Start the New Year right by creating a safer home and lifestyle for your family. Take these important do-it-yourself steps to make day-to-day living less hazardous and to be ready for emergencies. Keeping a level head in times of emergency is critical. Being prepared and knowing what do will help you stay focused so you won't panic.Child safety and health expert Debra Holtzman offers these easy-to-implement home safety tips:1. Install smoke alarms on every level of your home and in every sleeping area.
Change batteries once every year; test them monthly; replace the units every 10 years. Smoke alarms can cut your family's chances of dying in a fire by nearly half.2. Install a carbon monoxide alarm in every sleeping area and place one at least 15 feet from any fuel-burning appliance. CO poisoning associated with using fuel-burning appliances kills more than 200 people each year and sends about 10,000 to hospital emergency rooms for treatment.3. Set your set water heater to 120 degree F.
Scalding water kills about 100 people in our country each year. 4. Assemble a fully stocked disaster supplies kit. Include nonperishable foods, water, manual can opener, flashlights, radio, and batteries.5. Assemble a fully stocked first aid kit.
6. Enroll in an infant/child CPR and first aid course. 7. Post emergency telephone numbers near every phone in your home. 8.
Always use a food thermometer to be sure foods are safely cooked. Food-borne illness causes approximately 5,000 deaths each year in the US.9. Test your home for radon. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. High radon levels exist in approximately one out of every fifteen homes.10.
Keep up-to-date on recalled products by visiting this website: www.recalls.gov.Debra Holtzman is the author of the popular new book The Safe Baby: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Home Safety (Sentient Publications), which is full of useful information on eliminating hazards in the home and protecting children from household dangers. She is featured on the TV series "Make Room for Baby" on the Discovery Health Channel..
Online Charity Mall Will Donate All Profits to Tsunami Relief
In response to the great human tragedy that resulted from last week's natural disaster in Asia, Run To The Store will be donating the profits from all purchases made through the RunToTheStore.com website in January and February 2005 to tsunami relief organizations. We encourage shoppers to use the RunToTheStore.com website to do their shopping and Run To The Store will make relief donations automatically - at no additional cost to shoppers. Donations will be divided equally between two charities CARE and UNICIEF. Run To The Store (RunToTheStore.com) was launched in October 2004 as an online charity mall that donates a percentage of every purchase to charitable organizations without any additional cost to the shopper. The site works with over 300 merchants and service providers to enable consumers to easily shop online and support charities ? without any addition cost to the consumer or the cause.
In previous months we have donated to a variety of charitable organizations that...
Online Charity Mall Will Donate All Profits to Tsunami Relief
What You Need to Know About Kitchen Colors
Color is very important design element for kitchens and bathrooms since it plays an important role in affecting our modes.
A good combination of kitchen colors in the scheme of your decoration can make your kitchen look livelier and more appealing.
However mismatched color schemes can ruin your d?cor.
Color can influence the mood of a room.
For example, studies have shown that red can quicken the pulse and breathing rate, as well as increase appetite.
Yellow, especially soft yellows can make people feel happier.
When used as a accent bright yellow can attract attention and brighten up a kitchen.
You can also use color to influence how large or small a kitchen can feel.
With kitchen color taking on more importance, many manufacturers of cabinets, appliances, flooring and countertops are offering the consumer more choices in colors.
The best kitchen colors should include...
What You Need to Know About Kitchen Colors
Color is very important design element for kitchens and bathrooms since it plays an important role in affecting our modes.
A good combination of kitchen colors in the scheme of your decoration can make your kitchen look livelier and more appealing.
However mismatched color schemes can ruin your d?cor.
Color can influence the mood of a room.
For example, studies have shown that red can quicken the pulse and breathing rate, as well as increase appetite.
Yellow, especially soft yellows can make people feel happier.
When used as a accent bright yellow can attract attention and brighten up a kitchen.
You can also use color to influence how large or small a kitchen can feel.
With kitchen color taking on more importance, many manufacturers of cabinets, appliances, flooring and countertops are offering the consumer more choices in colors.
The best kitchen colors should include...
Guden Introduces Leg Leveling Glides
H. A. Guden Co., Inc. introduces a new line of Leg Leveling Glides available in a variety of sizes and shapes. The addition of glides to Guden's offerings is part of their ongoing effort to supply more and more industrial hardware components to designers and engineers with little time to search for individual sources.Guden's Leg Leveling Glides are available in heights of 1.00" to 2.50" with base diameters of .875" to 1.70".
Other features include hex or round bases, swivel or rigid stems, and slotted or square points for making height adjustments. In terms of durability, the glides are made of zinc-plated steel with metal or rubber feet. Guden can also supply custom glides to meet a customer's individual requirements.Some of the many applications for Leg Leveling Glides include furniture, dividers, sheet metal enclosures, point-of-purchase displays, gaming units, shelving, cabinetry, vending machines, appliances and kiosks.Technical drawings, purchasing and immediate delivery...
Guden Introduces Leg Leveling Glides
Commercial Truck Financing Company Launches Online Applications for International? Truck Financing
(ContentDesk) August 11, 2005 -- Commercial Truck Financing, a commercial vehicle leasing firm specializing in International? truck financing for local trucking, has added an online lease application to their website. The online applications can be used for any one of the four leasing programs offered by Commercial...
Commercial Truck Financing Company Launches Online Applications for International? Truck Financing Appliances
PossibleNOW Launches Guest2Net Brand -- Guest2Net Identifies PossibleNOW?s High Speed Internet Access Solution For The Hospitality Industry
ATLANTA, GA (ContentDesk) June 3, 2004--PossibleNOW, a leading provider of Internet-based applications, strategic consulting and systems engineering services, has launched the brand name, Guest2Net, for its high speed Internet access solution. Activities in the branding process include establishing a separate web site, www.guest2net.com.Guest2Net focuses on high speed Internet access solutions, including wired and wireless local...
PossibleNOW Launches Guest2Net Brand -- Guest2Net Identifies PossibleNOW?s High Speed Internet Access Solution For The Hospitality Industry Appliances
A small history page about Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery is a branch of surgery that involves the repair or replacement of malformed, injured or lost members or tissues of the body. The plastic surgery has two more major branches: the reconstructive and the cosmetic surgery. These types of plastic surgery differ from one to another in one main way: the reconstructive surgery is made to help reconstruct an injured tissue or a birth defect while the cosmetic plastic surgery deals only with form or appearance.
I...
Discount Ink Cartridge, Toner Cartridge
Discount ink cartridges and toner cartridges are in great demand these days. Due to the drop in price, many families and small business owners can buy an inkjet / photo printer for under $100 and a discount laser printer for under $200. Increased number of printer ownership means that there is a larger aftermarket for printing supplies.
Nevertheless, consumers who bought a cheap printer would soon find out that their spending...