Flu? It May Be Carbon Monoxide In Your Home, Cabin Or Chalet Heating System

Tossing and turning all night? “Counting Sheep”. Or not counting sheep but trying a myriad of other folk and family remedies to get back to sleep and conquer insomnia. Got a lot on your mind? Most of us experience occasional difficulties sleeping, but unfortunately many people suffer from sleep problems that are chronic and / or severe. It has been said that “insomnia” is the inability to enjoy uninterrupted sleep, to fall asleep so that the person feels exhausted the next day (or days) and as a result not only feels exhausted but has trouble functioning normally.
By: Margaret S. Mathews

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Wo pioneers for people with AIDS......

Wo pioneers for people with AIDS, Michael Callan on the East Coast and Dan Turner on the West Coast, decided to record the beginnings of the PWA movement while it was still fresh in their memories. Join them and their colleague, photographer Jane Rosette, in a written and pictorial journey of the way it was in the 1980s when the HIV and AIDS movement was young. We thought it important to record the founding of the People With AIDS (PWA) self-empowerment movement now, while our memories are not totally fogged over. Many who were there are gone now, and those of us who are left feel a responsibility to those generations of People With AIDS who will follow to explain how a movement was born; a movement based on the breathtakingly obvious concept that People With AIDS ought to participate in the decisions that directly affect our lives. The founding of the PWA self-empowerment movement is largely a tale of two cities: San Francisco and New York. It is sad that the first "comprehensive" history of AIDS in America, And the Band Played On, omits or demeans the PWA self-empowerment movement. And so, to the best of our abilities, we will tell our own history herein so that future generations may understand how we got here from there.
by Michael Callan and Dan Turner

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Live Your Life In Tune With Yoga

There are certain stages of enlightenment with Yoga and you can learn to live your life in tune with Yoga. There are several areas in your life that can benefit from the Yoga experience and when all of these areas are joined together, it is possible to tune the volume down on stress and live a life that is more fulfilling. When you live your life in tune with Yoga, you are blending the fitness associated with Yoga exercises with the meditation that is derived from each exercise. After a time, the Yoga enthusiast is not only able to achieve better flexibility and a physically fit body through the exercise regimens, but the person becomes more tranquil and in tune with everything around them. In the beginning stages of Yoga, a person might feel more at ease doing Yoga exercises in the privacy of their own home. They will purchase a comfortable leotard and a Yoga mat and then pick a time of the day where nobody is around to turn on a Yoga tape and begin their lessons in Yoga. To live your life in tune with Yoga, it will require that you approach it with an open mind, and make it a point to keep the mind open through the various phases of learning that you will go through. At first, the sitting postures used in Yoga will be very awkward and some people might experience muscle discomfort after the first day of exercises. This is not because Yoga is an extreme exercise program that will make you tired due to exhaustive exercises. The body may not be used to being tasked with bending in such a manner, or the level of spirituality that you achieve might make you feel totally relaxed to the point where you feel like you need a nap. To live your life in tune with Yoga it may help to blend massage into the program shortly after starting. While this might help to soothe the sore muscles that you may get, a massage has therapeutic value because it entices you to relax. The calming features found in a soothing massage will take the soul to a whole different plane. Some of the exercises in Yoga will help you focus. Yoga gets you to focus on the things that are around you and to focus on the inner self. That person probably does not get out very often and the first meeting will truly be a revelation to some people. From this introduction, people are able to be more aware and to focus on what occurs during every moment of their day. Each moment has value that deserves a person's undivided attention because it will never be repeated. By Jim brown

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