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Birthday flowers are a very inexpensive way to maintain an old tradition, that many people are unaware of. Below is a list of the months of the year along with the corresponding birthday flowers. Think about giving birthday flowers as a sign of good luck at the next birthday party on your calendar. Flowers are great way to show someone you care, just like Mother s Day flowers are given, with Birthday Gifts flowers can also be a welcome gift. Did you know these fun facts about some of the birthday traditions around the world. Greeks would take cakes to the temple of the goddess of the moon, Artemis, and round cakes were used to represent the full moon. Candles were used on these Greek cakes to represent the fantastic glowing moon. Some Germans used one large candle in the center of the cake to represent the light of life. The smoke from the candles being blown out would carry their wishes to heaven, and blowing out all the candles at once would bring good luck. Another tradition that is believed to bring good luck is the giving of birthstones, birthday flowers, or colors used to represent birth months. An interesting birthday custom from Japan is that they used...

Collectors often question us about print numbers - what they mean and how they relate to print values. To begin, let s take you back to elementary school where you may have trimmed a raw potato to create a design. And then by gently placing the potato into some paint or ink, you created a potato stamp that could be applied to a piece of paper. Result: you made a limited edition work of art. As you can well imagine, the potato started to deteriorate after a few such stampings. Subsequent prints lost the clarity of the first few strikings. Today, nearly all of the limited editions that are produced can be run in editions of hundreds of thousands before any deterioration occurs. Therefore, the collector should be assured that all prints from a run are identical even the proofs. During the process, the paper or canvas is printed on big presses and stacked to dry in numerous piles. The paper or canvas sheets are trimmed and packed for shipment to the publisher where they are curated, signed and numbered. As you can imagine, the various steps make it impossible to tell which prints were printed first. So why number at all. Think of the print number as a serial or...

Self-confidence is the innate quality of trusting your own abilities and instincts. Self-confident people often successful, attentive, and flexible, and can deal with most any life situation. A self-confident person realizes what his or her potential is and works to realize it. Those that are around a self-confident person are aware of his or her character by his or her actions. People that are self-confident demonstrate it by their actions, and not through their words alone. However, if you are always trying to impress your friends, family, or coworkers by overtly asserting your self-confidence, then you are likely arrogant. There is a big difference between the two characteristics, but the line between them is not clearly defined. Often, people who are usually highly self-confident cross the line into arrogance and don t even know it. If your family, friends, or coworkers find you arrogant, they will not enjoy being around you. It is more important to impress individuals through actions than through words. The maxim actions speak louder than words is very true. We are all more likely to trust someone who gets the job done rather than someone who simply boasts...

There are many factors to take into consideration when buying your home stair lift. First off, you must take into consideration the layout of your stairs. Now there are two types of home stair lifts. Straight: This stair lift is perfect for people who have straight stairs. It ll usually have a footrest that normally is at stop level with the top stair. Even on some slightly curved stairs, the straight stair lift may be a viable option. For instance if your stairs are straight but then curve at the top, odds are you can still purchase this type of stair lift. Usually the stair lift will have a folding platform. Curved: This stair lift is of course for those people who have curved stairs. If you have curved stairs, you will require a home stair lift that s able to travel around bends on the stairs and be made to run onto the landing. Depending upon your situation, the stair lift can be fitted on either side of the stairs. As you might have guessed, this stair lift is more expensive and prices often are determined by the amount of bends you have in stairs. Keep in mind when you talk to a company specializing in stair lifts that they knew the exact set up of your...

Everyone loses. The disappearing act can happen subtly and may take a while. Then one day, you realize you don t know whom you are anymore. Here are 4 questions to ask yourself to check if you have lost yourself. Do you say what you really mean. Are you communicating from your heart, from your juicy self. Sometimes we can slip into a pattern of saying what is expected of us and what we say may not be what we really think or feel. You will know the difference when you pay attention to what you are communicating and whether it rings true to your beliefs and values, or not. If you see that you are not saying what you really think and feel, pay attention first of all to who you are trying to please by speaking as you do. Listen closely to what it is that you would be saying if it were the genuine you speaking. Figure out what the costs are of not saying what you mean. Make a decision to change your approach and speak from your authentic self, the self you know you really are, when the signals and balance of cost begin to outweigh the price of not speaking your truth. You may need professional help to learn how to communicate fully. There are a number of books that...

Who likes computers. If you don t need them for school or work, you surely enjoy surfing the web. Whether it be a PC or a Mac, you most likely have some modern-day computer for your daily needs. The Apple G4 Ibook is a prime example of what computers are all about. I purchased my fourteen-inch notebook about a year ago, and now I can t live without it. The Apple G4 Ibook offers a standard 60 gigs, combo or super drive, and a compact size to tote around everywhere. This magnificent machine has changed my view of computers. Coming from a background of PCs, I wasn t familiar with the Apple G4 Ibook, or the Macs at all for that matter. After a long discussion with my brother, a computer technician previously obsessed with IBM, I came to the conclusion that I would get an Apple G4 Ibook. If this professional PC lover recommended a Mac to me, what else was I to do. He now also enjoys an Ibook, and prefers it to his IBM notebook. Furthermore, I was convinced once again by a computer geek at my University, who had recently made the transition from PC to Mac, and said he wouldn t go back. This is basically due to Mac s simplicity. While PCs have the standard right and...

Gospel culture and its powerful music have the ability to inspire people to take a positive role in nurturing their mind, body and spirit. Now, world-renowned, award-winning gospel artist Byron Cage is using the power of music to lead a new public awareness program-Strength in HarmonySM-to encourage those at risk for chronic kidney disease to recognize warning signs and obtain early medical intervention. Strength in Harmony is being offered by Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., in partnership with The COSHAR Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization with a focus on health education through faith-based initiatives. I hope to help bring the African-American community together to take action against chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease is a progressive condition in which the kidneys are unable to function effectively. Currently, 20 million Americans have kidney disease and another estimated 20 million are at risk. African-Americans are affected disproportionately as they represent 33 percent of patients treated for kidney failure in the U.S., but only 13 percent of the overall population. People at elevated risk include those with diabetes or high blood...

There s encouraging news for women in the fight against lung cancer. Although the incidence of lung cancer in women increased rapidly after World War II as more women began to smoke, that trend may finally be reversing. Recent studies show that lung cancer cases in women have leveled off for the first time. However, according to the National Women s Health Resource Center NWHRC , raising awareness of the disease and its causes remain urgent. Despite the downward trend, lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women in the U.S. Lung cancer accounts for one in every four cancer deaths and one of every eight newly diagnosed cancers in women. According to a new NWHRC report, Lung Cancer: What You Need to Know, women who smoke are 12 times more likely to get lung cancer than those who don t, yet more than one in five women continue to smoke. Of the two main types of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC and small cell lung cancer SCLC , women who smoke are more likely to be diagnosed with SCLC, the more aggressive form. Smoking cigarettes, cigars and pipes remains the leading cause of lung cancer, accounting for nearly nine...