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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Health Insurance Quote
Where does a person begin to look for health insurance when they lose theirs or just plain do not have any? It is very hard to find a company that will cover you at a cost you can afford. So you look and look to no avail. Not there is an online website where you can get an health insurance quote very easily. You can start by filling in your state. Are you looking to cover yourself, or you and your entire family? Are you on medicare and need supplemental insurance? Maybe you are retiring and your company does not provide retiree insurance. Then this is a good place to find out all about what they have to offer and get a quote. And it is a secure site so you don't need to worry about that either.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Deer
We traveled to the next town tonight. On our way we saw two young deer feeding on a farmer's grass. My husband said they had just come out of the corn field. They have a great many deer in that area as one of the State Parks, Pilot Knob, is located just 7 miles east of there. A farmer by the airport leaves several acres of corn every year just for the deer to feed on. It did become a hazard though for the airplanes flying in and they had to put high fences up to keep the deer off the runways. They are beautiful animals to see but not on your hood. More deer are killed on our freeways and highways than the hunters get each year. They are going to have extra doe hunts in order to cut down the huge population that is endangering the drivers.
Acute COPD Exacerbation
When healthcare professionals need to find out more information on drugs and interactions of drugs, where do they turn? Today, they are able to check into this online website Acute COPD Exacerbation for a great deal of information for their COPD patients. How do they go about diagnosing this condition? What are the best treatments? What is the root cause and how can it be prevented in other patients? They, of course, need to know the side effects of the drugs they may prescribe and the interactions between the drugs their patients may be taking already. This company has a new disease database which includes over 3300 drugs, dosing and what tests to order and much more.
“This announcement was paid for by Epocrates.”
“This announcement was paid for by Epocrates.”
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
America's Most Wanted
Do you remember awhile back they wanted to take this program off the air? I thought they were crazy and so did everyone else I guess because they got it right back on the air again. They have caught so many terrible murderers, molesters, wife beaters, robbers and plenty of drug dealers and buyers. It is neat the way they set people up and catch them using the internet to meet what they think is a very young girl for sex, only to find out that they are being met by the police. Also the johns are caught in traps with prostitutes too and I bet they have an awful time explaining that to their wives, as a great deal of them are married. John Walsh is doing a marvelous job on this show and you the public are also doing a fantastic job of calling in and helping them locate some really vicious criminals and even escapees. I hope they never consider taking it off again. I think there would be another great uproar if they try it, don't you?
Wheels, Wheels, Wheels
As I sit at my computer, I can look out the window and see wheels of all sorts. There are boys' and girls' bicycles of all sizes. They come in small, medium and large and boys and girls all over, riding them. Their Mom gets out there on her bike and they all line up behind her. Even the little 2 year old with training wheels and she takes them all out riding. When they come home, they all play on the swing set and for awhile the neighbors had a big tent set up that they played in. The little swimming pool sits idle now since school started and the weather got clear down to 35 degrees last night. I think I was 12 or perhaps 13 when I got my first bicycle and I earned it by paying $1 a week for 40 weeks out of my paper route. Can you imagine kids doing that now? They have wheels almost from the time they can walk till they get their first car at 16. What a change from the days I was growing up. My husband never had a bicycle so he has never even ridden one. He doesn't know what he missed out on. We used to spend the day riding miles and miles, carrying a lunch with us to picnic along the way somewhere. Those were the good old days.
Monday, September 8, 2008
"Help me!" The Neighbors Hear
Here's a funny one for you. The neighbors kept hearing cries for help coming from inside a Trenton, New Jersey home. They called the police last Wednesday morning. They figured when they kept hearing the cries for help, that sounded like a woman, that they better do something about it. When the officers arrived, no one answered the door so they kicked it in to make the rescue. Can you imagine their embarrassment when they found a caged cockatoo making the convincing call for help. I guess it wasn't the first time it had happened. About seven years ago, the 10 year old bird named Luna, cried like a baby for hours. Thinking there was a possibly abandoned baby in the house, state child welfare workers made a visit to the home. The owners say the bird increases her vocabulary by watching television both in English and Spanish. My husband has always been fascinated by talking birds and has always wanted to get one.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Funerals
Funerals are not my favorite thing to attend but when it is someone close to you or when it is someone you think a great deal of, it is nice to go and see them one more time. We know they are no longer there in that body, but if they are a born again Christian, then they are in Heaven. That makes it more of a celebration of life in eternity with God in Heaven rather than a sad event. We will be going to one this week of a very good friend who has professed her love for Jesus for over 90 years. Her husband was there to greet her, I am sure, when she arrived and she is walking on streets of gold now with no pain and with joy.
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