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my daughter seems to be addicted to her mentally abusive husband.Will she ever wake up and smell the coffee?!?

  • Posted on August 20, 2010 at 3:19 pm
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The History of Folgers Coffee

  • Posted on January 14, 2010 at 1:07 am

From Norwich, England to a great Atlantic crossing to the brave new world represented by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Folgers coffee tradition has come a long way. What is the story behind your favorite cup of Folgers coffee?

Early History

The 1600s saw a ship leaving the cold, forbidding shores of Norwich, England. It was bound for Massachusetts Bay Colony and onboard was a small English family which would later on become one of the great names of American coffee.

Peter Folger was 18 years old then. Some time during the Atlantic crossing, Peter met and fell in love with a girl named Mary Morrell whom he married shortly after arriving in America. The young Folger family settled in Nantucket where they raised their six daughters and two sons.

Two centuries later, Folger descendant Samuel B. Folger had several children, one of whom was James A. Folger.

Gold to Coffee

Gold mining was the trend then and in 1849, before the onset of the winter season, the Folger family sent three of their sons to the country with their dreams of gold – James and his two older brothers.

However, since the family only had enough money to pay for passage to San Francisco but not enough to pay for travel to the mining towns, 15-year-old James was forced to stay while his older brothers proceeded to the mines.

At that time, commercially roasted coffee was available but it was a luxury item, even for big city-dwellers. The population at large was entirely unaware of it, let alone ground coffee which was even unheard of at the wholesale level.

James at the time was busy looking for work in order to earn enough money to travel to the mining towns. With his skills in carpentry he was able to find ample work. But the turning point of his life came in the form of a 27-year-old entrepreneur named William H. Bovee, who was looking for a carpenter to build a coffee mill. The Pioneer Steam Coffee and Spice Mill was Bovee’s first mill in San Francisco and James’ first venture into the world of coffee.

After a year of working in Bovee’s mill, James now had enough money to stake a claim and headed out to mine for gold. He came back to San Francisco in 1865 to become a full partner. Later in 1872, James bought out the other partners, renaming the company J.A. Folger & Co.

Under James’ leadership, Folgers coffee expanded dramatically. In 1889, James was succeeded by his oldest son, James A. Folger II who spread the word of Folgers coffee in various parts of the country with their principal product of bulk-roasted coffee delivered at grocery stores.

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Sweet drinks at Starbucks that DON’T taste too much like coffee?

  • Posted on January 5, 2010 at 1:07 am

I’ve decided to let my daughter try something at Starbucks. She wants something sweet, but I don’t like the idea of letting her drink coffee, because it can be addictive. Any suggestions? Thanks! :)

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Sweet drinks at Starbucks that DON’T taste too much like coffee?

  • Posted on January 4, 2010 at 10:33 am

I’ve decided to let my daughter try something at Starbucks. She wants something sweet, but I don’t like the idea of letting her drink coffee, because it can be addictive. Any suggestions? Thanks! :)

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Giving Our Best in the Indian Tradition: A Double Blessing

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:12 pm

In the Indian tradition way it is customary to welcome a guest into our home with kindness and generosity by offering the best that we have. In some homes there may not be much – a little coffee, some fry bread — but whatever we have we offer it to our guests in a good way with a good heart.

This is more than just a simple courtesy. We do this to make the person feel welcome and comfortable. This creates a good/positive feeling in the visitor and is our way of blessing that person. Then when that person leaves, he or she carries this positive energy in their hearts and minds. They bless us with this energy. Perhaps they will speak of their visit with someone and say kind words, leaving this person with positive thoughts about us.

Energy that is related to our intentions, creates. And positive energy creates positive things. We can now charge this energy with our intentions and create for our homes, our family, for balance, good health and well-being.

Both parties, the host and the guest, receive a blessing because both are giving and receiving through this perfect circle in a sacred manner. The host gives his best in a good way and receives a blessing in the form of good thoughts and possibly good words from the guest. The guest receives from the host then gives his blessing through positive thoughts and energy, completing the sacred circle.

When done with a good heart this simple exchange can produce a wealth of gifts for all involved. This is not just limited to our homes. This exchange can take place between people anywhere, at any time. Giving our best isn’t limited to treats from our cupboards. We can give our best through a warm handshake and kind words.

I always think of the saying, “Be careful how you treat a stranger lest you entertain an angel.” Since all people come from God, should we not view them as such?

Each time you do this you not only bless that person, you open yourself up to a blessing as well. You get what you give. Each encounter is an opportunity for a blessing… and who can’t use more of this in their life?

Give your best and be blessed!

Ralph P. Brown is a Mohawk instructor on the use of the Medicine Wheel. He is a pipe carrier, ceremony leader, traditional storyteller and author of “Awakening the Eagle: A Guide to the Medicine Wheel” and “13 Virtues to a New Life: A Journey Around the Medicine Wheel”. Having lived with several tribes and studied with many Medicine Men, he brings to his work a lifetime of study and experience. He operates http://www.MirroredWindows.com, an online art gallery.

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Preventing Panic Attacks Help and Advice

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:36 pm

Learning all about preventing panic attacks is something that suffers from this problem aim to do. The fact is that those unlucky folk who experience panic episodes, as well as their family, and good friends would go to any lengths to be informed ways to this problem. While thinking about this subject, let us begin on a positive note.You be successful preventing panic attacks if you just learn howFirstly, it is important to know what caused them. To paraphrase, what is the trigger?

Thanks to the likeness of symptoms between panic and coronaries, it isn’t unusual to find people rushing their family to the nearest surgery as fast as an attack occurs. The doctor might simply give a calmative for preventing panic attacks which would probably result in you feeling better after a little time, and walking back home.

The unfortunate link to this story is the real cause or the root cause or the main cause wasn’t identified! There are relatively easy steps troubled if you need to realise ways to stop panic episodes. Step one could be to completely keep noting down the list of the triggers which caused it in the 1st place. It could be easy stuff like the coffee or a soft drink you drank or the speech you had to make at work meeting or maybe your collaboration in a crowded event.

A heated debate with your other half could also trigger a panic attack. Researching these patterns and triggers, you would simply find that the majority of the panic fits are a consequence of the irrational mind.Doctors and psychotherapists have long noticed that panic fits are usually because of a dysfunctional mind. With the advancement in psycho-therapeutic science, the physician is now using the powers of modern science to stop panic attacks.

If you are aware when and how panic fits occur, you would also learn the way to stop them. A nice example of this is doctors using Cognitive Behavioral Treatment or CBT. Drugs are also prescribed by doctors, majority of which can only assure short term relief.

However psycho-therapeutic approaches are providing higher quality and sustainable results. This care is a long-drawn process which helps the patient to see the sane side of his mind. Essentially the patient becomes capable of rationalizing his fears, fears, ideology and even values. Once the patient sees reason behind his irrational behavior, he steadily gains the talent to be ready to forestall panic episodes.

As an example, if the patient is made public to be surprised stiff of crowded paces, the doctor would show the patient in a peaceful demeanour to places that are crowded and the patient learns slowly, how to deal with this precise situation.

While all that is good, the problem of it actually is this treatment generally does not yield the needed results swiftly.Hypnotherapy either thru a qualified hypnotist or by self hypnosis has been found to offer an efficient solution in stopping panic fits.

Since the real cause of many types of anxiety attacks rests in the deepest crevices of the mind, effective use of the strategy of hypnotherapy can help the patient to get to the subconscious and dig out the assembled thoughts, fears, fears and other negative associations.

Again, setting the mind at complete peace and in a cool condition is the initial step which hypnotist takes. Once the mind is relaxed and chilled it is more open to more positive confirmations given to him outwardly. At last effective mind control and making it clutter-free could give the critical cue to stop preventing panic attacks.It’s necessary to grasp, while learning ways to stop a panic fit, that drugs and robust medicines can nether stop nor relieve the symptoms as the key to heal basically lies in the mind of the influenced individual.

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