Necchi Bu Nova Sewing Machine Heavy Duty Industrial!

Up for auction is a "NECCHI BU SERIE NOVA" sewing machine that was "MADE IN ITALY" and "Guaranteed by Good Housekeeping". The serial number is "U317410" and is marked on the bottom. The tag on the motor is marked "Necchi Sewing Circle ~ AC-DC ~ 115 VOLT ~ 1.1 AMP ~ SER. NO. B9763 ~ SPEC. NO. 211 ~ NEW YORK ~ MADE IN USA". This sewing machine is 8 3/4" from top to bottom, 16 3/4" from side to side, and 7 1/2" from front to back. This would be a great addition to your craft or sewing room! We are listing this item on eBay, so if you're interested in purchasing this item, please contact us at grainery@adams.net.

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Best Skin Firming Cream - Separate the Good from the Bad

What exactly has to go into a product in order for it to qualify as the best skin firming face cream or lotion? A skin firming cream should be light years ahead of its closest competitors in terms of quality and effectiveness. Let's take a quick look at what should and should not go into a top notch skin care product.

The best skin firming face cream or lotion should contain as ingredients only fresh pure vegetable and plant based oils. These types of oils blend more naturally into the skin due to the similarities that they have with our own natural oils. Stay away from products that contain messy petroleum based compounds as the central moisturizing ingredients.

What the choice of petroleum products as active ingredients in your skin firming lotion does is that it lowers the effectiveness of the product as a whole. Petrolatum and mineral oil have been the choice of moisturizing agent for the majority of the cosmetics made for many years now. The reason for this is because they are both inexpensive and in available in abundance.

Discovered many years ago on an oil rig, petroleum jelly became the choice of nearly every cosmetics manufacturer in the world. It is a natural byproduct of the process of converting crude oil into usable gasoline. Petroleum jelly has no place in a product that is supposed to be the best skin firming face cream in the world.

That is exactly what petrolatum and mineral oil are, is petroleum jelly in slightly more liquefied forms. These compounds will leave your skin felling greasy, as they cannot absorb readily into the skin. This causes dirt to be more attracted to your skin, blocks your pores, and keeps any decent nutrients from being able to enter your body.

A skin firming cream or lotion should also contain extracts such as Maracuja passion fruit. This extract is rich in the essential linolenic acid, which acts to nourish and revitalize your skin. It will also regulate the production of oil in your skin, preventing your skin from becoming either too oily or too dry.

The best skin firming face creams and lotions should contain active Manuka honey from The Manuka bush native to New Zealand. Rich in antioxidants, this honey is known throughout the world for its antifungal and antibacterial properties. It has been used by the people of New Zealand for medicinal purposes since before there were written records.

There are many fine ingredients that can be used to create a top rated natural skin firming cream. Babassu palm oil from the Amazon region of Brazil, moisturizes your skin, but also forms a healthy protective layer that keeps the moisture in while keeping out dirt and grime.

The best skin firming face creams and lotions that are being produced in Europe, in New Zealand specifically. There is a company there that is producing amazingly effective products that are giving people results that have never before been seen. You owe it to your skin to seek these products out, and to try the best skin firming face cream available today.

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Attitude In The Workplace: How Your Work Attitude Can Define You

Your attitude in the workplace can be one of the most - if not the most - telling aspect of how others in the company look at you and feel about you as a coworker.

A first impression can be a hard thing to shake especially if it's a bad one. In other words, once you have gotten a workplace reputation as being lazy, a slacker, a whiner or other negative tag, it can be hard to get rid of.

Think of someone you've worked with who perhaps didn't work as hard as you expected them to and then think about how you felt about every time you had to work with them.

Perception is often reality and once people get an idea in their head about someone or something, it can be difficult to get them to think differently.

In my experience, your attitude in the workplace can sometimes define you more than the work you actually produce if your coworkers come to see you as someone who is reliable, competent, intelligent and someone that they can rely on.

One of the worst feelings can be to work with people who don't seem to care and don't appear to pull their own weight.

When I think about people I've worked with who I've seen in a positive light, they tend to be people who outwardly display a positive attitude in the workplace.

They tend to take the initiative and are reliable. They are someone that you look forward to working with. They don't complain or bad mouth their company or coworkers and basically get on with the job at hand. They don't wander around bothering other people because they aren't doing their own job.

Basically, they are people who would be missed if they left the company.

Having formerly worked for a company that regularly laid off staff, I can tell you that the people who were let go first were often those who were generally regarded as being staff who didn't display these positive traits and therefore weren't seen as being employees who needed to remain employed.

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Good Housekeeping - Eat Well, Lose Weight

So here you are a couple of months into yet a new year. When this one started you probably had the some idea of some of the things that you wanted to change. Let's face it, one of the biggest New Year resolutions is "I'm going to lose weight this year". How's that going for you? If you're anything like me, you've probably put it off just a little bit longer because of some event coming up in your life that you were going to have to eat at. Whether it be someone's birthday or a family dinner, you knew that there would be a cornucopia of fantastic food ahead of you and you didn't want to deprive yourself whilst everyone else had a mouthful of baked ziti.

Don't fret. Fortunately, it's very rarely "too late", unless of course there's a size 4 little black dress that you have to get into by Friday and you're a size 10. At that point I would suggest picking up a new "little black dress" and saving that one for when you are a bit closer to that goal weight.

On T.V. and on the internet, heck, anywhere you look nowadays there's some ad somewhere for either some miracle diet or miracle pill that's going to make you lose weight faster than you put it on. Chances are these "miracles" as they are called are either really expensive or a scam and in some cases both! Honestly, from what I've found out there, the biggest "secret" is really cutting your calories and exercising. Okay, wait, before you roll your eyes and click on your Google search bar, I do have a point. Keep reading, I promise it's a good one.

It's hard to find foods that taste good and are good for you. Sure, a salad or a carrot can be great for you, but honestly they get boring. If they didn't everyone would be skinny, heck all those miracle diet companies would be out of business. There are a slew of diet cookbooks out there. Here's one that I've found which is pretty good in serving up some decent dishes: Good Housekeeping: Eat Well, Lose Weight.

Why is it good?
- For starters all of your calorie and nutrition information is right there on the page with the recipe. It also includes the serving size so you know you can't eat the whole meal. Well, you can, but that may be a bit self defeating.
- Next, there is a whole section for those of you who "don't have time to cook healthy". (I personally love this section because I'm one of those.) In this section is a selection of meals that are done in a half an hour or less, start to finish.
- There is a section on restaurant favorites, including a spinach lasagna.
- Everybody is represented here, from the meatlovers right down to the vegetarians and everyone in between.
- Some of the meals are just one dish. In the cases of those that are not, there is a section on side dishes including a variation on seasoned potato wedges, sans frying.
- For those of you who are into crockpot type recipes, there are a few in there. I haven't tried them yet, but they look mighty inviting.
- Lastly there is a section on desserts. Really, why should you deprive yourself completely? Especially if you don't have to.

Now I don't want to give you the impression that these lower fat, lower calorie dishes are as good as the real thing. Let's face it, fat makes everything taste better. If it didn't then we probably wouldn't need this cookbook. The only issue that I've found is that some of the seasoning amounts have to be tweaked a bit to compensate. Don't go too crazy with the salt, as you don't want to shoot your blood pressure through the roof. That may be a little self defeating, but some of the other seasonings can be added to taste. Play around with them a little bit. It makes it a little more exciting if you can make the dish your own. Just beware if you make substitutions, you don't want to kill the nutritional value of these meals. Otherwise, why bother making them?

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DT TALK 2010 | AFL Dream Team Episode 9

www.dreamteamtalk.com - tell your friends! Highlights include * Around The Grounds and news of the week * Boag's Draught Golden Stubby Award * Warnie trials Josh Gibson for his Dream Team * We name heroes and villains in the rucks and forwards * Chopper is back from Kokoda * Some housekeeping including Thursday night start this week Don't forget we now alternate an episode one week, and a live show the next week. Thursday nights on www.dreamteamtalk.com

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Fayetteville NC Hotels

Many people seeking a Fayetteville NC hotel are looking for a hotel that offers an extended stay option. Those who have family and friends living in Fort Bragg or many spouses of military personnel as well as business people and those relocating to Fayetteville, NC find the convenience of an extended stay hotel to be the perfect accommodation.

Extended stay hotels generally offer a monthly or weekly rate for rooms. Most extended stay hotels also offer a daily rate, but this is generally higher than the monthly or weekly rates. The rule of thumb with extended stay hotels is that the longer you stay, the cheaper it is.

Many extended stay hotels offer housekeeping services, but not usually on a daily basis. In most cases, they will offer housekeeping three times a week or less. What is nice about extended stay hotels is that they are fully furnished, clean and have kitchenettes where you can prepare some meals, so that you are not eating out all of the time. Like most other hotels, they have laundry facilities on site.

While many extended stay hotels have restaurants, most offer coffee or even a continental breakfast in the morning. Some extended stay hotels even offer a buffet breakfast every morning and cocktail hours in the evening for guests.

The Suburban Hotel is a Fayetteville NC hotel that offers extended stay. There are both one bedroom and two bedroom rooms available with a kitchenette and living area. The Suburban Hotel has an on site laundry facility, spacious rooms, and a fully equipped kitchen that is perfect for those who are staying for a little or long time in Fayetteville, NC. There is even cable television and high speed Internet access available.

Another Fayetteville NC hotel that offers extended stays exclusively is the Extended Stay Hotel Fayetteville. This large hotel is perfect for families on vacation or those who are staying for a longer period of time in Fayetteville. Rooms have either one or two bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen with cooking facilities, full sized refrigerator and microwave, on site laundry facilities, high speed Internet access and cable television.

A computer workspace makes this the perfect extended stay hotel for business travelers who find themselves staying in Fayetteville for several weeks. The fully furnished, spacious and completely renovated rooms are kept in excellent condition and there is housekeeping service available on a weekly basis. Local calls are free and there is even personalized voice mail so you can feel as if you are staying in your own home.

In the mornings, the Extended Stay Fayetteville has a gourmet coffee bar with a small continental breakfast available for guests.

The Studio Plus at Crosscreek in Crosscreek Mall is another Fayetteville NC hotel that offers extended stay. The Studio Plus is perfect for the business traveler or single person who also seeks economy. The spacious, oversized room has a sleeper sofa and a separate, complete kitchen. There is even an outdoor pool and fitness center where you can relax after a hard day of work. The Studio Plus has phone service, voice mail, cable television and internet access - everything a business traveler could want and more! There is even a 24 hour guest laundry facility on the site. Rates for the Studio Plus run daily, weekly and monthly and are very reasonable. Best of all, the Studio Plus at Crosscreek is located very close to downtown Fayetteville.

When choosing a Fayetteville, NC hotel, ask yourself if you would benefit from choosing an extended stay hotel. If you are traveling with family and want additional privacy, or are traveling on business and plan to stay a while, an extended stay hotel is smart choice.

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The Settlement Cookbook: An Immigrant's Guide to Assimilation

The deep, dark recesses of the brain of any student of early 20th century American history should light up, tingling, when they compute the importance of The Settlement Cookbook and the Settlement House, established by Lizzie Black Kander. Both the concept and the woman made an indelible mark on America.

A native of Milwaukee, Lizzie Black Kander (b. 1858) was a moving force in establishing Milwaukee's first social settlement in 1900. This organization, under the auspices of the Federation Jewish Charities of Milwaukee, was known everywhere as "The Settlement" or "The Settlement House." It offered instruction to newly arrived immigrants in vocational and domestic skills, plus classes in English, American history, and music, in hopes of introducing immigrant women to American consumer culture.

From the classes at the Settlement House sprang the need for somehow replicating recipes, household hints, and advice on housekeeping that were written on the chalkboard. The students, most of them high school girls, needed to get home before dark but were spending way too much time copying the lessons.

Mrs. Kander thought the creation of a cookbook would help alleviate the situation and allow more time for actual instruction. Since the gentlemen on the Settlement Board of Directors weren't willing to risk the magnanimous amount of $18 on this venture and no other Jewish organizations were offering help in funding, Kander went to the printer husband of one of her female friends in hopes of assistance. He printed this landmark cookbook which was supported by selling advertisements from establishments such as the Boston Store, the Pfister Hotel, and the Plankinton House Hotel, to name but a few.

Because of the funding, Kander was able to augment the contents of the original book with more recipes donated by her friends, Milwaukee society matrons, favorite European recipes from her students and their families, and even was able to include recipes from noted chefs here and abroad.

In April, 1901, the first run of the cookbook made its appearance in the guise of The Way to a Man's Heart...The Settlement Cookbook. Divided equally between simple recipes for girls just learning to cook and more involved and complex recipes for those cooks with previous training, The Settlement Cookbook also included household tips, and housekeeping advice. Spill grease on your floor? Immediately pour ice water on it to harden the grease. How to properly set a table? Always use clean linen, even if it is coarse and cheap. And so forth. Throughout the book, an underlying current implies that if you follow all the recipes and other directions implicitly, you will become a good American.

The Settlement Cookbook was Jewish by association only. After learning the book was written for and financed by a Jewish organization, many people automatically assumed it was a Jewish cookbook, not meant for any other group of Milwaukee residents but the Jews. From the very birth of the project, The Settlement Cookbook displayed a patent disregard for Jewish food regulations: it offered recipes for borscht, chopped herring, and paprika schnitzel in the same breath as recipes for oyster bisque and scalloped ham and potatoes for its non-Jewish readers. Just in the space of the two above-mentioned dishes, several rules of Kashrut (dietary laws, or the body of regulations in keeping Kosher) have been broken: oyster bisque contains oysters (shellfish that are prohibited) and cream; scalloped ham and potatoes is a double whammy with ham (from the pig which has a cloven hoof) and scalloped potatoes covered in cheese (milk and meat must not be consumed together). The Settlement Cookbook was a combination of Jewish, German, and other European recipes.

It is quite easy to be deluded with the ethnicity of the book. I have a tattered, hand-me-down copy of The Settlement Cookbook from my mother whose mother was Hungarian. I still remember my surprise the first time I let my fingers walk through the recipes, stopping here and there, to look at early 20th century standards in food and housekeeping. What were all these non-Jewish recipes doing in the book? They don't belong here! It must be a printing error; they must belong in another cookbook. I was in mild shock looking at pork recipes and others of their ilk. Where was the recipe for Eastern European sweet and sour cabbage soup with chunks of beef and dozens of plump raisins floating throughout? What do I need to make Gefilte fish from scratch? Do I boil or bake my bagels?

Conceivably the most successful fundraising cookbook in American history, The Settlement Cookbook was initially sold for 50 cents per copy. It has been revised into 40 editions, including one in Yiddish for the young immigrant women for whom the book was written. It has sold more than 2 million copies and still funds charitable projects to the present. It is still a source of funding for the all-purpose Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee and remains a vibrant reminder of American social history.

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