Recreation Mag

Cooking

Homemade Whipped Cream

Most grocery stores carry cans of whipping cream ready to spray onto your favorite desert. Some of these cans even come in chocolate flavor. But, instead of choosing to use canned cream how about whipping your own. In the dairy case of your local grocery store you will find cartons of Ultra-pasteurized whipping cream, whipping cream, and baker’s cream. Each of these can be whipped up into a delightful topping for deserts. Ultra-pasteurized whipping... 

Crafts & Hobbies

How to Shop For Boat Insurance

How to Shop For Boat Insurance  by: Ian Major If you have a boat, you need boat insurance! Shopping for boat insurance is a bit different from shopping for car insurance, even though the concept is much the same. Boat insurance will protect you against losses incurred while operating your boat, and while transporting your boat. Most boat insurance includes coverage for the boat, the motor, and the trailer. When shopping for boat insurance,... 

Landscape & Gardening

Planting Bare Root Roses

Before planting, the plants must be prepared. The following suggestions will help insure that your roses grow into healthy bushes, trees, etc.: 1.Your new roses have probably dried out during shipping or storage, therefore before planting, either bury the roots in wet saw dust or peat moss for several days or soak them overnight in water. Keep the roots wet when planting, do not let them dry out. 2.Prune damaged and broken roots. 3.Prune main roots... 

Meditation

The Relationship Between Meditation and Self-Analysis

These are two very powerful tools for self-improvement, but how can you use them in harmony? For example: Self-analysis and meditation cannot be performed at the same time. After all, multi-tasking runs contrary to what meditation is all about. So where do we start? Self-analysis will give many of your meditations purpose. The purpose of self-analysis is to objectively look inward, constructively, without judgment or regret, and to find solutions... 

Music

How to Buy an Electric Guitar

For most of us, making any major purchase, such as a new refrigerator, or a new car, is a cacophony of options and confusion; do we want the silver one or the black one? How much can we afford to spend? Will it last over time? If nothing else, we at least know what we need these appliances to do: the microwave needs to make the food hot quickly, the car needs to get us from one place to the other without breaking down. When confronted with the purchase... 

Pets

How to Clean Cat Urine

How to Clean Cat Urine  by: Matt Craine Ideas for how to clean cat urine stains When cat urine seeps through carpet, into padding and down to the floor beneath, it can give your home an unpleasant aroma (to say the very least!). In almost all cases, cat urine is the worst perpetrator of pet stains and pet odors. If you own a cat, it’s important for you to know how to clean cat urine stains. The color of cat urine and its staining potential... 

Poetry

Feelings, O How Glorious!

Sometimes we feel hard-pressed, Our backs against the wall; Sometimes we feel lightheaded, As if we are going to fall. Sometimes we feel fierce anger At those who misuse guns; Sometimes we feel ashamed Of how we treat God’s little ones. Sometimes we feel excited, As when a birthday nears; Sometimes we feel withdrawn And retreat to inner spheres. Sometimes we feel so lonely, Without a friend or foe; Sometimes we feel confused, Can’t... 

Sailing

Cruise Trips: Just How Popular is Cruising?

The results are in for 2004. The number of people looking for travel deals has reached record levels for cruise trips. 10.5 million cruise passengers got on board cruise ships last year. According to the 19 cruise line members of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) this was a new record for cruise vacations. The Association expects that number to increase in 2005 to over 11 million. Most of the cruisers included in these numbers are... 

Writing

How Not To Become The Victim Of Plagiarism

How Not To Become The Victim Of Plagiarism  by: Tyler Benson The idea is the most valuable intellectual property. And the interesting idea requires quality protection from the plagiarism. Before we start discussing why it is not worth plagiarizing, let’s clear up what we mean by plagiarism. The word Plagiarism originated from the Latin word Plagio which means steal. The encyclopedias define plagiarism as “misappropriation of someone else’s...