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Sadly, most carpet and flooring information available on the internet today is either wrong or misleading. They fail to provide complete, accurate or honest carpet and flooring information! Some websites even plagiarize my content and claim it as their own. Stealing someone else's original content is illegal for sure but it is also unfair to you the consumer!
Why should you trust my advice? First, I don't make any money from your flooring purchase, no matter who you choose to buy from. Second, my goal is to help educate homeowners about how to buy new carpet and flooring wisely. Third, I have been online now for over 18 years as a consumer advocate. I have no negative reviews and have links from hundreds of trusted online consumer sources like HGTV magazine and Houzz.com to name a few.
Everything you need to know about buying new carpet or flooring is available totally free on my websites. Please bookmark my website and visit as often as you like. Feel free to print out my free articles, coupons, useful Forms and Checklists!
Visit my Sitemap to find specific answers to your Carpet and Flooring Questions. If you have a carpet question, feel free to email me and I will do my best to answer. Please put "Carpet Question" in the email subject line so it doesn't end up in my Spam folder.
Visit my free Carpet Q & A pages to see my Answers to Common Homeowner Carpet Questions!
Q. Why do most homeowners OVERPAY for new Carpet and Flooring?
It's because they don't do their Carpet homework! By doing just a little bit of research on my websites, most homeowners can quickly learn how to select the right grade of carpet or flooring products to meet or exceed their needs, goals, lifestyle and expectations. You can also save money by learning how to avoid common scams
I first started educating consumers about carpet in 1998, I have become the most trusted source of carpet-buying information website on the internet today.
Learn How To Choose Wisely & Avoid Retail Carpet Scams!
Three Things You Need To Know Upfront:
You Need Rock-Solid Answers to These 4 Key Carpet Questions...
These are just a few of the important Questions & Answers you need to learn about before you agree to buy new carpet from ANY retail source. I have dozens of free articles posted on my website to give you all the answers you need to make wise and informed choices. My ultimate goal is to help make sure you end up happy with your carpet purchase for many years to come.
Have a Carpet Question? Read through my Carpet Q & A Pages or Search my website
How to Avoid Common Carpet Scams
Buy the wrong grade of carpet and you stand to lose hundreds or even thousands! Choosing the wrong grade carpet can cost you dearly! You might hope to buy carpet that will last for 15 years. What will you do when your carpet wears out in just 3 years?
Take your time and learn your Carpet ABC's before you begin shopping for new Carpet! Choosing the "right grade" of Carpet is not as easy as most folks think. Take my Free Carpet Foot-Traffic Test to see what grade of carpet you might need to buy to meet your needs and goals.
Times have changed! It's not like it was 50 years ago when there were limited styles and colors but all carpets were well-made and able to last a long time. Today there are thousands of different colors, textures, patterns, grades and quality levels to choose from. Choose the wrong grade of carpet today and you may end up having to replace it much sooner than you think!
You need to know... Some Carpets are designed to last for only 3 to 5 years... and some carpets are made to last 7 to 10 years. Some are designed to last 15 to 20 years or longer!
Whatever grade of Carpet you buy, it will eventually wear-out based mainly based on YOUR level of foot traffic you have in your home. What level of foot traffic do you have? Low traffic, medium traffic, heavy traffic? Learn more: What Grade of Carpet Should I Select?
How long your new carpet will last has absolutely nothing to do with the manufacturers warranty limits or the wear-rating they attach to it. It mostly depends on the amount of foot-traffic you have in your home verses the grade or quality level of carpet and the padding you select!
Carpet Quality is Not Always Obvious...
Carpet specifications are the key to understanding carpet quality. A medium-grade of carpet may last 7 to 12 years in your home, however, a higher-grade carpet may last up to 25 years, all depending on the Amount of Foot-Traffic you have in your home and how well you care for your carpet. While identifying a low-cost, cheaply-made carpet might be obvious for most homeowners (costing less than $10 per yard), it can be very hard for homeowners to tell the difference between a medium-grade carpet (priced $15 to $25 per yard) from a higher-grade of carpet (costing $30 to $45 per yard or more), just by looking at the Carpet sample or just by feeling the surface fibers.
All Carpets Look and Feel Soft When New!
However, cheaply made carpets made from Polyester and P.E.T. Polyester are not very durable or resilient and can quickly mat down in medium to heavy foot traffic areas, hallways and stairs. Once this happens, there is virtually nothing you can do to fix the problem.
There is rarely any new carpet warranty remedy to help you if you choose the wrong grade of carpet for your application! If your home has heavy foot-traffic and you buy a grade of carpet not capable of tolerating heavy foot-traffic, virtually any carpet warranty claim you submit will be denied and you will have no recourse. In fact, most warranty claims are denied for any number of reasons.
Carpets made from Nylon are generally more capable of tolerating heavy-traffic applications. Nylon is the most durable and most resilient fiber on the market today. There are many different grades of the Nylon Fiber and you need to learn what they are and what it means to your own unique application.
How To Compare Carpet Fibers
SmartStrand®, is a fiber also known by four different names. This can be quite confusing for homeowners.
Mohawk's SmartStrand® Fiber, is made from DuPont's Sorona polymer. SmartStrand® is also known as P.T.T.; Triexta; or Sorona and is, to some degree, very much related to the Polyester fiber. In fact, they say it is manufactured on the same or similar machines as Polyester.
While the manufacturers of the SmartStrand® Fiber may claim it is as, or more durable than Polyester, or P.E.T. Polyester, I believe it is much less durable than any standard denier Nylon fiber, and the SmartStrand® Fiber is more prone to matting and crushing of the pile over a Nylon. SmartStrand® is often touted to be more stain resistant than Nylon, but from my own experience, I think SmartStrand may be a bit more stain resistant than Nylon, but only to a small degree, if at all.
Stainmaster® 6.6 Nylon carpets use the Teflon technology to help resist stains and I think is a good option to consider if stain resistance is a major issue for you. Learn more about Carpet Fibers
I am not as impressed with the SmartStrand® Fiber as many carpet salespeople are. In my opinion, Nylon is a far more durable fiber and it also resists stains; is the most resilient fiber; and cleans easily too. What more can you want? A cheaper price would be nice, but that is not going to happen anytime soon. Nylon is more costly than all other synthetic fibers because it costs more to manufacture and it is the most durable and most resilient fiber available today. Durability is one reason why, and the cost to manufacture the fiber is the other main reason. There is less profit to be made selling a nylon carpet than fibers made from other synthetic fibers like Olefin and Polyester.
Polyester & P.E.T. Polyester are the cheapest fibers to manufacture which is why manufacturers / retailers want to convince homeowners to buy it. More profits!
Sadly, the polyester fiber, and the P.E.T. Polyester fiber is prone to matting and crushing of the pile. This means your new carpet will start to mat down and look bad in a very short period of time, especially in main traffic lanes, on stairs, hallways and any other area in your home that has anything more than light foot-traffic. Regardless of what any salesperson tells you, polyester carpets are not intended for medium, moderate or heavy foot-traffic applications.
Carpet Specifications - The Key to Selecting the Right Grade of Carpet.
Learn all about Carpet and Padding Specifications to be sure you choose wisely. The "manufacturing specifications" are what allows you to determine the grade or quality level of a carpet or padding. Carpets that are made from low-quality materials will wear out faster than those that are made using higher-quality materials. This is why you need full access to the specifications of any carpet or padding you are considering.
The 5 Basic Carpet Specifications Homeowners Need To Understand:
Learn more about Carpet Specifications
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After that... You must properly maintain your new carpet by:
Confused About Choosing Carpet?
How to Select The Right Carpet and More...
Many homeowners choose their carpet based on color, look, feel and price. However, there are many other important factors that need to be taken into consideration. From start to finish you must make all the right decisions to be successful and satisfied with the final outcome. Choosing the right Carpet, the correct padding, getting qualified installation and a reasonable price is just the tip of the iceberg! Learn more about Carpet Comparison
Where NOT to Buy New Carpet
Where you buy carpet is a major factor because not all carpet retailers have your best interests in mind, and some carpet retailers should be avoided at all costs! Never be pressured by any salesperson into buying right now!
Take your time, take some samples home for a few days and make wise and informed choices! Buying new carpet wisely starts with knowing how to select the right grade of carpet for your home! The last thing you want to do is buy the wrong grade of carpet and have it wear out in a hurry.
There are many other key factors for you to consider too including - Selecting the correct padding; obtaining qualified installation; and getting a good price!
Learn more about Best & Worst Places to Buy New Carpet
Costly Carpet Buying Mistakes / Common Carpet Complaints...
Here is a list of common carpet complaints from homeowners who bought new carpet and why they were unhappy with their carpet purchase. My years of experience and ongoing research has revealed that fewer than 14% of consumers make ALL the right Carpet choices from start to finish. The other 86% either spend too much, choose the wrong materials, end up with installation problems or unhappy in some way with their Carpet Buying Experience.
What can go wrong you might ask? Plenty! Here is a list of unfortunate homeowners who didn't do their carpet homework and have lost thousands! Read about how to avoid Costly Consumer Carpet Buying Mistakes
How To Avoid Common "Retailer" Carpet Scams!
There are plenty of Carpet scams and rip-offs to watch out for. The best way to avoid scams is to buy from a reputable carpet dealer. Read more about Carpet Scams and how to avoid them.
How Much Carpet Do You Actually Need?
Too many Carpet Salespeople are not proficient at measuring for carpet and that could spell bad news for you. It's easier for them to just add on a few extra yards of carpet to the estimate and not have worry about ordering too little material to do the job. Why should they take the time and effort to be spot-on accurate when adding a few extra yards of carpet and padding to your order will only increase their profits?
Homeowners Need Honest and Accurate Measuring
Over-measuring will cost you money and you may never know you have become a victim. Greedy salespeople might deliberately try to sell you more carpet than you actually need just to make more commissions from the sale. The more carpet material you need, the more you also pay for padding and installation fees too.
Under-measuring will cost you time, frustration and job completion delays. Inexperienced salespeople can easily under-measure your needs making it impossible to finish the job without having to order more carpet and make you wait another week or two before the job is finally completed. Sometimes they can't order more of the exact same carpet color (dye-lot) and then your carpet will not match.
About Carpet Salespeople
Some homes are simple or easy to measure because the rooms are small or square. While other homes have unusual shaped rooms with varied angles that can create more material waste. Unusual room dimensions and layout oddities can be very difficult and time consuming for inexperienced salespeople to measure up accurately. In many cases, it is beyond their capability to measure accurately in a way that will save you the most money on materials and labor costs.
An experienced salesperson can measure your home in such a way that will take advantage of waste materials from one room to help fill in the needs of other areas are such as stairs, landings, closets or seams for rooms that are wider than 12 feet. As long as the same carpet or flooring is used throughout the home, leftovers from one area can be used in other areas, thus saving you money.
If your carpet salesperson is not proficient at measuring or doesn't have your best interests in mind, they can easily add hundreds to your final bill by not fully utilizing your material waste in a useful manner. Inaccurate measuring can easily add hundreds to the total cost of your carpet job. You need to learn how to avoid this common carpet measuring problem which in some cases may be a deliberate carpet over-measuring scam to charge you more for materials and labor! Read on...
Learn more: How to Measure for Carpet Yourself!
How Much Should You $$$ Spend on New Carpet?
If you are just starting your journey to buy new carpet, you are going to find that new Carpet is more costly than you might expect. There are so many different factors to consider. Installation is almost always more costly than you might imagine. There are 3 questions you need to answer...
1. What grade of carpet do you require for your home?
2. How long do you want your new carpet to last?
3. How much money do you have to spend on this project?
There are no shortcuts and no specials to help you alter any of these three parameters. Don't fall for those home improvement store specials that advertise free or whole-house discounted carpet installation. If you do not have enough money, then consider doing your project in stages. Don't lower the carpet quality to meet your budget limitations. If funds are tight, either wait until you have more money or replace your carpet in two or more stages, for example: Do the downstairs this year and then do the upstairs areas next year.
Beware of Nationally Advertised Carpet Advertisements and Scams!
Most nationally advertised Carpet specials you see on TV are rarely as good as they appear to be. Don't fall for those offers to sell you three rooms of carpet for the price of just one room until you get a chance to read all the fine print. You don't need to buy from any carper\t or flooring dealer who advertises in this fashion. I truly believe you can get a much better deal buying from a local, family-run flooring dealer. Not only a better price, but better quality materials an more qualified installation too!
I never recommend buying from any nationally advertised carpet retailer. You would be amazed at the number of horror stories I've heard from unsuspecting homeowners since I started my first website back in 2000. If the price sounds too good to be true, then carefully read all the fine print.
Take a gander at this: Home Depot & Lowe's Carpet Installation TV sales gimmicks.
Never Pay for Your New Carpet "In-Full" Upfront!
It is customary for any reputable carpet dealer to ask that you pay up to 50% down before they will place your order for new carpet. You will be asked to pay the balance-due upon competition and upon your complete satisfaction of a job well-done. Never pay the balance due until you are completely satisfied. You should always do a walk-through with the installer to inspect the job before he leaves your home. Use my free Carpet Installation Inspection Checklist.
Carpet Buyers Beware!
Never pay a fee to have a salesperson measure your home, and never never buy from pushy salespeople who pressure you to buy right now or say the price is a "Today Only Price". Never sign any contract until you have received and reviewed at least three bids or estimates from several locally-owned carpet stores.
Take a look at my Carpet and Pad Pricing Chart to get a good idea about how much new carpet is going to cost you. Why do most homeowners overpay for new Carpet and Flooring?
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Fire Fuel Reduction Clearing
Mojo Contracting realizes the importance of wanting privacy and seclusion using trees and shrubs to block out your neighbours. During the summer months if you need a service to give you advice, removal of grass, creeper, trees and shrubs to reduce the possible fire fuel at your property, please contact us to arrange a free quote.
Depending on where you live, how much property you have and the density of the surrounds may have an effect on how a fire may impact your property. Temperatures, humidity, and wind strength, direction and the unpredictability of the weather in general can be major contributors to fueling a fire.
Having said that there are many different types and ways fires behave and therefore the result of damage caused by them, can be managed or used to our advantage. However in the extreme they can be absolutely devastating as seen in 1939 Black Friday where almost 2 million hectares where burnt, 71 people lost their lives. ( Department of sustainability and environment). Then Ash Wednesday in 1983 which claimed 47 Victorians and 28 South Australians (wikipedia) and burned 486 030 hectares (Department of sustainability and environment) both these fires came after many years of drought and were both fuelled by severe winds of around 100kmh plus. Of course more recently the Black Saturday fires of which has been among the worst disasters in Australia's history, and my heart goes out to all those affected.
This is why I want to provide this service as I feel many people don't realize how quickly this can all happen I had been living in the Dandenong Ranges when the Ash Wednesday fires occurred, also in 1997 people I knew lost there homes and it was scary. After it was safe to go back up the mountain I noticed that many of the properties that were well maintained and shrubery clear of the house had actually survived.
However in extreme circumstances when the conditions are at the absolute worst not much can survive as seen in the Black Saturday fires, and it didn't matter how neat your property was, or how organised you were. But it has been years since the state government and the DSE have changed the local laws regarding vegetation removal. Making it easier for residents to minimise the damage done by fire. What residents do or don't do, with their property can greatly effect not only themselves but also your neighbouring properties. If you are unsure talk to your neighbours, Call your local CFA they may give you some tips.

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PASADENA, Calif.–"No matter how smart of well-educated you are, you can be deceived."
That's the message delivered by James "The Amazing" Randi in The Independent Lens production "An Honest Liar." The entertaining and surprising doc airs March 28 on PBS.
At 87, Randi looks more like Jasper Beardly on The Simpsons than Harry Houdini. His name, however, should ring a bell with boomers who grew up in Toronto.
Born in T.O., he became fascinated with magic before he'd reached his teens after seeing several shows by the great Blackstone at the long gone Casino Theatre on Queen Street.
The doc shows how Randi became a magician at 17 and performed many of the same daring tricks Houdini perfected, including stunts such as dangling over Niagara Falls in a straight jacket.
"It was so cold my hood froze to my beard," Randi told me Monday after the PBS TCA session.
There are many clips of Randi from early Canadian TV apppearances, including one showing him on the afternoon kids show Razzle Dazzle with Alan Hamel and Michelle Finney. I asked Randi if he could remember what other Canadian shows he did but the man drew a blank.
"I knew Wayne and Shuster," he offered.
Randi went on to much greater fame in the U.S., appearing on Merv Griffin, with Barbara Walters and especially on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Carson dabbled in card tricks and Randi says the two would spend time after the show in the host's white Corvette, talking magic. "He was really good but would never do magic on his show, preferring to leave that to the magicians," says Randi, who believes he made 31 appearances with Carson.
The doc shows Randi on a TV appearance squeezing into a metal bell-shaped container filled with water–and nearly drowning when something went wrong. He cut back on the death-defying stunts and eventually carved out a whole new career, debunking frauds such as Uri Geller and TV evangelist Peter Popoff.
Appearing on the special are Penn and Teller, "two of the finest gentlemen I know." Randi says he's the one who suggested the two team up together.
Randi was also selected by Alice Cooper to help him goose his rock shows in the '70s with some magician razzle dazzle, including a guillotine act where Alice got beheaded. Word is Randi became a fixture on Alice's tour bus.
On stage with Randi was Bill Nye the Science Guy, who said he was "speaking for the skeptical community." He was happy to help Randi expose psychics and faith healers.
After the session, Nye showed me photos on his iPhone of a recent helicopter trip he took in Alberta. Nye was there with folks from National Geographic and said he was horrified by the "Tar Sands" project around Fort Mac Murray. He dismisses the term "Oil Sands" and showed how close the rivers and lakes were to the enormous patch of black earth seen from overhead.
Nye also carries with him a Canadian five dollar bill. He loves that we have a drawing of NASA's Canadian-made space arm on our money and even has a "Spar" engineering T-shirt somewhere at home. (Spar was the Canadian company who engineered the arm.)
While a fire alarm blared in the ballroom, Randi had two veteran TCA members tie him up at the start of the session. He escaped within seconds. If Bobbin and Hughes ever replace Penn and Teller, well, I was there when it happened.
By the way, Randi can still pull off some amazing tricks. The Independent Lens special has a twist you will not see coming. Watch–and be amazed.


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Gowalla released their app for iPad today.Known as a serious competitor to the foursquare service, it lets you share your favorite place and events with your friends in virtual world.
This free iPad app has nothing much in addition to what is available on their iPhone app.The small changes added include an additional map view which will show your position with respect to your friend.As in any iPad app the zoom out and in feature included will help you explore the world in a much easier and fun filled way.
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MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm joined now by one of the three Nobel Peace Prize winners: Leymah Gbowee, the 39-year-old peace activist from Liberia. Ms. Gbowee, congratulations. Welcome to the program.
LEYMAH GBOWEE: Thank you. Thank you very much.
BLOCK: I want to talk to you about the roots of your movement of women for peace in Liberia. How did it all start?
GBOWEE: Well, it all started with a crazy dream I had in 2002 that someone was actually telling me to gather the women to pray for peace.
BLOCK: You mean an actual dream?
GBOWEE: Real dream. I lived alone. My kids had moved to Ghana because of the war, so I was lying in my room one of these nights on the floor, and I think I actually left the window open because I needed air. We didn't have electricity. As I lied there, I fell asleep, and it was like I was taking a journey where it was cold. It was rainy. And there was this voice that was actually telling me, Leymah, gather the women of the churches to pray for peace. I woke up shivering, and then I realized I'd left the window open, so rain was actually coming in. But the dream, the voice never left me.
BLOCK: I've seen video footage of these women in Liberia marching in white T-shirts. They were known as market women. Who were the market women, and why are they important?
GBOWEE: Well, these were women who were doing small-scale businesses and these were women who could not really do their trade anymore because of the conflict. And these were the women who were really, really going through the hardest of times. A lot of them were internally displaced. So when the whole act of peace building came up, these were the ones who stepped out and said we will join you. And they really joined us in their numbers.
BLOCK: Ms. Gbowee, I heard you say once that you were terrified when you realized you were leading this mass movement of women in Liberia. Where do you think you got your strength?
GBOWEE: Well, when we - I had never really worked with a group of women up until we started something - the Christian Women's Peace Initiative and the Women Peace Building Network because I grew up with five sisters and I know how we fought and listen to the stories of the fights of women as they started organizations. So I always felt, well, I think I will just stay in a corner working with the men. But when God pushed me into that space of working with women, it was a frightening thought. I cried the first time.
And when we started doing the protests as the women would really there will be issues every day. Some nights, I went to bed and asked God: What did I do to deserve such punishment, working with women? Many days, I will tell them I resign, and many days, they will come to tell me there's no way you can resign. As a leader, you should consider yourself as the garbage bin. You take all of the trash.
BLOCK: Why did it feel like a punishment?
GBOWEE: Because some days we planned to do an activity, if it was successful, no one gave me a pat on the back. If it failed, you have almost 50 women abusing me. So you have all of these conflicts.
BLOCK: There was a key moment in April of 2003 when a huge crowd of women went before then-President Charles Taylor, the brutal dictator of Liberia, and you were at the front. You handed out a resolution for peace. And I want to play you some tape. This is you from the documentary "Pray the Devil Back to Hell."
GBOWEE: The women of Liberia, including the IDPs, we are tired of war. We are tired of running. We are tired of begging for bulgur wheat. We are tired of our children being raped.
BLOCK: Tired of war, tired of running, tired of our children being raped. Ms. Gbowee, can you describe that moment, what that felt like for you?
GBOWEE: It was a defining moment. The women had a sterile statement, and I call it sterile because it was all neatly done. They didn't want to offend Taylor, that they had (unintelligible), and they wanted me to read. And there was this firm warning from them: don't do anything that would get us arrested, don't do anything to put us in trouble. After I read that statement, I felt like I won't be doing justice to myself, justice to the many women who had suffered as a result of the war.
If I didn't make a point of saying that these were the things that were going through, these were our everyday experiences, and I felt like I needed to say something beyond that statement to make Taylor understand that we're tired and we're fed up.
BLOCK: That's Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, who shares this year's Nobel Peace Prize. She's in New York on tour for her book "Mighty Be Our Powers." Thank you and congratulations.
GBOWEE: Thank you very much.


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Horse Carriage Rides Salzburg
A romantic way of getting to know the village of Grodig
A trip on a horse-drawn carriage is a particularly romantic way of getting to know Grodig and the surrounding area.
Fritz the coachman will be glad to harness his horses for you!
Starting from the Sallerhof, you can discover the particularly attractive corners of our community with him, before he brings you back to your hotel safely after a comprehensive trip.


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We have never promoted the Betway Affiliate Program because we have seen nothing but negative threads popping up on the forums over the years. The more we looked into them, the murkier the picture got.
There was a time a few years ago when affiliates were complaining that a lot of their referred accounts were getting suspended. The implication from Betway was that the players were all fraudsters. The suspicion was that Betway was using this device to remove valid referred accounts from counting towards the revenue share deals. The only thing for certain is that a high proportion of accounts being suspended is very unusual. So if Betway were not conning their affiliates, then they were running their business very badly. Either way, we decided to avoid them.
Since then a regular stream of complaints has been popping up, from issues such as active affiliate accounts being closed, not being paid and emails being ignored. There are a fair number, albeit dwindling, of honest firms you can promote to the UK and European markets, so we could read the warning signs and stayed on the sidelines with this brand.
They have also been associated with Buffalo Partners, Wagershare and the Palace Group. All these brands were untrustworthy and affiliate unfriendly. In addition there are reports of them treating players very badly. This is key because affiliates earn on repeat custom of referred players. You really don't want to send any players to a firm that rips them off at worst and leaves them unhappy and looking for other options at best.
Here are some forum links (and there are plenty of others) if you need further convincing that this is a brand to swerve:
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We did promote them. They are untrustworthy and don't give a stuff about affiliates. We have removed them from our websites and cut our losses, leaving behind quite a few players. Better that than throw good money after bad with this crowd.


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There are no shortcuts to take when cleaning synthetic rugs.
There are many machines used in the design process for creating synthetic rugs. Although wool and silk are the most desired, replicas can be made by the top manufacturers. Nylon, polyester, polypropylene, acrylic, and viscous materials, are also some of the many that are used with synthetic rug design.
When purchasing synthetic rugs, it is important to purchase through a reliable seller, not only to ensure the best design, but also for better quality materials and a longer lasting finish.
At All Aces Cleaning & Restoration we are going to work just as hard to get your synthetic rug clean and looking like new – just as if we were working on an expensive and rare silk rug! For this reason, the cleaning process we take is superior to other cleaners and when you bring in your synthetic blend we are going to provide the best cleaning methods, and guarantee the quality when we are done.
If you have a synthetic rug you truly love and need it cleaned, visit our Brisbane location, located right at South East Queensland, near the Gateway Bridge. 4/8 Ives Street at Murarrie is our physical address. It is centrally located, only one hour from Gold Coast, and only one hour from Sunshine Coast.
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Stool guaiac test
Alternative names
Guaiac smear test; Fecal occult blood test - guaiac smear; Stool occult blood test - guaiac smear
The stool guiac test is a test that detects the presence of hidden (occult) blood in the stool (bowel movement). The stool guaiac is the most common form of fecal occult blood test (FOBT) in use today.
Brand names include Hemoccult, Hemoccult SENSA, ColoScreen, ColoScreen-ES, Seracult, and Seracult Plusreg;.
How the test is performed
A stool sample from three consecutive bowel movements is collected, smeared on a card, and mailed to a laboratory for processing. In order to ensure the accuracy of the guaiac test, it is important to follow, whenever available, the manufacturer's instruction on how to collect the stool.
Adults and children:
There are many ways to collect the samples. You can catch the stool on plastic wrap that is loosely placed over the toilet bowl and held in place by the toilet seat. Then put the sample in a clean container. One test kit supplies a special toilet tissue that you use to collect the sample, then put the sample in a clean container. Do not sample stool specimen from within the toilet bowl water, as this can cause measurement errors.
Infants and young children:
For children wearing diapers, you can line the diaper with plastic wrap. If the plastic wrap is positioned so that it isolates the stool from any urine output, mixing of urine and stool can be prevented for a better sample.
Laboratory procedures may vary. In one type of test, a small sample of stool is placed on a paper card. A drop or two of testing solution is applied to the opposite side of the card. A color change indicates the presence of blood in the stool.
How to prepare for the test
Do not consume red meat, any blood-containing food, cantaloupe, uncooked broccoli, turnip, radish, or horseradish for 3 days prior to the test.
You may need to discontinue drugs that can interfere with the test such as vitamin C and aspirin if possible. Check with your health care provider regarding medication changes that may be necessary. Never discontinue or decrease any medication without consulting your health care provider.
How the test will feel
Because this test involves normal bowel functions, there is no discomfort.
Why the test is performed
This test is a screening test to detect blood in the gastrointestinal tract.
Normal Values
A negative test result is normal.
What abnormal results mean
Abnormal results may indicate:
- Colon polyps
- Colon cancer or other gastrointestinal (GI) tumors
- Esophagitis
- Gastritis
- GI trauma or bleeding from recent GI surgery
- Hemorrhoids
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Peptic ulcer
- Angiodysplasia of the GI tract
- GI infections
- Esophageal varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy
Additional non-GI related causes of positive guaiac test may include:
- Nose bleed
- Coughing up blood
Abnormal tests require follow-up with your physician.
What the risks are
There can be false-positive and false-negative results. Using proper stool collection technique, avoiding certain drugs, and observing dietary restrictions can minimize these measurement errors.
by Levon Ter-Markosyan, D.M.D.
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I woke at 3am, my youngest daughter standing next to my bed, hyperventilating through her tears.
In between gulps for air, she cradled her face and moaned, "It hurts. It hurts."
I sat up quickly and pulled her close, feeling her body slump in my arms as I whispered, "I am so sorry, Sweetie."
And then I closed my eyes and wondered how we would make it another 36 hours until her root canal appointment on Monday morning.
Yes, my twelve year old has to have a root canal.
Everyone cringes when I say that, so go ahead and cringe.
I quickly got her some pain medicine and then let her crawl into bed with me; I rubbed her back as she quietly whimpered, and prayed the medicine would start to work soon.
Sleep finally overtook both of us, and we woke early to face a long day of pain together.
Neither of us wins awards when it comes to dealing with pain. After trying for hours to alleviate some of McKenzie's pain without success, I looked at my husband and sighed, "Ok, do YOU have any ideas?" And he smiled at me, wondering if I meant for our daughter or for me.
He hugged me and encouraged me to go run some errands. I resisted the urge to sprint out the door, and walked slowly like it was no big deal.
We finally made it until Monday morning, all of us hopeful that the pain would end soon.
The doctor examined McKenzie's mouth and her x-ray and immediately said her tooth was too infected to do the root canal.
Wait, what?
What are you talking about? What does that mean?
He explained that there was so much infection that if he performed the root canal, there would be more complications and her pain would increase. He needed to clean the infection, medicate it and let the area settle and heal first. Then she could come back in two weeks for the root canal.
Two weeks?
I made eye contact with my daughter and knew we were both feeling the same thing. We just wanted this to be over.
She made it through step one and we left the office, both numb for different reasons.
As the day progressed, McKenzie seemed so much better. I breathed a sigh of relief thinking that the pain was really gone and that all would be well again.
Until she woke early the next morning in tears again, saying her tooth was throbbing and hurting and why wouldn't it get better?
We made another trip to the dentist and I so wanted to say, "Can't you just do the stupid root canal, even with the infection?" Well, I did ask that, but I removed the word, "stupid." He explained again that the pain would be worse if we didn't allow time for healing and that more complications could arise.
He examined the tooth and said it was healing, but there might still be some pain at times.
Just hearing the doctor say, "It is healing," made all of us feel better.
I can't stop thinking about the fact that the doctor had to address the infection before McKenzie could experience any kind of healing.
As I reflect on the last month and look forward to Easter, I am struck by how true this idea is spiritually as well. And how often I don't recognize any of the infection I am carrying until the pain is unbearable. Can I believe that God is really in the process of healing me even though life can be so painful? Do I believe and embrace the hope of redemption and the resurrection?
Pain is a difficult issue to understand and process. There are days when I witness such devastating pain in others that all I can do is cry. Pain can feel like darkness and to sit in that often causes me anxiety, anger, and an urge to sprint for the door to find some relief. I want a reason for pain and am often tempted to tell suffering friends or family that while I don't know why they are suffering, I am sure God has something really great for them at the end of it. Like a pot of gold at the end of the tragedy rainbow. I am not sure that verse is in the Bible as much as I want it to be.
My Lent challenge to spend time in silence and solitude has been one that has forced me to sit in the uncertainty and not try to fix everything in three easy steps. It has also been a time where God has allowed me to see some "infection" that He wants to heal in my heart, things that need to be cleansed and medicated and examined. While I wish there were some spiritual ointment that I could apply for instant recovery and be done with it, I know healing takes time, grace, and God's mysterious power. It is in the pain that I am finally seeking Him, and it is in the pain that He is showing me that He is God and that I am loved.
In her book, Learning to Walk in the Dark, Barbara Brown Taylor chronicles her year of studying darkness which took her on a journey of exploring "dark caves, underground nightclubs, subterranean chapels, and unlit cabins in the woods on nights with no moons." She learned that God has much to show us in the darkness and that often it is the darkness where we grow the most. As I read her chapter on her experience of caving, I was struck by how pain can feel like walking through a cave. You can't see where you are going and you can't see your hand in front of your face. You have no idea if the exit is two steps in front of you or miles down the road. You have to pay attention in a way that is completely different from being in the light and you learn a lot about yourself in the darkness.
There are things in my life that I don't know the answer to right now. Things that require waiting and are out of my control. They feel challenging and if I am honest, I want to see the finish line, to know that there is something great waiting there, that all of these unknowns have great solutions. And yet, it is in this time of darkness, of not knowing, that I am experiencing God in a way that I never have. In the quiet of my Lent exercise, I am catching my breath. I am learning more about who He is and who I am not. I can't explain it in words really, but I am more settled and more willing to acknowledge how unpredictable life can be. That doesn't mean I don't wake up some mornings feeling anxious and overwhelmed by it all, but I have experienced a comfort in the darkness that I can only describe as grace.
As we approach Good Friday and Easter Sunday, I find great hope in Barbara Brown Taylor's thoughts on Jesus' resurrection:
"By all accounts, a stone blocked the entrance to the cave so that there were no witnesses to the resurrection. Everyone who saw the risen Jesus saw Him after. Whatever happened in the cave happened in the dark. As many years as I have been listening to Easter sermons, I have never heard anyone talk about that part. Resurrection is always announced with Easter lilies, the sound of trumpets, bright streaming light. But it did not happen that way. If it happened in a cave, it happened in complete silence, in absolute darkness, with the smell of damp stone and dug earth in the air…I let this sink in: new life starts in the dark. Whether it is a seed in the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in the tomb, it starts in the dark."
New life starts in the dark. Can we trust that this is true? The hope of resurrection is that Jesus brings new life to our complete darkness in a way that we cannot understand. May the power and truth of the resurrection offer us great hope as we enter Holy Week.
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By Bob Unruh
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Islam is being taught in the nation's public schools as a religion to be embraced because "organized Islamists have gained control of textbook content," according to an organization that analyzes textbooks.
The American Textbook Council has concluded that the situation is the consequence of "the interplay of determined Islamic political activists, textbook editors, and multiculturally minded social studies curriculum planners."
It has gone so far that correcting the situation now becomes a problem, because "educational publishers and educational organizations have bought into claims propounded by Islamists – and have themselves become agents of misinformation."
That comes from Gilbert T. Sewall, who not only wrote the organization's report on Islam and textbooks, but also generated a response to the flood of criticism he encountered.
William J. Bennetta, author of The Textbook Letter and a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, also has documented dozens of instances of advocacy for or against a belief system, and has produced a list of books where the "religion preaching" leaves them "unfit for use."
Indeed, Middle East Forum director Daniel Pipes even has repeatedly expressed concern about the "privileging of Islam in the United States" and warns the stakes go well beyond 7th-grade texts. His opinion of Houghton Mifflin's "Across the Centuries? Full of "apologetics" and "distortions."
WND recently reported on a case in Oregon, where parent Kendalee Garner objected to having her son being taught Islam, including the memorization of the "Five Pillars" of Islam and dressing up as a Muslim.
That episode followed a U.S. Supreme Court decision just a few weeks ago not to review a lower court's ruling that a similar class requirement in the Byron Union School District in California, where students were instructed to "become Muslims" was "cultural education."
WND also has reported that a man arrested as a terror suspect for allegedly trying to transport $340,000 from a group tied to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, and who reputedly had connections to Osama bin Laden, helped write the "Religious Expression in Public Schools" guidelines issued by President Clinton during his tenure in office.
Abdurahman Alamoudi, who was president of the American Muslim Council and a supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah, worked with President Clinton and the American Civil Liberties Union when the guidelines, guidelines later used by a federal judge to conclude such teaching was legal, were compiled.
Sewall said in his elaboration that his study showed world history textbooks "hold Islam and other non-Western civilizations to different standards than those that apply to the West" even while "Islamic pressure groups and their allies seek to suppress the critical analysis of Islam inside and outside classrooms."
Such textbooks result when "nervous publishers" obey educational fashion and rely more heavily on diversity experts than on trustworthy scholarship, he said.
"Textbook editors seem not to recognize that a school-related Islamic agenda in the U.S. uses multiculturalism as a device to guarantee a purely favorable and uncritical view of all things Muslim. At extremes, the report suggested, multiculturalism contributes to a form of peaceable cultural jihad meant to discredit or 'problematize' European civilization in favor of non-Western cultures," he wrote.
The ATC describes itself as an independent national research organization set up in 1989 to review the history and social studies textbooks used in the nation's schools.
Also contributing to the criticism is the work of Bennetta, whose conclusions are available at TextbookLeague.org. He finds that textbooks from a wide range of many of the best-known publishing houses used in public schools today simply shouldn't be there.
"When we examine the textbooks that major publishers try to sell to public schools, we sometimes find fraudulent passages that function as instruments of religious indoctrination: Religious myths are depicted as accounts of real people and events, religious superstitions are depicted as matters of fact, and the origins of religious writings are obscured or are wrapped in outright lies," Bennetta wrote.
"These passages of religious propaganda have been devised by individuals or groups that seek to use the public schools for spreading their own sectarian doctrines and for recruiting converts. In various cases, publishers evidently have accepted material from religious pressure groups and have put the material into textbooks, even though it is laden with blatant preaching, miracle-mongering and fake 'history,'" he wrote.
Bennetta, who is equally adamant that no religious beliefs be included as preaching in textbooks, cites a Houghton Mifflin book "Across the Centuries" as having a lot of Muslim "propaganda." He said the 1999 version has one thing an earlier edition didn't: an apparent source.
Listed as a consultant is "Shabbir Mansuri, Founding Director, Council on Islamic Education, Fountain Valley, California."
Bennetta said the CIE is "a conspicuous Muslim outfit that evidently specializes in inducing schoolbook-writers to sanitize and eulogize Islam, to retail Muslim religious claims as facts, to retail Muslim woo-woo as history, and to depict Islam as an amicable religion that resembles, and is compatible with, Judaism and Christianity."
He said other texts and publishers for which he's found a basis for criticism include "Human Heritage: A World History" by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill; "A Message of "Ancient Days" by Houghton Mifflin; "Across the Centuries" by Houghton Mifflin; "Heath World History: Perspectives on the Past" by McDougal Littell; "Ancient World" by McGraw-Hill School Division; "Making Thirteen Colonies" by Oxford University Press, "World History: Continuity and Change" by Holt, Rinehart and Winston; and "World Cultures: A Global Mosaic" by Prentice Hall, among others.
Sewall said in his treatise that older textbooks didn't so much misrepresent Islam as neglected and ignored it. Now, those same textbook publishers have moved from ignorance to "self-censorship."
For example, a concern raised by Swarthmore historian James Kurth notes "the possibility of structural incompatibility between Islam and the American polity" because of the resistance of American Muslims to assimilate.
"These scholars should at least obtain a fair hearing. They do not," Sewall concluded.
And, he said, the California-based Council on Islamic Education director Shabbir Mansuri concluded the ATC was an "extremist" organization for issuing a report on such concerns, even though there's no evidence of that.
Houghton Mifflin's chief publicist, Collin Earnst, also criticized the report, suggesting that such "bias has misled the public into believing that Islam is a barbaric and murderous religion."
Earnst told WND that his company has a careful process for obtaining input on books, reviewing that input, and then deciding what should be published. Where issues of "belief" by a religious group are involved, reasonable citations and attribution are included, he told WND.
He said among the groups used for comment in the past have been Hadassah and the Christian Educators Association.
But Sewall said there were no such conclusions in his report. "The publisher made these cynical claims to deflect attention from the source of the problem: the textbooks themselves."
He cited one passage from Houghton Mifflin's "Patterns of Interaction":
"In Islam, following the law is a religious obligation. Muslims do not separate their personal life from their religious life, and Islamic law regulates almost all areas of human life. Because of this, Islamic law helped to bring order to Muslim states. It provided the state with a set of values that shaped a common identity. In addition to unifying individual states, law helped to unify the Muslim world. Even though various Muslim states might have ethnic or cultural differences, they lived under a common law."
That, Sewall said, "conveys nothing." Further, it never explains that sharia bears "no resemblance to U.S. law, which grew out of the British constitution."
Other criticism came from the report's concerns over why Muslims so often don't get along with neighbors. "Looking at Algeria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, for example, where religious wars are being conducted today against infidels, this proposition is more than plausible," Sewall wrote.
In the California case that was litigated, Edward White III, of the Thomas More Law Center wondered, "Would it have been 'just cultural education' if students were in simulated baptisms, wearing a crucifix, having taken the name of St. John and with praise banners saying 'Praise be to Jesus Christ' on classroom walls?"
From Nyssa, Ore., where one parent raised objections to the Islamic teachings, Supt. Don Grotting, said the text includes assignments for students to learn the "Five Pillars" and study Ramadan.
Grotting acknowledged to WND that textbooks do "take a slant" on some issues, because publishers "are wanting to sell a textbook that is meeting the needs of the state and federal mandates."
And in the California case, school officials also blamed the "possible cant" of the textbook.
Sewall said textbooks in America should "explain the historically potent strain of Islam that promotes separatism and theocracy. Instead, they are trying to trim history to please Islamic pressure groups and allied ideologues.
"The implications for U.S. civic education are immense, especially if students are unaware of or even accept the idea that for politically esthetic reasons they are being lied to or emotionally manipulated."
"If our nation's cultural underpinnings are in conflict with religious dogma and values that are intent on replacing or even eradicating them, should not children and their teachers be made aware? Just as pro-Soviet enthusiasms, Mao worship, and Cold War revisionism seem naïve today, currently prescribed views of Islam may also some day seem like dangerous nonsense. And what key points might replace the obvious flaws in the current generation of textbooks? That militant Islam is a real force in the world today, an insurgency that is a real threat to the nation's democratic way of life and freedoms that its citizens often take for granted."
"Today, Christmas and Nativity scenes are outlawed while Clinton's nominee, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton, recently approved 'Islam: A Simulation' where children learn to become Muslim, recite the Quran, fast for Ramadan and pray to Allah including this prayer: 'In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of Creation, The Compassionate, the Merciful, King of Judgment-day! You alone we worship, and to You alone we pray for help, Guide us to the straight path,'" wrote Jen Shroder, on her BlessedCause.org website.
"America does not comprehend Muslim resolve to make America Islam," Shroder wrote. "Suicide bombers have already demonstrated their willingness to kill and die for it."


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Taste of Spring
April 17, 2018
A painting drawing on a style in keeping with children's books illustration, this painting was done for my niece and great-niece and nephews. It was done more than ten years ago now, and is of a fictional place that now seems more like Middle Earth than anywhere else.
Taken by a low grade camera through glassed-in frame, I hesitated before posting this….
'Fields of Home', watercolour by Lance Weisser
Arches Hot Press 140 lb paper,
10″ x 16″
collection of R. Jones & Family
Pinantan Country
March 5, 2018
Pinantan Lake is about twenty minutes from Kamloops, British Columbia, where we live. It is a small community spread around the little lake's perimeter and prides itself on being independent, artistic, and avant garde.
Although this painting is not of an actual barn or photographed scene, it attempts to capture the spirit of what the area looks like under a snowy mantle when viewed from the road leading towards the lake. I've done it from my collective memory, rather than choosing to make use of photographs or while on location.
'Pinantan Country', watercolour on Saunders Waterford Hot Press Paper 90 lb., 9″ x 12″ Sold
'The Way Home'
January 24, 2018
In the spirit of watercolour experimentation, it was interesting to take ordinary white mat board and coat it with a thin layer of clear acrylic medium. The board then had to dry for a good 24 hours. The experience when painting is one of finding it acts as a kind of resist while providing a rather intriguing texturing quality.
It is a bit tricky because there's no wet-in-wet opportunity, or much reworking/touching up or the acrylic medium will moisten and lift from the surface and become gummy. So getting one crack at it is pretty much all one gets, making every brushstroke really count.
The Gleaners
April 30, 2015
THE GLEANERS is a renowned painting by Jean-Francois Millet, finished in 1857.
It was controversial in France for its depiction of the lowest classes of society, picking from the fields what little was left after harvest. Prior to this, paintings of people were usually paintings of people who were rich enough to have their portraits done.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE GLEANERS, as we know. And each of us, in our own way, were often taught by our parents to make good use of every last bit of something, including the meal(s) in front of us.
IN THE ANIMAL WORLD, Ravens are gleaners supreme, going after what little remains of just about anything left behind, tossed aside, or just there for the taking. Yesterday I encountered one in the parking lot of our local Mall, hopping about a garbage can with a broken wing, waiting for someone to provide some slim pickings. Its noble bearing and size–the gloss of its plumage, the inherent dignity–only added to the poignancy of its situation. And yet, it wasn't exhibiting signs of pain or discomfort, just a keen willingness to take what it could get and survive. And glean.
One Room School
January 3, 2012
Not far from Kamloops is the lovely rural town of Pritchard. On Duck Range Road was an old one room schoolhouse that was 'adopted' by a local farmer who had attended it as a boy and hoped some community-minded group would see to its preservation and restoration.
Unfortunately, that never happened and in the summer of 2011, it was finally knocked down. Although this painting takes some liberties over the school's original setting, the rendering of the building itself is true to the way it looked. It was hung in The Federation of Canadian Artist's Open Show in The Old Kamloops Courthouse, and was a favourite in a fund-raising draw for The Federation.


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I'm Not Lazy, I'm Agoraphobic: How One Mother Copes
I'm not lazy, I'm agoraphobic.
I used to spend my days at work, my nights in Manhattan, and my weekends filled with adventure and road trips. Now, if I am able to leave my house for a medical appointment, it's an accomplishment.
I've had "episodes" that lasted months, where I'd be unable to leave my bed — not because I'm lazy but out of fear.
I suffer from a very misunderstood disease called agoraphobia, which is the fear of open spaces (a very generalized definition).
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When I tell people, their first response is, "What? You're afraid of spiders?" No, that would be arachnophobia.
To be honest, I'm not even entirely sure of how I came to be this way, so I don't judge those who don't understand. It started some time in 2013. It wasn't a conscious decision; I just stopped leaving my home.
My husband would ask if I wanted to go out, and my answer was always no. Neither one of us actually realized how long it had been since I'd left until a month or two in when my husband looked at me and said, "Wait. When was the last time you left?" and I couldn't answer.
Grocery stores were impossible (and still are), Target, Walmart, any store with more than one department is completely out of the question.
You may wonder how the hell I survive parenting without actually leaving the house? I'd be lying if I came up with any response other than, "I have no idea!" I take it day by day.
I'm lucky enough to have a very supportive husband, who takes care of all the "outside" stuff I'm unable to. He brings my son to the park, does the grocery shopping, etc.
When I do go out, my husband HAS to be with me. I can't go hang out with friends or run to the store without him; to me, he's like the security blanket little kids take EVERYWHERE.
Am I thrilled with how my life is? Not exactly, but every day I work on it. I try and make trips to the store with my husband, though most of the time, I remain a passenger in the car and don't actually venture into the store.
I have gone to my son's doctor appointments — basically, anything essential, I find a way to do it. Whether it's taking an extra dose of anti-anxiety medicine (approved by my psychiatrist) or practicing breathing exercises to calm my nerves, I find a way.
If you invite me to a picnic or BBQ at your house, it's pretty much a given that I will not attend. All my friends know this and have already stopped inviting me, either to ease the pressure off me or just because, why bother?
So, what does it feel like when I'm forced outside of my comfort zone? It feels like I'm trapped in a tunnel, with every terrorist and mass murderer that has ever lived.
Everyone is a suspect, not based on race or gender. I can see Big Bird and be suspicious and scared. My mind automatically goes into defense mode: Does this person have a gun? Does this person intend to carjack the vehicle I'm idling in? Will this be the next location of a mass shooting? Because you never think it'll happen to you until it does, so I keep that in mind. I don't care how safe or friendly your neighborhood is, it can happen anywhere.
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When my husband and son go out, I worry it's the last time I'll see them. What if there's an attack? All the "what ifs?" go through my brain at a pace I can hardly keep up with while I try to ignore it. And unfortunately, my brain can't turn off that part of itself to allow me to enjoy outside activities like others do.
I can't tell if I'm the product of the society we currently live in or if I would have been this way no matter what. All I know is that every time I make it past my front door, it's a tiny victory in my life. And I know that one day, I'll overcome this because I want to live life outside of my comfort zone. I want to live life as a person who's free from irrational fears.
I want to show my son that despite the world we live in, and the scary things that happen daily, the world can be a pretty great place.
This guest article originally appeared on YourTango.com: What It's Like Being A Mom Who Never Leaves The House.
Guest Author, P. (2018). I'm Not Lazy, I'm Agoraphobic: How One Mother Copes. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 30, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/im-not-lazy-im-agoraphobic-how-one-mother-copes/
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Nick Matthew overcomes James Willstrop to reach US Open final
Last updated on .From the section Squash
Nick Matthew has beaten fellow British player James Willstrop to reach the US Open final in Philadelphia.
The 33-year-old from Sheffield won 11-3 11-6 11-5 to extend his unbeaten tour run against world number three Willstrop to 16 matches.
Matthew, the 2007 champion, will face top-seeded Gregory Gaultier in Friday's final after the Frenchman defeated Egypt's Karim Darwish 11-7 11-4 12-10.
Britain's Laura Massaro will face Nicol David in the women's final.
Great Yarmouth-born world number two Massaro beat Malaysia's Low Wee Wern 11-6 9-11 11-6 9-11 11-7 in a thriller.
It is the second time in three years the 29-year-old has reached the US Open final.
"It's great to be back in the final in a big event like this," said Massaro.
Meanwhile Matthew, who won the US Open six years ago after beating Leeds-born Willstrop in the final, is hoping for more silverware.
The British champion said: "I'll need to be fresh as possible for the final. I'm not putting any pressure on myself.
"He's (Gaultier) played 75 matches this season and I've played four, so he's much more match sharp than I am. I'll just go out to express myself and enjoy it, and if I happen to win that would be great."


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Few days ago a Reddit user named sympson2612 shared an amazing story of their adopted cat named Tommy and their young son. You will be surprise of what this Little boy's daily routine in showing how much he loves Tommy.
"It's been almost a year since we took in the neighborhood stray and my son still insists on tucking him in when he naps "so he knows that he lives at our house and will come back." Posted by sympson2612
"It's more like he adopted us, to be honest," sympson2612 said. "He started hanging around our deck/yard this past Summer, and eventually we started feeding him.
One day, Tommy had to go to the hospitak. "Our 4 year old wanted to make sure our cat was comfortable after going to the animal hospital," he wrote.
"I have taught my son what a veterinarian does and went so far as to bring him to the animal hospital with me so he could see everything they did and explain to him why we couldn't bring him to our regular vet's office." It looks like the boy is so inspired and started practicing to be a veterinarian someday.
"The kids loved to tuck him in every time he went to sleep."
Tommy was given a teddy companion to comfort him when he went to sleep at night…
The little girl even shared her crib so Tommy could sleep well.
His guardian, responding to comments about the sweetness of her pictures, said, "I am so glad (Tommy) could bring some joy to the Internet. This past year has been so wonderful having him in our lives. He is the sweetest, funniest, most patient cat I have ever met. We are sold on adopting stray cats from now on!"
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Today SIBA released a 'Proud of British Beer' video & whatever you may or may not think of it, it's message is one that is full of integrity & pride in our industry. It's about time we united & made it perfectly clear to the government we are not the problem in Britain, but the solution. We are incessantly hit with tax hikes & bad press in the media when we are in fact a bunch of socially responsible people with wholesome ideals, we are first & foremost a British manufacturing industry, we employ people, we contribute a huge amount of tax, our product is crafted with care & is consumed with dignity in the greatest social setting, the great British pub.
I am delighted with how SIBA have set their stall out to be a progressive breath of fresh air in our industry & credit must go to them & Pete Brown for this great piece of work. So the next time someone knocks our industry either through the media or through higher taxes don't sit back & take it, take issue & support British breweries & pubs & be proud of your national product before we are taxed out of existence!


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Last January, supermodel Daria Werbowy traveled across the subcontinent. Here, she shares her thoughts and favorite Instagram pictures.
INDIA WAS ALWAYS a place I wanted to explore. I'm not a big planner when I travel; I just feel it out. I started and finished in Varanasi, and yes, I bathed in the Ganges. I knew I wanted to be there for the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival that happens every 12 years. With over 80 million people attending, the festival is the largest gathering on Earth. The rest I played by ear, following my instincts, taking some risks and learning to trust. Kashmir was another place I wanted to see, but I never expected to find myself on a house boat on Dal Lake with a beautiful family or snowboarding in the Himalayas.
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What does government look like from the ninth floor of the Beehive? The 9th Floor collects together interviews with five former Prime Ministers of New Zealand: Geoffrey Palmer, Mike Moore, Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark.
Longlisted for 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards - The Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction.
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Ive suffered really badly in the past with anxiety and it still flares up sometimes which makes life really tough. I use to get such bad anxiety a couple of years ago that I couldn't leave my house so Ive tried and tested quite a few different methods to help ease my anxiety over that time and Ive discovered a couple of really good and helpful free apps to ease your anxiety.
This is a meditation app made simple. Thats all you need to do is set up an account using your email address, facebook or spotify account. Its essentially a 10 day meditation course for beginners where they guide you through each session building up into the bigger ones. If you subscribe (I haven't yet) or after your completion of Take10 then you can get access to a bunch of different sessions and categories like patience, kindness with different health conditions suitable to you. Whats great about this app is they have a section for kids where they teach short and simple meditation and relaxation techniques to suit all ages so its great for you mums out there.
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What to Do When Your Child Says "I Hate You"
What to Do When Grade-Schoolers Say, "I Hate You"
"I hate you" can be one of the hardest things a parent hears from a child. Circle of Moms member Suzanne S. even cries when her 8-year-old daughter says the three-word phrase. "At first it was just a few times, then it's been more and more [whenever she is corrected]," Suzanne says. "It hurts us as parents."
Mom Amanda P. is similarly distressed when her 8-year-old daughter says hateful words. "I'd have thought that she would know that it isn't right to say it," Amanda reflects. "I just don't know how to teach her not to say it, or whether to let her see how much she is hurting me when she says it."
If you, too, find it difficult to not take it personally when your grade-schooler says, "I hate you," Circle of Moms members offer three tips to cope.
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1. Define the Difference Between Hate and Anger
When teens say I hate you, they often are trying to get a reaction from mom or dad. Grade-schoolers, on the other hand, may not necessarily understand what it means to hate, or how hurtful the phrase is, Circle of Moms members say.
"Depends on their age, but when they're small, I realized that they were using words they heard from the TV and not from me," Andra H. explains. "They didn't understand the context of the word 'hate.' They saw an angry face and thought it meant 'angry.'" Instead of getting angry back or feeling hurt, Andra would ask her child, "Why are you angry at mommy? I know you don't hate me. You love me and I love you. It's OK to be angry with me, but hating isn't nice. Hating means you don't love someone." Andra says that as her children grew older they learned that they can be angry with someone and then get over it.
Andra's not the only Circle of Moms member who defines what hate means when she hears hateful words from grade-schoolers. Christine M. rephrases her young children's statements, telling them, "You mean you are really upset at me for correcting you. You are allowed to be angry or upset, therefore say so [with] 'I am angry.'" She emphasizes that her grade-schoolers have a choice in behaving right or wrong, and tries to help them recognize their own feelings in order to better deal with them. "I don't dwell on the 'I hate you' because, to me, it's their way to say 'I am really upset.'" Jennifer A. responds with, "That's fine but I still love you," agreeing with the notion that grade-schoolers need to be taught other words and phrases to describe how they feel. Rachel replies to her son with: "I understand you are saying that because you are angry. Being angry does not mean it is OK to be mean. I love you."
Meanwhile, Victoria P. recalls when she once said "hate" when she was a child, her mother responded with, "Oh don't say that, you don't really hate anything. Hate is such a strong word and feeling. I hope you never know what hate is, in your life." Victoria adds: "[Her explanation] had such a profound effect on me, that I repeated it to each of my own children the moment they said 'I hate' whatever. I think they both understood, and it's not a word used in our vocabulary(ies), even casually."
2. Show It Hurts
When describing different emotions, Circle of Moms members also recommend that parents express how they are hurt by hateful words. Christina S., for instance, says she would explain to a younger child that such words hurt her feelings and then ask for an apology. Cheryl D., too, asks her son to think about how "I hate you" hurts people; she also treats it like a swear word that isn't allowed in her house. "In today's world, certain words are used way too easily and people don't really think when they are using them," she says.
Cheryl G. admits she was crushed when her 12-year-old said she didn't love her anymore. "My heart was breaking, and I did the emotional thing because I was emotionally distraught; I broke down and cried in front of my child. To my amazement, my child put her arm around me, said that she was sorry and held me until I got my composure." Cheryl says her daughter never said such an unkind thing again. "My tears impressed upon my daughter how much her words hurt my feelings, which I think is a very important lesson to be learned," she says.
3. Consider Your Child's Feelings
When you show your child how they hurt you, it's important not to discount their feelings in any way either, Circle of Moms members advise. Amy B. notes that even if hearing "I hate you" from a child is very hard on a parent, try to listen to whatever he says and how he is feeling. Jo P. tries to help her two daughters identify their emotions, asking: "Are you sure that you don't just hate that I'm not letting you have your way? I hate when I don't get my way too. In the meantime, I love you enough for both of us."
It's important to identify the feeling and refocus on the real issue, Amanda P. says. She suggests the following conversation: "You sound upset that you got in trouble, but (insert behavior he is in trouble for here) is not OK." Then she recommends parents institute whatever the appropriate consequence would be without addressing the comments about hating.
"You have to respect them and their own little feelings. No matter how silly you or I think they are, to them they are legit and justified," mom Paige G. explains. Then after they have calmed down, you can talk to them about what made them angry and "also let them know that there are other ways to get what they want or the reactions they want," she adds.
After all, Shelley T. says, the goal of parenting is to help your children to be productive, thoughtful adults. "We need to teach our kids to communicate better. They may hate the situation, but not the person. There's a big difference!"


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Developers logging into the Android Market developer console today will be greeted with new options. As mentioned last night, the Android Market is going to see a little read-only time tomorrow while new features are implemented. Looking at the console, there are three additions to help developers get extra exposure, discovery, and more. Reading the tea leaves, we get the sense that a full web experience is coming with the possibility of a tablet-optimized Market.
- Hi Resolution Application Icon: 512w x 512h 24 bit PNG or JPEG (no alpha)
- Feature Graphic: 1024w x 500h 24 bit PNG or JPEG (no alpha) Will be downsized to mini or micro
- Promotional Video: Enter YouTube URL
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Hosting a Boston Market Fundraiser
Boston Market, a popular chain restaurant that's located in cities across the nation, offers school groups, church groups, and sports teams several great opportunities to raise money with local fundraisers. Here is some great information about hosting a Boston Market fundraiser:
• Earn a portion for every gift card sold. Boston Market offers groups the chance to earn a twelve percent profit on every gift card that they sell for charity. The way it works is that your group buys the gift cards in advance at a discounted price, sells them at the full face value, and then your charity keeps the difference. Very easy!
• Hosted meals. They will also cater a full meal for your charitable organization. You work with your local restaurant location to determine the date and time of the event. Be sure to publicize it, and then Boston Market helps you coordinate a meal for your guests with an easy per-price ticket. Then, you sell tickets to your events that are above the per-price and keep the proceeds that you earn.
• Restaurant nights at a certain location. Groups can also work with their local Boston Market to have a dinner hosted at their location. Your group works directly with the management team of that restaurant and then has a charity dinner at a pre-determined time and place. For this, Boston Market provides a customizable flyer and you bring the customers in. They will then give your group fifteen percent of the proceeds earned during your designated time and date. Be aware that it often takes some time to be able to get your fundraising check in the mail.
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Nice one rikj . That was a very interesting W&W and fascinating to see that some old features can still be found.
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I really must vist The Hollies again. Does anybody know the bus route up there?
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Ah yes, we were nearer the mill goit area and didn't venture very far off the path at that side of the water. Must bear that in mind for another visit.
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28 goes up Weetwood Lane, so closest from that side. If you don't mind more of a walk then anything that goes up the Otley Road and get off at West Park shops and walk through the uni playing fields. 1 & 6 maybe? Hollies from the bottom end would be 51 to Meanwood.BarFly wrote:I really must vist The Hollies again. Does anybody know the bus route up there?
@Leodian, I think there may be even more still extant. Somewhere I have a photo from a trip to the Seven Arches that shows what could be an exposed section of the conduit. Interesting as it might give hints as to the construction.
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The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Board of Directors has appointed Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Donald as Global Chair, effective 1JAN. Donald succeeds Adam Goldstein, President and COO of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., who has served in the role since JAN 2015.
"The cruise industry continues to grow and evolve at a record pace, making CLIA's role more important than ever to act as a singular voice and advocate on behalf of the entire global cruise community," said Donald. "I'm honoured to take on this role, and look forward to building on the great work CLIA is doing."
"We are proud to welcome Arnold as our new Chair. Under his leadership, we will continue to support the interests and vision for the cruise industry," said Cindy D'Aoust, president and CEO, CLIA. "It has been a privilege to work alongside Adam and we thank him for his work and dedication as CLIA Chair."
During his time as Global Chair, Goldstein actively worked to promote the industry's interests with key stakeholders around the world and to increase economic benefits and mitigate risks, including advancing CLIA maritime leadership in both wastewater and emissions technologies and practices.
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We talk about The Walking Dead here at UPROXX a lot, and Daryl Dixon is the obvious fan favorite. But we don't talk about the actor who plays him, Norman Reedus, enough. Going through The Walking Dead images every week for the recaps, I've drawn an inescapable conclusion about the guy: He's a true American bad ass. He's funny. He's well liked. He's friendly, and he's got a great head on his shoulders. He's come a long ways since his days as a fashion model, the co-lead in The Boondock Saints, and as a music video actor (did you know he's in Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees video and, more recently, a Lady Gaga video?). Dude's just an all around fantastic guy, and I think we should take a moment to show our appreciation for a guy that just straight up rocks. Here's 11 photographic reasons why Norman Reedus the biggest bad ass on the planet.
1. He's Hilarious on the Set
2. He's Great with Fans
3. He Chills with Zombies
4. He Truly Appreciates His Special Effects Supervisor, Greg Nicotero
5. He Wears Awesome Slippers
6. What Other Dude (Besides Eddie Izzard) Could Pull Off a Tutu Yet NO ONE Would Question His Sexuality?
7. He's the Only Bad Ass On Television with a Hello Kitty Obsession
8. He Likes Real Kitties, Too
9. He's Also a Dog Lover. You Can Always Trust a Dog Lover
10. He's Great Role Model. He's Great with Kids. Only a Guy as Cool As Him Would Name His Kid Mingus Reedus
11. He'd Be a Great King. In fact, He'd Look Great on the Iron Throne


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