Elaine Dunham

I have been hearing a lot about the Chandra Levy case recently.  She was the Washington DC intern who was murdered back in 2001.  It was a big scandal due to the fact that there was an alleged affair going on with Gary Condit.  Unfortunately for her friends and family the case has never been solved and for all we know her killer could still be on the loose.

Now police and detectives are saying that there was no evidence whatsoever linking Gary Condit to the murder.  I remember hearing about this story and believing that he was somehow involved.  The media made him out to be the bad guy.  He has since then moved out of the Washington DC area and out of politics.  I think it’s horrible what the media can get away with.  I believe in the right to have free speech, but sometimes our media takes things a little too far.  I hope someday in the near future things will change a little with regards to what the television, magazines, and newspapers write about.

Usually when you think of heart disease you picture old, fragile men and women in their late 70’s or early 80’s.  Today new research has shown that heart problems can begin in children as young as 8 years-old.  Doctors in Chicago are suggesting cholesterol medication to children if they have to much LDL, or bad cholesterol, in their blood.

Obviously trying other methods first such as losing weight and increasing activity would be the best choice.  But when children as young as 8 are suffering from obesity sometimes medication is the only option.  Unfortunately obesity has become an epidemic for adults as well as children.  With over a third of U.S. children overweight and 17% obese; prescribing medication to young children may start sooner than we would like.

I have had nothing but horrible times at the Dentist growing up as a child because of being scared of the sound of the drill and the pain associated with it and I remember times when i would take off running out the back door because of being scared to have some stranger poking around in my mouth.

To be honest that fear is what has kept me taking care of my teeth my whole life but as a smoker my teeth are not as white as I would like them to be so I am searching for a Dentist to get my teeth whitened and using Googles local search in hopes that it will bring me back the best Dentist in my area. After i go i will do a follow up to tell you just how well Google did in finding me the best Dentist in my area which has hundreds of Dentists by the way so this should be interesting to see if Google finds the best.

I was surfing the internet tonight and came across some photos of soldiers in Afghanistan.  I couldn’t help but be reminded of all the hard work these men and women are doing for all of us.  This war has really gone on for a long time.  When it began I remember thinking about and praying for the soldiers on a daily basis.  Now 5-6 years into the war I have to say there are days that pass when I forget that we have many military men and women still fighting for us.

I like to think that the war is coming to an end.  By looking at these pictures tonight it brought back memories of the early days of the war.  It made me think about the first Christmas that our troops were over there and my friends and I sent over care packages.  I guess it is a good thing to be reminded, it gives me an opportunity to pray for and show support for our troops all over again.

Priceless artifacts have been discovered in Florida and are headed back to the country they originated from. These items including gold nose rings, emeralds, and clay vessels were discovered in 2005 in South Florida. We now know that they belong to a country in South America-Columbia.

The items were discovered in a warehouse and it is said that the man that had these items was smuggling then into the United States. Pieces were found from Peru as well as Columbia. All of the items came from ancient graves as old as 2000 years! The 66 year-old man who was selling these items out of his van has been arrested. Some of the pieces were priced as high as $2,000.00. Unfortunately, there is no time set on when the items will make it back to Columbia, but the stolen items from Peru have already been returned.