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Think you know about poker and poker players?

This is the second in a series of poker quizzes.

For the first one, go to: http://ezinearticles.com/members/?type=pv&item=78341&author=Murphy%20James&pass=xXcshIotpgAt6

These are not questions about the best way to play a hand. Rather, these questions are about the culture of poker and the people of poker.

Give it a shot. Answers below.

1. The banker in the book, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King

A. Howard Lederer
B. Barry Greenstein
C. Andy Beal
D. Andy Bloch

2. His neighbors in Longworth, Texas walked across the street so as not to be seen with a professional gambler

A. Amarillo Slim Preston
B. Doyle Brunson
C. Jack Straus
D. Sailor Roberts

3. The subject of the movie, “High Roller,” and the book, “One of a Kind.”

A. Phil Hellmuth
B. Stu Ungar
C. Phil Ivey
D. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson

4. The “Devilfish”

A. Carlos Mortensen
B. Dewey Tomko
C. Layne Flack
D. David Ulliott

5. The “Unabomber”

A. The boyfriend of Jennifer Tilly
B. The husband of Jen Harman
C. The chauffer of Kathy Liebert
D. The wife of T. J. Cloutier

6. His wife is a psychiatrist

A. Ted Forrest
B. Daniel Negreanu
C. Josh Arieh
D. Phil Hellmuth

7. Mom and Dad have Ph.D’s and so does this pro

A. Howard Lederer
B. Cindy Violette
C. Chris Moneymaker
D. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson

8. The first wife of Tom Cruise is a serious player

A. Nicole Kidman
B. Katie Holmes
C. Shannon Elizabeth
D. Mimi Rogers

9. Finished second to Joe Hachem at main event of the 2005 World Series of Poker

A. Mike Matusow
B. Greg Raymer
C. Steve Dannenmann
D. David Grey

10. The poker-playing son of Barry Greenstein

A. Huck Seed
B. John Murphy
C. Robert Varkonyi
D. Joe Sebok

And the answers:

1. Andy Beal is the banker in the Michael Craig book, “The Professor (Howard Lederer), the Banker, and the Suicide King (the king of hearts). This is the story of the richest poker game of all time where a team of pros took of billionaire Beal. There is some dispute about just how much money actually changed hands, but at $100,000 and $200,000 a pop, there was once $20 million dollars on the table at the Bellagio.

2. Doyle Brunson tells the story of his neighbors crossing the street so as not to be seen with – gasp – a professional gambler. In Super Systems 2, not only will you learn a great deal about how to play poker, but you’ll also learn a great deal about Brunson’s fascinating life. He has a master’s degree in education, trained to be a school principal, worked as a salesman for a time, but was making more at poker than at sales, so . . .

3. Tony Vidmer is the director of the movie, “High Roller,” originally titled, “Stuey.” You can catch this on DVD. The story of Stu Ungar is also told in a terrific book by Nolan Dalla and Peter Alson, “One of a Kind. The Rise and Fall of Stuey Ungar, the Greatest Poker Player of All Time.” This book covers Stuey’s rise and fall, to his end in a porn hotel north of the Strip, where he died, broke and alone. Friends took up a collection to pay for his funeral.

4. Englishman David Ulliott is the “Devilfish.” He wears a ring that spells out “Devilfish” (big ring). The devilfish is a Chinese culinary delicacy that could kill you if not properly prepared. Beware the “Devilfish.”

5. “Unabomber” Phil Laak hides behind a sweatshirt with the hood pulled up. He is also the squeeze of Jennifer Tilly, the Academy Award-nominated actress. Has teamed up with actor James Woods in a series of team challenges. Has come out on top twice.

6. Phil Hellmuth’s wife is a psychiatrist. Some say she needs to do a little more work on him. She has to be proud of his nine World Series of Poker bracelets. She apparently handles Phil, her own profession, and two boys well. They make their home in Palo Alto, California.

7. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is the son of two academics. Chris got his Ph. D. in computer science from UCLA. He and his Dad publish scholarly papers on game theory. Chris says he would like to be a professor in a university someday. When not playing poker, he is into swing dancing.

8. Mimi Rogers, a former Playboy model, is a serious poker player. She is often seen on Bravo TV’s, “Celebrity Poker Showdown,” co-hosted by pro Phil Gordon. Traveled to Ireland in 2005 to open The Gaming Club World Poker Championships. Has played Mrs. Kensington in several Austin Powers movies.

9. Steve Dannenmann came in second after an exhausting heads-up battle with winner, Joe Hachem, a former chiropractor from Australia. Joe picked up $7.5 million but Steve shed no tears as this Maryland accounted pocketed $4.25 mil. Credits a book by World Series of Poker winner, Dan Harrington, as a major factor in his success.

10. Joe Sebok was about six years old when Barry Greenstein married his Mom. Joe is close to his biological father, but proudly considers Barry as his Dad. Barry dedicated his book, “Ace on the River,” to his six kids, including Joe, of course. Also known as “Joe Poker” in his articles for Card Player Magazine. Dad’s lessons are paying off: Joe made a final table at two World Series of Poker events in 2005.

How did you do?

9-10 correct.

You’re ready for the World Series of Poker. Get $10,000 together and go for it.

7-8 correct.

How about a World Poker Tour event in the Caribbean?

5-6 correct.

Stick with $2/$4 tables

4 or less.

Stick with free online games.

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Take the quiz with you to your next poker game and see how well your friends do.

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© Murphy James 2005

Murphy James is a freelance journalist specializing in the gaming industry. He has been published in men’s magazines, gaming publications, business journals, and newspapers. His website is http://www.murphyjames.com. His email address is murphyjames@murphyjames.com.

His most recent interviews have been with poker pros Barry Greenstein (”Ace on the River”), Jen Harman (one of the players in the richest poker game in history), and Phil Gordon about their philanthropic activities, and gambler, author, and teacher, Jerry Patterson (”Casino Gambling”), about his blackjack, craps, and roulette systems.

Catch Murphy James’ recent interview (on his website) with talk show host, Dave Congalton, KVEC, San Luis Obispo, CA. Murphy talks about the culture of poker and famous players he has interviewed.

Copyright The Quipping Queen 2005

THE TWISTED-TONGUE TOURNAMENT

– Or, Calling All Weird-Word Whizbangers! –

By Adrian Air-of-Sleet, a pleasure-seeking, mandolin-playing, maroon-hairpiece sort of fellow who enjoys Italian weddings, spelling bees, and the Calgary Stampede

While I was perusing several dog-eared magazines hanging from the racks of a 24-hour convenience store in the middle of a peculiar place named Billy Butts Pond, my enlightenment bulb went off.

Curious as to why this power of positive thinking outage had occurred, I put on my think-and-do cap in order to gain a new perspective on this perplexing problem.

I ascertained from the rather bleak-looking Canadian landscape around me that this ghastly glitch probably had something to do with being shipwrecked on a prominent piece of geography, (affectionately known as “The Rock”). Situated smack dab between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean, the province of “Newfoundland”, (as it’s called by folks “from away”), is home to a few fishy characters who reside in odd outposts of humanity such as Ass Hill, Bareneed, and Dildo.

Now I know what it must have been like to live as my Celtic ancestors must have done in the “Dark Ages” …you know… no flipping access to the Internet, i-pods, and personal digital assistants, not to mention vampire video games and vapid virtual reality TV shows.

With precious little to do while waiting for Godot to show up, I decided to organize and host a “Twisted-Tongue Tournament” for the locals and any aliens who happened to be in the vicinity.

The purpose of the challenge was to light a fire under everyone. Well come to think of it, by asking them to consider pairing animal names with human characteristics in order to give birth to a new set of beasts, we had the makings of party which “Newfies” adore as I found out. (This seemed like a good idea at the time, as there was no zoo let alone any pet-friendly, non-pooping, robotic animals in the blinking place).

So here are a few of the submissions received by the judges:

Bedspring Peeper – a naughty tree toad that refuses to turn into a Prince at midnight

Boo-Hoo Gnu – an ugly, unhappy ungulate that doesn’t stand a hope in hell of retiring to a stud farm thank you very much

Buffelope – a bare essentials, breast-beating beast with no hang-ups about the naked truth (see Scantelope)

Botchfly – a stout, hopelessly clumsy, winged creature that has difficulty with takeoffs and landings

Bush-Twit – a timid Texan titmouse

Chumpanzee – not your average high-flying jungle bunny

Cramanatee – a gormandizing golf-ball eater that lives in well-manicured lawns full of little holes with flagpoles sticking out

D’orca – a fashion-conscious killer whale

Ficklefish – a two-timing Piscean with an unhealthy attachment disorder

Gemsbloke – a large, young buck with lots of bling bling

Gussy Uppy – a gold-plated guppy that adds a little sparkle to any boring aquarium tank

Hypopotamus – a short-legged, thick-skinned, under-performing vegetarian with limited bench-pressing abilities

Jokel – An Old World dog with a wicked sense of humor and lots of tricks up his sleeve

Kingflasher – a big name bird whose crests and crowns never quite cover his breast and tail discretely

Mongooser – a flat-witted, feisty-footed, posterior-pinching paramour of unknown origin

Pantelope – a graceful, butt-crack beast that lives in elevators and rides a bike to work

Pottypus – a toilet-trained, duck-billed devil from Tasmania

Scantelope – a fleet-of-foot, bare-all buxom beast (whose revealing exploits are chronicled in the best-selling naturist book, “What Really Went On Behind the Scenes in the Garden of Eden”)

Screech fowl – a breath-taking barnyard beast that hasn’t learned when to keep his/her trap shut

Screwupworm – a two-winged whimsical creature that nuzzles in the nostrils of nobodies as lackadaisical larva do, and then promptly engages in some serious botching activities (often with incredibly bewildering if not totally blundering results)

Scuzzard – a dirty, contemptible, shabby-looking vulture with a bad case of halitosis (but good enough to grab the spotlight as the mellow muddle-headed mascot on a u-brew beer label)

Slack Widow – a spiteful, supine, and very venomous Old World Spiderwoman

Springblotch – a clean, youthful, four-footed freak of nature that makes a mess of everything

Swelldish – a pleasant-looking puffer that makes one blush at first glance and then blurt out some silly stuff that one later regrets

Swilldebeest – a swashbuckling species that rarely count its drinks and eats freely, greedily or to excess if given the least opportunity

Titter Sucker – a boisterous bawling bird with a tipsy tongue (commonly found in Canadian wet bars)

Too-Too Titi – a la-di-da little scamp with three redeeming characteristics: a long tail, hairy underarms, and a penchant for communal living

Whopping Crane – a large, white, nearly extinct American bird with a long neck that beats its breast to patriotic tunes, flaps its wings to intimidate scarecrows, and yells “Cowabunga” at the top of its lungs for no apparent reason at at all

Willeye – a good-natured, willing-ready-and-able creature that spends most of its futile life swimming blissfully around in something called “quality-improvement circles”

So, if you end up in a hole-in-the-wall-place and lose your power of positive thinking – don’t forget to organize a titillating twisted-tongue tournament. It’ll do wonders to motivate the mummers, bring out the wonky wordpeckers who inhabit every nook and cranny, not to mention extend a warm welcome to some very odd-ball strangers.

About the Author

Adrian Air-of-Sleet is a casual conundrum in the Court of the Quipping Queen http://www.quippingqueen.blogspot.com/ where he shares his vacuous thoughts with other arcane members of society.

Mothers Day comes but once a year so it’s something many of us want to make sure we get right. Finally you have decided on flowers, so what do you do now? Do you pop to your local gas station and grab the first bunch you see, no, you take your time, look around and see what the option are. The best option, if you have the time and your mother lives locally enough, is still to go to a florist. Admittedly this is a scary prospect,
especially for those of a male gender but you will get good advice and it’s always best to see the product you’re buying. Also local delivery is usually fairly reliable, so even if you can’t deliver them in person it’s still a good choice.

The distance options come down to ordering by telephone or over the net. Here you have to be careful, have a clear idea of what you’re looking for, the type of flowers and the amount of money you want to spend. Look for companies that offer guarantees, then if it all does go wrong at least you have some means of claiming recompense. On the net you can find hundreds of florist on any search engine all offering very similar services so look at the small print and remember that the biggest companies are not always the best. Sometimes you are better off looking for a smaller company situated locally to your mother’s address.

Lastly make sure someone is around to take the delivery. If she’s not at home when the delivery arrives then you often lose any entitlement to recompense for late or non-delivery. If necessary ask a neighbor to accept the delivery, otherwise you may spoil the surprise!

Mansi gupta recommends that you visit www.sendflowersto.com/mothers.php for more information on Mother’s Day flowers.

I run across funny signs all the time. I try to take a mental note or take a picture of the sign for later use during a public speaking engagement.

John Jay Daly, a speaker friend of mine, does a hysterical slide presentation called ‘The Wacky, Wonderful World of Washington.’ Many of the slides are of signs that he has seen around Washington, D.C.

My favorite is a sign that says, ‘In case of nuclear attack, the ban on school prayer will be lifted.’ Another slide has a brass plaque on the front of a large building that says, ‘All Deliveries Go to Rear of Building.’ The next slide is the brass plaque on the back of the same building that says, ‘No Deliveries.’

You can have lots of fun with signs. I just showed you two ways you can use them. In the last paragraph, I told you about the signs my friend uses in his slide presentation. That’s one way. The second way is to actually show them, as my friend does, by means of projection. A third way is to have the sign or signs with you and hold them up.

I just attended a Meeting Planners International function where the presenter had his own applause sign. Everyone applauded on cue and had a good laugh because of it.

Photographic Tip: When taking pictures or slides of funny signs, always fill the photographic frame up completely with the sign. The impact of the sign is much greater when you do this. View this web site’s

‘Public Speaking Visuals: Fill ‘Em Up’ article.

Some of my favorite signs:

At a hospital in Prince Georges County, Maryland:

Hospital Policy is to refuse service to hospital patients. (This was posted at the snack bar.)

Funny tombstone inscription:

As I am now, you soon shall be. Prepare for death and follow me.
Scribbled below: To follow you I’m not content. Until I know which way you went.

Another tombstone: It’s so soon, I’m done for, I wonder what I was begun for!

On church marquee: Honey I Shrunk the Sermon

On door of small restaurant: Out to lunch

Sign in front of bankrupt store: We Undersold Everybody.

These English language signs were seen outside the United States:

Advertisement for a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by latest methodists.

Somewhere in an elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

1936 French sign: Don’t kill your wife with work, let electricity do it.

In a Bangkok drycleaner’s window: Drop your trousers here for best results.

Please leave your values at the front desk. (France)

You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid. (Japan)

Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose. (Switzerland)

I saw this sign on a display in a shoe store/pr>

All our spring colors are now in. (All shoes on the rack were white.)

Keep your eye out for funny signs so that you can tell your audiences about them or show them.

Here’s my favorite sign of all time from a hotel in Acapulco, Mexico:

The manager has personally passed all water served here.

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The best home businesses to start are ones that are already set
up for you. In this type of turn key operation, the tasks of
setting up the website, if you want an Internet based business,
is done for you. You just purchase the domain name and pay for
the web hosting. Even within the various options for the best
home businesses on the Internet, there are various ways you can
generate a monthly income.

What constitutes the best home business for one person may not
be the best one for another. It is a matter of individual taste
and style when it comes to finding a home based turn key
Internet business. It is also a matter of how much you want to
pay to get your home based business off the ground. Although
operating a business on the Internet is far less expensive than
setting up a regular business, you can choose various amounts of
money that you can or want to invest. The best home businesses
are often an individual thing.

For example, for one low fee of $200, you can have your own home
based turn key Internet business selling books to customers
looking for books on virtually any topic. By purchasing the kit,
you get a website created for you, and all you have to do is
process the orders you receive through emails. These types of
home based businesses are the best home businesses if you want
to sell on the Internet, but you will need a merchant account to
process the credit cards. However, you don’t have to bother with
shipping the books to the customers. You forward the money to
the company and keep 20% of the sale for yourself.

However, if you want to set up your own site, then you also have
many ways of getting a home based turn key Internet business
through affiliate marketing. Since the company you affiliate
with is already set up, you don’t have to look for a product to
sell with the best home businesses like this. The company
processes all the transactions and you simply collect the
monthly income. All you have to do in this example of best home
businesses is set up the website and attach a link to your
affiliate. The company handles everything else.

There are many “best home businesses” on the internet. It all
depends on what suits you and what you want to achieve.

One of the few decisions you’ll make during pregnancy that will,
in fact, last throughout your child’s lifetime is the choice of
your baby’s name. (Unlike, for example, your choice of stroller
or whether to use Lamaze or hypnosis to ease labor pains.) To
choose the best name for your baby, follow these simple tips:

1. Don’t try to please other people.

Everyone from your in-laws to the supermarket checkout lady is
going to have an opinion about what you name your child. But the
only opinions that really matter are yours and your spouse’s.

2. Keep it a secret!

If you tell everyone names you’ve chosen before the baby is
born, they won’t hesitate to criticize your choices. But if you
keep it to yourself and announce the name and the birth at the
same time, everyone will compliment you on a great name choice.

3. Consider how your child will feel about the name as he or she
grows up.

Will it be difficult for the teachers to pronounce in school?
Will she be teased because it sounds funny or rhymes with an
unfortunate word? Does it sound like a very young or very old
name? You want to choose something your child will be
comfortable with at all phases of his life.

4. Check the initials to make sure they aren’t problematic.

One of the moms I surveyed for “The Gallagher Guide to the Baby
Years” told the story about her relative who named his baby,
William Eugene Thompson. A nice name, but the initials (W.E.T)
weren’t ideal for monograms.

5. Decide in advance, or at least have a couple of names under
consideration, by the beginning of the third trimester.

There’s so much to do as your due date gets closer. You don’t
want to be under pressure to choose a name because you went into
labor early and had to come up with something at the hospital.
Check out BabyNames.com (www.babynames.com) for lots of neat
ideas for baby names.

The symptoms of a depressed person are sometimes obvious and sometimes not so much so. You have learned to recognize the signs in your boyfriend or girlfriend and you know when they are about to enter a mood swing, or when they are getting very depressed and you know how to handle that. You are becoming an expert in dealing with their problems. However, you also need to know when to recognize that these problems are harming you.

In order to make sure that you are not being harmed by your significant other’s depression, you should watch for your own symptoms. While you may not become clinically depressed, you might find that you start to suffer from situational depression. You may also start to suffer from exhaustion, if your lover’s condition is worse at the moment. You need to make sure that you are cognizant of this possibility and are looking out for yourself at the same time. To make sure that you keep yourself healthy, you should make sure that you are able to put some distance between yourself and your significant other’s symptoms. If you get yourself too wrapped up in their condition then you will find yourself fighting against your instinct to protect yourself. Protecting yourself from getting hurt is important because if you are trying to be there for your significant other, then you should also be sure to be there for yourself. No one is served by you being so stressed out that you cannot make time for anybody else. Make sure you look for symptoms in yourself so that you are aware when things come up.

Learn to alleviate your depression at http://www.curemydepression.com

One other significant problem for freedom of reporting is that despite the existence of guidelines for how embedded reporters should be treated, the individual experience of reporters can be largely controlled by the local commander in charge of them. In fact, during the first Persian Gulf War, the informal restrictions imposed on some journalists were so onerous that they were unable to transmit any information until after the conclusion of the conflict. Sherry Ricchiardi, Preparing for War, AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW, March 2003. Even in the recent Iraq War with a stated policy of encouraging freedom of reporting, many commanders did not honor the spirit of the program and imposed their own restrictions on coverage. Jack Shafer, Embeds and Unilaterals, SLATE, May 1, 2003. This potential for local veto over coverage is especially disturbing given that one of the primary benefits of embedded journalism programs is supposedly the ability of embedded reporters to perform their watchdog functions on the ground. If a local commander can make snap decisions to restrict access, the benefit in terms of deterring or monitoring potential atrocities or violations of the rules of warfare is minimized. Only a unit that knows that all of its activities could be reported will be restrained by the presence of an embedded journalist.

The embedded reporter program creates problems for the independence of the press even outside of those who are members of the program. During the Iraq War, the embedding program created a “credentialing” system in which members of the media were only considered officially acceptable if they were embeds. Id. This resulted in a backlash against non-embedded reporters, who “were often treated as pests with no right to the battlefield . . . [i]n many instances, the military prevented unilaterals from covering the war.” Id. This informal credentialing system is a disturbing development that threatens to erase any contributions that embedded journalism could make to the media’s ability to freely and accurately cover wartime events.

IV. Constitutionality of Restrictions on Coverage

Embedded journalists in Iraq were forced to comply with a number of restrictions on their movements, actions, and coverage of the war. These restrictions were wide-ranging, placing specific limitations on what kinds of information could be released by journalists and on what activities they could perform in search of information. The existence of prior restrictions on the ability of journalists to discuss and report on specific activities raises First Amendment questions and, even if it is not unconstitutional, should be analyzed and critiqued to determine their effect on the freedom of the press.
The rules that embedded reporters were expected to comply with arguably compromise their integrity and would violate the First Amendment for those who, like Justice Douglas, believe that “no law” means no law. Reporters were not allowed to travel independently, restricting their ability to verify information they were given or seek outside information on the events they witnessed with their units. See Jenson at 22. Interviews had to be conducted on the record, decreasing the likelihood that soldiers would give up unapproved information to the journalist for fear of reprisal. Id. Officers were permitted to censor or temporarily restrict electronic transmissions. Id. There were also several reporters who were removed from their units for “allegedly giving too much information about troop locations on television.” Id. The Pentagon issued a long list of guidelines of information that embedded reporters were prohibited from broadcasting. Reporters were always subject to local restrictions by the commanding officer. Id. While there would certainly be good reason in many situations to prevent specific pieces of information from being broadcast, the restrictions likely also encompassed a great deal of information whose publication would make no difference to the war effort.

Under Justice Douglas’ literal view of the First Amendment, it is plain that these regulations should be unconstitutional. If no law means absolutely no restrictions, then military control over the ability of embedded journalists to file their reports is plainly unconstitutional. Other, more permissive scholars of the First Amendment might apply the Court’s tiers of scrutiny to determine whether the restrictions served a compelling government interest. For a fairly recent judicial outline of these tiers of scrutiny in application, see Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, 512 U.S. 753, 761-66 (1994). While Justice Douglas’ absolutist view is not generally accepted law, it does raise several First Amendment questions regarding embedded journalism. Most modern courts would probably be deferential to virtually any decision by the military on the grounds that journalists voluntarily agree to the restrictions in exchange for access they would not otherwise have and on the basis of the political question doctrine and a general reluctance to question executive decisions in wartime. See Michael J. Glennon, The United States Constitution in its Third Century: Foreign Affairs: Distribution of Constitutional Authority: Foreign Affairs and the Political Question Doctrine, 83 A.J.I.L. 814, 815 (1989) (“In modern American society, these justifications for judicial abstention seem increasingly to be calls for judicial abdication.”) Even if court chose to hear a case in this area, in past censorship cases involving the Persian Gulf War the conflict was militarily resolved so quickly that courts dismissed pending cases on the grounds that they had been rendered moot. See Nation Magazine v. United States Dep’t of Defense, 762 F. Supp. 1558, 1570 (S.D.N.Y. 1991) (dismissing censorship case on grounds of mootness because the war had ended and restrictions had already been removed). The judicial system may, in any event, move too slowly to serve as an adequate check on these restrictions. A rejection of Douglas’ interpretation, however, does not end the debate about whether embedded journalism is harmful to free speech interests. Individual rights may be more broadly protected by constitutional law than the plain text of the constitution suggests. Even if the constitutional “penumbra” does not encompass some protection of the ability of the media to perform its functions as either informer or watchdog, the ideals of free speech extend more broadly than the text of the First Amendment. The restrictions imposed by the military on embedded reporters may violate these principles without being technically unconstitutional. Erwin Knoll, National Security: The Ultimate Threat to the First Amendment, 66 MINN. L. REV. 161 (1981).

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The theme of your scrapbook can be simple or complex. Your theme could be a special event such as a birthday, a baby shower, a wedding, Christmas, or Halloween. Themes can also be personalized to the scrapbook recipient’s special interests. Special interests themes include favorite colors, sports, favorite television programs, music, the outdoors, or cultural influences.

What is the overall purpose for your scrapbook?

Who is the scrapbook for?

Who is the scrapbook about?

The answers to these three questions are all factors in selecting an appropriate theme. For instance, the scrapbook you are giving your nephew as he graduates from medical school is probably completely different than the grandparent book you send your mother. Your nephew will probably appreciate a scrapbook with photographs, poems, journals, and more masculine embellishments. Perhaps, the theme of the scrapbook could be medicine. You could create embellishments that looked like scalpels and tweezers around various pictures of your nephew during his college years.

Your mother, on the other hand, will love a multitude of baby pictures fancifully embellished with flowers, ribbon, and baby fingerprints. The theme of this book will probably be your baby. Photographs could include baby and grandma with the baby. A nice journal about your baby’s day could also add a nice touch

Don’t forget to create a title for your scrapbook page. Though adding a title might seem to be obvious or unimportant, a title defines the whole basis of your scrapbook. The title instantly tells the viewer what your page is all about. In one word or one short phrase, the title tells the reader the theme and purpose of your scrapbook.

Titles can be as basic as the date of an event, the name of an individual, or a specific event.

Titles can also be more interesting and exciting. These can include quotes, sayings, fillers, or simple phrases. The best places to look for title inspiration are in greeting cards, advertisements, and commercials.

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What could be more relaxing than gardening on a nice summer
morning? Listening to your wind chime while you garden! Wind
chimes are not only fun to look at but they add much more to
your garden then just visual appeal.

Wind chimes have tones and vibrations that soothe and calm the
mind helping to release all your stress. When you dig in the
garden and connect with the earth, listening to your chimes
tinkle in the breeze can help you also connect with your inner
spirit. Chimes have been used for much more than just decoration
for centuries. In fact, wind chimes are used in many Feng Shui
cures. You can hang your chimes inside as well as outside, metal
chimes are best for North, Northwest and West while wood chimes
are best for South, Southeast and East. The number of rods can
be associated with the cure you want. Use 4, 6, 7, 8 or 18 rods
for luck and 5 rods to reject bad energy. Use bamboo for outside.

Of course, you should pick chimes that decorate your porch or
garden area to your liking. There’s plenty of styles and
materials to choose from. I favor the chimes with a stained
glass decoration on top that comes in all kinds of whimsical
styles. If you are more traditional, you might go for a simple
bamboo chime with an Asian flair. You can even get chimes that
are hand tuned if you are really into the sound quality of your
wind chime.

Hanging your wind chimes is easy. To hang from the top of your
porch, you can use a simple C shaped hook that screws into the
ceiling. Any type hook can be used as long as it is strong
enough to support your wind chime. Be sure you hang it in an
area where it’s freedom of movement is not obstructed by
anything. You can also buy fancy hangers that screw in or that
stick up from the ground. When hanging your chime, try to pick a
place that will not get a strong wind – this way you can be sure
your chime does not blow off and break.

So, the next time that you get out into the garden, make sure
that you hang out some wind chimes so that you can add a new
level to your gardening experience!