Gardening

 Health effects of carbonation

What is the health difference between drinking carbonated and non-carbonated water? I am not concerned with tap water vs. mineral water. I want to understand the health effects of carbonation.Hi Sheryl! Carbonation has both benefits and risk to human health. Carbonation is known to kill bacteria that may cause infection. You may choose carbonated water if you are traveling in a foreign country to prevent a negative reaction to the country’s bacteria. USA Weekend Magazine (September 2-4, 1994) http://www.usaweekend.com/food/carper_archive/940904eat_smart.html In an article in “Mindconnection’s Information Connection: How to Have Healthy Skin” http://www.mindconnection.com/library/health/sk...... - 2008-10-12

 Research on Sleep Training, Extinction, Crying it Out in 8.5 month old baby

Is there any actual scientific research that shows that the "crying it out" or "extinction" method of sleep training for infants (at 8.5 months old) ALONE is enough to cause psychological damage or an attachment disorder (specifically an insecure/ambivalent or insecure/avoidant attachment)? I am only talking about crying it out when the infant is healthy and not hungry, in a non-abusive family where the mother stays at home and is loving and nurturing. I am looking for answer either way- ie if there has been NO scientific research, then I would like to know that, and if possible why there isn't any. Also, if there is research, are there limits to the amount of crying before it causes any problems (ie. letting them cry 30 minu...... - 2008-10-12

 Computer Games

back in the 80's there was a game called Dungeons of Daggorith and i believe at that time it was played on Radio Shack equipment.I have already been to Radio Shack and they tell me me that the game is discontinued. Does anyone know where i can find that game now as i am interested in playing it againHello geo03 and thank you for your question. Fortunately 'The Dungeons of Daggerath' has quite a cult following and so details of the game are not too hard to dig up. Below I have listed various sites where you can buy the original game, discuss the game on a forum, or download for free a TRS 80 emulator and the game. This is a large article including resources for free downloading of a TRS 80 Emulator and free version of the g...... - 2008-10-12

 Batman Game

I'm looking for information (possibly the names of its creators? the exact name and company? reviews? and some screenshots?) on the Batman computer game which was available on the Schneider PC. The game was in green on black monochrome colors, somewhere around the 1980s, no real 3D. You were a little Batman in cartoon style, wandering through rooms trying to collect items to assemble the Batmobile to save Robin. You could move objects around, and step on what was called the invisible thread, which would let you step off of object a bit without falling. Sometimes you would get an underdog bonus and live again. The game had nothing to do with the world of Batman as we know him from the comic book. The game was quite magical a...... - 2008-10-12

 Board Game / Role-Playing game

In the early 1970's there was a combination board-game / role-playing game by the name of "Sensitivity." Where can I buy one?Hi echid, I have located this game for you and have contacted the seller. However, before I post an answer I am waiting for a response from the seller to verify this game is still in stock. I will let you know as soon as I receive a reply. Best regards, RainbowI have received a response from my source who has the game. They are asking where in the US would this game be delivered, as they only ship to an address in the contiguous 48 United States. Would the email address of the source suffice as an answer to your question? You can then contact them yourself with the required information. Looking forw...... - 2008-10-12

 Games to Play during a New Years Eve Party

Many hosts spend a great amount of time planning the food and cocktails for their New Years Eve party and do not give as much consideration to the type of entertainment they plan to have at their New Years Eve party. This is unfortunately because New Years Eve parties offer a great opportunity to participate in some really fun games. New Years Eve parties tend to last longer than many other parties so traditional entertainment options such as dancing may not be enough to keep the guests entertained. One fun way to spice a New Years Eve party is by playing different games. This article will offer some fun ideas games to play at a New Years Eve party. New Years Eve is a holiday which is synonymous with alcohol consumption. The popularity o...... - 2008-10-12

 Advertising on MySpace

MySpace is an online community where users have the opportunity to create websites where others can view personal information about them and contact them. However, savvy Internet marketers have found MySpace can also be used to advertise products or service or for the purpose of self promotion. Care should be taken to review the terms of use on MySpace to ensure none of your actions are in violation of these terms but otherwise users can advertise either directly or indirectly on their MySpace website. Why Advertising on MySpace is Effective Advertising on MySpace can be effective as long as it is done correctly and not in a way that is viewed as spam. The effectiveness of MySpace stems from amount of users who are currently using MySpa...... - 2008-10-12

 Building A Brand

A brand is your product's essence, reputation and sales pitch all wrapped up into one. Branding creates added value to what otherwise would be a commodity. Evidence of the increased value yielded from branding is all around you. Just compare the prices of generic products versus popular brands. A lot goes into building a brand. The first step is to identify the right audience for your product or service. Small business owners often make the mistake of attempting to market to a general audience. These mass marketing efforts require substantial resources and guidance from advertising professionals. Small business owners are better advised to select a niche market in which to operate. Marketing to a smaller group sharing similar characteris...... - 2008-10-12

 5 Ways Of Beating The Big Guys At Online Advertising

Irrespective of whether you use the term search engine marketing, advertising, online advertising, banner advertising or pay per click advertising, there is a common misconception by owners of new websites that the best way to get noticed is to jump in with both feet and immediately compete with the big boys of advertising. This thinking has left many would-be online entrepreneurs frustrated and feeling like their product or service is either inadequate or the cost barrier associated with marketing it is just too formidable. These misconceptions bear very little resemblance to the truth. There are several reasons why new Internet ventures fail to gain the attention they want. To all the early stage would-be success stories, I offer five ...... - 2008-10-12

 Best of open source applications

A hunger for lighter-weight and lower-cost sales and CRM applications has brought great success to SaaS vendors such as Salesforce.com, and also lifted the fortunes of open source offerings in the space. Open source ERP has had a harder time breaking out, but here too there are several impressive offerings to choose from. And if you're looking to open source for an enterprise portal, CMS, or Microsoft Exchange substitute, you will not be disappointed. [ See Bossie winner slideshows: Applications Networking Platforms and Middleware Security Software development Storage ] ...... - 2008-10-12

 Aruba countersues Symbol over Wi-Fi patent fight

Aruba Networks countersued two divisions of Motorola Wednesday, adding a new twist to a wireless LAN patent-infringement case that affects some of the biggest vendors in the business. Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications, both of which are now owned by Motorola, sued Aruba in August. They claimed Aruba knowingly used technology covered by several patents they own, and are seeking an injunction and damages. But in its response to their complaint, filed Wednesday, Aruba claimed Symbol knew enough about Aruba's products in 2003 to ...... - 2008-10-12

 website image copyright issues

Looking for information regarding the unauthorized use of an image from a ed site. Specifically, what if it has been modified (i.e. sepia & cropped) and used on another site?Hi Dotw ~ Please pay attention to the disclaimers below. I am not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV. And this isn't in any way to be construed as legal advice. There is plenty of information about and intellectual property rights available on the internet, most of which are pretty clear about when is established, what constitutes infringement (as opposed to 'fair use' and other rights), and the remedies available for infringement. You ask about an image which has been cropped, changed to sepiatone and used on another site without permission. ...... - 2008-10-12

 Law on early termination of apartment lease, first time home buyer

I live in Utah. I am closing on my first home purchase, and need to terminate my appartment lease early. I have discussed this with the property manager, and her answer is current months rent and two months additonal rent, fortiture of deposit and 30 days written notice. The lease is for nine months and expires on the end of Novemer 2005. I have lived in this appartment for three years, and have renewed the lease four times. I have never been late on rent and have consistantly been one or two months ahead in rent payments. I keep hearing that a law exsists for first time home buyers being able to terminate an apartmnet lease with no liability or penalty. I have not contacted an attorney as time is limited. I have been unsuccesful in ...... - 2008-10-12

 New York Vehicle & Traffic Law

Is a charge of VTL 509.1 and VTL 511.1A deemed to be a misdemeanor?Dear moomjy-ga; Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question. According to the State of New York?s Division of Criminal Justice Services ?Unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle? (Vehicle & Traffic Law 509.1) and ?Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree? (Vehicle & Traffic Law 511.1A) are both deemed misdemeanors in the State of New York. DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/legalservices/programbill_s3418.htm 509.1 is a lesser offense to 511.1(a) ?Defendants who drive without a license but do not know (or have reason to know) that their driving privileges have been terminated...... - 2008-10-12

 Australian and British English equivalent for US "real estate"

Hello 1) What is equivalent for US expresion real estate ( the business of selling houses or land for building) in everyday British and Australian English. According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (international edition), British estate is not the same as US real estate , but British estate agent is the same as US real estate agent and British real estate , realty and real property are normally restricted to specialized use in law. 2) What is most common: Sydney real estate Sydney realty Sydney real property Sydney property London real estate London realty London real property London property Regards Nik Any researcher from Australia or UK?Gidday Nik, I live in Australia, and also lived...... - 2008-10-12

 seeking credit card payment processor for Web service w/ billing renewal

Hi there - I'm running a Web-based service (the service offered is purely Web-based with no products being shipped). We currently use viaklix.com for our online credit card payment processing. However, viaklix does not allow automatic rebilling of customers and we are trying to avoid having to store customers' credit card numbers on our servers. Currently, customers have to re-enter their credit card information in order to renew their subscriptions. QUESTION: Can you recommend a couple of credit card payment processors that allow for easy and secure online re-billing without our having to store credit card-related customer information on our servers and without customers' having to re-enter their credit card data...... - 2008-10-12

 A beginner's guide to meditation

Meditation is one of the most powerful tools for transformation. Unfortunately for many conventional people it is a “bit too out there”, so it is put in a box only to be used by the likes of martial artists and yogis. I believe meditation however need not be put in a box for the few but is a tool we all inherently know but just have forgotten how to use it in daily life. As a kid who loved martial arts films my impression was that meditation would be like magic and would give me special powers. Unfortunately however when I began to meditate through learning martial arts it was more a case of suddenly finding out how much chatter was going on inside my head (in fast forward). Over the years I have experienced various meditation styles and...... - 2008-10-12

 Using Valuable Gemstones in Astrology

1. Ruby It is one of the most beautiful gemstones in world containing gorgeous colors, shades, lines, curves, hardness and blistering impact. India is known as the birth place of Rubies. The astrologers often use the ruby while futuristic prediction as it shows Sun called as ruler of the solar system. It is used to compensate the weak spot of the Sun in the horoscope. Prominently, the ruby is worn by the people during the times of weak sun in their horoscope and the gem is to be put down in gold and to be worn in the ring finger of the right hand for Men and left hand for women. 2. Pearl • Pearl a natural gem is shaped when a pearl oyster covers up a foreign entity with dazzling layers of nacre. Although pearls infrequent and pricey onc...... - 2008-10-12

 Hypnosis in Self Development through Meditation

Stress can take control of your life. Stress can and will prevent us from doing many things. You will find it difficult to handle tasks easy. Meditation for self-development involves hypnosis. Hypnosis can help to build up our life by improving your skills. You learn to be in control of your life with hypnosis practices for self-development by becoming the person you have always wanted to be. Getting rid of unneeded daily stress is easy for some people yet others have a very hard time. There is help for people to learn self-development skills through meditation. Hypnosis is one way to achieve your goals to being healthier and happier. Hypnosis is a form of meditation that helps us to reach our goals by becoming healthier and happier...... - 2008-10-12

 Pregnancy Weight Gain

You’re pregnant and there’s nothing you wouldn’t do to make sure that your pregnancy goes off without a hitch, even if that means you have to cut down on your favorite foods and drinks in order to control your overall pregnancy weight gain. For some women, not all, their pregnancy weight gain needs to be tightly controlled due to health and medical conditions, and this can mean a significantly strict diet plan to follow. For most women this is not the case, but that doesn’t mean they can give in eat whatever takes their fancy. Sure there is a lot of leeway on the foods that she intakes when a woman is pregnant, but this really should not be taken as a license to eat anything and everything that takes her eye, or to eat it without thoug...... - 2008-10-12

 Post Pregnancy Stomach

You’ve had your baby and now you have to deal with your post pregnancy stomach. If you feel like running from the sight of it in despair, not to worry, you are not the first woman to feel so, nor will you be the last woman to feel like this. Many of us find it extremely hard to come to terms with the fact that we will never again look the way we did when we were sixteen, with a flat, if not firm stomach. Unless we begin to do something now, we will more than likely go around with the slightly sagging pouch that is our post pregnancy stomach. This can be a truly terrifying thought. What about our jeans and our lovely skirts and things that used to fit us? What about all those midriff baring, hip hugging clothes that filled our closets...... - 2008-10-12

 Marionettes Puppets - Alternative Educational Fun

All of us as children played with them, whether is be sock puppets, hand puppets, or wooden puppets. They have been around for quite some time, centuries even. The most popular of the puppets are marionette string puppets. Children love to play with their life-like forms and are able to use their imagination extensively. Even adults have been known to enjoy marionette style puppets. When you walk down the street, many times you see entertainers with string puppets acting out scenes, dancing or singing. A lot of times, crowds form around and even pay the entertainer. You might have found yourself lingering around to see the end of the act. Schools also utilize puppets to educate children about different things. Maybe when you were growing...... - 2008-10-12