(Akiit.com) Patricia Anne Phillips is a local author of seven romance novels. After her daughter’s health started to decline, Patricia was asked to move into her daughter and family home. Her daughter had a car accident, and two months later was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). After the car accident her conditions worsen. It was devastating to see her suffer with more extreme symptoms. Soon Patricia realized that living with a family member that has Multiple Sclerosis makes changes for everyone in the household. That was when she decided to write a book that wasn’t one of her romance novels, but a novel that was based on a true story, with true facts that could help others.

Since Multiple Sclerosis is diagnosed more in women than men, Patricia wanted to write a story that would inspire and uplift women self-esteemed. Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic, unpredictable disease of the central nervous system (the brain, optic nerves and spinal cord. Most people are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50. MS is not considered a fatal disease as the vast majority of people with it live a normal life-span. But may struggle to live as productively as they desire, often facing increasing limitations. Also, Multiple Sclerosis progresses faster in African Americans than other races.

Read one woman’s story in Patricia Anne Phillips novel, Treading Waters, A Woman Living With MS, based on a true story. ISBN 978-0-615-27822-3 $14.99

Official Website; http://www.paphillipsbooks.net
Contact author; patriciphilli@aol.com

(Akiit.com) In respect to the oncoming cold and flu season, and as a disclaimer at the onset of this article, please be advised that the information contained herein is NOT to be taken literally and seriously as sound medical advice, but is an actual personal account of what occurred to me one winter season in my desperate attempt to rid myself of a severe cold.

Again, please do NOT follow any advice that you deem to be of a positive nature in this article, and I receive no kickbacks from advising you to see your doctor should you become ill. Hopefully, this vital information will save both eyes and lives, particularly, when all over-the-counter medicines have successfully failed you.
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Do you ever have head congestion so severe and to the point that your nostrils become stuffed, clogged, even reddened and flared while causing you to almost, literally, blow your brains out into your favorite Sunday handkerchief?

Well, as this ailment had become overly frustrating for me, and I had almost reached a proverbial breaking point, short of using a shish kabob stick, or worse, a welder’s torch, here is how I elected to unstuff and unclog my own nostrils.

1. I opened my overhead cabinet and withdrew a coffee filter.

2. I then gathered a can of black pepper and a bottle of chili powder.

3. I then sprinkled enough of each vigorously into the filter to ensure proper coverage of its bottom.

4. Next, I gathered all sides of the filter, closing it to form a bag-like container, followed by a brief exercise of shaking it a number of times in an effort to mix the ingredients sufficiently.

5. I then opened the filter and took several big whiffs.

What I Learned From This Experiment:

The first and, possibly, the most important thing that I learned from this experiment was DON’T DO IT!!! In fact, don’t even think about doing it! The second thing that I learned was, if you bravely insistent on doing it, be certain to first close your eyes very tightly so none of the mixture backfires directly into your eyes during your external breaths into the filter. With my equilibrium currently being slightly off balance, along with my inability to establish a cohesive rhythm, I zigged when I should have zagged, and I flipped when I should have flopped. Thus, my failure to take the proper precautions and get my rhythm right on all accounts resulted in this homemade mixture causing a subsequent 5-alarm hellfire and brimstone sensation in my eyes. And, while I was temporarily blinded as a result, I must admit that I cannot recall when both my nostrils had been more clear.

One Final Caution:

To be on the best possible safe side of preventative care, before employing this procedure, you may wish to consider placing masking tape (or better yet, goggles) over both eyes, as well as consider contacting an Emergency Medical Team as well as your local fire department in advance to have them standing by in case of the sudden occurrence of a life threatening emergency upon your person.

I am strongly considering adding this tip to a reference that I am contemplating writing titled, “How NOT To Kill Yourself With Grandma’s Death-Dealing Remedies 101-Volume 1.”

Should I write such a reference, it will be distributed in retail outlets, hospitals and, particularly, funeral homes. I shall then follow it up with a second volume titled, “Grandma’s Remedies Still Won’t Work For Me, So Why Do I Continue Using Them?: Subtitled: Lessons In Innate Futility.”

Written By Kenny Love

Editor’s Note: Kenny Love is an author/writer who manages PodLife.org, a life improvement resource at http://www.podlife.org

(Akiit.com) End-of-life decision making is the process that healthcare providers, patients, and patients’ families go through when considering what treatments will or will not be used to treat a life-threatening illness.

More than any subject, avoiding talking about death ranks at the top of the list. Death of a loved one is also the one thing that causes the most damage to the survivors, when it had not been discussed fully in preparation for the end.

How many of us have made clear to our family and friends, who understand all too well what we liked in living, how we wish to die?

Our families and friends know our favorite foods, vacation spots, the music and movies we love, even the cars and clothes we like best. But, nine times out of ten, those same people aren’t prepared to make decisions about what circumstances we should die under.

You see, we are all a car accident, a fire, or a heart attack away from being in a situation where someone else will determine how we will die. Many times there is no sudden tragedy, but simply the final chapter of a terminal illness, or just the closing of a long and wonderful life.

People need to openly discuss their end-of-life care beliefs and choices with their families and doctors.

We all need to consider what we personally value in what quality of life means, and communicate that to people you love through conversation and even better, as well as in writing.

Patients who are seriously ill, and their family members, need to make sure they ask questions of doctors and other health-care providers to get all the information needed to make appropriate decisions. It’s important to ask your doctor ‘what if’ questions. For example, ‘What if the surgery is unsuccessful? What is my option then?’

People sometimes have difficulty discussing such issues because it is hard for them to consider that the treatment might not work. They may worry that a failure to remain positive could actually have an adverse effect on their outcome. People should hope for the best while planning for the worst.

It doesn’t mean that you are giving up; it just means you are considering all of your options so that you can make the best decision regardless of what you find.

In general, it is much easier to make this decision when you feel relatively healthy and are able to openly express your wishes to a family member or friend.
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(Akiit.com) I do need to look for a new cell phone and all… Yes this LG just isn’t cutting it anymore… I do desire to purchase a blackberry tour, since I’m becoming more business minded… Anyway this Oklahoma criminal defense attorney called me by mistake… Still amaze at how people dial the wrong number… Well the sun shining, so let me go out and get some fresh air…

Written By CTA

(Akiit.com) On October 13, the US Coast Guard nabbed 18 persons off Mission Bay near San Diego. The 18 were foreign nationals being smuggled into the country. The story like others that involve the traffic in human cargo garnered scant press attention. But what made the capture of the 18 even more noteworthy was that they were captured at all. Thousands more aren’t. They are part of the trade in human beings who work at forced jobs for subsistence or no wages, and are held in virtual captivity. The modern day slave trade nearly equals the illicit drug and arms sale trade as one of the biggest criminal operations in the world. An International Labor Organization report estimates that some two-and-a-half million people are trafficked from one country to another yearly and these forced laborers generate more than 30 billion dollars in illicit profits annually, half of it in industrialized countries.

The captives work in plants, factories, farms, hotels and restaurants and in prostitution and sex rings. The traffickers use coercion, fraud, physical abuse and even torture to prevent the captives from complaining to authorities, or demanding minimal pay. Language barriers, unfamiliarity with laws, and physical isolation are major obstacles that prevent many captives from complaining about their servitude.

Five years ago the University of California Human Rights Center in conjunction with the Washington DC based Free the Slave, an anti slavery advocacy group, released a landmark study, “Hidden Slaves: Forced Labor in the United States.” The center estimated there were 10,000 persons held as captive laborers in the country then. According to federal figures the number has soared to more than twenty times that since then. Not For Sale, a global anti-slavery advocacy group, estimates that nearly 20, 000 forced laborers are brought into the U.S. every year. Long and porous borders, lax customs checks, open seas, and the insatiable demand of agribusiness, manufacturing and service industries for cheap labor make the U.S. a prime destination for the traffickers.

Human trafficking is a federal crime. The “Trafficking Victims Protection Act” (TVPA) passed in 2000 and reauthorized in 2003 and 2005 by Congress increased penalties, broadened the definition and scope of what constitutes trafficking, and provided more aid and services to help trafficking victims. But short of nabbing truckloads of human cargo at the border, slave trafficking can be hard to detect, and relatively few of these cases ever wind up in court.
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