Injured While “Last Minute” Shopping

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During the holiday season, stores and malls become busier than usual, making shopping a difficult and sometimes dangerous task. Slips and falls can occur in an ice coated parking lot, in puddles at the entryway of busy stores, or even around a cluttered display area of discounted or must-have items. According to the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), slips and falls account for over 1 million of E.R. visits each or about 12% of all types of falls. When you are out and about, enjoying the fast-paced holiday shopping season, don’t make let your last minute purchases become a “holiday ruining” slip and fall accident injury.

Provide a Safe Shopping Zone

Whether patrons are shopping for cookie baking ingredients or a sweater for your grandfather, it’s important that the store is safe and free from obstructions that can trip shoppers or make them slip and fall. The holiday shopping season can increase store traffic, making it more difficult to stay on top of maintenance and/or cleaning, but it’s important to make a shopper’s environment a safe environment. If you work in a store, whether you are a general manager, a member of the maintenance crew, or a cashier, it’s essential that you work together as a team and keep your eyes peeled for potentially hazardous shopping conditions. While you may already have strict safety and cleanliness guidelines in your establishment, it’s important to remember a couple of these safety tips to prevent slip and fall accidents:

Clean up puddles as soon as possible. Check entryways, aisles, and areas with coolers, freezers, and other equipment that may leak. To ensure that the floor is dry and slip-proof, thoroughly clean the area, mark with appropriate signage (i.e. “Caution: Wet Floors), and run a heater or fan to dry the area quickly. Additionally, make sure that walkways in front of your establishment are properly salted or sanded if there are icy spots in front of the store. A slip and fall, even outside (on your property) can be your responsibility.

Eliminate or cover long cords. During the holiday season, you may find that you need extra cords for holiday decorations, lights, or entryway heaters. If the cords are not secured, they can become a tripping/falling hazard.

When your establishment is busy, it may be more difficult to put inventory away in a timely matter. If you have just received a large delivery, but have also been “slammed” with business, make sure that boxes, pallets, and other inventory is not blocking aisles or major walkways.

Do the Right Thing, Take Initiative. Even if it’s not your job to clean up a spill or move “falling” hazards out of the way, it’s vital to take initiative and let someone know of the potentially hazardous conditions.

Single Parents – Do You Have a Desire to Work at Home and Change Your Lifestyle?

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There are many ways to make money from home and change your situation but which one is right for you? Here are 3 things to look for when you are considering a working from home business.

1/ Is the company making the offer, legitimate and reputable?

There are plenty of “fly by nighters” out there, making fantastic offers that sound too good to be true. The rule of thumb is, that if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is! Before signing up for anything or parting with any money thoroughly research the company, reading articles on-line etc, check out their history and go with your “gut feeling” as to whether you are dealing with a reputable establishment.

2/ Are you happy promoting or selling the product being offered?

Do you think that you could sell something that you really don’t believe in or sell a product that is actually of sub-standard quality? To be successful in what you do, you really must believe in what you do. So for example if you are trying to sell books about hot- rods and you really have no interest in hot-rods, it’s going to be very difficult for you to be successful in promoting your books.

3/ Is a guarantee or warranty provided with the goods or services on offer?

One way to ensure you are dealing with a trusted company, is if there is a money back guarantee/warranty supplied. Any business who willingly offers this sort of back up for their products is obviously of substance, ensuring you are safe in the knowledge that you are marketing quality merchandise.

A work from home business provides you with so many benefits as opposed to a conventional job or business. As a single parent you will able to tailor your work hours around your lifestyle and your family and no longer be at the beck and call of an employer. It also enables you to be actively involved with your children at home and/ or during their school years and therefore eliminating the expense involved in using child-care.

On-line marketing is fast becoming THE growth industry as the shift towards working from home increases and more people learn about the amazing advantages associated with that. Once upon a time, the “norm” was working 9-5 Monday to Friday, using child-care and sitting in traffic jams trying to get to and from work. However, thankfully that has all changed with the internet revolution and studies show that in coming years, 1 in 3 households will be generating their primary income from home. This is an incredible change in outlook and will only lead to a much better family life for everyone.

How often have you got up in the morning and had to rush around barking orders at everyone as you try to get everything organised for the day ahead? Sounds like a fairly typical start to the day. A much more leisurely way is to plan your day around your life-style and work accordingly and all from the comfort of your own home.

Another fabulous advantage is that a business at home is actually portable, meaning that with a lap-top and internet access, you are able to work from any location anytime. So if it’s a nice day you can sit outside in the sunshine or if you’re away for the weekend, your business can travel with you.

On top of all this as it’s an internet business your operation will work for you around the clock, so even as you sleep your enterprise is continually generating interest, as it is part of the global World-Wide-Web. Best of all you will have no outgoing expenses usually associated with a conventional business or franchise and the actual start up costs for a small home business, are tiny in comparison.

So if you are interested in achieving that fantastic income and gaining the time freedom you have been looking for, go to the web-page below for more information on how you can get the life-style you have always wanted.

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The Advantages of Solitaire Engagement Rings

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One of the most stressful aspects of an engagement (at least for the groom) is the choice of a ring. Something about engagement jewellery makes brides become extremely specific about what kind of configuration their ring should have, and this sometimes leaves the other halves a little at a loss, as well as under pressure to do well.

For these grooms, solitaire engagement rings are often not only the default option, but a true blessing as well. These are the types of engagement rings it is very hard to go wrong with, and purchasing one of them is sure to have even the most hapless groom in his bride’s good books.

But what exactly makes solitaire engagement rings such a good, safe choice for a ring with which to seal your affection? The answer lies not in a single factor, but in a number of characteristics which, when combined, ensure this type of ring has a high success rate.

The first of these factors is, of course, the stunning visual appeal of this type of gem. Solitaire engagement rings, regardless of the cut of their diamond or of the setting chosen to support it, are always designed with the sole aim of highlighting the stone which tops them. As such, they will invariably be instantly pleasing to the eye, projecting a dazzling aura sure to leave any bride enthralled.

Also adding to the effectiveness of this type of ring is their classical and traditional nature. Solitaire engagement rings pretty much represent the default for what most people envision when thinking of a ‘diamond ring’; when such rings appear in the media, they also invariably fall into this category. As such, a groom presenting his bride with a jewel of this type will have the helpful backing of about two centuries of popular culture, ensuring the risk of failure is significantly lower than it would be with a bolder, more unusual setting.

Finally, working against the groom’s wallet but in favour of his reputation with his bride, there is the question of the price. Solitaire rings are generally on the more expensive end of the spectrum, so presenting a beloved significant other with one of them will let her know just how valuable she is in her groom’s eyes. This inevitably will lead to smiles rather than disappointment.

It is clear, then, just why so many people choose to go for solitaire rings when shopping for engagement jewellery. The setting continues to represent a safe, attractive option to slip on a ‘bride to be’s’ finger.

Hair Loss and Chemotherapy

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Undergoing chemotherapy is stressful and difficult for many reasons. Although hair loss certainly isn’t at the top of that list of reasons, it can be more stressful than people expect it to be, and it is often one of the side effects that chemotherapy patients feel nervous about.

Chemotherapy doesn’t always cause you to lose your hair – that usually depends on the type and dose of the treatment you need. However, when it does happen, the way you deal with it is important. The support of your friends and family can help a lot and can help you to maintain your body image and keep your confidence high.

Hair loss occurs with chemotherapy because chemo attacks rapidly growing cancer cells. The problem is that cancer cells aren’t the only rapidly-growing cells in your body. Your hair roots also include these cells (remember how you have to shave every day?) and sometimes they get caught in the fall-out.

Fortunately, this problem doesn’t last forever. 3 to 10 months after your treatment has ended, your hair will grow back. It may take a few weeks for your hair to begin growing again, and sometimes it will start out a different color or texture. Eventually, it should get back to normal. Don’t panic if it begins growing back gray and wasn’t before – sometimes the cells that control pigment take longer to recover.

There are a few options that can help to prevent hair loss, although none of them are completely effective. One method if to pack your scalp in ice, slowing the flow of blood to the head and sometimes preventing the hair from getting the full force of the treatment. This can help prevent loss, but can also cause cancer to come back in the scalp because it didn’t get the full force of the treatment.

Using Rogaine won’t prevent it entirely, but it can help the regrowth process to happen more quickly. Research is still going on to discover how well this works.

One of the best things you can do is to plan ahead – buy wigs or scarves now, consider cutting your hair to make the hair loss less noticeable. Be gentle to your hair before, during and after the treatment so that it has the maximum opportunity to grow back healthy and strong.