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Sunglasses are a must buy accessory this summer if you want to look stylish and beat the heat at the same time. Sunglasses cover the most vulnerable areas of your face, your eyes and the area round it, that are most affected by exposure to the sun. The dangerous UV rays of the sun not only cause damage to the skin, but also to your eyes, causing cataracts, glaucoma and even blindness. So if you want to save your eyes from dangerous diseases, the easiest way is to buy yourself a sunglass.

But before you head to the shop, there are a few words of caution that you should keep in mind. The first of these is that try on as many sunglasses as you can to check if they cover your eye area completely. When you try on a few shades, also double check so the sunglasses don’t pinch the bridge of your nose, rather it should sit comfortably. Also to be kept in mind when buying sunglasses is that the glass or the rim, under normal conditions should not in any way touch the eyelashes or sag down to your cheeks.

If this happens it means the sunglass isn’t well fitted enough and needs to be changed. You know you’re wearing the correct sunglass if your pupil is right in the centre of the glass, if not, it’ll have to go as an imperfectly placed sunglass may harm your vision! Apart from these general things, that are mainly the health hazards of buying the wrong pair of glasses, we can now move on to the style quotient of the sunglasses. Sunglasses, like haircuts or makeup, should be bought according to your face structure. To find out the perfect sunglass for yourself, read on to find out how you can choose a sunglass:

o If you’ve got an oval face, you’re in luck! It’s by far the “perfect” face shape out there and just about any style, shape and size suits you! So what are you waiting for? Go flaunt those new shades!

o Having a round face means that the shape of the sunglass has to be such that it makes your face look chiseled and longish, but cutting down those chubby cheeks. Rectangular frames, especially those that are slightly broader than your face will suit you best.

o An angular face needs a pair of shades that’ll make your features tone down and get you that soft, sophisticated look. When choosing sunglasses, you can either opt for square frames, or frames that are smaller than your face so that it minimizes your curves.

o If you have a square face, the frames that would look absolutely perfect are cat’s eye frames. They add a style quotient to square faces and at the same time minimize the squareness of your face, adding volume.

o For an oblong face, it would be best if you settle for round or square shaped frames. This would shorten the length of your face, giving it an illusion of being broader than it really is.

o For those who have a heart shaped face, go for cat’s eye rimmed glasses that enhance the area around the eye, rimless glasses look fabulous as well.

Now that you’ve got your face structures figured out and know which type of glass to choose, you can move on to decide on the color of the frames. While black is the most versatile color that is always in vogue, it doesn’t suit everybody! So don’t just follow the fashion trends blindly, buy a frame that looks and feels comfortable. Also, sunglasses come in a variety of frames and styles, so take your pick according to the material and cost that suits you best.

When writing booklets, you should stick to subjects you know about or are very interested in. Realize that people will believe you’re an expert on the subject because you wrote the booklet, so make sure what you write about is something you won’t mind being known for.

Here, then, in no particular order, are some timely topics as well as some evergreen ones for you to consider:

1) Pets – pets are the new kids for the boomers who now find themselves empty nesters, but you don’t need to focus only on boomers. Booklets for parents about how to choose the perfect pet for their family or child, or booklets about pet care would find a waiting market place.

2) Going Green – Anything to do with going green at home or in the office. This is huge among businesses right now. Booklets about how to go green in the work place will be welcomed.

3) Saving Money – as prices rise this is on everyone’s mind.

4) Making Money – This subject is always fresh. Everyone wants more.

5) Losing Weight – Ever wonder why there are so many diet books? It’s because the market for weight loss products and information is huge. There’s plenty of room here for your booklet.

7) Relationships – Anything from how to have a better marriage to how to find the perfect mate to how to get along with your boss. This is another timeless subject.

Health – My booklets fit into this category. You can write about ways to stay healthy or focus on a specific health issue. You could even write about health hazards in the work place. This is a very broad category.

9) Anything “how to” – “How to” books almost always do well. So do “how to” booklets.

10) Travel – A timeless classic that never goes out of style. Someone is always traveling. You could write about traveling for pleasure or for business.

11) Anything of interest to baby boomers – This is a very large segment of the population today. The market is wide open.

12) Parenting – Too many possibilities to list. Parenting teens, parenting toddlers, foster parenting, becoming a new parent, adoption, and the list goes on! Write about timely issues parents are facing today, such as internet safety, or write about something classic such as toilet training.

13) Education – Everything from how to get into the best pre-school to how to get into the best college. Homeschooling is a hot topic too.

14) Sex – I saved the best for last! This could fall into the relationships category or the health category, or it could be in a category all by itself.

There are tons of things you could write about. Think about what you know that could help someone else.

Copyright 2009 Kim Hillman

FORECLOSURE LISTINGS SANTA MONICA

We should first establish what Santa Monica Foreclosure means. Foreclosure goes under many names;

REO, Real Estate Owned Properties, Lender Owned, Owned by Bank and I could list many more but these are the most popular. The term foreclosure is really not correct when you see a listing that says “Foreclosures Santa Monica ” Foreclosure is a verb showing an action has being taken not how the listing is being sold. The property should be sold “REO Santa Monica Houses” or Lender Owned Real Estate “Santa Monica Houses”

For the sake not to confuse people I will use the term Foreclosure throughout this article.

There has been a lot of talk about the deals you can get today with properties that have been foreclosed and are for sale as an REO.

Buying a Santa Monica Foreclosure has many pros and cons

1. Pros

a. You can sometimes a find a below market price on listings

b. There are many houses on the market due to economic conditions.

c. Banks take into account and lower the prices knowing work needs to be done

d. Banks are usually eager to sell these properties and usually act fast.

e. For cash buyers the bank usually takes an additional discount

2. Cons

a. The property is usually not in the best of conditions. Remember that the former owner did not have the money to pay the mortgage let along keep the property up

b. The bank will sell the property as is and unless there are major health hazards have no obligation to fix anything.

What you see is what you get

c. You are dealing with a bank so there are no emotions involved and when they take a position on any part of the transaction they are usually inflexible.

d. Banks have had the house appraised numerous times and are very up to date with market conditions don’t expect to buy a Santa Monica Foreclosure at a fire sale price

e. Special transactional steps and paperwork

3. Conclusion

a. When looking for, Foreclosure listings Santa Monica, you can find great deals but there are a lot that are also not discounted enough to balance the negative aspects

Now the question is where you look for Santa Monica foreclosures:

1. The easiest is looking through the newspapers

2. Talking to a Santa Monica Realtor that specializes in Bank Owned Properties

3. Of course there are many publications on line that specialize in “Foreclosure News Santa Monica”

4. To get a total reference guide to bank foreclosures and to see Foreclosure Listings ” Santa Monica, here is a link to my website that specializes in foreclosures Santa Monica Foreclosure. West LA Real Estate Group

As in all communities, Foreclosures Santa Monica , are not located in all areas. The upscale areas of North of Montana, Santa Monica Mountains, and beach houses have not been economically hit that hard and this there are not that many Bank Owned Properties. You will find Foreclosure Listings Santa Monica in the blue collar area near Venice, Sunset and Ocean Park. These neighborhoods have a lot of Santa Monica Foreclosures.

The health hazards of exposure to secondhand smoke are well recognized by experts in the healthcare field. Secondhand smoke is that environmental tobacco smoke resulting from cigarette, cigar or pipe smoking by a smoker. There are two forms of secondhand or passive smoke, mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke. Mainstream smoke is that which a smoker exhales. Sidestream smoke is the smoke which comes directly from the burning tobacco product. Either form unfortunately is harmful to innocent individuals who involuntarily engage in passive smoking as a result of it the tobacco pollution caused by the willful smoker.

If it were not bad enough that nicotine which is a powerfully addictive substance with harmful health effects is present in passive smoke, tobacco also produces more than 4000 chemicals and 250 of them are toxic. Worse yet, 50 of the chemicals in passive smoke are felt to be carcinogenic or cancer-causing. Some of those carcinogenic chemicals are as follows:

• Benzene — A component of gasoline

• Formaldehyde — A chemical used to embalm corpses

• Hydrogen cyanide — A highly poisonous gas used in chemical weapons

• Carbon monoxide – A gas in automobile exhaust

The Surgeon General issued a report in 2006 concluding that secondhand smoke can kill and that there is no safe amount of passive smoke. The report also concluded that the greater the degree of passive smoke exposure the greater the health risks.

Some alarming statistics relating to secondhand smoke exposure are as follows:

• In the United States alone 126 million people non-smokers are exposed to passive smoke at home and/or at work.

• In the United States 50,000 people per year die because of passive smoke exposure.

• In the United States approximately 3000 deaths per year occur because of lung disease in non-smokers caused by secondhand smoke exposure.

• Secondhand smoke exposure increases non-smokers’ risk of developing lung cancer by between 20% and 30% and their risk of developing heart disease by 25% to 30%.

• Exposure to passive smoke causes the development of respiratory conditions such as pneumonia and bronchitis in between 150,000 and 300,000 children under the age of 18 months, of which between 7,500 and 15,000 require hospitalization.

• More than 40% of children requiring visits to emergency rooms for severe asthma attacks live in homes where smoking occurs.

Given these alarming facts and statistics about the harmful effects associated with the exposure to secondhand smoke, it is important to determine your degree of exposure if you are a non-smoker in a home where someone smokes or if you are possibly exposed to passive smoke in the workplace.

Thanks to a home test kit which gives instant quantitative results it is now possible to determine not only if you are exposed to passive smoke, but also your degree of exposure. There is also a quantitative test kit designed for professional use. Each kit comes in two types. One requires the use of a urine specimen for testing. The other uses saliva.

By determining your level of environmental tobacco exposure you can then take the necessary actions to address one of life’s serious health hazards.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purpose only and is not intended to be a substitute for medical consultation with a qualified professional. The author encourages Internet users to be careful when using medical information obtained from the Internet and to consult your doctor before make decisions that can affect your health or if you are unsure about your medical condition.