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Lucy Bartlett's Articles Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest Ceiling Fans – Choosing The Correct Fan Controlling the room temperature by using air conditioners is no longer a luxury with the prices of split and window air-conditioners crashing down. Still many of us are using the ceiling fans to create a breeze to bring down the temperature of the room. Ceiling fans with their 120 years of history saw some revolutionary changes in the design and style and the latest being the ceiling fan with a remote control which has buttons to turn the fan off or on, regulate the speed... Bridal Gowns – How To Find The Perfect Wedding Dress Style, colour and ceremonial importance of the bridal gown worn by the bride during the wedding ceremony depends upon the culture and religion of the couple getting married. White is the preferred color of the bridal gown among the westerners. Creamy shades such as ivory, ecru and eggshell are also used in making bridal gowns. Queen Victoria of England, wore a white bridal gown when she got married to Albert of Sax-Coburg in the year 1840. Since then the white bridal gown ... Binoculars - Purchasing And Care Of all the optical instruments, binoculars are widely used by travelers, sports fans, fisherman and hunters. Binoculars are mounted side by side and aligned to point with accuracy in the same direction. Unlike the single lens telescope, binoculars or binocular telescopes, allows the viewer a greater sense of distance and depth. Binoculars give the users an apparently 3D image. Binoculars are so designed that the focal length of the lenses is less than is physical length... Dementia – From A Personal View It’s a sad fact of life that as you get older things start going wrong with our bodies, and not to mention our minds. I am talking specifically about dementia. I have had experience of dementia as my Grandfather developed it when he was around eighty five years old. He was such a character my Grandfather, he was very energetic, full of life and very independent. Everybody around town knew him, or knew of him. He had a great sense of humour and was very comical, he loved p... The Olympic Games – The History Of The Olympic Games Olympics or The Olympic Games is a multi-sports event which takes place once in four years and comprises of winter and summer games. It is an international event and almost all the countries in the globe participate in the games. The first Olympic game was held in the year 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. The games were held in Greece till 393 AD. Subsequently in 1896, Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin, a French nobleman revived the games which heralded the beginning of the Moder... Medical Malpractice – Is The Nhs The Worst Offender? Doctors sued by patients, insurance companies sued by doctors and doctors sued by insurance companies; nowadays, this is the prevailing situation in the Health care industry. Greater responsibility or the lack of it, rather than negligence is implicated by the word “malpractice”. In the US a specific medical malpractice law is in force to bring justice to the patients. In UK, a doctor will be liable only when proved to have not acted in accordance with the medical body’s opin... Calligraphy – The Beautiful Art The art of making beautiful and elegant handwriting is called Calligraphy which requires skilled penmanship. The literal meaning of the word calligraphy is beautiful writing. Books were written in calligraphy up until the invention of printing machines. Using quill and ink the handwriting was written onto materials like parchment or vellum. There are three main styles of calligraphy which are prevailing now. Arabic, Chinese – known as oriental style and Western or Roman ar... Chinese Herbal Medicine – A Natural Alternative Chinese herbal medicine is a health care system which has been around since ancient times. It is also known by the acronym CHM. As the causes of illness that afflict mankind have evolved in time, CHM has also undergone developments continuously. Along with modern medicine, state hospitals in China use herbal medicine for various ailments and diseases. All forms of diseases can be treated by Chinese herbal medicine. The traditional view in Chinese herbal medical system is t... Massage Therapy – Reap The Benefits Captain Hook is sitting in front of a job counselor’s desk and she's saying, "Hmmm...your top choices are piracy or massage therapy. Let's see if we can narrow this down a bit”. We had our fun at the expense of massage therapy, now let us find what is massage therapy and its best features. Massage therapy is applied to manipulate joints and the soft tissue of the body. Soft tissues include tendons and associated fascia, skin, ligaments and muscles. Massage is one of the... Stockings – Not Just For The Bedroom! The expression “Blue Stocking” is not referring to the colour blue. Female Academics might get offended by this term because it is a pejorative term. To continue in the lighter vein, stockings can be described as a garment covering the foot and lower part of the leg but not mainly intended to cover the whole leg! In the ancient days stockings were made of cloth unlike the present day varieties of cotton, nylon, knitted wool and silk. Half-stockings, also called socks cover... Bottled Water - Good Or Bad? Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink. You feel you have heard it before, recollecting those horror scenes showing victims of earthquakes, tsunamis, torrential rain and flood. No. It is the mantra of everybody – From Australia to Iceland, from Hawaii to Sanfrancisco people are scared to drink water directly from any source. Bottled water carries a declaration that it is 100% pure and free from bacteria and other harmful substances, and is accepted by us as safe to d... Mattresses – The Difference Between A Good Night And A Bad Night Sleep Do you want to sleep better? You can if you choose the correct mattress. They all look similar in the stores or in photographs yet one is costing only £150 and the other is £500. You don’t want to spend too much but at the same time spend too little and get stuck with some inferior mattress. What’s the solution? Sift through the information given by the various manufacturers, compare the details and then make a choice. Luxury mattresses normally last about 10 years hence sele... Cats – The Purrfect Companion? "You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats." - Colonial proverb Fancy having a cat at home? It will depend on you throughout its life – around 15 years with proper care – so properly budget for visits to the vets and other costs before making a decision to get a cat. You have to budget for cat food, cat litter and scoops and other accessories to make the cat’s life comfortable at your home. Kitten or adult? A difficult choice since th... Picture Frames – Make Or Break An Artpiece One ancient proverb says a picture is equal to thousand words. What about picture frames. The main function of a picture or photo frame is to protect and highlight the content it holds. A beautiful work of art can be made to look drab by framing it improperly, using wrong materials. Similarly an excellent frame can definitely enhance the beauty of the picture it holds. There are frames and there are frames but to select which is most suitable for the picture or photograph ... The Things To Consider Before And After Laser Eye Surgery While Maria wanted to undergo laser eye surgery because she was hell bent on improving her looks by discarding her spectacles, Peter was simply bored by the procedure of pushing glasses back up the bridge of his nose for thirty years of his life! So both of them, husband and wife, decided to undergo laser eye surgery. They were determined to equip themselves with all necessary information regarding their duties before and after the surgery and came to me for help. They thanke... Sceptical About Laser Eye Surgery? Learn The Basic Facts And Clear All Your Doubts Sam was a famous boy in our school. No he was not great at any kind of sports, also it never occurred to any of our teachers that Sam was academically promising. Nor had anybody ever heard or saw him taking part in any kind of extra curricular activities. You might be wondering, then why on earth the boy was famous in the school! Well, he was famous, or should I say made famous by his oversized and thick glassed spectacles. We never met since we had left the school in mid- 19... Web Design - The Pros And Cons Of Flash Firstly what is flash? Well Flash refers to both the Macromedia Flash Player and to a multimedia authoring program used to create content it (such as games and movies). The Flash Player is a client application available in most web browsers. It features support for vector and raster graphics, a scripting language called ActionScript and bidirectional streaming of audio and video. Macromedia Flash is the integrated development environment (IDE) and Flash Player is the virtual... Bodyweight Issues – Is Society To Blame? In modern society people are more concerned with their body weight than ever before. But is it any wonder why we have these concerns? We have more processed and fast foods available to us than ever before. In this modern era everything needs to be convenient, and that includes our meals. More and more people turn to ready meals, pre prepared foods and fast foods rather than what we used to do many years ago, cook a meal using fresh ingredients. Obviously manufacturers are ca... Hypnosis – Look In To My Eyes Hypnosis is the act of being put into a trance like state and it is used mainly to treat negative emotional and behavioural patterns like phobias, self doubt and smoking addictions. Its uses as healing therapy can be traced back to ancient Greece. When a person is in a hypnotic state (being hypnotised) their subconscious is open to the power of suggestions which will be delivered to them by the therapist. Hypnosis has been proved to be a great relaxation tool but about 10 ... Diet And Exercise - The Two Sides Of The Coin Diet and exercise should go hand in hand, the basic principle of any diet is to use more calories than you consume so you are in a calorific deficit. Cutting back calories is one way of reaching your goal, only if you are using up more calories during the day than you consume without activity. But to boost your chances of losing fat you must exercise. There are many reasons why exercise is an important factor in your lifestyle, but exercising when you are wishing to los...

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