Studies report early childhood trauma takes visible toll on brain

ScienceDaily (Oct. 16, 2012) ? Trauma in infancy and childhood shapes the brain, learning, and behavior, and fuels changes that can last a lifetime, according to new human and animal research released today. The studies delve into the effects of early physical abuse, socioeconomic status (SES), and maternal treatment. Documenting the impact of early trauma on brain circuitry and volume, the activation of genes, and working memory, researchers suggest it increases the risk of mental disorders, as well as heart disease and stress-related conditions in adulthood.

The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2012, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

Today's findings show:

• Physical abuse in early childhood may realign communication between key "body-control" brain areas, possibly predisposing adults to cardiovascular disease and mental health problems (Layla Banihashemi, PhD, abstract 691.12).
• Rodent studies provide insight into brain changes that allow tolerance of pain within mother-pup attachment (Regina Sullivan, PhD, abstract 399.19).
• Childhood poverty is associated with changes in working memory and attention years later in adults; yet training in childhood is associated with improved cognitive functions (Eric Pakulak, PhD, abstract 908.04).
• Chronic stress experienced by infant primates leads to fearful and aggressive behaviors; these are associated with changes in stress hormone production and in the development of the amygdala (Mar Sanchez, PhD, abstract 691.10).

Another recent finding discussed shows that:

• Parent education and income is associated with children's brain size, including structures important for memory and emotion (Suzanne Houston, MA).

"While we are becoming fully aware, in general, of the devastating impact that early life adversity has on the developing brain, today's findings reveal specific changes in targeted brain regions and the long-lasting nature of these alterations," said press conference moderator Bruce McEwen, PhD, from The Rockefeller University, an expert on stress and its effects on early brain development. "In doing so, this research points not only to new directions for the improved detection and treatment of resulting cognitive impairment, mental health disorders, and chronic diseases, but also emphasizes the importance of preventing early life abuse and neglect in the first place."

This research was supported by national funding agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, as well as private and philanthropic organizations.

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Angelos bankrolling comptroller's lawsuit against mayor

Prominent lawyer and Orioles' owner Peter G. Angelos is bankrolling Comptroller Joan M. Pratt's lawsuit against the administration of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake over efforts to install a new city phone system that Pratt says illegally circumvented the competitive bidding process and wasted taxpayer dollars.

"Mr. Angelos is a very public-spirited citizen who always looks out for the little guy," said Pratt's attorney, Charles Bernstein of the Angelos firm, which is representing Pratt pro bono. "In this case, the little guy is the Baltimore taxpayer. Mr. Angelos is very concerned with a clean, open government. Ms. Pratt came to him about this matter, and he told me to try to help her out."

Pratt filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to stop Rawlings-Blake's technology office from installing a new phone system, alleging the administration used an "underhanded, illegal technique" to bypass the competitive bidding process.

Ryan O'Doherty, a spokesman for Rawlings-Blake, said Angelos' involvement is not surprising.

"The firm has provided legal services to many organizations that have sued or are suing the City of Baltimore so it's not at all surprising and shouldn't be read into too much," he said.

Angelos' firm is involved in lawsuits challenging the State Center and Superblock redevelopment plans.

Pratt's suit seeks a temporary restraining order against the Rawlings-Blake administration to prevent the Mayor's Office of Information Technology from using existing contracts with Digicon Corp. to install a Voice over Internet Protocol phone system. The administration and Pratt's office have both been working to install such a system, leading to a City Hall turf war.

"I've been very concerned about the waste of taxpayer dollars," Pratt said in an interview Friday. "In order to stop the waste of further taxpayer dollars, I felt the need to take this action."

O'Doherty said Pratt is wasting city resources by engaging in a legal fight over a matter that should be handled through collaboration among the branches of city government.

"The Office of Information Technology has been trying for more than a month to meet with the comptroller's office to work on a collaborative solution," he said. "Any court action is an unnecessary waste of time and resources and is completely ill-advised."

Baltimore's Board of Estimates, which is controlled by Rawlings-Blake, rejected a $7.4 million contract with IBM for a new phone system in July. Pratt said that IBM was the lowest bidder and should have been awarded the contract.

Meanwhile, the mayor's office contends it had the right to buy equipment for a VoIP project under an existing contract with Digicon. Another contract with Digicon provided staffing. Voice over Internet Protocol systems allow calls to be placed through the Internet rather than on traditional phone lines and are considered more efficient.

In her lawsuit, Pratt contends Digicon didn't participate in the bidding process in which IBM emerged as the winner, and therefore shouldn't be allowed to continue work on implementing the new phone system.

"The charter dictates that if the city is to award a contract, it must go only to the highest scoring proposal," Pratt's suit states. "In this case to the severe detriment of the taxpayers of Baltimore City and to the law as set forth in the charter, a lucrative contract has been given to Digicon which not only failed to submit the 'highest scoring' response, but failed to respond at all."

Digicon "received the work by the underhanded, illegal technique of using two preexisting Requirements Contracts ... which were in no way relevant," the lawsuit states.

Pratt said recently she refuses to meet with the mayor's new Chief Information Officer Chris Tonjes until she meets with Rawlings-Blake. She said she has been trying to meet with the mayor for weeks.

"He is not my peer," she said of Tonjes.

Pratt's lawsuit was filed Friday in Baltimore City Circuit Court. A hearing date has not been set.

An investigation by the city's inspector general into the Rawlings-Blake administration's purchase of nearly $675,000 in phone and computer equipment found possible conflicts of interest and missed opportunities for "significant cost savings." The report was released in September.

Inspector General David N. McClintock also found that the mayor's technology office withheld information from other city officials about the project. For example, the report said a former deputy mayor directed another city employee to mislead City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young by denying that the mayor's office was taking steps to upgrade the city's phone system.

McClintock said in an interview that his probe found no illegalities.

The mayor's technology office failed to get multiple quotes when buying equipment, which could have yielded savings, McClintock wrote. He also wrote that two key managers charged with implementing the new system were contractors or subcontractors with Digicon, which has offices in Rockville. One of them was allowed to commit city resources "in a way that financially benefited Digicon."

Administration officials took issue with some of the report's findings and said the equipment was purchased inexpensively. In a statement, the mayor's office contended that the technology purchases were "neither out of the ordinary nor in violation of law," citing an opinion by the city solicitor.

Rawlings-Blake has "made ethics a top priority of her administration," according to a statement.

The administration also noted that it has already worked to "significantly tighten controls on the City's electronic procurement system to ensure that all purchasing procedures and guidelines are strictly adhered to."

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According to the T3010 for 2010 the total long term investments of Canadian registered charities (captured in line 4140) is $14.7 Billion.? This is only long term investments and does not include cash, inventory, land and buildings etc.? Keep in mind the many caveats with T3010 information including that it is provided by the charity and not verified by CRA.

THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION $2,316,001,940.00
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO $1,964,980,000.00
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA $1,523,624,000.00
FONDATION LUCIE ET ANDR? CHAGNON LUCIE AND ANDR? CHAGNON FOUNDATION $1,291,737,000.00
Alberta Health Services $986,425,000.00
LI KA SHING (CANADA) FOUNDATION $894,195,657.00
QUEEN?S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON $733,204,127.00
VANCOUVER FOUNDATION $716,685,281.00
THE SALVATION ARMY TERRITORIAL HEADQUARTERS FOR CANADA AND BERMUDA $595,363,816.00
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO $594,341,089.00
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY $573,779,000.00
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA $481,847,000.00
THE J W MCCONNELL FAMILY FOUNDATION - LA FONDATION DE FAMILLE J W MCCONNELL $471,914,768.00
YORK UNIVERSITY, $457,120,002.00
FEDERATION OF CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES - FEDERATION CANADIENNE DES MUNICIPALITES $450,845,600.00
The Governors of The University of Calgary $449,241,550.00
THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION $448,406,318.00
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY $392,503,000.00
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO $384,694,453.00
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY $365,835,000.00
UNIVERSITE D?OTTAWA $313,185,000.00
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, $298,646,324.00
THE AZRIELI FOUNDATION / LA FONDATION AZRIELI $286,977,047.00
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN $270,413,000.00
LA FONDATION MARCELLE ET JEAN COUTU $268,936,519.00
CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS CONSEIL DES ARTS DU CANADA $265,552,940.00
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA FOUNDATION $258,720,857.00
THE BUCKINGHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $255,204,640.00
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA $246,620,866.00
THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $227,671,569.00
HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES CORPORATION $212,787,387.00
UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK $208,895,000.00
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH $202,753,000.00
$185,373,118.00
UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL $182,340,000.00
RYERSON UNIVERSITY $181,696,000.00
NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY $175,780,968.00
FONDATION J. A. DES?VE $167,581,316.00
FONDS DE PREVOYANCE 1845 $167,526,778.00
AGA KHAN FOUNDATION CANADA/FONDATION AGA KHAN CANADA $166,974,428.00
THE MOLSON FOUNDATION/FONDATION MOLSON $164,654,117.00
BRITISH COLUMBIA?S CHILDREN?S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $159,893,425.00
FOUNDATION WESTERN $153,025,564.00
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE $152,801,000.00
ST JOSEPH?S HEALTH CARE, LONDON $149,495,418.00
SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY $148,910,793.00
CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA $147,781,121.00
UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, $142,204,547.00
THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INNOVATION $136,563,696.00
THE LARRY AND COOKIE ROSSY FAMILY FOUNDATION - LA FONDATION FAMILIALE LARRY ET COOKIE ROSSY $136,317,722.00
CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDS CANADA FOUNDATION $134,820,143.00
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA $132,973,000.00
THE ASPER FOUNDATION $132,162,785.00
THE GEORGE CEDRIC METCALF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $131,798,335.00
MENNONITE FOUNDATION OF CANADA $129,126,511.00
St. Joseph?s Healthcare Hamilton $126,120,204.00
FONDATION J. ARMAND BOMBARDIER- J. ARMAND BOMBARDIER FOUNDATION $123,957,458.00
PRIVATE GIVING FOUNDATION $120,605,599.00
RIDDELL FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $120,411,331.00
LA FABRIQUE DE LA PAROISSE DE NOTRE-DAME ARCHIDIOCESE DE MONTREAL $118,737,823.00
THE JOSEPH LEBOVIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $115,892,702.00
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF VANCOUVER $114,211,211.00
HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $113,100,453.00
NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH CANADA $112,268,992.00
THE EJLB FOUNDATION / LA FONDATION EJLB $110,105,962.00
R. HOWARD WEBSTER FOUNDATION $110,004,174.00
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FONDATION DE L?UNIVERSITE CONCORDIA $108,715,561.00
THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCI?T? CANADIENNE DE LA CROIX-ROUGE $108,529,483.00
J.P. BICKELL FOUNDATION $108,180,207.00
COMITE DE GESTION DE LA TAXE SCOLAIRE DE L?ILE DE MONTREAL $105,842,083.00
WESTERN GRAINS RESEARCH FOUNDATION $105,250,923.00
THE SIR MORTIMER B. DAVIS JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION / FONDATION DE L?HOPITAL GENERAL JUIF SIR MORTIMER DAVIS $104,947,415.00
THE CALGARY BOARD OF EDUCATION $104,339,336.00
MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY $104,284,996.00
LA FONDATION DE L?H?PITAL G?N?RAL DE MONTR?AL - THE MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $103,951,883.00
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE / CENTRE CANADIEN D?ARCHITECTURE $102,328,660.00
THE JIM PATTISON FOUNDATION $102,017,115.00
RELIGIEUSES DE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE COEUR $100,993,497.00
THE SPROTT FOUNDATION $100,755,857.00
THE LAWSON FOUNDATION $99,914,572.00
UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR $98,119,000.00
LA FONDATION DE L?UNIVERSITE LAVAL $97,065,272.00
FONDATION DE L?INSTITUT DE CARDIOLOGIE DE MONTR?AL/MONTR?AL HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION $96,859,561.00
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA $91,216,000.00
SHERMAN FOUNDATION $90,691,052.00
LUTHERAN CHURCH - CANADA, THE ALBERTA - BRITISH COLUMBIA DISTRICT $90,310,248.00
DONNER CANADIAN FOUNDATION $87,673,418.00
UNIVERSITE LAVAL $87,325,810.00
ALBERTA CHILDREN?S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $87,033,219.00
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OTTAWA/LA FONDATION C OMMUNAUTAIRE D?OTTAWA $86,317,898.00
THE WOLF LEBOVIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $85,691,587.00
nORLIEN FOUNDATION $85,623,401.00
LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY $85,415,000.00
BROCK UNIVERSITY $83,829,595.00
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION OF THE DIOCESE OF HAMILTON, IN ONTARIO $83,787,814.00
THE JARISLOWSKY FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION JARISLOWSKY $83,737,261.00
FONDATION DE L?H?PITAL ROYAL VICTORIA/ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $83,064,988.00
WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY $81,190,000.00
STRATEGIC CHARITABLE GIVING FOUNDATION $80,521,269.00
Mount Royal University $80,128,499.00
THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION DE L?HOPITAL D?OTTAWA $79,536,606.00
PHYSICIANS SERVICES INCORPORATED FOUNDATION $78,144,783.00
FONDATION J-LOUIS LEVESQUE $77,814,808.00
LE REPOS SAINT-FRANCOIS D?ASSISE $77,796,398.00
HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO $77,778,050.00
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND $77,393,685.00
FONDATION CHU SAINTE-JUSTINE / SAINTE-JUSTINE UHC FOUNDATION $77,155,069.00
ORIOLE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $76,561,112.00
JOHN M. & BERNICE PARROTT FOUNDATION INC. $76,215,745.00
THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL/L?HOPITAL D?OTTAWA $74,966,000.00
DIAMOND FOUNDATION $74,912,135.00
DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA - CANARDS ILLIMITES CANADA $73,830,000.00
BOW VALLEY COLLEGE $71,982,024.00
F.K. MORROW FOUNDATION $70,909,208.00
IVEY FOUNDATION $69,151,785.00
COAST CONSERVATION ENDOWMENT FUND FOUNDATION $68,272,602.00
VGH & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $68,038,756.00
NIAGARA HEALTH SYSTEM $67,768,719.00
THE JEWISH FOUNDATION OF MANITOBA $67,556,983.00
SEMINAIRE DE QUEBEC $65,957,531.00
FONDS CASOT $65,957,308.00
THE DELPHINE FOUNDATION $65,122,818.00
UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO $64,909,304.00
KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL $63,222,323.00
TULA FOUNDATION $63,016,223.00
London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc. $62,732,513.00
WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF CANADA $62,716,482.00
THE ATKINSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $61,965,956.00
HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $60,682,603.00
THE BASILIAN FATHERS OF TORONTO $60,595,135.00
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $60,303,124.00
THE ROGERS FOUNDATION $60,265,600.00
THE RADCLIFFE FOUNDATION $60,089,890.00
MAX BELL FOUNDATION $59,471,827.00
THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION $59,423,580.00
FONDS SAPIENTIAE INC $59,257,652.00
DJAVAD MOWAFAGHIAN FOUNDATION $59,075,819.00
AQUEDUCT FOUNDATION $58,414,966.00
COUNSELLING FOUNDATION OF CANADA $57,421,556.00
HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION $56,333,003.00
NORTH BAY GENERAL HOSPITAL $56,176,448.00
THE CHANGE FOUNDATION $56,087,631.00
CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH $55,894,812.00
CARTHY FOUNDATION $55,888,586.00
THE STOLLERY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $55,111,492.00
CORPORATION DE L?ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES COMMERCIALES DE MONTREAL $54,855,855.00
YOUVILLE PROVIDENT FUND INC $53,567,184.00
THE HAROLD CRABTREE FOUNDATION $53,428,318.00
MORRIS AND ROSALIND GOODMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION / FONDATION DE LA FAMILLE MORRIS ET ROSALIND GOODMAN $53,357,750.00
LAIDLAW FOUNDATION $53,089,789.00
SISTERS OF CHARITY MOUNT SAINT VINCENT $52,916,946.00
INCORPORATED SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO $52,743,676.00
UNIVERSITE DE MONCTON $52,709,617.00
ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL FOUNDATION/FONDATION DU CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L?ONTARIO $52,430,830.00
MACDONALD STEWART FOUNDATION LA FONDATION MACDONALD STEWART $51,628,415.00
LA FONDATION DU GRAND MONTREAL/THE FOUNDATION OF GREATER MONTREAL $51,058,768.00
WALTER AND DUNCAN GORDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $50,866,357.00
THE LYLE SHANTZ HALLMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $50,568,539.00
FONDS ARTHUR-BONENFANT $50,255,706.00
CANCER CARE ONTARIO $50,079,589.00

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Is this the Sony Nexus X?

It looks like a few images of the Sony Nexus X have recently leaked. Or, well, some images of a handset claiming to be the Nexus X have leaked. We say claiming because we remain a bit skeptical. The images, of which there are two have come by way of Picasa user Mutel Yeter, who just so happens to have only posted those two images on his account. The Nexus X, which has also been referred to as the Xperia Nexus in the past appears to have the styling of a Sony handset. Not to mention, the Google branding that is centered on the backside. And looking at the display pic, that would seem to be a stock Android installation. Of course, given all we have is the picture, that could be nothing more than an image. Anyway, time will tell just how accurate this will prove to be, but in the meantime, there were those rumors of Nexus handsets coming from multiple manufacturers this time around.

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Memphis musician killed while helping co-worker

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ? Memphis musician B.B. Cunningham scored with a classic garage rock song and toured with Jerry Lee Lewis, but he also enjoyed his side job as a security guard because he liked standing up for other people. On Sunday, he died doing just that.

Cunningham co-wrote the 1967 hit "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" for his band the Hombres and toured more recently with Lewis. The 70-year-old keyboardist, bassist and singer's other job as a uniformed security guard provided a steady paycheck, his son said.

He was shot and killed over the weekend after he came to the aid of another security guard during a shootout at the Memphis apartment complex where they worked, police said Monday.

The gunfire began when a 16-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man fired shots at the other guard, police said. After hearing the shots, Cunningham began chasing the teen and the man into another apartment complex nearby, police said.

After another round of gunfire, Cunningham's co-worker found the musician and the teen lying in a courtyard with gunshot wounds.

Cunningham and the teen, identified Monday as Henry White, were pronounced dead on the scene.

Police identified the 22-year-old gunman as Dock Britt. He fled the scene but was later was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Cunningham's death. Investigators are still trying to determine who shot White.

The shooting shook Memphis musicians, many of whom looked up to the keyboardist who joined Jerry Lee Lewis' band in 1997. He had had also been working on an album with his son.

Joseph Cunningham, the musician's son, acknowledges that a regular paycheck was one reason why his father worked as a security guard.

"Most of Jerry Lee's band, as a matter of fact, have jobs on the side because Jerry doesn't tour consistently enough for them to make a living at it," Joseph Cunningham said.

The former Air Force military police officer also had an interest in helping others, doing charity work and looking after those who lived in the apartment complex.

"He loved protecting people and standing up for people's rights and watching their back," Joseph Cunningham said.

Other prominent Memphis musicians who died this year include Memphis Horns tenor saxophonist Andrew Love and Booker T. and the MGs bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn.

"Music was his life. He was given a God-given talent," Joseph Cunningham told in a phone interview from Olive Branch, Miss. "He not only played, but he helped young musicians ... He was loved and well-respected."

Born Blake Baker Cunningham Jr., B.B. Cunningham became friends in high school with Steve Cropper and Dunn, both founding members of Booker T. and the MGs.

As a teenager, Cunningham helped run the family's record label. In 1954, Sun Studio producer Sam Phillips asked Cunningham to add some percussion to a session by a young Elvis Presley.

Cunningham led the band the Six O'Clock Boys and was a member of the touring version of Ronnie and the Daytonas, known for the song "G.T.O."

The touring group then became the Hombres, which scored a No. 12 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1967 with the raw, edgy "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)." The cult classic has been covered by John Mellencamp and used in the 2005 film "Elizabethtown."

Cunningham later work at the famed Sounds of Memphis Studio and, in 1971, moved to Los Angeles, where he served as chief engineer at Independent Recorders. There, he worked with Billy Joel, Elton John, and Lou Rawls.

Cunningham returned to Memphis a few years later and launched his own studio. His solo album, "Hangin' In," was released in 2003.

Eldorado Del Rey, a musician who also works at Sun Studio in Memphis, said Cunningham would visit Sun Studio often to say hello and have a cup of coffee.

"He was awesome, I loved him," said Del Rey. "He was kind of meditative, but then he would tell you a really funny story."

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Users would often kick these chairs as a way to move them on short distances which is why
manufacturers have built them to last. Moreover, the outdoor bean curd chairs were made
tougher because they are to be subjected to the harsh weather conditions and other
elements happening outdoors. There are instances wherein consumers use them as a
lounge chairs beside swimming pools and this is the reason why some chairs are made from
water and mold resistant materials. Other weather conditions such as the harsh rays of the
sun were also considered by the manufacturers and users never worry of just leaving them
outside.

Comfort
Another quality that these chairs possess is that they offer convenience and comfort. On the
convenience part, the size of these things can be considered big but they are easy to carry
around unlike traditional home furniture which requires two or more person to carry them.
Outdoor benches for illustration are incredibly challenging to move because they are made
from serious materials that include wooden and metallic. As a result they do not offer
flexibility which the furniture usually have. this have provided consumers the convenience
they usually seek in home furnishings.

Amount
These seats are also affordable and this quality is usually preferred by consumers rather
than the ultra expensive furniture Those expensive home furnishing may look sophisticated
and elegant than these seats but all of them provide the same levels of comfort. So
considering all the things that the article has provided, I believe puff's should not be taken
lightly. These chairs are simple and practical and they provide the same amount of comfort
that you may get from expensive home furnishings.

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Source: http://pdfcast.org/pdf/bean-bag-chair-adult-size-bean-bag-chairs-for-kids

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