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Diamond Engagement Rings

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In a relationship that enters the level of marriage, there are some important things for a man before proposing marriage. One of the most important is to prepare the MakeItYourRing Diamond Engagement Rings that will be handed over to her lover. If the men do not know of the origin of diamonds is then likely to be fooled by the fake diamonds that are sold, of course you do not want that to happen isn't it?. for that the men who want to find / create an engagement ring or wedding ring that uses a diamond should know some things about the diamond such as carat weight of diamonds, diamond color, clarity and diamond shape.
If you do not particularly want to know this and just want to give the original and best quality diamond ring, then you can also purchase a diamond engagement ring in trusted stores which also as a trusted official diamond dealer like Shiree Odiz.
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Nutrition Ingredients Fish Oil

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Fish oil is good for growth and development of your baby. Yes, although belonging to the family-oil, fish oil for frying, but not a "food" source of additional nutrients. In fact, fish oil, including fatty food sources are low in cholesterol, so the nutrition and health experts agreed to give the label "safe" for consumption by infants, toddlers, and adults.
Although a good nutritional value, but the oil content in the fish is determined by several factors, namely species of fish, sex, age (maturity level), season, egg-laying cycle, and geographical waters where the fish live.

Why better?
In fact, the kind of fatty acids in fish oil are three, namely:
* Unsaturated fatty acids (no double bonds in the carbon chain), such as palmitic.
* Unsaturated fatty acids only (have one double bond in the carbon chain), for example oleic.
* Unsaturated fatty acid double (no more than one double bond in the carbon chain), for example linoleic, linolenic, eikosapentanoat acid (EPA), and Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

All you need to know, the longer the carbon chain to a type of fatty acid and the greater number of double bonds in the constituent carbon chain, the fatty acids will become "rich" health benefits.

Fish oil is one that contains the nutrient-rich fatty acids that benefit, because it contains approximately 25% of saturated fat and 75% unsaturated fatty acids. Acids polyunsaturated fats (polyunsaturated fatty acids / PUFAs) in it will help the process of developing growing brain (intelligence), and the development of sight and the immune system infants and toddlers.

There are 2 kinds of famous PUFAs, namely DHA and EPA, which combined both the configuration of carbon atoms known as omega-3. Marine fish species that "rich" content of omega-3 include salmon, tuna (blue fin tuna in particular, yellow fin tuna and Albacore), sardines, herring, mackerel, and shellfish.

Fish oil also contains vitamins A and D, two types of vitamins are fat soluble-high amounts. Benefits of vitamin A helps the process of eye development, while vitamin D for the process of growth and formation of strong bones. Well, two levels of this vitamin in the body of the fish will increase with increasing age. Generally, levels of vitamin A in fish oils ranging 1000-1000000 SI (International Standard) per gram, while vitamin D is approximately 50-30000 SI per gram.

How much should be consumed?
Fish oil consumption infants and toddlers per day based on body weight. For example, if your child's weight 10 kg, he's pretty much consuming fish oil one teaspoon per day. If the weight is more than 10 kg, use a tablespoon measure, because the number of their needs will also increase.
Actually, there are easy ways set the dose of fish oil consumption for children. Just follow the existing rules in the package. Syrup fish oil products for children on the market generally has been added nutrients other, so the size of the recommended dose had been adjusted between the nutrients available to the needs of children. However, if you feel the need, it's good when it consulted on your child's doctor.

Which is also worth noting is the way fish oil storage. Given the process of fat oxidation that can damage the quality of fish oil could occur anywhere (as a result become rancid), keep the fish oil in a sealed container and place in a cool place.

Ginger

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Ginger (Zingiber officinale) belongs to Zingiberaceae family. The part of the plant used is rhizome. The characteristic odor and flavor of ginger root is caused by a mixture of zingerone, shogaols and gingerols, volatile oils that compose about one to three percent of the weight of fresh ginger.
Beside use medicinally by Africans and West Indians ginger also use as an essential ingredient in many traditional Chinese medicines and use as spice by the Greeks and Romans. The Chinese take ginger for a wide variety of medical problems such as stomachache, diarrhoea, nausea, cholera, asthma, heart conditions, respiratory disorders, toothache and rheumatic complaints. In Ayurveda, ginger has been recommended for use as carminative, diaphoretic, antispasmodic, expectorant, peripheral circulatory stimulant, astringent, appetite stimulant, antiinflammatory agent, diuretic and digestive aid.
Here's interesting video about making ginger syrup

Honey

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Honey contains proteins, essential minerals and vitamins. It is a food of elevated energy and is also known for its medicinal and therapeutic assets. Honey is a food of easy digestion and enthusiastically assimilated by humans, constituting a healthy source of energy. Honey also used extensively in the cosmetic industry as well (creams, cleanness facemasks, tonics, etc.) because of its astringent and softening qualities.
Honey can helps retain moisture in the skin and provides a glowing look to your skin. Here's recipe using honey to retain moisture skin and rid the spot :
- cleanse your face with warm water
- pre-heat honey as necessary
- while it still warm and molten, smear honey to your face and massage with your finger slowly
- leave it for about 15 minutes
- Rinse first with warm water and then cold water
You can also use 1 egg, some tbs milk and 1 tbs honey, mix all then smear to your face and neck, keep it dry for about 30 minutes then rinse first with warm water and then cold water, this recipe to refresh your skin. That's all, simple and natural.
Then for more health benefits you can use honey with lemon in your green tea (you didn't use sugar in your green tea right?) and also you'll be able to cook sweets without the negative health effects of refined sugar, honey is an excellent option. Among other reasons, honey is metabolized more slowly by your body, meaning that you are less likely to get a sugar "high" after eating something made with honey.

Swine influenza

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Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu and pig flu) is an infection by any one of several specific types of swine influenza virus that is usually hosted by (is endemic in) pigs. People who work with pigs, especially people with intense exposures, are at increased risk of catching swine flu.
Symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. There is no vaccine available right now to protect against swine flu.
Take these everyday steps to protect your health and lessen the spread of this new virus:
* Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
* Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
* Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
* Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
* If you are sick with a flu-like illness, stay home for 7 days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24 hours, whichever is longer. This is to keep from infecting others and spreading the virus further.
* Follow public health advice regarding school closures, avoiding crowds and other social distancing measures.

Rip King of Pop and Farrah Charlie Angels

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Michael Jackson, i love your music.. and Farrah Fawcett, i remember your beauty smile in charlie angels..  may your soul rest in peace.

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Enthusiasm

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Enthusiasm is the sunshine of your mind’s garden. Possessing enthusiasm for all that you do is essential to the process of positive thinking. Just as plants require sunlight to develop and grow, utilizing the power of positive thinking requires enthusiasm to energize your potential and ensure an endless supply of fuel.
You will discover that the more enthusiasm you generate, the more energy you’ll have to put in.
There are some things it will be easy to generate enthusiasm over, and others where you’ll have to stretch yourself to find what will spark your enjoyment.
For example, no one has trouble generating enthusiasm for spending an unexpected bonus from work or taking a night out. However, you may find it hard to get excited about washing dishes or filling out your income tax forms. But part of the magic of positive thinking is developing the ability to find the good things in any situation and use them to get through the difficult parts.
Like developing a positive mindset, enthusiasm must be cultivated and sheltered from potentially damaging emotional storms. There are several methods you can use to put a dose of passion into everything you do, whether it’s finally taking that dream vacation or scrubbing out the basement. You can choose the method that best fits whatever situation you’re facing and ensure yourself the energy to tackle anything life happens to throw at you.

One of the most elemental solutions for finding enthusiasm is to focus on the benefit you will derive from completing a particular task. In some situations it’s easy to discover the benefit. For instance, you may hate wrapping presents, but you know the person you’re giving the present to will be overjoyed when presented with this lovely paper-wrapped gift, and so you derive happiness from envisioning the recipient opening the present.

If you’re having trouble summoning enthusiasm for a particular task, try to seek out someone who enjoys doing that sort of thing and ask them to partner up with you.
Like smiling, enthusiasm is contagious. If you spend some time observing another person’s enthusiasm, some of it is bound to rub off on you.

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Transform your mental, physical and emotional tension

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Some strategies that can help transform mental, physical and emotional tension into creative and effective energy.

- Take time to be alone regularly, listen to your heart, check your intentions, re-evaluate your goals and activities.
- Simplify your life, start eliminating trivial things and don't make major minor things.
- Take deep, slow breaths frequently, especially while on the phone, in the car or waiting. Use any opportunity to relax and revitalize yourself.
- Plan to do something each day that brings you joy, something just for you.
- When you're concerned about something, talk it over with someone you trust, or write down your feelings.
- Say 'No' in a firm but kind way when asked to do something you really don't want to do.
- Exercise regularly, stretching releases tension.
- Remember, it takes less energy to get an unpleasant task done 'right now' than to worry about it all day.
- Take time to be with nature, people, music and children. Even in the city, noticing the seasonal changes of the sky or watching people's faces can bring inner harmony.
- Practise consciously doing one thing at a time, keeping your mind focused on the present. Do whatever you're doing more slowly, more intentionally and with more awareness and respect.
- Choose not to waste your life on guilt about the past or concern for the future.
- Learn a variety of relaxation techniques and practice meditation regularly.
- When angry, ask yourself 'what can i learn from this?'. Anyone or anything that can make you angry is showing you how you let yourself to be controlled by expectations of how someone or something should be. When we accept others, ourselves and situations for what they are, we become more effective in influencing them to change in the way that we'd like them to.
- Be more aware of the demands you place on yourself, your environment and on others to be different from how they are. Demands cause tremendous stress.
- If your schedule is busy, prioritise.. do the most important ones first.
- Organize your life to include time for fun, spontaneity and open spaces. Set a realistic schedule allowing some transition time between activities. Eliminate unnecessary commitments.
- Smile and laugh more and be kinder to yourself and others.
- Learn to delegate responsibility.
- Monitor your intake of sugar, salt, caffeine and alcohol.
- Welcome change as an opportunity and a challenge to learn and grow.

Positive thinking benefit

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Here's a few of the ways positive thinking can benefit our career:
- Recognition: When you practice positive thinking, you become more vibrant and alive than you have ever been. You will find that your efforts are recognized and rewarded more often, particularly when you are not expecting recognition. Simply performing your work with a positive attitude to the best of your abilities will make you stand out.

- Promotions and Raises: Those with can-do attitudes advance far faster in the workplace. Using the power of positive thinking increases your confidence and demonstrates your capabilities to handle greater responsibility; and those above you at work will notice and treat you accordingly. You will not only be offered more opportunity; you will find yourself seeking advancement and fulfillment rather than simply waiting for the day to end so you can return to your “real” life. Your career will become a part of what defines you instead of a means of survival that you just “get through.”

- Better Working Environment: You may recall that positive thinking is contagious. Working with a pleasant attitude will improve the attitudes of those around you, or at least your perceptions of them. You will begin to notice that your workday no longer drags you down as you derive pleasure from your accomplishments and enjoy the company of your co-workers.

- Less Supervision: Most of us know what it’s like to have a supervisor breathing down our necks. When we move to a positive mindset, we showcase our abilities to complete work satisfactorily without excessive direction (or interference). Left to our own devices, we will accomplish far more and this will become evident to even the most anal of supervisors.

- Dream Job: With positive thinking, you can live your dreams. Whether you choose to seek a new career or transform the job you have into the job you love, you will soon find your career providing everything you imagine it to be.

- Entrepreneurship: Many people long to go into business for themselves, but most fear the consequences of losing the safety and security of working for someone else. Positive thinking frees you from your fear of change, and equips you with the tools you need to not only take steps toward working for yourself, but carry your entrepreneurial vision to success. Whatever your reasons for wanting your own business, you can use positive thinking to bypass the pitfalls that plague most beginning business ventures and realize your dreams of self-employment.

- New opportunities: Positive thinking allows you to visualize possibilities you would have otherwise missed. As you get to know yourself, your beliefs and your desires; you will better understand what you’re looking for in a career. You will also have the ability to discover the means to achieve what you want, whether it is improving your current job, getting a promotion or new position, or heading off on your own. There is no limit to the opportunities awaiting you through the power of positive thinking.

Positive think

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You Know You’re a Positive Thinker When:

- Your grueling drive to work goes by so quickly, you wonder why it ever bothered you in the first place.

- The clerk at the grocery store gives you the wrong change, you point it out with a smile and she happily corrects the mistake.

- You waited in line at the bank for twenty-five minutes on your lunch hour...and your life didn’t end.

- The new part for your car finally arrived at the garage after a week on backorder, but it was the wrong one. You were so nice about accepting the delay when the garage called that they offered you a substantial discount on your repair bill.

- Every time you catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror, you’re smiling and you don’t think you look like a moron.

- You put the oven on too high and burned dinner...then wound up having something even better than you’d planned.

- Suddenly you have a lot more free time on your hands, and plenty of things to do with it- plus enough energy to do them.

- The last time you thought the word can’t was in the phrase I can’t believe all these great things are happening to me.

Positive thinking has the power to change your life, as long as you believe it does. As you continue to use positive thinking techniques, you will find you don’t have to put much effort into achieving what you want.

Dream

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Here are some of the realization and insights to open doors in your life.

- You have to have a dream , to have a dream come true and without dreams all you have is reality.

- Believing in your dream is an essential component and often the only foundation you have for supporting your dream.

- You are never given a dream without the ability to make it come true. Your ability includes your willingness to do what it takes.

- What you seek is seeking you and exists within you. Every resource you need is available to you.

- There is often lag time between dreaming your dream and making it happen. This is a crucial time to stay more focused and committed to your dream than to your reality.

On the other side of your fears are great teachings. Learn to hang in there and take a closer look. Fear is a great teacher and often provides a wake up call. Use what you learn as soon as possible.

- There are signs everywhere showing you which way to go. Learn to read them and use your dream of guidance.

- When you really believe that something probably will happen, it probably will. Committed is the key.

- As you complete your dream, It's time for another one. Don't ever be afraid to reach the finish line. There's always another dream available, if that's what you want.

- Be willing to trust your intuition and act on your insights.

Self Improvement Program

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1. Know your purpose

Are you wandering through life with little direction - hoping that you'll find happiness, health and prosperity? Identify your life purpose or mission statement and you will have your own unique compass that will lead you to your truth north every time.

2. Know your values
What do you value most? Make a list of your top 5 values. Some examples are security, freedom, family, spiritual development, learning. As you set your goals for 2009 - check your goals against your values. If the goal doesn't align with any of your top five values - you may want to reconsider it or revise it.

The number shouldn't discourage you, instead it should motivate you to do more than you can ever dreamed of.

3. Know your needs
Unmet needs can keep you from living authentically. Take care of yourself.

Do you have a need to be acknowledged, to be right, to be in control, to be loved? There are so many people who lived their lives without realizing their dreams and most of them end up being stressed or even depressed for that matter. List your top four needs and get them met before it's too late!

4. Know your passions

You know who you are and what you truly enjoy in life. Obstacles like doubt and lack of enthusiasm will only hinder you, but will not derail your chance to become the person you ought to be. Express yourself and honor the people who has inspired you to become the very person you wanted to be.

5. Live from the inside out

Increase your awareness of your inner wisdom by regularly reflecting in silence. Commune with nature. Breathe deeply to quiet your distracted mind. For most of us city slickers it's hard to even find the peace and quiet we want even in our own home. In my case I often just sit in a dimly lit room and play some classical music. There's sound, yes, but music does soothe the savage beast.

6. Honor your strengths

What are your positive traits? What special talents do you have? List three - if you get stuck, ask those closest to you to help identify these. Are you imaginative, witty, good with your hands? Find ways to express your authentic self through your strengths. You can increase your self-confidence when you can share what you know to others.

7. Serve others
When you live authentically, you may find that you develop an interconnected sense of being. When you are true to who you are, living your purpose and giving of your talents to the world around you, you give back in service what you came to share with others -your spirit - your
essence. The rewards for sharing your gift with those close to you is indeed rewarding, much more if it were to be the eyes of a stranger who can appreciate what you have done to them.
Self-improvement is indeed one type of work that is worth it. It shouldn't always be within the confines of an office building, or maybe in the four corners of your own room. The difference lies within ourselves and how much we want to change for the better.

Housekeeping Tips

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Here's some housekeeping tips

- To remove candle wax from the bottom of a votive candleholder, leave it in the freezer for about an hour. The wax will come right off.

- If your drinking glasses are cloudy, soak them for an hour or so in slightly warm white vinegar then scrub them with a nylon sponge.

- Catsup can polish copper pots. Just rub a liberal amount of catsup on the copper and leave for five minutes. Rinse with hot water and dry.

- To remove fingerprint marks, sprinkle cornstarch on furniture and let it stand for a few minutes before wiping off.

- Make your own kitchen freshener. In a saucepan, bring water to a boil and add cinnamon sticks and orange peel. Simmer under low fire, and let the scent fill your kitchen.

- Remove nasty urine odors on mattresses with borax. Dampen the affected areas with cold water, and sprinkle borax over them; rub the borax vigorously over the affected areas and let dry, brushing off any remaining powder.

- Remove wallpaper easily with the help of vinegar and warm water. Mix equal parts of vinegar and warm water and roll over the paper until thoroughly soaked. The paper peels off after two applications of the solution.

- You can reduce the time you need to clean your bathroom walls by steaming the bathroom first to soften the molds and other buildups sticking to the walls.

- To keep your garbage bins smelling fresh, place a cut-up lemon in it. The lemon scent will keep your bins smelling fresh.

- Remove white knots from sweaters and clothing by using a regular razor. Shave as if you were shaving your face or legs, it won’t harm the fabric.

- A paste of butter and cigarette ashes do a good job of removing white water stains. Spread onto spot and rub with a damp cloth.

- To prevent ruining delicate clothes when washing inside a washing machine, place garments inside a pillowcase and wash on a gentle cycle.

- To remove crayon marks from walls, try dabbing small amounts of toothpaste on the marks and then rubbing them off with a clean cloth.

- Regularly set aside a time each year to clean out storage areas. Discard of anything you don’t need anymore.

- Placing contrasting elements together establishes visual dialogue in a room. For instance, a polished wood dining table could have upholstered chairs accompanying it.

- Mirrors are best cleaned with newspaper. After wiping with a rag soaked in soapy water, rinse and wipe dry with crumpled newspaper. The mirror will be squeaky clean.

- Schedule once-a-week chores to save on time and electricity. Iron at the same time instead of one piece at a time, de-frost once a week, go to the supermarket once a week to save on fuel.

- To keep the kitchen free of spills and sticky drippings, transfer condiments, salad dressings, jelly and other messy items into plastic squeeze bottles.

- Never store opened canned foods in the fridge. Transfer the contents into plastic or ceramic containers. The lead in the can cause poisoning.

- Practice the first-in-first-out principle in the kitchen, especially with food items. Arrange the stocks in the pantry such that the older purchases are within easy reach.

- Prepare a monthly budget to find out where cost-cutting must/can be done. Record all purchases for three months (one quarter) to get the average spent on food, toiletries, cleaning items, medicines, power and other regular/necessary expenses.