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When I was a child playing outside in the summer and winter was normal. Most of our play was make believe, playing families, doctors and nurses, cowboys and Indians, or we would play hide and seek, football, cricket, kick can, set off on our bikes. Or we would take a picnic and spend all day in the park in the summer holidays playing tennis, putting or splash about in the paddling pool. Idyllic days that many of kids today are missing out on.



Nowadays it doesn’t feel safe to let our kids out of our yards or gardens unsupervised by an adult and that’s a shame. Back then families were generally bigger so we all looked out for each other which gave us more freedom in our play. Children now spend a lot of time playing computer games and watching television instead of getting out in the fresh air and getting healthy exercise. Experts say that obesity in children is on the rise so obviously it’s better for the kids if we can find more ways of getting them out in the fresh air and exercising. Take a look at the linked article for a selection of some of the best fun and healthy outdoor toys for younger children.



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Top Blogging Tips

If you are thinking of setting up a blog, or working on a blog for someone else, there are a few tips that you might want to take on board that will help you become better at what you do, and at a quicker pace. This article seeks to outline those tips, and should point you in the right direction as regards making your blog stand out from the crowd.



First of all, make sure that your blog endeavours to help people. Don't forget that people surf the Internet looking for advice and support on a massive range of issues. Your blog might well fit in to that range of issues, but if it is not helpful, they will ultimately not find what they are looking for, so make sure what you write offers help. This could be simple tips that people could use in their hobbies or pursuits, or it could be your unique insight into a problem. Everyone is different, and if you can be helpful in your own unique way you are most definitely on track to succeeding.



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Brexit Soft Or Hard? It’s Not Flipping Cheese You Know

Theresa May has constantly been accused of going for a hard Brexit yet all she has ever said is that ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’. I happen to agree with that. If I wanted to make a deal on a house and if I found out that it had no roof, windows or doors I would not give an arm and a leg over it’s value. If the EU keep demanding too much with little in return then it would be better for us to walk away without a deal. If that happened because of the EU trying to punish us then they would be cutting their noses off to spite their faces. For us at least we would be able to start making our own trade deals, it sucks that we are not allowed to until we officially leave the EU.

Soft or Hard?

I’m getting rather fed up with the terms soft and hard as far as Brexit is concerned and think that they are just words used by the remoaners who want to stay in the EU or think that the single market is the be all and end all. I don’t believe for one minute that the negotiators from either side are going into it with plans for a hard Brexit. Unless they are fools than the negotiating teams should try to get the best deal for both sides.



Brexit Soft Or Hard? It’s Not Flipping Cheese You Know

Some Of My Favourite Seaside Resorts In England – Where To Go

England has always had some great seaside resorts and despite the unpredictable weather you can have some really enjoyable breaks along the English coast. This year like myself, more than half of the population are planning to enjoy a staycation and holiday in this country. Following are some of the wonderful places to spend a great holiday in England, what do you think?

Scarborough

Founded by a viking raider, Scarborough has it’s own ruined castle, retains some of it’s fishing industry and even has it’s own annual beach rock and pop festival, a great place to visit. Not far away is the smaller and quieter seaside resort of Filey, another good place for a vacation.



On the North Yorkshire coast Scarborough is one of my favourite seaside resorts. The average summer temperature is 19°C so quite warm. I’ve been really lucky and whenever I’ve gone there it’s been blazing hot during the day and lively at night! I’ve sunbathed there, shopped, been fishing, camped at the motorbike road races, stayed in a top hotel, holiday cottage, caravan and boarding house and loved every minute of every visit.



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Easy Recipes For Quick Savoury Snacks Or Meals

When you have a busy schedule like me it’s not always easy to find time to shop for, prepare and cook hot and healthy meals with fresh food. I’ve certainly found that anyway. Rather than go down the microwave ready meal route I’ve got a few favourite easy recipes that I make if I haven’t got much time and the ingredients are usually already there in my cupboards. Following you will find my 3 favourite quick and easy recipes:



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Pokemon Spring 2017 Collector Chest And Legends of Alola Booster Packs – Top Toy Site

The fictional creatures called Pokémon first appeared in a pair of
Nintendo Gameboy games back in 1995  and are still popular with today’s
children. Pokemon products now include video games, trading card games,
animated television shows and movies, comic books, and toys. Currently
the Pokémon franchise is the second best selling video game  to Nintendo
Mario. The Spring 2017  Pokemon Collector Chest And Legends of Alola
Booster Packs are new releases in the Pokemon world.

Pokemon Spring 2017 Collector Chest

A trove of Pokemon treasures this sturdy metal case contains more than a dozen special Pokemon goodies, including many not found anywhere else.



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Living With Osteoarthritis, How I Deal With Osteoarthritis Of The Knees

I was diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in my knees nearly 5 years ago and apparently it’s the most common form of arthritis in the UK. The condition Osteoarthritis is also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease. Take your pick, whatever the name it can be very painful. Osteoarthrosis, is a joint disease resulting from the breakdown of joint cartilage and the underlying bone. The most common symptoms are joint pain and stiffness and don’t I know it!

Early Joint Pain

I have had problems with my knees aching ever since I was a teenager 40 odd years ago. I believe that it developed from damage caused by falling on my knees and then working as a sewing machinist from the age of 15 – my knees were terribly stiff after working for hours on a machine. I can remember my knees locking and it being quite painful to straighten my legs after 8 hours of sewing. My knees would make a cracking noise like when somebody cracks their knuckles when I straightened my legs. The doctor didn’t do anything, just said that it was damaged cartilages that would probably cause me a lot of pain when I was older.



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Queen Elizabeth I Conspiracy Theory

Some conspiracy theories are quite bizarre others can be interesting. I have heard the following conspiracy theory about Queen Elizabeth I and her imposter before but not in as much detail:

The Mystery of Queen Elizabeth I’s Possible Imposter

One of history’s most unusual conspiracy theories involved Queen Elizabeth I, the daughter of England’s King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. During the first half of the sixteenth century, Elizabeth was born to the tyrannical English king. When she was about ten years old, she was taken from Henry’s court in plague-ridden London to Bisley, a small town Southwest of London, because he wanted to protect her from getting sick.



According to legend, young Elizabeth died in Bisley. Her caretakers panicked when they found her body, and knew that Henry would return sooner than expected to visit his daughter. Afraid for their lives, they anxiously searched the town to find a girl who looked like Elizabeth. After a futile attempt to find a read-haired girl, they found a boy with red hair who was about the same height as Elizabeth. This boy, whose name was Neville was actually a friend or relative who played with Elizabeth. They brought him back to their home and dressed him in Elizabeth’s clothes. Apparently, when Henry returned he couldn’t tell the difference between the boy and Elizabeth. So, the boy kept assuming the role as the dead princess and continued pretending to be the future queen.



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Malta Holidays: What You Must Not Forget When Packing For Malta – Where To Go

The island of Malta is a great all year round holiday destination for people of all ages. There is plenty of entertainment for families thoughout the island and there is enough for history buffs to enjoy on their vacation. The nightlife is great in St Julians and Sliema, fun for night owls young and old.

Malta really is a fun packed place to travel to, but what are the most important items that you need to save room for in your suitcase? The following are ‘must’ items that I would take with me during the hot steamy summer months. essentials for comfort and pleasure:



Mosquito Repellent

For some reason I attract mosquitos when others on holidays in Malta with me don’t. Unfair but that’s life, so I have to prepare for the dreaded onslaught and especially if I am going to be anywhere near water at night (must stop paddling in rock pools after dark). I take a spray or cream mosquito repellent, but make sure that I choose one that doesn’t smell bad and spray all of my exposed bits when I go out in the evening and take it with me for a top up as I am usually enjoying the nightlife for more than a couple of hours.



On one of my Malta holidays, in a big rush to get out to the bars on the first evening I forgot to spray the bare bits in between my sandal straps and had so many bites that my feet became badly infected, very swollen and painful. I had to borrow some bigger sandals from my friend for the rest of that holiday. I also take a plug in mosquito killer for where I sleep. Cream and spray mosquito repellents wear off over time and if the slightest bit of juicy bare skin is exposed while you are sleeping it’s the signal for an all out mossy attack!



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Making Videos For Youtube And Learning From My Digital Ecourse

As I had been out of Internet marketing for several years I found that I had forgotten quite a lot about how to proceed with marketing my websites and attracting those all important visitors, so I took the opportunity of a 7 day free trial of an ecourse – Digital Marketing 4 in 1. The 4 in 1 topics are YouTube, Social Media, Website and Google.



When I had finished reading the first section on YouTube videos and marketing them to get views and traffic to your website I was rather pleased with the course, enough to pay the £19 fee for lifetime access. Maybe I could have read it all in a week but I wanted to use what I had learned from the YouTube training section before moving on to the next part.



I remembered some of the information but was surprised by just how much I had forgotten from my previous YouTube postings. I also learned a few new things, so the first part of this course was well worth the small spend. I’m now having fun making videos but more about that later.



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Holidays in Singapore, Night Views in Singapore

3 Top Resorts of the Turkish Riviera – Where To Go

 

 

Turkey holidays are extremely popular with British holidaymakers
and despite the troubles in that area of the world Turkey remains one of
the most visited holiday destinations. You can enjoy the Turkish
beaches and sunshine, visit the past history of the Ottoman empire or
simply relax and take in the beautiful scenery on your Turkish vacation. Following you will find details of 3 of the top Turkish resorts:



A spectacular stretch of coastline spread over 1,000 kilometres and
boasting some of the finest beaches in the whole country. This is one of
the most popular places to head for visitors to Turkey. Walks here take
you through idyllic towns and dramatic mountain landscapes, and you’ll
also discover ancient treasures dating back hundreds of years through
Turkey’s extensive history.




There are a number of resorts in the Turkish Riviera that are well
worth visiting next time you are in Turkey. Walks to any area of the
Riviera will provide you with some amazing experiences, but if you
manage to pass through any of the three places listed below you won’t
regret it.



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A Quick Guide to Art Materials

I recently took some drawing and watercolour painting classes and
enjoyed them so much that I decided to buy my own art materials. I
wasn’t sure which was the best that I could buy so I turned to this
article A Quick Guide to Art Materials for some advice.

Easels

When choosing an easel, firstly you need to decide where you are
using it. If it will be outdoors on rough ground then perhaps you will
need a style easel.

If you are using it on a table then a table easel (or box easel) will
suffice and is slightly cheaper. While if you are in a studio then a
studio easel is better built and slightly more expensive but well worth
the money.

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Gina Miller, General Election & Thwarting Brexit

I don’t pretend to be the most intelligent person or think that I
know it all but I can see well enough how remainer Gina Miller is trying
to thwart Brexit regardless of the fact that the majority voted to
leave the EU. This woman has taken the government to court and now Gina
Miller is crowdfunding to raise money to use in the general election to
prevent the UK from a hard Brexit.

Hard or Soft Brexit

Fact is that a hard or soft Brexit will come down to the negotiations
and how much our government can get Brussels to back down from their
threats and demands – even I a humble shop worker know that. If the EU
insist that we retain free movement and or obey their laws in exchange
for being in the single market I’m sure that the majority of voters will
not find it acceptable and would prefer to walk away with no deal
rather than one that ties us to the very things that we voted against.
We are more likely to be offered a bad deal if the EU negotiators can
see that the country is divided and that is common sense.



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You Want to Write Kids Stories

When writing kids stories you have to decide exactly which age group you would like to write to. When deciding on which group it helps you decide what kind of writing you will need to do.



You have decided on what age group now you need to decide what kind of book you would like to write for the children. A spooky story would be good; it would make the children squeal as they were reading. Maybe a chapter book is something that would appeal to you. Chapter books take longer to write, but it keeps the child reading for hours so they can see how it ends.



There are even easy reading books that you could write. This basically means the print is bigger and the words are simple words since the children are just learning to read.



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Why is Running the Universal Exercise?

 

Running is a great form of exercise and almost anyone can do it. As
a child learns to walk, he or she will eventually learn to run too. At
first in play and then as a way to promote fitness during
school physical exercise lessons. Some continue to run as a hobby or
sport as they get older, or take it up again when they feel a need to
kit fit or lose some extra inches.




As a testament to this, there are millions of runners all over the
world that practice this universal workout on a daily basis. There are
no true running tips to promote running for weight loss. The only thing
you can rely on are your own two feet and how much mileage you can take.
Some think that running was made to be Gods natural way of providing
people with a way to get in shape. You can just see that with the
benefits of running.



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Are World Leaders Mad Enough To Start World War 3?

On Thursday my heart sank when I saw the news headlines ‘US drops BIGGEST ever non-nuclear bomb’.
The bomb even has a nickname ‘MOAB’, or the mother of all bombs – sick
really to nickname a bomb. The article made frightening reading and was
not unexpected because of the posturing going on amongst certain world
leaders.




What was unexpected was that the target was Isis tunnels in
Afghanistan. As I read on I expected to learn that America had bombed
Syria again, or North Korea because there has been far more focus on
those countries than Afghanistan recently.




Donald Trump promised to fight terrorism, but bombing 2 different
countries in just over a week makes me wonder just how bad things are
going to get. Of course Russia has to get in on the act and brag about
their bomb, which is 4 times bigger than the bomb the US dropped, that’s
been nicknamed ‘FOAB’ or father of all bombs. Warmongers might think
it’s clever to nickname bombs and brag about who has the biggest (like
little boys in the playground), but those of us who have some common
sense do not think that it’s clever.



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Book Review – Accident by Danielle Steele

In Accident by Danielle Steele
we start off playing happy families with 39 year old Page, 45 year old
husband Brad and children Allyson 15, Andy 7. They live in San Francisco
and as far as Page is concerned everything is near perfect, her
marriage, children and lifestyle. So much so that she wonders about
having another child before it’s too late.



Suddenly as is typical in Danielle’s novels their lives are torn
apart one dreadful Saturday night. Allyson sneaks out on a double date
with her school friend Chloe and two 17 year old boys Jamie and Phillip.
It is Allyson’s very first date but knowing that her parents won’t
approve of her going out with an older boy she and Chloe tell their
respective parents that they are at each others homes. They have an
enjoyable night; a meal and the boys drink wine but only half a glass.



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Website Hosting First Time Round

Choosing website hosting isn’t as easy as you might think and especially when you are new to the Internet. I’ve made a few hosting mistakes in my time and mistakes that set my business back through my own unwise choices. Lets have a look at my mistakes and what I would recommend for a newcomer to hosting.

Free Hosting

Many newcomers believe that free hosting is the solution, it could be at least for a while but then if you are successful free hosting can become a problem. When I set up my first website in January 2001 I chose a free host but had some awful adverts from the host as headers on my site. As the site attracted visitors and earnings I was able to upgrade the account to paid, use my own domain name and lose the overpowering advertising. That was from http://20m.com and you can read my old review here. They are still around but I have no idea if they are as good now as they was back then. That was 16 years ago and I believe now that I was very lucky to have had a good hosting experience first time round.



If you search you can find other free hosting companies but usually they want to plaster their advertising across your site. A few don’t but freebies are usually used to attract future paying customers. I’ve only experienced 20m so cannot comment further on any of the other free hosts apart from saying that free hosts and the smaller companies may not be as up to date as larger companies. That matters when you try to use software or scripts that require the most up to date hosting.



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Visiting The Temple Of Heaven In Beijing

When deciding what sites to see while visiting Beijing, the colourful Temple of Heaven is a must-see on your list. The literal translation from the traditional Chinese for this unique site is “Altar of Heaven.” Regardless of what you call it, you will certainly feel like you have found your own slice of heaven when you visit this unique site.

The Temple of Heaven is comprised of several buildings in the southeast section of Beijing, in the Xuanwu District. In addition, the buildings are based on Taoist beliefs which refers to a set of philosophical and religious traditions that have existed in Asia for more than two thousand years. It’s such an impressive and important structure that it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.



History of the Temple of Heaven



The Temple of Heaven site was built in the early 1400s while the Yongle Emperor ruled the land. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, emperors visited the complex for prayer ceremonies. The ceremonies, which took place each year, were meant to bring a good harvest. The Yongle Emperor also built the Forbidden City in Beijing, which is another site that should certainly be added to your list of places to visit.



Visiting The Temple Of Heaven In Beijing