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Spring cleaning is the time of year that most people consider purchasing a shed. They are ready to store seasonal and holiday items. Many people exchange draperies, linens and throw rugs to spring and summer colors for home dcor. All of the fall and winter items must be packed away and stored somewhere. Through the years we collect more and more items to have variety in our home decorations that result in more and more closet and attic space being used in our homes.

Being able to store spring and summer furniture during the winter months increases the lifespan of the items. The majority of people do not want to use a yard swing during the winter or the grill. A shed is a perfect way to store these seasonal items during the winter months when they are not being utilized. Grills, furniture and other seasonal items will last longer not having been exposed to the extreme cold temperatures, frost and snows. Homeowners will save money in the long run by not having to replace these items as frequently as they would without the ability to store them.

Another problem with in-home storage is filling up closet and attic space with home decorations. Draperies and linens need to be stored in plastic containers to minimize the chances of moths and fading. Throw rugs are often bulky to store because they come in so many different textures and sizes. Even after being dry cleaned the throw rugs can leave dust residue on other items stored in the closet or under the beds.

Homeowners that have a shed can store the winter items outside of the home leaving closets, under the bed and attics for clothing storage and usage. Since spring and summer outdoor items can be brought out of storage at this time there should be plenty of room to house the winter and fall dcor. Lawn items such as mowers are very expensive and great investment.

Leaving equipment outside in the yard year round can decrease the life of batteries and tires. Having a small shed is ideal to store these items so that they are readily accessible when you need them. You will save money in the long run because batteries, tires and other parts of the equipment will not need replacement as often. Family recreational items such as golf clubs, bicycles, horse shoes and volleyball sets can be kept in these buildings as well.

A shed is terrific for storing non-seasonal home decoration items. It is the perfect way to extend the life of traditionally outdoor equipment and furniture and save you money in the long run. There are many sizes to select from based on how many items you will need to put into storage.

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Looking for a place to enjoy a good beer after a round of golf on your next Asheville, North Carolina golf vacation? If so, you will not have to search long or hard to find one. Head to downtown Asheville, pull up a barstool in one of the pubs we suggest and you will find a multitude of beers and beer styles to quench your thirst.

On our last trip to this eclectic North Carolina mountain town, the weather was not going to let anyone get in a round of golf. So instead of teeing it up, the crew of PerfectGolfVacations.com took in a few rounds at the local downtown pubs. And in case you want to pack the cooler for your next round of golf in Asheville, we even ran across a great little beer store that specializes in high-gravity beers.

Our day began in search of a bite to eat and a good, cold microbrew. The Bier Garden on Haywood Street claimed to have the largest selection of beer in Western North Carolina so that seemed like a logical place to start. We made the right choice.

There was a multitude of televisions in the bar area showing sports, a good selection of items on the food menu and a beer menu with around 200 selections. To be honest even though the food was quite good, I can not remember what I ate for lunch but definitely remember the brews. After enjoying a Fullers London Porter and a Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, we paid our tab and continued to the next stop.

There is a local Asheville pub called Jack of the Wood that brews their own beer so we decided to drop in for a taste. After the short walk through wind and rain, we came upon the Celtic style pub located on Patton Avenue in downtown Asheville.

Unlike the well-lit, open-spaced, sports-bar feel of the Bier Garden, Jack of the Wood offers patrons a dark, cozy atmosphere and four or five beer styles brewed under the moniker of Green Man Brewing. After sampling a couple of ales and quite a few stouts, we noticed the weather was letting up so we decided to walk back to our downtown Asheville hotel.

On the return trip, we ran across a tiny little beer-lovers paradise called Bruisin Ales. This beer store is located on Broadway Street in downtown Asheville and offers visitors over 450 different beer choices along with beer glasses and other beer-related goodies. If you are a fan of high-gravity beers, then this is a must-stop for you. In fact before leaving town, our credit card got quite a workout at Bruisin Ales.

There are a multitude of places to have a good beer in downtown Asheville. Unfortunately, we didnt have time to hit them all. Along with the places we dropped in, we would also suggest following your thirst to The Mellow Mushroom and Barleys Taproom and Pizzeria.

So the next time you book one of our Asheville, NC discount golf packages or travel to this Western North Carolina town for a vacation getaway and are looking for a good beer, we recommend you head to downtown Asheville and pull up to the bar at one of the pubs mentioned above.

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Read this Article to get complete Information on Home Remedies for Constipation

What is Constipation?

Constipation is a common digestive system trouble in which you have infrequent bowel movements or pass hard stools. Constipation is a sign, not an illness. It is the term used to mention difficulty going to the toilet or opening the bowels.

Constipation is not a pleasant feeling and sometimes linked with headache and lack of energy. Constipation affects almost each person at one time or another. Constipation is pretty common, and dissimilar things can cause it.

Causes of Constipation

Constipation is generally caused by disturbance of how the intestines work. Other causes of constipation are: Poor diet Lack of exercise not adequate fiber in diet, not sufficient liquids, irritable bowel syndrome, and changes in life or routine such as pregnancy, older age, travel.

Other causes are:
Abuse of laxatives
ignoring the urge to have a bowel movement
Specific diseases such as numerous sclerosis and lupus
Troubles with the colon and rectum

Home Remedies for Constipation

1) Boysenberry juice has a gentle natural laxative action on your bowel. When your constipation is not further severe this juice will help move things in your colon.

2) Cantaloupe is one of finest fruits you can eat. It is a source of many minerals and Vitamin A and C. It has sufficient quantity of fiber and is useful for constipation.

3) Flaxseed oil is a good Home Remedy for Constipation. Take 1 to 2 tablespoonsful with plenty of water right after lunch or dinner.

4) Drink an infusion of elderflower once daily, as needed.

5) Soak six dates in a glass of hot water; when cool, drink the water and eat the dates.

6) Epsom or Rochelle salts remedy. Drink a mixture of one teaspoonful in a half glass of water before going to bed. This is very bitter in taste, but it is very efficient. This is one more effective Home Remedy for Constipation.

7) Sauerkraut Drink an 8 ounce glass of warm sauerkraut juice followed immediately by an 8 ounce glass of grapefruit juice(unsweetened).

8) First thing in the morning drink a glass of warm water to which the juice of 1/2 a lime and 1 tsp honey has been added.

9) One more superior Home Remedy for Constipation. Soak 10-12 big raisins in a cup of milk and permit to boil, after that eats the raisins first then drink the milk. Do this every morning for 3-4 days till constipation gone.

10) For constipation cure eat 4 fig Newton's each day. It works in the same way exactly as prunes and raisins.

11) For constipation cure eat 1/3 to 1/2 cup of walnuts. You will have bowel movement within 6-7 hours. Doing this each day will stay constipation at bay.

12) Chickweed is an outstanding herb for relieving constipation within some hours. It helps strengthen the stomach and bowels and helps in the transfer of waste matters. This herb acts as a useful Home Remedy for Constipation.

The author is an Ayurvedic doctor having years of experience in the field of Ayurveda and Alternative medicine. Find out more Home Remedies for Constipation at http://www.natural-homeremedies.org He has an exclusive website on Home Remedies for various diseases. You can also contribute to the Home remedies by visiting the website.

Squidoo has got to be one of the easiest ways to communicate your knowledge and interests to a wide community then any other! Yes you have blogs and free websites but they are nowhere near as quick and as easy as putting up a squidoo lens.

But what happens when you get the Squidoo Bug and end up with Squidoo Lenses up to your neck and earholes and no time to manage them all? Well Why you sell them thats what!

What did you say? Sell a Squidoo Lense? you can not do that can you?

Why yes you can! and as bizarre as it sounds thats what people are doing all the time,not only do you free up some of your lenses you can also earn a couple of dollors for your trouble!

I don't know about you but that sounds like a done deal to me!

There is even a website devoted to just that at www.sellmylens.com where you can put up your Squidoo lens for auction and similar to other auction sites people will bid on your lens or buy it at a buy it now price that you set! and like squidoo it is really simple as easy to put your squidoo lense up for auction, blimey if i can do it then anyone can!

Also remember that as well as selling your squidoo lenses you can also bag a bargain and buy one as well, so just imagine getting a squidoo lens that is already done for you and also has the traffic flowing to it everyday all for a few measly dollors!

I have a feeling the potential for this is going to be huge! and i am so glad that i am actually in at the start of it all for a change!

So if you have too many Squidoo lenses then of load a few over at http://www.sellmylens.com Also while you are there check out some of the other lenses for sale, you could just bag a bargain lens!

If you are looking for a great place to play golf that has wonderful hardwood lined fairways, excellent greens and an over all great course condition then you will want to journey west of the Twin Cities. Located a comfortable hour drive west of the 494 loop from the western suburbs of Minneapolis on state highway 7 you will arrive in Hutchinson, which is home to Crow River Golf Club.

I must point out that if you enjoy a brisk pace of play then you owe it to yourself to check out Crow River Golf Club. On my visit to Crow River Golf Club on a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon, my playing partner and I played in four hours. This is the case for most of the rural golf courses in Minnesota. There is no reason a round of golf should take any longer, if you play ready golf and the other players on the golf course do the same. The era of marathon golf rounds is dead and buried in rural Minnesota. The golfers are knowledgeable, respectful of property as well as respectful of other golfers on the course and they know how to keep the pace of play flowing.

Crow River Golf Club was established in 1938 with a "back nine" addition in 1976. The additional property was purchased and once the construction was completed the new and old holes were intermingled to make up the layout as it is today.

Playing from the championship tees the course plays to a par of 71 and measures 6,820 yards. The USGA course rating is 72.3 with a slope index of 121. The golf course boasts eight par-4 holes measuring over 400 yards. Several of those long par-4 holes also play uphill. Having the ability to hit a draw from the tee box, for a right-handed player, is especially helpful with several of the par-4 holes playing to a dogleg left.

There are a handful of medium length par-3 and par-4 holes in which you have a better opportunity for birdie. The two keys, in my opinion, to scoring at Crow River Golf Club are to take advantage to the true roll and consistency of the greens and to keep the ball in the fairway at all cost. The mature trees lining most fairways will produce an inflated score if you attempt a miraculous recovery shot. The best advice is to take your medicine and chip into the middle of the fairway if you happen to hit a tee shot into the rough. This golf course is accented with over 3,000 trees.

Course Superintendent Kevin Froemming and his staff do a fine job keeping the course in excellent condition. Director of Golf, Karl Baldry along with Head Professional Nate Baldry do a great job running the golf side of the business. Keeping prices reasonable with attractive rates of $41.00 with a cart on the weekend or the Twilight Rate of $25.00 including a cart after 3:00PM gives ample opportunity to enjoy this excellent golf course at a lower rate.

When you are looking for a challenging golf course that is in great condition and only an hour from the Twin Cities give the folks at Crow River Golf Club a call to make a tee time 320-587-2709 or visit their website at http://www.crowrivercc.com

Dana Buttenhoff is an avid golfer and a native Minnesotan. After 20 years of golf and traveling around the USA, Dana would like to share the golf gems rural Minnesota has to offer: http://www.minnesotaruralgolf.com

Referring to email marketing, it is unlikely to be successful online without some form of marketing via email. You need to know how to make use of your customer list and boost up your business. You can easily send a mailing in the evening and earn thousand of dollars by the time you wake up in another day through the use of the email marketing.

First, you must develop an attention-grabbing subject line. While its one thing to send an email out to your 20,000 prospects; its another thing to get any of them to read it. It will depend how well you can craft the "subject" line of your email promotion message.

So, how we could do it? You need to be personal in your email. There is something both attention-grabbing and exciting about seeing your name in the subject line of an email. Normally, we just love to see our own names. The truth is, when we see our name in the subject line, we immediately are drawn to it... (e.g. Gilbert, this is the free e-book that I would like you to have, etc). This could easily down using almost every autoresponder system.

By the way, do not make odd claims like "Earn $50,000 overnight." If it isn't believable, then reader will simply delete your email without ever reading it.

Personalization will typically means that it is not really SPAM. While some spammers do have access to databases with our names, for the most part their lists are built by harvesting emails.

You should also only send your emails to your target your audience. (e.g. If your audience are interested in reprint rights, you could include title as New reprint rights released today, Sell this new product and keep every penny and etc)

The prospects may receive 500 emails a day, but if they are interested in reprint rights (and they would be, or they wouldn't be on that list) then the particular subject line is going to stand out when you download your emails.

By combining personalization and targeted audience, then you have a very compelling subject line (e.g. Gilbert, reprint rights are available!)

Another key thing to attract the reader to take a look at your message is to use "power words. It will trigger our emotions and are strong motivators for reader to read furher. So what do I mean by Power word?

A "power word is a word that appeals to the senses (e.g. Unlimited, guaranteed, step by step, free, new, amazing, exclusive, deadline, first 10, etc). It's been shown in research that we do not buy based on logic, but rather on emotion. Email marketing works on that same principle.

It will be powerful if you could combine any of the Power words with a deadline.

The next thing is to use promising which is used to present a desirable result. Your subject line must make some kind of promises. In a split second when the reader views the email subject, it must clearly indicate to them that there is something that awaits them if they read your email. It must be something that the reader does not want to miss out on and it must appeal to the emotions as those they were waiting for the climax of a great movie.

Your email subject line should also create expectation. Reader don't buy products because they want your product... they buy products because they want the result of your product.

Look at the following examples:

1) "Setup your own internet business today..."
2) Setup your own internet business in a day

Both have a power word and fairly interesting. But which one creates expectation? The second one makes a promise. This is one of the biggest keys in email marketing, and yet is often overlooked. You will always have better results with a subject line that creates expectation.

If you can apply these three keys, "Personal, Powerful and Promising" to any form of email marketing you use (e.g. autoresponders, newsletters, joint venture offers), you will be successful.

Patrick Sia is the man behind Income-Internet-Business.com. He's a passionate believer in the power of technology to better the lives of everyone and his passion and drive are hallmarks of his attitude to doing business.

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@ http://www.patricksia.com and http://www.income-internet-business.com for his step-by-step guide to startup a successful internet business.

Q: We are in the process of planning our file conversion as we implement our new catalog management system. Our vendor is telling us that they normally dont write a file conversion program for most files. Whats your recommendation?

A: Todays comprehensive order management system performs integrated functionality for order entry, customer service, order processing, warehousing, marketing and merchandising.

There are literally hundreds of tables and files in these systems that have to be converted or built from scratch manually. These range from promotional tables, shipping tables to the more complex customer files, item masters and purchase order files.

For smaller businesses, the better approach is to minimize the automated file conversion. For larger companies (meaning tens of thousands of customers and products) it will be a blend of build manually and program file conversation.

The reasons are:

• Converting years of history often result in many file integrity problems because the data is not consistent over long periods of time. Needless to say it takes many more passes through the data and it may still not be totally corrected;
• Conversion programs take time to write and test. Many of the new systems files and tables can be set up faster manually than writing programs and converting files;
• Setting up files has also proven to be a good way of training departmental users in what the new system will require in terms of maintenance. It gives you familiarity with the new system at a detail level. If you attempted to convert all files the users will never understand early what the system requires.

Some Guidelines:

• Most companies under estimate the time required to develop specs, program and test file conversion and using copies of subsets of the live file in training.
• Dont try to machine convert too much data too many years back. How much history do you need to convert?
• Look at using your marketing service bureau to be a source of hygiened customer data. Get them involved with the file conversion early to see how they can assist you. If you use them, youll end up sending them the files once the conversion programs are tested, several days before the go live. This will assure that youll have an update, hygiene customer data file. Merge/purge to eliminate duplicates just before the conversion. Address correction and NCOA would be performed.
• Take into account the data file problems that multiple years of data may have. System created problems, changes in coding of transactions or tables, etc.
• Consider the amount of time required to make the file conversion during go live. Obviously, you dont test with the live data file. Initially test with a copy of selected records from the files. Selected records which are illustrations of as many conditions as you can identify. Then, do a conversion volume test to see how long the actual file conversion will take. This is especially crucial with large files (e.g. customers and item master) being loaded to a relational data base.
• Schedule sufficient time to humanly review data. Cant look at every record but you need to sample the converted file sufficiently to know the file conversion programs are working correctly. The user departments should all be involved in reviewing samples in the files they use. If you only review a few accounts you are taking a high risk.
• Plan out the final days of the conversion. There will be the need to begin the file conversion a few days in advance of the go live date. Most businesses can not shut down the business during the file conversion, so you need to figure out how to update the key files during the go live. How will you continue to process new customer orders and returns, add new products, etc.? Need to go back and update the files during the go live.
• Can you keep your old system operational for some period of time to answer inquiries and compare records? Remember a very high percentage of inquiries and complaints happen in the first 90 to 120 days after the sale or return and then inquiries drop off quickly Does all customer data need to be on the new system back 10 years? But for the for marketing purposes we dont want to lose customer purchase activity and promotional history.

In our consulting practice we look at each companys file conversion and its file data objectively. But here are some generalizations about the types of files and whether should be built manually versus converted

These are the files that are typically file converted with programs customer files, item masters, customer order and return history, inventory files, purchase orders, subset of item master for WMS system, item locations, etc.

The majority of files and tables are set up manually by user departments. These include promotions, source codes, sales tax, shipping & handling, files which govern business rules (system control values which determine the functions of the system), open orders (keying the data gives you experience with order entry and all the order coding), general ledger chart of accounts, merchandise hierarchy ( div, dept, class, ) and employee files.

Types of files could go either way build or convert - accounts receivables.

There are some types of files like the historical promotions - that arent converted. The results may be sent to a data warehouse, spreadsheet or marketing data base.

Summary

Get with user management and get an early start on planning the conversion. Realistically, consider what it will take to convert files by program versus building them manually and giving the user departments more experience with the new systems maintenance.

Curt Barry is president of F. Curtis Barry & Co., a fulfillment consulting company assisting multichannel businesses with order management and inventory management systems evaluation and implementation; online at: http://www.fcbco.com

Most homeowners collect half a dozen mortgage quotes, pick the one with lowest interest rate, and walk away thinking theyve got a good deal when refinancing. The problem with this approach is that you are simply getting the best of the worst retail loans available. Here are several tips to help you refinance your mortgage with the lowest wholesale rate possible.

What exactly is the best lender when refinancing your mortgage? Ask five different homeowners what makes a good lender and youll surely get five different answers. If youre in the market to refinance your mortgage the best lender is the one that gives you the lowest interest rate and fees for your situation. How do you make sure that you get the lowest rate when refinancing? Find a mortgage company that doesnt charge you Yield Spread Premium when refinancing and youll be ahead of 97% of homeowners out there.

Never heard of Yield Spread Premium? This markup of your mortgage interest rate only serves to give your loan originator a fat bonus check. Youre already paying a perfectly reasonable origination fee for this persons work; however, your interest rate is marked up for a second commission. Yield Spread Premium is added to your interest rate because the wholesale lender behind your loan pays 1.0% of your mortgage amount for every .25% you agree to overpay. Thats a lot of money and a perfectly legal incentive for ripping you off.

Despite the ridiculous truth about this markup and the raging debates in Congress, most homeowners have never heard of and happily pay Yield Spread Premium when refinancing their mortgages. The good news for you is that by learning to recognize Yield Spread Premium you can avoid paying too much when refinancing your mortgage. You can learn more about avoiding Yield Spread Premium when refinancing with a free mortgage toolkit.

To get your FREE Mortgage Refinancing Video Toolkit, visit RefiAdvisor.com using the link below.

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Direct mail marketing is now being used by many large retailers like Macys or Wal-Mart in order to reach their customers. These businesses often send out sales flyers that highlight what will be on sale in their store that week. Retailers also send them out if they have special sales.

You may not think that using the mail is the way to go if you own a small business. You should know that this type of marketing can be very effective in your community. It can reach a lot of people for little money, even if it may not be as flashy as television advertising.

You may not have noticed it, but direct mail marketing has always been around. Many people can still get their mail every day, even though they tend to use email for personal and some business correspondence. In the past, this method has been used by more companies, but only the smart companies still do it.

People can ignore both radio and television ads rather easily, but they regularly check what comes in their mailbox. Unlike commercials, direct mail marketing is less invasive, and they can put the flyers aside for when they have time to look through them.

You should remember that direct mail marketing gives you more say than television or radio spots if you are selling something. You can print anything you want on them, and you dont have to cram all your information into a thirty second spot. You can be sure that your information will reach your customers and potential customers. They will also have more time to read through what you have to offer.

Direct mail marketing is very effective, and people will receive ads and flyers by mail as long as they have postal service. You should make sure you get a bulk rate from the post office, if you want to use direct mail marketing. You can save more money if you send out more. You need to layout a flyer and have it printed, but it costs less than shooting a television commercial.

You can know what you need to do and how to go about an effective campaign by going into the post office and talking to them about direct mail marketing. The people at the post office might be able to discuss bulk rates with you. They may also have suggestions about the best day of the week to send out your materials along with any rules or regulations you may need to know.

Morgan Hamilton offers expert advice and great tips regarding all aspects concerning Direct Mail Marketing. Visit our site for more helpful information about Direct Mail Marketing for Mortgage Company and other similar topics.