Monday, July 31, 2017

Cartoon on What Is a Libertarian

From a vartoon, explaining libertarian beliefs on the subject. The application of libertarian philosophy expressed by Freedomtoons, the Libertarian Party or others may or may not universally represent what is a libertarian position on the topic for all adherents.

Advantages of Casino Games Online

Reference article on casino bonus codes such as the Slot Madness Casino Bonus Codes available from their casino online:

By Wayden Enciso  

Casino games online are like an earthly heaven for those who love gambling. Gone are the days when people who love to gamble have to wait for the vacation, book a flight to their favorite city and enjoy the world of thrill and excitement. Online gambling games provide gamblers far more opportunities than there are available at offline casinos. However, before searching for casino games online, one must understand that not all of the youngsters are eligible to play these tricky games. There is a certain age limit, only those above 21 years of age group are eligible to play these games, whether online or offline.

There are enormous advantages of casino games online; a few of them are shared below.

Games For Free

The most appealing and inviting aspect of casino games online is the fact that the majority of online casinos give you an opportunity to play all gambling games almost for free. As for those who charge, the amount is almost negligible as compared to the vast world of gaming opening in front of you.

Variety

Online casinos offer you a variety of games at your doorstep. There are certain games that are specialty of a region or particular spot of the country, if you search that game on any casino halls online you will be astonished to find out that not just that original game is available, there are a number of versions of that games present online.

Reduced Cost

Casino games online cut your expenses at the lowest level providing you the opportunity to invest your money for your pleasure. Now if you want to play slots, blackjack or any other similar game, you do not have to travel to any other city or state to take the pleasure. Just join the online casino and you can get the pleasure at your doorstep, sitting comfortably in your bed.

Excellent Packages

No offline casino present whether in Macao or in Los Angeles, is able to compete with vast variety of packages available on an online casino. You can get as many games as you can imagine. Just take a look at the board of the applications available at a particular online casino and you can select the one you are most fond of.

Availability & Accessibility

Another major advantage of casino games online is their easy accessibility and the convenience they offer. Unlike the offline casino and gambling world where the process is quite complicated, casino online games are quite easy to access. To enjoy gambling in an offline casino you'll have to invest huge amounts of money and in addition you might have to travel to places that are considered as niche of casinos. Unlike all this fuss and hindrance, casino games online are very easy to access. On most of the online casinos, you just have to sign up and set up an account. Website will offer you sign up balance, have a look on the board of games and start playing your favorite casino games online.

Wayden Enciso an online casino games player who regularly writes articles for the Casino Games Online [http://www.casinogamesonline.biz] blog

Video on the Best Backpack for College

Roundup video tips on good backpacks for high school, along with the best backpack for college or the best backpack for high school, rolling school backpacks and so on:

Review of a 'Buy Instagram Views' and Likes Service

Curated video about the social media advertising trend on where to buy Instagram likes or buy Instagram views, including automatic Instagram views:


Sprayable Sleep Mist Product Launched

Roundup article on good backpacks for high school, along with the best backpack for college or the best backpack for high school, rolling school backpacks and so on:

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new type of natural sleep aid that combines scent and sound to beat insomnia is launched today by Calm.com, the California company best-known to date for its fast-growing meditation app & web platform. 

 The ground-breaking new sleep aid, known as Sleep Mist, contains a relaxing scent made from a special blend of lavender and other essential oils, which users can spray on their pillow to aid sleep, while listening to a bedtime story specifically designed to accompany it. Sleep Mist, Calm’s first physical product, is made in California and will be sold starting today, exclusively at Calm.com (https://www.calm.com/sleep-mist), for $29.99. 

 What sets Sleep Mist apart from potential competitors is its unique alliance of aromatherapy and audio therapy to create a deep, immersive experience. Users are able to inhale its calming, lavender-based scent, while listening via the Calm app to a soothing “Sleep Story” written to go with it. Lavender, a main ingredient in Sleep Mist, has been used for centuries to aid relaxation and shown scientifically to improve sleep as part of a bedtime routine. 

 “Insomnia is a huge global issue with over 60 million prescriptions for sleeping pills being written annually in the US alone,” said Michael Acton Smith, co-founder/co-CEO of Calm. “Mixing scent with storytelling is a powerful and natural way to help racing minds drift off to sleep.” 

 Calm has produced two new Sleep Stories on lavender themes to accompany the launch of Sleep Mist. Stephen Fry, the British actor, comedian, and writer, whose many credits include providing the voice-over for all seven Harry Potter audio-books, narrates one new Sleep Story called Blue Gold, set amid the famous lavender fields and sleepy villages of Provence in southern France. 


 Sleep Mist was developed by Calm’s innovation team which tested over 1,000 formulations before arriving at the final, perfect blend of lavender, frankincense, chamomile, and clary sage. “We went to extraordinary lengths to get every detail exactly right, even testing our prototypes on 12 different pillow cases to help create the most peaceful and restful night’s sleep imaginable,” said Calm’s Alexander Will, creator of Sleep Mist.

This marks Calm’s first foray into the world of physical products and follows the successful debut last December of “Sleep Stories”, the first bedtime tales for adults – a popular new section of the Calm app that helps users unwind before bed through not-too-interesting stories, soothing music, and breathing & mindfulness techniques. Calm users now listen to over two million Sleep Stories a month. 

 Sleep Stories have also played a key role in helping Calm pass the landmark figure of 11 million downloads in July, while the company’s revenue is projected to grow almost three-fold from $7M in 2016 to a projected $20M in 2017. Calm.com is free to download and includes over 100 hours of meditations, soothing sleep stories, relaxing sounds and nature scenes. 

ABOUT CALM.COM 


 Calm.com, Inc. is a leader in the meditation space with over 11 million downloads to date and an average of 20,000 new users daily. Founded in 2012 by British entrepreneurs Michael Acton Smith OBE and Alex Tew, Calm has a mission to make the world healthier and happier through the superpower of calm, and eventually become “Nike for the mind”. In December 2016, Calm launched “Sleep Stories”, the first bedtime tales for adults, that have since been listened to over 12 million times. In March 2015, Calm launched a book with Penguin by the same name, which quickly became a best seller in the UK and received rave reviews in the US the following year. It has since been translated and sold in over a dozen countries, including China, Taiwan, Germany, France, and Spain.

Camp Social Work Progams in Third Year

Curated article outlining current issues related to social work programs or having a degree in social work, including how long does it take to become a social worker, etc:

SALISBURY, MD---As 26 children who had recently lost someone dear to them arrived at Camp Safe Harbor on Monday for an opening family party, many of them fought back tears or stood quietly behind their parents. But by Thursday afternoon’s butterfly release and closing activity, laughter filled the air, hugs were freely given, and the only tears were those of not wanting camp to end.

 For the third year, Camp Safe Harbor, a bereavement day camp for children ages 6 to 12 held at Salisbury University, became a safe and loving place for children to heal and open up about their loss.

 Coastal Hospice staff and volunteers and SU Social Work Department’s staff and students joined together to run the annual camp, where counselors experienced in grief support helped the children work through the loss of a parent, grandparent, sibling, or loved one. Fun activities such as weight lifting, video making, support circles, poetry, art, and sports activities helped each child heal in their own unique way.

 Stephanie Moreno of Salisbury sent her two daughters, ages 9 and 10, to Camp Safe Harbor, because they were not only dealing with the loss of their grandfather but also with a recent accident that had left their father with a traumatic brain injury, unable to speak.

 “It’s been quite a journey for us,” Moreno said.  “My daughters have had a lot to deal with in their little lives. Camp appealed to me because I felt like I hadn’t been able to attend to their grief over their grandfather since my husband’s accident.  I didn’t feel like I was able to help them through it.”

 Moreno believes the camp was a deeply meaningful experience for her daughters.

 “They got to see other kids who were grieving in the same way and getting through it. And that it was okay to talk about it. They made friends and felt comfortable sharing their story. They talked with me about what they did each day, how in the weight room, they learned they could lift more weight together than they could by themselves.

 “Plus they had fun. Camp was a nice blend of fun and deep meaning. A lot of hands and hearts came together to make this happen,” she continued.

 Camp organizers from both Coastal Hospice and Salisbury University praised the benefits of the camp and the partnership between the two organizations.

 “Children who have lost someone close to them grieve in a very different way from adults,” Sharon Hutchison, manager for Spiritual Care Services at Coastal Hospice and an organizer of the event, said. “They often find it harder to express their feelings.  At Camp Safe Harbor, by joining other children who have experienced a similar loss, we saw the children work at dealing with their grief, as they were able to talk about it rather than hold it inside.”    

 “This camp is such an amazing partnership between Coastal Hospice and the Social Work Department at SU,” Dr. Kimberly Van Vulpen, assistant professor of social work at the university and a member of the Camp Safe Harbor planning team, said. “The connections that are made between the children and all the camp staff are what makes Camp Safe Harbor so helpful.  The children can arrive each day to camp, share, have lots of fun, and know that everyone there understands a bit of their story.  They no longer have to feel different.”

 By the final day of camp, the friendships and bonds formed during the week were evident. Children consoled one another and exchanged phone numbers.  They wrote messages on one another’s T-shirts and gave doting cuddles to the resident pet therapy dog. 

Camp Safe Harbor will be available again for children in June 2018.  Please contact Coastal Hospice for more information.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Forskolin, GMO and Dr. Oz

From a People article that chronicled the attempt of big corporate-compromised doctors and politicians to silence a popular TV host from making claims encouraging more trade in alternative supplements like pure forskolin extract, and against GMO:

Under fire from physicians demanding his dismissal: Last week a letter was sent by Henry Miller, a professor at Stanford University, and cosigned by nine other physicians from across the country, which accused Oz, 54, of “an egregious lack of integrity,” reports CBS. The letter was sent to Columbia University’s dean of the faculties of health, sciences and medicine and called for Oz’s dismissal from his position as professor and vice-chair of the department of surgery.

“Dr. Oz has repeatedly shown disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine,” reads the missive, adding that the host of The Dr. Oz Show has “misled and endangered” members of the public, “which makes Dr. Oz’s presence on the faculty of a prestigious medical institution unacceptable…”


Sunday, October 23, 2016

Massage Therapy - History and Development

The history of massage started during the 3000 BC when the Chinese wrote Cong-Fu of the Tao-Tse, the oldest book written about massage which was later translated to French in the 1700s. In 2760 BC, Nei Ching or the Yellow Emperor's Esoteric Classic discussed therapeutic touch.

The Egyptians made their contribution in massage when they created reflexology in 2500 BC. Even the Indians participated in the development of massage when they established Ayurvedic massage.

During 500 BC-50 AD, the Greek and Romans used massage on Olympic athletes and to relieve neuralgia and epileptic seizures. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, incorporated massage in medicine. In 130 AD-201 AD, Galen, a Greek physician from the school of gladiators who were rubbed before fighting wrote a book on manual medicine.

In 100s AD, schools for massage therapy were created in China. Then in 600s AD the Japanese developed shiatsu, which uses the fingers to apply pressure on acupuncture points to regenerate energy. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), pediatric massage therapy or tuina evolved into a higher form of therapy which is still used today.

During 1776-1813, Per Henrik Ling, a fencing master and gymnast cured himself of rheumatism through massage and created Medical Gymnastics and later formed the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Then in 1839-1909, Johann Mezger introduced medical massage to the scientific community and the terms effleurage, petrissage and tapotement became familiar.

The effects of massage on anemia were researched by medical doctors and professors in New York City in 1880. Four years later, Professor Charcot, a French physician who taught Sigmund Freud recommended massage therapy in French medicine.

 The Society of Trained Masseuses was formed in Britain which offered massage education recognized by schools in 1894. A year after, Sigmund Freud used massage therapy to treat hysteria. During the same year, Harvey Kellog wrote The Art of Massage.

In 1937, Rene Maurice Gattefosse, discovered the healing powers of essential oils accidentally during a laboratory experiment where he burned his hand and used lavender oil to soothe it. He coined the word Aromatherapy. Two years after, The Florida State Massage Therapy Association Inc. (FSTMA) was organized. Today, it is one f the oldest massage organizations with 85 charter members.

The Massage Registration Act was formulated during 1949, and in 1950 Francis Tappan and Gertrude Beard wrote books and articles concerning massage techniques. Two years later, Hoshino Therapy, which is an official medical therapy in Argentina was developed. Then during the 1960s, John Barnes created Myofascial Release Therapy.

In 1977-1978, Aston- Patterning was developed by Judith Aston and Hellerwork was created by Joseph Heller. Both methods are forms of rolfing.

During the 1980s, the Association of Bodywork and Massage Practitioners was established. Also, Watsu or water therapy was developed by Harold Dull followed by Stuart Taws creation of Taws Method or Soft Tissue Release.

In the 1990s, a protocol for fybromyalgia syndrome was defined by the American College of Rheumatology and the Touch Research Institute, which studies the effects of touch therapy was established.

The 1900's gave birth to different massage therapy methods like Jin shin jyutsu or the art of circulation awakening developed in Japan by Jiro Murai, The Alexander Technique created by F.M. Alexander, an Australian actor, Naprapathy (1907) which originated in Chicago, Bindgewebs massage (1929), created by German Physical therapist, Elizabeth Dicke and Neuromuscular therapy (1930) created by Stanley Leif.

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Columbus Compounding Pharmacy Caters To The Special Need Of Drugs Of Certain Patients

by Steve Hill

The traditional pharmacies are those that offer you drugs that are generally used by all human body patients. The drugs are sometimes prescribed in some special dosages and you must go to a Columbus compounding pharmacy to get those drugs prepared by experienced pharmacists. The doctor specially prescribed the drug for that particular person and so the common drug will not work for the patient. There is some reason why the compound pharmacy should prepare the drugs as per the requirement of the prescription of the doctor. The doctor specifically mentions what are to be mixed with the drug and why. This makes the preparation easier for the pharmacist for this particular patient.

Special drugs in special conditions
There is a young child who would need some small dose of a particular drug that is available in adult dosage and this drug will be available in the compound pharmacy to be able to provide it for the young child. There are people who are allergic to the common medicine that is used for a particular ailment and hence the Columbus compounding pharmacy is approached for a special drug formulation so that the patient does not get the allergic reactions.

Pharmacists and doctors decide the special drug
The pharmacist and the doctor need to know the exact name and quantity of the drug that the patient should need to be able to overcome the allergic reactions. There are reasons why a particular drug is not working in a weaker constitution of a patient and this patient will also need a lower degree of the drug. The constituents of the drug that has got to be right for the weak patient is decided together by the pharmacist and the doctor and then the pharmacist prepares the drug accordingly.

They are the clinical pharmacists who work with more responsibility and the compounding pharmacy will have the drugs that are needed for such special drugs. There are different conditions of the interior of the pharmacy that is to be maintained for storing the special components for preparation of such drugs. The Columbus compounding pharmacy [http://www.pharmacycolumbus.net/services/] has been in demand for the last few years and the industry of this pharmacy is growing for the betterment of the human society. There is often shortage of important drugs and each locality is in urgent need of such special drugs and there must not be any short for such drugs for any patients. The pharmacies are being worked on in larger scale and they have cater to the drug manufacturing issues too.

About the Author
The author is an professional hobby writer and presently writing for Pharmacy Columbus [http://www.pharmacycolumbus.net].

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Get a Style Makeover With Colored Contact Lenses

by Frazel Thomas

Today, there are many people changing their eye color just as there are many who change hair color. If, for example, you have wanted eyes of blue to make a new visual statement in your appearance, then colored contacts are the answer. When contact lenses were first introduced, they were mostly used by people with vision problems.

The introduction of colored lenses has made changing your eye color as simple as trying on different outfits. Colored contacts can be corrective lenses, but if you just want them for cosmetic effect, then they also come with a clear non-corrective lens in the center. The color is towards the outer ring of the lens and does not interfere with the pupil.

Colored contacts make a great fashion accessory. Make a style statement by pairing contact lenses in a gorgeous color for parties. Choose from colors like blue, green and brown, or playful styles like zebra print, glow-in-the-dark or pure white that would be perfect for Halloween. Depending on the color you choose, you can create an effect that completely changes your eye color or subtly complements the natural eye color. This means that you can go from brown eyes to blue, or deepen the color of your natural grey eyes in an instant.

When selecting colored contacts, opt for colors that complement your skin tone, hair color and makeup preferences. If your skin, hair or natural eye colors are warm-toned, you might want to choose matching warm colors such as hazel, to blend in with those hues. Brown shades looks natural whatever skin tone you may have. Make your eyes pop by wearing contacts in colors that will present a stunning contrast with your eye shadow and mascara.

VisionDirect.com is a one-stop shop for eye care essentials as well as colored contact lenses. While you can also find these lenses at your local optometrist or beauty shop, sites like VisionDirect.com offer top quality brands and great discounts. Some of the eye care brands listed at VisionDirect.com include names like Acuvue, Air Optix, Avaira, Biofinity, Biomedics, Baush & Lomb, Boston, Ciba Vision, Clearsight, Coopervision, Dailies, Focus, Frequency, Freshlook, Proclear, PureVision and Softens. Most of these brands offer colored contact lenses with colored contacts so it's easier for you to be fashion forward.

Look for quality lenses online and choose from contact lenses from a well-known manufacturer who prioritizes customers' safety and uses high quality materials for their lenses. Visit the website: http://www.visiondirect.com to get updates on the latest deals and know more about colored contact lenses.

Frazel Thomas loves writing about contacts and contact lens. Frazel considers herself a veteran in raising teenagers, having raised five kids in the last fifteen years. Frazel left her full time job after ten years to become a stay-at-home Mom. Here she writes about Contact lenses and Colored contacts.

About the Author
Frazel Thomas loves writing about contacts and contact lens. Frazel considers herself a veteran in raising teenagers, having raised five kids in the last fifteen years. Frazel left her full time job after ten years to become a stay-at-home Mom. Here she writes about Contact lenses and Colored contacts.