How to Taking Care of My Leather Jacket

A leather jacket, though costly and a bit difficult to maintain, looks extremely suave and stylish. In fact, it lends a very sporty, yet sophisticated look to the person who dons it. If you are planning to buy a leather jacket for yourself, remember that you will be required to care for it also; otherwise it will end up being spoilt much sooner than you expect. In the following lines, we tell you how to care for leather jackets. Just follow these tips and ensure that your jacket remains looking as good as new, forever.

Leather Jacket Care Tips

• A wet or damp leather jacket should be allowed to dry naturally, without exposing it to heat or air.
• After you buy a leather jacket, apply a ‘water and stain’ protector to it. It will help avoid any water spots or stains.
• Always hang leather jackets on wide padded hangers. They will help in maintaining their shape.
• Caustic household chemicals should never ever be used to clean leather.
• For removing any salt deposits from a leather jacket, sponge it with clean water.
• If your leather jacket gets wet, let it dry complete and add a coat of leather conditioner or moisturizer to it. After the first coat gets dry, add another one.
• If, by chance, you spill something on your leather jacket, remove it with the help of a gentle brush. Thereafter, sponge it gently, with warm water and mild soap, and let the jacket dry.
• In case of dry environment, regularly condition the leather jacket. Otherwise, it will start drying out and cracking.
• Mink oil or other animal fats should not be used on leather, since they tend to darken it.
• Never ever store a jacket in a damp place. It will lead to occurrence of mildew.
• While storing leather jackets, make sure not to fold them.
• Do not store a leather jacket in plastic bags or other nonporous covers. If by chance you have to store it in a garment back, keep the zipper open, to ensure proper ventilation.
• Make sure not to use waxes, silicone formulas or other leather preparations on a leather jacket.
• Too much oil and wax should not be used on leather, since it can clog the pores and interfere with the ability of the leather to allow air in and moisture out.
• While cleaning leather, avoid cleaning preparations that contain alcohol, along with turpentine and mineral spirits.
• Depending on the frequency with which you wear your leather jacket, get it cleaned from a professional at regular intervals.

When a Man Loves a Woman

Starring: Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, Tina Marjorino, Mae Whitman, Ellen Burstyn

Director: Luis Mandoki
Producers: Jon Avnet and Jordan Kerner
Screenplay: Ronald Bass and Al Franken
Music: Zbigniew Preisner
Released by Touchstone Pictures

The previews for When a Man Loves a Woman do this film an injustice. Heavy on poorly-edited melodramatic sequences, they give little inkling of the level of emotional honesty attained. Luis Mandoki's film succeeds not because it tackles alcoholism, but because it faces up to the trauma that eats away at the lives of the non-alcoholics in the family.

One failing of the script is that it assumes an unlikely level of ignorance from its audience. Alcoholism is such a pervasive social problem that it's hard to accept that anyone likely to see When a Man Loves a Woman wouldn't have a better understanding of the disease than the movie gives them credit for. After all, everything from high school health classes to Oprah have, at one point or another, addressed the issue. Unlike AIDS, alcoholism is not a new disease that the public needs to be educated about.

When a Man Loves a Woman centers on a seemingly-happily married couple. Michael Green (Andy Garcia) and his wife Alice (Meg Ryan) have, at first glance, the perfect relationship. But take a peek beneath the veneer, and there are problems. Alice is a habitual drinker, and her periods of sobriety are getting fewer and fewer. Meanwhile, Michael's duties as an airline pilot take him away from home for weeks at a time, keeping him ignorant of the extent of his wife's problem.

Completing the family unit are Jess (Tina Marjorino), Alice's daughter by another man whom Michael has adopted as his own, and Casey (Mae Whitman), the four-year old child of the Greens. The presence of these children, and their importance to the development of the story, is what elevates When a Man Loves a Woman. As potent as some of the scenes between Michael and Alice are, those featuring Jess or Casey invariably have greater impact. It helps that both young actresses are believable.

Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia were probably given the lead roles more because of box office appeal than an ability to bring superior depth to their characters. Surprisingly, while neither turns in an exceptional performance, they are both solid, and each has a few scenes in which they shine.

The ending is too facile, and When a Man Loves a Woman may take longer than necessary to arrive at its resolution. There are moments throughout when the script is apt to strike a raw nerve with some, as is often the case when a "real" issue is probed with any degree of sincerity. Whatever else it may do, this film does not play it safe, and the risks it takes keep the audience engaged by the drama.

When a Man Loves a Woman is about pain. This is not an original topic for a movie - especially one about alcoholism - but the script does a good enough job establishing the dynamics of the Green family that we never doubt that the story deserves to be told. The film's poignancy is its strength, even as occasional didactic tendencies are its weakness. In balance, the former by far outweighs the latter, making this a worthwhile picture.

© 1994 James Berardinelli

How to add colour in a monochrome yard

I am going to assume your yard has mostly sunny areas, so here are five ways to easily add some colorful spots to your small garden to brighten it up, keep it low maintenance, water friendly, and fit into your small area.

1. Add Succulents

In your climate zone which is around a USDA Zone 8 to 9

Zone 8:
(10 to 20° F, -12 to -7° C)

Zone 9:
(20 to 30° F, -7 to -1° C)

You can easily support the growth of succulents. Many people don't use succulents to their best advantage because they think they are boring, but with so many new varieties available now, don't overlook these useful plants!

They come in all shades of gray, gray-blue, green, red, purple, and pink foliage, and many flower profusely for several months out of the year.

Just look at some of these pictures for ideas and to see how they could easily brighten up your yard!





2. Add Hanging Baskets

Another quick and easy way to add color to your yard is to have a few hanging baskets. They are fast to make, easy to care for, and take up very little space.



3. Add Plants With Different Sizes, Variegated Leaves, And Texture

There are so many different varieties of trees and shrubs these days, it's easy to pick out plants that, just through their color and texture, can add a lot to a yard or garden. Plants such as hosta, viburnum, and maple.





4. Add Plants With Different Leaf Color

Plants like Coleus, Croton, or New Zealand Flax (Phormium) naturally add interest with their bold colors.





5. Add Colorful Pots

We talked about this last month (Add A Bold Statement With Colorful Post), that by just adding a few colorful pots, with or without plants, you can really add some zest and pop to your yard.



Thanks for the question Chantell; see you all next month with another Gardening Design Idea!

"source : http://www.weekendgardener.net

Beware For The unexpected Crime

Theft, robbery or revenge is a modus operandi of the crime that often occurs around the boardinghouse. There is a story against the backdrop of the true story of a friend who happened before my eyes a few days ago.

Here's the story ... then at 2 pm GMT at a boarding sound HELP! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Followed "HPku robbed". Cries for help are the first and second I just bercandaan cuman kirain long kok transmissivity, therefore all the inhabitants of boarding and finally out of the room all in unison with the sound of the motor was moving away with a distinctive voice RX King. With our startled to see a friend with blood pouring from wounds all over his jab in his body. difikiranku tense moment, fear etc. mixed into one, cuman what can we do for our friends is to save his life first. With my friend bike ride on a bicycle to the hospital with her ​​other friend to get first aid. Imagine three blows on the head samurai and 8 other wounds on his body blows. shirt and pants do not feel too wet by fresh blood from my friend that I ride on a bicycle, oh God this is my Wonderfull and very Valuable Experience for me. for the friend a friend who lives in a boarding house be careful,,,,
with suspicious people who brkeliaran boarding area.
ndak probably nothing wrong time ye ... we have guns to defend themselves ..

keep your eyes ON!!