Author: Lyndia Grant-Briggs
INTRODUCTION
It is my pleasure to introduce to you, a new Diabetes Prevention Education, Public Relations Campaign established under the name Fannie Estelle Hill, disability law kinston
, Grant, started by me, Lyndia Grant-Briggs,, disability law kinston
, after the loss of my mother who succumbed to Type 2 Diabetes on Christmas Day, December 25, 2000. I noticed a fire burning in the Diabetes health arena, and it is still burning out of control.
The diabetes prevention and education public relations campaign was started in an effort, to "Fan the Flames", and put out the fire.
Fannie Grant was 73 years old, a homemaker, who loved her family very much, and she believed in preparing wonderful home-cooked meals for the family. You name it, and we had it. We would have desserts any day of the week. Mama enjoyed cooking, cleaning and washing clothes, and although she raised nine children of her own, she always had room for other needy children.
In our early years, from 1945-1965, Mother was the wife of a sharecropper in North Carolina,, disability law kinston
, but they moved the family to Washington, D.C. in 1965. So for more than 30 years, Mother Grant, our father and all of us children called the Washington Metropolitan Area home.
Our family learned that Mother had Type 2 Diabetes after a major stroke she had back in 1988-89. She lived, disability law kinston
, 11-12 years after the diagnosis. Lyndia and her Sisters, (The Grant Sisters) pledged to begin the educational prevention campaign while they visited with and/or cared for their mother during her last year of life.
After moving back home to North Carolina, Mother Grant enjoyed her latter years in a very peaceful way. Us children purchased her a new home, took over all of the mortgage payments, and she was happy. Mother Grant enjoyed living on this wonderful 227-acre farm, near Kinston, North Carolina. She was one of the heirs to this wonderful, disability law kinston
, farm left to her family by their father, and my grandfather, Floyd Hill.
She enjoyed walking around the farm, following my father, Bishop Benjamin Grant, around the garden as he worked.
She enjoyed shopping with her sisters going to yard sales. Shopping gave her considerable joy near the end of her life.
Mother suffered numerous strokes, seven to ten to be specific. During one stoke, she lost the use of her tongue and couldn't, disability law kinston
, speak at all. Mother Fannie's kidney failed, she was receiving kidney dialysis for the last two years of her life, she had high blood pressure for many years, and both of her legs were amputated above her knees.
The Problem
We wanted to know more, disability law kinston
,, disability law kinston
, about the disease that took our mother in such a brutal fashion.
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, There was so much pain and suffering prior to her death. Mother Grant, disability law kinston
, was a Christian, she was an Evangelist who preached the gospel in churches throughout the Washington D.C. Area, and everyone loved her and called her Ma.
Our mother was very special, and as her oldest daughter, I promised to carry out a public awareness campaign, to educate millions of people regarding the causes and preventions of Type 2 Diabetes. In educating the general public, I feel a lot better, because my mother's living shall not be in vain.
My sisters and I have been blessed over the past 20 years, we've had lots of success in publicizing several major events, we coordinated a major festival, called Georgia Avenue Day in Washington, D.C. The festival and parade attracted more than 200,000 people, major corporate sponsors and celebrities. We worked for two Presidential Inaugural Committees, one was for the Republicans, George Herbert Walker Bush and for other for the Democrats, President Bill Clinton, for two D.C. Mayors, Marion Barry and Sharon Pratt Kelly, and three D.
C. City Councilmembers, Charlene Drew Jarvis, Frank Smith and Eyde Whittington., disability law kinston
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, Another major achievement was an appointment that I received as project director by Councilman Frank Smith, to erect the, disability law kinston
, Spirit of Freedom Memorial, a new national African American Civil War Memorial located in Washington, D.C. This monument pays tribute to 209,145 United States Colored Troops who fought in the American Civil War.
As you can see, Mother Grant passed down some strong self-worth values.
She taught us that we can do anything that we want, and that we can be the best at whatever we choose. The business of public relations is "in my blood." There was no way that I could see the devastation caused by Diabetes and understand this disease, and do nothing about it. I wanted to know "what happened to Mother, how did this happen, could we have done something differently, if only we had known that an improved diet and regular physical exercise could have made a difference."
I know that I've been chosen to get the word out regarding this disease that's burning "out of control" in the African American community.
It has been extremely hard to continue to live without our Mother, but in sharing this information with others, it gives me some relief from my grief.
So, what exactly is Diabetes? Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose. It results from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can be associated with serious complications and premature death, but people with diabetes can take measures to reduce the likelihood of such, according to recent studies found by the National Institute of Health.
Some researchers believe that African Americans, (Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders were also included in the study) inherited a "thrifty gene" from their African ancestors. Years ago, this gene enabled Africans, during "feast and famine" cycles, to use food energy more efficiently when food was scarce. Today, with fewer such cycles, the thrifty gene that developed for survival may instead make the person more susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes.
The problem dates back to the beginning of the slave trade, documented as beginning in 1790, and for those enslaved ones, food was still scarce, thus the "thrifty genes" protected, disability law kinston
, them.
If you research the documentations found on record at the, disability law kinston
, National Archives and Records Administration, slaves received rations. It really doesn't matter what the diets were of African people hundreds of years ago, as they roamed around freely on the African continent, in townships like Johannesburg, Freetown,, disability, disability law kinston
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, Rwanda, Sudan, South African and Sierre Leone. What does matter is the fact that those Africans who managed to survive the slave trade here in America, arrived on the shores very strong.
The majority of them worked in the fields from sun-up to sundown,, disability law kinston
, six days per week, and in many cases, seven days/week. Slaves ate scraps, like hog mauls, chitterlings, pigtails, pig feet, pig ears, and they drank milk from a trough along side other animals.
African people became Americanized, they were no longer in their homeland, so to live, they had to eat whatever was made available to them, they were fed last, after the horses and the pigs had been taken care of, whatever was left was given to those enslaved people -- scraps, left-overs, garbage.
In an effort to create a delicious meal, the women, disability law kinston
, worked at creating recipes that they could all enjoy. They loved collard greens with fat back meat, and learned to bake sweet potato pies, cleaned chitterlings and made them into a delicacy to be eaten on special occasions. They made, disability law kinston
, pots of beans seasoned with ham hocks, or pigtails, and they seasoned with pork.
They made home-made biscuits from self-rising, white flour and lard, and they learned to make hush puppies, candied yams, lots of potatoes, and they ate plenty corn bread, so even until this day, African people who became African Americans beginning in the late 1700's, had a very different diet than Euro-Americans.
Even though this wasn't a "good" and "healthy" diet for the slaves, they ate it, they enjoyed it, and they were able to sustain themselves easily. They worked so very hard in the fields 12-16 hours a day. , disability law kinston
, But of course, since they had the so-called "thrifty genes" which allowed their bodies to preserve food in an appropriate manner, when food was scarce, seems that was probably a good thing, since the enslaved didn't always have ample food supplies.
There is a bright side to this though, as they worked, they were receiving strenuous daily exercise, which kept them healthy.
It really didn't matter what the slaves ate, because, disability law kinston
,, disability law kinston
, what they ate, in today's standard would have fattened them too, but it didn't, because they burned it off every day out in the fields working. It was a vicious cycle. They ate, and they worked off the carbohydrates. They ate and they worked off more carbohydrates, and they didn't die from diseases back then, as they do today, diabetes or cancer, and don't think that their bowels didn't move regularly as well, thus eliminating all of the colon cancer, they eliminated the toxins from their bodies through sweat and perspiration.
They may have been tired, but they had healthy bodies. So all of these diseases that are out of control today, like Diabetes came along later due to the many lifestyle changes of Americans.
Let us all learn a very important lesson from this bit of history: According to all legislations and laws today, African Americans can Be whatever they want to be, they can Do whatever they are capable of doing, and they can Have whatever they can manage to work hard enough to achieve. We know that this is a true statement, when you look around and you see such role models as Oprah Winfrey, the queen of talk shows, Bill Cosby, Michael Jordan, we have had several black Miss America's, including the current reigning queen, we have Tiger Woods, the best golfer of all times and The Williams Sisters, who have broken all records.
The list goes on and on. Today, we live in fabulous homes; our children can now go to college, (sidebar: yet we have more African American men in prison today, over 900,000 than we have in college today, only 600,000, that's another article.)
The trouble with this whole thing is, African Americans continue to enjoy many of the delicious foods handed down to us by our ancestors, our diets haven't changed very much, but we've forgotten one very important ingredient, our ancestors, disability law kinston
, worked 12-16 hour days, performing physical labor.
They received the necessary exercise daily, therefore, they didn't get sick with diabetes, and all of the fat was burned off in blood, sweat and tears.
Today, in order for us to get proper exercise, we must plan to have physical exercise at least 30 minutes daily, one-hour is preferable, but no less than 30, disability law kinston
, minutes. That's not a lot, compared to the amount of time our forefathers worked, but according to studies done by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, the little time we manage to put in, while exercising for, disability law kinston
, 30 minutes, 3-4 days/week can prevent the occurrence of Diabetes.
Today, we continue in the tradition of eating our "soul food" diets, very much the same as we did 200 years ago, except today, most of us don't use lard, and we can eat all we want. We've graduated to vegetable oils like Crisco and other vegetable oils. (Olive Oils are better for us, less cholesterol). Families today still enjoy foods, which include far too many carbohydrates like macaroni and cheese, desserts, and, disability law kinston
, lots of bread. We have enjoyed these foods for hundreds of years, but now, we sit at computers, walk out to our cars, drive everywhere, including to the grocery stores, we don't have to walk to school for miles any longer, we can ride the school buses, and exercise has all but been eliminated.
America is overwhelmingly FAT, even our children in many cases are overweight and/or obese.
It's a simple problem, bad diets that includes too much junk food from fast food restaurants, and a lack of strenuous exercise. How many times have you pigged out, after a hard day, then, you fell asleep? That food is fattening you up, just the way that it does for newborn babies. Remember how babies eat and sleep, and soon, you notice their little legs beginning to get a little meat on their bones. But you can almost look at them grow and gain weight.
But they are still babies, and that's what they need, nutrition to grow.
For adults though, it's a different story, we have already grown up, and all we can do now is grow OUT!!! We just keep getting BIGGER and BIGGER and BIGGER! We look bad to ourselves and to others, we can't fit into our nice clothing,, disability law kinston
, we have to keep buying fat clothes. And worst of all, our hearts cannot stand this, and neither can the rest of our organs. (I give a speech entitled "Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled" - How to have a healthy mind, body & spirit).
It's no wonder that our starvation genes are reacting the way that they have, this so-called "thrifty gene" that is found in African Americans seems to store even more of this foreign food that we continue to ingest into our bodies. We came from strong, lean backgrounds, Africa has never been a "fat" nation, but as African Americans, we have Americanized our bodies so badly, that our health problems are out-of-control!
If you take a look at the stats provided by the National Institute of Health, Today, diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious health challenges facing the United States.
The following statistics illustrate the magnitude of this disease among African Americans.
2.8 million African Americans have diabetes.
On average,, disability law kinston
, African Americans are twice as likely to have diabetes as white Americans of similar age.
Approximately 13 percent of all African Americans have diabetes.
African Americans with diabetes are more likely to develop diabetes complications and experience greater disability from the complications, disability law kinston
, than white Americans with diabetes.
Death rates for people with diabetes are 27 percent higher for African Americans compared with whites
National health surveys during the past 35 years show that the percentage of the African American population that has been diagnosed with diabetes is increasing dramatically. The surveys in 1976-80 and in 1988-94 measured fasting plasma glucose and thus allowed an assessment of the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes as well as of previously diagnosed diabetes. In 1976-80, total diabetes prevalence in African Americans ages 40 to 74 years was 8.
9 percent; in 1988-94, total prevalence had increased to 18.2 percent--a doubling of the rate in just 12 years.
Prevalence in African Americans is much higher than in white Americans. Among those ages 40 to 74 years in the 1988-94, disability law kinston
, survey, the rate was 11.2 percent for whites, but was 18.2 percent for African Americans
Regular physical activity is a protective factor against type 2 diabetes and, conversely, lack of physical, disability law kinston
, activity is a risk factor for developing diabetes.
Researchers suspect that a lack of exercise is one factor contributing to the high rates of diabetes in African Americans. In the NHANES III survey, 50 percent of African American men and 67 percent of, disability law kinston
, African American women reported that they participated in little or no leisure time physical activity.
Conclusion
In furthering the causes of this Diabetes Educational Prevention Campaign, the first order of business has been to make my very own Lifestyle Change. My Mother was buried on December 30th, 2000.
When I returned home to Silver Spring, Maryland, it took a few months before I could go on, the grief period was extremely hard, but the first order of business, was to begin a regular exercise routine. Walking became my exercise of choice -- two to four miles three to four days each week. Some weeks I walked, and continue to walk, five days, even six days a week, and recently, I've added "walking up and down the stairs in five minute increments, for 12-15 minutes. There is an extreme difference in the way that I look and feel.
The pounds and inches have been steadily coming off.
I've changed my diet. I'm now drinking green mineral drinks each morning, (you can buy green drinks at organic stores); and I'm no longer eating white bread. In fact I don't eat very much bread at all, but when I do, it is whole grain or wheat bread, brown rice, more fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables. I enjoy using my juice machine for fresh green spinach and carrot drinks.
Recently, I found myself with excellent health results from my physical examination.
My cholesterol level was low, at 126, and my glucose levels were average. My blood pressure was 120/80, which is fine for me, and I feel wonderful too. There is one area that I'm still working on, and that is my Ideal Body Mass, IBM. I'm still overweight, but I've lost 30 lbs., and still counting.
If you are reading this article, and you're at risk for Type 2 Diabetes, consider making a major Lifestyle Change. It's very simple: 1-Change your diet, eliminate most of the carbohydrates from your diet; 2-Exercise regularly for the rest of your life, and 3-Get rid of the extra pounds, work toward maintaining your ideal body weight.
If you make this promise to yourself, to change your life, you will be "Fanning the Flames of the Diabetes Epidemic in America," and soon the fire will be put out, but it will take millions of people to join this fight. Won't you begin today? You don't have to get Diabetes, it can be prevented, you don't have to lose one limb to this vicious disease, nor do you have to lose your kidney. Change your life, and enjoy your Thanksgiving Dinner - with all of the trimmings, but the next day, get back to the business of getting fit and staying healthy.
Source: articleage.com
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Metzler North America Purchase's Seattle's Millennium Tower for German Partner
Author: Anonymous
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Jim Neal
Metzler North America
206-224-3900 (PT)
206-399-0777 mobile
Bob Frause
The Frause Group
206-352-6402 (PT)
Metzler North America Purchases Seattle's Millennium Tower For German Partner
Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG (DIFA) and Metzler North America to Focus on West Coast Acquisitions
Seattle, Wash June 3, 2003 โ€" Metzler North America announced today the purchase of the retail and office portion of the 20-story Class A Millennium Tower in downtown Seattle on behalf of Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG (DIFA), Hamburg, Germany.
Metzler is the exclusive advisor to DIFA for the western U.S. and this purchase marks the first of their cooperative acquisition and management partnership.
โ€œThe Millennium Tower acquisition is the ideal investment for DIFA,โ€ said Metzler North America CEO Jim Neal. โ€œMillennium Tower's design, property sophistication and tenant credit profile embodies our idea of what a โ€˜core' property investment should be, and we are pleased to have been able to make this deal.โ€ The asset will become part of DIFA's open-ended real estate fund DIFA-GRUND.
โ€œThe American real estate markets offer good basic conditions for a long-term investment due to their comparably high returns, their liquidity and the favorable economic perspectiveโ€, Member of the Board, Dr. Reinhard Kutscher noted as he explained the intended US expansion of DIFA. โ€œThe year 2003 appears to be a good point of time for the investment, since the total returns from leasing and appreciation are expected to significantly improve in the U.S. during 2004,โ€ he said.
According to Neal, Metzler-driven DIFA investments in the West will initially be made in California and Washington as well as, investment management firms seattle, the Canadian province of British Columbia. โ€œOur targeted investments will be properties valued at $50 million or more.โ€ Neal said.
โ€œMetzler's know-how is based on more than 25 years of experience in the North American real estate market,โ€ says Dr.
Kutscher. โ€œOur collaboration with Metzler provides a basis for the successful implementation of our investment goal on the west coast, which currently is under represented in open ended investment funds.โ€ Metzler not only seeks and advises DIFA on acquisitions, but will also provide the asset and property services required for each Metzler advised acquisition.
The Millennium Tower is a 20-story mixed use building in downtown Seattle, with a ground-floor retail level. Thirteen of the 20 stories are Class A offices spaces, housing six long-term tenants, including investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co.
, the law firm of Orrick, Herrington, investment management firms seattle, & Sutcliffe, and Voyager Capital, LLC. The top six floors are high-end condominiums, which were not part of the deal.
About Metzler North America
Seattle-based Metzler North America is a diversified real estate investment management firm, investment management firms seattle, . It was established more than 25 years ago to create and manage North American real estate portfolios for the institutional and private clients of Bankhaus, investment management firms seattle, Metzler, Frankfurt, Germany and compatible domestic co-investors.
Metzler North America is an integral component of the 329-year old Metzler Group; a global enterprise with assets under management exceeding $55 billion. Metzler North America currently owns, develops and manages real, investment management firms seattle, estate in several select markets throughout the U.S.
About DIFA
Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG, investment management firms seattle, (DIFA), Hamburg, Germany, is the real estate company of Union Investment Group and with an 18 percent market share, is the second largest offerer of open-ended real estate funds in Germany.
DIFA's US real estate acquisitions are intended to support the firm's DIFA-GRUND portfolio positioning as a significant foreign fund. It is intended that, at mid-term, DIFA-GRUND will hold a 25 percent share in non-European real estate. DIFA-GRUND has been invested in the US since 1988 with assets of a volume of 230 M Euro located in Atlanta and Washington D.C.
Source: free-articles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Jim Neal
Metzler North America
206-224-3900 (PT)
206-399-0777 mobile
Bob Frause
The Frause Group
206-352-6402 (PT)
Metzler North America Purchases Seattle's Millennium Tower For German Partner
Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG (DIFA) and Metzler North America to Focus on West Coast Acquisitions
Seattle, Wash June 3, 2003 โ€" Metzler North America announced today the purchase of the retail and office portion of the 20-story Class A Millennium Tower in downtown Seattle on behalf of Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG (DIFA), Hamburg, Germany.
Metzler is the exclusive advisor to DIFA for the western U.S. and this purchase marks the first of their cooperative acquisition and management partnership.
โ€œThe Millennium Tower acquisition is the ideal investment for DIFA,โ€ said Metzler North America CEO Jim Neal. โ€œMillennium Tower's design, property sophistication and tenant credit profile embodies our idea of what a โ€˜core' property investment should be, and we are pleased to have been able to make this deal.โ€ The asset will become part of DIFA's open-ended real estate fund DIFA-GRUND.
โ€œThe American real estate markets offer good basic conditions for a long-term investment due to their comparably high returns, their liquidity and the favorable economic perspectiveโ€, Member of the Board, Dr. Reinhard Kutscher noted as he explained the intended US expansion of DIFA. โ€œThe year 2003 appears to be a good point of time for the investment, since the total returns from leasing and appreciation are expected to significantly improve in the U.S. during 2004,โ€ he said.
According to Neal, Metzler-driven DIFA investments in the West will initially be made in California and Washington as well as, investment management firms seattle, the Canadian province of British Columbia. โ€œOur targeted investments will be properties valued at $50 million or more.โ€ Neal said.
โ€œMetzler's know-how is based on more than 25 years of experience in the North American real estate market,โ€ says Dr.
Kutscher. โ€œOur collaboration with Metzler provides a basis for the successful implementation of our investment goal on the west coast, which currently is under represented in open ended investment funds.โ€ Metzler not only seeks and advises DIFA on acquisitions, but will also provide the asset and property services required for each Metzler advised acquisition.
The Millennium Tower is a 20-story mixed use building in downtown Seattle, with a ground-floor retail level. Thirteen of the 20 stories are Class A offices spaces, housing six long-term tenants, including investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co.
, the law firm of Orrick, Herrington, investment management firms seattle, & Sutcliffe, and Voyager Capital, LLC. The top six floors are high-end condominiums, which were not part of the deal.
About Metzler North America
Seattle-based Metzler North America is a diversified real estate investment management firm, investment management firms seattle, . It was established more than 25 years ago to create and manage North American real estate portfolios for the institutional and private clients of Bankhaus, investment management firms seattle, Metzler, Frankfurt, Germany and compatible domestic co-investors.
Metzler North America is an integral component of the 329-year old Metzler Group; a global enterprise with assets under management exceeding $55 billion. Metzler North America currently owns, develops and manages real, investment management firms seattle, estate in several select markets throughout the U.S.
About DIFA
Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG, investment management firms seattle, (DIFA), Hamburg, Germany, is the real estate company of Union Investment Group and with an 18 percent market share, is the second largest offerer of open-ended real estate funds in Germany.
DIFA's US real estate acquisitions are intended to support the firm's DIFA-GRUND portfolio positioning as a significant foreign fund. It is intended that, at mid-term, DIFA-GRUND will hold a 25 percent share in non-European real estate. DIFA-GRUND has been invested in the US since 1988 with assets of a volume of 230 M Euro located in Atlanta and Washington D.C.
Source: free-articles
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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The Florida Keys And Key West, Getting To The Keys
Author: Carlos Aguaron
Getting to The Florida Keys, Crystal Light On The Go
, is a whole adventure on its own. Whether you decide, Crystal Light On The Go
, to travel by air, land or sea, the experience of entering the island chain and its tropical environment, Crystal Light On The Go
, is something that every avid traveler should do at least once.
If flying is your best option, you can opt to fly into Marathon or Key West airports. Should you, Crystal Light On The Go
, decide to take this opportunity, you can find more information in our Florida Keys airport section.
If you want to experience cruising trough the crystal clear waters of the Atlantic Ocean or the Florida Bay, check our travel to The Florida Keys by Ferry section
The best way to admire and get to know the Florida Keys as they really are, is to get there by car. Whether your starting point is Miami or Fort Lauderdale Airport, there are two options you can choose to get to the Keys. You can either take I-95 south until this highway reaches its end and turns into US-1, or you can take the Florida Turnpike extension South to Florida City.
The first option is a little slower than the second one; however, it is also slightly shorter.
Taking US-1, all the way to the Keys, is the most preferred route by travelers who want to enjoy the scenery and the change in the environment as you approach the southern tip of the Florida peninsula. At the end of I-95 you will find the Rickenbacker causeway that leads to famous Key Biscayne and Miami Sea Aquarium. A few miles further south you will cross Southeast 17 avenue, which leads to Coconut Grove and its bustling shopping and nightlife atmosphere
As you continue southward on US-1, you will pass the east end of the, Crystal Light On The Go
, very Spanish-looking Coral Gables on your right, and and you will also be able to admire South Miami.
At this point you can start to see the change in the scenery. Also you will pass by Cutler Ridge and Homestead and its motor complex. About ten minutes after this, you will finally reach Florida City, which is known as The Gateway to the Keys. This will be your last city before you arrive to Key Largo and the upper keys.
Right after you pass Florida City you will reach a crossroad. There, you can either take the famous 20 mile stretch to Key Largo or the lesser known and wilder Car Sound Road.
If you opt for the "stretch," you will be in a 2 lane road for 26 miles and the first signs of civilization will be Gilbert's Resort and Marina on Jewfish Creek. At that point, you will also have arrived the first of the 42 bridges connecting the more of 100 main islands that conform the Florida Keys.
If you opt to take Car Sound Road, you will be able to enjoy your ride with views of the ocean and mangroves until you reach the Car Sound Road toll. At the first bridge you will be able to spot a large crowd of fishermen and diving tours on the water.
Just a few more miles down the road further south, you will encounter one of the most picturesque sites on this road: Downtown Card Sound Road and its very own Alabama Jacks. A traditional bar frequented by, Crystal Light On The Go
, locals and fisherman. After your mandatory stop for the Alabama Jacks photo or cocktail you will drive a few miles south were you will find a stop sign and flashing light, to the left, the road that leads to Ocean Reef Club Resort, make a right turn and you will be driving for about 10-15 minutes of nothing but tropical foliage and the occasional lizard baking in the Florida Sun, you will get to Key Largo in no time and ready to start your unforgettable trip to The Florida Keys.
Source: articledashboard.com
Getting to The Florida Keys, Crystal Light On The Go
, is a whole adventure on its own. Whether you decide, Crystal Light On The Go
, to travel by air, land or sea, the experience of entering the island chain and its tropical environment, Crystal Light On The Go
, is something that every avid traveler should do at least once.
If flying is your best option, you can opt to fly into Marathon or Key West airports. Should you, Crystal Light On The Go
, decide to take this opportunity, you can find more information in our Florida Keys airport section.
If you want to experience cruising trough the crystal clear waters of the Atlantic Ocean or the Florida Bay, check our travel to The Florida Keys by Ferry section
The best way to admire and get to know the Florida Keys as they really are, is to get there by car. Whether your starting point is Miami or Fort Lauderdale Airport, there are two options you can choose to get to the Keys. You can either take I-95 south until this highway reaches its end and turns into US-1, or you can take the Florida Turnpike extension South to Florida City.
The first option is a little slower than the second one; however, it is also slightly shorter.
Taking US-1, all the way to the Keys, is the most preferred route by travelers who want to enjoy the scenery and the change in the environment as you approach the southern tip of the Florida peninsula. At the end of I-95 you will find the Rickenbacker causeway that leads to famous Key Biscayne and Miami Sea Aquarium. A few miles further south you will cross Southeast 17 avenue, which leads to Coconut Grove and its bustling shopping and nightlife atmosphere
As you continue southward on US-1, you will pass the east end of the, Crystal Light On The Go
, very Spanish-looking Coral Gables on your right, and and you will also be able to admire South Miami.
At this point you can start to see the change in the scenery. Also you will pass by Cutler Ridge and Homestead and its motor complex. About ten minutes after this, you will finally reach Florida City, which is known as The Gateway to the Keys. This will be your last city before you arrive to Key Largo and the upper keys.
Right after you pass Florida City you will reach a crossroad. There, you can either take the famous 20 mile stretch to Key Largo or the lesser known and wilder Car Sound Road.
If you opt for the "stretch," you will be in a 2 lane road for 26 miles and the first signs of civilization will be Gilbert's Resort and Marina on Jewfish Creek. At that point, you will also have arrived the first of the 42 bridges connecting the more of 100 main islands that conform the Florida Keys.
If you opt to take Car Sound Road, you will be able to enjoy your ride with views of the ocean and mangroves until you reach the Car Sound Road toll. At the first bridge you will be able to spot a large crowd of fishermen and diving tours on the water.
Just a few more miles down the road further south, you will encounter one of the most picturesque sites on this road: Downtown Card Sound Road and its very own Alabama Jacks. A traditional bar frequented by, Crystal Light On The Go
, locals and fisherman. After your mandatory stop for the Alabama Jacks photo or cocktail you will drive a few miles south were you will find a stop sign and flashing light, to the left, the road that leads to Ocean Reef Club Resort, make a right turn and you will be driving for about 10-15 minutes of nothing but tropical foliage and the occasional lizard baking in the Florida Sun, you will get to Key Largo in no time and ready to start your unforgettable trip to The Florida Keys.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Finding a Great Kitchen Contractor
Author: Tony Kawaguchi
From a simple paint job to full redesigns, updating your kitchen can breathe new life into one of the most important rooms in your home. It is also a sure-fire way to increase your home’s resale value.If you are going to hire a contractor to do the renovation, there are several checkpoints to mark, even before the process begins.Reliability,, contractors insurance
, contractors insurance
, comes with a good referral.
If you know someone who has recently given their kitchen a facelift, and had great results, ask which company they hired. When you do find a good contractor, be prepared to wait. The best companies are usually booked months in advance.You don’t always have to go with the first contractor you speak to. Interview at least two, and look at their portfolio or photo gallery, if they have one. But don’t go overboard. Three, or maximum four, quotes should be, contractors insurance
, enough.
Make sure you see these contractors’ credentials. Are they licensed to practice their trade? Are they affiliated with associations in their field, such as the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), or the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB)?Get it in writing. Once you have decided on a particular company, it is very important that all details about the job be in writing. This, contractors insurance
, contract should outline items such as the price and payment schedule, a site plan and the scope of the work.
A schedule of primary construction tasks, accompanied by a change-order clause should be included, and a written procedural list for close out.You should also protect yourself with an express limited warranty, a dispute resolution clause and a waiver of lien. The latter will prevent subcontractors and suppliers from putting a lien on your house, if the contractor does not pay their invoices. Another way you can avoid headache, and heartache, is to call your local Better Business Bureau (BBB) office.
Most reliable organizations are happy to register with the BBB, and add this accreditation to their advertising materials.But there are renovation nightmare tales in every city. One story tells of an owner who set up a specific credit card so the supposedly reputable contractor could buy supplies,, contractors insurance
, contractors insurance
, as the major renovation job progressed. Unfortunately, when the owner checked his statement soon into the project, he realized the contractor had racked up over $30,000, contractors insurance
, in personal purchases on that card.
The bad news for the contractor was his client was a very good lawyer.Another consideration is insurance. Are the contractors insured for damage that may occur due to negligence during the construction process? Would your current home insurance cover significant damage if the contractor, contractors insurance
, was underinsured, or lied about being insured at all? A quick phone call or two could alleviate many sleepless nights until your beautiful, contractors insurance
, renovation is complete.
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From a simple paint job to full redesigns, updating your kitchen can breathe new life into one of the most important rooms in your home. It is also a sure-fire way to increase your home’s resale value.If you are going to hire a contractor to do the renovation, there are several checkpoints to mark, even before the process begins.Reliability,, contractors insurance
, contractors insurance
, comes with a good referral.
If you know someone who has recently given their kitchen a facelift, and had great results, ask which company they hired. When you do find a good contractor, be prepared to wait. The best companies are usually booked months in advance.You don’t always have to go with the first contractor you speak to. Interview at least two, and look at their portfolio or photo gallery, if they have one. But don’t go overboard. Three, or maximum four, quotes should be, contractors insurance
, enough.
Make sure you see these contractors’ credentials. Are they licensed to practice their trade? Are they affiliated with associations in their field, such as the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), or the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB)?Get it in writing. Once you have decided on a particular company, it is very important that all details about the job be in writing. This, contractors insurance
, contract should outline items such as the price and payment schedule, a site plan and the scope of the work.
A schedule of primary construction tasks, accompanied by a change-order clause should be included, and a written procedural list for close out.You should also protect yourself with an express limited warranty, a dispute resolution clause and a waiver of lien. The latter will prevent subcontractors and suppliers from putting a lien on your house, if the contractor does not pay their invoices. Another way you can avoid headache, and heartache, is to call your local Better Business Bureau (BBB) office.
Most reliable organizations are happy to register with the BBB, and add this accreditation to their advertising materials.But there are renovation nightmare tales in every city. One story tells of an owner who set up a specific credit card so the supposedly reputable contractor could buy supplies,, contractors insurance
, contractors insurance
, as the major renovation job progressed. Unfortunately, when the owner checked his statement soon into the project, he realized the contractor had racked up over $30,000, contractors insurance
, in personal purchases on that card.
The bad news for the contractor was his client was a very good lawyer.Another consideration is insurance. Are the contractors insured for damage that may occur due to negligence during the construction process? Would your current home insurance cover significant damage if the contractor, contractors insurance
, was underinsured, or lied about being insured at all? A quick phone call or two could alleviate many sleepless nights until your beautiful, contractors insurance
, renovation is complete.
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Trends In Interior Decorating
Author: Connie Garrett
It is easy to see why you feel so relaxed when you are surrounded by nature. The
colors, Bedspread Catalog
, are calming and it just feels right to commune with this, Bedspread Catalog
, particular
environment. Environmental Decorating is a popular trend that, Bedspread Catalog
, addresses these
feelings to "get back to nature."
Extending this design area into your home or office can easily be done with simple
accessories.
Faux textures that resemble, Bedspread Catalog
, marble, stone or granite can set a nice
background for any room with this theme. Look outside your window to see what
palette Mother Earth is offering. Take these colors and use them in wallcovering or
upholstery. Look for patterns, Bedspread Catalog
, that contain vegetables, florals, leaves or fruit.
Combine these items with natural wood or marble flooring. Top it off with wood
blinds and you have created an environment where you can relax and feel embraced
by, Bedspread Catalog
, nature.
Anyone can take responsibility to bring design trends into their home or office. The
trick to having a room that truly looks "put together" is to coordinate items as
simple as your bedspreads, pillows and comforters. Does your wall go with your
tables? Are your blinds complimenting your furniture? They do not have to match.
They do, however, need to compliment each other and give will help to give you a
more professional, "put together" look if you can accomplish this.
Do not be quick to spend money on your interior design.
It is easy to, Bedspread Catalog
, look through a
catalog and buy everything you need that might match. It is savvy to find an
accessories store or website where you can pick and choose the items creating a
room that is uniquely about you and the life you lead.
A good way to dive into decorating is by looking at a trend you enjoy such as
Environmental Decorating. Buy one items you truly love and build your ideas around
that one item. Before you know it, you will have additional items that compliment
each other and a theme you truly love.
All that is left is enjoy your new environment.
Connie Garrett is owner of Sweet Peas Home Decor in Iowa. Connie has brought her
experience as a savvy interior design expert to the organizations new website at
http://www.sweetpeashomedecor.com
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It is easy to see why you feel so relaxed when you are surrounded by nature. The
colors, Bedspread Catalog
, are calming and it just feels right to commune with this, Bedspread Catalog
, particular
environment. Environmental Decorating is a popular trend that, Bedspread Catalog
, addresses these
feelings to "get back to nature."
Extending this design area into your home or office can easily be done with simple
accessories.
Faux textures that resemble, Bedspread Catalog
, marble, stone or granite can set a nice
background for any room with this theme. Look outside your window to see what
palette Mother Earth is offering. Take these colors and use them in wallcovering or
upholstery. Look for patterns, Bedspread Catalog
, that contain vegetables, florals, leaves or fruit.
Combine these items with natural wood or marble flooring. Top it off with wood
blinds and you have created an environment where you can relax and feel embraced
by, Bedspread Catalog
, nature.
Anyone can take responsibility to bring design trends into their home or office. The
trick to having a room that truly looks "put together" is to coordinate items as
simple as your bedspreads, pillows and comforters. Does your wall go with your
tables? Are your blinds complimenting your furniture? They do not have to match.
They do, however, need to compliment each other and give will help to give you a
more professional, "put together" look if you can accomplish this.
Do not be quick to spend money on your interior design.
It is easy to, Bedspread Catalog
, look through a
catalog and buy everything you need that might match. It is savvy to find an
accessories store or website where you can pick and choose the items creating a
room that is uniquely about you and the life you lead.
A good way to dive into decorating is by looking at a trend you enjoy such as
Environmental Decorating. Buy one items you truly love and build your ideas around
that one item. Before you know it, you will have additional items that compliment
each other and a theme you truly love.
All that is left is enjoy your new environment.
Connie Garrett is owner of Sweet Peas Home Decor in Iowa. Connie has brought her
experience as a savvy interior design expert to the organizations new website at
http://www.sweetpeashomedecor.com
Source: download
Monday, December 28, 2009
Teaching Kids to Deal with Pain
Author: Jill L. Ferguson
Thirty years ago on a little league field in New York State a youngster injured his thumb when he was hit with the ball. The coach, who was also his father, looked at the digit, declared it couldn't be too bad, so "be tough," and sent the kid back into the game. Moments later, with his thumb turning a rainbow of shades and expanding to three times its usual size, the child's mother yanked him off the field,, new york nose surgery
, and over the protests of his father, drove him to the emergency room.
The doctor pronounced the thumb to be broken. At home that evening, after being told that his son's thumb was broken, the father said he felt bad about his hasty judgement.
Though this scene took place two decades ago, it repeats itself (maybe under some variation) every year. Parents oftentimes brush off their children's pain in an effort to dam the tears and curb the wailing. We are not intentionally trying to be mean. Let's face facts, our child's crying, when it is caused by injury, pains us.
We do not want our children to be hurt or to feel pain. We may go as far as thinking, if only I could take this pain from her or him.
A child who is seriously ill or injured evokes sad emotions and causes us to think, new york nose surgery
, that life is unfair. The image of that ill, new york nose surgery
, child is out of our comfort range. Our mental images of children revolve around rosy faced, boys and girls with wind-blown hair, playing and laughing, enjoying life and sunshine.
But in reality, children do get hurt, sometimes seriously, and it may take more than a Band-Aid to make the boo-boo go away.
When our children take a tumble as they learn to walk, take a spill from their bikes, or fall from a tree they have proudly climbed, we need to know how to handle the situation. Our mental attitudes, words and physical actions influence the amount of pain children feel, the level of hysteria they will reach and their mental associations about pain and life.
But in order to adequately help our children during times of crisis and both physical and emotional pain, we need to examine what pain is, its causes and types and its "cures".
Parents are a child's first teachers in life. We are also our child's first teachers about pain.
What is pain?
Pain is a subjective sensation. What may be painful to one person or child may not be as painful to another. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage." Pain is the body's signal that it has been injured or that something is wrong.
So, in essence, pain can be good, but it can also interfere, new york nose surgery
, with our lives and our bodies' functioning.
Sometimes diagnosing a child's pain can be difficult, especially in infants and younger children. The only authority on a child's pain is the injured child; just as the only authority on an adult's pain is the injured adult. We cannot feel another's pain; we can only read his verbal and nonverbal cues to understand the intensity he is feeling. We need to keep this in mind when we are treating our child's injury.
Scientists and psychologists have studied pain for years. Back in the seventeenth century the philosopher Rene Descartes believed that the mind and body were separate entities, therefore creating misconceptions about pain, saying that our thoughts and feelings had no influence on our pain. Even in more recent years, researchers and doctors did not believe infants and children could feel intense pain because they were neurologically immature, and that their cries and screams were caused by fear.
In the 1930s the prevalent mindset was that if a doctor gave an infant a sugar sucker, no anesthesia was needed during surgery, whether that surgery was a circumcision or for something more life-threatening. We, as a society and as researchers, have come a long way since then, but only recently. In 1985 in Washington D.C., baby Jeffrey Lawson was born prematurely and needed heart surgery. Doctors gave the baby the proper anaesthetic analgesia, but he received no post-operation pain medications.
Baby Jeffrey died shortly after surgery, and during this landmark case, it was proved he died from the intensity of the pain.
This case caused the International Association for the Study of Pain to form the Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood in 1986. Because of their work, and the research of other similar groups, we now know that children of all ages do indeed feel pain and this pain is often more intense and frightening than the pain that adults experience. We also have now realized that the child is the ultimate authority on the pain he or she is feeling.
In July of this year, a research team at John Hopkins University and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reported,, new york nose surgery
, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that they had found a single gene that could explain why injuries that spell mere discomfort for one person could be mean agony for another. This gene, which controls the mu opiate, new york nose surgery
, receptor (a molecule, new york nose surgery
, that helps the body's natural opiates enter cells), also provides clues as to why some people get more relief than other from opium-based painkillers.
Dr. George Uhl, of NIDA, said, "People have long been skeptical that pain has a genetic basis. Many assume the way people respond is voluntary. 'Just put up with it' has been a common recommendation for years. But now people can think of pain as a genetically regulated problem."
Causes, new york nose surgery
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Genes are not the only causes of how intense pains could be. Many factors influence, new york nose surgery
, the way we feel pain. Child psychologist Leona Kuttner, Ph.D., in her book A Child in Pain: How to Help, What to Do (Hartley and Marks), includes these factors:
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These factors, new york nose surgery
, combine to determine how painful the situation is and how the child will respond.
If a parent gets hysterical or faints upon seeing an injury, the child is apt to think her injury is very serious, and possibly even life threatening.
Likewise, if injury is seen as a positive occurrence, then the pain will be less severe. Boston surgeon H. Beecher studied this phenomenon during World War II. Soldiers, who were injured in battle with injuries similar to their civilian counterparts, required less pain medication. To the soldiers, a wound meant a ticket home, so the pain they were feelings was positive.
In other examples of how cultural norms affect intensity of pain, if a boy has been taught by society that crying is bad and that "boys don't cry and only sissies get hurt," he is apt to "tough it out" and say that nothing is wrong, even if he has a serious injury. With this attitude, he may end up doing further damage to the injured body part, just like the boy in the example at the beginning of this article.
In addition to these external factors, the intensity of our pain is also based on internal factors.
Kuttner writes, "When the body experiences an injury, nerve impulses at the site of the injury send a message to the brain. The nerve impulses alone are not the pain; only when they reach the brain are they defined, felt and experienced as 'pain'."
Your child, based on a past negative experience with a needle, may interpret the shot about to be administered not only as a physical discomfort but also as a huge threat. Because of these feelings, she may feel more pain from that needle pierce than her friends would.
Recently, researchers in England suggested that newborns may have more of the chemicals in their spinal cords that cause the experience of pain than adults do. But, infants have no way to articulate what they are feeling (other than by crying) and do not know mechanisms—internally and externally—to shut down the pain as older children and adults do. So it is important for us, as parents,, new york nose surgery
, to watch our children closely to pick up the nonverbal clues on how they feel.
Classifications of Pain
Three main types of pain exist for people of all ages: acute pain, chronic pain and recurrent pain.
These pain types vary in cause, longevity and intensity.
Acute pain is usually immediate and lasts for a short duration of time, usually less than two weeks. This type of pain is often caused by an injury, a short-term illness or a surgical or medical procedure. Acute pain can be treated with analgesics, including, new york nose surgery
, over the counter and prescription medications. It can also be eased with nonpharmacologic means such as hypnosis and acupuncture or acupressure. If acute pain is untreated, it can cause significant emotional and physical distress.
Chronic pain persists for a time period beyond three months and includes both constant pain, such as that caused by a terminal illness, and intermittent pain, such as that caused by an intestinal or stomach disorder. Chronic pain may represent an illness, but oftentimes the cause of the pain remains undiagnosed. This type of pain frequently wears the sufferer down into thinking it is normal or "just a part of life." Chronic pain should not be a part of life.
According to Kuttner, recurrent pain is "pain that alternates with pain-free periods.
" Recurrent pain includes, new york nose surgery
, migraines and tension headaches, back pain and many other common problems. In children, recurrent pains may include for a period of time what we label as "growing pains." Five to ten percent of all school-aged children suffer from recurrent pains.
One pain these children occasionally complain about is headaches. The National Headache Foundation classifies this recurrent child's pain into five categories: tension-type, vasodilation or vascular, internal traction, inflammation and neurogenic or epileptic.
Your child's tension-type headache, according to the Foundation, is "probably caused by poor posture, worry, anxiety or depression." It is characterized, new york nose surgery
, by a tightening in the muscles, particularly those around the neck.
Vasodilation or vascular headaches are caused by the dilation and/or expansion of the blood, new york nose surgery
, vessels and arteries in and around the, new york nose surgery
, skull. This swelling forms a pressure across the forehead, oftentimes, new york nose surgery
, creating what we know as a migraine.
Internal traction, most often associated with organic (meaning coming from within, not from external forces such as a strong, new york nose surgery
, odor or stress) headaches, indicates the presence of a tumor, abscess, infection, swelling or hematoma. This type of headache is very serious.
Inflammation headaches also require immediate medical care, as they accompany another problem, usually a disease of the eyes, ears, nose, teeth or sinuses, or a neck or jaw disorder. This type of headache occurs when your child's tissues are injured or irritated and become inflamed.
Lastly, "some children's headaches are accompanied by seizure-like behavior, similar to children who have epilepsy." Tests on a neurogenic or epileptic headache will not usually reveal a clinical cause, but "a passing neurological disorder that can be managed with medication and might eventually disappear on its own," according to the National Headache Foundation.
Easing the Pain
Your six-year-old has been whiny lately, complaining of a headache. What should you do? According, new york nose surgery
, to Kuttner, we first need to respond to the pain in a caring practical manner.
Ask on a scale of one to ten how bad it hurts.
Inform the child about what is happening in his body. Six-year-olds are in the exploratory age where they love to discover how things work, including the human body. Get out the encyclopedia if you have to and read it together. Not only will this create a bond if you "problem-solve" the headache together, but snuggle or hold the child while you research.
Acknowledge your child's pain without minimizing or denying it. Refrain from phrases such as "It can't be that bad.
" Ask exactly where it hurts so you can get an idea what type of headache the pain could be.
Discuss options with your child on what to do—a children's painkiller, a cool washcloth on the forehead, relaxing with eyes closed,, new york nose surgery
, thinking about happy things such as playing on the beach, etc.
Stay with your child through this experience,,, new york nose surgery
, new york nose surgery
, providing him with hope. Tell him it will go away soon.
Most of all, in any experience that is painful for your child, keep your own anxiety in check.
If a child senses you are scared, he or she may become unreasonably scared, causing the hurt to be more painful than it is. Because, as Kuttner writes, "In every pain experience the brain integrates sensory and emotional information as well as thought processes."
But say your child has an injury more serious than a tension headache. What can you do to help her control the pain? According to Dr. Ronald Melzack in his book The Puzzle of Pain, you can teach your child to "gate the pain." "The pain impulse could be blocked, weakened or interrupted along the pathways to the brain.
" This is done by rubbing the limb, finger, etc., which activates a gating mechanism and inhibits the spinal cord's cells that transmit the pain message to the brain.
Another option for controlling pain is by using endogenons opioids, including the body's own endorphins. The brain, stomach and other organs have opioid receptors that naturally work to reduce pain. The immune system immobilizes cells that travel to the injury and release the endorphins. To release more opioids, medications such as morphine can be used.
Less potent medications, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and corticosteriods (such as hydrocortozone ointments) can also be used for some pain and injuries.
If you opt not to use medication, hypnosis can lessen pain by changing the experience of pain by focused concentration to alter consciousness. Stanford University psychologist Dr. Ernest Hilgard did a study by hypnotizing people and then asking them whether a normally painful sensation to the arm was painful. The patients wrote that severe pain was experienced in the brain's subconscious, but "because of the hypnotic trance it was not deemed 'pain' or perceived as 'painful'.
"
To hypnotize your child, you do not need the watch on a chain or the therapist's license. Just get him to strongly focus both mentally and physically on something other than the pain. You may even use a Where's Waldo book or one of those three dimension pictures with the hidden focal points that you can only see if you concentrate on the center of the print until your eyes go out of focus.
Most importantly, if your child is injured and in pain, don't panic. The child will not believe things will get better if you are not acting like they will.
Give your child control over the pain control mechanisms that s/he will use, whether it be deep breathing, concentrating on something else, rubbing the injury, etc. Use language and ideas that invite hope. And pay close attention to the nonverbal indicators that reveal how the child is feeling. A child who has been in pain for a prolonged period of time may say anything to join his friends and appear "normal", new york nose surgery
, again.
Children will get hurt and be in pain. This is part of their growing and learning experiences, just as it is a part of our learning experiences as parents to grow through our children's pain.
Keep a positive outlook. And the next time David bumps his leg on the fireplace bricks after being told not to run in the house, do not say "That's what you get for not listening to me," but get out the ice pack and sit with him on the couch and explain what happened to his body. Pain should not be seen as a punishment but as a message to heed. And pain from bumping into the fireplace bricks may actually teach David that running in the house is not a good idea faster than any words or lectures you could say.
Jill L. Ferguson is an author, editor, public speaker and professor. She has written over 700 published articles and contributed to three nonfiction books. Her first novel, Sometimes Art Can't Save You, was published in late 2005 by In Your Face Ink.
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Thirty years ago on a little league field in New York State a youngster injured his thumb when he was hit with the ball. The coach, who was also his father, looked at the digit, declared it couldn't be too bad, so "be tough," and sent the kid back into the game. Moments later, with his thumb turning a rainbow of shades and expanding to three times its usual size, the child's mother yanked him off the field,, new york nose surgery
, and over the protests of his father, drove him to the emergency room.
The doctor pronounced the thumb to be broken. At home that evening, after being told that his son's thumb was broken, the father said he felt bad about his hasty judgement.
Though this scene took place two decades ago, it repeats itself (maybe under some variation) every year. Parents oftentimes brush off their children's pain in an effort to dam the tears and curb the wailing. We are not intentionally trying to be mean. Let's face facts, our child's crying, when it is caused by injury, pains us.
We do not want our children to be hurt or to feel pain. We may go as far as thinking, if only I could take this pain from her or him.
A child who is seriously ill or injured evokes sad emotions and causes us to think, new york nose surgery
, that life is unfair. The image of that ill, new york nose surgery
, child is out of our comfort range. Our mental images of children revolve around rosy faced, boys and girls with wind-blown hair, playing and laughing, enjoying life and sunshine.
But in reality, children do get hurt, sometimes seriously, and it may take more than a Band-Aid to make the boo-boo go away.
When our children take a tumble as they learn to walk, take a spill from their bikes, or fall from a tree they have proudly climbed, we need to know how to handle the situation. Our mental attitudes, words and physical actions influence the amount of pain children feel, the level of hysteria they will reach and their mental associations about pain and life.
But in order to adequately help our children during times of crisis and both physical and emotional pain, we need to examine what pain is, its causes and types and its "cures".
Parents are a child's first teachers in life. We are also our child's first teachers about pain.
What is pain?
Pain is a subjective sensation. What may be painful to one person or child may not be as painful to another. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage." Pain is the body's signal that it has been injured or that something is wrong.
So, in essence, pain can be good, but it can also interfere, new york nose surgery
, with our lives and our bodies' functioning.
Sometimes diagnosing a child's pain can be difficult, especially in infants and younger children. The only authority on a child's pain is the injured child; just as the only authority on an adult's pain is the injured adult. We cannot feel another's pain; we can only read his verbal and nonverbal cues to understand the intensity he is feeling. We need to keep this in mind when we are treating our child's injury.
Scientists and psychologists have studied pain for years. Back in the seventeenth century the philosopher Rene Descartes believed that the mind and body were separate entities, therefore creating misconceptions about pain, saying that our thoughts and feelings had no influence on our pain. Even in more recent years, researchers and doctors did not believe infants and children could feel intense pain because they were neurologically immature, and that their cries and screams were caused by fear.
In the 1930s the prevalent mindset was that if a doctor gave an infant a sugar sucker, no anesthesia was needed during surgery, whether that surgery was a circumcision or for something more life-threatening. We, as a society and as researchers, have come a long way since then, but only recently. In 1985 in Washington D.C., baby Jeffrey Lawson was born prematurely and needed heart surgery. Doctors gave the baby the proper anaesthetic analgesia, but he received no post-operation pain medications.
Baby Jeffrey died shortly after surgery, and during this landmark case, it was proved he died from the intensity of the pain.
This case caused the International Association for the Study of Pain to form the Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood in 1986. Because of their work, and the research of other similar groups, we now know that children of all ages do indeed feel pain and this pain is often more intense and frightening than the pain that adults experience. We also have now realized that the child is the ultimate authority on the pain he or she is feeling.
In July of this year, a research team at John Hopkins University and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reported,, new york nose surgery
, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that they had found a single gene that could explain why injuries that spell mere discomfort for one person could be mean agony for another. This gene, which controls the mu opiate, new york nose surgery
, receptor (a molecule, new york nose surgery
, that helps the body's natural opiates enter cells), also provides clues as to why some people get more relief than other from opium-based painkillers.
Dr. George Uhl, of NIDA, said, "People have long been skeptical that pain has a genetic basis. Many assume the way people respond is voluntary. 'Just put up with it' has been a common recommendation for years. But now people can think of pain as a genetically regulated problem."
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Genes are not the only causes of how intense pains could be. Many factors influence, new york nose surgery
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If a parent gets hysterical or faints upon seeing an injury, the child is apt to think her injury is very serious, and possibly even life threatening.
Likewise, if injury is seen as a positive occurrence, then the pain will be less severe. Boston surgeon H. Beecher studied this phenomenon during World War II. Soldiers, who were injured in battle with injuries similar to their civilian counterparts, required less pain medication. To the soldiers, a wound meant a ticket home, so the pain they were feelings was positive.
In other examples of how cultural norms affect intensity of pain, if a boy has been taught by society that crying is bad and that "boys don't cry and only sissies get hurt," he is apt to "tough it out" and say that nothing is wrong, even if he has a serious injury. With this attitude, he may end up doing further damage to the injured body part, just like the boy in the example at the beginning of this article.
In addition to these external factors, the intensity of our pain is also based on internal factors.
Kuttner writes, "When the body experiences an injury, nerve impulses at the site of the injury send a message to the brain. The nerve impulses alone are not the pain; only when they reach the brain are they defined, felt and experienced as 'pain'."
Your child, based on a past negative experience with a needle, may interpret the shot about to be administered not only as a physical discomfort but also as a huge threat. Because of these feelings, she may feel more pain from that needle pierce than her friends would.
Recently, researchers in England suggested that newborns may have more of the chemicals in their spinal cords that cause the experience of pain than adults do. But, infants have no way to articulate what they are feeling (other than by crying) and do not know mechanisms—internally and externally—to shut down the pain as older children and adults do. So it is important for us, as parents,, new york nose surgery
, to watch our children closely to pick up the nonverbal clues on how they feel.
Classifications of Pain
Three main types of pain exist for people of all ages: acute pain, chronic pain and recurrent pain.
These pain types vary in cause, longevity and intensity.
Acute pain is usually immediate and lasts for a short duration of time, usually less than two weeks. This type of pain is often caused by an injury, a short-term illness or a surgical or medical procedure. Acute pain can be treated with analgesics, including, new york nose surgery
, over the counter and prescription medications. It can also be eased with nonpharmacologic means such as hypnosis and acupuncture or acupressure. If acute pain is untreated, it can cause significant emotional and physical distress.
Chronic pain persists for a time period beyond three months and includes both constant pain, such as that caused by a terminal illness, and intermittent pain, such as that caused by an intestinal or stomach disorder. Chronic pain may represent an illness, but oftentimes the cause of the pain remains undiagnosed. This type of pain frequently wears the sufferer down into thinking it is normal or "just a part of life." Chronic pain should not be a part of life.
According to Kuttner, recurrent pain is "pain that alternates with pain-free periods.
" Recurrent pain includes, new york nose surgery
, migraines and tension headaches, back pain and many other common problems. In children, recurrent pains may include for a period of time what we label as "growing pains." Five to ten percent of all school-aged children suffer from recurrent pains.
One pain these children occasionally complain about is headaches. The National Headache Foundation classifies this recurrent child's pain into five categories: tension-type, vasodilation or vascular, internal traction, inflammation and neurogenic or epileptic.
Your child's tension-type headache, according to the Foundation, is "probably caused by poor posture, worry, anxiety or depression." It is characterized, new york nose surgery
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Vasodilation or vascular headaches are caused by the dilation and/or expansion of the blood, new york nose surgery
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, skull. This swelling forms a pressure across the forehead, oftentimes, new york nose surgery
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Internal traction, most often associated with organic (meaning coming from within, not from external forces such as a strong, new york nose surgery
, odor or stress) headaches, indicates the presence of a tumor, abscess, infection, swelling or hematoma. This type of headache is very serious.
Inflammation headaches also require immediate medical care, as they accompany another problem, usually a disease of the eyes, ears, nose, teeth or sinuses, or a neck or jaw disorder. This type of headache occurs when your child's tissues are injured or irritated and become inflamed.
Lastly, "some children's headaches are accompanied by seizure-like behavior, similar to children who have epilepsy." Tests on a neurogenic or epileptic headache will not usually reveal a clinical cause, but "a passing neurological disorder that can be managed with medication and might eventually disappear on its own," according to the National Headache Foundation.
Easing the Pain
Your six-year-old has been whiny lately, complaining of a headache. What should you do? According, new york nose surgery
, to Kuttner, we first need to respond to the pain in a caring practical manner.
Ask on a scale of one to ten how bad it hurts.
Inform the child about what is happening in his body. Six-year-olds are in the exploratory age where they love to discover how things work, including the human body. Get out the encyclopedia if you have to and read it together. Not only will this create a bond if you "problem-solve" the headache together, but snuggle or hold the child while you research.
Acknowledge your child's pain without minimizing or denying it. Refrain from phrases such as "It can't be that bad.
" Ask exactly where it hurts so you can get an idea what type of headache the pain could be.
Discuss options with your child on what to do—a children's painkiller, a cool washcloth on the forehead, relaxing with eyes closed,, new york nose surgery
, thinking about happy things such as playing on the beach, etc.
Stay with your child through this experience,,, new york nose surgery
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, providing him with hope. Tell him it will go away soon.
Most of all, in any experience that is painful for your child, keep your own anxiety in check.
If a child senses you are scared, he or she may become unreasonably scared, causing the hurt to be more painful than it is. Because, as Kuttner writes, "In every pain experience the brain integrates sensory and emotional information as well as thought processes."
But say your child has an injury more serious than a tension headache. What can you do to help her control the pain? According to Dr. Ronald Melzack in his book The Puzzle of Pain, you can teach your child to "gate the pain." "The pain impulse could be blocked, weakened or interrupted along the pathways to the brain.
" This is done by rubbing the limb, finger, etc., which activates a gating mechanism and inhibits the spinal cord's cells that transmit the pain message to the brain.
Another option for controlling pain is by using endogenons opioids, including the body's own endorphins. The brain, stomach and other organs have opioid receptors that naturally work to reduce pain. The immune system immobilizes cells that travel to the injury and release the endorphins. To release more opioids, medications such as morphine can be used.
Less potent medications, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and corticosteriods (such as hydrocortozone ointments) can also be used for some pain and injuries.
If you opt not to use medication, hypnosis can lessen pain by changing the experience of pain by focused concentration to alter consciousness. Stanford University psychologist Dr. Ernest Hilgard did a study by hypnotizing people and then asking them whether a normally painful sensation to the arm was painful. The patients wrote that severe pain was experienced in the brain's subconscious, but "because of the hypnotic trance it was not deemed 'pain' or perceived as 'painful'.
"
To hypnotize your child, you do not need the watch on a chain or the therapist's license. Just get him to strongly focus both mentally and physically on something other than the pain. You may even use a Where's Waldo book or one of those three dimension pictures with the hidden focal points that you can only see if you concentrate on the center of the print until your eyes go out of focus.
Most importantly, if your child is injured and in pain, don't panic. The child will not believe things will get better if you are not acting like they will.
Give your child control over the pain control mechanisms that s/he will use, whether it be deep breathing, concentrating on something else, rubbing the injury, etc. Use language and ideas that invite hope. And pay close attention to the nonverbal indicators that reveal how the child is feeling. A child who has been in pain for a prolonged period of time may say anything to join his friends and appear "normal", new york nose surgery
, again.
Children will get hurt and be in pain. This is part of their growing and learning experiences, just as it is a part of our learning experiences as parents to grow through our children's pain.
Keep a positive outlook. And the next time David bumps his leg on the fireplace bricks after being told not to run in the house, do not say "That's what you get for not listening to me," but get out the ice pack and sit with him on the couch and explain what happened to his body. Pain should not be seen as a punishment but as a message to heed. And pain from bumping into the fireplace bricks may actually teach David that running in the house is not a good idea faster than any words or lectures you could say.
Jill L. Ferguson is an author, editor, public speaker and professor. She has written over 700 published articles and contributed to three nonfiction books. Her first novel, Sometimes Art Can't Save You, was published in late 2005 by In Your Face Ink.
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Swarovski Crystals - Beautiful Crystal Jewelry
Author: Ken Wilson
Jewelry is one of the oldest and most widespread type of accessory. It is made from materials of particular beauty or rarity, providing the person who wears it with elegance and style. Today, women have a lot of accessories to choose from and the Internet is perhaps the best place, Crystal Light On The Go
, to find interesting items.
Somewhere around 1890, a daring young man invented an automatic cutting machine and paved the way for crystal jewelry.
His name was Daniel Swarovski and up to this day this brand holds one of the biggest collections of crystal sculptures, jewelry and chandeliers. With the passing of time, new techniques were discovered and Swarovski earned a name in the field of luxury crystal jewerly.
The advent of the Internet allowed people to avoid those long, dreadful hours spent shopping. This type of shopping is enjoyed by many people not only because it is time-efficient, but also because of the wide range of products available online.
Today, there are plenty of websites providing a various Swarovski crystals and introducing the world to high-quality jewelry items.
The history of Swaroski crystals is long and rich in details. Since its appearance, many generations have worn these priceless objects with delicate and refined features. In order to keep up with the latest trends imposed by the fashion stylists, designers have started to successfully mix classic designs with modern and innovative ideas, resulting in amazing collections and attracting customers worldwide.
There is no doubt that Swarovski, Crystal Light On The Go
, crystals available for sale online are extremely popular. Fashion styles have changed over years and these jewelry items have managed to be just as popular no matter what. On the Internet, one can find incredible selections suitable for various occassions including anniversaries or weddings. Wearing Swarovski crystals is a true demonstration of style and the incomparable crystal purity is what mainly draws women to them.
Crystal jewelry has been used as adornment since a couple of centuries ago and Swarovski crystals do not make any exception.
The possibility to find exactly what you want online, among all the available Swarovski crystals, increases if a lot of patience is dedicated to Internet searches, but even without a lot of effort, there are still plenty of options out there. Women now have a ton of choices and, Crystal Light On The Go
, every item, Crystal Light On The Go
, has a special price. The popularity of these crystal beads comes as no surprise; quality jewelry is something everybody wants to have and evey fashion movement includes.
Beauty is not something that can be gained. Every person is beautiful in his/her own way, but it depends solely on us to enhance our personal qualities. Finding a unique style and wearing the proper accessories is very important. This is why many women go online and use the Internet in order to find Swarovski crystals, jewelry and items beautifully embedded and decorated. They want to blend in with the fashion drifts and prepare themselves to feel admired.
Swarovski crystals are cut in a very special way in order to refract as much light as possible.
Also, experts add some sort of chemical coating in order to increase that effect. There are many popular coatings including Aurora Borealis, Volcano and Aurum. All of them serve to the creation of these wonderful pieces of jewelry, famous for their beauty and uniqueness, Crystal Light On The Go
, all over the globe.
Regarding the most recent fashion trends, the Internet has given us some insight. Beads are in style now and online there are a lot of Swarovski beads waiting to be bought. They come in all shapes and sizes, being full of color and leading a true revolution in the jewelry industry.
The demands are higher and higher, many women considering beads as voguish and sparkling, Crystal Light On The Go
, .
Swarovski beads are some of the most beautiful crystal jewelry. They are made of the finest materials and are more than brilliant. Every day, women purchase such products being profoundly interested in their general appearance. They want to do everything they can to improve their looks and beads can really help in that matter.
When Daniel Swarovski created the more than famous brand, he wasn't aware how long the tradition was going to survive.
The beads however have become extremely popular. Online shopping of Swarovski beads has proven to be a great alternative for busy jewelry enthusiasts, offering enticing jewelry pieces.
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Jewelry is one of the oldest and most widespread type of accessory. It is made from materials of particular beauty or rarity, providing the person who wears it with elegance and style. Today, women have a lot of accessories to choose from and the Internet is perhaps the best place, Crystal Light On The Go
, to find interesting items.
Somewhere around 1890, a daring young man invented an automatic cutting machine and paved the way for crystal jewelry.
His name was Daniel Swarovski and up to this day this brand holds one of the biggest collections of crystal sculptures, jewelry and chandeliers. With the passing of time, new techniques were discovered and Swarovski earned a name in the field of luxury crystal jewerly.
The advent of the Internet allowed people to avoid those long, dreadful hours spent shopping. This type of shopping is enjoyed by many people not only because it is time-efficient, but also because of the wide range of products available online.
Today, there are plenty of websites providing a various Swarovski crystals and introducing the world to high-quality jewelry items.
The history of Swaroski crystals is long and rich in details. Since its appearance, many generations have worn these priceless objects with delicate and refined features. In order to keep up with the latest trends imposed by the fashion stylists, designers have started to successfully mix classic designs with modern and innovative ideas, resulting in amazing collections and attracting customers worldwide.
There is no doubt that Swarovski, Crystal Light On The Go
, crystals available for sale online are extremely popular. Fashion styles have changed over years and these jewelry items have managed to be just as popular no matter what. On the Internet, one can find incredible selections suitable for various occassions including anniversaries or weddings. Wearing Swarovski crystals is a true demonstration of style and the incomparable crystal purity is what mainly draws women to them.
Crystal jewelry has been used as adornment since a couple of centuries ago and Swarovski crystals do not make any exception.
The possibility to find exactly what you want online, among all the available Swarovski crystals, increases if a lot of patience is dedicated to Internet searches, but even without a lot of effort, there are still plenty of options out there. Women now have a ton of choices and, Crystal Light On The Go
, every item, Crystal Light On The Go
, has a special price. The popularity of these crystal beads comes as no surprise; quality jewelry is something everybody wants to have and evey fashion movement includes.
Beauty is not something that can be gained. Every person is beautiful in his/her own way, but it depends solely on us to enhance our personal qualities. Finding a unique style and wearing the proper accessories is very important. This is why many women go online and use the Internet in order to find Swarovski crystals, jewelry and items beautifully embedded and decorated. They want to blend in with the fashion drifts and prepare themselves to feel admired.
Swarovski crystals are cut in a very special way in order to refract as much light as possible.
Also, experts add some sort of chemical coating in order to increase that effect. There are many popular coatings including Aurora Borealis, Volcano and Aurum. All of them serve to the creation of these wonderful pieces of jewelry, famous for their beauty and uniqueness, Crystal Light On The Go
, all over the globe.
Regarding the most recent fashion trends, the Internet has given us some insight. Beads are in style now and online there are a lot of Swarovski beads waiting to be bought. They come in all shapes and sizes, being full of color and leading a true revolution in the jewelry industry.
The demands are higher and higher, many women considering beads as voguish and sparkling, Crystal Light On The Go
, .
Swarovski beads are some of the most beautiful crystal jewelry. They are made of the finest materials and are more than brilliant. Every day, women purchase such products being profoundly interested in their general appearance. They want to do everything they can to improve their looks and beads can really help in that matter.
When Daniel Swarovski created the more than famous brand, he wasn't aware how long the tradition was going to survive.
The beads however have become extremely popular. Online shopping of Swarovski beads has proven to be a great alternative for busy jewelry enthusiasts, offering enticing jewelry pieces.
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
How to Choose a Dentist
Author: Erich Shrefler
Since you are reading this online, you can presumably search online for a good dentist, which is an efficient way to do it. If you want a dentist near your home, you can do your search for something like “cosmetic dentist New York City”, “Dallas sedation dentist” or “TMJ dentist in Santa Fe”. You will then get great numbers of possibilities to check out. Check the Dentist’s Training and Background Scan through some of the websites, checking the dentist’s bio page (probably called “About Dr.
BriteSmile” or “Meet Our Dentists”). If you are looking for a cosmetic dentist, be sure to check whether the dentist has training in that. Any general dentist can offer cosmetic procedures on the side, but without proper post-graduate training in the skills and materials of cosmetic dentistry, how well would he or she be doing it? The best cosmetic dentists have extensive training at a post-graduate dentistry, New york tmd treatment
, school such as the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI).
This should be mentioned on the bio page, perhaps with specific skills and areas of training listed. If you are looking for a neuromuscular dentist, look, New york tmd treatment
, for post-graduate training in that area too. Again, LVI offers extensive education, both theoretical and hands-on, in neuromuscular dentistry and the diagnosis and treatment, New york tmd treatment
, of TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, also abbreviated as TMD). That is a misaligned, New york tmd treatment
, bite, arising from misaligned teeth, misaligned jaw joints, or both.
It has a long list of painful and uncomfortable symptoms, with persistent headaches being one of the most common. Perhaps you feel anxiety about visiting a dentist and would like to find a sedation dentist? If so, check each website’s navigation for a page on Sedation Dentistry, as that tells you that the dentist puts a priority on patient comfort. Check the Procedures Offered If you know what dentistry, New york tmd treatment
, procedures you need or want, you can read about them and by poking around each site you’ll probably learn new things too.
If there’s an “About Us” or “Meet Our Team” page you can probably see photos of each staff person and read their statements. Many sites have a Technology page that describes the equipment they use for such things as giving pain-free anesthetic, detecting decay very early, and diagnosing TMD. The best dentists offer digital X-rays and use a digital camera. This provides instant images that can be discussed on the chairside computer monitor. Schedule Consultations When you have a short list of possibilities, call or email each one to set up consultations with the dentists.
These will usually be free of charge. Take pen and paper and your questions and make brief notes during each consultation. You would want to choose a dentist who answers your questions clearly and appears to have time to spend with you, although there may be a set time allotted for consultations. While you are at each dental office, glance around to see how the staff seems to operate. Are they relaxed and focused? Do they seem to get along well with each other? Most cosmetic dentists work well with their team members and try to create a calm and, New york tmd treatment
, welcoming atmosphere for their patients.
You would want to feel comfortable talking to the dentist in his facility, since you would be returning there for your various dental appointments over the years.
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Since you are reading this online, you can presumably search online for a good dentist, which is an efficient way to do it. If you want a dentist near your home, you can do your search for something like “cosmetic dentist New York City”, “Dallas sedation dentist” or “TMJ dentist in Santa Fe”. You will then get great numbers of possibilities to check out. Check the Dentist’s Training and Background Scan through some of the websites, checking the dentist’s bio page (probably called “About Dr.
BriteSmile” or “Meet Our Dentists”). If you are looking for a cosmetic dentist, be sure to check whether the dentist has training in that. Any general dentist can offer cosmetic procedures on the side, but without proper post-graduate training in the skills and materials of cosmetic dentistry, how well would he or she be doing it? The best cosmetic dentists have extensive training at a post-graduate dentistry, New york tmd treatment
, school such as the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI).
This should be mentioned on the bio page, perhaps with specific skills and areas of training listed. If you are looking for a neuromuscular dentist, look, New york tmd treatment
, for post-graduate training in that area too. Again, LVI offers extensive education, both theoretical and hands-on, in neuromuscular dentistry and the diagnosis and treatment, New york tmd treatment
, of TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, also abbreviated as TMD). That is a misaligned, New york tmd treatment
, bite, arising from misaligned teeth, misaligned jaw joints, or both.
It has a long list of painful and uncomfortable symptoms, with persistent headaches being one of the most common. Perhaps you feel anxiety about visiting a dentist and would like to find a sedation dentist? If so, check each website’s navigation for a page on Sedation Dentistry, as that tells you that the dentist puts a priority on patient comfort. Check the Procedures Offered If you know what dentistry, New york tmd treatment
, procedures you need or want, you can read about them and by poking around each site you’ll probably learn new things too.
If there’s an “About Us” or “Meet Our Team” page you can probably see photos of each staff person and read their statements. Many sites have a Technology page that describes the equipment they use for such things as giving pain-free anesthetic, detecting decay very early, and diagnosing TMD. The best dentists offer digital X-rays and use a digital camera. This provides instant images that can be discussed on the chairside computer monitor. Schedule Consultations When you have a short list of possibilities, call or email each one to set up consultations with the dentists.
These will usually be free of charge. Take pen and paper and your questions and make brief notes during each consultation. You would want to choose a dentist who answers your questions clearly and appears to have time to spend with you, although there may be a set time allotted for consultations. While you are at each dental office, glance around to see how the staff seems to operate. Are they relaxed and focused? Do they seem to get along well with each other? Most cosmetic dentists work well with their team members and try to create a calm and, New york tmd treatment
, welcoming atmosphere for their patients.
You would want to feel comfortable talking to the dentist in his facility, since you would be returning there for your various dental appointments over the years.
If you are in Salem, Brookline, or Manchester in New Hampshire, you will be in very competent hands with Dr. Paul Mathew. Email his dentistry office today for a free consultation.
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"bad Air" Increases Health Risks For Millions Of Asthma Patients
Author: Stacey Moore
Nearly half of the U.S. population lives in areas with unhealthy ozone levels, according to a 2006 report.1 And for people with respiratory and lung diseases, especially the estimated 20 million Americans with asthma,2 "bad air" days pose an exceptionally high risk. Unfortunately, the health risks associated with high levels of ozone aren't limited to summer months, and people can feel the effects of smog all year long.
Ozone and Asthma
"Over the last decade, ozone levels have increased for many reasons, including higher temperatures and humidity," says John D.
Cox, author of "Weather for Dummies." "Despite this, people are still unaware that ozone is dangerous even at its lowest levels."
When inhaled, ozone can irritate lung airways and cause inflammation, and exposure to elevated levels of ozone can also increase the need for medical treatment and hospitalization in people with asthma.3 People who are active, and people with asthma and other respiratory problems are at a higher risk on these days.
Asthma is a chronic disease causing inflammation to the lung's airways and tightening of the muscles surrounding the lung's airways.
Together this causes the airways to narrow and can cause symptoms such as coughing, wheezing,, Easton headache treatment
, shortness of breath and tightening of the chest cavity.
"With increasing ozone levels and the extreme heat during the summer, I saw twice as many asthma patients this year," says Dr. Eric J. Schenkel, asthma, Easton headache treatment
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, expert and director of the Valley Clinical Research Center in Easton, Pa.
"It's important for people with asthma to know that the risk of high ozone levels doesn't go away after the summer. Asthma patients should continue to take their maintenance treatment regularly. If your asthma is under control, then you're less likely to experience symptoms because of asthma triggers like ozone."
Asthma Advice
"Asthma affects people differently so I encourage everyone to talk to a health care provider," Schenkel says. "By monitoring the frequency and severity of a patient's symptoms, physicians help ensure patients are on appropriate therapy.
I've found that I'm able to control many of my patient's symptoms with a single-ingredient inhaled corticosteroid along, Easton headache treatment
, with occasional use of a rescue inhaler."
According to accepted asthma guidelines, inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), which reduce airway inflammation, are the recommended first-line maintenance treatment for mild to moderate persistent asthma. ASMANEXฎ TWIST-HALERฎ 220 mcg (mometasone furoate inhalation powder) is the most recent ICS available.
"Work with your doctor and stick to the asthma therapy plan that is right for you," adds Schenkel.
To ensure your asthma doesn't keep you from enjoying the outdoors, take the following precautions:
• Monitor your local, Easton headache treatment
, weather forecast for ozone alerts
• Limit time spent outdoors when Orange, Red and Purple ozone alerts are issued
• Turn on the air conditioning in your home and car to help control humidity
• Limit outdoor activities to the early morning when ozone levels are lowest
If you suffer from asthma, plan ahead and be alert to the conditions around you, advises Cox.
You, Easton headache treatment
, can help prevent asthma symptoms from interfering with your daily activities.
ASMANEX TWISTHALER 220 mcg (mometasone furoate inhalation powder) is for the maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy in patients 12 years of age and older. ASMANEX TWISTHALER is also for asthma patients who are taking oral steroids where it may reduce or eliminate the need for oral steroids. ASMANEX TWISTHALER will NOT relieve sudden asthma symptoms. The most common side effects with ASMANEX TWISTHALER include headache, allergic rhinitis, sore throat, and upper respiratory infection.
ASMANEX TWISTHALER therapy should not be used to treat acute asthma episodes where extra measures are required. Be careful while adjusting to a switch from an oral steroid to the inhaled steroid ASMANEX TWISTHALER 220 mcg (mometasone furoate inhalation powder), as you may be less able to heal after surgery, infection or serious injury. Use ASMANEX as directed by your health care provider, since its ability to work in your lungs depends on regular use. If your asthma symptoms do not improve, or seem worse, contact your health care provider.
Avoid coming into contact with the measles or chickenpox virus. Contact your health care provider immediately if you are, Easton headache treatment
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, care provider should monitor your condition and, if needed, provide treatment. Long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids, such as ASMANEX, may increase the risk of some eye problems such as cataracts or glaucoma.
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Nearly half of the U.S. population lives in areas with unhealthy ozone levels, according to a 2006 report.1 And for people with respiratory and lung diseases, especially the estimated 20 million Americans with asthma,2 "bad air" days pose an exceptionally high risk. Unfortunately, the health risks associated with high levels of ozone aren't limited to summer months, and people can feel the effects of smog all year long.
Ozone and Asthma
"Over the last decade, ozone levels have increased for many reasons, including higher temperatures and humidity," says John D.
Cox, author of "Weather for Dummies." "Despite this, people are still unaware that ozone is dangerous even at its lowest levels."
When inhaled, ozone can irritate lung airways and cause inflammation, and exposure to elevated levels of ozone can also increase the need for medical treatment and hospitalization in people with asthma.3 People who are active, and people with asthma and other respiratory problems are at a higher risk on these days.
Asthma is a chronic disease causing inflammation to the lung's airways and tightening of the muscles surrounding the lung's airways.
Together this causes the airways to narrow and can cause symptoms such as coughing, wheezing,, Easton headache treatment
, shortness of breath and tightening of the chest cavity.
"With increasing ozone levels and the extreme heat during the summer, I saw twice as many asthma patients this year," says Dr. Eric J. Schenkel, asthma, Easton headache treatment
, , Easton headache treatment
, expert and director of the Valley Clinical Research Center in Easton, Pa.
"It's important for people with asthma to know that the risk of high ozone levels doesn't go away after the summer. Asthma patients should continue to take their maintenance treatment regularly. If your asthma is under control, then you're less likely to experience symptoms because of asthma triggers like ozone."
Asthma Advice
"Asthma affects people differently so I encourage everyone to talk to a health care provider," Schenkel says. "By monitoring the frequency and severity of a patient's symptoms, physicians help ensure patients are on appropriate therapy.
I've found that I'm able to control many of my patient's symptoms with a single-ingredient inhaled corticosteroid along, Easton headache treatment
, with occasional use of a rescue inhaler."
According to accepted asthma guidelines, inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), which reduce airway inflammation, are the recommended first-line maintenance treatment for mild to moderate persistent asthma. ASMANEXฎ TWIST-HALERฎ 220 mcg (mometasone furoate inhalation powder) is the most recent ICS available.
"Work with your doctor and stick to the asthma therapy plan that is right for you," adds Schenkel.
To ensure your asthma doesn't keep you from enjoying the outdoors, take the following precautions:
• Monitor your local, Easton headache treatment
, weather forecast for ozone alerts
• Limit time spent outdoors when Orange, Red and Purple ozone alerts are issued
• Turn on the air conditioning in your home and car to help control humidity
• Limit outdoor activities to the early morning when ozone levels are lowest
If you suffer from asthma, plan ahead and be alert to the conditions around you, advises Cox.
You, Easton headache treatment
, can help prevent asthma symptoms from interfering with your daily activities.
ASMANEX TWISTHALER 220 mcg (mometasone furoate inhalation powder) is for the maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy in patients 12 years of age and older. ASMANEX TWISTHALER is also for asthma patients who are taking oral steroids where it may reduce or eliminate the need for oral steroids. ASMANEX TWISTHALER will NOT relieve sudden asthma symptoms. The most common side effects with ASMANEX TWISTHALER include headache, allergic rhinitis, sore throat, and upper respiratory infection.
ASMANEX TWISTHALER therapy should not be used to treat acute asthma episodes where extra measures are required. Be careful while adjusting to a switch from an oral steroid to the inhaled steroid ASMANEX TWISTHALER 220 mcg (mometasone furoate inhalation powder), as you may be less able to heal after surgery, infection or serious injury. Use ASMANEX as directed by your health care provider, since its ability to work in your lungs depends on regular use. If your asthma symptoms do not improve, or seem worse, contact your health care provider.
Avoid coming into contact with the measles or chickenpox virus. Contact your health care provider immediately if you are, Easton headache treatment
, exposed. If you are at an increased risk for decreased bone mineral density, the use of corticosteroids may increase your risk. Your health, Easton, Easton headache treatment
, headache treatment
, care provider should monitor your condition and, if needed, provide treatment. Long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids, such as ASMANEX, may increase the risk of some eye problems such as cataracts or glaucoma.
Source: articledashboard.com
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Two "Gifts in a Jar" For the Holidays
Author: Shawn Wilson
It seems like every year, you have about a dozen people on your Christmas list that are nearly impossible to shop for. The new friend you met at an internet dating site. The red-headed, hot holiday gifts
, girl in the cubicle next to, hot holiday gifts
, yours. Your mail man. Especially if you're on a budget during the holidays, it can be impossible to find just the right inexpensive item for a not-so-close friend or acquaintance.
Fortunately, there are plenty of thoughtful gifts you can give without breaking the bank. One of the best and easiest of these are food gifts or "Gifts in a, hot holiday gifts
, Jar." They're thoughtful, they're easy... and best of all, they're cheap! Nothing in the world quite says "I'm thinking of you" better than a homemade gift.
Jar Gift Recipe 1: Coffee Mug Cake in an Instant
This is the perfect single-serving gift to give to a co-worker, as it can be cooked in the break room microwave.
Pick up an inexpensive coffee mug, assemble and bag the dry ingredients, and tie on a short instruction sheet. Make several to have on hand for last minute gifts!
Dry Ingredients:
3 tbsp. chocolate chips
2 tbsp. Dutch cocoa powder
4 tbsp. granulated sugar
4 tbsp. flour
Wet ingredients:
3 tbsp. milk
1 egg
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
Instructions: 1. Dump dry ingredients, hot holiday gifts
, into a small sandwich bag and toss, hot holiday gifts
, to mix. Seal closed with twist tie or ribbon.
Insert into mug.
2. Include an instruction sheet with the wet ingredients listing and baking instructions (to follow).
Cake Instructions: 1. Pour dry mixture into coffee mug. Add egg and mix with a fork.
2. Add milk and oil and mix well with a fork, removing any lumps.
3. Microwave on high heat for 3 minutes. Cake will rise up during cooking, then sink down as it cools. Let cool slightly,, hot holiday gifts
, run a butter knife around the edge, and invert cake onto a plate. Serve cake warm with ice cream, or on its own.
Jar Gift Recipe 2: Spicy Vanilla Walnuts
These walnuts are just too good for words. They're crisp, sweet, and spicy, and anybody that you give them to will just go nuts over them (pun intended!). These make a perfect gift for your kids' teachers, your mailman, or anybody you don't know well or can't spend too much money on. Just package them up in a box or bag with a pretty bow, and you're ready to go.
Ingredients:
1 lb. walnut halves
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1/3 C.
granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. ground coriander
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. white pepper
Instructions: 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Blanch walnuts in water one minute, hot holiday gifts
, . Drain well.
2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
3. In a small bowl, combine vegetable oil and vanilla. Place hot, blanched nuts in a large bowl and pour oil mixture over.
4. Sprinkle sugar over, hot holiday gifts
, nut mixture.
Stir with a wooden spoon. Allow to sit 10 minutes.
5. Pour nuts out onto a baking sheet. Bake 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp and golden. Scoop baked nuts into a mixing bowl.
6. In a small bowl, combine coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt, and pepper.
7. Sprinkle spice mixture over hot nuts, tossing to combine.
9. Spread nuts in a single layer on waxed paper to cool.
This article was written by Shawn Wilson, a member of the customer support team at Datepad, where internet dating is always free. Datepad has a massive directory of informative dating articles along with a great list of dating site reviews on their dating blog.
Source: articlerich.com
It seems like every year, you have about a dozen people on your Christmas list that are nearly impossible to shop for. The new friend you met at an internet dating site. The red-headed, hot holiday gifts
, girl in the cubicle next to, hot holiday gifts
, yours. Your mail man. Especially if you're on a budget during the holidays, it can be impossible to find just the right inexpensive item for a not-so-close friend or acquaintance.
Fortunately, there are plenty of thoughtful gifts you can give without breaking the bank. One of the best and easiest of these are food gifts or "Gifts in a, hot holiday gifts
, Jar." They're thoughtful, they're easy... and best of all, they're cheap! Nothing in the world quite says "I'm thinking of you" better than a homemade gift.
Jar Gift Recipe 1: Coffee Mug Cake in an Instant
This is the perfect single-serving gift to give to a co-worker, as it can be cooked in the break room microwave.
Pick up an inexpensive coffee mug, assemble and bag the dry ingredients, and tie on a short instruction sheet. Make several to have on hand for last minute gifts!
Dry Ingredients:
3 tbsp. chocolate chips
2 tbsp. Dutch cocoa powder
4 tbsp. granulated sugar
4 tbsp. flour
Wet ingredients:
3 tbsp. milk
1 egg
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
Instructions: 1. Dump dry ingredients, hot holiday gifts
, into a small sandwich bag and toss, hot holiday gifts
, to mix. Seal closed with twist tie or ribbon.
Insert into mug.
2. Include an instruction sheet with the wet ingredients listing and baking instructions (to follow).
Cake Instructions: 1. Pour dry mixture into coffee mug. Add egg and mix with a fork.
2. Add milk and oil and mix well with a fork, removing any lumps.
3. Microwave on high heat for 3 minutes. Cake will rise up during cooking, then sink down as it cools. Let cool slightly,, hot holiday gifts
, run a butter knife around the edge, and invert cake onto a plate. Serve cake warm with ice cream, or on its own.
Jar Gift Recipe 2: Spicy Vanilla Walnuts
These walnuts are just too good for words. They're crisp, sweet, and spicy, and anybody that you give them to will just go nuts over them (pun intended!). These make a perfect gift for your kids' teachers, your mailman, or anybody you don't know well or can't spend too much money on. Just package them up in a box or bag with a pretty bow, and you're ready to go.
Ingredients:
1 lb. walnut halves
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1/3 C.
granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. ground coriander
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. white pepper
Instructions: 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Blanch walnuts in water one minute, hot holiday gifts
, . Drain well.
2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
3. In a small bowl, combine vegetable oil and vanilla. Place hot, blanched nuts in a large bowl and pour oil mixture over.
4. Sprinkle sugar over, hot holiday gifts
, nut mixture.
Stir with a wooden spoon. Allow to sit 10 minutes.
5. Pour nuts out onto a baking sheet. Bake 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp and golden. Scoop baked nuts into a mixing bowl.
6. In a small bowl, combine coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt, and pepper.
7. Sprinkle spice mixture over hot nuts, tossing to combine.
9. Spread nuts in a single layer on waxed paper to cool.
This article was written by Shawn Wilson, a member of the customer support team at Datepad, where internet dating is always free. Datepad has a massive directory of informative dating articles along with a great list of dating site reviews on their dating blog.
Source: articlerich.com
Where to Find Resources For Cheap Pregnancy Tests
Author: Sandra B Wilson
Taking a pregnancy test does not always mean spending a hefty amount for hospital and doctor's fees. Now, women can confirm pregnancy through home pregnancy kits. However, some women who cannot afford hospital fees and home pregnancy kits are hoping that somehow a few homemade concoctions may be used as homemade pregnancy tests or as an alternative for pregnancy kits in confirming pregnancy. So far, no homemade pregnancy tests, homemade pregnancy tests
, have been invented to date and the closest you can get to taking a private and more affordable test is through a home pregnancy test kit.
Some of these kits are not only easy on the pocket. They are also very simple and easy to administer. The most common reason why women opt for the homemade kits is the privacy, convenience and quick results that it can offer. If you suspect that you can be pregnant and, homemade pregnancy tests
, if you have been experiencing, homemade pregnancy tests
, some early pregnancy signs, you can take the test on the day that your period is due. Some of the early pregnancy symptoms that you need to watch out for include a missed period, swelling of breasts, cramps, nausea or morning sickness, heat burns, headaches, constipation and frequent urination, just to name a few.
If; however, you do not have enough resources to buy a kit, you can check out free or cheap pregnancy tests from some institutions.
Free clinic - There are free clinics in every city which administer free pregnancy tests. Some of these clinics offer home pregnancy kits which you can administer yourself at home. Other clinics offer lab tests. They would take a sample of your blood to confirm pregnancy. If they give you the option as to which type of test to take, it is advised that you go for the blood tests.
They are more accurate and they can tell you the stage of pregnancy. Customer information is kept confidential in these clinics.
Small town resources - You may also want to check out institutions which offer free pregnancy testing services. Most cities usually have extension or satellite offices to reach out to the surrounding far-flung communities. These satellite offices offer, homemade pregnancy tests
, the same services that the city office offers. You can check with your local Red Cross and they can help you locate community resources which could help you.
Churches - While churches may not necessarily, homemade pregnancy tests
, be able to offer you direct help, they can help you locate possible resources which you can check out. Churches are usually in contact with a wide range of affordable or free health services, including pregnancy testing. Your local church may be able to give you a referral which can help you avail of affordable, homemade pregnancy tests
, pregnancy services.
If you think you could be pregnant, take note, homemade pregnancy tests
, that pregnancy expenses do not end after you take you pregnancy test.
Expecting a baby would mean regular medical check-ups. Apart from that, you also need to change your eating lifestyle and take supplements which can keep you and your baby healthy for the entire pregnancy period. As early as now, you may want to start thinking of and preparing for the possible resources which could offer you financial assistance.
Source: ezinearticles.com
Taking a pregnancy test does not always mean spending a hefty amount for hospital and doctor's fees. Now, women can confirm pregnancy through home pregnancy kits. However, some women who cannot afford hospital fees and home pregnancy kits are hoping that somehow a few homemade concoctions may be used as homemade pregnancy tests or as an alternative for pregnancy kits in confirming pregnancy. So far, no homemade pregnancy tests, homemade pregnancy tests
, have been invented to date and the closest you can get to taking a private and more affordable test is through a home pregnancy test kit.
Some of these kits are not only easy on the pocket. They are also very simple and easy to administer. The most common reason why women opt for the homemade kits is the privacy, convenience and quick results that it can offer. If you suspect that you can be pregnant and, homemade pregnancy tests
, if you have been experiencing, homemade pregnancy tests
, some early pregnancy signs, you can take the test on the day that your period is due. Some of the early pregnancy symptoms that you need to watch out for include a missed period, swelling of breasts, cramps, nausea or morning sickness, heat burns, headaches, constipation and frequent urination, just to name a few.
If; however, you do not have enough resources to buy a kit, you can check out free or cheap pregnancy tests from some institutions.
Free clinic - There are free clinics in every city which administer free pregnancy tests. Some of these clinics offer home pregnancy kits which you can administer yourself at home. Other clinics offer lab tests. They would take a sample of your blood to confirm pregnancy. If they give you the option as to which type of test to take, it is advised that you go for the blood tests.
They are more accurate and they can tell you the stage of pregnancy. Customer information is kept confidential in these clinics.
Small town resources - You may also want to check out institutions which offer free pregnancy testing services. Most cities usually have extension or satellite offices to reach out to the surrounding far-flung communities. These satellite offices offer, homemade pregnancy tests
, the same services that the city office offers. You can check with your local Red Cross and they can help you locate community resources which could help you.
Churches - While churches may not necessarily, homemade pregnancy tests
, be able to offer you direct help, they can help you locate possible resources which you can check out. Churches are usually in contact with a wide range of affordable or free health services, including pregnancy testing. Your local church may be able to give you a referral which can help you avail of affordable, homemade pregnancy tests
, pregnancy services.
If you think you could be pregnant, take note, homemade pregnancy tests
, that pregnancy expenses do not end after you take you pregnancy test.
Expecting a baby would mean regular medical check-ups. Apart from that, you also need to change your eating lifestyle and take supplements which can keep you and your baby healthy for the entire pregnancy period. As early as now, you may want to start thinking of and preparing for the possible resources which could offer you financial assistance.
You can find more information about cheap pregnancy tests at Aha Baby. You can also learn everything you need to know about pregnancy including homemade pregnancy tests at Aha! Baby.
Source: ezinearticles.com
Friday, December 25, 2009
A Review Of The Best Priced Computers For Those On A Budget
Author: Bill Healey
Let's face facts here. In today's fast moving world you're going to find yourself needing a computer. From planning a vacation to paying your bills, everything is moving towards the internet. That doesn't mean you need to break the bank on buying a new computer. It's, emachines laptops
, quite the contrary. Computers are at a more affordable price now than ever before.
However, finding a budget desktop computer is a bit more difficult these days just because, emachines laptops
, of the lack choices you face.
The number of companies offering desktops for the budget market has decreased dramatically since they are focusing more on laptops.
If you're looking to purchase a cheap desktop computer, there are a few questions you'll need to, emachines laptops
, consider beforehand such as saving money by sacrificing performance or are you skilled enough to buy the parts, emachines laptops
, separately and build it yourself. Here is a list of the five of the best bang for your buck desktop computers available to buy.
Just because you are not buying the most expensive or the newest hardware released doesn't mean you are left with a computer that isn't functional.
As a matter of fact, the computer, emachines laptops
, you get now will be able do everything and anything you need for the next few years.
Source: articledashboard.com
Let's face facts here. In today's fast moving world you're going to find yourself needing a computer. From planning a vacation to paying your bills, everything is moving towards the internet. That doesn't mean you need to break the bank on buying a new computer. It's, emachines laptops
, quite the contrary. Computers are at a more affordable price now than ever before.
However, finding a budget desktop computer is a bit more difficult these days just because, emachines laptops
, of the lack choices you face.
The number of companies offering desktops for the budget market has decreased dramatically since they are focusing more on laptops.
If you're looking to purchase a cheap desktop computer, there are a few questions you'll need to, emachines laptops
, consider beforehand such as saving money by sacrificing performance or are you skilled enough to buy the parts, emachines laptops
, separately and build it yourself. Here is a list of the five of the best bang for your buck desktop computers available to buy.
- Dell Dimension E521 - The E521 is a different, emachines laptops
, approach from their traditional Intel based designs. They opted to instead use AMD Athlon 64 X2 processors which actually paid off well for Dell by providing a system that has a better overall performance. Although not one of the newest, emachines laptops
, systems in this list, Dell constantly updates its specifications to meet all of the current market trends. - Compaq Presario SR2180NX - Officially called a Media Center by Compaq, the SR2180NX doesn't really have the necessary hardware to support any recording and viewing of TV.
It does, however, offer a very solid all around system for its price. HP makes a very strong software suite for the system which includes a LightScribe compatible drive for recording labels directly to its LightScribe media. - Gateway DX430S - The DX430S from Gateway is a step up from their basic and flawed DX430B system. It has its, emachines laptops
, imperfections such as the CD-RW/DVD combo drive standard and smaller hard drive, but it tries to make up for it in other ways.
This is a complete system including speakers and a 17" LCD monitors unlike a lot of the other budget desktop PCs in this list. - eMachines T5224 - eMachines used to be one of those companies that relied a great deal upon AMD in its systems. The T5224 uses an older Intel Pentium D 820 processor which is ok for people using their computer for general purpose types of things. This is changing gradually and the budget oriented GT5404 now uses the Intel Pentium D 915. In some respects the system is a marked improvement over their DX430S, but in other, emachines laptops
, ways it is lesser.
The fact it comes with a DVD burner and larger hard drive, but no monitor is one example of its shortcomings. - Acer Aspire L310 - This PC normally draws less support from computer reviewers as its competitors. It costs more than an HP or eMachines, and is smaller than, emachines laptops
, both of them. Its only advantage is a Core 2 Duo processor but that doesn't make, emachines laptops
, up for its other shortcomings such as its weak integrated video and no upgradeability.
Just because you are not buying the most expensive or the newest hardware released doesn't mean you are left with a computer that isn't functional.
As a matter of fact, the computer, emachines laptops
, you get now will be able do everything and anything you need for the next few years.
Source: articledashboard.com
America's hometown, Plymouth Mass., Selected as Showroom for Canadian Larch Wood Flooring
Author: Anonymous
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Steve Dubin, PR Works, (781) 878-9533, sdubin@prworkzone.com
America's hometown, Plymouth Mass., Selected, tour issue clubs
, as Exhibit for Canadian Larch Copse Flooring
Dateline: Plymouth, MA, Issued October 16, 2002โ€ฆ
What could be better? Now you can see the full, affluent adorableness of Eastern Canadian larch attic not in a antiseptic retail locations, but throughout the alive appointment of Able Interiors Inc.
, calmly amid at 35 Union Street, Plymouth, MA, beyond from the Plymouth Yacht Club.
No diminutive swatches. No deficient 4โ€x4โ€ cut outs. This exhibit offers a advanced amplitude of viewing. The majestic Eastern Canadian larch attic is displayed in a complete alive allowance setting, dining room, adept ablution and home office. Now you can absolutely see how the attic ability plan in your assorted home environments.
Appointments are appropriate for a bout of the showroom. Amuse alarm (508) 746-7474 to align a acceptable time.
Professional Interiors Inc., a Plymouth, Mass.-based aggregation has been called as the absolute United States benefactor of Eastern Canadian larch flooring, offers architecture professionals and homeowners, apathetic with the accepted attic choices, the befalling to actualization a different alternative. Larch wood, acclimated for centuries in Canada and Europe for shipbuilding, floorboards, furniture, exoteric balustrade and, tour issue clubs
, construction,, tour issue clubs
, is now on affectation as attic in the home of Able Interiors Inc.
owner, Bruce Puffer.
โ€œI apparent larch attic at a barter actualization and anon I was in adulation with the product's beauty,โ€ smiles Bruce Puffer, bartering autogenous designer. โ€œAfter alive with the larch attic I installed in my home, I'm now aswell taken with its backbone and warmth. I've fabricated it a mission to accompany this characteristic attic best to builders and homeowners in the USA.โ€
Already a characteristic home amid, tour issue clubs
, just beyond from the Plymouth Yacht Club in the celebrated commune of Plymouth, Bruce's amazing larch attic turns his abode into a different showplace.
Larch wood, advancing in the acrid altitude of continued Nova Scotian winters, exhibits abnormally handsome flame-like blush patterns, baby knots,, tour issue clubs
,, tour issue clubs
, bound grains and capricious hues. Its consummate actualization transforms any home into a baroque showcase. The solid copse larch flooring's backbone equals that of abounding of the balk breed due to its close grain.
After constant the astringent winters of Eastern Canada, larch copse has no agitation actual attractive below the circadian assaults of alive families and pets.
Spills and spots are calmly wiped away. Just, tour issue clubs
, the ambit of a besom or the classy of a clammy mop is all the aliment bare to accumulate these floorboards stunning.
Located on the banks of the allegorical Margaree River in Nova Scotia, the attic bulb processes the locally harvested asperous sawn artefact which is air broiled for twelve months, again anhydrate broiled using a accompaniment of the art computerized system. Floorboards are again pre-planed, molded, sorted and end-matched and anticipate shipment in a climate-controlled room.
An acutely close wood, larch contains inherent rot-resistant properties, authoritative, tour issue clubs
, it a priceless architecture actual that surpasses pressure-treated barge as an environmentally affable product. All around, larch attic offers builders, professionals, and homeowners an outstanding new best in autogenous design.
For an up-close analysis of this affecting attic material, appointment the exhibit of Able Interiors Inc. amid at 35 Union Street, Plymouth, MA, beyond from the Plymouth Yacht Club.
For added information, amuse alarm (508) 746-7474.
Editors โ€"
For able photography that reveals the characteristic adorableness and atom of larch wood, or to align for an account with the Plymouth, Mass.-based distributor, Bruce Puffer, amuse acquaintance Steve Dubin at (781) 878-9533, or by e-mail at sdubin@prworkzone.com
Source: free-articles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Steve Dubin, PR Works, (781) 878-9533, sdubin@prworkzone.com
America's hometown, Plymouth Mass., Selected, tour issue clubs
, as Exhibit for Canadian Larch Copse Flooring
Dateline: Plymouth, MA, Issued October 16, 2002โ€ฆ
What could be better? Now you can see the full, affluent adorableness of Eastern Canadian larch attic not in a antiseptic retail locations, but throughout the alive appointment of Able Interiors Inc.
, calmly amid at 35 Union Street, Plymouth, MA, beyond from the Plymouth Yacht Club.
No diminutive swatches. No deficient 4โ€x4โ€ cut outs. This exhibit offers a advanced amplitude of viewing. The majestic Eastern Canadian larch attic is displayed in a complete alive allowance setting, dining room, adept ablution and home office. Now you can absolutely see how the attic ability plan in your assorted home environments.
Appointments are appropriate for a bout of the showroom. Amuse alarm (508) 746-7474 to align a acceptable time.
Professional Interiors Inc., a Plymouth, Mass.-based aggregation has been called as the absolute United States benefactor of Eastern Canadian larch flooring, offers architecture professionals and homeowners, apathetic with the accepted attic choices, the befalling to actualization a different alternative. Larch wood, acclimated for centuries in Canada and Europe for shipbuilding, floorboards, furniture, exoteric balustrade and, tour issue clubs
, construction,, tour issue clubs
, is now on affectation as attic in the home of Able Interiors Inc.
owner, Bruce Puffer.
โ€œI apparent larch attic at a barter actualization and anon I was in adulation with the product's beauty,โ€ smiles Bruce Puffer, bartering autogenous designer. โ€œAfter alive with the larch attic I installed in my home, I'm now aswell taken with its backbone and warmth. I've fabricated it a mission to accompany this characteristic attic best to builders and homeowners in the USA.โ€
Already a characteristic home amid, tour issue clubs
, just beyond from the Plymouth Yacht Club in the celebrated commune of Plymouth, Bruce's amazing larch attic turns his abode into a different showplace.
Larch wood, advancing in the acrid altitude of continued Nova Scotian winters, exhibits abnormally handsome flame-like blush patterns, baby knots,, tour issue clubs
,, tour issue clubs
, bound grains and capricious hues. Its consummate actualization transforms any home into a baroque showcase. The solid copse larch flooring's backbone equals that of abounding of the balk breed due to its close grain.
After constant the astringent winters of Eastern Canada, larch copse has no agitation actual attractive below the circadian assaults of alive families and pets.
Spills and spots are calmly wiped away. Just, tour issue clubs
, the ambit of a besom or the classy of a clammy mop is all the aliment bare to accumulate these floorboards stunning.
Located on the banks of the allegorical Margaree River in Nova Scotia, the attic bulb processes the locally harvested asperous sawn artefact which is air broiled for twelve months, again anhydrate broiled using a accompaniment of the art computerized system. Floorboards are again pre-planed, molded, sorted and end-matched and anticipate shipment in a climate-controlled room.
An acutely close wood, larch contains inherent rot-resistant properties, authoritative, tour issue clubs
, it a priceless architecture actual that surpasses pressure-treated barge as an environmentally affable product. All around, larch attic offers builders, professionals, and homeowners an outstanding new best in autogenous design.
For an up-close analysis of this affecting attic material, appointment the exhibit of Able Interiors Inc. amid at 35 Union Street, Plymouth, MA, beyond from the Plymouth Yacht Club.
For added information, amuse alarm (508) 746-7474.
Editors โ€"
For able photography that reveals the characteristic adorableness and atom of larch wood, or to align for an account with the Plymouth, Mass.-based distributor, Bruce Puffer, amuse acquaintance Steve Dubin at (781) 878-9533, or by e-mail at sdubin@prworkzone.com
Source: free-articles
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Are Wagons Ready for a Comeback?
Author: Peter J.H. Johnson
Ten years ago if you walked into a car dealership and told a salesperson you were interested in a station wagon you'd likely get a sympathetic, car dvd player
, pat on the back and a 10 page report on why wagons have gone the way of disco music and moon shoes. Ultimately,, car dvd player
, wagons sales petered out as customers lined up in droves to buy mini vans and SUVs. Since the introduction of the aforementioned mini van, which was introduced in the early 1980's, most families, car dvd player
, abandoned the wagon in hopes of regaining a sense of coolness that was somehow missing from a 1983 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser wagon with wood grain side panels.
As mini vans grew in popularity they too began, car dvd player
, to become less desirable to families
looking for that next big thing. As any 12 year old can tell you, once too many
people start doing the same thing it becomes dated and opens the door for
something else. Remember The Power Rangers, Pokemon, or Pogs? Neither do I. In
this case the successor to the mini van was the SUV. Throughout the 1990's, SUV's
grew to new heights of popularity, filling, car dvd player
, Wal-Mart parking lots and emptying the
strategic oil reserve at an unprecedented rate.
Although even more popular than the
mini van, SUV's have remained the vehicle of choice for North America's "with it"
families for well over a decade.
Times are changing. Today, as gas prices reach new heights more people are
reconsidering the SUV option in favour of something more fuel-efficient.
Manufacturers have done their homework, introducing wagons with AWD,
panoramic sunroofs and rear DVD players. Just like many SUV's. And if by now
you've noticed that most people aren't interested in the off-road capabilities of their, car dvd player
,
SUV you wouldn't be wrong.
As little as 3% of SUV's have actually been taken off
road. The gravel, car dvd player
, driveway leading to the cottage doesn't count.
For most people it's been so long since the Wagon was popular that they forget why
they left it. Wagons offer better handling, fuel efficiency and are still able to carry
the kids (and their gear) to hockey practice. European manufacturers such as Audi,
Volvo, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz offer wagons. Even BMW has increased their
wagon line-up with the introduction of the 530xiT last year.
And these
manufacturers know a little something about vehicle dynamics. Sure most marketing
managers cringe at the term wagon, favouring terms like Sport Touring and Avant.
Perhaps they've been reading Shakespeare.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as
sweet".
Sure, but I like giving a dozen roses and I call a car with a rear hatch and an
extended roof line between the c and d pillars, a wagon.
But younger audiences have yet to jump onto this bandwagon (pun intended).
Rappers, actors, and sports icons continue to roll around in Escalades wearing 24's.
So, car dvd player
, perhaps this is just a sideshow to the storied SUV. Then again maybe not. A few
months ago I saw something I thought I would never see. I saw a popular rap video
showcasing a black Dodge Magnum, undoubtedly a wagon, driving up and down the
boulevard. Could this singer be a trailblazer (oddly the name for a SUV from
Chevrolet)? Let's hope so. Put down that gas pump and get rid of your SUV.
You
want a wagon, uh sorry, a sport touring. Get with the program. What's old is new
again.
Peter Johnson is the chief writer for http://www.all-about-car-selection.com
Source: articleage.com
Ten years ago if you walked into a car dealership and told a salesperson you were interested in a station wagon you'd likely get a sympathetic, car dvd player
, pat on the back and a 10 page report on why wagons have gone the way of disco music and moon shoes. Ultimately,, car dvd player
, wagons sales petered out as customers lined up in droves to buy mini vans and SUVs. Since the introduction of the aforementioned mini van, which was introduced in the early 1980's, most families, car dvd player
, abandoned the wagon in hopes of regaining a sense of coolness that was somehow missing from a 1983 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser wagon with wood grain side panels.
As mini vans grew in popularity they too began, car dvd player
, to become less desirable to families
looking for that next big thing. As any 12 year old can tell you, once too many
people start doing the same thing it becomes dated and opens the door for
something else. Remember The Power Rangers, Pokemon, or Pogs? Neither do I. In
this case the successor to the mini van was the SUV. Throughout the 1990's, SUV's
grew to new heights of popularity, filling, car dvd player
, Wal-Mart parking lots and emptying the
strategic oil reserve at an unprecedented rate.
Although even more popular than the
mini van, SUV's have remained the vehicle of choice for North America's "with it"
families for well over a decade.
Times are changing. Today, as gas prices reach new heights more people are
reconsidering the SUV option in favour of something more fuel-efficient.
Manufacturers have done their homework, introducing wagons with AWD,
panoramic sunroofs and rear DVD players. Just like many SUV's. And if by now
you've noticed that most people aren't interested in the off-road capabilities of their, car dvd player
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SUV you wouldn't be wrong.
As little as 3% of SUV's have actually been taken off
road. The gravel, car dvd player
, driveway leading to the cottage doesn't count.
For most people it's been so long since the Wagon was popular that they forget why
they left it. Wagons offer better handling, fuel efficiency and are still able to carry
the kids (and their gear) to hockey practice. European manufacturers such as Audi,
Volvo, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz offer wagons. Even BMW has increased their
wagon line-up with the introduction of the 530xiT last year.
And these
manufacturers know a little something about vehicle dynamics. Sure most marketing
managers cringe at the term wagon, favouring terms like Sport Touring and Avant.
Perhaps they've been reading Shakespeare.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as
sweet".
Sure, but I like giving a dozen roses and I call a car with a rear hatch and an
extended roof line between the c and d pillars, a wagon.
But younger audiences have yet to jump onto this bandwagon (pun intended).
Rappers, actors, and sports icons continue to roll around in Escalades wearing 24's.
So, car dvd player
, perhaps this is just a sideshow to the storied SUV. Then again maybe not. A few
months ago I saw something I thought I would never see. I saw a popular rap video
showcasing a black Dodge Magnum, undoubtedly a wagon, driving up and down the
boulevard. Could this singer be a trailblazer (oddly the name for a SUV from
Chevrolet)? Let's hope so. Put down that gas pump and get rid of your SUV.
You
want a wagon, uh sorry, a sport touring. Get with the program. What's old is new
again.
Peter Johnson is the chief writer for http://www.all-about-car-selection.com
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New Bankruptcy Law Makes it Harder to Stop Foreclosure
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Herbert Addison, JD, CHC is a Certified Housing Counselor and a member of the Virginia Association of Housing Counselors. Mr. Addison is co-author of the new book, How to Save Your Home, and has helped thousands of families to save their homes from foreclosure sales.
Source: articleage.com
On October 17, 2005 President Bush's sweeping bankruptcy reform law goes into effect forever changing the rules, disability attorney jacksonville
, of debt collection in this natiion. Consumer advocates and the public appear to be completely unaware of the total and complete victory of the creditors under the new legislation. This article opens the door to the Trogan Horse so that consumers can prepare themselves for the worse.
The most important aspect of the bankruptcy code was the "automatic stay" provision. This allowed consumers to file for bankruptcy at anytime during the creditor's collection process putting an immediate stop to all contact and collection activities from the creditor. The new law requires that a debtor receive credit counseling from an approved non-profit credit counseling agency for 180 days prior to filing Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
While this may sound benevolent,, disability attorney jacksonville
, a much closer look at the practical effect of this provision reveals the crafty peeling of the debtor's rights.
The 180 day requirement is to provide the credit counseling agency the opportunity to work out payment plans with creditors. However, during this same period of time the creditor is not restrained from collection efforts. For example, Margaret is a homeowner in Jacksonville,, disability attorney jacksonville
, Florida and is six months behind on her mortgage. As a rule, credit counseling agencies only work with credit card companies and have little or no training with dealing with mortgage companies.
After receiving foreclosure papers, Margaret goes to see her attorney to file for bankruptcy and is told that she must first seek credit counseling before filing for bankruptcy protection. Meanwhile, the foreclosure proceeds on schedule, disability attorney jacksonville
, and a sale date is set 120 days later. However, Margaret still has not completed her 180 day requirement. What will happen to Margaret's home? That's right!, disability attorney jacksonville
, The home will be sold and she cannot stop the sale by filing bankruptcy.
This is the most sweeping shift in debt collection, disability attorney jacksonville
, in the past 50 years. Margaret's only hope will be to work out a repayment plan or a loan restructure with her mortgage company. This is a process called loss mitigation and is explained in great detail to consumers in our new book, How to Save Your Home, ISBN#09753754-0-7, $19.95, SYH University, LLC, 2005 which is sold at Amazon.com.
Loss Mitigation works because lenders lose an average of $28,000 to $50,000 per foreclosure nationwide.
It is a myth that the lender wants your home and makes a profit off of foreclosure. A lender has to pay attorney fees, court and collection costs, maintain fire insurance, hire a real estate professional, repair structural and other damage to the home, and pay property taxes. The homeowner can work out an agreement with the lender in over 90% of cases. Our company has provided housing counseling service to thousands of homeowners and loss mitigation absolutely works, disability attorney jacksonville
, .
In conclusion, it is up to the consumer to educate and prepare themselves for worse case scenarios. How to Save Your Home is an excellent training tool and will teach homeowners how to protect themselves under the new bankruptcy law. Most Americans do not have health or disability insurance and, disability attorney jacksonville
, are vulnerable to job layoffs because of a stagnant economy. Who amongst us is immune to heart attacks, business failure, strokes, law suits, tax liens or other challenges that life sometimes presents.
One pay check is literally what separates many families from home security and despair and the new bankruptcy law will severly punish those who slip behind on their mortgage payments.
Herbert Addison, JD, CHC is a Certified Housing Counselor and a member of the Virginia Association of Housing Counselors. Mr. Addison is co-author of the new book, How to Save Your Home, and has helped thousands of families to save their homes from foreclosure sales.
Source: articleage.com
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