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How Multi-Millionaire's Think – T. Harv Eker
I recently caught up with New York Time's best selling author and wealth trainer, T. Harv Eker to talk about cultivating a mindset for extreme wealth. T. Harv Eker has trained millions around the world using his own unique techniques for self development and wealth success.
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Wow!, the things he´s saying and approaching situations, ive been telling this too people for years!, awesome interview love it
Regards, J
Wow this podcast was killer!! Absolutely amazing the amount of value that T. Harv gave to us!! I learned so much from this, must listen to again to truly benefit from all the wisdom
Great questions and great podcast Joel, thank you for putting this together and sharing with us all
Thank you
Gabriel DoCarmo
You moderation is stellar. love how you directed this interview. Wonderful podcast. Truth can be harsh but good!
Sorry meant "Your"…fat fingers
Probably, officially the best podcast I have listened to.
As Harv said, "As simple and as concise as can be."
Thanks Joel!
Thanks Harv!
"Success in life depends upon happiness, and happiness is found in no other way than through SERVICE that is rendered in a spirit of love." Napoleon Hill Hans Selye, the pioneer in the understanding of human stress, was often asked the following question: "What is the most stressful condition a person can face?" His unexpected response: "Not having something to BELIEVE in." "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them THINK." Socrates "One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its NATURE. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all." Leonardo da Vinci
Its am amazing website, I really loved d sentence quoted by T. Harv Eker – "You need to recognize that entire world is in your head" And that is absolutely true which striked my brain..
Great podcast! Thanks Joel!
The power of the mind. Almost everybody thinks it's all hard, but that too is "just in the head"! What you think is hard can actually be a different story all in all–most of the time you'd even be thankful it had to happen!
Love the quote on his picture. It's amazing how true it is that our entire life is in our minds. This is the one understanding that has changed my life.
Thanks for sharing.
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Top 12 Addicted2Success Podcast Episodes for You to Listen To
We are almost 6 months into the year and there has been so many great articles, videos and podcast episodes featured on Addicted2Success.
The Addicted2Success podcast is one of the most popular podcasts in the business section of the apple podcast store and we are officially live on Spotify, Stitcher and SoundCloud now so you can't miss a motivational beat.
Here are the Top 12 Addicted2Success podcast episodes of 2019 for you to listen to
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1. Dr. Dain Heer – How To Be More Conscious With Your Thoughts, Feelings And Emotions
Dr. Dain Heer is an internationally renowned author, speaker and facilitator of consciousness and change. For over 17 years, he has been inviting people to embrace their true greatness—people from every culture, country, age and social strata of society.
Originally trained as a chiropractor, he has a completely different approach to healing by facilitating people to tap into and recognize their own abilities and knowing.
2. Ashley Hann – 4 Ways To Master Magnetic Confidence
Ashley Hannawacker is an online branding and marketing strategist, author and speaker. Ashley specializes in creating powerful, cohesive online brand experiences and is an expert at making websites that make money.
Ashley is very passionate about personal growth and mindset through which she has led various presentations, coached leadership trainings and written a #1 best selling book: Magnetic Confidence: Attract the Results, Relationships and Life You Want.
3. Jason Stone – The 3 Principles To Building A 6 & 7 Figure Online Business
Jason Stone is widely known by celebrities and almost 2 million people around the world as @Millionaire_Mentor on Instagram. Stone has successfully launched multiple 6 and 7 figure Instagram and Internet platforms and is becoming a well known social media influencer and marketer. Known for his e-commerce success in the automotive industry in his early years with Treadstone Performance Engineering.
4. Les Brown – How To Achieve The Ultimate Level Of Self Motivation
One of the greatest Motivational Speakers of All Time "Les Brown" shares his powerful wisdom on what it takes to face any fear and how to reach the ultimate level of Self Motivation.
Les Brown goes deep in this conversation, he pours his heart and soul into this and keeps this one real and raw. Don't Miss This!
5. Tony Robbins – 5 Ways To Master Your Money And Impact Millions Of Lives
Advisor to Billionaire's, Athletes, Celebrities and some of the top leaders in the world! Tony Robbins is the go to guy for Success strategies and Joel Brown had the fortunate opportunity to chat with Tony about achieving success in this half an hour exclusive interview on the Addicted2Success Podcast!
6. Jay Shetty – How To Be Remembered For Your Love & Contribution
Jay Shetty is a philosophical content creator, story teller, Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneur and former monk who has created a brand and movement that has reached over 1 Billion views and is dedicated to Making Wisdom Go Viral.
7. T. Harv Eker – How Multi-Millionaire's Think
T. Harv Eker, the Best Selling Author of Secrets of The Millionaire Mind shares his insights and unforgettable advice on creating a life with abundant wealth and success.
The strategies he shares will change the way you view money forever!
8. Peter Sage – How To Live Your Best Life
Peter Sage is a well known international & serial entrepreneur, author, philosopher and teacher. His unique way of looking at and relating to life has inspired tens of thousands of people worldwide to Reinvent themselves.
Whether by improving or turning around a business or developing a new and empowering psychology through practical yet profound shifts in awareness, Peter hopes his insights and teachings can offer something of value to those who seek it.
9. Yahya Bakkar – How To Powerfully Sell Your Story To The World
Yahya Bakkar is a powerhouse speaker and leadership coach.
Yahya has spoken on over 500 stages around the world and he believes in giving you motivational, practical & transformational content to help you become the most courageous, confident and charismatic version of yourself.
10. Ajit Nawalkha – 4 Powerful Mindset Shifts That Will Change Your Life Forever
Speaker, Coach and Author "Ajit Nawalkha" shares his powerful advice on how to create emotional and mental shifts within to achieve more as an entrepreneur so you can move closer to your dreams.
Ajit's new book "Live Big" is out now. In Live Big: A Guide to Passion, Practicality, and Purpose, Nawalkha shares 25 shifts—changes in your mental, physical, emotional, or even spiritual state—that will propel you on your road to success.
11. Olivia Arezzolo – How To Master Your Sleep For More Success
Australian Sleep Specialist Olivia Arezzolo shares her powerful advice for achieving more success through better sleep. Olivia writes for some of the world's top publications on the power of sleep routines and how to live a more empowered life with new and healthy habits.
12. Grant Cardone – How To Increase Your Hunger For Success
Grant Cardone shares his advice on what it takes to be obsessed with your success. Get your hands on Grant Cardone's New Book "Be Obsessed or Be Average" now.
4 Ways YOU Can Create Powerful Habits – James Clear
Author and habits expert James Clear says if you want to make big changes, first you have to think small. His new book, "Atomic Habits," zeroes in on the idea that small adjustments add up to larger changes over time.
Checkout his new book Atomic Habits on Amazon now!
What Are Habits?
Let's define habits. Habits are the small decisions you make and actions you perform every day. According to researchers at Duke University, habits account for about 40 percent of our behaviors on any given day.
Your life today is essentially the sum of your habits. How in shape or out of shape you are? A result of your habits. How happy or unhappy you are? A result of your habits. How successful or unsuccessful you are? A result of your habits.
What you repeatedly do (i.e. what you spend time thinking about and doing each day) ultimately forms the person you are, the things you believe, and the personality that you portray. Everything I write about – from procrastination and productivity to strength and nutrition – starts with better habits. When you learn to transform your habits, you can transform your life.
Listen to the full podcast interview below to learn the ways that James Clear has Mastered his Habits!
As James Clear says:
Becoming better is not simply a matter of willpower or work ethic. It's also a matter of strategy. What people assume is a lack of willpower or an unwillingness to change is often a consequence of trying to build good habits in bad environments.
- If you are trying to read more books, don't do it in a room filled with video games, Netflix, and a television. Move to a less distracting environment.
- If you're very overweight, don't try to follow a workout program for college athletes. You can get there eventually, but that's not a battle you need to fight right now. Start with a manageable change.
- If you're surrounded by people who tear down your goals, then work on your projects in a different location or reach out to like-minded people.
- If you're trying to stick to a writing habit when your kids are home from school and your house is in chaos, then work on it at a different time. Switch to a time of less resistance.
Build your habits where it is easy to do so. Re-define the situation. Create a game where the odds are stacked in your favor.
It sounds simple, but how often do you find yourself fighting difficult battles and ignoring easy ones? There is plenty of time to fight the difficult battles. Win the easy battles first.
The smartest path is to improvement is the one of least resistance. Fight battles you are destined to win.
How To Relentlessly Live In Your Potential – Ben Kelly
Millionaire Entrepreneur, Speaker, Trainer and Investor Ben Kelly shares his principles with you for Rapid Transformation.
Ben Kelly was a financially crippled bricklayer with large debt along with a debilitating mindset and low self worth as he struggled for purpose with a feeling of very little hope of a better life.
However, Ben managed to turn that around in 2 short years through a strong desire to learn, grow and apply all that he learned in facing his fears and identity attachments that held him back.
Ben leads a movement of thousands around the world, speaking to large groups throughout Australia, the US, the UK and Asia sharing the lessons he has learned and the process that helped him to go from a depressed bricklayer unable to voice himself to being able to confidently speak to thousands on how life can change in a moment with a strong growth mindset and a willingness to leave behind what is not in service to your greater self.
His successful network marketing business has allowed him, along with his sister Peta to retire their single mother of four "Christine" and alleviate all of her financial burden. Ben loves travelling the world to lead people to their own empowerment, growth and expansion so they can step into greater expressed versions of themselves.
Click Play below to listen to the podcast episode with Ben Kelly.
6 Ways to Expand Your Consciousness for More Success – Garrain Jones
Garrain Jones is a powerful transformational leader and speaker who has broken through barriers most would see as impossible.
Every industry he has stepped into he has achieved a high level of success and he continues to expand his network into the millions and networth into the multiple millions because he continues to challenge the way he looks at his potential and his life. He loves teaching others how they can do this too.
In this podcast episode Garrain shares 6 interesting ways to expand your consciousness so you can achieve more success. He also shares a powerful exercise to create clarity and power in your life, this episode is not to be missed.
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Australia likes to think of itself as exceptional. We're different. We're lucky. The troubles of the world do not reach us.
It's true by and large. We have avoided most the world's worst afflictions, including much of the global financial crisis and its impacts on house prices.
But we're not quite as different as you might like to think. Other nations had very similar experiences before and after the GFC, with asset prices just as robust and the imbalances that come just as troubling.
Sweden is one nation that we might do well to take a closer look at.
Sweden's housing market shares a lot of similarities with Australia after its financial system was deregulated in the mid-1980s, which led to a house price boom and then correction as the Swedish economy entered recession in the early-1990s.
However, whereas Australia's banking system was almost brought to its knees via widespread corporate losses, Sweden experienced a banking crisis in the early 1990s after house prices crashed, as well as the bailout of Sweden's banks by the government.
And like in Australia, since then Sweden also experienced a large house price boom that ran from 1996 to 2010, whereby prices rose by about 165 per cent in real (inflation-adjusted) terms, before falling by about 6 per cent since their peak:
Swedish authorities also implemented a range of measures to stimulate the housing market and maintain the flow of mortgage credit during the onset of the GFC.
While the Australian government increased grants to first home buyers, in Sweden tax breaks were implemented in 2008 for homeowners wishing to renovate newly purchased properties.
Like in Australia, the government also stepped up the provision of liquidity to the banking sector, guaranteeing the funding of the banks and mortgage institutions, as well as establishing a long-term stability fund to deal with any future solvency problems.
Like Australia's, the Swedish tax system encourages house purchase over other investment options. In general, owner occupiers can deduct 30 per cent of mortgage interest from their marginal rate of tax. Although there is also a capital gains tax of 30 per cent on two-thirds of any price rises, this can be deferred as long as another owner-occupied property is bought, and the rule applies to heirs as well.
Access to mortgage credit has been particularly loose in Sweden. In the years leading up to the GFC, loans were typically granted up to 95 per cent of property value, although 100 per cent-plus loans were also available.
Moreover, loan amortisation periods are particularly long in Sweden – at 100 years for houses and 200 years for tenant-owner apartments. Like with Australian banks, this huge loan growth was funded by an increasingly large reliance on wholesale funding.
The Swedish planning system is also highly restrictive, resulting in home building rates near the bottom of European countries.
These similarities have, according to the IMF, put both Sweden and Australia close to the top of the list of the most indebted households in the world:
But there is one area where Sweden and Australia are less alike. Swedish authorities are tiring of the housing situation, and are looking to dampen demand by strengthening safeguards on excessive mortgage lending.
In October 2010, Sweden's financial regulator, the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), capped mortgage loan-to-value ratios (LVRs) at 85 per cent, a move that helped slow annual mortgage growth from more than 10 per cent between 2004 and 2008, to 4.5 per cent in December 2012.
However, this rate of mortgage growth remains too high for the FSA's liking, and it is now seeking to impose further LVR limits, as well as increase capital adequacy requirements on Swedish mortgage lenders.
From Bloomberg:
"Sweden's financial regulator says it's ready to tighten restrictions on mortgage lending to stop banks feeding household debt loads after a cap imposed during the crisis failed to stem credit growth …
"The FSA is ready to enforce a cap limiting home loans relative to property values to less than the 85 per cent allowed today, [FSA director general Martin Andersson] said. Banks may also be told to raise risk weights on mortgage assets higher than the regulator's most recent proposal, he said. The watchdog has other measures up its sleeve should these two prove inadequate, he said.
"As most of the rest of Europe grapples with austerity and recession, the region's richer nations, including Sweden, Norway and Switzerland, have been battling credit-fuelled housing booms …
"Switzerland this month ordered its banks to hold 1 per cent additional capital against risks posed by the country's biggest property boom in two decades. Norway in December proposed tripling the risk weights banks must use on mortgage assets to 35 per cent …
"The regulator last year also proposed tripling the risk weights banks apply to mortgage assets to 15 per cent. While the pace of credit growth has eased, household debt still reached a record 173 per cent of disposable incomes last year, the central bank estimates.
"That far exceeds the 135 per cent peak reached at the height of Sweden's banking crisis two decades ago. Back then, the state nationalised two of the country's biggest banks after bad loans wiped out their equity."
Australia is yet to even debate the merits of macroprudential tools beyond a few dismissive utterances from the Reserve Bank. Yet these tools are enabling Swedish authorities to more specifically target areas in the economy that need to grow, without triggering further destabilising asset price growth.
Sweden has a weakening economy, in part a result of an overvalued currency (though less so than ours). Nonetheless, the Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, has slashed interest rates by 75 basis points to 1 per cent in the past year and is successfully forcing down the krona, the local currency, to boost export-exposed industries.
This a lesson for Australia. The balance of using macroprudential tools (controlled here by APRA) to manage credit issuance along with falling interest rates (controlled here by the RBA), could also work for Australia and could materially lower the dollar without increasing the risk of housing assets inflating or deflating too rapidly.
Meanwhile, the dollar would dramatically increase Australian competitiveness in the tradeable sectors, which would grow over time to offset our asset-price and household debt imbalance.
Australian authorities need to look at Sweden.
Leith van Onselen is the chief economist at MacroBusiness. The site offers free 2013 forecasts for the Australian economy, the Australian dollar and the top ten share picks for the year.
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im looking for the most delicious white cake recipe you use and the steps. Please and Thank You.
Although I'm a big fan of scratch cakes, I'm not a purist and, honestly, my favorite white cake is the WASC (white almond sour cream) cake - the recipe is here in the recipe section. It starts off with a white cake mix and you add another seven or so ingredients to it. It's light buy sturdy and can handle carving and fondant if you need it to. It's also very versatile - you can start with any flavor cake you want to and add any kinds of flavorings to it, both as extracts and as substitutes for the liquid called for. Somewhere on here there's a very lengthy thread with suggested variations (I think it's called something like "Gourmet flavors" - anybody have that link?).
I recently tested at least 20 different white cake recipes, including the wasc made with a mix. I did not have the luck with it that many others have had. My cakes always sunk in the middle and were somewhat dense, and I did adjust for the new box sizes. Also, it tasted like a mix to me. I tried both DH and BC. (The chocolate version was was even less succesful - not very "chocolatey" at all). Admittedly, i was biased and preferred to find a scratch recipe for several reasons. 1) If asked, I would prefer to say "of course it's from scratch, 2) I like to send along a list of ingredients with every cake (CYA regarding food allergies). Have you read the ingredients on a cake mix? Chemicals that I can't pronounce or tell you what they do, and I was a chemistry major in college. 3) I am mad at the cake companies for decreasing the size of the mixes, charging the same, and hoping no one would notice. 4) It is far more satisfying and gives me greater satisfaction to bake things from scratch. (I am a hobby baker and admittedly have less concern regarding time and cost than many folks might have.)
Having said all that, the BEST white cake IMHO is from Michelle Bratko and can be found at fromscratchsf.worldpress.com. Most white cakes I tried were dry and had a floury taste. The really good ones all had sour cream, cream or buttermilk added. That seems to be the key to a good white cake.
Since she has posted it and it is readily available, I hope she doesn't mind if I post it here. I may have altered a few things very slightly.
I agree with yortma. I just made FromScratchSF's white cake a couple days ago but in a pineapple version. It was moist, great texture, smelled delicious, tasted great.
Thanks for that post, yortma. I just saved the recipe and hope to make it soon. Just a quick note and a question - Beyond Buttercream's (used to be FromScratchSF) address is "wordpress" not "worldpress", in case anyone wants to check in at her site. The question is about what it says after doubling the recipe for the 11" x 15" cake: it says 2 layers 3/4" high, once leveled" - is that right?
I needed to make the recipe in an 11 x 15 pan, and noted that for my own reference - not part of the original recipe. It should be correct. ( For that size I use 2 heat core nails and wrap with bake even strips so that there isn't much to level). The height is after torting one cake into 2 layers. If not torting, of course it would be twice as high. HTH
Thanks, yortma, I get it now!
I also agree that fromscratchsf's white cake is the best! I have tried many others and they were okay but nothing really stood out to me before I baked that cake. I just loved it. Someone that tasted the cupcake (and only makes cakes from a box mix) loved it so much that they asked for the recipe.
After making several white cake recipes only to be dissapointed for one reason or another I came across the white cake recipe posted on FromScratchSF and I can happily say that my search is over. I made the cake today and paired it with a true buttercream frosting (no Crisco no crust) and served it to my loyal "taste testers" and all agreed, hands down, this was the winner The cake was moist, had a nice crumb and great flavor. I HIGHLY recommend you try this cake recipe. Good Luck
P.S. on her blog she explains the mixing method, why she chose those ingredients, and some options you can add to the cake mix to change flavors.
Do you guys buy cake flour, or do you make it from scratch as well. I've only seen 1 single box of cake flour in walmart as far as choices.
I buy either Softassilk cake flour or King Arthur Flour's Queen Geneivere cake flour.
I was doing some cake searching and revisited this topic.
It looks like butter and shortening is in the recipe posted, but butter is never mentioned when talking about adding ingredients. The source says either butter or shortening. Is this recipe suppose to be "Either" as well? If so, does the butter need to be softened?
usmdesigner: yes, the butter should be at room temperature along with all the other perishable ingredients. This is a great cake!
I found this recipe somewhere. Either roaming around CC or elsewhere, not sure. Tried it yesterday and was very surprised and delighted. I've been using the WASC and love it but wanted to venture out and try a few other things since our cake mixes are being messed with in box size. I just wanted another route just in case
Roland Winbeckler TLC's Ultimate cake off
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 T plus 1 tsp double acting baking powder
1/4 cup butter softened
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 whole eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 small pkg. dry instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp real vanilla
preheat over to 325
Brush pan with pan coat . (I used pam spray and it worked just fine )
combine by hand: flour, salt, sugar ,baking powder in mixing bowl. Add remaining ingred and mix with mixer on low speed . Increase speed to medium and mix for 2 min until well blended
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 325 degrees F until center tests done.
I was very pleased with the results. I could of taken it out maybe a few min earlier. I baked it for approx 20 min in a reg. 9x13 pan. Not wilton cake pan. It wasn't dry on the outside but not moist on the outside like the WASC. I guess what I mean is that when I bake the WASC it is very moist on the outside and seems breakable to me. So I handle it carefully. But the inside was very moist and the taste was very good. I froze some to see how it would hold up and it was great. In my opinion it could be used for carving ..
Give it a try.
Those have to be cake flour?
I make Roland's yellow cake also. It is very good. I e-mailed and asked them if a/p flour or cake flour. They said a/p flour. That is what i use. It is moist and has a good taste.
yes, that is what I used also was All/p flour
I thought i commented on this when i say your post but i guess i didnt (x i guess im like a year late (x but thank you, i loved it! im going to be baking for my neice's 1st birthday and i need it to be perfect ! her 1st birthday is this year but i was looking for recipes i liked this whole time ! this is by far my favorite, if you have a new favorite, please tell ^.^ oh and THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH ! (:
Having said all that, the BEST white cake IMHO is from Michelle Bratko and can be found at fromscratchsf.worldpress.com. Most white cakes I tried were dry and had a floury taste. The really good ones all had sour cream, cream or buttermilk added. That seems to be the key to a good white cake.
OK.. So I just tired this recipe and I am in love with it. No need for me to look elsewhere for a different white cake recipe. I filled the cake with homemade strawberry filling.. definitely keeping this recipe.
Thanks for sharing!
I made Winbecklers cake this week. 6 of them 10in pans. Not one turned out. They all sunk in the middle. The taste was wonderful but they would raise and look perfect and awhile later I looked in the oven window and they had all sunk. I finally gave up and made the wasc. Turned out perfect. I used french vanilla Betty Crocker. I really want to bake from scratch but I was running out of time so I had to go back to WASC.
I bake 3 batches and didn't have that problem. I did lower my oven temp to 320. I also use the oven strips around my pans. not sure if that helped with not making it sink..
So I finally decided to try out this white cake recipe from fromscratchsf to see what the hype was all about. I have to say, I'm hooked! I think I will actually say goodbye to Mr. Duncan Hines and use this for my white WASC. It's really not difficult to make and the taste and texture are absolutely wonderful!
So I finally decided to try out this white cake recipe from fromscratchsf to see what the hype was all about. I have to say, I'm hooked! I think I will actually say goodbye to Mr. Duncan Hines and use this for my white WASC. It's really not difficult to make and the taste and texture are absolutely wonderful!
Did you use the original recipe from wordpress, or the one posted in this thread by the OP? I have not compared them, but the OP said she may have made minor modifications... I would like to compare this "scratch" recipe with a few others I have been playing with.
ACan I freeze this cake?
AI use FromScratch too, I always recommend it when someone here is looking for a scratch recipe. I also use Cake Flour, I've never tried making it myself but I've read about others doing it on various blogs.
Silva-I have frozen this cake with no problems, just wrap well.
AI've always had difficulties and variations in white cake recipes even tried WASC and I'm one of unluckies with it so I will give this recipe a try hopefully my search end soon...
AI can't get the recipe can some forward it to me please the from scratch recipe?! I'm in need of making a cakes sap and customer only wants white. Thanks guys!
I really like Whimsical Bake House's white butter cake.
I also use Colette's Brown Sugar White cake using 5 whole eggs for my vanilla cake.
I will have to try these other ones, though!
I tried FromScratchSF's white cake scratch recipe for the first time today. As my husband had said that my old Betty Crocker Silver White cake recipe was a little dry and crumbly (even with the addition of sour cream). So I tried hers. It was firm enough to torte, yet had a soft mouth feel, smelled wonderful, tasted delicious, was actually white, and was not dry or crumbly. Very nice scratch cake.
May I recommend that you contact her about how to get a copy of her recipe.
I actually had her cake for my dinner tonight with vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream. oh......and a diet pepsi.


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Nagaland located at the north- eastern part of India, is bordered by the state of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh from the north, Burma from the east and Manipur from the north. The capital of the state is Kohima but the largest city of the state is Dimapur.
Nagaland is known to be the smallest state of the country. It is the small hilly state home to the sixteen tribes and sub tribes, each having their own language and dialect to communicate. The people of the state are known as the Nagas and they are having own culture and tradition which is very different living style from rest of the people from the country.
Nagaland as the place has the very colorful culture and is an important part of the country which is having 16 officially declared languages. The festivals of the state rotates around the agricultural cycle. The songs and dances are the soul features of the festivals of the state. As Ngaland is having the natural beauty therefore it has always been a good tourist spot. The Indian Government is also working hand in hand with the state to promote the tourism industry in the state. When the people feel stressed out with heavy workloads of the day to day work and if anyone wants to recharge the energy can always visit the place Nagaland. As the place is the hill station therefore, an individual will feel freshness in both mind and body in this remote hill station.
The department of tourism in the state also offers the package in the and it also conducts tours within the state as well as outside the Nagaland. The tourism depart of Nagaland offers Trekking and camping facility. In Nagaland, there are lots of opportunity for the adventure sports. The travel guide will help in exploring the every possible destination of the state. The detailed map of the state is the major requirement when any visitors comes to visit the place. Although the tourism is not so developed in the state still the government is trying well to develop the tourism there. Being a rural area, Nagaland donot have much modern amenities. The local people still welcomes the tourists with what the best they can provide guests and tourists.
The place is situated at the far north eastern part of the state and the special attraction of the state does not combines forts, palaces, temples etc. The place is serene in nature and is not at all effected by the industrialized world. It is the place which is having its own customs and traditions and has the wide flora and fauna that exist in the dense forestland.
Tribes: Among all the attraction of the state the major one is the tribes of the state who are having their own attires, tradition and cultural heritage. They are having their own folklores and festivals that displays their culture and tradition.
Kohima Village: Kohima Village is a special place and an attractive tourist attraction. The Kohima village is adorned with the weapons and the warriors that is the folk symbol of the state.
World War II Cemetery: The next special attraction of the state is the World War II cemetery which is the combined troop of Britishers and Indians. The martyrs of the World War II has been buried over here. "When you go home, tell them of us and say / For your tomorrow, we gave our today" has been written over there at the wall.
Shangnyu Village: It is the 8ft and 12ft high monument that has been built by the wood and it has been believed by the people that it has been made by the heavenly angels. This village was ruled by the Angh and it is built in front of the Angh's palace.
Japfu Peak: The peak is known to be the second highest peak in the state which measures around 130ft at its height and the girth at the base is 11ft and it is also featured in the Guinness Book of World Records. It gives a beautiful view of the Himalayan ranges and the and also of Kohima town.
How to reach Nagaland:
Air: Dimapur is the only airport in Nagaland. The flights from Guwahati and Kolkata are directly connected to Dimapur and the connections can be made from other airports through Kolkata and Guwahati.
Railways: Dimapur has the railway station on the main line of North Eastern Frontier Railway. The railways is connected directly Guwahati.
Roadways: From Dimapur to Kohima there is lots of taxis are running. Buses are also there that connect directly from Dimapur and Kohima to Guwahati and Shillong. Tourists can also hire a taxi or a car from Guwahati and can reach Kohima. The drive takes around 6-7 hours.
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Rajasthan is the land of affluent tradition, majestic people, vivid festivals, lush forests, colorful lifestyle, and diverse topography. There are so many places to visit and flavors to experience that a single trip is just not enough to cover the entire of Rajasthan. Rajasthan tour operator
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Really a nice peace of work. In North east I have only experience of Kaziranga National Park
- January 24, 2012 at 3:56 AM
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Nice article has been shared here. It was fun reading your this article and also did get lots of good points from here. i would like to visit here again in future too. it would be great if you can share some more information related to Travel And Tourism. keep on posting such article here in future too.
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Its just not true. Unions are going to use scare tactics. Im not surprised that theyre using them here. But if you go look at 85 to 90 percent of the companies in this country, (they) have transferred from defined benefit to defined contribution, this is happening. Its not something I came up with. The idea of a defined benefit plan long-term doesnt work.
McCall says the proposed pension reform would lower the monthly retirement payment for new teachers from about $1,900 a month to $1,200 after 30 years of service.
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banks lend credit creating debt. the debt is sold at discount rates to people who will try to loanshark you for it. this might also be sold on are further discounted rates (probably maybe?).
at some point is it not possible for a. debtor to buy alleged debt at less than the credit?


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My first-born, Emma, was 14 months old. I had enrolled in a course, and, with the feeling of my life opening up again, had begun to wean. It was at that time that I read a book called Mothering Your Nursing Toddler. Starting with the assumption that extended breastfeeding is satisfying for both mother and child, the author, Norma Jane Bumgarner writes of the security, confidence and self-esteem that we give our children when we allow them to nurse, and wean, according to their own schedule. She certainly convinced me, and Emma and I went on to nurse happily for three more years.
Re-reading the book six years later, her message seems less radical. My three keen nurslings have, to me, well proven the benefits of an extended breastfeeding relationship, with a physical resilience and emotional independence that comes, I believe, from the access to loving arms and the secure base that breastfeeding provides. Over the years I have also learned about the more tangible advantages of extended nursing.
While breastfeeding is well accepted in our culture, with around 80% of babies starting out on the breast, rates drop off quickly, with 50% still feeding at 1 month and 24% at 6 months (Australian Bureau of Statistics,). Breastfeeding a toddler can attract the sort of disapproval that any breastfeeding mother was subjected to a generation ago, leading some mothers to become "closet nursers".
In contrast, mothers in most traditional cultures breastfeed their babies into at least the second year, as did most mothers in Western Europe until this century (Dettwyler, 1995). Even in medieval times, the dangers of early weaning were understood, and sickly infants; twins and males were breastfed longer than the usual one to two years. (Filds, 1995). The trend towards mothers working away from the home, the cult of the childrearing "expert", and the advice that a mother's own milk is less suitable for her baby than a scientific formula, have all contributed to the decline of extended breastfeeding.
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Are all fat people athletic? No. But neither are all skinny people. The point is, weight doesn't preclude the ability to put one's body to work in fun and challenging ways.
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I have spent the last 15 years studying bike handling and how bike setup effects bike handling. In that time I have kept and open mind and experimented with bars as narrow as 22″ and as wide as 32″ and stems from 150mm to 30mm. I didn't invent a single skill or bike set-up theory myself I tired what other, "better riders" suggested. Everything I teach I have learned through others (world champions like Marla Streb and Greg Minnaar, motorcycle coaches, ski coaches, gymnastic coaches) and then personally tested out their ideas and had many of my top students (Pro racers like Ross Schnell, Chris Van Dine, Lynda Wallenfells, Mitch Ropelato, Sue Haywood, etc.) test these theories.
Wider handlebars and a shorter stem give you more control. 27-32 inch handlebars depending on your height and a 50-80 mm stem provides the best handling. Handlebar height is important too, your bars should be 1"-3" lower than your seat when it is raised to optimum climbing height.
Your handlebars are one of the main inputs of control and wider bars give you much more control (because they are more stable (think of doing a push up with your hands 21″ apart and then 29″ apart. If I were trying to knock you over would I have more luck with your hands 21″ apart or 29″?). We have all hit a rock that wanted to violently twist our front wheel to the side. Can you see how a wider bar would give you more leverage to fight this? I understand many of you have fear issues related to going through narrow trees and riding scared is a recipe for disaster but narrow handlebars create a twitchy, unstable ride. Do you want to set you bike up to function well on the 3 or 4 narrow tree gaps or the rest of the trail.
Wider bars also allow you to keep your arms bent and chest down allowing you to ride in a more athletic, neutral position. Perfect for riding smoothly and adjusting to anything and everything the trail throws at you.
Your stem is a not a bike fit device, it greatly effects the control of your bike. Motorcycles don't have stems for a reason, a long stem puts you out of balance (too much weight forward) straightens your arms (taking you out of a neutral position) and the long lever of a stem more than 90 millimeters long makes your steering "flop" to the side instead of being precise.
So for a more controlled ride go with a 50 to 80mm stem and 27″-32″ wide bars. I know this goes against tradition so please try this set up for a week before commenting. If you understand correct body position, how bikes turn and how to manual or wheelie correctly (using no upper body strength) you will love the control this gives you.
The coolest thing you will notice is how much this helps with technical climbing, no more wheel swerving all over the place. Your bike will track nice and straight. The best technical climber I know runs a 30mm stem. I run a 60mm stem on all of my xc bikes and a 40-50 mm stem on my downhill bikes.


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Schroders Quickview: UK Chancellor remains defiant in implementing austerity
Our analysis and comment in response to the 2015 UK Autumn Statement & Spending Review announced on Wednesday by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
- Fiscal tightening to increase up to 5% of GDP
- Public debt is forecast to fall to 71.3% in 2020/21.
- Defence and police unscathed from Spending Review
- Housing budget ramped up to build 400,000 new homes by 2020
Still bruised from his recent defeat on tax credits reforms, Chancellor George Osborne delivered a lively and defiant Autumn Statement.
It focusing on departmental spending budgets, with a strong theme of safeguarding security spending in light of recent events, and providing more housing initiatives.
The macro data
From a macroeconomic perspective, little has changed since the post-election July Budget statement.
The Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) forecasts 2.4% growth in 2015 (unchanged) and 2016 (+0.1 percentage points) rising to 2.5% in 2017 (+0.1 ppts), before slowing to 2.4% in 2018 (unchanged) and to 2.3% in 2019 and 2020 (-0.1 ppts in both years).
In terms of the impact of austerity, the change in cyclically adjusted net borrowing (also known as the fiscal impulse) suggests a slightly smaller impact on the economy in 2016/17, but a greater impact in 2017/18.
Overall, fiscal tightening will average 1% of GDP over the next three years before easing, but over the full five-year forecast horizon, the degree of fiscal tightening projected has been increased from 4.6% to 5% of GDP.
Room for manoeuvre
Despite the defeat on tax credits reforms, the slightly stronger growth forecast, lower interest payments and earlier implementation of some spending cuts have meant that the government is still expected to achieve a budget surplus of close to £10 billion in 2019/2020 – providing the government more room for manoeuvre in later years than expected.
Debt as a share of GDP is falling each fiscal year in the OBR's forecast thanks to nominal growth outpacing public borrowing. Public debt is forecast to fall from 82.5% in 2015/16 to 71.3% in 2020/21.
Impact of Spending Review
The details of the Spending Review were always going to be painful reading for most government departments, although some did surprisingly get away unscathed.
Health and international aid continue to enjoy their protected status, but due to recent security concerns following the Paris attacks, the Chancellor decided to increase the allowance for defence, and also not to cut police budgets further.
As the protected departments make up over 75% of public spending, the axe fell heavily on other departments. For example: Transport -37%, Energy -22%, Culture Media & Sport -22%, Business -17%, DEFRA -15%.
It is worth mentioning that some of the resources were shifted to investment areas, which allows the Chancellor to meet his fiscal rules on current expenditure, but at the same time increase capital spending.
Housing measures
Finally, a raft of additional housing measures was announced, including a doubling of the housing construction budget with a goal of building 400,000 new homes by 2020.
Many of these homes will be offered to under-40s with a discount, with additional help offered to Londoners with low deposits.
While the government's efforts to build more homes should be welcomed, the impact will be marginal at best.
The lack of new supply will remain severe which should continue to push prices higher, putting homeownership out of the reach of many more people.
Interestingly, the government is beginning to recognise the negative impact on the economy from the lack of homes, including the unproductive use of homes, such as those with second properties and by foreign investors.
As a result, a new additional 3% stamp duty levy will apply to those purchasing second and subsequent homes, along with for those seeking to invest in buy to let properties.
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If we are correct, the slower than expected growth should result in a shortfall in tax revenues, as well as an increase in welfare spending, making the Chancellor's austerity plans less effective in reducing the budget deficit.
Moreover, the Bank of England may struggle to raise interest rates against a backdrop of sub-trend GDP growth.
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PLYMOUTH – The Spire Center for the Performing Arts is rolling out the Plymouth Rock Assurance Jazz Festival over the Memorial Day weekend/
The festival kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 24, with Plymouth trumpet player Johnny Souza and the Johnny Souza Quintet, followed by the Bebop Guitars and reaching a crescendo when jazz great Rebecca Parris hits the stage with the Rebecca Parris Trio.
The jazz continues from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 25 with the Yasko Kubota Power Jazz Unit, the Greg Abate Quartet and the Amanda Carr Quintet scheduled to bring the house down.
On Monday, Johnny Souza will host a jazz jam. Local instrument and vocal musicians will sign up at the door to join the house band, featuring established jazz musicians on bass, drums and piano. A drum set, digital piano, bass amplifier, vocal microphones and house sound system will be available to performers.
Tickets cost $25 per day for Saturday's and Sunday's shows, and $10 for the Jazz Jam Session, for both audience members and performers. Tickets are available at spirecenter.org or calling 508-746-4488. For more information, readers can also visit The Spire's Facebook page.
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Monday, 14 February 2011
Evgeny Kissin: Liszt, 13 February 2011
Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S.139, no.9: 'Ricordanza'
Sonata in B minor, S.178
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173: 'Funérailles'
Années de pèlerinage: Book I, 'Suisse', S.160, 'Vallée d'Obermann'; 'Venezia e Napoli,' S.162 (supplement to Book II, 'Italie')
What a strange pianist Evgeny Kissin is! Not that his legion of fans seemed to notice, or indeed to care: if this was not quite Lang Lang hysteria, then it contrasted starkly with the reception granted, say, Maurizio Pollini in his recent Bach recital, which musically stood on an altogether more exalted level. Kissin has little in common, I hasten to add, with the meretricious Lang: a crude circus act, Liberace without the jokes – or the style. Yet, given that Kissin will reach forty later this year, the shortcomings – and like everything else he does, they are remarkably consistent – ought to concern all but the least discerning listener; they can no longer be explained away as something that greater experience will necessarily impart to an indubitably gifted prodigy.
First, let it be said that Kissin certainly has the technique for Liszt. Pretty much every bar of his recital proclaimed that, contrasting with the plodding offerings of completist Leslie Howard's recital last month. The opening Ricordanza, Liszt's ninth Transcendental Study, displayed Kissin's technique off to excellent advantage. Not only could he execute Liszt's increasingly extravagant, though never empty, roulades with a glorious range of colour, the clarity with which he did so was quite extraordinary. He can certainly turn a melody too. Yet ultimately, there was aloofness too, or that was how it seemed at first: as time went on, one realised that what was lacking was any sense of feeling what the composer was saying. What did it all mean? I was still asking that question by the time of the first encore, the Schumann-Liszt Widmung.
The B minor Sonata would prove a greater test, of course, and here, once again despite the technique, one could only ask what was at stake, for nothing much seemed to be. This was no Faustian and/or Christian struggle for life and death. We could argue until the next Liszt centenary about the presence or not of a programme to Liszt's crowning masterpiece for piano, but there was not the slightest sense that such issues had occurred to Kissin. Where were the metaphysics? His virtuosity was properly transcendental, but for Liszt, this is but a starting point, a means of beating mere virtuosi at their own game in order to achieve musical ends. Much of Kissin's rendition was mercilessly hard driven. Even the exposition's second group opened in unyielding fashion; it melted later, but one never sensed that this was felt, that it happened for any reason other than because this was how he played it. Some of the big chords merely sounded brutal. A rare finger-slip in the fugato served mainly to demonstrate the excellent technique elsewhere, but this was a glittering display rather than a human statement that wrestled with the divine. Needless to say, the notorious recapitulation double octaves held no fears for the pianist, but is it not preferable that, in some sense at least, they should? Ultimately, Liszt's great formal and dramatic achievement sounded like a giant transcendental study, or better a series of studies.
Funérailles was more suited, despite its undeniable emotional content, to Kissin's approach. For one thing, the sheer volume he elicited from the instrument would have put most pianists to shame. Though he remained detached, the sense of an elegy observed was not entirely inappropriate for Liszt. Yet even here, and more so in the following Vallée d'Obermann, every aspect of the performance, not least Kissin's rubato, seemed so calculated that there was an impression of a pianist imprisoned. Technique staggered, but is wonder observed (or dictated?) wonder at all?
The three pieces of Venezia e Napoli summed up the problem. In Gondolieri, rhythm was perfectly judged, which sadly meant that it did not quite work, for it should sound 'natural' rather than 'judged'. We are dealing with a gondola rather than an oligarch's yacht. Liszt's fioritura was despatched with extraordinary control and clarity, but what did it mean? The Canzone sounded darkly passionate, but whose passion was it? Finally, the Tarantella's opening suited Kissin to a tee: the way he despatched Liszt's challenges was straightforwardly stunning. The central section, however, sounded – reader, you will have guessed it – observed rather than experienced, and the final material, in which characteristics of both earlier sections need to be combined, reproduced the first virtue and the second void. In a concerto, a conductor can fill in some of the gaps; in a recital, or at least in this recital, the listener who is not a hollering fan remains acutely aware of what is missing.
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Thank you for the interesting post.
I had high expectations on this recital because the program didn't look like a usual "Liszt showpieces package" that I anticipated before the program was announced. Certainly it turned out to be a very enjoyable concert (in the sense that I enjoyed Kissin's marvelous virtuosity, especially well-displayed at Tarantella's opening and conclusion as you said) but ironically what I enjoyed the most was his technique. I enjoyed the recital a lot, but wasn't profoundly moved either somehow...
I also found his stage manners quite strange (especially, that gaze at the audience - I don't know if I'm being too nitpicky here), which could be another stark contrast with Maurizio Pollini. The choice of encores, as well...
Anyway I'm looking forward to Maurizio Pollini's upcoming recital all the more (and the rest of Pollini Project). Thank you for the posting.
- 14 February, 2011 15:37
Dear Mark,
you must have been far away from the Barbican that night tuned to another wave or just doing your job logically combining words together into dry and meaningful sentences and missing all the point! Your brain exercise has nothing to do with the magic we are experienced sitting with you in the same Hall. We have been on an exciting journey of depth and originality, you must have left on the platform missing the train. I feel sorry for you! You wasted your precious time for nothing. Just words. Never do it again, go and listen to Leslie Howard instead.
Tatiana Kantorovitch, piano teacher
- 14 February, 2011 15:49
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does anyone know what did he played for his second encore?
I totally second Tatiana. Kissin is quickly becoming one of my musical heros. His technique, his sound and musicality makes him an exceptional interpreter. I totally enjoy his recital. Rather unusual pieces, but amazing execution.
- 14 February, 2011 20:11
- Mark Berry said...
Sorry Luis, I omitted to mention that: wasn't it the Soirées de Vienne?
- 14 February, 2011 20:15
I have always wondered about Kissin, and have often felt him to be somewhat "robotic" in his delivery. There is no doubting his flawless technique, but there is a coolness and a detachment in his playing. Maybe it is time for a shift of direction for him as he reaches 40? Perhaps more conducting/working with ensembles, in the manner of Ashknenazy? As a pianist, one spends far too much time alone: interaction with other musicians - indeed with other people! - can be very instructive
- 15 February, 2011 13:42
Wish I could have been there. Very envious at just how many concerts you manage to go to! I find that Kissin is a fascinating pianist.. he has all the technique in the world, but also something else. For example, I would not box him the same category as a Lang Lang (at Lang's current playing anyway). On the nights where everything "clicks", Kissin can play with incredible poetry.. just listen to some of his Carnegie Hall recitals on RCA. I wonder whether a lot of this mystery comes from his background, having a single teach, from a very distinct school of playing (something we seem to be losing today). My inkling still is that there's something there in Kissin.. He might be at 40 years, but judging by the other greats today, I hope he has at least a few decades left of playing.
- 15 February, 2011 13:51
Apologies, my earlier comment was rather incoherent. It was a busy day at work, especially since I had to escape by 7 for Pollini's recital!
The message I was attempting to get across was that, in my opinion, there is real brilliance in Kissin. I can't comment on Sunday's recital, regretfully not having been there, but I would personally consider him among the top level of solo pianists performing today (judging from other recent concerts and recordings).
That said, Pollini's Beethoven tonight was on a level I have seldom heard reached. This was certainly one of the most memorable recitals I have ever had the privilege of attending. Pollini seemed like he was playing for his life; such excitement and extraordinary detail in works I already know so well. It must also be mentioned that his instrument sounded phenomenal; he was clearly at complete ease with it, the balance simply perfect with an incredible singing quality. My only wish (apart for banishment to the coughing few) was that I could hear the whole programme again. Such an immense achievement, played and never to be repeated in the exact form we heard this evening; there's something saddening, yet completely wonderful about that. No question, this was one of the great recitals.
- 16 February, 2011 01:20
Dear Luis, and Mark Berry
To be a bit more precise than Mark about the second encore, it was No. 6 from "Soirées de Vienne, 9 Valses caprices d'après Schubert" S227. The themes Liszt uses are from Schubert's Valses Nobles D969 and Valses Sentimentales D779. The piece was a favourite encore of Horowitz, apparently, and he played it at his last ever public recital, in Hamburg in 1987.
The first encore was of course Liszt's transcription/arrangement, S566, of Widmung ("Dedication"), the glorious love song that opens Schumann's song sequence Myrthen, Op 25.
- 16 February, 2011 11:01
I cannot agree with EC's comments about Pollini's Beethoven recital last night: "...one of the great recitals" ? Surely not. On the other hand crosseyedpianist's blog (click on his name in his post above to get the link)seems to me to be absolutely spot on: I agree with practically every word, including his views of the wonderful Op.110 work itself, my favourite of all the 32 sonatas. Piers Lane's recent Wigmore Hall performance of it to which crosseyedpianist refers was, despite its faults (in particular a very sluggish scherzo), overall much more satisfying than Pollini's account, especially in the first movement and the reprise of the fugue (in inversion) with the accelerando coda of the final movement, both of which were perfunctorily expressed in Pollini's hands.
- 16 February, 2011 12:13
Sincere apologies, which I hope she will accept, to crosseyedpianist whom I now realise is a lady, for making totally unfounded gender assumptions in my previous post.
- 18 February, 2011 12:08
Sadly, I had the same impression in Chicago last week (http://rayosborn.wordpress.com). Kissin jumped into the final Canzone of Venezia e Napoli as if he couldn't wait to get back on shore and show off some rapid tremolos. Of course, it didn't stop a tumultuous standing ovation. I agree that Pollini is in a different musical league, but when I heard him do the last three Schubert sonatas in the 1970s, he gave rather mechanical performances and seemed completely unable to empathize with Schubert's humanity. I think he has mellowed a lot in the intervening period, but he's performing the Beethoven programme in Chicago later this year so I won't be able to make a direct comparison.
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