Head Lice Treatment and Removal

Head lice treatment or head lice removal, whatever one may call it, the process usually involves three basic methods. They are

Mechanical removal of lice and nits
The use of pesticide-based head lice solutions
Natural treatments.

The most sure fire head lice treatment involves shaving off the hair or at least cutting off the hair to say, around an inch and a half. However this head live treatment method is needless to say not very practical and is not always possible.

Since the problem mostly affects younger girls who may take an instant aversion to shaving the head, cutting it off to smaller length may offer a mid-way solution. While the reason behind shaving off the head is quite obvious as no lice can ever harbor a shaven head, shorter hair also helps remove the lice since it results in creating an insufficient ambient temperature where the lice can not live or multiply.

Mechanical removal of head lice entail the use of a fine-tooth metal comb that can easily pick out the lice when used firmly on the head. The operation should start from the hair root and then gradually reach the hair end. Plastic combs can also serve the purpose to some extent but the spacing between the plastic teeth usually spreads out after a couple of uses. A used toothbrush kept aside may come to use during the cleaning of the comb. Wet combing of the hair gives a better result if the following technique is followed.

Hair should first be combed with any ordinary comb to get rid of knots and tangles.
In order to facilitate easier running of the fine-toothed comb within the hair, it may be soaked with some conditioner or a slight amount of olive oil.
Now the fine-toothed comb may be pulled from the hair root to the hair ends, applying the process all over the head.
The combing operation may be repeated every two or three days till no lice or nit are found appearing on the comb, though some pharmaceutical societies recommend treating with comb and conditioner for ten consecutive days.

Use of Pesticide based head lice solutions is fairly common among the younger generation for the ease in their use. However they come with their own side effects. So with an increase in awareness on the subject these days more and more people are stopping this line of head lice treatment and are looking for alternatives.

Natural Treatments consist of ingredients that are grown or produced naturally by plant or floral components or are from herbal origins such as Tree Oil, Anise or Ylang ylang oils. There are other natural essential oils as well that work wonderfully well in head lice treatment. However, toxic side effects or allergic problems are not always ruled out in the case of using natural treatment procedures. And so while natural remedies are great, the right head lice treatment product needs to be picked carefully.

Jen Carter is team member and writes regularily about head lice treatment, head lice information and other common conditions for Amoils.com.

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Logo - The Graphics Which Drive Your Company

The bright red of Coca Cola, the bull head of Chicago Bulls, the big arched "M" of Mac Donalds - dont you recognize them the moment you see? Thats the power of logo. Whether you're in a competitive industry or not, whether your business is small or big it doesn't matter! The fact is that your customers remember your business when they see your logo, regardless of how hard you try to convince yourself otherwise. A good logo makes not just a first impression, but a lasting one as well.

The symbol, the color, the font, the text, the size, the precision etc all count towards bringing the attention of your potential customers towards your company, and creating your companys image and finally its brand. Get a custom logo for your business that best reflects your company's spirit! It is very essential to choose what type of logo suits your company's business. Most of the large international companies have pretty simple logos because research says not to overload the consumers with too much information. And yes a lot of research goes into creating these simple logos. Each of these logos has its own specific font and size, and exclusive color combinations that make them unique. Every single symbol and icon used together with the logo has a significant meaning.

But there are a few important things that should be kept in mind while selecting or making a logo for your company to create that recognition in the market. You have to create a unique and special icon together with your logo including your website or company name in that. A logo should have a peaceful combination of colors and not more than two or three colors should be used at a time. If you are hiring a logo design company then it is better to get it done by a professional logo design company with loads of experience. Before you take the final decision of launching your company logo you should test it once in a trusted circle. And last but not the least is to have a striking tagline to accompany the logo. The resultant logo should convey the right message to the people. You got to have an idea for the vision you want to create in the people's mind. The key to the success of a company's identity depends to what extent you can give your logo the recognizable look.

The graphics of your logo should be communicated purely in visual terms, to the right brain hemisphere of your customers. It should not depend on verbal or intellectual interpretation. If it is a word mark, it should be recognized by its form alone. For example, you don't have to "read" Adidas's logo more than once, to recognize the famous brand. The three parallel stripes mark became the worldwide Adidas corporate logo - a name that stands for competence in all sectors of sports throughout the globe. Think of the future and avoid being too trendy. A good logo will last your company 15 years and give your customers a chance to burn the image into their brains. Even with these tips, it's important for a company to get outside help unless it has in-house designers who have experience with logos as well as the time to devote to the project.

Logo designs form the energy, the feeling and the passion of a business. It's what makes us care. It is more than research and strategy. Good design is exciting - it shouts- it demands that you remember it.

Jennifer is an expert Internet marketing professional with years of experience in various industries such as: Business, Finance, Logo designs Real Estate, Web-Design, Health & Medicine and many more.

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Home Insurance Policy - Getting Yours For A Lot Less

Home insurance policy: With the right tips you'll get more affordable rates for sufficient coverage. It's also important that I point out that there are recommendations that might put you at risk even if they save you at the moment. I will, nevertheless, only give tips that will help you save much while you still maintain the right coverage...

1. Having a smoker in your household will increase your rates substantially. And statistics have it that over 23,000 residential fires every year could be linked to smoking. You will spend less in home insurance if no member of your household smokes. If you stop smoking successfully for over 12 months, let your agent know it and demand for a well-deserved discount.

What if your insurance company refuses to grant you discounts because some insurers do NOT have non-smokers discounts? Then it's time to shop for an insurance company who does unless you get something else to make your continued stay with such an insurance company worthwhile.

2. A home that has shatter-proof windows will make it easier for you to get cheaper premiums. Therefore, replace your old windows with these more so if you reside in places that are prone to high winds and hail storms. Always remember to keep your agent informed whenever you take a step like this. I advice that you speak with your agent even before you start the changes as he or she might make inputs that will bring in more savings.

3. Because of gas and oils, your motor garage is a big fire risk. So your home insurance rates will be cheaper if your garage is detached and at a safe distance from your residential structure.

4. Folks seem to take more preventative measures against fire than water damage by not checking their plumbing and upgrading as often as they should. The fact that the most common type of claim on a homeowner's insurance policy is water damage should tell you something. Consequently, proving to any insurance carrier that your home has little or no risk of water damage will result in a good discount. Tell your agent if you've improved your plumbing.

5. Your home's risk perception is strongly affected by your claims records. If you make claims57D for every little thing, your home will soon be assessed as a much higher risk than another similar house where the owner files fewer claims. Once an insurance carrier sees you as a higher risk, you get more expensive rates.

You're, therefore, encouraged to NOT file claims for very little things that won't actually cost you a lot if you handle them on your own. This will help keep your rate affordable.

6. While you take these other steps to lower your home insurance rates, here's something you can do to get lower rates today. Visit trusted quotes sites and obtain quotes. Visit not less than five of such sites for the best results. It's free, quick and easy. Make sure you give your correct details as you fill the forms on each site. All you have to do next is simply choose the insurer that represents the best price/value from the quotes return.

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Chimezirim Odimba writes on insurance.

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How To Find The Right Log Cabin Kit

Buying a Log Cabin... Do you love log cabins? Then you may already be familiar with the benefit of log cabin kits, which can save you time and money. This is great when you're just ready to get into your new home. You might like to know that there are some things you should consider when you're searching for a log cabin kit.

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Reasons to Buy Real Estate in Oklahoma City

There are many questions a buyer of property should ask himself or herself before committing to a real estate investment. It is necessary to ask these questions so that the purchase will be a wise one, and a positive experience. When making a purchase in Oklahoma City there are many attractions that will help to make your experience a positive one. Finding answers that satisfy your needs will turn into your reasons to buy real estate in Oklahoma City.

The capital of the state of Oklahoma is Oklahoma City. A property located there will interest individuals who are active in political events or those who just like to stay where the action is. There are a lot of cultural landmarks such as the Myriad Botanical Gardens located downtown that increases the value of property there. This is a large urban park, which pulls residents and visitors alike to the community. Community value is one element of property ownership that is important whether you are purchasing for personal or commercial reasons. To add more value the city offers many other cultural events like performing art centers, colleges and universities, museums, upscale retail store2208s and trendy restaurants all of which give real value to your property.

Oklahoma City has amenities both city and urban with an average property selling price of $135.000. There are many different neighborhoods to choose from: downtown, Asian district, near the Bricktown Entertainment District, or quiet residential streets that give you the hometown feel. The latest statistics has the population of the city at 589,003 with an owner occupied being at 53%.

When buying investment property here are a few questions to get you started:

1. What can I expect as far as cash flow for this property?

2. Can I afford to support this property if the cash flow should turn negative?

3. What are the local improvements planned for the area the property is listed in?

4. Is there population growth for this area? (You do not want to purchase in an area with negative growth).

5. Is the property and neighborhood tenant friendly?

6. What kind of condition is the property in and how much will it cost to conduct a building inspection? (always get an inspection done).

7. How old is the property? (deprecation benefits are less with older properties)

8. How many industries are present in the city? (If there is only one industry - avoid at all costs).

The statistic of home ownership for 2000 shows 67.7% of Americans own versus renting their home. More adults are realizing that it is possible to have that dream of owning a home. Here are a few questions to ask when taking the plunge to owning personal real estate:

1. Do you know what your total costs will be from Day 1 to closing on the property?

2. Do you know how to find a real estate agent that will look out for your needs and not the buyer's or the agent's?

3. Do you understand the financial aspects of buying a home? (getting a mortgage, property taxes, insurance, maintenance)

4. Do you know what your credit report says about your financial state?

5. Do you know what type of housing and what type of community you are looking to live in?

6. Do you understand basic real estate terminology?

7. Do you know how to negotiate terms for your new home purchase?

8. Have you shopped around for quality and affordable homeowners insurance?

Now that you have your questions, get those answers so that you will know all the reasons for buying your real estate property in Oklahoma City.

Bob is the owner of myrealestateoklahomacityok.com which is an up-to-date Real Estate information website. Finding answers that satisfy your needs will turn into your reasons to buy real estate in Oklahoma City.

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Cheating Wife

Have you got a cheating wife? Most men go out to work every day and leave their wife at home. Does your wife stay at home being a homemaker whilst you are gone for 10 hors a day? More and more women are opting for extra marital activities. So how do you know that you haven't got a cheating wife?

I don't profess to know all there is to know about women or their habits, if I did I would be a very rich person. Women are a law unto themselves; they have habits and foibles which no man will ever understand. But what about those 10 hours, without you in the house; could your wife be cheating on you?

Women are very possessive about things like mobile phones, emails and letters, they have a rule (usually), and men are not allowed to touch these personal items. So how would you know if you have a cheating wife? If your wife has started changing her habits and making drastic changes to her appearance, you can probably take this as a sign of infidelity. This may sound drastic but hear me out. Why does a woman all of a sudden change? It's usually attention seeking or wanting to look nice for someone.

Have you ever turned up early from work only to fine that your wife isn't home? They probably told you that a friend called and needed to talk about "personal problems", the personal problems part of the conversation means that there is no chance of her telling you what they were. If you ask her which friend she will probably say "why do you need to know that, don't you believe me?" that is for the guilt effect, you feel guilty for asking.

Remember a cheating wife has a circle of friends who (once prompted) will validate her story without question, these are usually the same friends who laugh at you behind your back because you are so dumb for not seeing that she is cheating, but they are usually the first to your front door telling you what a shame it is that you were cheated on.

Personal email accounts are very hard to infiltrate, woman are very cunning with these. A cheating wife will probably have a normal email account where her friends send their daily routines or work problems, she will also have a private email account which you know nothing about, and this one is where you will find all of her inner secrets and desires. Cell phone are one of the greatest inventions over the last century, they are the best means of 24 hour contact available, unfortunately for you, they also mean that anyone can contact your wife whenever they want. When was the last time you answered your wife's phone while she was busy only to have the other party hang up, or went to answer the phone but were to leave it alone?

You can ignore it or you can pretend that life is fine, but the fact that you have a cheating wife will not go away, in fact it will probably eat away at you for every hour of every day until you do something about it.

You can lie down and get kicked again or you can stand up like the man you are, and do something about it, It's your choice.

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Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund

Like many large banks on wall street Goldman Sachs offers several hedge funds. A few of these took big losses this summer and in one case with the Goldman Global Opportunities Fund the firm had to inject $3B into the fund to keep it running ($2B of their own money). "Given the market dislocation, the performance of GEO has suffered significantly," Goldman said. "Our response has been to reduce risk and leverage." In other words their losses mostly came from using too much leverage in the first place.

"Many funds employing quantitative strategies are currently under pressure as recent conditions have resulted in significant market dislocation," Goldman said. "Across most sectors, there has been an increase in overlapping trades, a surge in volatility and an increase in correlations. These factors have combined to challenge many of the trading algorithms used in quantitative strategies. We believe the current values that the market is assigning to the assets underlying various funds represent a discount that is not supported by the fundamentals."

Other Goldman Sachs Hedge Funds

The two other funds that have recently come under fire include the multi-strategy fund Global Alpha and the North American Equity Opportunities Fund (NAEO). Goldman has said "The market dislocation impacting equity quantitative strategies has adversely affected NAEO's performance and has been a key contributor to Global Alpha's disappointing performance. We have reduced risk and leverage in these funds as well. At their current levels of equity capital, we believe the funds are positioned to actively pursue market opportunities."

Will Goldman Sachs Leave the Hedge Fund Business?

Never. Doesn't listen to journalists who predict Goldman's flagship fund going down in flames as an end to their play in this industry. The most recent trend with Goldman Sach's strategy towards hedge funds has been to invest and take partial ownership in dozens of medium to large sized hedge funds. This allows them to help grow these hedge funds while also participating in the upside of a diverse ray of hedge fund managers and strategies.

The Richard Wilson Hedge fund Blog (http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com) is a content rich source for hedge fund industry white papers, trends, articles and professional interviews. I also share lessons I learn in my investment marketing and sales (third party marketing) career and earning a graduate degree at Harvard. I live in Cambridge, MA and can be reached at 503.789.7901 or Richard@RichardCWilson.com. This post came from the Richard Wilson Hedge Fund Blog online at: http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com/2007/10/goldman-sachs-hedge-fund.html

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