Shingle architecture helped define the look of many of America’s most popular waterfront communities in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Reminiscent of the Queen Anne style, this building form helped residents make the most of lake and ocean real estate with a variety of ornamental features to enhance view, and construction materials that worked well in wet, coastal climates.…
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Life today is full of stress and anxiety. There is so much pressure to perform socially, professionally, and personally that it takes everything that the average person has not to go completely insane. All this stress and anxiety can easily build up in a person’s mind, if left unattended. The steady build-up of anxiety and enormous stress can actually lead…
Develop Your Flexibility Strength Balance Health And Further Your Tai Chi Training
My Dad got me into martial arts, back when I was twelve, as a way to get me away from the video game console and out doing some exercise. I’m grateful for that, in a lot of ways. Martial arts has made me a lot more fit, and giving me confidence and a career, actually. My Dad kept on with…
Self Publishing A Miracle Of The 21st Century
Are you a writer with lots of talent but no one will give you the time of day let alone a contract? Would you pay a professional publisher to make your book but can’t afford it? Do you need a better tool than your plain old word processor to make your work look more professional and desirable? Do you possess…
Quiz Yourself Will You Survive Break Up
I did everything possible to save our relationship. I gave in a lot, but I could not save. We will be breaking-up soon. That has already broken my heart. This relationship was made brick by brick over so many years. What all we did not do to make it last? But alas, we are breaking -up. This is a typical…
Music For The Restless Mind
The origin of music as of late has not yet been dated as it is said to have been existent long before recorded history. Historians say it may hav originated from naturally occuring sounds like the sound of thunder, or the rhythm of a flowing stream. Human music may have started from primitive men trying to mimic these sounds using…
Vitamin D Can It Really Keep You Cancer Free
Can Vitamin D really help prevent you from developing cancer? Once only associated with strong bones and teeth, new scientific research is finding that Vitamin D can cut your risk of developing common cancers by as much as 50%. Says Sara Hiom, head of health information at Cancer Research UK, “There is evidence to suggest that the vitamin (Vitamin D)…
How To Go On A Free Vacation And Make Money Online With Paid Surveys
Making money online is now possible thanks to paid online surveys. In the same way in which questionnaires are traditionally made, online surveys are used by marketing companies and more for their studies, statistics and internal market strategies. In order to achieve a good analysis, those companies need a considerable amount of accurate data, for which they are disposed to…
Who Should Use Acne Medication
Anyone can have acne and it is a painful and embarrassing problem for most people. There are ways to treat it so that no one has to deal with this uncomfortable appearance that makes him or her self-conscious all of the time. For some people they are just entering their teenage years and there are others who have been dealing…
Shriners Hospitals Gave Patient Strong Foundation For Life
Judith Irving knows a strong foundation when she sees it-she does, after all, have a degree in architecture. In regard to her life, Jude credits her successes to the foundation laid by her supportive mother and family, and Shriners Hospitals for Children. When Jude was born in 1971, it was discovered she had a rare form of dwarfism called diastrophic…