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Ask Our Expert: Controlling "The Silent Killer" - High Blood Pressure

The number one misconception among patients with high blood pressure is that they don't feel sick. That's why high blood pressure or hypertension is commonly known as the silent killer - you don't have to feel anything to be affected. But if you have it and don't treat it, it will catch up with you and it can cause severe consequences, such as heart disease or stroke.

Unfortunately 1 in 4 New Yorkers suffer from high blood pressure and too many don't know it or don't know how to best manage it. Luckily, you can be proactive to reduce your risks.

"Your blood pressure is very much in your control," says Nichola Davis, MD, MS, Assistant Vice President, Chronic Diseases and Prevention. Dr. Davis shares her top 10 tips to help prevent and manage high blood pressure.

Know your numbers. Your blood pressure tests how hard your heart has to work to pump blood through your body. You should get your blood pressure checked by a medical provider once a year. Talk to your medical provider about what your numbers mean.

Take your medication. For those who have high blood pressure and take prescription medication, it is essential to take it each and every time. Do not skip a dose just because you "feel fine." If you have problems taking your medication, your provider can help you.

Get moving. Exercise for 30 minutes five times a week can lower your blood pressure. Studies show that breaking down exercise to 10 minutes three times a day is just as good as 30 minutes once a day.

Cut the salt. 75% of the salt we eat comes from packaged and restaurant food. You should consume less than 2,300 mg of sodium a day.

Read labels. Canned foods, sauces, cheeses, and breads are high in sodium. Choose foods marked "low sodium" and always compare labels.

Look for the salt shaker warning. Fast food and chain restaurants now place a salt shaker picture next to foods that have more than the recommended daily intake of sodium. Avoid these foods.

Nature knows best. Add fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables into each meal. Check out the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. It recommends 8-10 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.

Work on some weight loss. If you are overweight, losing as little as 10-20 pounds can lower your blood pressure. Work with your medical provider to figure out the right weight and weight loss plan for you.

Quit smoking. Cigarettes can raise your blood pressure and put stress on your heart. Get help here.

You don't have to do it all at once. Habits are hard to change. You can work on one or two things at a time and still see a noticeable difference to reach healthier levels.

Don't know your blood pressure? Find a doctor and make an appointment today.

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The Simple Future is a very common tense in English. You should understand it, and know it well.

What's next?

1. Read and understand the following explanations and examples

2. Read and understand the Rules

3. Practice, practice, practice with the Exercises

Click Here for Step-by-Step Rules, Stories and Exercises to Practice All English Tenses

Here are the different usages of this tense:

Note: we don't usually use "will" to talk about future plans.
To talk about future plans we use "going to" or the Present Progressive .

For more data on the different ways you can express the future tense in English read the Using the Future Tense in English article.

Make sure you also read:

Examples of Typical Time Expressions

Future actions or future states
(not plans)

Next week she will be five years old.

The drink will chill soon.

He will not survive in space without air.

She will not finish soon.

Promises or intentions

I will clean my room later.

Sure, I will help you.

Examples of
Typical Time Expressions

Practice reading, writing and speaking in the Simple Future Tense. Download the English Grammar Stories and Exercises Series.

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2. Read and understand the Rules

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New York City will begin guaranteeing comprehensive health care to every single resident regardless of someone's ability to pay or immigration status, an unprecedented plan that will protect the more than half a million New Yorkers currently using the ER as a primary provider, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday.

It's not health insurance, his spokesman clarified after the surprise announcement on MSNBC.

"This is the city paying for direct comprehensive care (not just ERs) for people who can't afford it, or can't get comprehensive Medicaid -- including 300,000 undocumented New Yorkers," spokesman Eric Phillips tweeted.

"This has never been done in the country in a comprehensive way," de Blasio said on MSNBC. "Health care isn't just a right in theory, it must be a right in practice. And we're doing that here in this city."

De Blasio said the plan will provide primary and specialty care, from pediatrics to OBGYN, geriatric, mental health and other services, to the city's roughly 600,000 uninsured. He said the city already has the foundation for such a plan -- a public health insurance option that helps get direct care to undocumented residents.

That option will be expanded, the mayor said, and supported with the addition of a new program called NYC Care. That plan will roll out this year and be built out over the next few years, de Blasio said. The program is estimated to cost about $100 million, Politico said. The mayor said there will be no tax hikes to fund it.

"We'll put the money in to make it work; it's going to save us money down the line," de Blasio said on MSNBC. "We're already paying an exorbitant amount to pay for health care the wrong way when what we should be doing is helping them get the primary care."

Additional details on the program are expected to be revealed later Tuesday.

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Rolando's Rights

José: Rolando.

Rolando: José, I didn't get paid for my last two weeks on the job. I need that money. I worked for it.

José: I'm sorry. I told you on the phone, I want to help but there's nothing I can do. You got sick, you lost your job, you lost your pay.

Rolando: I'm talking about before I was sick. I didn't get paid for two weeks.

José: The owner said he doesn't owe you anything.
***
Marco: Why are you so late?

Rolando: I had some business I had to take care of.

Marco: Well you to take care of it on your own time. You need to be back from lunch on time.

Rolando: Okay, sorry.

Marco: Got it?

Rolando: Yes.

Marco: Good.
***
Janus: What's going on?

Rolando: Have you ever been ripped off on a job?

Janus: Tell me about it. What happened?

Rolando: The place where I used to work ripped me off. They fired me because I was sick and they didn't pay me for two weeks. I worked before I got sick.

Janus: They can't do that.

Rolando: Well, they did. I went back there to ask for my money. ... Let's just get back to work. I just got this job, I don't want to lose it.
***
Rolando: Silvia? ... They said no.

Silvia: There must be something else you can do.
***
Rolando: What do you have there?

Lionel: Nothing.

Rolando: Let me see, let me see, let me see! It looks like a big cat. It's a lion, is that right?

Lionel: That's right, lion! King of the animals!

Rolando: Can you show me how to roar like a lion?

Lionel: ROAR!!!

Silvia: Rolando.

Rolando: Thanks, honey.

Rolando: We are going to figure this out.

Silvia: Okay.

Rolando: Bye.
*** (Rolando is daydreaming at his part-time parking garage job.)
José: Rolando, I've got something for you. Your money!
***
Janus: Yeah, we lay the concrete, then we're finished. Hey, you ever read any of these signs? To anonymously report unsafe conditions at this worksite call 311.

Rolando: Anonymously... that means you don't have to give your name, right? What if you want to report that your boss didn't pay you? Can you call 311 anonymously?

Janus: You asked me if I ever got ripped off on a job? The company we work for right now ripped me off.
(a coworker, Cecilia, appears.)
Cecilia: Me too. I was sick for a few days, I asked for sick leave but the company didn't give it to me.

Janus: Me too.

Rolando: Sick leave, what's that?

Janus: In New York City if you're sick you don't have to go to work, but you still get paid. It's called paid sick leave. I don't know all the rules but my friend told me it's for workers without a union contract like us.

Cecilia: But what if your company doesn't give you paid sick leave? What do you do?

Janus: Let's call that number. 311.

Rolando: You guys try it... Tell me what you find out. I have to pick up my son at school.

Janus: Okay.

Cecilia: Okay.
***
Lionel: I'm king of the animals! Roar

Baby Elephant: Excuse me, mister lion? Could you be a little quieter?

Lionel: Why? I'm a lion, that how I talk. Loud!

Baby Elephant: I... I forgot my words.

Teacher: Your line is "I have a voice too." Let's practice it.

Baby Elephant: I have a voice too.
(Rolando enters the classroom and the teacher greets him.)
Teacher: They're practicing their lines. Lionel is one of our stars. Let's continue.

Baby Elephant: I have a voice too.

Baby Giraffe: I have a voice too.

Baby Zebra: Me too.

Baby Raccoon: Me three.

Lionel: Let me hear your voices!
***
Rolando: So, what did they tell you?

Cecilia: They said we can get help from DCA, the Department of Consumer Affairs. They have a special office for worker rights.

Rolando: They told me the same thing. They said we could file a complaint online or do it on the phone.

Janus: They said we can go to the DCA office too. And you don't need an appointment.

Cecilia: Maybe going there is a good idea. We can speak to somebody face-to-face.

Rolando: But when?

Janus: Next Wednesday, our construction site will be closed for an inspection.

Rolando: Let's go then.
***
DCA Representative: We'll work together to solve your problem and if you want an interpreter in your language, let me know. In New York City, workers in companies with five or more employees have the right to paid sick leave.

Cecilia: That's us.

DCA Representative: You can start using your sick leave after four months. And if someone in your family is sick, for example, your wife or your child or your parent, you can use your sick leave. You can stay home and take care of them and still get paid.

Janus: Our company didn't give us paid sick leave.

DCA Representative: We'll help you get it. The company owes you that money.

Cecilia: We don't have a union contract. Are we protected? We don't want to lose our jobs.

DCA Representative: The company is not allowed to fire you for getting help from DCA, it's against the law.

Rolando: I have another problem. My old company didn't pay me for the last two weeks that I worked there. They ripped me off two full weeks of pay.

DCA Representative: That is called wage theft. The company is required by law to pay you for every hour that you work.

Omar: I have another question. My wife wears a hijab. She's starting a new job. Is that a problem?

DCA Representative: No. It is not. It is illegal for employers to discriminate against workers because of religion, and workers like your wife - or anyone - have the right to wear their religious clothing.

Rolando: The Workers' Bill of Rights?

DCA Representative: That's right. Workers in New York City have rights and it doesn't matter if you have immigration papers or not.

Rolando: This is good. This is what I need.

DCA Representative: Do you want to file a complaint? We'll contact the company to get your money.

Cecilia: We should file a complaint.
(The workers look at each other, thinking.)
DCA Representative: If you want to talk it over and decide, that's fine.
When you are ready, we are here to help.
***
Janus: So, what do you guys think? Do you want to file a complaint or speak with Marco?

Cecilia: I think we should file a complaint.

Marco: I think we should speak to Marco first. Maybe the company doesn't know the rules.

Janus: I think they know the rules.

Omar: What do you think about speaking to some other workers? If more of us tell Marco what we know, maybe he'd tell the owner.

Janus: What do you think, Rolando?
***
Rolando: Yeah... Paid sick leave is for home health aides like you too.

Silvia: I see. Also nannies, housecleaners, all domestic workers.

Rolando: Yep.

Silvia: The rules are a little different, let's see what this says.
***
Rolando: I mean... you sound sick, man. You should be at home resting.

Patel: I can not afford it.

Janus: With paid sick leave you can stay home and you still get paid.

Patel: I don't want to make any trouble. My wife is pregnant. I don't want to lose my job.

Rolando: It's your right, Patel.
***
Bing: You mean if someone in my family is sick, paid sick leave covers that too?

Cecilia: That's right.

Bing: I think speaking as a group is a good idea.
***
Silvia: Why aren't you dressed for work?

Rolando: Silvia, do you ever think about leaving?

Silvia: Leaving?

Rolando: Going back?

Silvia: We made a decision. We came here, worked hard. Built a family. This is our home now.

Rolando: I love you.
***
Janus: What did you decide?

Rolando: I'm going to show the documents we got from DCA to my old foreman.

Janus: What are you to say to him?

Rolando: Let's practice it.

Janus: What?

Rolando: You be the boss and I'll play myself, Rolando.

Janus: Okay. I've never been a boss before.

Rolando: You'll be a good one.

Janus: Thanks. Go ahead... I'm listening.
(Rolando and Janus start role-playing.)
Janus: What do you want, Rolando? I've already listened to you. I'm a very busy man.

Rolando: I only need a couple minutes of your time and I won't bother you anymore.

Janus: Okay, you have two minutes. Talk to me.

Rolando: Look, it's my money, I worked for it, and you can't take it.

Janus: You were sick. I needed a worker. I had no choice.

Rolando: I had the flu. You can't fire me for that. I have the right to paid sick leave, and I have the right to all the money that I earned before I got sick too.

Janus: I'm not the boss of this company. I only work here and I do what I'm told. (Janus whispers to Rolando.) Rolando, the foreman is here.
***
José: You can break earlier today.

Construction Worker: Great, thanks.

Rolando: José, I need to talk to you for a minute.

José: Rolando you don't work here anymore.

Rolando: I worked for this company for five months. I have a right to paid sick leave, and I have the right to receive all of the money that I worked for.

José: Look... Rolando. I'd like to help you but there's nothing I can do. I'm not the boss.

Rolando: Can you talk to him again?

José: I'll try. Can't guarantee anything. I'll give you a call.

Rolando: Thank you.
***
Cecilia: Marco, we want to tell you we know about paid sick leave.

Janus: That's right. We don't want to cause trouble. We just want to take care of ourselves.

Bing: And our families.

Marco: Don't waste your time. The boss doesn't care.

Cecilia: Maybe he would care if he knows we could file a complaint with DCA.

Omar: Then he would have to pay us. Plus fines, penalties.

Patel: And we know he is not allowed to fire us. We're protected by the law.

Rolando: That's right, Marco. We know our rights.

Marco: All right. I will show this to the boss. But I don't think he cares.
***
Rolando: Silvia?

Silvia: Hi.

Rolando: Hey. So, the foreman at the old job said he would talk to the boss.

Silvia: That's a good sign, but it's good to have another plan.

Rolando: I'll wait a few days. If they don't do anything I know what to do.
***
Janus: Rolando. We've decided that we are to file complaints with DCA. We're tired of waiting.

Rolando: I haven't heard anything from my old foreman either.

Janus: You should file a complaint too.

Rolando: I already have.
***
Lionel: Roar. I can't roar.

Rolando: Don't worry, Lionel. You'll get your voice back soon.

Silvia: Dear, I'm to stay with you. I called my agency and they said it's fine. I've been working there a long time, so they said I can stay home and I'll get paid.

Rolando: Next time it'll be my turn after I've been with the company longer and we win our fight.
***
Marco: Listen everybody. Before you leave I have something important to tell you. You were right. Everyone who works for this company 120 days or more, gets paid sick leave. In New York City, it's the law.

Cecilia: And it's good for the company have healthy workers.

Marco: I have this information about paid sick leave. I'm going to post it by the entrance and outside my office.

Omar: We deserve it.

Janus: Yeah, it's our right.

Rolando: We build this city!
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Memorial Day is more than just a day off from work or school, an excellent occasion for a backyard barbeque or a chance to travel. Those things do speak to the holiday's true spirit. But above all else, Memorial Day honors Americans who have died in service to their country. This holiday is not one for somber reflection, however. We instead choose to celebrate by enjoying the many freedoms that American servicemen and women have perished protecting.

That includes fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, trial by jury, and protection against cruel and unusual punishment. It also extends to relative trivialities such as the ability to save up to 90% with Memorial Day weekend sales or ride roaring Harleys through the nation's capital. And yes, 60% of us do indeed barbeque each Memorial Day weekend, while 13% take a trip. After all, Memorial Day's place on the calendar has made it the unofficial start of summer for many.

To help you get to know this popular holiday even better, we analyzed it from top to bottom in search of the most revealing Memorial Day facts and stats. You can check out our findings in the infographic below. We also hosted a Q&A with leading travel-industry experts, who shared some great summer savings tips. Enjoy!

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