January 24, 2008

Advantage Flea Control

Filed under: Animal Care @ 10:07 pm

As a pet owner I’m sure you’d be frustrated at the sight of your pet scratching and suffering from fleas. If you look into the veterinary arsenal you will see that there are a number of products that help you fight the war against fleas. Of all these products, nothing kills fleas faster than Advantage which is a topical solution containing imidacloprid. As in the popular commercials with the singing pets, Advantage keeps your dog or cat flea free and therefore happy. In fact, because Advantage kills fleas so well, it has been referred to as the flea specialist.

Advantage should be THE weapon of choice for all pet owners in the battle against fleas. Veterinarians and pet owners alike trust Advantage, and in turn have made it the most preferred flea control product in the United States, for one reason and one reason only, it kills fleas fast.

Advantage has the label claim that it kills 98-100 percent of fleas within 12 hours. Advantage also kills 100 per cent of re-infesting fleas within two hours. Advantage destroys the nerves and muscles of the flea within 10 to 25 minutes and within the hour all the fleas will be dead. Advantage is a topical solution which localizes the lipid layer of skin on the animal where it remains effective even after bathing or repeated water exposure.

Fleas only need to come into contact with Advantage to receive a lethal dose of the product, it does not have to bite your pet. Advantage may also help to reduce hypersensitivity skin disorders, also known as flea allergy dermatitis.

Advantage is used worldwide totalling more than 150 million doses. Advantage is the most proven flea control product available. Advantage is also a gentle product and can therefore be used on puppies as young as seven weeks and kittens as young as eight weeks.

Advantage is the number one flea control product and is recommended by veterinarians, pet owners recommend to family and friends. Given all these benefits, Advantage is the most recognized flea control product available on the market today. Advantage is manufactured by Bayer, a name known to consumers for some 100 years.

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How Credit Cards Work

Filed under: Great Mathematics Tips @ 2:10 pm

Credit cards are, to put it bluntly, fantastic. That is, they can be fantastic if you know how to use them correctly, and know how credit cards work. If you don’t know these things, credit cards can be a wild and sometimes scary ride through debt and financial ruin. Are we being melodramatic? You would know that we aren’t if you’ve ever met someone who has had a credit card problem.

The issue is: credit card companies make money when you wrack up debt on their cards. They make their most money when people only pay their minimum monthly payments on them, and allow their debt to build up and accumulate month after month. That’s where the annual percentage rate, or APR, comes into play. That’s the interest rate, usually high, that you pay every month on your outstanding balance. Your minimum monthly payment barely covers that, so your debt just sits there and builds.

On the other hand, if you make your monthly payments, in entirety, and start each month with a blank slate, your credit card can become the key to freedom and financial success. It allows you to roam the world free of cash, while buying dinner for your loved ones, a night out on the town, a new television, a tank full of gasall with a swipe of a card. At the end of the month, don’t worry. Those charges will appear on your statementand hopefully you will pay them off and have a blank slate to make more charges the next month.

The difference between the first and the second situations with credit cards is simplecredit cards work if you use them within a budget. In other words, never use them when you can’t afford it, and always know what you can and cannot afford.

Sound hard? Nowadays, you can actually train yourself for a credit card if a budget sounds like an impossible task to you. The “trainer” credit card is an ATM debit card. It works exactly like a credit card, in that you can swipe it at stores, shops, and restaurants wherever any credit card is accepted. The difference is that behind that swipe is your bank account. If you don’t have enough money in your account for a purchase, the swipe won’t go through.

With a debit card, then, you are forced to know what you can, and cannot, afford before you go swiping away. So if you ever want to learn how a credit card is supposed to work, try starting with a debit card first.

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Children Know What Love Is About

Filed under: Universe Of Relationships @ 1:20 pm

Look to the little ones for the real meaning of love.

Is “love you” becoming as common as “have a good one”?

Many of the hearts-and-flowers cards are dripping with mush and many are designated for a person, “the man I love”, with a verse that declares boundless love and devotion.

Here are some quotations from children ages 4 to 8 who were asked “What does love mean?”

Out of the mouths of babes, and here is evidence:

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis. That’s love.”

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.”

“Love is when you go out to eat and give someone most of your french fries without making them give you any of theirs.”

“Love is what makes you smile when you are tired.”

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him.”

“Love is what’s in a room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handomer than Brad Pitt.”

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.”

“During my piano recital, I was on stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.”

Six-year-old Nikki and 8-year-old Jessica are young sages on the subject of love. Nikki said, “You should start with a friend you hate.” And from Jessica, “You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”

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