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Save Time by Organizing Your Files
2007-11-03 15:18:00 How much time do you spend searching for files on your computer? Hours? Days? Consider creating a filing system for all of your digital bits and pieces that makes locating that pesky document fast, intuitive and easy. Read More… Share This More About: Time , Files , Save , Associated Content , Organ
SEO is Nothing New
2007-11-03 15:16:00 Search Engine Optimization is nothing new. Long before the internet came around people searched for information manually, and the people who provided that information had to find a way to get their information to the top of the list. There has been a lot of debate about “writing for SEO”, and whether it is appropriate. Read More… Share ... More About: Associated Content
How the Soaring Loonie May Save the US Housing Industry
2007-11-03 15:12:00 In the past five years, the Canadian dollar has moved from a low of .62 US to a current high of $1.05. Its current level has occurred just as the Canadian economy is booming, and real estate prices have hit all time highs. At the same time that Canadian Boomers are contemplating a life change ... More About: Industry , Housing , Soaring , Save , Associated Content
Associated Content Update #3
2007-11-02 16:00:00 You may recall that, at the first update, I had 101,000 years (or so) left to make my first million writing for Associate d Content . By the second update, that number had plunged down to just 65,000 years and with this, the third update, that number has crept down to a mere 57,000 years! Now, you may ... More About: Update , Associated Content , Tent
Hold the Presses!
2007-11-02 05:12:00 A published report in the New York Times indicates that George Dubya Bush invited some reporters into the Oval Office today to discuss something important (I think it had to do with his nominee for Attorney General) and used the word ?disingenuous? in context! Well, you can just rock me to sleep! Share This More About: Stuff , Hold
Ankylosing Spondylitis is NOT a Greek Tennis Player
2007-10-30 18:47:00 Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is one of a group of auto-immune disorders (commonly referred to as Rheumatic Arthritis) called spondyloarthopathies. AS is a kissing cousin of Crohn’s Disease, Psoriatic Arthritis and Reactive Arthritis. They are linked by a common blood antigen, or marker, called HLA-B27, which is present in about 95% of patients. Read More… Share This More About: Tennis , Greek , Player , Associated Content , T A G
Want To Unfrazzle Your Life?
2007-10-30 18:42:00 Burn Your To-Do List… If your work life-or home life-is out of control, and you feel the need to get it back on track, start by burning your to-do list. Why? Well, let’s start with the notion that they just don’t work! Most people who use to-do lists spend more time on making and revising and ... More About: Life , Associated Content
Wonder Drugs and Patient Ethics
2007-10-30 18:38:00 Pharmaceutical companies are churning out “wonder drugs” at a breakneck pace, and patients are clamoring to get them. Too often, the release of these drugs is followed, soon after, by class action lawsuits by the same patients that were, at the time of the release, demanding that they receive them. Read More… Share This More About: Drugs , Ethics , Patient
Associated Content Update
2007-10-29 14:18:00 You may recall that I had decided to keep you all updated on the progress of my Associate d Content submissions.Being a bit of a freak, I created a spreadsheet to track all of my submissions to AC, and to track my submissions to Social Networking sites, like Reddit, Netscape and MySpace. And, of course, I wanted ... More About: Update , Associated Content , Tent
More About Snake Oil
2007-04-05 22:47:00 “Hi, you truly hate nutritional drinks but I am of the belief that you haven?t tried any. I have RA and I was in very bad shape, although before getting Rheumatoid ARthritis I didn?t believe I needed a nutritional supplement, I got to a point of desperation. I was told I didn?t need to have to worry ... More About: Snake , About , More
Flares and the common cold
2007-04-04 13:19:00 So, here I sit, suffering from a cold (or whatever other little viral thing is attacking me) and it inspires me to talk about….flares. One upside to having a hyperactive auto-immune system seems to be that I just don’t get sick very often, and when I do it seems to be a milder and shorter-lived version ... More About: Cold , Common , Flare , Comm , Common Cold
Am I being a wimp?
2007-03-29 18:05:00 There are times when you?ll feel pain. A lot of pain. Inevitably, you?ll ask yourself ?Am I being a wimp?? Could be. Does it really, really hurt all the time or does it really, really hurt right now? It is not unusual to feel extreme pain from time to time and some pain most of ... More About: Bein , Being
What is Rheumatic Disease?
2007-03-27 04:40:00 Well, let’s start out with what rheumatic disease isn’t. It isn’t the “wear and tear” type of arthritis that is associated with osteo. It includes such things as Ankylosing Spondylitis, Crohn’s Disease , Lupus and, yes, the hearbreak of psoriasis. In fact, most rheumatic diseases are actually auto-immune problems, and have nothing to do with ... More About: What , Hat , Ease , Seas
Misery on the ?Net
2007-03-26 16:33:00 Okay, this can be a touchy one. There are a ton of web sites and newsgroups that deal with arthritis and coping with arthritis. Some of them are pretty objective, and some of them are filled with self-pity. Many sites and newsgroup postings are the work of the evil people referred to previously. ... More About: Miser
Snake Oil on the ?Net
2007-03-26 16:28:00 What can I tell you? I would love to round these guys up and do terrible things to them with dull cutlery. A Google search for ?arthritis cure? produced 9.5 million results. Among them were the following: ? A natural arthritis cure could mean the end of a multi-billion dollar business ? The Medical Miracle That Can Halt, ... More About: Snake , Oil
Organizations on the ?Net
2007-03-26 16:26:00 There are a number of credible organizations on the internet that try to provide good information and advocate for their members. I am talking about organizations like the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society and (in my case) the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society, from the UK, or the American Spondylitis Society. My only problem with these ... More About: Organization , Organizations , Organ
Arthritis Books
2007-03-26 16:24:00 There are some great books on arthritis. There are also some great books on diet. Each great book spawns an industry of not-so-great books that seek to cash in on a growing craze. If you spot the ?Lemon Grass/Mango Diet and 100 Other Guaranteed Remedies To Cure Arthritis In 30 Days? you should probably ... More About: Books , Book
Information Sources
2007-03-16 19:25:00 My first couple of posts are going to deal with information, generally. They will be posted, quite cunningly, in the “Info rmation ” category. There are, literally, hundreds of thousands of pages of information available on the internet and in books. Chapters/Indigo keeps its? books on arthritis on the bottom shelf, three feet below the books ... More About: Source , Inform , Informa
What to Expect
2007-03-16 19:20:00 Over the next few days, I will be adding more and more information to this site. Each post will be categorized by content, to make it easy to find. Why is that important? Because there is a very good chance that I won’t be posting in any particular order. Which is probably good for most ... More About: What , Hat , Expect |
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