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July 31, 2009

BBQ FACTS

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BBQ FACTS

Keep best barbeque cooked meats hot by setting them to the side of the grill rack, not directly over the coals where they could overcook. At home, the cooked best bbq sauce meat can be kept hot in an oven set at approximately 200 F, in a chafing dish or slow cooker, or on a warming tray.

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July 27, 2009

Write a Good Cover Letter and Get That Job You Want

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Write a Good Cover Letter and Get That Job You Want

Everyone wants to write a good cover letter that will lead to a hiring manager’s interest in granting an interview. What does it mean to write good cover letters? It means including clear, upbeat, informative writing that engages the hiring manager. Be sure to write a good cover letter that provides the employer with essential information such as your interest in the new job, the related duties at your current position and your contact information, as well as a specific request for an in-person interview so you’ll have an opportunity to meet the employer and discuss the position.

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July 23, 2009

Denied Credit

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Denied Credit

Denied for Lack of building business credit

If you are denied a business line of credit card, the letter you receive will tell you why. If the denial was based on lack of credit that is frustrating but understandable.

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July 21, 2009

Marinating

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Marinating

A barbeque sauce recipe marinade is a savory, acidic sauce in which a food is soaked to enrich its flavor or to tenderize it. Marinate barbecue sauce recipes food in the refrigerator, not on the counter. Poultry and cubed meat or stew meat can be marinated up to 2 days.

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July 18, 2009

Vibration exposure of individuals using wheelchairs over sidewalk surfaces.

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Vibration exposure of individuals using wheelchairs over sidewalk surfaces.

According to the International Standards Organization 2631-1 standard on human vibration, individuals in a seated position are at risk of injury due to whole-body vibrations when exposed for long periods of time. Wheelchair users fit this description perfectly; however, little research has been conducted to evaluate the amount of vibration transmitted to a medicare power wheelchairs user. The vibration exposure produced by traversing nine surfaces was evaluated by having 10 individuals without disabilities propel over them in both a manual wheelchair at 1 m/s and a power wheelchairs at 1 and 2 m/s. Root-mean squared (RMS) vertical vibration was examined to determine if differences existed between surfaces. At 1 m/s for both the manual and the powered wheelchair the 8-mm bevel interlocking concrete surface produced significantly higher RMS vertical vibration than the other surfaces. At 2 m/s in the powered wheelchair, the poured concrete surface (control) produced the significantly highest RMS vertical vibration. Based on the manual and power wheelchair results of this study, use of selected ICPI pavers would be acceptable for any route traveled by individuals using wheelchair. Furthermore, a 90 degrees herringbone pattern is preferred over the 45 degrees pattern, and it is recommended that for safety reasons regarding vibration exposure a bevel of less than 6 mm should be used.

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A Legal Cover Letter Will Land You The Job You Want

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A Legal Cover Letter Will Land You The Job You Want

Want a job in the legal profession? If so, write a legal cover letter that showcases your training, experience, expertise, and interest in filling the opening you’re responding to. Legal cover letter examples should focus on information that will turn a hiring manager’s head in your direction. If you’re a legal secretary, tell what you’ve done to help the attorneys you’ve worked for. If you’re a lawyer, include specific details about the specialty you’ve been part of, whether personal injury, criminal law, or wills and trusts. Keep in mind that any legal cover letter should end with a polite request for a personal interview so you can meet the hiring manager in person.

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July 13, 2009

0 APR Credit Card

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0 APR Credit Card

What is a 0 APR building business credit Card?

Actually, the first question is what APR stands for. The Annual Percentage Rate or APR is the amount of money that a bank charges you in a year. This money includes the interest rates that they assign to each one of your charges and the administrative fees of the financial institution. By law, every company that offers a business line of credit card has to disclose this information.

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July 11, 2009

Comparison of mobility device delivery within Department of Veterans Affairs for individuals with multiple sclerosis versus spinal cord injury

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Comparison of mobility device delivery within Department of Veterans Affairs for individuals with multiple sclerosis versus spinal cord injury

Individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) report decreased satisfaction with their handicap scooters devices compared with individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCIs). This study (1) investigated the demographic differences between veterans with MS (V-MS) and veterans with SCI (V-SCI) who were issued a wheelchair by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and (2) described differences in mobility device prescription. We merged two VHA databases to obtain demographic and wheelchair information for all V-MS and V-SCI in 2000 and 2001. Descriptive information for issued wheelchairs was available for 2,154 V-MS and V-SCI. We found that V-MS were significantly less likely to receive higher quality wheelchairs (manual or power) compared with V-SCI (p < 0.001). The disparity in VHA medicare power wheelchairs prescription between these two groups indicates a need for further research regarding the assistive device prescription process in these populations.

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July 10, 2009

Add a Colorful Cover Letter to Your CV

Filed under: Members, Projects, Volunteer — Admin @ 11:24 pm

Add a Colorful Cover Letter to Your CV

Hiring managers want to know more about you than your CV (curriculum vitaewhich stands for ‘course of life). Therefore, a resume cover letters is a chance to add some current personal details that will provide the hiring manager with a closer look at who you are. Consider CV cover letters as ‘appetizers’to encourage employers to take a moment to get to know you and your personality. Also, a CV cover letter helps to ‘cover’ your CV, to introduce you and your abilities, your experience and interests in the job you’re bidding for prior to the hiring manager reading your CV.

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July 5, 2009

Honesty

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Honesty

The first thing to remember is to be a 100% honest. In this case, fill out the building business credit card application with true information regarding your financial condition, your marital status and even something as simple as your true address. Banks check all of this information and will be suspicious if they find that something is not right

The second tip is to not forget anything. For example, if you are buying or leasing a car, mention it in the application. If you are making your monthly payments in a timely manner, then this is something to your advantage as it shows the bank that you are someone who can be trusted. The same thing applies if you have a mortgage for your home.

Check and double-check all the spellings and numbers you enter in your business line of credit card application. Although it may not be considered as fraudulent if you make a mistake, it can significantly delay the processing time if, for instance, your date of birth and social security number are not correct.

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Decision to Start a Home-Based Business

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Decision to Start a Home-Based Business

While being in any kind of business has certain basic requirements, a home based business opportunity has additional ones. Self-discipline is very important. Working for others means that many responsibilities are shared with other employees. Being in business for yourself means you carry the whole load. Some people don’t want all of the responsibility of licenses, regulations, taxes, insurance, keeping records, advertising and pricing, etc. Are you willing to take on these responsibilities?
Depending on the home business, you may find it very confining, stressful, expensive and physically exhausting. On the other hand, being on your own can be very stimulating, financially rewarding and satisfying.
A home-based business may cause problems within the family. You need the full support of spouse, children and others. They need to take you and your business seriously. What help can you expect or do you need from family members? Use of their money, skills and time often make the difference between success and failure.
Will you have adequate time to spend with your family? Doing work part-time or postponing starting a business a few years may enable you to better prepare for starting a business and allow you more time with your family when they particularly need you.
Lack of planning and insufficient financial backing join poor management as the main reasons why businesses fail. Improve your odds of success by moving slowly and carefully in starting a business and you can join the 95 percent of those who succeeded in their first year and the 85 percent who are still in business and doing very well after three years.

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July 4, 2009

Choosing the Business

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Choosing the Business

A money making businesses in 2009 can be either product-oriented

or service-oriented. Product-oriented businesses are usually two types: a) selling products

made by you, family members and/or employees (like raw materials such as fabrics or tanned

leather, kits like yarn/pattern and knitting needles, partially finished items like unpainted

bird houses or completed articles such as jewelry and belt buckles) or b)selling products

manufactured by others and either purchased by you for resale or sold on an order basis.

Services may involve performing a service at the place of business (word processing, tutoring,

bookkeeping or child care) or at another location (house painting, carpet cleaning or

consulting). To determine or confirm your money making

opportunity idea(s), examine your interests, skills and abilities, education/training, and

experiences.
You must enjoy doing the work involved. Just because you make super apple pies or wooden toys

doesn’t mean that you would want to create them six days a week. Perhaps you would rather teach

others to make pies or toys! Teaching requires a totally different set of skills and interests

than doing the actual work yourself. See (Appendix A) for a list of business ideas.

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A pilot study to investigate shoulder muscle fatigue during a sustained isometric wheelchair-propulsion effort using surface EMG

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A pilot study to investigate shoulder muscle fatigue during a sustained isometric wheelchair-propulsion effort using surface EMG

OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this pilot study was to develop a testing protocol for gathering shoulder muscle surface electromyography (EMG) data during a sustained submaximal isometric wheelchair-propulsion effort. Of special interest was analysis of the median frequency of the surface EMG signal power spectrum; a negative median frequency shift during a sustained effort is an indicator of muscle fatigue. The long-term goal is to improve our understanding of how fatigue and muscle imbalance might play a role in the development of a broad array of upper-extremity overuse syndromes. METHOD: Participants were a convenience sample of seven male manual-wheelchair users with spinal cord injury and 14 able-bodied males. Surface EMG in six right-side shoulder muscles was recorded while subjects resisted a static force equal to 60% of their maximum handicap scooters-propulsion strength until fatigued. Percent of maximum voluntary contraction and the median frequency shift for each muscle were analyzed. RESULTS: The able-bodied group used a higher percent of maximum than the manual-wheelchair group (p< .05) than power wheelchairs, and a more pronounced negative median frequency shift was evident in the able-bodied group (p < .10). CONCLUSION: Patterns that emerged suggest that spectral analysis of the surface electromyographhic signal has promise as a clinically useful tool to authenticate muscle fatigue in the upper extremities during occupational performance. Such data in the future could be used to justify the need for and benefits of adapted performance techniques and assistive technology.

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July 2, 2009

Write a Smashing Covering Letter

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Write a Smashing Covering Letter

Your first contact with a hiring manager is your covering letter. So you’ll want to make it strong, specific, and solid. Enjoy the process. Think of the potential employer as a friend across from you over a cup of coffee. Let him or her know who you are, what you have done, what you can do and how you’ll be a real asset to the company. Put all this info in your cover letter. Feel free to mention some detail that will set you apart. Are you good at negotiations, can you train people, do you like organizing meetings? Hiring managers will take a second look at cover letters that include special material like this.

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