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Spick and span homes make us feel good. Sadly, when they are not, it can cause stress. As if, we should always be doing something about the situation. Being surrounded in clutter makes it difficult to relax and anjoy home life. Seeking organization help could make all the difference in the world. You are spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting racks and shelves for home storage problems. In the garage, storage racks can be bought to accommodate just about everything from tools to bikes.

Shiny chrome wire can be used elsewhere too, such as in the pantry for home food storage. Also, kitchen shelves can help free space on the counter by removing hardly used appliances. The usage of shelves for home organizational needs is only limited by one’s imagination. In small bedroom where a side table is impossible, the use of corner shelving can offer a place for an alarm clock, or a book. For small items, you could try decorated boxes as an alternative to open shelves, thus freeing some shelf space.

In the living room, den or bedroom you can place a CD or DVD storage rack to provide an easy solution for eliminating those messy heaps. Placing one by the computer can also come in handy. There is just no limit for the uses of shelves for home beautification. Wood or wire shelving are useful for organizing closets, somewhere out of sight for storage. Regrettably, you may need more help outside in the the garage and yard shed, than inside.

On the outside of the home in the garden shed and garage, we also tend to let things get piled up. Garden tool organizers can do a great job for these areas. Have you thought of using a metal locker to keep poisonous substances, like chemicals and pesticides, out of the reach of children. When you are putting up shelves for home use, be sure that they are mounted securely to the wall. Additionally, make sure they are right for the amount of weight they will take. Shelving can be a hazard if not installed correctly, so always put safety first. Whatever you might use, make sure it is correct for that task.

When your garage shelving is as you want it, then why not get on with other shelving solutions?

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$1699 per month Large furnished 2 bedroom apartment is available for the months of January to April. This bright and spacious, beautifully furnished apartment is located in heart of the excitement, trendy Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. The apartment is located 3 blocks from Main St. and 5th Ave. in historical Mount Pleasant, which is full of trendy boutiques, cafes and restaurants.

Only a 5 minute walk to the Olympic Village, a 10 minute walk to GM Place and is only one bus stop away from the Canada Line, which takes you directly to the Richmond Olympic Oval for speed-skating and Vancouver International Airport. The Vancouver Olympic Centre (for curling) is only 7 minutes by bus and UBC Thunderbird Stadium (hockey) is 20 minutes away on the direct bus line – both buses stop right outside. Or, park your car and drive to Cypress or Whistler Mountain.

The apartment is ideally Suite comfortably sleep 4 people – responsible and conscientious visitors, looking for a quiet and comfortable environment. No pets or smoking.

Apartment Features:

• 960 sq.ft. of living space
• Dishwasher
• Insuite Washer and Dryer
• Fridge
• Stove
• Iron & Ironing Board
• Vacuum and cleaning supplies included
• Additional clothing storage in wall unit closets
• Full Bathroom: Shower, Bathtub, Plenty of Towels and Linens
• Hotel quality linens and towels provided
• Solid wood Espresso dinning table suitable for 6-8
• Dishes and cooking utensils provided
• Built-in wine rack
• Controlled heating
• Wheelchair accessible (Elevator)

Living Room:

• 2 large comfortable sofas
• 42″ LCD flat screen TV in the living room
• DVD player: over 100 cds and movies
• CD Player with sound system
• High Speed Wireless Internet

Balcony:

• BBQ installed & comfortable seating

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For storing your valuable media inside the security of drawers, Wood Technology offers the CM-5. It features high-quality birch drawers with brass handles and adjustable compartmental dividers in each drawer. This beautiful unit may be used as the bottom of the CM stacking system or as a stand alone storage unit. Features: -Made of the finest solid hardwood construction -Ships knocked down with easy assembly -Fully extendable steel ball-bearing drawer mechanisms -Casters and a full back included (casters not recommended if stacking units) -Sliding shelf rails for optimum equipment ventilation -18″ depth and 18 1/2″ inside width Set Includes: -CM-5stk Storage Cabinet- Oak / Stackable -CM-3 Storage Cabinet- Oak (optional) -CM-8 Storage Stand- Oak (optional) -CM-4 Storage Stand- Oak (optional) Capacity for CM5stk: -350 CDs -350 DVD -90 VHS tapes -Compatible with Disney VHS tapes -Any combination of the above About Wood Technology At Wood Technology, quality is not just another word but a company philosophy. Since their founding in 1984, they have continuously put forth efforts into delivering the absolute best value for the money. Wood Technology has provided the best value in high-quality solid hardwood audio/video furniture and accessories for over 20 years. All hardwood products are made in their North Carolina furniture facility by combining the finest materials with superb craftsmanship.

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Christmas is almost upon us and hear at Oak Furniture Land we are now offering a great range of savings in our Christmas clearout along with some gift ideas in our gift event. Remember to order by 20th December to ensure pre Christmas delivery.

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In the Oak Furniture Land Christmas Clear Out promotion, we have gathered together some of our finest hardwood furniture and discounted it by up to 70%!

These prices are even lower than our current sale prices and cannot last long. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to grab a piece of high quality oak, mango or mahogany furniture before the VAT increase hits in the new year.

Cairo Storage Chest / Trunk in Solid Oak

A stunning cabinet/table/chest. Extremely versatile unit offering plenty of storage space and can be used just as readily as a bedroom storage trunk or coffee table or both!!.
Was £544.51
Now £208.03
Clear out Price £165.92

Rivendell Solid Oak TV / DVD / VCR Cabinet

A beautiful Solid Oak TV / Video unit. The Rivendell range is a modern classic in terms of Living and Dining room furniture, is built to withstand the rigours of today’s busy lifestyles, hand crafted with high quality timbers used throughout and with a finish that allows the beauty of the wood to show through, you can’t go wrong buying from the functional yet stylish Rivendell range.
Was £390.45
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Clear out Price £178.03

Tokyo Brown Teak Mango Console Table

This Console Table features classic clean lines with Iron rivets. The entire Tokyo range is produced in 100% solid Mango hardwood.
Was £384.99
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Clear out Price £156.91

Tokyo Solid Dark Mango Console Table

This Console Table features classic clean lines with Iron rivets. The entire Tokyo Mango collection is crafted from 100% solid Mango wood. This console table will make a wonderful edition to any room in the house.
Was £330.01
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Sleigh Solid Mahogany 6+2 Drawer Dressing Table/Computer Desk

This dressing table features 6 Standard + 3 Moulded drawers. This entire range is made from 100% Solid Mahogany and is handmade throughout.
Was £797.49
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Clear out Price £265.30

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With Christmas fast rolling around and Christmas Shopping well underway, Oak Furniture Land have made it even easier to find the perfect gift this year with a selection of products that are Ideal Christmas Gifts.

Eden Solid Oak CD Chest

A stunning 120 CD STORAGE CHEST unit from our Solid Oak ‘EDEN’ range, which features a natural finish whilst retaining a traditional rustic feel, this look of course aided by the traditional black iron work of the handles.
Was £197.73
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Gift Price £93.90

Tokyo Solid Dark Mango Side Table

This Side Table features classic clean lines. The entire Tokyo Mango collection is crafted from 100% solid Mango. This beautiful side table will add character to any room that it is placed in.
Was £252.99
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Solid Oak Minimalist Side Table

A beautiful minamalist coffee/side table from this solid oak range. Delicately handcrafted from the only the finest carefully selected and graded oak timbers, they are then given a natural oil finish showing the stunning unblemished beauty of this classic of woods.
Was £197.22
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Gift Price £64.32

Carva Solid Oak 6ft x 3ft Dining Set with 6 Brown Leather Scroll Back Chairs

This Dining set consists of the contemporary Carva Dining Table and 6 of the finest Brown Leather Scroll Back Chairs.
Was £1682.95
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Mantis Dark Solid Mango Lamp Table

100% solid hardwood from tip to toe. The entire range is handmade by skilled Indian cabinet makers and shows the Natural beauty of this most exquisite timber.
Was £197.99
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Gift Price £74.65

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Everybody has a “refrigerator nightmare” anecdote. Mine involves a rental house in the Colorado Mountains whose carpenter-owner had built in (and the custom cabinetry was exceedingly handsome, I might add) a decrepit, 50s-era, lemon-colored Amana fridge, complete with rusted interior, dripping tubes, and (the coup de grace) an entire shelf held up by a bottle of Ken’s Balsamic Vinaigrette salad dressing. Even once we had replaced the derelict appliance with a contemporary stainless number, however, we still experienced the familiar shortcomings to food storage—cold and hot spots and the accordant calamities of frozen romaine and warmish milk.

Well, weep no more for inefficient refrigeration. The Fisher and Paykel/Izona Cool Drawer posits a brand new philosophy for provisioning your comestibles: “as the world’s first five-temperature drawer, the Cool Drawer gives you the ability to cool, store, preserve, and freshen food at your choice of five specifically designed temperatures. ”The Cool Drawer’s singular innovation is recognizing that different foods (and drinks) have different temperature requirements; thus, the CD has five customizable operating modes: deep freeze (0 degrees) for general frozen food like ice cream and meat; chill mode (31 degrees) for highly-perishable/non-frozen items like fish and chicken; fridge mode (37 degrees) for regular storage of dairy, fresh food, and leftovers; pantry mode (54 degrees), ideal for tropical fruit and anything requiring a “cool, dark place”; and wine mode (45-59 degrees), perfect for long-term cellaring.

Cool Drawer’s modest dimensions—approximately 25” high x 34” wide x 22” deep—allow customized and seamless integration into existing cabinet facing. If you choose not to use your own cabinetry, finishes include stainless steel or iridium. And the appliance’s interior is smartly compartmentalized so that you may program different temps for different sections, thus giving you the ability to store meat, veggies, fruit, and dairy all in the same compact space and each under its optimal temp/humidity conditions. So let’s all say hello to fresher, better-tasting, longer-lasting, and more nutritious food; and goodbye to rotting veggies, mushy fruit, spoiled meat, and frozen eggs. Sounds about right to me.

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Now here's a good match up and there are a lot of excellent points. Portable CD players became really popular a few years back. You probably saw a number of people don a CD player by the side of his/her pants or in his/her bag. Then, the portable digital MP3 players emerged. The most common and most famous of them all is, of course, the Apple iPod. But let's say you have to choose between the two, which would you choose?

Portability. They are both portable devices but which do you think is more economical? I'd go for the portable MP3 player. Let's say you have 15 music CDs, you'd have to bring them all with you. It's bothersome and it's annoying to constantly change the CDs. You won't have any problems at all with an MP3 player since the music is digital and is stored in the device itself. You just need to get used to the interface of the menus and you're set.

Sound Quality. Many would say that the CD has good quality but MP3s are much easier to modify and could even be played back at a better quality than CDs. But then, it doesn't really matter much since sound quality would mostly depend on your speakers or headsets. If you have a good quality headset, you'd probably have a better experience with your portable device regardless if it's CD or MP3. So it's a draw here.

Stability. Well, another point for the portable MP3 player. Let's say you're in a car. You have your CD playing and then you drive over a nasty bump on the road. It is possible that the music may jump or stop. You'd have to either restart the CD player or re-insert the CD itself. If you have a low-end portable CD player, it could even skip even when you are just walking. This is not a problem at all with portable digital MP3 players.

Data Storage. Again, the point goes to portable digital MP3 players (that's 3-0 in favor of the MP3 player). Music CD players are only capable of playing a small selection of songs. If you have a 30 GB digital MP3 player, you can have 1,000 or more songs in your library (that's roughly the equivalent of 50 or so CDs) and you can easily copy, delete, or add new songs. That is nearly impossible for CD players (unless it has writing capabilities) since they can only read CDs.

Price. Well, this is a draw as well. It really differs depending on the brand and the features. High-end CD or digital players may cost well over $200 and the entry levels would usually cost around $20 or so.

Well, those are just the basics and it seems that the portable digital MP3 player wins. But whichever you choose, what's important is that you enjoy the music you're playing and you feel relaxed. Enjoy your music!

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Deciding on which new big-screen TV to buy may have been a daunting task, but now you are faced with a new mission: What are my choices of TV stands for big-screen TV's? So far, all you know is that you need a great-looking, functional stand that will ensure your new big-screen TV will look ultra cool and offer you the best viewing experience.

The best guide to buying TV stands to fit your needs begins with looking for the features that are most important to you. Fortunately, there are as many stands to choose from as there are types of TVs. Once you decide what you want, finding just the right size and look for your home should be a breeze.

Classic TV Stands

Typical TV stands for big-screen TVs come in all sizes and can be found to match any décor or style. Let your personal taste for furnishings be your guide to buying a TV stand. You can choose from a selection of wood, metal, wire or glass to enhance the look of your viewing room.

It is not necessary to have a stand that is the exact same size as your television. With a bigger stand, you can always use the extra space for knickknacks or accent pieces. You do, however, want to make sure the depth is sufficient to accommodate your TV so it is not hanging over the front or back edge. You will also, of course, want to make sure the stand is sufficient to support the weight of the TV.

Plasma TV Stands are designed specifically to hold a plasma screen TV. They are usually wider than traditional TV stands, to accompany the greater width of the plasma TV.

Wall Mount TV Stand

If you are short of room, a valuable space saver is the wall mount TV stand. A static wall mount is ideal if you want your TV screen to be positioned directly in front of you. Your TV will look its best when your screen is positioned in this fashion with your eyes level to the middle of the screen.

For more flexibility, you may prefer a wall mount that comes on an arm allowing you to tilt and swivel the screen, thus providing comfortable viewing and adjustability. This is ideal for people that move around a lot and don't want to miss anything. The swivel stand will allow you to shift your TV screen to the optimal viewing angle as mentioned above. Another great feature is it allows you to turn the screen to avoid any glare.

For the neat freak, some wall mounts have different extension lengths to choose from so you can flatten your flat-screen TV firmly against the wall when not in use.

Corner TV Stands

Corner TV stands are an efficient piece of furniture. Designed to utilize a small space, they inconspicuously fit in their own little corner of the room. Some come equipped with shelves and doors if you need a media storage area.

TV Cabinets

A TV Cabinet is similar to a TV stand but more versatile. It is not only a compartment for housing your television set, but can also accommodate discreet storage for electronic components like DVD players, stereos and video game consoles or anything else you want to store near your TV. TV cabinets come in all sizes and styles ranging from simple to sophisticated.

If you like to roam around, some TV cabinets come on wheels and can be moved around the room or to a different room altogether, such as the bedroom. For better viewing, you may opt for a swivel stand.

Guide to Buying TV Stands Versus Entertainment Centers

An entertainment center can be a stunning addition to your TV viewing room. While the cost of entertainment centers can be considerably higher than your typical TV stands for big screen TVs, you will want to consider all the facts for making the best choice.

Remember, the entertainment center is a major piece of furniture, and as such should complement the rest of the furnishings in that particular room. The size of the room you are planning to put the entertainment center in is another big consideration.

There are all types and sizes of entertainment centers with different shelving and cabinet styles. While some people prefer to have their television out in the open and more accessible, others would rather have it hidden, particularly if the room is used for formal company.

Other things to take into consideration are how much shelving or cabinet space you want. Will the entertainment center be used specifically for multimedia storage or will you be displaying photos or curios? These are personal choices that need to be considered on how the entertainment center is going to function in your home.

Comparing the differences between the various TV stands for big-screen TVs deserves some careful thought. You want something stylish, yet functional for your living room or TV room. There are numerous styles available to accentuate your home.

So, enjoy watching your new big-screen TV, and pat yourself on the back for a job well done in finding the perfect TV stand for your big-screen TV, as well as adding a stylish look to your home.

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Well hello children, come closer and let Auntie Bu tell you a story, a story about the Operating System known as Ubuntu. Back in the stone age, when I was much younger I used only Microsoft Windows Operating Systems on my computer. This is because I did not know any better, I was far to young to have known there was a much better Operating System available.

Then one day, I came across a web page talking about “open source” software while I was learning HTML and web design ( only as a hobby mind you). This page I am referring to is called Open Source Design. If you are really looking for the prettiest, most well made web page templates look no further than OpenSource Design. The nice people at Open Source told me about Nvu, a open source software used to make web pages , a WYSIWYG editor made by the same people who make FireFox the browser ( another open source software).

From then on, it was a small step each time, as I got closer and closer to finding the Holy Grail of Open Source Software, Linux!

For each installment of Auntie Bu's there will be a discussion concerning some point of the discussion of who is truly better, Windows or Linux. I will dig down to see which Distro of Linux is considered to be the best as well.

For my first installment I would like to talk to you about Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 vs Vista Eye Candy.

Now, before anyone gets their panties all in a bunch, NO I am not a trained Computer Geek, I do not have my decoder ring nor my Official Pocket Protector… yet. But as I am so far removed from that , and still managed to load and run Ubuntu sans help of any kind ( until I needed help with Compiz -Beryl and DVD playback that is) and since I also had Vista Premium for a bit ( disk is outside in my storage unit) I feel I am more than comfortable talking about what I find and like.

I am sure should I make any mistakes, some well meaning person will come along and try to correct me.

What exactly do most people ( non geeks that is) want from their computer, beyond it working that is? They want it too look good, no not just good; they want it to be Star Trek awesome, that is what most folks want. If you are like me, you have been to deviant art and downloaded Blackbox themes onto your windows, and you loved it didn't you? Come on admit it. But, as with most things windows eventually the system rebelled against your using Blackbox, and things began to go horribly wrong, well at least for me they did.

Now, back then I did not know a .bin file from a .doc file. BIN? What is this Bin of which you speak? But I digress here, back to the eye candy issue.

Then, at the end of last year we got to see the beta of Windows Vista. If you had a stable enough and new enough system you were one of the lucky ( did I say lucky?) few who felt comfortable about downloading the beta and running it.

I was not one of those lucky few, so I would sit and stare at what looked like the most stunning graphics, the most gorgeous eye candy I had ever seen. Little did I know what stunning eye candy really was.

Then then day that Vista came out in the stores. My son got me a copy, and boy was I ever excited to get it home, to try it. I rushed in to the house, and ran right for my 32 bit computer, you see I was not computer literate enough yet to know about Ram and bits and what have you.

Can you imagine how sad I was when, after going through all that hell to load Vista on my older system, that I did not get to have Aero? Now, normally I handle disappointment rather well, but this… this insult was just too much for my little heart to take. I broke down and …… cursed the day Bill Gates was every allowed to make a computer system!

I called Microsoft, and talked to the Operator many times about the various problems I was having, such as the disappearing hard drive space, or the files I could see but not touch! I hated that Operating system with a all encompassing passion, and so decided to go back to my far less than stunning but mostly dependable Windows XP. But wait, a wrench was thrown into the cake mix ( is that the right saying, or is that two sayings together, oh what ever) my hard drive began to make funny sounds, and not wanting to work. A under one year old, Western Digital 80 GB Hard Drive was dying on me, for no reason that I could find, though I tried very hard to prove it was that culprit Vista's fault, no one would agree with me.

So before taking Vista off, I put a new 160 GB hard drive into my computer, and then I decided to take my Windows XP and put that back on. But hold on now, there is a twist coming, but you sensed that didn't you?

Seems that I had run my limit of redoing Windows XP on my drives. Yes, this lady who owns not one, not two but three copies of Windows XP all legal mind you, was being told that I could not redo my own computer unless I paid for a new key! What do you think, was I nice to the Microsoft Tech Support when I called them? I bet they have my phone number blocked in India now.

Well, at least BG gave me the 30 day rule so I had a computer to use until I figured out what to do next. And that is when my dreams came true, I was shown the light – the Ubuntu light that is.

My brother was already off the Windoze train and using Ubuntu so he began to tell me all about this wonderful software, though I had heard of it a few years ago but had never had the courage to try it or even read about it. This time, as my brother began to preach the religion of NO WINDOWS AND NO GATES, I had an epiphany! I could just throw those odl XP disks in the same place as I threw all those AOL disks, in the trash; and I could have a fully functional and wonderful Operating System called Dapper Drake! Even the name system is so darn cute and fun, don't you think?

My wonderful brother sent me one of his copies because you order the disks from the Ubuntu website, now hold on to your beers here okay? FOR FREE! And there is an option to get multiple copies, of both the 32 bit and 64 bit disks! When the disk came a few days later, I grabbed it, and slammed it into my dvd drive and boom… 20 minutes later I was actually running my first Linux Operating System!

There were open source programs preloaded on the Live CD, such as Open Office which lacks nothing compared to MS Office. There were games, all kind of games. But the thing I had most wanted to see, was the Beryl Cube. Yes, the infamous cube I had seen on this you tube video, the cube of my dreams. The eye candy to beat ALL eye candy. Aero my fanny, this operating system had so much eye candy I was getting a toothache downloading it all.

And the best part, I was downloading this stuff; me! And loading it, and learning about how to change things. I could not do more than save files on my windows. The biggest “computing/geek” moves I ever made on Windows was installing the Blackbox and saving my files!

I loaded Beryl, and played with the different Emerald Themes all that made Vista Aero look so disappointing. I at the very least has the clear looks of my program bars, and the colors of the rainbow at my fingers. At the best, I had it for free. Did I already say that it was free? The only problem I faced was in checking to see if my graphics card, an ATI RADEON 7000/VE was going to make the cut for the three D graphics. I had no idea what this all meant, because remember Windows made us all complacent in the idea that if we wanted pretty desktops, we had no choice but to pay some programmer uber-bucks to give it to us! We never tried to learn what the different components were of a computer, or the things we needed to have in order to have such blazing 3D graphics.

I soon was able to find out, due to the awesome forum community of Ubuntu that yes I did have all I needed to run that cube I so desired. It was all I had hoped for, all I needed. Until that is, I saw that the new version of Ubuntu Feisty Fawn was coming out, then I was jonesing for that!

I ordered my disks, once again as free as the wind and waited, not so patiently until they arrived. And when they did, I fell in love all over again, with Open Source and with the programmers and folks who make this all possible for us!

I have now, the Compiz-Fusion system, with a cube that has fish inside it! And it's 3D so that when I turn the cube on its side.. the windows I have open come out like in a 3D movie! I have more themes than I can shake a stick at for Emerald. And you get something else with your Ubuntu eye candy menu, other Window Managers, such as XFCE ( my second favorite manager) you get KDE which looks most like Windows and is fun for folks who like to have gadgets on thier desktop. You also can have Enlightenment or E17, and even a Java Windows Manager called Looking Glass, but as that one is still being worked on, I used and then let go off… until they perfect it that is. I will tell you now, its a gorgeous manager.

As for me and my desktop? Right now, as I write this to you lovely people, I am running Gnome with a theme called ClearLooks Orange! You will be seeing my desktop in a few, as along with all the thousands of programs I have at my finger tips inside the Synaptic Manager, I have one that takes desktop screen captures! If I get the hankering to change the desktop, I can. As simple as that, I just log out, and log back into choose another session and voila, new desktop. New possibilities.

For the record, my system is the following:
ASUS A7V400-MX (32 bit)
160 GB HD Western Digital
1.5 GB Ram
Processor Speed – 1.15

That is really all I have on this computer. It is not a brand new system but when you see some of my desktop screen captures, you will think it is! Unless of course your already a Ubuntu/Linux Convert at which point I expect you will be correcting me on what every mistakes I have made in here, but please remember I love Ubuntu with all my being. So be kind. Next time I will go into more details about the various software programs available to use on Feisty Fawn 7.04.

Until next we meet, if your a Microsoft Windows user, bless you and may you find the path to enlightenment ( literally )if you are a Linux Power user, let me hear from you!

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When your loved one becomes ill or disabled, your life changes dramatically. Most likely, you'll spend long hours at the hospital or nursing home and sleepless nights at home, worrying about your loved one's safety and comfort. How much more so when it is your child that is critically ill!

My son Daniel was disabled all of his life, but three years ago, he took a turn for worse, when he was hospitalized with acute respiratory failure. He was intubated and placed on a ventilator and – ultimately – doctors performed a tracheostomy. My husband and I slept on the hospital floor for six weeks. During that time, we learned rudimentary basics of caring for a mechanically ventilated patient. Respiratory therapists were our life line. They took time to teach and explain and gave us the confidence we needed to bring our son home.

A social worker helped us find a home health agency and a vendor of home ventilation supplies and spent hours haggling with our insurance. Our next step was to get Daniel's room ready. We made due with what we had available and set it up to the best of our ability. Over the past three years, we learned much about convenience and accessibility and we tackled a remodeling job a few weeks ago. Rob, one of our nurses, did much of the carpentry work. We brainstormed for ideas. Today, Daniel's room is friendly and welcoming, but at the same time efficient, with hospital convenience.

Creating a room for a long-term patient requires a little creativity. Since much of his time will be spent in bed, make sure to paint the walls in friendly colors, so he'll have something to look at besides plain white. The floor should be easy to clean. We installed a hardwood floor, which can be swept and mopped and is stain and dirt resistant.

There are never enough electrical plugs. Make sure you choose a room with at least a double plug on each wall. Then buy a surge protector strip for each plug and mount it on the wall beside the plugs. Set the bed up so it is accessible from both sides and provide a headboard for supplies and equipment, such as nebulizer, suction machine and accessories. Place a television across the room with a DVD player or VCR, both for the patient and the home health nurses who will be spending long hours watching your loved one. Presumably, you'll spend time in the room as well and may want to watch a movie.

In one corner of the room, place a small desk or table for the nurses with storage capacity for the medical chart, magazines and writing utensils. Hang a dry-erase board above the desk, so you can keep track of medications, feedings, neb treatments, and other pertinent information. On that board, write your cell phone number or work number. Place a bottle of hand deodorizer on the desk and/or near the door. Nurses will use it frequently and so should any visitors.

The phone should be in the room, by the nurses' desk, but with a long cord to reach the patient, should the nurse need to call you or the emergency response professionals. It is best, not to use a cordless phone, because it will not work during a power outage. Have handy the phone numbers of your patient's doctors, the pharmacy, the home health agency, the equipment vendor, the electric company and the water company. Also have available your physical address and directions, if you live out of city limits.

As soon as you can afford it, buy a generator! We once had a power outage that lasted thirty-nine hours! Auxiliary batteries only provided about eight hours of juice. When there is a county-wide power outage, generators sell out quickly, so be prepared. I found out the hard way.

Supplies must be stored in or near the patient's room. Provide lots of storage space. For smaller items, plastic bins and drawers work nicely. The equipment vendor will help set you up with a basic supply list, from which you will reorder each month. It may take a couple of months before you get the hang of this. Don't panic. Vendors are more than happy to assist you.

You will also want to provide various shades of lighting, from bright to dim, so the nurses can perform their duties while the patient sleeps, and yet, there is light available for skin inspection or blood draws, if necessary. Place a fan, where it can provide gentle cooling if needed to cut air conditioning costs.

If you use oxygen, you should not use an open flame heater. Oxygen greatly enhances flammability of other substances, so keep far away from flames. An oil-filled radiator type heater is convenient and provides various levels of warmth.

Daniel received many toys over the years and his room became cluttered. We ran a shelf about sixteen inches below the ceiling along two walls of his room for all his cars and stuffed animals. We keep only a few items in close range, yet we can exchange them once a week to keep things interesting.

An IV pole by the bed holds gravity drip feedings if your loved one has a feeding tube. Always keep a pitcher of water in the room for flushes before and after feedings and medication and to provide additional water. See if your supplier can bring you an over-the-bed table. I don't know what we would do without ours! Two of our nurses, Kathleen and Sharon, chipped in to provide a comfortable office chair with wheels, so caretakers can quickly roll from the nurses' desk to Daniel's bedside. Somewhere in the room, place a battery operated clock. A radio is helpful and a small bookshelf, if the patient reads or enjoys being read to. Now that you're all set up, you may hang pictures, posters or quilts to finish the look of the room.

It may sound like a lot to set up a room properly, but we didn't do it all at once. Furniture can be purchased cheaply at garage sales, and with a little imagination, a room can look friendly in no time. Remember that this is most likely a long term investment. Convenience will make your nurses happy and increase your chances of keeping them around. An appealing room with brighten your loved one's day and draw you in to spend time with him or her. And, in the long run…anything is better than staying in a nursing home!

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Let's all kiss the feet (or at least be obsequious) to the people who managed to create the CD and DVD-ROM. Now that one little disc can store an entire encyclopedia set and are as easy to acquire as videotapes once were–we don't have to worry about taking several hours out of a day off to go into a storage room to drag out boxes of those old, musty magazines that we loved so much and want to read again. If your family had a sense of humor rather than only collecting old Saturday Evening Posts or fashion magazines in past decades–you'll likely find boxes containing collections of old Mad Magazines in your attic…probably rotting away or mangled to pieces from so much handling (because of the fold-ins in the back).

I started buying them when about eight years old and barely into third grade…which might not bat an eye now–but it sometimes brought on derision then (1979-1980) due to the sometimes bawdy content. But I and my friends (who usually read them in groups) understood satire from the get-go it seems. We'd guffaw at every morsel of each article or movie parody. Of course, I became addicted and kept buying them regularly through the 80's and 90's–right up until I finally stopped when a lot of the talent (particularly late publisher William S. Gaines), writers and artists either died or retired from the mag. It used to be a rite of passage every few years to go and take out all the stored-away issues and read through a decade's worth of them to look back at old movie parodies and get a laugh or ten as it never failed to do.

Now a company called Git Corporation has compiled every issue of Mad Magazine from the first issue (1952) all the way up to about 2004 on one DVD with the title “Absolutely Mad.” This company also produces complete collections on DVD-ROM of comic books such as Spider Man, X-Men and the Incredible Hulk to name a few. It pretty much puts an end to the old comic book store where you'd have to shell out $10-$20 for an old classic issue of a comic book. That same comic store would frequently sell similar-priced old back issues of Mad published before my time–and I'd find numerous ones in certain sections or bins while wrapped in a plastic sleeves. People who remember that probably won't stop collecting the physical copies of old comic books and Mad Magazines. I know I won't ever get rid of my old tattered original copies of Mad just as a backup.

One thing about this collection on DVD-ROM: It can be awkward to read all the issues on your computer monitor. To cut a little bit of the costs, some of the images aren't the best quality as they might have looked in your physical copies. Nevertheless, that's only on the black and white art–or primarily those little Sergio Aragones cartoons you'd see around the margins of each page. They were a challenge to read then on your physical copy (from being so small)–and even more so now on your monitor. But, of course, that was part of the joke. You can't underestimate the level of satire and irony Mad Magazine dished out to a sometimes naïve public.

The best aspect is being able to enjoy the color art to the fullest if you have a large monitor. Most of the color art was in the Super Specials, which are only partially represented in this collection. At least you can look back and vividly read all those uproarious movie parodies and insanely funny articles that were really at their best during the 70's and 80's based on my estimation. Reading all of the content on your computer makes you pay more careful attention to details that you might have missed the first time around. Part of that comes in enjoying the letters to the editor section that may still be considered as one of the most dryly sarcastic sections in the whole magazine.

In case you're wondering: No, you can't fold the fold-ins from the back of each issue. I suppose you could try printing out the page to see if it translates well to printer paper. As far as I know, nobody's tried that–and I haven't checked to see if you can't print it due to copyright reasons.

Because this is DVD, be sure to check out some of the video content on here showing interviews with some of the past writers who must be happy to get retirement pensions from Mad Magazine in the mail.

And where's the famous Mad paperback books…that were also suitable for wrapping fish in?

Unfortunately, they didn't include any of those on this collection. This collection actually isn't as comprehensive as a previous edition that was put out by a company called Broderbund in the late 90's and subsequently was pulled from the market. On that one, it collected every issue on 7 CD-ROM's–only because the technology was more limited then in being able to store every issue on one disc. But that set reportedly showcased some of the merchandise you used to be able to purchase in a different era of Mad Magazine–including stickers, posters, records and so forth. Mad stopped doing a lot of that when I started reading it, so it wouldn't matter that much to me. If you're more of a veteran reader of Mad from its earlier years, you can still buy that set from used dealers through Amazon.com running around $50.

As far as the paperback books–owning them physically is much, much better. Thanks to some family members, I managed to acquire a near-complete collection of all the classic Mad paperbacks, with some going back to the late 50's. These had some brilliant editors who managed to encapsulate the very best material from the magazines and put it in pocketbook form. It's really too bad Git Corp. didn't include those on their recent DVD collection. But seeing the material in the context of the original magazine edition is what it's really all about.

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From someone who loves satire and tries to impart it on others who still throw off perplexed stares when it flies over their head–this collection is highly-recommended to show worldwide pop culture of the last 55 years through a satiric eye. While satire has its own path today (mostly on TV)–the writers at Mad were always ahead of the game in the modern way we approach it. You can see the influence today in the few successful satirical enterprises currently going.

And, of course, Mad Magazine is still going, though with a different satiric tone from what it used to have due to a writing team with new ideas and not as much sharp wit. I don't laugh out loud at it as much now when I occasionally check out an issue on a newsstand. It's still setting a reasonable high-bar, however, when satire still has a long way to go in being understood.

At least Alfred E. Neuman was patient about it based on his universally-translated “What, me worry?”

Link to purchase at Amazon.com ($32.99)…

http://www.amazon.com/Absolutely-MAD-Magazine-50%2B-Years/dp/B000HKMQ64/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1200981523&sr=1-1

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