Sharon V asked:


I have a HP desk top set up with a Terayon Cable Modem by USB (eternet card does not work). I have a Compaq desk top with a Linksys PCI card installed. I am wanting to buy a wireless router so that I can run both computers. I do not know how to hook up the wireless router when I do buy it. Will it matter that the HP’s eternet card does not work? Can it be done by the USB port? Please somebody help! Thanks
The HP does not have a Network Interface Card. Is this the same as an Ethernet Adapter? Doesn’t have that either if it is. The Compaq is already set up with all it needs. It was my mother in laws computer and she had it set up for wireless. Yes, I will buy Linksys.
So, I put the adaptor in the HP, then connect what to what???

Piixsaar asked:


My neutered male cat sometimes goes crazy at night, running around, knocking over things and CRYING incessantly. He can go on for hours (seriously). Any ideas how to get him to settle down? I can’t go on without sleep!

Content

AL G asked:


I water moccasins that keep coming into my yard. Is there a repellent available.

Sharon Bell asked:


If you think the only good roach is a dead roach, you’re wrong. For even dead roaches can cause harm in ways you probably never imagined.

Scientists say the dead roach’s eggs, shell, blood and digestive enzymes can trigger allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, particularly asthmatics. These potential allergens can remain in the environment long after the roach has died.

Brian Key, chief of allergy and clinical immunology at the University of Kentucky, said about 60 percent of asthmatics are allergic to roaches. The usual victims are laboratory workers, students and field workers who are frequently exposed to roaches – dead or otherwise, according to Drs. Francois Haas and Sheila Sperber Haas in The Essential Asthma Handbook.

“A report by the US Agricultural Department cited studies which show that millions of people are allergic to cockroaches. Reactions can range from a runny nose and skin irritation to difficulty breathing, shock, and in extreme cases, even death,” said the editors of Health Alert.

To crack down on roaches, here are some practical tips from Insect and Rodent Control Through Environ¬mental Management: A Community Programme published by the World Health Organization:

Avoid dampness within the house, especially in the kitchen and near water pipes and sinks. Repair leaking faucets, make sure the drainage is working, and avoid spilling water.

Keep the house clean and tidy. Clothes and other household articles should not be kept on the floor.

Store food in closed containers or keep it inside closed cupboards. Household refuse should be placed enclosed containers and disposed of properly.

Improvements inside the house can eliminate the hiding places of roaches. Plug cracks and crevices in walls and floors.

Keep yards and vacant lots clean. Articles which are no longer used should not be placed there.

Make adequate arrangements for both liquid and solid waste disposal in the community.

Aside from this, the following measures are recommended by Consumer Reports, a publication of the Consumers Union of America:

Remove clutter – newspapers, piles of boxes, and so on – from areas where you’ve seen roaches.

Outside, trim bushes near air vents to keep roaches from getting into the house.

Don’t leave pet food out for long.

Use a vacuum cleaner to remove roaches and egg cases from nooks.

To strengthen your body, take Immunitril – your first line of defense in maintaining a healthy immune system. For details, visit http://www.bodestore.com/immunitril.html.

How to do

peterhutch asked:


” is a lay term for conjunctitis, which can be viral, bacterial, or allergic in origin. The symptoms are redness of the eye, itching, or the sensation of a foreign body in the eye. Also, a person with pink eye often has a clear discharge from the eye. Pink eye is very contagious, so good hand washing is important after touching the infected eye. If you touch the eye and then touch an object, the virus or bacteria can be transmitted to the object. Eyes are too precious to take chances with!

Pink eye is a bacterial infection. It requires treatment with antibiotic eye drops to git rid of it. It is considered highly contagious. Now to prevent infection or transmission it is important to Wash your hands after using the bathroom before touching your face. It is very common in young children’s day cares as they are not yet able to understand or follow proper hygiene. As they tend to touch there face and eyes without regard and chew on toys it spreads quickly.

Getting rid of pink eye shouldn’t be this difficult, but it is when you consider that there are 5 different forms (technically 6) of conjunctivitis. A lot of people think conjunctivitis is just a viral infection in the eye. This isn’t the case. Chlamydia, staph, strep, and pneumonia bacteria can all cause conjunctivitis, as well as viruses, allergies, and pollution. Three of these cases of conjunctivitis (viral, allergic, and pollution) can’t be cured, but doctor’s do give antibiotics to people with viral conjunctivitis if they want to avoid a secondary infection, and antibiotics are always prescribed to get rid of bacterial pink eye.

Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis) Treatment Avoidance. Your first line of defense is to avoid the cause of conjunctivitis. Both viral and bacterial conjunctivitis spread easily to others. Here are some tips to avoid spreading the conditions or re-infecting yourself: Wash your hands frequently, and avoid touching or rubbing your eyes. Don’t share washcloths, towels or pillowcases with anyone else, and wash these items after each use.

After rubbing/scratching/grinding both eyes, and ensuring neither eye was neglected of the burning, pussing delights of conjunctivitis, this is what I looked like on day two. I attach no picture on step 3 only to prepare you for.

Pink eye is highly contagious and can be very costly and dangerous if you get it. A good friend of mine got the pink along with several others. She thought it would clear up on her own and left it untreated. Her corneas dropped because the case got so out of control and she ended up with some long-term vision problems.

The first thing you should do is identify which allergens are causing the problem, if that’s possible. You can do this by process of elimination: try to remember where you’ve been or what new things you did prior to contracting pink eye. Have you gone to a new place recently? Have you engaged in activities in which you were exposed to new things? These are just some of the questions you can start with in order to identify allergens. Just remember that the allergens have to be small to actually get in your eye, unless you’ve been actively introducing foreign things into them, such as a new brand of contacts or eye drops.

Christi R asked:


I am writing a reading response about the way you can interpret the short story The Squirrel Cage by thomas M Disch to be similar or parallel to religion.

Im trying to make my first sentence something like this:

In Thomas M. Disch’s “The Squirrel Cage”, Disch uses post modern writing to evoke the readers mind to interpret his story in many different ways.

I think its a generalization and my teacher docks big marks for that, how can i change it?

Create a video blog

Darryl Rambo asked:


For skin to feel soft and supple it must be fully hydrated. To help protect the outer layer of skin from losing water, the skin’s sebaceous glands produce an oily substance called sebum. Sebum is made up of fatty acids, sugars, waxes and other natural chemicals that form a protective barrier against water evaporation.

If the skin doesn’t have enough sebum, it loses water and feels dry. When environmental factors cause even more water evaporation, it over taxes the sebum’s ability to prevent water loss, the skin will then start to shrivel and cause you to look like a prune.

Xerosis is another name for abnormal dryness of the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes. It is also considered by some to be the normal hardening of aging tissue. I do not believe hardening of tissue is normal at any age. However, xerosis is a very common problem, and usually one or more of the following factors is involved:

• Decreased sebum production in the elderly is often a factor, because the number of sebaceous glands tends to decrease with age. Elderly people are also more likely to have a decreased blood flow to the skin which also causes sebum production to become less.

• Extreme climatic conditions can cause the skin’s natural protective barrier to be overwhelmed, such as a hot, dry climate which causes the moisture to evaporate. This is generally the reason for dry skin among people who live in the desert. Excessively dry indoor air may also cause dry skin, especially in people who use forced-air heating. This is sometimes called “winter itch”. Athletes are often exposed to wind, and sun which will cause evaporation, but even swimmers get dry skin because of the chemical content of the pool water which actually draws moisture from the skin.

• The most common cause for the loss of existing sebum is excessive bathing or showering, to much scrubbing while washing, or harsh soaps that dissolve the protective layer of sebum. Sometimes this results in dry skin over the entire body. Especially among athletes, or anyone who has to shower several time a day. Most often though, it is just the hands that are involved, as in the case of house cleaners, health care workers, homemakers, and food handlers who must frequently wash their hands.

People with diabetes or skin allergies, are often plagued by dry skin. Dry skin is one of the side effects of some medications, especially some acne products that are applied directly to the skin. Less often, it can be a symptom of hypothyroidism, kidney failure, or Sjogrens Syndrome.

Usually people will notice that their skin is flaky and slightly more wrinkled than normal, but sometimes the only symptom is itching. Symptoms may sometimes worsen during the winter months, especially if you spend a lot of time indoors.

With dry skin, you can generally make the diagnosis yourself. You can begin by examining your normal skin care routine. Do you often take long, hot baths or showers? Do you shower several times a day or scrub your skin surface with harsh soaps? Do you have a job that requires frequent hand washing?

Then, examine your environmental factors, both indoors and outdoors. Where you live, is it hot or cold, is it humid or dry? Do Are you inside during the winter months without a humidifier? When you go outdoors, do you protect your skin with appropriate clothing or with a sunscreen on exposed surfaces? Do you ever use a moisturizer?

When you begin to take care of your skin properly, the flakiness and itch of dry skin should improve within one or two weeks. In many cases, a good skin care moisturizer cream will begin to make your skin look softer and suppler within minutes.

If you don’t take proper care of your skin, dry skin can become a chronic problem that can lead to skin thickening, cracking and bleeding. It may also increase your risk of skin infection.

These five simple steps may prevent dry skin completely:

1. One shower or bath daily. Wash with warm (not hot) water, using a soap that either has a high fat content or contains glycerin. Don’t spend more than 10 to 15 minutes in the shower, and avoid scrubbing.

2. If you are an athlete, shower quickly. Use warm water, and bring your own mild soap, “gym” brands are usually harsh.

3. Upon finishing, apply moisturizer while your skin is still wet. Petroleum jelly or a thick cream is best for sealing skin moisture.

4. If you can’t wear protective clothing because of hot weather or game regulations, apply a sunscreen with a moisturizer. If you are a swimmer, apply a light layer of a water resistant gel before you enter the pool.

5. Use a humidifier to raise the humidity level, if your indoor air is dry during winter months,

Apply a good skin care moisturizer cream as necessary during the day, that contains at least one of the following ingredients:

* Colorless carotenoids, UV light activated, they provide powerful antioxidant protection against the environment.

* Shea butter, evening primrose oil, and meadowfoam seed oil provide rich emollients to enhance the skins natural barrier function and increase hydration levels.

* Parsol® 1789 and other sunscreens shield against aging UVA and UVB rays.

* Chamomile, cornflower, and matricaria flower extracts. This

special blend soothes the skin.

Avoid overusing antiperspirants and perfumes, since these products can dry the skin.

If your dry skin persists, contact your doctor’s office for advice. Call your primary care doctor or a dermatologist (a doctor who specializes in skin problems) if you have:

Dry skin that doesn’t respond to nonprescription treatments.

Severe itching that interferes with your ability to work or sleep.

Dry skin that cracks and bleeds, or becomes red, swollen and painful.

Overall, the prognosis is excellent. You can often prevent dry skin by making a few simple changes in lifestyle. If dry skin develops, there are many soothing and effective treatments available. Most can be purchased without a prescription.

ashley c asked:


I have killed 7 snakes in my back yard neat my workshop, and i dont know how to get rid of them

becki_normalgirl asked:


I live in Philadelphia. The section of Philadelphia that I live in is quite nice and has less than a 1% unoccupied dwelling rate. In sections of the city that are filthy, crime and drug infested have a much higher unoccupied dwelling rate and everyone has tons of roaches. Are roaches attracted to unoccupied dwellings? I have never seen a roach in my life and no one in my neighborhood has either. The streets in the roach infested parts of the city are littered with trash, but I am sure they keep their houses clean – so why would they have roaches? Are they attracked to the filth that lines the streets? Do they simply like the smell of crack? What damage do roaches do to a home? Do they carry disease? Are they attracted to trash or is it coincidence? Since the neighborhood that I am referring to consists of row homes, would it only take one dirty house on the block to have the whole block infested?

How to do.

Irwan Lee asked:


Ever wonder if you are given a choice to seek physician advice for your health, which doctor will you prefer to meet? The one who dress casually in open neck shirts? The one who wears sneakers and jeans or rather the one in a white coat and wearing neckties? Most of us prefer the latter obviously. Could this be a right choice?

Unfortunately the answer is NOT, Researchers at New York Medical Center of Queens recently reported interesting findings about neckties at the meeting of the American Society of Microbiology.

Earlier studies have found bacteria on everything from doctors’ stethoscopes, pagers, cell phones, and even pens. Following those finding Doctors are aware and know how to clean those items frequently. Shirts and white lab coats are washed more frequent, sometimes as often as every time they worn. But how often do they clean the tie, do they realize that neckties might carry germs as well?

“Most people don’t clean or wash the tie that every time they wear it,” told one of the researchers, Steve Nurkin. “You come home and throw the tie on your tie rack and a week or so later, you wear it again. It’s rarely clean.”

Neckties worn by doctors can and do carry dangerous pathogens which means a bedside visit by a well-dressed physician could be hazardous to your health.

Doctors may wash their hands, some more than others, but often adjust and straighten their neckties after they’ve washed their hands. While examining patients, they might lean over, and their neckties would swing and touches the bedding or brushes against patients’ skin during examinations, and they get sneezed on and coughed on by patients, spreading bugs and bacteria around from one patient to another. Each encounter might leave microbes on those strips of fabric.

The study compared the ties of 42 male medical staffs which include physicians, physician assistants and medical students with those of 10 security guards.

The study shows 20 out of 42 ties (47%) worn by medical staffs were infected with a non-pathogenic Alcaligenes faecalis bacteria and seven ties infected by organisms which pose a threat to the elderly or others weakened by illness or medication, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, , Acinetobacter baumannii, Alcaligenes faecalis, Pantoea agglomerans (which turned up on three ties) and Klebsiella pneumoniae which cause a life threathening pneumonia and toxic shock.

Staphylococcus aureus, five gram-negative bacteria that is often associated with food-poisoning, was found in 33% of neckties (12 ties) worn by medical staff, but only one of the neckties worn by security guards.

”While there is no direct evidence to implicate neckties in the transmission of infection to patients, the link between contaminated necktie and the potential for transmission must be considered,” says Nurkin.

He also said the study was meant to raise awareness of a potential risk and help provide better quality care.

So should doctors stop wearing a necktie and toss away their ties? Well maybe they should. For sure, they certainly need to pay more attention to their hygiene considering about 5 to 10 percent of all hospital patients acquiring an infection in the hospital where they receive treatment!