Step 1: Log into your YouTube account at www.YouTube.com

Step 2: In the upper right corner, click the drop down menu that has your account name on it then click My Videos.

Step 3: On the left side of the account page, click New next to playlists.

Step 4: Fill in the new playlist details (title, descrption & tags) then click Create Playlist.

Step 5: Privacy and Sharing settings.

Share: The share button gives you the url link to your playlist. This can be emailed to yourself or your friends. It also gives you an embed code so you can place your playlist on your website.

Privacy: This is where you determine who can see your playlist. Your options are private or public.

Step 6: Add videos to your list.

If you have videos uploaded they will be shown here. You would simply select the box next to each video you wanted to add and click Add To and choose which list to add it to.

In addition, you can click the Add Videos to Playlist button to select videos from your history and from recommendations.

Alternately, as you view other people’s videos, if you find one you’d like, you can add it to your playlist. Simply look below the video and click the Save to button as shown below.

The other 4 parts to this series:

3. Customizing Your YouTube Channel
4. Embed YouTube Videos into Websites
5. How to Upload a YouTube video

1. A Social Media News Release – Creating Your YouTube Account

So now, let’s get started:

Step 1: Navigate to YouTube.com Create an Account.

Go to www.YouTube.com and click the “Create An Account” link at the top of the page.

Step 2: Enter Your Account Details

• Enter a username
• Enter your location & postal code
• Set your date of birth from the drop down options
• Select your gender
• Choose whether or not you want others to be able to find your channel if they have your email address.
• Select whether or not you want to receive email communication from YouTube & their sponsors
• Fully read the terms of use.
• If you agree to the terms and everything else is correct, click the “I Accept” button.

Step 3: Associate Your YouTube Account & an Email Address

If you already have a Google account, you can associate it with your YouTube account simply by entering your Google email and password in the box on the left.

If you do not have a Google account, then you will need to add a different email address, enter a password (twice) and enter the CAPTCHA word verification.

Once you do this, click “Create New Account & Finish”

Step 4: Confirmation & Getting Started

Once the account is created or you log into your existing account, you’ll see a confirmation message with your account details, links to get started using YouTube and links for finding your friends on YouTube.

Once your account is created, you’ll automatically have a “channel” in which you can customize and showcase your videos.

The other 4 parts to this series:

2. Creating A Playlist On YouTube Account
3. Customizing Your YouTube Channel
4. Embed YouTube Videos into Websites
5. How to Upload a YouTube video

Nugget shown here with his summer cut

My little 12 pound Shih Tzu was sick again last night. That’s the second night in a row! And, this time it wasn’t just stomach acids, but his undigested dinner that he consumed 12 hours earlier.

Once the emergency of the situation had passed… and having finally learned not to panic and calling the vet first, I did a quick search on the internet to see what could be causing Nugget to wake up from a sound sleep, and vomit.

Here is what I learned at Lhasa and Shih Tzu Mania: “Things Shih Tzus Should Not Eat” … so let me rephrase that here:

Things DOGS should not eat:
• Red Food Dye
• Soy
• Peas (wait a minute, aren’t peas in some canned dog food?)
• MSG
• Spinach
• Celery
• Chocolate (I remembered this one from when my Maltese Princess was alive)
• Raisins
• Onions
• Garlic
• Grapes
• and, NEVER human pain reliever or other medicines

Oooooh my God! I was sharing protein shakes with my Nugget. Every time I made one of my strawberry shakes, he gave me those big brown eyes, and then he’d sit pretty, asking for some. I usually only gave him a tablespoon of the shake, but the past two days, I spoiled him, giving him EASILY ½ a cup of the protein shake. Protein powder is Soy!

Not only that… but some of the stuff listed above, is also in Nugget’s canned dog foods, kibble, AND in his treats. All I could think of was; “Now what am I to do?”

Well, I got searching more on the internet, and came across THE answer I was looking for at Wellness Pet Food. This company’s standard for pet foods exceeds that of the Food and Drug Administration and Association of American Feed Control Officials standards. Now, how many other pet food manufacturers can say that?

After reading through several pages at the Wellness Pet Food website, I decided to find out if the pet foods are available in Canada, and if so… where. While at their website, at the top of the loading page, you will see “where to buy” (at the time of writing, it is located top, right-hand), click on that… then look directly below the blue “find” button. It states “For locations in Canada, click here.” Once you’ve clicked “…click here” you will get to a page with Canadian location options.

Oh wow…. look how many stores are carrying Wellness pet foods and treats that are near me! I drove to my local Pet Valu Store on King Street at Wilson Road and loaded up on their foods and treats.

UPDATE: My Shih Tzu vomited again so off to the Vet’s for blood tests to see what was causing all of this. Turns out my little guy has a kidney issue… which means my purchasing all that quality protein dog food was a waste of MY money. Darn! Guess that’s what I get for trying to diagnose my dog’s problems myself.

The blood test proved he needs a nutrient for the rest of his life… and he’s been put on medication too… for a spell. His new blood test will prove or disprove the need to continue the drug. I pray the drug will not be needed full term, as I am not keen on drugs… as they usually shorten a lifespan, though yes, adding quality time.

He’s also been put on a low-protein diet. I have removed ANYTHING with red food dye in it from his snacks… and replaced MANY of his snacks with sweet potato snacks for dogs. He loves them!

Just so you know… originally when he’d vomit, it was mostly clear bile… maybe three months in one year. As time went by, his vomiting slowly became more frequent, and was yellow bile… and progressed to blood in his vomit. At one point, he had me very concerned that I would lose him. The Vet’s office explained the blood in his vomit was from all of the wrenching my dog was doing… and, they assured me that we are all slowly poisoning our pets with kindness. So… do watch what you feed your cat and/or dog!

Oh… all that dog food that I had purchased along with all of those high-quality treats… I ended up having to write an ad on Craigslist to have someone pick it up. They were way too high in protein. Our local Humane Society couldn’t stop playing ‘phone tag’ with me.

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Family Tree

For simplicity sake, I would recommend you select to search one surname from your merging families. Personally, I chose to specialize on researching my paternal surname. In the meantime, I kept photocopied records of other surnames that married into my paternal family… only as I came across them. In other words, I did not deliberately go looking for these records.

As you search your family’s history, you’ll discover things like, say, where you got your unique nose, or ears. But most importantly, you’ll become “hooked” on history and geography! You’ll learn things that, say, your great-grandparents did… and you thought you were blazing new trails!

Should you decide to start your family research, you should start with yourself and work backwards in time. You will need to collect photocopies of all vital statistic documentation (birth, marriage, death registrations/certificates), baptismal records where and when possible, and pictures… and maybe even video clips now.

As you go backwards in time, you will learn what the economy was like at that time. Maybe you’ll even discover your great-grandparents came from another country. Then you will want to know which country, when did they immigrate, why… etc. By the time you know your great-grandparents well enough to know whether a document would have been filed or not… you’ll know yourself a whole lot better.

Genealogy though mostly an inexpensive hobby… can be addictive, so consider yourself warned . Once you start your family tree, you MAY be able to put your searching aside from time-to-time, but you’ll always find a way to return to your project. You MIGHT even start your own website using the surname you “specialized” in researching.

Some examples:
• Adams Alcove…
• Collins Corner….
• Nilles Niche…
• Nolan’s Nook…
• Proud to be Parr
• Rapoports Rescued…
• Summerhalls Space…
• Sutherland’s Spot…

… and the list goes on.

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NOT THIS…

Amelia - the 2009 movie based on Susan Butler's book East of Dawn

A friend treated me to a movie 31 October 2009. The movie was Amelia.

I’m one of those viewers who tend to step right into a good movie, and this movie was no different. I became so proud of Amelia for doing “her thing” and being a woman far ahead of her time. Wow, is putting it mildly. The ending, though I was well aware of Amelia’s end… brought tears to my eyes though I’d known Amelia all along.

Having heard all about Amelia since a child, I realized I really knew NOTHING of Amelia until viewing this movie. That is IF Susan Butler’s book East of Dawn… the book this movie was based on, is a correct depiction of Amelia.

Some reviewers felt there should have been more build up and/or focus to the relationships in Amelia’s life. Personally, I felt that her relationships were only a facet of Amelia’s character. And, given the limit movies limited time, I felt the movie was well done. I was glad to hear the movie was being rated so low, because I could be assured of a seat at the local theatre. And, I can hardly wait until this movie is available on DVD as I would be very proud to have it among my collection of movies!

The only disappointment I felt after having enjoyed this movie was with human race itself.  I realized that Amelia was only one woman who “stood out” for her time. I’m SURE they’ve been many others. Huh, what am I saying… look at what the Suffragettes accomplished!

…. why oh why are women STILL having to prove ourselves as equals, capable of doing what it is we love most, by applying our selves twice that of any man in, say, the work place. Shame on the human race for being soooo slow to evolve!

Additional reading: “Earhart’s love for aviation took flight here” ( Acrobat Reader PDF file – 40,553 KB ) as published in The Globe and Mail on 24 October 2009.
 

You might want to take action in removing your IE browser’s cookies NOW rather than wait until YOU have a similar or the same issue. And, here’s how you do that…

In your IE browser, under Tools menu... click on Internet Options, as shown above...

…then:

In the Internet Options, select Delete... as shown in the image here.

…and then…

In the Delete Browser History make sure to click on the box beside Cookies, and then click on the Delete button, as shown above.

Once the browser has completely deleted the items you have selected (the above image shows what I choose to delete on a regular basis) then you will see this window closes, and you are back to the Internet Options again, where you will click on the OK button, returning you to your browser.

In the Internet Options, it might be even be easier to just click on the box beside “Delete browsing history on exit” (above the Delete button), making sure the check mark appears, and then click the OK button. That way you wouldn’t need to worry about your browser cookies cluttering up your computer.

Having found the doggies.com blog, and reading through all the comments (and there are several, so don’t go skipping any!) I decided to save my money AND frustrations, and NOT purchase the Potty Patch. And it looks so wonderful too.

The Tinkle Tray was mentioned in one of the comments, so… off to my search engine I went, and found Marj Kruger’s website straight away. Having read through her entire web page, I became sooooo impressed that Marj’s product is being made in America that I emailed her asking if she could export her product to Canada. Disappointingly, I never did heard back from Marj… so, off to my local Lowe’s store in Whitby, Ontario I went, equipped with a printed picture of Marj Kruger’s Tinkle Tray and measurements of 21” x 27” written on it… along with my dog’s present potty tray measurements, 20” x 34”.

Andrew (in the windows and doors department) at Lowe’s is in his last year of studying to become a structural engineer, so I KNEW I could depend on his ingenuity, along with his knowledge of parts that might be available within the store that would allow me to create my own version of a Tinkle Tray for my dog. I was right!

Potty Pan

Label from utility tray

18429 2×4 white egg crate styre(ne) $10.98 (used for ceiling light louvers) PLUS, 293486 22×34 modular utility tra(y) $9.98 (better known as a boot tray)… all for $20.96 (CDN) plus $2.73 taxes for a grand total of $23.69. I even pressed on the white egg crate styrene with my hand to make certain it would not hurt my dog’s paws… and it is fine.

All I needed in the way of tools to create my own Potty Pan was a pair of side-cutters and a marker pencil!

side cutters

Carefully marking EXACTLY the squares to cut with a marker pencil, I the cut the “egg crate styrene” to fit the utility tray. Then I lined the tray with newspaper and placed the trimmed piece of “egg crate styrene” on top… and voila! My dog now has his very own Potty Pan.

Homemade Potty Pan

This new Potty Pan now sits where a previous metal pan sat, in my laundry room… and it looks soooo much neater, considering I no longer need a towel just under the edge of the tray for my male dog to “wipe” his paws on.

If not for the post published at doggies.com, I too would have been an unhappy camper within weeks of purchasing the Potty Patch, considering the stench many pet owners complained of regarding the artificial grass top!

Indoor potties with artificial grass, I would NEVER recommend. But for those of you who do NOT have the time to make your own doggy potty, I fully understand and offer you THIS suggestion along with a comparison:

For those of you who prefer to simply purchase the WizDog click here. And, please, do come back and let me know what YOU think of the WizDog, once your puppy has had the chance to use it.

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Huh, once I returned home and tried the opener with the new battery installed, I discovered it STILL didn’t work. So, once I had more time, I did a search engine check on my Sears garage door openers… and guess what I found out? You go it! This particular model is known for the board inside the remotes to just stop working. No one knows why.

Andrew from Lowe’s telephoned me (about another matter) right at the moment I discovered this nasty defect in Sears’ garage door openers… and he mentioned that inexpensive replacements were available. You guessed again… off I went to Lowe’s once again. This time for a garage door replacement….

For only $28.98 (plus $3.77 taxes), I had my replacement in hand… and, once back home and about two days of going over the instructions, I called the company who installed my garage door and the gentleman there figured out where I was going wrong in the settings. You see, the replacement garage door remote control is “universal”… in that it replaces several different models. Huh, you just have to know the settings in order to set it up properly. Thanks to Tom at Superior Garage Doors in Whitby, my remote opens and closes my garage door efficiently!

The reason I’m posting this is to inform others who may have paid extremely high prices for a replacement. Inside the package of my newly purchased remote is the following note that may help many of you:

Details on how to obtain remotes for older models!

This morning, while listening to CHFI’s morning show, Erin Davis mentioned how many of us feed treats to our pets that hamper their health and could literally poison them. Yikes!

Erin read out a much more thorough list of foods to AVOID feeding dogs and cats than I listed in my blog entry yesterday.

Here’s the list:
• Grapes and raisins
• Garlic and onions …and their powders
• Macadamia nuts
• Mushrooms
• Tomatoes and tomato plants
• Chicken bones
• Xylitol (a sweetener found in Trident and Orbit gum, just 5 pieces can kill a 65 pound dog!)
• Raw potatoes (especially ones with green spots!)
• Nutmeg
• Turkey skin
• Caffeine (example: coffee & tea)
• Alcohol & hops
• Moldy foods

Erin went on to say how a cat had gotten lily dust on its paws, and became very ill after licking the dust off… so, do be careful of the types of house plants you keep near your “wittle-waskles”… in case you’ve “adopted” a nibbler!

With my new found arsenal of Wellness dog food products ready to feed my Shih Tzu, I anticipate Nugget’s health to improve immensely.

Source [ Erin Davis ]

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