Sample Content Preview Introduction One of the most popular tattoo design choices for women, the Butterfly reveals the feminine influence in tattoo culture. Generally speaking, butterflies are an overwhelmingly female tattoo design. Because of the butterfly’s short life span, many ancient peoples saw it as emblematic of the impermanent. Its physical beauty and its fluttering from flower to flower seeking nectar have made it synonymous with the more unstable and superficial aspects of the human soul. In Greek mythology, Psyche was represented in art with butterfly wings. It’s all about the airborne soul – and the caterpillar emerging from its cocoon, transformed from an earth-bound to an aerial entity, is the classic metaphor. To the Greeks, a human soul emerged each time a butterfly emerged from its cocoon. Diverse cultures looked upon the Butterfly as a symbol of transformation, regeneration and flight. Souls were carried by the Butterfly from earth to heaven, or in some cases were believed to be the souls themselves returning to earth. Butterfly goddesses have emerged in places as far apart as Minoan Crete and Toltec Mexico. Some of these deities were believed to be the personification of certain butterflies, and were regarded as symbols of beauty, love, flowers, and the spirits of the dead. They were also looked upon as the patrons of women who died in childbirth and warriors who fell in battle. At the other end of the spectrum, one of the Butterfly deities in ancient Mexico was the goddess of war and human sacrifice.

Table of Contents 1. Introduction Welcome to the World of Coffee Lovers 2. Common Kitchen Conversions English to Metric Measurment 3. Specialty Coffee The Best Recipes start with the Right Ingredients 4. Hot Coffee Recipes Beyond Your Basic Cup of Joe 5. Cold Coffee Recipe Cool Refreshing Treats 6. Lattes Smooth and Creamy Delights 7. Alcoholic Coffee Recipes Put a Little Spirit In Your Coffee 8. Coffee Desserts Cups, Bowl, and Plates of Coffee 9. Coffee Cake Recipes New Twists on an Old Favorite 10. Conclusion Sample Content Preview INTRODUCTION If you are a coffee drinker, and are looking to perfect the coffee you drink, this book is for you. If you are, or want to be a connoisseur of the true rich flavor that coffee offers in its finest form, this book is also for you. And, if you love making and tasting a fabulous dessert accented by the taste of fine coffee then, you guessed it, this book is definitely for you. This book was created out of my personal love for the taste of fine specialty coffee. It’s the first thing I grab in the morning before heading out the door to work. It’s what I enjoy at a café or restaurant for Sunday afternoon brunch. And nothing beats a good cup of espresso or cappuccino to finish off a great dinner.

Table of Contents The Basics of Home Improvement Loans Home Improvement Magazines The Danger of Home Improvement Shows One Person’s Favorite Home Improvement Software Beware of Home Improvement Got Home Remodeling Ideas? Remodeling a Fireplace Can Be Fun Choosing Remodeling Contractors Think Before Remodeling Old Homes The Basics of Remodeling on a Budget The Benefits of Remodeling Porches Basics of Remodeling Your Laundry Room Basic Basement Remodeling Who’s Doing Do It Yourself Home Improvements? Enjoy the Savings of Energy Efficient Home Improvements Ten Tips to Conserve Energy in Your Home Sample Content Preview All About Home Improvement The Basics of Home Improvement Loans Home improvement loans are designed to help borrowers make improvements on their homes. It can be used for such things as adding a new room, remodeling a kitchen, building a pool, or re-carpeting the entire house. As a secured loan, collateral is required - current equity in the home. To qualify for possible tax deductions, the improvements must be on the borrower's primary residence, not rental property, second home, or vacation home. The interest rate on the home improvement loan is typically lower than other secured loans because it is less risky, plus it tends to enhance the borrower's home. Borrower's must own their home or be making payments on their home to be eligible for a home improvement loan. Home Improvement Loans Home improvement loans are designed to help borrowers remodel or add additional features to their homes. Kitchen and bath remodeling is the most popular home improvement, but other purposes such as installing a new roof, building a garage, or adding a swimming pool are other common improvements. There are two types of home improvement loans available to most borrowers; Traditional Home Improvement Loans and FHA Title I Home Improvement Loans.

Table of Contents 1) After iPhone and iPod it’s iPad – The birth of iPad_______________5 2) Apple’s incredible invention- iPad enjoys customer loyalty! _______7 3) How powerful can a 700 gm device be?_______________________9 4) Safari, Alphabet Fun, Popular Science +, The Elements- some chic applications that you would have never laid your hands on before! ____11 5) Why should you opt for an iPad?____________________________13 6) What makes iPad a better option over regular laptops?__________15 7) Connectivity, power and battery offered by iPad_______________17 8) Storage- How much can an iPad stockpile?____________________19 9) A quick sneak peek into what users have to say________________21 10) How to make your iPad look better?_________________________23 Sample Content Preview Chapter 1: After iPhone and iPod it’s IPad - the birth of iPad Change has always been the driving force behind everything a person does. Over the last few years, we have seen changes everywhere, the way people work, communicate and even the lifestyle of people. Not only this, we have even seen technology change for the better. Technological advances have benefited the mankind in many ways and provided mankind with better and better gadgets which make life simpler and easier. Technology has given us every type of gadget that we make use of today. From televisions to computers to mobile phones, we have seen technology change at a rapid rate. The launch of the iPhone and the iPad in the last few years made everyone wonder what technology can do for us. People were not even familiar with using iPhones and iPods, when a new and even better product was launched in the market. This gadget was the iPad. The birth of the iPad brought about a revolution in the mobile computing market across the globe. This gadget was received with open arms by the mobile computing market as the company sold 3 million of these devices within 80 days of its release. The iPad was released in April 2010 by Apple. Apple launched the iPod in 2001. The iPod is a portable music player. In 2007, Apple launched the iPhone. The iPhone is a mobile computing device. To add functionality to these devices and to make mobile computing easier, Apple developed the iPad which is nothing but a tablet computer.

Table of Contents Foreword Chapter 1: Child Health Basics Chapter 2: Healthy Eating Chapter 3: Healthy Hygiene Chapter 4: Doctor Visits And Vaccinations Chapter 5: Sleep And Exercise Chapter 6: Limiting TV And Internet Chapter 7: Maintaining Health Insurance Chapter8: Common Childhood Diseases Chapter 9: How Maintaining Good Health Helps Your Child In The Long Run Wrapping Up Sample Content Preview Foreword There are a lot of corresponding factors that affect the general healthy conditions of a child and every parent should ideally take the time and effort to explore all the various elements that will help to ensure the healthy growth of the child. Get all the info you need here. Childhood Wellness The Basics Of Raising Healthy Kids Chapter 1: Child Health Basics Synopsis Generally a healthy child is one that is less likely to be susceptible to any diseases or sicknesses that may be going around at the time. Most children are able to live a happy and healthy life with the help of a good diet plan and the daily physical activity that will help them function optimally both mentally and physically. The Basics Keeping the child healthy is really the responsibility of the parent as is teaching the child to adopt good habit that will help keep the child from being unnecessarily exposed to anything unhealthy. However should there be a need to address any less than desirable health conditions, it may be prudent to seek medical advice at the earliest possible stage

Table of Contents 1) The importance of light and flash in photography ____________________________5 2) Equipment and gear required for flash photography __________________________7 3) More about flash brackets and fill flash_____________________________________9 4) What are bounce flash, off-camera flash and power packs in flash photography?__11 5) Dealing with red eye removal – How important is it?_________________________13 6) The advantages of zoom flash____________________________________________15 7) When should flash photography not be used? ______________________________17 8) When should flash photography essentially be used? ________________________19 9) Simple tips on Flash Photography_________________________________________21 10) Quick techniques on flash and color matching technology for beginners _________23 11) Conclusion ___________________________________________________________25 Sample Content Preview Chapter 1 - Importance of light and flash in photography It is said that any person’s feelings can be read easily on the face. However, that photographer is said to be best who captures those feelings exactly they are in the photograph. The lighting effects can be achieved by using both light and flash. Both of them thus hold an equal importance. Importance of light Light is considered an important part for the photography. The quality of any snap is judged by the light handled. There is a device called light meter that measures the light. It tells that what amount and how well the light meter can see the light. Settings are to be done of shutter speed, aperture and film speed. All the settings done and accurate exposure of light leads to a beautiful picture. Once the method of measurement of light is known, the settings are done in the aperture. An aperture controls the amount of light to be passed through the lens. By adjusting of speed of shutter one can control the light exposure. The concept is that when the shutter speed is slow it takes much time to close and allow more light to pass through the lens. Fast speed of shutter captures a crisp image by allowing lesser amount of light to pass through. In case when there is not enough light to shoot, one requires to use a flash or other light supplement.

Sample Content Preview 51 Ways to Create a Great Home Office More and more people these days have home offices, but it can be hard to separate the “home” from the “office.” This ebook is designed to help you make a wonderful home office that will be efficient, appealing, and comfortable. MAKE A PLAN If you’re building an office from scratch, the first thing you need to do is make a plan. This first set of tips will get you thinking about where to start. 1. Define Your Space The first thing you need to do is decide where your office is going to be. Do you have a whole room to dedicate to it? Or maybe just a corner of a room? Whatever the case, it’s important to clearly define your office space. 2. Questions to Ask You’re going to want to ask yourself some important questions while considering your home office. Questions like: What furniture do I already have (desk, chair, lamp)? Will clients need to come in my office? Is my space big enough that I won’t feel crowded? 3. Draw Your Work Area It’s a good idea to plan out your work area. Where is your desk going? Do you have room for shelves? If you can see everything on paper, It’ll be a lot easier when you move things to where they need to be.

Table of Contents Foreword 5 General Bibliography 6 I. The Purpose of Camping 7 II. Leadership 13 Bibliography (See General Bibliography) 6 III. Location and Sanitation 25 Bibliography 36 IV. Camp Equipment 38 V. Personal Check List or Inventory. 58 VI. Organization, Administration and Discipline 66 VII. The Day's Program 75 Bibliography 85 VIII. Moral and Religious Life 87 Bibliography 102 IX. Food 104 X. The Camp Fire 123 Bibliography 133 XI. Tramps, Hikes and Overnight Trips 135 XII. Cooking on Hikes 147 Bibliography 153 XIII. Health and Hygiene 155 Bibliography 167 XIV. Simple Remedies 168 XV. First Aid 175 XVI. Personal Hygiene 201 XVII. Athletics, Campus Games, Aquatics, Water Sports 209 Bibliography 229 XVIII. Nature Study 231 Bibliography 238 XIX. Forecasting the Weather 240 Bibliography 245 XX. Rainy Day Games 247 Bibliography 255 XXI. Educational Activities 257 Bibliography 278 XXII. Honor, Emblems and Awards 279 XXIII. Packing Up 289 Index 293 Sample Content Preview FOREWORD The author has conducted boys' camps for twenty-three years, so that he is not without expe¬rience in the subject. To share with others this ex¬perience has been his aim in writing the book. The various chapters have been worked out from a prac¬tical viewpoint, the desire being to make a hand¬book of suggestions for those in charge of camps for boys and for boys who go camping, rather than a theoretical treatise upon the general subject. Thanks are due to E. M. Robinson, Dr. Elias G. Brown, Charles R. Scott, Irving G. MacColl, J. A. Van Dis, Taylor Statten, W. H. Wones, H. C. Beck¬man, W. H. Burger, H. M. Burr, A. B. Wegener, A. D. Murray, and H. M. Allen, for valuable suggestions and ideas incorporated in many chapters. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the follow¬ing publishers for permission to quote from the books mentioned in the bibliography--Charles Scribner's Sons, Harper Brothers, Outing Pub¬lishing Company, Baker & Taylor Company, Loth¬rop, Lee & Shepard Company, Penn Publishing Company, Doubleday, Page & Company, Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, Ginn & Company, Sunday School Times Company, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Little, Brown & Company, Moffat, Yard & Company, Houghton, Mifflin Company, Sturgis & Walton, Funk & Wagnall's Company, The Manual Arts Press, Frederick Warne & Company, Review and Herald Publishing Company, Health-Education League, Pacific Press Publishing Company.

Table of Contents Foreword Chapter 1: Simulation Game Basics Chapter 2: Research the Game Sites Chapter 3: Choose Your Game Chapter 4: Learn the Rules about Money and Advancing Chapter 5: What Tasks Have to be Completed? Chapter 6: Decide Between Multi-player and Single Player Chapter 7: Make Sure You Have Accessories Chapter 8: Getting in the Player Mindset Chapter 9: The Best Simulation Games Chapter 10: Learning to Separate These Games from Reality Sample Content Preview Foreword Are you bored and want to enjoy your leisure time? Then, playing simulation games is your best choice. If you are new to these games, this is your chance to expand your ideas. Whether you want to play easy or complex simulation games, expect that you will love them all. Simulation games are too easy to play. You just have to know which of type of game is fit for your preferences and hobbies. Before you become a professional simulation game player, you need to know everything about these games including their process and strategies. To have a perfect experience, simply use this guide and see how these games change your daily routine!

Table of Contents After iPhone and iPod it’s iPad – The birth of iPad_______________5 Apple’s incredible invention- iPad enjoys customer loyalty! _______7 How powerful can a 700 gm device be?_______________________9 Safari, Alphabet Fun, Popular Science +, The Elements- some chic applications that you would have never laid your hands on before! ____11 Why should you opt for an iPad?____________________________13 What makes iPad a better option over regular laptops?__________15 Connectivity, power and battery offered by iPad_______________17 Storage- How much can an iPad stockpile?____________________19 A quick sneak peek into what users have to say________________21 How to make your iPad look better?_________________________23 Sample Content Preview Chapter 1: After iPhone and iPod it’s IPad - the birth of iPad Change has always been the driving force behind everything a person does. Over the last few years, we have seen changes everywhere, the way people work, communicate and even the lifestyle of people. Not only this, we have even seen technology change for the better. Technological advances have benefited the mankind in many ways and provided mankind with better and better gadgets which make life simpler and easier. Technology has given us every type of gadget that we make use of today. From televisions to computerstomobilephones,wehaveseen technology change at a rapid rate. The launch of the iPhone and the iPad in the last few years made everyone wonder what technology can do for us. People were not even familiar with using iPhones and iPods, when a new and even better product was launched in the market. This gadget was the iPad. The birth of the iPad brought about a revolution in the mobile computing market across the globe. This gadget was received with open arms by the mobile computing market as the company sold 3 million of these devices within 80 days of its release. The iPad was released in April 2010 by Apple. Apple launched the iPod in 2001. The iPod is a portable music player. In 2007, Apple launched the iPhone. The iPhone is a mobile computing device. To add functionality to these devices and to make mobile computing easier, Apple developed the iPad which is nothing but a tablet computer.