KILLING OR INJURY TO CHILDREN ON RISE WEB SERVICE HELPS PARENTS Written by LINDA J ALEXANDER, ESQ
At a time when violent crime nationwide is on decline --murders down 13 percent from 1999 --one crime statistic is haunting criminal justice system. The killing or injury of children by their parents or stepparents shows an alarming rise. Between 1976 and 1997, approximately 11,000 children were murdered by those who gave them life or were supposed to give them care. Thousands more were victims of life-threatening injuries. So it is no surprise that in this era of information and cyber-technology, concerned parents and grandparents are turning for help to one new website on Internet. WhoisHe.Com and WhoisShe.Com reports having received thousands of requests from parents and grandparents to do background and criminal record checks on new stepparent or significant other of their ex-spouse. " In past year there has been a tremendous increase in number of persons wanting us to do investigations of this nature," notes Linda Alexander, a Southern California attorney and website founder. "Parents and grandparents want to protect these children from potential abuse." Alexander 's online company specializes in a wide variety of comprehensive background checks and criminal record searches designed to verify if persons are who they purport to be. Have they ever used an alias? Do they have a criminal record? Have they committed domestic violence? Are they a registered sexual offender? A pedophile? Finding answers to such questions is all in a day’s work for Alexander and her staff of professional web sleuths. She reports that website has over three quarters of a million hits each month. The service also assists in tracing lost loves, friends, estranged family members and old army buddies,cyber-romance, potential mates, employees, business partners, nannies, in-home health care workers --to find out if they are really who they say they are. The cost of service provided by WhoisHe.Com and WhoisShe.Com range from $39 to $75. The site’s motto says it all… "when in doubt, check them out"…. A Child-Abuse Profile?
| | Preventing Osteoporosis Written by Kim Beardsmore
***Ezine Editors/Web Masters*** Please feel free to use my article as long as you keep Author Bio, URL, links and content unchanged A courtesy copy of your publication or notification of your website would be most appreciated.http://leanmachine.org/?refid=osteo-16274 Preventing Osteoporosis Copyright: Kim Beardsmore Last month my 74-year-old mother while walking, tripped on a small tuft of grass, fell - and broke her rib! Her recovery has been painful, debilitating and at times depressing. It also affected my elderly father who relies heavily on her day to day. Surprisingly, this instance of fracture was not due to osteoporosis. However my mom's experience caused me stop and think deeply. As a 40-something woman, am I doing everything possible to keep my skeletal system in tip-top condition? Once we get past inevitable scrapes of childhood, during our middle years we don't give too much thought to our bones. We understand that bones make up our structural frame, but we tend to think of our bones like frame of a house. Supporting and rigid, and that's it. The truth of it is that bone is an active, living tissue. Bone is constantly changing, undergoing synthesis and remodeling itself. Like all other bodily tissue, bone is totally dependent on many different micronutrients and enzymes for optimum bone function and health. A typical western diet is heavily weighted with white flours, refined sugars and fats and is deplete of many of micronutrients required for healthy bones.
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