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Currently biking
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Perfect-fit women-sized shirt (meaning it won't be a PJ shirt), moleskin-ish notebook (I do carry a stickglue and scissors in my bag) and some stickers. Nice!
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Inspired by Ines Brunn lady bike trikster superstar
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Lucha libre toy not included, that's in honor of Mr. Sticky fingers! * * * * * * * * * * * * Thanks Current!!! * * * * * * * * * * * * ... more -
New investment idea launched - a Hotel Room in a Box (Gift Wrapped from £291,000)
Treat someone special with the ultimate gift, a Hotel Room in a Box. Their very own luxury hotel room in London where they can stay when they want and make money when they don't!
Luxury hotel rooms are available in The City, Bayswater and Notting Hill, all perfectly gift wrapped. Prices start from £291,000
Under the GuestInvest model, investors can buy a room in a hotel, stay there for up to 52 nights a year and receive a return on their investment by allowing the hotel to let the room out for the remainder of the year. Treat someone special with the ultimate gift, a Hotel Room in a Box. Their very own luxury hotel room in London where they can stay wh... more -
Rakhi - Biggest Traditional Festival in India
Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) is a traditional Indian festival in which sisters tie a sacred thread of protection around their brother’s wrists. By accepting a thread from his sister, the brother is bound to protect his sister from harm.
The sanctity of the thread that the sister ties to a brother’s hand makes the relationship glow with noble thoughts and blessings of love, devotion and duty of the brother towards his sister.
People in India celebrate this festival on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana. The frail rakhi thread is considered stronger than iron chains in India as it binds brothers and sisters in a bond of everlasting trust and love. Sisters apply ‘tikka’ on their brothers’ foreheads and brothers reciprocate by giving them gifts and tokens of cash.
In turn, sisters buy gifts and sweets for their brothers. The meaning of this festival has expanded, so those who do not have brothers tie rakhis to others and initiate a new brother-sister relationship that usually continues for a lifetime.
This festival also has an important social significance, because it underlines the notion that every one in society should live in harmonious coexistence with each other as brothers and sisters in society. The best way forward towards attaining this social goal is to initiate a lifetime bond that makes men and women, young and old alike with pious feelings towards each other.
The aim of Rakhi is to achieve a harmonious coexistence for everyone and removal of social strains. Simultaneously, it strives to cultivate noble thoughts in society and imbibe feelings of brotherly as well as sisterly love for members of society.
The festival is rooted deeply in the psyche of every Indian since the past. Legend says that Rajput and Maratha queens have send rakhis even to Mughal kings who despite their personal differences, rose to protect them from harm.
Another story has it that Lord Indra - the ruler of the heavenly realm, was almost on the verge of losing a long drawn battle against the demons. Indira’s wife came forward to help her husband and tied a talisman on his wrist. This helped Lord Indira win the war against the demons.
Yet another legend has it that Lord Yama, the God of death had a sister Yamuna. On every “Shravan Purnima”, she would tie a rakhi on her brother’s wrist. Since then it became customary for sisters to tie a rakhi on their brother’s wrist.
There are a lot of rakhis available in the market encompassing both traditional and modern themes. These include thread rakhis, moti (pearl) rakhis, silver rakhis, silver coin rakhis and more. There are rakhis even for children such as chocolate rakhis, Superman, Batman, Pokemon, Krish, Mikey mouse rakhis, and so on.
On this day, brothers and sisters send cards and gifts to each other. Traditional gifts mark the occasion. These gifts include rakhi baskets with ethnic stuff, fashion jewellery, gift hampers, ethnic dresses like sarees, kurtis, Punjabi suits, dresses and dress material, traditional puja thalis, Indian Sweets like Kaju Katli, barfi, pendas, boondi laddoos and such, dry fruits such as cashew nuts, raisins, almonds, pistachios, and such.
Other gifts include apparels, watches, perfumes, etc other due to the influence of the present day modern culture. On this occasion, brothers also give a token of money as appreciation for their sisters. Sisters also purchase return gifts for their brothers, which includes men’s items such as perfumes, kerchiefs, sunglasses, watches, mobiles, shirts, trousers, wallets, belts, apparels, electronic items, and such.
Rakhi Festival 2008 Celebration - Infibeam.com launches india's largest online rakhi and gifts collection - http://www.infibeam.com/rakhi-gifts Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) is a traditional Indian festival in which sisters tie a sacred thread of protection around their brother’s wris... more -
Thrillist’s Top 6 Father’s Day Gifts, With Help From TV Dad Patrick Duffy!
Stumped on what to get Dad this Sunday?? No worries The Frisky has it all figured out!
Check out our site to see the Top 6 Father's Day Gifts. Stumped on what to get Dad this Sunday?? No worries The Frisky has it all figured out! ... more -
Father's Day 2008 Celebration in India
15th June 2008 - Father's day is a significant secular festival celebrating the positive role that fathers play in the family. This event is widely celebrated in countries like the United States, United Kingdom, the European Union, and other countries.
Of late, this festival has become popular in India too. Since ancient times, Indians has a tradition of respecting and venerating their parents for their countless services to their children. On this day, children thank their fathers for the innumerable acts of benevolence and kindness towards them.
Celebrating Father's day, children buy gifts and cards for their fathers and guardians. Today's modern generation has taken to the internet in a big way. There are many websites on the internet that cater to the needs of children for gifts and cards on Father's day.
Reacting to this festival trend, Mr. Vishal Mehta CEO of one the leading shopping site Infibeam.com commented, "Infibeam celebrates Father's day by offering variety of products like mobile phones, watches, health equipment, books and cameras at very attractive prices for this venerable occasion."
Additionally, Infibeam.com has a range of cars, designer cars and bikes too, where people can book the vehicle of their choice simply by getting online and following a short sequence of simple clicks to place their order.
Please share your Father's Day Gift Idea with us - Please send your best comments for your father and message for Father day.
By : http://www.worldamazingrecords.com 15th June 2008 - Father's day is a significant secular festival celebrating the positive role that fathers play in the family. Th... more -
Great Wedding Gift Guide
The best part, all of these gifts can only be purchased online.
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Great gift ideas for your wife
Husbands are under a lot of pressure when they are searching for the perfect gift for their spouse. The perfect gift will demonstrate your love and appreciation to your wife. To make a great gift into the perfect gift, find the perfect where, when, and how to go with the what. See link for more... http://www.helium.com/tm/550574/husbands-under-pressure... Husbands are under a lot of pressure when they are searching for the perfect gift for their spouse. The perfect gift will demonstrate ... more
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Buy Fair Trade Chocolate for your Valentine!
There's no denying that eating chocolate, if you are a chocoholic, makes you feel good because it tastes so good. Now you can feel even better by buying "Fair trade" chocolate for Valentines Day and help end child slavery. There's no denying that eating chocolate, if you are a chocoholic, makes you feel good because it tastes so good. Now you can fe... more
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Unique vs. Ugly Gifts
In case you were wondering, the toad skin purse? Ugly!!
Seriously, I can't believe some of these actually exists. Why, universe? WHY? In case you were wondering, the toad skin purse? Ugly!! ... more -
Kwanzaa Celebrates Nature, Spirit
Kwanzaa begins today. Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate it.
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Rubbish Christmas Gifts? Find Better Ones The Sneaky Way!
Been given yet another dire festive pullover for Christmas? Well, the days of crap Xmas presents going straight under the bed and getting immediately forgotten about until you can palm them of on some other poor chump the following year are over thanks to the likes of eBay. In the days following Christmas, eBay is overflowing with other people's rejected gifts and, you know the saying - one man's scrap is another man's gold.
Here's a very useful site that punches in every possible misspelling a lister could utilise for whatever keyword you punch in. Find some deals! Been given yet another dire festive pullover for Christmas? Well, the days of crap Xmas presents going straight under the bed and gett... more -
Last Minute Gifts: 'Tis Better To Give Than To Receive
by Nicole
Short on time but still want to give something worthwhile? Why not give an insta-charity gift card from Tisbest.org. The cute and colorful cards are delivered by email, and start at just $10. You can also include a personal message with your gift card. What's great about TisBest is that the recipient chooses the ultimate destination for your donation (which also makes this a great gift for those you don't know well). The organization works with a slew of charities, from Action Against Hunger and the African Wildlife Foundation to UNICEF and the Young Women's Leadership Foundation.
All proceeds go to charity minus a $3.95 transaction fee (hence this is more economical for larger donations) and a 3% credit card processing fee, and 100% of the purchase price is tax deductible (which is important with tax season approaching). The gift card must be "spent" within three years of purchase, but at TisBest unlike Best Buy, all unredeemed funds go to charity rather than cooperate coffers, which is an important consideration since it's estimated that more than 10% of gift cards go unspent.
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Police pull over good drivers...
and give them a $5 Starbucks card!
Now when you see those flashing lights, it might be a good thing (only if you live in this Sacramento suburb though.) and give them a $5 Starbucks card! ... more -
Kissing Christmas
Buck 65 is really looking forward to pretty much just one thing this Christmas. Buck65.com
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Hottest new child development toys
So your thinking about buying your child, or grandchild a gift for Christmas this year, but your not sure what to get them, do you get them a toy, or some books so they can learn to read, your torn, your not sure if you want to get them something fun or something they can learn from right? Well I got some great news for you, you can get them something that is a blast, but yet they learn from it. They have a ton of new learning toys on the market these days. After all we want our children to be the best don't we. The hottest trend this year is the educational toys and games. We have games that teach them how to read, and write, or toys to teach them a different language even. They have the new Dora the Explorer dolls that interact with your child to teach them how to talk Spanish. They have a whole new world of Leapfrog products as well as the new up and coming Vtech items.
Check out the Vsmile by Vtech, this is a wonderful gaming system geared for toddlers and younger children. You purchase the game system, which comes with one game(usually a choice) as well as a controller that has a joystick attached for easy use by a 3 year old. You can also purchase separately a keyboard or a writing pad. And they have many different games to choose from, ranging from ages 3 all the way up to age 8. These games start out easy for the younger children with letters and numbers as well as phonics and shape even. They also have several games for what they call junior thinkers, which are the middle ages of those I listed, some of these games include Vocabulary and spelling as well as math. Then we have the master minds going all the way up to 8 years which include geography, problem solving, math, some art as well as sentence structure. What kid wouldn't want one of these gaming systems.(I got one for my two year old this year and she loves it)
What about some of the older children who are begging to use the computer but are still too young. Well here is the answer. Vtech has several laptops to choose from. There is the Spanish/English Bilingual Notebook that teaches grade school skills. Or how about the Nitro Notebook which is packed with tons of learning tools and fun games. There are many choices for these Vtech laptops, check them out, your computer lover will love it.
Now that we've shared a few from Vtech, lets turn our head to the Leapfrog generation. These guys have really mad a name for themselves haven't they. Lets start out with this years top selling item, the new LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer. Kids are going to love this thing, it'll turn your TV into a learning PC and teach your child basic computer skills as well as some of the basic essential skills for school. It has four different learning games that can be purchased and I guarantee your child will love it.
Now lets go back to the basics for Leapfrog, how about the infamous my first leappad, this product introduces your children to reading and develops vocabulary as well as spelling skills. You can start out with the my first leappad and keep on going, your child will never outgrow his/her leappad and there are plenty of books to keep them going. This product is even essential for a one year old. The best selling gift for the past nine years and will continue to sell out for years to come.
Now that I've mentioned a few of the newest, and oldest best sellers, you'll have to check it out for yourself. Stores generally have an isle set up with nothing but the best educational toys you could find. I suggest taking an hour out of your busy day to check all these items out, I guarantee you are going to find at least five that you want to purchase. I can vouch for some of these items as I have bought many of them for my daughter and yet there are still a ton I would love to get her. I can promise you your child will learn a lot from these and you will have fun watching them. So your thinking about buying your child, or grandchild a gift for Christmas this year, but your not sure what to get them, do you get... more -
Top 6 Christmas gifts for a lady
Hmmm...definitely could be additions to my list:
Pink Nintendo DS
Samsung S73 7.2-Megapixel Digital Camera ? Pink
Diamond Keyring
LG Prada Phone (never knew Prada had a phone, is this UK only?)
I-DOG AMP?D (Pink Butterfly)
Creative Zen Stone Plus 2GB MP3 Player ? Pink
Ladies, what's on your wish list? Hmmm...definitely could be additions to my list: Pink Nintendo DS Samsung S73 7.2-Megapixel Digital Camera ? Pink ... more -
Junking Junk Mail - Sometimes Less Is So Much More
When is the gift of weight loss, forty one pounds of weight loss to be precise, not likely to insult its recipient? While a gift membership in Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig may well seem like a big fat insult to many on your Christmas list, whatever their body type, we're sure they would be delighted to receive the service provided by 41pounds.org. For it's unwanted pounds of pesky and annoying junk mail that you will be sparing them, not pounds of excess flesh.
For a fee of, what else, $41, the people at 41pounds.org will do the footwork of contacting dozens of direct mail firms to remove your gift recipient's name from their lists. Their efforts, they promise, will reduce a household's junk mail by 80 to 95 percent for five whole years.
The 41pounds website spells out the environmental impact of this gift. The company is named for the weight of junk mail received by the average American household each year. According to the company's website, all this quickly discarded, nuisance mail cumulatively takes a heavy toll on the planet. Here are a few not-so-fun facts:
More than 100 million trees are destroyed each year to produce junk mail. 42% of timber harvested nationwide becomes pulpwood for paper.
The energy used to produce and dispose of junk mail exceeds 2.8 million cars.
About 28 billion gallons of water are wasted to produce and recycle junk each year.
You waste about 70 hours a year dealing with junk mail.
With the gift of this service, you will be doing good this holiday season by reducing global warming and helping to save trees, water and time. This in itself is pretty terrific, but the glad tidings don't stop there. The three Michigan brothers who founded 41pounds.org in 2006 will donate over one third of their $41 fee to nonprofit organizations that "protect watersheds, plant trees and strengthen communities."
Late with your holiday gift shopping and concerned that what you order may not be delivered in time? Consider the gift of making certain unwanted deliveries all but disappear. Free those you love from the relentless and wasteful aggravation of junk mail. They will be grateful you did and so will the rest of the planet.
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by Lael When is the gift of weight loss, forty one pounds of weight loss to be precise, not likely to insult its recipient? While a gift membe... more -
Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against
A book showing children how to make guns out of LEGO is climbing the list of must-have Christmas presents. The book is a big hit in the US already, but parents in England are worried about the potentially dangerous message it sends to kids. The authors of promise "you'll learn to create working models that LEGO would never endorse". Working models? I don't like guns. But working LEGO guns? That's kinda cool. As long as the bullets don't hurt. A book showing children how to make guns out of LEGO is climbing the list of must-have Christmas presents. The book is a big hit in th... more
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Low Tech Gaming For Geeks
Before the Wii and Xbox, there was Atari... And before THAT, there were board games. Those things you play sitting around with others, providing hours and hours (or days if you're playing Risk) of face-to-face fun. I still love board games. And there are so many great ones out there that sometimes get pushed to the side to make way for the sad-but-new Hannah Montana Girl Talk. Here's a list of great games that channel your inner geek without having to plug in to any electrical socket. Before the Wii and Xbox, there was Atari... And before THAT, there were board games. Those things you play sitting around with others,... more
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iLava?
Holiday gift for the hip hippies in your life. It's a lava lamp combined with an iPod speaker system and docking station. Only $100.
Why didn't they think of this sooner, Genius!!! Holiday gift for the hip hippies in your life. It's a lava lamp combined with an iPod speaker system and docking station. Only ... more
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