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- Octomom Nadya Suleman sells nursing bra, kids' Halloween costumes - Washington Post
- Give Your Shoes More Traction - Associated Content
- R Ur Kids on Drugs? - Forbes
| Octomom Nadya Suleman sells nursing bra, kids' Halloween costumes - Washington Post Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:39 AM PDT Posted by Sarah Anne Hughes Just when you thought it was safe to go onto the Internet... She's back! Nadya Suleman, better known as the controversial Octomom, held a garage sale last Saturday on the lawn of her La Habra home to raise money for the bare necessities. "It's just a matter of survival: Food, shelter and clothing," Suleman told the Orange County Register. "There are financial troubles." I'll say. Suleman's home will go into foreclosure Oct. 9 if she can't come up with a $450,000 mortgage payment. So obviously the best way to come up with nearly half a million dollars is... a garage sale! Items for sale included an autographed nursing bra, a fridge and eight devil costumes worn by her children. While the children themselves weren't for sale, photographs with the octuplets were available for $100. If for some reason you feel that owning Ocotomom memorabilia is a good investment, you can purchase a piece online. Rick.com is hosting auctions for several items including the octuplets' first pairs of shoes. And with the current bid below $20, that's quite a deal. "She's struggling right now," her lawyer Jeff Czech told People magazine. "Recently, things have begun to get dire. But several times in the past, just when things got bad, the money comes in. She's hopeful things will work out." For the sake of her 14 children -- that's the octuplets plus her other six kids -- I hope Mr. Czech is right. But for some wacky reason, I think it's going to take more to than a garage sale to get Suleman out of her "dire" situation. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Give Your Shoes More Traction - Associated Content Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:09 AM PDT Have you ever had a pair of shoes that were so slick you were afraid to wear them outside of the house? Shoes with no or barely any traction can be a challenge on any flooring. Even carpeting can cause you to go into  I have a pair of flats that are so slick I can't walk on carpet in them. Forget hard wood flooring; these shoes have never been on my feet for longer than a minute or so, and sit in the box. Being afraid to wear my fancier shoes out of the house is a true pain come Sunday, when I need church shoes to wear and am usually resorting to my work shoes to avoid falling on my face. So I remembered on a whim that simple little technique my grandma used to use on all of her shoes and all her kids' shoes when they were small. Band aids! I had forgotten all about this quick little technique. Band aids (cloth or the traditional rubbery ones) stuck on the bottom of the shoe (length of band aid to width of shoe so the band aid is sideways across the underside toe and heel of the shoe) is an excellent solution for gaining traction on slippery shoes. The texture of a band aid immediately gives the shoe some sticking power to surfaces and allows you to gain proper footing when walking on hardwood, linoleum and carpet. A simple and cheap solution to your slick shoes! Placing a band aid under the heel and toe of the shoe provides ample traction, and the rubbery band aids do more than the cloth ones, although either ones will do. If you have the really thick square band aids, all the better. For toddler shoes just put one band aid up and down along the bottom of the shoe for kiddie traction. Works great! I now have traction on my flats- the only issue now is these shoes can be walked in without falling on my butt, but are so uncomfortable I wish I hadn't got them. Oh well. At least now I can walk in them without falling. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2010 06:58 AM PDT STATESBORO, Ga., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The text messages on a child's phone look innocent enough. "I want a Ben and Jerry's." "Is Lori in town?" "I'm fixing a BLT." "I want a Bean Burrito." Most parents would assume their teenager is going for an ice cream, looking for their friend Lori, making a bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwich, but decides on a bean burrito instead. Unfortunately, their assumptions are wrong. The text messages actually mean: "I want ice or crystal meth." "Is there any Lorcet?" "I'm fixing a blunt." "I want Ecstasy." A 2008 study by CTIA-The Wireless Association showed four out of five teens carried a wireless device and 47 percent of them reported that they can text with their eyes closed. According to Robert W. Mooney, M.D., addiction psychiatrist for Willingway Hospital, it is imperative for parents to have their eyes wide open to code names for illicit drugs as part of their diligence in helping to prevent drug abuse among today's youth. "Even before electronic messaging, it was difficult for parents to ask specifically about their child's behavior," said Dr. Mooney. "Parents have always been the last to know. But now parents are behind the eight ball because they tend to be fairly naive about electronic devices and technology which adds to the difficulty in addressing this. Parents don't need to be cyber spies or cyber police, but need to continue to be highly involved in their children's lives in an electronic age." Other translations for common drug-related teen text talk: -- "Has anyone seen tina?"- Another code for crystal meth. -- "What you know 'bout them tree?" - Code for pot, or marijuana. -- "U seen that white girl?" - Code for cocaine. -- "U seen elvis and blue suede shoes?"- Code for blue lorcets, or prescription pain killers. -- "Elvis has left the building." - The drug dealer is gone. -- "Are you coming to pick up the girls or the boys?" - A drug dealer asking if teen wants cocaine or heroin, respectively. -- "The eagle has landed."- Code for drugs are ready for pick-up. Communities around the country are increasingly trying to become part of the solution to the ongoing drug abuse problem among today's youth. As an example, Willingway Hospital is partnering with the Statesboro Police Department to sponsor a community forum for interested parents, educators, youth pastors and counselors as part of September's National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month 2010. Treatment professionals and representatives from the Statesboro Police Department will educate the community about how teens use mobile messaging to communicate about drugs, the signs of alcohol and drug use in young adults, and trends of drug use and abuse in city. "Mothers and fathers need to be very aware of what's going on with their child's computer," said Scott Brunson, Captain of the Criminal Investigative Division of the Statesboro Police Department. "In addition to shortcut language and slang terms, the Internet provides ample information on how to make crack, how to manufacture methamphetamines, and how to beat a drug test." Often though, drugs that are being misused come right from the unknowing parents. "A lot of drugs that are in the home medicine cabinet have a value in cyber space. Social networking provides an avenue to find drugs a lot easier. A child can instantly send out a Facebook message to hundreds of friends to check out other parents' medicine cabinets. This creates a significantly efficient market for pharmaceuticals, as families' medicine cabinets now become part of the drug scene," added Dr. Mooney. Dr. Mooney advises parents to routinely clean out their medicine cabinet to discard unused drugs and to create an electronic "cone of silence" where TVs, cell phones, laptops and Blackberries are turned off so meaningful face-to-face conversations can take place with children about what is expected of them. "Parents should feel empowered to 'disempower' the electronics, ultimately helping their children face down the temptations of drug abuse," added Dr. Mooney. About Willingway Hospital Willingway Hospital is a privately owned, 40-bed hospital specializing in the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction. Founded in 1971 by the late John Mooney, Jr., M.D. and his wife, the late Dot Mooney, the hospital is recognized as one of the first treatment facilities in the United States. It is located in Statesboro, Ga., on a serene and wooded 11-acre campus. Willingway offers a full range of services including assessments, medical detoxification, inpatient/residential, intensive outpatient, family counseling, extended treatment for men and women and continuing care. For more information, visit www.willingway.com. SOURCE Willingway Hospital Copyright 2009 PR Newswire All rights reserved. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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