I just cannot help myself when I see makeup in golden shades... So when my eye caught Dior's eye shadow from their summer 2010 collection Golden Spotlight 616 I could not resist... I just had to have it... It took me 1 minute to think... or not to think it over and I bought it right away... Beautiful... beautiful eye shadow with a wet intense sparkling effect... aaaahhh I love it!I also decided
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Read the Fine Print
With my nose completely shut due to allergies, out of desperation the other day I took an OTC antihistamine. It was Italian day at lunch and I had grown weary of not tasting any of my food, so ignoring the instruction panel I ripped open the package where the headline read "Daytime Safe Formula" and took the tiny white tablet without even a glance at the label. Big mistake.
Exactly twenty minutes later, with my eyelids heavier than concrete and ravioli dripping from my chin, I lifted my weary, sleepy head out of my plate, and with all the effort I could muster, focused a magnifying glass on the small print on the side of the box and read to my dismay: "Warning: May cause drowsiness."
"Whaaat?" I said to myself, "this is supposed to be 'Daytime Safe'! Safe for what - outpatient surgery? I felt like I had been shot with an elephant dart full of thorazine, and in tiny 4-point helvetica type they whisper "may cause drowsiness?" Whatever that stuff was, in my view it would have been much more honest to reverse the whole thing, and label it a "Guaranteed to Put You To Sleep Medicine" with a smaller mention of "May also help control your allergies."
Regardless of the intent, the combination of the misleading package headline and the small print on the instructions ended up costing me a half day of cogent thinking, as I sleep-walked through the remainder of the day.
It could have been worse. Some of the newer drugs advertised on television really scare me. Have you seen any of these commercials? Thanks to recent regulations, when a drug manufacturer advertises on TV they can't hide the fine print like they do on packaging, because the FDA makes them actually say all the ugly stuff on TV.
For example, there's a new weight-loss drug by Glaxo Smith Kline promoted on TV called "Alli." On the shelf in the drug store, you might be drawn to it. The box is cute, with rainbow colored lettering, all very easy to read and "safe-looking." The TV commercial has skinny people frolicking in a field, wearing all white.
But on TV, they are mandated to say all the fine print that you wouldn't normally read, and it's pretty hilarious, if not frightening.
"Side effects to Alli include gas with oily spotting, loose stools, more frequent stools, and stools that are hard to control."
I don't know about you, but no matter how much weight I lose, I've always found it difficult to look svelte when the gas I pass leaves an oily spot. And I'm thinking the last thing I'm wearing when I take Alli is white pants.
I'm serious. This is not hyperbole. Here are a couple more:
Requip - a dopamine drug to counteract tremors: "side effects include an unusual urge to gamble and increased sexual urges and behaviours."
So it's either the shakes, or I turn into Hunter S. Thompson? That doesn't sound like a good deal to me.
Accutane - an acne medication: "side effects include crying spells, rectal bleeding, and bone fractures."
Now I may not remember all the details of my adolescence, but I'm pretty sure at age 14 that I probably would have learned to live with that pimple on my nose, if it meant walking my clean, acne-free face around high school with a broken leg in a cast. And yes, I admit it, macho-boy not withstanding, I would definitely be in tears, crying my eyes out, if I put the cream on my face and my butt started bleeding! Who wouldn't at age 14?
Reading the fine print is even more important for us fighting this disease, because research has shown that with our immune systems in overdrive, or out of whack, our bodies often react quicker, or more strongly, to published doses.
We also sometimes react to other people, or other circumstances, differently, or more strongly as well. That's because our Central Nervous System is under attack, and our "senses" are often attenuated.
Yesterday a woman at the gym had her personal aerobics CD blaring from her iPod, not using her ear buds as is the policy, so I was forced to listen to what for me was like nails on a chalkboard. It wasn't the oldies music so much that I minded, but the invasion into my brain of the super-animated Richard Simmon's voice, urging me to "Come on!" a dozen times per minute.
When I asked her to use her earphones "please!" she surprised me by saying "there's just two of us here, it's not that loud."
I couldn't believe it. My ears were ringing, and she thinks it's "not that loud?" Right then my wife arrived and I thought I'd get reinforcements. As she got on the treadmill I asked her if the noise bothered her, and to my surprise and dismay she said, "no, not really. It's not that loud."
Not that loud? To me it felt like Richard Simmons himself had taken up residency in my gym shorts, and had placed a megaphone an inch from my face screaming. At that moment I saw myself in the wall to wall mirror, with my eyes dilating, my brow furrowing, and the anger starting to rise.
These were the "side effects" of the disease I battle, the "fine print" about my health that most people didn't see or discover until something like the Richard Simmons episode ignited them, or revealed them.
Sometimes I can feel my heartbeat increase, and blood pressure rise. Other times I can feel the weight of a dark cloud. If I'm fortunate enough to be near a mirror, one sign that many of my doctors have confirmed is pupil dilation.
My wife has gotten used to these "side effects" and often snaps me out of them with focused little comments like "your eyes are dilating again" or "you look like every orifice in your body is about ready to burst."
That last one usually does the trick, because I can actually picture the scene. It always starts with me frolicking in a field, wearing all white.
Rituals of Passage
In Risking Connection© training we read a letter from a woman who grew up in the child welfare system in the 19950s. She was asked by her therapist, Dr. Kay Saakvitne, (one of the RC authors) what she would want people who worked in that system to know. In her letter she speaks eloquently of the lack of continuity when one is moved from place to place. It is very hard to develop a secure sense of self when there is no coherent narrative of ones life, no pictures, no one to remember the various parts. People appear and disappear. They each say something different about who you are.
This letter makes me think about all the ways we create that narrative for our own kids: we tell them the story of how Mommy and Daddy met, of their birth. We describe their ancestors and say they resemble Aunt Jane. We say "all members of the… family always…" We remind our teenagers of embarrassing things they did when they were kids. When the kids are 57 they are still expected to display the characteristics that were assigned them at age 5.
The author of the letter implores us to ask our clients about their pasts in conversational ways, to help them construct their story. When possible, create a life book with pictures and mementos. When they have to move, explain why, give them time to prepare, and relate the new place to the old- for example, point out both places on a map.
What can we do to help the child put her time with us into her story? One residential (Sunrise, Kentucky) reported some interesting rituals. One is to create a memory box for a child when they arrive. During their stay put in souvenirs, mementos, pictures. When they leave, add messages from staff and kids and send it with them. Another site described a ritual in which they buy the child a necklace. They pass the necklace around to each child and staff, and each states a wish which they are attaching to the necklace to go with the child.
What hello and goodbye rituals does your program do? How do you create a sense of meaning and continuity for your kids during these crucial times of passage?
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This letter makes me think about all the ways we create that narrative for our own kids: we tell them the story of how Mommy and Daddy met, of their birth. We describe their ancestors and say they resemble Aunt Jane. We say "all members of the… family always…" We remind our teenagers of embarrassing things they did when they were kids. When the kids are 57 they are still expected to display the characteristics that were assigned them at age 5.
The author of the letter implores us to ask our clients about their pasts in conversational ways, to help them construct their story. When possible, create a life book with pictures and mementos. When they have to move, explain why, give them time to prepare, and relate the new place to the old- for example, point out both places on a map.
What can we do to help the child put her time with us into her story? One residential (Sunrise, Kentucky) reported some interesting rituals. One is to create a memory box for a child when they arrive. During their stay put in souvenirs, mementos, pictures. When they leave, add messages from staff and kids and send it with them. Another site described a ritual in which they buy the child a necklace. They pass the necklace around to each child and staff, and each states a wish which they are attaching to the necklace to go with the child.
What hello and goodbye rituals does your program do? How do you create a sense of meaning and continuity for your kids during these crucial times of passage?
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Free Everett Washington STD Testing Clinics
The only authentic way to know for certain if you’re infected with Gonorrhea or any other STD is to have a doctor test for the infection. It’s very important to see a physician at the very primary sign of Gonorrhea or any other STD because of the health risks that may happen if left untreated for periods of time.
Below is the list of Free Washington STD Testing Clinics
International Community Health Services
720 8Th Avenue South, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98114-3007
Phone: 206-788-3785
La Clinica Community Health Center
515 West Court Street
Pasco, WA 99301-3737
Phone: 509-547-2204
Metropolitan Development Council
721 South Fawcett, Suite 201
Tacoma, WA 98402-5502
Phone: 253-284-9009
Columbia Basin Health Assn
140 E. Main St. , P.O. Box 546
Othello, WA 99344-0546
Phone: 509-488-5256
Columbia Valley Community Health services
600 Orondo #1
Wenatchee, WA 98801-2800
Phone: 509-664-4572
Colville Confederated Tribes
P.O. Box 290
Nespelem, WA 99138-0290
Phone: 509-722-7627
Community Health Association of Spokane
3919 N. Maple Street
Spokane, WA 99205-1349
Phone: 509-444-8888
Community Health Care
101 East 26Th Street
Tacoma, WA 98421-1108
Phone: 253-597-4550
Community Health Centers of King County
955 Powell Avenue, SW
Renton, WA 98057-2908
Phone: 425-277-1311
Community Health Of Central Wa
1806 W Lincoln Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902
Phone: 509-452-4520
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Below is the list of Free Washington STD Testing Clinics
International Community Health Services
720 8Th Avenue South, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98114-3007
Phone: 206-788-3785
La Clinica Community Health Center
515 West Court Street
Pasco, WA 99301-3737
Phone: 509-547-2204
Metropolitan Development Council
721 South Fawcett, Suite 201
Tacoma, WA 98402-5502
Phone: 253-284-9009
Columbia Basin Health Assn
140 E. Main St. , P.O. Box 546
Othello, WA 99344-0546
Phone: 509-488-5256
Columbia Valley Community Health services
600 Orondo #1
Wenatchee, WA 98801-2800
Phone: 509-664-4572
Colville Confederated Tribes
P.O. Box 290
Nespelem, WA 99138-0290
Phone: 509-722-7627
Community Health Association of Spokane
3919 N. Maple Street
Spokane, WA 99205-1349
Phone: 509-444-8888
Community Health Care
101 East 26Th Street
Tacoma, WA 98421-1108
Phone: 253-597-4550
Community Health Centers of King County
955 Powell Avenue, SW
Renton, WA 98057-2908
Phone: 425-277-1311
Community Health Of Central Wa
1806 W Lincoln Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902
Phone: 509-452-4520
Can I Get Gonorrhea From Toothbrush
Yes, it is possible to get gonorrhea infection from the toothbrush of an infected person. But the chances are very rare.
So always use your own toothbrush. Never share it with anyone.
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So always use your own toothbrush. Never share it with anyone.
Can Doxycycline Treat Gonorrhea?
Doxycycline can treat gonorrhea as well as urinary tract infections, acne, and chlamydia, periodontitis (gum disease), and others. Doxycycline can also used to treat bumps, blemishes, and acne-like lesions root by rosacea. Doxycycline is a tetracycline antibiotic. It works by slowing the expansion of bacteria in the human body.
Essential information you must know about doxycycline:
Do not make use of doxycycline if you are pregnant. It could source harm to the unborn baby, including everlasting yellowing of the teeth later in life. Doxycycline can make birth control pills less effectual. Use a subsequent method of birth control at the same time as you are taking doxycycline to remain from getting pregnant. Doxycycline passes into breast milk and may affect bone and tooth development in a nursing baby. Do not take this medication lacking recommendation from your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Do not use this medication if you are sensitive to to doxycycline, or to comparable medicines for instance demeclocycline (Declomycin), minocycline (Dynacin, Minocin, Solodyn, Vectrin), or tetracycline (Brodspec, Panmycin, Sumycin, Tetracap).
If you have liver or kidney infection, you may require a dose adjustment or particular tests to safely take doxycycline.
Do not give doxycycline to a kid younger than 8 years old. It can reason permanent yellowing or graying of the teeth, and it can have an effect on a child's development. Dispose of any unused tablets or capsules when they run out or when there are no longer required. Do not obtain any doxycycline after the expiration date printed on the bottle. Expired doxycycline can cause a hazardous syndrome resulting in harm to the kidneys.
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