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Do movies make a difference in our lives? Of course they do. We are human beings and we learn from what we see, hear and feel. Movies offer it all.

Even when the experience is vicarious and we only imagine ourselves in a role, movies affect us because of the combined impact of music, dialogue, lighting, camera angles, and sound effects that allow a movie to elude our ordinary defensive censors.

We can become emotionally receptive and energized by an uplifting message, or we can become desensitized to violent behavior. But like no other medium before it, the popular film presents the potential for a new power for therapeutic success. It is up to us to see that potential and use it in creative and beneficial ways.

Film Therapy is an assessment tool. While many adults benefit from talking about problems, thoughts, dreams, or emotions in psychotherapy, most children and adolescents find it more difficult to express such feelings. A young child’s response to movies can help the therapist understand the child’s personality, concerns, interests, or current problems. In a child’s selection of movies, we can find clues to their working role models…ideal self-images, inner resources, potential goals, perceived obstacles, degrees of imagination and creativity, and their overall philosophy of life. Motion therapy allows children to express feelings that may be too threatening to express directly.

Films can also be used to get to the bottom of difficult issues. Movies provide common ground for discussions about issues related to family, friendship, school, anxiety, self-esteem, or love. Problems can be approached in relation to an external element, and seeing how an individual in a movie handles a situation can give children ideas about how to deal with a problem in their own lives. Key scenes, seen over and over again, can become the foundation for practicing new skills. Many movies allow children and adolescents to imagine how their own problems can be solved when the characters demonstrate a change in behavior.

Many movies, like dreams, are full of metaphors and symbols that affect us on a deep level. Carl Jung believed that as the mind explores the symbol, it arrives at ideas that lie beyond the reach of reason. Metaphors and symbols stimulate two-sided thinking and creativity; creating a bridge to the subconscious and bypassing the normal ego defenses often found in traditional therapeutic approaches.

Myths and stories can help people put their own personal history and the stories of others in the proper context. All myths and stories have a villain and tell great stories of a journey that a hero must begin. Likewise, young people are on a journey of the heart and soul.

Filmmaking can be considered the contemporary form of mythmaking, reflecting our response to ourselves and the mysteries and wonders of our existence. Movies can have a powerful effect on children and teens because they speak directly to their heart and spirit, bypassing resistance from the conscious mind.

Motion therapy can offer information, role models, and options for more positive behaviors, but it is limited by its indirect nature. We are observing, perhaps internalizing, but not necessarily doing. Unless a child is actively and consciously engaged in behavior change, motion therapy lacks the experiential learning element.

While Film Therapy is an assessment tool, the Filmmaking Process becomes a concrete tool for behavior change. This is the best experiential learning, because it is creative and requires a child or adolescent to actively participate in its creation by becoming self-aware. A boy becomes the hero of his own movie and is actively involved in his own journey towards healthy behavior and adulthood. In essence, a child now becomes his own teacher and is learning about himself while watching the movie, over and over again. He is becoming the behavior he admires and solving his own problems while acting within his own scene and as his own role model. The Filmmaking Process was nominated to SAMHSA’s Service to Science Academy in 2008 as one of the Midwest’s most promising prevention programs for its unique fusion of creativity, technology, and human development.

The movie-making process starts with the problem to be addressed, then focuses on the desired result. The movie becomes the hero’s journey to solve the problem and demonstrate more positive behavior. If the problem is bullying, the film’s focus is kindness, the hero learns through his film experience how he feels, how he looks, and how he affects others. The movie is often based on a myth or a story from ancient times, but our hero is the boy.

The movie-making process uses gorilla filming techniques, which is basically the ingenuity of what is available to us at any given time. This can be in the child’s own home, in the backyard, in the neighborhood, at the park, or on the school playground. It’s the creative process of choosing a subject and putting together, or creating, the props that make the movie a movie. Kids and teens love to create their own costumes, and their costumes represent the hero they want to become.

The movie is shot like a silent movie, using gestures and expressions. This is an important part of child development, learning and recognizing the subtleties of human feelings, represented non-verbally in facial expressions and physical postures. This also allows any child to participate. No need to learn and memorize lines, just play the part, expressing the emotion through physical expression.

The movie is often shot through reflection. A child is remembering something from his past, perhaps an incident that caused him emotional pain, to himself or to others. The film is the journey through emotional pain to resolution and a happy ending. The movie always ends with resolution and hope. The journey is complete and the hero is more aware, more skilled, and can now see the incident in a new light.

The narration is added after the film is edited. The narrative is the plot that tells the story of the hero looking back at himself, overcoming obstacles, learning new behaviors, seeing new perspectives, and becoming more than he was before. Using voiceover narration, rather than trying to shoot a movie with sound, keeps the focus on facial expressions, body language, and action, and is very cost and time efficient.

Music is added to the entire movie. Music that is meaningful to the child or adolescent is best and is intended to create the emotional feelings that are important for behavior change. We must feel inspired to change behavior and we must feel hopeful. Music can take us to those heights. While the use of copyrighted music is a very serious problem these days, there are always musicians in every community who want their music heard and used. There is also a lot of royalty free music on the web.

It is essential that a child’s completed film is released with as much fanfare as possible. Inviting family and friends to watch the full movie is an important element in creating a new behavior. Most of the children and teenagers like to watch their movie over and over again. This reinforces the new learning and each viewing reinforces that learning. Now a boy is learning from the movie she created. He is learning that he can be her own hero and can go through life’s difficulties with awareness, skill and hope. He is no longer just watching, he has actively participated, and that is the great power of experiential learning.

There is so much controversy about what is best to use for baking cookies. You may find yourself scratching your head trying to figure out this dilemma. Which is healthier to use than the other? With a little research we can solve this dilemma.

First, what is shortening? It is a semi-solid fat and refers to a hydrogenated vegetable oil. There is so much controversy about what is best to use for baking cookies. You may be scratching your head trying to solve this dilemma. Hydrogenation is a process of bubbling hydrogen through vegetable oil, changing its chemical structure. This process turns the liquid into a solid at room temperature and below. Butter is 100% fat. Butter and margarine contain 80% fat. Hydrogenation produces trans fats, which are the unhealthy fats that cause heart disease. Shortening’s advantage over butter or margarine is its smoke point (higher temperature before burning). Another advantage is that it has a higher melting temperature. During the cookie baking process, it helps the dough keep its shape longer. This allows the flour and eggs to settle, preventing the dough from spreading too far. There are some new shortening products on the market that contain very little or no trans fat.

Second, what is margarine? Margarine is again made from vegetable oils and does not contain cholesterol. Margarine is high in good fats (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated), but it does contain some saturated fat. Some margarines are worse than others. Hydrogenation solidifies the margarine. The harder the margarine, the more trans fat it contains. Trans fats raise bad cholesterol levels and lower good cholesterol levels, making them worse than saturated fats. Stick margarine has less trans fat than stick margarine.

Thirdly, we all know that butter is created from the fat of dairy cow’s milk cream. Being that, it is animal fat, which is loaded with saturated fat and cholesterol. Butter and margarine are equal in calories and fat. Each contains about 35 calories and 4 grams of fat per teaspoon. Butter is believed to contain trace amounts of hormones and antibodies that are fed to dairy cows. On the plus side, butter contains fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K.

OK, now that you’re confused now more than ever let’s compare. Margarine is better than butter when it comes to our hearts, but it fails in the flavor department. The butter also adds a creamy texture. The shortening helps keep the cookies from going flat or spreading, but again, it doesn’t improve the flavor. In fact, butter has no flavor. If you are a fan of fluffy cookies, use half shortening and half butter. You get the cookie lifted with the butter flavor.

Finally, what should you use, salted butter or unsalted butter. The salt in the butter acts as a preservative, so the butter won’t go rancid if left out at room temperature. The downside is that you are adding extra salt to your recipe. The problem with reducing salt in a recipe to replace salted butter is that different brands of butter have different salt contents. The general rule of thumb is when using salted butter, reduce the added salt by ½ teaspoon per cup of salted butter. The purist baker will always use unsalted butter. That way, they can control the salt that is added to the recipe. The salt in butter is also believed to add flavor, overpowering the sweet taste of butter and masking the smell of butter.

When it comes to decisions between shortening, margarine, salted butter, or unsalted butter, it’s a personal preference. But at least with information we can make an informed decision. The best way to decide what is best for you is to experiment. Try different ways to bake cookies and have fun. As they say, “The journey is the best part of the journey.”

Title 23 of the Consolidated Statutes of Pennsylvania contains the applicable laws and regulations relating to child custody. These statutes are the custody authority in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and should be taken very seriously by parents. The entire custody procedure is based on these laws and for the court to confirm a custody order, these rules must be followed. The laws have a major impact on creating a child custody and visitation schedule because this is the part of the custody agreement that allocates time to the mother and father. Since this is an essential part of custody arrangements, the laws are very specific about certain conditions that the custody schedule must meet. Here are some of the details in the law that can help guide parents as they create their visitation schedule.

Chapter 53 in Title 23 of the Consolidated Statutes states very clearly that any custody decision must be made with the best interest of the child in mind. This is absolutely important for parents to remember when making their custody and visitation schedules. Time must be divided between the parents in such a way that the child can continue to develop and maintain a relationship with the father and mother. Pennsylvania law has decided that it is in the best interest of the child to remain involved with both parents.

The court will base each decision on what is best for the child. A custody and visitation program will not be approved or accepted if it does not appear to benefit the child or meet her needs. Some of the factors, found in Chapter 53, that the court considers in determining the best interest of the child are: the character of the parents, the child’s current living situation, parenting skills, whether the parents allow the child has access to the other parents, and whether there has been a history of abuse or violence. Parents should think about these factors when making their custody schedule. For example, the court is unlikely to approve a schedule where one parent suggests that the other parent is not given time. This is not in the best interest of the child and reflects poorly on parenting skills.

If a joint custody schedule is in the best interest of the child, the court will order it. This is more likely to happen if the parents agree and come up with a plan together. Title 23 uses the term co-parenting to refer to parents who share legal custody, physical custody, or both. Parents in a joint custody arrangement do not have to spend exactly the same amount of time with the children.

If parents follow these rules and statutes when creating their visitation schedule, they will find that the schedule will be approved by the court with little or no hassle. You can also help them make a schedule that works best for the children.

Tired truckers are everyone’s problem. And no trucker wants to drive tired. Some truckers insist that if you plan your trip correctly, you should always be able to find parking. Other truckers understand that no matter how much you plan, truck parking can be hard to come by. Truck stops fill up, usually later than sooner. But truckers can’t make themselves tired according to a plan. Lying in bed wide awake when your plan calls for sleep doesn’t make for a good night’s sleep. Unfortunately, finding a parking space is just part of being a trucker.

Most drivers avoid parking at weigh stations like the plague. It’s understandable. But if you’re tired, maybe it’s not such a bad idea. The following is a guide to some states’ policies regarding trucker parking at weigh stations: what is allowed, what is not, and what truckers can expect.

California

There is no official policy in California regarding parking at weigh stations. And there’s no official policy at any of the weigh stations, so you might run into a rogue officer who’d rather bother truckers than let them sleep. But in general, it’s safer to park at California weigh stations than you thought.

Truckers looking for a safe place to park should consider parking at the Banning Weigh Station. There is no official policy, but the consensus among most Banning truck scale officers is that they would rather have drivers park to rest at the weigh station than have tired drivers on the road. If you wish to park, you will need to walk across the scale, park, and go inside to let the officers know you wish to take your break. That way they’ll know your truck isn’t “unattended.” Unattended trucks have a 4 hour time limit after which the truck will be towed. Officials at the Wheeler Ridge weigh station agree. Tired truckers are dangerous and they would rather truckers take their break at the weigh station than drive tired. At Wheeler Ridge, you do not need to tell the officers that you will be parking for a while.

California weigh stations with less space do not allow parking. For example, trucks cannot park in either San Onofre nb or San Onofre sb. Trucks are also not allowed to park at the Truckee weigh station. The same goes for Rabbit nb and Rabbit sb. But even that is not set in stone. Conejo nb scale officers say that if they are not busy and if a trucker comes in and tells them he is tired, they can use his own discretion and allow the driver to park and take his break. However, both the Conejo nb and Conejo sb scales will close their doors during closing hours, unless there are vehicles parked out of service. Do not plan to park on the ramps when the weigh station is closed.

Florida

Truck parking is allowed—in fact, welcome—at any of Florida’s “super co-ops,” such as weigh stations in Pensacola, Wildwood, and Flagler Beach. Parking is limited at other Florida weigh station locations, such as Hopewell or Bunnell, so drivers shouldn’t expect to find parking at those scales. Officials with the Florida Department of Transportation say drivers can park at any of Florida’s “super co-ops” without fear of risking unwanted inspection. If an officer sees something that is clearly a safety violation, such as a flat tire, the driver will be notified of the violation before he leaves the weigh station and will have to repair it. But officers will not ask a driver who has been parked at the weigh station for his logbook, nor will they pick up the vehicle for an inspection. Unless, of course, the driver parked there because he was taken out of service; If a driver was placed out of service for a logbook violation, he may request to see the driver’s logbook before he is allowed to leave the weigh-in area. season.

Georgia

Truck parking is allowed at any Georgia weigh station as long as there is space. Drivers are asked to park in the back lot of any of Georgia’s “super co-ops.” One Georgia weigh station where parking spaces are in short supply is the Lithia Springs weigh station on eastbound I 20, west of Atlanta. Drivers should not plan to park at the Lithia Springs weigh station. Georgia DOT officials say that while drivers likely won’t be subject to inspection if they’ve been parked at the weigh station, it’s not out of the question. Officers may choose to ask a driver leaving the parking area to show their log book. They may also choose to inspect the truck. This is unlikely, but there is no policy prohibiting the practice.

Kentucky

The Walton Weigh Station and the Verona Weigh Station are designated “safe haven” locations for truckers. This means truckers can park there without fear of unwanted inspection. Kentucky police officers say truckers can be searched when they enter the weigh station, but once they’ve cleared the truck scale and gone to the “safe haven” lot, they don’t have to worry about it anymore. . “Safe Haven” weigh stations provide a safe place for truckers to park.

You have a spiritual gift. I’m sure you have a spiritual gift if you are a human being. And if you are reading this article, then you are a human being and you have a spiritual gift. But if you don’t know what it is, you’re not going to benefit from it. In this article I will show you how you can determine or discover your spiritual gift.

It is one of the signs of spiritual awakening that people are looking for a way to find out what spiritual gifts they have received from the Spirit. The spiritual hunger of the people drives them to seek the gifts that the Spirit has given them. If he is trying to discover or determine what gifts the Spirit has given him, then he has come to the right place.

There are three signs that show you what your spiritual gift or gifts are. These three signs are: 1) an activity that is easy or pleasant for you; 2) an activity that you do well produces results; 3) it is of benefit to others and, consequently, to you.

Those are the three signs, but they don’t include how you actually discover the gift. I will discuss this later. Let’s first discuss the three signs above.

The first sign that you have this gift is that you are doing an activity that is easy or enjoyable for you. It can be singing, dancing, healing or speaking in another language. The first two examples I just gave can also be talents. But talents are different from gifts. Strictly speaking, talents are innate. Gifts are given when you are of legal age or mature enough to make use of the gift. But some of the so-called talents can also be given as gifts. In other words, they come late into your life, like in the example I give of singing and dancing.

The second sign is that you do this activity well or are effective in this activity. You put your hand on a sick person and that sick person is cured. You have the gift of healing. You sing and people are moved to tears. You have the gift of singing. If you sing and people applaud you, you may only have the talent to sing but not the gift.

And the third sign is that the activity helps or benefits other people. and consequently benefits you. You heal people and become useful to others. You become a useful person.

These three signs must appear together, not one at a time. They are present in every activity that is your gift.

Usually, a gift is discovered during a crisis situation. You don’t go around trying this or that activity to find out if you have this or that gift. You don’t go to hospitals to put your hands on the sick to find out if you have the gift of healing. If you do this, hospital administrators may force you to leave the hospital as a nuisance.

What usually happens is that you find yourself in a crisis situation. For example, your neighbor is sick and the doctors cannot find anything wrong with that sick person. And you called just to visit. Before leaving the patient you say a prayer and as a gesture of help you place your right hand on the person’s head. The person recovers, instantly or after a while. You do this again with other people and the same effect occurs. People heal. You have the gift of healing.

I gave the example of the gift of healing because it is quite common and there are those who believe that each of us has the gift of healing. I also give this example because it is a gift that I myself have experienced.

But there are other gifts.

So how do you determine the gift that has been given to you? Talk to the Spirit. Ask him what gift he gave you. Then keep helping other people. When you encounter a crisis situation, you will discover the gift you have been given.

Another example. This guy took pity on those who don’t have a good stable shelter. He built a housing project for a poor and depressed community. He got publicity. Soon other people helped him with his project of sheltering people. He has the gift of sheltering the homeless. In fact, he has gone around the world giving shelter to people. You may know who this person is, because he is famous.

Discovering or determining your gift is like a spiritual awakening. You wake up to the reality that you have a gift that can be of great help to others.

The bunker shot is probably the only shot in golf that strikes fear into the hearts of even the strongest and most courageous golfers. Nothing to fear though, bunker shots are simple when you understand the basic principles behind playing them.

I’ve outlined 8 basic techniques below that, with a little practice and patience, will allow you to confidently play those bunker shots on a regular basis and almost look forward to the next opportunity you get to practice your new skills.

8 Basic Techniques to play Bunker Shots!

1. Establish a firm base – It is vital to establish a solid base when playing bunker shots to ensure that you can take your full swing without slipping or moving too much laterally. So tuck his feet in until you feel sure he’s fully supported. Nb, the longer the bunker shot, the more solid the base will be.

2. Get into an open stance – This will help restrict the length of your backswing and accentuate your approach angle to allow you more control and deliver the ball with a higher trajectory. It will also help you better visualize the shot.

3. Open Clubface – Make sure the clubface is open at address to allow your bunker shots to have more lift so they can land more smoothly on the greens.

4. Weight to the left side – Shift your weight to favor the left side, this helps to avoid too much lateral movement and will give you more control.

5. Vertical Swing Plane – Swing the clubhead off your intended line and back along the same path, this will help create a steeper plane to also help with lift and control.

6. Hit the ball 2-4 inches from behind: The sand will do the work for you, so try to hit the sand 2-4 inches from behind the ball.

7. Keep the clubface open at impact – Make sure you keep the clubface open at impact to ensure the ball comes off with the required lift.

8. Accelerate through the ball – Make sure you complete your swing and are always accelerating through the ball at impact, slowing down will only put the ball in the bunker!

“Ki Ora! Welcome to New Zealand!” This is often the comment you’ll receive when you step off the plane at one of our international airports in Christchurch, Hamilton or Auckland.

New Zealand is an amazing place to live and a fantastic place to visit. We have lush green hills surrounding us in many parts of the country, but we also have acres and acres of lush green plains with flowing rivers leading to the Pacific Ocean.

There is so much to do here and no matter what your age, there is something for everyone. Having lived in New Zealand all my life and having traveled to most of the North and South Islands, I can tell you that there is no other place in the world that I would rather live.

So what can you do in New Zealand? Well if you like hiking and camping this will be like heaven for you. We have some fantastic mountain ranges. The best places for hiking and camping are Taupo which is in the center of the North Island, Wellington, Christchurch and the west coast of the South Island where there are some amazing hikes.

Don’t like hiking or camping? Do you prefer to go shopping? I just had the place for you! Auckland, our largest city, has one of the best places for shopping! There are so many outlet stores and outlets, you’re sure to find something and being a outlet shopper myself, I would recommend visiting “Dressmart” in Onehunga, it’s huge and has some of the best shops! Another fantastic place to shop is Wellington’s main street; catch a cable car to get around. Christchurch also has fantastic shopping centers.

Ok, so you’re shopping? Want to see all the different attractions New Zealand has to offer? Well, where should I start?! Here is a list of my favorite places in New Zealand, there are many more, but these are the ones I love:

• Swim at the 90 mile beach at the top of the North Island. This is just after Kaitia, which is about a 6 hour drive from Auckland city centre.
• Fishing on the Great Barrier Island. There are some great charters out there and this is some of the best deep sea fishing you can find.
• Enjoying a good coffee in front of the sea in Mission Bay in Auckland. This is a fantastic place to be during the summer.
• Visit the Auckland Museum to learn a bit of history about our beautiful country. Learn about Maori culture and how our country has evolved through the centuries.
• Head to the Waitomo district and go to the Waitomo Caves where you can go white and black water rafting and see the amazing glow worms in the caves. This is a truly surreal experience.
• Visit our national bird, the Kiwi at the Kiwi house in Otorohanga. Get up close and personal with this two-legged flightless bird. They are beautiful.
• Taupo – my favorite place to be during summer and winter. Taupo has one of the largest lakes in the world, which is the crater left behind by one of the largest volcanic explosions to rock this world. The lake is famous for its amazing trout fishing. Also one of my favorite things to do is parasail behind a boat on the lake, you get some amazing views! Go a step further and do a tandem skydive over the Taupo district. My dad made this for his 50th birthday last year; He was on high for days after that!
• Drive an hour and a half from Taupo and you’ll come across some of the best skiing in the world. Mount Ruapehu (still an active volcano!) is one of the busiest mountains in winter; You can ski on both sides of the mountain as there are two ski fields.
• Cape Kidnappers is another great historical place to visit and is one of the warmest places in New Zealand. Take the tour to the tip of Cape Kidnappers and visit the colony of Gannets (birds) that gather there. Beware of the smell though, it’s something you have to experience!
• Take the ferry from Wellington via Picton on the South Island and you’ll find a very different New Zealand. The South Island isn’t so much hustle and bustle it’s more of a chilled out vibe, take your time, a great place to unwind.
• Nelson is one of the fastest growing cities in New Zealand and it’s not hard to see why. This is a great beachside city and many people retire here or bring their families for the lifestyle.
• Head towards the west coast of the South Island and you’ll come across a town called Kaikoura, where you can take a boat cruise to see some of the most amazing dolphins and whales up close and personal.
• Queenstown is probably my favorite city in New Zealand, it has a great atmosphere all year round, it is surrounded by a beautiful lake and one of the best ski slopes in New Zealand. Whether you visit during the summer or winter, you’ll be charmed by locals and tourists alike, this is definitely a place to be.
• Invercargill, where one of my brothers lives, is a small town at the bottom of the South Island. On a clear day you can see Stewart Island in the distance. Drive half an hour out of Invercargill and you’ll come across Bluff…famous for its Bluff Oysters, this sleepy little town has ‘land’s end’ marked by signs pointing you in the direction you want to head. A great place to get your photo taken and of course if you like seafood you will want to try their oysters.

There you have it, some of my favorite places in New Zealand, my home country and the place I will always return to. Come visit us and create your own favorite places to visit!

No one can deny the fact that the video game industry is now one of the most prolific industries in the world. There is so much going on, and each new day brings new events that determine the area of ​​video game news to expand and keep up.

This industry was born in the 70s, when computers appeared. It started as a hobby for those who used computers to play games. Then more and more people started getting their own computers, and video games grew as well. By the end of the decade, computer games began to attract more and more attention.

In 1974, a magazine took the liberty of covering this rising industry. Its name was Play Meter and it included information about the entire industry. But the first magazine that covered only news from the domain of video games appeared in the UK in 1981 and was called Computer and Video Games. Later, the United States launched its own version, called Electronic Games.

The Internet has helped this industry grow even more by giving people access to online gaming websites. People could store more data on CDs and even download games for their children and themselves. And that’s how the gaming industry became more than just a hobby. When an industry receives more attention, the information related to it must be covered in order to reach the people concerned.

Today, companies like Disney, Sony, Nintendo, and many others are extremely popular in the world of video games. It is no coincidence that the gaming industry accounts for a large part of the economy. For example, can you believe that Grand Theft Auto 4 made more revenue than Spiderman 3 in the first week of release? How much do you ask? How about $500 million? This information and others like it can only reach people as news.

There are many websites online that cover everything that happens in the gaming world. It does not matter if we are talking about tax evasion or price discounts. This helps interested people to stay up-to-date on the latest game apps, software, tools, or anything new that hits the market. Video game companies can successfully use such websites to better understand the market and develop more efficient expansion strategies.

In fact, the Internet is one of the best sources for video game news. Many social networks and gaming portals attach great importance to these news. The rapidly evolving gaming news industry relies on them because of the space provided for users to comment and express their opinions related to various gaming related topics. This is a great way to support the system and encourage growth.

Every business, at some point, requires some form of financial assistance. If you find that you simply need more money to finance the day-to-day operations of your business, you’ll want to apply for a working capital loan. The sooner you can get approved, the better, as this type of loan helps pay for a business’s short-term operating requirements. Businesses that rely on seasonal earnings or cyclical sales tend to need capital to help out during periods of reduced activity. Retailers, for example, typically sell more products during the fourth quarter around the holiday season than at any other time. Manufacturers have sales that correlate with the needs of the retailers that buy from them.

The best thing about a working capital loan is that the financing is immediate. This type of loan is also easy to obtain for the most part and allows business owners to efficiently cover any gap in their capital expenditures. It is also a type of debt financing that does not require an equity transaction. This means that you, as the business owner, will continue to maintain full control of your business.

There are a few different types of working capital loans, the most common being “short-term working capital loans.” These provide the company with a lump sum that must be repaid in a shorter period of time, usually within 18 months. You may also want to apply for a working capital line of credit, which will give you access to some funds that you can use when you need it.

Other options besides a working capital loan

Other options include bill financing and merchant cash advances. With the latter, you get an up-front sum of cash that you’re expected to pay back by letting the lender take a certain percentage of your business’s credit card sales. It is the most expensive type of capital a company can obtain, but it is also very easy to get approved. If you haven’t established a good credit rating, you may need to consider this.

As for the financing of invoices, it is a solution for companies whose working capital depends on the payment of customer invoices. If customers have been late, these businesses have a hard time finding the cash they need for daily operations. So, invoice financing helps business owners gain access to capital immediately.

If you are interested in any type of working capital loan, the best place to look is US Business Funding. They are committed to offering financial solutions to help small and medium-sized businesses grow. There is a 60 second approval process and a 24 hour funding process.

When remodeling your kitchen or bathroom, you want to use the most durable and attractive materials available. Natural stone is one of the most desired countertop surfaces for its longevity and unique beauty. Installing custom stone countertops is a sound investment in your home. They will add value and aesthetic appeal to your kitchen and bathrooms.

Kitchen countertops are an integral part of the design of the room. They are often one of the first things you notice when you walk into the room. When you choose a natural stone surface, such as granite, you get a completely unique and elegant surface that instantly enhances the entire look of the room. Each slab has its own swirls and specks of color that make it unlike any other piece of stone. You’ll want to choose your tile in person to get the piece that will best complement your room’s cabinets, appliances, paint, and other features.

You just can’t find this kind of elegance and beauty in a synthetic material. Investing in a granite or marble countertop is a smart way to add value to your home. When it’s time to sell your home, potential buyers will appreciate the addition of stone countertops. Granite is instantly recognizable as a durable and elegant surface, ideal for kitchens. Potential buyers will be impressed with your countertops and understand the value they add to a home.

If you haven’t priced out stone countertops lately, now is the time. New technologies in mining and manufacturing have made stones like granite more affordable than ever. Your investment will pay for itself with longevity. With proper maintenance, your stone surface should last a lifetime. There is no other countertop surface available that is more durable than granite. Once you’ve installed a granite countertop, you’ll never have to replace it. If it is somehow cracked or damaged, many stone specialty stores offer repair services.

Another reason that custom stone countertops are a smart investment is the fact that they are easy to maintain. Warm soapy water is all you need to get them sparkling clean. You will want to avoid acidic cleaners, such as vinegar, as well as harsh or abrasive cleaners, as they can scratch the surface. Special cleaners are also available.

Your stone countertop must be properly sealed. While not foolproof protection, it will resist moisture more easily than an unsealed surface. When the water no longer forms beads on the surface, it is a good indication that it is time to apply the sealer. Your countertop manufacturer will give you more information about the specific sealer used on your countertop and when it should be resealed.

The stone countertops instantly update the room. The rich, luxurious colors and textures of the stone make your kitchen and baths look like something you would see in a luxury hotel or spa. Custom countertops are an investment that will make your entire home more functional and attractive. Find a stone fabricator in your area to help you design a countertop that complements your style and the individual design of your home.