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Cancelling Your Credit Card
It could be a crippling amount of debt, the spate of online security breaches (the Sony PlayStation Network and Australian retailer Lush, to name the most recent), or just a newfound sense of responsibility. Whatever it is, you're set on cancelling your credit card. In the old days, throwing it in the shredder did the job. Nowadays, it's seldom that easy—just ask the 21% of the population found by the Equifax Australian Debt Survey to be struggling with their debt.
The psychology of credit cards
Cancelling a credit card is a lot like starting a new workout: getting up and doing it is the hardest part. The act itself is easy, but having less credit at your disposal takes some getting used to. A study by MIT business professors Drazen Prelec and Duncan Simester showed that people spent more when buying with credit cards than with cash, even for the same items. It's this feeling of power that we don't want to lose—carrying cash around limits what we can buy and exposes us to other dangers (e.g. credit cards can be replaced, but lost cash is simply lost). Most of us would rather keep the status quo, even if it means holding on to a few bad habits.
Your bank wants you back
Credit card companies want your business (read: your interest payments), so they'll try to keep you on board even if you've been delinquent. Even after you've closed the account, credit card offers are likely to show up at your doorstep. That's how many people fall into the trap. Ben Popken, managing editor at Consumerist.com, suggests—by means of a "breakup letter" to his bank—that you look at the long-term costs of a credit card offer, such as the 20% interest, before falling for the immediate perks, such as the 0% honeymoon rate.
Pick up the phone
No one likes to call customer service, and banks have a particularly bad reputation. But that's an important first step to cancelling your account, according to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada. Some accounts remain active even after years of non-use, and some pre-authorised charges, such as subscriptions or gym memberships, may keep appearing even after you've closed. During the call, the agent may try to convince you to keep your account or make you an offer you'll find hard to resist, but stay firm and say no—with any luck, they'll stop trying after a while and let the transaction through.
Pay off your balance
Make sure to pay your balance off in full before calling to cancel, as even a few dollars of debt can greatly complicate the process, says Bankrate.com. If you let your bank know you're planning on closing your account while you still have debt, they're likely to raise the interest on your remaining balance to make the most they can out of you before you go. Avoid further problems by making sure none of your monthly bills are charged to your card.
Cutting up your card
There's something to be said about cutting up that slab of plastic; some compare the feeling to punching your grade-school bully in the face. But neither is a good idea. Credit cards can still travel from the trash bin to a fraudster's hands, and it doesn't take much to put the two pieces back together and get your bank information. Instead of cutting down the middle, cut through all the parts that make the card usable, MSN Money advises. Cut through your numbers (make sure even the world's most patient thief can't put it back together), your name, your signature, the magnetic stripe, the security chip. If possible, don't put them in the same bag—throw them out on different days.
When to think twice
In some cases, holding on to your credit card makes more sense. One of the most common reasons is your credit utilisation ratio, one of the main elements of your credit score, according to Investopedia. This is the ratio of your total available credit limit to the credit you're actually using; the lower it is, the better your score will be. If all your credit cards combined have a limit of $5,000, of which you use $2,500, your credit utilisation ratio is 50%. But if you cancel a card with a $1,000 credit limit, the ratio becomes $2,500 out of $4,000, or 62.5%—and your score will drop accordingly.
You may also want to keep your credit card if it's one of the oldest in your collection. Credit bureaus prefer a longer credit history, so if cancelling the card cuts your record by five years, your credit score may suffer.Back to top


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Topic: Sad (07/26/07)
TITLE: Changes of Life
By Ginny Winters
She remembered back thirty-five years ago; she and her mom were laying on the grass counting the stars and seeing what shapes and constellations each of them could find.
"I see Orion's belt!" The young girl cried out.
"There's the little dipper." Her mom chimed in.
Earlier that morning they had gone for a walk. It had become a sort of ritual they looked forward to every spring, who could find the first buttercup of the year. Precious time spent hunting for the little yellow petals peeking out of the fresh green blades soaked with the morning's dew. Talking over the day to day things of life that seemed so all important at the time.
She opened her eyes to the present and sighed.
"Okay" she prompted herself. "Time to get up and get that coffee motivation flowing."
As she got up to start her morning duties it almost seemed overwhelming to her middle-aged mind, just how much things can change in two short years. Wake up mom, put on her support socks, record her blood sugar and blood pressure. Then came breakfast, which used to be her dad's chore. What was once an omelet, homemade hash browns, and bacon; had slowly turned into cold cereal. It took too much out of him anymore with his congestive heart failure to do those things anymore. After all he was eighty!
"Did you take your pills mom?" She asks, as her mother stands in the kitchen with a confused look on her face.
"Oh," her mom replies. "That's what I was going to do. What's today?"
"Thursday" she answered.
"Are you sure? I thought it was Wednesday. Don't you have church tonight?" her mom queried.
"No mom, that was last night." she corrected.
"That's right, all the days just seem to run together." Her mom explained.
"Yes they do" she answered with a compassionate voice. She knew things were getting harder for her mother to remember.
When did the parent become the child? When did the child turn into the caregiver? This was her world now. Things change and nothing stays the same. A sound mind turns slowly to a state of confusion. A strong healthy body deteriorates day by day.
"I can only trust in the unchanging presence of Christ and His love. It is the only thing that stays constant in my life." she exclaimed. A smile creeps over her face, the sadness in her eyes is still there but the joy of the Lord is in her heart and she knows that no matter how long her mom is with her, she will be glad for each day they have together. God will continue to fortify her and give her the strength to make it through another day.
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Fermented foods are all the rage these days. Just go to any farmer's market and you'll find at a least a few vendors selling fermented vegetables, pickled kimchi's, kombucha and gut ciders.
How do these fermented foods help improve your gut health?
It helps to think of the process used to create fermented foods as the same process your gut uses to digest foods. Think of your digestion as your internal fermentation system.
Historically the fermentation process was used as a method to preserve foods. It's history goes back thousands of years and across many cultures. The fermentation process works by producing short chain fatty-acids which prohibit harmful bacteria from growing.
At the same time these short-chain fatty acids produce the ideal pH to encourage good bacteria to grow.
This is the reason adding fermented foods and probiotics to your diet is a great way to improve the environment in your gut.
One probiotic on the market, Dr. Ohhira's Professional Formula, takes this fermentation process a step further by feeding their 12 strains of bacteria for five years.
We talked with Ross Pelton, the scientist for Dr. Ohhira's probiotics, about the fermentation process and how it works in our digestive system.
He says that the first step in changing your 'pathobiome' (unhealthy microbiome) into a healthy microbiome is to change the environment.
You need to replace the environment by changing the acid balance so it's no longer favorable to bad bacteria.
Listen to more of Dr. Ross Pelton's interviews on the microbiome by clicking here.
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The most recent theme park created by IRTRA is called Xetulul, a Mayan name that means "under the trees". This modern park features 7 plazas that represent different cultures from around the world. It comes to no surprise to find among them three plazas dedicated to Guatemala. The Plaza Chapina welcomes the visitors with replicas of historic buildings such as the Railroad Station and the Royal Palace, the Mayan Plaza features an impressive 112 feet-high recreation of a Mayan temple painted in the colors archaeologists believe the original Mayan cities were decorated. And the Guatemalan Town brings together several Guatemalan towns into one harmonic and charming plaza.
The Italy Pavilion features a collection of buildings inspired in the Florentine and Venetian architecture, including recreations of the Ufizzi Gallery, the Palazzo Vecchio and a wonderful replica of the Fontana di Trevi. The France Pavilion include recreations of the Moulin Rouge and a functional Grand Theatre with regularly magic shows. The German-Swiss Pavilion is designed to look like a true German town and Swiss houses, the Spain Pavilion features a replica of the Alhambra and houses with architecture from different regions of Spain. All the pavilions include restaurants selling the representative meals from each culture.
But definitely the most exciting part of Xetulul are its collection of rides and entertainment attractions. From thrilling roller coasters and chair-o-planes to bumper cars, carrousels and screamin' swings. You will certainly be able to experience an adrenaline rush if you're up to the challenge. Complimentary transportation to IRTRA's hotels is provided all day long and the entrance fee is just $27.
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you are my light in the dark
when all i can see is stars.
i'm the thoughts in your head
during every waking hour.
you are the dreams in my mind
during every slumber.
i'll take the night
if you'll be my day.
you are the-
well, you are my everything.
no metaphor can really explain to you,
the way you do the things you do.


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Our Inspiration
Austin Vince and Sam Manicom, hands down. Vince zoomed around the globe twice over, before Ewan and Charlie without any support vehicles carrying the bare minimum of gear. His wife Lois Pryce also gets my vote by riding through the Americas by herself. And Sam Manicom's Tortillas to Totems left me feeling that riding through the States should be on everyone's 'bucket list' – all living legends.
In terms of gear, we carry lightweight camping equipment including a homemade 'beer can' stove, an adopted idea from Tom Allen's bicycle trip. When we feel like wild camping, we can just push the side-stands down somewhere discreet for the night and pour a glass of red.
In terms of tools, we'll have only those in which to carry out basic maintenance and repair, as space is at an absolute premium in two 38-liter Metalmule panniers and a roll bag each. Our specialist tools include a chain breaker/riveter, Motion Pro tool kit and bead breakers for changing tires. Headlight bulbs, clutch and brake levers, brake pads, oil filters, clutch and throttle cable repair kit comprise our spares. A bag of zip ties, spare nuts and bolts, fuses, spare electric cable, gaffa tape and metal putty as the useful odds and ends.
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We're relaying our adventures on an online travelogue as they unfold and with the help of three GoPros and a Nikon D800, capturing the locals, dramatic landscapes, diverse cultures and wildlife of the Americas. We both love traveling on and offroad, in and out of the saddle; shooting aerial footage from our quadcopter—a remote controlled aircraft that enables a GoPro camera to film as it flies – is another great way of encapsulating the essence of why we should all travel.
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We're now homeless, without offspring and 9-5 jobs—what better time to embrace some life-changing adventure? Over the next 18 months, we'll wend our way up the Americas from Patagonia to Prudhoe Bay. We'd like to see as many countries by means of the scenic routes off road where possible, trying our best to avoid the freeways and highways. I have no idea when we'll get to Alaska or what we'll do when we arrive; I only know that the world is open and calling. Life is for living, why not live it loudly? [RideApart will be checking in with the duo as they travel the globe, but feel free to visit their site: TwoWheeledNomad.com - Ed. Note]
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Cancer Case - Treatment of Cancer (Part III)
They are:
1) Surgery
2) Radiation Treatment
3) Chemotherapy
4) Immunotherapy
1) Surgery
Surgery is used for cancer treatment for the following purpose
Preventive (prophylactic) Surgery
Preventive surgery is done to remove body tissue that is not malignant (cancerous) but is likely to become malignant
Diagnostic Surgery
This type of surgery is used to get a tissue sample to tell whether or not cancer is present or to tell what type of cancer it is.
Staging Surgery
Staging surgery is done to find out how much cancer there is and how far it has spread.
Curative Surgery
Curative surgery is done when a tumor appears to be confined to one area and it is likely that all of the tumor can be removed
Debulking (cytoreductive) Surgery
Surgery is done to debulk a tumor when removing the entire tumor would cause too much damage to an organ or near-by tissues
Palliative Surgery
This type of surgery is used to treat complications of advanced cancer. It is not intended to cure the cancer.
Supportive Surgery
Supportive surgery is used to help with other types of treatment.
Restorative (reconstructive) Surgery
This type of surgery is used to restore a person's appearance or the function of an organ or body part after primary surgery.
2)Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy attacks cancer cells that are dividing, but it can also affect dividing cells of normal tissues. The damage to normal cells is what causes side effects. Each time radiation therapy is given it involves a balance between destroying the cancer cells and sparing the normal cells.
Radiation used for cancer treatment is called ionizing radiation because it forms ions in the cells of the tissues it passes through, as it dislodges electrons from atoms. (Ions are atoms that have acquired an electric charge through the gain or loss of an electron.) This can kill cells or change genes.
Other forms of radiation, such as radio waves, microwaves, and light waves are called non-ionizing. They don't have as much energy and are not able to ionize cells.
Ionizing radiation can be sorted into 2 major types:
photons (x-rays and gamma rays), which are most widely used
particle radiation (electrons, protons, neutrons, alpha particles, and beta particles)
3) Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy, or "chemo" for short, most often means taking medicines, or drugs, to treat cancer. You might take these drugs before or after surgery, with radiation (x-ray) treatment or you might take the medicines alone.
Most chemo drugs are given in one of the following ways:
You might simply swallow a pill. If your chemo is a pill or liquid, you can often take it at home, but you need to follow your doctor's directions.
Chemo can be given like a flu shot. The shots may be given in your doctor's office, a hospital, a clinic, or at home.
Most often, chemo is given right into your veins through a needle or tiny plastic tube. This is called an IV (intravenous) injection.
4) Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy (also known as biologic therapy or biotherapy) is treatment that uses certain parts of the immune system to fight disease, including cancer. This can be done in a couple of ways:
stimulating your own immune system to work harder or smarter
giving you immune system components, such as man-made immune system proteins Immunotherapy is sometimes used by itself to treat cancer, but it is most often used along with or after another type of treatment to add to its effects
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Cancer Case - Types of Cancer (Part II)
This type of cancer forms in the tissue of the bladder. These types of cancer begin in the cell of the bladder that forms inner lining (carcinoma type). Sometimes squamous , in which the cancer begins in thin, flat cells and Adenocarcinoma , in which the cancer begins in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids may occurs,
Breast Cancer
As the name says it's the cancer that occurs in the tissues of breast, Occurs mostly in ducts which carry the milk to nipple and in lobules that makes milk. It can occur in both men and women but rare in males.
Colon cancer:
It is the cancer that occurs in tissues of colon which is the longest part of the large intestine. They are mostly of type adenocarcinoma
Rectal cancer:
These type of cancers forms in the tissue of rectum which is the last inches of the large intestine before anus
Endometrial cancer:
They are formed at the tissues lining the uterus which is the organ in woman's pelvis where the baby grows. Mostly endometrial cancers are of type adenocarcinoma
Kidney cancer:
They are formed at the tissues of Kidney
They are of three types
1) Renal cell carcinoma-Formed at the lining of small tubes in kidney which filters blood and water.
2) Renal pelvis carcinoma –Formed at the center of kidney
3) Wilm's tumor-Kidney cancer that occurs in children under age
It starts at the blood forming tissues like bone marrow so that large number of cells enters the bloodstream
It is one of the type of skin cancer which begins at melanocytes which make the pigment melanin. Melanoma usually starts at mole.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma:
This type of cancer forms at the immune system. They can occur at any age. The Symptoms are enlarged lymph nodes, fever and weight loss.
They are classified into two types
1) Aggressive growing
2) Indolent or slow growing
Each one can be further classified as
a) B-Cell- Burkitt's lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma , follicular lymphoma, immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, precursor B-lymphoblastic lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma
B)T-Cell- mycosis fungoides , anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma.
. Prognosis and treatment depend on the stage and type of disease.
Pancreatic cancer:
In this type of cancer malignant cancer cells are formed at pancreas. They are also known as exocrine cancer.
Prostate cancer:
This type of cancer are formed in the tissues of prostate which is the gland present in human reproductive system that is below the balder and is in front of the rectum.
Skin cancer:
They are formed at the tissues of skin. Cancers formed the cell making pigment are called melanoma.. When it is formed in cells that doesn't makes pigment then it will begin at basal cells.Both cancers occurs at the part of the body exposed to sunlight such as skin on neck,face,hands and arms
Thyroid cancer:
They are formed at the thyroid gland which is present at thorat's base and makes hormones to control heart rate,blood pressure ,temperature and weight.
Four types of cancer are present:
1) Papillary
2) Follicular
3) Medullary
4) AnaplasticThey are classified based on how they look under microscope
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Monday, April 2, 2007
Cancer Case - What is Cancer ? (Part I)
Cancer is seen not only in human beings but also in other organisms. This confirms that cancer is caused due to external factors that cause mutation (disturbance) in biological cells but not a hereditary factor. The factors may be external heat ,radiations (radio active dusts), harmful UV rays , certain chemicals , dissolved metallic dusts like lead , food we take (Bowel cancer due to beef consumption ), cigarette, drinks etc. In Current technology, using certain microwave devices causes mutation to the sensitive cells near to it. For example use of cell phone for a longer conversation produces heat that affect brain cells causing brain tumor. Even the physical stress too can cause cancer (Women wearing tight bra have high probability of being affected by breast cancer). The causative agents are termed as carcinogens.
Cell proliferation hi is a common physiological process that occurs in almost all tissues. Normally there will be balance between cell division (creation) and cell death, this ensure the integrity of organs and tissues. Mutations in cell's DNA strands leads to cancer disrupting these orderly processes. The uncontrolled and often rapid proliferation of cells can lead to either a benign tumor or a malignant tumor (cancer). Benign tumors do not spread to other parts of the body or invade other tissues, and they are rarely a threat to life unless they extrinsically compress vital structures. Malignant tumors can invade other organs, spread to distant locations (metastasize) and become life-threatening one.
Severity of cancer depends on the site and character of the malignancy and the rate of metastasis. A cancer with high metastasis rate is considered as malignant .Usually the cancer is identified by examining the cell growth and division rate of tissues by pathologist. This tissue is obtained by biopsy or surgery. Cancer at the benign level can be cured since the cancerous cells didn't enter the blood stream, and severity depending on the specific type, location, and stage. Once diagnosed, cancer is usually treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. As research develops, treatments are becoming more specific for the type of cancer pathology. Drugs that target specific cancers already exist for several types of cancer. If untreated, cancers may eventually cause illness and death, though this is not always the case. The unregulated growth that characterizes cancer is caused by damage to DNA, resulting in mutations to genes that encode for proteins controlling cell division. Many mutation events may be required to transform a normal cell into a malignant cell. These mutations can be caused by radiation, chemicals or physical agents that cause cancer, which are called carcinogens, or by certain viruses that can insert their DNA into the human genome. Mutations occur spontaneously, and may be passed down from one cell generation to the next as a result of mutations within germ lines. However, some carcinogens also appear to work through non-mutagenic pathways that affect the level of transcription of certain genes without causing genetic mutation. Many forms of cancer are associated with exposure to environmental factors such as tobacco smoke, radiation, alcohol, and certain viruses. Some risk factors can be avoided or reduced.
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
Exercise and Hypertension
The problem with this disease is that nearly one third of the folks who have hypertension do not know it because they never feel any direct pain. But overtime the force of that pressure damages the inside surface of your blood vessels.
However, according to experts, hypertension is not predestined. Reducing salt intake, adopting a desirable dietary pattern losing weight and exercising can all help prevent hypertension.Obviously, quitting bad habits and eating a low fat diet will help, but the most significant part that you can do is to exercise. And just as exercise strengthens and improves limb muscles, it also enhances the health of the heart muscles.
Heart and Exercise
The exercise stimulates the development of new connections between the impaired and the nearly normal blood vessels, so people who exercise had a better blood supply to all the muscle tissue of the heart.
The human heart basically, supply blood to an area of the heart damaged in a "myocardial infarction." A heart attack is a condition, in which, the myocardium or the heart muscle does not get enough oxygen and other nutrients and so it begins to die.
For this reason and after a series of careful considerations, some researchers have observed that exercise can stimulate the development of these life saving detours in the heart. One study further showed that moderate exercise several times a week is more effective in building up these auxiliary pathways than extremely vigorous exercise done twice as often.
Such information has led some people to think of exercise as a panacea for heart disorders, a fail-safe protection against hypertension or death. That is not so. Even marathon runners that have suffered hypertension, and exercise cannot overcome combination of other risk factor.
What Causes Hypertension?
Sometimes abnormalities of the kidney are responsible. There is also a study wherein the researchers identified more common contributing factors such as heredity, obesity, and lack of physical activity. And so, what can be done to lower blood pressure and avoid the risk of developing hypertension? Again, exercise seems to be just what the doctor might order.
If you think that is what he will do, then, try to contemplate on this list and find some ways how you can incorporate these things into your lifestyle and start to live a life free from the possibilities of developing hypertension. But before you start following the systematic instructions, it would be better to review them first before getting into action.
1. See your doctorCheck with your doctor before beginning an exercise program. If you make any significant changes in your level of physical activity — particularly if those changes could make large and sudden demands on your circulatory system — check with your doctors again.
2. Take it slow
Start at a low, comfortable level of exertion and progress gradually. The program is designed in two stages to allow for a progressive increase in activity.
3. Know your limit
Determine your safety limit for exertion. Use some clues such as sleep problems or fatigue the day after a workout to check on whether you are overdoing it. Once identified, stay within it. Over-exercising is both dangerous and unnecessary.
4. Exercise regularly
You need to work out a minimum of three times a week and a maximum of five times a week to get the most benefit. Once you are in peak condition, a single workout a week can maintain the muscular benefits. However, cardiovascular fitness requires more frequent activity.
5. Exercise at a rate within your capacity
The optimum benefits for older exercisers are produced by exercise at 40% to 60% of capacity.Indeed, weight loss through exercise is an excellent starting point if you wan tot prevent hypertension. Experts say that being overweight is linked to an increased risk of developing hypertension, and losing weight decreases the risk.
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Your Thyroid and Weight loss – The Connection is Real
Those that plan diets do not take into consideration how their thyroids and metabolism may affect their weight loss program. Most experts and even the media pitch in and recommend that the best way to lose weight is cut calories.
Those with a condition called hyperthyroidism suffer from an overactive thyroid leading to one having his or her metabolism skyrocket. If this is the case, then you will probably lose weight fast. This is a nice proposition for some who wish to lose weight. However, this is actually hazardous to the health.
Aside from the medical difficulties such a disease brings, one will also notice weight problems as a result. These people have trouble keeping on weight and may notice weakness and bulging of the eyes. This disease may need special treatment from doctors.
Hypothyroidism on the other hand works in the other direction – slowing metabolism until the body gains weight at an incredible rate. Like hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism causes a general weakness in the body. It too may need special treatment and may cause serious health problems if left unattended.
While cutting calories in itself can be very hard for most people – imagine, the people involved in life and death struggles at the supermarket regarding whether to buy that extra box of sweets, some have exactly the opposite problem.
Instead of eating too much calories – which is a problem in itself, they eat too little calories instead.
Problem? What Problem?
The problem with some is that they believe that since the experts say that they have to cut calories, cutting calories to an inordinate amount will reap greater results. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. While cutting calories helps diets, consuming too little calories pushed the body into a hoard mode, the body's metabolism slow to adapt to the lesser amount of available energy.
If your body enters this mode, your body will work at such slow metabolism that losing weight becomes impossible. The technique here should be to reduce calories without the body slowing its metabolism. Only then can losing weight become easier.
Another problem that can arise from decreased metabolism is that when your metabolism slows due to a drastic reduction in metabolism, and then you suddenly eat a good, hearty, calorie-filled meal, you are bound to gain more weight owing to the increased surplus of energy.
This is why an imbalanced meal is highly discouraged among those that seek to lose weight. The sudden loss and increase of calories will cause an imbalance in one's energy consumption directly affecting fat deposit.
Here is a simple computation to help you get to the right amount of calories you will need per day so that you get your nutrients in the right balance.
First of all, multiply your weight in kilograms by 30. If you only know your weight in pounds, divide it by 2.2 to get to its English equivalent. We divide this number by 30 because that is the number of calories you need to maintain your weight per pound of weight.
For example if your weight in pounds is 150, divide it by 2.2. That will give you a figure of 68.18. This is your weight in kilograms. Multiply this by 30 and you will arrive at the amount of calories you will need per day to maintain 150 lbs.
You may consult a nutritionist to help you come lose weight. In the end it all comes down to math. If you consume more that your body needs, it stores it as fat. Now is probably a good time to start studying the back of those grocery cartons.
Try to keep your diet at a 40% protein, 25% fat, and 35% carbohydrate meals at 300 calories per meal. Spread out these meals in a day for optimum results.
While it may be simple computation to get at numbers, do not forget the earlier mentioned fact that the body adapts to its condition. Expose it to extreme ones and you may find yourself getting results you never wanted. Consult a nutritionist for more advice.
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Benefits of Cardio Interval Training
Among the highest risk factors are male sex, age over 35, cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, high levels of certain blood fats, and a family history of cardiovascular disorders.
Other researchers have added to this list another risk factor: the compulsive, hard-driving, highly anxious personality. The greater the number of severity, the greater the person's overall risk.
These threats to the heart can be divided into two main categories: those beyond individual control, such as age, sex, and heredity, and those that can be controlled, avoided, or even eliminated. Among those in the second category are what cardiologists call "the triple threat." These are the high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and high cholesterol levels in the blood.
If you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day, your risk of having a heart attack is twice that of a nonsmoker. If you smoke, have hypertension, and eat a diet high in fats without any exercise at all, your risk is five times greater than normal.
The Healthy Heart
If these risk factors endanger the heart's health, what enhances its well-being and improves its odds of working long and well?
Obviously, quitting cigarettes and eating a low-fat diet will help. The next best thing you can do for your heart's sake is to give it what it needs: regular exercise or a complete cardio interval training.
The heart is a muscle, or, more accurately, a group or "package" of muscles, similar in many ways to the muscles of the arms and legs. And just as exercise strengthens and improves limb muscles, it enhances the health of the heart muscles as well.
Since World War II, several large-scale statistical studies have evaluated the relationship between physical activity and cardiovascular disease. One well-known survey compared 31,000 drivers and conductors of some bus companies. The more sedentary drivers had a significantly higher rate of heart disease than the conductors, who walked around the buses and climbed stairs to the upper level.
The why and how behind these statistics were bet explained by classic experiments with dogs whose coronary arteries were surgically narrowed to resemble those of humans with arteriosclerosis. Dogs who were exercised were had much better blood flow than those kept inactive.
The exercise seemed to stimulate the development of new connections between the impaired and the nearly normal blood vessels, so exercised dogs had a better blood supply to all the muscle tissue of the heart. The human heart reacts in the same way to provide blood to the portion that was damaged by the heart attack.
To enable the damaged heart muscle to heal, the heart relies on new small blood vessels for what is called collateral circulation. These new branches on the arterial tress can develop long before a heart attack — and can prevent a heart attack if the new network takes on enough of the function of the narrowed vessels.
With all these facts, it is now boiled down to a single question: What should be done in order to prevent such dilemmas?
Some studies showed that moderate exercise several times a week is more effective in building up these auxiliary pathways than extremely vigorous exercise done twice often.
The general rule is that exercise helps reduce the risk of harm to the heart. Some researches further attested the link between exercise and healthy heart based from the findings that the non-exercisers had a 49% greater risk of heart attack than the other people included in the study. The study attributed a third of that risk to sedentary lifestyle alone.
Hence, with employing the cardio interval training, you can absolutely expect positive results not only on areas that concerns your cardiovascular system but on the overall status of your health as well.
This particular activity that is definitely good for the heart is a cycle of "repeated segments" that is of intense nature. In this process, there is an interchange periods of recuperation. It can both be comprehensive activity and moderate motion.
Consequently, the benefits of merely engaging into this kind of activity can bring you more results that you have ever expected. These are:
1. The threats of heart attack are lessened, if not eliminated
2. Enhanced heart task
3. Increase metabolism, increase the chance of burning calories, therefore, assist you in losing weight
4. Improves lung capacity
5. Helps lessen or eliminate the cases of stress
Indeed, cardio interval training is the modern way of creating a healthy, happy heart and body.
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Heart Rate Monitors
What is a Heart MonitorAlso known as a cardiac monitor, a heart monitor is a piece of electronic equipment that can be used to track or observe heart functions continuously. It allows people to place a numerical value on their healthiness based on their heart rate and have a target heart rate to work for. The more complex versions of the heart monitor allow physicians to see any signs of deterioration or improvement and make the necessary adjustments immediately.
Types of Heart MonitorsToday, heart monitors are produced by the millions and designed to cater specific types of individuals. Some heart monitors are primarily designed for weight loss programs while others are meant for the use of athletes or fitness programs. Some are wireless or come as a built-in feature of exercise equipment like a treadmill or an exercise bike. It can be strapped to your wrist or of considerable size. It may or may not emit any electromagnetic waves, depending on its purpose. A fetal heart monitor, for instance, must not produce any waves at all as this may affect the health of the baby.
Factors on Selecting the Best Heart Monitor for You
ECG-Accurate Monitors with Chest Straps – Heart monitors that come with chest straps are more often not the most accurate of heart monitors. The chest strap is strapped around your chest, a few centimeters below your breast. It contains a device that's able to detect electrical activity of your heart and transmit it to the brain of the machine – just like an ECG. The results are shown on the display monitor, which most of the times is attached to your wrist like a watch. Others however prefer results to be transmitted through audio messages via earphones.
Upon choosing heart monitors with chest straps, you need to remember to keep the strap constantly connected to your body lest you want the heart monitor to produce inaccurate readings.
Lastly, the only alternative against buying heart monitors with chest straps are the ones that rely on pulses on your fingertips. These however do not provide readings as accurate as those with chest straps.
Heart Monitor Features – Basic and lower end models tend to display only your heart rate and maybe the elapsed exercise time as well. This of course does not provide sufficient information if you want to know exactly how much you need to improve before you can be qualified as a completely healthy individual. Higher end models will naturally offer a wider range of features – for a price. Examples of such features are – but not limited to – heart rate zone alarms, timers and number of calories burned. It may also allow users to set pre-programmed workouts along with a targeted heart rate.
Ease of Use – Lastly, you must purchase a heart rate monitor that you will have no problems of using. What good would a high end heart monitor do if it takes you an hour to operate it? Are the numbers and words appearing in the heart rate monitor readable? Can it be used in no-light situations? Are buttons well-labeled and ergonomically positioned?
To Buy or Not to Buy a Heart MonitorHeart monitors can be especially costly, more so if you are intent on purchasing higher-end models. If you have a limited budget, you should ask yourself whether or not you truly need to buy a heart monitor. You can of course purchase one of the lower-end models but low quality heart monitors can lead to inaccurate results and that sort of defeats the purpose of buying one.
If you are intent on purchasing a heart monitor, you need to ask yourself another question: do you need to make a solo purchase or is it alright with you to use the heart monitor that comes as a built-in feature of a treadmill? Lastly, you should remember as well that you can always pay your doctor regular visits and have him monitor your heart rate for you.
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Race affects immigration policies
Sarah Mayer | Wednesday, October 17, 2007
United States' immigration policies throughout the country's history have been driven by racial ways of thinking, and minorities have been, and continue to be, repeatedly subjugated as a result of that mentality, professor Bill Ong Hing told a Saint Mary's audience Tuesday.
The second speaker in the Saint Mary's College diversity lecture series, Hing delivered the lecture "The History of Race and Political Beliefs in U.S. Immigration Policy" in the VanderVennet theatre in the basement of the student center.
Hing, a professor of law at the University of California at Davis told his audience that on September 11, 1998, eleven Mexican bodies were found after they attempted to cross the United States border. Following those first eleven, 4,000 more bodies were found later that year due to Operation Gateskeeper, the United States' effort to reduce Mexican immigrants.
"Think back to September 11, three years later. Why do we not care as much about September 11, 1998?" Hing asked.
Hing said America doesn't care as much about the 9/11 in 1998 because its victims were Mexican.
"What is your image of an American?" he asked the audience. He gave his listeners a chance to think about the question and then suggested most people were probably picturing a Caucasian person with Western European roots.
This tendency, he said, can be seen as the "white doll" mentality, which he illustrated with an example from the days of Brown v. Board of Education. During this time, whenever children were told to pick between a white doll and a black doll, both black and white children picked the white doll – the more socially acceptable and expected choice.
The problem, he said, is that the "white doll" mentality is still around today.
"Many Americans still feel that way and that is a problem," Hing said.
Besides African-Americans and Hispanics, Hing said Chinese and Japanese people have also been subjected to prejudice as a result of their ethnicity.
In the post-Civil War era, America imported Chinese laborers to work on railroads and other construction projects – but there were quotas limiting the number of workers that could enter the country, in an effort to minimize the Asian representation in the local communities.
Chinese women were particularly limited to ensure the Chinese wouldn't reproduce, Hing said.
A similar fear is palpable today, as many people fear the current influx of immigrants threatens American culture as people presently know it, he said.
"Many people think we are in the middle of the largest surge of immigrants right now and that is false," Hing said.
He said the biggest rush of immigrants to enter America was from 1900-1910 and, interestingly, it was mostly southern Europeans. The consequences of that wave of immigrants, he said, included increased levels of illiteracy, which gave way to the literacy act of 1917. The legislation said that in order to enter the country, a person must be literate in at least one language.
So every wave of immigrants came with its pros and cons.
But to be against immigration today, he said, is driven mostly by racial concerns.


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III/223 12th General Catalogue of MK Spectral Classification (Buscombe+ 1995)
MK Spectral Classifications - Twelfth General Catalog Buscombe W., Foster B.E. <Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois (1995)> =1995msct.book.....B
ADC_Keywords: Spectral types ; Photometry, UBV Description: This is the twelfth in a series of catalogs of MK spectral types and UBV photometry issued from Dearborn Observatory. It is based on an extensive search of literature published up to early 1995. Each catalog is essentially self-contained, with its separate selection of stars listed in order of increasing right ascension. Some classifications (indicated between parentheses) are inferred from photometric or astrometric considerations. The preferred identification is from the Henry Draper Catalog or the General Catalog of Variable Stars, with a Durchmusterung or other alternative as space permits. File Summary:
FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
ReadMe 80 . This file mk12.dat 83 15401 Data for field stars ic1805.dat 83 57 Data for IC1805 ngc1977.dat 83 268 Data for Orion trapezium ngc3293.dat 83 41 Data for NGC 3293 ngc6087.dat 83 38 Data for NGC 6087 ngc6475.dat 83 161 Data for NGC 6475 (M 7) ngc752.dat 83 125 Data for NGC 752 orion.dat 83 244 Data for Orion association scooph.dat 83 168 Data for upper Sco and Oph assoc. smc.dat 83 935 Data for Small Magellanic Cloud
See also: III/52 : 3rd General Catalogue of MK Spectral Classification (Buscombe 1977) III/189 : 7th-11th Catalogues of MK Spectral Classification (Buscombe+ 1994) III/206 : 13th General Catalog of MK Spectral Classification (Buscombe 1998) III/222 : 14th General Catalog of MK Spectral Classification (Buscombe 1999) III/233 : Catalogue of Stellar Spectral Classifications (Skiff, 2003) Byte-by-byte Description of file: *.dat
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1- 11 A11 --- Star Identification for star 14- 15 I2 h RAh Right Ascension (J2000) hour 17- 20 F4.1 min RAm ?Right Ascension (J2000) minute 23 A1 --- DE- ?Declination sign 24- 25 I2 deg DEd ?Declination (J2000) degree 27- 28 I2 arcmin DEm ?Declination (J2000) minute 29 A1 --- u_DEm [: ] DEm uncertain 31 A1 --- f_SpType [(] Spectral type inferred from photometry 32- 52 A21 --- SpType MK spectral type 53 A1 --- r_SpType [* ] Asterisk = type from definers of MK 54 A1 --- f_Vmag [< ] Brackets mean average over cycle 55- 59 A5 mag Vmag ?Johnson V magnitude 60 A1 --- --- [> ] Brackets mean average over cycle 61 A1 --- f_B-V [< ] Brackets mean average over cycle 62- 66 F5.2 mag B-V ?B-V color 67 A1 --- --- [> ] Brackets mean average over cycle 68- 72 A5 mag U-B ?U-B color 74- 77 A4 --- Rem Questions 78- 83 A6 --- OName Alternate identification, usually HD
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Hi Friends
Date of interview: 29-11-2007
Venue: RAC DRDO Complex Delhi
Interviewing team consist 5 members, they are from DRDO and faculty of NIT IIT age of members is between 35 to 65.
Interview duration : 30 minutes
Q1. what are you doing now ?
Q2. if MTech, name of college and GATE score?
Q3. if you select then will you leave MTech ?
Technical (Electronics):
Q1. what is area of interest ?
ans: analog
---then they are laughing on this subject because most of candidate have same area of interest.
Q2. make a ckt of inversting opamp ?
Q3. find out gain of it with Rf=100k and R1 =1K?
ans = -100
Q4. then they modify same ckt then find out gain.
--then one member said u r studing vlsi I said yes
then the asked Question
Q5. what is Epitaxial layer ?
Q6. what is the differnce between the Ion implantatiion and other method of the diffusion.
then other member asked:
Q7. what is your final yaer project ?
i dont have project report then they ask for draw ckt daigram or block daigram and explain through it this is the most important part of the intreview ---- then other member
Q8. what is mass action law?
Q9. what is transition caapaciitance in the pn diode,
Q10. what is relation between the depletion region length and transition capacitance.
Q11. what is diffence between Radar antenna and other simple antenna .--- other member
One meber asked me, have you studied ddigital in your degree course, i said yes, then he have a digital circuit consiist of counter, he said find the output of it, that ckt is seen first time by me in my life. I tried to solve... at last he said ok go. in digital questions are from counter design and interview consist of basic question of the subbject and good knowledge of the project and area of the interest.
Observation by me there :-
# PHD, MTECH degree is advantage
# any experiance is Advantage
# good GATE score is advantge.
# any paper publication is advanatgee.
# if you are from NIT Govt. college instead of the private colleges is advantage.
# sometime they laugh on your answer, this is part of interview, dont get nervous by this.
# interiew is easy study 3-4 subject before interview and revise project throughly.
# luck have major role in the interview.
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Shows a simple clock in the console
-t param removes the watch header
Ctrl-c to exit
A console clock with the current time.
Configures screen to always display the clock in the last line (has to be configured only once).
After that you not only have got the possibility to detach sessions and run them in background, but also have got a nice clock permanently on your screen.
Does the same but without a pipe and a new shell.
Clock will appear in the top-right corner
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19-08-09, 19:54 #1Vicki A
Average cost of solicitors fee's for selling and buying a home?
Hi, could someone tell me what the average cost of solicitors fee's are for selling and buying a house please?
Just a standard move with a house no older than 20 years old and hopefully all straight forward
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You should be able to get a fixed quote including searches. We have a price from hunt kidd in newcastle for around £300. We found them on line and we're in berkshire.
19-08-09, 20:43 #3Vicki A
Really? Is that it? I was expecting it to be about £1000 or something.
So far in our equations, we have taken into account stamp duty at 1% up to 250,000 and also estate agents fee's at our quote of 1.35% plus VAT, and also the hipp pack.
So just left is solicitors fee's and any searches.
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I have just asked my husband who is a Independant Financial Adviser. He would say that the costs will be closer to £1000, but could be around £800.
The solicitors basic fees will be around £300 but you will have searches, land registry fees and any other associated fees.
Best thing to do is phone a couple of local solicitors and compare their prices.
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19-08-09, 20:52 #5Vicki A
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When we moved 5yrs ago it cost £1300 in solicitors fees this included land and water searches, Stamp duty, Estate Agents fees, £1000 removal costs plus phone connection fees, the total was around £5000.
Estimates now to move including all fees, arrangement fees for new Mortgage etc is around £20,000
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There is alot of competition for conveyancing at the moment so it is possible to play one solictor of againist another. You don't need to go in your own town as I said we are in West berkshire, the solictor is in newcastle and the falt we are buying is on the ISle of wight. The £300 is inclusive of all searches, but not stamp duty. It is really worth shopping around, local solictors to as quote £850 for exactly the same service.
We have bought and sold alot of properties so are very switched on as to costs and how to get the cheapest deal. So don't take the first quote you get.
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21-08-09, 17:24 #8Vicki A
We will definatly search around then, we are also in West Berkshire so hopefully we can get the same price!
On a different matter - does anyone else know how the costs work if for instance the sale falls through, how much could you end up paying? And if for example someone pulled out of buying your house and then you couldnt find anywhere and decided to stay put - how much would you have to pay for work already done?
Also - how long on average do people who put an offer on your house, wait for you to find somewhere yourself?
I think we will get an offer on ours quite easily, but we have seen nothing in our area, and they sell so quickly! We are a bit worried we will get an offer but not find anywhere suitable.
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If you go with this Company Hunt and Kidd in Newcastle you can pay (included in the £300) a £39.10 insurance fee that if the sale falls through you have no further solictors cost, obviously if you have paid for a survey you loss that cost, but often if you have paid a mortgage arrangement fee you can port that mortgage to another property you find.
Hunt and Kidd can be found by searching them on Google, they are a training firm so you will have a trainee solicitor looking after you and then a partner overseeing them. This is the basis on which we do all our purchases you pay less because they are a trainee, but actually if the sale is not strightforward you get a better service because the partners have to be really experienced to be trainers.
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Poor you!! Conveyancing is a necessary evil but you dont have to use a solicitor from hell. I have moved a couple of times the last five years. The right conveyancing solicitor can make the process a lot less painful and it does not have to cost you an arm and a leg .
The fist thing to do when choosing a conveyancing solicitor is take recommendations from friends or trusted professionals. Almost everyone has moved house at some point in their lives and they can direct you towards an efficient solicitor. An unbiased personal recommendation from someone who has used the service before is always a good thing. The Web is great when it comes to finding reviews or information ( I guess you know that as you have posted the question ) Touch London has good reviews on conveyancing lawyers
I was caught out when I used a cheap conveyancing group to buy a leasehold flat in Acton. The conveyancer wasnt a fully qualified solicitor and didnt check the details properly. In the end I had to pay significant money after he had moved to put the situation straight when I came to sell. Fortunately I had good lawyers ( Conveyancing Chiswick | Fridays Property Lawyers ) when I came to sell having been recommended to them by the Estate Agents
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Hollow, M. (2012) 'Perfect lives : lifestyle magazines and utopian impulses in contemporary British society.', International journal of cultural studies., 15 (1). pp. 17-30.
This article seeks to explore and uncover the ideological and stylistic elements that typify the ways in which contemporary male and female lifestyle magazines present the world to the reader. Focusing on two of the most popular British examples – FHM and Red – it analyses the language used, the images portrayed, as well as the structures of the two texts. Throughout it engages with the burgeoning literature on utopianism, and in particular with the 'utopic' approaches advocated by theorists such as Louis Marin and Frederic Jameson, in order to trace the common tropes and rules that run throughout both male and female lifestyle magazines. Finally, in light of these findings, it asks what role these texts play in contemporary culture and society.
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In 1931, a shinning beacon of hope rose above the city when the city needed it most. After eight years, WE are still waiting for ours.
In 1931, a shinning beacon of hope rose above the city when the city needed it most. After eight years, WE are still waiting for ours.
Comparing the tech industry in New York and Silicon Valley? That's just silly
Over the last few months, I've been trying to get a better understanding of what is happening with the concept of virtual worlds. Let me go into more details as to why I think this phenomenon has some real potentials. In this first entry in a series, I will explore the economic activity surrounding this phenomenon. Size of the market When talking about virtual worlds, I am focusing on the new space created by the gaming industry that allows to create online avatars and interact with other players in a fully immersive environment. From an economic standpoint, estimates range from around 100 millions to a high of US$1.5 billion a year. These are not insignificant numbers and they point to an emerging phenomenon and potentially the rise a new industry, with its own set of marketplaces, gathers, owners, creators, and marketers. Marketplaces To understand virtual worlds marketplace, one must first understand what si going on in those virtual worlds. When a player sets up an account, he's given a basic set of skills. As he or she progresses and interacts with the virtual world and its denizens, the player gains more and more skills and goods. However, this type of…


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Our recent report on the growing threat of illegal methamphetamine laboratories across Louisiana ("Speed Zones," Oct. 23, 2001) included some ominous news: illegal meth makers and users risk blowing up vehicles and apartment complexes with deadly chemicals, and endanger the public by illegally dumping hazardous waste or by stealing chemicals.
To shut down these reckless criminals, we propose the formation of an unlikely coalition led by two arch-foes: environmentalists and the chemical industry. Rounding out the rest of the coalition would be battered women's shelters and social workers, along with other children's advocates -- groups that are well aware of the long history of domestic violence associated with methamphetamine abuse.
These unlikely allies could provide key support to state and federal law enforcement and environmental regulators who are already over-taxed by national security alerts.
"I think it's an excellent idea; it'd be a wonderful initiative," says Robert Baggs, one of two assistant special agents in charge at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Louisiana. "No good comes from these clandestine laboratories -- not the drugs they produce nor the hazards they create."
Salvadore Perricone, chief of the narcotics unit for the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Orleans, underscores the risks of meth. "When you are talking about meth labs, you are dealing with lithium, ether, anhydrous ammonia -- a whole host of chemicals that are inherently dangerous. ... When the DEA or the local sheriffs go into a house with a meth lab, they go in like they are dealing with anthrax."
DEA agents estimate that it costs anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000 for hazardous materials experts to clean up a single meth lab. And each lab produces up to 6 pounds of toxic waste.
Police and fire officials in New Orleans say they have no reports of meth-related fires, explosions or biohazards in the area. But DEA agents recently shut down a Terrytown meth lab; the operator was a fugitive from California whose lab had blown up an apartment complex in that state. Meanwhile, Louisiana State Police are on the look-out for meth makers transporting their toxic wares on I-10 and I-20 -- the major transportation arteries for hard drugs in Louisiana.
"There have been cases of people in other states having a lab in a trunk of a car or other vehicle on the highway," says State Police spokesperson Sgt. William Davis. "You can imagine the chemicals that are involved and what could happen in the event of an accident."
Environmentalists here say law enforcement is not exaggerating the multiple threats posed by meth labs. "Unfortunately, some folks that are making the illegal drugs are also partaking of the illegal drugs and things get crazy," says Darryl Malek-Wiley, chair of the New Orleans Group Sierra Club.
Often at odds with the chemical industry over its own environmental record, Malek-Wiley concurs with the industry's assessment of the dangers of meth labs and anhydrous ammonia -- a key ingredient -- in the hands of speed freaks. He adds that toxic by-products of meth-making are not just illegally made, but illegally dumped. This is one of those rare issues that puts the Sierra Club alongside the chemical industry.
Unfortunately, other environmental groups do not see meth labs as a call to the barricades. "On the list of priorities, it's not much by Louisiana standards where our environmental problems deal in millions of pounds per year," says Gary Miller, chemical engineer with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN).
We think LEAN should reconsider. In recent months, people have warmed to the idea of putting aside traditional differences for a common cause. Environmentalists and industry do not have to hold hands -- just join forces -- to help law enforcement stop a problem that DEA agents say will soon be an epidemic in the suburban neighborhoods of south Louisiana.
Louisiana Ammonia Producers, a group of seven companies (including Cytec Industries in Jefferson Parish) that accounts for 40 percent of the U.S. production of ammonia, have taken an aggressive role to address the new bio-threat to rural and suburban areas alike. Among other initiatives, ammonia producers are showing farmers and other customers how to better secure their supplies.
It's a needed lesson: Last October, more than 200 residents of the rural farming town of Bonita, near Monroe, were evacuated after thieves left open a valve on an anhydrous ammonia tank, resulting in the formation of a deadly chemical plume. No one was hurt. State Police say the theft was meth-related. "Speed thieves" often fail to use proper containers when siphoning the chemical from legal storage tanks -- or they leave open valves.
The danger to our community is real. In this time of heightened awareness to threats, here are the warning signs for meth labs: If you see a lot of people coming and going from a house with blackened or foil-covered windows, if you notice excessive trash such as lanterns and anti-freeze cans, or if you detect a strong odor of ammonia or a smell like cat urine, call police or your local fire department.
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Ok fess up I can't be the only one praying Morgan was shot today? lol that kid works my last nerve
Ok fess up I can't be the only one praying Morgan was shot today? lol that kid works my last nerve
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
No, you weren't the only one.
Count your blessings!
Maybe Morgan will get shot and then be in a long term coma like his brother. Then, when he wakes up, it will be another actor. I'm sure this actor is a nice guy, but I can't stand his Morgan. The last one I liked was the Morgan two actors ago. Then he left and it's been bad re-casts ever since.
So, how many babies are on the show now and how long before they're SORAS'ed and learning how to drive?
Even though I'm happy to see Robin back on the show, I can't help feeling sad for Sabrina, who'll get her heart pummeled when Patrick (inevitably) picks up his relationship with Robin again.
The actress who plays Molly is probably making more money doing commercials than she does on GH.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ava is such a freaky actress. Such weird facial contortions.
Sad how Robin found out about Jason being gone. Was she setting up a bat signal on the veranda/balcony? She seemed pretty sure Jason would notice something different and that's where she was when they thought she had escaped.
Can't wait to see what Michael does with the restaurant.
I can't believe Nikolas didn't take Patrick aside and fill him in, complete with the need and reasons for secrecy. Nobody was watching them at the hospital. Come on! I need for this to make sense!
Count your blessings!
I missed that...clearly not happening since Kiki is looking for jobs at the hospital and Lulu is busy with her lawsuit. The Haunted Star can't have much business since it is practically never open.
I also find Morgan a whiny brat, but that's the way he's being written. Can't blame the actor for that. He plays whiny well!
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I can't stand that the precious Morgan that was shipped off to boarding school (what? a year ago?) has turned into this ugly, damaged pig.
Count your blessings!
How old is Morgan supposed to be? I thought he was supposed to be early 20's, but he's acting about 16-18. There's a maturity level that just isn't there.
I raised a son & by the time he was 18, those characteristics I'm seeing in Morgan were long gone.
"Success is getting what you want; Happiness is wanting what you get."
Morgan is supposed to be just 18. There have been several comments to the effect that he is legally a grown up now, if just. Presumably being off at boarding school means he never worked out sme of his parental issues...which is why he seems about 14 half the time, or more than half. Maybe even 8. I think it was even said to be a military school? Whichever, he's certainly no ad for boarding school! About all you can say for him is that at least when he first learned who Derek was his first impulse was to go tell Sonny--he wasn't swayed by Derek's arguments...at least not until he saw Michael and Sonny bonding, and even then, not until he learned that Michael would be working for Sonny.
You know those articles you see about how the prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed until the 20's? Morgan is like an illustration of that. Impulsive, immature, mood swings...


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While Keane concentrates on recent events, Robert Edwards in his biography of Henry Cooper (BBC £18.99, pp224) attempts a more a holistic appraisal of his subject. However, covering the champ's career and his 30 years of charity work since retiring is not enough, it seems. Edwards begins his biography of Cooper with Henry's great grandfather, and goes back to the Trojan War for his history of boxing. Don King will be chuffed to learn that Achilles was the first boxing promoter, but Edwards' approach does have another purpose. He wants to understand how the nation has resolved its continuing adoration of Cooper with the brutality of his profession.
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