Threonine (L- threonine) is one of nine essential amino acids needed by our bodies for proper function and optimum health. It is essential because it cannot be made in the body, and must be obtained in the diet or through nutritional supplements. It is also essential in high concentrations in the central nervous system, heart, and skeletal muscles. The body needs threonine to create two other amino acids, glycine and serine, which help in producing collagen, muscle tissues, and elastin (a protein in connective tissue that allows the body tissues to resume their shape after contracting or stretching).
Deficiency of threonine can cause irritability and neurological dysfunction, so the need for nutritional supplemen View the rest of this article
A person suffering from stress is very sensitive to any changes in their external environment. Any incidents that are appear to go against a person’s expectations also causes stress. Below are some of the main factors that lead to stress, anxiety, and the need for stress relief and management.
Change: Change is a major source of stress. One example is a student entering college. The student feels stress and anxiety because new study habits and techniques must be learned, classes are larger, and parental expectations often higher. Perhaps there will be many more assignments and a deadline to meet than in high school, increasing the need for stress management – skills the stud View the rest of this article
Like balloons, our lungs hold air and are very elastic, expanding and contracting easily. But what would happen if you let the air out of a balloon yet it didn't deflate? As weird as it sounds, that's basically what happens when you have emphysema.
Emphysema is caused by damage to some of the 300 million alveoli - the tiny, thin-walled air sacs clustered at the ends of the airways within the lungs - so that they become hardened and unable to "squeeze out" air from the body. Nearly two million Americans suffer emphysema symptoms; making it the 15th most common chronic condition in the U.S. Emphysema rates are highest for men age 65 and older.
Emphysema Causes; Emphysema Sym View the rest of this article
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be any injury where a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI is one of two kinds of acquired brain injury, with the other type manifesting itself in acquired brain injuries, such as brain damage caused by a stroke, meningitis or any form of anoxia (lack of oxygen to the brain). Traumatic brain injuries affect a wide variety of Americans every year, causing a multitude of symptoms that can vary from mild to extreme. An important part of understanding TBI is to understand its causes and how it can affect those most at risk.
Statistics vary between research studies, but it is generally accepted by researchers in the field that at least 1.4 million American sustain a traumati View the rest of this article
Naked Minerals makeup is a whole new level of mineral makeup. For years men
and women have struggled with the mess, inconsistency, and application of
traditional mineral makeup in order to gain the lightweight feel and look of
natural makeup. Mineral makeup can provide clean, healthy color without the
weight and painted look of conventional cosmetics, but many consumers avoid
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Naked Minerals uses a refinement process that crushes, and pulverizes
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Making the decision to “take the kings shilling†effectively meant to become the king’s man – to eschew all of your decisions and role in life to that point. When one considers it in the context of interim management versus a permanent role it becomes slightly less dramatic yet nonetheless interesting.
Now that the corporate world has got a firm grip on what being an interim manager actually means, the experienced interim with plentiful assignments behind his or her back is a prized commodity. Therefore after many years as a successful interim, why would one choo View the rest of this article
The information directory has evolved into a one stop resource for data on most aspects of historic and contemporary art glass. We currently have over 2700 sites listed for the visitor to review. There are currently over 700 visitors to the site on a daily basis with more and more visitors coming to our location from around the world.
The world of art glass is composed of many elements related to designing, creating, marketing, selling, displaying, collecting and reselling glass forms in this wonderful art medium. We continuously search for new and interesting sites pertaining to this wonderful medium.
Our organization is composed of four individuals who have a passion for art glass in its many forms. We have written a book about art glass, been a certified appraiser of glass, presented speeches on American and Swedish art glass, acted as a retailer of art and functional glass, managed major crystal work´s galleries in New York and Sweden, promoted art glass from the Nordic region and have collected all forms of art glass.
Our love of art glass and the many ways it has been used throughout history sent us to the internet. There were high hopes of discovering new and untapped resources to further enhance our appreciation and knowledge of art glass. We hoped there would be one website directory pointing us in the right direction to find art glass, glass artists, dealers, museums, etc.
We searched for the one site where most aspects of historic and contemporary art glass could be located without having to go through an unusual number of searches. Since this type of site could not be found, we decided to create www.worldartglass.com
The focus is to present a compact list of sites for use by collectors, glass students, designers, artisans, artists, educators, gallery owners, dealers, museum directors, authors and travelers and tourists.
The site has evolved to contain the following categories with a total of over 2700 specific sites.
Art Glass StudiosSites, written in English, are presented from around the world including North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Yahoo maps are available for sites located within the United States.
The site allows collectors to search galleries, glass artists, glassworks, publications, auctions, and more.
Studio glass artists can review various galleries, equipment and glass manufactures, information on techniques, retailers, etc.
Gallery owners have the opportunity to see the work of glass artists from around their area, country or the world.
Antique dealers can search auctions, information, museums, fellow dealer´s sites, museum collections and many other sites of interest.
Tourists can locate art glass related entities in a specific geographic area and obtain maps of locations in the United States. Join us in our search to learn more and more about this amazing material which can be formed into so many sculptural, functional, decorative and useful forms.
William Geary
WorldArtGlass.com
