Rural mattress: December 2007

miracle foam mattress pad as Hatch employees certified as sleep specialists

Hatch employees certified as sleep specialists

Employees of Hatch Furniture in both Sioux City and Yankton, S.D., recently became certified sleep specialists. The employees completed specialized training with Furniture First's director of mattresses, Bob Muenkel.Employees of the Sioux City store who completed the training are Sarah Biorn, Chin Vandenbroek, Michelle Neilson, Stephanie Williams, Patricia Flanigan and Adam Uhl. The Yankton store employees are Jennifer Eickhoff, Jolene Williamson, Carrie Barney and Jessica Arens.The training covered the physiology of sleep, including the five stages in the two major classifications of sleep. More importantly, Hatch's employees learned how to correctly match a mattress to an individual's needs. After the training sessions, Hatch's employees were tested on their proficiency in the subject in order to receive certification.Muenkel has more than 17 years experience in the mattress industry. He based this training program on his work at a major bedding manufacturer and a mattress specialty chain in the north east.

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Ja-nice is now on the waiting list for a kidney. But in the meantime, Martin prepares her for dialysis each night.

A catheter stretches from Ja-nice's tiny stomach and is connected to a large plastic bag and to the dialysis machine next to the air mattress she uses as a bed. While she sleeps, dialysis fluid cycles through her body to clean her blood.

Each morning, Martin tries to wake up by 6 a.m. to unhook the machine before making breakfast for her five children and shuttling the four boys off to school.

CROWDED HOME

Martin and Ja-nice share the three-bedroom home with Ja-nice's four brothers -- Stefan, 17; Phillip, 16; Christopher, 14; and Glenn, 12
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Reba Clapper, of James Creek, Huntingdon County, was patiently waiting for a laptop, bundled in a blanket against the cold. Next to her, another shopper slept on an air mattress beneath blankets.

Clapper said a friend who was in line at Circuit City had called and warned her to get there early if she wanted the computer.

'She had surveyed (all the stores),' Clapper said.

At the Nittany Mall, Samantha Buchan and mom Jennifer, both of State College, found themselves counting down the minutes until J.C. Penney's 4 a.m. opening
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mini crib mattress as Feline hyperthyroidism is possibly linked to household pollutant

Cover mattresses with allergen barriers in order to reduce dust that could contain pbdes is possibly linked to household pollutant
By Niki Laviolette Terre Haute Humane Society
TERRE HAUTE - The Environmental Protection Agency has conducted a new study regarding the possible connection between polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE - a flame retardant chemical added to various household products) and an increase in hyperthyroidism in cats. This study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology in August, confirmed that some housecats had high levels of PBDEs. Although the evidence was not conclusive, it is possible that PBDEs may increase the risk of hyperthyroidism in cats. PBDE's have been a concern for years as a potential health risk for humans, particularly relating to the nervous and reproductive systems. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers is a flame retardant commonly used in the manufacture of household products such as upholstery, carpets and mattresses. PBDEs has been used since the 1970s and products containing this chemical release it into house dust
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Pocketed coils are individual steel inner-spring coils encapsulated in pockets. These are then attached to form the mattress. Because the springs are not interconnected there is more motion separation than conventional inner-spring mattresses. All top rated pocketed coil mattresses use high-tempered steel coils. Additionally, each mattress manufacturer has unique design points that separate them from their competitors. Pocketed coil mattresses are also married together with a variety of materials such as, latex, silk or wool fibres or memory foam, which gives each mattress an unique feel of support and comfort.

Jamison Pocketed Coil Mattress

Jamison marries its pocketed coils to a variety of materials including Talalay Latex, Temperature Sensitive Memory Foam, or Omalon, each one offering the consumer different comfort requirements. Unlike other manufacturers Jamison has joined the coil pockets at the center creating a 'free-floating system' that, it claims, provides 100% coil conformity. The company also claims that the Jamison pocket coil mattress has 27% more support in the center zone than its competitors where you body needs it most giving you correct spinal alignment. There are many manufactures of pocketed coil mattresses and whether you really do get 27% more support than other mattresses on the market is debatable
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Pay-as-you-go-phones are the mobile of choice for those preferring to stay dark because they offer a larger degree of anonymity than those involving a contract and bill. You do not need to provide proof of identity when you buy them or when you top them up. In all cases, the best way to avoid being tracked is to switch your mobile off as much as possible between calls, and remove the battery. For those who can afford it, of course, the safest option is to buy a half a dozen pay-as-you-go phones at a time, register them all in different names and dispose of them after use. The rest of us might just have to settle for using a pay phone - if we can find one.
AVOID HAVING YOUR MOVEMENTS TRACKED
With more than five million CCTV cameras across the country, the only way you can avoid being watched as you go about your daily business is to move to St Kilda or to wear a veil a la Michael Jackson's children. Driving a car with tinted windows might help motorists maintain their anonymity in the short-term (although the law states front windows must allow 70% of light through, and tinted makes you look like a drug dealer)
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millbrook mattress uk as Brothers in arms

IMAGINE THE scene. It's May 11, 1983, referee Gianfranco Menegali is about to blow his whistle after 120 minutes of rain-soaked Cup Winners' Cup football in Gothenberg's Ullevi Stadium and thousands of fans draped in red and white are ready to explode in celebration, drink to excess and whisper a thank you' to God for granting the wildest prayer they'll ever have.

But those red and white shirted fans have never even heard of the expression fit like', think sheep are best for eating and are starting their fiestas in los bares of Madrid, the city of the beaten team.

They are Los Colchoneros - the mattress makers, as the fans and players of Atletico de Madrid are known in honour of the stripes on their strips. And at that moment nearly 25 years ago an umbilical link was forged between Aberdeen FC and Madrid's second' club.
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millbrook mattress as new mattress store opens in normal

the mattress store offers new englander mattresses and a variety of secondhand mattresses, including pillow top and standard twin, full, queen and kingesses at discounted prices, said Shelly Kern, who opened the shop with her husband, Kerry Kern, near the end of October.It’s also Kern’s goal to donate mattresses and assist various community organizations like The Baby Fold, Home Sweet Home Ministries and Recycling Furniture for Families.“We just opened up, and there’s already a need,” Kern said.Kern became more involved in charitable programs when her son Andrew became sick and eventually died from cancer in 2005. She supports national charities like the American Red Cross and United Way but also sees a need to reach out specifically to a local sick, elderly person without family nearby who just wants a Christmas meal.“They need attention, too, and that’s our community, that’s our area where we’re living,” Kern said.Since her family moved to Normal a year and a half ago, Kern has spent about eight months as a front desk receptionist for Home Sweet Home Ministries. She’s now a part-time residential counselor with Chestnut Health Systems.The mattress store offers new Englander mattresses and a variety of secondhand mattresses, including pillow top and standard twin, full, queen and king sizes, Kern said. The store has box springs and bunk beds, too.The store will celebrate its grand opening from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov
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automatic heated mattress pad as Man cited for fire in apartment

Firefighters were called around 11:10 p.m. to an eight-unit apartment building at 1225 N. Third Ave., said Tom Leslie, Wausau Fire Department battalion chief. Firefighters removed the burning mattress and mattress pad from a first-floor apartment before the fire spread, he said.

Apartment residents were evacuated from the building because of the smoke, which was heaviest on the first floor, Leslie said.

Barton and another man in the apartment were transported to a local hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation, Leslie said. Barton, who had been drinking, was held in jail until he was sober, Kolb said.

This is not the first time Barton was accused of starting a fire
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GENEROUS friends, family and colleagues of a former moto-cross star have raised £4,000 in his memory to help others.

The funds raised in memory of Lawrence Bird will be used to buy specialist beds to allow more terminally-ill patients to also spend their last days at home with their families.

Mr Bird, of Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, died after a long fight with bone and liver cancer on July 1 but was able to spend his last days at home with his wife Sarah and 26-year-old son Aston thanks to an electric air mattress donated by Suffolk Community Equipment Services.

After his death Mrs Bird set up a fund to raise money to help others in a similar situation and raise awareness that there was such a service.

After collecting £4,000 Mrs Bird was able to make a presentation at the Bluebird Lodge centre, Ipswich, yesterday.

The money was enough to buy two beds, complete with electric air mattress and syringe drives. Mrs Bird said she was “overwhelmed” as the amount was £1,000 more than anticipated.

She said: “It is a lovely tribute to Lawrence, who was very much respected and well liked by all who knew him.

“My dad, John Rush, sadly died of cancer eight years ago in St Elizabeth Hospice and it is a wonderful place, but it was so important to us to have Lawrence at home.”

She said the loan bed allowed her husband to die peacefully and with dignity and thanked everyone who had helped to raise the money.

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automatic mattress pad as versatile toy hauler expands rving opportunities

One of the big compromises with toy haulers has been no access to the garage from inside. The Fuzion offers sliding patio doors that will seal in any unwanted smells from the garage, but allows quick access without having to go around and enter through the side door.

While the garage itself is tough and rugged, the trailer side is comfortable and accommodating. Above the hitch is the bedroom with a full-sized queen bed featuring a pillow-top mattress thanks to the generous slide. The washroom and shower are both comfortable and spacious, with the nice addition of a skylight above the shower for extra light. Full-length mirrors at the front of the trailer slide open to reveal a large closet next to a dresser large enough to hold clothes for several weeks without a wash.
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automatic warming mattress pad as tourist dives into spinal troubles on fraser is

Fortunately, amongst the large group of tourists at the scene was a doctor from Brisbane who safely got the injured man out of the water and onto a flat surface before cushioning the man with towels to keep him immobilized before help arrived.

The Energex rescue chopper arrived to find the man in a great deal of pain.

Crew treated the man on scene before loading him onto a vacuum mattress - a specially designed air mattress for people suffering suspected spinal injuries that moulds to the patients shape to main immobility.

The injured man was then airlifted to Bundaberg Base Hospital.

“He was certainly lucky a doctor was on hand,” said rescue chopper crewman Gary Craig.

“Fraser Island is a fantastic place to see, but visitors need to understand that warning signs are there to prevent people getting hurt”

An Energex helicopter spokesperson said it was the second such incident in the past couple of weeks with authorities urging people to take more care, or risk permanent spinal damage.

Meanwhile, the chopper was also involved in a search and rescue operation near Kin Kin today
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As always, P.J. O’Rourke quickly nudged my newsman’s curiosity in his book 'Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence and a Bad Haircut' (Atlantic Monthly Press) with this lead: 'I began to write for pay in the spring of 1970, albeit that pay was mostly peanut butter sandwiches and mattress space. The mattress was not very clean. But neither was I.'

Peter Golenbock tugged at my sleeve in his book 'Wild, High and Tight' (St. Martin’s Press), a masterful biography of former New York Yankees baseball player and manager, the mercurical Billy Martin, when he began: 'Billy Martin was driving, despite everything written to the contrary. It was Christmas Day 1989, and as he sat behind the wheel of his Ford F250 four-wheel drive three-quarter ton pickup truck, he was heading back to his farm just outside Binghamton, New York, to celebrate a holiday he hated with a wife he despised, except when they were in bed together.'

But perhaps my favorite lead in the lot was found, as you might have guessed, in the memoirs of an erudite talking dawg. In his delightful book, 'A Dog’s Life,' published by Alfred A
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metropolitan mattress store as High Point Market Draws Top Designers and Their New Furniture Lines

New collections typically reach retail showrooms in about six months.

The market offers a glimpse at coming styles and trends. In fabric, look for the gray palette to grow; showrooms featured grays from light - call it a honey smoke - to dark charcoal. Many woods were weathered.

'It's almost as if furniture was exposed to the elements, then brought back in,' said Rupal Mamtani of importer Bluefish Home.

The fall market concluded last weekend. Other highlights:

Hooker Furniture, a Virginia company, introduced an innovative adjustable headboard. You can raise or lower it in 2-inch increments to complement mattress thickness, ceiling height and the scale of bedside tables and other furnishings.

The headboard will be available in four styles, two painted and two upholstered, and sell for $499 in queen size, said Hooker spokeswoman Kim Shaver.

Sam Moore, a company that Hooker recently bought, plans to offer headboards upholstered in 500 of the company's fabrics. Those headboards will be adjustable, too, and will sell for about $999.

Green - as in environmentally friendly - shapes more and more furniture styles and marketing.

Bernhardt, a Lenoir company, introduced its first eco-friendly collection called 'Cascade.' The company cut waste, used fewer volatile finishes and chose woods from sustainable sources, said LeAnna Graves, director of advertising. The 61-piece collection features rustic walnut veneers and such unusual touches as skeletal tree leaves under glass and river pebbles imbedded in table tops.

Vaughan-Bassett, a Virginia company that's the country's largest maker of adult bedroom furniture, announced a '141,' or one-for-one reforestation program
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While Jordan said every family Mustard Seed helps has a story, some affect Mustard Seed's employees more than others.

'The ones that really get me are the ones who come in with their little kids,' Jordan said.

One boy in particular stands out in Jordan's memories. He was about 5 years old, and she first saw him as he sat in the waiting area with his family.

'He sat there just like a little angel,' Jordan said.

Then the family was led to the storage room, where the boy, who had been sleeping on a crib mattress on the floor, saw his new bed.

Jordan said the boy's face lit up, and he said, 'I'm getting me a new bed.'

The group, which aims to help people rebuild their lives after personal disasters like fires or financial troubles, was fashioned off a Florida organization by the same name.

Jordan said Mustard Seed opened in March 2002 and serves Allen, Adams, Wells, Huntington, Whitley, Noble and DeKalb counties.

'What's unique about Mustard Seed is we help Fort Wayne,' Jordan said. 'We help our neighbors.'

This holiday season, like other organizations, Mustard Seed is in need of community support to collect the items they use to help the needy.

The organization wants furniture that is free of rips, stains and pet hair, including bed frames, mattress sets, dressers, couches, chairs, lamps, coffee tables, end tables, kitchen or dining room tables and chairs
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metropolitan mattress phoenix as remembering the memory of a foam

memory foams are widely used as a mattress, a pillow and some medical related cases, and also for memory foam dog bedss. Memory foam is made from polyurethane with additional chemicals that add to its viscosity level, thereby increasing its density. It is often referred to as visco-elastic polyurethane foam. Depending on the chemicals used and its overall density, it is firmer in cooler temperatures and softer in warmer environments. Higher density memory foam reacts to body heat which allows it to mould itself to the shape of a warm body within a few minutes
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'We have stuff that we use for our classrooms and our workshops,' Lee said. 'And then when we go somewhere we can ... show video clips and movies, whatever, and hook it up to a projector.'
Denisha Henderson of Battle Creek already had scored a foam mattress at Kohl's and a $5 cell phone at Best Buy. She was waiting in line for the 6 a.m. opening of Menard's to buy a comforter, a $27 stereo system and a $14 candy machine
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The attack was 'callous and needless and had devastating consequences for the innocent victim,' the judge said.
Kolarova, who has been diagnosed as having autistic spectrum disorder and an anti-social personality, has a long history of assaulting police officers and other authority figures, including correctional officers, a probation officer and an Elizabeth Fry Society worker.
In 1996, Kolarova was convicted of arson after she set fire to her sister's mattress, causing $60,000 in damages to her home. She was convicted of a second count of arson in 2002 after setting a mattress fire in her jail cell.
According to a doctor's report, Kolarova remains a risk to the community if released and will require intensive monitoring and therapy
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metro mattress syracuse ny as Domestic violence on rise during the holidays

Scott Telles said.

Millard told police that Kizer had hit her several times on the back of the head and she required medical attention, so she was taken to the hospital emergency room.

Kizer went to jail on suspicion of spousal abuse and child endangerment, and Child Protective Services staff took the couple's three small children into custody.

Police plan to file a report with the district attorney recommending Millard also be charged with child endangerment.

Earlier Thanksgiving Day before police were called, Telles said, the couple's 5-year-old daughter called friends of the family to report that her parents were sleeping on a mattress in the middle of the living room.

The little girl said she, her 4-year-old sister and her 19-month-old brother had not eaten yet, Telles said.

The friends picked up the two older children, took them to safety and returned to the home to tell Kizer and Millard that their behavior was unacceptable, Telles said.

'They began fighting, and that's when we were called,' Telles said.

Police and Child Protective Services were keeping their eyes on the household before Thursday's arrest, Telles said.

'(Kizer and Millard) were given fair warning this might happen,' Telles said. Someone called police a few months ago to report the living conditions at their house were unacceptable, he said. Police responded, took a report, and got CPS involved, he said.

When CPS staff visited the house, they also told the parents to clean up the house, Telles said.

'There was the mattress on the floor, clothes all over the floor, food drying on the kitchen countertops, the dishes weren't done,' Telles said. '(Kizer and Millard) both admitted they are alcoholics.'

The incident on Thanksgiving was the last straw, Telles said, and taking the children away was the last resort in trying to get the couple to clean up their act.

'It's a difficult decision as a law enforcement officer to make,' said Telles, who has two daughters. 'But our primary interest is the kids' safety. It's the parents who have the problem, but the kids need to be safe.'

Domestic violence and neglect often increases around the holidays, Telles said.

'This is a time to celebrate, but for the families who don't have the means or the money to do that, they get depressed and will typically turn to drug or alcohol abuse, which then goes into these child endangerment issues.'

Kizer, Millard and others with substance abuse problems have to want to change, he said, and losing their kids may inspire that change.

'I hope this unfortunate experience causes these parents to change their ways and do what's best for the kids,' Telles said.

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metro mattress syracuse as mattress store destroyed but fire cause unknown

state and local fire investigators have ruled out arson as the cause of a three cause of a three-alarm fire that decimated a mattress store in Claremont's mill district Sunday night.

Fire officials and investigators from the state Fire Marshal's Office spent yesterday combing through debris searching for clues to the cause of the blaze, which is now considered accidental. However, the cause remains undetermined, according to a news release.

A significant propane gas explosion occurred at the Mattress Factory Outlet, a mattress manufacturer and retail store that occupied the brick building on Main Street, the news release said, but investigators were unable to determine whether the propane explosion was the cause or a result of the fire. The store was heated with propane.

Firefighters received an initial report of flames shooting through the front of the building around 7:45 p.m
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She had been hoping to nab a Christmas present for her kids and maybe a laptop.

'We never do this,' she said, adding she doubted the items would be available. 'We're going to stick it out just to see.'

The line was significantly shorter at Staples, the area's newest big-box store, where only a handful of people were waiting about 3:30 a.m.

Reba Clapper, of James Creek, Huntingdon County, was patiently waiting for a laptop, bundled in a blanket against the cold. Next to her, another shopper slept on an air mattress beneath blankets.

Clapper said a friend who was in line at Circuit City had called and warned her to get there early if she wanted the computer.

'She had surveyed (all the stores),' Clapper said.

At the Nittany Mall, Samantha Buchan and mom Jennifer, both of State College, found themselves counting down the minutes until J.C. Penney's 4 a.m. opening
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or visit the verlo mattress factory at 3080 valmont stter. The National Sleep Foundation reports that adequate sleep is essential to health and wellness. Barbara Phillips, MD, MSPH, of the University of Kentucky, a Foundation board member, offers a medical perspective: “Both long and short sleep are associated with several bad outcomes, including heart disease, obesity and death
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metro mattress rochester new york as That�s My Pride Beneath the Love Train

I now felt a kinship with the late 19th-century French romanticists. I�d gone from a stubborn Holden Caulfield to a swooning Baudelaire.

When we first met, he was sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of his band mate�s kitchen with the intention of eventually renting his own place. After he had overstayed that welcome, he moved into my apartment without asking, and without my really noticing. Soon I missed my solitude, the contents of my refrigerator and the money I periodically lent him (he rarely had even enough for subway fare). But I allowed him to feed his vices in my home and with my resources as long as it meant that he would allow me to feed my vice: him.

Still, I maintained enough sense to push him (though not very hard) to find his own place. And it was during this time, on an afternoon walk in my Brooklyn neighborhood, that he and I passed the dilapidated Greenpoint Hotel
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