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Mulai Diet Kantong Plastik Sekarang

Maret 01, 2016 0
Mulai diet kantong plastik sekarang atau akan lebih sulit untuk semuanya, begitu kata teman saya ketika sedang ramai diperbincangkan mengenai wajib bayar untuk setiap kantong plastik di supermarket. Saat ini memang sedang diberlakukan peraturan wajib bayar untuk setiap kantong plastik di supermarket, minimarket dan toko swalayan lainnya. Itu adalah untuk mengurangi sampah plastik dari jenis kantong plastik yang lebih banyak tidak terdaur ulang.

Mulai diet kantong plastik sekarang, kenapa? karena jika tidak dari kantong plastik bagaimana bisa mengurangi sampah plastik lainnya. Masuk akal jugakan?

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Masyarakat Indonesia memang telah terbiasa dengan kantong plastik. Yang lebih banyak terlihat adalah saat berbelanja. Bahkan hampir semua kegiatan jual beli menggunakan kantong plastik. Coba sahabat Henny perhatikan, beli cabe ada plastik, beli salome atau cilok juga ada kantong plastik, baju laundry bersih dikemas dengan kantong plastik, belanja di supermarket swalayan pasti ada kantong plastik. Jadi bisa kebayangkan sudah berapa banyak kantong plastik yang kita gunakan? padahal plastik sangat sulit terurai, bisa memakan waktu yang sangat lama. Itu baru kantong plastik, belum terhitung dengan sampah plastik yang lain.

Untuk itulah mulai Februari 2016 telah diterapkan peraturan wajib bayar untuk setiap lembar kantong plastiknya. Nilai minimal nasonal adalah Rp.200 dan di Balikpapan Rp.1.500 perlembarnya, bagaimana dengan di kota sahabat sekalian? Untuk saat ini, harga minimal adalah harga untuk uji coba, sepertinya harga minimal akan dilakukan evaluasi.

Untuk mendukung itu semua, telah ada gerakan Diet Kantong Plastik yang digerakkan oleh masyarakat yang peduli dengan lingkungan. Gerakan ini setidaknya membantu mengedukasi masyarakat mengenai dampak kantong plastik bagi lingkungan. Di luar negeri sendiri sudah ada BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) yang artinya bawa tas anda sendiri. Banyak kampanye mengenai hal ini dengan tas yang bisa digunakan berulang-ulang. Semoga masyarakat Indonesia juga bisa mulai gerakan Diet Kantong Plastik ini untuk Indonesia yang lebih baik, lingkungan yang lebih baik dan tentunya bumi yang lebih baik.

Mulai Diet Kantong Plastik Sekarang? Kenapa Tidak. Happy Blogging semuanya.

Kamis

Mencari Kerja atau Berwirausaha

Mei 03, 2012 17
lowongan kerja, jobs & careerDari waktu ke waktu semakin banyak lulusan pada bidang yang beragam, namun jumlah lulusan tersebut tidak sebanding dengan jumlah lapangan kerja yang siap diisi oleh para lulusan tersebut, terlebih dalam segi pengalaman mereka harus bersaing kembali dengan para senior yang telah memiliki pengalaman lebih.

Jalan lain yang bisa ditempuh untuk menghindari hal ini adalah dengan berwirausaha, namun sepertinya sangat sedikit yang mau melirik ke pilihan kedua ini. Banyak faktor yang mempengaruhinya, antara lain modal, kecakapan dan ilmunya yang pasti. Padahal jika mereka tahu, banyak sekali para pengusaha yang latar belakang pendidikannya sangat jauh berbeda dengan bisnis yang meeka geluti. Tapi pilihan adalah hak setiap manusia. Pilihan banyak jatuh kepada pilihan pertama, maka banyak juga yang mencari informasi lowongan kerja terbaru ketimbang peluang bisnis yang ada. Normal....

Saya pernah bertemu dengan seorang sahabat yang sudah lama bekerja di perusahaan yang cukup bonafid saya pikir. Namun ketika memutuskan hendak mengundurkan diri, saya tawarkan bagaimana jika anda berbisnis saja setelah keluar. Ternyata masih banyak keraguan di matanya. Ooooo, ketika itu sahabat saya bertanya adakah informasi lowongan kerja terbaru. Akhirnya saya tunjukkan sebuah web informasi lowongan kerja kaltim karena memang kami tinggal diKaltim.

Seperti yang saya tuliskan di atas bahwa pebisnis juga bisa sama dengan pencari kerja, bisa sesuai dengan latar belakang pendidikannya ataupun tidak. Yang pasti lihat saja mana lowongan kerja yang menjanjikan. Pertanyaan buat anda, Mana yang anda pilih untuk mencari Kerja atau Berwirausaha???

Suskes untuk anda.

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Senin

Ten Ways How To Avoid Migraines

Juli 18, 2011 11
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Ilustration: Doc (123RF)
Ten Ways How To Avoid Migraines. The problem with migraine prevention is that there is no single cause for the headache. There are many triggers of migraine, in fact, and will try to avoid them all would be carried out in hermitry. Who wants to spend the rest of their lives in a cave just to avoid the headache? Nevertheless, there are some things that are done to avoid a migraine can be, but in the top ten.

1) Cut the caffeine. Among the variety of products in connection with migraines is caffeine. Under too much can lead to headache of monstrous proportions. Unfortunately, there are just too much caffeine, caffeine withdrawal headache when you're used to drink a lot. The best way to reduce gradually.

2) While we're talking about caffeine, we will also talk about NutraSweet. Aspartame is responsible for the many people who complained of migraine. Go in search of reasons why aspartame and migraines you something that seems to cover the largest held since Roswell. Almost everything you read, did not check, but then again there are manufacturers NutraSweet proven that their product does not contribute to migraines. Avoid it, and you can avoid a terrible headache.

3) There are more reasons to quit smoking than you can count, but avoiding migraines is yet another reason to the list. Of course, this is easier said than done when you are a smoker, but remember that passive smoking is probably a migraine, as the main reason for smoking. So, if you can, take it from the environment in which people smoke. And even better, they get to retirement. You have the right not to smoke around her, especially if the smoke is causing your headache.

4) create a pattern of regular sleep and wakefulness. In fact, anal, preserving as much as possible about it. Pattern of regular walk around the same time to sleep and wake up at the same time, weekdays and weekends, can work wonders. Many people who have a rigid schedule of sleeping and waking have discovered that their migraines disappear completely and forever. Or at least, as they follow the same pattern.

5) Enter the pill and try another form of contraception. Birth control pills and their effects on hormones can create a significant risk when it comes to migraines. Do not necessarily go on the pill at all. Some people believe that a simple change marks the end of their migraine pain. If this does not help, but you can look at other forms of female contraception or, if you and your partner does not care about the switch to condoms.

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6) Change the lighting. Bright light can often be very severe migraines. We recommend using a soft, misty kind of light bulbs. Or use lamps instead of overhead lighting. Or, stop lamps, if possible. If you spend too much time on the computer monitor, take frequent breaks, and so far from the hubbub of the waves on the screen as possible.

7) Cheese, chocolate and wine may sound like the ingredients for the perfect romantic picnic, but if you're prone to migraines, the last thing you feel like a romantic break in the afternoon after. Cheese is particularly dangerous because they contain the amino acid tyramine. Chocolate contains phenylethamine. Both chemicals contribute to migraines and alcohol cause, too. Keep you can find three other ways to get in a romantic atmosphere.

8) It is used for washing the body odor and, instead of perfume or cologne. Scents and aromas are major causes of migraine and smell of good among the worst. Stay clean and not damage property with the smell.

9) How do aerobics program. Regular exercise helps you increase your cardiovascular capacity and reduced blood flow to the recurring migraine is associated with.

10) To go or by train, if you instead of flying. Reducing the pressure in the cabin on fire and migraine trigger is easy to avoid travel alternative modes of transportation can be done.

So what do you think about this article? Please send me a short note to share your thoughts and comments.



Tag: migraines headache avoid nutrition cardiovascular

Rabu

Coffee Break Small Daily Timeless Pleasure

Maret 02, 2011 6
Coffee Break for use in the workplace, very comfortable and versatile are the drink machines, machines that allow fully automated, simply by inserting coins of small denomination, to have ready in a few seconds a hot or cold drink, depending on the request. In these machines the hot drink sugared already exits, with the amount preset and there is a small stick to turn sugar. Now all distributors have the use of key for those who normally use the machine or give the rest to those who are just passing through.

Rarely, however, there dwells to think of the origins of this gesture and this drink become synonymous of behavior.

Around this drink have created many legends and folk traditions there who says that already the time of Homer, in the city of Troy, used coffee. The first coffee in Europe seems to be come even around 900 - 1000 AD thanks to the many ships that brought unknown goods from all parts.

One thing certain is what he sees sip this dark drink, become, in what is today Yemen, a real custom, even supported by the government that praised its energy quality.

For Europe is somewhat 'say that certainly the first coffee came through the Venetian traders, in 1615, especially remembers Prospero Alpini, botanist, physician of Venice's console, who studied the drink and brought to the knowledge of the Venice's city. At first the coffee was also used for its digestive and medical properties and also for this its price was immediately quite high.

Today we find yet Caffè Florian, one of the oldest coffee's shop, under the arcades of St Mark's Square, Venice, which even then to disseminate this drink, did distribute a text that praised properties.

In today's hectic life can not miss the time for coffee break and is in the workplace as in our homes and in bars has become increasingly demanding, for this reason, coffee machines and drink machines are now becoming increasingly technological equipment and we don't count more versions and variations, all designed to enhance quality in its various aroma of coffee.

We find so espresso professional machines, but also those semi-or for private consumption; are available automatic drink espresso machines that allow enjoy anytime of the day, both in workspace and along a corridor, each variant of espresso coffee, barley, decaffeinated. In the new models of coffee machines for domestic use are lines of innovative and elegant design because the machine also expressed become an object of furniture and enriches every environment, joining an increasingly sophisticated technology in making coffee to a design increasingly minimalist.

coffee breakFor use in the workplace, very comfortable and versatile are the drink machines, machines that allow fully automated, simply by inserting coins of small denomination, to have ready in a few seconds a hot or cold drink, depending on the request. In these machines the hot drink sugared already exits, with the amount preset and there is a small stick to turn sugar. Now all distributors have the use of key for those who normally use the machine or give the rest to those who are just passing through.

In every place, at home or at work, the coffee break is around the corner, the hot drink that hides traditions and ancient stories is a daily pleasure that today, thanks to technological development in machinery and in drink machines, you can consume comfortably in any environment.

Finding Reasonably Priced Clothing For Your Baby: Visiting Overstock Sites On The Net

Februari 23, 2011 4
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.... baby clothes is selection. In this day and age, the selection to be had at one or another of these Internet website that specialize in overstocked products is ...

If you have spent any time in the brick and mortar world shopping around for clothing for your baby, you may feel discouraged. The costs associated with clothing for babies is running higher each and every month. Nevertheless, you obviously do need to find appropriate clothing for your little one.

If you have found yourself frustrated with shopping for baby clothes in the brick and mortar world, you might want to spend some time on the Internet and the World Wide Web. In regard to seeking baby clothes on the Internet you will want to pay a visit to one or another of the overstock sites that are in operation on the World Wide Web at this point in time. These sites can offer you a number of benefits in your own search for baby clothing.

Of course, one of the most significant benefits to be had by shopping for clothes for your baby at an overstock site is found in price. Generally speaking, you can save a good deal of money when shopping for baby clothes at an overstock site on the Internet. Indeed, many parents maintain that they have saved hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars by shopping for baby clothes at overstock sites on the Net over time.

In addition to price, another of the benefits to be found by shopping for baby clothes at an Internet based overstock website merchant is convenience. By shopping at these types of websites, you can make your purchases of baby clothes any time of the day or night. If you are like most parents, you simply do not have time to run out and shop around in the brick and mortar world looking for reasonably priced clothes for your baby. By using an overstock site on the Net, you need only spend a few minutes to find what you are looking for in the way of baby clothes.

Another benefit to be had by shopping at an overstock site for baby clothes is selection. In this day and age, the selection to be had at one or another of these Internet website that specialize in overstocked products is significant. Long gone are the days when an overstock site had only a measly selection.

Again, as you look for the perfect outfits for your baby, take the time to surf by and visit one or another of the overstock sites in operation on the World Wide Web.



Tag: Baby Clothes Baby Clothes Overstocks Price Site Shopping Internet World Wide Web

Jumat

Gymnastics Provides A Great Fitness Option For Today's Kids

Februari 18, 2011 5
Each of the four fitness fundamentals in the Tyson Fitness Challenge helps kids get physically fit through participation in fun activities geared toward their level and age.

Studies show that today's youngsters are a very inactive generation, and that inactivity and poor dietary habits have contributed to their lack of fitness. Statistics indicate that one in three kids is overweight or at risk of becoming overweight today, a percentage that has more than tripled in the last 30 years.

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To help get kids off the couch and into better shape this summer, USA Gymnastics and Tyson Foods have joined forces to create a fitness initiative designed to encourage physical fitness through fun activities that emphasize four fundamentals of fitness: cardiovascular exercise, strength training, flexibility and nutrition.


To underscore this initiative's importance, USA Gymnastics has expanded its annual National Gymnastics Day from focusing just on gymnastics to "A Celebration of Fitness." Gym clubs and their members across the country use National Gymnastics Day in August as a way to give back to their communities by raising funds for the Children's Miracle Network. The Tyson Fitness Challenge is the main vehicle for raising funds. Participants may gather pledges for specified activities that range from the traditional cartwheels and backflips to fitness-related skills or elements.

Each of the four fitness fundamentals in the Tyson Fitness Challenge helps kids get physically fit through participation in fun activities geared toward their level and age.

• Cardiovascular conditioning, which is important for the heart and lungs

• Strength training, which builds strong, healthy muscles

• Flexibility exercises, which help muscles move through a normal range of motion

• Nutrition, because a well-balanced diet is an important key to any fitness effort. Protein, like that found in Tyson chicken, beef and pork products, is an important part of any well-balanced diet because it delivers the necessary nutrition for strength and endurance.

In addition to focusing on four fundamentals of fitness, each participant will learn how to set fitness goals (e.g., being able to do five more sit-ups, three more push-ups, etc.) that may be achieved through the Tyson Fitness Challenge and continued as a part of his/her weekly routine.

"The basics of gymnastics are a solid foundation for building fitness at any level," said Bela Karolyi, the legendary gymnastics coach who is a longtime proponent of the importance of fitness. "I have always stressed that flexibility, strength and cardiovascular exercise are important components to being fit or a good athlete, along with eating a well-balanced diet. The Tyson Fitness Challenge is designed to help young people learn how to exercise properly and eat right."

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Sabtu

Diabetes: Treatment And Info

Februari 12, 2011 2
People with diabetes will experience many long-term and serious complications. These complications will affect virtually every part of the body from the feet and legs to the internal organs.

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Diabetes is a critical health care problem for many people throughout the world. It decreases quality of life and, in many cases, it can also shorten one's life.The good news is that when you recognize the seriousness of being a diabetic and take constructive steps toward controlling it all of these things above decrease in importance.


Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism. The way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Diabetes is associated with long-term complications that affect almost every part of the body. Diabetes is widely recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States.

Conventional Medical Treatment

Insulin was the first, and remains the primary means of treatment for Type 1 diabetes and is administered by subcutaneous injection. This method is necessary since insulin is destroyed by gastric stomach secretions when it is taken by mouth. Insulin injections must be balanced with meals and daily activities, and glucose levels must be closely monitored through frequent blood sugar testing. Many diabetics need inject insulin only once a day; others require two or more injections. The usual time for a dose of insulin is before breakfast. The dosage is initially established according to the severity of the condition, but it often has to be reassessed as one or another of the variables in the person's condition changes.

Medicines for Type2 Diabetes

Metformin this is often the first medicine that is advised for type 2 diabetes. It mainly works by reducing the amount of glucose that your liver releases into the bloodstream.

Sulphonylureas for example, glibelclamide, gliclazide, glimerpirizide, glipizide, gliquidone, increase the amount of insulin produced by your pancreas. They also make your body's cells more sensitive to insulin so that more glucose is taken up from the blood.

Type 1 (Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus)

Type 1 diabetes is treated with intensive insulin therapy. This type of treatment is designed to achieve near-normal blood sugars safely - while keeping the episodes of low blood sugars ("insulin reactions") to a minimum. Insulin therapy includes:

* Multiple Daily Injections of Insulin (Flexibility is important!). * Use of Insulin Pens or Pumps. * Use of new type of insulin: Lispro or Humlog (extremely fast-acting) - replaces regular insulin.

Diabetes Medications

Sulfonylureas: Glyburide (Micronase, Diabeta) and Glipizide (Glucotrol). Traditional medicines - cheap, easy to take, work well with many people. Stimulates insulin secretion from the pancreas. Problems: Doesn't always achieve normal blood sugars and may cause low blood sugars. Metformin (Glucophage): Used in Europe for many years. Decreases sugar production by the liver, which contributes to elevated blood sugar levels. Works well with insulin. Problems: Causes gastro-intestinal upset in some, and cannot be used if you have serious heart or kidney problems.

People with diabetes will experience many long-term and serious complications. These complications will affect virtually every part of the body from the feet and legs to the internal organs.

Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or use insulin properly therefore it is up to you and your doctor to learn how to manipulate the functions of your body properly to offset or minimize the complications of uncontrolled diabetes. With proper control you can still live a healthy and long life but it helps to be a fanatic about controlling your diabetes.

Minggu

Dramatic Advertising That Sells

Januari 30, 2011 4
Think about the last car purchase you made... Did you watch closely for advertisements that explained all of the features before you bought the car? Probably not. In fact, studies show that most of us notice the ads AFTER we have purchased our new car.


Let's face it... consumers are emotionally driven. They make purchases for the feeling they get, and then look for the logical benefits to justify the purchase. That's why we notice all of those ads after the fact!


Wise marketers make good use of this insightful knowledge. Good advertisements get the benefits in front of the customers so vividly that they experience the benefits before they even buy the product. Once they see themselve enjoying it, they've just "gotta have it!"

1 Make It Picture Perfect
Forget about your product or service for a minute and focus on the consumer. What will he enjoy when he has dug out his money and taken home your product? Put yourself in his shoes, and then describe the experience in vividly dramatic detail.

What does it feel like to be a stay-at-home mom and still be able to make money? Describe the freedom, the confidence, the things she'll be able to afford. Tell the story in bright words that compel the reader to enter and experience it for themselves.

You've caught them... hook line and sinker once they've experienced those feelings. Chances are they've dreamed about them, and now the know they can fulfill the dream through your product or service.

2. Throw In The Logic They'll Need to Justify Themselves Later.
You've probably met up with the "after the sale jitters." You make the purchase, enjoy it for a day or two and then it hits home... you've got a payment to make and start wondering if you've made the right choice.

Sure, your customers will second guess themselves after they make the purchase too... that's why you need to supply the logic for the sale upfront - even though you know they buy for emotional satisfaction.

Let them know that it's a special, reduced price... if they buy it now. That'll make them feel better about not waiting.

Tell them about other customers who are "glad they did" to make them feel like they aren't alone. Others thought it was the thing to do too so it must have been.

Hey, the customer who enjoys the product, and can feel good about the purchase is one satisfied customer who'll do business with you again. Take care to set your advertising campaign up for success.

Sabtu

The Power of a Pen

Januari 29, 2011 5
It really is as simple as picking up your pen and writing heartfelt, genuine comments to another human being. Here are some ways to help you get in the habit of giving people positive feedback in writing.

Every leader, supervisor, coach, team member and parent has been told of the value of giving positive feedback. We've heard reasons why. We've heard we don't do it enough. We've learned all of the basics about giving positive feedback successfully: make it timely, make it specific, and when giving positive feedback consider sharing it publicly.

All of this is good advice, but it falls short of the mark if we want to make a long term lasting difference in the self-image, confidence, and performance of others. In short, if you want to give positive feedback, consider doing more than telling people how you feel, consider writing it down.

Why Write it Down

Here are three reasons why written feedback is so valuable.

1. It is unusual. While most of us give (and receive) far too little positive feedback to start with, receiving it in writing is even more rare. The time taken to form our thoughts and write them down demonstrates to the receiver how valuable and important the feedback is.

2. It can be preserved. Verbal feedback can be preserved, but only in the mind of the receiver. I know that I have had people tell me very nice things that I remember, and in some cases I can even take you to the exact location that they told me. But our memories can fail, and those events can just be lost among the millions of moments in our lives. Not so with something in writing. Not only can the thoughts and comments be preserved, but you can bet that in many cases they will be saved… for a very long time.


3. It will be re-read and therefore reinforced. Verbal praise is shared and can be savored by the receiver, but I don't think many people will stop the person giving the feedback and say, "Will you tell me that again please?" Quite the opposite for the hand written note. It will be read at least twice initially, and if the feedback is especially meaningful, perhaps several more times in the coming days - and often far beyond.


Some Ways to Do It

It really is as simple as picking up your pen and writing heartfelt, genuine comments to another human being. Here are some ways to help you get in the habit of giving people positive feedback in writing.

1. Send a letter. Writing someone a quick letter doesn't take very long. It doesn't need to be formal, it just needs to genuinely tell the other person how you feel. Don't put it off, just write it.

2. I like you because. I learned this from Zig Ziglar. He used to (and perhaps still does) produce small pads that used this sentence stem to make it easier to give someone positive feedback. The was printed with "I Like You Because" then it had several lines for you to fill in your note. I have used this idea for many years in a variety of settings with great success. Create your own pad like this on your computer, or start with a blank piece of paper or index card. Using this sentence starter may help you get started (and help you look for and find) the behaviors you want to praise.

3. Thank you notes. An extension of written feedback is the hand written thank you note. Most of us could write more thank you notes than we do, and they serve as an acknowledgement of what someone did for us, but they also serve as positive feedback. Commit to writing more thank you notes, or to adding a bit more feedback to those notes you do write.

4. Send them an email. This can be a letter in email, or a quick reply to a project update, letting someone know you thought their approach was good, or you appreciate how they are handling something. While the handwritten note is hard to beat, emails will be saved and re-read too. Don't underestimate the value of a quick three or four line email.

I could tell you stories of how meaningful written feedback has been, both to me and those I know. I could tell you stories of notes kept for years and re-read often. I could tell of people who said that some hand written encouragement buoyed their confidence and helped them through tough times and contributed mightily to their success.

You probably know of some of these stories too – which means you know my premise is right – that written praise can be extremely powerful. Since we know that it is valuable, and we know that it will be more than just appreciated, then it is our responsibility as leaders, teachers, parents, and siblings … as people … to give feedback to others in this way.

I'll bet as you read these words you thought of at least one person you could share positive reinforcement with in writing. Since you know who it is, and what to say, and now you've been reminded of the impact that act could have, you have no other choice.

Write that note now.

You'll be glad you did, and so will the recipient. And who knows, you may change another person's life forever.

Jumat

Collecting Disneyana: A Niche For Everyone

Januari 28, 2011 4
Collecting Disney pins is one of the fastest growing hobbies anywhere. While pins have been available at Disney theme parks for years, the hobby ultimately took off in 1999 when pin trading stations were introduced at the theme parks.


Disney entertainment has been part of the American lifestyle since 1923. During this time it has captured the hearts of millions of fans across the world. This love affair with Disney has spawned a large group of Disney memorabilia collectors. As the hobby has blossomed into a number of different channels, the term Disneyana has evolved to describe all types of Disney collectibles. This massive world of memorabilia has led to collectors specializing in targeted niches of Disneyana in order to succeed at building their collections. After all, with so many items to choose from, it is hard enough to make a dent in even one of the categories. Even with specialization, the Disney collectible market still seems to center around a few popular categories. The largest three are vintage Disneyana, Disney pins, and Disney figurines.


Vintage Disneyana is comprised of collectible pieces that were produced and distributed prior to the 1966 death of Walt Disney. Vintage Disneyana collectors are often known as "hardcore" purists who shun Disney works created after 1966. While this may or may not be accurate, these collectors are typically very knowledgeable in their trade. This knowledge is important since collectibles in this time period are much rarer and can command significant prices. Because the market for these pieces is so competitive, it is harder to find deals and uncovered treasures. Nonetheless, the vintage Disney collector is always active in his pursuit of the next great piece. This is a task that has become more accessible with the development of internet auction sites.

Collecting Disney pins is one of the fastest growing hobbies anywhere. While pins have been available at Disney theme parks for years, the hobby ultimately took off in 1999 when pin trading stations were introduced at the theme parks. The interactive element of pin trading has propelled Disney pins to one of the most recognized collectibles in the world. Websites and clubs have sprung up all over the internet, and special pin trading events can be found in nearly every major city. Special edition pins and limited edition collections have turned into hot sellers in the aftermarket. The escalation of aftermarket prices, combined with the accessibility of entry-level pins, insures that Disney pin trading will be around for a long time.

Disney figurine collecting is another category of Disney memorabilia that has reached extraordinary levels of membership. Usually made of porcelain, Disney figurines have an average height of only six inches, but their appeal can be measured in the millions. Each figurine is released in a special lot with limited production for each piece. Knowledgeable collectors examine the issue date, production markings, and market availability when determining the value of a piece. Similar to Disney pins, limited edition models and anniversary collections hold the most value on the aftermarket. Though some collectors profit handsomely from reselling pieces, there is a large contingent of the Disney figurine community that collect for their own enjoyment.

In short, collecting Disneyana is a hobby that offers something for all age groups and budgets. While there is always a segment of each niche that is expensive, most Disney product lines do offer affordability with their new releases. This is important as it allows new collectors to join the hobby and solidify its' growth in the future. As with any hobby, it is the fun of building your collection that fuels the passion. The Disney name and sheer popularity of their characters only add to the allure of Disneyana, and it is safe to say that the market for Disney memorabilia will continue to grow.

Tag: Collecting Disney Collection Disney Figures Disneyana Pin

Kamis

Earn Money at Home by Finding Credit Solutions for Others

Januari 27, 2011 3
While you earn money at home through finding credit solutions for others, you can also earn extra money by signing up for a free affiliate program. Earn commissions by advertising for others and bringing sales to those companies.

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Each day people are looking for a way to earn money at home. Sometimes it is in addition to a regular job, or as a main source of income. The opportunities are unlimited in finding home employment today.


A home-based business is not dependent on a person's location or prior experience. By searching for yourself through the various online offerings, you will be able to find a way to earn money at home based on your individual skills and interests. There are also many companies that offer training for a home based business.

Finding Credit Solutions for Others

Finding credit solutions for others and money brokering are effectual ways to earn money while working at home. You would be able to work full or part time as your time and schedule allows. By providing this kind of service you will be able to expand business by receiving referrals from satisfied clients and by advertising.

Becoming more independent is an important goal for many people. They might want to open their own business and need financing. Or perhaps they are in too much debt and need a credit solution to release them from financial stress. There are people every day that need help and don't know how to handle their situation. You can be the one to help them as you earn a lucrative income at home.

Help Others and Earn Money At Home

Learning how to help people with a credit dilemma or helping them to get started can be a rewarding and lucrative business. Help your clients learn how to use financing, credit cards, how to begin saving and avoiding bankruptcy.

Help people to manage their money and become free of the debt they owe. Teach them to live with a budget and avoid going deep in debt. Show them ways to cut household expenses and easy ways to save money. Teach them money skills that can be passed along to their family. Using practical steps to keep them financially stable will give them the opportunity to realize their dreams.

Another Way to Earn Money At Home

While you earn money at home through finding credit solutions for others, you can also earn extra money by signing up for a free affiliate program. Earn commissions by advertising for others and bringing sales to those companies.

Home Based Business

When considering a way to earn money at home, take time to visit websites that offer training and help in getting started. The financial rewards are only limited by your time and effort. With a just small investment, you will be able to enter into a profitable endeavor, helping others with credit solutions while working in your own home.

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Do You Get What You Pay for Cheap Digital Photo Printing

Januari 11, 2011 10
Cheap Digital Photo Printing

Digital photo processors that do the printing cheap abound. They are everywhere you look. But to find an affordable location that can give you the quality that you expect is another story. Some places offer prints for as low as 12 cents for a 4X6 print. Others can charge as much as 58 cents per print.

What do you get for 12 cents per print?

Many customers of the chains that offer prints this cheap have a complaint similar to this one; "Some companies try to "alter" the images to get the "highest" quality photos. This person had done a test and submitted the same photos to various processing services. What they received were totally different results. Their complaint was that the photo shops try to make them look good instead of trusting their customers abilities. As simple as it sounds, leaving the picture alone can be a difficult quality to find in a photo printer online. To try to find out on your own is quite a lot to ask of paying customers. Other than altering your photos after you upload them common complaints are that the quality is not what they expected. As a photography lover let me tell you there are a lot of companies that will give you very high quality prints that will amaze you no matter what your expectations are.



What can you get if you find the right photo printing company?

There are printers that do not charge very much more and the quality is outstanding. With these more capable companies they offer very good sign-up bonuses such as 60 free 4X6 prints to start, and free membership. They can also offer various albums to organize your pictures online. All the while offering file uploads as high as 10MB. Other great services are bulk order prices. With bulk order pricing the more you order the cheaper they get. That way having a family reunion will not break the bank. As you look for a great company to print all your favorite photos remember that there are photo printers that can disappoint and there are printers that can dazzle.

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Technologies of Tomorrow That Will Revolutionize Our Lives and Our Values

Januari 09, 2011 6
Engineering and technical developments are everyone's concern, as they will not be confined to industry, university classrooms, and R&D labs. Instead, they will make a tremendous difference in our day-to-day lives. Here I will attempt to identify some of the technologies that will revolutionize our lives and our values in the coming years.


1. Quantum Computers

Unlike current PCs, quantum computers will have switches that can be in an on or off state simultaneously. The mechanism that will make this possible is known as superposition, and the switches are referred to as quantum bits. The system will make quantum computers operate very fast. A basic quantum computer is likely to be operational by 2020.

2. Programmable Matter
Scientists are in the midst of creating a substance that can take a specific shape to perform a specific task. The substance is known as claytronics, and it consists of catoms. Individual catoms are programmed to move in three dimensions and position themselves so that they assume different shapes. This technology is likely to have numerous applications ranging from medical use to 3D physical rendering. It may take around two decades to become a reality.

3. Terascale Computing
Techies are working on a project that would make our PCs able to contain tens to hundreds of parallel working cores. The device will have the capability to process huge amounts of information. To create this technology, Intel is exploring the possibility of using nanotechnology and allowing for billions of transistors.

4. Repliee Robots
Repliee is one of the most advanced life-like robots ever created. Repliee, an android, is covered with a substance which is very similar to human skin. Sensors placed inside the robot control its movements and enable it to respond to its environment. Astonishingly, the robot can flutter its eyelids and replicate breathing. Repliee operates best in a static condition.

5. Organic Computers
To further advance the computing realm, techies need to create a hybrid CPU that is silicon based but contains organic parts as well. The most promising progress in information processing concerns a neurochip that places organic neurons onto a network of silicon or other materials. Future computers will be able to bridge the silicon and organic spheres to utilize processors that incorporate both of these elements.

6. "Spray-On" Nanocomputers
The "spray-on" nanocomputer would consist of particles that can be sprayed onto a patient. It would monitor the patient's medical condition and communicate wirelessly to other machines.

7. Carrier Ethernet
Carrier Ethernet is a business service/access technology. It can serve as a transport method for both business and residential service. Ethernet will dominate the metro space in the future and will slowly displace SONET/SDH over the next 10 to 20 years.

Development sustains life. However, techies cannot afford to forget that technological advancement will remain inadequate in the absence of contributions from all branches of knowledge and will not flourish if it does not benefit society.

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Photography - Abstract Photography

Januari 08, 2011 6
The invention of the camera liberated painting from its reportage role. Gone was the need to produce a likeness, detail the events of the story, painting was free to express emotions. True what had gone before contained an emotional content but now painting could experiment and through imaginative interpretation allow the emotional content to predominate. Freed from this constraint the painter was able to create a new language and explore the motivations of their art.

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As the 19th century evolved and throughout the 20th century painters from the impressionists through the cubists and expressionists to the minimalists could to use colour, line and form to go straight to the emotional content of their work. The representational aspect of the work become coincidental and was pushed to the point that it became akin to lying on the grass making shapes out of clouds. Enjoyable as it may be it is secondary to the nature of clouds.


The introduction of the digital darkroom has given this freedom to photographers. The range of tools to fix and enhance the camera's capture when pushed to its extremes produces a range of fascinating effects. When added to the filters built into the better software, images can be produced that any comparison to the original photograph is purely coincidental. As photographers explore these tools and incorporate them into their photographs so their visual language will grow. The revolution of the medium with the development from black and white into colour is taking its next step. Now with the digital darkroom's ever growing range of tools the only limitation is the photographer's imagination.

With the use of these tools, the skilled photographic artist can take the pop song and create, in visual terms, the lyric beauty of a baroque symphony or the down town jive of a jazz variation without a tree or a high rise in sight. Just the light captured by the camera and fine tuned into something completely different, something new that comes from the photographer.

The photographer has been liberated like the painter before them by technology. Now photographs can explore the full range of human experience including those they have no words to express. Large statements will be accessible by the photographer not only in physical terms. Although like their painter counterparts, through an additional feature of the technology, the large canvas is becoming the order of the day. That this canvas can express feelings rather than just illustrate them denotes that the photography has become an adult in the arts.

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How to be More Consistent with your Guitar Practice

Januari 07, 2011 4
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Let's look at how to start to be more consistent with your guitar practice...

***Step One***

Decide on something that you would like to master. Make it something short like a lick, scale or perhaps a few bars of a song.

***Step Two***

Decide on a speed goal for the thing that you have chosen. This will be your target tempo. Make it challenging. Something that will make you a significantly better player once you have achieved it. Of course, you need to keep in mind your current playing level. If you are a beginner and you set a speed goal of sixteenth notes at 240bpm, you are definitely setting yourself up for a failure!

***Step Three***

Decide on how much time you'll invest practicing the thing that you have chosen. It would recommended setting a goal of 10-15 minutes a day. A small amount done daily will give you better results than hours done irregularly.

***Step Four***

Make a commitment to practice what you have chosen on a daily basis. The key is to practice it every single day until your speed goal has been reached. No excuses,no crying, no moaning, no exceptions.

***Step Five***

Get to work! This is the step that requires discipline. It could take weeks or months to achieve your speed goal! Just keep in mind that anyone can write down a goal, but unfortunately VERY few people will follow it though to completion. That's probably why there are so many more guitar OWNERS than guitar PLAYERS ;-)

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Digital Scrapbooking Themes for Free

Januari 06, 2011 5
free digital scrapbooking themes
This is special for you as a digital scrapbooking beginner, if you have many questions probably. You like the idea of digital scrapbooking, but you don't want to sink a lot of money into it until you know whether it will be rewarding.

Definition of Digital Scrapbooking

Digital scrapbooking is the act of creating images, photos, journaling, and extra "touches" to preserve your memories in digital instead of physical form. Scrapbooking software is available free on the Internet, or you can use a standard Microsoft Word program.

Digital Scrapbooking Themes

Scrapbooking looks most professional when the entire publication has a theme. A digital scrapbooking theme helps you focus on one style, rather than have each page different. Once you have a central theme, you can set themes for individual pages. These should follow the main theme, but in smaller pieces. For example, an main vacation theme might have page themes of transportation, hotel, beach, restaurants, and activities. You can get free digital scrapbooking themes for both overall and individual pages.

Free Digital Scrapbooking Theme Kits

Free digital scrapbooking themes are available in kits at several Internet websites. You might combine similar themes, or use the elements for your own theme. For example, downloading two or three free digital scrapbooking theme kits that are focused on sports would give you elements to complete several coordinated, but different pages in a sports-themed work.


DIY Digital Scrapbooking Themes

Your status as a digital scrapbooking beginner does not mean you cannot approach digital scrapbooking themes as do-it-yourself projects. If you are willing to invest a little creativity, you will find an abundance of free digital scrapbooking themes on the Internet. One website gives the digital scrapbooking beginner many hints in their descriptions of themes for sale. Consider three of them.

1. Memories of school days will be placed on backgrounds specifically designed for school. Stop and think. What kind of background fits the description? Imagine back-to-school advertising. Pencils, books, backpacks, apples, desks, and alphabets spring to mind. With very little work, you can create your own backgrounds for free digital scrapbooking themes on school days.

Picture a page with a faded school building background. A large school bus sits in front of the building. A child's kindergarten photo fills one window. Friends' photos fill two more windows. A note about the first day of school is "tacked" to the page with a small, bright backpack graphic. Another page theme might begin with a background of alphabet letters or "spelling words" written in script and arranged at angles. Great for showing off a perfect spelling test, or photos of the spelling bee. The same letters, or bright trophies, could be added as embellishments. In a matter of moments, you have two free digital scrapbooking themes for school memories. Each is do-it-yourself. Each fits the mood you are trying to create.