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The most popular of Verizon’s plans is the America’s Choice 300 plan which gives you unlimited nights and weekends, and unlimited mobile to mobile minutes, plus 450 anytime minutes for just under $40.00 a month. This plan is ideal for the casual user who doesn’t do a lot of traveling or doesn’t make lots of long distance phone calls. Another favorite among Verizon customers is the America’s Choice 700, which allow you 1,000 peak minutes and 5,000 off peak minutes, for just under $100.00 a month. Verizon’s America’s Choice Family Share plan at $150.00 a month allows 700 shared peak minutes and unlimited off peak minutes with each additional line costing $20.00 per month.

A Consumer Reports survey showed that Verizon Wireless ranked best overall in consumer satisfaction, over all of its competitors. This survey examined the frequency of dropped calls, service area coverage, static on cell phone calls and busy circuits. Since the Consumer Reports survey was conducted in major U.S. cities, an independent test was conducted on the back roads of the Carolinas and Verizon Wireless proved to be consistently better and more reliable than competitors like Cingular, Nextel, AT&T, Sprint and Alltel. Verizon rightfully boasts about its overall customer satisfaction and fewer problems with service availability, overloaded circuits, and static on the lines.

Verizon has a fairly low turnover rate at just over 20%. Yet the major complaint against the carrier is poor customer service and confusing billing. The same independent study found the customer service staff at Verizon very helpful but not as knowledgeable about plans as they could be and with little information about coverage in Canada.

Another thing in Verzon’s favor is the quality of the phones supplied. Some of them double as walkie talkies, which is great when two people are working together on a project or when you are at a public event with the kids and want to stay in touch. Verizon also offers camera and speaker phones. They can also tie regular local and long distance calls in with their wireless plans. Web access, IM’s, text messaging and a wide variety of ring tones is also available from Verizon.

Unlike some of the competitors, Verizon offers single year contracts. This is good for a first time cell phone user, not to be locked into a long term contract with a company you may not be happy with. Before signing any cell phone contract, make sure you understand the terms, coverage area, and over plan minutes.

1.Bostons love to snuggle and cuddle. They want to sit in your lap if they are on the floor. If they’re already in your lap, they want to curl around your neck or burrow into your chest.
2.Just because they’re cuddle bugs, don’t think Boston Terriers are low energy dogs. These dogs need to run and play and run some more. They love to chase after butterflies and bugs and can keep up with much larger dogs.
3.For a little dog, the Boston is a big chewer. Your puppy is going to need plenty of chew toys. If you don’t provide toys, he will find his own. Your furniture, shoes, and even your feet will fall prey to his sharp little teeth.
4.Rotten eggs have nothing on a Boston with gas. These guys seem prone to odorous bouts of gas passing. Avoid changing their diets suddenly and do not feed table scraps to cut down on this smelly problem.
5.Bostons are very smart. Your dog will learn quickly and will enjoy doing obedience and agility. In fact, most Boston Terriers are even willing to do a few stupid pet tricks, especially if you pull out the clicker.

About the Author

Katelyn Thomas is the webmaster for www.aboutbostons.com and the owner of the outspoken Betsy, the Boston Terrier who writes Betsy’s Blog.

The Mad Planet
(Yillum the Great))The Cadaverous Planets))

Chapter One
The Grotto City

All of Moiromma (a frozen planet beyond earth’s solar system), was in rage. The mad planet and its several horde kings had fought a great and last battle in the Northlands, of the planet. There were rummors concerning this most trying occurance, this last battle, and its new king. All the people’s form far and near come to one spot called ‘Old Bishop’s Valley’ it was where the ‘Bishop of Burgge’ had lived and died some years pass, eaten up by the giant worms of the Northlands of the planet. These great ice worms lived in the north and grew to immense weights, and had ferocious appetites. Thus, the new king had yet to appear to his people, and the crowd, conquered and conquerors, awaited his appearance in the many ice castles built in the area to hold the 9000-citizens and soldiers, not counting the 1000-whom would not surrender or give their allegance to the new world order.

No man had seen this new king, who had fought off all the cell’kings of Moiromma, no one accepat his army of soldiers, and the citizens that followed him from battle to battle. In addition to the ice castles built on top of the surface of this area, and upon the 400-foot thick, glacier, that paralled the valley, they dug deep into the bowels of the planet, to old tunnels built centures before, when the land was not all ice, and there they created a underground city: the Grotto City. And here is where the king had intentions to find the 1000-rebels, and execute them.

There had been mumblings within and around the newly created region, called the ‘The Bishop’s Valley.’ Who was this new king? Everyone wondered, a mysterious figure it was said, from another planet, far off in another galexy. In time it was said he was from a moon that circled a planet called SSARG, and was looking for a lost love, a woman called ‘Siren the Great’. General Rice, a moirommalite, had joined forces with the new king, and thus helped conquer the planet of Moiromma. They had all dressed up like beggars, and became spies for the king, thus, it was easy to know when and where to attack, and henceforward, he became king within a short period of time. In this process of spying and conquering, he never stopped looking for Siren, he wanted to give her the whole planet as a gift, or perhaps even take her back to his planetoid, his moon kingdom where he was prince. And so, the General had every cell group within the Southern area of the planet check for her, now the north. And no one had seen her. So it would be the Great Serrias, of the Northland’s left to check. The new kings army, the army he had arrived with when he came to Moiromma, was only 100-soldiers total, but with wit and having the Moirommalites work against their own people for riches and wants, he conquered the whole planet except for the Great Serrias.

Chapter Two
Yillum the Great

Not many folks could remember the old Bishop of Burgges, he had come from the planet Earth, and was facinated with the life and culture of Moiromma, but the planet became too much for him, it was too maddening, to cruel for him to live among the cell groups of the south, and thus, moved to the north, which was cold year round, whereas, the south was cold, but had a summer where it was above freezing, and when it got cold in the winter, it never got as hazardous as the north country; therefore he felt safer living a hermit’s life, in his wooden, only wooden house in the north, and one of the few in the south. Anyone who could boast a wooden house was rich, and if he could keep it he was most witty at that. Thus, the old timers had a vague memor of the Bishop, who had changed his name in the cold north, but it is not worth telling much more of this person, lest we get lost in old memories, and now we are among a plagued king, once young and a prince, but now middle aged, and a great king to a new world, King Yillum. He was tyronical and corrupt in his own way, not like he used to be when he had first met this woman called Siren. He was throwing every Moirommolite who defied him into the cold dunges of the earth, to rot and die a miserable death. What good he had once, seemed to be lost. And the people of the planet had prayed to the many gods they knew of, for Siren to appear and marry this mad king, who had turned their planet into a mad planet.

Chapter Three
Siren the Great, and the Bear-men

The General had checked the Sirrias for several months, looking for the king’s lost love; now the General being the Minister of War, in addition to his other titles of General, and Advisor to the King. And in his long and trying search, he found a cell within the mountains, 16,000-feet up, and the General attacked what was called the bear-men, they were those who would bring down the mountains magical ice, place it in their abodes, and when they needed a magic, thus, they would drink it and sometimes could disapear to fight their enemies. And this is exactly what happened, the General came with 100-soldiers and found the bear-men drinking the ice, then they attacked, but it was shadows they were fighting. When the battle was over, there were only twenty five of the king’s soldiers left, and the general. Then the ten bear-men appeared, and frightened the Genearl and his soldiers almost to death, and there, was Siren, standing behind the bear-men, being protected.

“I tell you Siren,” said the General, “If I do not bring you back to our Mad King, Yillum, he will kill the whole population, and me. This matter will not be settled until you settle it with the king.”

Siren knew the king, but it was her mother whom he had fallen in love with, not her, and she was residue in her brain, and only on his planetoid could she materalize into a full being, and only a ghost type being at that. Her conclusion was that, the king wanted her because, her mother was inside of her, and she was physical, and thus, could have a relationship with her mother through her. Yillum would take whatever he could. Siren’s mother had chosen Siren in place of the once Prince of SSARG’s moon, and that has always bothered him.

“Yes,” said Siren, “I will return with you to the new king of Moiromma, but only because you have suggested it, perhaps he will regret my appearance, and perhaps he should get his coffin built before hand. Go tell him, I am coming, and it would be wise of you to tell your soldiers to not do a thing if I plan on battling it with the king. You have seen what the bear-men can do, and you have heard what I can do, and my mother is still within my brain.”

Upon the General’s return, he informed Yillum of the great battle that took place, but he modifed it, saying:

“Your majesty, we won a great battle over Siren, and to keep peace, I allowed her to live, and she said she’d return to see you in a day.”

Said the king, with venom in his voice: “Should she not return, I myself will kill you for allowing her this freedom.” The general said not a word.

It was but a day and Siren the Great did show up, in the Bishop’s Valley, and stood in front of the new king. The General with fifty guards around him, at his command. But most were Moirommolits, for there were only fifteen of the Kings original 100-soldiers left.

“I demand you marry me, and give me access to your mother.” Said the king.

“She doesn’t want to speak to you, for you are a wicked king, and must be killed, and you have made this planet into a mad planet, and I am here to kill you and set them free.” The king knew if he killed Siren, he also killed her mother, his old lover; but now he was full of pride and power, and said, harshly,

“If I can not have you with your mother, then it is better for you both to be dead,” and then the king looked at the General, said, “Kill her,” he yelled and commanded, but no one moved, the General said not a word. When one of the original 100-men came out to stick a sword into Siren’s heart, a ghost of a wind cut the soldiers head off. The king was amazed, looked at Siren, and in fright: “Kill her General, I command you right now!” But the general said not a word, gave no such command, and when the king went to kill the General, Siren grabbed his sword, and cut his legs off, so all the soldiers could see how helpless he was. Then the king tried to throw the sword at the general, but he caught it, and cut his right hand off. And his blood spurted all about, and the bear-men appeared before Siren, and the General.

The General was given Command of the people by Siren, to judge, lead and should he be like Yillum, to be judged by the people, should she return and find him in such a position. And she returned to the Sirreas, with the bear-men.

Note: written 30-minutes after an earthquake in Lima, Peru, October, 2005, and revised in Huancayo, Peru about two weeks later.

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Basic determination of what antennas are states that they are an electronic part created to transmit or receive radio waves. While the definition of antennas sounds quite simple, the specific job of an antenna can be quite complicated. Antennas are a system involving conductors that are intended to transmit an electromagnetic field and the joint electric current. In place of that situation, if antennas are put into an electromagnetic field, that particular field will bring about an alternating current upon the antennas, and electromagnetic force between its poles.

There are two basic types of antennas with the first type pairing with an electric field of an electromagnetic wave and oftentimes is part of a length of wire that an electric charge moves back and forth. The second type of antenna pairs with the magnetic field of an electromagnetic wave and is usually in the shape of a loop or a coil. If a person were to add additional conducting rods or coils that are referred to as elements as well as variegating their lengths, spacing and course, antennas that have particularly sought after properties can be created. Most of the time people will see antennas that were for use in a comparatively narrow frequency range.

The most common antennas people see is the straight rod on a radio or car that is about a quarter of a wavelength long. These types of antennas are very easy to put together inexpensively and can beam in and receive from all horizontal directions. Antennas are often used for the transmission and reception of radio frequency signals from electronic equipment like televisions and radios that can move over huge areas at the speed of light and move through various non-conducting walls.

There are many different factors that can affect antennas and how they perform that can be changed during the design of a particular antenna. The factors that can affect antennas are resistance, resonant frequency, amplification, regulation or radiation pattern, polarization, ratio and information measure. A transmit antenna can also have a maximum power rating and a receiving antenna can have changing noise rejection attributes. Whatever the internal workings of antennas might be, without an antenna most of the world would not be receiving much of the information and entertainment that it is today.

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Even though you are charged a monthly fee, additional charges could drive your bill much higher. If you are keeping your bill on a budget, here are a few tips that will help.

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- If you are on a tight budget, choose a plan with low monthly fee and low minutes. You can still use a landline phone or payphone for the majority of your calls.

- Limit the use of your cellular phone to check voicemail. You will be charged airtime. Use your home or work phone to check it. Check with your carrier on how to access your voicemail using a landline. Usually you just have to push # when your greeting plays then put in your password.

- Use free calls offered by local businesses - Many times local companies like TV stations, auto towing, radio stations, etc. may contract with your cellular provider to offer free calls to their companies. If you need to call these companies, take advantage of these special numbers.

- Do you really need the additional features like call waiting, text messaging and call forwarding? Unless they are included in your plan, you will be charged extra for these. If you are paying for a feature but do not use it, contact your carrier and drop it. Do not keep paying for a feature you don’t use.

- Caller ID might pay for itself if you have a minimum plan. You can use it to screen out calls that you do not wish to receive. This will reduce your airtime usage.

- Since incoming calls counts against your airtime, be cautious about giving out your cell phone number and NEVER post your cell phone number online.

- Unless you get a really good promotional offer, stick to a 1-year contract. Your usage needs may change or you may find a better deal after the contract expires.

- If you do not have a nationwide or network plan, be careful about calling outside your home coverage area. The roaming and large distance charges will really add up fast. You will also be charged for roaming and long distance with incoming calls received out of your coverage area. In some areas, you may pay roaming charges even if you have a nationwide plan.

- Pay attention to the clock when you call during the week. The weekday off-peak hours are limited, often 9 pm to 5:59 am (varies by carrier, check your plan for details).

- Choose the right plan. If you are overpaying for more plan than you actually need, you are also overpaying in taxes, which can be 15-20% of your total bill.

- If you need to make a change in your plan, do it during the first month of your plan. If you wait, you will be locked into the contract. Carriers have deadlines for changes. If you make changes afterwards, they add months to your contract.

- Re-evaluate your usage every couple of months - Go over 2-3 months of your cellular bill. If you find that the package plan you are paying for includes too many, or worse, not enough minutes, call and change to a different plan.You may have to extend your contract as stated above.

- Ask for a bill analysis - If you are not sure if another plan would be better, call customer service and ask them to do a bill analysis. They will examine your bill for you and compare other plans to see if they can save you money. They can do this at any time, but this is especially important when getting ready to renew a contract.

- When selecting a phone, start with your budget. There are usually rebates and promotions that result in a free basic phone with service. You can pay much more for a phone loaded with features. Features to consider: weight, size, if you can read the numbers on the screen, paging service, two-way radio service, customized ring tones.

- Keep an eye on all the charges on your bill. Sometimes you may be charged for a feature or service you did not request.

- If you sign up for a plan with a rebate, do not forget to mail in the rebate card. This is how you get your cellular phone for free from many carriers.

- Call in late payments - If you are going to be late paying your bill, call them and tell them exactly when you will send it. This may save you from late fees, being suspended and paying reconnect fees.

- Suspend the cell phone if you’re not using it - If you are not going to be using your phone for a while. If you do seasonal work and are done until next year, or you’re on a trip without the phone, you can call the company and request service suspension for a period of time. Make sure to request a specific time frame. (Voluntary suspension may be limited to a month or so. Check with your customer service rep.) Remember that you are still locked into a contract and suspension stops the clock.

- Find out how to call toll-free calls on your cell phone. Most times 1-800 is not a free call on cell phones. Many times you must dial #-800, or something similar. Ask your customer service agent.

Does your cat polish your floor with his stomach as he walks? Is his food bowl bigger than your head? Do you grunt when you try to pick him up? Does he bounce when he lands on the floor? Do you spend more on his food bill than your own?

People see fat cats as subjects of humor. They make cartoons with cute captions, manipulate photos into amusing cards, and crack jokes about their rotund companions. As harmless as it seems, obesity in our feline companions is not a joke. The health risks are very real. For nearly 40% of American cats, their lives will be shortened by years due to this preventable problem.

All cat owners should know if their cat is obese, what problems are associated with obesity, what causes obesity, and how to fix the problem.

So how do I know if my cat is obese?

Obesity is commonly defined as being more than 20% above the ideal weight. How that ideal weight is determined, however, isn’t always cut and dried. Unlike humans, who have Body Mass Index and other various charts to guide them, there isn’t an established chart of acceptable weights for cats due to the large variations between the different breeds. A Maine Coon will be much heavier than a Siamese. For this reason, obesity in cats is determined using body condition scoring. Body condition scoring usually ranges from 1 to 9, with 5 being ideal and 9 being grossly overweight.

So how can you tell if your cat’s too fat? Feel his sides. Can you feel his ribs? A little fat covering is ideal. You should be able to feel his ribs if you put slight pressure on his sides, but you shouldn’t be able to count them just by running your hand over his body. Look at him while you’re standing above him. Can you see his waist? Yes, cats should have a waist. Look at him from the side. Do you see his tummy tucking in a bit? It shouldn’t be wobbling around in the breeze (in neutered animals, a slight pouch of loose skin is normal).

For long-haired cats, it may be helpful to wet down their fur in the bathtub to judge their body condition. All that fur can give the illusion that the cat is much heavier than it really is, or provide a great excuse to the owner for why her cat looks fat.
(See the links following this article for an illustrated chart to help you.)

So He’s Fat. Is It That Dangerous?

The short answer: YES.

The long answer: a list of known risks. Obese cats have a much higher risk of developing:

*diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes)
*hepatic lipidosis / FLS (a form of liver disease)
*arthritis or other skeletal problems
*lower urinary tract disease (’cystitis’)
*breathing difficulties
*heart failure
*renal disease
*problems with anesthetic
*surgical complications

But He Doesn’t Eat THAT much…

Excess weight is all about eating more calories than the body needs. If your cat is neutered, he uses less calories. If he’s a barn cat, he uses a lot more calories. The more active he is, the more calories he needs. Most of us have indoor cats that lay around much of the time. They’re not using energy to stay warm; they’re not hunting for their food. They don’t need to have a big bowl of food laying around to munch on 24 hours a day.

When humans diet, it is often recommended to keep a food diary because we lose track of how much we’re really eating. You can lose track of how much your cat is really eating if you free-feed dry and toss treats at him several times a day. Be more conscious of what you’re feeding him and remember that an animal that weighs 12 pounds doesn’t need to eat all that much. Nor will he think you don’t love him anymore if you stop tossing him treats every time you think he’s being cute. If you want to show him your love, play with him. Give him some catnip. Spend time interacting with him. Don’t equate food with love.

Getting the Weight Off

If your cat is more than a little overweight, the first thing you need to do is make an appointment with your veterinarian. There are a few medical reasons for gross obesity that require veterinary care to fix. Barring a medical problem causing the condition, your vet should monitor your obese cat’s health as you restrict calories. Strict dieting can be deadly to obese cats. Do not just drastically cut down on her food and hope the weight will melt off. Obese cats who are suddenly deprived of food are prone to Fatty Liver Syndrome, which can be fatal if untreated. Weight loss should be a gradual process - the natural result of a healthier diet and a more active life.

Most cats are not so grossly obese that they need medical care to supervise their weight loss. Most are simply the result of an unhealthy lifestyle where they consume too many calories, are too inactive, and eat the wrong kinds of food (pretty much just like overweight people). Addressing these problems will result in the weight gradually reducing to a healthy number. Try these tips.

*Buy premium food. Many inexpensive brands don’t use quality ingredients and use far too many fillers. The nutrients are not as digestible, thus aren’t bioavailable (they just pass right through the system). The cat eats more to compensate.

*Feed portioned meals at regular mealtimes. Cats will eat out of boredom, just like people. They may also compete for food in a multi-cat home. Feed the portion recommended on the food packaging, dividing into two or three feedings daily (barring any medical condition requiring a different feeding schedule). Separate your cats in your multiple-cat household if necessary. Leave the food down for 30-40 minutes, then take it up. You eat meals at mealtime. So can your cat.

*Feed wet food in addition to or instead of dry. Cats are meant to eat meat. Dry foods tend to have far too many carbohydrates (not very digestible) and not nearly enough water and protein. The wet food, high in protein and fat, satisfies the cat’s hunger better and is used more efficiently by the body. If your cat likes wet food, feed the wet only. If she isn’t all that crazy about it, give her half her calories as dry and half as wet. If you’re just starting out, even a quarter of her calories coming from wet food is a start.

*Skip the treats. Food should not be equated with love. Once your cat is down to a healthy weight, an occasional treat is fine, but until then, try using praise, play time, catnip, and other rewards to show how much you enjoy your companion.

*Integrate activities other than eating into the routine. Your cat was made to be an active being - one that hunted for food, competed for territory, stayed safe from predators, stayed warm in the winter, cool in the summer, ranged for mates, and raised young. Now that cats are kept as indoor pets, they need activity to be provided for them. Get some interactive and automated toys for your cat. Play chase with her - get her to chase you from room to room by dragging a cat toy behind you. Get her a big cat tree and hide interesting things such as catnip pieces in it, especially towards the top where she needs to climb to get to. Plant a little container of cat grass and secure it to the top. Be creative, but get her thinking and moving. Playing with your cat reduces stress levels - for both of you!

Keep the Weight Off

Don’t get lazy once your cat can actually jump onto the couch without effort. A healthy weight is all about lifestyle. Maintain the feeding regimen, don’t start feeding a lot of extra treats, and keep up the activity levels. Spending a little time to get your cat to a healthy weight will help your cat live a longer, happier life.

About the Author

M. Nikole Hunn is a freelance writer in her spare time, in between coding, tripping over cats, and cleaning hair off the couch. Her main site can be seen at http://www.ipwebdesign.net/.

Key Facts:

Size: Small - medium
Height: About 38 cm (15 inches)
Weight: 22.5 - 25 kg (50 - 55 lb)
Life Span: 10 years
Grooming: Simple
Exercise: Medium
Feeding: Medium
Temperament: Determined & affectionate
Country of Origin: Britain
AKC Group: Non-Sporting
Other Names: English Bulldog, British Bulldog

Temperament:
The Bulldog is affectionate, loyal and stubborn. Bulldogs get on well with children and household pets but maybe dominant towards other dogs. Bulldogs are affectionate and docile companions and enjoy following their owner or family around the house. Bulldogs love attention and their happiness depends upon it.

Grooming:
The coat of a Bulldog only requires minimal care, but it is important that facial wrinkles are kept dry and healthy.

Exercise:
To keep Bulldogs healthy they need regular but moderate exercise. The shape of a Bulldogs head and it’s breathing apparatus means that it can easily become short of breath and so walking should not be done at a fast pace, expecially in hot weather. But in saying that, Bulldogs can occasionally put in a surprising burst of speed.

History:
It is believed that Bulldogs evolved from the mastiff family. Centuries ago they were longer legged and were used for bull baiting. Bulldogs were known throughout England as keen fighters and they were expected to attack and hang onto the ears or sensitive noses of the bulls who at times, would toss them 10 metres into the air - often causing a serious injury or death. Bull baiting was banned after 1835, which is when breeders concentrated on breeding the gentle amicable Bulldogs that we know today.

Physical Characteristics:

General Appearance: Stocky, heavy, rather low, compact, with a bold, massive head in broad proportion to the dog’s size.
Colour: Brindle, red, fawn with or without black masks and/or white patches. Also solid white and pied.
Coat: Short, smooth, close and fine in texture.
Tail: Straight or screw-shape, short, set low and carried downwards.
Ears: Far apart, set high, small, thin and rose shaped.
Body: Low, pear-shaped, short and strong back, broad shoulders and narrow towards the loin. The belly is tucked up, with a broad chest and widely set forelegs.

Additional Comments:

Due to the characteristics of the Bulldogs nose and throat, the airflow tends to be restricted. This causes them to breath noisily and to have problems with breathing in hot weather.
Due to the broad heads and narrow pelvis of Bulldogs, the puppies are commonly delivered by caesarian section.

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