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Nottingham is lively city, full of music and entertainment, as well as history and culture. For those looking for a day of art or history appreciation, and the quiet restoration that it can bring, the city has a variety of museums and art galleries.

The free Angel Row Gallery at the Central Library showcases contemporary works by living artists. Most shows are experimental and thought-provoking in nature, and usually include some interactive exhibits for children and families alongside the more contemplative displays. There are also a number of workshops, lectures, and courses available through the gallery.

The first municipal art gallery in the United Kingdom was the Midland Counties Museum of Art, founded in 1872. In 1878 moved into Nottingham Castle, finally refurbished by noted local architect Thomas Chambers Hine after it was burned and gutted by rioters angry at the Duke of Newcastle in 1831. The gallery, with its name changed to “Nottingham Art Museum” and then to “Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham Castle” grew quickly through public donations, and now hoses a world class collection of archaeological items and antiquities, an ethnographical collection, ceramics, paintings, prints, and drawings, silver, armour, and Venetian glass. It has many children’s exhibitions, and frequent tours through the numerous manmade caves, tunnels, dungeons and wine cellars delved deep under the castle’s sandstone foundations. The Castle Museum is now associated with the Nottingham School of Art.

There are also numerous private art galleries and art dealers throughout Nottingham, especially in the Lace Market district. The Lakeside Arts Centre provides visual art in addition to music, dance and theatre.

The Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard is a fascinating collection of information about everyday life in the city over the last three hundred years. The Brewhouse Yard was once a tiny village of twenty houses, including the renowned “Trip to Jerusalem” pub which dates back to the 11th century, and several underground dwellings carved into the sandstone bluff, which were used as air raid shelters during World War II. Since 1977, five of the 17th century cottages from the village have been refurbished to hold the historical collection of the Museum. Each cottage holds a reconstruction of Edwardian and Victorian households or shop settings from days gone by, as well as displays of antique photographs, paintings, machinery and more.

Mathematical physicist George Green built a windmill in the 19th century, and it is still a working mill which produces award-winning organic flour. Visitors to Green’s Windmill and Science Centre, founded 1985, can observe the workings of the mill and learn about the history and current production of flour. There is also a hands-on Science Centre which explores some of the concepts Green studied during his lifetime. There are interactive displays on electricity, light and magnetism which are geared towards children.

The Natural History Museum was founded in 1867 and showcases the collections of local and international naturalists. It was moved into its own buildings at University College (now the University of Nottingham) in 1881, was closed during the war, then relocated to the largely unsuitable Wollaton Hall in 1926. It holds over three quarters of a million specimens of fossils, minerals, insects, plants, and vertebrate and invertebrate animals. The Nottingham Biological and Geological Records Centre is also housed at the museum.

Newstead Abbey was the home of the Byron family. The estate and its Byron Museum were donated to the city of Nottingham by Sir Julien Cahn in 1931. It has information and memorabilia about the famous poet Lord Byron, the related families Byron, Wildman and Webb, and archival and archaeological information about Newstead Priory and the Newstead Estate.

A Canal Museum was opened in 1981, but closed and transferred its collections to the National Boat Museum in 1998.

The 500-acre Wollaton Park and the impressive Tudor mansion Wollaton Hall (built by Robert Smythson in the 1500s, and once owned by the Willoughby family) were purchased by the city in 1925. The estate was briefly taken over by the military during World War II, and the museum collections housed there were temporarily forced to move. A classic Doric Temple stands in the deer park, and the Grade 1 Listed Camellia house is also part of the complex. The estate has been undergoing thorough restoration throughout 2006, with some portions closed to the public.

Wollaton Park was later used to house the Industrial Museum which preserved the important history of the manufacturing and processing of textiles, lace, wool, bicycles, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, steam engines, agricultural machinery and other manufacturing in the area. It also has a fine transport collection, with Baskerville coaches and other historical items.

The similar Museum of Costume and Textiles was opened in Castlegate in 1976, but closed to the public in 2003, although the collections are still viewable by appointment.

Article by Susan Ashby of Nottingham Singles. To read more articles like this or for dating in Nottingham visit http://www.nottingham-singles.co.uk

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There are three main components to keep in mind when you’re building your Portable Empire:

1. Building your list

2. Building your relationship with your list

3. Making products and selling them to your list, and through Joint-Venture and affiliate arrangements, to the universe.

Let’s talk about choosing your niche. This is the playground where you’re going to play- so keep it interesting and fun.

According to the Mirriam-Webster dictionary, niche means:

2 a : a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted

b : a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species

c : the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption

d : a specialized market

When we talk about our “niche” in internet marketing, we’re referring to “d: a specialized market,” although the other definitions are relevant.

It’s important to target all of your efforts to one specific, specialized market. To develop a large, loyal list of subscribers, you need to offer a solution to a problem that is shared by a large group of people.

Over time, one of your most valuable possessions will be your list of people who are not only interested in the solution to their problem, but will also pay you for solutions.

If you choose your niche wisely, it will be deep enough to include a lot of related problems. For example, my niche is education, specifically in the area of internet marketing for beginners.

That’s a big playground. I can talk about the mindset of success, the inner game of marketing, how to create a PDF file, video editing, and hundreds of other related topics. I can provide the information as an e-book, an audio download, a CD, a streaming video, or a DVD.

You might want to jot this down: “Every problem is a product.”

As my customer solves one problem- hopefully with a solution they buy from me- that leads them to the next problem. My job is to make sure they know about the problem, and make it easy for them to buy the solution from me. At that point, the client will weigh how important the problem is to them, how long it would take them to solve it on their own, and, hopefully, purchase the solution.

Over time, I’ve created a lot of solutions. As I solve each problem for myself, I turn that solution into a product.

To the people who are behind us on the learning curve, we’re the experts.

Over time, I’ve left a trail of solutions, and gathered a list of people who are on the same journey I’m on. This is how you create multiple streams of passive income.

As you read the instructions below for choosing a niche, keep that in mind. Be sure to pick a niche that has a long learning curve, with lots of fun problems.

Let’s take this to the real world.

One of the best tools for communicating with your subscribers is a blog (web/log). I advertise mine as “unedited and uncensored,” and do my best to keep it real and relevant, with tongue planted firmly in cheek.

Here’s an excerpt from my blog (www.patobryan.com/blog.htm):

Recently, one of my mentoring clients asked:

Could you please explain how you coach people to success? I have been down this road before trying to come up with a product to solve a problem. It didn’t come up with anything. ! I don’t have a clue in coming up with a product……Do you have a specific process to come up with profitable ideas??? I hope so, I need the process you go thru.

I responded:

I suspect that he’s not the only one asking this question. As a matter of fact, my domestic partner Betsy and I were just talking about this over dinner. She’s struggling with the same problem.

I think we can sort this out.

First, you need to chunk the question down and simplify it. Right now, the problem I’d like to solve is breast cancer- a very dear friend is battling this demon, and I’ve lost several loved ones to it. Another problem I’d like solved is political- I’m afraid that Ike was right when he warned us to beware the military-industrial complex. Then there’s hunger, homelessness, global warming, and the fact that there’s not a real first-class Mexican Food restaurant in Wimberley, Texas.

Realistically, I’m not an oncologist, a political scientist, social scientist, or first-class Mexican Food chef. We need to find problems we can actually solve, and hopefully in a niche that we can stay interested in.

To me, that’s the real danger- finding a niche that’s profitable but boring. I think it’s important to find a niche you’re passionate about.

For example, I’m passionate about self-actualization, and I don’t think that’s something you can achieve working 40 hours a week at a job you’re not passionate about. I think humans were created in God’s image, and she didn’t intend for us to spend our brief time on this spinning globe in mind-numbing tedium. I’m convinced that we’re living in an infinite universe, and that there are enough resources for everyone. My solution is the “Portable Empire” concept, which allows you to travel, think, meditate, and grow to your full potential without having to punch a clock.

So, when I’m looking for a problem to solve, I limit my search to the niche of “Your Portable Empire.”

That simplifies the problem, and also simplifies finding the solution. I promote seminars, videos, audios and e-books that teach people to create multiple streams of passive income.

A lot of my products start out as conversations with my mentoring clients.

So, step one is to identify your niche.

How do you do that? You need to find a subject that you’re a) passionate about, b) knowledgeable in, and c) is broad enough to have a large customer base.

In my case, I’m passionate about freedom- and you need financial freedom to acquire intellectual freedom and freedom of mobility. I’m knowledgeable about the subject- I make a healthy six-figure income doing what I teach. And finally, there are more than enough people interested in the subject to make it profitable for me.

One way to work your way through the niche-finding problem is to take a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle. On one side, write down all the subjects you’re knowledgeable about. An example could be:

Raising happy children

Maintaining automobiles

Losing Weight

Yoga

Golf

Healthy relationships

Feng Shui

Getting a good deal on antiques

Graphic design

Cleaning houses

Cooking

Art (painting, drawing, collecting, etc.)

Music (playing an instrument, promoting a band, making a recording)

Poker

Chess

Stock market investing

Take some time with this- you know a lot more than you think you do.

Then, in the second column, make a similar list of things you’re passionate about. PASSIONATE! Not just interested.

Then, see what turns up in both columns. On another sheet of paper, make another list of just the things that are in both columns, with the most fascinating (to you) subject first, the next most fascinating subject second, etc.

Now, starting with the most interesting subject, do a Google search to see who else is marketing to your future customers.

If you turn up a blank, or just a few results, go to the next one. Just because you’re passionate about under-water stamp collecting doesn’t mean it’s a good business model. Call that a hobby and move on.

If your Google search turns up page after page of commercial sites- congratulations! You’ve just identified your future Joint-Venture partners. You’ve found your niche.

Now, let’s say you’re the kind of guy who plays 18 holes of golf every morning, and another 18 in the evening. You’ve got zirconium encrusted drivers and a putter that’s been blessed by three popes. Your golf cart has a hemi. Your wife would like you to kindly shut up about golf, because that’s all you ever talk about.

You’re a golf nut.

Now, let’s also postulate that you’ve spent a few years reading every book you can get your hands on about golf, studied with Tiger Woods, and the local golf pro asks you for advice.

You’re a golf expert.

You do a Google search on “golf” and discover that there are thousands of people marketing to golfers.

You’re in luck.

Your niche is golf.

Now, to monetize your niche, you need to find out what pressing problems golfers are having and provide them with a solution. You want to identify a problem that really, really hurts them. I live on a golf course, but the last golf course I played on had a windmill, and I was still in Junior High School at the time, so I’m going to wing it here…

Do they slice? Do they get tired on hole 17? Hole 3? Is their stance too wide? Are their pants too tight? Have they lost their balls?

How do you find out what THE pressing problem is for golfers today?

Back to Google.

Do a search on “golf forum.”

There should be plenty. Join them. Lurk. Read the posts.

I do this with “newbie” internet forums. It’s a gold mine. Somebody will post a question, several other people will join the conversation, mentioning that they’ve had the same problem. Somebody will post a wrong answer.

Gold mine. Home run. Hole in one.

So, hang out in the forums and identify the one biggest problem that golfers have. Obviously, this will work in any niche.

Sell them the solution.

Initially, you’ll probably frame your solution as an e-book. They’re free to make, free to deliver, and you can put them on clickbank (www.clickbank.com)- and clickbank will handle the accounting, keep up with affiliate sales, send your affiliates their money, and send you your money every two weeks.

You may discover an olde Scottish tome that is in the public domain that is just chock full of golfing wisdom. Turn that sucker into a PDF and sell it.

Remember, we’re selling information. You can also package the information as an audio MP3, which you can also put on clickbank.

Lately, I’ve been having a lot of fun with video. The internet is just too slow to deliver professional video online. That will change. About half the country, and a lot of the rest of the world, is still using dial-up, which is way too slow for video. That will change, too, but we’re in a hurry, so, you’ll have to deliver DVDs. This introduces a level of complexity to your Portable Empire that you may want to avoid for now.

(www.patobryan.com/blog.htm - 07/08/06 Selling the solution- Every Problem is a Product)

Imagine that your niche is golf. That’s a great niche, because it’s got a lot of very interesting problems.

You could create an “Introduction to Golfing.” Then, an e-book on how to choose the right golf clubs. Follow that up with “27 Things To Ask Your Golf Pro.” “Reports From the World’s Best Golf Courses,” would be my next choice- and would lead to a nice tax-deductible vacation.

Over time, you’ll establish relationships with a large group of people who rely on you to provide solutions to their golfing problems- and pay you for those solutions.

Get the picture?

Pat O’bryan
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-business-articles/getting-started-choosing-your-niche-124502.html

May 5 through May 12 2007 is Tulip Time in Holland MI. If you are a tulip lover, this is prime time. Tulips have a very short season, blooming from mid-April to mid-May. The Tulip festival in Holland MI is officially celebrated as a large Dutch ethnic event in the midwest United States. If you have ever desired to watch blooming tulips wave in the wind and unveil their silky petals, visit Holland, MI to see tulip after field in full bloom.

Depending on the Spring weather and the growing season, Holland Michigan tulips are ready to salute you as you arrive in town. In 2007, the tulip season appears to be unfolding on time. Through Tulip Time, the city of Holland has lined up tulip viewing, entertainment, events and ethnic celebrations for tulip lovers of all ages. Look for these places to view the tulips in Holland, MI.

Show Meadows of Authentic Festival Holland Tulips
When you leave US 31 and drive down River Street, you behold tulip flowers along eight miles of curbs that line the streets of Holland, MI. The festival boasts more than 5,000,000 tulips are blooming in parks, along streets and in local attractions. To get the most variety and color, start out by visiting the Veldheer Tulip Farm, just north of Holland. In 1945, the Veldheers started this extensive farm with 300 white tulips and 100 red tulips.

Now, millions of tulip bulbs blossom every Spring. Multiple gardens are organized throughout the grounds. Each one garden is thick with white tulips, yellow Big Smile, orange Apricot Dream, red Appeldorn, and literally dozens of other varieties and colors.

The Veldheer Tulip Farm displays peony tulips, triumph tulips, lily tulips, parrot tulips, Darwin Hybrid tulips, and specialty tulips. The grounds show white, pink and blue, hyacinths, white daffodils and narcissi. Each patch of flowers features a numbered stake that identifies the type of flower. You can match the flower number with a printed guide sheet and learn more about each variety of the flowers.

If you want to order Holland tulip bulbs, the Veldheers harvest them after the blooming season. As a visitor, you can order Holland tulip bulbs from the guide sheet. Tulip bulbs from the actual farm (not imported from Holland) are shipped the following September. The Veldheer Tulip Farm is located on Quincy Street, just off Highway US 31, about 3 miles north of Holland. Admission to the farm is $10 for adults, $5 for children.

Another scenic place to discover tulips is Windmill Island. Windmill Island is located just off 7th Street and is home to the “De Zwaan” (graceful bird,) a 240 year-old working windmill from the Netherlands. During Spring, Windmill Island boasts 150,000 tulips; during summer and fall, the gardens offer colorful annuals.Windmill Island offers a shopping area, flags of European nations, historic architecture including the Posthouse museum (14th century replica of a wayside inn.

If you want some inspiring ideas for your own spot tulip gardens, make sure to wander through downtown Holland on 8th Street. There are many beautiful settings and plantings of tulip flowers. Then, drive along the eight miles of curbside tulips planted throughout the city. You may get inspired with your own ideas for your own tulip garden at home.

Make your Spring a joyful one; visit Tulip Time, the tulip festival in Holland MI.

Dave Pipitone
http://www.articlesbase.com/gardening-articles/viewing-tulips-at-the-tulip-festival-in-holland-mi-140516.html

Hey folks, just found this new site on how to build wind turbines.

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Let us know if you find any good sites and we’ll be sure to mention them here…

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Wind power is an excellent source of clean renewable energy. Homeowners all over the world are discovering the benefits and savings of this much overlooked energy source. As more people look to alternative energy sources, windmills for home use are becoming increasingly popular methods of producing energy for home usage. These simple home generators are easy to build and can help reduce your dependence on the power company.

Wind power has long been used in many different civilizations, but only recently has residential wind power come into prominence. Harnessing the wind to produce electrical power has never been easier and more obtainable. Any homeowner now has the capability to build a wind powered generator.

Simple windmills for home use can be built in most cases for under $100. Building a home made wind mill requires no special tools or equipment. Most all homeowners already own all the tools required. The materials needed for construction are readily available. Anyone with average mechanical skills can build an effective wind generator.

In the past windmills were looked upon as a tool for pumping water in rural areas. Modern windmills for home use are in reality mini power plants used to produce electricity. Homeowners all over the world are discovering the benefits of producing clean, renewable energy.

Cheap renewable energy from the wind is now within the reach of every homeowner. No matter where you live, a home made wind mill can be beneficial in reducing your electrical costs. For less than $100 in most cases, who wouldn’t benefit from an energy producing system that will drastically lower energy bills?
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I mean with everything I would need, the battery to store it and whatever else I would need? If anyone has one I would like to know how it works for you. Did it meet your expectations? Any problems that you have with generating your own wind power?

are you out on a farm or on a lot of land?… they won't allow one in town or suburbs….

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread68751/pg1

price there was $40,000 with a rebate of $20,000 from the gov. in California…..

lots of other links there… DIY ones, too..

The Cold Hardy Windmill Fan Palm tree originated on the island of Chusan off the east coast of China, and the Windmill palm tree is often called the Chinese or Chusan Fan Palm. Robert Fortune smuggled Windmill palm plants from China into the Kew Horticultural Gardens and into the Royal garden of Prince Albert of England in 1849 after the Opium Wars of China ended. The Windmill Palm tree was named in Latin, Trachycarpus fortunei, after Robert Fortune, and after 158 years, in the year 2007, these Windmill Fan Palm trees are still growing gracefully as a distinguished, exotic, rare tree at Kew Gardens, a palm of noble bearing.

From Kew Gardens in England, the Windmill Palm tree was spread throughout Europe, from the Mediterranean hot climates of Italy and Greece to a cold hardy testing ground in the landscape gardens of Switzerland and Bulgaria, where the Windmill Palm trees have remarkably survived, leaves even remaining green when covered with ice or snow. During the past seven years, truckloads of Windmill Fan Palm trees have been transported and planted in Canada and have survived the extreme cold winters in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, and Michigan.

Although most Windmill Palm nursery growers are conservative in recommending the Windmill Palm tree planting to be restricted to growing in zones 8-10; other Windmill Palm Nursery growers recommend and guarantee this rare palm tree to grow in zones 3-10. There has been a rush by Northern nursery retailers to plant Windmill Palm trees for the home gardener, who wants that tropical look and accent around his pool or patio. The Windmill Palm tree is planted at plant nurseries from seed, where they grow about one foot each year. The slow growth of the Windmill Palm is partially responsible for its cold hardiness. Another characteristic that is inherently cold hardy is that the fibers that cover the trunk insulate the growing center of the tree. The brown-gray color of the burlap-like fibers cover the trunk like a wool covering in winter, and the dark color attracts the warmth of the sunlight. A coarse green wax covers the leaves and stems to make the Windmill Palm tree even more cold hardy.

The Windmill Palm tree is most often grown as a solitary, single trunk plant, however, some Windmill Palm nursery growers offer double or triple trees growing in the same container as large as 100 gallons. These huge 10 foot tall Windmill Palm trees are choice, tropical looking specimens for malls and at entrances to governmental buildings. The Windmill Palm tree can be easily shipped by UPS on short orders, and large Windmill Palm trees can be shipped by semi-truck, motor freight lines. Shipping Windmill Palm trees can be easily done any season, and the survival rate is excellent for large specimens. Very large specimens of Windmill Palm trees have been recently installed at the entrance of the new Cloister Resort Hotel-a 5-star hotel-located at Sea Island, Georgia, where the Windmill Palm tree is not only tropical in appearance and cold hardy, but completely resistant to the Atlantic Ocean salt water air problems. The Cloister hotel has grown smaller Windmill Palm trees at various out buildings for past years successfully. The expense of installing large Windmill Palm trees can be offset by planting small specimens that can be expected to grow about one foot each year. Because of the recent success of planting large specimen trees of the tropical looking Windmill Palm tree in Canada and Northern U.S. States, many gardeners are now experimenting with planting small Windmill Palm trees in the North, before the plant has developed a sufficient dense fiber covering to make the tree cold hardy enough to survive the deep freezes in the Northern States.

Typically the Windmill Palm tree has a history of surviving over 150 years of age in the Western World at a height of 40 feet, but accurate reports of Windmill Palm trees, native to the Island of Chusan in Eastern China, do not exist in translated texts, but conceivably could reach 100 feet in height. The rapid growth of Western influence on the development of China will undoubtedly reveal many more interesting botanical, developmental facts concerning the Windmill Palm tree in the near future.

The Windmill Palm tree appears to have all the perfection of tropical landscape gardening requirements for growing throughout the United States and cold hardy areas of Canada and Europe. Most types of soils are acceptable for growing Windmill Palms. Very few insect and disease problems exist to endanger growing Windmill Fan Palm trees. Even through slow growing, the Windmill Palm captivates the tropically minded gardener for pool and courtyard plantings. The Windmill Palm tree grows as separate male and female plants, and the date that is produced is inedible, resulting from the yellow, pleasantly, perfumed flowers that grow into blue seed, round and one-half inch in diameter.

Pat Malcolm
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