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Before deciding on what content you need for your newsletter printing, take a moment to define your audience; gather demographics, and decide what topics will interest them. For instance, an audience of mostly middle-aged women probably won't be interested in a detailed article explaining a product. Instead, choose a topic that will connect with them--specifically on a personal view. Include a variety of topics and sections that will make your newsletter more interesting to a variety of audience. Just as a newspaper contains different sections, your newsletter should incorporate similar sections such as a response section, letters to the editor, industry news, and featured articles. Include tips or customer reviews within boxes to break up the layout. Keep all information accurate. Use the six questions to give your newsletter a versatility: who, what, when, where, why and how. The best articles incorporate all six of these questions and answers, if applicable. This may require some research such as interviewing, but it is worth it if you want to make an effective newsletter with your audience's opinions expressed. Writing subjectively can severely harm your credibility. Without proper research, you risk presenting incorrect or inaccurate information, which may offend or confuse your audience. Provide information such as statistics, expert opinions, and quotes to prove the validity of your research. Make sure to give the source (e.g., magazine, website, book) credit where credit is due. If you are writing a newsletter on behalf of a company or organization, you should attend important meetings to stay informed about news or updates that are relevant to your audience. For example, customers might be interested in a new product feature, while donors to a non-profit organization probably want to know how successful your latest campaign was. Use concise and comprehensible vocabulary to ensure readability. Avoid verbose language. For instance, rather than using an adverb/verb combo, use a verb that denotes the same meaning. Write dynamic headlines by using action verbs that evoke curiosity. Without an interesting headline, readers may skim over your articles, because they find it uninteresting. Headlines are one of the keys to creating loyal readers, since a well-written headline means a well-read article means a well-read newsletter. Also, if any of your articles are more than a few paragraphs long, use subheadings to break up the text. After writing your articles, proofread for typos and then edit all articles for consistency of tone and voice. Never leave proofreading to your spell and grammar check tools. They are great for preliminary editing but poor substitutes for manual editing. Have someone else look over your newsletter for typos, since you can easily skip over them after staring at the text too long. And don't forget that you can't edit enough. Once you've thought you edited enough, go over it one more time. Even just a few typos will annoy readers enough for them to disregard you as a professional.

summary: Consider your audience. Choose your topic. Ask questions. Research your topic. Make it understandable. Use interesting headlines. Proofread.


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Wash your entire face and scrub your hands well, since you’ll be using your fingers during this process. If you’re wearing any lipstick or lip gloss, remove it before proceeding. You want to begin with completely clean lips. Take a damp washcloth and rub it gently over your lips, going back and forth over them several times. This will remove any dead skin cells. You can use Vaseline, Aquaphor, or even your favorite lip balm for this. Apply a thin layer on your lips, making sure to get full coverage. Stay within the lines of your lip during application. Doing this will protect your lips from over exfoliation and give your lips a dose of moisture before applying the ground cinnamon. Take a clean bowl and mix half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon with a pea sized dollop of Vaseline until you have a paste. Load some of the paste onto your clean finger. You can also use a soft-bristled toothbrush, if you’d prefer.  You can use cinnamon sticks, if that’s all you happen to have in your kitchen - just make sure to crush them first. You don’t have to pulverize the sticks into a powder – the consistency of sea salt or table salt will do the trick. A modification to this method that will provide additional exfoliation is adding salt to the mixture. Take a clean bowl and mix half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon with a half a teaspoon of salt. Then add a tablespoon of Vaseline and mix well. Proceed with the remaining steps of this method (there are no other changes to the process). Using your finger (or soft-bristled toothbrush), coat the entirety of your lips with the mixture. Once your lips are fully coated, press your finger (or soft-bristled toothbrush) softly to your lips and rub gently with small circular motions all over both the top and bottom lips for 30 to 40 seconds.  You’ll feel a slight tingling sensation, which is normal. Cinnamon mildly irritates the skin on your lips, causing them to redden and swell slightly.  Take care not to swallow any of the cinnamon because it can irritate your throat. You’ll want to leave the mixture on your lips for approximately 3 to 5 minutes. After the time is up, use a damp washcloth to gently wipe the mixture completely off your lips. You’ll notice that your lips now appear rosy, fresh and plump. Do not leave the ground cinnamon mixture on your lips longer than a few minutes. The plumping effect happens within this time frame. Leaving the mixture on longer than a few minutes or overnight does not increase the plumping effect and increases the likelihood of swallowing and over-irritation. You can use a plain lip balm or even a tinted lip balm, if you’d prefer that. Vaseline or Aquaphor will also work for this. Make sure you don’t skip this step – your freshly plumped lips need the moisture after going through this process, and moisturized lips look even lusher!

summary: Start clean. Apply a lubricant. Create your mixture. Apply your mixture. Let the mixture sit. Apply lip balm.


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The first, and most basic Taoist principle, is that people and nature are not separate. Everything in the universe is part of the same system. As a Taoist, you can focus on oneness by being more selfless - pay less attention to your own needs and instead focus on others. For example, you can do something like serving in a soup kitchen. This is one way to remember that people with less than you are still connected to you. Just because everything in the universe is part of the same system doesn't mean there aren't distinctions. Taoists believe that there are two basic distinctions - described as yin and yang - in all of nature. Dark and light are part of the same system because they can't exist without one another, but they are also distinct. The principle of dynamic balance can be helpful if you're struggling in life. Remind yourself that according to this principle, happiness could not exist without sadness. The principle of cyclical growth is related to dynamic balance. Opposites balance each other out, but they don't usually occur at the same time. Instead, they move through cycles. So winter and summer balance one another, but winter is followed by summer and summer is followed by winter. Cyclical growth can help you understand where your life is going. If you're experiencing grief after the death of a loved one, remind yourself that happiness will eventually come. It might be a while, but grief will eventually give way to happiness. Taoists believe that because seeming opposites actually balance each other and cycle together, you can make one opposite from the other. A bamboo stick is a good example of this concept: In wind, bamboo bends, but doesn't break. By bending to the wind, the bamboo stick survives it, instead of staying straight and breaking in half. For example, if you're dealing with a difficult time, accept that it will be difficult and accept your grief or sadness. By doing so, you won't wear yourself out trying to be strong.
summary: Focus on oneness. See the dynamic balance in everything. Look for cyclical growth. Perform harmonious action.