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Jeep Brand May be Up for Sale in China?
has been a bit of a scare in news headlines regarding Jeep® lately. For the past few months actually, there has been talk of both Jeep and Ram splitting off from the FCA Group. However, it was just talk, nothing serious, until one company in China stepped up all too eagerly to buy the Jeep brand. In no way is that a bad thing, sales in China are doing well for Jeep, but what about Jeep history? Some enthusiasts may not be too happy about that.
Jeep and China
For the past few months, FCA has been discussing the breakup between the Fiat Chrysler Automobile Group and Jeep. The sales of the Jeep brand alone are enough to fly solo, but a breakup didn't seem worthwhile at first. Last year however, FCA sent a team specializing in mergers and acquisitions to China. This month, that venture has finally bore some fruit.
One Chinese company, Great Wall Motor, emerged publicly this week as an eager suitor for Jeep. If Jeep were to break off of FCA, having an already well established foundation for its new home would be the way to do it. In the past few years, Jeep has expanded globally at a rapid rate, and sales have boomed since the vehicle was reintroduced to China. Sales are projected to grow to 850,000 units sold in 2018 – that's six times what it was back in 2013.
Great Wall Motor did not approach Fiat Chrysler formally though, so there is no deal, let alone a contract in the making. FCA did however point out that a sale is up for grabs, in case any other automakers wished to explore deals with the Jeep brand. Basically, they painted a big red target on their backs and shout into a megaphone.
"There is nobody saying there's no way we would sell the Jeep brand … That sends a message to boardrooms around the world." – Thomas W. LaSorda, former chief executive at Chrysler prior to its merger with Fiat.
However, if Jeep was bought out, enthusiasts may wish their new home stays in America. Maybe a Dodge Jeep could be in the future?
Keeping Jeep in America
After all, Jeep was primarily made for the United States military back in the early 1940s. Used as the main transport for troops in World War II, the birth of a brand came with the vehicle used. Although unclear where the name "Jeep" came from, many believe it is a slurred version of the acronym "GP" for "Government Purposes".
Today, the origin of Jeep in the army is still apparent in its vehicle designs. This is most obvious with the Jeep Renegade. All over the Renegade are Jeep easter eggs, some of which (the "X") pay homage to the gas canisters that stored fuel for the first Jeeps in the military. Then there's the Jeep Trackhawk, a vehicle made and powered by two American automakers, borrowing technology from the Dodge SRT Hellcat.
We don't know if Jeep will break off from FCA and go overseas. What we do know is what was once just talk has now turned into "Make us an offer".


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Among the jewellery, art, electronics and high-end cars at The Indian Luxury Expo taking place in Hyderabad at N Convention, beginning Saturday, 3 October, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will be front and centre.
Actor Allu Sirish, who has appeared in movies such as Gouravam and Kotha Janta will also be present at the event. PETA will exhibit elegant animal-friendly fashions, chic synthetic leather handbags, stylish leather-free shoes, trendy cosmetics never tested on animals, delectable dairy-free chocolates and vegan cookies along with products from more than a dozen progressive companies including ASOS, Baggit, Veruschka, and GQP.
The theme for the campaign– is "ExtraVEGANza – Be Classy Without Cruelty". Allu will pose with PETA's giant bunny mascot, who will be holding a sign reading, "Be a Caring Consumer: Buy Cruelty-Free.
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Parinaz Firozi, MD Jumia Kenya said, "Kenya's digital landscape proves beyond doubts that the time is ripe to make mobile the first priority in every business strategy."
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Zoo Wars~BCR v Court ORDERS-Update the Return of the Tiger Ridge Animals
Amazed that a government agency-the ODA- thinks they are above the law and the ruling of the court. An appeal will cost MORE tax payer money to tie it up with more litigation when there is already an issue for the safe return of the animals that exists once animals crossed state line-The state of Ohio lost control the second the animals left Ohio and now will be open to federal suit-Never mind an appeal there is a storm brewing with a claim of abuse.
BCR received several of the Tiger Ridge animals AFTER a lengthy stay with the ODA in charge at the Ohio Animal Penitentiary…ANY ABUSE OBSERVED WOULD BE THE ABUSE FROM THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOT TIGER RIDGE…The following demonstrates the abuse as documented by Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue (BCR) and now blaming it on Hetrick which couldn't be further from the truth and also documented as well as in numerous posts that can be found on this blog.
Carole Baskin has been enjoying the money coming from Ohio from tax payer money to care for the animals-Wala-the creation of more lies begins to keep the money coming and no matter where it comes from-Help pay for their care-Help BCR fight a court order…Oh yeah, people gullible enough to donate to help her be in defiance of a court order-Baskin gets creeper by the minute with her professional techniques to beg for more money-The BCR 990 IRS reports reveals more than 4 million in reserve.
Who has so many IRS 501-C-3 corporation's registered to themselves? And you didn't think there is money in a Not for Profit business to be made-HA!
Who will ever be able to forget Leo and all the images that came from the ODA?
After suffering at the Ohio Animal Penitentiary-Leo
Carole Baskin is NOT so innocent herself of abuse-She's the Mastermind behind 911 Animal Abuse
The TRUTH Carole Baskin doesn't want YOU to know!!! Put into a concise format with links documenting every single entry-Carole Baskin exposed and a fraud!!!
For more documented information http://bigcatexploiters.weebly.com/carole-baskin.html
Carole Baskin will always claim that the people behind exposing her for the liar that she is are lying however each and every claim is documented and Baskin is unable to dispose of this evidence. There is more to be found at the above link…These are some strong words:
- Maintain compatible groups of animals in the same enclosure.
- Handle animals in a manner that prevented physical harm.
- Maintain structurally sound housing facilities for dogs.
- Clean water receptacles.
- Clean the premises and keep it free of accumulations of trash.
- Maintain complete records on the premises showing the acquisition, disposition, and identification of animals.
- Provide a suitable method for the rapid elimination of water from outdoor housing facilities.
- Clean primary enclosures as required.
- Store supplies of food in an adequate manner.
- and Maintain a sufficient distance or barrier between animals and the viewing public.
And while she has been able to fly by under the radar…She can no longer hide HER PAST and her claim that only she is qualified to care fore those animals WRONG!!! No one has this much history behind them so start asking questions and see for yourself how she tries to get out of it…
2 Responses to "Zoo Wars~BCR v Court ORDERS-Update the Return of the Tiger Ridge Animals"
Tiger Ridge animals were contented,well cared for& healthy before being tranquilized,removed& transported unconscious in unheated horse trailers in the winter from the Hetrick's by the ODA. Since which time they've been shuffled& reshuffled from place to place,demonstrated to be worse than where they were originally taken from. It's been stated the ODA considers the Hetrick's to be rude&uncivil in their protests to the removal of the animals from a home & people the animals had grown in. Does the ODA expect cards&warm 'thank you's' as a response to the seizure? While they ridicule the Hetrick's supporters,the ODA is a testament to the unfair 'steamrolling' of a bureaucratic authority over a citizen,without regard to injuries it causes to those affected by its actions.


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Five years ago when I started medical school, I had expected to learn the truth about human life – how we breathe, how we eat, how we sleep. Literally. But what I have stumbled across is far, far greater than that. I've learnt how we feel, why we feel. The little secrets of life, you know? Yeah. And how a dua – a heartfelt prayer – works.
We sit on the prayer mat and raise our hands in supplication and cry our hearts out, our foreheads kissing the ground, our souls trembling. We utter our hearts' deepest, darkest desires. Then we get up from the prayer mat and we expect heaven to have been laid right before us, right away! Not so fast, people! Not so fast!
It's a process. Slow and steady, usually. Also awe-inspiringly quick, sometimes. A fetus takes nine months to grow into the baby that the mother gives birth to after a tiring labour. I've seen duas being answered like that. I see it now, too. I see the ease in the difficulty. "For indeed, with hardship will be ease." (Surah Ash-Sharh [94])
It's amazing how I can even see it. Another one of those hugs from God, you know? Pour in a little love, a faith that loves to play hide-n-seek, also throw in an ounce of fear – "what if my prayer isn't answered?" – and lots and lots and lots of patience: that is your dua. And then the magic begins to show itself; a few trips here and there, maybe a disaster or two, a couple of heartbreaks and a huge river of tears later..it happens! At the perfect timing, in the perfect way. Perfect here is synonymous to His will, okay?
And so it's happening! It's happening and I am in happy awe of how beautifully He is managing the universe! The little ants who get their sustenance; the chirpy birds; the poor cobbler at the end of the lane. Me. You. Us.
We all have such a beautiful relationship with God. He has little secrets with everyone, all of us. That's so incredibly fascinating, is it not? How He brings ease into my life will be very different from how He sends a hug your way. But the interesting bit is that we all see it. Not always. Just sometimes. And in those "some" times, lies the secret to all of our time on this little planet.
Everything wonderful is on the way. Yeah? Yeah.


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There are many different types of yoga. You have just made a good decision if you decided to start practicing yoga. But it might be challenging to pick a type of yoga that suits you best. There are so many different options.
Let me clarify what are some of the best yoga for beginners. I recommend that you try out as many of them as possible and see for yourself what you prefer. Yoga is a journey and as you progress, your yoga practice will change too.
If you are looking to lose weight, yoga is a very fun and healthy way to acheive that. You will find out how yoga helps you lose weight and what is the best type of yoga for weight loss.
The different types of yoga | Hatha Yoga
What is Hatha Yoga?
Hatha Yoga is a general style that usually refers to any style of yoga that practices postures. Many new modern types of yoga are derived from Hatha Yoga. Ashtanga, Power, Vinyasa, Hot Yoga can all be classified as Hatha Yoga.
Generally, a Hatha Yoga class teaches a classical approach to yoga. It combines different yoga poses (asanas) with deep breathing exercises (pranayama). It is a very popular type of yoga. Plus, it offers an introduction to yoga poses, breathing, relaxation techniques and meditation.
Hatha Yoga For Beginners
Hatha Yoga includes many different types of yoga. It is a great yoga for beginners. You can easily learn the basics of yoga during a Hatha Yoga class. It is considered a gentle and slow paced kind of yoga. This type of yoga is recommended for anyone starting out or who prefers a more relaxed style of yoga.
Hatha Yoga For Weight Loss
The exercises in Hatha Yoga are relatively not intense. You won't sweat a lot but you will hold the poses longer. Compared to more vigorous types of yoga like Vinyasa Yoga, it is more gentle. Hatha Yoga helps calm down and relieve stress very effectively.
The different types of yoga | Vinyasa Yoga
What is Vinyasa Yoga?
Vinyasa Yoga is a dynamic and fast paced practice of yoga. It also includes many different types of yoga. This vigorous style often refers to continuous and rapid yoga flows. You won't hold yoga poses much long during a Vinyasa class.
Vinyasa Yoga teaches coordination between breath and movement. It is a good workout that focuses on fluid transitions between poses. Often taught to music, Vinyasa Yoga classes are lively and very fun.
Vinyasa Yoga For Beginners
I recommend that you try out other slower types of yoga if you are new to yoga. It is best to master the different yoga poses before introducing intense movements between them. Although you can find gentle beginner Vinyasa flows, focus on learning the basics beforehand.
Vinyasa Yoga For Weight Loss
Vinyasa Yoga is a very energetic type of yoga. It is a great way to challenge yourself and push your physical limits. This will raise your heart rate, boosts your metabolism and increase your strength, flexibility and stamina. It also shares mental and emotional benefits with other yoga styles.
The different types of yoga | Ashtanga Yoga
What is Ashtanga Yoga?
Ashtanga Yoga is a very challenging type of yoga. It teaches specific yoga sequences that scale with your progress. Also known as Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, practitioners move rapidly and flow between poses. It focuses on mastery of the poses and advancement to more difficult levels.
There are six vigorous and established Ashtanga series. They are fast paced and challenging with little room to breathe. Plus, the different asanas are practiced in a rigorous order. In an Ashtanga Yoga class, you will practice one or more of the sequences nonstop. It is a powerful and structured way of doing yoga.
Ashtanga Yoga For Beginners
A typical Ashtanga Yoga practice moves quite quickly. It is a very physically demanding type of yoga that will make you sweat. I do not recommend beginners to start out with an Ashtanga Yoga practice. If you are up for the challenge, you can advance at your own pace in a Mysore style of yoga practice.
Ashtanga Yoga For Weight Loss
It is a vigorous type of yoga. The different poses can be quite difficult. Plus, the movements are predefined. It will heat your body and make you sweat a lot. It is a great way to get a good workout. You will increase blood flow and burn calories if you can bear the challenge.
The different types of yoga | Power Yoga
What is Power Yoga?
Power Yoga is a very modern and athletic type of yoga. Derived from Ashtanga Yoga, it provides an intense aerobic workout with less rigorous structure. This style of yoga offers a lot more freedom. It varies a lot from class to class. Plus, it aims to make Ashtanga Yoga more accessible.
Power Yoga is one of the most popular between the different types of yoga. It focuses on building strength, increasing flexibility and cardiovascular performance. There are little pauses in a Power Yoga practice. It is a style of Vinyasa Yoga flow that works the body more than the mind.
Power Yoga For Beginners
This type of yoga is more accessible than Ashtanga Yoga. If you seek a good aerobic workout combined with yoga flows,Power Yoga might be for you. It is still very physically demanding but brings amazing muscle building results.
Power Yoga For Weight Loss
Power Yoga combines strength training with stretching and breathing exercises. It is a great way to build strong and long muscles. Plus, it maintains your heart in good shape. Big stronger muscles burn a lot more calories and help get rid of excess body fat effectively.
The different types of yoga | Hot Yoga
What is Hot Yoga?
Hot Yoga is a general type of yoga practiced in hot and humid conditions. It regroups many other types of yoga that use heat to make you sweat and increase flexibility. You will be able to move into deeper poses compared to unheated classes.
Hot Yoga is usually practiced in a heated room to emulate the climate conditions of India. It is a very demanding exercise. You will sweat a lot and have a hard time to breathe.
Hot Yoga For Beginners
This yoga style is very popular but not something that everyone enjoys. Plus, medical advice is recommended before starting out. The heat and humidity can become unbearable sometimes. This does not allow beginners to learn the basics of yoga in good conditions.
Hot Yoga For Weight Loss
Hot Yoga has plenty of benefits for your health. Plus, it helps you lose weight effectively. The heat increases muscle performance, overall blood circulation and detoxification. It provides a good exercise for your heart and prevents cardiovascular diseases.
The different types of yoga | Bikram Yoga
What is Bikram Yoga?
Bikram Yoga is a type of yoga adapted from hot yoga. It teaches a specific set of 26 poses performed twice in a heated room. Two breathing exercises are also included in the 90 minutes sequence of every practice.
It is very popular and easy to find. The sequence is trademarked and very different from Ashtanga Yoga. It includes a high intensity physical workout that improves your body performance.
Bikram Yoga For Beginners
This type of yoga presents a predictable sequence that appeals to many. It is very consistent and allows beginners to progress and perform better every time. It strengthens muscles, bones, organs, ligaments and joints.
Bikram Yoga For Weight Loss
Bikram Yoga is another very intense type of yoga. It increases strength, flexibility, and endurance. Moreover, it helps anyone looking to lose weight. Make sure to stay hydrated to promote detoxification and calorie burning. It is a very effective way to manage excess weight.
The different types of yoga | Forrest Yoga
What is Forrest Yoga?
Forrest Yoga is a modern type of yoga inspired from Hatha Yoga. Classified as Hot Yoga, it holds poses for a longer period of time in a heated room. It is a very intense style of practice that focuses on core and lower body strength. It uses physical exercise to overcome challenges from day to day lives.
The poses and sequences are specifically designed to provide a changing experience. It helps combat recurring physical and emotional issues of modern society.
Forrest Yoga For Beginners
Forrest Yoga is accessible to everyone and not as challenging as other types of Hot Yoga. It develops strength, flexibility but also focuses on treating mental and emotional injuries. It is a great way to find the courage to deal with fears and struggles.
Forrest Yoga For Weight Loss
With the combination of intense physical exercise and emotional healing, Forrest Yoga helps you learn new skills for a healthier lifestyle. It is a proven strengthening and relaxing experience that helps manage weight.
The different types of yoga | Iyengar Yoga
What is Iyengar Yoga?
Iyengar Yoga is accessible to everybody. It is derived from Hatha Yoga and emphasizes alignment and precision when executing poses. This is a great way to familiarize yourself with yoga techniques. It combines deep breathing exercises with poses that strengthen and lengthen the body.
This yoga style makes use of props to help practitioners do asanas correctly. It teaches movement and anatomy with belts, straps, blocks and blankets. Plus, it aims to unite the body, mind and spirit by practicing postures with extreme precision.
Iyengar Yoga For Beginners
This type of yoga helps beginners learn yoga safely and effectively. Each posture is held for quite some time for maximum benefit. It can be practiced at any age and is especially effective for those with injuries. This provides very good detailed instructions when starting out with yoga.
Iyengar Yoga For Weight Loss
Iyengar Yoga promotes strength, flexibility and endurance. Moreover, it increases balance, stability, focus and concentration. It focuses on correcting misalignment and errors during practice. It is a safe type of yoga to stay fit, healthy and rejuvenated.
The different types of yoga | Kundalini Yoga
What is Kundalini Yoga?
Kundalini Yoga aims to increase mindfulness and self awareness. It is a very challenging practice, both physically and mentally. It combines repetitive physical and breathing exercises. In a Kundalini Yoga class, you will move into invigorating poses, chanting and meditating.
This style of yoga practice is more than physical. Each exercise (kriya) is intended to release your spiritual energy at the base of the spine through the seven chakras.
Kundalini Yoga For Beginners
This type of yoga is deeply spiritual and very different from others. It is vigorous and physically challenging too. Kundalini Yoga is safe for beginners and encourages them to heal and get through challenges. You will learn different breathing techniques and develop your consciousness.
Kundalini Yoga For Weight Loss
Kundalini Yoga awakens your internal energy with precise exercises. It provides a good workout and get your heart pumping. Moreover, this yoga style builds strength and transforms you from within. It raises your awareness and has positive effects on your lifestyle.
The different types of yoga | Yin Yoga
What is Yin Yoga?
Yin Yoga presents an emphasis on balance between the body and the mind. Yoga poses are held for five to twenty minutes at a time. This is a meditative practice that stretches muscles, joints and nerves deeply. It is a quiet type of yoga meant to complement Yang Yoga (any other strength building practice).
This union of passive and active yoga styles is also known as Taoist Yoga. It is a great way to relax with patience and discipline.
Yin Yoga For Beginners
Yin Yoga is quite challenging because the poses are held for a long time. It is increases circulation and flexibility. This kind of practice is very good to relax and calm down. It is best done in combination with more vigorous different types of yoga.
Yin Yoga For Weight Loss
This yoga style is great for people that need to stretch. Lengthening muscles and connecting tissues is as important as building strength. It invites body and mind to quiet down, relieves stress and anxiety. Moreover, it raises awareness, emotional well being and prevents poor diet choices.
The different types of yoga | Restorative Yoga
What is Restorative Yoga?
Restorative Yoga is a slow paced type of yoga. It focuses on deep relaxation and use a variety of props such as pillows, blocks and blankets. This yoga style is great if you suffer from insomnia, chronic pain or anxiety. The different poses are generally very gentle and simple.
The practitioners experience the benefits of each posture without effort. They are held for long periods of time to provide deeper relaxation. It focuses on finding calm more than flexibility, compared to Yin Yoga.
Restorative Yoga For Beginners
Everyone can practice Restorative Yoga. The poses are held for many minutes but require no effort. It is a gentle type of yoga that helps relax, calm down, get rid of stress and anxiety. You might find it boring until you see its many benefits.
Restorative Yoga For Weight Loss
Restorative Yoga is known to treat blood pressure disorders. Plus, it is a great way to reduce any tension in the body. This gentle yoga style combats fatigue, improves digestion, and allows inner calm. Stress is a major factor in weight gain and Restorative Yoga is a very healthy solution.
The different types of yoga | Kripalu Yoga
What is Kripalu Yoga?
Kripalu Yoga uses postures, breathing and meditation to elevate the mind and find spiritual awareness. This is challenging as it transforms you from within. This type of yoga is less physical but more emotional and spiritual.
It is practiced in three parts. It emphasizes on learning the poses and self discovery first. The second part trains you to hold the asanas longer to increase focus and concentration. Lastly, meditation improves your well being and allows healing.
Kripalu Yoga For Beginners
This yoga style is accessible to everybody. It is not a goal-oriented practice. Plus, students are encouraged to learn at their own pace. It focuses on listening to your own body and figuring out what works best for you.
Kripalu Yoga For Weight Loss
Kripalu Yoga promotes consciousness and self exploration. It can be challenging at times but includes a necessary process that leads to fulfillment and healing.
The different types of yoga | Jivamukti Yoga
What is Jivamukti Yoga?
Jivamukti Yoga is a new modern way of practicing yoga flow. It is similar to Vinyasa Yoga but incorporates chanting and meditation. It focuses on the physical, spiritual and ethical aspects of yoga. This contemporary type of yoga aims to apply yogic principles to modern lifestyles.
The practice is vigorous and challenging. Plus, it encourages yogis to apply its philosophy in their every day life. Chanting and scriptural study also play an important role in Jivamukti Yoga. It promotes veganism, non violence, gratitude and devotion.
Jivamukti Yoga For Beginners
This style of yoga practice is always changing. If you are looking for spiritual elements and physical exercises, this might be the perfect type of yoga for you. It offers philosophical teachings and relaxation.
Jivamukti Yoga For Weight Loss
Jivamukti Yoga is a life changing experience. It is very beneficial if you are looking to lose weight. It promotes healthy living and provides physical plus spiritual benefits. You will learn to make better choices for yourself and everyone around you.
The different types of yoga | Anusara Yoga
What is Anusara Yoga?
Anusara Yoga is fairly new to the different types of yoga. Created in 1997, it is a modern interpretation of Hatha Yoga. It teaches precision principles like Iyengar Yoga but with playfulness. It is an accepting yoga style that encourages students to do the best they can.
The classes are still structured for the body and the mind. They include three parts, attitude, alignment and action. The instructions are very precise and focus on connecting the physical to the spiritual body.
Anusara Yoga For Beginners
Anusara Yoga is a great type of yoga for beginners. It keeps classes fun and accessible, while being rigorous and well structured. You will learn the basic asanas as well as the yogic philosophy.
Anusara Yoga For Weight Loss
There are many benefits of Anusara Yoga. It gets your body moving in a safe and playful environment. It offers a wonderful experience that anyone can enjoy in inspiring ways. When practiced regularly, this activity definitely promotes health and well-being.
The different types of yoga | Sivananda Yoga
What is Sivananda Yoga?
Sivananda Yoga is a traditional type of yoga. It combines poses, breathing exercises, chanting, scriptural study and meditation. This yoga style teaches how to use positive thinking and proper diet to form a healthy lifestyle.
The practice focuses on 12 basic asanas, corpse pose (savasana) and sun salutations (surya namaskar). It is designed to increase strength, flexibility, and vitality of the body. It is also a healthy way to lower risk of diseases.
Sivananda Yoga For Beginners
This is a gentle type of yoga. Any beginner will feel at ease with Sivananda Yoga. It teaches the basics of the yogic lifestyle while promoting mental and physical well-being.
Sivananda Yoga For Weight Loss
Sivananda Yoga helps you stay healthy and live a happy life. It uses physical exercises with a meditative practice. This keeps the body and the mind in good shape. It definitely has positive effects on health and weight loss.
The different types of yoga | Viniyoga
What is Viniyoga?
Viniyoga is a style of Hatha Yoga. It focuses on personalizing the practice of yoga. It includes many traditional teachings of yoga such as asanas, pranayama, dhyana, bhandas. This is a great type of yoga to aid recovery.
Through Viniyoga, practitioners are encouraged to discover themselves. It is a gentle practice that heals, promoting change and growth. Viniyoga favors physical, emotional and spiritual growth. It adapts to the potential, goals and interests of each student.
Viniyoga For Beginners
If you are just starting out with yoga, Viniyoga is a good choice to learn the principles of yoga.
Viniyoga For Weight Loss
Viniyoga will help you grow and adopt healthy habits to better your lifestyle.
The different types of yoga | Ananda Yoga
What is Ananda Yoga?
Ananda Yoga is a very gentle type of yoga. It is designed to prepare for meditation and higher spiritual possibilities. The focus is on internal benefits of yoga instead of physical aspects. It also includes breathing exercises and proper body placement.
Practice Ananda Yoga to reach a higher state of spiritual awareness. It will fill you up with positive energy.
Ananda Yoga For Beginners
If you are more into the spiritual aspects of yoga, Ananda Yoga might be a great practice for you. It is beginner friendly and not very intense.
Ananda Yoga For Weight Loss
Ananda Yoga is a very uplifting style of yoga. It helps you view life from a positive angle. This aims to improve your energy, well-being and health with internal means.
The different types of yoga | Dharma Yoga
What is Dharma Yoga?
Dharma Yoga uses many traditional teachings. It improves awareness, mindfulness and relaxation of practitioners. Plus, it focuses on obtaining good health and clearing the mind. This brings students further on their journey to self discovery.
This yoga practice is physically and mentally challenging. It develops strength, stamina and flexibility. It includes a series of flowing sequences that improve balance and stability. This will benefit your overall body and mind health.
Dharma Yoga For Beginners
The many series of Dharma Yoga are accessible to practitioners of all levels. It is important to choose a class that includes beginner level poses and not only advanced exercises.
Dharma Yoga For Weight Loss
Dharma Yoga is great to cultivate a strong body with a strong mind. Plus, it prevents binge eating. Practiced on a regular basis, it will improve your overall health and help you lose weight effectively.
The different types of yoga | Acro Yoga
What is Acro Yoga?
Acro Yoga is a purely physical practice. It combines acrobatics with yoga poses. Different styles of yoga mixed with dance, calisthenics and massages make Acro Yoga. It is a vigorous type of yoga that lead to injuries if practiced incorrectly.
Acro Yoga focuses on improving strength, balance and concentration. It combines the wisdom of yoga with the dynamic power of acrobatics. This promotes trust, kindness, passion and gratitude.
Acro Yoga For Beginners
This is not a beginner friendly yoga practice. It requires a lot of discipline, strength and self awareness to perform. It is best to learn other yoga styles before practicing Acro Yoga.
Acro Yoga For Weight Loss
Acro Yoga is a challenging physical practice. It increases strength and flexibility. It is awesome to burn calories and excess body fat. But it requires a lot of preparation and technique to be successful.
The different types of yoga | Aerial Yoga
What is Aerial Yoga?
Aerial Yoga is also known as Anti-gravity Yoga. It combines traditional yoga poses, dance and pilates using a hammock. It increases strength and flexibility of the spine and legs. Inversions are easier to practice and blood circulation enhanced.
It gives practitioners freedom and energy. Plus, it is a great way to relieve stress and anxiety. Many people report restorative and calming effects from Aerial Yoga.
Aerial Yoga For Beginners
This is a very fun way to practice yoga. It combines acrobatics with traditional yoga postures. I recommend that you try it out if you want to keep your practice fresh and changing.
Aerial Yoga For Weight Loss
Aerial Yoga helps get rid of stress and tension in the body. It improves overall circulation and is beneficial for health and excess weight management.
Summing up:
There are plenty of different types of yoga. Some are more beginner friendly than others. But all provide a lot of benefits for your health and well-being.
Practicing any type of yoga regularly helps lose weight. Each yoga style focuses on different aspects of yoga, physical, mental, or/and spiritual.
For weight loss, it is important to pick an activity that you enjoy on a regular basis. Make sure to try most of them out and find out what type of yoga suits you best.
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I know this is a long article but complicated themes require advanced explanation, which is why I provided you with a little music to listen to that sums up the content you are about to read. For ease of review I have linked many of the supporting articles to show clearly the path that brought us to this point in time. If it hasn't been obvious by now my premier strategy in fighting the Lakota School Levy has been a gradual increase of social controversy starting off small, and increasing with each levy attempt until something snaps. That will continue until the district makes drastic pay cuts in an honest attempt to balance their budget. The reasoning is an admission I came to years ago that the term "political correctness" was created by leftist extremists used to shackle the good manners of millions of conservatives. By holding conservatives to the impossible standard of living by "political correctness" rules, social parasites have been able to advance their own cause with great effectiveness. They often break their own rules while conservatives wither in paralysis by their sheer politeness. I decided not to play by those rules so to show others that what was holding conservatives back was not the superior philosophy of the political left, but the fear that conservatives have of controversy. By embracing controversy, I hoped to show thousands that the way to beat progressives was by not playing by the rules "they" created—and to not fear calling things by their real names.
If I had to do it again, I would home school my children during all their school years instead of just for a couple of years as my wife and I did. I never felt public education was teaching my children the dynamic aspects of life that I thought they should be exposed to. Instead, I always felt public education was teaching them to be "mediocre," which was not what I desired as a father for my children. So to me, public education at its absolute best is a dismal failure.
Many haven't figured it out yet but over $110 million Americans receive some sort of welfare, which can be seen on this chart released on The Blaze.com. This chart does not include Social Security, Medicare, or public education, and yes, to me public education is a form of welfare.
The sharp increase in these numbers shows the goal of the Obama White House which has been the goal of all socialists who have been operating in America and that is to buy votes. Currently with all the trouble Obama is in with legal issues and a dismal economy, he still has 50% of the vote, because more than half the nation gets some sort of check from the government as shown by the chart.
Public education is one of the largest socialist scams ever perpetrated on the American people. It in essence attempts to teach socialist values to young people while selling the service to the parents and the adult population as essential to a child's well-being. If I had to raise a child today I would teach the child at home using the K-through 12 online computer course shown at the link below. This is a much more efficient method of teaching young people instead of attending an expensive brick and mortar school full of socialist union thumping teachers' hell bent on the destruction of The United States. If any proof were needed that public education is a terrible travesty just look at the welfare numbers. When half the population is on welfare public education has failed to produce self-reliant individuals who are productive with entrepreneurial thinking. Instead, public schools make wishy-washy liberal leaning young people who take too long to grow up. Many of them don't begin to see the light until their late 30's these days and by then they have already started to raise misfits of their own, and the damage is already done.
When I first began my journey on this education reform path that I am on, it began by simply pointing out that the labor contracts for the public school unions were inflated. Since I had experience in my family after raising my own children that much of the education claims public schools were making toward a child's well-being were inflated, because I had taken a very active role in teaching my children, I felt it was only fair to challenge the union position. Back on September 20th of 2010 I went on 700 WLW to talk about the real reason that my school district of Lakota needed a school levy, was to pay for the excessive wages of its employees. As I was doing that Kyle Olsen was putting up billboards around Cincinnati exposing the scam of public education. The Ohio Education Association responded to this statement by me and Olsen with a typical response at the time from the union, which can be seen below from the Pulse Journal. To listen to my original report on 700 WLW click here. The response from the OEA shown next made me so angry that I decided after the Lakota Levy was defeated to not take my foot off the neck of public education controlled by the labor unions. After the assault by David Little, a progressive activist, I decided that I had enough of these thugs who had taken over a school where I pay an enormous amount of money in personal taxes—all so people who wanted a quality "free" education for their children could pretend they were being good parents by spending a lot of money on homes to live in a school district that was highly sought after in the real estate market. The goodness of the district was being built by my property value which is in essence wealth redistribution because it was being consumed by value to fund the welfare system of public education. Click here to see the attack from David Little against me shortly after the first WLW radio spot. You can see the entire article from the Pulse Journal at the link below.
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LIBERTY TWP. — Representatives of the Lakota Education Association say they hope voters will listen to facts given out by the school district rather than "rhetoric" from a group advertising in the area on bill boards.
"It has become the trend during election campaigns for anti-levy and anti-public education groups like (Education Action Group) to surface, speaking out against public education, and then to retreat again once the elections are over," according to a statement from the OEA.
"We think that, first of all, it's an outside group that is anti-public schools and anti-union," Rodney Bird, labor relations consultant for the OEA said. "We believe the voters in southwest Ohio and in Lakota are intelligent enough to make their decision on a local levy based on the facts given by the district."
That's how it was back then; the unions were quoted all the time in the paper because nobody challenged them. People were afraid that the union would vandalize their homes, or that they would be publicly ridiculed within their communities. The force of the unions and the monopoly of their education empires deserved to have their asses kicked. So I started this site, Overmanwarrior's Wisdom to contrast what the OEA said about people like me during levy elections. When the election was over, I did not go away. To this day, the union has been exposed for what they are, crooked thugs hell-bent on socialist destruction of America. After three years of very public battles the unions hardly have instigated a peep, they haven't threatened to strike in the entire Cincinnati area primarily because of the constant coverage on 700 WLW.
I went on to do dozens and dozens of radio spots against the unions in Ohio and never were they able to come on the air and combat me, because they could not fight the truth. Instead they attempted to use the PTA organizations and the "real-estate cartels" to do their dirty work. Everyone knows that most of the pro levy supporters on an organized front are real-estate agents because they use the quality of the free schools to help sell homes, while passing the bill on to residents who already live in the community. Heads rolled and people lost their jobs on all fronts. I had a right to get angry when I discovered that volunteers supporting the union cause were camping outside the doors of a local Kroger and trying to smear my name to my friends and neighbors as they entered on a Saturday afternoon to buy groceries. Such thuggish behavior deserved an answer—it required an answer. I called them "latte sipping prostitutes with asses the size of car tires," which is how I see the kind of people who support school levies. Click here to review. Yes it made a ruckus all over Cincinnati and I knew it would. The husbands of some of those real estate agents took offense and sided against me. But they didn't do it because I was wrong, but because they knew I was right, and they didn't want to face the music. They wanted instead to continue on with the illusion that education was free and that so long as everyone bent over for the union, that there would be peace in the community. They were angry with me because they needed my unquestioning compliance to their welfare use of public education to keep it quiet, and seemingly honorable.
Meanwhile reform is coming to public education even as the unions are standing in the way of progress, and much of that progress can be seen in the online programs that are beginning to explode everywhere. When I started this fight against public education it was with the knowledge that I was able to do a better job at teaching my children than the public school I sent them to could. So my wife and I home schooled them for a while and let them graduate early with online classes in high school, so they wouldn't have to waste their time. I still had to pay taxes to the local school, even though I was able to do a better job, and that didn't seem fair. Why should I be forced to participate in a system I think is dysfunctional, socialist, and completely inept? Why should I be forced to pay several thousand dollars a year to a public school that won't even let children make the shape of a gun on the play ground, but will teach them how to put a condom on a fake penis in the fourth grade? The reason is because the government has a cozy relationship with organized labor to make education a monopoly in America and to take the value of property in the form of taxes to fund it in order to fulfill the local requirements of Agenda 21. Click here for review.
Ladies and gentlemen if my actions seem extreme at times over the last three years it is because you have not yet come to realize what I realized after reading those obnoxious comments from the OEA in the Pulse Journal all those years ago. We are not fighting to prevent socialism from taking over our country. It has already happened. Instead, we are fighting for our freedom once again, just as we did in at the start of the country. My beginning in that process is to fight the monopoly that dominates the minds of our youth, in public education. It is simply a form of welfare to the parents who use it for a babysitting service while they are busy with their careers. Public education is welfare even to the idiots who pay over $5000 a year in property taxes so their little child can receive a "free" education. In reality, the $5000 is cheaper than most private schools which is why parents who claim that their property tax bill is something they are glad to pay for the benefit of their children are neglecting to report because they are simply counting on public education welfare to make them appear to be better parents than they actually are while saving a tone of money on private instruction in the process.
As it can be seen, a lot has changed in the last three years, and what used to be boisterous dialogue on behalf of the unions now is seeing residents fighting back with boisterous dialogue of their own. In three short years we have changed the argument, and in three more years the brick and mortar schools will be forced to adapt entirely new philosophies. More and more people will begin to take part in the K-through-12 programs online and those people will be much less inclined to pass school levies since they aren't using the public schools. The unions will be forced to come to reality, because people for the first time in a century are sticking up for themselves and fighting back.
If the unions had shut their mouth after my visit to 700 WLW on that September 20th day in 2010 and not attempted to come after me personally, and not went after Kyle Olsen just for speaking the truth, they may not have pissed me off so much to start this website. But they did, and because of their desire to suppress any opposition I will see this through to their end. It moved from a level of civil discussion to thuggish attempts at intimidation, which is a big no, no. If I believed that the stake of our children were truly better off in the hands of public education I would leave the matter alone. But because I did teach my children at home and do know better, I know that public education is a scam, and it's social welfare for the young, pretentious parents who are most of the time kids themselvs—or real estate agents trying to sell a house.
Now, as opposed to the date of that Pulse Journal article shown here, much has changed. There are more people than ever who have joined our little "League of Wisdom" that have gathered at this website and taken the argument to their own districts to achieve the same results. The heart of the argument is not what is good for kids. If it were, the answer would be for all parents to home school their children—because statistically, those children are learning at a much improved rate over public school children. Instead, government schools are just another welfare program designed to tie up the wealth of a school district in a complicated United Nations program agreed to by many politicians in Washington under the advice of The Department of Education created in 1979. For the politicians who make such agreements their intention is to use education as another welfare meal ticket that paves the way for their own re-elections. Free education to the politician has the same effect as food stamps, and other government programs that are given to citizens in hopes of buying a vote. Jobs under the same system are created to support the welfare system which adds proportionally to the 110 million people on welfare already. Add to that welfare number all the people using Social Security, Medicare, and hold jobs that are government sponsored, such as teachers, police officers, fire fighters, IRS agents, ATF agents, Homeland Security personnel, GAS employees, FBI agents, CIA agents, military personnel, TSA employees, postal workers, EPA workers, BMV workers, court-house workers, General Motors workers and on and on and on, it will be discovered that well over 80% of our country is dependent on government in some degree or another. Most of those jobs were created with the same intentions as welfare was, done under the mask of goodness and safety; the real intent was to create dependence, and bloc voting. Ultimately, this has placed before America the quagmire of freedom. We're not fighting to keep socialism from our lives, it's already everywhere in American society and has been for so long that nobody would know what to do without socialism. We are now fighting for a freedom that founded the country, because it has already been lost, and must again be recreated in the minds of our society. That will not happen by calling things like public education by names that don't belong to them. Currently socialists will declare that public education is a "human right." It is not. It's a benefit to a society that decides it wants to do something nice for the citizens of their community. That niceness is cheapened when people are forced to participate in a system they see is a failure but can't change it because so many people have come to depend on the government service, nobody can escape the obligation any longer. When that happens politicians have already bankrupted the system beyond repair, because it's no longer appreciated, but is expected by a society that's addicted to welfare not always by their own doing, but simply because they held their hand out to government and discovered that shackles were placed about their wrists which tied them forever to the greedy claws of government for all eternity, or the meager duration of the individual life to be consumed like wood on a campfire.
In the end public education consumes the lives of society and leaves behind only ashes. The memory of a once burning flame is all that remains, that is eventually lost in the darkness of a cold night. That cold night is the shroud of socialism that lingers always on the outskirts of freedom. And it is that socialism that is wrapped around American thought and has placed in the minds of most the shackles of a hand-out sold as a crutch, but intended to be political paralysis. From public education the paralysis migrates into the rest of our society and will continue until freedom fighters learn that by "playing by the rules," is to handicap success on the battlefield of ideas. It is time that those of us in this new "League of Wisdom" stop worrying about hurting the feelings of the social parasites from the political left because in so doing, we are losing our country. Playing the "high" ground will not win the war of ideas, and it's time to get down into the trenches and fight them where they hide—which is behind the masks of truth. And it starts by not being afraid of a little controversy.
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This is a semifinal debate held at the University of Vermont at their annual tournament, the Robert Huber Debates, 2011.
Motion: This House believes ordinary police officers should not carry lethal weapons.
Opening Government: Bates College
Opening Opposition: Cornell University advances
Closing Government: Portland State University advances
Closing Opposition: St. John's University, NY
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Introduction: Faux Stone Accent
This is a fun project that didn't cost a lot of money. I wanted stone around my 3 way fire place, so I decided to do it myself.
I took that white Styrofoam , you can buy in handy packs at Home Depot 2' x 4', with a sharp knife I cut them into round pieces and oval pieces , and on the side facing out I knocked off the edges to make them more round . Glued them to the wall with drywall mud , then covered the entire outside pieces of rock with drywall mud , and painted them to look like rock mostly browns and grays next with white , then I used real cement as grout
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There was some dark blue tile around the mantle. After i finished the stone on the chimney, I made the tiles with the real stone for the mantle. The chimney was just drywall before.
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I priced it out with just the fake stone would have been over $ 2000.00 just in materials alone
so I decided to try and make my own @ about 150 dollars
...so i got the stuff and started fitting the white foam stone on the wall
Step 3: Supplies Needed
-2 inch foam cut with a sharp knife to resemble rocks
-dry wall mud to stick foam rocks on wall and and smooth over the foam
-assorted paints found at discount, in correctly mixed ones are cheap
-ready mix cement for grout lines
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Then I made some tiles to match my foe rocks. I made a frame of foam and filled it with cement , and just pressed some stones I found in the back alley in to the cement . I set up the cement frame on some waxed paper , so i could remove it easily ,once the cement was dry,
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rocks from alley
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This is what the tile looked like before I put it on the fireplace
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They were a little heavy , so to glue them on the mantle, I had to brace them till they were dry
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It is pretty hard to tell that the finished product is not real stone. The trick to making the stone look real is using a variety of paints, some glossy, some flat. You can use brushes, sponges, a toothbrush to mist the paint on. My daughter quite enjoyed adding her artistic touch to making them look realistic.
Using stiff brushes and spoons to put the grout in between the fake stone also worked well.
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Lol yeah you would definitely have to pretend they were very heavy when you throw them at people , but the coating of drywall mud on the outside of the rock does make them quite hard , in some places I have it so thick that it actually feels like rock
Well the big rocks were made with that white Styrofoam cut into ovals with a sharp knife, then for the side that faces out the corners were carved off to make a more around like a rock, then a nice coating of drywall mud on the backside , to glue them to the drywall , The drywall mud held them to the wall very well , then by hand with a rubber glove the outside of the rock was smooth over with drywall mud as well , then the rocks were painted with mostly gray's and Brown's tone down with a little white paint . After the Styrofoam looked like a rock then cement was used as a Grout line , I just use the handy sheets of Styrofoam purchased from Home Depot 2' x 4' and cut them down ,
I love this look, but would have appreciated a more detailed explanation of how you did the faux stone on the chimney.
Agreed. The foam stones look great and I'd like to know how to get that look!
(I'd make one just to throw at people! >:D )
this was a rewarding project given how little was spent , there was a bit of a learning curve on cutting the foam , , painting them ...and grouting them , but you will get the hang of it after a few .


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Donald Trump's top adviser has set up a timer on Iran to mend its way. It seems war is becoming imminent unless Iran decides to back off. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that there is really no time left with Iran before the United Nations arms embargo on it expires and Qasem Soleimani's travel ban ends.
Pompeo seems to be wishing to increase pressure on the Iranian regime until "it stops its destabilising behaviour." The United Nations arms embargo and travel ban will end on October 18, 2020.
Pompeo has said, that "the Islamic regime in Iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terror. For over 40 years their malign behaviour and support for terrorist proxies have spread uncurbed.
The implementation of the JCPOA, informally known as the "2015 Iran Nuclear Deal" has placed even more resources and money at the regime's disposal, furthering the reach and aggression of their malign activities. Time is running out on international agreements restraining the Iranian regime."Qasem Soleimani is the head of the brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and will be prevented from a travelling post-October 18, 2020.
It also seems the control over the Iranian regime is a way to control its military power where it has prospects of selling far more than the United States to the rest of the world. This means selling to terrorist proxies as well as not to mention countries like Russia andChina wishing to sell back to Iran regime tanks, missiles, and air defence equipment.
This could mean the start of a new arms race in the Middle East and further destabilise the region and the world.


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Members of the House are preparing to offer an immigration proposal of their own.
A half-dozen House members divided equally between Democrats and Republicans have been working to finalize legislation to introduce around the time of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, which is scheduled for Feb. 12.
Their proposal is expected to be a comprehensive plan similar to what Obama and the Senate are proposing and would include a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country.
The fate of any immigration proposal in the Republican-led House is uncertain because of many House Republicans' concerns about granting legal status to illegal immigrants.
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Plan– to create a cozy, dual purpose, kid friendly, everyday usable, eclectic guest bedroom. I want to use the space for sleepovers with the grandkids, a quiet place to take a nap, read a book, have a little useful storage and be guest friendly!
Specs-9 1/2 x 10 1/2 with windows on two sides…………not much space to deal with!
Budget/timeframe- 31 days and $31 out-of-pocket.
Color Scheme saving that for later, (meaning)….I don't know yet. I have been collecting some black and white accessories to use in that" someday" room so maybe this is the day and time.
I will have to be creative to accomplish furnishing and decorating a room with $31.00. out-of-pocket. I will be using some existing furniture, shopping from my home, thrifting for a dresser or table and using some gift cards that I recently received to shop with. Some may call that cheating but hey….my plan, my rules. I pledge to only spend $31 out of my pocket and I figure that was money from someone else's pocket. (LOL!)
I will share a running total when I can of money spent (Tuesday's Tally) and most definitely will explain the final totals when I am done.
Here's a sneak peek at the room. Are you sitting down? seriously…. it is being used as storage for my son and as you can see I have my work cut out for me. I really wasn't going to publish these photos but then I realized that surely someone out there has used a room for storage before and then transformed it into what it should be. I also wanted you to see that I really was starting from scratch. So, let the transformation begin.


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Old Cantonese man with a wrinkly face smiles
As young Malaysian Chinese girl shyly points to the poulet au champignon noir
A reduction of a historical dish to infantile terms in a
Colonizer's language
He fills her takeaway box to the rim and she knows
This gesture of nourishment
It reminds her of her late grandmother who would chide her for eating too little
And as he turns to slide the box into the microwave
She briefly caught a glimpse of 婆婆's silhouette heating up leftovers on the greasy ancestral stove
Cutlery or chopsticks?
He inquired in Cantonese, holding up a packet of plastic spoon and fork on one hand and bamboo chopsticks on the other
European or Asian?
Colonized or resisting colonization?
Comment on-dit "chopsticks"?
"Les baguettes!"
They both laugh because once again the colonizer's tongue
Fails to encapsulate their epistemology
A stick of bread, to describe the warmth of laughter-filled reunion dinners where three generations gather on round tables?
A stick of bread, to describe the ancient philosophies behind our food and the way we eat them?
A stick of bread, to describe the alienation of 50 million Chinese migrants when their accents are poked fun at, their customs shamed, their beautiful eyes mocked?
Vous parlez français?
Je suis… en train de… l'apprendre
He nods with understanding
And for the first time since she arrived she felt
About not mastering the language
So of course
In an act of solidarity she picks up les baguettes
And eats without care
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Custom Signs and Visual Graphic To Use at Trade Shows
Many companies find that one of their most significant resources for building their business is to attend trade shows. These can be time-consuming and expensive, but the rewards for the business can be many if the trade show is used to its fullest potential. One way to ensure this happens is to utilize custom signs and offer an excellent visual graphics presentation.
Here are some tips to help you make the most of your signage for your next trade show.
The Types Of Custom Signs
There are many different types of custom signs and visual graphics that you will be able to choose from. Knowing what your options are will help you in the planning stage for setting up your trade show presentation. Some of the more common types of signage that can be excellent for a visual graphic presentation are…
Mesh banner
Pop up Displays
Retractable Banners
X-Stand Banners
Telescopic Banners
Vinyl Banners
Backlit Decals
Aside from these, you can also use other types of custom signage such as flat signs or channel letter signage. What you are going to use is going to depend on the purpose of your attendance at the trade show and how much space you have.
Visual Graphics Choices
Along with the many selections of custom signs you are going to find that you have many different types of surfaces on which you can temporarily mount your signage during the duration of the trade show.
You want to make use of these spaces that often don't get used. For example, you may have a backdrop at the back and sides of your booth separating you from other vendors. Study this space carefully to see if you can mount lightweight signage such as fabric banners or vinyl banners. This is a great way to use space which may be available above your shelving system.
You want to keep as much of the commercial signage that you are using for your tradeshow so that it can be seen from a distance away. Often the booth area will become busy, and signage that is at ground level can quickly become blocked from the view of many. At the same time, there is a place and purpose for this type of signage as well at the trade shows. When the booth is not busy, ground level signage like A-Frames can be beneficial for drawing visitors to your booth area.
Plan your Commercial Signage to Work well With the Lighting
Lighting is going to be necessary for your custom sign choices and your visual graphic displays. You want to be sure that wherever you are going to be using these that they are going to be exposed to good lighting to optimize them. You can also capitalize on the use of backlit decals if you have access to power and are concerned about all of the proper lighting. Use these in areas where the lighting is not ideal. Then save the well-lit regions for you another type of signage.
Vertical and Horizontal
Depending on the layout of your booth area you will want to plan for your tradeshow signage to be either vertical or horizontal. By having a selection, it adds some interest to the signage. As mentioned, you could use horizontal signage above your shelving displays. When the booths are busy, vertical signage will give you more exposure to these rise above the height of the visitors.
Big and Bold
For the most part of your custom sign and visual graphic presentation, you are going to want your signs to be big and bold. You not only want them to be easily viewed by those that are close to your booth but for others who are visiting other areas of the tradeshow. There will be some signage that you want that is smaller, so the message is directed at those that are in your booth area.
Variety is Key
Having a range of commercial signage for your tradeshow will allow you variations in what appeals to onlookers and will enable you to send a selection of messages through your custom sign and visual presentation choices.
Signage with a Theme
Once you know how much signage you want and the types then you need to consider whether these signage displays need to depict a theme. Sometimes tradeshows focus on a particular theme. For example, the theme may be a fall tradeshow. This means you are going to want your custom sign and visual display to fit in with this. It may simply mean only choosing a fall color scheme for your tradeshow signage. Or, you may want to go with a textured background for the signage, and to help you make some choices with this you can go with a template perhaps.
While you want to use as much signage as possible, you must be sure that you do not overpower the booth area with this. You want any custom sign or visual display to have an impact. Aside from the style, the materials that it is comprised of along with the message it is delivering will play an essential role in this.
By relying on a quality company that specializes in signs to meet your tradeshow custom sign and visual display needs for you, this will serve your needs well. These experts are capable of helping you decide which is better for you based on your needs, and they can give you helpful suggestions that will save time and money.


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Doug Williams and Andy Martino are back with an all-new episode of the Shea Anything podcast! The guys dive in deep on what Andy learned at the GM Meetings about the Mets offseason strategy and what areas they will target.
They also discuss the Astros sign-stealing scandal and what it could mean for manager Carlos Beltran.


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How storage can help you avoid peaking energy prices
As heatwaves and energy blackouts become more frequent, expensive peaking energy prices are to be expected. However, the recent surge in wholesale electricity prices in Texas exemplify yet another reason why home energy storage is worth the investment.
A home-battery could've saved Texans from heatwave surge prices
A recent heatwave had some Texans paying up to $9 per kWh, causing them to rack up electricity bills of hundreds of dollars over the course of just a couple of days.
A company by the name of Griddy sells wholesale electricity directly to customers without the traditional markup, compared to other energy providers. Think of it as the Costco of electricity companies: instead of a fixed cost per kWh, customers pay a membership fee, and in return get the wholesale spot market price.
As recording-breaking temperatures hit, it's no wonder Texans choose to crank their power-hungry air-conditioners to combat the heat. However, this sudden electricity demand exceeds what the grid could possibly supply. In turn, this imbalance in the grid causes a surge in peak prices, leaving Griddy customers to pay the spot market price of electricity. As you can see, this turned out to be pretty darn high.
The combat fighter against peak prices and grid imbalances
While this is a remarkably unique occurrence, it is this very imbalance that highlights the importance of energy storage. In this case, the ability to store off-peak energy would allow for these wholesale customers to avoid these surge prices and simply use their previously stored energy during these peak-hours.
On a global scale, it's apparent electricity prices are on the rise. A home-battery proves as a solid investment in withstanding the a financial hit you may face when the electricity demand exceeds the grid's supply.
Adding individual storage systems to the energy mix actually benefits everyone connected to the grid, and not only to those who adopt a home battery. When the demand is high and prices start to go up, storage is able to step in and effectively reduce peak prices by relieving the grid of its high energy demand. That is to say, energy storage helps those who don't have access to a battery by balancing the grid for everyone.
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Diabolical genius Karl Rove (http://tinyurl.com/354wfr) announced today he would be leaving the Bash Administration at the end of the month. Normally, no one would care if the President's chief political advisor left a year and a half before the end of the President's second term. It's not like W will need him for another election campaign. But Rove is a special case since he has been so involved in everything the President has done. Far from being just a campaign manager, Rove has been described as "Bush's Brain (http://www.bushsbrain.com/)".
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Drop in heroin deaths has Ohio county sharing insights, encouragement
Peer-to-peer recovery experts meet addicts virtually anywhere, including hospital emergency rooms
Peer-to-peer recovery experts meet addicts virtually anywhere, including hospital emergency rooms
Peer-to-peer recovery experts meet addicts virtually anywhere, including hospital emergency rooms
When it comes to Greater Cincinnati's struggle with heroin and other illicit drugs, there's despair to spare.
But some communities battle soaring overdose rates, including one neighboring county, have hopeful news to share.
In Clermont County, overdose deaths jumped from 32 in 2009 to 105 in 2015.
But Lee Ann Watson, with Clermont County's Mental Health and Recovery Board, said last year, the number of deadly overdoses fell to 96.
"Overdose is happening, but the overdose deaths have gone down," Watson said. "It made us feel like, 'OK, maybe what we've been doing for the last few years is making a difference.'"
One thing Watson and other officials have done is to rely on experts such as Jessica Johnson.
"I got clean and sober on June 23 of 2009, so this past June, I was able to celebrate eight years clean and sober," Johnson said.
Now a professional counselor, Johnson is part of an extensive outreach team that's on a mission to connect with anyone saved by Narcan, a heroin-reversal drug.
"We understand what it's like," she said. "So when you have those questions about where do I go or how do I get there or you're scared to even walk in your first 12-step meeting, or whatever that might be, we're able to offer that support."
Modeled after Colerain Township's quick-response team, Johnson and her fellow peer-recovery coaches go one step further by connecting with drug users at Mercy Health, a hospital in Batavia.
"If they go to the hospital after an overdose, we're meeting them at the hospital," said Gregg Pieples, director of Addiction Services for Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services. "If they refuse and go home, we're connecting with them at their house. So our goal is to try to reach them wherever they're at."
That kind of effort has attracted interest from federal drug-policy experts, Cincinnati health officials and others.
"We presented at the state opiate conference," Watson said. "We really are kind of leading the state in addressing the issue here in our county."
"I think it's nice to know that we're doing good work, that other people are noticing it, and that they want to mimic something similar, or at least get some ideas from it," Johnson said. "That way they can continue doing the good work elsewhere."
Clermont County launched its quick-response team in January. Pieples said that while it can be hard to connect with someone who's abusing drugs, once a connection is made, positive outcomes are possible.
"When we do connect to individuals, about 75 percent of them are reaching treatment," Pieples said.
In addition to making Narcan readily available to residents, Clermont County has also increased access to medication-assisted treatment.
"We went from serving, you know, 100 folks three or four years ago, we're up close to 450 folks on medication-assisted treatment now," Pieples said.
He added, "I think the other thing that we have is our local Clermont County Mental Health and Recovery board is open to say, 'Hey, what do we need to do? Let's get that done.' Our biggest success out here is the collaboration between the fire department, the police department (and) the local hospital."
Officials in Clermont County are hopeful that overdose deaths will show a continued decline when 2017 data is released by Ohio's Department of Health. Among southwest Ohio counties ranked in the top 15 for overdose deaths last year, the death rate also fell in Brown County, Clinton County, Fayette County and Hamilton County.


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At $15 a pop, Philips Hue's white A19 bulbs are among the most affordable bulbs the brand offers. And what's funny is they're probably also the best — it's neat to be able to change the color of your lighting in some scenarios, but how often do you really think you'll do it? Most people still with white, and that's what Amazon's Prime Day deal on a 4-pack of Philips Hue White A19 Dimmable LED Smart Bulbs was so popular. Well, guess what: It's the only Philips Hue Prime Day deal that's still available right now, so you can still get in on the action if you missed it!
Here's some additional info from the product page:
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When you want to study advertising today, where do you go to school?
Depending on your educational and professional objectives, there are a handful of excellent options. There's VCU Brandcenter, University of Texas, University of Oregon, University of Colorado, and the portfolio schools. Another path can be found at Savannah College of Art and Design (where Luke Sullivan teaches). Finally, future ad makers will want to consider Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Department Chair, Gary Goldsmith, formerly of Goldsmith/Jeffrey, makes strong arguments throughout for his school and the ad industry generally.
"We have faculty here who are working in all the best places in LA, doing some of the best work being done now," Goldsmith says. "They bring a very professional bias to it, they treat our students with high expectations. They're nurturing. They're going to push you to get better and better and better."
Faculty member and creative director at Wong Doody/LA Dennis Lee adds, "What you get from a typical ad school, are advertising students. What we get from Art Center is Art Center students that have seen how cars are designed, buildings are designed, how to make a film, illustration, photography…that well-roundedness, I think it gives you longevity."
It may be helpful to point out how few people in the ad business have formal training in making advertising. Advertising education or no, ultimately, ad makers must understand people. Therefore, working as a waiter, Uber driver, or in another role with lots of human interaction, can also be a great preparation for the ad business. You can gain all the technique in the world, but if you lack empathy, marketing communications isn't a good fit. If you happen to be blessed with empathy, technique and an Art Center education, there will be no stopping you.