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Writing Opportunities Lurk in Unexpected Places -- www.freelancewriting.com

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Service Dogs -- Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

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Sending Flowers - The Dollar Stretcher

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Malpractice - Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

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Occupational therapy training? -- Advance for OT Practitioners

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Defining Moments - Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

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Trying to Find the Tomatoes -- Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

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A PhD in Occupational Therapy? -- Advance for OT Practitioners

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Who was Eleanor Clarke Slagle? -- Advance for OT Practitioners

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Tattoos -- I want YOUR opinion!!!

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Where will Fido Go on Vacation - Dollar Stretcher Magazine

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Home Inspections - The Dollar Stretcher

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Splint Making for Dummies - Advance for OT Practitioners

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Shopping at Outlet Malls -- a good deal?

Shopping at Outlet Stores

Is it a good deal?

By Debra L. Karplus

In an April 2013 report from Consumer Reports (www.consumerreports.org), it stated that outlet shopping has become a thirty billion dollar a year industry.  Whatever the economy, outlet stores seem to be thriving.  But is purchasing from an outlet store a good deal for shoppers like you?

What is an outlet store?

There are many things that an outlet store is not.  Outlet stores are not resale, thrift or consignment stores like Goodwill or Salvation Army stores; the goods that you buy at outlet stores are new merchandise, not used.  Outlet stores are also not buying clubs like Sam’s Club or Costco; at outlet stores you buy reasonable quantities of goods, not items in bulk.

Outlet stores are branches of store you are probably familiar with that sell goods not currently selling at their regular retail stores.  These items may or may not be last year’s styles.  They may or may not be of a lesser quality than you find in their regular retail stores.  Typically, outlet stores are located in malls that exclusively house several outlet stores and no other retail stores.  Outlet malls can be found in large cities like Chicago, but also in smaller towns often located along a major interstate highway. such as Tangor Outlets Stores in Tuscola, Illinois, just off Interstate 57 in East Central Illinois.

Which are some retailers that also have outlet stores?

If you have been to more than one outlet mall, just like regular malls, the same stores seem to appear at outlet malls, too.  If you are shopping for apparel, you might find Coldwater Creek Factory Store; children’s apparel at the outlet mall is likely to be found at the Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store.  Expect to find accessories at the American Eagle Outfitters.  Outlet mall footwear is often at the Hush Puppy Merrell Sebago store.  Corningware Corelle and More sell housewares and home furnishings at outlet malls. Specialty items might be at the Bath and Body Works Outlet.  And you will find food at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.  These are just a few of the many popular stores located in outlet malls.

Bakery outlet stores, such as Aunt Millie’s, are a bit different than other outlet stores, mainly because they sell perishable goods.  A loaf of bread or dinner rolls has a limited shelf life.  (If it doesn’t have a limited shelf life, than it has way too many preservatives and chemicals for you to ingest!)  Bread outlet stores usually sell day old bread of commercial brands.  If you don’t make your own bread or buy bread from a supermarket bakery department or a real bakery, and bread lasts a few days at your house, then day old bread at a discounted price is a very good deal.  After all, any bread that you buy or even bake becomes day old bread unless you and your family eat the entire loaf on the day of the purchase!  You may have discovered that many of the more well-known bakery outlet stores have closed in the past couple of years.

 

What are online outlet stores?

If you think about online outlet stores, Overstock.com comes to mind.  Looking on Overstock’s website, they say that they are a “discount retailer”, but it’s not really clear about the source of the home furnishings, bed and bath products, and apparel for men and women, jewelry and watches, health and beauty supplies or electronics that they sell at discounted prices.

Search on yahoo.com and click on “finances” and you can find more detailed information about OSTK (Overstock.com) which is a publicly traded stock on the NASDAQ exchange.  According to the company’s profile, Overstock is an online retailer selling discounted brand names, non-brand names, and discontinued merchandise.

Are purchases from outlet stores really good deals?

Before you set foot in an outlet store or outlet mall or shop at an online outlet vendor, you need to know specifically what product your are looking for or if you have some flexibility on color, size, style or quantity, for example, to determine how serious a shopper you really are.  But more important, you must be a shopper experienced enough to know value and quality on a specific purchase.  That discounted ladies leather purse at the accessory outlet shop may have sloppy seams or a weak zipper; however good the price appears is insignificant if the purse falls apart in a month.

Shopping from retailers who promote their outlet status is a wonderful way to find great bargains if you know what you are doing.  Do a little research before pulling out your credit card at the outlet store and you will likely be a happy customer.

Bipolar Disorder - Advance for OT Practitioners

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Pet Sitters - The Dollar Stretcher

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My Favorite Patients - Advance for OT Practitioners

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"Bake Your Own Bread" -- Inside Glenview Magazine

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Evolution of Wheelchairs - Advance for OT Practitioners

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Installing a New Roof - The Dollar Stretcher

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Sprouts - Inside Glenview Magazine

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Lessons Learned - Advance for Occupational Therapists

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Make Your Own Baby Food - The Dollar Stretcher

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Great Second Chances - Prime Life Times

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Benefits of Salt

Benefits of salt

Using the right amount is an affordable way to stay healthy

By Debra L. Karplus 

Salt gets a bad rap.  Too much salt in our diets can raise blood pressure.  Salt can even make our cars unhealthy; winter road salt can cause rust on the undersides of our otherwise well-maintained vehicles.  Salt is made from sodium and chloride, the chemical symbol, NaCl.  According the Center for Disease Control (CDC), www.cdc.gov,”the majority of sodium in our diets comes from packaged and restaurant food (not the salt shaker)”.  That’s great news for people trying to save money, because a typical twenty-six ounce container of iodized table salt costs about forty cents at the supermarket and lasts a very long time.  Salt is essential for our bodies and has many health benefits.

Salt is important in our diets.

Your body requires reasonable amounts of sodium daily.  Sodium keeps electrolytes in balance and helps facilitate healthy water retention to prevent dehydration.  It also helps with muscle contraction and with digestion.  Your doctor or dentist may even have suggested gargling with warm salt water to get rid of a sore throat or bad breath.  It’s likely that you are getting enough sodium in your diet if you are not deliberately trying to reduce or eliminate it.

Some foods that contain higher amounts of sodium may surprise you.  Dairy foods fall into that category.  You may already be aware that cheese and butter have salt added, but milk naturally contains sodium also.  So if you eat dairy products, such as yogurt, you may possibly be getting enough salt in your diet.  Read the labels and have a calculator handy.

Packaged and restaurant food is expensive and typically loaded with too much salt.

Looking at a box of generic macaroni and cheese, one serving contains 720 milligrams of sodium, approximately thirty-seven percent of the daily recommended amount on a diet of two thousand calories.  That may not sound like much, but remember that is only one course at one meal in a day.  Likely more sodium-filled foods are eaten during the course of that same day.  Be careful!

Restaurants, too, load their food with salt.  If you are accustomed to a low sodium diet at home, you will really notice the overly salty taste of foods eaten away from home, especially soups and sauces.  It doesn’t matter if it is a fancy restaurant or fast food, it probably contains way too much salt.

The several types of salt depend on size and source.

The type of salt you probably have in your kitchen is iodized table salt.  Other types of table salt probably contain iodine, a necessary nutrient for thyroid health.  But you may have noticed that many recipes require kosher salt rather than regular table salt.  Kosher salt comes in a similar container to regular table salt and cost a bit more.  Its granules are larger than table salt.  Chefs like kosher salt because it is easier to handle and helps drain moisture out of foods.  Depending on the recipe, you may be able to get by using regular table salt if you do not have the larger granule salt.

Popcorn salt might be thought of as the opposite of kosher salt.  It’s much more finely ground than table salt and sticks well to foods like French fries, potato chips and popcorn.  You can easily make your own popcorn salt in a spice mill or food processor.

Rock salt, not typically ingested, is made from table salt and comes in very large granules; it takes a long time to dissolve because of its size.  Rock salt is the stuff that melts the winter ice on your driveway or sidewalk.  It’s also used when you make homemade ice cream.  It comes in a large back and is very inexpensive.

Sea salt is said to contain the same minerals as table salt.  But it’s made from evaporated ocean water unlike table salt which is mined.  Sea salt costs two or more times that of table salt depending on the size of the container.  Proponents of healthy eating recommend foods with sea salt rather than table salt.  It’s difficult to know the accuracy of such advice, in the same way some folks prefer bottled water to that from the tap. Do your own research and decide for yourself.

Epson salts benefit your health and belong in every household.

Epson salt contains magnesium, sulfur and oxygen and when ingested can aid digestion.  A six pound bag sells at the pharmacy or supermarket for about four bucks, and will last a long time.  Many people use Epson salt externally as it has numerous benefits to your skin.  Dissolve some Epson salt in a warm tub, hop in, and relax tired muscles.

Before you ban salt from you house because your physician implied that salt was bad for you, assess your diet and lifestyle to determine how salt can make you healthy for a very low cost.

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Why Occupational Therapy?

Occupational Therapy, Then and Now: Advance for OT Practitioners

http://occupational-therapy.advanceweb.com/Student-New-Grad-Center/Student-and-New-Grad-Center/Student-Top-Story/Then-and-Now-Becoming-an-Occupational-Therapist.aspx

I hope you will make your comments on the blog of

Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners.

Safety Improvements for Your Home - The Dollar Stretcher

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/14/14jan20g.cfm

I welcome your comments on my article in

The Dollar Stretcher

about

Safety Improvements for Your Home

www.stretcher.com

Bed & Breakfast at your Home - The Dollar Stretcher

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/14/14jan20b.cfm

The Dollar Stretcher

has published my article

Turning Your Home into a Bed and Breakfast Inn

www.stretcher.com

I welcome your comments.

The Dollar Stretcher - Carpet purchasing

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/14/14jan13d.cfm

Here's the link to my latest

Dollar Stretcher

article about

Carpet purchasing

I welcome your comments.

Much Ado in Mahomet - Prime Life Times

Local readers can peruse my article, not online but only in the print edition

January 2014

Prime Life Times

"Much Ado in Mahomet"

I welcome your comments.

Buying New Carpeting - The Dollar Stretcher Magazine

Subscribers of the print copy of

The Dollar Stretcher Magazine

can now read my article in the

January 2014 edition

about

Buying New Carpeting

I welcome your comments.