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"But till this day this is only a legend. Nobody knows if this book really exists." Angel commented with surprise.
"Besides it is believed by many to have been completely destroyed upon a long era of wars. We will need ages of research to locate any possible duplications of it and there is no guarantee if even whole copies can be found." Nigel protested.
"This is the only way if the Cross cannot reach the initiation ceremony and stop the man from what he is about to do in time. There is a price to pay for using the scriptures but your strength will help you pay it off. The magical incantations placed on the tombs of the Egyptian men are reversed only through the magic in the scriptures. If the incantations that were placed on Ramses's army were reversed the army would disappear into thin dust and the evil army would disappear with it immediately. The pawn of evil will then perish from the Ankh, although my piece of advice to you is, do not underestimate his power till he perishes with the Cross."
The old man got up and guided them towards his camels continuing, "May God bear witness to my words that I told you everything you need to know in order to stop this evil from happening. How to do it is up to you to discover. I have provoked further anger of my evil adversaries by helping you, but I felt you needed help fighting your war. And you Nigel will be one day very happy for you have found your heart's love."
Angel placed her hand on the old man's shoulder sympathetically and asked, "What evil adversary are you up against."
"This world is a time crossroad linking the lost, like myself, to many places. My destiny is still many months of travel up ahead and God knows if I will find it and reach it before my days end."
Nigel asked, "Could we help you?"
"And who will help your world stop this evil. It's our Lord's will ever since the beginning of time to involve man within his will and kingdom and you have to be faithful servants to our Lord's will, just as Ramses did."
"But what did you do to be suffering like this." Angel enthusiastically asked with a warm smile.
"No my dear, this is a totally different adventure than yours. Come I shall give you a gift for you to remember me with."
The old man guided them to his camels. He pulled out a small rug, two meters long and a meter wide. "Take this as my gift."
Angel replied with gratitude while studying it as Nigel took it from the man, "Thank you. But believe me I fear it might only burden us. If we had camels like those two beautiful ones you have."
"You might need it. As for the beasts they are truly my best friends in travel," The old man commented.
Nigel patted their sides stating, "Can handle desert roughness and travel really well."
"And of a really excellent breed as well." The old man caught the strap of one of them and led them way. The second camel followed obediently after its mate and owner. "Take care of yourselves and remember, love and faith in our Lord is the only way."
Angel and Nigel gave each other inquisitive looks and looked at the man as his image began to dwarf by the distances.
Nigel unrolled the rug in curiosity as angel asked, "What do you think?"
"Now that is definitely a Persian rug. Look at how the colors blend beautifully."
The rug had a red perimeter but was filled with multicolored interwoven designs towards its center that included black and grey.
"Not the rug but what the man told us?"
"My mother will love a gift like this…but…"
"Nigel, this isn't a time to fool around. We are locked in no where's land and the man just told us something petrifying that might prove to be true. What are we going to do now?"
"We are going to arrange for a meal. My stomach is making all sorts of noises." Nigel shot his eyes upwards towards the dates on the palms.
"Do you know something? I'm way too hungry too even think."
"Those palm trees are filled with dates. How about having some of them?"
"They don't look too aged. We might go thirsty as a dry sponge afterwards."
"We have the ponds water."
"What!!! We could get poisoned!!!"
Nigel ironically stated while he watched Angel freak out, "It's better than starving to death."
He grabbed the revolver from Angel's belt and aimed at the dates that were hanging from one of the palm trees. Two shots sent a huge bunch hurling towards the floor. They both ran towards them, sat down and began eating.
"Impossible!" Angel exclaimed.
Nigel commented as he stuffed his mouth with a few, his mouth spitting out the big seeds, "It seems nothing is impossible in these lands sweetheart."
"They are sweet and delicious."
The food proved most nourishing as they nibbled at their sugary meal. Very soon they were lying on the floor underneath the shades of the huge palm leaves, full and sleepy. Nigel watched as Angel slowly dozed off, the gentle summer afternoon currents shaking some of her long hair from time to time. She was truly a sleeping beauty. He watched her until he couldn't resist closing his ever growing heavy eyelids and soon began to taste the comforts of sleep as well.
But soon he was awakened. He felt it brush against his hair and raise some dusty air around him. He jumped up coughing and waving the dust away. He sat in his place with surprise unable to say a word. Soon his hands were waking up Angel, "Wake up, Angel get up."
Angel rose rubbing her eyes from the deep sleep. She asked in a feeble voice, "What is it Nigel."
"Look to your right."
Angel looked to her right and gasped with enough surprise to shake off all her sleepiness. It was lying still besides her like a faithful pet dog. "I don't remember placing it besides me. Did you bring it here?"
"Only if I walk during my sleep, which I don't!"
Angel jumped from besides it saying, "MARY MOTHER GOD!!! I don't believe it!!!"
"A flying rug!!!" Nigel screamed out, "All we need is Aladdin!!!"
Angel covered Nigel's mouth, "Don't mentioned it. We just might find him marching in on us."
"I woke up when I felt it like fly over us."
"NIGEL!!! Smack or pinch me!"
"I have something better," He spoke as he rose and circled around Angel towards it. "No flying rug is going to scare me after what I've seen and heard today."
Angel pushed Nigel away panicking, "No. Please."
"Just bring a bunch of those dates and place them on this…this…"
"Rug" She replied. She reluctantly marched towards a big bunch of dates. She took off her shirt and began piling the dates on it. Nigel studied her as she worked quietly, only wearing her denims and braw, piling the food. Every single manly feeling within him moved as he saw her sexy complexion shine under the afternoon sunlight. How truly lucky he was to have her as a lover. He will never forsake her till all the mess she was in gets sorted out. She's very precious to him and would truly, as the old man said, be very happy with her as his wife.
Angel walked towards him and dumped the dates on the rug. She wore her shirt back on asking, "Now what do we do."
"Do as Aladdin did in that film and hop on."
Angel closed her eyes and said a prayer while Nigel sat down on the rug. She did the same afterwards and sat behind him. Nothing happened.
For a few seconds they both sat saying nothing till Angel stated, "I just knew nothing would happened." She smacked the rug with her hand and released a "WOW!" as the rug took off. Nigel's heart leaped as the rug took a slope upwards and circled the top of the palm trees. Nigel screamed out, "Do you believe it!" as both gripped the sides of the rug as it flew, the cool currents of the summer skies brushing against their hair and skin. Nigel in a random attempt pulled the right thistles of the rug and it moved right. He commented, "See how flying lessons do you good!"
"What do you mean!"
"If you want to go left you pull the left side of the thistles. For the right you pull the right side of the thistles."
The rug took a sharp right turn and hovered over the pyramids. Angel screamed happily, "Never before did I ever expect to see them from the top Nigel!!! The view is fantastic!!!"
"I only saw their top once, from a plane, not from a freaking flying rug!"
The rug suddenly took an unexpected hard turn almost succeeding in making Angle tilt to the right. She released a "WOW!!!" as it headed towards the sphinx. Angel asked "What is going on!" Nigel replied, "I don't know!" He impulsively pulled the thistles back attempting to slow it down. To his surprise it slowed down then stopped at the mouth of the big monument.
"Nigel I think it wants to tell us something! Maybe it knows something we don't!"
"I think it wants to go inside. I think we should go!"
"No body ever went inside the sphinx! I don't know what's in there!"
"So far it hasn't hurt us." Nigel smacked the rug and it flew inside.
It hovered inside its mouth that resembled a cubed room. The color of the walls was a dark brown, unlike its outside natural color, with the pictures of the golden Ankh drawn consecutively in a horizontal line across the walls. A long passage lied ahead sloping at a sharp degree. Nigel released a gasp in surprise as he looked down spotting a rifle on the grounds underneath. He pulled the thistles of the rug down and the rug dropped a meter downwards to the grounds. Angel extended her arm and picked up the rifle. It was old and full of dust, but of a very fine caliber with a shoulder strap. A belt of arms in a dusty package lied closed to it. Nigel picked up the belt and gave Angel an inquisitive look. "What is going on here? Who would even be able to get up here and leave his arms behind?"
"I don't know; they seem to have been here since antiquity. The owner probably never…"Suddenly the mouth of the sphinx began closing. Their entire surroundings began quaking as the light diminished inside. Nigel screamed, "Angel hold on." He smacked the rug. It picked up its travel and descended the long sloping passage.
Angel and Nigel lost their balance as the rug slopped with the descent and both rolled down screaming from their places. Nigel managed to grab the front thistles of the flying rug but Angel continued falling faster than him, bouncing on the grounds of the slope, releasing anguished screams as she hurled downwards farther away from him. She hit the floor with a loud thud, the dates and rifle shots showering her and the grounds around her. She immediately lost all awareness with the world.
The rug gently dropped to the bottom of the schism allowing Nigel to regain firm steps on the floor, and then landed softly besides Angel. Nigel hovered over his love with tearful eyes wailing her name, "Angel, What happened to you, speak to me Angel!!!" He picked her up between his arms and placed her on a nearby table. He shook her body over and over again but she remained unconscious. He took a bowl of what he perceived as water that rested on a smaller table besides him and sprinkled on her face some drops in a desperate attempt to wake her up. Beautiful refreshing perfumes saturated the air around him. Angel began moving her head sideways. Elated with the results he sprinkled on her some more succeeding in making her sit up.
"Where am I? What happened?" She asked in a weak voice. Nigel smiled back warmly and hugged her while the tears dropped from his eyes, "Sweetheart, I thought I lost you just now."
Angel barely was able to make a smile and placed her hand on her back, "My back is aching. Other than that I feel fine Nigel."
"Can you move?"
She turned on the table and went down on her feet. Her lover's heart filled with glee as he saw her walk around.
"Don't worry, I think I'm fine." The fantastic perfume came to her senses. "What is this exquisite scent?"
Nigel looked at the bowel and smelled it, "In the wake of my panic when I saw you knocked out, I mistook it for water and sprinkled some on you. But if it wasn't for its splendid scent you wouldn't have awakened."
As Angel came to her senses completely something eerie crept upon her soul. She took the bowel in her hands and smelled it again. It was saturated with coconut scents. Another bowel resting besides it smelled like frankincense.
"What is going on?" He asked studying her discomforted disposition. "Is it the fall?"
"No. Where are we?"
Nigel looked around the dark room. "I don't know, it's too dark sweetie."
"What was I lying on?" She exclaimed as the incense brought to her recent memories correlated with the preparation chambers they used to excavate within the cities of the ancients.
Nigel picking up on Angels doubts lighted his flashlight. He lit the table Angel was lying on. Angel released a shriek as she recognized it completely. It was a wooden table with two narrow thin wooden flats on both ends erected upwards. The narrow flats were carved in half circles as if prepared to hold a long vessel with a rounded bottom. A smaller table was filled with bowls of Coconut oils, Frankincense, myrrh, and aromatic resins. A big cotton like sponge used in embalming rested besides the bowels. Large jars of Natron were lying close by. Nigel's flashlight shot at three torches that were hung on the walls. He lit them and the room revealed its contents.
It was a huge rectangular room about five hundred square feet in area. A huge painting of the god Anubis weighing the heart of the deceased in front of Osiris whilst on his throne, and in front of an assembly of gods was on the opposite wall. On another was a painting of the sun ark that carried souls with it across the sky to the afterlife. The other two walls on the chamber filled with glyphs from the Book of the Dead. A body was lying on another preparation table wrapped in linen bandages, informing the viewer its readiness to be buried.
Suddenly waves of awe and anxiety washed all over her as her eyes filled with the beautiful paintings on the walls. She closed her eyes as her hands touched the walls and moved over the paintings, her heart beats racing as passions mixed with yearning flooded through her soul. She couldn't understand what was going on.
Nigel looked at her as her looks told of the distant lands she suddenly traveled to, "Angel where have you gone to? Maybe it's the room. It's definitely not of a pleasant nature. Let's get out of here."
Angel ignored his request and turned to the glyphs on the walls. She calmly read in a loud voice, "During the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II, Seti I pharaoh and defender of the great Egyptian lands, bringer of the glories of Egypt back after the long ages of darkness, died peacefully…"
Suddenly she felt shivers shoot up her spine as the doors of the chambers opened, its hinges releasing loud squeaks within the walls. Angel walked back till she bumped into the wall behind her. Nigel watched silently perplexed by her sudden retreat. He pleaded, "Angel please speak to me… What is going?" But Angel kept her silence as if he was speaking to her in a foreign language. Six men in white Egyptian robes walked in. Two of them held torches in their hands, while the other four carried a golden sarcophagus. The human convoy walked straight towards them making her heart beats quicken again with tension. However to her surprise it seemed as if they were looking straight through them as they remained without any reaction. They placed the sarcophagus on the preparation table besides her and Nigel while the other two headed towards the body. They picked it up carefully and brought it to the golden case. The lid was opened and the body placed inside. A rolled up scroll was placed inside as well. The sarcophagus was sealed and the four carried it again and departed. Angel followed them but only to find Nigel take a mad grasp at her. He shook her wildly, "Where have you drifted off to. Speak to me." She brushed him aside as if she didn't know him and ran after them trying to catch up with them. Her body raced with panic as she passed the entrance of the preparation room and followed in their footsteps. The convoy seemed close by as she could still hear its assembly talk to each other. She ran after them to find herself walking up a cave like path that ended with a sharp turn. She followed the upward path for a few meters then took the turn. She heard what seemed to her like door squeaking then all went silent. Suddenly she reached a T shaped path and found herself in front of two closed entrances, one to her right and one to her left. Despite the fact that she had no idea which way the convoy walked she found her hands moving and opening the door to her right, as if she knew what her way was. She allowed her foot steps to guide her along the brief corridor that lit with fresh morning sunlight and ignored the chambers that rested to her left and right. Feelings of sadness began creeping up her soul as she neared the chamber up ahead. Somehow she felt that she was tied to the figure inside the case carried by the convoy.
As she entered into the chamber she froze in her place at what she saw. The waves of yearning and longing peaked within her again, vigorously mixing with her sadness, as she looked around. An empty golden throne that was decorated with glowing gems from the bright morning sunlight shining from the open east side windows rested at a far end. A fresh breeze brushed against her hair and complexion as she stood looking at the rich colors of the paintings on the walls that gave the huge court a touch of magnificence and majesty. They all spoke of Seti I excellent military conquests and his glory as Pharaoh, ruler of the Egyptian Empire, god and supreme commander. Suddenly two lamenting women, one of them in full royal costume, came storming from a far entrance and knelt besides the case that was still surrounded with the convoy. They entered into a frenzy of wailing and crying, pounding the case with their fists from their frustration. Tears surfaced into Angel's eyes as she eyed the scene. Their faces were like hazy visions covered by clouds of mist, gradually summoning memories of a distant past; a part of her that was buried deep within and needed some effort to be remembered. Her grievance raged with their weeping voices. She walked up to them unconscious of what she was doing and asked in Ancient Egyptian, "Who is in the coffin?" but they continued to cry ignoring her. All of a sudden it glowed in her head. The royal convoy, the weeping royalty, the remarks of Seti the first's death in Hieroglyphics; she knelt down in tears crying from within the depths of her aching soul and screaming out, "Seti in ancient Egyptian!!!" Nigel watched dumbfounded as she cried repeatedly, "Seti why did you leave me!!!" Her apparel glowed and transformed into Royal wear like her mates.
Her mates suddenly looked at her with recognition as she wept and ran up to her calling out, "Sekhmet calm down…"
"How can I not cry Isis when my only love has departed me!!!?"
"Satis take Sekhmet to her chambers. She grieved and cried a lot today. She has to rest."
"No leave me to weep the loss of my only source of happiness in this world!!!" Angel began striking her head on the grounds as Isis and Satis grabbed her to take her away. She wailed hysterically as Nigel picked her up and embraced her, "Leave me…no don't take him away…I want to die with him!!!"
Nigel shook her, "Wake up Angel. Wake up darling please…" Suddenly the morning lights disappeared into dense darkness. She opened up her eyes to feel a lightning bolt of pain storm down her back. The grounds swirled around her a couple of times as she got up. Nigel hugged her, "Thank God your OK darling."
"Where am I? what happened." She asked in a weary voice as her senses came back to her.
"Can you move and stand up?"
Nigel supported her as she replied in a pained voice while slowly attempting to firm her legs on the grounds, "Everything in my body hurts so much. But I think I'm OK."
Nigel closed his eyes and released a sigh of relief, "Thank God sweetie your fine. I thought I lost you for good after that fall."
Angel looked at the rug that silently parked besides them on the floor. "Yeah and I owe it to our convertible here." She looked back at Nigel and asked, "Have any idea where we are?"
Suddenly echoes of running water came to their awareness, much like what would come from small waterfalls. Nigel lit his flashlight as Angel shivered from the dampness that suddenly infested her body, "We are definitely underground from the coolness."
Both looked in wonder at the huge spacious empty chamber that was filled with huge colonnades. The flashlight lighting length wasn't able to reach any nearby walls. All it was able to do was light the surrounding beige colonnades that were dispersed around them. "This place is giving me the creeps. It's seems so big," Nigel stated as he spotted torches distributed at reachable height around them. Nigel walked up to two colonnades that rested to his right and reached out for a torch from one of them. Angel suddenly walked up to him and tugged his hand down objecting, "Don't. What if we were not alone? Let's first be sure of our seclusion in this place."
Nigel patted her hand that rested softly on his arm and assured her, "Sooner or later if this place has inhabitants we will rush in to them. There is no way out. Look Angel." Nigel directed his flashlight to the square opening they dropped from. Angel looked at the opening right above them. "See darling. Just arm your weapons just in case."
Angel reloaded her revolvers and tied the ammunition belt around her waist. She hung the rifle on her shoulders as Nigel began lighting the torches. Three torches lined the circumference of each colonnade. The first six shed some good light on their surroundings. The hard tiles of rock underneath their feet were beautifully evened for comfortable stepping and the high ceilings were decorated with paintings of a god in full Egyptian warrior clothes. Angel gasped with surprise as a gigantic statue of the same god standing up on his legs lurked only a couple of steps behind them. It was about sixteen feet in height built out of solid rock. Her eyes widened with disbelief as she looked at it. It had the face, and the four paws of a lion but a human body. "Nigel come and look,"
Nigel had just finished the other two columns that rested to the right of the first two he lit, strengthening the lights of the huge premises. He looked towards Angel then froze in his place petrified at the awesome fierce statue. He walked back slowly towards Angel eyeing the figure.
"The beasts we shot down in the magical room, they looked almost like him."
Nigel replied, "This god was never mentioned in Egyptian history."
"The old man referred to him in the story he told us. He was Egypt's war god…"
"Yes I remember. His temple was eclipsed by Setekh's god...the final battle when Ramses beat Setekh and regained his Kingdom took place in that temple."
Angel shivered from the thought as she spoke, "I wouldn't be surprised if that would be here. The Theban priests cast incantations so it would be lost in time along with the Cross that killed the evil."
"Angel there is no real evidence that this temple ever existed in Egypt's history; and we are living a part of Egyptian history that is lost in time because of events that we need a true miracle to believe."
Angel reasoned, "And maybe it did. After the battle Ramses wiped out the entire episode about his confrontation with Setekh along with Amenram's temple."
Nigel looked carefully around him eyeing the parts of the temple that the few torches were able to light. It was a magnificent piece of architecture, the glyphs that spoke of Seti's bravery in battle, the paintings that honored the much feared god, the gigantic pillars. He spoke explaining, "Maybe we don't know everything. Maybe as much as we as try as archeologists we will never be able to discover what really happened."
Nigel silently walked back to the rest of the pillars and began lighting their torches while angel continued to study the glyphs and paintings on the walls. Angel read, "Oh mighty god Amenram whom we warship and fear. Your glory greatly eclipsed the glory of our enemies and their gods. You didn't forsake us to their blood thirsty swords but fought with us till we won. The Edomites and their allies trembled at the roars of our chariots and fell in front of our spears because you were with us blessing our fighting spirits. Even the mightiest rulers couldn't crush our will and cities because you are protecting us with your lion will. When our enemies at Kadesh overpowered us with their mighty blow you intervened and we stopped their attack with only half the soldiers they had. You strengthen us always and never forgot us."
"Nigel come and read…"
"Give me a second dear." He called back from across the temple. He had only finished lighting the torches on the big pillars lining up at the entrance of the premises and was testing the big iron doors to see if they would budge. They rattled in their place with no avail. As the darkness disappeared revealing the complete splendor of the temple, he was able to see a lock towards their middle, much like the lock that was in the magical room earlier. He ran back to Angel whom was facing a wall besides the statue.
"Nigel read." Angel pointed to the sections that she had just read. Nigel's eyes grew wide with disbelief. "What!!!" He rubbed the sides of his face in frustration, his eyes bouncing between the glyphs on the walls and Angel. He paused silently for a moment's time trying to process everything in his head. He looked at Angel with fearsome eyes. Every single thing the old man said was turning out to be true. Nigel commented with wonder. "This supports our historical information and accounts on the battle of Kadesh. This has only one meaning. We are lost in a time warp. Your theory is correct."
Angel gave Nigel a worried look and said, "Nigel what ever happens don't leave me. I need you. I can't face this alone. Something catastrophic is about to go on here."


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By MENDEE Jargalsaikhan
Coinciding with the birth of New Prime Minister, Mr. Enkhsaikhan, former Prime Minister and one of the political heavyweights, made an interesting presentation at the research workshop on the "Constitutional Reform" – link. He was sharing his view on creating a bicameral legislature and a strong president. For making his points clear, he referred to two academic sources. But, he didn't use his sources properly – either intentionally or unintentionally. And, I like to make a little correction.
He referred to Dr. Steven Fish's article – "The Inner Asian Anomaly: Mongolia's Democratization in Comparative Perspective" – published in the peer-reviewed journal of Communist and Post-Communist Studies in 2001. First, Enkhsaikhan was correct that Fish called Mongolia as an anomaly, but Dr. Fish wouldn't interpret as Mr. Enkhsaikhan did. Second, Fish didn't mean that the political institutionalization of Mongolia had intention to destroy (in the Enkhsaikhan's line "to burn") the state institution.
There are two scholars (political scientists) examined our political institutionalization processes and published several in the peer-reviewed, academic journals. One is Dr. Steven Fish.
His first article appeared in the Journal of Democracy in 1998 – argued that Mongolia's democratic transition succeeded due five factors: (1) to the compromise between the communist party leaders and the opposition in 1990, (2) institutional choice of semi-presidentialism in the 1992 Constitution, (3) a strong multi-party system, and (5) vibrant civil society. Therefore, Mongolia made a successful transition to democracy without any prerequisites.
Then, in 2001, he compared Mongolia with five Central Asian states and asked why only Mongolia succeeded in transition and was moving forward to the democratic consolidation. So for him, Mongolia's successful trajectory of democracy was an anomalyin comparison with Central Asian states, but not other democracies. In other words, theories that explain the political trajectories (e.g., failure of democratization and autocracy) of post-Soviet states, esp., those in Central Asia, could not explain the Mongolia's success; therefore, Mongolia is a theoretically deviant, outlier case.
He listed five reasons – why the Mongolian democracy was successful. First, Mongolia did not have abundant natural resources, especially oil and gas. Second, Mongolia was not geo-strategically important for great powers, especially for Russia during 1990s. Third, Mongolia, given its location and the small size of population, did have any pretensions to becoming a regional power like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Fourth, there was no national father figure in Mongolia at a time of transition. Fifth, Mongolia successfully dispersed the political power between the president and the parliament while all five Central Asian states and Russia concentrated power in one institution – the president. This is the article, Mr. Enkhsaikhan referred.
Interestingly, I would like to share a few of Dr. Fish's warnings for Mongolia – because he was (in 2001) still considering Mongolia was in transition and needed to pass some tests. It might be easier, to cite them:
"….if Mongolia's hopes for great oil wealth [natural resources] are realized, the state may quickly become little more than a battleground for actors seeking control over the proceeds from oil rents. Such a circumstance would critically endanger democratization" (p. 336).
"Were Putin to pick a particular politician or political force in Mongolia and back such an individual or force unconditionally, democracy's prospects in Mongolia could suffer severely" (p. 336).
"Whether Mongolia can maintain a reasonably high level of democratic attainment depends in large part on the skill and imagination of its political leaders" (p. 337).
Later in the same year, he also included Mongolia in his comparative study of post-communist states in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics. The book is called Postcommunism and Theory of Democracy. One of his major findings was that only states, including Mongolia, that avoided the superpresidentialism through dispersement of power between the president and parliament, remained as democracy in the post-communist bloc. And, he even presented his formula for democratic reversals that would lead into superpresidentialism by using the presidential powers.
Although we're always sceptical about foreign scholars who are writing on Mongolia, we could not misinterpret their research findings, especially when they devoted reasonable efforts by talking to our politicians from both spectrum, bureaucrats, scholars, and foreign observers. Dr. Fish had provided the list of his interviewees.
In sum, I don't think that Dr. Enkhsaikhan's usage of the scholarly source was helpful for our academic and policy debates over political institutionalization if we misinterpret it. However, I am very glad that politicians are devoting their valuable time and effort to connect the theory and practice before going into a difficult battle.

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"I'm not gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that."
So said Jerry Seinfeld.
Adam Giambrone took a leaf out of Seinfeld's manual – somewhat – when Thursday's edition of NOW magazine mistakenly called him gay in a story.
"It wasn't a big issue," said Giambrone, councillor and TTC chair. "It was more fun than anything else. People ribbed me throughout the day ... It was all in good humour."
The article in NOW predicted the young politician would defy odds and become the next mayor: "He's young. He's bright. He's gay. And he looked better than any of his challengers so far."
Hours after the edition hit the stands Thursday, Giambrone clarified the issue on Facebook.
"Amused but not entirely surprised to learn in NOW Magazine that I'm supposedly gay," his message reads. "Easy mistake, given my great relationship with LGBTQ people/communities, and our long-standing mutual support. But so as not to mislead anyone, I should correct the record: I'm not, in fact, gay."
Giambrone, who was laughing throughout an interview with the Star, said there have been rumours about his sexuality. Some people have even asked him if he's gay.
Others have asked his partner, Sarah, about it. Giambrone said she's used to it.
"I've told people it doesn't matter, but because it was in a magazine I thought I might as well take an opportunity to clarify that," said Giambrone, who also called the magazine to set the record straight.
NOW corrected the story on its website – it now reads Giambrone is "gay-positive."
Meanwhile, on Facebook, Giambrone's friends had a field day.
One friend wrote: "In fact, I loved the idea of you being in the Queer family and from this day forth, in my heart you will always be the `tall one' that got away!"
Another friend wondered: "Just one question ... why in this day and age should this even be an issue?"
For the young politician, that is what matters.
"(It's) all quite positive," said Giambrone. "Hopefully it means we have moved past this issue."


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Since that time his career has brought him from Oakland, to L.A., to Vancouver, and now NYC, where Geoff has worked on blockbuster feature films (Batman v Superman, Furious 7, Midway, Pacific Rim), award winning episodic television (Game of Thrones, The 100, Once Upon a Time, Snowpiercer), music videos for renowned artists (Dr. Dre, Eminem, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga), and commercials for massive brands, including a few for the Super Bowl (Soda Stream, Fiat/Revolve, Gatorade, NASCAR, and Beats by Dre).
In his off-work hours you'll find Geoff hanging with his dog, exploring the metaverse in VR, or teaching classes in compositing and VFX.
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New York Style Vanilla Cheesecake
This classic New York-style cheesecake is rich and dense. Follow the cooling directions to prevent the top from cracking.
1 and 1/4 cups sugar, divided
1 and 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup butter, melted
3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
Preheat oven to 350°F (or to 325°F if using a dark nonstick springform pan). Mix crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and butter in small bowl. Press evenly into bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.
Beat cream cheese, remaining 1 cup sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Gently stir in sour cream. Pour into crust.
Bake 1 hour or until center is almost set. Turn off oven. Leave cheesecake in oven 1 hour. Remove from oven. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Run small knife around sides of pan to loosen crust; remove sides of pan. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.


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The Merc-News' Dan Gillmor wrote at the time:
"The buyout is a huge boost to an enormously diverse genre of online publishing that has begun to change the equations of online news and information."
Pyra Labs' founder Evan Williams, yes that @ev, commented that the acquisition offered "the resources to build on the vision I've been working on for years."
Mr. Gillmor added:
"Part of that vision, shared by other blogging pioneers, has been to help democratize the creation and flow of news in a world where giant companies control so much of what most people see, hear and read. Weblogs are also becoming a valuable communication tool for groups of people, and have begun to infiltrate the corporate, university and government spheres."
Mr. Gillmor, I should add, penned one of the three books that cemented my obsession with informational technology and its transformative affect on communications. That book was We the Media. (The other two were Nick Negroponte's Being Digital and George Gilder's Telecosm.)
The rise of today's dominant social media platforms - Facebook, Twitter and their offshoots -- have only enhanced blogging's promise to democratize the sharing of news and information. The latest venture from Mr. Williams and his Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, however, is less about democracy, and more about simplifying the process of creating quality content. The only democracy currently baked into Medium is the way the site's content rises on its home page -- by reader voting.
This is exactly the point. The site aspires to be more like HBO with its singular focus on quality content, though the platform is not without its detractors. One recently bemoaned the fact that Medium does not offer buttons for sharing posts via today's popular social networks, or email for that matter, i.e., driving eyeballs.
Medium is perhaps the social antithesis of Twitter, let alone Ev and Biz's other new content-driven startup, Branch, which uses social media as a means to capture opinions (and quality content) around a single topic or meme. Branch and Medium are housed within The Obvious Corporation, which just opened fancy new digs in San Francisco. Mr. Stone described the company's philosophy:
"Great ideas are Obvious in retrospect. The Obvious Corporation is more of a philosophy than a company or product. We focus our long term view on ideas and technology that can be generally described as "world positive." When opportunities resonate with our worldview, we do what makes sense to help them succeed. So far, a small portfolio of companies across a variety of disciplines and a vision for how publishing could be improved have grabbed our attention."
Separate, but hardly unrelated, is Vine, a new content-sharing app from the social-media minded minds at Twitter (whereco-founders Ev and Biz still serve as directors). Like Twitter, its DNA resides in short-form, user-generated, real-time and socially shared messaging, but in the video medium - six seconds at a clip.
Unlike the quality content morphing on Medium, the vast majority of Vine videos leave much to be desired, i.e., they suck. Think short form submissions to America's Favorite Videos, but not nearly as entertaining - unless cats and office cubicles give you a charge.
I already saw one pundit tweet that Vine is passé. I don't buy it. Mashable's Lauren Indvik reported on the use of Vine by fashion scribes at this year's New York Fashion Week shows:
"Vine has proved uniquely suited to NYFW coverage so far. Elizabeth Holmes, style reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and Stella Bugbee, editorial director of The Cut, are using the app to capture multiple looks — sometimes as many as six — in looping rotation. It's both more efficient and gives viewers a better sense of the clothes than Instagram, which, as a photo app, doesn't capture movement, and would take more time to edit and share as many looks."
And at the Grammys, some Vine video clips surfaced from backstage shortly after the telecast began. Mashable's Seth Feigerman reported that some 113K Vine clips were posted on Twitter over the weekend, or 2,300 an hour. Vine clearly will flourish, once its users' ability to creatively capture and filter content evolves.
We've come a long way since Blogger, the mostly text and still image content syndication platform. (Or have we? Isn't Medium mainly text and stills?) Instagram, SnapChat and Pinterest are paving the way for social sharing of user-generated and user-discovered image-based content, i.e., "the visual web," while Vine, Viddy, and even Now This News are taking video to the social spheres. All fulfill the vision Google saw and Gillmor articulated in his reporting of that acquisition a decade ago:
"More than most Web companies, Google has grasped the distributed nature of the online world, and has seen that the real power of cyberspace is in what we create collectively. We are beginning to see that power brought to bear."


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OPI Nice Stems Review
Play the Peonies - pale pink pearl with silver micro-shimmer. This one is crazy pretty, and I really wasn't expecting much from it. However the color is beautiful. It's pink, but it almost looks like a colored white, if that makes sense. The finish is pearly, not frosty, which doesn't age my hands. And the micro-shimmer is subtle, but gives depth to the color. This one really made me wish I had darker skin and pretty feet, as it would look amazing as a summer pedi. 3 coats.
All in all, I really liked it. Dahlia and Poppy are beautiful, as is Peony. I think Lily is a bit of a miss, as it's not really usable on it's own, but as a TC for brighter colors, I think it works. It's a nice collection. Certainly nothing revolutionary, but it's pretty for summer.
These were send to me for review
5 comments:
- Liz said...
Love your swatches! I really want I Lily Love You.
- July 21, 2011 at 1:55 PM
- JanandJill.com said...
Both of these colors are really pretty especially the coral one. I've been loving anything close to bright pink this summer
- July 21, 2011 at 2:00 PM
- Veronica said...
I'm totally lemming come to poppy! It looks gorgeous, thanks for the swatches!
- July 21, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Kiki's Corner said...
I love all of these colors! They are so shiny and perfect :)
- July 21, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Unknown said...
They're awesome!!
I'm so glad to see you back!
- July 22, 2011 at 3:40 AM
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Nobody ever accused the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin of burying the lede. With Chuck Hagel expected to be nominated for defense secretary today, Rubin took one last shot at the former Republican senator this weekend.
She opened with this:
If Republicans had nervy firebrands like the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, someone would rise up to declare, "Chuck Hagel's America is a land in which gays would be forced back in the closet and Jews would be accused of dual loyalty. Chuck Hagel's world is one in which devastating defense cuts become a goal, not a problem; we enter direct talks with the terrorist organization Hamas; and sanctions on Iran wither."
No need to read the rest.
Rubin seems to lament that Republicans don't have their own version of Ted Kennedy, but of course, they do. There are plenty of Republicans who use incendiary and irresponsible rhetoric. The difference is that the mainstream media doesn't glorify them — doesn't call them a "Last Lion" — for engaging in such hyperbole.
Besides, who needs politicians when columnists can pick up the slack?
In any event, this seems a tad overwrought.
This is not to say that Hagel should be nominated. As Bill Kristol pointed out on Fox News Sunday, it's not like he's the most qualified — or obvious choice.
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Guz Architects' plan was, in part, to create something that felt like a one-story dwelling but sat up above the neighbors, treating the first floor like a basement (conceptually) and the second story with its green deck like a main-floor house and garden, with yet a third story and green roof on that.
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Retirement Planning Doesn't End at Retirement
Congratulations, you've officially retired.
In anticipation of this monumental event, you've worked hard throughout your career to make smart retirement planning decisions and build a nest egg that will provide financial independence for the rest of your life. You've rolled over and consolidated employer retirement plans into IRAs, you've decided when to begin receiving Social Security benefits, and you've met with an estate attorney to ensure that your legacy wishes are up to date. All done, right? Well, as Abe Lemons said, "the trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off." Therefore, during retirement it's very important to annually revisit your financial plan — or as frequently as your situation or wishes change.
Retirement Planning – Your Lifestyle
Planning your retirement lifestyle is something that is often overlooked, causing some retirees to come up with their retirement identity on the fly. Your new lifestyle will likely be very different from your friend's or neighbor's, thus the retirement planning involved to ensure a successful retirement will be different as well. There are a lot of questions to ask yourself. Do I see myself staying in my current home or should I move to a new home? Do I plan to live in the same state or live closer to my children? Do I want to travel more? If your answer is to move to a new home, you should be sure to understand how this change will impact your financial situation. The state in which you decide to establish residency will also have a significant tax impact on your income and potentially how your assets should be titled for estate purposes. Increased travel could mean higher levels of spending compared to when you had a regular paycheck, so be sure to include a conservative expense assumption in your financial independence analysis. Should you reward yourself and splurge in retirement? Absolutely — you deserve it, but make sure to do it with confidence every step of the way.
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How you pay yourself in retirement can have a significant impact on the longevity of your assets. In order to replace your previously earned income, you'll need to develop a plan that takes opportunity cost and tax efficiency into consideration. There is no magic number, but most retirees should have approximately 6-12 months' worth of expenses in cash. For planning purposes, it's important to understand your what your expenses and sources of income will be for the next 3-5 years. Immediate cash needs could be kept in a high-yielding checking or savings account, while the rest of your liquid assets should be invested in a globally diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds. Bonds can provide you with stability needed for cash distributions during down markets, while stocks provide you with the opportunity for capital appreciation needed to grow the base of your portfolio to last your lifetime.
Changes in your Tax Bracket
For individuals who retire prior to age 70, you may suddenly find yourself in a much lower tax bracket. These "gap years" present a great opportunity to take advantage of and maximize the benefit of being in a lower tax bracket. As you probably know, when you turn 70½ the IRS requires that you begin IRA distributions, based on your life expectancy. These Required Minimum Distributions, or RMDs, will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates. In addition to RMD income, many retirees also begin taking their Social Security benefits at age 70. The combination of these income sources can result in a much higher marginal tax rate, sometimes as high as when you were employed. One way to reduce future RMDs and perhaps reduce future taxes, is to take opportunistic IRA distributions in the form of withdrawals or Roth Conversions.
Gifting Assets in Retirement
Many successful retirees are passionate about giving back to their alma mater or supporting charities that align with their beliefs. Others have the desire to help the next generation get a head start by contributing to tuition or a first home purchase. If you are interested in gifting to charity or family members, we recommend first sitting down with your financial advisor to determine the amount that you can gift — either in a lump sum or on a regular basis. Once an amount is determined, the next step is to optimize your gifting strategies in the most tax efficient way. Potential strategies could involve contributing highly appreciated stock to a donor advised fund, directing required minimum distributions to charity through qualified charitable distributions, or gifting cash to family members.
Keep your Estate Plan Up to Date
As you continue to age throughout retirement, be sure to keep your estate plan relatively fresh. We recommend revisiting estate documents every 3-5 years, or as often as your situation and the laws change. No matter where you establish residency, your will should remain valid. However, laws may vary state to state and may invalidate some clauses.
At RegentAtlantic, we specialize in partnering with families to help plan for all the expected and unexpected in retirement. Let us know how we can help with your retirement planning.
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Day 1: We begin our journey aboard our deluxe motorcoach to the sunny shores of Cape Cod. Known for its spectacular beaches and breathtaking sunsets, Cape Cod will offer you much to see and do during your trip. Today finds us traveling to South Yarmouth and our home for the next two nights. Tonight you will be our guests for a delicious Cape Cod dinner. (D)
Day 2: We tour the "Storybook Island" at Martha's Vineyard. Enjoy a complete island tour including a walk through the "Gingerbread Cottage" area in Oak Bluffs, a drive along the beach where the movie "Jaws" was filmed, and time for shopping in Edgartown. We return to the mainland and continue to the Newport area for the next two nights. An included lobster dinner will be featured enroute to Newport. (B, D)
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By Vir Sanghvi
July 04, 2017
It is hard to find a single phrase that captures the mood of educated Indian Muslims today. On the one hand, there is no obvious threat to their safety. There have been few communal riots over the last three years. There has been nothing as divisive as LK Advani's Rath Yatra which sharpened anti-Muslim sentiment.
And when the Prime Minister does speak about communal issues, it is hard to fault anything he says, such as his recent reproach to Gau-Rakshaks who resorted to violence.
And yet, judging by the Muslims I have spoken to or interviewed on TV, there is a sense of discomfort, anxiety, uncertainty, and yes, insecurity. Many Muslims feel that something has changed in India over the last two years or so. And they worry that these changes, while creeping at first, will eventually transform the environment they live in forever.
One obvious reason for their discomfort is the beef agitation. This is not a new issue — it also flared up in the 1960s -— but the fear is that this avatar of the agitation has less to do with worshipping the cow and more to do with targeting Muslims.
Most Indian Muslims are not great beef-lovers. Beef is not the primary meat in such great cuisines as Awadhi and Hyderabadi. The people who do eat beef fall into two categories. The first is Christians, in Kerala, Goa and the North East. These people have less reason to worry — the BJP has already announced that it has no love for North Eastern cows.
It is the second category that needs to worry: those on the margins of Indian society, the Dalits and Muslims who can't always afford chicken or goat and eat beef only because it is cheaper.
But all Muslims are now regarded as beef-lovers. And never before, even during the heated cow slaughter agitation of the 1960s, have Indian Muslims felt that their personal safety is under threat because of a food most of them don't like.
A prominent Muslim intellectual who is a friend told me about some relatives who were deprived of meat (goat) because their butcher had shut shop. They asked my friend if he could bring some for them. My friend agreed.
But then, he began to worry. Supposing his car had an accident? Supposing he was stopped along the way? If they found him carrying meat and discovered that he had a Muslim name, they would claim he was transporting beef. His life and safety could be at risk.
Such fears may strike Hindus as exaggerated and unrealistic. But such is the mood within the community that every Muslim I have told the story to, says they know exactly how my friend feels. Nor are these the only issues that worry them.
Most educated Muslims feel no particular kinship with Kashmiri Muslims. And many hate Pakistan, holding it responsible for many of their troubles. (If there was no Pakistan, then it would be harder to say that Indian Muslims had extra-national loyalties). They despise the mad mullahs. And they believe that practices such as triple Talaq are medieval.
And yet, as they watch TV debates night after night, they begin to get increasingly uncomfortable. Is triple Talaq really the biggest issue of our times or is it just another way of portraying Muslims as barbarians? Is the constant abuse of Pakistan a coded way of expressing communal anger against an "acceptable" Muslim target? The situation in Kashmir is tragic but complex. Do we need to see it mainly in Hindu-Muslim terms?
Much of this has less to do with the government and more with a mood of Hindu triumphalism, which the ratings-hungry media are eager to monetise. Indian news TV sees the world in black and white. So the Muslim position will be represented by some irrelevant mullah who will shout, on camera, at some equally medieval saffronite lout.
All this makes Muslims uncomfortable. Some Muslims wonder if this is just the beginning. With the public mood so ugly and the discourse poisoned beyond belief, will the attacks now move closer home? Will the focus shift from beef and Talaq to the very patriotism of Indian Muslims?
Perhaps these fears are groundless. Perhaps things will die down. But to ignore the concerns of our single largest minority would be a mistake: India is built on the belief that we are all equal.
These days, however, you could be forgiven for thinking that India is a Hindu country where Muslims are welcome as long as they 'behave themselves'.
The views expressed are personal.
Source: .hindustantimes.com/analysis/why-are-muslims-in-india-more-anxious-than-ever-before/story-i7JgnqtVAYyIJaUCCbtCBL.html
URL: https://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-politics/vir-sanghvi/why-are-muslims-in-india-more-anxious-than-ever-before/d/111770


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In some parts of Queensland, Blue Care can offer palliative care in your home. We promote peace and dignity throughout the final stages of life and can support you and your loved ones to create a calm environment. We also offer home nursing and equipment, pain and symptom management, personal hygiene and grooming, respite for carers, and bereavement support. We also can connect you with chaplains and a social worker.
For early palliative care, we can visit weekly to monitor a person's health and offer emotional support, with more regular visits as care needs increase. We can also offer guidance and support to family and friends on the next steps after your loved one has passed.
Talk to your hospital team or contact Blue Care directly on 1300 258 322 to find out more about palliative care options in the home.
A calm and peaceful atmosphere is the hallmark of care for people who choose to stay in the familiar and comforting surrounds of their Blue Care aged care home rather than hospital or a hospice as they near the end of life.
Some of our aged care homes offer soft lighting, a CD player for favourite music, and flowers. Family members are encouraged to stay close and we can provide meals. We can also facilitate phone calls with people who cannot visit in person. We have close ties to clergy from all denominations who can visit as required.
Family members often find solace being near the people who have cared for and known their loved one, sometimes for years, in our aged care homes. We can also offer guidance and support on the next steps after your loved one has passed.
Contact Blue Care on 1300 258 322 to find out more about palliative care in our aged care homes.


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Ways to Use Sugar and Salt (That Don't Involve Eating!)
Learn the new and exciting ways to incorporate salt and sugar into your life.
1. Keep cut flowers looking fresher longer.
Stir 3 teaspoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of vinegar into a vase of warm water, then add flowers. The sugar feeds the stems, while the vinegar stops bacteria from forming.
2. Remove grass stains.
Combine sugar and warm water to create a thick paste; apply directly to the grass stain. Let the mixture sit on the stain for about an hour or two, then wash the garment as usual.
3. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
Mary Poppins said it herself, and studies have proven it: Babies and infants up to one year of age who were given sugar-water before immunization didn't react as badly to the pain of the shots as infants who didn't get a taste of the sweet stuff beforehand.
4. Clean your coffee or spice grinder.
Pour 1/4 cup of sugar into to your coffee or spice grinder and let it run for a few minutes. Just remember to dump out the grinder afterward and wipe it clean.
5. Keep breads and cakes fresh.
Add a few sugar cubes to the airtight container holding the baked goods.
6. De-gunk your hands.
Combine a little bit of olive oil and sugar, then rub the mixture all over your hands to remove dirt and grease.
7. Test egg freshness.
Put two teaspoons of salt in a cup of water and place an egg in it — a fresh egg will sink, an older egg will float. Because the air cell in an egg increases as it ages, an older egg is more buoyant. This doesn't mean a floating egg is rotten, just more mature.
8. Balance your garden worms.
If your plants or plant roots look a little bumpier than normal, your plants may be infected with certain types of parasitic worms. If that's the case, sprinkle plants and the soil around them with handfuls of sugar. This will encourage the good species of worms and microorganisms to reproduce in the soil.
9. Prevent fruits from browning.
Most of us use lemon or vinegar to stop peeled apples and pears from browning, but you can also drop them in lightly salted water to help them keep their color.
10. Vanilla your sugar.
Split a vanilla bean in half and sink it in a jar full of sugar, let it sit for a week, and voilà, vanilla-perfumed sugar.
11. Banish bugs and roaches.
Although sugar can be a pest's best friend, the addition of baking powder can make it their worst enemy. Combine about 2 tablespoons each of sugar and baking powder in a bowl, and sprinkle the mixture over any places you suspect bugs are hanging out. Reapply as needed and clean up often.
12. Stop cheese from molding.
To keep your favorite blue from turning fuzzy, place a sugar cube with the cheese in an airtight container.
13. Ease a spicy burn.
Acidic foods and dairy can lessen the pain of too much spiciness in the mouth, but a dash of sugar works well too.
14. Shell nuts more easily.
Soak pecans and walnuts in salt water for several hours before shelling to make it easier to remove the meat.
15. Prevent cake icing crystals.
A little salt added to cake icing prevents it from sugaring.
16. Remove odors from hands.
Use soap and water, then rubbing them on anything made of stainless steel but you can also rub your fingers with a salt and vinegar combo.
17. Reach high peaks.
Add a tiny pinch of salt when beating egg whites or whipping cream for quicker, higher peaks.
18. "Sweeten" containers with salt.
Salt can "sweeten" and deodorize thermos bottles and jugs, decanters and other closed containers.
19. Save the bottom of your oven.
If a pie or casserole bubbles over in the oven, put a handful of salt on top of the spill.
20. Clean teeth.
Use one part fine salt to two parts baking soda — dip your toothbrush in the mix and brush as usual. You can also use the same mix dissolved in water for orthodontic appliances. This shouldn't replace toothpaste for brushing your teeth.
21. Rinse your mouth.
Mix equal parts salt and baking soda in water for a fresh and deodorizing mouth rinse.
22. Ease mouth problems.
For canker sores, rinse your mouth with a weak solution of warm saltwater several times a day.
23. Relieve bee-sting pain.
Immediately dampen area and pack on a small pile of salt to reduce pain and swelling.
24. Treat mosquito bites.
A saltwater soak can do wonders — a mixture of salt with olive oil can help too.
25. Have an exfoliating massage.
After bathing and while still wet give yourself a massage with dry salt. It freshens skin and boosts circulation.
26. Ease throat pain.
Mix salt and warm water, gargle to relieve a sore throat.
27. Deter ants.
Sprinkle salt at doorways, window sills, and anywhere else ants sneak into your house.
28. Drip-proof candles.
If you soak new candles in a strong salt solution for a few hours, then dry them well, they will not drip as much when you burn them.
29. Reducing eye puffiness.
Mix one teaspoon of salt in a pint of hot water and apply pads soaked in the solution on the puffy areas.
30. Arrange artificial flowers.
Artificial flowers can be held in place by pouring salt into the vase, adding a little cold water and then arranging the flowers. The salt become solid as it dries and holds the flowers in place.
31. Repair walls.
To fill nail holes, fix chips or other small dings in white Sheetrock or plaster walls, mix 2 tablespoons salt and 2 tablespoons cornstarch, then add enough water (about 5 teaspoons) to make a thick paste. Use the paste to fill the holes.
32. Deter patio weeds.
If weeds or grass grow between bricks or blocks in your patio, sidewalk, or driveway, carefully spread salt between the cracks, then sprinkle with water or wait for rain to wet it down.
33. Kill poison ivy.
Mix three pounds of salt with a gallon of soapy water (use a gentle dish soap) and apply to leaves and stems with a sprayer, avoiding any plant life that you want to keep.
34. De-ice sidewalks and driveways.
One of the oldest tricks in the book! Lightly sprinkle rock salt on walks and driveways to keep snow and ice from bonding to the pavement and allow for easier shoveling/scraping. But don't overdo it; use the salt sensibly to avoid damage to plants and paws.
35. Tame a wild barbecue.
Toss a bit of salt on flames from food dripping in barbecue grills to reduce the flames and calm the smoke.
36. Clean sink drains.
Pour salt mixed with hot water down the kitchen sink regularly to deodorize and keep grease from building up.
37. Remove water rings.
Gently rub a thin paste of salt and vegetable oil on the white marks caused by beverage glasses and hot dishes on wooden tables.
38. Clean greasy pans.
Cast-iron skillets can be cleaned with a good sprinkling of salt and paper towels.
39. Clean stained cups.
Mix salt with a dab of dish soap to make a soft scrub for stubborn coffee and tea stains.
40. Clean refrigerators.
A mix of salt and soda water can be used to wipe out and deodorize the inside of your refrigerator, a nice way to keep chemical-y cleaners away from your food.
41. Clean brass or copper.
Mix equal parts of salt, flour, and vinegar to make a paste, and rub the paste on the metal. After letting it sit for an hour, clean with a soft cloth or brush and buff with a dry cloth.
42. Make a facial toner.
Salt helps to cleanse pores deeply. Mix one teaspoon sea salt with four ounces of warn water in small spray bottle until salt is dissolved. Mist on clean, dry skin, avoiding eyes.
43. Clean a glass coffee pot.
Every diner waitress' favorite tip: add salt and ice cubes to a coffee pot, swirl around vigorously, and rinse. The salt scours the bottom, and the ice helps to agitate it more for a better scrub.
44. Attack wine spills.
If a tipsy guest tips wine on your cotton or linen tablecloth, blot up as much as possible and immediately cover the wine with a pile of salt, which will help pull the remaining wine away from the fiber. After dinner, soak the tablecloth in cold water for 30 minutes before laundering.
45. Quell oversudsing.
Since, of course, we are all very careful in how much detergent we use in our laundry, we never have too many suds. But if someone overfills ... you can eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt.
46. Dry clothes in the winter.
Use salt in the final laundry rinse to prevent clothes from freezing if you use an outdoor clothes line in the winter.
47. Brighten colors.
Wash colored curtains or washable fiber rugs in a saltwater solution to brighten the colors. Brighten faded rugs and carpets by rubbing them briskly with a cloth that has been dipped in a strong saltwater solution and wrung out.
48. Remove perspiration stains.
Add four tablespoons of salt to one quart of hot water and sponge the fabric with the solution until stains fade.
49. Remove blood stains.
Soak the stained cloth in cold saltwater, then launder in warm, soapy water and boil after the wash. (Use only on cotton, linen, or other natural fibers that can take high heat.)
50. Tackle mildew or rust stains.
Moisten stained spots with a mixture of lemon juice and salt, then spread the item in the sun for bleaching — then rinse and dry.
51. Use as hair volumizer.
Adding Epsom salt to conditioner helps you to rid your hair of excess oil, which can weigh hair down and leave it looking flat. Create your own homemade volumizer by combining equal parts Epsom salt and conditioner. Apply and leave in for 20 minutes before rinsing. Repeat the treatment weekly.
52. Get sunburn relief.
Epsom salt's anti-inflammatory properties make it a great tool for alleviating mild sunburn irritation. Take an empty spray bottle, mix two tablespoons of Epsom with one cup of water and spray on the affected area. Your days of dealing with messy aloe are over!
53. Relieve dry lips.
Try giving your lips a deeper treatment using Epsom salt. Combine a few tablespoons of salt with a teaspoon of petroleum jelly (such as Vaseline), apply the solution to the lips, and gently rub it in.
54. Brighten nails.
Salt softens cuticles and strengthens nails. Mix one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon baking soda, one teaspoon lemon juice and a half-cup of water in a small bowl. Soak nails in the solution for 10 minutes, then rinse hands and moisturize.
55. Sore muscle soother.
Epsom salt can help to relieve sore muscles after workouts. Create a muscle-relaxing "paste" by dissolving a teaspoon of Epsom salt into a cup of hot water and cooling the solution in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
56. Do an at-home pedicure.
Treat your feet to even more fun with a low-cost, at-home Epsom salt pedicure. Mix one half a cup of Epsom salt with warm soap water and soak.
57. Clean your iron.
Pour out salt onto some paper, and run your iron over it while it's nice and warm. The salt will lift the stains, leaving the iron sparkling clean.
58. Try a total body soak.
Making Epsom salt body-soaks a regular part of your routine can help keep you feeling rejuvenated and your skin hydrated and healthy.
59. Give yourself a facial.
Epsom salt's natural exfoliating properties help give facial pores a deep clean. For an Epsom salt facial, add one half a teaspoon of Epsom salt to any face cleansing cream. Apply to skin, rinse with cold water, and dry.
60. Make your own bath crystals.
You can make your own at home by combining two cups of Epsom salt with a few drops of food coloring and a few drops of fragrance, such as eucalyptus or vanilla.
61. Try this splinter remedy.
After you've managed to remove a minor splinter, relieve the swelling and irritation with an Epsom salt compress.
62. Post-shower spa treatment.
Gentle exfoliation is a common treatment at many spas, and you can have the same experience for a fraction of the price at home.
63. Try deep exfoliation.
For a more thorough exfoliation treatment, combine two cups of Epsom salt with a quarter cup of petroleum jelly.
64. Keep chicken or turkey moist.
Rub salt in the cavity of the bird before cooking
65. Do an ice plunge.
Athletes have long used ice baths after workouts to decrease inflammation. For an effective cold-water plunge, add Epsom salt. Its natural anti-inflammatory properties can help keep muscles healthy after you've been working hard at the gym.
66. Use Epsom salt as a sleep aid.
Because of its ability to soothe skin and relax muscles, Epsom salt can also contribute to a good night's rest. Get some zzz's by soaking in a warm Epsom salt bath before bed.
67. Calm swelling, odor and other foot problems.
Experts say joint pain, swollen feet, foot and toe fungus, and foot odor can all be improved with a 15- to 20-minute warm Epsom salt foot soak.
68. Get summer skin protection.
When dead and dry skin from tans or sunburns builds up, it can be hard to apply sunscreen effectively. Some experts suggest that you exfoliate your skin after a day in the sun (and before the next one) with an Epsom salt shower solution.
69. Clean artificial flowers.
You can quickly freshen up artificial flowers by placing them in a paper bag with 1/4 cup salt. Give the bag a few gentle shakes, and your flowers will be as clean as the day you bought them.
70. Make ice cream.
Mix milk, sugar and vanilla together and pour into the small plastic bag. Seal the bag and make sure it is not leaking. Put the small bag into the large bag, add the ice and sprinkle all of the salt over the ice. Now mash the bag for about 10 minutes until you can see that the milk has turned to ice cream.
71. Ease fireplace cleanup.
If you douse the flames of a fireplace with salt, the fire will burn out more quickly, so you'll wind up with less soot than if you let it smolder.
72. Make your own brass and copper polish.
To shine your candlesticks or remove green tarnish from copper pots, make a paste by mixing equal parts salt, flour, and vinegar. Use a soft cloth to rub this over the item, then rinse with warm, soapy water and buff back to its original shine.
73. Chill champagne quickly.
Place ice around its base in an ice bucket; sprinkle with a few tablespoons of salt. Layer salt and ice until they reach the neck of the bottle. Fill with water. Wait 10 minutes; serve.
74. Remove watermarks from wood.
Make them disappear by mixing 1 teaspoon salt with a few drops of water to form a paste. Gently rub the paste onto the ring with a soft cloth or sponge and work it over the spot until it's gone.
75. Restore a sponge.
To restore sponges, soak them overnight in a solution of about 1/4 cup salt per quart (liter) of water.
76. Prevent grease splatters.
Add a few dashes of salt to the pan before beginning to fry foods that can splatter. You'll cook without pain and you won't have to clean grease off your cooktop.
77. Speed up cooking time.
Add a pinch or two of salt to the water you are boiling food in. This makes the water boil at a higher temperature so the food you are cooking will require less time on the stovetop.
78. Shell hard-boiled eggs with ease.
Add a teaspoon of salt to your water before placing the eggs in it to boil.
79. Revive overcooked coffee.
Before you throw out the brew, try adding a pinch of salt to a cup.
80. Erase tea and coffee stains.
You can easily scrub away unattractive rings by sprinkling salt onto a sponge and rubbing in little circles across the ring.
81. Brighten up your cutting boards.
After you wash cutting boards and breadboards with soap and water, rub them with a damp cloth dipped in salt. The boards will be lighter and brighter in color.
82. Relieve constipation.
If you're feeling a little constipated, you might try Epsom salts. Dissolve one tablespoon into a cup of warm water and drink. Note, this remedy should not be used more than once per day. If symptoms persist for more than a few days, it is always recommended to consult with a physician.
83. Remove lipstick marks from glassware.
Before washing your glasses rub the edges with salt to erase lipstick stains.
84. Clean discolored glass.
Mix a handful of salt in a quart of vinegar and soak the glassware overnight. The stains should wipe off in the morning.
85. Revive wrinkled apples.
Soak them in mildly salted water to make the skin smooth again.
86. Keep salad crisp.
Lightly salt the salad immediately after you prepare it, and it will remain crisp for several hours.
87. Wash spinach more easily.
Wash spinach leaves in salted water. Dirt is driven out along with salt in the rinse water.
88. Keep your milk fresh.
Add a pinch of salt to a carton of milk to make it stay fresh longer. This works for cream too.
89. Prevent mold on cheese.
Prevent the mold by wrapping the cheese in a napkin soaked in salt water before storing it in the refrigerator.
90. Use to whip cream and beat eggs.
The next time you whip cream or beat eggs, add a pinch of salt first. The cream will whip up lighter. The eggs will beat faster and higher, and they'll firm up better when you cook them.
91. Stop cut fruit from browning.
To ensure that cut apples and pears retain their color, soak them briefly in a bowl of lightly salted water.
92. Set the color in new towels.
The first two or three times you wash new colored towels, add 1 cup salt to the wash. The salt will set the colors so your towels will remain bright much longer.
93. Clean flowerpots without water.
Sprinkle in a little salt and scrub off the dry dirt with a stiff brush.
94. Open hair-clogged drains.
Dissolve the mess with 1 cup salt, 1 cup baking soda, and 1/2 cup white vinegar. Pour the mixture down the drain. After 10 minutes, follow up with a 1/2 gallon of boiling water. Run your hot-water tap until the drain flows freely.
95. Freshen your breath.
Mix 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon baking soda into 1/2 cup water. Rinse and gargle.
96. Freshen your garbage disposal.
Dump in 1/2 cup salt, run the cold water, and start the disposal. The salt will dislodge stuck waste and neutralize odors.
97. Pick up spilled eggs.
Cover the spill with salt. It will draw the egg together and you can easily wipe it up with a sponge or paper towel.
98. Make a DIY handwash.
Mix equal parts Epsom salts and baby oil to create a moisturizing hand cleanser. Store this mixture in bottles next to all of the sinks around your home and use regularly to keep hands soft and clean.
99. A pre-shampoo dandruff treatment.
The abrasiveness of ordinary table salt works great for scrubbing out dandruff before you shampoo. Grab a saltshaker and shake some salt onto your dry scalp.