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		<title>Pool Alarm to protect the Ones You Love</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How often do you pick up the newspaper or listen to the news and hear about a child who has lost his or her life to an accidental drowning? And how often are the events leading to the accident similar? The parent or parents were present but became preoccupied for several minutes only to discover [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How often do you pick up the newspaper or listen to the news and hear about a child who has lost his or her life to an accidental drowning? And how often are the events leading to the accident similar? The parent or parents were present but became preoccupied for several minutes only to discover the child missing. By the time the child is found, unfortunately it is too late. I don&#8217;t know about you, but my heart breaks whenever I hear about one of these scenarios. My mind wanders to my young grandson and I envision our family loosing him suddenly and I cannot even envision the pain.</p>
<p>The good news is that it doesn&#8217;t have to be this way in many situations. There will always be accidents- I not fool enough to believe every accident can be remedied. But for those pool owners, there is a real means of prevention in the way of a pool alarm. These alarms are cost efficient and when you look at the price compared to the loss that could be imposed, there is no price too high that compares to the loss of a child. According to the CDC, in 2007</p>
<p>    &#8211; Children in the age group 1 year to 4 years old had the highest rate of drowning accidents.<br />
    &#8211; Of children in the age group 1 year to 4 years old, 30% of accidental deaths for the age group were because of drowning.<br />
    &#8211; Most of the drowning of children in the age 1 to age 4 age group happened in residential pools.<br />
    &#8211; Most of the children listed above were in the care of one or both parents at the time of the drowning accident.</p>
<p>Moreover, again most of the children listed above were only out of sight for approximately 5 minutes. Looking at these statistics, if you are a pool owner and have small children in the family or grandchildren, is there any question that you need to have a pool alarm for your family&#8217;s protection?</p>
<p>The Pool Protector Pool Alarm automatically alarms whenever anything falls into the pool be it a child, pet, etc. The remote receiver can be mounted in your home up to 200 feet from the main unit, so you can be in other parts of the home and still be alerted to the danger about to occur. The alarm is loud and pulsating to catch you attention and alert you to go to the pool immediately. Simple to use and simple to install-there is no question that any pool owner should have an alarm to protect against the accidents that could occur as outlined above.</p>
<p>No one understands better than parents who have lost a child, what pain it causes and how it changes their life. Most drownings occur when a pool is unattended and a child wanders off. With a pool alarm, an alarm system signals the pool owner that someone or something has entered the unattended pool, offering time to get to the pool and possibly save a child&#8217;s life before the inevitable happens.</p>
<p>This summer enjoy your pool and water fun, but use precautions and install a pool alarm so that when summer is over, you can look over the fun and have no regrets or heartbreak. Only fun and family and isn&#8217;t that what life is all about.</p>
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		<title>Make Your Own Easter Eggs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sure with the Easter holiday coming up everybody want to make sure that they have everything in order and because of that they are going to be ready to go. Simply you can just go out and find the Easter eggs that you want. Besides that there&#8217;s still some other alternative that, you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-110" title="unique easter eggs" src="http://www.michiganchinaadoption.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/unique-easter-eggs.gif" alt="unique easter eggs" width="264" height="158" />I am sure with the Easter holiday coming up everybody want to make sure that they have everything in order and because of that they are going to be ready to go. Simply you can just go out and find the Easter eggs that you want. Besides that there&#8217;s still some other alternative that, you make your own Easter eggs if you really want to have fun with it and get into the holiday.</p>
<p>There are chocolate Easter eggs that you can make, peanut butter chocolate eggs and a lot of great ideas other that you can work with and which will not only enjoyable for you to make, but also that <a href="http://www.michiganchinaadoption.com/">your kids</a> will love and which are sure to the subject in the household. If you want to make your own Easter eggs, here is the most fundamental ways of how to do it, and some ideas on how to make them truly unique and all your own.</p>
<p><strong>Cream Filled Easter Eggs</strong><br />
This is the best Easter eggs that you can easily make at home, not to mention the most delicious too. To make them, you&#8217;ll need 250 ml unsalted butter softened, 5 ml of salt, 15 ml vanilla extract, 1 can of sweet uncondensed milk, 1.5 kg of powdered sugar, plus extra to clean the eggs, a yellow gel food coloring, and 1 kg of brown melt.</p>
<p>Now to prepare yourself, you want to combine the butter, salt and vanilla, and then you use an electric mixer on medium and beat this mixture until light and fluffy. This will take about two minutes, and then you want to add the condensed milk and beat, be sure to scrape the bowl when you have so no powder residue left on the side or bottom of the bowl.</p>
<p>Then you want to add powdered sugar, continue mixing until the dough becomes tough and then you want to transfer this mixture to a table that has a fair bit of flour on the surface so the dough will not stick to the table. Add a few drops of food coloring to your favorite color and then you want to roll into an oval, and chill in the refrigerator is. Then when they&#8217;ve finished you can dip them in every kind of sauce you want such as chocolate or peanut butter, and you can decorate these Easter eggs whatever you want.</p>
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		<title>Tools For Rural Rustic Decor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For farming tools is the popular name attached to them utensils used in those tasks or agricultural field. Although would also encompassed those everyday utensils that could be found in a house in rural area. Farming tools. Value of Antiquities these items, now considered antiques, is that they are accruing craft, or manufactured in limited [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-18" title="rural rustic decor antiques" src="http://www.michiganchinaadoption.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rural-rustic-decor-antiques.jpg" alt="rural rustic decor antiques" width="250" height="187" />For farming tools is the popular name attached to them utensils used in those tasks or agricultural field. Although would also encompassed those everyday utensils that could be found in a house in rural area.</p>
<p>Farming tools. Value of Antiquities these items, now considered antiques, is that they are accruing craft, or manufactured in limited series. You can even find variations from one locality to another. These old items and antiques, have passed from generation to generation, and at one point lost its usefulness, even going to disappear. Some of these old tools today are unique pieces of antique furniture, which have the ability to make us remember how people lived and worked in the past. The original purpose of these ancient objects was not to create art, this would be away from the functionality and need for rural tasks. However, some of these objects give off a surprisingly artistic character. Some of these implements were manufactured and decorated by its owners, others were manufactured by skilled artisans and others were made to order. Currently, these objects can have an artistic purpose as elements of rustic decor. It is our understanding of rustic decor.</p>
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