Updates From Ruby Hawk: December 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

Nasa Discovers Earthlike Planet | Scienceray

NASA has discovered an earthlike planet with the Kebler Telescope. Amazingly it could be as our earth was millions of years ago, covered entirely with water and ready to support water life. It isn’t too cold or too hot and it has it’s own star similar to our own sun. How exciting, earth enhabitants might even be able to watch this newly discovered planet become fully inhabited within millions of years.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Arts and Craft Material You Can Make at Home | Quazen

Learn how to make paper mache, plaster of paris, and paint at home. These are arts and craft material you can make for kids project or for your hobbies. They are easy to make and inexpensive. You and the kids will have lots of fun making your own material.

The Anti Boredom Workout | Healthmad

When it’s too cold for outside activities, you can still get a good workout on the treadmill. These variations make it much less boring and you will lose six to eight pounds in thirty days if you are consistent and don’t get lazy.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Ryan Seacrest Giving Back to Kids | Healthmad

Ryan Seacrest is giving back to kids as a gesture of appreciation for all his success as a media celebrity. He is setting up closed circuit media centers in children’s hospitals all over the U.S.. The media center at Egleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta has taken off like a ball of fire. Sick children are communicating with each other and having fun being on the air ways. It relieves their boredom and suffering to have something interesting to look forward to every day. Thank you Ryan Seacrest.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

A Guideline of Treatment for Gout Patients | Healthmad

Gout is a painful disease. It usually last for a few days at a time, but attacks can occur often and become chronic. Damage done by chronic gout can force some patients to have surgery. If you have gout, you’ll want to take action, not just to prevent surgery but also to minimize complications such as kidney stones which are common among gout sufferers. Today drugs are the first ling of defense but you still aren’t home free. Side effects are common and alternative treatment may be necessary. Following a special diet may be your best alternative treatment.

How to Look Good in a Photo | Healthmad

Do you hate to have your photo shot? Do you run and hide when you see someone with a camera because the camera hates you? Well, do I have good news for you. With these tips the camera will love you and you will never run away again. A turn of the chin, a mood adjustment and a few body angles make all the difference. Try it and see if I’m lying.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Energy Efficient Appliances with Rebates | Gomestic

f you have intended to trade in your old but working dishwasher and refrigerator for blue label energy efficient ones, now it the time, especially if your appliances are over fifteen years old. The government and some manufactures are handing out rebates from $50 to $250 dollars for your replacements. You might think energy efficient appliances are priced much higher than regular ones but usually they are not. Price is based more on features and finishes.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

The Mayonnaise Jar and The Two Beers | Quazen

I heard this little story awhile back and I don’t remember where I heard it but it stuck in my mind and I would like to share it with you. It’s a lesson for all of us when we think there is room for nothing more in our lives. It shows that we can always extend ourselves to make room for the necessary and all the small things that makes life happy and meaningful.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Use Your Dish and Clothes Washer Efficiently | Gomestic

With these days of high energy costs, it behooves us to go as lightly on energy consumption as possible. Dishwashers are especially efficient. They use less energy than washing dishes by hand. Clothes washers are comparable if cool or cold water is used. The use of hot water can spike up your power bill. The good news is that the new fabrics don’t need hot water, and work clothes can be presoaked and pretreated for grease and stains before beginning the washing cycle.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Lower Your Ceiling and Save Energy | Gomestic

If you have high ceilings and your energy bill is eating up your budget, there is a way to fix it. If you are a do it your selfer all the better. This job isn’t too difficult if you have any experience in doing home repairs your self. These acoustical tiles are set in prefabricated metal channels suspended from the ceiling joists on wires. Establishing and holding a level is the hardest part.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Chick-fil-a’s Truett Cathy and Richard Yadkowski | Gomestic

Truett Cathy is a man who believes in giving back. Coming from a poor Georgia family he built the largest fast food chain in history. At the age of 90 he still keeps a hand in the business and cares for his foster children. He founded Win-Shape foster homes in 1987. Children are dear to Cathy’s heart. As a result Chick-fil-A sponsors foster homes in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Richard Yadkowski came from one of the foster homes in Rome, Georgia. He like Truett Cathy believes in giving back.

Physicians and The New Medicine | Healthmad

It’s a new day for medicine. It’s out with the old and in with the new. Who knows if it will be better or worse than the old system, but let’s hope for the best because we’re going to have it whether we like it or not. From the explanations I hear, it sounds better for patients. Doctors performance will be tracked and they will be held accountable. Patient satisfaction will be taken into consideration. In some hospitals the mortality rate for heart surgery has dropped from two percent to less than 0.5 percent in a year. Some physicians like the idea of working as team players and drawing a salary. Others still like to be captain of the ship. We will soon know if the new medicine is better or worse than the old way.

How Me and Sister Got Christmas Presents for The Younguns | Quazen

Me and Sister got our Christmas shoppin done. We got all the younguns their Santa Claus. Bless their little hearts they will have Christmas this year. But honey, Sister has wore out my last nerve. She has tore it out and stomped on it. I swear I won’t go Christmas shoppin with Sister no more. Now, I know I say that every year but this time I mean it. You just ought to see Sister slinging them people out of her way. She just runs wild when she gets to them sales. I’m afraid the police will come in and haul her off. Anyways, I’ve had it with Sister this year and we ain’t even started cookin for Christmas yet.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Einstein and The Big Bang Theory | Scienceray

When Astronomers today say they are following Einsteins theory of relatively, they are actually not. Einstein never accepted the Big Bang theory. Partially because he made two mistakes in his original theory. Partially because Einstein said the Big Bang theory made no sense. He never in his lifetime accepted the Big Bang as the way our universe came into being or Black Holes. He always looked for another explanation.

Einstein and The Big Bang Theory | Scienceray

When Astronomers today say they are following Einsteins theory of relatively, they are actually not. Einstein never accepted the Big Bang theory. Partially because he made two mistakes in his original theory. Partially because Einstein said the Big Bang theory made no sense. He never in his lifetime accepted the Big Bang as the way our universe came into being or Black Holes. He always looked for another explanation.

Retouched Photos of Models and Celebrities Damaging to Girls | Healthmad

Retouched photos in glamor magazines and other advertising venues are doing serious damage to young girls. If these photos are banned it will be a step up for the physical health of young girls in the United States and Europe. Europeans and the U.S. have long complained about the psychological and physical damage these retouched photos do to girls. Trying to live up to this image of beauty is an unreality which is impossible to achieve. They are the cause of anorexia, bulimia, and death in more cases than we like to admit.

Learn to be a Happy Family | Gomestic

Every parent wants their children to lead happy lives. So how do we guide our kids in that direction? The most effective solution is for parents to be happy positive people. Kids are looking and listening at their parents. It might not always seem that way, but what they learn at home with their parents will become a part of them for life. Learn to be appreciative and positive about your life and teach the kids to do the same.

A Message to My Triond Friends | Writinghood

A Message to My Triond Friends | Writinghood

It hasn’t happened to me too many times so I’ll get over it. I want to apologize to my Triond friends and tell you how sorry I am that I have been unavailable to comment on your work for the last couple of days, but I hope to be back in the grove soon if nothing else happens. I was at the hospital with family and now I must get Christmas shopping and cooking done. We will have Christmas visitors on Tuesday and we siblings are having our annual Christmas get together on the 17th. One set of grandkids will be coming in on the 21st from Arizona . Others from Savannah and Virginia a couple of days later. I will be so happy to see them all. We don’t see them near enough. It will be a busy time and I’m sure many of you will have a busy holiday also. There is so much to do, and I will love every minute of it.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

How to Manage Anger Attacks | Socyberty

If you are easy to get angry and fly off the handle, there are strategies to get to the bottom of the situation and perhaps find a solution. Holding a grudge is detrimental to your health and happiness. Don’t deny and cover up your anger but face it and learn to control your reaction to it. You can learn to get your point across rather than blowing up at a person who takes a different view, or you can walk away until you have better control of yourself.

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

You Can Control Your Stress | Healthmad

Stress gets to the best of us. Heavy traffic, running late, too many bills and too little money. We can work ourselves into headaches and all sorts of health problems. Even a TV droning in the background can stimulate the release of fight or flight hormones. Chronic clutter is another cause of stress. There are many triggers. The trick is to learn how to deal with them. We will never be free of stressful situations. But we can learn to control how we react to them.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Easy Eddie and Butch O’Hare | Scienceray

I didn’t write this article, it was passed on to me by Henry Henderson and it was passed to him by Donald Watson. I thought it was a fantastic story and wanted to share it with you. Triond might not publish it since it isn’t my own writing but I’ll give it a good try. The stories are said to be true, but I have no personal knowledge of them. I hope you enjoy these amazing stories as much as I did.

Two Stories (Below) BOTH TRUE – and worth reading!!!!

STORY NUMBER ONE

Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

How to Take Care of Your Piano | Quazen

Your piano is probably one of the most valuable pieces of furniture in your house, and the one thing you and your family gets the most enjoyment from. Keeping it clean is essential for a good performance. There are correct ways to keep it looking fresh and polished without stains and scratches. A little time spent caring for your piano will go a long way to keeping it beautiful forever.

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Death | Socyberty

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was much admired as the wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She was one of his best ambassadors. She worked tirelessly for the poor and disadvantaged. It was her great misfortune to be misdiagnosed and treated with a medication that hastened her death at the age of seventy-eight. Her doctors errors were covered up until the year of 1981 when two doctors wrote about it in the Baltimore Sun.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Lessons Kids Need to Learn | Gomestic

Kids are smarter than you think. They can learn quickly if provided with the opportunity. Who but you, the parent, taught them to expect presents and too much of everything to appreciate anything? They were not born with such high expectations. Okay, you are happy to be able to provide so much, but is it helping or hurting the kids? Many parents are feeling the pinch with jobs lost and working hours cut back. The wherewithal isn’t there anymore. Some parents have raided their hard earned savings to continue gym classes and name brand jeans. It isn’t in the best interest of you or your children.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Classic Navy Blue is Back | Gomestic

We ladies do enjoy decorating and making changes in the house. Especially before the holidays when family and friends will be dropping in. There is good news for anyone who plans to redo the house before Christmas. Navy blue is back. It was popular several years ago, but it quietly died away. Now glossy navy blue is going strong again. For walls, cabinets, furniture and slip covers, decorators are using it everywhere.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Hungry Children in America | Socyberty

We have children in America who go to bed every night hungry. The shame is that we grow plenty of food for our citizens and ship food to other countries. So why must our children suffer hunger? There are programs in place. But there is a stigma in accepting free food. Besides that problem, many people who qualify never know food is available. Georgia is hoping to change that.

New Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Healthmad

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a painful condition that many people suffer from. It causes pain, bloating, constipation and an uncomfortable stomach. Some patients say treatments available do not control pain or symptoms. But the good news for sufferers is alternative treatments are available. There are options and the same treatment doesn’t work for everyone. Hypnosis works for some people, and cognitive therapy works for others. Some patients use both treatments.

Romney Wants to Privatize The VHA | Socyberty

Mitt Romney wants to dismantle the present system of Veterans Health Care and replace it with privatization, even though the VHA provides better care for veterans than private citizens receive, and at less cost. Why change a program that’s working? Ask a Republican. It’s their fundamental believe that the private sector can do a better job than the government. Anyone can look at our Health Care System with insurance companies, doctors and hospitals all working for profit and see how that works. It puts half the population out of any kind of healthcare.