, putting up with something you'd rather not, and waiting for something to happen rather than forcing it along. Not everything can be accomplished through willpower. Sometimes, what is needed is a bit of wait power.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patience not only makes you healthier and happier but also increases the chance that you'll get what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It allows you to deal effectively with people who would normally disturb you. A fellow worker's office habits don't have to grate on you if you can remember that no one sees things exactly as you do and that no one has exactly the same values you have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is also true on a personal level. Patience allows us to be more effective with our family --- with our in-laws and cousins and parents and children. Patience makes it easier to love your spouse and stay in love.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In cultivating patience, it helps to understand why some things push your buttons. 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Although it always seemed to me a very flaky way to waste perfectly good time, there is significant scientific evidence that it can calm you down.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Something physical happens when you meditate. That's a fact. And since there is so much anecdotal evidence that the outcome is more patience and less stress, it's worth giving it a try.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Raise the bar to challenge you and your T.E.A.M. and &lt;a href=http://www.comic-covers.com/Ace/Hand-Of-Fate/index.html&gt;Hand Of Fate&lt;/a&gt; more patience and you will be on your way to accomplishing more in less time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The author may be contacted toll free at 877-935.6371 extension 201 or email at  href="mailto:ceo@wellnessone.netceo@wellnessone.net&lt;/a&gt;. 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The roof of our house plays an important role in preserving our house and maintaining its value in the resale market. The life of the roof depends on the roofing materials used, the local weather conditions, care taken during the installation process and the level of maintenance applied to it. Asphalt and wood shingle roofs can last for 30 to 40 years, respectively. Clay tile rofs have a lifespan of 20 years whereas metal roofs can last for more than 40 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The sun has a detrimental effect upon the roofing material, regardless of what type of roof it is. The rays cause the material to expand, contract, warp, curl, and lose strength and shape. Elements such as rain water, high winds, snow, hail, etc cause further damage to the already weakened roof resulting in leaks, damage, mildew and fungus growth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If an inspection of a roof reveal that there is a leakage problem at several points and that the shingles are worn out, replacing the roof is a better idea than making repairs. A new roof offers the benefits of providing sturdy protection for your house preventing damage to the structural systems inside the home from leaks as well as a new roof can provide improved insulation and a change in the appearance of your home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Types of roofing materials&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are many different types of materials that are used for the purpose of roofing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wood Shingles&lt;br&gt; Wood shingles are usually made from western red cedar and are popular because they are easy to manufacture, light weight and have a very distinctive appearance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Asphalt Shingles&lt;br&gt; Asphalt is one of the most commonly used roofing materials around today. It has a lifespan of 15-25 years. Asphalt shingles have a fiberglass body that is coated with asphalt and mineral granules for added protection. When the edges of the asphalt begin to crack and warp, it indicates that age has caught up with the material, which is beginning to dry and may no longer be a good weather proofing material. Asphalt shingles are easy to install and can be used with a variety of flashing and edging products without any special accessories for roof edges, wall cuttings, and chimneys.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tiles&lt;br&gt; Tiles can be either ceramic, clay, or concrete. Ceramic tiles are favored in warmer climates. Tiles lend style to the roof but are difficult to install because of their weight. The roofs need to be reinforced before tiles can be laid out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Corrugated Metal&lt;br&gt; Corrugated metal is very durable and will last upwards of 50 years with periodic maintenance, they need to be painted and protected from moisture. 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The cost of roofing materials is usually quoted in terms of squares. One square is equal to an area of 10 feet x 10 feet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Costs of common roofing materials are given below. These costs are exclusive of the installation charges.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fiberglass coated with asphalt:&lt;br&gt; It comes with a warranty of 25-35 years and costs between $30 - $35 per square foot. The weight per square can range from 200 to 300 pounds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wood shingles:&lt;br&gt; These carry a warranty of 20-30 years and cost between $100 - $200 per square foot. The weight per square can vary from 300 to 350 pounds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clay/Concrete tiles:&lt;br&gt; The warranty for tiles can range from 25 to 75 years. Tiles can cost between &lt;a href=http://www.christmas-almanac.com/Christmas-Carols/o-tannenbaum.html&gt;O Tannenbaum&lt;/a&gt; - $500 per square foot. The weight per square can vary from 500 - 1200 pounds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Steel and Aluminum:&lt;br&gt; These come with a warranty of up to 50 years and can cost between $150 - $250 per square foot. The weight per square is in the range of 50 - 100 pounds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Natural Slate:&lt;br&gt; It carries a warranty of over 100 years and costs between $300 - $600 per square foot. It weighs between 600 - 2000 pounds per square.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How &lt;a href=http://www.movies.pop-cult.com/team-america.html&gt;Team America&lt;/a&gt; does a new roof take to install?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Roofing is a seasonal business, so if you intend to get it done by a roofing contractor, it is possible that your turn may come after a week or two of your agreeing to get the work done. Other important factors include the weather conditions, area of the roof and the roofing material. An asphalt roof can be finished in 2 - 3 days. A wood shingle roof can be laid in 3 - 4 days. Metal roofing can be completed in 2 - 4 days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can a &lt;a href=http://www.toys.pop-cult.com/etch-a-sketch.html&gt;Etch-A-Sketch&lt;/a&gt; do the roofing by himself?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some types of roofs lend themselves more easily as a do it yourself project than others. Roofing is a very physical job that requires a fair amount of brawn and some brains too. The work involves moving a lot of material and nailing it in place, installing the flashing requires skill. If you wish to get it first-time right, it is advisable to take the help of someone who has done it before. A roofing project requires the efforts of more than one person. An important consideration is the weather, if you get a spell of clear weather, try and finish the work, if the weather changes you must be equipped to protect the unfinished roof against the elements. Also, you need to be careful about your own safety while handling various tools, a slip from roof height is potentially fatal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright 2007 by ABCD Publishing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dan Fritschen, the author of this article, is the founder of the websites   www.remodelormove.comhttp://www.remodelormove.com&lt;/a&gt;,   www.remodelestimates.comhttp://www.remodelestimates.com&lt;/a&gt; and   www.remodelingorganizer.comhttp://www.remodelingorganizer.com&lt;/a&gt; He is the author of three books on home remodeling.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-7567795971622438046?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/7567795971622438046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=7567795971622438046' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/7567795971622438046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/7567795971622438046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-new-roof-in-your-future.html' title='Is a New Roof In Your Future?'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-241535850860190119</id><published>2008-04-24T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T05:49:24.339-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Xbox 360 Overheating - Learn to Prevent the 3 Red Light Error</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The Xbox 360 is a high performance gaming system that uses a ton of processing power. This in turn can cause the Xbox 360 to become too hot for the system to function properly and often the system &lt;a href=http://pop-culture-a-gogo.blogspot.com&gt;cool blog&lt;/a&gt; simply turn off. Sometimes &lt;a href=http://evolutionmc.com/evolutionary/&gt;Evolutionary&lt;/a&gt; of the Rings around the controller circle will flash which is why this problem is often referred to as the 3 Red Light Error or the Red Lights of Death. Fortunately there are a few ways that you can prevent your Xbox 360 from overheating and help prolong the life of your system. These simply tips can save you hundred of dollar and are very easy to implement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. Put the Xbox 360 in an area where air can flow freely. Do not put it in a home entertainment center where it is enclosed and has no airflow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Do not put the Xbox 360 on a carpet or a blanket. This will block the ventilation and will cause the system to overheat very quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. Give it a rest - If you feel that the Xbox 360 is getting hot then simply save the game and turn it off for a couple hours. After it cools down a little you can resume gaming without worry. If you continue to play when your system is hot you could cause permanent damage to both the system and your game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. Buy a cooling unit. They only cost about $25-30 and they help prevent the Xbox 360 from overheating during long gaming sessions. It may cost a few dollars but it could save your system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5. Shut the system down when you are done. Sometimes you will just leave it on when you leave because you do not want to wait for the start up time when you want to game again but its not worth the damage it could cause to your Xbox 360. Make sure to check that the system is off when you leave because the wireless controllers tend to turn it on by accident &lt;a href=http://musicpicsgvndlpkba.blogspot.com&gt;Musicpicsgvndlpkba&lt;/a&gt; you put the down upside down.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you follow &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/new_jersey.html&gt;New Jersey Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; tips you should not have a problem &lt;a href=http://www.music.pop-cult.com/surf-music.html&gt;Surf music&lt;/a&gt; your Xbox 360 overheating. If you do have a problem or your Xbox 360 is flashing 3 Red Lights then you should get out the repair guide below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jack Goldstein loves to play the Madden and NBA Live and of course Halo 2 on his Xbox 360. He himself has dealt with the 3 Red Light Error.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are still having a problem after reading this guide do not send your Xbox 360 away until to check out the link below:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  xbox-360-3-red-light-error.info/?p=3/Xbox 360 3 Red Light Repair Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-241535850860190119?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/241535850860190119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=241535850860190119' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/241535850860190119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/241535850860190119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/04/xbox-360-overheating-learn-to-prevent-3.html' title='Xbox 360 Overheating - Learn to Prevent the 3 Red Light Error'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-1516510417230422670</id><published>2008-04-23T07:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T04:56:26.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How I lost A million Dollars In A Bank Robbery</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The Million dollars was &lt;a href=http://www.comic-covers.com/Dell-GoldKey/StarTrek/index.html&gt;Star Trek&lt;/a&gt; life-savings earmarked for prime the pump money for my biotech start-up. I am the Gerald Armstrong the owner of Gen Cells CuresGen Cells Cures is focused on private medical research for the individual. Searching for cures for incurable diseases and aging. Of course, with the best scientific technologies on the planet! With President Bush trying &lt;a href=http://www.pharmacy.shop24-7-365.com/Risperidone-Risperdol.php&gt;Risperdol&lt;/a&gt; ride the middle of the road on stem cell research and his rejection of therapeutic cloning. I packed my bags and went offshore. A great place to go, but leave your money at home. I transferred the money to a carribean island and the local banker stole every last penny.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The local government gave me back the money, but in their currency &lt;a href=http://www.mad-monsters.com/Toys/index.html&gt;monster toys&lt;/a&gt; devalued the currency almost 100% and I walked away almost &lt;a href=http://www.christmas-almanac.com/Christmas-Carols/holly-jolly-christmas.html&gt;Holly Jolly Christmas&lt;/a&gt; broke. The banker also robbed 2.2 billion dollars of the local folks money. He bought himself out of the scandel and is enjoying my million along with the other billions he robbed and his new helocopters and yahts in his home-country! I am pretty sure he will show up on the Forbes billionaire list next year. Not a bad businessRobbing banks, if you have the conscience for it! Dont worry about the country, the International Monetary Fund stepped in to replace the stolen money, no questions asked. The American Embassy screamed for justice in the scandel but to no avail.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After the electric company cut my lights for non-payment I lost all of my cell lines and had to shut down the lab. Chris Reeve had expressed an interest in helping me get back on track before his untimely passing. I had to give up my small scale philanthropy of giving food to the poor people that I had met on the island. My favorite individual charity was a young lady and her three children whose husband had died of cancer in his early 60s. She and her children are on the street. I have discontinued her support because I dont have the $200 monthly it takes for her food and housing costs. I have contacted several billionaires for help in opening my doors again (the biotech and my food charity) while at the same time looking for their future cures. I was turned down flat by the Annenbergs from Pennsylvania, Jeff Skoll, Pierre and Pam Omidyar and &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/James-Bond-Thunderball/index.html&gt;Thunderball&lt;/a&gt; and Eloise Pohlad from Minnesota. James and Virginia Stowers never answered my letter. I was hoping for maybe some hand me down michroscopes from their biotech.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey but Jim Pattison the owner of Ripleys Believe It Or Not from Canada is considering us, and Kirk Kerkorian appreciated it, and Richard Branson is keeping us in mind in the event that he needs our services, however, Richard Branson probably has some of the best genes that any one could ever want living life like a teenager at 54 with all of his famous stunts. I wouldnt be surprised if he lives to be over 100 years old without Gen Cells Cures help. But a little help from Gen Cells Cures medical scientists could guarantee that he sees 100 plus! Plus! But lets wait to see what Donald has to say about the ideaThat is Donald trump. So far not one penny is back in the Gen Cells Cures coffers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Article by Gerald Armstrong- scientist0707@yahoo.com Gerald is the owner of Gen Cells Cures-   target="_new"  www.msnusers.com/cures"&gt;www.msnusers.com/cures &lt;br&gt; Visit his site for information on cures for incurable diseases and aging.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have my permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gerald Armstrong the owner of the biotech Gen Cells Cures focused on cures fore incurable diseases&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-1516510417230422670?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/1516510417230422670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=1516510417230422670' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/1516510417230422670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/1516510417230422670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-i-lost-million-dollars-in-bank.html' title='How I lost A million Dollars In A Bank Robbery'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133103683438861042.post-7882175818312257481</id><published>2008-04-22T08:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T05:43:41.553-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Germany in Danger of Backsliding?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Germany's "conversion" from Nazism to democracy was forced on it by &lt;a href=http://www.tv.pop-cult.com/my-mother-the-car.html&gt;My Mother &lt;a href=http://transformersztdjgxcm.blogspot.com&gt;Transformersztdjgxcm&lt;/a&gt; Car&lt;/a&gt; victors of WWII.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We left it up to the &lt;i&gt;Germans&lt;/i&gt; to "deNazify" their country! Now Germany appears to be backsliding as the Nazi German spirit is beginning to stir &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/wyoming.html&gt;Wyoming Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; getting ready to break free from imposed shackles with a &lt;a href=http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Hogans-Heroes/index.html&gt;Hogan's Heroes&lt;/a&gt; and come back with a vengeance from the &lt;a href=http://hipsterdaddy.wordpress.com/&gt;Hipsterdaddy&lt;/a&gt; threatening to wreak havoc upon the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is documented within &lt;i&gt;GERMANY AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It appears mankind continues its &lt;i&gt;march of folly&lt;/i&gt; and refuses to learn, and rejects the biblical principles of strong leadership as manifest in great British-Israelite heroes like   thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=book&amp;id=1262Winston S. Churchill&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the record, I've been throughout Germany four times and have had German roommates while serving as a volunteer in various kibbutzim in Israel, and have nothing against individual Germans and believe their country is very beautiful, and am definitely German-American, in large part.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I love the German people enough to help warn them to &lt;i&gt;be very wary&lt;/i&gt; of any crisis that will tempt them to just blindly follow the leader about to emerge, who will be presented as Europe's savior from nuclear Islam, by none other than the pope and the Vatican's political puppets. Yes, beware the beast! The Bible exposes Europe will experience another wannabe divine emperor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe that most Germans are merely naive or ordinary citizens (like this country), but that the powers that be behind the scenes, the real rulers of Germany, are intent on misleading and &lt;i&gt;manipulating&lt;/i&gt; the German army and people again to form their final and   ezinearticles.com/?Germanys-Fourth-Reich-Spreads-Its-Wings-Over-the-World&amp;id=218533Fourth Reich&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;i&gt;just as Bible prophecy warns.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Growing evidence of this troubling trend was clearly manifest in the   www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=book&amp;id=1253Balkans&lt;/a&gt;, where Germany led the assault against our faithful WWII allies, the Serbs, and raped and destroyed Yugoslavia and slaughtered the Orthodox, all as groundwork for their unholy   www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=book&amp;id=1189'ion=1225Roman Empire&lt;/a&gt; of the German Nation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How did Germany do this when the German constitution forbids it? The United States were useful idiots for Germany and the bloody Vatican under our shameful president, Bill Clinton, and helped to do their dirty work for them in lockstep with NATO (the same NATO/UN/EU forces about to be used and abused in the Middle East, wolves in sheep's clothing, "peacekeepers" with their evil eye on   ezinearticles.com/?&amp;id=105789Jerusalem&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By foolishly aiding and abetting German hegemony throughout Europe, we are actually helping to create the Frankenstein Monster that will destroy us! Margaret Thatcher couldn't have been more right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  ezinearticles.com/?Germany-Behind-the-Mask:-Monster-or-Marshmallow?&amp;id=138202Germany Behind the Mask: Monster or Marshmallow?&lt;/a&gt; exposes all is not quiet on the continent, although Germany puts up a front...for now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;David Ben-Ariel&lt;/b&gt; is a Christian-Zionist writer and author of &lt;b&gt;Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall.&lt;/b&gt; With a focus on the Middle East and Jerusalem, his analytical articles help others improve their understanding of that troubled region. Check out the &lt;b&gt;Beyond Babylon blog&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133103683438861042-7882175818312257481?l=abondippsmss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/feeds/7882175818312257481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133103683438861042&amp;postID=7882175818312257481' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/7882175818312257481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133103683438861042/posts/default/7882175818312257481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abondippsmss.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-germany-in-danger-of-backsliding.html' title='Is Germany in Danger of Backsliding?'/><author><name>robbieycchtqfg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17943223347709855389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
