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Anyone wanting to recover from alcoholism needs to be aware of the treatment steps that full recovery involves: intervention, detoxification and rehabilitation. If you are an alcoholic and want to recover from the disease, then you will need to take these steps in order if you wish to get the right treatment to be able to fully recover. Make no mistake, you will not be able to travel the road to recovery alone. Your best chance of full recovery is to join a rehabilitation program so that you have proper care and treatment once you start experiencing withdrawal symptoms when you stop drinking alcohol. The professional support provided by such a program will help you prepare for a life without alcohol.

If you want to stop drinking alcohol, then it's important to choose the right rehab programs for you. You could do your research on the Internet, but it's best to get your own physician involved. Going into a rehab program is a life changing experience and being prepared with the right information will help you follow through with your treatment, which will be challenging at best. There will be other recovering alcohols undergoing the same experiences and treatment as you, so that you will not feel like you are alone in your recovery. It will take time, determination and a lot of hard work to leave alcoholism behind you and there are many treatments that will help you in the process.

AA meetings may not be enough for you and it's then that you will benefit from having a good support system in place in the form of family and friends who will actively get involved in your recovery. If alcohol is controlling your life, then you may not realize the harm you are doing to not only yourself, but also to those who love you.

You can expect the detoxification process to take from 2 up to 4 weeks -- the duration of the detox is related to your level of dependency. During the process, you will be stopping cold turkey and there will be trained medical professionals to help you through the withdrawal symptoms. After the detoxification has taken place, your rehabilitation begins. Counseling sessions can be very beneficial to you then and not only you will have the opportunity to talk about your problems with a professional, but also your loved ones may also undergo counselling.

As alcoholism can be a life threatening illness that affects not only you, but also your family, it is vital that you find the right form of help so that you have every chance of beating your dependency and can enjoy a long and healthy, alcohol-free life.

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The main type of work I do is repairing Hewlett Packard laser printers. It really doesnt matter which type of machine that you repair, it is always a good idea to have a service manual handy. I work on the same equipment almost daily but I will always need to reference a service manual at any point in time.

I remember being in a customers office and reading the service guide for an adjustment I was performing. I wasnt aware of it but the customer had called into the office to complain that I didnt know what I was doing, just because I was reading the service manual. I still dont know what was up with that customer but to me I would be more worried if the technician didnt have a service manual than if he just did everything by the seat of his pants. Now, I just go outside to look up what I need because of that one incident. Why some people feel that you dont know what you are doing if you use a service manual is beyond me.

Manuals are very useful and here are some practical uses. Tear down and disassembly, finding part numbers, adjustment procedures, precise measurements, supply yield information, error codes/self diagnostics and more.

If you find yourself in a situation where you dont have a service manual for a particular machine I feel your pain. The cost is minimal especially compared to the extra time spent doing the job incorrectly and then having to redo it again. Invest in some guides and skim through them. I guarantee you that you will find something of value and it will help with what ever you work on. I have saved myself hours of work just from the disassembly procedures.

For this article I will be posting many Hewlett Packard Laser Printer Service and Parts Guides on my website all free for download in PDF form. Follow the link at the end of this article. I hope this helps, Good Luck!

Bill Tucker has been in the office equipment and supply industry for over 20 years and has several published industry related articles that help the end-user as well as the technician.

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Owning a craftsman home plan is like owning a piece of history. Some of America's most prominent architects designed the Craftsman style home. The designer we think of most was Gustave Stickly. Mr. Stickly started off his career as a furniture designer. After finding great success with his furniture designs he branched our to house plans. He developed the craftsman home design.

The design is known for its simplicity. These homes are normally informal. Charm just oozes from this home design. The curb appeal of these homes makes them a hot commodity in the housing market today.

"The Craftsman," magazine created by Gustave Sickly promoted the craftsman style. Craftsmans homes gained their name from this very magazine. The homes show off artistry in their home construction and interior furnishing. The craftsman home was for the do it yourselfer. Mr. Stickly urged people to take the craftsman home plan and build it themselves. The original design made it affordable and available to the average home owner.

Mr. Stickly does not get sole created for the homes popularity. Other top designers of the time like Henry Mather Green and Charles Sumner Greene also made this style of home common to the average consumer. These two men meshed arts and crafts with wooden buildings from Japan and China. Like so many other new house plans being developed in the US, the craftsman found its home in California as well.

The influence of the Arts & Crafts movement during the 1800's in England gave the Craftsman house plan its foundation. This movement was started by John Ruskin, William Morris, and other English designers. The informality and simplicity of the plan was contradicted the Victorian period and the effects of the industrial revolution.

The exterior of craftsman homes differ as you cross the US. In the west craftsman homes are found with stucco and wood. In the Midwest homes are widely found with brick exteriors. As you travel further east you will find homes with more shingles on the facade.

This homes feature
* Wood, stone, or stucco siding
* Low-pitched roof
* Wide eaves with triangular brackets
* Exposed roof rafters
* Porch with thick square or round columns
* Stone porch supports
* Exterior chimney made with stone
* Open floor plans; few hallways
* Numerous windows
* Some windows with stained or leaded glass
* Beamed ceilings
* Dark wood wainscoting and moldings
* Built-in cabinets, shelves, and seating

Today more and more home developments are designing their new communities after the craftsman style house. These homes are inviting and welcoming making them a perfect fit for young families and starter homes.

Charity Adams is an HGTV and Home Improvement Junkie. Charity enjoys researching craftsman house plans and home improvement. For more information on house plans including Craftsman House Plans, check out Charity's Craftsman House Plan page. http://myhouseplansonline.com

Are you one of those people who appreciate good things. Can you appreciate quality when you see it. Do you admire luxurious atmospheric settings. Carpet flooring has a way of making you feel a certain way. Many smart businesses have picked up on the idea of how you feel when you enter a place of retail or executive business and many homes today are decorated according to the carpet flooring that has been selected and the mood it gives to the room. There is such a wide variety of choice these days that it is often hard to select the proper carpet for your particular need. This article will not only give some tips on carpet flooring choices but also why many people are choosing it these days.

Carpet flooring has been around for quite awhile and yet there are many new surprises all the time not only in design but texture as well. We live in a push button world of convenience and comfort. That's why you will find carpet flooring available in a multitude of styles and heights. Depending on the room you want to cover, you will need to decide how much traffic the carpeting is going to have to endure, and how hard it is going to be to maintain that beautiful look and appearance. For instance, you may want a more plush look for some rooms and not so plush in others. Carpet flooring has come a long way not only in appearance but in endurance as well.

If you are placing carpet flooring in the living room of your home, you may want to choose a more plush type of carpeting as it will not only add a touch of elegance, but it will create a more inviting social atmosphere when entertaining. If you are looking for carpet flooring for a family room you may not want to go plush. You may want to go with a shorter knap, more endurable type of carpeting. This type of carpeting will withstand more traffic and is usually easier to clean up spills or food. It is usually a lower pile of carpeting and made more child friendly. Carpet flooring is still as popular today as in the past because there are so many different options to choose from.

Carpet flooring provides a quieter floor versus a floor that is made of hardwood or tile. Every time you walk across a tile or hardwood floor you are going to hear whomever is doing the walking. On carpet flooring you may not even know someone has walked into the room as the carpeting will cushion the noise. You can find carpet flooring in just about any home improvement or building supply store along with specialty flooring stores that sell exclusively carpet flooring supplies.

For more information on flooring try visiting http://flooring-solution.com, a website that specializes in providing helpful flooring tips, advice and resources to include Carpet Flooring and more.

Rather than focusing on breast cancer, Wise Women choose to concentrate on keeping our breasts healthy through wise lifestyle and dietary choices.

The following tips may amaze you, since the actions and foods they suggest run counter to many alternative views of cancer prevention. They are supported with strong research, however - from the lab, with animals, and in long-term human studies. Thus, each of these tips has a solid scientific basis, unlike the assertions made by those intent on selling you their opinions and products.

Embarking on even one of these suggestions will definitely lower your risk of breast cancer. Using them all is even better. And as a special treat, I have added three extras. Look for lots more tips for keeping your breasts healthy in my book Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way, recommended by many oncologists and breast health specialists including Dr. Susan Love. And please visit my special breast health website: http://www.breasthealthbook.com

1. Be more active

Evidence continues to accumulate that a vigorous lifestyle is one of the best ways to cut breast cancer risk. A study of 20,624 Norwegian women found those who exercised or worked out regularly cut their breast cancer risk by 72%. (NEJM, 5/1/1997)

For breast health I walk every day, take a weekly yoga class, and do tai chi twice a week.

2. Eat more unrefined seed foods

All seeds provide phytoestrogens. Women who eat the most phytoestrogenic foods are four times less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than those who eat the least. "No study has shown a degree of risk reduction similar to that found for phytoestrogens ..." (Lancet, 10/4/1997)

Whole grains such as wheat, rice, corn, kasha, millet, and quinoa are unrefined seed foods. Beans such as lentils, black beans, pinto beans, lima beans, and chickpeas are unrefined seed foods. Nuts including peanuts, walnuts, almonds, and pecans are unrefined seed foods. And edible seeds such as sesame, sunflower, and pumpkin are unrefined seed foods. Fruits and vegetables that are eaten with their seeds - such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, kiwi fruit, summer squash, tomatoes, and cucumbers - count as unrefined seed foods. Even seeds used as seasonings count, such as cumin, coriander, caraway, anise, and dill seeds.

For breast health, I have replaced all refined carbohydrates - including white rice and white/unbleached flour products such as pasta, bread, cookies, crackers, pretzels, bagels, donuts, and cakes - with whole grain products.

3. Eat less vegetable oil; increase animal fat, especially from dairy products

"Diets high in corn oil leave animals especially vulnerable to chemically induced cancers" say researchers. (Science News, 6/24/89; 10/2/99) Frightening as this statement is, it is not true only of corn oil but of all vegetable (or seed) oils including those made from soy, sesame, sunflower, cottonseed, flax, and hemp.

If you are dubious about eating more animal fat and dairy products to reduce breast cancer risk, consider this landmark study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine (1/12/1998). To determine if food affected breast cancer risk. The diets of 61,000 Swedish women between the ages of 40-76 were followed for four years. The results? For every 5 grams (about a teaspoonful) of vegetable oil consumed per day, breast cancer risk increased by 70%. In contrast, for each 10 grams of fat from meat and dairy products in the daily diet, breast cancer risk was decreased by 55%.

Another study, begun in the early 1970s, followed 4,000 Finnish women's diets for 25 years. Results recently released found that those who "drank the most milk had only half the breast cancer risk of those who drank the least."

American researchers agree. According to a report in International Journal of Cancer (2001), women who drank milk as children and continued drinking it as adults had half the rate of breast cancer of non-milk drinkers. (Yes, I do buy organic milk, but the studies used regular supermarket milk.)

Why? Galactose, the primary sugar in milk, slows ovarian production of estradiol, a cancer-promoting hormone. Additionally, milk is rich in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), a fat known to suppress breast tumors in animals.

For breast health I use yogurt, cheese, milk, butter, and olive oil daily, and eat meat occasionally.

Remember that olive oil is pressed from a fruit, not a seed. Women whose diets are high in olive oil, and who eat meat and dairy products regularly, have the lowest rates of breast cancer in the world. (Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1/18/1995)

4. Eat less tofu and soy beverage; eat more miso and tamari

While it is true that if you begin eating soy foods as a child and continue throughout puberty the breast tissues you create during your adolescence will be highly resistant to cancer until after menopause. However, if you begin eating unfermented soy (tofu, soy milk, and the like) after puberty, your risk of breast cancer increases. (Science News, 4/24/1999)

The active ingredient in soy - isoflavone - when given to breast cancer cells in petri dishes causes them to grow rapidly. (Extracts of dong quai and licorice have a similar effect.)

Miso and tamari - fermented soy foods - are the exceptions. Both are strongly cancer preventative, no matter when you start eating them. Animal studies have found both miso and tamari highly effective in preventing cancer, even in mice genetically programmed to get breast cancer. And the more you eat, the more you lower your risk of cancer.

For breast health, I use miso and/or tamari every day. I occasionally eat tofu or edemame. I drink no soy milk, and eat no other soy products of any kind.

5. Eat foods rich in antioxidants; avoid supplements of vitamins C and E

A diet that contains plenty of foods rich in antioxidants definitely lowers breast cancer risk. But supplements seem to do the opposite.

Doctors in Stockholm observed that, among breast cancer patients, treatment failures were higher for women taking vitamin E supplements - and the failure rate increased with dose. Studying this effect, researchers found that the anti-cancer benefits of fish oils "disappeared when [we] gave ... antioxidant vitamins. In fact, when mice with breast cancer were given vitamin E supplements "the more we gave them, the bigger their tumors grew." The authors conclude that vitamin E supplements "preferentially protect a cancer and even aid its spread." (Science News, 4/29/1995 and 7/15/1995)

Supplements of vitamin C (synthetic ascorbic acid) are poorly used by body tissues. But cancer cells seem to thrive on it. (Cancer Research, 9/15/1999) One new "chemotherapy" links a lethal form of zinc to an ascorbic acid molecule; when the cancer eats the ascorbic acid, the zinc is set free to kill the cancer cell.

For breast health I eat 5-7 servings of dark green and bright red/orange foods daily.

Besides being active, choosing a diet high in phytoestrogens, eating one or more servings of dairy products daily, using miso and tamari regularly, and avoiding vitamin supplements, here are three more things you can do to help prevent breast cancer:

6.Sleep in the dark

Exposure to light at night increases the risk of breast cancer. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (8/17/2001) reports that chronic suppression of melatonin - an anti-cancer hormone made only in the dark - increases breast cancer risk by at least 36%.

For breast health, be certain there is no light (except from the moon) in the room where you sleep. Not even a night-light. Not the light from a clock. Not the little lights on electronics.

7. Drink red clover blossom infusion

Red clover is a potent anti-cancer herb. It contains ten times more phytoestrogens than soy, and in a more complete form. I have seen it clear in situ cancers and pre-cancerous polyps hundreds of times. Since many breast cancers take 7-10 years to become big enough to be seen on a mammogram, I drink a quart of red clover infusion every week and skip the mammogram.

To prepare the infusion:

• Place one ounce, by weight (about a cup by volume), of dried red clover in a quart canning jar.
  
• Fill the jar to the top with boiling water and lid tightly.
  
• Let steep for four hours or overnight.
  
• Strain and drink.
  
• Refrigerate excess and drink within 24-36 hours.

For breast health, I drink red clover infusion regularly.

8. Eat seaweed as a vegetable

If the long-lived and cancer-free Japanese have a secret, it is seaweed, not soy. A sprinkling of kelp as a seasoning is nice, and so are nori rolls - but neither does much to prevent cancer. For that we must eat seaweed as a vegetable - at least a half-cup serving per week. Wakame, kombu, kelp, and alaria are especially effective, but sea palm fronds, hijiki, nori, and dulse may be used on occasion.

There is a rich variety of seaweeds available in Chinese grocery stores, health food stores, and by mail. Seaweed recipes are available in many books (including my herbal Healing Wise).

These eight tips - five easy ones and three more difficult ones - will vastly increase your chances of living to be a wild, wise old woman with healthy breasts. That's the Wise Woman Way the world round.

Legal Disclaimer: This content is not intended to replace conventional medical treatment. Any suggestions made and all herbs listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, condition or symptom. Personal directions and use should be provided by a clinical herbalist or other qualified healthcare practitioner with a specific formula for you. All material contained herein is provided for general information purposes only and should not be considered medical advice or consultation. Contact a reputable healthcare practitioner if you are in need of medical care. Exercise self-empowerment by seeking a second opinion.

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Everybody is talking about VOIP these days. You get VOIP advertisements in your cable bill, in your electric bill, in your credit card statements, and see it advertised on TV all the time.

What is VOIP and is it right for you? First of all, VOIP stands for Voice Over IP or Voice over Internet Protocol, and it is the hardware and software that allows you to make and receive phone calls over your high-speed Internet connection. Many people have VOIP these days and many of them have eliminated the phone they had with their local phone company after determining that VOIP works well for them.

But with all the VOIP service providers out there, how do you know which one is the right one or the best one for you? First you need to take a couple of steps back and remember one of the very core things that is required for a VOIP connection. That core thing is a fast and reliable high-speed Internet connection. Studies have shown that in far more than 95% of situations where a customer has complained about lousy VOIP service, the problem was not with the VOIP service but was their lousy Internet connection instead.

So before you can determine which VOIP provider is going to be your best choice, you need to first look at the company that is providing your high-speed Internet connection and determine realistically if they are providing enough pizzazz to allow VOIP to work for you. Is your connection spotty and slow? Does it slow to a crawl sometimes for no apparent reason whatsoever? Does it disconnect you every so often for no reason? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then chances are that you should get a different high-speed Internet provider before you consider trying to use VOIP, because the likelihood is high that you will not be happy with your VOIP solution from ANY VOIP service provider.

For a residential VOIP connection, that is going to be either DSL or cable Internet service. VOIP will not work well on a dial-up connection, and VOIP will also not work well with a satellite high-speed connection. If you have a T1 line, VOIP will almost certainly work, but a T1 line is typically for business instead of residential since it costs several hundred dollars per month, so you probably don't have a T1 line at home.

Assuming you have a stable and reliable high-speed Internet connection at home, your choices for a VOIP vendor are pretty much wide open. Believe it or not, one of the places NOT to get VOIP service is directly from your cable company. Why? Because from what I have consistently seen, the VOIP service from your cable or DSL company is about twice the price of what VOIP service should cost. That is a pretty steep price to pay just for the convenience of having your DSL or cable on the same bill as your VOIP service, which is the ONLY advantage I can see.

Almost all the VOIP service providers offer a very similar system with very similar features call waiting, voice mail, call block, unlimited local calling, unlimited long distance calling. More features than that are gravy, and you should take a long hard look at those features to see if they are worth the higher cost. Some companies offer a substantial discount if you pay for a full year up front, which brings the monthly cost of the VOIP service (including unlimited long distance) below $17 per month.

Just a note about the "unlimited long distance" aspect that most of the VOIP providers advertise it is not true. By definition, the word "unlimited" means "without limits". But in reality, if your long distance minutes are more than about 2500 to 3000 minutes per month, you can expect a short and tactless letter from your VOIP provider asking why you are using that many minutes on a residential phone, and to let you know in no uncertain terms that they expect to see fewer minutes used in the future.

For more information and to see recommended VOIP Service Providers please visit our web site at http://www.voipinsideinfo.com

A bad credit history is like having contracted an infectious disease. At least this is what most lenders perceive. Any requests for personal loans by people with a bad credit history are generally declined. They are charged an extravagantly high rate of interest, if advanced personal loans.

What these lenders fail to recognize is that the people who are currently rated as a bad credit case were sometimes having a good credit history. Some acts of the past, which were sometimes inevitable, became the reason for theirs being tarnished with bad credit.

It will be illogical to punish the people for acts of the past. Besides there are few means to guarantee that a person otherwise rated as a perfect credit case, may default on the loan.

Lenders have slowly started accepting the fact. The growing number of people falling in the trap of bad credit has brought home the fact that they cannot do without doing business with these people.

Besides opening practically every loan for people with bad credit, more and more loan products have come up to cater to the specialized group. There are similar options for the people with bad credit, as for the people with a good or average credit.

Bad credit personal loans are used for a variety of purposes like buying a car or going on a holiday. They are also widely used in debt consolidation.

Bad credit becomes irrelevant if the person has and is ready to keep some asset as collateral. The main idea behind the refusal to the people with bad credit is that they fear that the default will be repeated. With a collateral to back the personal loan, the lender is assured that the loan would not be defaulted. The borrower knows that he will have to lose the asset, generally home, if he defaults on the loan.

The requirement of collateral can be done away with in case of an unsecured personal loan. Lenders rarely offer such loans. A good credit history is a pre-requisite in such loans. But, there are always some lenders who take consideration of your case. Lenders accept borrowers with a bad credit history because of inevitable reasons.

Bad credit personal loans normally carry a higher rate of interest. This is because of the higher risk potential in such loans. One may also be overcharged on this account. The borrowers are asked to pay a hefty charge and have to face some inflexible terms of payment.

Nevertheless, there are lenders who charge reasonably lower rates of interest. Taking a loan is not a trivial matter. It puts an important asset to stake. It also affects the financial condition of the borrower. This makes a proper search for the loan a priority. Gone are the days when searching the loan market would have raised hackles of people. Today searching has become much simpler, thanks to the power of information technology.

The selection of the most appropriate lender is not that easy a task. Though made simpler through information technology, ones mental faculties are the best resort in the selection process. Lenders generally promise many features along with the loan. Borrowers take this bait and fall in the trap. Failing to maintain an optimum balance between an immediate comfort and a future comfort also leads to this trap.

Deciding the monthly repayments and the number of installments further strain your mental faculties. An expert advice from knowledgeable people will help in this decision. Being aware of ones financial condition, the borrower can decide the various details of the loan in a much better manner. Thus, the final decision is reserved with the borrower himself.

A bad credit personal loan has a positive impact on ones credit history, provided the repayments to the loan are made regularly.

James Taylor holds a Masters degree in Commerce from JNU he is working as financial consultant for

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In this article we will look at how to start a digital info business and earn money from it. It is not as hard as you might think.

Did you know that over 1 million people go on the internet every month looking for ways to earn money. No matter how you do it eventually you have to provide information to your customers. If you go to a retail store you will get help in person. If a person comes to a website they are looking for information. Your website is your store.

You can make money selling information that is unique and fresh. As long as it solves a problem or answers a question there is a potential sale for you. You can start a new digital info business or incorporate it into an existing business.

One fast way to start your own digital info business is buying and selling products with resell rights. You buy a product and then have the right to sell it and keep the money. This is quick because the product is already developed and ready to go.

You make changes to the way your present the product. This is called changing the packaging and people have been that in marketing since the beginning of time. When you buy a resell rights product you can not change the product in any way.

A digital info business is great for many different reasons. Here are a couple that may help convince you to start one of your own.

First of all you are in control. If you work at a job your boss controls what you do. You work when they say. You get paid what they say you are worth. You take a vacation when they say. This is good in that you do have a regular check coming in every month.

Contrast with a digital info business. You work when you want. You get paid based on how many sales you want. You can work anywhere in the world that you have internet connection. Your income is never capped and to make more money you create more digital products to sell.

Another great thing about a digital info business is how fast you can set it up. We talked about selling resell rights products The hardest thing about that is getting your advertising and marketing in place. This is true for most internet businesses.

You have to get traffic to your site. The other thing is getting a website, blog, or sales letter that will convert some of this traffic into buyers. You will have to master this technique as well.

The nice thing about digital info products is how easy they are to collect for and to deliver. Because the product is internet based you can offer instant access. This is a valuable sales tool in it's own right and plays on your customers emotions of excitement and greed. Instant access is great for overcoming refunds as well. Your customer gets to experience the digital product right now when they most want it.

Because they have a long shelf life digital info products can be access over and over for years to come. A membership site can be logged into, a downloaded ebook in a pdf file can be saved to your desktop and read in as quick as a click. An audio product or video product can be saved and accessed virtually at anytime.

Are you starting to get the idea about digital products. To start a digital info business you need a product, a money making website or blog, traffic or visitors, and a way to provide instant access. Do this over and over and you will be making great money and providing a great service to your customers as well.

Almin Cehajic is experienced webmaster and resell rights products marketer. He writes informative articles on various topics, especially on resell rights business. If you are interested in products with resell rights visit his new website: http://www.resellrightsprofessional.com