Choosing the right Christmas tree

 

Now, grandchildren cut mini-trees they choose for their own rooms. And that means the search for the flawless family Christmas tree is a top priority for many. "One holiday at a time", members of the Eels family said collectively as they were getting ready to take their Christmas tree home. "I think it's a good atmosphere and it's a good experience for people to come out and pick their tree". "Well the Christmas trees will take pretty dry weather, they don't like really wet weather that could cause problems", Wiggins says. 

Holiday traditions can make anyone feel a little sappy, especially if you decide to cut down your own Christmas tree. Arena, who is Extension's state expert on Christmas and pecan trees, encourages people to purchase Christmas trees at local farms. "It's going to the next holiday, end of Thanksgiving, and now you get to see the lights come on on the tree". "It's like a large extended family, because we get to see everyone, every year". Then, families can take the voucher to any of the Lewis and Clark National Forest offices to receive the free permit. Trees can't be taller than 15 feet and should be cut as close to the ground as possible. "What's happened is the drought has done has kept the trees smaller than they have in the past", Illingworth said. 

They also say not to run extension cords underneath rugs or overload outlets. James and Chris Kohls visited the lot to buy their first Jackson Christmas tree after moving from Minnesota. Martin says he doesn't expect the Christmas tree sales to slow down. "They don't have to water it, they don't have to go out and get it. They just bring it up from the garage or basement", says Thomas Harman of the American Christmas Tree Association. "I love the smell, I don't care if they're messy, I will clean it up", stressed Schams. "I feel like it's kind of fun to be a part of picking out the tree", said Edgar's stepdaughter Delainey Raedle. "We had an artificial tree once and it was awful and we will never do it again, for us it just didn't work". NYSE Post http://nysepost.com/choosing-the-right-christmas-tree-64449

Amazon releases first commercial for drone delivery service

The video, which indicated that the drone flight was real while the situation might be contrived, showed machinery at an Amazon warehouse lifting a package into the belly of a large drone that then took off vertically before flying airplane-style to its destination. 

The first drones capable of autonomous delivery were announced by Amazon back in 2013, but now the e-commerce giant has showcased footage of the finished product in action for the first time, hinting at what customers can expect, once the Prime Air service is up and running. His drone piece tells the story in the "not too distant future" of a little girl who gets her sneaker chewed up by the family dog and has it miraculously replaced by PrimeAir in the space of 30 minutes. 

Amazon says the drones weigh 55 pounds and can carry packages weighing up to 5 pounds. "We have more than a dozen prototypes that we've developed in our research and development labs". The drones fly under 400 feet and use sense-and-avoid technology to dodge potential obstacles. "'Detect and avoid' systems rely on software and given the current climate of hacking and data breaches, it is very important that co-ordinated efforts are made to ensure that systems are put in place which are given the highest level of assurance in terms of security", he said. 

More on Amazon's drone on IndustryWeek. The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has strict criteria for commercial drone use and some American politicians have called for the setting up of a drone register. NYSE Post http://nysepost.com/amazon-releases-first-commercial-for-drone-delivery-service-64675

Diabetes Breakthrough: Blood Sugar Normalized and Patients Taken off All medication in 3 weeks

                               

Imagine not having to measure your blood sugar, prick your finger or watch what you eat anymore...

This is a new reality for tens of thousands of diabetics who used a few remarkably simple techniques pioneered by the doctors at the International Council for Truth in Medicine.

Patients are able to normalize blood sugar and be taken off all diabetes medication and injections in just 3 weeks. After testing these natural treatment methods on their own patients, they now want to share this secret with the world.

Pharmaceutical companies have been trying to shut these doctors down simply for revealing the truth about diabetes. Scientific studies have proven that type 2 diabetes can be reversed naturally - but this information has been hidden and suppressed for decades.

Diabetics can normalize blood sugar, and be taken off all medication and insulin injections completely naturally. Doctors at the International Council for Truth in Medicine are revealing the truth about diabetes in a shocking new online presentation.

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EXPOSED: Mom From Nigeria Makes $12,500/Month From Home And You Won't Believe How She Does It!

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Melissa Johnson from Nigeria never thought that she would work online, until curiosity got the best of her and she filled out a simple online form. Before she knew it, she discovered her secret to beating the recession, and being able to provide for her family while at home with her three children.

I read Melissa's blog last month and decided to feature her story in our weekly consumer report. In our phone interview she told me her amazing story. "I actually make about $12,000 - $13,500 a month working from home. It's enough to comfortably replace my old jobs' income, especially considering I only work about 15-18 hours a week from home.

Working online has been a financial windfall for Melissa, who struggled for months to find a decent job but kept hitting dead ends. "I lost my job shortly after the recession hit, I needed reliable income, I was not interested in the "get rich quick" scams you see all over the internet. Those are all pyramid scams or stuff which you have to sell to your friends and family. I just needed a legitimate way to earn a living for me and my family. The best part of working online is that I am always home with the kids. Thanks to the Paid Surveys at Home I am giving my kids the childhood they deserve."

I asked her about how she started her life-changing journey. "It was pretty easy, fill out a form at : http://globalgate.surveys24.hop.clickbank.net and applied for a work-at-home kit. There is a small activation fee; it's not really free but it was under $5. I got the kit and within four weeks I was making over $5,500 a month. It's really simple, I am not a computer whiz, but I can use the internet. I don't even have to sell anything and nobody has to buy anything. Companies are constantly recruiting people for this, you should try it."

The companies you work with are worth over 100 billion dollars and are the most used sites in the internet market place, like Amazon, Google, Walmart, Delta, Apple and more... You're using the top ranked sites in the world, over 50 percent of all internet traffic flows through them everyday. It's a great opportunity and this has been helping people work at home for over 5 years. Why not get in with the internet's best and biggest companies?

There are plenty of scams on the internet claiming you can make $40,000 a month, but that is exactly what they are - scams. From my conversation with Melissa, "I am making a good salary from home, which is amazing, under a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank God every day that I filled out that form."

Quickly, Melissa Johnson was able to use the simple Paid Survey at Home @ http://globalgate.surveys24.hop.clickbank.net to make it out of the recession.

"I easily make $87/hr working part time from home" - Melissa Johnson

Melissa had never shared her story before, this is the first time she's going public.

Here's how to get started:

 Step 1: Go to Paid Surveys at Home : http://globalgate.surveys24.hop.clickbank.net, and fill out the form to get instant activation.

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We rarely do these special reports because the reality is that there are a lot of scams out there, but this was just too good to keep away from the public. Try it out and send us your thoughts!

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Transporting your Christmas trees.

Before you can admire your lit Christmas tree and take in its woodsy aroma in your living room, you have to get it home from the lot. With approximately 25 to 30 million Christmas trees purchased every year, there are a lot of opportunities for damage – not only to your car, but to the car driving behind you. What’s the best strategy for getting that tannenbaum home intact? Put that eggnog down and listen up.

Illustrations by Paul Dolan | Cars.com

Aside from finding a tree lot that delivers, one of my favorite tips comes from Rick Dungey, spokesman for the National Christmas Tree Association. “If someone at the farm or lot where you buy the tree offers advice on the best way for you to transport your tree, take it. Those folks deal with thousands of trees per year and you deal with one,” he told Cars.com.

Here are some more tips from the National Christmas Tree Association for getting your tree home without diminishing your holiday cheer.

• Get your Christmas tree netted before leaving the lot to make it more manageable, and if it’s going on the roof, the tree’s trunk should be pointed toward the car’s front end. Both of these tips will help reduce wind damage to the pine needles.
• Make sure to select a tree that will either fit inside your car’s cargo area or, if you have a roof rack, on top of your roof properly. Also ensure that you have enough rope or cord to wrap around the tree and secure it to the roof rack or to the cargo hooks.
• Place a tarp or blanket over the cargo area to protect the interior from loose needles. If you’re going to place the tree on the roof, place a tarp, plastic sheet or blanket between the tree and the roof rack to protect the roof from scratches.
• If you are transporting a tree in a pickup truck, there could be hot spots in the truck bed – from the exhaust pipe, for example. This can damage the tree’s needles, so put something under it like an old blanket.
• Before leaving the lot, give the tree a good tug to make sure it’s secure.
• Drive slowly and avoid the highway, especially if you’re not used to hauling heavy objects on your car’s roof. They affect your vehicle’s center of gravity and emergency handling.

Let’s not forget the not-as-fun part of having a real tree: Taking it out of your house and to the recycling center. Those extra-dry needles love to scratch a car’s exterior and lodge themselves into carpeted floor mats. Use blankets to minimize damage and to keep cleanup time shorter.

And whether you’re bringing the tree home from the lot or heading to the recycling center with it, do not put your tree on your car’s roof unless it has a roof rack.

With a little forethought and tips from the pros, your tree should bring you a season of bliss.

8 Tips To Get More Traffic From Yahoo

8 Tips To Get More Traffic From Yahoo By Vishal Rao

 

With the new Yahoo! "Pay-For-Review" model it might be relatively easier for sites to get into the directory but getting traffic from your listing is altogether a different story. And now with it's new annual recurring payment policy you have to be extra careful while Submitting your Site Here :http://www.anoox.com/?aff_id=7638  for a review. Here are 8 things to keep in mind while submitting your site to Yahoo! 1) Selecting your domain name here: http://goo.gl/wF24lz is the most vital step in getting a top ranking in Yahoo! and also other directories like Dmoz and Looksmart. Make sure your domain name is "Keyword Rich". You can make your domain keyword rich by simply inserting hyphens to separate words in your domain name. Yahoo! gives more relevance to sites with keywords in their domain name. It is made up of 4 different high-in-demand keywords: "Home Based Business", "Home Business": http://globalgate.surveys24.hop.clickbank.net "Home Based Business Opportunities". While crafting your domain name, even you should try to keep your domain name such that it is made up of one, 2-4 words main or "parent" keyword; which in turn is made up of 2-4 high-in-demand "child" keywords. You may or may not get a top ranking for all your targeted keywords but you can be sure of getting one for your main or "parent" keyword (If you do everything else right). http://globalgate.surveys24.hop.clickbank.net Even if you have to get a separate domain name for this purpose, GET IT! It is absolutely crucial for your ranking. 2) Sites which are placed higher in directory structure are given more relevance than sites which are placed lower or deeper. For example a site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities will be given more relevance than a site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities/Directories Here's a great tip to select the most trafficked category for your website... Once you have short-listed 2 or 3 category to place your site in to, check out the cost of Sponsor Listings of those categories.It's really simple. Visit the following URL: https://ecom.yahoo.com/fast/sponsor Enter the URL of any website that is listed in your desired category (The URL should be same as it appears in Yahoo! and the category should be a commercial category). -----SIDEBAR----- Please note that Yahoo! accepts Sponsor Listings for only certain commercial categories and so this tip may or may not work for your category. -----SIDEBAR----- You'll be asked for your Yahoo! ID. Once you submit the information, you'll be provided with the Sponsorship charges for that certain category. Repeat the process for your remaining short-listed categories. Now compare the prices of all your short-listed categories. Naturally the one with a higher price is the most trafficked one! 3) Yahoo! considers keywords in the directory structure while ranking. For example, if someone is searching for "Business Opportunities Directories", a web site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities/Directories will be given more relevance than a web site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities 4) Yahoo! DOES NOT spider websites to determine ranking. It ranks web sites based on keywords in domain name, title and description. So having META tags does not make any difference to your listing. 5) DO NOT try to stuff as much keywords as possible in to the description. Yahoo! editors are notorious for cutting down the description if they sense even slightest hype. Try to avoid words such as - no.1, proven, turnkey, exciting etc. Also, make sure that the heading of your home page is same as the description you provided for your site. There should be no confusion in the mind of the editor reviewing your site. 6) Make sure your domain name and business name is the same since Yahoo! is known to use the business name as the title for your listing. 7) Make sure your website is "Content Rich". This is very critical for two reasons. One - to get your site accepted by Yahoo! and Second - to maintain and get a higher listing. Yahoo! determines the popularity of a website by the amount of time a visitor spends on your website. If a large no. of them hit the "back button" of their browser as soon as they hit your web site, you can kiss goodbye to your dreams of a possible higher listing. Once you get a lower listing, it can get very difficult to make up as visitors will not be able to find your site easily. -----SIDEBAR----- Once a site gets accepted into the directory, Yahoo! ranks it based on the keyword popularity in domain name, title and description. But as time progresses, it determines the ranking based on the popularity of the website itself. We ignored this and our listing came down drastically within few days of getting accepted! -----SIDEBAR----- 8) Before submitting your website, thoroughly research websites that rank higher for keywords you are targeting (Especially the "Most Popular" sites in the directory section). This will give you a rough idea of what to and what not to include in your website.

Simple steps to gorgeous holiday hair and makeup

(BPT) - You’re donning a cute cozy sweater, you’ve decked the halls at home and now it’s time to dazzle with beautiful holiday hair and makeup.
EcoTools Beauty Team members and expert stylists Christine Symonds and Teni Panosian have created a complete holiday hair and makeup look that, with just a few simple steps, will have your style merry and bright for any event.
Holiday makeup: classic and flawless
“This time of year there's certainly no shortage of seasonal celebrations, and a classic makeup look is always a crowd pleaser,” says Panosian, YouTube beauty star and voice behind MissMaven.com. “Using tools from the three limited-edition EcoTools holiday sets, it’s easy to achieve a flawless, festive look.”
Step 1. Using the Skin Perfecting Brush from the Four-Piece Beautiful Complexion Set, apply your favorite foundation.
Step 2. Taking the Precision Foundation Brush from the Festive & Flawless Face Set, apply concealer under your eyes and around your mouth. Also dab a little bit into the center of your forehead to brighten and conceal.
Step 3. Also from the Festive & Flawless Face Set, take the Buffing Concealer Brush and blend the concealer using small, circular motions for an even and flawless base.
Step 4. Going back to the Four-Piece Beautiful Complexion Set, grab the Mattifying Finish Brush and a matte bronzer to give your skin a bit of warmth. Apply the bronzer into the hollows of your cheeks, along your jawline and into your hairline.
Step 5. Using the same brush, sweep a soft, neutral pink blush onto your cheeks for a natural, rosy look. Then, set your makeup by applying a translucent powder using the Full Powder Brush from the Festive & Flawless Face Set.
Step 6. To add a healthy glow, take the Complexion Blending Brush from the same Festive & Flawless Face Set and dab on your favorite powder highlighter to the high points of your cheekbones, your brow bone, and above the arches of your eyebrows.
Step 7. For the eyes, take the Angled Eyeliner Brush from the Mini Essentials Holiday Set and begin applying a black gel eyeliner at the inner corner of your eye, slowly working your way to the outer corner. At the outer corner, create a wing of your desired thickness and fill it in.
Step 8. To complete the eyes, apply a few coats of your favorite mascara to both the top and bottom lashes.
Step 9. Moving on to the lips, apply a bright red matte lip color. Beauty tip: To clean up the edges of your lipstick, use a concealer brush to apply a tiny amount of concealer at the edge of your lips, creating a clean, crisp edge. Then blend the concealer outward and you’re done!
Holiday headband twist
“A simple go-to hairstyle with a touch of pizazz is ideal for any holiday gathering,” says celebrity hair stylist Symonds. “This headband twist offers a hint of sparkle that you’ll want to wear all season long.”
Step 1. Comb through dry, clean hair or second-day hair with the Styler + Smoother Hair Brush to smooth out any tangles.
Step 2. Taking a section of hair at the crown of the head, lightly backcomb downward to create volume. Repeat this again a few times, grabbing more hair as you go. When the desired volume is reached, gently smooth out the top without disrupting the volume you just created.
Step 3. Place your headband (hello, sparkles!) at the desired position on your head, on top of all of your hair. Then, secure it at the nape of the neck with a few bobby pins.
Step 4. One at a time, take the two side sections in front of each ear and lightly twist them back and into the headband. The elasticity of the headband will hold them in place.
Step 5. Now that all of your hair is set back, split it into two sections and loosely braid each one. Doing this creates texture and control for when you twist them back into the base of the headband. Secure each braid with a clear elastic.
Step 6. Go back in with your fingers and pull each braid apart slightly to create a fuller, more “undone” look. Then, take one of the braids and weave it through the back side of the headband, leave the ends hanging down. Repeat on the other side.
Step 7. Tuck both ends into the loop to hide them and secure with bobby pins.
Step 8. Spray your entire head with a medium-hold hairspray and you’re ready to party all night!
For more holiday makeup and hair inspiration, visit EcoTools.com.