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Maternity Store Business Idea
If your town is having its own baby boom, you might be interested in learning how to start a maternity store. In addition to offering fashions for the soon-to-be-mom, your store should offer pregnancy books, early childhood development information, and other products that new mommies will be interested in.
Remember that the typical pregnant woman will need at least two sets of maternity clothes as their baby bump goes from tiny to full-term.
By providing attractive clothing items, expert advice, and other interesting items, customers will return to your store as their baby develops and they outgrow their earlier purchases.
How To Start A Maternity Store – Getting Started
As you decide how to start a maternity store, research your area for the neighborhoods with the highest birth rates. While you should stay within a normal shopping district area, you will want a location that's convenient to these neighborhoods that also has plenty of parking.
Make sure that the pregnant women will not have to walk for long distances. While they may be glad to get extra exercise during nice weather, a long walk in conditions that are either too hot or too cold may keep them from visiting your store. Your new storefront should have plenty of room for wide aisles between display racks and spacious dressing rooms.
Although you will not need any special training when you learn how to start a maternity store, it will be critical that you understand the needs of pregnant women and that you have experience managing a retail store.
Your profit margin will be fairly low in many cases, so you will need to control your expenses including the cost of products and waste. The maternity industry is constantly coming out with new products, and maternity clothing is becoming more fashionable with each season.
To keep track of the current trends, read the latest publications dedicated to pregnancy and motherhood.
Keys To Success
To operate a successful maternity store, keep the needs of your customers in mind at all times. Many pregnant women will bring their small children with them when they shop.
If you provide a play area to keep them busy, mommy will have more time to shop and will be more likely to make a purchase. This convenient service will also keep her coming back, and provide an extra reason to recommend you to her friends.
A consignment area might also be a good way to become successful. Many pregnant women are on tight budgets and don't want to spend more than they need to on maternity clothing that they will only wear for a few months.
They will not only be interested in purchasing gently-used clothing, but they will also be more likely to splurge on a new designer outfit if they have an opportunity to recover some of the cost later.
Marketing And Growing Your Business
After you have learned how to start a maternity store, advertise your new business to attract customers. In addition to creating your own website, create a Facebook page and join Twitter.
Promote your new store by offering special deals and announcing new arrivals to faithful social network participants. Don't forget about the power of print advertisement as well.
Include discount coupons and frequent shopper cards in direct mailers and in pamphlets that you can leave at local daycare centers and doctor's offices. Make sure to mention the great new play area that you've included for the kids that tag along with mom.
At some point in time, you will probably think about expanding your operation. You could always open a few new stores or design your own line of maternity clothing.
Another idea would be to open a whole new store that caters to newborn clothing and stylish fashions for young, hip mommies. If your play area is a hit, you could even work as a consultant for other stores who would like to take advantage of your ideas.

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Beyer Chair in Applied Mathematics
Applications are invited for a new Beyer Professor
Fritz Ursell, Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics 1961-1990
Applications are invited for a new Beyer Professor in Applied Mathematics. The Beyer Chair was founded in 1881 and since then has been held by internationally pre-eminent figures in applied mathematics including Sir Horace Lamb FRS, Douglas Hartree FRS, Sir James Lighthill FRS, Fritz Ursell FRS, Philip Hall and, most recently, David Abrahams (who is the newly appointed Director of the Isaac Newton Institute, University of Cambridge). The new Beyer Professor will play a leading role in the life of the School, including research, teaching and service/leadership.


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And today's awesome and totally-appropriate-for-me question is:
...and several more.
YES! I know so many people that think I'm weird for rereading so many books. These aren't all current, but ones I've read a zillion times include:
The Little Princess
Scarlet Pimpernel
Harry Potter
Peter Pan
The Outsiders
Lord of the Rings
Les Mis (or, it will be - I only finished it a couple months ago, though, so I haven't yet)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (SO good!)
Life of Pi
...and a ton more, but I don't remember them yet and this comment is getting long :)
Harry Potter really is the perfect sick-day read. It's like comfort food for the mind (and soul).
Believe it or not, I have NEVER read Little Women. I have a lovely vintage edition of the book that I adore, but have never gotten around to it. Maybe this year will be the year? Should I wait until the Christmas season or do you think I'll enjoy it whenever?
Haha so many bloggers on today's link up have said Harry Potter - there's something just so magical about it that transports you somewhere where you aren't sick. (Or if you are, you get to eat chocolate frogs all day until you feel better... I want to go to there.)ReplyDelete
I've always liked the idea of reading a certain book each year around the same time. I have yet to actually do it though :)ReplyDelete
I love that the book chat is mentioning a lot of Harry Potter. I like your description of comfort food. I'm going to steal that!ReplyDelete
I really liked the way you described a great book being about everything in between and not just an ending. I think it's something we all know subconsciously but don't really realize.ReplyDelete
Great points! I call my favorite books my friends too. LOLReplyDelete
I reread parts of Les Mis sometimes, and of course Harry Potter, but that's about it. I'm not a big re-reader, re-watcher, re-anythinger, but I think it's great how you think of books as friends you want to visit! Now I feel bad about all the books I've read and promptly donated to the library....ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for your comment! I really love reading them and look forward to hearing what you have to say!


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Diwali & Annakuta Festival Appeal
The wonderful period of Diwali & New Year is fast approaching, giving all of us an opportunity to experience the festive spirit - sharing, giving and serving others. Simple & genuine acts of service help us to appreciate God's kindness upon us and our good fortune.
Dear friends, preparations for the upcoming Diwali / Govardhan Puja festivals are happening now & we humbly request your help. Many devotees like yourself are happy to have an opportunity to offer plates of sweets and savouries for Lord Krishna's annakuta. Thalis of sweets & savouries are often offered to commemorate the passing away of our loved ones and to celebrate special occasions like anniversaries and birthdays.
Please take this opportunity for 'Seva' - whether you can sponsor 1 or 2 thalis or more, be sure to indicate in whose name they are to be offered. We shall send some annakuta maha prasad to your home and the rest will be distributed to all the pilgrims.
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Scroll down to find out more about the bursary recipients due to start their journalism courses in the September 2015 – August 2016 academic year.
Cohort One
Ellie Caddick
Ellie, 22, graduated last year from Swansea University where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
Since graduating she has worked in public relations and marketing in order to fund her move to study in Manchester.
She was born and raised in Cardiff and has always loved sport. Ellie was able to pursue her love at her university's newspaper as a sports reporter writing on rugby union, rugby league and football.
Ellie has worked at the South Wales Evening Post and has written Six Nations analysis for The London Economic.
In September, Ellie will be starting a full-time sports journalism multimedia diploma with Sportsbeat/News Associates in Manchester.
Ellie hopes to explore many areas of journalism and she is excited to start her course at the same time as England hosts the Rugby World Cup.
Emily Collis
Emily is a recent graduate of the University of Sussex where she achieved a first class honours degree in History.
Her interests include fashion, writing and art.
Her passion for writing drove her to study for a degree in History, where her interest in journalism grew during various internships including one with Fabulous magazine at The Sun newspaper.
Over the last few years, Emily has written on a freelance basis for several online publications and companies requiring web content.
Emily started her NCTJ fast-track course in September with Brighton Journalist Works.
Stephanie Finnegan
Stephanie, 22, graduated from Ulster University in 2014 with a 2:1 in a Journalism with Photo Imaging degree.
She has always had a passion for written and visual communication, writing her own stories and also illustrating them herself as a child, but it was while studying for her GCSEs that she realised she could use these skills to tell stories that really mattered to society.
Stephanie has worked as a freelance journalist at the North Belfast News, where she was bylined for both front page stories in her second week. She has had placements at UTV, ni4kids and podcast website Podium.me, from which her interview clips were chosen to be included in an episode of BBC Radio 1's The Surgery. Her experience also includes writing for her university magazine, Ufouria, and AU Magazine's website. In her spare time, Stephanie blogs about culture and arts news in Northern Ireland.
Stephanie would like to specialise in crime or culture and hopes to one day become an editor.
In September, Stephanie will start the full-time Journalism master's degree at University of Sunderland. She is looking forward to the difference that an NCTJ qualification combined with further experience will make to her career.
Rachael Grealish
Rachael is from a small town in Cumbria and has a 2:1 in drama performance and theatre arts from Staffordshire University but for years now she has found a passion for journalism.
Since 2014 she has dedicated her time to a local newspaper in Cumbria where she has not only seen it through its transition from black and white to colour and established an online and social media presence for the paper, but she has also spent nearly a year at the reigns as its editor in addition to experience at various other regional newspapers and online magazines.
Rachael not only found her feet as a journalist through her local newspaper, but she is also a passionate beauty, fashion and lifestyle blogger with a successful online presence. As well as a love of journalism, Rachael still maintains her love of theatre. An avid theatre goer, she has assisted the development of the theatre performances at her younger sibling's primary school.
Rachael is driven, enthusiastic, tenacious and always on the hunt for a brilliant news story or feature.
Rachael will be completing her NCTJ at the Brighton Journalist Works commencing September 2015.
Kal Sajad
Kal graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University with a 1st Class Honours in Media and Cultural Studies in 2009.
Whilst undertaking his degree, Kal gained work experience with talkSPORT radio station in London and then a placement at BBC Radio Kent as a broadcast assistant. Whilst still at university, he was offered a casual contract by the BBC and continued to report as a freelancer for two years.
Due to personal circumstances his career deviated away from journalism and Kal has forged a career in the online communications sector, currently working for the educational charity Teach First. However, he has kept alive his passion for journalism through volunteering at Shoreditch FM, a community radio station in East London, as a pundit on the Liquorice Allsports weekly show and podcast. Kal is hugely passionate about sports including boxing, cricket and football. He currently writes boxing articles for VAVEL Sports Magazine, an online international sport publication.
Kal will be leaving his job at Teach First in September and studying for an MA in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Salford. Excited that the campus is based in Media City, he is looking forward to working towards a career in sport journalism.
Axel Trendell
Axel Trendell has just finished a two year BTEC Level 3 in Journalism course at Harlow College. Prior to his studies, he embarked on a career as a footballer, having been accepted into a football academy.
During his studies, he undertook a variety of journalism based work experience writing match reports for his local football club and managing their website as head of the club's press team.
Axel has also been the host of a local radio show, focussing on sport and is currently seeking relevant newspaper-based work experience. He hopes to pursue a career in sports journalism with his dream to be a sports commentator for foreign football.
Axel is awaiting the beginning of his NCTJ course in September at the Harlow campus of Anglia Ruskin University. Coming from a low income family and the first to go on to higher education, Axel hasn't been able to pursue a sporting career through various injuries, so concentrating on the creative side of sports journalism has enabled him to carry on being close to sport.
David Wilkins
David Wilkins is a hard working, cheerful and reliable journalism graduate studying for an NCTJ fast track course at Brighton Journalist Works.
David is totally blind with no light perception at all and is partially deaf with hearing aids in both ears. He applied for the Journalism Diversity Fund to assist in taking his course. The fund provided him enough money to cover his course and living expenses, something he is grateful for.
David has worked as a journalist in Cape Town, South Africa for The Big Issue Magazine's South African branch and for the BBC in both Guernsey and Lincoln.
He has a 2:1 BA Honours degree in Journalism and News Media combined with Creative Writing and a passion for news, politics and national and international affairs. His dream job is to be a foreign correspondent in South Africa, or Jerusalem.
Cohort Two
Hannah Anstee
She completed internships at News Associates and then YOGA Magazine where she is now a freelance writer. She has recently written travel features on Ibiza and the Caribbean.
Hannah is now the Beauty Editor for YOGA Magazine and is responsible for creating content with a focus on natural and green products.
Hannah writes about yoga, wellbeing and travel but also enjoys writing about current affairs and women's issues.
Her dream job would be working as a staff writer at VICE magazine. She starts the Magazine Journalism MA at The University Of Central Lancashire in September.
Clinton Forde
Fuelled by his everlasting desire to work within the journalism field, Clinton volunteered his time and efforts to gain vital broadcast journalism experience working for the likes of London based radio stations BANG Radio, Hayes FM and Rinse FM honing his craft and passion for music and sports in the process.
Inspired by the story of former journalist, and fellow Hayes representative, Greg Dyke, Clinton vows to bring Sports Development articles to the forefront of mainstream media through his passion-led enthusiasm for grassroots sports related issues.
Having worked within his local community for the past 10 years covering various social and economic stories through national media, he now feels the time is right to expand his expertise and gain employment as a full-time sports journalist. Clinton has secured a Master's Degree placement at the University of Sunderland in 2015/16 and hopes to follow in the footsteps of talented black sports reporters, like Ore Oduba, and in turn address the under representation of black men in sports journalism.
Gemma Louise Stevenson
Over the past 18 months, after being diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and becoming a wheelchair user, she has immersed herself fully into the world of journalism. She has appeared a number of times as a guest debater on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and currently works as a roving sports reporter for Radio Peterborough as well as developing the blog Wheely Sporty Girl, where she reports on her sporting adventures in the hope that it will encourage more disabled people to get involved in sport.
After graduating from her MA in Sports Journalism at St Mary's University, Twickenham, Gemma wishes to pursue a career as a sports journalist and broadcaster focusing on disability sport from grassroots to professional level, raising its profile so it can share the media spotlight equally with other sports such as football, rugby, tennis and cricket.
Alex Howell
He has always had an interest in sports and played football from a very young age as well as having an interest in media, particularly broadcast journalism and presenting. Alex pursued this interest applying for a role as a TV presenter/broadcast journalist at Crystal Palace football club making it to the final three candidates from the best part of 100.
Alex gained work experience at The Argus newspaper in Brighton, writing on life in Redhill and Reigate, to increase his chances of securing a role as a broadcast journalist in the future.
His dream job would be to be a broadcast journalist or TV presenter, specialising in sport, particularly football.
Alex will be studying at the Brighton Journalist Works commencing September 2015.
Eve Langford
After six years working in television and communications, she felt like she was ready to pursue her long cherished ambition to become a sports journalist.
Eve has been passionate about sport since her childhood, with a particular interest in athletics and rugby. She has competed in a range of sports, from triathlon to ballroom dancing. With her wide ranging interest in and enthusiasm for off-beat sports, she feels she can help to raise the profile of lesser known sports.
In recent years Eve has developed her writing style whilst volunteering for the British Athletics Supporters Club as feature writer and sub editor for their magazine Backtrack. She has contributed articles to Athletics Weekly and is currently writing for the website TheSportReview before starting her course in September.
Eve is also developing an interest in online content, both through her position as the Twitter correspondent for the British Athletics Supporters Club and her work in video production and script writing.
Nine out of ten sports journalists are men, so Eve is looking forward to entering the field with a fresh perspective and hopes to inspire other women to follow in her footsteps.
Dominic Thomas
Studying English Language and Literature at the St Hilda's College, Oxford, he was supported by a bursary founded by the Reuben's Foundation and graduated this year with a 2:1.
Dominic has so far gained experience at his local newspapers, the Llanelli Star and South Wales Evening Post covering news and sport, and also at the Daily Mail whilst at Oxford.
Dominic's dream job would be to cover rugby abroad, either in New Zealand, or in an emerging rugby nation like Italy, to help be involved in the promotion of the sport as it grows, and to experience different cultures. He also aims to be involved in covering global sporting events like the Olympic Games and rugby and football World Cups.
He is now looking forward to studying for a Fast-track Multimedia Journalism Diploma at Manchester News Associates and is excited about learning to work with different media platforms.
Cohort Three
Tom Eden
After his time at university, he worked in various roles in Welsh politics, including throughout the May's General Election campaign, alongside writing for several newspapers in the South Wales valleys.
He has just begun the Press Association's 17-week multimedia journalism course, where he is looking forward to developing his writing skills, as well as getting to grips with shorthand.
Thomas Hewitt
In the past, Thomas has successfully published written articles for a variety of online and newspaper publications, including the Nottingham Post and Nottingham Local News. In addition, Thomas has also completed assignments for a number of exclusive organisations, including well-renowned footballing team Notts County Football Club.
Thomas has achieved high levels of success, comprising of winning a writing competition for footballing news website, Fanbookz, and is looking to continue building and maintaining positive working relationships within the industry.
After recently graduating with a 2:1 Bachelor Honours Degree in Digital Media Design, Thomas is now set to commence on a full time one year Master's degree in Newspaper Journalism at Nottingham Trent University, which concludes in July 2016.
Charlotte Ryan
Originally from Scotland, Charlotte is interested in local issues as well as international affairs. She hopes to become a foreign correspondent one day, inspired by the fantastic work done by local and international journalists while she was living in Colombia.
Shruti Sheth
She went on to work on her college newspaper and present a daily news segment on her University radio station, Demon FM. Reading and writing are both passions of hers and she undertook various placements at BBC Radio Leicester following graduation. She has recently written a piece on women in editorial positions in newsrooms for Press Gazette and worked with BBC Radio Leicester to create a documentary around Asian weddings and how they help to push Leicester's economy forward. She also has her own blog where she writes about issues which affect her in day-to-day life.
Shruti was raised in India, Dubai and Leicester and can converse fluently in Hindi and Gujarati. She is passionate about women's issues and bullying in particular, and is looking forward to helping make a difference and make voices heard using the power of the written word.
She has started an NCTJ-accredited fast-track course in Newspaper Journalism at Lambeth College from September 2015.
Joseph Smith
Raised in Glastonbury, Joe had his first taste of journalism at age 16 on a work experience placement with the Central Somerset Gazette.
Since graduating he has made his living as a freelance journalist, screenwriter and copywriter alongside stints as an English teacher and a chef. He has written for local and regional publications as well as being published in the Telegraph Online. Joe also volunteers for The Bristol Cable, a community media co-op where he covers local politics and green issues. He is passionate about social justice, travel, foreign affairs and good food.
Working for The Bristol Cable fired Joe's love of investigative journalism, now his chosen field. He is looking forward to starting his Newspaper Journalism course at Cardiff University this September.
Cohort Four
Beth Baldwin
Originally from Newcastle, Beth has a keen interest in local politics and issues which represent her region. She like to write about issues affecting young people, women's rights and current affairs. However, after nearly two years in Hong Kong she has developed a fascination with China and aims to become a foreign correspondent there in the future.
Dayo Laniyan
From a young age, he realised one of his best talents was writing and communicating to others, who have always taken note on how engaging his words have been both written and spoken. Therefore, he has chosen to use this skill to bring his views and contributions to the world at large.
Cutting his teeth on the university newspaper The Demon, he became the Opinion Editor for the online branch of the student publication for a year. From there, he has gained experience in several news publications such as The Tablet, Moonproject, London 360 and NaijalivingUK, where he represented the magazine in press events and interviews. Even in at his retail job at Cineworld he was recognised, using his access to free films to write film reviews for his branch.
Dayo would like to specialise in Entertainment or even History, and writing for a magazine such as Total Film or Empire would be a dream come true to him.
Dayo will be starting an NCTJ fast-track course in January at Lambeth College, believing that the qualification will give his career the kick-start it needs.
Mantej Mann
Mantej' passion for sport stems from his participation at school, he played rugby union at county level for Warwickshire, played on his district's cricket team and is still involved as a footballer with GGNP FC (an amateur football team affiliated with a Sikh temple in Coventry). Mantej aims to raise the profile of Asians in football through my work.
While a student at Cardiff he wrote sports articles for the university newspaper, Gair Rhydd, including a piece for the build up to the Welsh Varsity. Mantej also has professional experience from spending time at the Coventry Telegraph and Liverpool Echo with some of his work being published online and in print for both newspapers.
Abiola Olanipekun
Recently Abiola gained an extensive interest in welfare, with particular focus on issues such as internships, housing and mental health.
After obtaining a BA in Creative Writing at Roehampton University in 2009, then graduating in 2010, Abiola has worked in a variety of roles and sectors. She also used to routinely write for the Social Sciences blog at the British Library and press summaries about relevant selected stories (plus tweeting relevant news) at NHS Confederation. Abiola has also had a hand at copywriting during her internship at BBH in 2011 and magazine work for a youth charity in 2010.
Abiola hopes to write welfare or contemporary issue based articles as an in-house journalist who enjoys blogging too, she'd also like to revisit copywriting as well.
In February, Abiola will start her NCTJ Multimedia Diploma at News Associates.
The 2015-16 bursaries are now closed, for more information on the application process, click here.


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The Lexington Center Corp. will repay the state nearly $2.2 million by the end of December as part of a complex deal to get state funding to expand the downtown convention center.
Bill Owen, president and CEO of Lexington Center Corp., said the $2.2 million will come from Lexington Center reserves, which are about $5 million.
During a Lexington Center board meeting Thursday morning, Owen said Lexington Center agreed to repay the money by Dec. 31 as a result of negotiations between Gov. Matt Bevin's administration and the General Assembly to get state funding and approval for the expansion. On Friday, after months of uncertainty, the legislature approved $60 million in state bond money and a companion bill that would allow the Lexington Urban County Council to raise its hotel and motel tax by 2.5 percentage points to pay for a $250 million expansion of the convention center.
Lexington Center manages Rupp Arena, the attached convention center and Lexington Opera House.
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That increase of 2.5 percentage points will pay debt service on both the $60 million in state funding and $171 million in bank funding secured by Lexington Center. In addition, Mayor Jim Gray has put $10 million in city bond money in his proposed budget for the project.
The repayment of the more than $2 million stems from a failed attempt to get state funding for a much larger $350 million expansion and renovation of both Rupp Arena and the convention center.
In 2013, then-Gov. Steve Beshear authorized $2,187,500 from coal-severance funds to help pay for initial design and planning costs for that $350 million expansion and redesign. That money was coupled with city money, Lexington Center and other funds for a combined total of nearly $5 million for architectural and planning costs.
Many legislators from coal-producing counties objected to the use of the coal money for a project in Lexington. Gray promised in March 2014 that the city would repay the coal-severance fund.
The legislature never approved state bond money for the $350 million plan during the 2014 session. That $350 million overhaul was placed on hold in June 2014. That same year, Beshear vetoed language that would require the city to repay the coal-severance fund.
The money was never repaid.
Gray's office did not have a comment about why the city didn't repay the coal-severance fund. The city has had surpluses for the past several years. Its projected surplus for the fiscal year that ends June 30 is more than $6 million, city officials have said.
After 2014, Lexington Center tweaked its plans and has pursued the renovations of Rupp Arena and the convention center separately. Rupp Arena is undergoing a $15 million technology upgrade, including a new scoreboard hung from the center of the arena and new wi-fi.
The $250 million expansion of the convention center will include a new 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall and additional meeting space.
Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said Friday, before the full Senate voted on the bill to increase the hotel and motel tax, that Lexington Center had agreed to sign over two acres of land as collateral for the $60 million in state money.
But a draft of the memorandum of agreement between the state and Lexington Center released at Thursday's board meeting makes no reference of a land swap.
Owen said the state already owns 1.7 acres of the current Rupp Arena and the convention center complex. The state Finance and Administration Cabinet, which manages state property, has owned that land since a 1995 expansion of Heritage Hall. Plus, the state already has a revenue source — one fifth of the 2.5 percentage-point increase in the hotel tax — to pay off its $60 million bond.
"There is a security and a path to repayment," Owen said of the dedication of the hotel tax to pay the $60 million bond.
The board formed a new committee Thursday for the convention center expansion. That new committee is likely to meet soon to begin securing $171 million in bank funding and hiring architects and contractors. Securing financing is expected to take several months.
"It's been on track, but it needs to be on the fast track," said Brent Rice, chairman of the board.
The Urban County Council also needs to approve the $10 million in city money, and the hotel and motel tax increase.
Councilman Bill Farmer Jr., a Lexington Center board member, said during Thursday's meeting that he expects that the hotel tax increase will be passed by the 15-member council.
"It likely won't be unanimous, but it will pass," Farmer said.
If the council gives final approval of the $10 million and the hotel tax increase, the group hopes that construction could start in spring 2017. The convention center would remain open during construction.
Beth Musgrave: 859-231-3205, @HLCityhall


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Assassins in the In-Box
Funny, the spam software didn't catch it. As a follower of Christ the subject line, "Your life has been bought" or something like that, caused me to pause. Perhaps it was an inspiration from a friend, a reminder of that great Love; I took a spare moment to look.
What a lovely bit of news: it was from an assassin, saying they had been hired to snuff me out but, for a price, of course, they just might be able to avert the hit!
Really busy that morning with no time for this nonsense, I almost tapped 'delete', then caught myself and stopped to think it through a bit.
It was obviously nothing to take serious, sent to me and a zillion other people. The added pictures of an AK-47, bullets and a broken window were probably stock clip-art.
But what if someone else took it seriously? Why was it something to chuckle about and delete, that someone entered my house via the in-box to threaten my life, when it would be something to call the police about if I'd received it by way of regular mail or if this crank came to my door saying this?
The more I mulled it, the more I knew I'd been chosen (by God, not this cracked pot) to receive this e-mail for a wider purpose. What if I had an opportunity to help others and I junked this thing out of impatience?
As usual, I was thinking too much but OK, in I dove. The day had taken an adventurous turn, and I was game, but where should one go from here?
The first call was to my local Sheriff's Department. They kept looping me to voice mails that looped me back to the receptionist. In frustration, I asked her what to do and after a few questions she finally asked, 'are you in the city limits?' and referred me to my city police.
It was a little disturbing to find when I called, they really didn't know what to, except the receptionist said they could send out an officer… I didn't need an officer; I just wanted someone in authority to know about it, maybe ask for the information so they could track the IP address from this nut, which should be simple for SOMEONE to do in the 21st Century!
Anyway, after enough of that I just listed them at firstname.lastname@example.com , wrote my assassin an e-mail back and here's what I said:
I have contacted the Police Department, our county Sheriff's Economic and Computer Crimes division and I've listed you on www.spam.gov so you're in the national database as a spammer and will be tracked.
As a follower of Christ I believe in his love for me and that he has paid for my life by coming here to take my place and pay for the ways I've rebelled against God throughout my lifetime. God gave me my life and Jesus paid for it, so he owns it. He, and only he, can take it, and he is welcome to do it any time, any way, any place, because it's his. You have no power to.
I am praying for you now. God knows where you are, and exactly what you are doing right this minute. He loves you, just as you are at this moment. He has better things for you to do with the life he gave you. Right now, you can close your eyes, ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for everything you've done that is wrong, and you can start a new life, one that makes you feel like a real human being, one that brings honor to God and those that love you, and one that gives you an eternal home once this life is over. It doesn't matter what you've done with your life up to this point, you can start fresh today. I hope you will take this moment to redirect the path your life is on.
We will all die someday. I know where I am going and with whom I will spend eternity. Do you? Write me again if I can be of service to you.
Then, I quit all the drama for a moment and just prayed for the person. There was a real someone behind this silliness, and God had used the Internet to have us intersect in this unique way. I really felt like this was a call, and I answered it; what fun to be part of this odd thing and God was in it, somehow.
Just for entertainment I copied the whole thing and sent it to some associates for a chuckle and a heads up in case they got it too. One of them got back to me with some very useful information:
Turns out the FBI does track these threatening e-mails and needs them to be reported so they can. While most people just delete these as obvious scams, it's important to report them because some people are terrified and financially hurt by them. http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx is the place to file a report. They do track the IP address of these people and prosecute.
IC3's mission is to give victims a convenient and easy way to report these incidents, and to refer complaints about cyber-crime to the proper law enforcement and regulatory agencies that have the jurisdiction for tracking them. It's important to keep the e-mail, receipts, whatever you have associated with the incident and report as much as you can about it.
I learned there had been similar scams that circulated targeting dentists; several of them had really taken the threat seriously, even making contact with the posing assassins to give the deposit required to ward off the hit. It had originated in Moscow!
All in all, another interesting morning here in beautiful Florida…
Show Queens of the South
Azaleas are the show queens of the South. Where the Carolinas and Tennessee may boast their versions of that rhododendron with abundant pride, Florida considers itself the Azalea capital of the world.
Azalea varieties abound profusely, from the petite Duc DeRohan to the spectacular Indica Formosa that grows to tree size. Azaleas come in countless colors and combinations including white, red, every variant of magenta or purple and Florida boasts them all with rightful vanity in a spring to summer display to beat all challengers.
The one thing they have in common is that they are acid loving plants that flourish in a rich, organic environment. The wrong soil will quickly spell an end to the life of the most hearty azalea, where the right acidic soil found under every spreading oak will cause azaleas to thrive even in the wild with no human intervention.
Are you in the right soil? Do you surround yourself with people who challenge you to be your best, confront you when you're off the path and encourage you when you're onto something good? Or are you allowing yourself to be drained by others with no end to the flow?
What's your environment like? Are you surrounded with negativity, by people who continually zero in on what's wrong or look for problems to steep themselves in?
Do you thrive on drama instead of admitting your contribution to the situation so you can grow up, change and move forward?
Do you get enough fresh air and sunshine, taking time to get outdoors to praise God for whatever beauty you find around you, and thank him for what you DO have instead of whining for more?
What do you focus your thoughts on? Are you enriched with the nutrients you find in the Word of God and input that uplifts and challenges you, or are you sluggish and isolated because you don't know what God wants for you or expects of you?
Maybe you need a soil check. Ask yourself those questions and examine where your head and heart have been lately. Next, admit to God and others where you've been off the mark, ask Christ to forgive you and get moving in a new direction. It's not as hard as it seems, but it takes humility to look honestly at our soil and make the changes we need to thrive and not wilt.
Frog in the Pool
It was as if he was going down for the last time. How long he had suffered I could not tell but from the looks of his movements he'd been long at it.
Padding out to the poolside each morning I almost always saw one. Somehow in the night they had fallen overboard by mistake or perhaps had been lured by the shimmering stars reflected from the crystal sky above.
But then they were there, first to swim with delight and abandon, to dive and float to their tiny heart's content, only to find that once they'd reached their fill, there was no way out.
The sheer face of the tiled wall leads to a bull-nosed precipice over which they could not jump, swim or crawl. And so they swam and they swam and they swam unto exhaustion, finally to sprawl ready to sink for the last time to the black depths below.
One avenue of escape arrived with the morning, a woman in flip-flops and moo-moo, possessing a coffee cup and kind heart.
His struggle tug at my compassion for things living and on instinct I ran for the pole and skimmer, hoping against hope that I would not be too late to save him from his watery prison.
Still, as my redeeming net approached from above, he suddenly took on new vigor, dashing with all his might to the bottom of the pool, using every millimeter of his instinct and strength to elude the only help that could free him!
Time after time I dipped in the net with which to scoop him from certain death and equal to my efforts to save, he eluded me.
How often we dance out this same scene with God. Drawn to the glitter or the gratification of a toy or a desire, we chase a phantom, one that only leads to our damage.
Yet we continue to try to elude God; we resist his net of safety. Because it means we must trade our will for his, we choose to keep our rebellion, even if our choice causes such misery.
When we finally give what we call 'freedom' up, give in and let go, oddly enough it turns out we don't lose anything we don't need to. We become freer than we were, on a new plane, our eyes open to the reality that the pond was the chain that pulled us down. The freedom to do it our way leads to death, the bow to obedience leads to life.
What's Your Spanish Moss?
Nothing gives so fine a touch to landscaping as edging. The whirring metal blade carves a distinct line, making every planter look crisp, every driveway or sidewalk appear clean and orderly.
But all Southern landscapers know that just one touch of that blade's tip on a piece of Spanish moss and instantaneously, the moss will be drawn in and wound tightly around the blade housing.
The smart landscaper knows this to be an inescapable reality and will humble her (or him) self to bend down and move the offending moss out of the way of the blade before the consequences come due.
But, over again, I would say to myself, "This time, it will be different. Just this once, I will be the victor; I will do it my way without the same outcome, without the same result…"
And every time, without exception, I would have to relearn the lesson. No matter how fast the blade turned, no matter how much I revved the motor to plow through the moss, the moss always won.
The moments I intended to save by refusing to bend down and collect the moss were lost, and the payment was minutes wasted picking out every tiny piece of moss wound tightly around the blade and housing, sometimes so tightly I had to stop everything and get a pair of needle-nose pliers to pick away at the tighter strands.
Why do we continually think we can get away with something we've already seen won't work; that somehow, even though we do the same dumb thing, this time it will be different, somehow WE are different and we won't pay the penalties?
God puts consequences in place so we'll do the smart thing, the right thing, the good thing, for us and those in our lives. Why do we choose to go back to that thing we know is wrong for us, hoping somehow this time it will be different? How many times do we have to do the same thing and get the same result until we choose to plug in a different move or humble ourselves and do it his way instead of ours?
What is that one thing you refuse to give in over and give up to God's sovereignty?
You Turn
What foolishness! With too much on my mind and without giving attention to what, in reality, I was doing, I turned left, thinking I needed to hit the bank before 4:00 p.m. But in heading left, I bypassed the post office and another quick stop I could have knocked out had I gone right and then to the bank. I wasn't really in the car at all but off someplace in my head, disconnected from what I was supposed to be focused on. Now I'd have to waste more time I was already pressed for. In my head I heard, "You can turn around any time."
What is repentance, but to turn around, do a you-turn? Many times the thought begins to creep over us that we're heading in a direction that's not in our best interest, or we get caught in the fallout of a poor decision or choice, yet we refuse to get it; too prideful to make the you-turn it takes to get back on the right road.
Did you take a left today when you meant to take a right? Did you head in a direction you were too proud to admit you shouldn't go? That's just the stuff the Christ came to move us through, to help us get off the pride train and make the U-turn we need to go in a direction God has laid out for our benefit. To continue on is folly but we often do, too arrogant to say we're wrong and humble ourselves to make the you-turn to real freedom and peace.
The Pruning of Me and the Crepe Myrtle
Crepe Myrtles are abundant in the South, their showy poms on display with great regularity from spring to fall in every shade of vibrant purple through delicate pink imaginable, even to lacy whites. Yet every winter, no matter how mild, these proud giants are brought to naught, stripped of their elegant beauty and barely a leaf remains, mere naked frames before the winter scene.
The prudent gardener knows, though, that before the first spring's tender leaf appears, major surgery must be performed. Across the Florida landscape, gardeners enact what appears to be a violent attack upon these vulnerable beauties, severely pruning them back to nearly half their size, down to meager sticks rising a few feet from the ground.
How could this process be anything but cruel? Doesn't the gardener know what these grand ladies have already endured, stripped and laid bare before the world in humiliation? Why chop down such meager remains when surely the leaves will return and all will be well once again?
Yet those who spare their Crepe Myrtles this mortification will find them spindly and weak throughout the coming year. Poms will return but thinner, less bountiful. It turns out the severe pruning promotes, and in fact ensures, new growth. And not only new growth but stronger branches, more abundant leaves, denser poms.
Within just a few weeks of this pruning holocaust these genteel lovelies sprout forth multiple branches and leafy decor almost overnight.
Often I think of myself as the Crepe Myrtle and our Father as the Master Gardener. How I detest his pruning, the agony of the cutting, the sorrow of the loss of the branches he cuts away. How often has he called me to give someone up, to lose something I cherished, and I begged him not to love me enough to do the work?
At the time, it's quite impossible to believe his surgery could ever be a good thing. Yet later, after the tears have fallen and I've laid down the fight, I look back to see he didn't take anything I didn't need to lose.
I learned something I needed to find out. I'm enriched with more understanding, compassion, wisdom than I had before the pruning began. I, like the Crepe Myrtle, am stronger and more beautiful for his blade, cutting away dead wood I didn't even know needed to be removed.
What's your dead wood; what's the part you're hanging onto? Are you allowing God to prune off the dead wood of your life or holding on to what you've got, willing to settle for the spindly life you have because it's what you're used to, when he's offering new growth and promise of a more vibrant life? Let something go today, something or someone you've be clinging to, and dare to believe God loves you enough to do something different, for which you'll be richer in a sense you hadn't even seen before.
Politics of the Left Lane
"WHY are you hanging out in the left lane?!", I queried my son while zooming down the interstate. "I'm not in anybody's way, I'm going the speed limit, what's the problem?"
For his age group, it's not a problem. But for mine, it's a big problem. In my 1975 Driver's Education class, Coach Eddie always stressed, "Slower traffic keeps right; get out of the left lane!". In fact from time to time you can still see those pesky signs on the highway, admonishing drivers "Slower Traffic Keep Right."
I don't think anyone even knows what that means anymore. Because for some reason, Driver's Education Class fell out of favor somewhere between the time I was a teen and my kids reached that epoch. In fact it's optional in some states now.
For my three teenagers, it was an extra class they could take if we wanted our insurance rates to be lowered, and we did, so they took it.
But in our daily conversations about what they'd learned in class, I was amazed to find that "Slower Traffic Keep Right" had been dropped from the "pertinent information" list. It just wasn't taught to them in class. So I did my job as parent and taught it to them myself.
Maybe this really has nothing to do with age, since people of every stripe seem to be hanging out in the left lane. Maybe it's the attitude of entitlement we have going on in America, that if I want it it's mine, and anyway I was here first so I own this lane, no matter what lane it is.
This doesn't seem like a big deal but people are dying over this little infraction and attitude. As I travel the interstate several times a week I'm astounded to watch a certain game play out.
There's the oblivious one, plodding along in the left lane, on or about the speed limit, but there are two others doing the same thing, abreast of them in the lanes to the right. A big SUV comes flying up on the rear of this scene and moves up on the one in the far left lane, expecting this turtle to get the message. But they don't, or they don't care.
Anger burns, tempers flare, and traffic begins to pile up. Eventually one of the three cloggers pulls back or forward just enough for everyone to begin rushing through the gap, swerving around the turtle in the far left lane, horns blaring, fingers raised.
Sometimes, just to teach them a little lesson, one of the more aggressive drivers will pull around and in front of the left lane turtle and slam on the brakes. And sometimes the turtle wakes up enough to move over, or to get angry and the game escalates.
Since record numbers of us here in the Great State of Florida have our Concealed Weapons Permit, weapons are sometimes brandished, threats are made, shots are fired and people are killed. It's insane how quickly this scene can advance from simple selfishness to someone dying.
I try to avoid all this drama by staying in the far right lane, at or slightly above the speed limit so as not to be in anyone's way. But since nobody seems to know the far left lane is the passing lane, I sometimes get tailgaters behind me as if I should move over! And sometimes, just for peace sake, I do, even when I feel like jamming on the brakes to teach THEM a little lesson!
What's the answer to this? Maybe we could leave home 5 minutes earlier so we're not in such a rush and so easily angered by people's behaviors. Maybe we can treat people will a little more grace, a little more civility and courtesy, even if they are an oblivious dope, or ignorant of the law. Maybe, and this is a provocative thought, we should all start paying a little more attention to DRIVING while driving.
And maybe we could spread the word, across this wonderful wide open country, along our tree-lined boulevards, among our jam-packed freeways, interstates, pikeways and highways, with our own kids, spouses, and friends: "Slower Traffic Keep Right"!!!
Where was God 9/11?
Listening to the band "Earthsuit" during my morning bicycling trip, the lyrics "Jesus riding on a white horse, hero calling from the sky, I see Jesus riding on a white horse, with spare room for you and I, to fly!" were interrupted as I wheeled into the garage, by the incessant ringing of the house telephone.
Yanking off my CD player headphones, I grabbed the telephone to hear my husband Lee shouting, "Turn on the TV, America's being attacked!
Now, as a citizen of the vast and unassailable United States of America, I couldn't bring myself to take that concept very seriously. I made no effort to rush indoors; instead I took my time removing my Keen hiking shoes, peeling off sweat drenched socks and refreshing my face in the sparkling waters of our backyard pool.
The telephone's irritating encore drew me back inside the garage, Lee calling again to say he was genuinely concerned. Since he was unable to get to a television himself would I pleeeeeease let him know what was going on?
Stepping inside, I turned on the TV in time to view the surreal image of a plane floating gently, slightly angled, slicing violently through the exploding glass of the second tower.
My first thought was for the safety of our children; and that our children needed to be home with us to experience whatever was to come. It was important to us as parents that if we were facing a national crisis, we were the ones to present it to our children, to be with them to hear their emotions, to share our thoughts and views on the events, and to take our concerns together to the God who knew what was going on, since we obviously didn't.
We had three children, one each in elementary, middle and high school at the time, so I raced from school to school, collecting each child, trying not to show on my face the anguish welling up inside.
Lee met us at home and we huddled around the TV to view the bizarre images, powerless to do anything but look on silently together. We knew the one thing we could do was to join together as a family to pray for God's intervention and mercy for everyone impacted by those cataclysmic moments.
Later, after everyone drifted off to beds and sleep, I was flooded with tears. I'd already felt over my limit trying to raise three kids in a culture where god is what you wear and how much you possess; praying for wisdom to say and do the right things in front of them so I didn't set the wrong examples with my own life.
How could I carry on with the image of those unsuspecting people dying so violently on a bright and beautiful September day and stave off the feeling that I was helpless to do anything that made any difference in a world like that?
How could I dare say to our children that God was in control, that he knew this thing was going to happen and he allowed it anyway, even had plans to use it for good?
The next day, a newspaper quoted an Afghan fellow saying the Afghan people would welcome America's retaliatory bombs because they had no hope anyway. They had no homes, no money and their children were starving, so death would be a welcome relief from their dreadful daily existence.
My reasons for living seemed a little precarious at that moment too, and as I read that
article, a solidarity with that man and his people began to take hold. I've seen the world differently since then.
Over the next few days I realized the sun was still radiantly beaming in the softly clouded sky, although oddly void of air traffic. The evening platinum tinged moon was waxing (or was it waning), the birds still sang their glorious melodies, and the leaves were beginning to fall from the trees in anticipation of winter. God, it seemed, was still in complete control of his universe, everything obeying the programming their Creator put in place before the beginning of time.
No matter how evil men might decide to act, God's mercy and love was there for
anyone who chose to call on him as those dreadful moments unfolded, just as it has been, and it will be, throughout history.
Stories of kindness, heroism and miracles spread; Americans came together as one nation, under God, indivisible by hate, for a while. Nothing in God's realm had changed, only I had a new perspective: that God uses unique circumstances to reveal himself and call us to a relationship with him, whether we enjoy and approve the technique he employs or not.
And I had a new compassion for a people half way across the globe, who like us wanted to love their family and live in peace as best they could with their fellow humans. For years many nations endured the terror we were just now experiencing on American soil, many as believers who called on Christ for God's direction and authority to carry them through and see beyond the moment to God's purpose in the event.
The world grew smaller that peculiar 11th day in September.
Is A Rose A Rose?
Who has beheld a rose, with any thought, that didn't marvel at its grandeur, its perfect symmetry, its delicate beauty and heady aroma. One such work of intricacy could only thrive on the finest of circumstances, one would assume. And so, I assumed.
My first rose bush was a tea rose, chosen for its delicate fragrance and vibrant color. Selecting a protected and shady location, I prepared the soil with extra care, enriching it with deep, dark, nutrient rich earth, in an area that was always moist and only received the gentlest of filtered morning sunshine.
To my dismay, the bush quickly grew weak and spindly. The more I watered and fertilized it, the more weak it became. The more I protected it, the more fragile it looked.
What I didn't know is that roses thrive in adversity. They prefer well draining, sandy soil with just a touch of organic enrichment. They excel with infrequent, deep soakings from week to week. They thrive in six to eight hours of full, scorching sun. And they do best with prudent fertilization limited mostly to spring and summer.
And so it is with us. How often do we cry out to God to protect us from this situation or that calamity, to take away our suffering and ease our woes so we may have a peaceful and happy existence. Yet what does ease produce in us? Rarely a thankful heart. Seldom a strong character. Never a person of compassion.
Adversity is where it's at. Adversity is where we come to the end of ourselves, we fall on our face, and we meet God there. How much more we cry out to God, how desperately we rely on him in suffering. And how much we grow. Like the rose. We develop and bloom new strength, and new beauty, in adversity. And we find God to be who he says he is, when we wait on him to work circumstances out.
Dare to take the road of adversity, dare to look for God in the hard circumstance of life. Ask him to show himself, and look for him in the pain. He's there, and he's up to something good. For your good.
I'm a follower of Christ, wife, mom, writer, photographer, boater, skier, pygmy goat farmer.
As a writer, I harken back to the ones of old who locked themselves away in some remote cabin in the woods to write in privacy, isolation and most of all anonymity. Fame and personal recognition would have appalled them, because they were all about the Word, the written word, and not the desire to be the center of attention, sometimes even writing under a pen name to ensure their privacy and solitude.
But then I realized that God has a lot to say to people and he might want to speak to them through me.
While I craved privacy, God instead called me to expose myself and what he has taught me as a human and as a mother through writing a book, just published, called "When They Go". It explores how excruciatingly painful it was for me to let my children leave home, and what issues played into, what should have been a commonplace event, becoming the end of life as I knew it.
So here I am. I believe in God. I think he's the Ultimate Scientist, the Ultimate Creator and is pretty amazing in his sense of humor. He's always up to something good, no matter how odd it looks or how painful it is. And the more painful it is, the more potential we have for learning something we need to know to be a more effective human being.
While I'll write with humor, with tongue in cheek, with all seriousness and sometimes with sarcasm, it's always through the lens of what I believe about God and the world around me, and the order I see he's given us, even in the chaos we create for ourselves and those around us.
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Let us first say it is not our intention to demean the product of another manufacturer. We point out certain major and minor differences for comparison purposes only. This will help the reader establish a set of values for products of dissimilar materials, features, designs, assembly quality and prices. Among the many great things about the USA is that we all have choices when it come to buying products and there should be room for all the merchants who wish to play in the game, all price and quality levels to fill the needs of various incomes and high end quality products that offer much better quality and performance. The market tells us the real economy models do little if anything to improve the rigidity of the chassis but as long as the buyer understands this before the purchase, it is perfectly alright, he's buying "price." Unfortunately, too often these purchases are made with the customer expecting good results which he may not receive. Naturally, we claim our Strong-Struts are "better" than the products of our competitors. We have yet to meet a manufacturer of products who claims his products are inferior to the others but we do have some solid reasons for making our claim.
In this case, we need to ask ourselves what "better" means and that takes us to the question of why we purchase a strut brace in the first place, what is its function and what is it supposed to do? The function of a strut brace is to reinforce and add rigidity to the chassis. There are many benefits to increased chassis rigidity and that is why manufacturers strive for rigidity, as far as production costs will allow, at the point of manufacturing. Rigidity imparts a "solid feeling" to the chassis that is perceived by the driver as "well made" and "high quality." Installation of a suitable strut brace when a vehicle is new or used vehicle helps to maintain the original structural integrity of the vehicle over time and miles. This translates to "still feels new" when the miles rack up. Automotive engineers agree that increasing chassis rigidity imparts quicker and more responsive steering as a result of reduced chassis flex. Almost every racing car has chassis braces added or built in as original equipment for the benefits this rigidity imparts. Adding a strut brace to your family SUV or sedan will not make it into a race car but most drivers can perceive and appreciate the added rigidity assuming that a good quality strut brace is selected for installation, but it will not necessarily make your car faster.
The only valid and scientific method of measuring the effectiveness of a
strut brace is to measure chassis rigidity before and after installation of a
given brand of strut brace. The equipment that accomplishes
this costs many millions of dollars and the car manufacturers are the only ones
who are able to afford this equipment. Testing of chassis rigidity and methods
to improve it are routine exercises at their R&D sites. Chassis rigidity is
measured in units of Hertz in the USA and Newton Meters in Europe, these are
highly scientific calculations.
So, this begs the question, if you need expensive equipment to measure chassis rigidity, how can we claim our Strong-Strut brand is superior? From a purely scientific standpoint, we don't make such a claim.. However, some of it is simply common sense as so many things in this world are, and some of it are basic engineering principles. For example, if the strut brace is not rigid itself, as in "pivoting joints", how can it add to the rigidity of the chassis ? A strut brace is subjected to various stresses placed upon it and since its purpose is to reinforce structural members of the vehicle it is added to, heft, girth, material, design and quality of execution all come into play. In addition, for strictly cosmetic purposes, it is an added benefit if it is well finished and attractive although this has no bearing on function. Have you ever seen an industrial crane made of Pot metal ? Of course not, and we don't have to be engineers to figure that out. The same common sense applies to many products including strut braces. The materials, design and build quality must combine to resist the forces applied against it, just like the industrial crane.
The majority of strut braces we are aware of, even many leading brands, have major flaws of one kind or another that fail to fill the basic characteristics of a product that is designed to reinforce a vehicle chassis. Here is a list of items not recommended for an effective strut brace: Any component that is not absolutely rigid, detracts in some measure from the intended function of the strut brace. Some brands of strut braces include almost every one of these undesirable features. Some high end brands contain two or more of these flaws.
1) thin shock tower plates of soft, stamped
materials (allows flex and movement)
2) thin hollow tubes that make up the cross bar (lacks the strength required to do the job)
3) multiple bends and angles of the cross bar (each bend or angle imparts a weakness and point of flex to the brace)
4) pivot points where the cross bar attaches to the shock tower rings. (this is 10 year old technology and negates any improvement the strut brace may otherwise have) As the chassis twists and flexes from side to side, the pivot points simply allow the strut brace to "float" with the movement rather that stop it.
5) small diameter hardware, a structure is only as strong as its weakest component. You could have a cross bar of solid 2 inch thick steel but if it attaches to the rings with a 1/4 inch bolt, its only as strong as the quarter inch bolt.
6) lack of reasonable heft and girth (assuming reasonably priced materials, not "super alloys)
7) both cosmetic and functional, some strut braces look like they were manufactured from old lawn chairs and provide little if any rigidity. We refer to these as "feel good" accessories. They do nothing, but the owner feels good about his new accessory. These are usually the economy models, and, others that sell anywhere from $150 to $250. Any improvement in actual rigidity realized from these economy models is a result of the owners imagination and expectation.
8) And finally, appearance, if that is important to any individual buyer and we find in most cases it is. Without exception, the economy models all appear cheaply made because they are. The moderately priced brands $250 to $350, appear more substantial to the casual observer and in some cases they are better. The quality brands running anywhere from $350 to $1600 are obvious showpieces of quality, function, design and execution. Yes, there is a $1695 strut brace for the BMW M5, an AC Schnitzer model. No, it's not made of solid gold, its 6061 T6 alloy just like the Strong-Strut, here is a picture of it.
AC Schnitzer strut brace for BMW M5
Remember, if the product contains a lot of items on the "not recommended" list it will probably fail in its basic purpose, or perform only marginally, the customer may have purchased nothing more than a "feel good" ornament. At Strong-Strut, we could easily turn out an economy model at the same price or less than our competitors. However, our mission at Strong-Strut is Quality and performance. These attributes come at a higher price.
With regard to chrome plating, any buyer should be aware there are different quality levels of chrome plating. The cheapest is called, "flash and go" and the name aptly describes the process. After cleaning, it gets one quick dip and its finished. Any chrome plating job on a strut brace that costs less than $200 is definitely nothing more than a quick dipping process. Cheap plating will fog over time, pit and peel, especially if it spends any time around salt air. We could get $200 plating jobs on the Strong-Strut and reduce the price of that option by $100 but we would be deceiving our customers and eventually would be getting many complaints and a bad reputation. Dealings like that are not part of our mission. If you read the customer testimonials on our web page, you will see many references on how we conduct our business, the level of our customer service, and our unconditional lifetime guarantee. You don't get into good plating until you reach the $250 range and up. Our "restoration grade, or "show quality" at $300 is the best available. Restoration grade is what you would specify if you were restoring a classic, vintage automobile, the very best available, a triple plating operation following extensive machine buffing with several grit compounds.
Our point is, things are not necessarily what they seem to be on the surface and we're passing along some inside information here that you won't get from other manufacturers. You may be planning to spend your hard earned money for an accessory and you want to avoid making what might prove to be a mistake at some future time. There is hardly any product that someone can't make a little cheaper and sell for less, these usually fail to be bargains in the long run.
An interesting and true
story >>>>>>>> following the investigation after the sinking of the
Titanic, it was discovered the quality of the steel used in the hull was
defective and the thousands of rivets were also substandard. If these materials
had been up to standards, the ship would have withstood the glancing impact and
would not have sank. A prime example why the use of quality materials in
manufacturing is important.
Below: triple chrome plated Strong-Strut on the owner's 07 BMW ///M Roadster. Pictures of the two powder finishes are available here from our home page


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Well, what a night. Saturday at Target Center the Wolves didn't trail until the fourth quarter. But, after leading by double figures in both the second and third quarters, they fell to an injury-riddled Phoenix team that ended a five-game losing streak.
After the game, there was some, well, controversy. The game-turning play was Isaiah Canaan's three free throws with 6.1 seconds left that put Phoenix up for good. The foul call was on Jeff Teague on what at first appeared to be a shot clock violation. Indeed, after the game, Thibodeau said a foul hadn't been called, but a shot clock violation had. After review, Canaan hit the free throws. Thibodeau also said he was "concerned'' with the conversation he had with officials following the call.
I acted as pool reporter and talked to crew chief Kenny Mauer after the game. Here is a transcript of the conversation:
Q: Thibodeau said there was no foul called on that play that resulted in the three free throws and that it was a retroactive call essentially. Was there a foul called?
A: "Yes, the referee signaled the foul first, then signaled the 24-second violation. Then went like this, which means we are going to review it. I went over to review it and the replay department, the replay center confirmed that the foul occurred with :00.2 remaining on the clock."
Q: Who made the call?
A: "Mr. Ayotte (Mark Ayotte)."
Q: So he made both the foul call, and the…
A: "When you review the play, he goes 'foul'; then he goes '24'; then he goes 'review'…"
Q: Thibodeau also said he was concerned by the ensuing conversation with you guys. Can you speak to that at all? A: "I told Mr. Thibodeau, 'yes he did call a foul. The play was handled correctly.'"
So there you go. Of course, it shouldn't have come to this. Not on a night when the Wolves turned 27 Suns turnovers into 29 points. The Wolves led by 15 in the second quarter, by 12 in the third. But the couldn't seal the deal.
Here are some numbers to explain why:
--The Wolves just couldn't stop fouling jump shooters tonight. Three times they fouled a Suns player on a three-point attempt. Minnesota committed just 19 fouls, but the Suns got 35 free throw attempts.
--The Wolves were out-rebounded 52-31.
--The Wolves couldn't put the Suns away in the first half, when Phoenix committed 19 turnovers, because they shot just 36.5 percent.
--And we might have added injury to insult tonight. Wolves guard Jimmy Butler was nursing what appeared to be a sore lower back through much of the second half tonight. We'll have to wait until after practice Sunday to find out how badly Butler is hurt.
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Kindergarten has been learning about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They were able to learn the reason for the holiday on January 18, 2016. They came to realize that each person is unique and special; it does not matter what color or background you come from, each person should be treated fairly as an individual. We then created our own box of crayons demonstrating the different colors and how we each make a beautiful world. "We are a box of crayons, each of us unique, but when we get together, the picture is complete."
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An interesting tidbit about high-producing agents at National Agents Alliance is that there is a lot of diversity in backgrounds and education levels. All sorts of people succeed in our system, which should give hope to all aspiring agents.
What this proves is that "heart" will give talent a run for its money every time. The world is full of talented people who never reach their potential or their dreams, and we see many people, seemingly average folks, who have that extra something inside them that drives them to the top.
Heart is that invisible, intangible ingredient that is so difficult to describe. It's the magic that takes you to the next level, an overdrive that successful people just seem to be able to reach down and grab when they need something extra. It's a desire, a conscious choice to live big and to never quit until goals are accomplished.
People with heart are able to take a difficult situation and get around, over or through it. They never let fear keep them from their goal. They are not afraid to take a risk, while some highly talented people procrastinate and shrink under pressure. The agent with heart embraces the challenge, looks past the obstacles to see the end result miles before the finish line. They live in the present, knowing they can't change the past, and courageously step out of their comfort zone to take on the challenge ahead.
CEO, Andy Albright, in step five of the 8 Steps to Success talks about association. When you "attend all meetings" you get to be around the best of the best, some who are talented, some not so much. But all of the best have heart. Those are the people you want to emulate. Watch and learn what they do.
Take a close look at yourself and the comfort zone where you hide. The "comfort" zone can really be a "miserable" zone because things never change. To expand your horizons you need to get a bit uncomfortable, take a few risks and go for it! You might surprise yourself and land in the winner's circle that is reserved for those with heart!


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This little pig… was originally intended for, you guessed it, St Patrick's Day. He got lost in the shuffle of a very busy month and did not get his springy greeen garb until this morning. Piggy Saintpatrick came to life because a friend enjoyed my little party hat pig and suggested that I do a series of "pig days" starting with St Patrick's Day. So, this post is in honor of Barb. Happy St Paddy's Day to you! It is either a late 2012 greeting or a very early 2013. 😉
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Breaking the Wall of Silence - "We are Standing on Truth"
The vision of Breaking the Wall of Silence is to be a consistent voice for the dignity of Namibian ex-detainees of the liberation movement and the development of a more open and tolerant society in Namibia.
The mission of BWS is to work with members and their families towards personal healing and genuine interpersonal reconciliation, democracy and tolerance in Namibia. In order to fulfill this mandate, BWS is committed to:
As part of its mission, BWS also works with the NANGOF Trust, an umbrella organization of Namibian NGOs, to promote and protect human rights and strengthen democracy in Namibia. In addition, as a result of its members' understanding that the torture and abuse carried out in the prisons could never have happened without the power of the gun, BWS has become involved in the national and international movement against gun violence. BWS has represented the NANGOF Trust on the National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons since 2004. The National Focal Point is a review body hosted by the Namibian police force that incorporates participation by government agencies and civil society organizations. In 2005, BWS formed a partnership with the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). Each year BWS members participate in the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence that IANSA sponsors.
The video above is a brief interview with Pauline Dempers, a founding member of BWS and its National Coordinator. In it, she discusses the founding of the organization, its mission and focus, challenges facing BWS, and the future she wants to see for it. In the video to the right, founding member and first chairperson of the managing board Samson Ndeikwila discusses the importance of the organization to Namibian national reconciliation.
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My Mother's deep Fried Methi / Fenugreek Parantha's have always been A's favorite. In fact till he came into our lives, I was never so fond of these Parantha's myself. Maa is health conscious and says that rather than frying Parantha's on a Tawa and adding Ghee (Clarified Butter) or Oil or Butter little by little, deep frying them in hot oil is better as the former has more fat content as the fat is totally absorbed when roasted on a Tawa while the latter leaves behind the Oil once it puffs up in the hot oil and is taken out. You can even put them on paper towels for a minute or two so that fat quantity being consumed can be lessened further.
We Ghoti's (Bengalee's from West Bengal before partition) normally eat Vegetarian on Ashtami (the 8th and most auspicious day of Durga Pujo). This norm is followed especially by Mothers. I have been brought up in a very unprejudiced ambience at home and the rule for us was we could eat whatever we wanted if we were eating out, we could even order in anything we like but in the Kitchen, nothing Non-Vegetarian will be prepared that day. This Durga Pujo, the two of us traveled from my In-Law's house to my Parent's house and Maa prepared these lovely Methi Parantha's with Aloo Chorchori rather than the usual Luchi-Aloo Chorchori and it was one of the many wonderful meals that we had during our trip back home this time around.
This is what you will need to make deep Fried Methi Parantha's:
1. Methi / Fenugreek Leaves – 1 bunch
2. All Purpose Flour – 2 cups
3. Wheat Flour – 1 cup
4. Salt to taste
5. Sugar to balance
6. Oil – 1 tsp + for frying the Parantha's
· Separate the leaves of Methi from the stems and wash them thoroughly. (My Maa adds them whole, if you wish you can chop them and add them too, I feel I like the look of it more when I can figure the leaves out in my Parantha's). Drain as much as you can.
· Add this to 2 cups of All Purpose Flour and 1 cup of Wheat Flour and mix. Let the moisture remaining in the Methi leaves get soaked into the flour mix.
· Add Sugar and Salt to taste to the mix.
· Add 1-2 tsp of Cooking Oil.
· Add a little water at a time and start kneading the dough.
· This dough will neither be too soft or too hard, so add water if you think needed and keep the dough covered for 30 minutes. (Maa does not let it rest as she is always in a hurry, I do)
· Make small balls out of the dough.
· Take one ball at a time, flatten out with your fingers and dust the sides with some All Purpose flour and roll it out to a small round like shown in the picture.
· Fold into a triangle and roll it out again, this looks nice rather than the usual rounds.
· Heat Oil in a Kadhai or Indian wok till smoking, add a Parantha to it, press with your ladle so that it puffs up leaving the Oil behind, turn and fry the other side. This process of frying does not even take a minute hence you will have to be quick and do it with precision.
· Drain on Paper towels if you want and serve hot with Aloo Chorchori and Raj Bhogs like my Mum did! :D