So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The History Of D&G Watches

By John P Stevens

In many instances, we feel a special connection with the brand that we buy. It tends to be emotional but we also practice it in terms of our actions when we buy the brand. We feel such a close bond with that brand that it starts to mean to us more than just a product. It starts to stand for an entire lifestyle or feel of individuality within us.

One of such brands that are able to create that feeling of affinity is Dolce & Gabbana (D&G). Known mainly for its line of exclusive garments, the accessories designed by D&G are also quite popular. Within these line of accessories are included the Dolce & Gabbana watches.

The history of D&G watches started in the year 2000, when it launched new line of watches- D&G Time watches in Italy and Europe. D&G Time watches were produced and distributed by Binda International.

One of the luxury kinds of watches launched by Dolce and Gabbana is the Chronographic round dial. This special brand comes with sub-dials for each minute, second and stopwatch. In addition to Time, the Chronographic also forms a major category of watches produced by Dolce and Gabbana.

Wearing a D&G watch has become a fashion statement as it offers its customers not only sophistication but also style and exclusivity of design. This new way of approaching watches actually created a revolution in the watch industry. This led the makers of Dolce & Gabbana watches to focus their energies on the design of their watch so that their customers not only find use out of these watches but are also able to have fun while wearing them.

Since it introduced the Time watches, Dolce & Gabbana has been launching a new style of watches in every new season. This has actually made the launch of the D&G watches quite an event for its loyal fans. Many of the models of D&G watches come in a number of colours and styles, both in straps and in bracelets. BB, Flock, Antibes, Dorian, Genteel, Jimmy, Martin, and Nikki are some of the models of watches produced by Dolce and Gabbana.

D&G offers exclusive line of watches for both men and women. These watches are available in different range of prices and designs. Some are made entirely of stainless steel while some others have the leather straps. Sometimes, plastic is also used to make the strap of the watches; mostly the watches that are considered funky.

The category of watches for women offers many with gold or silver plated designs. This is further enhanced by watches offered with diamonds and other expensive stones that have been carved into the design. When they are buying a certain model of watch, the customers can decide the colour and the material in which they would like their watch.

In addition to offering watches produced by many other brands, several retail stores sell Dolce and Gabbana watches in their outlets. Or, to buy these watches, one can also visit a D&G outlet, if it is hard to find an authorized dealer. A more effortless way to purchase a D&G watch is to shop for it from the World Wide Web.

The advantage of buying watches online is that you can have a detailed look on different models and you can also compare the prices.

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How to Write an Informative Restaurant Review

By Adriana Noton

Writing a restaurant review is a fun way to share your thoughts and impressions about your dining experience. To write an informative review, you need to have knowledge about what key points you should include in your review. Not only is properly describing the food important, but you must have an understanding about the details of the restaurant. Once you have knowledge of the essential points to include, you then can present a well structured and organized restaurant review.

The following are a number of helpful tips to help you write a restaurant review:

1. Before you write a restaurant review, it is important to know how to structure the review. Make sure you are very descriptive and detailed. It is a personal review so emphasize your own writing style. Write complete sentences and use plenty of descriptive words and phrases. Write it in chronological order that includes from the moment you enter the restaurant to when you pay the bill and leave. Describe the restaurant in the present tense and in the second person. Using your own personality will help make the review unique.

2. Pick a restaurant you want to review. For example, you might choose Restaurants in Montreal. Or it might not even be a restaurant - it could be a cafe shop in Montreal. You want to make sure that there will be food that you like. When you enter the dining establishment, note such details as the interior appearance that includes the arrangement of tables, furnishings, decorations, colors, lighting, and the cleanliness of the restaurant. Make sure you check out the condition of the bathrooms. As well, make a note of the friendliest of the staff, how long you have to wait to be seated and its location, and if the hostess asks if you would like a beverage. When you are seated, make a note of the atmosphere of the restaurant. Is it friendly, extremely busy and loud, or relaxing?

3. Once you receive a menu, note the variety of meal choices, prices, any unique dishes, and if there are any healthy meal options. You should have an appetizer, entre, and dessert to get the full dining experience. When you receive the meal, note if the food is cooked properly. Does it have a distinctive taste such as spicy or sweet? What is the portion size? When you make your meal selection, make sure it something you normally enjoy eating, As well, note how you are treated by the servers. Are they friendly, well dressed, courteous, knowledgeable about the food and specials, and attentive? Make a note of the meal's presentation, taste, smell, and if it is hot or cold. Make sure that you use descriptive and creative words. Suggest who may enjoy the food such as families or people who enjoy fine dining dishes. As well, note how long it takes to receive your bill.

When making your recommendation, make sure you have made a note of anything you disliked about the restaurant and the total cost of the meal and if you received good value for your money. When ending the review, make a statement about whether or not you would return. Writing a restaurant is more than just reviewing the food. By understanding the key elements that should be included in the review, you will have a fun restaurant review experience and hopefully provide valuable consumer information.

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Excellent Mother's Jewelry Gifts For Summer

By Jill McMaster

When you are looking for summer jewelry gifts, you have quite a selection from which to choose. You can choose from precious gems and gold jewelry, to more functional types of jewelry such as watches for a mom in your life. You should take a look a summer jewelry selections that are available when you are choosing a gift for your mom or wife and choose something that she will like. A good way to tell her taste is to take a look at her current jewelry collection.

Whether you are choosing necklaces, bracelets or rings for mom, you want to be sure that you are selecting good quality jewelry that will also have symbolic meaning for any woman. Most women like to have jewelry that reminds them of their children. You can choose from many different types of jewelry to find a gift that she will love.

Gold jewelry should be preferred over other types of jewelry because it will not tarnish and is of strong quality to hold precious or semi-precious stones. You should try to get the highest quality gold when you are looking for jewelry gifts.

Other summer jewelry gifts include bracelets as they get more wear in the summer months when short sleeves are worn. Take a look at the different bracelets that are made with moms in mind to make your choice.

Rings are always a huge hits with moms everywhere. One idea that you may want to consider when you are looking for jewelry gift ideas is a birthstone ring that has the birthstones of all of her children.

Bracelets are perfect gift selections for summer weather as they tend to get shown off more with short sleeves. You can choose from a wide selection of bracelets that are made especially with moms in mind.

Earrings are another way to show a mom that you are thinking of her and that you care. Before choosing earrings for any woman, be sure to note whether or not she has pierced ears.

Make sure that the jewelry that you select is of good quality and in an attractive design that you think she will like. Whenever you are looking for gifts for any moms on your list, you cannot go wrong with jewelry that reminds her of her children.

When you are looking for jewelry gift ideas for any mom in your life, look for fashion, style and sentimental value. Summery jewelry is something that most women will cherish and not only wear just in the summer, but year round. Make a selection that she is likely to love for the rest of her life.

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$20 and 11 Minutes - Your Life Changing Experience

By Dr. Jay Polmar

I am sure you know how to read, after all you are reading this article. But just how long will it take you to read this short article. 2 minutes, 5 minutes, longer. Twenty bucks, and 11 minutes of your time will change your life in ways you never imagined, just by reading. You read this right. In just 11 minutes, you will hear about Dr. Polmar's story, and learn 3 secrets to improving your life through .... Reading.

Smart people already know what I am talking about - learning how to use your brain properly so that what you read becomes usable data, and knowledge to help you create greater success in life.

Really, the more you read of a similar subject, the faster you read that subject. The faster you read the subject that you are familiar with, the more that it becomes a part of your long-term memory. That's why when you first study basic primary school math, and you follow it and study smart, and go all the way through college - math is a thing that you become accustomed to. If you've studied really smart, it's really easy, and you can do some of it in your head without calculator or paper and pen.

With reading, it's similar, yet different. Imagine it this way - our simple method will teach you in 11 minutes how to read all kinds of materials more rapidly with greater comprehension than before, and get what you need out of it. Of course, it a beginners course, but in 11 minutes your increased your reading speed say 60-80% and as you use the techniques over the next few days the speed increase, and so does your understanding and comprehension.

You've spent $20 and studied for 11 minutes and accomplished a great deal. But, what if you learned also, how to read a book for best understanding and comprehension for test-taking or pleasure, and what if you also learn to write a paper for school, or grad school - without stress in 10 days or less, would that make your life easier.

In 11 minutes flat, you will improve the quality of your life for 20 bucks, you really can't lose. Remember also, the more you read, the better you read, the more you remember - that's how the brain works. So work your brain.

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Improve Your Employees Productivity With Customized Corporate Gifts

By Sachin K Airan

Most managers' tussle with one task on an everyday basis: how to increase the effectiveness of their employees? This is because employees who work harder increase the sales potential and earning potential of the company. When these elements are combined, most managers are ready to try just about anything to motivate their staff to work harder and remain dedicated to their jobs. One straightforward way to try this may be in front of you, get a few customized corporate gifts for your employees.

Depending on your company's budget these gifts can range from large items such as clothing to small items such as mugs or water bottles. Of course, depending on the type of company, you can choose a gift that relates somehow to your company, project, award, or just something personal for your employees. There are literally tens of thousands of products that can readily be customized. The costs can range from pennies to hundreds of dollars depending on your projected goal.

The true charm of customized corporate gifts is that they show your staff that you place a value on their work and their contributions by making the effort to give them these customized gifts. It'll also make employees feel significant and valued on an awfully private basis. Adding on a symbol, message or name to the customized present makes a worker feel as if they stand out and makes them ready to go the extra mile for the company since the company was willing to go the extra mile for them!

Many studies have been completed in the field of management that show straightforward signs of appreciation such as gifts can turbo-charge the confidence of an employee by over 50 percent. This is because even though folk become adults in the business world, they continue to grow up in a world where education was frequently fortified with positive rewards. Therefore, as adults they are still trying to find positive recognition even though they would never consciously be privy to the fact. By feeding your people private need for recognition you'll gain a stronger workforce that feels like they are part of a team.

When a worker starts to think like a team member he will wish to participate more in the firms' goals. This is significant because their jobs will instead feel like a credit in which this easy present or perk will also benefit the manager or boss. Keeping this to mind, it could be a fun time to consider what kind of gifts your employees would enjoy to receives that you can immediately start to boost the productivity of your team.

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Dynamics of Speed Reading: Day One

By Dr. Jay Polmar

Be Dynamic Through Speed Reading method, by Dr. Jay Polmar, is designed for those who read large volumes of printed material. Sometimes they get frustrated when they can't keep up with all the intriguing literature that is released. Authors around the world produce printed data and fiction, at a rate so phenomenal, that even the most avid of readers struggle to keep up. With our DYNAMIC SPEED READING method, you'll easily be able to read twice to three times the amount you now read in the same time.

The human brain/mind is capable of comprehending and cataloging from 10,000 to 50,000 units of information per minute (one unit being equal to one word) and this is based upon old statistics. Based on new technology in education and strides in self-development, your brain/mind is capable of much more.

The human body is a vehicle that records various senses and transfers them to our brain/mind. The brain/mind acts like a computer. Perhaps the brain/mind is the body's operational computer to make easier for us to learn. We learn through information (data) that is transmitted in many ways. We receive data through our five physical senses, and our brain/mind makes decisions, choices and judgments from those factors.

The limitations in reading were programmed during childhood when we were first taught to read. Yet, brain/mind researchers have shown that through DYNAMIC SPEED READING techniques, thousands have broken that pattern and increased speeds dramatically.

This course teaches techniques for becoming Dynamic. We expect you, minimally, to become a speed reader who likes to read and improve the quality of your life. Maximally, we expect great, positive successes from our students. A beginning average reading speed for the average American high school graduate is about 250 words per minute. Those from the south read somewhat slower because of their drawl. Those who stutter also read slower. An average college student reads approximately 300 w.p.m.

Please take note: Recent studies have indicated that the English reading rate has dropped due to poor education in the past decade. The reduction of reading speed is astounding averaging 35% poor reading rates in the US. Be Dynamic undoes the damage made by the poor education system and was developed by Dr. Jay Polmar, who studied in the US when education mean something special and reading was king.

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