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pH and Weight Loss
No doubt you've heard of the increasingly popular "raw food" and "whole food" diets. Why are people so interested in eating raw food or whole food? One reason is that eating these types of food reduces the risk of acid accumulation in your body.
Raw and whole foods are usually digested more efficiently than cooked and refined foods. When we cook foods, we destroy the natural enzymes that are part of the food in its raw form. These enzymes were intended by nature to help us digest the food. When we consume food without these natural enzymes, our bodies either digest the food improperly or allow an excessive amount of nutrients to be absorbed into the bloodstream.
In both instances, the result is obesity. When too many nutrients are absorbed at once, the body converts the excess glucose into fat. Improperly digested food moves slowly through the digestive tract, where it becomes increasingly acidic. To protect its vital organs from this acidic waste, the body converts the acid into fat and stores it safely away from the organs.
Chemical additives in processed foods make the situation worse. These chemicals confuse the appetite mechanism that tells us when we've had enough to eat. Processed foods also upset the digestive cycle. The body will either identify these foods as allergens and then store them safely away from the organs as fat, or the remnants of undigested food will become acidic and enter the bloodstream as acid waste.
Acid waste that is not converted into fat remains in the bloodstream, where it sticks to the blood vessel walls and blocks the passage of vital oxygen and nutrients headed for the body's cells. The body's metabolism becomes sluggish, and the result is weight gain and obesity.
If the metabolism continues to grow sluggish, all of the body's organs are potentially affected. Degenerative disease sets in. Cells die, acid continues to accumulate, and the cycle repeats on a more damaging scale.
The accumulation of acid in the digestive tract makes digestion increasingly inefficient. When that happens, even healthy foods can become acidic and the food allergies will become more prevalent. Undigested food allergens will continue to be deposited in fat cells, leading to greater obesity. Because acidity disrupts the body's chemistry, the hormones needed to convert fat into fuel also fail to function properly, so the obesity persists no matter how healthy your diet becomes.
THE BENEFITS OF A BALANCED pH
To stop this vicious circle in its tracks, you need to consume food and supplements that will neutralize the acid already accumulated in your body. You also need nutrients that will help restore your body's hormonal balance. Eating the right types of raw and whole foods in the right sequence can help.
It's also important to restore your enzyme balance so that your digestive system will work properly again. Proper digestion means that you will crave less food, accumulate less acid waste, convert less of your food intake into fat cells, and create additional digestive enzymes.
To set this positive spiral in motion, you need to identify and eliminate the foods that cause acid elevation and consume the foods that increase enzyme production. This will help restore the pH balance in your digestive system and will make a significant contribution to your overall health.
If you truly want to change and help your body heal itself you need to take a proactive approach. Don't expect to feed your body processed foods, not exercise, then pop a pill and be all better? it just doesn't work that way. If you want to bring your body into pH balance then you need a complete approach. A great place to start is the Immersion Kit, you can learn more by going to http://www.pH-health.com
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As Nutrition Education Faces Deep Federal Cuts, a New Report Maps Alternative Funding - Civil Eats
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Nutrition aiding battle against diabetes - Albuquerque Journal
Food industry â stop hiding nutrition information - Santa Fe New Mexican
Amarilloan Ann Grandjean remembered for pioneering nutrition work - Amarillo.com
Fit Kitchen talks nutrition, diversification and growth - FoodNavigator.com
5 reasons you are always hungry - Omaha World-Herald
New AMA Online Course Aims to Improve Nutrition Conversations - Monthly Prescribing Reference
4 More Nutrition Myths That No Hiker Should Believe - Backpacker Magazine
Natural Foods Defined
With so many people concerned about natural and organic foods these days, it's useful to stop and really take a look at what "natural" and "organic" foods really are. We all know that natural and organic foods are better for us than highly processed or artificial foods, but do we really know which foods are natural and organic? When you buy food that is labeled "natural," what does that really mean? What about "organic"?It turns out that the term "natural" doesn't mean all that much.
Avoiding Mental Disorders Through the Aid of Vitamins and Minerals
When we think about the benefits of being ensuring a good bill of health by keeping track of our daily intake of prescribed vitamins, minerals and as well as the other nutrients that are needed by your body in order to stay healthy. It is important to be conscious of the fact that deficiencies in the daily intake of vitamins and minerals can negatively affect not only your physical capabilities but your how your mind functions as well.
Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil -- Why Is It Different?
A flood of scientific evidence about fish oil points to a startling conclusion that taking high-dose fish oils, which are very rich in Omega-3 Fatty Acids, helps support a healthy heart, a healthy brain, a healthy immune system, healthy joint movement, healthy kidneys and much more.Each grade of fish oil is distinguished from the other by its purity and concentration of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids.
How The Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
When was the last time you consumed soda? Most likely, it wasn't that long ago. You may even drink several cans or bottles each day.
Your Target of Health is Easy
Many of us, probably even you, want this thing called health, yet have no idea what it would look like if we had it. We are going after this elusive thing, but we really have never stopped to think about what it was.
The Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup
High Fructose Corn SyrupBefore we get to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), we will take a look at two other frequently used sweeteners, dextrose and maltodextrin.DextroseDextrose is more or less an industry term for glucose.
Introduction to Detox Diets
Detoxifying the body has become an apparent key preventative measure to all kinds of health problems. Since most of us are busy, and unable or unwilling to maintain a strict diet in order to completely eliminate all the toxins from our body.
Vitamin D - The Sunshine Vitamin!
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin like A and E. This vitamin is hard to obtain from food.
Got Sprouts?
They're not only good for you, but they taste good, too. Sprouts are also a great source of vitamins, fiber, protein, anti-oxidants, and enzymes.
Approximately 30 years ago, food manufacturers were competing against the American Homemaker for consumable dollars. Women, traditionally prepared food fed to the family and the food prepared came fresh and cheap!Food scientists knew then that we have glutamate receptors on our tongues.
The Great Influence Of Vitamin B to the Nervous System
In order for a person to actually have a healthy well-being, one must always remember to have an adequate daily intake of the prescribed vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that your body needs in order for it to stay healthy and fit.Unfortunately, due to stress and the increasingly fast-paced environment that we're often subjected to, it's quite easy to neglect one's body, most importantly one's health.
Cherries - The Next Wonder Fruit
Cherries?A Supercharged FruitThe little red fruit that has been enjoyed by countless millions offer more than great taste. Are cherries truly fruit for a healthy you? Recent studies have revealed that cherries offer an assortment of health benefits including the natural ability to offer relief from joint inflammation.
Eating to Gain Mass
This is usually the forgotten element of most mass programs. Food.
Did You Start Your Life With Enough Probiotics?
Why does disease begin in the digestive tract? Yourdigestive tract is your first line of defense when it comesto your health. This is because of the good bacteria thatresides there.
Alcohol Addiction and Obesity
People who consume too much alcohol have good chance of making it to the Obesity chart. Pure alcohol contains 7 calories per gram.
How To Prevent Hypoglycemia
Today's tip is on hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).Hypoglycemia affects both non-diabetics as well as diabetics.
Ocular Nutrition and Eye Health Food
Understanding ocular nutrition and eye health can be one of the ways to support your vision. As early as in our 30's, our eyes and vision can begin to deteriorate.
Immunity and the Immune System
Since the 1930's the western diet has dramatically changed. This change is due to the change in farming from the natural farming process which has developed over 1000's of years to a modern scientific farming which has changed farming into an industry.
Sugar Consumption Itself Has Become a Disease
Looking into statistics, we can see the average American consumes an astounding 2-3 pounds of sugar each week. This might surprise you if not considering that highly refined sugars in the forms of sucrose (table sugar), dextrose (corn sugar), and high-fructose corn syrup are being processed into so many foods such as bread, breakfast cereal, mayonnaise, peanut butter, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, and a plethora of microwave meals.
Do You Know Your Bodys ph And Its Relation To Your Health
Do you know your ph? By getting ph strips at a pharmacy, pool store or lab you can test your urine in the moring and see it's range. A good range is between 6.
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Transformers 5: The Last Knight – Teaser December 16th
Michael Bay has announced that the first teaser for Transformers 5: The Last Knight will make it's debut on December 16th! You'll be able to see it as you head out to the theaters to watch Star Wars: Rogue One. Hit the break to watch a special video from Bay himself. You might just call this a teaser for a […]Continue reading »


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This two bedroom unit is located within walking distance to it all. Opposite the very popular broad water parklands, walking distance to Australia Fair, close to TAFE and public transport. Great location, within walking distance to the Broadwater & 1 carport parking space.
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I've been with my date for 1 and a half months now and we get on with each other well. She says she likes me and I say I do (obviously) but there's one thing that is not elevating us to the next step, I have have never been open with her and yet she has. I called her yesterday asking what is going on and she was like, "I just feel like there's a wall between us and you never open up about your feelings, you're still new to me!" I went on to say everything about me in a desperate attempt to save us two but she says she needs time to take what I said all in as I said it in one go. She also said "Speak later?" in which I said "yes okay", its been 24 hours! I don't think she wants to move on because she would have told me but how long is later? Should I text her? Should I give her some time? I don't want to leave her :''( I think about her everyday!
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I just realized who that is. Lol Mad Dog Vachon!!! My dad used to take me to the old awa wrestling matches so I could watch him eat turnbuckles! That hairy bastard was my childhood hero for a while!
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Leave your mark on Bethel Woods -- For a one-time tax-deductible donation of $250, you can dedicate a paver at Bethel Woods. This is a special way to support Bethel Woods and make a gift in memory or in honor of a friend or a loved one. Each 4″ x 8″ brick paver is etched with your personal message and incorporated into the classic design of the pathway at the venue entrance.
Purchase a paver today! These bricks serve as a permanent, elegant, and recognizable remembrance to visitors entering the venue every day.
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• Prepare your feeble gullets and blue-collar livers for the triumphant glory of Trump: The Booze: The Poster! [Defamer]
• Times Boldfacer Campbell Robertson does his best to grapple with the disintegration of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey's marriage, especially since Simpson told Boldface in September that her marriage was solid. Don't take it personally, but, yes, honey, she lied to you. She lied to all of us. [NYT]
• Actor Ralph Fiennes considers suing the Post after a Page Six item claimed he was "canoodling" with Gina Gershon at a recent rock show. Since we got that same press release from the venue and "canoodling" was nowhere in the original item, we'd have to venture that some Posties may be guilty as charged. [LA.com]
• Perplexed over the appropriate holiday gift for someone you've just started dating? Don't be — everyone loves Christmas anal. [NY Sun]
• Finally, a Thrillist suggestion we can get behind: feed the fratboys poisonous fish. [Thrillist]


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1. Its cooler out, which is great for both plants and gardeners. Gardeners can take advantage of milder temperatures and enjoy fall planting without the sweat and oppressive heat of spring or summer. Ideally your fall planting should be done by early November, about 6 weeks before hard frost. And for the plants, cooler temperatures are ideal for root development because the ground and soil is still warm which will allow roots to grow until the ground freezes. 2. Spring weather can be volatile while fall tends to be milder. With less rain…continue reading →


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Death casts shadow over Grammys
The Grammys got under way, with the Recording Academy trying to focus on music's biggest night after of the death of one of music's biggest names - Whitney Houston.
Houston died on the eve of the Grammys at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was preparing to attend a pre-Grammy party.
Her death cast a huge shadow over the event. As the pre-broadcast awards ceremony began, co-host Dave Koz acknowledged the tragedy, noting the "great legacy of Miss Whitney Houston. She's in our hearts and our minds".
A tribute to Houston featuring Jennifer Hudson was to take place during the main ceremony later.
Before the death of one of pop music's most important figures, the Grammy buzz focused on whether Adele - 2011's top-selling artist and set to make her first public performance on the show since having vocal cord surgery - would be the queen of the Grammys. Although Kanye West leads all nominees with seven and Bruno Mars and the Foo Fighters tied Adele with six nominations, she was favoured to sweep all of her categories.
But as show time neared, the focus remained on Houston's death.
Grammy show producer Ken Ehrlich was quick to announce Hudson's tribute. "It's too fresh in everyone's memory to do more at this time," he said, "but we would be remiss if we didn't recognise Whitney's remarkable contribution to music fans in general, and in particular her close ties with the Grammy telecast and her Grammy wins and nominations over the years."
More Houston tributes from nominees and presenters are expected during the three-and-a-half hour Staples Centre show, which was to feature the Foo Fighters, Mars, Nicki Minaj, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Chris Brown and Rihanna.
It will mark the first time Rihanna and Brown have appeared at the same awards show since his attack on her three years ago - also on the eve of the Grammys - forced both to drop out of the show and led to an assault conviction for Brown.
It almost derailed his career, but 2011 marked a huge comeback, and he was rewarded with a Grammy performance slot on the CBS broadcast.


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Confidence Increasing in UK Oil, Gas Sector
Confidence within the UK's oil and gas industry is increasing steadily, according to trade body Oil & Gas UK's business confidence index.
Oil & Gas UK said the index, updated Tuesday, shows that the sector has moved further into positive territory with a score of 60 points on a 100-point scale. The organization said that while the confidence of operators remained steady but unchanged between the fourth quarter of 2012 and the previous quarter (at 57 points), it is contractors who are driving the gradual rise in optimism with their score having risen three points since 3Q 2012.
Oil & Gas UK Operations Director Oonag Werngren commented in a statement:
"The rising confidence within the contractor sector suggests that the tax changes introduced by the [UK] government last year to incentivise investment in the UK Continental Shelf are now bearing fruit. With operators investing around £11.4 billion [$17 billion] in 2012, supply chain companies which perform essential functions supplying parts and specialist services and equipment to the operators are experiencing increasing demand for their services."
Oil & Gas UK added that within the operator community it is the majors who are most optimistic, while independents reported a two-point fall in confidence. The trade body believes this suggests majors have the resources to make the most of the favorable business environment created by last year's tax changes, while smaller companies are seeing their growth restrained by poorer access to finance and resources.
Werngren pointed out that the challenge of recruiting and retaining skilled staff, while also accommodating increasing operational costs, emerges as a recurrent them in feedback from the majority of companies surveyed.
Oil & Gas UK's business confidence index is just the latest survey this month to suggest that things are looking buoyant for the UK oil and gas sector. A report from Ernst & Young (in collaboration with Oil & Gas UK) published March 7 stated that UK oilfield services firms plan to increase their workforces by an average of 10 percent during the next two years, partly in response to the more favorable fiscal regime in the country.
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Mayo forward Michael Conroy is set to miss their Connacht quarter-final clash with Galway on 19 May.
Conroy injured his shoulder while playing for his club Davitts on 20 April and underwent surgery last Friday.
He is expected to be out for eight weeks which means that he could also miss the provincial semi-final on 16 June if the Tribesemen are overcome in Salthill.
While last year's All-Ireland finalists are favoured to complete a hat-trick of provincial wins this summer, manager James Horan will be hoping that he will have his strongest squad to pick from.
Andy Moran is still sidelined after the injury he picked up in last year's All-Ireland quarter-final.
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"The time of day I do not tell,
As some do, by the clock,
Or by the distant chiming bells
Set on some steeple rock,
But by the progress that I see
In what I have to do.
It's either Done O'Clock to me,
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Friday five....
what 5 things do you need to get done before the end of the weekend?
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laundry, paperwork, DH haircut, pluck my eyebrows, clean bathroom
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meet with my gran tomorrow
Easter egg hunt on Monday
finish sorting out Kyla's room
food shopping -done today
sleep, lol.
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For everyone saying they've got nothing to offer to get to ock or tck.
Just know that I got to tck by giving price checks, and converting UC's on the PC when they shit talked.
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I'm also in team don't-know-what-to-offer. I talk out of my ass too much and my skills are too dabbly or not online.
Also, I know one of the reasons I've never rep'd anybody is because I always doubt if it's an appropriate thing to rep and I don't want to abuse my (limited) power.
For those saying they have no talents to offer. You do. Take a look at the Guide Section and see the work people have done based on their own talents. They come from a whole plethora of information. You do not need to solely write a guide based on Neo or computers, maybe you are a crafty person and can make a guide on how to do Christmas decorations. Who knows. But your talents can be showcased on this site. A guide is not the only way though as mentioned already. Keep in mind if you do a guide follow the rules!
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TOP women executives are taking on their male rivals in the bar as well as the boardroom, new research shows today.
A study found that high-flying women were more likely to have a drink problem than their male peers.
At senior levels they were also turning to the bottle far more often than less successful women.
Women at the top were three times more likely to be alcohol dependent than those in the lowest-grade jobs.
But men's vulnerability to drinking did not alter as they climbed up the career ladder.
Jenny Head from University College London, who led the study, said, "We haven't been able to find an explanation for the higher rate of problem drinking in senior female executives.
"One possible reason might be that it's the stress of working against a glass ceiling.
"Maybe also women in higher grades are operating in a bit of a man's world, and perhaps feel they need to adopt some male roles. But this is just speculation."
The findings, reported in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, are based on questionnaire responses from about 8,000 civil servants working in 20 different departments in London.
Two-thirds of those taking part in the "Whitehall Study" were men.
Participants were asked about the demands of their job, levels of support at work and at home, and the degree to which they could make and influence decisions.
They were questioned about the amount of effort they made and the rewards they received in terms of promotional prospects.
A recognised set of questions relating to attitudes and behaviour was used to determine those who had a drink problem.
Between 10% and 12% of men interviewed were found to be alcohol dependent, no matter what kind of job they did.
But it was a different story for women. Only 4% of those working in the lowest clerical grades had a drink problem, compared with 14% of senior executives.
For men there was a significant association between drinking to excess and putting in a lot of effort for little reward. This did not seem to be important for women.
Lack of scope for making decisions was also associated with problem drinking in women to some degree, despite the apparent conflict with the pattern observed in women executives.
Surprisingly, there was no direct link between high work demands and alcohol dependence in either men or women.
Nor did the effect of work on home life seem to be a significant factor, although Ms Head thought it might be more relevant to women.
"It is possible that women have more conflicting roles, as they try to strike the balance between work and home.
"We hope to go on to look for some of the explanations for these findings."


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In a motion for judgment on the agency record filed Monday, Changzhou Wujin Fine Chemical Factory Co. Ltd. maintains that Commerce improperly assessed it anti-dumping duties calculated by averaging the dumping margins for two other respondents in the investigation.
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Hiring the Plebes
Redux of the hiring comic done way back when.
This one is, once again, based on a true story. I was working at a restaurant that fired its day manager (hilarious story involving gay sex in the walk in cooler, and weed in the lettuce), and the night manager was tasked with hiring the replacement.
All of the applicants showed up at the interviews wearing white gloves. All of them. And there were like 20 applicants or so. The night manager was completely confused, but was too polite to ask what the fuck was going on. It took the owner three days before he broke, and laughed his ass off. Dude had a great sense of humor, and had put it in the newspaper classified – "Wear white gloves." Keep in mind, this wasn't a fine dining joint. This was a mom & pop greasy spoon in Ft. Worth.
Good times.
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Hi Everyone
I guess it's not only my problem but for some other hubbers too, how do you encourage visitors to leave a comment on your Hub, or give some sort of feedback.
I am getting some traffic to my Hubs, but for some reason I am still not receiving any constructive feedback, either good or bad.
Any suggestions for improving this would be appreciated.
Thanks. Here is one Hub for scrutiny.
I will comment on your Hub as well.
How much traffic are you getting? Unless you've turned off your accolades you haven't had over 1000 visits yet. It took me a few thousand before I started getting comments regularly. Now I'm up to 60,000 traffic and 300~ comments.
My best advice would be - don't worry about hub/profilescore (unless it gets really low which won't happen unless you write low quality content), don't worry about comments or traffic, just keep writing. Once you hit 30 hubs, then you can start worrying - although by then you probably won't have to.
Hi WryLilt
Thanks for your advice, at the moment I have had about 300 visitors to my hubs, so no accolades yet. I guess I have been a little impatient, expecting too much. Long way too go, I see, to pass 1000 mark or even approach your success, but I will take your advice and keep writing.
Thanks again
If I had any interest in golf, I'd probably think that was a great hub. I'd probably pass it on to my golfing buddies and might even link to it from something I wrote about golf.
But I don't golf, so I'm assuming all that. If I really knew anything about golf, I might have different comments.
My point is that it is a very targeted audience. That's a good thing, not a bad thing, but it means it will take time for your audience to find you even if you do have good content.
Keep writing about golf and interlinking the articles when and where appropriate and you WILL get traffic and comments and links.
Hi Pcunix
Yes it is targeted at a specific interest group and you do really want to be 'into' golf, it is a fairly competitive niche, so as you say, it will take time. Thankyou for your words of encouragement, and for taking the time.
I left you one.
I think that you have to read other hubs and leave comments for them ... It is good to be active in the forums, I follow a lot of people from the forums.
You find hubbers you like and you follow them. The actual number of followers may not be too important. I would not worry about it too much.
Your hub is good quality. It has a targeted audience that has not discovered it yet. In time it will gain readers and comments.
Hi SteveMc
Thanks for your response.
I am spending a lot of time on Hubpages doing exactly as you suggest, kind of addicted to Hubpages now. (daily)
Thankyou for the feedback on my hubs, I do appreciate it, I am a patient person and don't expect others to do for me what I don't expect of myself to do.
I am following you now too.
Good to meet you.
hi, I am just new here also and just had publish my first ever hub..
how would i know that I have gained a traffic anyway?
Charlotte click "My Account" up the top and you'll see a list of all your hubs along with how much traffic they have got for the day/week/month. Just remember that your own views also count as traffic.
I've only been on HubPages for a week but I am already seeing the benefits of being active on the forum. People often check out your profile and have a look at your hubs, especially if you post in topics which are to do with issues with increasing traffic or in your case, getting comments. I wish you the best of luck in your hubbing
Hey Rhysjc
Glad to meet you, it's a great place to be here on Hubpages, I have only been here for 3 months now as well, and loving it.
Yes, forum participation does seem to help with views.
All the best to you too.
I have reviewed your hub, and must ask a very important question......What is your intention for being on HubPages?
Meaning, are you writing to write or are you writing to make money?
The distinction between the two makes all the difference in the world, because the level of advice you get will vary between hub writers.
If you're writing to write, then I would suggest you can leave the hub pretty much as it is now.
If you're writing to make money, then you will want to make a few adjustments to your hub.
To help you out, then I would suggest you read a great hub by Marisa Wright - it's -----> http://hubpages.com/hub/My-HubPages-Tips
My next suggest is more reading as well, but more so guided toward learning about HubPages, which Darkside covers extremely well in his hubs, which are listed below.
Also, Frogdropping wrote a couple of hubs for new hubbers. These are recommended reading too.
Then when you are ready to get more into detail Sunforged, HubPages' resident SEO Technique "Guru" would be worth reading.
Please do enjoy your time here, regardless why you are here.
Hi Cagsil..thank you for your insightful thoughts..
I made the hub just to write because it is what i loved to do..
and to think is I am not capable of making hubs to earn money
as pro does
Hey Charlottelacar,
My comment which you posted to was for the person who opened this thread, which wasn't you. However, you could still benefit from reading the Darkside and Frogdropping hubs, because they are both great writers, even if you're not writing for money.
I came to this thread to help the person who opened it. I did post a comment on your hub that you wrote and I was a bit long winded, and even asked you the same question I asked the OP.
I'm glad you've made a decision on your intentions here, however, do not dismiss the potential at your fingertips. Keep your options open.
You're welcome too. Have a great day!
But anyway, you have given enough info..thanks for being so kind and generous..
continue on inspiring the newbies!
Have a pleasant day, too
Hi charlottelacar
I agree, and good luck to you too.
Hi Cagsil
Thankyou for Your response it is very welcome and appreciated. I initially came to Hubpages to gain backlinks to my other sites and hopefully to earn a quid in the process.
But, I have enjoyed my involvement in Hubpages so much, that I am doing it for the writing experience as well now. My first few Hubs were somewhat amateurish of course, but as I adjusted to the process, I am more concerned now about getting things right and aiming for quality hubs.
I am following Marisa Wright, Darkside and Sunforger already and have learnt a lot from them. I am following you now as well.
I fully intend to review each hub you have suggested and continue to read more great hubs here.
Thanks Cagil for taking the time and giving great advice.
I don't give a dmn about comments, it is all about traffic. Comments will self-care, trust me.
Hi paradigmsearch
I am of course wanting traffic as well, and lots of it, a few comments here and there doesn't hurt either.
You're probably right, comments will come.
Thanks mate.
ya getting comments
Hi ankigarg87
Ahh, yes I have one, two......
My experience coming to HP was that I just didn't know what to expect. I wrote a few hubs and thought I was a failure. But then several months went by, and Google indexed my hubs and my traffic started picking up. One article was discovered by Associated Press and was used as the premise for an article about hackers and released across the US. I was STUNNED and couldn't have expected that!
So you never know. But a well written hub with pictures and good information will out live the bad, poorly written, spammy ones 10 to 1.
I have a collection of hubs on various subjects, and some do very well and some don't. But the experiment pays off. I've learned alot about what makes good internet writing, and much more. And that's pretty good for a guy who usually speaks in music notation.
Congratulations on that article, very impressive. I am learning so much here from all the expert contributors on how to write better quality hubs, and I am also learning that patience is indeed a virtue.
So, I will not be overly concerned about getting comments or feedback, which I am sure will come, but focus instead on writing well and let things take their course.
Thanks for your insights Daniel
I am new here. But I think getting reviews is part of joining discussions and getting yourself out there. And I don't mean spamming or dropping off a link to your Hub page all over the place. That what I think and that's why I am out here learning and trying to make new friends.
Thanks to all,
Yes, that's right Dean, and you will learn a lot here from the Hubpages community and make new friends as well. All the best to you.
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Britain loves an X-Factor-style vote, however liable they are to manipulation and bias.
And so today the public can begin the process of voting for the identity of the new £1.6 billion Forth Crossing by website, text and post.
After receiving more than 7600 suggestions from across Scotland, an independent panel has agreed a shortlist of five names: Caledonia Bridge, the Firth of Forth Crossing, Queensferry Crossing, Saltire Crossing and the St Margaret's Crossing.
The first thing that strikes you about the shortleet – decided by a special Bridge Naming Advisory Panel that was made up of five men and just two women – is how ordinary they are.
Some might even say pedestrian.
There is no Freedom Bridge, Salmond Bridge, Independence Bridge, or Sir Chris Hoy Bridge. Even Sir Sean has been squeezed out.
And the "We Messed Up The Trams Why Are We Building This? Bridge" was also eliminated.
The panel has played safe, and this is wise.
Any option that has a close connection with one political party could have been hijacked online.
Many of us might react to these options with a shrug of the shoulders and ask: "Who cares?"
But this structure is costing a lot of public money and we will be referring to it in conversation regularly over the coming decades – so why not play a part in what it will be called?
It's also great that technology makes it easier for all of us to take part in the democratic proccess– something that didn't happen when bridges were constructed in years gone by.
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Below is our broccoli seedlings. We're trying something new this year and are looking forward to having some broccoli in the garden.
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Sport has been an integral part of everyday life since man began to walk the earth and it is from these humble beginnings that it has grown into the multidimensional and extraordinarily commercial business that it is today.
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A dog is physiologically different from a human in various ways. This puts out a common question like – do dogs have belly buttons? Here is the answer.
Do Dogs Have Belly Button?
How Belly Buttons Are Formed?
Whether it is a human or an animal, inside a mother's womb, food, oxygen and other nutrients is received through the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord connects the mother's placenta and the stomach to cater what a developing baby needs when he or she is inside the womb.
Once the baby is out, it starts to breathe and then the cord is cut. There will be remains of the cord, but it will soon wither away after several weeks. When that happens, it will leave a hole in our stomach, which we call our navel, or more commonly known as the belly button.
Yes, our belly buttons are there to remind us of that irreplaceable and special bond that we have with our mothers. Humans as we are, we tend to generalize that we are special and unique. But do you believe that dogs also have belly buttons just like we do? Even if they are four-legged creatures, they also have navels because they are connected to their mothers when they are inside the womb.
You might raise an eyebrow here and ask how do dogs have belly buttons. Even if you have not seen it, it does not mean that it does not exist. In fact, all mammals share the same experience of developing inside their mothers, and this process is in need of a connection to pass the nutrients and oxygen from the mother, which is needed by the young. Dogs are just like us, and though they are born in a fluid-packed sac, they are still attached to their mother's placenta via the umbilical cord.
The difference though is that it is the mother dog who will break each of her pup's umbilical cord right after she gives birth. The mother dog will bite off the cord, and the remains will soon wither, and it will leave a slit, which is your dog's belly button.
Why Can't I See My Puppy's Belly Button?
Unlike humans, the belly buttons of puppies are not always visible because the size of their umbilical cord is small. When the umbilical cord withers and heals, the scar will only be a small slit instead of a big hole. Another reason why you can't see their belly button is that of their fur. When dogs grow, their hairs also grow, hence, making visibility even harder.
Are There Different Types Of Belly Buttons?
Yes, there are two types of belly buttons that your dog can have. It is important to know what type of belly button your dog has so that you will know if the situation warrants care and constant monitoring.
An innie belly button is the usual belly button that is inward and leaves a "hole" in the abdomen. In contrast, an outie belly button in dogs are the ones that protrude to the outside.
If your dog is still in the early months, the navel may be an outie belly button considering that it is still healing and may look more than a scab on the skin. An outie belly button is more common in humans that in dogs or any pets for that matter.
When your puppy already reaches a certain age or become an adult dog but still has an outie, then it might be because of a poor closure of the muscles in their abdomen during their developmental stage. But you should also make sure that this is not a cause for major concern. Hence, you need to visit your dog's veterinarian for the protrusion to be assessed to determine that it is not fatal and not a result of some underlying medical condition.
How Can I See If Belly Buttons In Dogs Exist?
One way to check and see for yourself that your dog indeed has a belly button is to let your dog sleep. It is best if he sleeps on his back because it will make it easier for you to check. Once he is sleeping on his back, you can do your investigation and take a look – viola! You will be able to locate his belly button, and you will then have an answer to your question if do dogs have belly buttons.
How Does My Dog's Belly Button Look Like?
One main reason why we are not familiar with our dog's belly button is the fact that we do not know how it looks like. Hence, we are unable to determine that we have already seen their navel even if we already did. So how does a dog belly button look?
To easily put it, a dog's belly button or umbilical looks like a scar that is located in the middle of their abdomen and is midway between their ribcage and their pelvis. This "scar" appears flat and without any hairs. For your dog, and even cats, their navel may be scab-like, while some people pointed out that once they see a white area on that location, that is already their dog's belly button.
It is important to know how your dog's belly button looks like because it will help you assess their health condition, and see if there is any swelling, hernia, tumor or infection occurring in the area. If you see any of these, it is best that you consult your licensed veterinarian as soon as possible for immediate treatment.
Is It Okay For My Dog To Have Belly Button Rings?
Personally speaking, I advised that you stay away from dog belly button rings because it can cause trauma to the umbilical area and can result in infections and hernia development. However, some pet owners still undergo the process of navel rings, and they do not experience any problems as long as proper care is done.
However, you need to keep in mind that if the belly button rings cause swelling and pain in your dog, you should visit your dog's vet at the soonest possible time to help limit the spread of infection and development of an umbilical hernia.
If surgery is to be made, the vet will just close the tissue after removing the affected tissue that is within the ring placement. Sometimes, the vet will place a wire to help support the body wall in cases of large hernias.
Where Is My Dog's Navel Located? Is It The Same For My Male And Female Dogs?
As I said earlier, the navel is located on their mid-abdomen, and this location is for both dog genders. If you still find it hard to locate for their belly button, you can mark their ribcage and their pelvis, then locate the area in the middle and you will soon find that white hairless area, which is their belly button.
If you are still unsure if what you find is their real belly button, then what you need to do is to press their umbilicus. The area will feel firm underneath your hand.
My Dog's Belly Button Is Protruding. Is This A Normal Phenomenon?
A dog's belly button is usually not a concern for owners because they are just there and remained unnoticed. However, if you have seen that the belly button of your dog protrudes, it should greatly concern you as it implies something else.
A protruding navel or a navel that is swollen is known as an umbilical hernia. If left untreated, this condition is fatal for your pet considering that the organs in his abdomen are trapped in his belly button.
An umbilical dog hernia is the opening of the muscle wall in the area of the umbilicus or the navel. A hernia will allow the contents of the abdomen to move out of the opening. Though this can occur in any dog breeds, some dog breeds are genetically predisposed and high risk in developing such case. These dog breeds with high predisposing level for umbilical hernias are Airedale Terriers, Basenjis, Beagles, and Pekingese. If you are an owner of these dog breeds, you need to be vigilant and closely watch and monitor their growth and development during the first few months of their lives.
Another cause of umbilical hernias can be trauma to the umbilical site, though the puppies from their parents also genetically inherit some conditions.
Types Of Umbilical Hernias
Complicated Umbilical Hernia: a complicated hernia is a condition wherein the contents of the abdominal cavity, like a portion of the intestine, already passes through the opening and has been entrapped. This can be fatal and dangerous to your dog.
Uncomplicated Umbilical Hernia: this is less fatal and is characterized by a soft swelling in their navel area. Usually, the swelling may come and go, and they differ in sizes. Aside from the swelling and protrusion, your dog is considered healthy.
Symptoms Of Complicated Umbilical Hernia
- Loss of appetite
- Vomiting
- Dog is depress
- Pain
- The area of the umbilical swelling feels warm
How To Diagnose The Case?
Physical examination. This is usually the way to determine and diagnose the presence of an umbilical hernia. Your dog's veterinary will do a physical examination, and he/she can assess and see the protruding section in the abdomen. The swelling will be visible during the exam.
Contrast radiographs (x-rays), or abdominal ultrasound. These diagnostic tests are usually done to check the condition of the contents of the abdominal cavity. If there are some contents that are entrapped, this will also be made visible through these imaging tests, and this will help the vet diagnose the extent of damage of a hernia.
Can It Be Treated?
Fear not because an umbilical hernia can be treated. Some umbilical hernia even closes naturally at the age of 6 months. If an umbilical hernia is just small, then there will be no need to conduct surgical procedure. However, if a hernia is large, it should be removed through a corrective medical surgery to eliminate the risk of complications.
How To Prevent Umbilical Hernia From Occurring?
Unfortunately, for those umbilical hernias that are hereditary, you can never do something about them. The only way to stop a hereditary hernia is to stop breeding. If you have a dog with such condition, it is best that you keep from breeding him/her because it will only pass on to his/her offspring.
In the meantime, some hernias are caused by trauma, hence, the protrusion. In such cases, it is best that you take care of your puppies to ensure that they will be safe from any traumas that might result in the occurrence of an umbilical hernia.
Dog Licking Behavior
Dogs are often seen licking belly buttons. There are a few reasons as to why your dog licks your belly button. One reason is that it is attracted to the odor. If your belly button smells, or if you sweat, expect that your dog will sniff and lick it all the time.
Another reason is that dogs simply like areas that they cannot see, and since your belly button is likely to be an innie, they are curious about it. Hence, the licking behavior.
Sometimes, it is also your dog's way to play and be affectionate with you. However, if your dog is constantly licking your belly button, you should be aware and cautious of the medical disadvantages that it can bring you. Constant licking of your belly button by your dog may bring many bacteria to your belly button and will result to some infection to you. Hence, it is very important that you should also be aware of your hygiene to ensure that you stay healthy.
Knowing if do dogs have belly buttons and understanding the possible condition of hernias will help you take care of your dog, and assess some dangers that you need to address. It is also important to know these stuff because it will help you deal with your dogs better considering that you know even those stuff that are less visible to everyone.


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Change Your Horse Show Routine
Don Blazer
If youÆre an amateur rider who thinks itÆs your fault your horse doesnÆt perform in the show ring the same way for you that it does for your trainer, erase that thought. ItÆs very likely not your fault!
It may be true the horse doesnÆt perform at the same level for you as he does for the trainer, but the reason may lie in ōStimulus Controlö and not a lack of ability on your part.
Stimulus Control is a signal that indicates to the horse the specific type of behavior expected.
When you approach your horse with a bucket of grain or flakes of hay, Stimulus Control tells the horse heÆs going to eat.
When you approach with a halter, the horse has a pretty good idea you are going for a ride, or if you have been ōdoctoringö the horse for the last two weeks, the horse thinks, ōhere it comes again.ö
Stallions that are both breeding and performing know the difference between a breeding halter and a working halter.
And your horse knows the difference between you and your trainer.
When you get to a show, it is common for the trainer to ōschoolö your horse for you. You are most likely standing around waiting for the trainer to ōget the horse ready.ö
The horse knows what is going on!
The trainer is working to get the horse collected, nose in, head down, slowing gaits, stopping square, turning on the hindquarters, side passing, working trail obstacles or taking warm-up jumps.
You think because youÆve hired the trainer, itÆs part of the trainerÆs job to get the horse readyģat least thatÆs the common way of doing things.
Once the trainer has the horse working, you are ready to get on. The mounting block comes out, or you mount and someone helps pull your chaps down around your boots.
Stimulus Control goes into effect because the ōroutineō is right on scheduleģand your horse knows what is going on; itÆs time to relax a little.
You walk the horse around and around until you enter the show pen and the horse does his job, but not at the same level as he was working for the trainerģ.Stimulus Control signals the horse that it is perfectly okay to ease through the class since you never ōdemandö a higher level of performance.
To make matters worse, often you come out of the class and the trainer jumps on the horse again and goes back to ōschooling.ö
Stimulus Control is reinforced.
ItÆs simple to ōreprogramö the stimulus control and change your show pen performances.
When you go to a show, never have the trainer ride your horse!
You ride your horse, and if he needs schooling, you do it while your trainer gives you assistance from the ground.
After a few shows, your horse will know that you are doing the schooling and you are signaling the kind of behavior you expect in the show pen.
If the trainer has done his or her job during the week, then ōtrainingö at the show isnÆt necessary. Preparing to perform (a warm up and light testing to see that all parts are responding to cues) is all that is needed.
Stimulus Control will then be working to your advantage.


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Автор: James Miller
Название: The North Atlantic Front - The Northern Isles at War
Издательство: Birlinn
Год: 2006
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Язык: Английский
Количество страниц: 224
Описание: During the two world wars, the chain of island groups - Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes and Iceland - linking Europe to North America, acquired great strategic significance. Operating from its main base at Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy and its allies sought to contain the German naval threat within the North Sea and protect the northern flank of maritime operations in the North Atlantic. This book tells the story of operations along this northern front in a sequel to the author's earlier account of Scapa Flow, operations that had to contend with fierce weather as well as a determined and capable enemy. While the clandestine, daring operations of the Shetland Bus to maintain contact with occupied Norway are well known, some other aspects of the story have almost faded from memory: the Northern Patrol of armed merchant cruisers based in Shetland in between 1914 and 1918 that implemented an effective blockade on German commerce; the lonely patrols of the Coastal Command flying boats; and the military occupation of the Faroes and Iceland in between 1940 and 1945.
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Caroline Brinson has signed a letter of intent to play for Jeff Wallace and the Georgia women's tennis team. Brinson will join the Bulldogs in January and be part of the team heading into the spring season.
A native of New Orleans, Brinson is a five-time high school state singles champion and was ranked as high as No. 18 by TennisRecruiting.net in its 2014 recruiting rankings.
Brinson will be a third generation UGA student-athlete. Her mother, the former Elizabeth Alexander, played tennis for Georgia from 1988-89, helping Georgia win the SEC championship in 1989. Her grandfather, Vernon Brinson, played baseball at Georgia from 1958-59.
Brinson is a two-time Southern Closed doubles champion and has won two bronze balls in doubles at the Easter Bowl and at National Clay Courts.
A National High School Tennis All-American, Brinson was awarded the 2013 Louisiana Junior Achievement of the Year Award for outstanding tennis performance and sportsmanship by the USTA. Also in 2013, she was named the state's Junior Tennis Sportsperson of the Year and inducted into the National Honor Society.
Two more sign with swimming & diving
Stephanie Peters of Acworth and Courtney Weaver of Davison, Mich., have signed national letters of intent with Georgia's women's swimming team.
Peters attends North Paulding High School and swims for the Marietta Marlins under Yit Lim. She is a current member of the United States Junior National Team and earned a silver medal in the 400 freestyle at the 2013 Speedo Junior National Championships. Peters is ranked in the top 10 nationally in the 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyle. She won the state title in the 500 freestyle and is the state record holder in the 1,000, 1,500 and 1,650 freestyle. Peters was the Paulding County Athlete of the Year for 2012-13.
Weaver attends Davison High School and swims for Adam Cooper's Flint Y Falcons. She has been a member of the United States Junior National Team since 2011. Weaver was named to the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Team and the 2013 Junior World Championship Team. She was the captain of the Junior World Championship Team, won two bronze medals on relays and reached the finals of the 100 butterfly. In 2011, Weaver won the 200 butterfly title at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals. She has set two YMCA national championship records, two YMCA age-group marks and eight age-group records in Michigan. She is a nine-time YMCA national champion and a two-time Scholastic All-American.
Bulldogs land two early enrollees
A pair of tennis standouts will enroll at Georgia in January and join the men's tennis program, head coach Manuel Diaz announced Friday.
Paul Oosterbaan of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Wayne Montgomery of Johannesburg, South Africa, will be eligible to play for the Bulldogs immediately.
Montgomery has won multiple South African and African Junior titles in singles and doubles and has represented South Africa internationally in team and individual events. He has been a member of the ITF junior touring teams each year since the age of 13 and also participated at the Junior Davis Cup in Mexico in 2010 and 2011.
Montgomery reached a career high ITF U-18 world ranking of No. 7 earlier this year. He has won ITF junior circuit tournaments in Gaberone, Port Elizabeth, East London, Montreal (doubles), Potchefstroom (singles and doubles), Traralgon (doubles), and Maryland (singles and doubles). His reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open and the Australian Open as well as the doubles semifinals at Wimbledon.
Oosterbaan, who stands at 6-foot-8, earned a wild card into the main draw at the 2013 U.S. Open by winning the boys 18s doubles title at the USTA National Championship earlier this year in Kalamazoo. His other wins include the Clay Court doubles, boys 16s Winter Nationals singles, Lexington grade 4 ITF singles and the USTA 18s National Open.
Oosterbaan has been ranked as high as No. 8 by tennisrecruiting.net and was ranked No. 2 in the country in boys 16s. His father, JP, was a member of the 1989 University of Michigan men's basketball national championship team.


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― Mark Twain
Does that quote by Mark Twain make sense?
How do you feel about the condition of our government and their capabilities to support you when you are ready to retire?
Hopefully, there are some of you that feel like I do when it comes to wondering whether or not there will be any retirement security for our generation when we decide to retire.
Let me make a few things clear before I start rambling……
I am neither Republican nor Democrat.
I have never voted in an election.
I refuse to sign any political (or religious or bureaucratic or jurisdictional or…you get my point) petitions and will never, ever, ever, ever, ever watch politics on the news.
My friends, no matter how you look at it, for better or worse, I don't want to get involved in our government and I, in no way, am ever going to make any changes to it.
I am resolved to the fact that our government is broken.
I am resolved to the fact that our government is corrupt.
I am resolved to the fact that our government works through an insidious balance of corporate and interest group favoritism.
I am OK with that.
Thomas Jefferson, a founding father of our country states:
"Experience has shown that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."
There has been a historical writing floating (attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler, a Scottish born lawyer) around since the late 1700's on principles that were well known to our founders, which is:
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse (hand-outs) from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: "From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage."
Why does this happen and why do I so readily accept the fact that our government is defective?
Aung San Suu Kyi in her essay states:
"It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."
Maybe David Byrne (who I consider one of the greatest philosophers of our generation) the founding member and principal songwriter of the American New Wave band Talking Heads, sanctifies my resolve the best when he said in the song " Wild, Wild Life":
"Things fall apart, it's scientific".
Did you know that the antonym of the word "political" is "local?"
That's what I am……."local"
As I get older, I'm becoming more and more apolitical and more and more "local"
I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life to the fullest, love those around you, help those that you can and have a good time doing it before they come to scoop you up off the street when it's all over.
I believe in taking care of my own first.
Recently, a good friend of mine from Hawaii, Steve Haney, sent me this dissertation below on the all-powerful and mighty Wal-Mart.
You may or may not have seen it floating around on the internet social medium.
I found it completely fascinating so I decided to check out if it was totally factual.
Well guess what……..the great majority of it is.
This got me to thinking (again) about the question of whether our government should be run as a formal corporation with a formal corporate structure with a formal citizenship type of stockholder checks and balances system.
I guess I will let you make that decision after reading the amazing facts about Wal-Mart Corporation below since I am soooooo apolitical and "local"…….LOL.
Before I begin, you will notice that the figures and substantiation used in describing Wal-Mart is from the year 2008. I apologize up front for the age of this information but it was the most readily available and easiest to verify.
I have a sneaking suspicion that most of these sales facts and figures has increased handily over the past 4 years and the financial story of Wal-Mart looks even rosier than it did in 2008.
No doubt, Wal-Mart is the behemoth of the retail business world.
In November 2008, as many other retailers were retrenching while experiencing plummeting sales figures amidst a severe economic downturn, Wal-Mart's same-stores sales actually exceeded its expectations, increasing by 3.4 percent over the previous year.
The figures cited below attempt to place the scale of Wal-Mart's operations in context, demonstrating how truly large it is even in comparison with the other top retails chains in the U.S.
According to Wal-Mart's corporate fact sheet, the chain recorded $374,526,000,000 in sales for the fiscal year ending 31 January 2008.
That works out to an average of $42,754,109 in sales per hour (although this figure includes worldwide revenues, not just money spent by Americans).
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute.
Wal-Mart's income statement for fiscal 2008 reports a 5.8% operating margin, so that figure appears to be an accurate one.
Given the figures provided in the previous entry and this entry (sales of $36,000,000 per hour at a 5.8% profit margin), that would work out to a profit of approximately $34,880 per minute, not $20,928.
For the $42,754,109 worldwide sales figure we used above, the corresponding per minute profit would be about $41,400 – Not Bad, huh?
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
The 76 days that pass between January 1 to March 17 represent 20.8% of one year.
If we take 20.8% of Wal-Mart's sales for fiscal 2008 ($374,526,000,000), that works out to a total of $77,901,408,000 for a 76-day period.
We acknowledge that this is only an approximation, since sales are not evenly distributed throughout the year.
Target stores reported sales of $63,367,000,000 for fiscal 2008, so it's fair to say that Wal-Mart does indeed sell more (in dollar terms) between New Year's Day and St. Patrick's Day than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Costco and Sears/K-Mart combined.
Using Yahoo! Finance, we obtained the following yearly sales figures for fiscal 2008 for the listed retail chains:
Home Depot $77,349,000,000
Kroger $70,235,000,000
Target $63,367,000,000
Sears/K-Mart $50,703,000,000
Costco $72,483,020,000
In the aggregate, these five companies accounted for $334,137,020,000 in yearly sales.
If sales is the metric used to determine "bigness," then Wal-Mart, with over $374,000,000,000 in yearly sales, is indeed "bigger" than these five large retailers combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.
According to Wal-Mart's corporate fact sheet, the company employs 2 million associates worldwide, including 1.4 million in the United States.
This makes Wal-Mart the largest private, non-governmental employer in the U.S.
Does everyone who works for Wal-Mart speak English? No lo se'.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
This statement is somewhat ambiguous, since it doesn't indicate what metric is being used for size.
Does it mean: Largest number of outlets? Greatest number of employees? Highest Gross revenues? Biggest Net profits?
Fortune magazine, which ranks the world's largest corporations in its Global 500 list based on gross revenues, does indeed place Wal-Mart in the #1 spot in that regard, with the next three contenders all being oil companies: Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP.
Forbes magazine, which ranks companies in its Global 2000 list according to four metrics (sales, profits, assets and market value), places Wal-Mart at #16.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined.
Keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
In 1988 Wal-Mart developed its supercenter "one-stop family shopping" concept, which combined a full grocery and general merchandise under one roof.
In the two decades since then, Wal-Mart has opened over 2,600 supercenters and has grown to become one of the nation's leading grocers.
It's difficult to validate the statement made above with hard numbers since (as far as we can tell) Wal-Mart does not break down its sales figures by category, but it seems likely that Wal-Mart supercenters generate more food sales than the Kroger and Safeway grocery chains combined.
Remember, during this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy in the US.
8. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores.
Compare this to the fact that the Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.
Wowzers !!!
9. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
The statistic that anywhere from 90% to 94% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart is a frequently cited item, but we don't know the origin of that stat or how it was determined (and therefore how accurate it might be).
The 2006 book The Wal-Mart Effect cites the following statistics about the proximity of U.S. consumers to Wal-Mart stores:
- 53 percent of the U.S. population lives within five miles of a Wal-Mart
- 90 percent of the U.S. population lives within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart
- 97 percent of the U.S. population lives within twenty-five miles of a Wal-Mart
How is our current government and its profusion of worthless, pork barrel programs, bloated salaries and ever increasing tax subsidies doing when compared to an organization like Wal-Mart?
The corporation we know as "The United States Government" is run by President Obama and 535 voting members of Congress, 435 members in the House of Representatives and the 100 members of the Senate.
That's just the C-Level executives that make decisions for us on a daily basis.
I think we can officially declare that the majority of them are in one way or another corrupt.
Here are some examples:
A. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775.
I believe it is the single largest independent government agency in the US.
The USPS is structured like a business in that revenues from the sale of postal products generally cover costs, and it receives virtually no federal appropriations.
The organization is the second-largest civilian employer in the United States—after Wal-Mart—with about 600,000 workers.
If the USPS were a private company, it would rank about 28th on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies.
The USPS is in deep financial trouble as a result of declining mail volume, bloated operating expenses, a costly and inflexible unionized workforce, and constant congressional meddling.
At the same time, electronic communications and other technological advances are making physical mail delivery less relevant.
The USPS is broke and nobody saw it coming. Congress has had 237 years to modernize, update, improve and prepare the agency for the future.
Nobody saw this coming?
C. Fannie Mae was established in 1938.
The government has had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.
D. The "War on Poverty" started in 1964.
The government has had 48 years to get it right and it's broke.
Over $1 trillion of our money is confiscated by the government each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
E. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965.
The government has had 47 years to get it right and they are broke.
F. Freddie Mac was established in 1970.
The government has had 42 years to get it right and it is broke.
G. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence
on foreign oil.
It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before.
The government has had 35 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
Our government leaders have failed in every "executive and bureaucratic service" provided while overspending and "stealing" our tax dollars.
And now, our President wants his country to believe that his "company" can be trusted to develop and run a "government controlled healthcare system.
I think I would rather buy my healthcare policy at Wal-Mart.
I heard with each policy you get 50% off fruits and vegetables at the Supercenter grocery stores.
While supplies last.
Just kidding.
The government can't help our own seniors, veterans, disabled, handicapped, mentally ill, orphans, or homeless, etc., etc., etc...........
But, in the last year we have provided billions of dollars in foreign aid to Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Egypt, and Pakistan ........the previous home of Bin Laden.
Seriously, billions of dollars.
Here's a quick breakout of some "classic" aid figures:
Afghanistan $8,800,000,000
Iraq $2,300,000,000
Israel $2,400,000,000
Egypt $1,800,000,000
Pakistan $1,800,000,000
The total foreign aid budget for 2013 is over $56 Billion.
Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no extra aid nor do they get any special breaks and now Congress wants to freeze Social Security payments.
You do know that Congress voted themselves a pay raise for 2013, right?
This Congress has pushed the fiscal cliff to the brink and has been the least productive since at least the 1940s.
No matter, lawmakers will get a pay raise in 2013, reports The Weekly Standard.
The annual salary of members of Congress will rise from $174,000 to 174,900.
Leadership in Congress, including the Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader, will likewise get a hefty increase.
Under current federal law lawmakers' pay automatically rises unless they specifically vote to deny themselves a raise - which this year they didn't.
The $900-a-year raise is in line with what other federal workers will get in the coming year.
That's because President Barack Obama recently issued an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal employees, in effect giving federal workers a raise.
I think you get my point.
That felt good.
Since I started with a quote from the great Mark Twain, let me finish with one as well.
"Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, only when it deserves it."
― Mark Twain
Thanks for joining me...........................


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|Halestorm - 'The Strange Case Of' (Roadrunner)
|CD Reviews
|Written by Dave Prince
|Wednesday, 11 April 2012 05:30
Hailing from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, female fronted rockers Halestorm have a lot to live up to... and whilst giving us an aural treat with 'The Strange Case Of', there is still something lacking on this release. This is certainly a step up for the band from their 2009 self-titled release, but it's still not the bone-crushing album I expect and crave from them.
Opener 'Love Bites (So Do I)' starts proceedings off in a great way. With its chest thumping (no pun intended, okay, it was...) bravado, the band has definitely upped the ante here. Every song is given everything the band can muster up in a recording studio and as a result the dozen tracks contained here stand heads and shoulders above what passes as metal in recent years (well in my eyes anyway). The star of the show for me of course is Lzzy Hale, she is up there with the very best of female rock singers and some of the best male ones as well. What her voice brings to proceedings is a sense of warmth and attitude that many others lack. With songs as good as 'Mz Hyde', 'Daughters Of Darkness' and 'Freak Like Me' it's amazing how this band aren't bigger here in the UK, as seriously this album is pure ROCK!
Whilst being heavy, the band do allow their softer side to shine on the following tracks 'Beautiful With You', 'In Your Room,' and 'Break In', and for me it's a nice interlude from an otherwise hard 'n' heavy album. So I welcome this side of the band with open arms.
So as I mentioned in my intro whilst being the better of the two albums the band have done so far, I still can't help think that the band are capable of so much more, especially on more standard songs like 'Rock Show', but the band do redeem themselves on 'You Call Me A Bitch Like It's A Bad Thing' and 'Here's To Us' which I think fans of the band will be drooling over en masse.
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Nowadays one often hears the German noun "Einstand" or its Hungarian verbal form "einstandolni." It means "to forcibly appropriate." What is the origin of this odd expression? After all, if one looks at a German-English dictionary one can pick among several equivalents: entrance, first day, to celebrate the start of one's new job, to make one's debut, deuce in tennis, and finally entrance fee. Not very helpful. In any case, the expression "Einstand" comes from the Hungarian children's classic, The Paul Street Boys or Pál utcai fiúk (1906) by Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952). Apparently, it is the most popular Hungarian book in world literature. I read not long ago that foreign visitors in Budapest often want to see the scene of the "grund" where János Boka, Feri Áts, Dezső Geréb, and naturally Ernő Nemecsek fought the "red shirts," a rival gang led by the Pásztor boys.
A literary historian mapped out late nineteenth-century Budapest and was able to pinpoint the "grund" at the corner of Mária and Pál Streeets. They found the spot where the Nemecsek family lived. Literary historians reconstructed the route the boys took from their school to the Museum Garden and from there to the "grund." The grund is gone but it was recreated elsewhere in District VIII or in Josephstadt as it was called in Molnár's youth. Some of the children were identified. Nemecsek was Jenő Feiks (1878-1939), an impressionist painter and friend of Molnár. Árpád Pásztor (1877-1940) wrote children's novels.
Apparently The Paul Street Boys is compulsory reading in grade five in all Hungarian schools. Indeed, one can read it as a simple children's story. However, it can also be read as a description of European nationalism before World War I. The "grund" is the fatherland the boys defend but which is going to disappear soon: a new apartment building will be erected on the empty lot in the middle of Budapest. They fought for nothing to defend the plot from the red shirts.
The first mention of the word "Einstand" appears on page 6 of the book. Molnár explains that "Einstand" in those days referred to brute force in children's circles. The stronger boys picked on the weaker ones and took away whatever belonged to them. "Einstand" meant war booty or declaration of war.
The story of the famous "Einstand" in the book is described by Molnár in the following way. The boys have just left school and are wandering around on the streets of Pest when they find out that the "two Pásztors" used "Einstand" the day before. Five of the boys, including Nemecsek, went to play marbles in the Museum Garden, surrounding the National Museum, when the two Pásztor brothers arrived. They first just looked and looked rather darkly, and Nemecsek and his companions sensed that there would be "Einstand" soon. The Pásztors were strong and, although there were five boys playing marbles, Nemecsek knew that they couldn't stand up against them. However, they were hoping that nothing would happen, that there would be no Einstand because after all they did nothing to the Pásztor brothers. But bullies don't operate that way. They kept looking at the marbles and it was clear that they liked them. Eventually Nemecsek won all the marbles and was ready to pick them up when the younger Pásztor yelled: "Einstand." Two of Nemecsek's companions immediately ran away and the third was thinking about it. Nemecsek tried to be brave and said to the Pásztor boys: "You have no right to do this!" but the older Pásztor was already picking up the marbles. The younger one grabbed Nemecsek's coat and yelled: "Didn't you hear me? Einstand!" The Pásztors picked up all the marbles, didn't say another word, and left.
Here is the statue that recreates the scene in the Museum Garden in front of an elementary school close to where the grund was.
Ferenc Kőszeg, one of the speakers at LMP's demonstration on November 3, recalled the story: "Here is the end. The Pásztors are coming." But one mustn't run away. One must stand up against arbitrary action and illegality [of the Orbán government]. His speech can be read here.
Almost all adult Hungarians have read The Paul Street Boys, but most likely most don't realize the deeper meaning of the "Einstand" scene. Perhaps today they will understand a little better what Molnár was talking about.