The three-course weeknight menus (appetizers, entrees, and healthy desserts) include everything from Middle-Eastern-inspired favorites to a cranberry-juice-sweetened pureed chili soup perfect for chilly nights! Some of the entrees, like easy 'burgers' prepared from store-bought falafel mix, are vegetarian. Most of the main dishes that aren't, like a turkey and mashed sweet potato-carrot casserole, also feature produce, seamlessly blended with the meat, poultry, or seafood, to amp up the nutrition quotient. Even decadent desserts are created with your family's health in mind, although they probably will never realize that when they are feasting on custom-made treats, like sugar-free chocolate sandwich cookies topped with store-bought pumpkin butter, whipped cream and walnuts.
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Years ago on your program you described how to write a letter to an adversary so THEY would know what the text REALLY means, but anyone else reading the correspondence would think the writer was being sweet.
Here's the story: A nasty, aggressive neighbor was putting evil notes in the rural mailbox attached to my fence post.
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Six Things You Need toDo to Avoid Buying a "Lemon" By Norman Taylor www.normantaylor.com
Buying a car is a biginvestment - whether it's brand new or a used car. It can also be anexciting time and thinking about possible defects in the vehicle maynot be top of the list of features you're looking for. However, the recent recalls have opened our eyes to the possibilitythat even a brand new car from a manufacturer previously consideredsafe could have a defect and turn out to be a 'lemon.'
What should you do to protect your investment and make the purchase ofyour next car a pleasant and rewarding experience?
1.Know the Car Manufacturers' StatisticsRegarding Lemon Law Cases Once you find a car you like,check on their lemon record. Statistics are available that givethe percentage of lemon law cases by vehicle manufacturer. What to lookfor? The higher the percentage of lemon law cases compared to thenumber of vehicles sold is an indication that something is wrong. Check for recalls or recent safety issues.
2. Do your homework. If you are buying a pre-ownedvehicle, check its history. Have you ever heard the phrase 'launderedlemon ? When a car has a defect the dealer or manufacturer couldbe forced to buy it back. These cars have been known to findtheir way back onto the lot and get sold again, without the requireddisclosures.
One way to check if the car youwant to buy has a 'hidden past' is to do a title search through theNational Motor Vehicle Title Information System at www.nmvtis.gov. Many states,including California, require 'lemon buyback to be included in thetitle of a vehicle.
Go the extra mile with yourresearch: Find the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and research thevehicle's history. For a small fee you can get a title history fromCARFAX Vehicle History Reports, AutoCheck, Consumer Guide andothers. It's wise to check a number of sources; just because onereport is clean another might not be.
3. Buy from a reputable dealer. Whether you're looking to buy anew car or a used car, it's best to go to a well-known dealer. They keep only the best trade-ins and they are usually easier to dealwith if you do happen to get a lemon.
4. Check out the Warranty What are the terms of the warrantyfor a new car? What exactly does it cover? And if it ispre-owned, dealers must include the FTC Buyer's Guide. Sometimes a usedvehicle is sold with a warranty and sometimes it is sold 'as is' or'with all faults'. A service contract does not confer the same rightsas a warranty so be sure to clarify exactly what you're getting. Get any form of warranty offered in writing. The conditionsshould be clearly stated, such as what percentage of labor and partsthe dealer will cover, for exactly which systems within the vehicle,and for what duration.
5. Always Take A Test Drive Always take a test drive and makea note of any unusual squeaks or rattles. Note if the car pullsto one side.
6. Have the Vehicle Inspected If everything else checks out,before you sign on the dotted line, take the car to an independentmechanic and have the vehicle thoroughly inspected.
If you do your homework your new car should be a reliable and enjoyableasset for many years to come. Should you have the misfortune torun into difficulties with defects, remember that every state has somekind of lemon law to protect its citizens from the nightmare of adefective vehicle. You can find all the information you need inthe Lemon Law Guide.
Author Bio: Norman Taylor has worked as aconsumer advocate specializing in California Lemon Law for morethan twenty years. Over this time his firm has handled over 8,000cases that resulted in refunds in excess of $100,000,000.00 paid toconsumers for defective vehicles. http://www.normantaylor.com. Permissiongranted foruse onDrLaura.com
For some brides a sudden burst of tearful protest from an infant is just a reminder of the familial love surrounding them on their special day. For others and their guests, even soft cooing from a baby is distracting and annoying. Your wedding guests want to hear the vows you and your new partner in life will recite on your wedding day, so what to do?
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Analyzing Dreams - ToFind The Truth By Amitt Parikh
Every night we go to sleep andwitness many dreams. We almost spend our one-third life in sleeping.Whether you are able to remember your dreams or not, everybody dreamsand it's a fact.
I have been conscious of my dreams since past few years and wonderedtheir complex stories and how they would perfectly reflect my state ofbeliefs, desires, fears, and aspirations working as a perfect mirror ofmy waking consciousness.
Lately I began to see them more closely and many a times, becameconscious of dreaming inside the dreams and altered the output of thedream or course of the dream. Sometimes, I rewind and experience thealtered sequence. Often I would analyze dreams while dreaming.
Once I got up from a very complex dream and woke up. I was amazed at asudden thought of my mind working as a projector, projecting such acomplex script as a dream sequence involving so many characters, hugelandscapes, twists and turns like that of a movie story and weavingeverything together as one coherent dream sequence without any'editing' or 'revisions' needed!
One day, I was hearing an audio recording of Deepak Chopra's interviewwho views this whole thing with little different perception andimmediately it struck me. I used to think of my mind projecting thisstory, but I did not see my mind as 'me'. So now I have me myself, inmy dream as not only the character which is 'me' in the dream but allother characters, the plot, the locations... everything as 'me'!
So if you are witnessing a dream of you playing volleyball on a beachwith your friends, then essentially you are the 'you' who is playingalong with 'yourself' as your friends, you as the sea, you as the sandof the beach, you as the net, you as the ball as well you are thesounds you hear, you are the sunlight you see, you are ALL THAT IS inthat dream including the OBSERVER observing and experiencing that dream!
The REALITY as we know is no different than a DREAM, only it is awaking state dream. I am my physical body, I am my mind, I am the PC onwhich I am reading this, I am the article, I am the reader and I am thewriter and I am the one who is observing and understanding this andsaying 'hmm'!
Think of what happens when you 'wake up'. You suddenly realize all thathappened in dreams was only an illusion and so it never actuallyhappened. What if we 'wake up' again from our so-called wakingconsciousness just to find that this reality is also an illusion? Andnothing actually happened?
As we know the 'I' in our dreams never existed, it was just aprojection of 'myself' (which is 'higher self' for the 'I' within thedream state). So isn't this 'I' of waking state also an illusion - aprojection? Is this 'I' also our limited perception of the omnipresentOne Higher Self?
Well it seems dreams do tell us a lot about 'reality' if we analyze them moredeeply.
copy; Amitt Parikh, all rights reserved.
Amitt Parikh is the author of Conversations with The Mysterious One.He is a mystic and a professional trainer conducting revolutionary SelfDevelopment Courses, seminars and workshops for Everyday EvolutionaryLiving and Your Spiritual Revolution. He is the Executive Editor of YourSpiritual Revolution eMagazine and the Founder of Spiritual Scienceamp; Research Foundation, India. Permission granted foruse onDrLaura.com
Cranberry up your Thanksgiving meal by trying some of these tasty and simple ideas...
The three-course weeknight menus (appetizers, entrees, and healthy desserts) include everything from Middle-Eastern-inspired favorites to a cranberry-juice-sweetened pureed chili soup perfect for chilly nights! Some of the entrees, like easy 'burgers' prepared from store-bought falafel mix, are vegetarian. Most of the main dishes that aren't, like a turkey and mashed sweet potato-carrot casserole, also feature produce, seamlessly blended with the meat, poultry, or seafood, to amp up the nutrition quotient. Even decadent desserts are created with your family's health in mind, although they probably will never realize that when they are feasting on custom-made treats, like sugar-free chocolate sandwich cookies topped with store-bought pumpkin butter, whipped cream and walnuts.
Years ago on your program you described how to write a letter to an adversary so THEY would know what the text REALLY means, but anyone else reading the correspondence would think the writer was being sweet.
Here's the story: A nasty, aggressive neighbor was putting evil notes in the rural mailbox attached to my fence post.
Whenever we change a behavior (i.e., developing an exercise program, working at losing weight) it's not uncommon to start out all "gung-ho" and then slip back into old habits. That's the challenge facing one listener:
For some brides a sudden burst of tearful protest from an infant is just a reminder of the familial love surrounding them on their special day. For others and their guests, even soft cooing from a baby is distracting and annoying. Your wedding guests want to hear the vows you and your new partner in life will recite on your wedding day, so what to do?
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