People Who Aren’t Serious About Life Understand Life Better

Life is a serious business! Or is it? Life is beautiful, amazing, majestic, short, and we only get one. Just because someone doesn’t take their lives overly seriously does not mean that they are without motivation or ambition. It doesn’t mean that they don’t care about things. People who have learned not to take life–or themselves–seriously tend to live happier, longer lives, tend to get sick less, and seem more fearless.

It’s easy to fall into taking life too seriously. You have an important job and all of a sudden the everyday crises and problems take over your thoughts. Or maybe your baby has colic and all you can focus on is the constant crying and lack of sleep. It happens to everyone at some point. I make a concerted effort every day to see the positive things in my life, appreciate them, and be happy and grateful for the people I have in my life.

What’s happening is that you’re focusing on the smaller stuff and not on the big picture. People who aren’t so serious about life are usually more big-picture types of people. It is easier to shake off the little things when you can see a larger picture in your mind. If I have a bad day at work, I never take that mood home with me. If I do, I’ll talk to my significant other about it, brood over it, and now it has ruined my whole evening. Instead, I think, “Okay. Today sucked. I’m going to enjoy dinner with my guy and go in ready to kick butt tomorrow!”

We should hold children up as an example of how not to take life so seriously. Kids are experts on getting over being told no and running off and enjoying the next thing in life. Let’s all strive to enjoy life the way kids enjoy bubbles. Here are eight ways those who don’t take themselves seriously understand life better.

1. Learn that you cannot control life or others, you can only control yourself and your reactions

Stop focusing on things that are fully out of your control. There is no point. You cannot control or change them, so stop wasting your precious time on those things, and focus more on enjoying life. People who don’t take life so seriously understand that if you something is out of their control, they shouldn’t be wasting neurons stressing about it. Instead, they are out there experiencing new things, going on adventures, and having fun.

2. Don’t sweat the small stuff

We’ve all heard it a million times. But just like with the things you can’t control, stop focusing on the small things. Think about it this way: does it really matter in the long run if your kid wears mismatched sneakers or doesn’t zip his jacket when he’s only running the 15 feet to the car? It is so easy to let little things become important, to let them become much bigger than they really are. Whether that is because the kid chooses this to go to war over, and now you have to deal with a whole thing about it, or because you’re so used to saying it that you insist on it over and over. Think about it. Instead of arguing with your kid and both of you winding up in a bad mood when you’re just trying to go run errands, pick your battles and remember that those tiny things aren’t going to matter in the grand scheme of things, and you and your kid can just enjoy the moment.

Same with adult things. Does it really matter in the long run that your partner forgot to wash the dishes or vacuum, or that your boss wants you to stay 30 minutes late to finish up that project? Try to look at the bigger picture and stop stressing out and worrying about small things. Hey, maybe that project will earn you praise from your supervisor, and an eventual promotion. Maybe your partner just had a really bad day or simply forgot the chores. Is it worth a fight?

3. Smell the roses; watch the sunset

Just like not worrying about negative little things, you should also try to focus on happy smaller things. Did you see a gorgeous sunset on your way home from work? Did your kid light up when you walked in the house? Did your favorite TV show start right as you were sitting down to watch something? Those little things should make you happy. Take a moment and recognize that they are positive things, and it will help lighten your mood. Lightening your mood will make you feel better and less serious. People who don’t take life too seriously take time to be silly, enjoy the small things, and appreciate them.

4. Spend quality time with the people you love

It’s so easy to get caught up in work, errands, and the little things in everyday life that we sometimes take the people in our lives for granted. They’re there, they will continue to be there, and you’re busy! But no one ever laid on their deathbed and wished they had worked longer hours. They wish they had appreciated their loved ones and spent more time enjoying life and love, and less time assuming that they would still be there when they got home from work.

Spend real quality time. Don’t just make your kids do their homework and read more. Take them places, listen to them, watch them learn. Appreciate your partner and all they do for you and the family, spend time talking to your partner and going on date nights. Sometimes we get so focused on our careers or our specific individual life goals that we forget to appreciate the path to getting there and the people we chose to travel that path with.

The people who have learned not to take life so seriously are the ones who put more focus on the important things in life–their relationships with the people the love.

5. See the glass as half full and spread positivity

Learning to not just see the silver lining, but to appreciate it and let it give you hope is ideal. There is an old saying, “This too shall pass.” And so it will. People who don’t take life too seriously have learned not to dwell on negative things, but to seek out positive things and look forward to more. They try to spread that to others, and are optimistic about the future.

6. Learn not to let the negative things take over your whole day/week/life

There are always going to be negative things: bad days, bad moods, bad bosses, bad food. But you can choose to let go of the anger at something you cannot change, and not let it invade the rest of your life. It’s easy to get mad at something at work and take it home, rant about it, brood about it. Maybe unfairly take it out on your partner. It’s happened to me. I was blunt and said, “I know I’m the only other person here, but it is not fair to take your bad mood out on me. I know I’m not the one you’re upset at, but you’re acting like I am.” And my partner was surprised, and didn’t realize he was treating me that way because his bad mood and bad attitude was all he could focus on. I’ve been there, too. It takes a conscious effort to say to yourself, “I am not going to let this one thing ruin my whole day or my whole week. I have learned what I can from the experience, and I am going to move forward and not let it happen again.”

7. Smile more

It’s true that actually making yourself smile can lead you to feeling happier. Here is how Scientific American explained it. Smile more, laugh more, engage more. Take the time to laugh at a good joke, or smile just because you see something pretty or weird. Appreciate the little things in life! There is a series of small potholes in the sidewalk near my house, and the way they are make them look like a frowning face. Every time I walk over them, I smile. It’s funny and weird and cute.

8. Be confident

As we get older, we learn to be more comfortable and confident with who we are, at least that’s what everyone older says! But why wait? People who don’t take life as seriously tend to care less about what strangers think of them, tend to be more silly, and tend to be more confident. I’m a very confident person. I know what I’m good and bad at, I am proud of myself and my accomplishments, and I dance at parties like no one is watching. Something we learn as we have grown up is that they aren’t watching. Most people are so concerned with themselves and how they look that they are not watching you. And even if they were, who cares? You don’t know them, why would their opinions matter anyway?

Be confident. And if you aren’t confident, fake it ’til you make it. It truly works. Look people in the eyes, keep your head up and shoulders back. Ask questions, be engaged in conversations. Don’t cross your arms when you’re talking to people. Body language has a lot to do with confidence and perception. If you do these things long enough, they will become a habit and a part of you, until the confidence is ingrained.

You can make a choice to be happier, worry less, spend time with the people you love, and take life less seriously. You only get one life, and it is a terminal disease…enjoy the time and what you have!

All about Football SOCCER

Football, also called association football or soccer, game in which two teams of 11 players, using any part of their bodies except their hands and arms, try to maneuver the ball into the opposing team’s goal. Only the goalkeeper is permitted to handle the ball and may do so only within the penalty area surrounding the goal. The team that scores more goals wins.

Football is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and spectators. Simple in its principal rules and essential equipment, the sport can be played almost anywhere, from official football playing fields (pitches) to gymnasiums, streets, school playgrounds, parks, or beaches. Football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), estimated that at the turn of the 21st century there were approximately 250 million football players and over 1.3 billion people “interested” in football; in 2010 a combined television audience of more than 26 billion watched football’s premier tournament, the quadrennial month-long World Cupfinals.

History

The early years

Modern football originated in Britain in the 19th century. Since before medieval times, “folk football” games had been played in towns and villages according to local customs and with a minimum of rules. Industrialization and urbanization, which reduced the amount of leisuretime and space available to the working class, combined with a history of legal prohibitions against particularly violent and destructive forms of folk football to undermine the game’s status from the early 19th century onward. However, football was taken up as a winter game between residence houses at public (independent) schools such as Winchester, Charterhouse, and Eton. Each school had its own rules; some allowed limited handling of the ball and others did not. The variance in rules made it difficult for public schoolboys entering university to continue playing except with former schoolmates. As early as 1843 an attempt to standardize and codify the rules of play was made at the University of Cambridge, whose students joined most public schools in 1848 in adopting these “Cambridge rules,” which were further spread by Cambridge graduates who formed football clubs. In 1863 a series of meetings involving clubs from metropolitan London and surrounding counties produced the printed rules of football, which prohibited the carrying of the ball. Thus, the “handling” game of rugby remained outside the newly formed Football Association (FA). Indeed, by 1870 all handling of the ball except by the goalkeeper was prohibited by the FA.

The new rules were not universally accepted in Britain, however; many clubs retained their own rules, especially in and around Sheffield. Although this northern English city was the home of the first provincial club to join the FA, in 1867 it also gave birth to the Sheffield Football Association, the forerunner of later county associations. Sheffield and London clubs played two matches against each other in 1866, and a year later a match pitting a club from Middlesex against one from Kent and Surrey was played under the revised rules. In 1871 15 FA clubs accepted an invitation to enter a cup competition and to contribute to the purchase of a trophy. By 1877 the associations of Great Britain had agreed upon a uniform code, 43 clubs were in competition, and the London clubs’ initial dominance had diminished.

Professionalism

The development of modern football was closely tied to processes of industrialization and urbanization in Victorian Britain. Most of the new working-class inhabitants of Britain’s industrial towns and cities gradually lost their old bucolic pastimes, such as badger-baiting, and sought fresh forms of collective leisure. From the 1850s onward, industrial workers were increasingly likely to have Saturday afternoons off work, and so many turned to the new game of football to watch or to play. Key urban institutions such as churches, trade unions, and schools organized working-class boys and men into recreational football teams. Rising adult literacy spurred press coverage of organized sports, while transport systems such as the railways or urban trams enabled players and spectators to travel to football games. Average attendance in England rose from 4,600 in 1888 to 7,900 in 1895, rising to 13,200 in 1905 and reaching 23,100 at the outbreak of World War I. Football’s popularity eroded public interest in other sports, notably cricket.

Leading clubs, notably those in Lancashire, started charging admission to spectators as early as the 1870s and so, despite the FA’s amateurism rule, were in a position to pay illicit wages to attract highly skilled working-class players, many of them hailing from Scotland. Working-class players and northern English clubs sought a professional system that would provide, in part, some financial reward to cover their “broken time” (time lost from their other work) and the risk of injury. The FA remained staunchly elitist in sustaining a policy of amateurism that protected upper and upper-middle class influence over the game.

Choosing Healthy Dishes When Ordering From a Chinese Restaurant in Portland

If you are a lоvеr оf Chinеѕе food, thеn you рrоbаblу knоw whаt a rеаl Chinеѕе dish tаѕtеѕ likе. An hоnеѕt-tо-gооdnеѕѕ аuthеntiс Chinеѕе dish wоuld have a lоt оf vеgеtаblеѕ. Thеѕе dishes аrе оftеn cooked with littlе оr no оil. Thiѕ iѕ whу thiѕ particular сuiѕinе iѕ perfect if уоu аrе trуing to lose weight. Yоu rеаllу саn go оn аn all-Chinese diеt! Thаt is, of course, if you opt fоr the real thing. This iѕ nоt thе case, hоwеvеr, with thе usual restaurants. Yоu wоuld оftеn еnd uр with greasy аnd fаttу рооr еxсuѕе fоr Chinese fооd. Now, if thаt is the case, уоu have fоur орtiоnѕ available to you. 

Yоu саn сhооѕе tо flу to Chinа аnd ѕtау there until уоu lоѕе wеight. If thаt sounds ridiсulоuѕ, you саn аlwауѕ look fоr a Chinеѕе restaurants near you. Chinese restaurants are everywhere and Portland one of the places that is very popular and go to when it comes in Chinese and Chow Mein restaurant. This орtiоn iѕ рrоbаblу thе mоѕt fеаѕiblе оnе. Aftеr аll, you саn't afford to flу to China. Yоu can't fоrсе уоurѕеlf оn аnу Chinese fаmilу. Yоu don't have thе timе tо lеаrn аnd сооk the cuisine. Sо, finding a gооd Portland Chinese restaurant аnd lеаrning hоw tо сhооѕе уоur оrdеrѕ well is рrоbаblу thе bеѕt choice. 

Now, hеrе аrе some tips оn hоw tо gо аbоut сhооѕing thе bеѕt low-calorie mеаlѕ whеnеvеr уоu eat in a Chinese rеѕtаurаnt or melting pot restaurant in Portland or in your local area. Egg rоllѕ and spareribs are probably your firѕt сhоiсе if уоu аrе going tо buy Chinеѕе fооd. However, thеѕе аrе bаd сhоiсеѕ if you аrе thinking аbоut уоur hеаlth аnd your weight. Thеѕе are juѕt twо of the things that you ѕhоuld аvоid. Inѕtеаd оf getting egg rоllѕ, gеt a wonton ѕоuр inѕtеаd. Thiѕ will ѕuit your lоw-саlоriе diеt bеttеr. 

When buуing main соurѕе diѕhеѕ, you ѕhоuld choose diѕhеѕ that have bееn ѕtеаmеd. Thеу аrе healthier fоr you. Get yourself steamed spring rolls, сhор suey оr moo-goo gai раn. Anything that iѕ steamed оr boiled iѕ a gооd choice. Avoid thingѕ thаt have been fried, and ѕtау аwау frоm dishes thаt аrе wау tоо salty, fаttу and оilу. 
You dоn't hаvе tо аvоid еаting аt a Chinеѕе rеѕtаurаnt аltоgеthеr. Yоu juѕt have tо lеаrn hоw tо сhооѕе уоur diѕhеѕ wеll, ѕо thаt уоu will still be able to еnjоу your favorite Asian cuisine.

Fоllоwing аrе 7 reasons whу you ѕhоuld opt for a Chinеѕе fооd diet: 
1) Thе Chinеѕе сооking mеthоdѕ, such as ѕtеаming, rоаѕting, bоiling, ѕtеwing, bаking, involve the use of vеrу littlе оr nо оil. In addition, mоѕt of thе рорulаr Chinеѕе delicacies are ѕtir-friеd аnd nоt dеер-friеd, and thus are ѕuitаblе fоr a hеаlth diеt. 
2) Thе trаditiоnаl Chinеѕе сuiѕinе iѕ ѕuсh that a dеѕirеd bаlаnсе iѕ mаintаinеd bеtwееn thе 'Yin' foods, which соmрriѕеѕ оf fruits and vegetables, and the 'Yang' fооdѕ, which refer tо diffеrеnt types оf mеаt. This balance, according to the Chinеѕе, iѕ vеrу nесеѕѕаrу tо wаrd оff mоѕt illnеѕѕеѕ аnd аilmеntѕ. 
3) Certain Chinеѕе food ingredients аnd food рrоduсtѕ, such as muѕhrооmѕ and green tеа, аrе even thоught tо contain certain chemicals that can fight cancer. Green tea iѕ аlѕо known tо соntаin antioxidants thаt hеlр tо lose weight. 
4) A typical Chinеѕе diеt includes lоаdѕ оf саrbоhуdrаtеѕ, рlеntу оf vеgеtаblеѕ, the right quantity оf brown rice, mеаt uѕеd аѕ ѕеаѕоning, аnd a copious аmоunt of tea, аnd is therefore an idеаl diet tо maintain уоur hеаlth. Also, red mеаt, whiсh inсrеаѕеѕ thе level of cholesterol, iѕ used оnlу оссаѕiоnаllу in Chinese dеliсасiеѕ. 
5) In the Chinese cuisine, mоrе еmрhаѕiѕ iѕ lаid on the uѕе of right соmbinаtiоn of hеrbѕ, spices, and соndimеntѕ, whiсh аrе аlѕо vеrу gооd for a ѕоund health. 
6) Mоѕt Chinese dеliсасiеѕ are рrераrеd using роlу-unѕаturаtеd оilѕ inѕtеаd of оthеr milk bаѕеd ingredients ѕuсh as сrеаm, butter, оr cheese. 
7) Lаѕt but nоt the lеаѕt, Chinеѕе fооdѕ аrе nоt vеrу соѕtlу and саn best fit in уоur tight budgеt during the рrеѕеnt economic rесеѕѕiоn. 

Thus, if you are really lооking fоr a hеаlthу аnd inеxреnѕivе diet, viѕit your nearest Chinеѕе restaurant in Portland or in your local area. If you have no time and would want to eat Chinese food at the comfort of your home, you can always opt for Chinese food delivery in Portland. But mаkе sure уоu make a hеаlthу сhоiсе from thе menu.

How Important is Technology in Education?

There are countless reasons why technology is a key aspect of learning in the schools. Whether we like it or not, technology is everywhere; and in order for our students to survive in post-secondary education and the business world, they must know technology.

To narrow it down, we came up with 10 reasons for the importance of technology in education:

1. Students demand it.Students are engaging with technology constantly outside of the classroom. Kids like to be interactive, and learning through technology has now become a part of their lifestyle.
2. New teachers are demanding it. The technology movement has been implemented in post-secondary education as well as other professional jobs. For new teachers, technology is considered a necessity for the learning environment.
3. Kids are the digital native.Kids know technology better than most adults. It has become the easiest way they learn, because it is such an integral part of their life. Engaging with technology in the classroom has not only helped them learn better, but they also acquire multi-tasking skills. At this day in age, they hardly know how to learn without it. This knowledge is important, because they would be way behind in the real world without it.
4. Kids can learn at their own pace.We know from years of experience that kids learn at their own pace, but sometimes the traditional classroom makes it difficult to do so. With the integration of technology in education, children have the ability to slow down and go back over lessons and concepts, and more advanced kids can go ahead. It also frees up the teacher to help kids on a more one-on-one level.
5. With technology, there are no limitations. Having access to other information outside of the book gives students many different ways to learn a concept. Teachers can come up with creative ways to teach their students that keeps them engaged. Technology has changed the learning environment so that learning is more hands-on. Schools throughout the nation are diverse in income, and often kids don’t always get the resources they need. The implementation of technology in schools helps close that gap.
6. Technology has the ability to enhance relationships between teachers and students.When teachers effectively integrate technology into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun. Students are also able to collaborate with their own classmates through technological applications.
7. Testing has gone onlineOne protocol that schools don’t have control over, but must adapt to, is online testing. Testing online is the way of the future, but it has a lot of advantages. Assessing students’ performance can be done instantly with technology. Beyond seeing test scores in real-time, teachers can better track and understand students’ grasp of the subject.
8. Multitude of resources Computers, tablets, and other forms of technology bring multiple resources for the teacher that’s not in the book. They not only keep students engaged with exciting new features and apps, but also have other ways to teach students material. Every kid learns differently, and technology helps with this gap as well.
9. Technology keeps kids engaged.The students of this generation are considered technological learners. They learn best being more interactive, and technology is what helps them do that. Children often struggle to stay on task or interested, and with resources to help the teacher, they can better stay focused and learn faster.
10. Technology is necessary to succeed outside of primary and secondary educationWhether we like it or not, technology is an essential concept to learn. Because it changes so quickly, children are better off learning about it sooner. It is a primary part of every industry, and there is no way around it. These days, technology means more than just learning basic computing skills. Technology has made itself part of every aspect of our lives today, and the students who understand it are the ones who succeed in the business world.

Check out the following in-depth case study outlining how Pine Cove Consulting was able to implement enterprise technology in a rural school district.

Which Greenhouse Materials To Choose And Why You Should Use Them

Planning to build your first greenhouse? Undoubtedly a noble idea! Well, why not think about the right greenhouse materials needed to construct a robust backyard Greenhouse? Frankly, greenhouses can be made using many different types of materials. The two main topics that need to be thought of carefully while talking about materials are the frame and the paint. The frames of such houses are made up of wood, steel, Aluminum, whereas the paint or the covering of the frame are usually done with glass or plastic. However, one can select materials depending on how you want a greenhouse to look and the amount you are likely to spend on it. Here in this article we’ll discuss the four most popular framing materials and get updated about their advantages and disadvantages.

Lumber- Most would choose wood as the perfect greenhouse material as it are easily available and working with wood seems a bit easy. The advantages of a wooden structure is that they are durable enough and are apt for more adverse weather conditions. If you are planning to build a greenhouse out of wood, you certainly need to think about the lighting options, ventilation, access point etc. So, it is necessary you go through a thorough planning work to get the best accessible results.

PVC pipe or Polyethylene- The next framing material that you need to consider is PVC pipe. There are multiple number of connectors available for the PVC pipes that could be easily transformed into a greenhouse frame. Working with PVC or Polyethylene is very easy and you will be able to construct the structure by yourself. Moreover, it is less costly and lightweight to handle. However, the only issue of such material is that it does not always have the much-needed durability and might not be able to handle adverse weather conditions.

Glass- Glass greenhouses are bit expensive but are a great way of building your structure. What is so unique about them is that they are highly effective and allow plants to experience sunlight coupled with the benefits of having a warm, protected environment. Little bit of planning is needed before you handle the fragile materials.

Aluminum- Aluminum could be the last choice for building a frame. Although these greenhouse materials are not easily available, but you can contact a local aluminum frame company who can fabricate a frame of the same material for your backyard greenhouses. 

When Glazing Your Greenhouse Is Needed

Once you have decided about the framing materials, it is important to decide what you are going to use to cover or glaze your greenhouse. One can use plastic or glass like Polycarbonate or acrylic in order to glaze the greenhouses. The advantage it enjoys over plastic glazing material is that it comes with superior heat retention, easy cleaning and no chance of getting discolored. The only issue about glass glazing is that it is more fragile in comparison to plastic and that's why when it gets broken, it should be replaced immediately. Besides, Polycarbonate sheets are also used as a glazing material since it is lightweight, robust and features great insulating qualities. 

So, no matter whether you are an expert gardener or beginner, getting the right greenhouse materials might help you set up a healthy house for your gardening requirements.

Floren Neel is is a passionate about greenhouse gardening and believes choosing right greenhouse materials can help people in setting a right structure. He believes that only the selection of right materials can let you construct robust backyard greenhouses for your gardening needs.

Tips For Buying An Italian Handbag

The 21st century has brought much change in the world of tradition. Once time honored traditions have changed and evolved. For example, during the 20th century no one could have imagined sending an RSVP to a wedding via the couple’s website! Even the tradition of where to wed has evolved. Unique and creative locales like art museums, zoos, and beaches have displaced the conventional church wedding as the popular choice among young brides. However, one custom has withstood the changing wedding ideal and has actually grown in popularity—the garden wedding. Simple, elegant, whimsical, or candlelit, the garden wedding can fulfill all of your wedding day dreams. Garden weddings are best suited for spring and early summer when the plants and petals are blossoming, and the sweet scent of gardenia and jasmine fill the air.

Houston and the surrounding areas are blossoming with gardens to choose from. Many are private and you would only know about them through word of mouth, but others are open for all to enjoy like city parks and rose gardens. If you are considering a garden wedding talk to your wedding coordinator about garden location’s in Houston. Perhaps a family friend will open up their garden oasis for your nuptials. Keep in mind that with all outdoor weddings the weather can play a big role, so always have a secondary plan just in case of inclimate weather.

Another tip to keep in mind is the local nature. This is Houston and we do have mosquitoes, flies, bees, etc. and spring and summer welcome all these creatures. This does not have to be a deterrent for you. Keep the mood light and fun with small favors of unscented bug spray. Your guests will appreciate the thought and detail you put into planning such a beautiful day and for keeping their comfort in mind.

What Is A Cosmetic Contact Lens And What's It Used For?

Cosmetic contact lenses are a professional beauty secret that is hitting the mainstream. For years, stylists have given fashion models, actors, and actresses colored contact lenses to enhance or obscure natural eye color for striking visual effects. Rumors often abound about whether the stunning shade of a young starlet’s eyes is natural or not, but regardless of whether the It-girl of the moment was born with those baby blues it is safe to say that colored contact lenses are a powerful beauty tool.

Many of the people who opt for colored contacts have light colored eyes but are looking for a little bit of extra power. If you want to give your baby blues a little bit of extra zip, or want to give your light green eyes a bit of special luster, consider looking into contacts that have an enhancement tint. Enhancement tints are translucent, so they capture the complexity and natural variation of your eye’s appearance while adding a little bit of extra color.

Actors and actresses often find themselves cast in roles that require a total switch in eye color. For these kinds of drastic changes, only contacts with a full color tint can do the job. With an opaque color tint, you can turn your dark hazel eyes to a pale, dreamy gray. You can even swap your commonplace dark brown color for an attention getting shade of amethyst or violet. Whether you are looking to transform for a feature film, for a special event like a prom, or just to add a little something out of the ordinary to a regular night on the town, a contact with a color tint can do the job.

Color contact lenses certainly look great, but in some cases they may not be so great to look through. The center of any colored contact lens is clear, which allows your pupil free, unfiltered access to light and images. However, slight vision problems can occur if your pupil is larger than the center of the lens. Because pupils are constantly growing and shrinking in size so that you can see equally well in situations where there are varied levels of light, there is no way to size a colored contact so that you can be certain that your pupil will never be partially covered by the tint. For this reason, make sure that you have worn your contacts several times to determine whether they obscure your ability to see before you attempt any potentially dangerous activity, such as driving at night.

Tips on Garden Weddings

The 21st century has brought much change in the world of tradition. Once time honored traditions have changed and evolved. For example, during the 20th century no one could have imagined sending an RSVP to a wedding via the couple’s website! Even the tradition of where to wed has evolved. Unique and creative locales like art museums, zoos, and beaches have displaced the conventional church wedding as the popular choice among young brides. However, one custom has withstood the changing wedding ideal and has actually grown in popularity—the garden wedding. Simple, elegant, whimsical, or candlelit, the garden wedding can fulfill all of your wedding day dreams. Garden weddings are best suited for spring and early summer when the plants and petals are blossoming, and the sweet scent of gardenia and jasmine fill the air.

Houston and the surrounding areas are blossoming with gardens to choose from. Many are private and you would only know about them through word of mouth, but others are open for all to enjoy like city parks and rose gardens. If you are considering a garden wedding talk to your wedding coordinator about garden location’s in Houston. Perhaps a family friend will open up their garden oasis for your nuptials. Keep in mind that with all outdoor weddings the weather can play a big role, so always have a secondary plan just in case of inclimate weather.

Another tip to keep in mind is the local nature. This is Houston and we do have mosquitoes, flies, bees, etc. and spring and summer welcome all these creatures. This does not have to be a deterrent for you. Keep the mood light and fun with small favors of unscented bug spray. Your guests will appreciate the thought and detail you put into planning such a beautiful day and for keeping their comfort in mind.

Breast Enlargement Without Surgery

If you are a woman who wasn’t “blessed” with a normal sized chest, then you are aware of the self esteem issues that go along with having smaller breasts. I’m not going to get into a discussion of societies' views on breast size and whether or not it's okay to judge a woman’s appearance on the size of her breasts. I don’t think it's okay to do that. But everyone does.

Women are the biggest offenders of this. I read somewhere once that when women get dressed up to go out, they don’t dress for the men who will see them. Impressing them isn’t nearly as important as impressing the other women who will be there. I think that is SO true. If you are a women, you know that you always want to be the best dressed woman at the party. When you arrive, you look around to see what the other women are wearing, not the men.

And when a woman has smaller then usual breasts, its noticed almost as much as when a woman has larger then normal breasts. Women on both ends of the spectrum wish that they just had normal breasts.

Surgery of course can correct both issues. But surgery can be scary. And expensive. Its not an option for all women. Some simply can’t afford it. Or to others, the risks are not worth the benefits. For those with larger then normal breasts, the only option other then a surgical reduction is to lose weight and see if that helps. Many women report that when they go on a diet, they lose weight. If you are one of the “unfortunate” one to just be naturally blessed with large breasts and weight is not an issue, your only option is surgery. Brest reduction simply isn’t possible any other way.

If you are flat chested however and wish to change your bra size naturally, there is an option available to you. It is possible to increase your breast size naturally with herbs and supplements and special exercises. Its important to get your doctors permission be fore starting any supplement diet, but the herbs involved have all been tested and shown to be safe. They work be creating the same hormonal balance that was present during puberty when your breast were first beginning to grow. Many women have has success with this process.

If you are looking for a all natural way to increase your breast size, it is possible. Make sure you do your research and check with your doctor before starting any supplement program.

Celebrity Hairstyles - Model Your Hair On These Famous Faces

You expect the celebrities to have hairstyles that are trendy, even trend-setting. For a start, they have access to top hair professionals, and money to buy all the best hair products and treatments available. If you're wondering what hairstyle is in fashion, then looking at celebrity hairstyles is a good place to begin.

However, there are some things to consider before you copy that celebrity hairstyle:

- Do you have a team of hair professionals on call to tidy up your hair at a moment's notice? If not, don't expect your hairstyle to remain looking fabulous all day. If you like the look of a particular celebrity hairstyle, ask your hairstylist how much work is involved in producing the end result. Then check with yourself if you have the time for the blow-drying, curling, straightening, sculpturing etc. For example, the Jennifer Aniston look requires two sets of conditioning to straighten the hair, then shaping gel and calming serum, finishing with the use of the flat iron. If you don't have time for this type of routine, go for something that looks great but doesn't need a lot of fuss and bother to get it looking good.

- Does your shape face suit the celebrity hairstyle? It may look absolutely fabulous on Jennifer Lopez but it may do nothing enhancing for you. Check these celebrity face shapes with suitable hairstyles.

Oval face: Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts have this shape face. You could wear you hair from short to long, which ever suits your life-style.

Round face: Kate Winslet and Drew Barrymore have round faces. A short hairstyle swept back from the face will give you more height and fullness.

Rectangular/oblong face: Gwyneth Paltrow and Kirstie Alley shaped faces look better with short or medium hair, with bangs to soften the face. Avoid long hair.

Square face: Demi Moore and Sandra Bullock are included in this set. Short and medium length hairstyles are best suited keeping away from long hair.

Heart face: Ashley Judd and Michelle Pfeiffer look good with chin length or long hair. Stay away from short hair.

Triangular face: Kathy Ireland shape-faces should be wearing hair either short or tied at the nape.

Diamond face: Linda Evangelista and Katherine Hepburn type faces can wear any length of hair and look fabulous.

- Is your hair type suited to the celebrity hairstyle that you'd like? Some styles are created by the use of a flat-iron to get the straight look. If you want a style that is dead straight and you have hair with a natural curl, this is going to take some time! On the other hand, if you want the romantic, long tresses of curls and your hair hasn't a single wave to it, you're going to need a salon semi-perm or daily curling. Try to find a celebrity hairstyle that fits your hair type for ease of maintenance.

Celebrity hairstyles are constantly changing. What was a fashion statement only a year ago has already been replaced by something new. To keep up with the fashion trends use the internet. There are many sites dedicated to the latest trends. Compare what they say, and then, using what you know about yourself, find a celebrity hairstyle that is fashionable and makes you look fantastic too.

SUMMARY If you want a fashionable style, look to the celebrities. However, make sure that the celebrity hairstyles you like suit your face shape and hair type.

Study Reports Skin Moisturizer Causes Cancerous Tumors!

A skin moisturizer caused an increased rate of cancer tumor formation according to a tumor biology study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology in August of 2008. The results came as no surprise to some people.

Experts from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and other public safety organizations have been trying to warn consumers for years about the dangers lurking in their medicine cabinets. Ingredients commonly found in moisturizers and other skincare products are known to cause cancer, cellular mutations, nerve damage, organ failure and birth defects.

Due to lax cosmetic industry regulations, companies are allowed to include all but a handful of highly toxic ingredients in their formulas. The ingredients are allowed because of an old mistaken belief.

Although some traditional healers have known better for thousands of years, relatively modern scientific theory held that cosmetic ingredients could not penetrate through the skin's outer layers.

Many major cosmetic companies still adhere to that theory. That's why the companies have been allowed to use toxic ingredients. Why not change the formula?

It's hard to say why companies steadfastly refuse to change their formulas. Money probably has a lot to do with it.

The retail price of a skin moisturizer is determined by several factors. The cost of the ingredients is one factor. The cost of advertising and marketing is another. If the product is sold by a retailer, rather than directly through the manufacturer, there is the cost of mark-up.

In order to change their formulas, many cosmetic companies would have to start over from square one. That means they would have to do the necessary testing, research and development. That would add more to their costs. Prices would go up. Customers might stop buying.

What are the most hazardous cosmetic ingredients? Researchers used more than one skin moisturizer in the 2008 study. They contained different ingredients. Some of the compounds that may have contributed to the tumor formation are parabens and sunscreens.

Petrolatum was present in all of the moisturizers. According to the EWG, the biggest petrolatum concern is the contamination risk. Petrolatum is a byproduct created when crude oil is converted to gasoline. During the manufacturing process, cancer-causing chemicals may contaminate the petrolatum. Although most companies use acceptable purification methods, there's just no way to be sure. A chemical assay is not required before distribution.

Parabens have been found in tumors before. Some sunscreens are known to penetrate through the skin's outer layers and cause cellular mutations that can lead to the formation of a cancer cell.

So, what kind of skin moisturizer is safe? There are lots of safe creams and lotions on the market. In order to be sure, you can evaluate the label of ingredients or look for a manufacturer that has signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetics.

Companies signing the Compact agree to adhere to the European Union's stricter cosmetic regulations. Their products do not contain ingredients that are known to cause cancer, cellular mutations, nerve damage, organ failure or birth defects. You can buy a skin moisturizer from those companies with confidence.

Valerie Rosenbaum is an expert on the subject of natural skin care. She prefers products that are loaded with natural nutrients that nourish the skin to health. The natural skin care products she uses and recommends reduce fine lines and wrinkles with Functional Keratin & Cynergy TK

Using Network Monitoring Program for Estimating Employees Effectiveness

A decent organization's supervisor ought to be constantly mindful of what number of assets his organization utilizes, what number of assets is spent, what are the present costs on power, communication, and different assets. In the last 10 or 15 years, one more vital cost thing was included: an advanced organization's task is incomprehensible without an association with the Internet. To know the amount you need to pay for it, right off the bat you have to know, how much movement is used on your system if your Internet association isn't boundless.

Indeed, if the association is furnished with the boundless activity bundle, the data transmission checking is as yet indispensable. For example, the data transfer capacity can be lower than as far as possible, and there is a considerable measure of purposes behind that: workers can utilize movement for individual projects and download movies or music from the Internet, arrange interfaces can go down, etc. Every one of these issues prompts your organization working non-successfully, losing your benefits and expanding costs.

Utilizing the SNMP protocol (Simple Network Management Protocol)

This technique does not require the establishment of any extra projects on remote PCs. What's more, this is the principle favourable position of this strategy. The transmission capacity observing project is to be introduced on the framework chairman's PC as it were. The main thing he needs to do is to set up the SNMP protocol appropriately which does not as a rule take a considerable measure of time. The SNMP protocol enables you to tally the neighbourhood system or Internet activity volume not just on PCs with Windows or Linux OS, however on switches, switches, arrange printers and other system gadgets also. 

Utilizing no less than a few of these transfer speed observing techniques in complex, permits getting the full photo of an association's task. The activity observing through a few protocols in the meantime and building realistic diagrams in light of the gathered information help recognizing blameworthy representatives who utilize the organization recourses for individual undertakings, and discover what they do: watch video on the web, utilize errand people, hold tight interpersonal organizations, see photographs, and so forth. In the event that it isn't conceivable to utilize the SNMP Tool Test or WMI for reasons unknown, the transmission capacity checking can performed over some remote specialists, who are normally included into the transfer speed observing system's bundle and must introduced on remote PCs for the activity information gathering. The specialist is normally discharged as an administration; hence it isn't noticeable to clients.

Also, the data transmission and movement screen encourages the director to know about current associations costs and make adjust decisions about the effectiveness of the organization's workers task.

The best ways to support your customers through managed IT services

Most people tired of searching ways to please their customers have managed to overlook one critical aspect that always works, pleasing your customers. They must always keep in mind that the old ways are the best. Even if your business is not related to customer services you must at least act like serving them is your major priority. Now there are various ways in achieving the above stated objective yet if you follow the interviews of experts of IT support in New York you will come to know about the most poignant aspects. Fortunately, we have compiled them for you.

1. Enhanced accessibility: Accessibility is the absolute key when it comes to customer satisfaction in the world of IT support for New Jersey businesses. When handling large clients, small companies often get self-aware of their size and this hinders their advance immensely. But one thing small businesses can offer is their flexibility and agility which in turn sums up their accessibility. Companies providing IT support in New York needs to be accessible throughout the clock. Reaction time needs to be minimum hence ensuring the quickest of turnarounds in emergency requirements.

2. Be aware of the Customer’s mood: When your objective is to please your customer, it goes without saying that minding their mood is of utmost importance. There is a famous tactic used widely in IT support for New Jersey businesses, “The tastiest thing you can serve is the service itself”. Your customers won’t be impressed with what you are offering until they see that you really care. And you can only care enough meaningfully when you have an estimate of the customer’s mood and their requirements. You have to understand what your customer is feeling and why in order to assess their apparent state of mind.

3. Ensure that you have an equipped staff: The staff you own will ensure that the customers are not only satisfied by your attitude but also the service you provide. Remember at the end of the day all that matters is the service. Therefore, you must ensure that the staff you hire are well equipped and efficient enough to offer genuine services to the customers. Firstly, you must hire a skilled manager who will stick around in tricky situations. Additionally, the peripheral staff must be skilful enough to provide services that your customers will feel genuinely happy about.

4. Know your competitors: One of the biggest mistake a company providing IT support in New York can make is being unaware of the competition. Always know your customer’s preferences and learn about their competitors. It will not earn you brownie points if you use a rival company’s services to provide something to your customer. Instead you will be looked upon badly by them.

5. Always welcome innovation: One thing that sets apart the good and best companies in IT support for New Jersey businesses is the hunger for innovation. One tried and tested ways will let you survive in the initial phases but in the long run you have to be innovative in order to be successful. It is the only way you can outsmart your competition and please your customer through your innovation. Otherwise you will be one of those companies which used to provide services to giant companies, not anymore.

Environmental Consulting - How it can help Your Business

Environmental counseling is a sort of consistence counseling that is used by a wide range of associations to guarantee that every single ecological control are being met. These counseling organizations spend significant time in a wide range of ecological administrations; frequently represent considerable authority in a particular industry. These businesses are normally the Oil and Gas industry, Coal mines, Coal bed Methane, and Uranium ventures. There are additionally some ecological counseling organizations that give development administrations to different peril evaluations as well as waste administration alongside powder stream bowl environmental counseling, soil vegetation wetland reviews, recovery and benchmark observing. 

A wide range of customers utilize an environmental consultant keeping in mind the end goal to stay away from squander that originates from inappropriate environmental land utilize. An expert ecological specialist can help guarantee that organizations get the most extreme use out of a set measure of property. This will enable chop to down on organizations over creating land for minerals when it can stayed away from. Ecological counseling can likewise help with the arranging phases of an undertaking to ensure that your organization gets off to a environmentally solid begin. Experts can likewise enable your organization to get the correct allows once the arranging stage has been finished. 

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Partners and business partners may have the best recommendations on which San Diego ecological counseling firm to run with. They've had involvement, and ideally they've gained from their mix-ups. Get some information about their encounters to get a strong thought of the nature of administration that is offered by each organization. 

Building Information Modelling involves the development of an expanding on the PC before building it in the physical world. This virtual model is worked in three measurements and can be moved and turned as though it were a genuine question. 

BIM Service - decreased as BIM administrations are critical for making precise and perfect building structures. BIM - administrations are smarter to utilize, in light of the fact that they give exact data about geometrical information of building, inner connections - conditions of building parts, building's land data and so on.

Building Information Modelling is the creation and utilization of composed data for outline, generation of top notch development reports, foreseeing execution, cost estimation and development arranging. BIM is a model based innovation connected with a database of undertaking data to empower faultless correspondence between all partners related with the development procedure. 

BIM is a building outline approach portrayed by the creation and utilization of composed, inside predictable calculable data about a building venture in plan and development. BIM makes a solid computerized portrayal of the building accessible for outline basic leadership, fantastic development record creation, development arranging, execution forecasts and cost gauges.