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To begin with, my children already lived here with their mother and stepfather. The varsity football team, the Stephenville Yellow Jackets, was the winningest Texas football team in the 90’s and my sons, along with their stepfather, urged me to come and see these kids play. “They are phenomenal!” I was assured. I went to watch them play as they won the Texas State Championships in 98 and 99. They WERE phenomenal! My youngest son played football at Stephenville High. His underclass teams won district and he played Varsity ball on a team that went to the Bi-District finals his Senior year. This was enough to get me to criss-cross the wide open spaces of Texas from Arlington, chasing after my son’s football games for four years, including quite a few contests right in his home town of Stephenville.

Game by game, the town was growing on me.

Some unusual things were happening there that caught my attention from my apartment in Arlington. For starters, on a Christian radio show I used to listen to, the host, Dawson McAllister, mentioned he would soon be speaking at a rally in…where else? Stephenville! Hmm. Intriguing. Turns out, my kids attended that rally. I found out later, most EVERYBODY’s kids attended.

Another happening that the Holy Spirit used to lure my attention to Stephenville was the war against prayer in the schools, particularly at sporting events and graduations. The reports were on virtually every nightly newscast. I noticed during my brief visits to town that there were many kids wearing a bright yellow t-shirt with the words “I Pray before I Play” emblazoned boldly upon the front. Following are some pieces of articles I found on the Internet, the likes of which I seemed to be hearing regularly back in the late 90’s. They speak for themselves, painting an accurate picture of the climate of those days:

“…the athletic field is rapidly turning into a culture war battle zone, as it did Friday night at a game in Stephenville, Texas, over the issue of school prayer. Education boards and school principals across Texas are struggling with federal guidelines on religious activities, including the ban on official school prayer. Earlier this year, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that some religious references were permissible at school events like graduation ceremonies, but were inappropriate — not sufficiently sacred — during other activities like athletic contests. Jurists ruled that the hootin’ and hollerin’ of a down-home football standoff lacked the “singularly serious nature” of other functions, such as a graduation event.

“That didn’t stop a small group of 15 students on Friday night, though, from smuggling a portable public address system into a high school game in Stephenville, Texas, to lead supporters in public prayer…

“One of the “prayer warrior” students at Friday night’s game told the Stephenville Empire-Tribune paper, “This was not about football, it was about God. We decided to pray for God (sic).” According to an Associated Press report, local high school superintendent Larry Butler said that the impromptu prayer rally did not have support of authorities from the district. “With that being said,” added Butler, “I applaud them for doing something that they feel really strongly about. I think the entire community of Stephenville believes in school prayer.”

“So far, there are no other reports of spontaneous prayer outbreaks at weekend football games. News accounts suggest that most school district throughout Texas are abiding by the Circuit Court guidelines…”

FROM ANOTHER ARTICLE…

“A number of “spontaneous” protest at football games have taken place in Stephenville. Last week, the Board of Trustees of the Stephenville Independent School District grappled with a policy which would permit a student selected by popular vote to deliver a pre-game “message,” provided certain rules were observed. The local Empire-Tribune newspaper noted: “The rules are that the purpose of the message is to encourage good sportsmanship and student safety and to promote the proper environment for the competition… The message may also be used to welcome or greet fans and the opposing team and/or to commend them for their achievements.

“While one board member mused that the new policy “would legally create an open forum for a period of time designated for the message and designate a place for the student message,” another member saw through the obfuscation. Referring to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court decision disallowing pre-game prayer, he told fellow board members: “This is the law today whether we like it or not. Until this is cleared up, I personally think we go against the law if we allow student prayer, or any prayer, before the game…” “

HERE’S ONE MORE FROM ‘99…

Students Defy Federal Judge on Prayer at High School Game

Stephenville, TX - The August 27th football season opener for the Stephenville High School Yellow Jackets was not only memorable for the lop-sided victory they had, but also for the courage shown by the student body and the fans in the crowd. A district federal judge had issued a decision forbidding prayer at public school gatherings, even if initiated by students. The students of Stephenville High believe this is a violation of their constitutional right to freedom of religion. The student body not only takes pride in being the defending 4A state champions, but in exercising their constitutional rights.

Before the opening kickoff, one of the students of Stephenville High grabbed a microphone and led a “spontaneous” prayer. Several students joined the young man on the sidelines, but what was even more powerful was the fact that not some, but all of the people in the stands stood up, removed their hats and joined in the prayer. Local news stations were there to cover the game and questioned the police and high school administrator as to what they planned to do about the “illegal” praying. There was no response from the police, but the high school administrator simply said that no actions were to be taken against the students. School officials also pointed out that since the school had not officially sanctioned the action, it could not be held legally liable for what happened.

The federal judge, upon hearing about the public prayer, said that the prayer was in violation of the constitutional separation of church and state. Some supporters of the students pointed out that the Constitution does not demand separation of church and state, but guarantees that there will be no laws made establishing any official religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Students interviewed said that they planned to pray publicly at their next game.
One thing that most local reports on the event failed to mention was that it was not just the Stephenville students and supporters, but their football adversaries as well that stood up to be counted. The Weatherford High School Kangaroos, and all their fans, honored the brave individuals that dared to challenge the edict of a federal judge by standing with them during the prayer. With reporters scouring the crowd for an opposing view, not one person was found whom the prayer offended. Still the judge finds this act illegal and irresponsible!

What happens going forward from here depends on how determined the judge is to force his will on the people, and how determined the citizens of Stephenville are to defend their constitutional rights. For one night at least, this was seen as a victory for Texans in the exercise of their rights. As for Weatherford High, it was the one bright spot in a night that resulted in a 34-7 loss to the Yellow Jackets.

AND ANOTHER…

MORE SCHOOLS IGNORE FOOTBALL PRAYER BAN

North of Dallas, Celina high school football fans prayed before a football game with a Christian school. The apparently coordinated prayer by fans, football players, cheerleaders, and band members violates the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ban on school football prayers because football is not properly solemn enough for God.

Rev. John Mark Arrington, pastor at Lighthouse Full Gospel Church in Garland distributed 250 T-shirts with the slogan, “Celina Bobcats Pray Before They Play.” Arrington want students to obey “God’s law,” which justifies the growing rebellion of evangelicals against the U.S. Constitution.

In Stephenville, students brought their own sound system to football games and delivered a religious message using the equipment. There was no report that school officials took any action to prevent it.

In Midland, student-led prayers at football games still happen. School officials said the prayers would continue until someone filed a lawsuit to make them stop.

FINALY, THIS FROM U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT…

To pray–or not to pray” by Robert Bryce.
U.S. News & World Report, Sep 13, 1999 (Vol 127, No 10). Page 26.

Joel Allen and Alan Ward, two Stephenville, Texas, high school students, refused to be denied the tradition that surrounded their school’s football games. So to circumvent a federal court order barring use of a school’s public address system for prayer before high school football games, the two students borrowed a small speaker system and led the crowd in prayer, much to the fans’ delight.

The court ruling that affects Stephenville, Texas, handed down in February 1999, by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a national furor over the place of prayer in public school events. The court’s decision stated that student-led prayer during graduation ceremonies is allowed, but prayer during events such as football games is not since they do not represent a “solemn” enough occasion.

This latest ruling is one of several conflicting federal decisions on school prayer in recent years. In July 1999, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an Alabama school district could not ban student-initiated prayer at school activities, even when attendance of the event is mandatory.

The Fifth Circuit Court’s decision will most likely be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the meantime, some school districts in Louisiana and Texas say they will hold a moment of silence in lieu of prayer. Others vow to ignore the ruling altogether.

YOU GET THE PICTURE.

I was fascinated, waiting with baited breath for the next act of civil disobedience to come from the kids from this li’l ol’ town in Texas I’d never heard of until my kids moved there.

Finally, I became very ill and was faced with a difficult decision. I had to leave Arlington, a place I’d lived for 14 years and a Church of which I was a Charter Member and Assistant Pastor as well as a good-paying job where I held a prestigious position. But I couldn’t bend over to load my dishwasher, walk a flight of stairs or carry groceries to and from my car. I needed my children’s help.

Stephenville, here I come!

Crippled and in pain, finding a job was nearly impossible. I came very close to filing Medicaid papers and becoming a ward of the state. I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Where God guides, He provides and He regularly sent ravens to take care of my needs. My old college roommate lived in Dublin just 12 minutes away. He directed a publishing company to contact me as they needed an illustrator for a series of children’s books. That job alone, a job I could do from my kitchen table or even from propped -up pillows, was enough to help me make ends meet. Between chapters, recipients of my weekly email Bible broadcasts would occasionally come through with a love offering.

I was living from miracle to miracle until I received a call from my old college pal informing me that the local Chamber of Commerce was in need of a receptionist. I did not even know what a Chamber of Commerce actually did but I was feeling miraculously better, well enough to have applied for work at a local dairy reading the ear tags on cows just the day before. Funny, I can’t recall a job interview where a prospective employer asked if I’d mind occasionally getting “splattered with manure.” (I replied that it sounded like my last job. He didn’t laugh.) Any way, I went right to The Chamber and I’ll be there 5 years this July 7th. It’s a great job and the Lord has allowed me numerous opportunities to tap into the spiritual roots of the community from my position.

UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY

At the Chamber, I’ve been privileged to work for and with wonderful Christian people. Several years back, one lady I worked with had the idea of putting on an event that would give teens something to do after school ended in may. as we brainstormed, the event evolved into “The Extreme Thing.” In no time, other church members and ministers jumped on board. In the end, we had 29 churches involved, 9 bands, bouncy toys, organized games, 1,000 attendees and several ministers. The event was closed by a wonderful Church of Christ choir and their pastor. It was awesome!

In 2002 and 2003, I organized a July 4th parade entry which I called “The Declaration of Dependence.” I designed a T-shirt and matching banner and about 50 Christians suited up and took part. The next year, over 150 Christians took part from 11 different churches - including Hispanic Churches. We had the largest entry in the parade that year.

One day, a man from the Assembly of God Church took me to lunch. He had an idea for a door to door prayer ministry he called “Operation Jesus.” I designed a logo for a T-shirt and, in the past two years, hundreds of participants have prayed for virtually every dwelling place in town. We’re about to start over and the numbers of participating churches is increasing every time we go out.

A young Youth Minister from the Disciples of Christ had the vision to organize an event he called “The Unity Conference.” In the end, hundreds of believers attended from various denominations to listen to seven different ministers speak on a variety of subjects and worship together in song with several church worship teams. I was honored to have been one of those who ministered. Just a few months ago, I actually preached the Sunday morning services in that same church on two consecutive Sundays.

My own ministry has expanded to include opportunities to speak at the high school and the local college where I recently participated in a panel discussion on homosexuality in a grad level counseling/psych class. Last Sunday, I completed my 6th and final week of teaching at the First United Methodist Church. I’ve been invited back. The Pastor called me at work just today to thank me for “sharing my gift” with his congregation. Nice man.

The pastor from the local Cowboy Church - a Baptist group that has blossomed to 500 members in its first year - has asked that I come and teach the Cowboys about the cults. Though I’m not Baptist, I have taught too many times to count at the Sunday meetings of the local Baptist Ministry. I attend a weekly house church meeting that includes several Pentecostals, some Baptists and a couple of Catholics. We’ve prayed together and ministered to others and have seen miracles and spiritual gifts in operation.

Jesus prayed that we would be one as He and the Father are one. Unity commands a Heavenly blessing.

THAT’S MY STORY…

That’s how I got to town and what God’s shown me in the mean time. Has it been without its trials? Hardly. Aside from hate mail via my computer, I once visited a woman in the county jail and even helped arrange her release. She later accused me of a crime and filed a restraining order against me. Not only did that case never make it to trial, but that woman has been sent to the state jail for another crime. On top of that, there have been a few people who wouldn’t allow their kids to sit under my teaching because they learned I’ve been divorced. At least no one’s shooting.

Oh, one last bit of good news is this: I moved to a cabin in the woods and, when I met my wonderful wife, Barbara, we not only moved here and love it, but we bought a Victorian home in town that my parents moved into from Las Cruces, New Mexico and are managing as a rooming house. We call it Vanderbilt Place. Barb is a registered nurse and got a job at the hospital located just 2 blocks from my downtown office at The Chamber. I see all 4 of my kids, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren regularly. I can recall the times that I was always so all alone and sickly.

I’m not sure what it is the Lord is doing here in this wonderful little town but, knowing Him, I know it’s gonna be great! I encourage anyone reading this now to grow where you’re planted, regardless of circumstances. I’ve learned that anything we can see with human eyes is subject to change. Even at my sickest, I was mailing Christian Gospel tracts to Middle Eastern-sounding names from the phone book on the chance the recipients might be Muslim. I made it to the letter “J” as I recall. My stamp-licking tongue wasn’t broken, after all. Later, a dear friend gave me a good used computer and my email ministry was on its way. I STILL only type with one finger (40 wpm, not bad, huh?).

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pastor Michael is founder of t.e.a.m. ministries (team1min@aol.com). His eMail broadcasts, known as “Your Town for Jesus” (SEARCH it!) are reaching tens of thousands WEEKLY. He ministers by way of email and Instant Message, too. Write him at team1min@aol.com if you’d like to SUBSCRIBE to receive his messages directly.

Michael’s mission is to bring Discipleship and Encouragement to the Body of Christ. Michael is the author of numerous booklets on a variey of subjects that will interest the thinking Christian. Since 1999, he has written and broadcast hundreds of inspirational articles and a dozen booklets, all designed to accelerate the process of spiritual development in God’s people.

Payday loans, also known as cash advance, are a useful tool after bankruptcy. By keeping current on your bills through a payday loan, you can rebuild your credit history. The key is to only use these cash advances for emergencies.

Using Payday Loans

Faced with a financial emergency, it is better to apply for a cash advance than skip a bill payment for two reasons. First, after bankruptcy the best thing you can do to rebuild credit is to pay your bills on time. If you are 30 days past due or longer, it will take three years for it to be removed from your credit history.

The second reason to use cash advances is to save money on late fees. Often a $30 late fee on an account will be more expensive than the financing fee of a payday loan. The same is often true with loan payments and bank charges.

Find The Right Payday Lender

Shop payday lenders just like you would shop for any type of service. Compare fees and interest rates, as well as, repayment options and customer service.

Consider looking online for a payday lender. Many of these online lenders offer instant approval with no faxing of paperwork required. It is also much faster to compare rates and fees of online.

Avoid High Costs

Cash advances are meant to be a short loan until payday. The high costs of payday loans come when people put off repaying these loans and the interest fees add up. Plan to pay back your cash advance on your next payday.

But if you can’t pay your loan back, talk with your payday lender. You can pay just the interest charge for that period or make only a partial principal payment. Above all, you don’t want to skip a payment, which will add up fees quickly.

Plan For Future Emergencies

Once you have gotten through your current financial emergency with a payday loan, start an emergency savings fund. By saving as little as $10 a week, you can have $520 in an account after a year’s time.

Also consider applying for a credit card for emergencies after establishing six months of good credit history.

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Paid surveys are being promoted as an easy way to make money online. Some ads promise you up to $250 per hour for taking paid surveys. Are they realistic? Can one really expect to earn that much money from online paid surveys? Let us find out the answers to these questions.

Such advertisements are usually put up by paid survey database companies like Surveyscout. They charge you for giving access to a database of market research companies, often in the range of $30 to $60. They typically have 400 to 500 survey companies in their database.

Is it worth paying these companies to get access to such a database?
Whatever information you get from these companies, you can get for free on the internet on many free online survey sites. Secondly, these survey database companies do not send any surveys by themselves, and you have to join each market research company in their database individually to get any surveys. In addition, most of the survey companies in their databases are good for nothing. Only about 40 to 50 survey companies are really worth joining.

What does this mean? If you are planning to try online surveys, you never have to pay anyone. You can get the list of the best survey companies for free on the internet. You can join them and get started.

Now let us take a closer look at on the rewards offered by paid online surveys. Survey companies can be divided into those which reward you with cash for each survey, those that give you points which can be redeemed for cash, and those which enter you into sweepstakes or prizedraws.

Survey companies that pay cash give $1 to $20 or more per online survey depending on many factors. This group includes many of the best survey sites like American Consumer Opinion Panel, Surveysavvy, Ciao Surveys, Greenfield online(Gozing) and Pinecone Research. You can expect to get 1 to 4 surveys per month from each site.

Surveys that reward you with points let you accumulate reward points which you can later redeem for cash or gifts. Some of the most reputed market research companies like Globaltestmarket, Opinion Outpost, NFO Mysurvey and Lightspeed Research reward you in this way.

Yet other companies enter you into draws for cash or gifts as reward for taking surveys. Although many people don’t like this form of reward system, your chances of getting the prize is quite good as the pool to select the prize winners is usually small. Some good survey companies that follow this reward system are Synovate, NPD Research, NOP World (Surveys.com), ECN Research and Nielsen Netratings.

Another important factor which determines how much you can earn from online surveys is your profile, particularly your country. Generally residents of the USA and Canada can expect to make more money from paid surveys, as there are more market research companies operating in these countries. Also they get more frequent surveys. However, participants from other countries can also hope to make some good extra money from paid online surveys.

All said and done, the maximum earnings an average person can expect from doing paid surveys is not more than $200 to $300 per month. This can be a good source of extra income for some people. But the claims that paid surveys can make you rich or replace your real job are largely unfounded. Hence, it is always best to stay with free paid surveys.

Shaj M is the owner of the free survey resources site Internet Paid Surveys. The site has separate sections for USA, Canada, UK, Australia and rest of the World, each of which reviews free paid surveys for that particular country. For example, USA Surveys section features more than 50 free survey companies accepting members form the USA.

Bond together men’s predominating pursuits and what you’ll get is something that’s commonly termed a sportsbook bets site. And seriously: what could ever be more ingenious. If you picture a cluster of sports fellas clapping to support any favored local club, and regularly antes will be computed in tandem with the uproar. In order to catch some of the exhilaration, on-lookers will frequently aspire to speculate who is the likeliest to prevail in the forthcoming race. All of this will develop into a nice little race named sportsbook bets site.

Ok, so it may easily sound dependency forming, instead sportsbook betting is really merely an amusement and to tie up with one’s fellow sports fanatics. Here, you can wager a a minute budget of wampum and nonetheless enjoy an incredible time. See below for a few guidelines and details to help you get started sportsbook betting.

To wager, we would advise you call on a sportsbook bets site, i.e. a setup which accepts sportsbook bets site. In the US, you can find four states where everyone can do sportsbook betting legally, but informally you may do it essentially anywhere so long as you are able to find a bookie and you are legally of age. Included among the sporting contests you have a choice of betting on are professional as well as college basketball & football, professional baseball, professional hockey, as well as betting on both dog and horse racing. You’ll be able to bet on the general tally of a competition, when exactly any given party will be defeated, and even if a given coin toss in a competition comes out heads or tails.

The odds makers will trust in the science of statistics make it easier for you arrive at a decision which club you may believe is the likeliest to prevail. First off, there’s the balance, which is a points advantage given to a the inferior lineup that is anticipated to fail by a given number points. This describes the odds maker’s fashion of offering balanced stakes for a Sportsbook. As an example, a person might bet on a contestor that is anticipated to fail and and nonetheless win the wager so long as the lineup does actually get beaten by a given number of points.

You can choose between various sorts of bets: parlays, straight, over/unders, teasers, &c., the straight being the best known in sportsbook betting.

Why not just give it a go, and have lots of fun simultaneously. Only take care that you won’t get overwhelmed and waste your entire retirement pension on a boutade! Because else you’re bound to be caught repining all life long!

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This is the best source of long lasting fire for your fire pit and it has been highly recommended when doing your barbeques. Many people have pointed out that wood charcoal adds a flavor to your barbeque and especially when having a braai. Wood charcoal lasts very long than compared to the natural dry wood ant it does not cause smoke. It is actually easier to start a fire when using wood charcoal. It is available at all stores and has become very popular as a substitute to fire wood. The charcoal is available cheap to the consumer.

Wood charcoal is created by roasting wood in ovens with the absence of oxygen and when purchasing it you should make sure that it has been manufactured by a company which is trusted. The best technique you should do is open up the package and see whether the charcoal is deep back in colour if not don’t purchase it cause it was not correctly treated. Sometimes you will end up buying ash instead of the proper wood charcoal. The fire pit charcoal wood is very effective and long lasting and it is actually environment friendly due to the fact that it does not cause too much smoke.

Using a stone fire pit will give you a nice fire and lot of impressive fire power at your garden, think about building a fire pit in your home, and enjoy the summer fun.

Have you noticed that more and more software comes with free Yahoo Tool Bar for your web browser? Indeed it seems that every third software vendor offers the tool bar from Yahoo and when you un-click the pre-checked box it will not load. But what you do not know is that when you have automatic updates often the Tool Bar from Yahoo, automatically loads itself?

I am sorry but that is called Trickery, it is deceptive and dishonest. Personally I have nothing against Yahoo as a search engine, they do a good job. But, I do not like the tool bar configuration defaults, with “online dating” and “shopping” as if I need to get a date and was that hard up I would have already figured that one out and if I need to go shopping then I know where to go on the Internet.

One example of this Trickery is with Adobe Acrobat, although this is hardly the only software out there with the “free Yahoo Tool Bar” update. Obviously Yahoo is making deals with these companies in trade or kind or cash, but to use trickery for automatic updates means you are perpetually having to remove the tool bar, that takes time and time is money. Additionally once you un-check the box, it means you do not want it, therefore for it to keep attempting to re-install itself is Tool Bar Trickery and it is deceptive and dishonest. Consider this in 2006.

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If you are considering using an Adjustable Rate Mortgage to finance your home there are a number of things you need to know first. Here is what you need to know about Adjustable Rate Mortgages.

When used correctly adjustable rate mortgages or ARMs can be an effective financial tool. Adjustable rate mortgages are simply a mortgage with a variable interest rate. Your mortgage lender will adjust this interest rate to their going rate at regular intervals throughout the life of the loan. The problem with an ARM is that when interest rates rise, your monthly payment can go up significantly when your lender adjusts the interest rate.

When can you use adjustable rate mortgages effectively? The answer to this question depends on your situation. Adjustable rate mortgages come in different varieties including hybrid, interest-only, and option loans. Each of these types of mortgage has different pros and cons; many of which can be used effectively as a short term fix to your financing needs.

Because adjustable rate mortgages come with lower interest rates than traditional fixed rate loans, they are ideal for short term situations where you need to make lower monthly payments. I stress short term because of the fact that your lender will adjust your payment amount at regular intervals, and at the beginning of the loan most of your payment (all of it in some cases) is being applied to interest. This means you will build very little equity in your home and pay back very little of the principal loan balance.

To use ARM loans safely, make sure your mortgage comes with favorable rate and payment caps. Caps prevent your interest rate and monthly payment from rising too much. There are caps that limit change during interest rate adjustments, and caps that limit total change over the life of the mortgage. To protect yourself make sure your mortgage comes with the best caps available. To learn more about using adjustable rate mortgages safely and effectively, register for a free mortgage guidebook.

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A radio controlled car is made up of a remote and the motor car. By turning or pushing the joystick up or down and left or right, the worker has the ability to let it go in several directions.

There are so many different types of different types of models currently in the consumer market. The entry level ones can only just about move a small distance. Shoppers that want to witness the bona fide real deal ought to purchase the radio control model that requires being made and tailored from scratch. Toy Shopper has details on a whole range of radio control gas car. Therefore let Toy-Shopper.co.uk help you find the radio control car you’re looking for.

Radio controlled toy cars are grouped either as electric operated or nitro powered. The superb attribute about vehicles that make us of an electric motor is that the battery given is reusable. Whereas, models that use fuel will want to be topped up and also oiled after an exact period of time, which is incredibly similar to ordinary motor cars.

These model vehicles are often operated by kids of all ages. Particular specialist shops have cars identical to those entered in America’s NASCAR racing as well as monster trucks that are time and time seen in the demolition derby. This merely shows that people are able to get pleasure from radio controlled cars either on or off the road.

Do these fabulous toys call for a significant amount of TLC? Yes they can. The owner should scrutinise the battery, the shock absorbers and the tires on a regular basis. This will ensure that the radio control car is competent to preserve it is speed & efficiency each instance it is sent to the race circuit.

The enthusiast must be aware that not all of the components are capable of being restored. This is down to toy producers designing their cars to work only up until the components basically fracture. Customers that want to enjoy the radio control car will either need to replace the components, though this can now and then be problematic to stumble upon.

Remote operated toys don’t simply apply to cars. There are also loads of planes, ships and helicopters to buy in the toy outlet.

Both parents and teenagers alike who are inquisitive and for some reason have never done this before most likely should stick to the entry level model(s) then just upgrade afterwards if the child is completely serious about it & desires to partake in official remote radio car contests on a regular basis.

As an ADD coach I am often asked about the treatment options available for Attention Deficit Disorder. Generally when someone says “ADD” the first thing that will come to the layperson’s mind is ‘Ritalin’ or an image of a hyperactive “Dennis-the-Menace” type. Fortunately, there is a lot more to Attention Deficit Disorder than drugs and hyperactivity. Each individual is unique and therefore different people will respond well to different treatment options.

There are a number of treatment options available for children and adults with ADD. Let’s explore some of the most common options.

1) Medication - Medication such as stimulants (i.e. Ritalin, Dexedrine, Concerta, Adderall) is probably the most common treatment for ADD. Often antidepressants (such as Prozac, Paxil, Effexor, Wellbutrin) are used instead of or in combination with the stimulants. Some individuals will respond quite well to treatment with medication while others will see little to no difference. It is important to discuss the pros and cons of treatment with medication with your doctor.

2) Counseling and Therapy - Many children and adults with ADD will benefit from counseling from a Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social worker or other mental health practitioner. There is no one form of counseling - some professionals will focus on exploring events in the past or emotions while others will work with behavior modification techniques. Some professionals will use a combination of approaches depending on the individual.

3) ADD Coaching - Coaching can be conducted in person or over the telephone and focuses on the whole-person. An ADD coach creates a partnership with each client to explore treatment options for ADD while focusing on creating balance and satisfaction in each area of the client’s life. ADD coaching is recommended for a period of 3-6 months for maximum effectiveness. Coaching utilizes regular communication, goal setting, personality and interest inventories and an extensive battery of tools to design an individualized strategy for each client.

4) Biofeedback and Neurofeedback - Biofeedback uses monitoring devices to furnish information regarding autonomic body functions such as heart rate or blood pressure. The individual patient is therefore trained to gain some voluntary control over that function. Neurofeedback uses technology to train individuals to gain self-regulation of individual brain wave states so as to remain alert, relaxed and focused.

5) Nutritional Therapy and Natural Treatments - Naturopathic and Homeopathic Doctors, Dieticians, Nutritionists, Allergists and other practitioners stress the importance of the dietary treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder. These professionals can design a customized diet that will help to reduce the symptoms of ADD. Nutritional supplements and vitamins are often recommended to ensure a balanced diet and proper levels of essential vitamins and minerals.

6) Supplemental Education - Educational centres such as Sylvan Learning Centre and Kumon Math & Reading Centre offer educational programs for children who fall behind in the classroom. Current research indicates that an estimated 50% of children with ADD have a co-existing learning disability. Supplemental Education also exists for adults in the form of career-based training in facilities such as the Academy of Learning.

With all of these possibilities how does any ADDer know where to turn? Remember that no one treatment is a miracle! Often the best treatment comes from a combination of several of the treatments listed above. If you are struggling to find the treatment that is right for you we are here to help. ADDvocacy makes a commitment to presenting unbiased information on all treatment options available. Contact ADDvocacy to schedule a free 30-minute coaching session to explore ADD treatment options for you or a loved one. For more information please visit our website at www.addvocacy.com

Julia Anne Allworth is the business owner of ADDvocacy, an organization designed to educate, serve and coach those with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). ADDvocacy works with adults, teens, parents, educators, organizations and medical professionals to shed light on the facts and positives about ADD, its co-existing conditions and implications for the future.

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