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Have you ever laid awake at night wondering, “What do I have to do to get a peaceful night’s sleep?” as your neighbor’s dog barks all night and traffic roars by?

Jim Buckwalter solved this problem…but before I am going to tell you how he did it let’s talk about sleep itself.

What Affects Our Sleep?

The most common environmental elements affecting sleep are noise, sleep surface, temperature or climate, and altitude. Your age and gender also play a part in determining the level of sleep disturbance caused by these factors.

One study found that women are more easily awakened than men by sonic booms and aircraft noise, while other research indicates that men may be more noise sensitive. Children are generally insensitive to extreme noise levels. However, this high threshold declines with age.

What Keeps Us Awake

We have all experienced that dripping faucet, the barking dog or that blaring stereo next door that has kept us awake. Indeed, experts say the intensity, abruptness, regularity, intrusiveness, familiarity and regularity of noises all affect sleep.

Noises at levels as low as 40 decibels or as high as 70 decibels generally keep us awake. Interestingly, however, the absence of a familiar noise can also disrupt sleep. City dwellers may have trouble falling asleep without the familiar sounds of traffic. Or a traveler may find it difficult to sleep without the familiar tick, tick, tick of the alarm clock at home.

Some noises, although annoying at first, can gradually be ignored, allowing sleep to follow. Studies show people can get used to noises such as city traffic in about one week. However, important noises, like a parent’s baby crying, a smoke alarm or even one’s own name being called, are not easily assimilated and generally snap us awake.

Sleep Affected By Temperature/Climate

The point at which sleep is disturbed due to temperature or climate conditions varies from person to person. Generally, temperatures above 75 degrees Fahrenheit and below 54 degrees will awaken people.

Sleep Affected By Altitudes

The higher the altitude, the greater the sleep disruption. Generally, sleep disturbance becomes greater at altitudes of 13,200 feet or more. The disturbance is thought to be caused by diminished oxygen levels and accompanying changes in respiration. Most people adjust to new altitudes in approximately two to three weeks.

Falling Asleep with White Noise

To understand the promise of white noise, one must first understand its mechanics. In its purest form, it is not really noise at all. White noise, which is also known as white sound, is a combination of sound frequencies in equal amounts. Just like a white beam of light is made up of all the colors in
the color spectrum, white noise is made up of all the sound frequencies.

Because it incorporates all sound frequencies from high sounds to very low sounds, it has a very beneficial noise canceling or “masking” effect.

But what does the white noise sound like? Well, the best description would be to say it sounds like a slow soothing “whoosh.” Many say it is the sound of the rain, or the waves gently caressing the shore, or the wind blowing through the trees. It is a very peaceful sound that is instinctively soothing and calming to the ears and minds of humans of all ages. White noise is actually a sound given to us by Mother Nature, in the same way as she has provided us with water and air.

The Sleep Solution

Back to our story…Jim Buckwalter solved this problem by inventing the first electro-mechanical sound conditioner to block out these unwanted, distracting noises. At the request of his friends and family members he made several proto-type units for their use. He spent the next several years improving on the electro-mechanical sound conditioners and finally introduced the first electronic sound conditioner, the “Sleepmate”.

The “Sleepmate” mechanically makes a “real” sound as opposed to a reproduced or simulated sound like other white noise machines. It does not loop. By “looping”, I mean the playing of a recorded or simulated segment of sound over and over. Most other white noise machines do loop but some hide it better than others.

Getting a machine that doesn’t loop is really important. If you can detect a repetitive quality in the sound (such as a chirp that repeats over and over every 5 seconds), then that can be as annoying as the sound you are trying to mask.

My wife and I are using the “Sleepmate” for six month now, as we have a rooster in our neighbour that was waking us up every morning at about 4:30 AM! Well, we now sleep until the sun wakes us up.

by Thomas Herold

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Trends come and go but the classics are timeless and elegant.
What are these timeless, classic pieces?

Some classics were made famous by influential women in recent
history who made their fashion mark by creating these wardrobes.
The following pieces are essential for anyone’s closet.

The sheath dress was made popular by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
It flatters just about any body type and can be word with a
cardigan thrown over your shoulders. By simply changing
accessories, the sheath dress can go from day wear to evening
wear. The best colors for the sheath dress are black, navy and
gray.

Wide leg trousers were made popular by Katharine Hepburn.
Katharine enabled women to finally wear men’s style pants. The
wide leg trouser is perfect for women with thicker thighs and
wider hips. Pair the trousers with a crisp white shirt under a
loose cardigan or match it with a sexy wool tank top and tie the
cardigan around the shoulders.

Audrey Hepburn brought us the chic black turtleneck sweater. A
turtleneck is flattering for all bust lines and stretches to fit
your body. It’s the perfect layering piece that can be worn
alone or with just about anything.

Candice Bergen introduced the corporate blazer to woman all over
the word while she played Murphy Brown on TV. But note, stay
away from shoulder pads if you have wide shoulders. A
single-breasted blazer is more versatile than other styles and
can work with most of your wardrobe. Blazers can be worn over a
white t-shirt and jeans or over a blouse and pencil skirt or
pants.

The little black dress has become the epitome of timeless
fashion. Throughout the years, the little black dress had
changed its hemline, shoulder, strap and fabric. No matter what
your style or taste, it’s the perfect dress for an evening out.
It’s so versatile that it can carry an array of accessories.
Dress it up with sparkly earrings or colorful broach. The
possibilities are limitless.

Other classic you should include in your wardrobe are cardigans,
white button-ups, and khaki pants.

You are very precious. Do you see yourself as precious, worth while and a blessing to those around you? Maybe you believe that the words spoken over you in your childhood or circumstances determine who you are. Do you say to yourself: “he does not like me; therefore there must be something wrong with me,” “I am not as smart as my brother, so I’m no good,” or “Daddy abused me; I must be awful and no good.”

The thoughts implanted in your subconscious so long ago took root, didn’t they? They not only planted themselves firmly in that fertile soil of a child’s imaginative mind, but they keep showing up all the time. They are like your constant companions, reminding you and confirming over and over again that what you’ve been thinking of yourself is indeed true.

Your thoughts have power over you because they came from authority figures. You had no other standard to measure your feelings by unless you had positive, affirming voices to counterbalance your self evaluation. Feelings have power to create firm thoughts and reactions, whether good or bad.

There is only one authority figure who can give you an accurate assessment of yourself. That is your Creator. When He made man, He breathed His Holy Spirit in him, and saw that it was good! He made you in His image and He wants to walk and talk with you. Adam and Eve “messed up” their lives (and ours) by listening to their “thoughts” whispered by the devil. Disguised as a snake, he made them think by asking the question: “Has God said…?” That produced the thought which led to their downfall! That one act of disobedience gave Adam’s God-given authority over the earth to Satan. The Holy Spirit departed and Adam lost his intimacy with God.

Because of the fall of Adam, man’s spirit, though always yearning for God, was no longer connected to God (Genesis 1- 6). However, God still loved you so much that He literally came down to earth, was born as a man - the second Adam - to take back what the devil had stolen. Through Adam, death and sin came into the world. Through His sacrifice on the cross, Jesus bought back eternal life and restoration with God. He paid the price that we could not pay!

The Gospel of Jesus Christ simply declares that He loves you so much that He was willing to come into Satan’s territory to restore that union. God, however, no longer had any legal authority on the earth. The only lawful way he could restore you to Himself was to take on an earthly body, thereby becoming the second Adam. Although sinless himself, through His connection with the Father through the Holy Spirit, He carried every sin and sickness on His body on the cross. Although at his death the Holy Spirit left him as He descended into hell, He knew that through His obedience as a man, He would not only be reunited with the Holy Spirit, but be the first man to sit at the right hand of God!

Easter Sunday represents the day that the Holy Spirit literally raised up His mortal body, thereby defeating Satan and restoring our rightful place with Him. That is what it means to be “born again.” By declaring Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and acknowledging your sinful nature, your spirit will become reunited to the Holy Spirit, and your relationship with Him will be restored. As you get to know Him, and realize His power inside of you, you will never be the same! No more need to fear death or doubt where you’ll end up. You are assured of eternal life with Him! You will then become his heir, bought back from Satan by His blood! No authority on earth could do that for you!

Look up! Jesus thinks you are so precious that He would have died just for you! His last prayer on the night before his crucifixion was for you to be one with Him as He is with the Father! This love He has for you will show the world that He is God and that you are indeed precious! (John 17)

Many students have been purchasing custom essays online and this
has recently caused a great deal of controversy in the education
system. The aim of this article is to describe the transition of
the traditional “essay banks” to what are known as “custom essay
sites” and the further progression to “personalised essay
sites”, and to outline the common grounds under which the use of
these services are deemed to be perfectly legitimate and
reasonable.

The traditional essay banks that still exist today are purveyors
of pre-written essays that allow students to ramble through them
and find an essay that they can use to benefit their studies.
There are many problems associated with the use of essay banks,
for instance not only do they seldom provide the relevant
material to the student, but they are not unique and therefore
they fail to culminate the required research for the customer.
This means that one would have to spend hours searching the
essay banks (often having to purchase the right to view numerous
essays) in order to achieve a reasonable amount of research to
refer to. Not only is this extremely time consuming, but it
could often prove very expensive, with students spending a great
deal of time and money only to end up with more than few vague,
poor quality essays to help them with their studies.

The many problems associated with essay banks led to birth of
the custom essay sites. These sites set out to solve the
problems common to essay banks by providing essays that are
written to the customers’ question. This enabled students to
purchase a model answer specific to their requirements without
having to search the internet for hours. This eventually had its
adverse effects on the market, with many custom essay sites
using this as an opportunity to use their custom essay service
to build up their own essay banks, as well as using their
existing essay banks to create custom research from. Customers
were essentially buying an often wholly plagiarised piece taken
from, or soon to appear on an essay bank. They were essentially
paying for a piece of research that would soon benefit other
students, therefore taking away any competitive advantages that
the model answer would have granted them.

The next phase was the innovative creation of the “personalised
essay service”. These services provide a piece of research that
is custom written to the exact requirements of the customer,
with a guaranteed level such as a guaranteed First Class or 2:1
standard. These essays are scanned for plagiarism, ensuring each
piece of work is unique, furthermore they will not appear on an
essay bank or database for a fair period of time - 4 years or
more, and will never be resold.

Now for the speculation - are these personalised essay sites
aimed to encourage cheating. Having looked at the main websites
in this industry, I have examined the grounds under which their
service is intended and should be used. Under the FAQ section of
one of the main providers, it was fairly argued “Our aim is to
produce essays and research materials in order to aid and
inspire your topic or subject area. We deliver model answers to
the questions that our customers submit to us- that means the
research materials that you receive would guarantee a 2:1 or 1st
class in a like for like exam. The work that our researchers
produce for you is for your own reference, to benefit your final
piece, however it is not intended for you to pass off as your
own. We rely on our customers to use our service sensibly.”
(www.essaysforstudents.com) Furthermore, they retain the
copyright for all their research pieces and if used sensibly,
their service is merely offering substantial support to
customers, just as a private tutor would. They do not condone
cheating in any form and act to discourage it.

By Tanya Scott

My boys and I love to play magician. Magic and spells make up a majority of their playtime. I love watching them come up with all sorts of fun and imaginative things.

One day as I was watching them play I decided to make them a wand. We took out our magic box of goodies and proceeded to make a wand. After many attempts we came up with one that we really enjoy. We make these for ourselves as well as for our friends.

Hope you enjoy making these as much as we do.

Materials:

1. Wool Felt
2. Template*
3. Small dowel
4. Wonder Under
5. Silk ribbon
6. Glitter
7. Stencils
8. Glue
9. Fabric pens
10. Wooden bead
11. Iron
12. Hot glue gun
13. glue stick

Step 1:

Using the Template* Make two Circles out of Wool Felt and 1 circle out of Wonder Under

Step 2:

Place 1 Wool Felt Circle down on your work surface and Iron the Wonder under on this piece. Place the dowel in the center of the Circle. Add the last Wool Felt Circle on top. Iron the pieces together. You should now have a dowel with a felt circle on top.

Step 3:

Hot glue the wooden bead to the top of the wand.

Step 4:

Using the glue, fabric pens, glitter, and other add-ons decorate your Wand.

Step 5:

Tie a piece of silk ribbon about 1 - 1.5 inches to the dowel just under the wool circle. Hot glue in place.

Step 6:

Enjoy your new Magical Wand.

For a photo of the finished project visit: http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a292/mamasara/mine019.jpg

Template:
http://mommie-care.com/wand_templates.doc

Sara Duggan is the Owner of Mommie-Care.com News for Moms. She is a proud mom of two beautiful boys and happily married to her soul -mate of 11 years. For more craft ideas and family activities sign up for her newsletter at http://mommie-care.com

Jewelry has always enlivened the fashion wardrobe of the young and the old, bringing a dash of panache to special occasions. Jewelry fashion comes in many forms and types.

Body piercing jewelry entered mainstream fashion quite rapidly and is now an extremely popular category of jewelry with today’s young generation in the United States.

The trend of body piercing jewelry started with circular earrings, but slowly ginning popularity, it has become a part of the today’s’ fashion world, with a wide variety of specially crafted jewelry now available in the markets. Body piercing is not only associated with the piercing of ear lobes, but other facial body parts such as cheeks, eyebrows, lips, and belly buttons. The popularity of this jewelry is not limited to women and girls, but it is considered a unisex mode of jewelry. Today’s youngsters take it as symbolic of looking cool, advertising their status, strength, and virility.

The materials used for the production of this jewelry are not limited to the traditional gold or silver. Various other metals like surgical steel, titanium, glass, and plastic, wood, ivory, tusks and many others are used for designing this jewelry.

The most common designs of the body piercing jewelry available and popular among the youngsters are externally or internally threaded barbells, captive bead ring, claw, Prince’s Wand, spike, stud, fresh tunnel, and tongue rings, with new designs coming up every new now and then.

Maintaining cleanliness and hygiene while getting the body pierced or while wearing this jewelry is of utmost importance otherwise this cool look can end up with ugly scars and infections.

What is Fashion? Embracing style , trend and comfort is called Fashion.

Fashion in todays world is compared to air in our planet. Its the most recent developments of our modern society. The demands are high so are the options spouting out with every moving day. LEATHER Fashion is the most recent one in the business.

Leather jackets, leather coats, leather bikers, leather pants, leather Halters, leather skirts, leather blazers, leather bombers, fur coats has made their own impact on man’s look and personality. Leather fashion has made it ways with new designs, colors and quality. Not only dresses, accessories (handbags, wallets, gloves, belts) are also in the market.

And if you find it in your finger tip? Today every corner of the world is connected through a mass web –Internet. This word is now Global term for flow of information, flow of market, or if its a online business. Buying and selling products on internet is on boom now. The trem we use is E-commerce.

Leather Fashion market has also followed the trend. Try to search for leather apparel and accessories. You get an ample to sites in hands. Not only the catalog and the payments, you will find places where you can actually get the custom made leather goods i.e as per your requirement you can provide your size. They serve you with free offers and special price.

Leather jackets, leather coats, leather bikers, leather pants, leather Halters, leather skirts, leather blazers, leather bombers, fur coats:all in different quality and colors. All you need to do is choosing the right color and quality. Now its easy for you to be with the crowd.

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