Too many guppies and snails!!!?

Too many guppies and snails!!!?: "I started out with two guppies and one snail in my small tank and they have been multiplying like crazy! I now have probably 40 guppies and 60 small snails I have no idea what to do because I don't want to hurt or kill the snails or fish. I have called pet stores and no one wants to take them, and I also don't want them to be feeder fish because like i said before I don't want to hurt any of them! Any ideas?"



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Too many guppies and snails!!!?

Too many guppies and snails!!!?: "I started out with two guppies and one snail in my small tank and they have been multiplying like crazy! I now have probably 40 guppies and 60 small snails I have no idea what to do because I don't want to hurt or kill the snails or fish. I have called pet stores and no one wants to take them, and I also don't want them to be feeder fish because like i said before I don't want to hurt any of them! Any ideas?"



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Introducing Beatles' valuable albums

Introducing Beatles' valuable albums: "There is a lengthy checklist collectors use to spot a fake LP, but one quick and reliable test is to look at the record label.

Originals have both the LP title, "Introducing the Beatles," and the artist credit, "The Beatles," above the center hole.

This is true no matter which version you have, and it applies to both mono and stereo.

Counterfeits have only the LP title, "Introducing the Beatles," above the center hole, and place the artist credit, "The Beatles," below the center hole."



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "5) Covers for the stereo issue that list “Love Me Do” and “P. S. I Love You,” among the two columns of tracks on the back, are almost always fakes. Only a couple of authentic copies of these versions are known to exist."



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Bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teens found in West Bank | JPost | Israel News

Bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teens found in West Bank | JPost | Israel News: "Outgoing President Shimon Peres said Israel is mourning “the untimely deaths” of the three kidnapped teens.

“Alongside mourning, we remain determined to punish evil terrorists with a firm hand,” Peres said. “Our war on terrorism will only expand and will not be weakened so that murderous terrorism like this is able to raise its head.”"



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Obama Condemns Killing of Israeli Teens as 'Senseless Act of Terror' | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

Obama Condemns Killing of Israeli Teens as 'Senseless Act of Terror' | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com: "“The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms this senseless act of terror against innocent youth. From the outset, I have offered our full support to Israel and the Palestinian Authority to find the perpetrators of this crime and bring them to justice, and I encourage Israel and the Palestinian Authority to continue working together in that effort. I also urge all parties to refrain from steps that could further destabilize the situation. As the Israeli people deal with this tragedy, they have the full support and friendship of the United States.”"



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Why We Celebrate Memorial Day - Kids News Article

Why We Celebrate Memorial Day - Kids News Article: "n 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday and moved from May 30th to the last Monday of May, so that Americans could enjoy a three-day weekend. Though having an extra holiday is a great idea, the significance of the day has been somewhat diminished. Kids think of it as holiday that marks the 'beginning of summer' or the 'first day when swimming pools open', while adults, fret about their barbeque parties."



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A Key Defender of the Aging Brain?

A Key Defender of the Aging Brain?: "A protective protein called REST is the difference-or at least a big part of it-according to a study by Yankner and colleagues that was published in Nature in late March. In cognitively normal elderly brains, the protein exists at relatively high levels in neurons, particularly in the brain regions that would be first affected by Alzheimer's. In brains with Alzheimer's dementia, by contrast, REST activity is much lower in those affected regions.

The findings hint that in many people, high levels of REST keep their brains free from Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases into their 90s and beyond."



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Grant Giving Investment Areas - Cisco Foundation @ Cisco

Grant Giving Investment Areas - Cisco Foundation @ Cisco: "Economic Empowerment        
Cisco's strategy is to encourage employment success, entrepreneurship, and long-term self-sufficiency by providing access to skills, knowledge, and financial products and services via technology-based solutions. What we look for:

Programs for underserved populations transitioning from education to workforce or re-entry to workforce.
Solutions that facilitate widespread and equitable access to resources needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency and participate in local socio-economic development.
Tools which increase the reach, efficiency, sustainability, transparency and social impact of microfinance institutions to provide more access to financial products and services."



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Sochaczew, Poland (Pages 601- 627)

Sochaczew, Poland (Pages 601- 627): ""I never saw someone as mighty as him even amongst ten thousand brave warriors. The physicians cannot imagine what type of proper vessel laden with might he is unto me." This statement was made about the fourteen-year-old prodigy just after his marriage, and at that time he was dangerously ill with jaundice. Indeed, he was dangerously ill all of his life, however the illness did not in any way drain his power for Torah. This was so much the case that the Hassidim used to say of him that he lives and breathes through the power of the Kotzker lung, that is to say, in the merit of the blessing given to him by the Kotzker he was able to live even though his own lungs were weak by nature. The "



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Protecting Jews in Ukraine

Protecting Jews in Ukraine: ""When there's trouble, Jews always seem to be caught in the middle," says Rabbi Kruskal who, as CEO of the Tikva social services network of in Odessa, is responsible for hundreds of orphaned children, college students and the elderly.
"I hesitate to use the word evacuation, which has emergency connotations," he told Aish.com. "We are taking the students to an environment where they're able to feel more relaxed.""



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Rialto Assignment Asking Students to Question Holocaust to Be Revised | KTLA 5

Rialto Assignment Asking Students to Question Holocaust to Be Revised | KTLA 5: "The Rialto school district planned to revise an eighth-grade assignment that raised red flags by asking students to consider arguments about whether the Holocaust — the systematic killing by the Nazis of some 6 million Jews and millions of others — was not an “actual event” but instead a “propaganda tool that was used for political and monetary gain.”"



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An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: Wake up! | Hen Mazzig | Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel

An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: Wake up! | Hen Mazzig | Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel: "This new form of bigotry against Israel has been called the “new anti-Semitism,” with “Israel” replacing “Jew” in traditional anti-Semitic imagery and canards, singling out and discriminating against the Jewish state, and denying the Jewish people alone the right to self-determination. The new anti-Semitism is packaged in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS), which claims to champion Palestinian rights though its real goal is to erode American support for Israel, discredit Jews who support Israel, and pave the way for eliminating the Jewish state."



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Video Compressor - Compress Video MPEG, MKV, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV...

Video Compressor - Compress Video MPEG, MKV, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV...: "When try to upload video to YouTube, Vimeo and other video sites or send video by email, only to find the video file size is too large to upload or send. And in this case, we need to compress the video to a smaller file size. Though there are many Video Compressors, they either compress video in poor output quality or support few video formats.

This article just aims to introduce a powerful video compressor and a step by step guide on how to reduce the file size of various video with almost no loss of video quality."



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KidsCash: Online Money-Management for Kids - The Next Web

KidsCash: Online Money-Management for Kids - The Next Web: " Parents can sign their kids up, or kids can sign themselves up, and the parents are then notified by e-mail. When a child joins, they are immediately given a virtual $5 to experiment with on the site, and can only begin real purchasing once parents give the OK, and put in their credit card information.

"



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New Social Media Site - Profit to Charity | Indiegogo

New Social Media Site - Profit to Charity | Indiegogo: "As a successful entrepreneur putting in 12 to 15 hours of work a day, it hit me; I could focus my efforts on something that really makes a difference. There will be businesses who want to advertise on the site - and herein lies the difference between our site and other social media giants. The profits generated from advertising will be donated to non-profits.

It's not an innovative idea, nor a cutting edge technology; it is completely free and will impact so many people in an amazing way."



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Social Media for Social Change: New Site UnscriptiD to Donate Ad Profits to Charity - SocialTimes

Social Media for Social Change: New Site UnscriptiD to Donate Ad Profits to Charity - SocialTimes: "
Social Media 101 LostRemote AllFacebook AllTwitter Send an anonymous tip



NEWSOPINIONINTERVIEWSWEB VIDEOINFOGRAPHICSEVENTSJOBSGOOGLEPLUSDATAAPPDATA
Prominent Media/Entertainment Company is looking for a Social Media Manager.
Social Media for Social Change: New Site UnscriptiD to Donate Ad Profits to CharityChristie Barakat on May 9, 2014 3:30 PM


Project Change the World (CTW) is an Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund and create the world’s first social media site that will donate its advertising dollars to charity. The plan is to give people a fun and easy-to-use platform, while generating funds that will change the world in positive ways.

Money raised from the Indiegogo campaign will fund the site and app, called UnscriptiD, with successive advertising dollars donated to local and worldwide not-for-profit initiatives."



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Warsaw Ghetto Fights and Polish Home Army Q's and A's

Warsaw Ghetto Fights and Polish Home Army Q's and A's: "By now (March 1943) every partisan was equipped, on average, with one pistol (and ten to fifteen rounds for it) four or five hand grenades, four or fife Molotov cocktails. Two or three rifles were assigned to each ‘area’. There was just one machine gun in the entire Ghetto". (5)
Apart from help given to the Jewish Combat Organisation (ZOB) by the Home Army, another Warsaw Ghetto resistance group, "



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Four stages of enlightenment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Four stages of enlightenment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The third stage is that of the Anāgāmī (Sanskrit: Anāgāmin), literally meaning "one who does not (an-) come (āgacchati)". The non-returner, having overcome sensuality, does not return to the human world, or any unfortunate world lower than that, after death. Instead, non-returners are reborn in one of the five special worlds in Rūpadhātu called the Śuddhāvāsa worlds, or "Pure Abodes", and there attain Nirvāṇa; Pāli: Nibbana; some of them are reborn a second time in a higher world of the Pure Abodes."



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Four stages of enlightenment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Four stages of enlightenment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The once-returner will at most return to the human world one more time. Both the stream-enterer and the once-returner have abandoned the first three fetters. The stream-enterer and once-returner are distinguished by the fact that the once-returner has weakened lust, hate, and delusion to a greater degree. The once-returner therefore has fewer than seven rebirths."



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The Blog That Ate Mind Chatter » Blog Archive » The Five Stages of Enlightenment…

The Blog That Ate Mind Chatter » Blog Archive » The Five Stages of Enlightenment…: "Judging from the fact that as I write this over 140 people have posted comments, many people found this post interesting. I could respond to your comments, but since there are so many, and because it’s time to move on to something new, I’ll resist the urge. I wish I had time to respond to all your comments, but I have a million other irons in the fire and I just don’t have enough time to do so. I hope you understand."



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Investigating the Stages of Enlightenment at The Middle Way

Investigating the Stages of Enlightenment at The Middle Way: "Enlightenment is often described as reaching the shores of Nirvana. Buddhist and Zen Masters have mapped the journey of Enlightenment calling it “Arriving” and “Returning”. This mapping avoids collecting attributes and goals- it looks at how Truth and Enlightenment are experienced."



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Jews hail new papal saints who revolutionized ties with Catholics | Reuters

Jews hail new papal saints who revolutionized ties with Catholics | Reuters: "became the first pope since ancient times to visit a synagogue. On a visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall, he left a note saying he was "deeply saddened by the behavior of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer.""



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The 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors Of 2013 - Page: 1 | CRN

The 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors Of 2013 - Page: 1 | CRN: "Software-as-a-Service models promoted by Salesforce.com's on-demand CRM packages captured the attention of businesses years ago. Hosting centers have handled infrastructure needs. Virtualization, eliminating the need to keep hardware on-premise, has acted as a disrupter of traditional IT notions. Amazon.com formalized the cloud business model using its own infrastructure and opened the floodgates of the cloud era."



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7 Professional Photo-Sharing Sites - This Week in Photo

7 Professional Photo-Sharing Sites - This Week in Photo: "Pictage
Pictage is one of the most robust portfolio, shopping cart and fulfillment services around for photographers but their Starter package costs more annually than a Business SmugMug account. With the Pictage Pro account ($99/month), you get the standard galleries and fulfillment but you also get access to ShootQ worth $79.85/month. (This was Sara France’s pick of the week in episode #270.)"



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7 Professional Photo-Sharing Sites - This Week in Photo

7 Professional Photo-Sharing Sites - This Week in Photo: "Equal or Better
Zenfolio
The Premium Business plan is $250 per year and is comparable to SmugMug’s Business offering. For photographers looking to fulfill their own orders, Zenfolio offers this option. They also use my personal favorite printer — Mpix — who has done an excellent job with everything I’ve ever sent them. Both offer very nice themes, galleries, Lightroom and Aperture plugins and shopping carts but Zenfolio also throws in an iPad app for client presentations for Premium($120/year) and Business users. All in all, you are looking at a very similar service for a similar price."



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Comparing the best ways to store your photos online - CNET

Comparing the best ways to store your photos online - CNET: "To expert who cooks up DIY projects, in-depth guides, and little-known tricks that help you get the most out of your tech. During her four years at CNET, she's covered social media, funky gadgets, and has shared her tech knowledge on CBS and other news outlets. See full bio"



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Share, store and sell your photos on your own photo website. Make it completely yours with beautiful designs. Protect your photos with passwords, watermarks, right click protection. Make beautiful prints and gifts.

Share, store and sell your photos on your own photo website. Make it completely yours with beautiful designs. Protect your photos with passwords, watermarks, right click protection. Make beautiful prints and gifts.: "Fulfill orders with top labs: Bay Photo, WHCC, EZPrints and Loxley (UK)  
Turnkey storefront ready at signup  
One-click shopping with ecommerce-optimized galleries  
More than 1200+ prints and products to choose from  
Sell greeting cards at a markup"



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Comparing the best ways to store your photos online - CNET

Comparing the best ways to store your photos online - CNET: "Host your own site
For tech-savvy people who want complete control over their photos without any annoying limitations, a self-hosted site is the way to go.

Port Authority/Theater Area at Night:

Port Authority/Theater Area, New York City at Night By: Stephen C. Sanders

The alternatives are endless, but in a nutshell, you can purchase a domain name and a hosting plan, and install a service like WordPress. From there, you'd install a gallery plug-in and tweak it to your liking."



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Comparing the best ways to store your photos online - CNET

Comparing the best ways to store your photos online - CNET: "Host your own site
For tech-savvy people who want complete control over their photos without any annoying limitations, a self-hosted site is the way to go.



























   Port Authority-Theater Area at Night NYC,

  

 The alternatives are endless, but in a nutshell, you can purchase a domain name and a hosting plan, and install a service like WordPress. From there, you'd install a gallery plug-in and tweak it to your liking."



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Comparing the best ways to store your photos online - CNET

Comparing the best ways to store your photos online - CNET: "Cloud storage sites
If all you want is to host your images online somewhere, without any extra features like photo editing, social networking, and printing services, your best bet is to use a cloud storage site.

Amazon Cloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and SkyDrive are some of the more popular options that are usually focused on document storage, but we're seeing these services evolve to offer more photo-friendly features, like Google Drive's thumbnail view.

The advantage to using these services is that you'll rarely encounter file size limits, you can upload any file type you like, and the interfaces are clean and easy to navigate. You'll most definitely need to pay for storage space, but the benefit is that you can use your cloud storage for items like documents and videos, too."



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Manage, Edit, Present & Share Photos - ACDSee Pro 7

Manage, Edit, Present & Share Photos - ACDSee Pro 7: "Present and protect
Whether you share socially, present online, or email directly to clients, showcasing your photos has never been this effortless. And you can count on ACDSee to help you protect all your valuable work, both offline and in the cloud."



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Magazine - My World My Work

Magazine - My World My Work: "So now you have heard,
this one tree's little story.
While pulling up one's roots,
can be so terribly gory.
I may just decide 
to only temporarily reside.

Location, the one choice,
which after all is- such a limiting thing.
Because I cannot allow my personal voice,
to become totally disconnected from a certaint sapling."



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Fantasy vs. Reality: Debunking Myths of Love, Relationships, and Marriage

Fantasy vs. Reality: Debunking Myths of Love, Relationships, and Marriage: "A relationship or marriage succeeding or failing is in direct correlation with the amount of effort each person is willing to put in. Simple math. A relationship between two people is not “destined” to fail or “destined” to succeed at any point. It relies on the work each person puts in to maintain and nurture it, as well as their efforts to deeply understand one another, evolve together (and individually), and mend or address any bumps along the way."



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Are You a Mindful Maverick? | Ora Nadrich

Are You a Mindful Maverick? | Ora Nadrich: "The term "maverick" comes from Samuel Maverick, a lawyer, politician and land baron who refused to brand his cattle.

Being of your own mind, and acting on it, lets you call the shots for how you want to live your life -- and if you can couple that type of thinking with mindfulness, there's no telling what you can do, or how far you can go."



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Most Popular Content | Social Media Today

Most Popular Content | Social Media Today: "68% share to give people a better sense of who they are and what they care about.
73% share information because it helps them connect with others who share their interests.
78% share information online because it lets them stay connected to people they may not otherwise stay in touch with.
69% share information because it allows them to feel more involved in the world"



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Legal Guardianship and Child Custody | LegalMatch Law Library

Legal Guardianship and Child Custody | LegalMatch Law Library: "It is common for a non-custodial parent may have physical custody of the child (for example on weekends) but not legal custody. 

This means that the non-custodial usually cannot make certain legal decisions on behalf of the child. On the other hand, a legal guardian has the authority to make such decisions for the child.   "



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Home - Avant Browser - The full-featured tri-core rendering Avant Browser which supports IE/Firefox/Chrome engines is fast, stable and memory leak free.

Home - Avant Browser - The full-featured tri-core rendering Avant Browser which supports IE/Firefox/Chrome engines is fast, stable and memory leak free.: "Private Browsing

Designed to set in a Private Mode, Avant Browser does not keep web data in your computer. So anybody else sharing the same computer with you will not be able to see which sites and which pages you have visited and which files you have displayed during your private web browsing section."



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Only 3 Interview Questions Matter - Business Insider

Only 3 Interview Questions Matter - Business Insider: "Have you got the skills, expertise, and experience to perform the job?

Marr says to answer this one, you need to think about the key skills you might need for the job, and assess your own level of expertise and experience in that context. “It makes sense to identify the more specific or technical skills that your potential employer might expect as well as some more generic skills such as being a good communicator, having good IT skills, being a team player, etc.”"



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Painting with Oils Over Acrylic -- Is it Okay?

Painting with Oils Over Acrylic -- Is it Okay?: "What you shouldn't do is to start a painting in oils, which dry slowly, and then paint on top with acrylics, which dry quickly. But provided the canvas has been primed to be suitable for both oil paints and acrylics, it's fine to start a painting with acrylics and then finish it in oils. But with the caution that the acrylic paint shouldn't be too glossy or thick."



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The Catskills Institute

The Catskills Institute: "All three winners have done beautiful jobs at giving us a glimpse of the Holocaust experience of people in the Catskills. You can read them here, on the website of the Catskills Institute or the Jewish Studies Program at Loyola Marymount University."



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Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,NY. Sheepshead Bay Page

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,NY. Sheepshead Bay Page: "41. Playing hide and go seek or ring-a-liveo  dusk. 

42. Had all steel roller skates with keys. "



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Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay: "Our beautiful friend, Gail Horowitz passed away March 26, 2004.  She graduated in 1970.  Gail, you will be in our hearts forever.
  Mara Lawrence maralawrence@hotmail.com"



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Team Alisha

Team Alisha: " have heard people say in the past that in times of despair you find an inner strength to carry on and do whats necessary. Thats something that I have unfortunately had to find out for myself, and I have found it to be very true.
The past week and a half has been a blur, Gillian and myself have been running on auto pilot, just doing whats necessary.
The first few days after diagnosis were the most difficult ever, and that broken feeling may take a while to mend."



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Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay: "Linda Merschen and Frank Merschen were my first cousins by marriage.
Linda Merschen (class of 1971) died in 1996. Her brother, Frank Merschen (class of 1966 or 1967) died in 1997.
Larry Erlichman - E-Mail: lerlichman@royalaa.com"



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Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay: "He was so happy to have been able to go to Florida for the Sheepshead Bay 60's reunion just a few weeks before he died.
It is like he held on till he was able to say good-bye to his friends that he had not seen for 25 to 30 years.
Yogi was one of the funniest people I knew.  We did some crazy things together, at Martins, Manhattan Beach, "



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Home Page

Home Page: "Educate These Children's was founded on the belief that all children deserve an education.  
The mission of Educate These Children is to provide financial assistance to educate the poor, distressed, or underprivileged children in the world.   
We pursue this mission by holding fund raising events and soliciting donations from the general public."



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Celebrating top poets on World Poetry Day

Celebrating top poets on World Poetry Day: "Poe is best known for his tales of the macabre and his gothic poetry. He had success in his own lifetime and today his work continues to be immensely popular with audiences all over the world, even featuring in television shows and films. Some of his most famous works include The Raven and A Dream Within a Dream."



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Celebrating top poets on World Poetry Day

Celebrating top poets on World Poetry Day: " the most famous English poets and playwright the world has ever known and is seen as the greatest writer in the English language. Shakespeare wrote hundreds of poems, including his vastly popular 154 sonnets as well as some long narrative poems. Today, you would be hard pressed to find a language that Shakespeare’s work hasn’t been translated into."



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Animal Energy - Raven

Animal Energy - Raven: "The benefit of experiencing complexity, is that many layers of meaning can be revealed from a circumstance or situation over time, as you keep exploring it. "



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