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Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator The Phi ... Read more

Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator The Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is designed to be the easiest-to-use, and most reliable defibrillator available. Available without a prescription from ActiveForever.com, the Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is designed for the ordinary person in the extraordinary moment. Philips, the leader in portable defibrillation technology, has utilized the results of extensive research and user feedback to produce a defibrillator so easy to use that you can potentially save the life of a co-worker, friend, or anyone else stricken with sudden cardiac arrest. Weighing just 3.3 lbs., this small and lightweight defibrillator can be easily carried to the patient's side. Using clear, natural voice instructions, the OnSite Defibrillator guides you through each step of defibrillation and CPR. Integrated SMART Pads placed on the patients bare skin transmit information to the defibrillator, which senses and adapts to your actions every step of the way.   HeartStart OnSite includes proven Philips technologies for heart rhythm assessment (SMART Analysis) and defibrillation energy delivery (SMART Biphasic). And like all HeartStart defibrillators, it can be used to treat adults, as well as infants and children with the optional smaller pad. Ready When Needed: Between uses, the defibrillator performs daily, weekly, and monthly self-tests of its electrical components, subsystems, and battery to help ensure continued reliability and readiness. A pads integrity test, which checks daily that the cartridge is properly installed and that the defibrillator pads are in working order, provides an additional level of assurance. As long as the green Ready light on the defibrillator is blinking, the OnSite has passed its last self-test and you can be confident the HeartStart OnSite is ready for use. If a self-test finds that the defibrillator needs attention, the Ready light turns off and the defibrillator chirps to alert you. Pressing the flashing blue Information button provides verbal guidance to help you identify and correct the situation. Easy to Use: Using the HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is simple. Pulling the green handle activates the defibrillator and voice instructions. These instructions are paced to your actions, to help guide you through the entire process, from placing pads on the patient to delivering a defibrillation shock. HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator Features: Intuitive: Clean design and clear voice instructions instill the confidence that's needed when administering therapy to a person in cardiac arrest Fully portable Superior reliability: Powered by a long-life (4 year) disposable battery. Automated tests help ensure readiness. World's best-selling Automated External Defibrillator (AED) FDA approved for over-the-counter sale without prescription Built-in safety features ActiveForever Special! Order today and receive a FREE Carrying Case (pictured - $195 value)!!! Philips HeartStart Defibrillator Specifications: Includes the following items: Adult SMART Pads cartridge (lasts 2 years) Battery (lasts 4 years) Size: 2.8" H x 8.3" W x 7.4" D Important: You cannot use the HeartStart to treat yourself. Please consider the following before your purchase: If you have questions or concerns about your health, or an existing medical condition, please talk with your doctor. A defibrillator does not take the place of seeking medical care. Users may need to perform CPR. Responding to cardiac arrest may require you to kneel. HeartStart Onsite Defibrillator Brochure (.pdf) Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator determines if a heart rhythm is shockable: If a shock is indicated, the defibrillator directs you to press the flashing orange Shock button. Then, HeartStart OnSite delivers a dose of low-energy biphasic therapy, a highly effective defibrillat Minimize

Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator The Phi ... Read more

Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator The Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is designed to be the easiest-to-use, and most reliable defibrillator available. Available without a prescription from ActiveForever.com, the Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is designed for the ordinary person in the extraordinary moment. Philips, the leader in portable defibrillation technology, has utilized the results of extensive research and user feedback to produce a defibrillator so easy to use that you can potentially save the life of a co-worker, friend, or anyone else stricken with sudden cardiac arrest. Weighing just 3.3 lbs., this small and lightweight defibrillator can be easily carried to the patient's side. Using clear, natural voice instructions, the OnSite Defibrillator guides you through each step of defibrillation and CPR. Integrated SMART Pads placed on the patients bare skin transmit information to the defibrillator, which senses and adapts to your actions every step of the way.   HeartStart OnSite includes proven Philips technologies for heart rhythm assessment (SMART Analysis) and defibrillation energy delivery (SMART Biphasic). And like all HeartStart defibrillators, it can be used to treat adults, as well as infants and children with the optional smaller pad. Ready When Needed: Between uses, the defibrillator performs daily, weekly, and monthly self-tests of its electrical components, subsystems, and battery to help ensure continued reliability and readiness. A pads integrity test, which checks daily that the cartridge is properly installed and that the defibrillator pads are in working order, provides an additional level of assurance. As long as the green Ready light on the defibrillator is blinking, the OnSite has passed its last self-test and you can be confident the HeartStart OnSite is ready for use. If a self-test finds that the defibrillator needs attention, the Ready light turns off and the defibrillator chirps to alert you. Pressing the flashing blue Information button provides verbal guidance to help you identify and correct the situation. Easy to Use: Using the HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is simple. Pulling the green handle activates the defibrillator and voice instructions. These instructions are paced to your actions, to help guide you through the entire process, from placing pads on the patient to delivering a defibrillation shock. HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator Features: Intuitive: Clean design and clear voice instructions instill the confidence that's needed when administering therapy to a person in cardiac arrest Fully portable Superior reliability: Powered by a long-life (4 year) disposable battery. Automated tests help ensure readiness. World's best-selling Automated External Defibrillator (AED) FDA approved for over-the-counter sale without prescription Built-in safety features ActiveForever Special! Order today and receive a FREE Carrying Case (pictured - $195 value)!!! Philips HeartStart Defibrillator Specifications: Includes the following items: Adult SMART Pads cartridge (lasts 2 years) Battery (lasts 4 years) Size: 2.8" H x 8.3" W x 7.4" D Important: You cannot use the HeartStart to treat yourself. Please consider the following before your purchase: If you have questions or concerns about your health, or an existing medical condition, please talk with your doctor. A defibrillator does not take the place of seeking medical care. Users may need to perform CPR. Responding to cardiac arrest may require you to kneel. HeartStart Onsite Defibrillator Brochure (.pdf) Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator determines if a heart rhythm is shockable: If a shock is indicated, the defibrillator directs you to press the flashing orange Shock button. Then, HeartStart OnSite delivers a dose of low-energy biphasic therapy, a highly effective defibrillat Minimize

The kingdom of Altago is rebuilding their kingdom around a ... Read more

The kingdom of Altago is rebuilding their kingdom around a newfound peace after years of war against the merciless armies of Romn. The classic adventuresome duo, Adol and Dogi, arrive in the harbor of Altago City, and quickly find themselves in a scuffle with the Dragon Knights, the kingdom's military police body, when attempting to save a local girl from harassment by one of their commanding officers. Upset by the interruption and subsequent humiliation, the commander arrests Adol and Dogi, charging them with espionage. The king of Altago, having known of the duo's pending arrival from an old trusted friend, quickly releases the pair from prison and summons them to his chambers. He tells the men about an ancient shrine that was uncovered after a recent earthquake, and asks for their help in investigating this mysterious new find. Adol and Dogi oblige, unaware that they are about to take the first steps on a long journey to save all of Altago from long-forgotten ancient forces, and to reunite the estranged five tribes who serve and protect the Five Great Dragons – deified beings who may well be the world's last hope. Ys SEVEN is the latest installment in the long-running Ys series which first debuted on PC in 1987. This is the first iteration to be built specifically for the PSP system, taking full advantage of the widescreen format and hardware. The battle system consists of a three-member battle party with enemies engaged on the field map in real-time for fast-paced combat. Old fans of the series and new players alike will be immersed into the rich vibrant world containing over 30 hours of gameplay. Minimize

A key chain is something most people carry with them at all ... Read more

A key chain is something most people carry with them at all times, so make sure your friends and family are carrying around a really cool one. This simple, silver-plated key chain features a black matte inlay that's arresting to the eye and smooth to the touch. The inlay is also engravable, providing a field of black that ensures your personal message will really stand out. Make it a fun, imaginative one and they'll smile every time they reach for their keys.-A great gift for Father's Day, graduation, birthdays and just because Engraved Gift. Minimize

WRONG PLACE... After participating in a pro-separatist marc ... Read more

WRONG PLACE... After participating in a pro-separatist march that turned violent in January of 1992, 21-year-old Lorenzo Lartaun Izcoa is wrongly charged with the fatal bombing of a police station in his home town. Irun is a small city located in the heart of the Basque country, trapped between France and Spain, and struggling for independence. Lartaun finds himself on the Spanish Secret Service s most wanted list, branded an active member of the Basque terrorist group ETA. He has no choice but to flee his country. Two years later, Lartaun s childhood friend bursts back into his life. In exchange for a small favor, he offers him a passport and the chance to return to Europe under a new identity. Lartaun seizes the opportunity. ...WRONG TIME. Back in Europe, hiding away in a commune in the French Pyrenees Mountains, Lartaun meets Faustine, a young French environmentalist. As their relationship renews his belief in a future worth fighting for, Lartaun realizes, albeit too late, that the favor he owes his friend is not so small after all. FREEDOM COMES AT A STEEP PRICE HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOURS? Minimize

This volume is a state of the art look at our understanding ... Read more

This volume is a state of the art look at our understanding of joint development in the crust. Answers are provided for such questions as the mechanisms by which joints are initiated, the factors controlling the path they follow during the propagation process, and the processes responsible for the arrest of joints. Many of the answers to these questions can be inferred from the geometry of joint surface morphology and joint patterns. Joints are a record of the orientation of stress at the time of propagation and as such they are also useful records of ancient stress fields, regional and local. Because outcrop and subsurface views of joints are limited, statistical techniques are required to characterize joints and joint sets. Finally, joints are subject to post-propagation stresses that further localize deformation and are the focus for the development of new structures. Also available: Forced Folds and Fractures - ISBN 1862390606 Fractures, Fluid Flow and Mineralization (Geological Society Special Publication) - ISBN 1862390347 The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides Minimize

 If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson on any oth ... Read more

 If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson on any other day, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the prosecution witnesses happen to be a group of four upper-crust college friends—a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat, and the youngest partner in an established firm’s history—who is going to believe Danny’s side of the story?Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest-security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped. But Spencer Craig, Lawrence Davenport, Gerald Payne, and Toby Mortimer all underestimate Danny’s determination to seek revenge—and the extent to which his fiancée Beth will go in pursuit of justice. Minimize

A Plus Personalized Friend Throw. Nothing like a personally ... Read more

A Plus Personalized Friend Throw. Nothing like a personally embroidered throw to wrap your best friend with love. Click image to enlarge... A wise person once said "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg, even though she knows that you are slightly cracked." True words. Hey, none of us are perfect. Your best friend knows this, and loves you no matter what. So tell your special friend just how much you care. This 100% cotton Throw makes a great way to convey exactly how you feel. It reads "One part Love, One part Trust, One part Fun, That's what Friends are made of", and lets you choose a personal name and message to be embroidered. Makes a great keepsake gift. Measures 60 x 46". Machine wash / dry. Personalize yours: Line 1 - Friend's name, up to 24 characters Line 2 - Salutation (Love, With Love, etc.), up to 14 characters Line 3 - Name of giver(s), up to 36 characters Line 4 - Name of giver(s), up to 36 characters. Order yours ONLINE today. Please Note: This item is shipped directly fro Minimize

The fashion forecast is for admiring glances when you add a ... Read more

The fashion forecast is for admiring glances when you add a swirl of color to any look and a dash of breezy fun in the Havana sandal from Antik Batik. The bright embossed leather creates a visually arresting multi-wrap style that zips in back for a comfortable, secure fit. This sandal is your wardrobe’s new best friend, pairing up effortlessly with everything from a swimming suit and pareo combination for warm sunny days to a flowy maxi dress for evening wear. Minimize

An arrested adolescent hell-bent on good times decides to t ... Read more

An arrested adolescent hell-bent on good times decides to throw a different sort of bash in this comedy. Eric Jason Sudeikis is in his early thirties but he hasn't changed much since his high school days -- the guy lives to party with a handful of his old friends and the crazier the get-together the better. Every summer Eric throws an epic-scale theme party at his parents' home in the Hamptons as he and his pals get crazy at the "White Trash Bash" or a "Star Wars vs. Star Trek" throwdown. However this grand tradition is about to end as Eric's dad Don Johnson has announced he's selling the house. Eric decides he should save the biggest party for last and tells his friends he's hosting an orgy. While Eric and his male friends are just thick-headed enough not to see the problems inherent in having group sex with some of their best friends the gals in their social circle are more hesitant but most decide to sign on at least in principle. However Eric has become infatuated with Kelly Leslie Bibb the attractive real-estate agent who is selling the house and decides to invite her to the big blowout without telling her just what kind of party she can expect. Also starring Will Forte Tyler Labine David Koechner Lake Bell and Lindsay Sloane A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY was the first directorial project for Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck who previously served as writers and producers on the television comedies KING OF THE HILL THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW and FRASIER. Minimize

A groom arrested for murder can put a crimp in anybody's we ... Read more

A groom arrested for murder can put a crimp in anybody's wedding. So when the bride's nuptials are threatened, best friend and maid-of-honor, Lee Alvarez -- the thirty-four-year old combination of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone and Janet Evanovitch's Stephanie Plum - heads south of the border in search of the real killer. There the half Latina, half WASP, and 100% detective is thrown into the well-organized world of plundered Mesoamerican relics and finds a few more dead bodies along the way. Olé! While having the best tasting tamales ever, she stumbles across the man of her dreams. But is he too good to be true? Probably. With the help of the rest of the Alvarez Family, Never-Had-A-Bad-Hair-Day blueblood mother, Lila Hamilton Alvarez, brother and computer genius, Richard; favorite uncle, "Tío" Mateo; and Tugger, her energetic orange and white cat, Lee tries to follow her own sage advice, 'when Cupid's wings start flapping, take cover.' Good luck to her. Because can love and murder be far behind?A Wedding To Die For is the second novel in a series of humorous murder mysteries involving the Alvarez Family, owners of Silicon Valley's successful Discretionary Inquiries. Minimize

Vitanica Yeast Arrest Suppositories Vitanica Yeast Arrest S ... Read more

Vitanica Yeast Arrest Suppositories Vitanica Yeast Arrest Suppositories are homeopathic suppositories for yeast vaginitis. A natural approach for treating vaginal yeast infections, Vitanica Yeast Arrest is unlike any other natural suppository utilizing a unique homeopathic formula for the effective treatment of external and internal irritation,itching, burning and discharge associated with a vaginal yeast infection. Vitanica Yeast Arrest should be used after a health care provider has diagnosed a vaginal yeast infection. What is yeast?Yeast is a fungus scientifically referred to as Candida. The specific type of fungus most commonly responsible for vaginitis is Candida albicans. Yeast is commonly present on normal human skin and in areas of moisture, such as the mouth and vagina. In fact, it is estimated that between 20%-50% of healthy women normally carry yeast in the vaginal area.What is vaginitis?Vaginitis is inflammation of the vagina. Vaginitis is very common and is reported by as many as 75% of women at some point in their lives. Vaginitis can be caused by a number of infections, including bacteria (such as Gardnerella and gonorrhea), protozoans (such as trichomonas), and yeast (Candida). Vaginal yeast infection, which is the most common form of vaginitis, is often referred to as vaginal Candidiasis.What causes vaginal yeast infections?Vaginal yeast infections occur when new yeast is introduced into the vaginal area, or when there is an increase in the quantity of yeast already present in the vagina relative to the quantity of normal bacteria. For example, when the normal, protective bacteria are eradicated by antibiotics (taken to treat a urinary tract, respiratory, or other types of infection) or by immunosuppressive drugs, the yeast can multiply, invade tissues, and cause irritation of the lining of the vagina (vaginitis).Vaginal yeast infections can also occur as a result of injury to the inner vagina, such as after chemotherapy. Minimize

The Buried Secrets Season 1 DVDs is a unique portrayal of t ... Read more

The Buried Secrets Season 1 DVDs is a unique portrayal of true crime told from the view of the victims. Across the United States from all walks of life loved ones lose their lives at the hands of others sometimes by strangers sometimes by those close to them. In the Buried Secrets DVDs you are given clues so that you can decide who committed the crime.The Buried Secrets Season 1 DVD is a true crime show where the murder is told first person by the victim him or herself. The victim is all knowing but never reveals the killer. Instead the viewer must piece together the who-dunnit based on clues provided by investigators and family/friends. In the Buried Secrets DVD each episode is devoted to one real murder - and victim - but the series gets its unique style and tone from the fictionalized - though based on fact - first-person narration in the voice of the victim from beyond the grave.Buy the Buried Secrets Season 1 DVDs and delve into the real-life murder mysteries told from the victims' perspective. Ep. 4) Daddy's Princess: In the Buried Secrets video Ali Kemp a beautiful 19-year-old college student with a bright future returns home for the summer to work at the local swimming pool. But one afternoon when Ali is nowhere to be found her father makes a gruesome discovery; Ali's body in the pool pump room - she'd been brutally beaten to death. With her killer on the loose investigators launch an intense investigation. But despite DNA evidence and a reliable witness police search without success for three years. Then refusing to give up Ali's father comes up with an idea that leads to her killer's arrest. Ep. 6) Checkmate: Ellen Robb lives a picture perfect life in Upper Merion Pennsylvania with her husband and daughter. The quiet town of Upper Merion is shaken when her husband a respected university professor finds Ellen brutally murdered in their own kitchen. At first glance police and community members suspect a robbery gone wrong. As the investigation continues police uncover a secret that Ellen kept hidden for many years from friends and family. Armed with a new theory the police make an arrest that shocks everyone in Upper Merion. Ep. 5) Closing Time: Jerry Monroe was born and raised in Louisville KY. He loved his hometown and the people in it. When he got the opportunity to own his neighborhood bar it was like a dream come true. But that dream is cut short when Jerry is found murdered in his own bar. It's anybody guess of who could be responsible¦did Jerry fall victim to a random robbery or did he wind up on the wrong side of a violent biker gang rivalry? Investigators examine all possible scenarios until they receive a promising tip that reveals a surprising suspect. Ep. 8) Cold as Ice: On a warm California evening in the summer of 1991 23 year-old grad-student and music-lover Denise Huber attends a concert. But when she fails to return home and her car is found abandoned on the freeway Denise's parents begin to fear the worst. Despite a wide spread search Denise remains a missing person for three long years. But her parents refuse to give up hope that one day she'll return home. Then in 1994 an Arizona couple reports a mysterious moving van parked in a stranger's yard. When the Arizona police investigate what they discover is both chilling and heartbreaking. Ep. 10) La Muerta: On a cool March evening in El Paso Texas high school senior Sophia Martinez excitedly prepares for a blind date. But instead of finding love Sophia meets a killer. Days later the 18-year-old's body and car are found in the desert. Sophia had been raped and murdered - shot execution style. An ATM receipt found in Sophia's car leads detectives to a drive-up ATM. Surveillance video from the night she vanished captured shocking images of Sophia being robbed at gunpoint and forced to drive away. Armed with the face of a killer police hunt down and arrest Sophia's murderer. Ep. 12) A Mother's Love: Thirty-tw Minimize

It is winter on Gotland, and fourteen-year-old Fanny is mis ... Read more

It is winter on Gotland, and fourteen-year-old Fanny is missing. She had no friends to speak of other than the horses she took care of at the local racing stable, and seems to have been an unhappy and isolated teenager, the daughter of an absent Jamaican musician and an instable Swedish mother. Is her disappearance somehow connected to the recent brutal murder of alcoholic photographer Henry Dahlström, who had won a large sum of money at the racetrack right before his death? Inspector Anders Knutas and his team investigate under pressure from the media.             Fanny is finally found, strangled to death and left on a lonely heath, covered by moss and branches. At the same time, grainy but explicit photographs of the girl with a stranger are discovered, hidden in Dahlström's darkroom. Intrepid TV journalist Johan Berg, sent from Stockholm to cover the two deaths, pushes the investigation one decisive step ahead while still trying to resolve his relationship with Emma, which has been simmering since they first met during the investigation into a series of murders on Gotland this past summer.             All evidence points to one of Fanny's coworkers at the stable, an American who has left the country for a short vacation. As Knutas and his team wait for his return to make the arrest, the inspector takes a well-deserved weekend off with an old friend, and at the lonely cottage in the woods, the pieces finally fit together. But this time, Knutas has gotten too close. . . . Minimize

Oscar-winner James Coburn portrays legendary outlaw Billy t ... Read more

Oscar-winner James Coburn portrays legendary outlaw Billy the Kid's childhood friend, Pat Garrett. Now a law-abiding sheriff, he arrests Billy for murder. Sentenced to hang, Billy escapes in a hail of gunfire forcing Pat to hunt him down. Directed by acclaimed action director Sam Peckinpah ("The Wild Bunch," "Straw Dogs"). Starring Coburn ("The Great Escape," "The Magnificent Seven"), Kris Kristofferson ("A Star is Born"), Oscar-winner Jason Robards ("Philadelphia," "All the President's Men"), Oscar-nominee Katy Jurado ("High Noon") and Oscar-winner Chill Wills ("The Alamo," "Meet Me in St. Louis"). With Harry Dean Stanton ("Alien," "Kelly's Heroes"), Slim Pickens ("Dr. Strangelove") and folk-legend Bob Dylan. Featuring Dylan's smash hit, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." Minimize

THE MURDER OF A FEDYears before DNA testing became an impor ... Read more

THE MURDER OF A FEDYears before DNA testing became an important factor in criminal research, many law enforcement agents had methods of their own to gather pertinent information and confessions, some not so conventional. Dee Bolin had his own methods, and when the stakes were high, he never hesitated to use them. When Dee flies to San Antonio to help his best friend, arrested for the murder of an FAA inspector, he pulls out all the stops. Dee's friend, Jay Hudson, having recently survived a near fatal crash of a Lear Jet he was flying, containing 2000lbs. of cocaine and the number one drug Czar of Mexico, thought all of his troubles were behind him. After being held hostage in Mexico for several months, Jay knew flying the drug laden trip was his only chance of escaping. His intentional gear-up landing in Brownsville, TX almost cost him his life, being shot by the drug Czar as he diverted the aircraft from Matamoros to Brownsville, TX... After months of therapy, and receiving a new first class airman's physical and recurrent training, Jay accepts the position of Chief Pilot for a fortune 500 company in San Antonio TX. Just a few months at his new job, Jay has a rude awakening as he is arrested for the murder of an  FAA Inspector. Dee Bolin, Jay Hudson's best friend and special agent for the United States Treasury Department, flys to San Antonio to prove his friend's innocence. Dee's investigation takes him to Mexico, seeking a suspect whom he believes is the assassin. Dee successfully uses techniques from the old days of law enforcement, long before DNA, to apprehend the real murderer. Clashes between Jay Hudson and the FAA and Dee Bolin's method of capturing the assassin will definitely intrigue each and every reader of this novel. Minimize

Vitanica Yeast Arrest Suppositories Vitanica Yeast Arrest S ... Read more

Vitanica Yeast Arrest Suppositories Vitanica Yeast Arrest Suppositories are homeopathic suppositories for yeast vaginitis. A natural approach for treating vaginal yeast infections, Vitanica Yeast Arrest is unlike any other natural suppository utilizing a unique homeopathic formula for the effective treatment of external and internal irritation,itching, burning and discharge associated with a vaginal yeast infection. Vitanica Yeast Arrest should be used after a health care provider has diagnosed a vaginal yeast infection. What is yeast?Yeast is a fungus scientifically referred to as Candida. The specific type of fungus most commonly responsible for vaginitis is Candida albicans. Yeast is commonly present on normal human skin and in areas of moisture, such as the mouth and vagina. In fact, it is estimated that between 20%-50% of healthy women normally carry yeast in the vaginal area.What is vaginitis?Vaginitis is inflammation of the vagina. Vaginitis is very common and is reported by as many as 75% of women at some point in their lives. Vaginitis can be caused by a number of infections, including bacteria (such as Gardnerella and gonorrhea), protozoans (such as trichomonas), and yeast (Candida). Vaginal yeast infection, which is the most common form of vaginitis, is often referred to as vaginal Candidiasis.What causes vaginal yeast infections?Vaginal yeast infections occur when new yeast is introduced into the vaginal area, or when there is an increase in the quantity of yeast already present in the vagina relative to the quantity of normal bacteria. For example, when the normal, protective bacteria are eradicated by antibiotics (taken to treat a urinary tract, respiratory, or other types of infection) or by immunosuppressive drugs, the yeast can multiply, invade tissues, and cause irritation of the lining of the vagina (vaginitis).Vaginal yeast infections can also occur as a result of injury to the inner vagina, such as after chemotherapy. Minimize

As the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas, two familie ... Read more

As the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas, two families—one white, one black—find common ground. This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967 Texas, against the backdrop of the fight for civil rights. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston’s color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman. The Silence of Our Friends follows events through the point of view of young Mark Long, whose father is a reporter covering the story. Semi-fictionalized, this story has its roots solidly in very real events. With art from the brilliant Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole) bringing the tale to heart-wrenching life, The Silence of Our Friends is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature. The Silence of Our Friends Author Q&AHow much of this book's story is based on real events? Mark Long: Creating a book like this one required us to find a balance between factual accuracy and emotional authenticity.  Some details as well as names have been changed for storytelling purposes. But the facts are that in 1967 Texas Southern University students began a boycott of classes after the Student Nonviolent Coordinating  Committee was banned from campus, and on May 17th they staged a sit down protest on Wheeler Avenue over conditions at the nearby city garbage dump. The protest evolved into an police riot that night when an undercover officer was shot and over 200 officers responded by pouring rifle and machinegun fire into the men’s dormitory.  The police later stormed the dormitory and arrested 489 students after a policeman was shot and killed.  All but 5 of the students were released the next day. They came to be called the “TSU Five” and were charged with the murder of the slain officer. Only one of the students stood trial in Victoria Texas due to publicity in Houston. His trial ended with the dismissal of all charges against the five when it was discovered that the officer was shot accidentally by another officer.With the civil rights struggle as a backdrop to the story, how did you balance a contemporary perspective on race with the reality of race issues at the time? Nate Powell: While visualizing and adapting Mark’s largely autobiographical work on the story, I found myself calling on my own experiences as a kid in Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas in the 1980’s. Though the story takes place in a specific historical framework, many of the attitudes, details, atmospheric elements, and anecdotes were extremely familiar to me -- sometimes too familiar. As the pages progressed, the twenty years between our Southern childhood experiences didn’t seem like much of a difference at all, which was certainly disturbing at times. There were frequent case-by-case conversations about accurate depictions of racism, the privilege of authorship, and inherent charge carried by racism’s role in the book. Generally speaking, we determined that this was in many ways a brutal story but a very accurate one, and respecting the very real violence carried by certain words and actions allowed us to give them their ugly space in the narrative, for better or for worse.Is much knowledge of the civil rights movement required? Mark Long: Everything that pushes the narrative forward is contained within the story’s pages, and a lot of the civil rights and struggle-related content is specific to Houston in 1967-68. It definitely covers what readers might need to know without having expertise on the civil rights movement. Having said that, however, I think readers are rewarded throughout the book as characters are offered windows through which they witness a much more massive social upheaval, framed within the last few months of Dr. Martin Luther King’s too-short life. There's no easy way to categorize this book, how would you describe Minimize

This hand-picked collection of inspiring stories of loyalty ... Read more

This hand-picked collection of inspiring stories of loyalty are a delight for families and lovers of our best friends with four legs. "A Dog of Flanders": A charming tale of love, friendship and a dog named Patrasche... Nello (David Ladd) and his grandfather (Donald Crisp) live a poor, unhappy life, until they find a wounded dog by the side of the road. They care for their new "friend," who recovers and gives Nello the hope to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. "A Dog's Tale": A boy's life is turned upside down when he finds himself transformed into a dog through a wish he makes. Facing the prospect of remaining a dog forever, the transformed boy sets out to find the "Professor" - a strange homeless man who told the young lad about the wishing star that changed him. Dodging police, angry farmers, wild bears and hitching rides of all sorts, our boy-turned-dog must depend on some help from his friend, his parents and the Professor to make things right. "Finn on The Fly": After moving to a new town, Peter, a shy 13-year-old boy, has trouble making friends. Luckily he has Finn, his life-loving Frisbee playing dog. After they stumble into their neighbor's secret science laboratory Finn sticks his nose where it doesn't belong and is accidentally transformed into a man. But even in his new body. Finn is still a dog at heart. "Sounder": Nathan Lee Morgan (Paul Winfield), an African-American sharecropper, steals food from his neighbor to feed his hungry family and is arrested, leaving his wife, Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), and their three children to endure the hardships of prejudice and poverty in the Depression-era South. Nominated for four Academy Awards(R) including Best Picture, this acclaimed film, directed by Martin Ritt and adapted from the Newbery Award-winning book, tells the coming-of-age story of a boy and his dog. Minimize

As a young adult, Judy Williams de Chantal left her job in ... Read more

As a young adult, Judy Williams de Chantal left her job in the Pacific Northwest to spend a year traveling throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia with a close friend from Canada. But being arrested in Turkey was not on her original itinerary-neither was the quiet French Canadian she was arrested with-nor the "American-speak" dentist who happened to be on jury duty. Nor were pretty much all of the conclusions Judy eventually arrived at on her journey. Significant Journey chronicles the adventures of one woman-jean clad and gypsy-footed, who survived on five dollars a day, a Mars bar, and a chunk of cheese for dinner as she traveled around the globe and unwittingly back into the arms of a Father she thought she left behind. A prodigal daughter in a Volkswagen van, it didn't matter how far she drove, Afghanistan, Greece, or Iran, even into the wilderness of western Canada- Judy sensed God's hand of protection at the end of every road she traveled. Minimize

The great composer Ludwig van Beethoven often disgraced him ... Read more

The great composer Ludwig van Beethoven often disgraced himself in public (he threw a bowl of hot stew at a waiter), was once arrested and charged with dereliction, and was widely believed to be mad. His clothes were so rumpled and dirty that street urchins would mock him. He had trouble holding on to servants, and what few friends he had , when they came to his flat, had to put up with stench from an unemptied chamber pot that he kept beside his piano. He became deaf. Mysterious ailments further isolated him from human society. Loneliness and desperation leap from the pages of his intimate letters and scribbled entries in his notebooks. He contemplated suicide. His relations with women were troubled and short-lived: at age forty he impulsively proposed marriage to a fifteen year old girl-who rejected him. Other liaisons came to naught. He wrote an opera about conjugal love in which the heroine, Leonora, rescues her husband from a dark cell under a fortress: one suspects this choice of subject reflects the composer's own need to be rescued, the need for such a woman in his own life. But a woman did come into his life-a woman different from all the others. She became his angel Leonora, whose identity he kept a secret from the world. After his death a few friends discovered a small compartment in his writing desk secured by a bent nail. In it was a three part love letter that he wrote to a woman who claimed that she loved him; he called her his "immortal beloved." We have long wondered who this woman is. We now believe she is Antonie Brentano. What took place between these lovers? Mr. Gregory's novel explores the fears and doubts that must have afflicted the great composer as the star-crossed lovers come together in a locked embrace. Minimize

The Impossible Years (1968) David Niven, Lola AlbrightDirec ... Read more

The Impossible Years (1968) David Niven, Lola AlbrightDirector: Michael GordonCo-stars: Chad Everett, Ozzie Nelson, Cristina Ferrare92 minutes, MetrocolorDVD-R: Region ALLA charming adaptation of the play by Bob Fisher and Arthur Marx (Groucho's son) that ran in 1965 on Broadway. The title refers to those years when a child goes from puberty to adulthood, and, although we've seen this generation gap story before, it is well-handled by the moviemakers and provides a large chunk of wit, peppered by insights. Niven is a psychiatrist working at a university. His speciality is teenage problems, and he is stunned to learn that his teenage daughter, Ferrare, has been arrested for protesting on campus. This is anathema, so Niven attempts to straighten Ferrare out. The first thing he does is suggest that she make some new friends. She does this, and soon the house is chock-full of kids, all making so much noise that his beloved peace and quiet is gone and he can't work on his latest research. He needs some time for himself, so he lets Ferrare sail to Catalina Island with a group of her friends. Niven and wife Albright are somewhat surprised by the return of Ferrare, who seems to have matured quite a bit over a weekend. Ferrare now admits that she married a man on Catalina. She won't tell them the name of her husband because they are threatening to have it annulled. Niven begins questioning all of her young male friends, but they deny being the husband. Ferrare is so embarrassed by this that she runs away, with Niven racing after her on a motorcycle. The chase ends on campus where Niven is thrown from the bike and lands at the feet of the members of the school board, who have just finished appointing him as the chief of the new psychiatric facility. Niven is relieved to learn that Ferrare has not married one of the slack-jawed youths but his colleague, Everett. All seems to be working itself out when the youngest daughter, Darleen Carr, enters and announces that she has a new boy friend. Niven and Albright realize then that the impossible years are not over.The film is somewhat dated (hippies and protests, etc.), but the woes of raising teenage daughters are timeless, and this is as good a depiction of those problems as any film you may see. Ferrare left movies to become the wife of auto magnate John De Lorean, by whom she had two children before they divorced. The excellent music was by Don Costa, one of Sinatra's favorite arrangers. The title song was written by the singing group the Tokens, and sung by another group, the Cowsills. The Tokens named themselves thus because they were one of the early black groups in the business. Minimize

The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachi ... Read more

The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail, stretches along the East Coast of the United States through some of the most arresting landscapes in America. In the company of a friend, Bill Bryson sets off to hike 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, rattle-snakes and poisonous plants. Facing savage weather and unreliable maps, Bryson gamely struggles through the wilderness to achieve a lifetime's ambition -- not to die outdoors. Minimize

A privileged pot-dealing high school dropout heads down a c ... Read more

A privileged pot-dealing high school dropout heads down a collision course with tragedy after his cousin is slain in Harlem and his best friend is arrested as the prime suspect in the killing. Inspired by author Nick McDonell's critically acclaimed novel Joel Schumacher's gritty inner-city drama tells the story of White Mike Chace Crawford a wayward teen who makes more money selling pot to rich kids from the Upper East Side than he ever would with a high school diploma. Spring break is here and everyone in Manhattan is looking for a sack. White Mike's spoiled clientele always springs for the good stuff making this an especially profitable time of the year. When White Mike's cousin winds up on the losing end of a deadly skirmish at an East Harlem housing project the drug-pushing dropout finds his comfortable existence shaken to the core. Minimize