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KIDNEY STONES?

Statistics reveal that kidney stones are found to be much more prevalent during the summer months. Here is one of the reasons for this common occurence to help you better understand how to avoid being at risk for this painful ailment.

Basically, summer brings an increase in overall outdoor activities. This additional physical exertion produces sweat and in many instances people will become relatively dehydrated.

One of the leading causes of excruciatingly painful kidney stones is dehydration. The key modality in the prevention of kidney stones from forming is to be well hydrated, which constitutes drinking an average of three liters of fluid per day.

How does one know if they are experiencing a kidney stone? Is there a specific type of pain or a telltale symptom that is associated with having kidney stones?

Renal cholic is among the most intense pains that someone will experience from having kidney stones. Blood in the urine, nausea, vomiting, fever and chills may also be present.

If you feel that you are experiencing a kidney stone, you need to be evaluated by a urologist to assure the proper kidney stone treatment is implemented. Kidney stones are extremely common, effecting 1 in 10 Americans each year.

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Risk of Kidney Stones increases during the Summertime.

FRISCO, TX – Two suspects have been arrested in the murder of 30-year-old Andre Lang Currier of Frisco, who was found dead Wednesday night at 8 p.m.

at Wal-Mart, 8555 Preston Road. The two suspects, identified as 17-year-old Daniel James Ramsour and 20-year-old Raymond Anthony Washington, both of McKinney, were arrested early this morning in Beaumont, Texas, by the Beaumont Police Department.

Frisco Police Department detectives and Texas Rangers have been tirelessly investigating the shooting since Wednesday night and have conducted a multitude of interviews in order to bring this case to a swift conclusion.

“I’m proud of how hard everyone’s been working as a team to solve this crime,” said Chief Todd Renshaw, “and hope that this will put people at ease who live near where the shooting occurred.”

It is believed that Currier was acquainted with Ramsour and Washington, and may have been involved in a drug transaction at the time of the shooting. Detectives believe that the shooting occurred in the parking lot of Wal-Mart and that both suspects fled in a vehicle from the scene prior to officers’ arrival. The individual reported to have been in the black Mercedes with the victim and later to have fled on foot from the scene was a friend of Currier’s who was with him at the time of the shooting. His identity will not be released.

Public Information Officers will be available from 9:30–10:30 a.m. at the Frisco Police Department to conduct interviews. No additional information will be available after the interviews until Monday morning.

Ramsour and Washington are being charged with Murder, a First Degree Felony punishable by five to 99 years in prison. For more information on this case, refer to Frisco Police Department CFS# 11-046293.

The numbers are astounding, and have been for years. This year alone 22,578 Texas Seniors will not graduate with the Class of 2011 because of their inability to pass one or more sections of the TAKS Exit Level Tests. In the past 4 years, approximately 123,000 young people have left Texas High Schools without a Diploma. These people are not welcome back at their High Schools because they HAVE completed all their required credits, and they cannot go very far into a Community College without their High School Diploma, and they certainly are not welcome at a 4 year University. Their only recourse is to continue to try to pass the TAKS test each time it is given. But the more time that passes, the more Math or Science a person forgets, Math and Science TAKS being the leading causes of TAKS failures.

In the Spring of 2010, just last year, 50,613 Juniors failed to pass one or more sections of the TAKS Exit Level Test. They then had FOUR more chances to retake the sections they failed over the course of the summer and their senior year. This Spring 22, 578 of those students will not graduate. Somewhere along the line 28,000 students managed to save their diploma ... but still, 8.3% of the 2011 senior class will not graduate.

On the Math TAKS alone, almost 30,000 students failed in Spring of 2010. The numbers for the Spring 2011 test of Juniors have not been released yet, but we assume they will be similar. The initial failure rate on the Exit Level TAKS Math averages around 18%.

As a High School Math teacher for 22 years and a local Private Math Tutor for the past 6 years, Lucinda Mackinnon is very familiar with the Exit Level TAKS Math Test and would like to help students and schools conquer this test. She has developed a Test Booklet/DVD set entitled "Ms Mack Teaches TAKS" which offers very personalized help with the type of questions asked on the TAKS Exit Level Math test. Through the recommended use of this Test Booklet/DVD set, she has seen students gain up to 13 more correct answers on the TAKS test from a previous low score, an almost 60% improvement rate in some cases.

The most important aspect of Ms Mack Teaches TAKS is the immediate and detailed feedback a student receives after completing each of the 10 question mini-tests in the Test Booklet. The DVD contains 100 videos showing a detailed explanation of how to do every single problem in the Test Booklet, along with detailed calculator information and tricks. The student can actually see and hear Lucinda Mackinnon, "Ms Mack", explain the correct way to do any problem the student has difficulty with. The student is free to pause, rewind, re watch any video on the DVD. This is truly a DVD ... NOT a CD-ROM.

You are able to view 3 sample questions and the DVD responses via this Link ... http://www.math-matters.org/more-video.html

And you may purchase "Ms Mack Teaches TAKS" test booklet and DVD set via this link ... http://www.math-matters.org/buy-now.html

Math-Matters is offering a Special to Texas Schools .... Buy $250 worth of "Ms Mack Teaches TAKS" products and receive the rights to copy the Test Booklets for use in classrooms. The Test Booklets are copyrighted by the Library of Congress.

Math-Matters is also offering one FREE hour of tutoring to local students who purchase the Test booklet/DVD set and mention this article in their order.

Lucinda Mackinnon is a certified Math teacher with 22 years classroom experience and 6 years experience running a Private Math tutoring business in Lewisville, TX. Her contact info can be found at http://www.Math-Matters.org