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5 Tips Paling Mudah Mengatasi Kulit Kering

Kulit kering pada wajah dan pada anggota tubuh lainnya tentu mempunya banyak dampak dan pengaruh yang negatif bagi semua orang, selain mempengaruhi kesehatan, tentunya hal itu akan membuat percaya diri anda berkurang. Banyak sekali penyebab kulit menjadi kering, diantaranya seperti terkena sinar ultraviolet yang berlebihan, kurangnya mengkonsumsi cairan, kekurangan vitamin dan lain sebagainya.

Grand Slam of Curling: Champions Cup Volunteer Wrap Up

I've volunteered for a dozen Curling Canada events, numerous local curling events, and a ton of other major sport type events. I've done everything from taking out garbages, selling merchandise, pretending to be media, and leading teams of other volunteers. But one volunteer gig remained elusive...I hadn't gotten the opportunity to volunteer for a Grand Slam of Curling* event. Until last month... When I heard Heather Nedohin and her team from the Sherwood Park Curling Club had gotten the first ever Champions Cup, I knew I had to volunteer. I tweeted at various people and eventually was sent a link to fill out the volunteer form online. I couldn't attend any pre event volunteer rallys to size a jacket or anything. I got the impression most of the volunteers were coming from the curling club, as everything was done there pre-event, though the actual event took place at a local arena. I was sent a volunteer schedule a few weeks before the event. This was more first clue it...

5 Tips Mudah Mengecat Dinding agar tahan Lama

Perlukah rumah dicat?, jawabnya tentu perlu. Selain cantik dan indah, dinding yang diberi olesan cat juga memberikan pengaruh yang signifikan untuk perlindungan dan ketahanan dinding. selain itu, Setiap warna mempunyai arti yang bisa mempengaruhi suasana hati, perasaan nyaman dan tampilan keindahan. Ada orang yang memiliki kepercayaan bahwa warna rumah minimalis bisa membawa keberuntungan dan

Roller Derby, Or How I Sorta Became a Derby Girl

Recently, I blogged about a knitting book I had taken out of the library that was full of roller derby patterns. It then occurred to me that I've never blogged about roller derby! Which is crazy, because it's been a big part of my life for the past couple years. Why wouldn't I archive my involvement on my blog? Admit it, you're all sick of hearing about curling anyway. Years ago, like years ago - 2008 maybe? - I went to my first roller derby game. I think it was one of my classmate's birthday and a group of us went. I had no idea, no idea how awesome of a sport it was! One game in and I was hooked - derby is the best mix of fast, loud, violence, and girl power. I didn't grow up watching the banked track games of the 70s, but flat track roller derby in Edmonton became a staple in our lives. For a couple years, a rotating group of friends and I would attend local games semi-regularly. We had our favourite teams and our favourite players. They were like rocks star...

Book Review: Wizard of the Grove

Do you have a book that, when rereading it, causes you to vividly remember where you were the first time you read it? Wizard of the Grove is that book for me. I spent the summer of 2002 travelling in Quebec and Ontario. I remember picking out the book before I left Montreal, annoyed because I had finished Lord of the Rings v.1 but didn't bring v.2, and really all I wanted to do was keep reading that but there was no point buying the additional volumes that I already had at home. It took me forever to find a book that seemed long enough to last me for my trip in Ontario, and I also didn't want to start a massive series because assumably I'd be finishing up Lord of the Rings for the rest of the summer when I got home. Anyway, picking out this book was an ordeal. It was a fantastic read though. I remember sitting in the park near Niagara Falls, reading while I wasted time until it got dark and they lit up the Falls. I remember I was listening to La Bottine Souriante's Ant...

March Challenge: Eat Local in Edmonton Fail

There's still one more week of March, but I pretty much quit this challenge right after I started. I barely made it a few days before breaking the March rule: only buy food from locally owned businesses. I don't think this was a waste of my time though, as I did learn a few things. First, I value convenience over all - over price, over time and over location. Second, it's easier to find locally owned restaurants than it is to find locally owned food marts, at least in my neighbourhood. Third, chain grocery stores trump locally owned stores in terms of variety (and in one case, lack of expired chocolate chips!). Fourth, I live in a food desert, and I'm mostly too lazy to go beyond my neighbourhood borders for groceries, though I'll go farther afield for restaurants. Pretty sure I'll keep trying to eat a locally owned restaurants. I feel that's a mostly manageable and sustainable goal. Groceries though, well I'll keep going to my chain supermarket for dair...

5 Cara Mudah Merawat dan Menjaga Laptop agar tahan lama

Laptop adalah jenis perangkat teknologi yang saat ini tidak bisa lepas dari aktivitas manusia, hal itu dikarenakan laptop adalah alat yang selalu ada di setiap kegiatan seperti perkantoran, sekolah, bank dan tempat-tempat lainnya. Agar laptop tetap tahan dan awet, maka perlu perawatan dan penjagaan yang ekstra agar laptop tidak cepat rusak. Jika laptop tidak dirawat, maka hal yang sering terjadi