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Save Water by Using Drip Irrigation - For several years I have been encouraging my design clients to use drip irrigation for their planting beds. Recurring drought in many parts of the country has made us reconsider how we use one of our planet's most valuable resources. The following is a brief introduction to the basic principles and advantages of drip systems. - read more...
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Exercising in the Heat - Summer is officially here. Finally you can pack away your jackets and get outside. Summer offers extras hours of daylight and with it the opportunity to spend even more time enjoying outdoor activities. For many, this means more time doing physical activities and playing sports. So, it's important to remember the potential dangers that also come with exercising in hot conditions. As long as you become acquainted with these few simple guidelines, you can fully take advantage of all the fun of summer. - read more...
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Is This Business Viable? - Starting any small business is, for lack of a better term, a challenge. You can't just jump into it without plenty of thought and research. Running your business is a never-ending roller coaster of good days and bad; ups and downs; rewards and failures; all from which we learn. - read more...
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LAN Options - Wired or Wireless? - If you've been thinking about installing a wireless network, there are some points to consider that will help you better decide which option is right for your business. The fastest wireless network technologies, 802.11a and 802.11g provide a maximum of 54 Mbps of throughput (the actual speed will usually be 20 - 35 Mbps), whereas a wired Cat5e installation can transfer data at speeds approaching 1000 Mbps. - read more...
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Living the Life: Temptation - There's more to being a Christian than simply praying a prayer to receive Jesus as one's Savior. Don't get me wrong, receiving Christ is vital. No one can have a relationship with God and the hope of Heaven apart from doing so. However, this most significant decision is but the first step into a new way of life; a way of life that is all about experiencing the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, who molds us into the likeness of Jesus Christ. - read more...
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Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine they lay down for the night and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend. "Watson look up at the sky and tell me what you see." - read more...
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The Birth of the Chocolate Chip Cookie - Adrift in our memory banks are the smells and tastes of the food of our childhoods. One whiff of something familiar coming from the kitchen and we are instantly kids again. No food is more closely aligned with that of childhood than the chocolate chip cookie. Warm and gooey, hard and crunchy, filled with nuts or deliciously plain, the chocolate chip cookie embodies all that is sweet and wonderful about childhood. - read more...
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The Tablecloth - The brand new pastor and his wife were newly assigned to their first ministry, to reopen a church in urban Brooklyn, and arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw their church, it was very run down and needed much work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to have their first service on Christmas Eve. They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls, painting, etc. and on December 18 were ahead of schedule and just about finished. - read more...
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Titanic Anecdotes - Studio executives in High Concept Hollywood have very short attention spans. When pitching a film idea, many believe if you can't do it in one sentence it is an unmarketable product. For example Planet Of the Apes (1968) starring Charlton Heston was pitched by producer Arthur Jacobs as "Moses Talks To Monkeys". - read more...
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What Can You Feed the Birds? - Bird feeding is such a wonderful activity for young and old alike, something you can enjoy as partners, as families, or on your own. Way into the spring birds can use some help foraging, and it's a wonderful educational activity. You will be naturally draw to learn to identify the birds, and for children it can be a great lesson in Emotional Intelligence as they learn to care for creatures and understand how the weather affects them. - read more...
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Solving America's Drug Problem - The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?" - read more...
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