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what do you think of this article? A safe workplace goes beyond physical health. Organizations must start to recognize the importance of promoting and strengthening mental health in the workplace. Judith was a departmental manager in a mid-sized corporation. She loved her work and maintained high standards for her own performance. But when the company deemed another manager's position redundant, Judith was assigned to run both departments. Her workload doubled and quickly became unmanageable, but she received little support from senior management. Despite logging long hours and bringing work home, she found herself unable to meet her own performance standards. Becoming increasingly discouraged and demoralized, Judith was diagnosed with clinical depression. Within six months of the change in responsibility, she took a disability leave. Judith's story is a common one. Scenarios like hers, in which workplaces impose unrealistic or uncontrollable demands and management provides insufficient support, is unfortunately all too familiar. Though work-life balance is often touted as an organizational priority, business decisions can affect the mental well-being of employees. This can lead to a domino effect of negative impacts for both workers and businesses. Unrealistic work demands can result in poorer performance, which leads to stress on the worker. The stress can then act as the catalyst for mental suffering, depression, and anxiety disorders. Additionally, sometimes the stress experienced at work interacts negatively with other stressors in their personal lives. These adverse health conditions can prompt disability leaves and a loss of skilled employees. The Canadian legal system has recognized and responded to this situation. The courts and regulatory bodies increasingly have been penalizing employers for exposing their employees to excessive psychological risk. According to legal scholar Martin Shain: "There is an emerging legal duty in Canada to provide and maintain a psychologically safe workplace... one that does not permit harm to employee mental health in careless, negligent, reckless or intentional ways… employers who ignore the omens are increasingly at risk of liability for mental injuries sustained by employees." [Tracking the Perfect Legal Storm, draft report for the Mental Health Commission of Canada] Beyond the legalities, organizations are empowered to proactively address mental health risks by being aware of the impacts of their business decisions. Just as employers across Canada understand their role in the protection of the physical health and safety of their employees, they are beginning to understand that they must also focus on workers' psychological health and safety. The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) Workforce Advisory Committee is collaborating with leaders in the Canadian business world to develop national standards for psychological health and safety. National standards will help employers to identify critical issues and take action to protect mental health in their workplace. The committee focuses on dismantling the barriers of workplace mental health such as job re-entry, finding employment, sustainable income, skill development, and housing. whats your opinion?
Does anyone want to know the trivia answers for US 99.5 for Sunday March 16,2008? Subject: us99 codes for 3-16-08 Message: Hot Jobs Trivia Yahoo Hot Jobs...Find the right one! For 2500 Points: Under Career Tools, Work/Life Balance, who wrote the article "Employers who Make it Easier to be a Working Mom"? Caroline M. Levchuck SpiralFrog Trivia Keep track of the Hottest Downloads on SpiralFrog.com! For 2500 Points: Under Concerts, you can search by Artist, City and WHAT?- C(63) Venue - Thank you to zillybookreader for the two trivia answers for Sunday March 16,2008! Champions The record for the lowest score in a men’s golf major championship has been accomplished in the Masters, U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship. Players such as Greg Norman, Jack Niclaus, and Tiger Woods have achieved this low score. What is the lowest score in a men’s golf major championship? Extraordinary In 1903, Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants and owners of a novelty store in Brooklyn, New York, created a new toy in connection with the President of the U.S. at that time. What was the new toy’s name? -B(Teddy Bear),Famous Firsts In 1968, the first U.S. telephone system to use a very important three digit number was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama. What was this three digit phone number, commonly used today?-C(911),Villains of the Silver Screen In the 1981 movie, Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones is in a race to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. There are two main villains in this movie. One is Nazi Colonel Dietrich and the other is a Frenchman who has the “hots” for Indy’s old flame in the movie, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen). What is the other villains name? - B) Dr. Rene Belloq Previous Trivia Answers For Saturday March 15,2008 - Champions Previous Answer: a) 0 FYI: Tiger Woods got a 63 in the PGA Championship in 2007 on the Southern Hills course. ,Extraordinary Previous Answer:b) 1286 FYI: President Theadore “Teddy” Roosevelent spared a bear cub while hunting in 1902, depicted in a Washington Post cartoon that the Michtom’s saw. Mrs. Michtom made a toy bear and displayed it as “Teddy’s Bear.” ,Famous Firsts Previous Answer:b) Mustard FYI: 911 became the universal telephone emergency systems telephone number in Alabama that year. ,Villains of the Silver Screen Previous Answer:a) “Little” Bill Daggett
How RIDICULOUS is this article? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10833190 Men have so far been the hardest hit by the recession. Did we see any complaining about this? This is literally one of the most ridiculous articles I've ever read, particularly since no one ever seems to complain about "initiatives" to give female students extra resources or to have specific "minister for women" posts and so on... Guess what? If you want equality in terms of work, you have to take the good AND the bad parts. One of the bad things is that if there are more women working in the public sector, then cuts across the board will effect "women in general" more than they otherwise would. How much special treatment do these people want? Whenever something effects men disproportionally all we get is "it's your turn now..." "The group said public sector cuts would hit women particularly hard since 65% of such workers were women." Do you have a statistic for how many men vs. how many women have been laid off in the recession? Don't see anyone complaining about that (in fact I've seen a LOT of articles saying "finally testosterone will no longer prevail in business now that so many male managers have been fired) ""In times of economic crisis it becomes more not less important to consider women's basic rights, and observe the laws put there to safeguard them." When will we get laws to safefguard men? Hmmm? "...makes it harder for women to choose how to balance work and family life." No one ever seems to complain when it's men who are being expected to work ridiculous hours to be in the "supporter" role which they may not even want...
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What are the correct Listen & Win as well as trivia answers for US 99.5 for Monday June 23,2008? Spiral Frog Trivia 1,000,000 songs & videos for you at Spiral Frog! For 2500 Points: Click on News. Under Music News there are 3 choices: Main, Story Archives and WHAT? - Today In Music http://www.spiralfrog.com/pages/news.aspx?type=home Yahoo HotJobs Trivia Escape to Tahiti sweepstakes by Yahoo HotJobs: For 2500 Points - Under Avoid Burnout, who wrote the article? - Tom Musbach The slowdown in the U.S. economy is threatening a necessity for workers: vacations. According to the annual Yahoo! HotJobs vacation survey, 51% of respondents said they plan to skip taking a vacation this year, opting to save money instead. "Vacations are usually the first thing to go when people feel job or economic pressure," says Joe Robinson, a trainer in work-life balance and author of "Work to Live." He continues, "We're programmed to believe that free time is worthless, a frill to shove aside, but vacations are as important as watching your cholesterol or getting exercise." Skipping a vacation can also be bad for your employer. Milo and Thuy Sindell, founders of Hit the Ground Running and authors of "Job Spa," say, "You are not helpful to the company and your coworkers when you are not operating at full capacity. Vacations help you to get rejuvenated to come back to work at full capacity." For those tempted to skip vacation this year due to financial worries, experts recommend the following tips: Remind yourself: Vacation is not a luxury. "You owe it to yourself, your family, and your company to take care of yourself by stepping out of the office for at least a few days at a time," says Liz Bywater, president of the Bywater Consulting Group, which helps improve organizational performance. Put aside some funds each week. "Even $50 a week [or less] can add up and make your trip happen," says Robinson. Plan leisure activities near home. "Stay at home and read, garden, hike, jog, bike, or whatever you like to do but never have enough time for during the weekends," say the Sindells. "Or be a tourist in your own city." Try home-swapping. You can swap with someone you know in another city, or use an online service, such as homexchange.com or even vrbo.com (Vacation Rentals by Owner). "It can have the look and feel of a vacation at a much more affordable housing cost than paying for hotel or resort lodging," says Michael Haubrich, president of Financial Service Group and an expert in financial planning for career issues. Keep the itinerary simple. Travel columnist Donald D. Groff recommends selecting a destination within 200 miles (a three-hour drive) from your home. If you're traveling by plane, fly nonstop whenever possible. "The sooner you get to your destination, the sooner your relaxation begins," Groff says. The economic downturn is also adding to workers' stress levels. Nearly a third of the respondents (31%) are worried by how the economy is affecting their workplaces, and 34% said they feel pressure to improve their performance for fear of being laid off. With 55% of respondents admitted to being "burned out" by work, stress and fatigue add another threat to vacations. Experts say you can prevent the threat in the following ways: Start small. "Start with an afternoon off to do something you really enjoy, even if it's just a walk at the beach or a visit to a farmer's market," says Beth A. Levin, author of "Making a Richer, More Fulfilling Life a Reality." If planning is a burden, don't. "Instead of planning a vacation, just take time off to be at home and figure it out each day as you go," the Sindells suggest. Enlist back-up support. Ask a trusted coworker to back you up while you're away and offer to return the favor, Bywater suggests. "It's much easier to relax when you know someone's got you covered." Choose according to what you need. You may need a peaceful retreat from stress, or you may benefit from something more active and exciting. "Avoid the kind of vacation that will leave you even more exhausted than before," she adds. Give yourself a deadline. "Stop thinking about it and just do it," says Bywater. "Think of it as 'doctor's orders.'" http://hotjobs.promotions.yahoo.com/tahiti/article.html Surveys For Monday June 23,2008 - Recently, David Faustino (Bud Bundy from TV's Married With Children) was asked via e-mail to autograph a copy of his own police report by a fan. Faustino said he would under the condition that it would cost the fan$500 which Faustino would give to his favorite charity. 1. Do you think there is a certain line that should not be crossed when asking a celebrity for an autograph or should it be an anything goes type of request? Fans should show a little respect to celebrities when asking for autographs. Fans should be able to ask a celebrity to sign anything at anytime. That's why they made the big bucks! Surbeys For Monday June 23,2008 (continued Part 2) - Fabulous Films Ever watch a fabulous film where a main character's job was one that you wish that you had? Maybe the character (s) is a writer, a lawyer, a fireman, an astronaut, or even the captain of a spaceship. 1. Of the below occupations that a movie character had in a fabulous film, which of their jobs do you wish you had most? Hans Solo's job as the Captain of the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars. Woodward and Bernstein's jobs as Washington Post journalists on the verge of cracking the Watergate scandal in All The President's Men. Newbie fireman Jack Morrison in Ladder 49 One of the Mercury 7 astronauts as depicted in the 1983 movie, The Right Stuff. The young lawyer, Rudy Baylor, taking on a big insurance company case in The Rainmaker. Champions Baseball legend, Joe Jackson is better known with his nickname attached: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. Even though his career was cut short, due to the "Black Sox" 1919 World Series scandal, he currently holds the third highest career batting average. Who gave Joe his nickname? (Enter in the LETTER of the corresponding answer) - a)A fan,Country Music Trivia As a child, George Strait was influenced by and listened to: (Enter in the LETTER of the corresponding answer) - a)British Invasion rock groups,Extraordinary The Homestead Act was a federal law signed in 1862 by President Lincoln intended to populate the American West with farmers by providing the transfer of 160 acres of public land to each homesteader. How much did each acre of land cost? (Enter in the LETTER of the corresponding answer) - a)$1.25 Famous Firsts In 1903, the Baltimore Orioles were bought and moved to Manhattan where they played as the New York Highlanders. In what year were the Highlanders were renamed and first called the Yankees? (Enter in the LETTER of the corresponding answer) - b)1913,Villains of the Silver Screen 1987's Fatal Attraction gave men another good reason not to give into temptation and cheat on their wives after the psychotic and vengeful Alex Forrest stalks Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) and boils the family rabbit. Glen Close's, Alex, helped make it the second highest grossing movie of 1987. What was the first?(Enter in the LETTER of the corresponding answer) - b)Three Men and a Baby Taylor Swift Code Listen to Bill Garcia each week night at approximately 8:45 p.m. for the Taylor Swift Code Word of the Day. Enter it here to win 25,000 points - tied Together With A Smile Previous Trivia Answers For Sunday June 22,2008 - Champions Previous Answer: b) The Hammer FYI: At six feet, one inch tall and weighing 185lbs, Schultz fit right in with the classic enforcers gang on the Flyers, known as the "Broad Street Bullies.",Country Music Trivia Previous Answer: A Victim of Life's Circumstances,Extraordinary Previous Answer: c) Clorox FYI: The two components are perborate and silicate.,Famous Firsts Previous Answer: b) Zone Improvement Plan FYI: The ZIP code is the U.S.'s version of the postal code that was first used in Germany in 1941.,Villains of the Silver Screen Previous Answer: c) wire hangers FYI: Crawford screams in the movie, " No more wire hangers, ever!" Previous trivia answers for Sunday June 22,2008(continued) - Dave Schultz (ice hockey) David Schultz (born October 14, 1949 in Waldheim, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Playing career Schultz earned the nickname "The Hammer" for his aggressive style of hockey. He was one of the most notable enforcers on the Philadelphia Flyers' infamous "Broad Street Bullies". After winning two Stanley Cups with the Flyers (1973–74 and 1974–75). "The Hammer" drifted through several teams (Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo Sabres), looking for a permanent position. When different GMs tried to find some "muscle" for their fledging clubs, his was a popular number to call. Schultz was not just an enforcer in the traditional sense, in that he scored 20 goals for Philadelphia in 1973–74. He also scored the series-clinching goal in overtime in the first round of the 1974 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Atlanta Flames. Personal anecdotes Towards the end of Tim Horton's career — and life, it soon turned out — Schultz attempted, at age 24, to pick a fight with the 44-year-old Horton, who was considerably smaller (5'10" and 190 pounds) and known for a more gentlemanly style of enforcing (he never got more than 150 penalty minutes in a season his entire career, even though he was famous for powerful hits). Horton initially refused to fight, but eventually accepted after repeated confrontations, where he defeated the younger and stronger man handily by throwing him to the ice and sitting on him until the referee ended the fight. Derek Sanderson had recently bitten Horton after receiving a crushing bear hug. After injuring his wrist in a fight, Schultz once put boxing wraps on his hands for protection. As things usually went, Dave had several fights in ensuing games, while wearing the wraps. However, soon after, enforcers in both the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association started wearing similar hand protection. This was not to protect an already injured hand/wrist, but to prevent themselves from injury in a fight. Soon after this trick became popular, both the WHA and NHL passed what became known as the "Schultz Rule" — thus banning the boxing wraps' short-lived career in professional ice hockey. Schultz co-authored a book entitled The Hammer with Stan Fischler that provides insights into the world of a professional ice hockey enforcer. He made a notable recording circa 1975 of the song "Penalty Box" Clorox article by Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clorox Artist of the Day 5000 points are awarded by typing in the Artist of the Day. 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should i go to law school? what would you do? so I'm in a serious dilemma, i have an offer from a top law school and a masters in public policy with a co-op option. Law school will command three more years of school one year of bar/articles before any money can be made. It will also put me in a debt of over 130 thousand dollars, not to mention my undergraduate debt which i already have. however, it would mean i am following my dreams, and will in the end have a prestigious if not too lucrative and powerful career. the masters in public policy will result in a comfortable government job, 9-5 work with a stable salary range of over 60-68 thousand dollars and is only a one year course followed by another year dedicated to co-op. My debt would only be roughly 20, 000 dollars for this program. this will give me a stable, and comfortable career with a good work-life balance, not necessarily glamorous or very lucrative. what would you pick?
How should we help young women explore their life choices? The author of this article, herself a working mom, thinks that young women are not encouraged to really think about how they will balance career and motherhood. http://www.boundless.org/features/a0000819.html ..."The professor at the top-ten university also says, “You know the advice handed out to our generation was very problematic. We were told: ‘Do what men do. Work your tail off until you’re established in your field. Sacrifice what you need to for your career.’ But now I think, if you want children ‘cloning the male, competitive model’ doesn’t work.” What do you think about this? Are young women planning their lives in an overly optimistic way? Should part of sex ed or biology class include information about a woman's peak fertility age? Fertility begins to decline at age 27 - much younger than many women assume. Would college girls benefit from acccess to more information about balancing what they want out of life? Or is the author wrong in her assumptions? Would college women enjoy hearing from working women who might have some ideas and advice on the subject? I'm thinking maybe NOW could actually do some sort of outreach? Do you guys think that might be a popular program?
Psychology College Statistics Work Please help 10 points? In this study, researchers found that laughter helps keep a person healthy. A child laughs on average 400 times a day while an adult laugs 15 times. Identify the variables used in the study. Do you think any of them are normally distributed? Explain your answer. Article: IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER, DIE LAUGHING Children laugh an average of 400 times a day, adults 15. But can laughter keep you healthy? It is possible, Lee Berk, associate director at the Center of Neuroimmunology at the Loma Linda School of Medicine, says in Parenting Magazine. According to Berk, laughter helps keep life in balance and is a key part of a healthy lifestyle. He and other researchers say laughter helps produce NK cells, which fight infections, including pneumonia and bronchitis. Laughter also suppresses the release of cortisol, a hormone that weakens the immune system. It functions as a natural analgesic, which raises the body's pain threshold and acts as a muscle relaxer. And laughter increases circulatory capacity and strengthens organs, helping the body to become more resistant to infection while boosting energy levels.
i need a title for this article? Staying positive is one of the best but hardest things a actress or actor can do. For Samantha it started from a young age always focusing on the good. “life is a beautiful thing enjoy the good and don’t focus on the negative think of all the good that has happened and be happy for that sometimes we are given huge trials but face them head held high and don’t give up because that wont make it any better.” Sam was 14 when she was accepted to LACHSA. She applied while on a family vacation to LA not thinking she would get accepted but still hoping and staying positive, “A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - - it did for me!” Then on the 28th of April 2011 she got a letter that would change her life forever…. Sam’s life up until this day was just like any other child she had friends, hobbies and a family. A older brother, Matthew, a older sister, Sarah and by the age of nine a nephew, Damian. Her parents spilt up when she was only five. Her dad has a new partner and her mum has remarried. Merv her step dad has a daughter as well, her name happened to also be Samantha. By the age of 10 Sam had a niece from her step sister Sam named Rylie. At 14, (6 months before moving) she had another nephew named Devon. After moving to LA with her her mum and step dad later that the year. Her sister and brother and there families also joined them to be with the family. About half a year later her step sister Sam joined them. With her dad still living here, on her 16th birthday her mum had brought her return tickets home to visit her dad and friends for two months and could bring her best friend Kirstin over to LA for a summer holiday. After returning to LA, Kirstin loved it so much she stay and started school there and every break flew back home to see her parents. Sam sometimes accompanied her and others not being so busy with work and school it was hard to balance time. After settling into her new school she gained many small roles in worldwide TV shows, movies and commercials. At the age of 15 she had her first lead role in the movie series the mediator as Suze the main character in all six movies. Once she had become notice more roles became of her and she got famous around the world Withen the year she had been living in LA. While being back here in NZ Sam stared on many little kiwi shows. After going back home she got more and more roles and bigger and bigger parts. Most actors when they finish a job are always worried about being picked up again but the demand for Sam she never really has to worry all though she did and knows that someday she will have to fight to get a job… Still quite young at only 17. She is very open minded about her future plans. She is thinking of maybe studying either marine/animal biology or zoology at university in the next few years. While giving the acting a bit of a rest she will still doing the odd bit here and there to keep her options open. Hoping for the best of both she will act as her passion and have her other dream job as well. “If you care at all, you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results. “ this is a fake article i made it up!
How do I organize my life!?!?!? I am 17 years old, 120 pounds, and a vegetarian. I don't have the best diet but I do have a lot of veggies, not a ton of fruits, a fair share of grains, good protein, and alright carbs. Here is the problem: I have to balance 2 AP classes (History and LA), one honors class (spanish), and all my other classes. I have several busy weeks, like tonight, I have to write two essays of 1,000 words, one article for the paper and one spanish essay and tomorrow I have two more essays and during the weekend I have to study for a unit test for history. I am terribly lacking in sleep because I have to stay up so late due to work, I can't get up in the morning, I barely have enough time to do things that I enjoy meaning I don't really have enough time to exercise. The weekend is the only time I have and it's not even that much time due to the homework, studying, and helping the family out. By the time I'm done, I don't have the energy to do anything but sleep. Even my friendships are starting to lag. I'm feeling like I'm drowning in my life. I'm getting fat, I have a constant headache, I'm super stressed, my self confidence is going down, and I'm just getting depressed. AND on top of everything, I can't take coffee or energy drinks because they make my stomach hurt. :/ Please help me organize myself! Come up with a plan or something to do... anything! It's horrible.
please help. what do you think of my college argumentative essay so far? so if you have time please read my essay and evaluate it and corrected or tell me what i should do. I kind of trying to relate my essay to my life story and article from a reading should teens work. the link is below. thank you for all your time. http://amitaietzioni.org/documents/B170.pdf high school can work part time Argumentative Essay I think it’s great that high schooler’s teens should work part-time because it’s going to prepare them for the real world. Students will learn how to be independent, learn healthy work ethic and stay out of trouble. It’s better than not having to work at all and be lazy. A lot of us youngster students want to grow up and be independent. We don’t want to relay and depends on our parents to support us for the rest of our lives. Therefore, finding a job at a young age can give you a valuable of how to be an adult. As a child I never ask my parents to buy me something because I know that money is not easy to make. I know that they have to work so hard everyday to make that money. I also know that most of that money goes to bills, and like most parents out there. My parents aren’t educated and that they didn’t had a chance to go to college nor gotten their high school diploma. They chose to work a normal job with a fewer skills to supports us and that is more than I can bare ask from them. I couldn’t barely go and ask my parents for money because it didn’t seem right. So I decided to work and earn my own money and help them out a little. As a high school student, I wanted everything that I founded interesting, just like a car. I wanted a car so badly that I felt a shame and jealous kissing up to my friends who had cars. Eventually, I got myself a job after school, working in school bus office 3 hours day, 5 days a week and a total of 15 hours. I’ve work there for two years and manage to save up my money and eventually I bought my own car. I felt so happy and proud of myself, not only did I got me a car but I actually worked and earn it by myself and I didn’t have to kiss up on my friends and parents. Working at school bus office was the best job ever but I want to work on a field of adult world. I felt comfortable working at my school because my boss was inspiring. She helped me how to schedule my hours and gave me days off when I have to study for a test and exam. But, I want to learn about a different work ethic. I want to learn how to deal with rude, angry and unpleasant. I also want to learn more about people about different cultures, different aspects and also different jobs. My reason for that because I was always shy and I want to overcome my shyness. I know getting to know and talk to different people can make me overcome my shyness. Furthermore, so I can put information. In contrast, both Etzioni and McLellen article both sounded fair and unfair and mix valid with non valid and sounded like a propaganda but I mostly agree more of McLellen article about “Part-Time Job: Should Teens Go For It” Michelle Gust 17, a senior at Mt. Carmel High, stated that “Working has taught me the importance of communicating with people. The business management wants you to communicate with them and customer. I have learned to be flexible.” she learned how to meet deadline on college application and balance her school work and her part time job. Finally, not only does working part time help a student with work ethic but, it also helps them stay out of trouble. I was goofing around so much when I was at high school. Chasing after girls, playing around with my friends and going to movies and worst I almost join a groupie gang. Also, I wasn’t good with learning how to manage my money. I know I was going into a wrong direction so in order to not disappoint my parents. I took a risk on getting a job after school even risking my grades. As I mention above, I work at McDonald across the street and at the school bus office but my third job was actually present to me by my counselor. Since I was losing my reputation of an honor role student and that I was my counselor favorite student. She didn’t want to see me go to a wrong path so she decided that I should work at the San Diego Zoo as an entry level Human Resource (HR). With the help of my counselor supervision, I manage to stirred out of trouble and this part of my experience conclude with Amitai Etzioni article “The Fast Food Factories: McJobs Are Bad For Kids”. Although, Etzioni article seems like propaganda and criticizing but I have to agree with of what he said about Supervision. He said, it’s ok for teens to work but they should be supervised by either the school or their parents and I agree. Without supervision I wouldn’t probably wouldn’t not been here today and that is the fact and reason for what teens needs, a guidance. Working a part-time after school can be helpful and benefit and it can also be bad. That much depends on the student, not McDonald’s or other fast-food chains. If you think about it work experience is not
Making a decision that will effect the rest of my life.? Hi yahoo members i have another problem today. I hate my family and i really want to move away from them, I am a grown woman so this is not some teenage runaway situation. I want to move to georgia and i am unemployed. My plan is to get a fuul time and a part time job. Save all the money from my PT job to use for the big move. I want suggestions on how can i do this? I mean how can I balance out working so much and still beind able to spend time with my son. One suggestion is i could work third shift and a part time day shift. So by the time he gets out of school i will be home tired but home. If i could find a weekend position i would be ok or atleast off on the weekend. i know i have alot to figure out but can anyone give me some guidance? Is there any articles or info i can get about budget and saving for a big move? oh yeah i am in charlotte nc.
What is this article trying to say? Let's talk about unhappiness. Specifically, how it's growing in one segment of our society. And no, it's not white congressmen from South Carolina, hip-hop artists who feel Beyoncé got slighted, or recipients of ill-timed foot-fault calls. It's women. According to study after study, women are becoming more and more unhappy. This drop in happiness is found in women across the social and economic landscape. It doesn't matter what their marital status is, how much money they make, whether or not they have children, their ethnic background, or the country they live in. Women around the world are in a funk. And it's not because of the multitude of crises we are facing. Women's happiness has been on a downward trend since the early 1970s, when the General Social Survey, a landmark study, began examining the social attitudes of women and men -- who, by the way, have gotten progressively happier over the years. When you think about all that has happened over the last four decades -- with women securing greater opportunity, greater achievement, greater influence, and more money -- the decline in our collective state of mind seems to defy logic, and raises the vexing question: What in the world is going on? It's a question we'll be exploring in depth on HuffPost in the coming weeks, in a series of blog posts by bestselling author and lecturer Marcus Buckingham. Drawing on his years as a senior researcher at Gallup, Marcus has developed a far-ranging expertise on what all of us -- but especially women -- can do to live richer, more purposeful, and, yes, happier lives. Marcus kicks things off today with a look at "What's Happening to Women's Happiness?" a post in which he drills into the data on women and happiness, and looks at what is causing the downward drift. He also sets the table for the coming weeks during which he will lay out his prescriptions for bucking the unhappiness trend, the subject of his latest book Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently," which will be published on September 29th (just six days before our Books section launches!). As part of this, he will introduce his new Strong Life Test, a tool to help women recognize precisely which parts of their lives are going to bring them the most joy, pleasure, energy, satisfaction, and, ultimately, greater happiness. According to Marcus, "It doesn't give you all the answers, but it tells you where to start." Among the other topics Marcus will be blogging about: "The Myth of Multitasking," "The Myth of More Free Time," "The Myth of Kids Wanting More Time with Their Working Mothers," and one I am especially interested in, "The Myth of Striving for a Balanced Life" (he feels women need to imbalance their lives, putting more emphasis on those things that most fulfill them). We are thrilled to have Marcus Buckingham join the HuffPost community of bloggers. He is a great addition to the mix. So go check out his first post, which is featured at the top of our Living page. What he has to say will surprise you.
Give me some Career Topics? I should write about 20 articles of Career.In these topics it will be career topics that is aimed to guide the employee,some of these topic will be:How to manage angry boss,how to get promoted,how to deal with stress,balancing work and personal life,managing nepotism and ego people,how to write cv.And more i need from you guys please 10 to 20 topics,i would be thankful for you.
I need help writing this article for my school paper? Hi! I usually don't ask for school- related help, but I have been trying to do this for the past hour and cant get anywhere. So the topic is, a counselor is holding a class for girls middle-high school aged to teach them how to build confidence and get over the struggles of growing up in todays digital age. Ive interviewed her and got some great quotes. Thats not the problem. My problem is how to word it and what to say to introduce things! Like what input can I make about the digital age and how it affects girls? This is my working opening: What’s fun, connective, innovative, and destructible to the way teenage girls feel about themselves? You guessed it, social media. It’s a new digital age, and it’s affecting the way girls everywhere think and communicate to each other. Everyone knows that the teenage years for girls can be quite a struggle, but with this new age of cell phones and social media sites such as facebook and myspace, this struggle may be a bit harder than expected. Counselor (INSERT NAME lol) is dedicated to empowering teenage girls to live an emotionally healthy, balanced life, and to helping them survive the everyday struggles of growing up and feeling good about it, too. uugh!! i dont know if this is good or what else to say.... :(
Help with writing my first article? Hi! I usually don't ask for school- related help, but I have been trying to do this for the past hour and cant get anywhere. So the topic is, a counselor is holding a class for girls middle-high school aged to teach them how to build confidence and get over the struggles of growing up in todays digital age. Ive interviewed her and got some great quotes. Thats not the problem. My problem is how to word it and what to say to introduce things! Like what input can I make about the digital age and how it affects girls? This is my working opening: What’s fun, connective, innovative, and destructible to the way teenage girls feel about themselves? You guessed it, social media. It’s a new digital age, and it’s affecting the way girls everywhere think and communicate to each other. Everyone knows that the teenage years for girls can be quite a struggle, but with this new age of cell phones and social media sites such as facebook and myspace, this struggle may be a bit harder than expected. Counselor (INSERT NAME lol) is dedicated to empowering teenage girls to live an emotionally healthy, balanced life, and to helping them survive the everyday struggles of growing up and feeling good about it, too. uugh!! i dont know if this is good or what else to say.... :(
Feedback on Article? This is from my weekly column, note that it uses British English? PHOENIX RISING Written by CHRISTINE-RITA ABANKWAH Wednesday, 22 December 2010 Freeing the Shadow Bearer There is always that special someone in your life (or more, if you’re that blessed) who seems to be there for you through thick and thin, no matter what you do or say. It is one thing to be there for you during rough times, but understand this: it is quite another thing to feature in your world on cue. As naturally egocentric beings, a lot of us are governed by the state of affairs of our lives at that particular moment in time. It’s not always that we are selfish, but rather that the perception of events in life can alter one’s senses to the point where you only see things in the context of the moment. When times are distressing, the people closest to you automatically bear the brunt of the ill effects of such phases. Mood swings, lack of intimacy, inability to function properly, detachment and delusion are examples of traits that those in our inner circle are exposed to. I’ve often heard people talking about what it’s like to live in someone else’s shadow. From parents to older siblings and even bosses, we sometimes feel that we are a tiny speck of someone else’s vantage point altogether. In fact, some have gone so far as to say it’s as if they do not even exist; they are just a guest in someone else’s world and they must abide by the demarcated footpaths. Trying hard to understand this concept, I had a moment of light where I begun to empathise with a variation of this notion. I thought about it in the context that sometimes our lives are so involving that we draw our loved ones into our inward-looking, self-seeking vortex. Magnetically drawn to our circumstances by their deep love for us, they often have to leave parts of themselves behind in order to take up their designated roles in our lives. Many of us view our existence as a portrait with characters, places, ambitions and events mapped out according to our desire- hoping it’s God’s will. But as we know, things don’t always go as planned and certain instances can disrupt our plans and throw us off course for a bit. Shadows dim light and offset our balance. Because the search for light is such an exhausting exercise, we quickly learn to prioritise; deciding who or what we allow to affect our lives with their ‘shadows’. Hence we may become detached; there simply isn’t enough time or energy to go around, and people are easily dismissive of one another. It’s hard to be drawn into someone’s chaos when they mean nothing to you, and it’s even harder to relate to their suffering; for empathy involves being pulled into their grief for a time, hence shadowing your scheduled events for that period. In uncertain times, life appears to be engulfed by one big shadow. Rain clouds herald our presence and only a select few are willing to risk getting wet by exiting their own lives to hand us an umbrella. In rushing to our aid, not only do they interrupt their own lives (leaving their portraits unattended), but they also develop shock absorbers to deal with our sometimes harsh mannerisms when we take our moods out on them. Lorato, 35 says, “When things aren’t going well with my husband at work, he becomes moody and withdrawn, and so rude. I wouldn’t take this from anybody, but out of love I swallow my pride and just watch him like that, until he comes around. I know I’m helping him by being calm, but he expects things to go back to normal, not knowing that while he’s been getting over his issues, I’ve been dealing with the way he’s been hurting me, on top of my own stress.” When there’s a whirlwind of pandemonium surrounding us, we tend to overlook the fact that the universe doesn’t revolve around our emotions; we’re not that important. Others may find themselves aligning their lives to our disposition (whether elated or disheartened); indeed we often underestimate the power we have over the prevailing ambience. When was the last time you put your feet in someone else’s shoes? Can you imagine what it must be like to have the smile wiped off your face when someone walks into the room downtrodden, misery in tow? Can you imagine what it’s like to have lightening infused into your own personal storm by someone you care about and just can’t ignore? For many, the most charitable act of the festive season may very well be that of considering another person’s emotional climate; making concerted efforts to temper the storm and not exacerbate it. Appreciation cannot be gift-wrapped but its impact is felt in reciprocation, self-control and compassion. Happy holidays!
Is this article good? I wrote this for a class but I would like some feedback - I’m fourteen years old and up until recently I had no idea what i wanted to do with the rest of my life. Then, suddenly it started to make sense. I’ve had one grandfather my whole life growing up, who lives about three minutes away. He has supported everything I do. Soccer games, lacrosse games, field hockey games and band concerts. He’ll take me anywhere i need to go and he’s never afraid to spoil me. I’m his only grand daughter and he is so important to me, but theres one other thing, my grandfather has parkinson’s disease. Sometimes I’m afraid because I don’t know when he might get hurt. I hate the feeling that you can’t control something and I like being in control. I wish someone could tell me that everything is going to be okay, and that things will get better. But I also don’t want to be lied to. Parkinson’s is a disease that affects the nervous system. Patients with parkinson’s have nerve cells that they aren’t able to control. It causes certain parts of your body to tremble beyond your control. In my grandfathers case, he nods his head a lot, and has shaky hands. The disease also cause impaired balance and coordination. I never know when my grandfather could trip or fall just doing part of his daily routine. As parkinson’s continues to get worse some people even become paralyzed. To this day, there is no known cure for parkinson’s disease. I want to help people so they never have to live like my grandfather. It’s hard to know that he struggles so much and that there is nothing i can do. I don’t want other people to have to feel afraid, and I don’t want Parkinson’s Disease to make anyone else lose control. I’ve always known that i want to make a difference, but I didn’t know how. Now I do. I’m going to be a neurologist. I will work with parkinson’s patients and I will work as hard as I can to find a cure. I truly believe that anything is possible. There is an answer and I will do my best to find it. My grandfather is my inspiration, and I will do my best to make him proud.
What branch of science is this article? help please? Electrical impulses sent to a paralyzed man’s spinal cord allow him to walk again, researchers say. Rob Summers, 25, can voluntarily move his feet and hips and walk on a treadmill with support, in what could be a major breakthrough for the treatment of paralysis. The research team, led by Dr. Susan Harkema of the University of Louisville, Ky., stressed that the treatment is not a cure for paralysis and that it worked with just one patient in one trial. But researchers not involved in the study say it is promising — one UK doctor told the BBC it was “mind-blowing.” The findings appear to show that the legs and spinal cord, not the brain, are in control of movement. That means interruption of messages from the brain may not preclude paralyzed patients from walking again — they would just need new electrical signals to stimulate the spinal cord. Weeks after winning the College World Series with Oregon State University in 2006, Summers was hit by a drunk driver, suffering spinal cord damage that paralyzed him from the chest down. Neuroscientists implanted 16 electrodes in his spine, and sent electrical impulses to his lower spinal cord, mimicking the signals normally sent by the brain to initiate movement. Summers was suspended over a treadmill while the signals were transmitted to his spine. Writing in the British medical journal The Lancet, researchers say the spinal cord’s own neural network, combined with sensory information from his legs, is able to to control muscle and joint movement. Summers trained for two years with a treadmill and physical therapists moving his legs to help him stand and walk. V. Reggie Edgerton of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA said sensory information is sent via neural networks in the legs directly to the spinal cord. The sensory feedback allows Summers to balance himself, bear his own weight and take steps over various speeds and directions, Edgerton said in a news release. In a statement, Summers said the treatment has changed his life. “For someone who for four years was unable to even move a toe, to have the freedom and ability to stand on my own is the most amazing feeling,” he said. He was left with some sensation below the chest, so it’s not clear whether the treatment would work for spinal cord injury patients who experience no sensation. What’s more, Summers was an athlete in excellent physical condition before his injury, which could have helped his rehabilitation. Still, his doctors hope that someday, patients with spinal cord injuries could use a portable electrical stimulation unit to move independently once again. The work was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
please react on this article below...tnx in advance? Exercise is More Important Than Calcium Supplements for Bones Monday, September 18, 2006 A study making recent news concluded that taking calcium supplements does not do much to reduce bone fractures in childhood or later life. The study did not cover all reasons, but it does not stand alone. Studies over many years show that bone density depends on more than eating calcium. Calcium loss occurs through smoking, drinking too much alcohol and soda, lack of exercise, and eating animal protein. A young person can thin their bones through bad habits to the equivalent of an elderly person. Bone density when you are older depends on what you are doing now. Sedentary lifestyle is a major risk for osteoporosis and fractures. Exercise thickens bones from the muscles pulling on them. Without exercise, you can lose bone density no matter how much calcium you eat. Without exercise, you "pee" the calcium you eat back out. You need to give calcium a reason to stick on your bones. Even if you are a young man you need to build bone now. Osteoporotic hip and spine fractures are a major cause of illness and death for both women and men. One in eight men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture, greater than his risk of prostate cancer. The death rate in the year following a hip fracture is nearly twice as high for men as for women. Research in elder populations shows ability to increase bone density with exercise. Weightlifting is often mentioned as needed. People think they need to go to a gym or buy hand weights for home use. Weightlifting includes lifting groceries, children, and packages around the house. Weight-resisting activity includes moving, pulling, and lifting your own body weight. You can load your upper leg at the hip, a major site of osteoporosis, by bending right using your legs for all the many times you need to bend every day. Go to Disc Pain - Not a Mystery, Easy to Fix for tips. Future posts will show more bone building exercise from daily activities. Several vitamins and minerals in fruit and vegetables help bone density. Calcium also needs vitamin D to work. Sunlight is an often forgotten source. Sunlight is necessary for your immune system, bones, mood, and overall health. There are some who say there is no safe sun exposure. Balance your time of exposure to reduce risk of cataracts and skin cancer. Get out of your chair and get outside in the sunshine for exercise every day.
Going to buy Afghan childrens art work to help provide for families. Can you help figure the sizes inches? If you would like to help the children sell their art, please see http://aschiana.com/default.asp?action=article&ID=34 and my blog at http://myafghanistanangels.blogspot.com for addresses to help. I want to buy frames for the art work and do not have a CM ruler, can you convert the cm to inches for me so that I can buy the frames? Most of sizes are as follows: 60x90cm , 53x65cm , 33x54cm, 90x120cm , 60x80cm , 45x60cm , 160x100cm , 65x95cm , 133x66cm I would appreciate your help. Please see the pictures at the Aschiana website provided so that you could tell me which size frames to purchase for each. I am not sure which one I will get yet, I am looking for one to go over my couch in the living room that will balance well with the furniture. I also ask that you spread the word about my blog and the Aschiana School and help to improve the quality of these childrens lives. You will be very much appreciated for helping me with the frame sizes and for helping the children. Thanks
could any English speaker help me to correct the grammar of my CV? thank you very much.? AUTOBIOGRAPHY: After accumulating three years experiences on sales representative, I tend to change my career to marketing. This is because that marketing practices not only a simple sale activity but including multiple operations with advertising campaigns, the routes of display and surveys etc. It will be more challenging and interesting. I am willing to face and learn it. Since my wife and I finished master degree dissertations in England last month, we came back to Taiwan for job hunting. My dissertation named “Consumer’s attitude toward greener cars – a study of green marketing application”. The reason of choicing this topic is that I believe green issue should be considered to each business activity, although it is a heavy pollution industry. I read many articles about this issue and found some limitations of executing green marketing. The solutions could be that: communicating with customers through media or cooperating with government and NGOs to educate customers or ally with business partners/rivals to increase customer’s green consciousness etc. My dissertation is being examined now. I am likely to get the certification of master degree in January 2009. My short plan is to learn marketing practices in foreign company in three years. Then, I will do my best to with the balance between work responsibility and family life. The long term goal is to be a capable person who can shoulder more responsibilities in the company which I serve in. In the same time, I will try to commit the societal responsibilities in this stage of life. Serving for a firm which has same value not only can increase stability of work but also decline the friction of execution inside the company. As a result, a global company likes Johnson is an ideal one which can enjoy the work and making progress. Thus, I am willing to face any challenge at work and create more growth to company with colleagues if I have an opportunity to serve to you.
Please help me edit im a Esl student? “Pediatric nursing facts” I worked as a CENA for 3 years, so I understand all nursing involves care planning, charting, and taking care of patient needs. I have worked in both a nursing home and hospital. I have experience working with both adults and children. I understand that pediatric nursing involves specializing care of children both emotionally and physically. I chose Pediatric Nursing as my topic because I want to specialize in working with kids as a pediatric nurse. I love kids. Children are special and I would love to take care children and their families. I am very curious about the requirements, responsibilities, challenges, salary and the work schedule of a pediatric nurse? I know I have many questions, but I can only think of a few right now. More questions will pop up as I go along, working on this project. I began my search on the web and was able to find a helpful article on the requirements of pediatric nursing. There is some education necessary before become an pediatric nurse. It is required to take 2-3 year Registered Nurse program. According to the article, “Pediatric Nurse Certification." Pediatric nurses are require to have a license in special training in pediatrics and a CPEN or CPN certificate. Some courses that need to be taken are Growth and Development, Physiology/Pathophysiology, Family Centered Care, Health Promotion /Maintenance”(Pediatric Nurse Certification). I was thinking that a license in practical nursing was acceptable to qualify as a pediatric nurse. Those involved in pediatric nursing have a lot different responsibilities. Most children nurses work in the hospital and the doctor offices under the supervision of doctors. According to the article, NOEDb The duty of Pediatric nursing is determined by the patient condition and which facility that the nurse is employed. ("Pediatric Nursing?.") Pediatric nurse must be loving ,compassion and caring and have patience. I know as a pediatric nurse I would want to give the best care. since their lives in our hands. Pediatric nurses must be able to interact with parent and show love and concern in the proper way. For example showing a mother the proper way to hold her infant and how to bond. Pediatric nurses have to be very supportive emotionally. Like helping a family member cope with a child who has died. One must know how to comfort them and be supportive. It is required as a children's nurse to have good listen skills and know how to balance between work and interaction with family in a tough situation. As a Pediatric Nurse on have to prepare for children emergencies, such as dealing with an injured child in an emergency room or helping a child battle with cancer. Pediatric Nurses should be able to relate to worried parents and other family members and in any field patience is needed. According to the The Gift of Nursing “the nurse ability to recognize opportunities to address the emotional well being of family members can result in better quality of life for both patient and family”.(Buell,Lisa p.477) Children’s nurses must also have some compassion and patience and have a desire to take care of kids. Other responsibilities of a pediatric includes doing regular follow ups on the patients. For example when the pediatric nurse has a ill child blood and urine tests are given. Base on those results will determine how long the child may stay in the hospital. The vital signs that are ordered will indicate if anything is abnormal in the child so other testing can be done (“All you Need to be a Pediatric Nurse...."). I will like to add there are so many responsibilities as pediatric nurse so their work is endless. In pediatric nursing the challenges are dealing with uncooperative children quality or care . Children nurses must know how to work with uncooperative children. Nurses should know what do in a situation if a child is scared or upset. For example the best way to deal with a child who is scared of a getting a shot might benefit from having parents in the medical room during vaccination. Pediatric nurses must know what to say and how to comfort the child and make things better . Trying to make sure good quality care is done for each child may be a factor. The appropriate care may not be given if there is, an insurance or low budget issue. For instance the well-being of the patient might be a stake because of issue like downsizing and lacking enough nurses to get proper care. ("Ethical and legal challenges for pediatric nurses: an open letter."). Providing good care to patients is a major concern when there is not enough money to cover the insurance. I believe children should receive the best of care and should be treated with dignity and respect. They should not be denied care because of lack of insurance, especially if it a serious life and death situation. Pediatric Nurses have to be able to cope with stress and learn how to deal with children
My life is a complete nightmare, and I'm a worthless moron. :/? When I was in high school like 6 or so years ago, I started experiencing these really scary health problems, and my stupid teenage self initially hid them from everybody because I was terrified and thought that maybe if I just ignored them, they'd go away. Of course, they didn't though, and they're just really, really bad now. , I may make idiotic decisions like the one to not tell my parents something was wrong with me, but I'm not stupid either and I think it's pretty obvious that I'm slowly (or not so slowly anymore) dying of a brain tumor or some other kind of neurological issue. My head hurts really badly pretty much every second that I'm awake, and my memory is utterly shot and I can't focus on anything. Then there's the fact that I sometimes smell things other people don't smell, sometimes can't taste food when I put it in my mouth, and feel really off-balanced all of the time. Just being alive is kind of torturous. I'm in college because that's where my dad wants me, but it's so freaking miserable because of the cognitive issues that I've developed. Studying for a test takes me like 14 hours, while it takes other people 1 or 2 because it's so hard to focus on the material, and I have to write it out over and over again just to finally get it engrained in my memory. I never had these problems when I was younger. This has all progressed over the past few years. I can't get a job because of the whole feeling dizzy and off-balanced thing all of the time, which is at its worse in public, probably b/c I know that I don't have my bed right next to me to lay down if I start feeling really dizzy. My dad constantly, like 5 times a day, yells at me to get a job, so I started writing articles on the internet for money hoping that it would get him to leave me alone. It didn't, though because "that's not a real job." I hate when he says that; it makes me feel like absolute worhtless crap because I want to make my own money so badly, and if I didn't have all of these stupid health issues, I would've been working outside of the house for the past 6 years. So when I finally found something I could do, he just had to shut that down by telling me it's "not real." I've tried explaining to him why I'm scared to work outside of the house, and he thinks I'm making it up. Sometimes I wish I would just pass out one day instead of just getting really dizzy and disoriented so he'd finally maybe understand how bad things are for me. My whole life is just such a lie and such a waste. I wanted to major in something scientific, but I went with being an English major instead because that way there's a chance for me to use the degree to do something like writing where I don't have to be interacting with people while I feel so miserable and dizzy all of the time. You can't really become a doctor who has trouble focusing on what her patients are telling her or has to leave the room periodically b/c she starts feeling like she's gonna pass out. I want to be dating and all of that stuff normal 22 year olds are doing, but instead I'm stuck inside my house except for when I absolutely have to leave to go to class (which is another story. I've gotten sick on campus so many times). I'm such a burden to other people since I'm not completely financially self-sufficient or even close...my dad's spending all of this money for me to go to college, which is going to go to waste since I'm probably going to die from whatever is causing me to have all of these problems not too far from now. I'm completely worthless to myself, society, and other people because of this stupid health crap. It really feels like the best favor I could do to people is to die, and no I'm not suicidal, but it feels like being alive and using up resources is selfish at this point. :/
My life is a complete nightmare, and I'm a worthless moron. Anyone have any...advice or something? When I was in high school like 6 or so years ago, I started experiencing these really scary health problems, and my stupid teenage self initially hid them from everybody because I was terrified and thought that maybe if I just ignored them, they'd go away. Of course, they didn't though, and they're just really, really bad now. , I may make idiotic decisions like the one to not tell my parents something was wrong with me, but I'm not stupid either and I think it's pretty obvious that I'm slowly (or not so slowly anymore) dying of a brain tumor or some other kind of neurological issue. My head hurts really badly pretty much every second that I'm awake, and my memory is utterly shot and I can't focus on anything. Then there's the fact that I sometimes smell things other people don't smell, sometimes can't taste food when I put it in my mouth, and feel really off-balanced all of the time. Just being alive is kind of torturous. I'm in college because that's where my dad wants me, but it's so freaking miserable because of the cognitive issues that I've developed. Studying for a test takes me like 14 hours, while it takes other people 1 or 2 because it's so hard to focus on the material, and I have to write it out over and over again just to finally get it engrained in my memory. I never had these problems when I was younger. This has all progressed over the past few years. I can't get a job because of the whole feeling dizzy and off-balanced thing all of the time, which is at its worse in public, probably b/c I know that I don't have my bed right next to me to lay down if I start feeling really dizzy. My dad constantly, like 5 times a day, yells at me to get a job, so I started writing articles on the internet for money hoping that it would get him to leave me alone. It didn't, though because "that's not a real job." I hate when he says that; it makes me feel like absolute worhtless crap because I want to make my own money so badly, and if I didn't have all of these stupid health issues, I would've been working outside of the house for the past 6 years. So when I finally found something I could do, he just had to shut that down by telling me it's "not real." I've tried explaining to him why I'm scared to work outside of the house, and he thinks I'm making it up. Sometimes I wish I would just pass out one day instead of just getting really dizzy and disoriented so he'd finally maybe understand how bad things are for me. My whole life is just such a lie and such a waste. I wanted to major in something scientific, but I went with being an English major instead because that way there's a chance for me to use the degree to do something like writing where I don't have to be interacting with people while I feel so miserable and dizzy all of the time. You can't really become a doctor who has trouble focusing on what her patients are telling her or has to leave the room periodically b/c she starts feeling like she's gonna pass out. I want to be dating and all of that stuff normal 22 year olds are doing, but instead I'm stuck inside my house except for when I absolutely have to leave to go to class (which is another story. I've gotten sick on campus so many times). I'm such a burden to other people since I'm not completely financially self-sufficient or even close...my dad's spending all of this money for me to go to college, which is going to go to waste since I'm probably going to die from whatever is causing me to have all of these problems not too far from now. I'm completely worthless to myself, society, and other people because of this stupid health crap. It really feels like the best favor I could do to people is to die, and no I'm not suicidal, but it feels like being alive and using up resources is selfish at this point. :/
Most effective gym work out for someone overweight? I'm a 22 year old female, 5'5" weighing in at 241.2lbs. I am a large body frame, and I am a "apple" body shape. Most of the fat is on my stomach, and upper back. I have some fat on my inner thighs and some on my upper arms. I've been told that I have a hormone problems and was diagnosed with Poly cystic Ovary Disease, which they told me for now to just take birth control (Desogen) which will help my hormones to balance out. I've been overweight pretty much my whole life, but I noticed once I turned 15 and started having menstrual problems is when I gained weight. The highest I have been is 275lbs. I've been trying to motivate myself to lose the weight, and my long term goal is to reach 155-140lbs, since I have a large body frame, I don't want to look bulky from the top (since I am not bottom thick...not much of a butt and I definitely lack the hips). I just joined 24 about three days ago, and tonight will be my second night going. I am unsure what machines (cardio/weights/etc) to use and how many reps to do and how long to stay or the resistance or weights I should be lifting to start losing the fat. I really really would love to focus on my back and stomach area. Right now I'm a bit tight on cash to afford a personal trainer to show me the ropes, so I would like to save up a little money before I see one. Also I am interested in taking supplements that will help me boost up my metabolism and actually help me lose fat and keep it off...I'm not a big fan of the fad diet pills, so any natural supplements that I could get from the Vitamin Shoppe like Omega 6 or what not? Any websites/you tube videos/articles anyone may want to recommend? Thanks everyone!
Can anyone double check my Argument Summery.? Here is my argument summery, please check for errors (grammar, spell, etc...) Don’t Fear the Digital In the nonfiction article, “Don’t Fear the Digital” Steven Johnson argues that technology provides many advantageous in which anyone can use for his/her entire life, such as being able to multitask, find and validate information in vast databases, and both built and maintain extensive social networks. He claims that generation M, parents only look at the radical side of technology, which is the price. Johnson develops this claim by first illustrating that kids do not use technology to replace their “real-world social life”, but they use it to strength their communication. Secondly, Johnson demonstrates that techniques learned from technology will most likely to be remembered as opposed to “algebra”. Lastly, the author warns teens about using too much technology, “balance your life” says Johnson. Steven Johnson purpose is to persuade parents that technology isn’t just expensive, but it is very beneficial for young adults. This work is significant due to many technological crises happening in our modern world.
Can anyone summarize this article in a half a page to a page summary?http://beefmagazine.com/health/0215-immun BVDv (bovine viral diarrhea virus) often infects cows without signs that the virus is spreading in their body. The virus has the ability to pass through the placenta of the cow to the fetus and can create a calf that is persistently infected (PI) with BVDv. The ability of cattle to protect themselves from the many disease agents and complexes to which they're exposed is amazing. And it all boils down to a balance between the immunity cattle have to a disease and the level of challenge from potential disease organisms. Immunity, or resistance of the herd to disease, is affected by many factors: natural exposure, vaccination, nutrition, age, neo-natal colostrum and physical stress. Challenge is the amount of infective organisms an animal is faced with. “We stress that the ability of an organism to cause disease is not a fixed characteristic,” says David Thain, University of Nevada Extension veterinarian. “Immunity depends on many factors affecting the ability of an organism to invade tissues and produce chemical toxins, which do the real damage to an animal's system.” Cattle can acquire resistance to a disease either through “passive” immunity or an “active” triggering of the immune system. Passive immunity gives temporary protection though the transfer of immune substances from resistant individuals, says Thain. An example of passive immunity and an important factor in cattle herd immunity is the passing of antibodies from dam to calf via the colostrum. When a calf is born, it has no passive or active immunity to disease, explains Mel Pence, DVM, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. “This situation is unique. In humans, immunity flows across the placenta from the mother to the baby; but the only immunity a calf gets is from the colostrum provided after birth.” Colostrum-induced passive immunity works very well except when diseases enter the herd that cows have not been exposed to or vaccinated for. This is especially critical during the calving season. “To further complicate the situation, maternal antibody levels vary between calves and may last one day or several months,” he says. Maternal antibodies have a half-life of approximately 21 days; that is, in 21 days a calf will have only one-half the amount of maternal antibodies it absorbed from the colostrum. In another 21 days, the calf will have only one-fourth the original amount (½ of ½) of maternal antibodies, and so on. “Because of the rapid reduction in maternal antibodies in the calf,” Pence says, “it's important that we stimulate the dam by vaccination to stimulate a humoral immune response to produce as high a level of colostral antibodies as possible to prolong passive immunity in the newborn.” But, by their very nature, infectious agents have built-in mechanisms for evolving very rapidly to evade animal defense mechanisms. Many disease agents very effectively take advantage of new opportunities inadvertently presented by changes in livestock management and environmental stress. Providing active immunity Producers are usually most concerned about providing active immunity through vaccination with products containing a virus or bacteria. The use of vaccines to elicit active immunity is based on the principal of the antigen-antibody reaction, says Clell V. Bagley, Extension veterinarian, Utah State University. “The vaccine serves as the antigen and stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies against a specific agent,” he says. “Later, when the actual infectious agent penetrates the body defenses, the antibody is present and able to inactivate the invader.” Immunization to a disease may occur when cattle are exposed to the naturally-occurring bacteria or virus. But getting cattle enough exposure to only get them a little sick but recover, and then develop a good immune response, is difficult. “Natural exposure to disease generally produces a better, longer lasting immunity than vaccination, if the cattle live through the disease,” Bagley adds. But most scientists and veterinarians don't recommend depending on natural exposure to achieve effective immunization. “Immunity to a specific disease can be affected by a vaccination only if the total program is effective,” Pence explains. “In order for immunity to protect cattle, we must understand what viruses or bacteria we need to vaccinate against.” Thain says even though cattle have been vaccinated, don't expect they're going to be 100% protected. And he says he cannot overstate the value of studying and understanding product labels. “But, be aware that you can do everything exactly according to label directions, and follow recommendations to the letter on nutrition and calf health, and the calves may still be vulnerable to a disease,” says John Paterson, Extension beef cattle specialist, Montana State University. “Building immunity requires adequate protein and proper levels of various trace minerals that will help the animal effectively respond to the active immunity intended from the vaccine,” Paterson says. Vaccine types and timing The decision to use modified-live virus (MLV) vaccines or killed virus vaccines is an issue of concern for the beef cattle producer. This decision should not be made based on general recommendations, but rather on the advice of the veterinarian who understands the details of the operation and the needs of the individual producer. It's the responsibility of the cattle producer to administer vaccines at the appropriate time, Thain says. Timing of vaccination protocols should also be done with the advice of an attending veterinarian. “The vaccine must be given before exposure to the challenge and with enough time to allow immune response to develop to a protective level,” he says. “In general, immune response requires 10-14 days for a detectable response to develop following initial exposure to the antigen.” Some producers are concerned about causing abortions in the cows if the nursing calves are vaccinated with a MLV, but research vets now say that the risk for such an event is miniscule. “There's no reason why a MLV labeled for such use should not be used on nursing calves,” says Bethany Lovaas, DVM, University of Minnesota. “MLVs will provide better protection against the viral respiratory pathogens because they will stimulate two different populations of immune cells, whereas a killed vaccine will only stimulate one of these populations.” BVD fetal protection Many of the new generation of BVDv MLVs have a label claim for fetal protection and have been approved for use in pregnant cows and calves nursing pregnant cows. Fetal protection is defined as “the ability to prevent transplacental transmission of BVDv and subsequent fetal infection in pregnant cattle.” With a nationwide initiative by veterinary organizations and through organized efforts in many states to eliminate BVDv (see “Ranch BVD-PI Biosecurity,” page 18), the ability of vaccination to prevent fetal infection is important in reducing the potential for BVDv transmission. The USDA has published requirements for vaccine manufacturers to follow in determining fetal protection. Labeling guidelines of BVDv vaccines — Center for Veterinary Biologics Notice 02-19 — may vary depending on the infecting BVD virus. A vaccine may provide different levels of protection to the fetus when different strains of BVD viruses are used for virus challenge. However, if these products are used after exposure of the fetus to BVDv, some PI calves may have already been created in the pregnant cows. The label claims for fetal protection don't cover the gamut of protection needed to protect against all the various strains of BVDv in the environment, warns Thain. “It's important to remember that vaccination of pregnant animals will not provide complete protection of the fetus,” he says. “Therefore, it is important to ensure that pregnant animals are not exposed to BVDv, especially during the first trimester of gestation.” He says a producer should begin a BVD biosecurity program by vaccinating all replacement heifers with an MLV. This treatment should be after the heifers are six months old, but at least one month before breeding. “If possible, cows should be vaccinated 30 days before the beginning of the breeding season,” Thain adds. “This provides the best chance for immunity and the best chance the fetus will not become infected with the virus.” Thain also warns that vaccination is not always 100% effective in a herd. “No matter how well protected individual animals are, the BVD virus can still challenge the animal enough to overwhelm the immunity we provide,” Thain says. “But properly timed and properly administered vaccination is very important in keeping animals healthy and productive.” Ranch BVD-PI biosecurity Prevention of BVDv should center on the identification and elimination of PI cattle before they're introduced to a ranch's breeding herd. The general principles of biosecurity as applied to BVD virus include increasing the resistance of the host individuals to acute infection through a sound vaccination program. “But vaccination alone is not a herd-health program and should not be considered as the sole safeguard to control infection by the BVD virus,” says Montana State Veterinarian Marty Zaluski. “The tremendous amount of virus secreted by a PI calf can overwhelm a level of immunity that is protective under less severe exposure.” He recommends that all ranchers and cattle feeders work with their attending or consulting veterinarians to incorporate appropriate components of a biosecurity program as part of overall herd health management. “The single largest risk factor for BVDv infection is the purchase of animals carrying the infectious agent,” Zaluski says. “The most important piece of information that a purchaser can have is documentation about the health status of the herd of origin.” BVD at the ranch Management and control of BVDv infection in cattle herds must consider the two ways that BVD virus passes from one animal to another within a herd. The first is horizontal transmission, which occurs when a transiently (temporarily) or PI animal releases the virus and the virus enters a susceptible animal. The second is vertical transmission of BVDv from an infected dam's bloodstream to her fetus during pregnancy. “PI calves can develop in the uterus of the dam if the heifer or cow is exposed to BVDv,” Zaluski adds. “This is the only way a PI animal is created.” Most literature reports the susceptible period is the first part of gestation — 30-150 days after conception. Fetal infection with BVDv can lead to fetal death, birth of deformed calves, underdeveloped calves or a visually normal calf at birth. Once a calf is BVD-PI it will always be a PI animal. If an animal is not PI at birth, it can never become PI. Further, PI cows will always produce a PI calf. “The primary source of BVDv infection is PI cattle, which usually have a very high and virulent amount of virus circulating in their bodily fluids,” Zaluski explains. “And they shed the BVD virus continually.” To reduce the risk of exposing fetuses to the virus, PI carriers should be identified and eliminated from the herd before cows are exposed to breeding. The Montana BVD-PI Herd Biosecurity Project uses a screening process approach based on analysis of fresh “ear notch” samples from individual animals submitted by the producer or attending vet. The focus of the Montana project is on “whole herd” screening of cattle herds for PI status. This generally involves screening, which begins with breeding bulls, open replacement heifers and new crop calves — with all samples taken well in advance of the breeding season. Perpetual testing for PIs from a cow-calf management standpoint is not necessarily recommended. Once a rancher screens his/her herd (whole herd screening) there can be reasonable assurances of PI-free cattle with the following management in place: * A vaccination protocol based on modified-live vaccines. * A sound biosecurity program. * Testing of any new herd additions. * Surveillance of suspect animals. Other key points * Cows don't need to be tested for PI status unless they have a positive PI calf. * The main negative effect of BVDv is it can inhibit conception and/or cause abortion. * BVDv suppresses the immune system of infected cattle. * Individual animal ID is critical to match tissue samples with the calf and its dam. * If an animal tests negative for PI status, there's no need to ever retest that animal. * PIs that live to be breeding females will always produce a PI calf. * Bulls should be purchased as BVD PI free or tested prior to the breeding season. * A plan should be developed to eliminate PIs from the herd. * No PI animal should enter commerce. Fact sheets on the Montana BVD PI Herd Biosecurity Project can be obtained through the Montana BQA website: www.mtbqa.org. Click on “Projects.”
how will obama's budget give us americans a better life? how? i just don't understand how, if the budget deficit is FURTHER increased, per this article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/budget/index.html and, within this link, you can examine the budget itself: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/examine-the-budget-document/ how obama's new budget will work out in our best interests over time? why? and how long will it take to haul in all the bucks that have to be gotten in order to have a balanced budget in order to grow, which is the way that the public spends? just last week obama claimed that he would halve the budget deficit and now he said that he will increase, almost double, our current abysmal hole in the ground that is called the budget deficit in order to make our country come out ahead within 2 years. i can't understand how you can manipulate the numbers while increasing taxes on the small number of wealthy americans that in many ways make the eocnomy move via their investments (and who will not be able to make good investments if uncle sam increases the amount in taxes that it assesses against them) and, at the same time, giving billions and billions out to "programs" that supposedly will help americans who are drowning in debt, to spend all this money because the new budget that he released claims that by increasing the budget deficit, we are going to normalize the work force that supports the federal government via its taxes. (hint here: look up which sectors of the us economy are not laying off their workers: the united states government is the largest and strongest of only two sectors of our economy that are growing and not shrinking their workforce...). can you explain to me why the obama budget makes cents? i can't see that it makes any sense at all. there is only one thing that brought us out of the depression of the 1930s, and that was WWII--all the work and industry that went into our war efforts so that the allies would win. america then experienced many years of wealth and prosperity, but we are going down the tubes these days. so how, please tell me, will his budget help americans regain even a modicum of prosperity? is it possible? if you think that that will happen in 2 years, tell me exactly how it will happen. if you believe that obama's new budget will be the demise of our economy, please say why. i happen to like long, detailed answers that have backbone to them--so, i am going to wait a full 7 days before i choose the best answer. that way, ya all have plenty of time to at least scan his budget and find news on the net about it to support your argument. thanks!
What are your views on NOIDA Park (U.P.) being given clearance by Supreme Court? In a reprieve for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court on Friday cleared her government’s project to construct, install statues of Dalit icons at a park in Noida, saying it does not come under forest land. “We have found that it is not on forest land,” a Bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices Aftab Alam and K S Radhakrishnan said. The Bench, however, added that there are concerns regarding the park’s proximity to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. Casting aside the arguments of the local residents who taken the UP government to court, the Green Bench led by Chief Justice S H Kapadia observed that “one may feel strongly about cutting trees in such large numbers and question the wisdom behind replacing a patch of trees by large stone columns and statues, but that would not change the trees into a forest or the land over which those trees were standing into forest land”. The Bench held that no Environment Impact Assessment clearance was necessary for the project as the construction would fall within the ambit of Schedule 8 (b) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006, viz., Townships and Area Development Projects. Writing the judgment, Justice Alam said: “25 per cent of the total project area should be used for soft/green landscaping and the remaining 50 per cent must have a thick cover of trees of the native variety. “The plantation of trees should be especially dense towards the Okhla Bird Sanctuary on the western side of the project area. “Any construction work should commence only on completion of the planting of the trees.” The Bench said: “Though everyone, excepting the project proponents, views the construction practically adjoining the bird sanctuary as a potential hazard to the sensitive and fragile ecological balance of the sanctuary there is no law to stop it. “But the absence of a statute will not preclude this court from examining the project's effects on the environment with particular reference to the OBS. “Environment is one of the facets of the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. If the court perceives any project or activity as harmful or injurious to the environment it would feel obliged to step in.” However, the Bench said: “We see no justification for directing the demolition of the constructions made in the project. We would rather allow the project to be completed, subject, of course to the conditions suggested by the three expert bodies and subject to the directions of this court.”
motivation. who can check? guys, i have written a motivation to study at the university. who can check it? i also would like to heard a critics and something what i need to change or add or remove. please, help me. motivation is very important. Dear Sir or Madam, I am Evelina and I come from Latvia and currently I am living in the UK. I graduated from the gymnasium last year. I have heard a lot about Scotland, its culture and traditions. Some of my friends, who study there, have told me many interesting things about this part of England. Having read some articles and heard some reviews from others, I decided that Scotland is the best option for me. Since I love geography and traveling, I would like to be in touch with English culture, its architecture, lifestyle, interesting people, and find myself there. I have always been interested in business, administration and IT. That is why I have chosen Scotland as a place where I can study it. And therefore, this is the best place for me to find myself in this sphere, because I am an enthusiastic, with a love of people and a determination to succeed. I imagine a career which is: fast moving, gives me the opportunity for rapid promotion, is logical and practical, provides the chance to work wherever I want.I have always enjoyed learning about business. I found it fascinating. So it is quite easy for me to talk about my career ambitions (business) and what I want to do (be employed in the field of business and IT). What concerns my traits, I suppose that I am very well prepared for business and administration. To my mind, a business background is an excellent way to a good career. I have took a gap year after school and moved to United Kingdom for understanding myself – what I really want to do in my life, to improve my English skills and gain some work and life experience ,to meet new people as well. When I was at school, I worked as a secretary in the office one of my summer holiday in Czech Republic and I liked that job more rather than my current job (general assistant at the hotel). It is good I can make a comparison between such different part of work, that is why I decided that hospitality is not what I want to study and to do. Now, after long consideration, I came to the most obvious and elementary decision – business, administration and IT field is something that I want and what I need. I would like to mention my achievements in mathematics and drawing while I was at school. I am really good at problem-solving and figuring things out, at logic and analyses. I am engaged in plotting and drawing at school and also at the art school. And once, my figure has been noted at an exhibition in Macedonia. I am a good PC user (Excel, MS-Office) as well. I think, my decision to study this particular course, was affected by my father who worked both as a construction superintendent, and an engineer. He drew and designed a lot, work on the computer, communicated with people, and was responsible for many projects. I have always watched and listened carefully to how he did his job, and have learnt a lot from him. I think I got my drawing skills, my responsibility, my logical and analytical mind and the ability to come up with fast and right decisions, from my father. I played a lot of sports as a kid. This is where I have learned the values of teamwork, how to win, how to work hard, how to focus and concentrate, and how to find a balance between my time and priorities. And I suppose that the gained experience will be quite valuable for my future life and career. To sum up, I think to study abroad is an excellent way to broaden my horizons, to make new friends, to get not only theoretical but and practical knowledge. It is wonderful starting to communicate with international people and without recognition beginning to look at world a little bit differ. In my opinion, Scotland can provide a lot of opportunities for my future career. It’s the best place to study, live and work. Studying in Scotland would be a great experience for me. I am sure I will do my best there. Thank you for considering my application Yours faithfully,
what country is closest to a conservative utopia? As someone left of center, I can say that the Euro-socialist countries of Northern Europe roughly strike the right balance between providing a social safety net and tools for upward mobility on the one hand and allowing people to profit from hard work, smart investment, or innovation on the other. By contrast, most of the places I can think of that practice low taxes on the wealthy, weak labor laws and weak environmental and other regulations are mostly in the Third World, provide a very nice standard of living for a few people who live in gated communities, and everyone else lives in cardboard boxes in slums with nearly NO chance of upward mobility. Some will point to Hong Kong or Switzerland, but while Switzerland doesn't have socialized medicine and instead makes you buy insurance, they do have price controls that result in the Swiss paying a third as much as Americans. Price controls aren't exactly conservative. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/37544.php Kris, Good points on Guatamala, but I'd question their "choice" back in the 50s, they elected a president who tried to do land reform by buying unused land from large plantations for the value they declared on their taxes (which of course the owners lowballed). For his trouble, we backed a coup and he was chased out of office. Since then, the US has backed a string of right wing strong men and death squads, so their choice has been influenced by a gun to their heads.
Why is it so hard to motivate oneself to lose weight? I read this article in Men's Health which had 10 tips to motivate yourself to lose weight. All of the tips basically had to do with pushing yourself to exercise by looking at a picture when you were skinny or buying a pair of jeans that are 2 sizes too small. In my opinion, those are just band-aids that never work long-term. The reason I gained weight was because I ate poorly, had no time to sleep much less workout (because I was in school) and I was constantly stressed. I think in order to really lose weight, you have to have a "Come to Jesus" moment where you finally decide: THIS IS IT! After I started working, I finally had the free time and the money to eat better (instead of the dollar menu). This gave more rest and a healthier diet. I gradually started building up my flexibility and strength by doing yoga. Then, I added weight-lifting to build my strength even more. I started light and didn't push myself or beat myself up for not being in shape. I now have the strength and energy to do more intense exercise. I'm getting stronger and more fit by doing it gradually. But none of it would've been possible until I had some balance in my life and I decided to make a lifestyle change - not a quick fix.
Is this why Women Aren't Happy? Lately I’ve been seeing articles about why women are less happy now then they were in the past. There are serial reasons why this is so, apparently women today, feel pressured to “have it all” but for that to happen they, apparently must do it all. When this happens they begin to feel frustrated when they can't, also higher expectations play a part, modern expectations are far higher then those from the past. If their husbands are unable to live up to these expectations, their wives end up feeling disappointed. This “Having it All” thing is an illusion.I think men have known this for a good long time, some women however are only just figuring it out. In the past men usually sacrificed family to excel at work, but when women went into the work place many refused to do so. They instead chose to work harder in the belief that by doing so things would work out. For the most part they were wrong. When they tried this, one of two things happened, either despite their best efforts, their work or family life began to suffer or they actually manage to balance the two until eventually they burn out. Now are far as expectations go according to what I’ve read women who work and have family’s in general want emotionally supportive men who do more housework. All and all that’s really not much to ask for, the key word here is “ask.”If your spouse who, perhaps works part-time came up to you out of the blue and said “I have good news, I just got a great new full time job. It will require a long commute and much longer hours, but we can manage if you cut back on your hours and pitch in more with the kids.” In this scenario the spouse who had a new job never bothered to ask if they were willing to make those sacrifices for the other, it was merely assumed that the other would. The emotional support comes in here as well, if the necessary sacrifices are not forth coming, I think it’s safe to conclude that there will be no emotional support as well. I know that both men an women do this all the time but when comes to women it’s far more wide spread, simply because it’s been for a lack of a better word institutionalize into their belief system in how the world should work. This amazes me, more or less women said “we will change, and you (men) will change to accommodate us.” Now if you’re reading these words right now, you’ve more then likely read the rest and WOW! I’m not sure whether to apologize or to thank you. I doubt most would even bother to do so. Well I’m fairly sure this is going to be removed, so whether you agree with any of this or not, you are I’m sure one of a select few to have done so before it goes the way of the dinosaurs.
I dont know the style, content and language of this article? this is for english anyone helpppp "Gangs" get a bad press. The overused noun is now synonymous with the evils of youth culture and its incumbent violence, drugs, guns and sexual misconduct. There is a lot of rooftop shouting and table banging about the breakdown of teenage society: poor education, dysfunctional families, no respect for the older generations. "Wasn't like that when I was young." This dim view is, at best, misguided. At worst, clouded in denial and cushioned in the fiction of the non-existent "good old days". Societies throughout history have each had their share of unlawful, out-of-control youth. We hear a lot about an epidemic rise in youth crime. The truth is, youth crime has always been a part of society. It is how society deals with it that dictates its trajectory. Much of the reported rise in youth crime is in direct relation to the huge population increase in recent decades and, crucially, in the way the media choose to report youth crime. I put the blame for the de-meaning of the word gang squarely on the money hungry, narrative-driven media to ramp up our fear of the fiction of "gangs dominating every street corner". The issue is adrenalised in drama, documentaries and rolling news by repeatedly declaring "gang culture" as the cause of teenage societal meltdown. Gang culture is the widely accepted term used directly in connection with youth violence. I've been working with young people both in and out of prison for more than 20 years, and what's clear is that gangs in and of themselves are not the problem. I was part of a gang in school and it was all about belonging to a group – it had nothing to do with fighting other gangs. It's when gangs start using violence to control turf and territory and make money that we need to take action. Young people join gangs because it is a crucial part of growing up. Gangs do not always revert to violence. If there are positive, older role models involved with these gangs, they can hold the boundaries essential to stopping them spiralling out of control and turning violent and crime driven. This is key. Young people are looking for boundaries, and these are explored in gangs and in their social interactions with each other and people outside the gang circle. They will push the boundaries until they reach a wall they are either unable or unwilling to break down. This is an essential part of the process of growing up and becoming an active, law abiding member of society. The proliferation of violence in so many gangs in the UK is largely down to the absence of positive older role models holding the boundary line of acceptable behaviour. Without them, gang culture becomes toxic, loses its moral compass and often resorts to violence in dealing with power struggles and internal conflicts. But there are many organisations working positively with young people in gangs and helping them through very difficult times in their lives, helping them through the often tough transition of evolving into productive, responsible members of society. Having stopped my own death slide into crime, drugs and violence, I now choose to balance out media driven, moral "gang" panic with the many positive stories of reconciliation, rehabilitation and community reintegration that I hear about pretty much every day (see my previous blogs). For me, gang is simply another word for tribe. In essence, gangs are good for society. In a healthy state, they are about the formation of groups that operate under ethical and moral codes of conduct upheld and enforced by the elders of the community. If these codes are based in a fundamental respect for society and the individual, there's absolutely nothing wrong with gangs. If the elders in the gangs have been supported and steered into responsible adulthood and are able in turn to guide and contain the fiery energy of future, younger gang members, society will be a far richer, more connected and ultimately less fearful place. what do you understand when you read the article
who's better sookie stockhouse(trueblood) or bella swan (twilight)? True blood is an American television drama series created and produced by Alan Ball based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series (also known as The Southern Vampire Mysteries)first published in 2001 by Charlaine Harris. Anyway who's the better heroine? sookie stockhouse or bella swan? To figure out which leading lady is worthy of being a pop culture icon, let's look at some facts. She Fell for Her Vampire Boyfriend After: True Blood's Sookie Stackhouse: She saved him from a couple of evil vampire haters. Twilight's Bella Swan: He saved her from being crushed by an out of control van. How's Her Love Life? Sookie: Bill, her vampire boyfriend, may be hundreds of years old, but Sookie treats him like an equal. She refuses to be afraid of him or his lifestyle. Bella: Edward, her vampire boyfriend, may be hundreds of years old, but that doesn't stop Bella from going on and on about how gorgeous he is. She's even been known to swoon when he kisses her! This might be perfectly acceptable if Edward treated Bella decently, but he spends the entire book either chuckling condescendingly at every comment she makes, or treating her like crap so she won't fall for his dangerous charisma. Special Ability? Sookie: She can read minds. Bella: She falls down a lot. Is She Close With Her Family? Sookie: Her grandmother is the most important person in her life, though she doesn't always get along with her sex-crazed brother, Jason. Bella: Her dad is the most important person in her life, and she also keeps in close contact with her mother. Best Qualities? Sookie: She's fiercely independent and capable of standing up for herself. Bella: She's intelligent and down-to-earth. Worst Qualities? Sookie: A tendency to run into dangerous situations without thinking. Bella: A tendency to run into dangerous situations without thinking; low self-esteem; an inability to walk without falling; a constant need to be rescued; a habit of forgetting her friends exist when she has boy trouble; neither independent or able to stand up for herself. If Her Man Left Her, She Would: Sookie: Stress over it for a while, then make out with the hot bartender. Bella: Mope for months, then fling herself off a cliff. Will She Have Sex Before Marriage? Sookie: Yes, she indulges in some wild nights with Bill that leave her with fang marks. Bella: No, Edward refuses to have sex with her for fear of hurting her. Bella wants him to turn her into a vampire to solve this problem, because living isn't particularly important to her. Can She Protect Herself? Sookie: She can if she has to, but the men in her life are very protective of her. Bella: In the movie, she actually maces someone and knees a guy in the crotch. In the book, she's a useless damsel who always waits for Edward to save her. He also constantly reminds her that she's incapable of taking care of herself, squashing her already miniscule amount of self-esteem. Should Young Girls Idolize Her? Sookie: Sookie is strong, independent, always willing to speak her mind, and able to balance friends, family, work and romance. Bella: Bella is down to earth but weak, klutzy, inconsiderate, whiny, and ditches her friends the instant she has man trouble. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/true-blood/true-blood-vs-twilight-whos-th-24992.aspx?pollid=3001357&answer=3004532#poll3001357
Please comment on how I can improve my CV and rate my CV out of 10? Thanks millions.....? Thanks a lot for your answers --------------------------------------… NAME Address, Town, City, Postcode Tel, Mobile, E-mail CAREER OBJECTIVE: To be able to work in Computer Finance related Job since it requires strong mathematical skills as well as IT skills. I intend to improve and elaborate further on my IT skills at university. EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS 2008-Present College Name ∙ A Level Mathematics Statistics ∙ Btec National Diploma in IT 2003-2008 School Name ∙ 6 GCSE’s grades B-C including English Lang/Lit (CC) and Mathematics (B) ∙ Award/certificate/Extended certificate in Digital Application for IT users (3 qualifications)= Distinction, 2 Merits ∙ GCSE Gujarati (B) WORK EXPERIENCE 2007 NatWest ∙ My main duties were answering calls, taking part in staff meetings, paper work and posting From this Work experience, I have gained knowledge by contributing in a bank meeting. I observed and learnt how bank employees work individually as well as a team to meet their goal in specific time period. Their objective was to maintain higher profitability by maintaining circular and efficient flow of amount of money deposited by the customers and the lenders. POSITION AS RESPONSIBILITY 2009-Present ∙ Mathematics Department representative- This has enabled me to explore my opinions well as well as others on the course and a difference that we all expect in the subject. 2006 ∙ Responsible for presenting and organising Amnesty international assembly at school (Article in newspaper)- By taking part in assembly increased my self-confidence a lot by giving a speech in front of media and others. 2006 ∙ Receptionist at school- Take and deliver all messages & correspondence to teachers, Mail out parental notifications & newsletters and greet guests. 2004-2006 ∙ Helped tutor and responsible for carrying form for monitoring class behaviour- This shows my willingness to help teachers and taking a good responsibility for the whole class. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES ∙ English (Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Gujarati (Mother tongue- Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Hindi (Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Urdu ADDITIONAL SKILLS ∙ IT: High computer skills including Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver and use of Internet. ∙ Good communication skills: I have developed this skill through work experience whilst answering phone calls and understanding what a customer requires. ∙ Time management skills: Ability to balance study, part-time employment and social activities well. I have developed this skill at college by meeting deadlines to coursework. ∙ Good Numeracy and Literacy skills: I have gained this skill at school and college and I believe I can use it to have an understanding of how the business is functioning from a financial standpoint. ∙ Problem solving skills and Decision Making: Ability to focus on improving decisions in daily life since it’s important for management and leadership. ∙ Professional work attitude: I am a hard worker and I believe this will help me to achieve my career aims. ∙ Excellent attender and punctual: This shows my commitment and determination to study at college effectively and efficiently. ∙ Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual ACHIEVEMENTS 2007 ∙ Attainment in technology 2007 ∙ Certificate for Work experience at NatWest (Stratford) 2007 ∙ Online basic introduction to health and safety test with a score of 85% 2006 ∙ Effort and achievement in science 2006 ∙ Excellent effort in art 2003-2005 ∙ 4 Bronze awards, 4 silver awards, 1 gold award and 1 platinum award for good work and progress 2003 ∙ Good work in class for humanities REFERENCES (Available upon request)
Could you please rate my CV on scale 1-10 with 1=Very poor and 10=Excellent? Thanks a lot for your answers. I would really appreciate if you leave your comments. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ONLY 2 PAGES LONG AND I REQUIRE HONEST ANSWERS. Thanks once again. --------------------------------------… Name Address, Town, City, Postcode Home, Mobile, E-mail EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS 2008-Present College Name ∙ A Level Mathematics Statistics ∙ Btec National Diploma in IT 2003-2008 School Name ∙ 6 GCSE’s grades B-C including English Lang/Lit (CC) and Mathematics (B) ∙ Award/certificate/Extended certificate in Digital Application for IT users (3 qualifications)= Distinction, 2 Merits ∙ GCSE Gujarati (B) WORK AND CAREER EXPERIENCE 2007 NatWest Bank Stratford ∙ My main duties were answering calls, taking part in staff meetings, paper work and mail/posting From my work experience, I have gained knowledge of the inner functions of a banking environment by contributing in a bank meeting. I observed and learnt how bank employees work individually as well as within a team to meet their goal within specific time periods. Their objective was to maintain higher profitability by preserving circular and efficient flow of the amount money deposited by the customers and the lenders. POSTIONS AS RESPONSIBILITY 2009-Present ∙ Mathematics Department representative- This has enabled me to explore my opinions well as well as others on the course and a difference that we all expect in the subject. October 2006 ∙ Receptionist at school- Delivered all messages and other correspondences to teachers, Mailed out parental notifications & newsletters and greet guests. October 2005 ∙ Organized and presented Amnesty international assembly at school (Article in newspaper)- By taking part in assembly increased my self-confidence a lot by giving a speech in front of media members, teachers and 200 students. 2004-2006 ∙ Helped tutor and responsible for carrying form for monitoring class behaviour- This shows my willingness to help teachers and taking a good responsibility for the whole class. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES ∙ English (Fluent spoken and written) ∙ Gujarati (Mother tongue- Fluent spoken written) ∙ Hindi (Fluent spoken and written) ∙ Conversational Urdu ADDITIONAL SKILLS IT: Extensive computer skills including Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver and use of Internet. Good communication skills: I have developed this skill through work experience whilst answering phone calls and understanding what a customer requires. Time management skills: Ability to balance study, part-time employment and social activities well. I have developed this skill at college by meeting deadlines to coursework. Good Numeracy and Literacy skills: I have gained this skill at school and college and I believe I can use it to have an understanding of how the business is functioning from a financial standpoint. Problem solving skills and Decision Making: Ability to focus on improving decisions in daily life since it’s important for management and leadership. Professional work attitude: I am a hard worker and I believe this will help me to achieve my career aims. Excellent attendee and punctual: This shows my commitment and determination to study at college effectively and efficiently. Ability to work as part of a team member and as an individual ACHIEVEMENTS 2007 ∙ Certificate of achievement for Attainment in technology 2007 ∙ Certificate for Work experience at NatWest (Stratford) 2007 ∙ Certificate for Online basic introduction to health and safety test with a score of 85% 2006 ∙ Certificate for Effort and achievement in science 2006 ∙ Certificate for Excellent effort in art 2006 ∙ Certificate for solo-section of X-Factor Content at school 2003-2005 ∙ 4 Bronze Commendations, 4 silver commendations, 1 gold commendation and 1 platinum commendation for good work and progress 2003 ∙ Certificate for Good work in class for humanities INTERESTS Reading computer weekly magazine: This helps to gain in-depth knowledge on the current state of IT industry and furthermore make a use of this knowledge in IT course at college. Going out with Friends: This helps me to develop my Social skills and adapt to a new environment Physical fitness: Currently attending Sport Club at college REFERENCES (Available upon request)
Could you please please easily rate my CV on a scale 1-10 with 1=very poor and 10=Excellent? Thanks a lot for your answers and feel free to leave comments ......................................… NAME Address, Town, City, Postcode Home, Mobile, E-mail CAREER OBJECTIVE: I wish to secure employment with an exciting and supportive organization within a Computer Finance capacity, where I can demonstrate my strong mathematical and IT skills. I intend to improve and elaborate furthermore on my IT skills with University studies, in the near future. EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS 2008-Present College Name ∙ A Level Mathematics Statistics ∙ Btec National Diploma in IT 2003-2008 School Name ∙ 6 GCSE’s grades B-C including English Lang/Lit (CC) and Mathematics (B) ∙ Award/certificate/Extended certificate in Digital Application for IT users (3 qualifications)= Distinction, 2 Merits ∙ GCSE Gujarati (B) WORK AND CAREER EXPERIENCE 2007 NatWest ∙ My main duties were answering calls, taking part in staff meetings, paper work and mail/posting From my work experience, I have gained knowledge of the inner functions of a banking environment by contributing in a bank meeting. I observed and learnt how bank employees work individually as well as within a team to meet their goal within specific time periods. Their objective was to maintain higher profitability by preserving circular and efficient flow of the amount money deposited by the customers and the lenders. POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY 2009-Present ∙ Mathematics Department representative- This has enabled me to explore my opinions well as well as others on the course and a difference that we all expect in the subject. 2006 ∙ Responsible for presenting and organising Amnesty international assembly at school (Article in newspaper)- By taking part in assembly increased my self-confidence a lot by giving a speech in front of media and others. 2006 ∙ Receptionist at school- Take and deliver all messages & correspondence to teachers, Mail out parental notifications & newsletters and greet guests. 2004-2006 ∙ Helped tutor and responsible for carrying form for monitoring class behaviour- This shows my willingness to help teachers and taking a good responsibility for the whole class. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES ∙ English (Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Gujarati (Mother tongue- Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Hindi (Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Urdu ADDITIONAL SKILLS ∙ IT: Extensive computer skills including Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver and use of Internet. ∙ Good communication skills: I have developed this skill through work experience whilst answering phone calls and understanding what a customer requires. ∙ Time management skills: Ability to balance study, part-time employment and social activities well. I have developed this skill at college by meeting deadlines to coursework. ∙ Good Numeracy and Literacy skills: I have gained this skill at school and college and I believe I can use it to have an understanding of how the business is functioning from a financial standpoint. ∙ Problem solving skills and Decision Making: Ability to focus on improving decisions in daily life since it’s important for management and leadership. ∙ Professional work attitude: I am a hard worker and I believe this will help me to achieve my career aims. ∙ Excellent attendee and punctual: This shows my commitment and determination to study at college effectively and efficiently. ∙ Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual ACHIEVEMENTS 2007 ∙ Attainment in technology 2007 ∙ Certificate for Work experience at NatWest (Stratford) 2007 ∙ Online basic introduction to health and safety test with a score of 85% 2006 ∙ Effort and achievement in science 2006 ∙ Excellent effort in art 2003-2005 ∙ 4 Bronze awards, 4 silver awards, 1 gold award and 1 platinum award for good work and progress 2003 ∙ Good work in class for humanities INTERESTS ∙ Reading computer weekly magazine: This helps to gain in-depth knowledge on the current state of IT industry and furthermore make a use of this knowledge in IT course at college ∙ Reading Islamic books/Watching Islamic programmes: We live in a multi-cultural society, hence this helps me to recognize my own cultural biases by comparing and contrasting with others and will help manage my own and others' expectation at workplace. REFERENCES (Available upon request)
Implementation of measures to tackle overpopulation crisis which is the major cause of the global warming? Curbing the excessive climbing of human population is a difficult but necessary endeavour. The issue of human reproduction and population is a delicate question, above which an opaque taboo hangs. Many religious beliefs and teachings encourage human reproduction; governments encourage human reproduction in order to strengthen the economy and increase the work forces;... and so on... Human reproduction is natural and is important to the survival of humanity; too many humans, however, overloads the planet in all areas. This overloading of Earth is also a crucial factor of our ability to survive. If Earth cannot sustain a healthy human population in balance with the environment and all animal and plant life then this threatens all life and the sustainability of the whole eco-system. The deterioration of Earth's natural abilities to sustain life could be caused by the abusive exploitation, overuse and stress of Earth's resources by any given overpopulated species. We, humans, are the species principally responsible for this extreme deterioration http://www.thecircleforhumanity.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=12&lang=en Well peter what isn't on earth. Even toxic chemicals man has created is sourced from nature but global warming is greatly exacerbated by man's actions with excessive chemical production changing the very chemical composition and balance needed for living organisms to exist. We must reduce our population through birth reduction for truly our future survival depends on it. Its selfish to only think of one's own needs whilst negating others. Its also moronic to state that we have a natural right to give birth but preclude the implication of unbridled birth as if there aren't any consequences. There is no killing of the living, this is what you don't understand about birthrate check and birth reduction. Check out this article and see why it makes sense. http://www.thecircleforhumanity.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=54&lang=en
Why Does Progress for Women in Science & Engineering sound threatening to some? SCIENCE GRRL Asks: "Why Does Progress for Women in Science & Engineering Sound So Threatening?" Posted Jun 12th, 2009: http://girlwpen.com/?p=1647 From the article above: "Last week, the National Academies Press released findings from their study "Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty"." "Since 2001, the National Science Foundation through its ADVANCE program has invested over $130 million towards finding solutions to the problem of under-representation of women faculty members in science and engineering and that includes the hiring and promotion process. Very simply put, ADVANCE teams around the country have come to the conclusion that unconscious bias towards women from men and women has hindered the hiring and promotion of women faculty in STEM fields. This means that gendered expectations come into play. Is there evidence of children in a candidate’s life? Bonus points for the man, negative for the woman." Good news from the article: "An increase in women in the pool, getting interviews and offers, and doing just as well as men in terms of promotion should be a reason to celebrate. A lot of hard work has gone into getting to this point (which is not an end point, by the way), so why are some grumbling about discrimination?" Why are ppl threatened by these advances? According to the article: "The Chronicle noted the findings and a polite discussion about meritocracy and advantages that women receive, to the detriment of men, is happening. Seriously? Let’s look at the numbers from the study: • Women account for about 17 percent of applications for both tenure-track and tenured positions in the departments surveyed; •there were no female applicants (only men applied) for 32 (6 percent) of the available tenure-track positions and 16 (16.5 percent) of the tenured positions." If a shift is happening towards balance, towards equity, why is it threatening to some ppl?
Is what I'm doing in High School healthy? I'm 14, and I'm a freshman. A normal school work day for me would be 4pm to about 3 am, five days a week. This equates to only four hours of sleep. I feel like I'm going insane. I stay in my room most of the day, receiving no human contact. I only get a ten minute break at dinner and I have to go back to work. I don't like most of the classes that I am taking, I don't like grades, but there is a tendency in me to get all A's in all Pre AP classes, though I know that I am causing pain to myself. I know I couldn't handle all of these from the start. I do not desire to be the smartest, but I desire to be "decent". However, I get very obsessive with my school life to the point where I do not have friends, I never leave the house, and I never speak in school. I skip lunch to do homework, so I only get two meals a day. In addition to that, I think my studies are causing me health problems. I've had menstrual irregularities for many months and acne on my face that I think is from hormonal imbalance. I've noticed that I have had a weaker immune system since I go to school though I'm sick and leave it untreated. Some days, I get less than four hours of sleep too because I have anxiety about going back to school. I stress about it and stare into space before I realize that the sun has come up. In my "study sessions", I am usually surrounded by a chaotic mass of paper on the floor corner (I sit in something hard and uncomfortable so I can't fall asleep). I have noticed though that the students who bring forth less effort than me receive about the same grade. We recently had a paper that we had to handwrite explaining all the concepts of the semester and to basically apply it. I received a 100% on mine and I wrote 1.5-2 pages per 6 of the concepts. My classmate scored a 97% and wrote less than a paragraph for each. My notes take forever to write so that I could receive a 100, whilst it is not necessary for it to be that long. We had a Science article review project due and I wrote a 9 page paragraph on it, though it was not required and scored a 95% because of grammatical errors. I failed to notice them though I checked them twice due to my lack of alertness. My classmate write a 1.5 page paragraph and scored a 100. And I spent the whole day on mine perfecting it in perfect, flowy, literature-like English! it was not necessary to do so because that class was Biology, not English. I do realize that my work is unnecessary, but I can't help myself and it is as if my brain, battered from torture, can't stop my hand from writing. I feel so tortured. I am completely certain that I feel tortured by all these classes since I spent every ounce of Christmas break in hedonistic indulgence (As with every other breaks minus weekends, because I kill myself during weekends too) and spent none on studying for anything. Free time was art. Sanity was art. I spent my time doing that. Going back to school, I feel that my only source of sanity will be taken away from me (I don't have any time for art!), and I don't want to go back. I feel like my mental and physical health is deteriorating quickly (depression + anxiety), I am more irritable and prone to snapping at my siblings, and I am slowly killing myself. How can I change my school habits in order to ease some of it for myself? How can I balance my time? Are there any other habits I can change? I want to be an artist, not go to Harvard! Why am I doing all of this then? It is making me dislike my life!
Intimacy problems and stress? Me and my girlfriend have been together for a long time. Off and on for the better part of a decade. We started having sex in our teens and it was fine. I went a way to college and we were off and on still. She has messed around with other people but I am still the only one she has had sex with. She knows I have been with other girls , but that is not the problem. When I say intimacy I really only mean the physical aspect. We are very much in love and she knows that I would do anything for her and I know that she feels the same about me. For the last year and a half to about two years something has changed in her. She says she got used to me not being here because I was away for college and she now feels like she does not have to compete for my attention because she has gotten over the whole fear of "losing me". Needless to say our physical relationship has slowed down to almost a halt. We recently relocated so that we are closer once again but to my (and her) dismay it has not helped things. We see each other almost every day and stay together almost every night so the time to make it happen is there she is just so stressed about the whole thing. The whole idea of being physical stresses her out to the point where it is better for her not to even try than go with it. She is incredibly anxious about getting pregnant (although she is on BC and we use condoms) and she is constantly putting too much pressure on herself to "perform" no matter how slow I try to take it or how gently I try to be. Weeks and most times months go by between times that she even feels in the mood and when she does that lasts all of about 5 minutes before she begins to freak out and tell me to stop. She also says that it hurts a lot (I am not huge but I am also not the smallest of guys down there) but I think a lot of that is from the lack of times that we do it. She now barely even lets me touch her to begin foreplay before she starts to tell me to stop. I have tried everything and read every book and article I can find to be more "Intimate" i try to relax her before or make sure that we have a pleasant evening. I constantly give her massages (which she loves and used to be the best way to get her in the mood) but she although very young passes out at an early age every night. We are very different people in that I like to hang out at night and go out to bars with a friend of mine and she does not drink at all. We have found a balance for this but even for a night in with a movie she falls asleep early and wakes up apologizing and stressed the next morning that we did not get to be intimate. I used to get frustrated but tell her it was nothing but recently I have been trying to communicate these things to her so that we can work on, but no matter how I try to present it to her and tell her that its ok and this is something we can work on together she takes it as an attack or that I am telling her she is not good enough. I guess I am just looking for some female advice on something I could try or maybe something she could do to take the pressure off? Also some insight on the frequency of being intimate and the pain she is feeling. She has been to her doctor and he tells her that she is completely healthy so I am just thinking that it could just be our lack of activity? Please be respectful and only give serious answers. This is the love of my life and its the only problem we have and I really just want to make it work. believe me she didnt hang with the wrong crowd she doesnt drink at all and rarely goes out because of her profession and she didnt have to move anywhere. I moved to be back in the same town that shes been in since we have known each other.
What do U think 'I'm not losing sleep over rising immigration numbers' says Home Secretary? Home Secretary Alan Johnson today ruled out imposing a cap on immigrant numbers, saying he didn't 'lie awake at night' worrying about the population hitting 70million. Critics warn that current growth means the population will increase by nine million to hit the 70million mark by 2028, with 70 per cent of the increase caused by new arrivals. But Mr Johnson said he wouldn't bring in a cap because it would harm the economy. He said we should 'welcome' immigrants who came to live and work here, and that he was 'happy' to live in a multicultural society. He told the Home Affairs Committee: 'I do not lie awake at night worrying about a population of 70 million. 'I'm happy to live in a multicultural society. I'm happy to live in a society where we not only welcome those coming to live and work in this country, but also where we can go and live and work in other countries.' He said the argument that immigration had made a contribution to the economy was 'irrefutable'. But he added: 'The argument gets more difficult when you get in to hard economic Earlier this week campaign group Migrationwatch UK warned the balance of those settling in the country would have to be reduced to 50,000 from the current level of 237,000 every year. The Government's points-based system is likely to cut immigrant numbers by around 8 per cent to 217,000. Migrationwatch chairman Sir Andrew Green said today: 'This shows the Government are in denial about the effects of mass immigration that they are promoting, even encouraging. 'The minister should be having nightmares about the impact on our schools, hospitals, environment and quality of life as a result of another 10 million people in England in just 20 years. Instead he has just given up.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199685/Im-losing-sleep-rising-immigration-numbers-says-Home-Secretary-Alan-Johnson-rules-imposing-cap.html
Are these changes in my wife a good thing? I know this is long but please consider helping me if you can. We've had some problems over the last year. I finished my advanced degree and prepared to enter a new career. Around this time I found out she had carried on a flirtation with a man at her work. She was also in the habit of making very hurtful comments that insulted me as a man. This culminated in the week I found out about the flirtation from her coworkers cracking jokes about it at a party. I swear if someone had walked up to me at the party and yanked my pants down I would have been less humiliated. Later that week I caught her behaving in a forward manner with a guy delivering something to our home. She was very blatant about it and let him get away with some insulting behavior and encouraged him. I asked her about it later and she said that he was her type of man. This really hit me. I felt like over time she had lost respect for me. I also felt that I was the one who always tried to fix everything and that I was walking on eggshells around her. I worried so much she would leave me or that I was a bad husband. It seemed like everywhere I looked there was some article or tv talk show advising that men failed to be good husbands today and I worried a lot. When I talked to family or friends they seemed to always ask if I was showing her romance or sensitivity, and then advised me to take her out to dinner "once in a while." But I took her out about once a week on average and brought her flowers or a card all the time. For her birthday I bought her a great gift but she said she was disappointed and hoped I would do better next year. I guess I realized that I couldn't fix things and that trying to talk to her seriously about it just made things worse. So a few weeks ago I stopped trying. I still work hard for us and do my share at the house and fix things. But I don't ask her to talk with me about the relationship. If she gets mad about something or complains, which she did a lot, I just ignored it. I basically started to live my own life and not worry so much about her and her happiness because I felt like I couldn't make her happy. Since I started this it seems like she has done a 180 and works hard to talk with me and make me happy. She complains now and then but overall she avoids doing that. Is this a good thing? Have I found a way to get balance again or will this only last for a while? Advice is very much appreciated.
Why has my wife changed her behavior so much? I know this is long but please consider helping me if you can. We've had some problems over the last year. I finished my advanced degree and prepared to enter a new career. Around this time I found out she had carried on a flirtation with a man at her work. She was also in the habit of making very hurtful comments that insulted me as a man. This culminated in the week I found out about the flirtation from her coworkers cracking jokes about it at a party. I swear if someone had walked up to me at the party and yanked my pants down I would have been less humiliated. Later that week I caught her behaving in a forward manner with a guy delivering something to our home. She was very blatant about it and let him get away with some insulting behavior and encouraged him. I asked her about it later and she said that he was her type of man. This really hit me. I felt like over time she had lost respect for me. I also felt that I was the one who always tried to fix everything and that I was walking on eggshells around her. I worried so much she would leave me or that I was a bad husband. It seemed like everywhere I looked there was some article or tv talk show advising that men failed to be good husbands today and I worried a lot. When I talked to family or friends they seemed to always ask if I was showing her romance or sensitivity, and then advised me to take her out to dinner "once in a while." But I took her out about once a week on average and brought her flowers or a card all the time. For her birthday I bought her a great gift but she said she was disappointed and hoped I would do better next year. I guess I realized that I couldn't fix things and that trying to talk to her seriously about it just made things worse. So a few weeks ago I stopped trying. I still work hard for us and do my share at the house and fix things. But I don't ask her to talk with me about the relationship. If she gets mad about something or complains, which she did a lot, I just ignored it. I basically started to live my own life and not worry so much about her and her happiness because I felt like I couldn't make her happy. Since I started this it seems like she has done a 180 and works hard to talk with me and make me happy. She complains now and then but overall she avoids doing that. Is this a good thing? Have I found a way to get balance again or will this only last for a while? Advice is very much appreciated.
How would you re-word this? Ok so I'm doing an assignment for Music Theory and I keep looking at this and coming up blank. Could somebody please help me out and show me how they would re-word and get the main points of this article. Thanks!!!!!!!!!! (P.S- thankyou wikipedia, i got it from there) The earliest documentation of Hungarian music dates from the introduction of Gregorian chant in the 11th century. By that time, Hungary had begun to enter the European cultural establishment with the country's conversion to Christianity and the musically important importation of plainsong, a form of Christian chant. Though Hungary's early religious musical history is relatively well documented, secular music remains mostly unknown, though it was apparently a common feature of community festivals and other events.[7] The earliest documented instrumentation in Hungary dates back to the whistle in 1222, followed by the kobzos in 1326, the bugle in 1355, the fiddle in 1358, the bagpipe in 1402, the lute in 1427 and the trumpet in 1428. Thereafter the organ came to play a major role. The 16th century saw the rise of Transylvania (a region inhabited by Hungarians, never occupied by the Turks) as a center for Hungarian music. It also saw the first publication of music in Hungary, in Kraków. At this time Hungarian instrumental music was well-known in Europe; the lutenist and composer Bálint Bakfark, for example, was famed as a virtuoso player. His compositions pioneered a new style of writing for the lute based on vocal polyphony. The lutenist Neusiedler brothers were also noted and authored an important early work in music theory, the Epithoma utriusque musices. During the 17th century, Hungary was divided into three parts: an area controlled by the Turks; an area controlled by the Habsburgs; and Transylvania. Historic songs declined in popularity and were replaced by lyrical poetry, whilst minstrels were replaced by court musicians. Many courts or households maintained large ensembles of musicians who played the trumpet, whistle, cimbalom, violin or bagpipes. Some of these ensemble musicians were German, Polish, French or Italian; the court of Gábor Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania, included a Spanish guitarist. Little detail about the music played during this era survives, however. Musical life in the areas controlled by the Ottoman Turks declined precipitously, with even the formerly widespread and entrenched plainsong style disappearing by the end of the 17th century. Outside of the Ottoman area, however, plainsong flourished after the establishment of Protestant missions in around 1540, while a similarly styled form of folk song called verse chronicles also arose. During the 18th century, some of the students at colleges such as those in Sárospatak and Székelyudvarhely were minor nobles from rural areas who brought with them their regional styles of music. Whilst the choirs in these colleges adopted a more polyphonic style, the students' songbooks indicate a growth in the popularity of homophonic songs. Their notation, however, was relatively crude and no extensive collection appeared until the publication of Ádám Pálóczi Horváth’s Ötödfélszáz Énekek in 1853. These songs indicate that during the mid to late 18th century the previous Hungarian song styles died out and musicians looked more to other (Western) European styles for influence. The 18th century also saw the rise of verbunkos, a form of music initially used by army recruiters. Like much Hungarian music of the time, melody was treated as more important than lyrics, although this balance changed as verbunkos became more established.
Can you tell me how bad this is please.? Be honest I really don't care that it is horrible. All men are created equal, all men are born with rights and deserve those rights earned when they are born. The rights your given when your born are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To protect those rights from the government and to limit the power of the government enlighten thinkers made the Bill of Rights witch are then first ten amendments in the constitution. Years passed and the Southern states depended on slaves even more now and wanted to secede from the North witch began the Civil War. Natural rights are the rights that every man deserves because all men are equal, this thought came from an important man John Locke in the enlightment era. John Locke protected the people even better by creating the checks and balances system this was to make sure the government didn’t have to much power. Enlightment was a time when many intelligent thinkers made people question there beliefes and turn to science and reason to explain human and universe behavior. To be sure that people are protected of there natural rights the Bill of Rights was created and added to the constition. The Bill of rights is a series of legislative article that limit the governments power. On December 15th 1791 the first 10 amendments were added to the constitution. The writers of the constitution like John Hancock knew that the constition wasn’t perfect and they wanted to make a way for the constitution be able to change with ease but not to easy, so they added amendments. The first 8 amendments spell out the personal liberties of the people and the 9th and 10th limit the power of the government. Limitng the power of the government and giving the people there natural rights is heavily important in the way life is today. The Civil war was a time in Americas history where the North and South were at war with each other. The South were pro slavery and the North were against slavery. With the South agricultural environment they depended on slaves to do there labor work and the North owned the factories and didn’t need slaves. Abraham Lincoln was the president at the time of the Civil War and wanted the states to stop being at war. The South started the war by attacking Fort Sumter and Lincoln reacted by calling in state armies suck as militia to come get back the federal property. The North won witch meant an end to slavery, the states to the North of the Mason Dixon line were already free states and had already abolished slavery
Grade my horrible essay please.? grade it tell me how bad it is please All men are created equal, all men are born with rights and deserve those rights earned when they are born. The rights your given when your born are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To protect those rights from the government and to limit the power of the government enlighten thinkers made the Bill of Rights witch are then first ten amendments in the constitution. Years passed and the Southern states depended on slaves even more now and wanted to secede from the North witch began the Civil War. Natural rights are the rights that every man deserves because all men are equal, this thought came from an important man John Locke in the enlightment era. John Locke protected the people even better by creating the checks and balances system this was to make sure the government didn’t have to much power. Enlightment was a time when many intelligent thinkers made people question there beliefes and turn to science and reason to explain human and universe behavior. To be sure that people are protected of there natural rights the Bill of Rights was created and added to the constition. The Bill of rights is a series of legislative article that limit the governments power. On December 15th 1791 the first 10 amendments were added to the constitution. The writers of the constitution like John Hancock knew that the constition wasn’t perfect and they wanted to make a way for the constitution be able to change with ease but not to easy, so they added amendments. The first 8 amendments spell out the personal liberties of the people and the 9th and 10th limit the power of the government. Limitng the power of the government and giving the people there natural rights is heavily important in the way life is today. The Civil war was a time in Americas history where the North and South were at war with each other. The South were pro slavery and the North were against slavery. With the South agricultural environment they depended on slaves to do there labor work and the North owned the factories and didn’t need slaves. Abraham Lincoln was the president at the time of the Civil War and wanted the states to stop being at war. The South started the war by attacking Fort Sumter and Lincoln reacted by calling in state armies suck as militia to come get back the federal property. The North won witch meant an end to slavery, the states to the North of the Mason Dixon line were already free states and had already abolished slavery
Can I get some feedback on this please? This is the beginning of a story I'm working on. Id love some honest opinions. Feel free to criticize. Thanks! * Remove yourself from life. Gently extract your brain from your body and put it somewhere safe so you can use it later. Feel your feet. Feel your spine. Your arms and fingers. Feel the music. Feel. Don’t think. I used to have to tell myself this. The only way I could concentrate on my body and leave all of the other crap behind is if I thought don’t think don’t think don’t think again and again. And that was thinking. Not good. But that problem is long gone now. Now I can just slip off the layers of my life as if it were an itchy sweater. That’s what my life has become. What used to be bones and skin is now interchangeable articles of clothing. When I go into the studio I take off my sweater and jeans. I take off my parents fighting and Katie’s drugs. I put on leggings and a tank top. I put on a fresh perspective and a sense of my body and the movements it can make. When I dance, I’m a movement. Light and free. I’m suspended in time and air. Gravity has forgotten me and every clock in the world has ceased to tick. I’ve turned myself into a music box. Nothing but dance when I’m open, waiting in the darkness when I’m closed. I don’t tell people this, because I know it must mean something is desperately wrong with me, but it’s how I work. It’s what I’ve trained myself to do. Yvonne has begun to leave me with the responsibility of locking up the studio because I so often stay late after teaching the beginners; the last class of the night. For an hour I have everything to myself. I’m trying to succeed at a triple pirouette. It’s been my goal and enemy for months. I always lose balance just before I get there. I’m on my second rotation and I can feel it. I’m going to make it. This time I’m going to make it. “Excuse me?” Startled, I stumble and my foot hits the ground harder and faster than it should. “Shit!” My brain jumps back into my skull when the pain hits my ankle. “Sorry,” the guy by the door says. He takes a step in and then hesitates. “I didn’t mean to disrupt you.” “It’s fine.” I hurry to the speakers, the pain already fading. I turn the music off and wipe the lose strands of hair away from my sweaty face and try to catch my breath. “I just, didn’t hear you come in. Music must have been too loud. Can I help you?” “Uh, yeah,” another unsure step closer. “My sister was here earlier. She left her bag?” “Oh yeah, Melanie.” “That’s her.” “Sure I know exactly where it is.” I move past him to get back to the front desk. He follows behind. “This it?” I ask, pulling a pink bag out of the lost and found box. “That would be it. Thanks.” “No problem.” I hand over the bag. “Thanks. So are you one of Melanie’s teachers?” “Yeah. Well, sort of. I’m the assistant teacher for her tap and ballet class.” “Oh. Oh, your Nia aren’t you?” Well that’s a little weird. “Um, yeah.” “Melanie raves about you.” “Really?” I’m kind of shocked. She’s not really one of my favorite students. “That’s sweet. She’s a sweet kid.” He lets out a disbelieving laugh. “She is?” “What, is she not good at home?” It actually doesn’t surprise me. “Well it certainly wasn’t my idea to drive down here in search of her ballet slippers. I was trying to study for a physics test, but she went into a fit about not losing them.” “Oh, I don’t blame her. I would do the same thing if mine were missing.” “Well yeah, but you’re here dancing. She’s at home watching Hannah Montana. She’s not going to even think about them until next week.” I shrug. I’m still on Melanie’s side. My slippers are too important to me. “Well at least now you can ease her soul.” “Yeah, and hopefully it doesn’t cost me my physics test,” he says bitterly. A little selfish and overdramatic, isn’t he? It must run in the family. “Well it was nice meeting you,” I say, ready for him to leave. “Yeah, you too. I’m Max by the way.” I smile. I’m far past introductions. “Well, see you around.” “Yep,” I say. “And thanks again for the bag,” he holds it up like I need to be reminded. “No problem.” “Bye.” “Bye.” The door slams behind him. Finally. I glance up at the clock. Thanks to Max, my hour is up. And I never got that damn pirouette. I switch shoes, throw on a sweater and close up, forced to go back home. The darkness inside the music box.
My life is a complete nightmare, and I'm a worthless moron. :/? When I was in high school like 6 or so years ago, I started experiencing these really scary health problems, and my stupid teenage self initially hid them from everybody because I was terrified and thought that maybe if I just ignored them, they'd go away. Of course, they didn't though, and they're just really, really bad now. , I may make idiotic decisions like the one to not tell my parents something was wrong with me, but I'm not stupid either and I think it's pretty obvious that I'm slowly (or not so slowly anymore) dying of a brain tumor or some other kind of neurological issue. My head hurts really badly pretty much every second that I'm awake, and my memory is utterly shot and I can't focus on anything. Then there's the fact that I sometimes smell things other people don't smell, sometimes can't taste food when I put it in my mouth, and feel really off-balanced all of the time. Just being alive is kind of torturous. I'm in college because that's where my dad wants me, but it's so freaking miserable because of the cognitive issues that I've developed. Studying for a test takes me like 14 hours, while it takes other people 1 or 2 because it's so hard to focus on the material, and I have to write it out over and over again just to finally get it engrained in my memory. I never had these problems when I was younger. This has all progressed over the past few years. I can't get a job because of the whole feeling dizzy and off-balanced thing all of the time, which is at its worse in public, probably b/c I know that I don't have my bed right next to me to lay down if I start feeling really dizzy. My dad constantly, like 5 times a day, yells at me to get a job, so I started writing articles on the internet for money hoping that it would get him to leave me alone. It didn't, though because "that's not a real job." I hate when he says that; it makes me feel like absolute worhtless crap because I want to make my own money so badly, and if I didn't have all of these stupid health issues, I would've been working outside of the house for the past 6 years. So when I finally found something I could do, he just had to shut that down by telling me it's "not real." I've tried explaining to him why I'm scared to work outside of the house, and he thinks I'm making it up. Sometimes I wish I would just pass out one day instead of just getting really dizzy and disoriented so he'd finally maybe understand how bad things are for me. My whole life is just such a lie and such a waste. I wanted to major in something scientific, but I went with being an English major instead because that way there's a chance for me to use the degree to do something like writing where I don't have to be interacting with people while I feel so miserable and dizzy all of the time. You can't really become a doctor who has trouble focusing on what her patients are telling her or has to leave the room periodically b/c she starts feeling like she's gonna pass out. I want to be dating and all of that stuff normal 22 year olds are doing, but instead I'm stuck inside my house except for when I absolutely have to leave to go to class (which is another story. I've gotten sick on campus so many times). I'm such a burden to other people since I'm not completely financially self-sufficient or even close...my dad's spending all of this money for me to go to college, which is going to go to waste since I'm probably going to die from whatever is causing me to have all of these problems not too far from now. I'm completely worthless to myself, society, and other people because of this stupid health crap. It really feels like the best favor I could do to people is to die, and no I'm not suicidal, but it feels like being alive and using up resources is selfish at this point. :/
My life is a complete nightmare, and I'm a worthless moron. Anyone have any...advice or something? When I was in high school like 6 or so years ago, I started experiencing these really scary health problems, and my stupid teenage self initially hid them from everybody because I was terrified and thought that maybe if I just ignored them, they'd go away. Of course, they didn't though, and they're just really, really bad now. , I may make idiotic decisions like the one to not tell my parents something was wrong with me, but I'm not stupid either and I think it's pretty obvious that I'm slowly (or not so slowly anymore) dying of a brain tumor or some other kind of neurological issue. My head hurts really badly pretty much every second that I'm awake, and my memory is utterly shot and I can't focus on anything. Then there's the fact that I sometimes smell things other people don't smell, sometimes can't taste food when I put it in my mouth, and feel really off-balanced all of the time. Just being alive is kind of torturous. I'm in college because that's where my dad wants me, but it's so freaking miserable because of the cognitive issues that I've developed. Studying for a test takes me like 14 hours, while it takes other people 1 or 2 because it's so hard to focus on the material, and I have to write it out over and over again just to finally get it engrained in my memory. I never had these problems when I was younger. This has all progressed over the past few years. I can't get a job because of the whole feeling dizzy and off-balanced thing all of the time, which is at its worse in public, probably b/c I know that I don't have my bed right next to me to lay down if I start feeling really dizzy. My dad constantly, like 5 times a day, yells at me to get a job, so I started writing articles on the internet for money hoping that it would get him to leave me alone. It didn't, though because "that's not a real job." I hate when he says that; it makes me feel like absolute worhtless crap because I want to make my own money so badly, and if I didn't have all of these stupid health issues, I would've been working outside of the house for the past 6 years. So when I finally found something I could do, he just had to shut that down by telling me it's "not real." I've tried explaining to him why I'm scared to work outside of the house, and he thinks I'm making it up. Sometimes I wish I would just pass out one day instead of just getting really dizzy and disoriented so he'd finally maybe understand how bad things are for me. My whole life is just such a lie and such a waste. I wanted to major in something scientific, but I went with being an English major instead because that way there's a chance for me to use the degree to do something like writing where I don't have to be interacting with people while I feel so miserable and dizzy all of the time. You can't really become a doctor who has trouble focusing on what her patients are telling her or has to leave the room periodically b/c she starts feeling like she's gonna pass out. I want to be dating and all of that stuff normal 22 year olds are doing, but instead I'm stuck inside my house except for when I absolutely have to leave to go to class (which is another story. I've gotten sick on campus so many times). I'm such a burden to other people since I'm not completely financially self-sufficient or even close...my dad's spending all of this money for me to go to college, which is going to go to waste since I'm probably going to die from whatever is causing me to have all of these problems not too far from now. I'm completely worthless to myself, society, and other people because of this stupid health crap. It really feels like the best favor I could do to people is to die, and no I'm not suicidal, but it feels like being alive and using up resources is selfish at this point. :/ I don't want to always be alone. I WANT to be with people a lot. The problem is people like to do physically strenuous things like going out drinking or going places with bright lighting that make me feel even more sick than I normally do, ad I just get dizzy a lot in general.
How can i develop my physic sense? I am a self-proclaimed teenage supernatural investigator and researcher. My house is haunted and i've always been fascinated with supernatural things. Last year I found out I have the ability to see auras. The only problem is, i have to try very hard and get myself in the right state of mind; aware and not aware. A balance of consciousness. I also have had precognitive dreams all my life and they are happening A LOT as of the past year or two. I just can't tell before hand weather it was just a dream, or if it was something else. Anyway I know i have an eye for the supernatural. I was wondering what I could do to develop my "third eye" so to speak. I would also love to develop my intuition and apathy but first i should work on aura reading and precognition. Let me know if you have any articles, books, or personal advice you think I would need. so What can I do to train my "third eye"? I don't know why any of you are insulting me. this is what I think, and if you have a problem with it, don't comment. Keep to yourself. I'm not some emo wiccan teenage creep who just wants to pretend they have special powers. I am just trying to find more about what is going on. How I can see colors around people, and how I can dream about the future. Clearly these things have never happened to you, but if they did I'm sure you would be looking for answers too.
Reaction about ENZYME. read more.? What can you say about this article about enzyme? The study of enzymes has not been simple since enzymes operate on both chemical and biological levels, and science cannot measure or synthesize their biological or life energy. Enzymes are responsible in maintaining health and in healing they are our metabolism - the body’s labour force. Enzymes are substances that make life possible. They are needed for every chemical reaction that takes place in the human body. No mineral, vitamin or hormone can do any work without enzymes. They are the manual workers that build our bodies from proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Researches believe that our enzyme energy has a limit and we must help to maintain them as much as possible in order to have a longer life. There are three classes of enzymes: metabolic enzymes, which run our bodies; digestive enzymes, which digest our food; and food enzymes from raw foods, which start food digestion. Our bodies- all organs and tissues-are run by metabolic enzymes. These enzyme workers take proteins, fats, carbohydrates, starches and sugars, etc and structure them into healthy bodies, keeping everything working well. Digestive enzymes have only three main jobs: digesting protein, carbohydrate, and fat. Proteases are enzymes that digest protein; amylases digest carbohydrate, and lipases digest fat. “The Food Enzyme Concept” by Dr. Edward Howell is a different approach of looking at disease. It defends the idea that when ingested, the enzymes in raw food, or supplementary enzymes result in a significant degree of digestion, lowering the drain on the organisms own enzyme potential. Dr. Edward Howell defends that by eating raw food the work of the enzymes is less and the result is a healthy body. By eating raw food less stomach acid is secreted. He remarks that most people spend their enzyme bank account and seldom make a deposit. It would be wiser to conserve enzymes and get enzymes reinforcements from the outside, since various experiments have taught us that enzymes are precious commodities. He believes that by cutting down on the amount of food we can contribute to a higher enzyme potential, less food means fewer digestive enzymes are required. This keeps death away as well as arming the body against disease. Enzymes convert the food we eat into chemical structures that can pass through the cell membranes of the cells lining the digestive tract into the bloodstream. He defends that all uncooked foods contain an abundance of food enzymes, which correspond to the nutritional highlights of the food. He says that nature has enclosed all raw foods with the correct and balanced amounts of food enzymes either for human consumption or eventual decomposition outside the human body. The enzyme diet defended by Dr Edward Howell is defined by a regimen in which food is taken in its raw state, in its unprocessed form, in possession of its full quota of enzymes. The digestive enzymes of civilized humans are infinitely stronger and more concentrated in enzyme activity than any other enzyme combination found in nature. The organism values its enzymes highly and will make no more than are needed for the job. The body will make less concentrated digestive enzymes, if some of the food is digested by enzymes present in it. In humans, the upper portion of the stomach is in fact a food-enzyme stomach. This part secretes no enzymes. In fact, the digestion of the protein, carbohydrate, and fat in raw food begins in the mouth the very moment the plant cell walls are ruptured, releasing the food enzymes during the act of mastification. After swallowing, digestion continues in the food-enzyme section of the stomach for one-half to one hour, or until the rising tide of acidity reaches a point where it is inhibited. Then the stomach enzyme pepsin takes over. If harmful bacteria are swallowed with the food they may attack it during this time of enforced illness. The salivary enzyme works on the carbohydrate, but the protein and fat must wait. Dr. Howell believes that mankind’s change in the diet from mostly uncooked to cooked foods has probably resulted in changes in the structure of our gastrointestinal tract beyond the stomach specifically, the appendix and cecum play an active role in digestion in many herbivorous animals but have atrophied in humans. He explains that when there are no food enzymes in the food eaten, to predigest it the pancreas must work to give out more internal enzymes to do the job. Metabolic enzymes do the work. The pancreas must send out messages to all parts of the body looking for enzymes it can reprocess into digestive enzymes. When it finds them it has to change metabolic enzymes into digestive enzymes this means extra work and the enlargement of the pancreas. This enlargement may not harm the pancreas, but when it confiscates metabolic enzymes it punishes the whole body by depriving it of the mechanics of eve
Any REALISTIC ideas how we can scale back our budget? Here's a breakdown of my husband and my monthly obligations: Mortgage: $1206 Car payments: $466 Electric: $120 Natural gas: $66 Verizon: $70 Cable/phone/internet: $80 Water/waste disposal: $75 Life insurance: $85 Auto insurance: $174 Student loans: $120 Credit card: $51 Currently, my husband is getting a lot of overtime, and we are bringing home $4,400 a month. However, in June his overtime will end for about 8 months, and his income will settle back down to approx. $3,000 per month. Both of these figures are after health insurance, taxes, and our 401(k) contribution of 4%. I am extremely grateful that we are making what we are in this terrible economy, but it's very frustrating because once the overtime ends, we will just be making it, with room for few extras, and I just don't know what else we can cut down/cut out. Our mortgage is not going to change; in fact, it could very well go up if our homeowner's insurance premium goes up or our city decides to raise the real estate tax; We owe 3 more years on our cars, and $466 TOTAL between both payments is quite cheap, and it's silly to trade one of our cars in for something cheaper since we have already paid so much on them, so there's not much to do with that; Our natural gas, electric, and water bills are right on par with the local average - we are very conscious of our lights, heat, and water usage, and can't cut these bills back anymore without major discomfort; We are in the middle of a 2 year contract with Verizon and are on the cheapest plan available (they actually don't even offer our plan anymore... we are grandfathered. The cheapest plan currently for two lines is $20 extra a month); Our phone/cable/internet bill cannot be reduced - I work at home and depend on the house phone, since my husband and I share a mere 500 peak minutes on our cells, our cable is the minimum package at $12 a month - basically just prevents us from needing rabbit ears, and our internet is the cheapest available in our area; We just acquired life insurance, which is $50,000 each whole and $100,000 each term - that's a necessity, especially since we are 23 and 24 and locked in our rate for life; Our auto insurance could be lowered by upping our deductible to $500, but I called and asked about it, and it would only make a $30 difference every 6 months, which doesn't seem worth it considering we'd be upping our deductibles so much. The student loan... well, there's not much we can do about that. We could get it financed for more than the standard 10 years, but then you are just spending SO much extra money in interest. We have recently paid off $1,100 furniture, $500 department store charge, $1,500 Best Buy, $1,600 on my credit card, and now all we have left is my husband's credit card, which has a $3,000 balance. Most of this debt was from early in our marriage and we decided quickly that we didn't want to carry debt, so we have been working hard to pay it off. Before my husband's overtime ends, we will have paid the credit card completely off. So... any realistic ideas of how we might cut our expenses? All the articles on the internet are so cheesy or unrealistic. For instance, I'm not in dire enough of a situation to reduce my heat to 60 degrees! -- OUR income will be $3,000. Not just his. The insurance deductible reduction would only lower my auto insurance $30 every SIX months, not every month. I wish it'd lower it $30 per month! :)
Why should feminists receive equality if men don't get special treatment and are forced into Selective Service? From the many articles of crap I've read online, it seems women initally have it easier and men have to fight and speak up get those same types of special privilgences, and don't think I forgot about this new "Selective Serrvice" law where men 18 to 25 are forced to sign up due to coerion by threats of jailtime if they don't, something women don't have to worry about. I believe men who don't join selective service, sure enough, need to work for what they wany, but as for the men who were forced to join against their will all because of their gender, they should receive special treatment even over feminists to balance out the unfairness of having to sign up for slective service, being on the front lines of combat, and going through grueling basic training. If you want true equality, then you should understand that men need rights and privelegdes over women to offset the initial sepcial rights that women get that men don't. If you have ALL of the rights men have but you also keep your special rights for women AND you don't receive all of the responsiblies that men have, such having to sign up for Selective Service, then that's not equality, that's superiority, and such a concept makes me sick to me stomach. If you want equality, then you must BALANCE OUT AND OFFSET things. A man should be able to have all the exact same rights and special priveledges women want other women to have, if you truly advocate true equality between both genders. SInce a man's life is just as important as a woman's life, at least that's what I believe, then you should be wanting other women to be forced into selective service with all the same responsiblies as men have, so that it's fair and equal. True equality means not only all the same rights and responsiblites among both genders, but it also means eliminating Ladies Night, eliminating all-woman gyms like "Curves", and any other perks women have been getting over men. Unless that's done, it's not equality. For you to have all the same rights as men yet not carry all responsiblies as men, and still keep your Ladies Night and gyms like "Cruves", again, that's superiority, not equality. You should be outraged and trying to stop those things. Afterall, women get equaal pay for the exact same job and men face a higher food bill than women do. (If you don't think men should have ANY rights that women can't have, then women are not supposed to have any special priveldges over men, None whatsoever. Only then , is it true equality.) I am also sick and tired of the constant male bashing in the media and the way they make women look better than men at everything. Just look at all those action movies. They look like they could take down Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee both in 10 seconds. It's sexist to constantly promore this. It's insulting to the man. It's not equality, it's sexism, and I think you'd agree.)
Why does the greedy capitalist pig want to exploit U.S work force? The era of a 9-to-5 work week appears to be coming to an end. Higher-level workers are increasingly being asked to put in 50 hours or more a week, effectively working an 8-to-6 work week at the very least, while lower income workers are often forced to work fewer hours but at jobs with irregular schedules, according to a comprehensive report from the Center for American Progress, which reviewed dozens of studies from the previous 30 years to understand the changing work/life struggles of the country's labor force. http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/113075/end-40-hour-workweek-mainstreet?mod=career-worklife_balance#mwpphu-container Europeans work shorter work week, 32-37 hours and get more vacation time 6 weeks. Americans are being treated like slaves.
Question for anyone who knows extensively about SSRI’s? My doctor wants me to go up with Luvox by 50 mg every four days, (to 300 mg) and it has been over a week, so I am now on 150 mg a day. My biggest concern was sexual side effects and I actually didn’t notice any until I moved up to 150 mg a day. He even said I could take the dose at once, but I said I’d rather split it, so for now, 50 mg in the morning, 100 mg at night. Today I couldn’t achieve an orgasm, and I woke up with my pupils are fully dilated, although I’d noticed this in previous days, it was significant today, I didn’t even want to go out. I look like a shocker with these black eyes, but I don’t mind them personally, but the previous side effect, most definitely. I don’t need a lesson though, I am all too familiar with SSRI's. My question is pondering around this though, could this simply mean that there is now too much serotonin in my brain, and that 100 mg a day is “correcting the chemical imbalance” (if we want to go by that theory). I don’t think the chemicals are quite balanced if I can’t have an orgasm and my pupils are shot wide open and barely reactive to light. Perhaps this is an initial thing and it will go away with time? I am/have been moving up pretty fast in my opinion, four days is the minimum you should leave from what I’ve read, but he doesn’t want me wasting any time. He is a p-doc, so I don’t get to see him for another few weeks, but I was wondering about the above. I don’t want to go on too much, but this is for severe OCD, it has eaten up my life, making it hard for me to leave the house, so it is pretty serious. I just don’t want to flood my brain regardless, I’m booked in to begin CBT in a few weeks, I just want to be chemically balanced, but not chemically overbalanced. Anyway, he did say, and I already knew, that with exception to Zoloft, all other SSRI’s require high-max dosages (especially in males) for OCD, and then again, especially severe OCD like mine, he was even ready to suggest an atypical antipsychotic if we don’t see any improvement in a few months. He also told me one of the latest theories about why antidepressants take long to work, even though their chemical effects in the brain and side effects are immediate, SSRI’s are thought to be neuroprotective, in depressed and anxious patients. Apparently, the hippocampus in the brain is smaller than in “chemically balanced” people when compared to the chronically anxious and depressed, so when you administer an SSRI, it takes time for that part of the brain to expand. Peak effects for depression are in half the time, 4-6 weeks, and double for OCD 10-12 weeks, which is bad news for me. Anyway, without being objective to my information (and the docs), I don’t like it because I see it as closed minded, I’d be more than happy to be open to hearing your theory on what’s going on, and if it probably is better for me to soldier on or fall back on 100 mg. Though, in truth, as bloody painful as today was (literally), I don’t really want to unless I could be right. It took me a whole year to make the decision, lost a lot of time, two semesters of college, it was mainly all that crap on the internet about “PSSD” deterring me, some medical condition made up by 1,800 people with some sort of impotence problem out of the millions and millions prescribed this class of drugs. I have OCD though, so scaring people like me out of getting the treatment I need, those trashbags. It should be taken off Wikipedia because it isn’t even established as fact like they state it is in the SSRI article. My p-doc said he'd never heard of "PSSD" and of all he years on the bench, nothing about ongoing sexual dysfunction after discontinuation. And even if it exists, you'd have to be one unlucky bum to get it, considering all the people popping them everyday and getting off them, etc. Anyway, back to my question! :) Geoffrey, your ignorance astounds me.
Now that Pope Benedict XVI has agreed Martin Luther was correct about Sola Fide? How will that affect the relationship between Roman Catholics and Protestants? http://au.christiantoday.com/article/luther-rome-and-the-bible/5255.htm http://blogs.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2009/02/06/pope-benedict-xvi-luther-was-right.aspx Luther would have been amazed at the efforts of the Vatican today to put the Bible back into the heart of the Roman Catholic Church. In October last, bishops from around the world were called to Rome for a three-week synod to discuss how to promote prayerful reading, understanding and proclamation of God's Word. Pope Benedict XVI himself kicked off the synod with a round-the-clock Bible reading marathon lasting a whole week, by reading the opening verses of Genesis. Twelve hundred readers took part, including Orthodox and Evangelical leaders. Last week, briefly passing through Rome, my wife and I stood in an empty St Peter's Square, where the chairs were still laid out for the 20,000 who had attended the pope's weekly public audience on the Wednesday before. On our return to Holland, we read in the newspaper what the faithful had been told that day. The headline read: Pope quotes Luther: Sola Fide. Luther, the pope had told his audience, had been right to insist in sola fide, that a believer was justified by faith alone! Disagreement over this doctrine had been at the heart of the Reformation in the 16th century, splitting Christianity in western Europe. Yet, said the pope, it was indeed biblical to say, as did Luther, that it was the faith of a Christian, not his works, that saved him. Such faith however could not be separated from love for God and for neighbour, he qualified. Paul wrote about this balance in his letters, especially the letter to the Philippians, he added. The pope defined faith as 'identification with Christ expressed in love for God and neighbour'. Such love fulfilled the law. Being justified meant simply being with Christ and in Christ. Christ alone was sufficient. Living by faith had radical consequences for the Apostle Paul after his conversion on the road to Damascus, explained the pope. Prior to that, his life had been regulated by all sorts of Jewish rules and commandments. Paul's new lifestyle, based on faith in Christ alone, surfaced in his various letters, especially his letter to the Romans. Luther had correctly translated Paul's words as 'justified by faith alone', the well-known sola fide, Benedict affirmed, as reported in the newspaper. Some have blamed the widespread lack of biblical knowledge among Italians, on the Catholic Church due to its monopoly on the teaching of the Bible. The Italian newspaper, La Stampa, responded to a recent survey showing that only 14% of Italians questioned were able to answer questions about the Bible correctly, with the headline: 'In the beginning was the Word - but the Italians don't read it'. Only one in four Italians had read a passage from the Bible in the past year, the survey revealed, compared to three out of four in the USA. Few even knew whether or not the Gospels were part of the Bible. Philosophy graduates confused Paul with Moses and thought that Jesus wrote Genesis, according to the survey. This despite the encouragement of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) for the faithful to rediscover Scripture as the primary source of spiritual life. So now Benedict is personally leading the way to encourage Catholics to engage with Scripture. The theme of the synod was The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church. The pope told the gathered bishops that true reality was to be found in the Word of God. Many had put their trust in money as the true reality, observed the pope, but this was evaporating in the current global financial crisis. The Bible Society of the UK has been assisting the Vatican to promote the reading of Scripture through the Lectio Divina Project. This new resource for Catholics provides notes and prayers to go with weekly lectionary readings of the Sunday Mass (downloadable at www.biblesociety.org.uk/lectio . I flew to Switzerland last week for an interconfessional gathering of Together for Europe. Talk of the synod there prompted someone to quote Cardinal Kaspers' recent statement: 'The Word divided us; the Word must unite us'. We began to dream about how Christians in Europe could celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 - less than nine years away - as a prophetic statement by Catholics and Protestants together that the Word that once divided us is now uniting us again. That would be a giant step toward the fulfilment of Luther's original dream of a Bible-centred Church! Lest anyone accuses me of quoting out of context I've including nearly all of one of thses two links. I'd suggest your read both links before replying. I had hoped, pointing out what the Pope said would foster some sort of positive dialog between Catholics and Protestants. I was wrong. At least it hasn't with the responses so far.
harry potter stabbed to death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in london? Harry Potter actor stabbed to death protecting his younger brother By Adam Lusher and Patrick Sawer Last Updated: 10:19PM BST 24/05/2008 A teenage actor who appears in the next Harry Potter film was stabbed to death trying to protect his younger brother from a knifeman yesterday. Robert Knox (right) with his mother Sally and younger brother Jamie PA Robert Knox (right) with his mother Sally and younger brother Jamie Robert Knox, 18, who acted alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, became the 28th teenager killed in Britain this year, and the 10th in London to die from stab wounds. Relatives said his role as Marcus Belby in the film, due for release in November, was set to launch his career as an actor. Mr Knox was a member of the same rugby club as Jimmy Mizen, the 16-year-old "gentle giant" fatally stabbed in nearby Lee, south-east London, two weeks ago. Article continues advertisement <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://ads.telegraph.co.uk/event.ng/Type=click&FlightID=27856&AdID=34428&TargetID=3121&ASeg=&AMod=&Redirect=http://video.flashtalking.com/tags/2057/32/click/0-c_2057-32.html?ftoobclck=&762872"><IMG SRC="http://video.flashtalking.com/tags/2057/32/image/MPU.gif?762872" BORDER=0></A> In a statement, Rob's parents, Sally and Colin Knox, said: "Rob was kind and thoughtful and would always help out others – he would always spend his last penny on other people instead of himself. The life and soul of the party, he was very outgoing, loved sports, and would always strike up a conversation with people. "He was respectful to others and adored by all his family and friends. He was an asset to the family." The murder will reignite a debate about youth crime, knives, and whether the criminal justice system is working. Figures obtained by The Telegraph show that out of more than 60,000 people prosecuted for possessing knives since 1997, only nine have been given the maximum jail term. The Home Office and Boris Johnson, the new Mayor of London, have introduced measures including police stop-and-search and knife scanners at schools, pubs and clubs, in an attempt to curb their use. Yet the Children's Commissioner for England claimed yesterday that such measures could fuel resentment. Sir Al Aynsley-Green called the increased police powers "contentious" and told the BBC: "There is a balance here. On the one hand for young people to feel safer by having the presence of the police – but on the other hand making sure the new powers don't create further antagonism by increased stopping and searching." Mr Knox, a grammar school boy, is understood to have been fatally stabbed after trying to save his 16-year-old brother, Jamie, from a man armed with two knives. The man began attacking drinkers outside the Metro bar, next to Sidcup railway station, south-east London. Witnesses said that the attacker had earlier been thrown out by bouncers, but returned in the early hours with several friends. Tarik Ozresberoglu, 17, a trainee steel worker, described how he tried to stem the flow of blood from Mr Knox's wounds then rugby-tackled the attacker into submission. He said that he was chatting to Rob when the attacker appeared. "He pulled out two wooden kitchen knives at least 6in long from his waistband, and said 'Who's going to make my day then?' "Girls were screaming. Jamie, Rob's brother, came over and said 'a boy has pulled a knife on me'. I held Rob back, but he pushed me out of the way and said 'he's threatened my little brother'. "Rob was angry, but he's never started any trouble in his life. I think he just wanted to protect his younger brother. Rob went up to the bloke, who stabbed him four times. "Rob stumbled back, lifted up his top and we saw the blood seeping from his wounds. "I took my jumper off and tried to wrap it round Rob's wounds. Then as I was trying to do that, I saw the guy was still stabbing people. I told my friend Charlie Grimley, who had also been stabbed, to look after Rob. Then I ran over to the bloke and rugby-tackled him into a bush." Struggling to control his emotions, Mr Ozresberoglu added: "I might have felt a hero if Rob was still here, but what I did is never going to bring Rob back. I might have saved more people from being stabbed but Rob still isn't here." He said he thought Mrs Knox was allowed to hold her son in her arms as he lay dying on the pavement. "She was just crying and crying, sobbing 'why my Rob?'." A number of drinkers were hurt, including Dean Saunders, 21, Nick Jones, 19, Mr Grimley, 17, and 16-year-old Andrew Dormer. Russell Wood, 21, said that he saw Mr Saunders stabbed in the neck three times . Mr Wood said: "This guy started accusing everybody of nicking his mobile phone. He made me turn out my pockets. The bouncers chucked him out. But the next thing we knew this chap was outside with about five of his mates. Everybody just tried to get the knife off him and in the process, it seemed, too many people got stabbed." Mr Grimley described how Mr Knox went to his rescue after the attacker "pulled out two knives and said 'Who wants this?'" "Rob was just trying to look out for his mate," said Mr Grimley. "My stab wound had fractured my cheek bone. Rob saw me get stabbed, tried to get the knife off the bloke and was stabbed himself." Mr Knox's father, Colin, was for many years the junior chairman of Sidcup Rugby Club, where Danny Mizen, Jimmy's brother, was a captain. Danny Mizen said last night: "My thoughts are with his family." Kevin May, 42, Mr Knox's uncle, said: "Where's it all going to end? When is this violence and the carrying of knives by young people going to stop? Something's got to be done. Two stabbings in two weeks is too much." A spokesman for Warner Brothers, the makers of the Harry Potter films, said: "We are deeply shocked by the news and our thoughts and sympathy are with the family." A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A man aged 21 has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He is being held in custody. We do not believe the incident is gang-related." The new figures on sentencing for knife crime, released by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, were seized on as evidence that courts are failing to heed ministers' repeated demands for a crackdown on those who carry knives. The Tories called the statistics "shocking" and accused ministers of "failing to get a grip" on a big increase in knife crime since Labour came to power. The maximum sentence for carrying a knife in a public place is two years in jail, rising to four years if the offence was committed in a school. In 1997, 4,466 people were convicted of "having an article with a blade or point in a public place", a figure that rose to 7,654 by 2006. There were 60,366 prosecutions over the 10-year period, of which 47,338 resulted in a conviction. Over the same period, 495 people were prosecuted for having a knife in a school. Of these, 479 were found guilty, yet only nine people were given the maximum possible sentence, Mr Straw admitted. James Brokenshire, the shadow home affairs minister, called the findings "disturbing". Knife crime facts * 14 teenagers have been stabbed to death in Britain this year * A third of murders are committed with knives * Four per cent of young people aged 10 to 25 admitted in a Home Office survey to having carried a knife in the previous 12 months * 550 metal-detecting wands and 244 metal-scanning arches have been deployed by the Metropolitan Police across inner London boroughs as part of its stop-and-search operation * 934 knives, guns and other lethal weapons were seized from children in schools between 2005 and 2007 * One in three young people living in inner cities thinks it is acceptable to carry a knife in self-defence, a survey found
Can a dealership keep my downpayment after I decide not to buy the car? I truly hope someone can let me know what my rights are and how I can go about this. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, with the Federal Trade Commission, and with the Consumer affairs all in one night. I am also ready to go to one of the news reporters at my job at The Washington Post newspaper media giant, to investigate and expose these heartless car salesmen. I'm sure someone in the DC, VA and MD area will get a kick out of this article once it's written in the Post. So here's the history behind my question: (sorry if it seems all scrambled. I was furious when I typed up the report.) I made an arrangment with a dealership to put down a total of $3500 on a 2002 Lexus RX330. First installment was on August 28, for $1500, Second on Sept 3 for another $1500 and owed $500 which I had agreed to bring by Sept 17 in cash. I was told to write out a post dated check in the amout of $500 to secure the sale until I would bring in the $500 in cash. In the begining of the transaction, I asked the sales, rep Hossein if I could bring the car for inspection even though we didn't have the complete money at the time. He insisted that we leave the car and once we bring in the rest of the money, then we could take it out to our mechanic. Fine. We did just that. When I went to give the dealership the last of my downpayment, I asked to take the car and bring to my personal mechanic for inspection before handing them over the last of the balance. I went to the dealership and told Mr. Hossein that before I give him the $500 I wanted to take the car to the mechanic. He said ok. We went to the mechanic to find a number of things wrong. The air conditioner motor was broken, only the lower vents were blowing as the upper vents weren't working, the back brake light had no bulb, the transmission light "D" for Drive, did not light up, there was a broken cup holder in the middle compartment, the back left tire was almost completely balled. Barely any tread life left, just enough to barely pass the inspection, and the car shook once you drove it over 40mph which my mechanic said that the rotars needed to be replaced because it was causing the the car to shake. He also saw that the oil gasket had a small leak because there was spilled oil around it. I had my mechanic write all of the issues down on a piece of paper. I then brought the car back to the dealership and told them what my mechanic discovered. First, they said that it should have been written on a company letterhead, HOWEVER, THEY NEVER MENTIONED IT BEFORE WE LEFT TO TAKE THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC! They insisted that the car had just been inspected and that nothing was wrong. Then Hossein went to the car to check himself and noticed that there indeed WAS a very loud noise coming from the airconditioner, he did see that the "D" wasn't lit up and the back brake light wasn't working (obviously because there wasn't a bulb). There was a manager there, not sure what his name was but he had a pony tail and he was pretty tall. He said well, the car is old and regardless, it is going to have some issues. He asked for a quick estimate from my mechanic to get a sense of how much the parts and labor were to get the vehicle fixed. As we were waiting for my mechanic to call with an estimate, he asked Hossein if they should give us a discount for the car depending on how much the estimate was and Hossein said no and insisted that there was something probably stuck in the airconditioning vent and that it was nothing major. Then my mechanic called and went online and quickly researched the parts over the phone and gave us some prices for each of the issues that were wrong. The manager then said as far as the cup holder, he wasn't going to replace it because it was cosmetic and that his wife has a broken cup holder in her car and he won't invest in replacing it for her so he definitely wasn't going to replace it for us. Then it came down to the three major issues: air conditioner, brakes and tire. The labor and parts totalled $1250. (Again, it was a quick estimate done over the phone). The manager immediately said no, that it was too much money to invest in an old car and was adamant about not fixing it. So we asked him if he had any other SUVs in our price range and they had nothing. The manager then said to forget it and that they would just write us a check and he would auction off the car. We said that we didn't want any other car and that we had to get an SUV and we just wanted our deposit back. The manager looked into the system to see if the tags were ordered and they weren't so he said we were good and that it shouldn't be a problem. The manager then spoke to Marc filipovic and told him that we weren't taking the car and to process our paperwork and refund the money. They said that it would be easy because THE TAGES HAD NOT BEEN ORDERED YET. Well, while Hossein and the manager were talking amongst themselves a few feet away from Marc Filipovic's office, Marc opened our folder and then we asked for our $500 check that we had left at the begining of the week. He handed the check back to us since they never deposited it. As Marc gave it back to us he said "not to tell those guys because they would give us the run around." My husband and I told Marc that we definitely wanted our money back and that we needed a car but we weren't going to get something that was costing me almost $18000 (total cost at the end) and I would have to invest in it right out of the dealership plus I was thinking for the safety of my children. Before we left the dealership, I told Marc that we would try to look online over the weekend to see what else they had in their other locations and that IF I fOUND SOMETHING I WOULD CALL but in the interim, we wanted our money back. Well, I called Marc on on Monday, Sept 20 in the morning to see if they had already processed our check and he said well, no because I thought you were going to look online to see if you found anything" I said no, I told you to go ahead and process the check and IF I had seen something I liked then I would call, BUT I DIDN'T and I DIDN"T CALL. So i said, well how long does it take for them to process my check and for me to receive it. He replied" did you want me to mail it?" I said, no I can come and pick it up once you get the check. He said ok, we should have the check by Thursday, Sept 23 the lastest. Fine, I said are you sure it's Thursday and will I get the whole $3000? He said YES and reassured me that it would be ready for pick up on Thursday. Well, the following day, Tuesday, Sept 21, when I went home at around 9pm, I saw a missed call on my personal and work cell and an email from Marc asking to call them asap. unfortunately, I had left both my cell phones at home as I rushed out the door that morning to go to work. So, I immediately replied to Marc's email telling him to call me no matter what time it was. So he did. He called me saying that if I was still interested that they were GOING TO send the car out to get fixed and IF I still wanted it, it would be ready. I said no, I didn't want it because of how the manager and Mr. Hossein handled the issue and that i didn't want to do anything with Darcars and I was going to take my business elsewhere. He said ok, well I'm sorry about what happened and I said I was worried because I thought something was wrong with my check when I saw that the finance manager had emailed me. He said no, no, I just didn't want to process the check until I had heard from you to see if you still wanted the car and that if I did, he wouldn't have needed to continued to process it. I said, no, I am standing firm and I was disappointed at the customer service when it came down to the end. I said, well since you didn't process my check yet, would i have to wait longer to receive the check? He said, no, that he would process it first thing in the morning of Sept 22 and that I should still receive it on Thursday, Sept 23. I said, Great, well have a good night. Then I called back Mr. Hossein after my conversation with Marc and asked him if everything was ok and he said well, I tried calling you earlier but you did not answer. I had apologized to him because I had left my cell phones at home and didn't see his call until around 9-9:30pm. He told me, Well, WE ARE GOING TO SEND THE CAR TO GO GET FIXED and that IF I STILL WANTED IT, THAT IS WOULD BE READY for me by the next day to take. I said, no, I did NOT want the car and was still not interested anymore and told him that I had left the Darcars dealership with a sour taste in my mouth. Then I said thank you and that I didn't want any car nor do any business with their dealership. I explained to him that I was very disappointed at the level of customer service that went down on Friday and how him and the manager handled the situation and literally told me that they were going to auction the car off because they simply did not want to invest anything into an old car!!!!! I said, that I asked around other dealers in the area and had a personal friend of a friend that ownes his own dealership, i had explained the situation and they all agreed that it was wrong of this particular dealership to handle our situation the way they did. I said, I felt they were dishonest and shady and I didn't want the car or anything again from their dealership. Hossein said, ok, well I'm sorry that you feel that way and have a good night. So, today, Friday, Sept 24, I took off of work to stop by the dealership to pick up the check and run my errands. Well, when I got to the dealership I told the receptionist that I was there to pick up a check from Marc and that he had one waiting for me. She went to Marc's office and came back saying that Marc said that there wasn't going to be a check for me because it was declined by their manager. I immediately asked for their manager and he said that he didn't know anything about Marc and the check. Well, I told him that Marc said that our check would be ready by Thursday and now we just learned that there is no money! I said that I had missed calls and emails from you guys trying to let me know how all of a sudden you were going to fix the car but when it came to giving my money back, everyone was silent. I had to learn about this the day AFTER my check was supposed to be ready. I told the manager, that when I had left on Friday,Sept 17 I specifically said that I did not want the car and had fully explained that to Marc and Hossein on Friday, Sept 17, Monday, Sept 20 and Tuesday, Sept 21 and also explained to them everything I had typed up in this report and NOW the manager tells me today that the DEPOSIT WAS NON REFUNDABLE?!?!?! I said, NO ONE, NOT HOSSEIN NOR THE FINANCE REP who processed my paperwork or your website ever mentioned that to me. They said that the general manager declined the check request because they sent the car to get fixed to make the "customer happy". I SAID NO, it was the lack of customer service and the manager and Hossein's reactions that caused us to walk away from the deal! I said you guys probably told the GM that if they had fixed the car then we would take it. THAT WAS NEVER THE CASE! IT was the you (manager) who decided to say that was going to auction off the car and write us out a check and that it would take a little long but we would eventually get it back!! NOW I'm being told it's all of a sudden NON REFUNDABLE??? I also told them, If it were non refundable, how come when you heard what the cost was going to be to fix the car, you said in plain bold terms, we'll just give them their money back and auction off the car! AND your finance manager Marc without hesitation gave us back our last deposit check of $500?? How come no one said it was non refundable then? I said, you guys are forcing me to buy a car that I don't want or trying to force us into buying a car from Darcars, which was I very clear about not wanting to do business EVER with them because you sent out the car to get fixed, without my consent nor my knowledge! The manager said, WE ASSUMED that if we fixed the car, you would take it. I said NO! I was very clear to Hossein and Marc on Friday, Monday and Tuesday night that I DID NOT WANT THE CAR!!!! You guys took it upon yourselves to fix it and now you want me to pay for it because you guys paid for the fixtures? NOT FAIR AT ALL. I shouldn't be held responsible for anyone's assumptions and actions. I had asked to speak with a GM and then insisted that she was off today, Friday, Sept 24 and that she would return, Monday, Sept 27 after 12pm. I said that I wanted to meet with her and with everyone involved in this transaction because I believe that you guys told her something completely different than what I had told you guys over and over. They told me that most likely, I would probably have to take them to court and that it could take forever. The manager said that there was a customer that put down a $2000 deposit on a car and then decided not to buy it and he's been going back and forth for 2 yrs in and out of court and he still hasn't gotten his money back and that they still have the money but that customer would have to buy a car from them and that it could cost me more in legal fees etc... THIS IS EXTREMELY DISHONEST!!!!!!!!!!! Then I repeated myself saying that I specifically told Marc and Hossein that I did not want the car on more than several occasions and told them why, which was because of the shadiness and lack of customer service. The manager claimed that he never knew about my conversations with Hossein and Marc. I think Hossein automatically said to the GM and the manager that I said if they fixed the car, then I would take it. ISN'T THAT PERJURY?? They are saying something that I NEVER EVER EVER SAID because the manager kept insisting that that was the only reason why I walked away from the deal was because of the things that were wrong with the car. I told him it was because of them and how they were quick to tell me they'll give me back my check and auction off the car!!!! Now I have to wait the whole weekend for Monday, Sept 27 to see the GM and plea for my money. I'm afraid that it's just buying the manager, Hossein and Marc time to expedite the tags order and make it seem as if they had ordered it all along!!! The title was never transferred in my name and again, THEY LITERALLY SAID TO MY HUSBAND AND ME THAT THE TAGS WERE NEVER ORDERED and that it was going to be a little easier to refund my money especially since I paid cash for both deposits!!! THESE PEOPLE MUST BE EXPOSED!!! DARCARS is refusing to refund my down payment as they are now trying to say that downpayments are non refundable. we were NEVER told that was the case and it doesn't say anywhere on their website that all downpayments are non refundable. In the very begining, the Sales rep, Hossein was telling my husband and myself, while we were waiting for the decision of the finance bank to help me finance the car, that once you put the money down that it takes a long time to get a refund but you do get your money back. I never drove off with the car, title or anything in my name nor were there tags issued to the car. I simply backed away from the deal and dealership because if the dishonesty. I am left without my deposit of $3000 and I was told by the manager of DARCARS that in order for me to get my money back I would probably have to sue them and that it could take a very long time because Darcars is a large corporation and most people do not win. Because I now have to wait for my downpayment, I am unable to purchase a new car and I only have until Oct 3 to purchase one or my insurance will relapse. I sold my last vehicle and informed the insurance company that I had sold my car. They just took off the vehicles from my policy and gave me 30 days from the time of sale to find a car and add it to my insurance. DARCARS should be exposed for their dishonest and shrude ways of conducting business and bullying their way into people's pockets
Was this a victory or our Death sentence? Ahh, the British have such a wonderful command of the English language. I do hope so, they invented it you know! I don't know how many pages it would take one of our best Yank writers to say so much, in so few words. Jolly good work here Mate. Enjoy! British Editorial on Obama's Victory Whether you agree with this article or not, you have to agree that it is very cleverly written. - The Daily Mail (UK) wrote this editorial about Obama on 1/6/2009. (confirmation, Google "London Daily Mail Obama's Victory") Obama's Victory--A British view A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the US mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality. A victory for Hollywood , the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros, Moore, and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion. Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement.. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition. A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers' unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity. A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs. Congratulations America ! Your funeral will be sooner than you think!
The European Union the superpower of the 21st century, the European Century? What do you think? An extract from an article by Mark Leonard, from the Irish Times Newspaper from 2005. For all the talk of the American Empire, the past two years have been more about the limits of American power. Its economic lead over Europe is disappearing (in 1950 its GDP per capita was twice that of Western Europe, while today it is almost the same size), while the political price for saying no to the superpower has never been lower (as Germany, France, Mexico, Turkey and Chile found over Iraq). In fact, the US leads the world in only two ways: it has the biggest army in the world, and the most popular "popular culture". But the combined might of the US military could do nothing to stop 9/11 or halt terrorism in Iraq, and the more America's presence around the world becomes militarised, the less attractive the American way of life becomes. Meanwhile, across the pond, Europeans - often by accident - have been developing a new kind of power that cannot be measured in terms of military budgets or smart-missile technology. It works in the long term, and is about reshaping the world rather than winning short-term tussles. And when we stop looking at the world through American eyes, we can see that each element of European "weakness" is in fact a facet of its extraordinary transformative power. In just 50 years, Europeans have made war between European powers unthinkable; European economies have closed the gap with the US; and Europe has brought successive waves of countries out of dictatorship and into democracy. If you look at a map of the world, you can see a zone of peace spreading like a blue oil slick - from the west coast of Ireland to the eastern Mediterranean; from the Arctic Circle to the Straits of Gibraltar - sucking in new members in its wake. Around the 450 million (as of 2009 it's 500 million) citizens of the EU, there are another 1.5 billion people who depend completely on an EU that is their biggest trade partner and their biggest source of credit, foreign investment, and aid. These two billion people (one-third of the world's population) live in the "Eurosphere": Europe's zone of influence, which is gradually being transformed by the European project and adopting European ways of doing things. Europe's power is easy to miss. Europe doesn't flaunt its strength or talk about a "single sustainable model of progress" as America does. Instead, like an "invisible hand", it operates through the shell of traditional political structures. The Dail, Irish law courts, and Irish civil servants are still here, but they have all become agents of the European Union, implementing European law. This is no accident. By creating standards that are implemented through national institutions, Europe can take over the world without becoming a target for hostility. The same is true of European troops abroad who often serve under UN or NATO flags rather than the European one. While every US company, embassy and military base is a terrorist target, Europe's invisibility allows it to spread its influence without provocation. The fact that Europe does not have one leader, but rather a network of centres of power united by common policies and goals, means it can expand to accommodate ever-greater numbers of countries without compromising their independence, while continuing to provide its members with the benefits of being part of the largest market in the world. Europeans are not interested in classic geo-politics when they talk to other countries: instead, they use the law to change them from within. Instead of talking about the war on terror or the balance of power, they look at what kind of government they have. What values underpin the state? What are its constitutional and regulatory frameworks? Europe's obsession with legal frameworks means it can transform the countries it comes into contact with, instead of just skimming the surface. The US might have changed the regime in Afghanistan, but Europe is changing all of Polish society, from its economic policies and property laws to its treatment of minorities and what gets served on the nation's tables. The lonely superpower can bribe, bully, or impose its will almost anywhere in the world, but when its back is turned, its potency wanes. The strength of the EU, conversely, is broad and deep: once sucked into its sphere of influence, countries are changed forever.
Convincing my parents to let me date and go out with friends? I am a 16 year old girl, a junior in high school. I'm a straight A's student, currently 3rd in my class out of 477, hard-working and taking multiple AP courses to challenge myself, and I have future college plans. Overall, I'm a good kid with a good head on my shoulders. I've never done drugs, I'm still a virgin (and plan on being one throughout high school and probably throughout college), and I'm given my parents no reason not to trust me. But my parents are so strict, they won't let me date, they think I get out of the house way too much (I hangout with friends on the weekends maybe 3 times or less a month), and they think I should focuss on school more (I remind you, I am a straight A student). I've tried talking to them multiple times trying to convince them I can balance school and a social life but nothing seems to convince them. How do I know I can balance it all? I already am! I'm not proud of what I've done, but I'm constantly lying to my parents. I currently have a great boyfriend who also gets good grades is is a good influence on me who I have to hide from my parents. Sometimes, I have to lie to my parents in order to hang out with friends and my boyfriend. I hate lying to my parents and I wish I could sit down and tell them. I'm 16 and everyone tells me "Don't worry. In a couple years, you'll be an adult and you won't have to listen to your parents." But that's not what I want. I don't want to grow up so fast. I like still being a kid and i want to ENJOY my teenage years while still doing well in school and keeping up my grades. But all my parents ever say is, "School i more important and you need to stay home and study more and having a boyfriend would be a distraction." I do study, but I also need to be a kid and have time to relax and hang with friends. And for my boyfriend, he's more of an encouragement towards school than a distraction. Also, if anything is distracting me from school, it's the fact that my parents are so strict. I go through short cycles of depression and stress when my parents force me to stay home and study and it's causing apathy in school, something I don't want. How can I convince my parents? Can anyone find articles or research than show teens who get out can stll do well in school if not better?
what do you think of my last final argumentative essay? ok, this is going to be my final paper of this argumentative essay i know there is more detail on the second body paragraph but i want to get you guys person view. sorry i couldn't find a link for the rest of other three article here. but you get the idea. any way. please let me how i did on this paper or evaluate my paper.thanks. also that i posted a different version of this essay in the past without the revising and the correction so I took advise and example from different viewers and I added to my essay. just to let you know. thanks again. http://amitaietzioni.org/documents/B170.pdf Working Part-Time in High school help Teenage Many students questioned themselves whether is easy to work while going to school or not? The pros and cons discussed and presented by Amitai Etzioni “The Fast Food Factories: Mcjobs Are Bad for Kids” and Michele Mangers “The Dead-End Kids” has a lengthy works that have much to say about the use and abuse of teenagers who are undertaking and working at franchises such as McDonalds and other fast food industries. They stated that those works does not give teens skills nor does it teach them about the work experience that needed for the real world. However, Dennis McLellan’s “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go for It?” and Maureen Brown’s “Balancing Act: High School Students Making the Grade at Part-Time Jobs” disagree with them. McLellan and Brown state that part-time work has a positive influence on youth because it will benefit them as they grown up. All four article were well-thought written and all has a strong message for teens but I have to agree more with McLellan’s and Brown’s, because I believe any such experience does assist a student in their traumatic entry, out of a protective institution of school and into the real harsh business world. Therefore, I think it’s great that high school teens should work a part-time job because it’s going to prepare them for the real world by becoming more independent, learn skills need for the adulthood, and stay out of trouble. Part time jobs help student to become more independent. A lot of us students wanted to grow up and take care of our own self. We don’t want to relay upon our parents to support us for the rest of our lives. So we sought to find a job at a very young age to get the idea of how to be an adult. As I was growing up, I never ask my parents to buy me something because I knew that money wasn’t easy to make. I knew that they have to work a menial job to support us and pay the house bills and mortgages. For that reason, I couldn’t go and ask my parents for money because it didn’t seem right. Then I decided to work and earn my own money and contribute to them with a little support and save up money for the car that I was planning on buying. After two years of working at my school bus office doing paper work, computer data, and organizing. I manage to save up money, help my parents and also bought my own car. I felt so happy and proud of myself, for not only did I get a car but I had worked and earned that car all by myself. Now I didn’t have to kiss up to my friends and parents for help anymore because I’m an independent. In addition to (authors name and page)….. Part-time jobs help students learn skills that are needed for adulthood. My experience of working for the school bus was a great asset to me. However, I want to learn more skills by working in the field of adult. I want to find out what adult work is like and more importantly how do they interact and handle taught situation. I wanted to learn how to be confidence with other people and overcome my fear of working with different people that are sometimes rude, angry and unpleasant. I also want to learn more about different careers and how to put up information on my resume. More importantly I want to overcome my shyness and learn how to communicate more often. Communication is more important when it comes to dealing with people and work environment. It can also help to develop more skills and be flexible. In addition to Brown's, Michelle Gust, 17 years old, a senior at Mt. Carmel High, stated that "Working has taught me the importance of communicating with people,” Micelle say that “The management wants you to communicate with management and the customer. “I have learned to be flexible." She learned how to meet her college application deadline, and balance both her school work and her part time job (Brown 303) Part time job also helps students to stay out of trouble. In the beginning of my senior year I was doing great in all of my classes than suddenly something change about me. I pick up a bad habit of goofing around chasing after girls, not paying attention to my school. As result I almost fail all of my senior classes. I knew I was going in the wrong direction and also losing my reputation as an honour-role student. Eventually, my counselor Ms. Helen found a solution for me. She advises me to get a job after school to keep me out of trouble.
what do you think of my last final college argumentative essay? ok, this is going to be my final paper of this argumentative essay i know there is more detail on the second body paragraph but i want to get you guys person view. sorry i couldn't find a link for the rest of other three article here. but you get the idea. any way. please let me how i did on this paper or evaluate my paper.thanks. also that i posted a different version of this essay in the past without the revising and the correction so I took advise and example from different viewers and I added to my essay. just to let you know. thanks again. http://amitaietzioni.org/documents/B170.pdf Working Part-Time in High school help Teenage Many students questioned themselves whether is easy to work while going to school or not? The pros and cons discussed and presented by Amitai Etzioni “The Fast Food Factories: Mcjobs Are Bad for Kids” and Michele Mangers “The Dead-End Kids” has a lengthy works that have much to say about the use and abuse of teenagers who are undertaking and working at franchises such as McDonalds and other fast food industries. They stated that those works does not give teens skills nor does it teach them about the work experience that needed for the real world. However, Dennis McLellan’s “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go for It?” and Maureen Brown’s “Balancing Act: High School Students Making the Grade at Part-Time Jobs” disagree with them. McLellan and Brown state that part-time work has a positive influence on youth because it will benefit them as they grown up. All four article were well-thought written and all has a strong message for teens but I have to agree more with McLellan’s and Brown’s, because I believe any such experience does assist a student in their traumatic entry, out of a protective institution of school and into the real harsh business world. Therefore, I think it’s great that high school teens should work a part-time job because it’s going to prepare them for the real world by becoming more independent, learn skills need for the adulthood, and stay out of trouble. Part time jobs help student to become more independent. A lot of us students wanted to grow up and take care of our own self. We don’t want to relay upon our parents to support us for the rest of our lives. So we sought to find a job at a very young age to get the idea of how to be an adult. As I was growing up, I never ask my parents to buy me something because I knew that money wasn’t easy to make. I knew that they have to work a menial job to support us and pay the house bills and mortgages. For that reason, I couldn’t go and ask my parents for money because it didn’t seem right. Then I decided to work and earn my own money and contribute to them with a little support and save up money for the car that I was planning on buying. After two years of working at my school bus office doing paper work, computer data, and organizing. I manage to save up money, help my parents and also bought my own car. I felt so happy and proud of myself, for not only did I get a car but I had worked and earned that car all by myself. Now I didn’t have to kiss up to my friends and parents for help anymore because I’m an independent. In addition to (authors name and page)….. Part-time jobs help students learn skills that are needed for adulthood. My experience of working for the school bus was a great asset to me. However, I want to learn more skills by working in the field of adult. I want to find out what adult work is like and more importantly how do they interact and handle taught situation. I wanted to learn how to be confidence with other people and overcome my fear of working with different people that are sometimes rude, angry and unpleasant. I also want to learn more about different careers and how to put up information on my resume. More importantly I want to overcome my shyness and learn how to communicate more often. Communication is more important when it comes to dealing with people and work environment. It can also help to develop more skills and be flexible. In addition to Brown's, Michelle Gust, 17 years old, a senior at Mt. Carmel High, stated that "Working has taught me the importance of communicating with people,” Micelle say that “The management wants you to communicate with management and the customer. “I have learned to be flexible." She learned how to meet her college application deadline, and balance both her school work and her part time job (Brown 303) Part time job also helps students to stay out of trouble. In the beginning of my senior year I was doing great in all of my classes than suddenly something change about me. I pick up a bad habit of goofing around chasing after girls, not paying attention to my school. As result I almost fail all of my senior classes. I knew I was going in the wrong direction and also losing my reputation as an honour-role student. Eventually, my counselor Ms. Helen found a solution for me. She advises me to get a job after school to keep me out of trouble. feel free to email me if somehow yahoo has cut down my paper or shorten my essay as I posted up. it happen in the past and I couldn't get them to change that so I just want to make sure my viewers and readers understand. thanks again.
Is this the cure for liberalism?!?!? I thinkthis 12 step program may work. Give it a shot liberals! The Program: Step 1: Admitting that you’re a liberal This is the first step for every liberal on the way to recovery. It is important to understand that you’re not “progressive,” “moderate,” or “enlightened.” You’re a liberal, and you need to be honest with yourself about that fact. Step 2: Pledge to support your beliefs with facts Realize that truth is more important than moral superiority and is the only way to come over to reality. You must research beyond propaganda from the Sierra Club, Hillary Clinton, and CNN (the Communist News Network) to understand things as they really exist in the world. You can no longer argue based on “feelings” or emotion. You will actually need to back up your arguments with real information. This is a difficult step, because it means you can’t be lazy any more. Step 3: Love America This may be the most difficult step for those of you who are hippies and peaceniks. Admitting that the country you hate actually stands as a beacon to defend freedom throughout the world can make some of you physically ill. You might want to make a visit to a military cemetery to better understand that these men and women gave their lives so that you could spew hatred. Otherwise, you would currently be living in a police state that would never let you wear that nasty patchouli oil, let alone speak out against your government. Step 4: Take a college level economics class I’ve always defined a Socialist as someone who’s never taken an economics class. Most Socialists I’ve spoke with would have a hard time balancing their checkbooks, let alone explaining the simple concept of supply-and-demand. It’s time to flush your complete ignorance of basic economics down the toilet and understand how the world actually functions. This concept will be very important for the next steps that involve communism, facts about corporations, and the inefficiencies of government. Step 5: Say “no” to Communism and Socialism While this concept is obvious to most of the free world, it is an important step in your recovery process. If you have difficulty with this step, spend a week living and working in Cuba. Step 6: Corporations are not evil If you’re reading this article online or in an e-mail, it’s thanks to corporations. If you get some kind of paycheck, you can thank corporations. If you work for a non-profit or the government, you still have to thank corporations. The non-profit sector and the government wouldn’t have any money to pay you without corporations. It is also important that you understand that making a profit doesn’t equate to “greed” or exploitation. Capitalism has created the greatest society in our world’s history. Even communist countries need corporations to survive, so enjoy a nice, hot cup of reality. Step 7: The government is inefficient If you are one of those liberals who believe the government should tax us more in order to take care of society, you need to pay special attention to this step. You need to realize that government bureaucracy will waste most of your tax dollars, while the private sector will put your money to much better use. Even most Democrat politicians understand this to some degree, which is why Hillary’s socialist healthcare proposal was voted down by a majority of both Democrats and Republicans. Go to your local post office or call the IRS to ask a tax question if you need a reminder about government inefficiency. Step 8: The earth is not your “mother,” and she’s not dying The time has now come to stop your donations to Greenpeace, The Sierra Club, and every other EnviroNazi organization to which you belong. Face the reality that the earth, society, and our environment are better off today than ever in recorded history and that they are continuing to improve. I realize that many of you tree huggers will have a very difficult time letting go of the Douglas Fir on this one. I would suggest reading The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg. Mr. Lomborg is a former member of Greenpeace and is currently a statistics professor at a university in Denmark. He set out to prove the world was in bad shape and ended up surprising himself by proving the exact opposite. Step 9: Stop smoking the wacky tobaccy Okay, some of you might need to enter another 12-step program to complete this step. Marijuana is distorting your sense of reality, and you need to stop using it. Besides, you’ll save a fortune on snacks. Step 10: Eat a hamburger If God didn’t intend for us to eat animals, he wouldn’t have made them out of meat. You can put your sprouts and tofu on the hamburger, but get some meat into you. You’ll look and feel better than you ever imagined. You can always remind yourself that Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian to get you through this step. Step 11: Stop re-writing political history It’s now time to admit that Bill Clinton is a lying-cheating-sexist-racist-rapist jackass, Hillary Clinton is one of the worst role models for women in this country, Al Gore really did lose the 2000 election by every vote tabulation you attempt, Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War and didn’t create the homeless problem, John McCain is not a typical Republican, and Jimmy Carter is a nice man but has one of the worst presidential records of anyone in history. Step 12: Be a missionary Once you have completed the previous steps to overcoming liberalism, it’s time for you to share this awakening with others who are not as fortunate. Go out amongst the liberal sheep and spread the good word of your freedom from the chains of ignorance that once bound you. Congratulations, and welcome to reality. terbiyesiz--- don't you find your post hypocritical of itself? Keep using big words to empress yourself, because they aren't empressing anyone. terbiyesiz--- don't you find your post hypocritical of itself? Keep using big words to Impress yourself, because they aren't empressing anyone.
After reading about the Afghan family living in a £12,000 per month house? provided free of charge by the council, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1072729/Its-like-winning-lottery-Jobless-Afghan-mother-seven-gets-170-000-benefits-lives-1million-council-house.html?ITO=1490 would you like to balance this by reading about how well the local Councils treat indigenous families hit by the tragedy of homelessness? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4408946.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3586146.stm http://www.truevisiontv.com/press/Evicted/Web/BBC%20NEWS%20Magazine%20Growing%20up%20homeless.html check this out: "Chloe's diet has suffered as well. With no cooking facilities beyond a kettle, the only hot food her mother can provide is Pot Noodle. A friend in the B&B, 15-year-old Sarah, fares little better. Her mother puts tins of baked beans on the radiator each morning so she can provide her children with, if not hot, then certainly warm meals by the evening. " So can anyone explain to me what makes this Afghan family so superior that they deserve infinitely better treatment than these indigenous British families? And BTW as a low paid, taxpaying working British family we were faced with exactly the same thing in 2006 when I was 8 months pregnant and we were facing homelessness - we were offered 6 weeks in a B&B and then nothing. So I speak from bitter experience here. I feel very disillusioned and angry with the UK Government.
I'm from Germany. Does anybody have a few minutes to check if this text's grammar is alright? Primary I would love to make cultural tasks my business - no matter if they have to do with historico-cultural topics or current culture. Writing texts for a leaflet or creating something like this would also be in my favour. I could imagine to work with children. If given the chance I would undertake tasks like organizing and leading through a workshop or other leisure activities. As I said in my motivation letter, I am interested in economy. Supporting the realization of tasks, which are connected with nature or economy at all would please me a lot. Great thing about being a volunteer is, having to deal very spontaneously with any tasks and without that much previous knowledge. To be almost always available, which teaches discipline and, in addition, to show a self-confident appearance and being authentic are also things, I had been around. You may just learn an incredible amount in a short time, because your everyday life changes from the first moment on almost completely. In addition, volunteering gives the chance to prove yourself - and that was probably the most important experience, that I've done in all my works, internships and similar occupations. Because, the more often you do something like this, the better it gets you acquainted with your abilities and trains your own personality in a very special way. I'm good at reading texts quickly and gather information. I know myself for most purposes well on the Internet. I can write good articles, no matter if short and crisp or long and detailed - they must be pleasant to read and that is actually what I can do. I've been told many times that I am good at organizing. I can usually work out without any major problems solutions, which pleases all. I am also quite well in the friendly dealing with strangers. I'm not too shy to ask someone for something or to speak with somebody I don’t know. I personally hope that I will gain many positive experiences at the project, to promote me on the way to a balanced and versatile educated personality. It is important to me, that I can say I have learned something linguistically, after and during the project, while having the feeling, that I show the people there a range of helpful service. Professionally, it is certainly a goal to get further practical knowledge in dealing with people. Also leading some sort of a regulated workflow is an experience, I would like to gain before my first day as a matriculated student. I have already been traveling a lot. Although I never stayed one month or more in a foreign country, I always was great fun to travel to foreign countries, which is also one of the reasons, which let me apply for this project. I always had in foreign countries the positive feeling, that I’m discovering something very new. I can also say, that I am open minded to other cultures and strange circumstances and I would not hesitate to cut my own attitudes. While my class-trip to London last week, I really felt in love with this town. I also visited Helsinki, Rome and Vienna the last years and had always a comfortable feeling in such big cities. I actually live in a small city. A larger town would certainly be a challenge, which would bring me little difficulty, but much motivation and much brightness in my everyday life there.
Mean remarks from a female colleague? Why is she doing this? I've been contracting in this job for 9 months now. The job is much more junior to what I've been used to (I was in Management) but I looked for this level on purpose to avoid long hours and much stress I used to experience. Also I like to work hard for months then take breaks & travel. I am single & this is the life I live. A couple of months ago, a married female colleague said to me 'you know temps will find it difficult to get work now with the recession'. I mentioned one day that I'd love a shopping assistant (joking), she said 'ah, I have one, are you jealous?'. She also told me that I seem to know a lot about a lot of things, that I should take up knitting instead of reading economic articles. She said she used to knit when she was single & bored. I replied 'oh, I'm not a bit bored'. She is always throwing sickies. I've only had 2 days ill in 9 mths. The fact is, I'm much more qulified than she is. I travel more, speak more languages and generally am more balanced. She is married, 3 kids. Why is she full of jabs? Is it bullying?
Cutting remarks from a colleague...why is she doing this to me? I've been contracting in this job for 9 months now. The job is much more junior to what I've been used to (I was in Management) but I looked for this level on purpose to avoid long hours and much stress I used to experience. Also I like to work hard for months then take breaks & travel. I am single & this is the life I live. A couple of months ago, a married female colleague said to me 'you know temps will find it difficult to get work now with the recession'. I mentioned one day that I'd love a shopping assistant (joking), she said 'ah, I have one, are you jealous?'. She also told me that I seem to know a lot about a lot of things, that I should take up knitting instead of reading economic articles. She said she used to knit when she was single & bored. I replied 'oh, I'm not a bit bored'. She is always throwing sickies. I've only had 2 days ill in 9 mths. The fact is, I'm much more qulified than she is. I travel more, speak more languages and generally am more balanced. She is married, 3 kids. Why is she full of jabs? Is it bullying?
Cutting remarks from a female colleague? Why is she doing this? I've been contracting in this job for 9 months now. The job is much more junior to what I've been used to (I was in Management) but I looked for this level on purpose to avoid long hours and much stress I used to experience. Also I like to work hard for months then take breaks & travel. I am single & this is the life I live. A couple of months ago, a married female colleague said to me 'you know temps will find it difficult to get work now with the recession'. I mentioned one day that I'd love a shopping assistant (joking), she said 'ah, I have one, are you jealous?'. She also told me that I seem to know a lot about a lot of things, that I should take up knitting instead of reading economic articles. She said she used to knit when she was single & bored. I replied 'oh, I'm not a bit bored'. She is always throwing sickies. I've only had 2 days ill in 9 mths. The fact is, I'm much more qulified than she is. I travel more, speak more languages and generally am more balanced. She is married, 3 kids. Why is she full of jabs? Is it bullying?
Does anybody actually pay attention to health professionals? Seriously. I see all of this B.S. on this site alone asking about how to lose pounds overnight and what fad diet worked and what foods they should never touch again. Anyone who went through a high school health course should know that they have to balance out their diet properly - most of your diet HAS to be complex carbs, a very small precent has to be protein, and the rest should be fruits and vegetables with the occasional sweet. Even reading articles like this: http://food.yahoo.com/blog/beautyeats/27317/top-diet-myths-exposed - which just got posted on the front of yahoo!, would help educate many of the people on this site. So why don't they talk to their doctors or nutritionists to get the facts?! It bothers me so much to see so many unhealthy people on this website! BTW: My mother is a doctor. I went through a life changing process in terms of diet/lifestyle five years back. I lost twenty pounds, I have never put it back on. I am a healthly young woman who knows her stuff.
please help!! history test questions!!? write the letter of the best answer: test 1: 1. songhai, benin, and kongo can all be described as powerful african kingdoms that were: a. ruled by democratically. b. enriched by foreign trade. c. located along africa's east coast. d. modeled on european societies. 2. contact with the east during the crusades changed life in europe because it introduced new: a.disease b. political ideas c. consumer goods d. agricultural methods 3. the puritans' views and attitudes led them to strive for: a. social equality b. a moral society c. religious tolerance d. separation of church and state 4.the number of enslaved africans in southern colonies increased dramatically in the late 1600's, mostly to satisfy the need for: a. house servants b. diverse communities c. agricultural laborers d. small farmers 5. the treaty of tordesillas involved an imaginary line dividing: a. spain and portugal b. areas that could be claimed by spain and by portugal c. christian and muslim lands d. areas that could be claimed by christians and by muslims 6. early massachusettes bay coolonist could be described as all the following except: a. tolerant b. practical c. independent d. hard working 7. the idea of freedom of religion was promoted by: a. john winthrop b. roger williams c. nathaniel bacon d. jonathan edwards 8. during the 1700's, the major reason that there were more americans enslaved in the south than in the north was that: a. slavery had been outlawed in the north b. enslaved persons could not tolerate the climate of the north c. southern colonists were less willing to do physical labor d. the southern economy required a larger number of field laborers. 9. the turning point in the french and indian war occurred when the british captured: a. pittsburg b. quebec c. fort necessity d. fort duquensne 10. the relationship between french colonits and native americans tended to be peaceful because the french: a. did not enter the lands inhabited by native american lands b. did not try to purchase native american lands c. made business partnership with native americans d. provided the native americans with furs they needed test #2: during which evert did the fist fighting between redcoats and minutemen occur?: a. boston massacre b. battle of lexington c. battle of monmouth d. battle of bunkerhill 2. who wrote the a pamphlet called common sense arguing that the time had come for american independence: a. general thomas cage b. john locke c. samuel adams d. thomas paine 3. which european country supported the american colonies during the revolutionary war?: a. italy b. france c. germany d. spain 4. which of the following officially ended the war and set the boundaries of the new nation? a. new jersey plan b .treaty of paris c. olive branch petition d. british surrender at yorktown 5. what power did the articles of confederation give to the national government?: a. declare war d. collect taxes c. develop a national court system d. enforce laws 6. what is the name of the system that maintains the separation of powers among the branches of the federal government?: a. reversed powers b. delegated powers c. checks and balances d. two-house congress 7. which group largely supported adding a bill of rights to the constitution?: a. small states b. large states c. federalists d. antifederalists 8. who was the first secretary of treasure by george washington?: a. john kay b. henry knox c. thomas jefferson d. alexander hamilton 9. the xyz affair damaged the relationship between the united states and which other country? a. england b. canada c. france d. mexico 10. who worked with james madison to write the virginia and kentucky resolutions?: a. aaron burr b. john adams c. thomas jefferson d. alexander hamilton
history test questions? write the letter of the best answer: test 1: 1. songhai, benin, and kongo can all be described as powerful african kingdoms that were: a. ruled by democratically. b. enriched by foreign trade. c. located along africa's east coast. d. modeled on european societies. 2. contact with the east during the crusades changed life in europe because it introduced new: a.disease b. political ideas c. consumer goods d. agricultural methods 3. the puritans' views and attitudes led them to strive for: a. social equality b. a moral society c. religious tolerance d. separation of church and state 4.the number of enslaved africans in southern colonies increased dramatically in the late 1600's, mostly to satisfy the need for: a. house servants b. diverse communities c. agricultural laborers d. small farmers 5. the treaty of tordesillas involved an imaginary line dividing: a. spain and portugal b. areas that could be claimed by spain and by portugal c. christian and muslim lands d. areas that could be claimed by christians and by muslims 6. early massachusettes bay coolonist could be described as all the following except: a. tolerant b. practical c. independent d. hard working 7. the idea of freedom of religion was promoted by: a. john winthrop b. roger williams c. nathaniel bacon d. jonathan edwards 8. during the 1700's, the major reason that there were more americans enslaved in the south than in the north was that: a. slavery had been outlawed in the north b. enslaved persons could not tolerate the climate of the north c. southern colonists were less willing to do physical labor d. the southern economy required a larger number of field laborers. 9. the turning point in the french and indian war occurred when the british captured: a. pittsburg b. quebec c. fort necessity d. fort duquensne 10. the relationship between french colonits and native americans tended to be peaceful because the french: a. did not enter the lands inhabited by native american lands b. did not try to purchase native american lands c. made business partnership with native americans d. provided the native americans with furs they needed test #2: during which evert did the fist fighting between redcoats and minutemen occur?: a. boston massacre b. battle of lexington c. battle of monmouth d. battle of bunkerhill 2. who wrote the a pamphlet called common sense arguing that the time had come for american independence: a. general thomas cage b. john locke c. samuel adams d. thomas paine 3. which european country supported the american colonies during the revolutionary war?: a. italy b. france c. germany d. spain 4. which of the following officially ended the war and set the boundaries of the new nation? a. new jersey plan b .treaty of paris c. olive branch petition d. british surrender at yorktown 5. what power did the articles of confederation give to the national government?: a. declare war d. collect taxes c. develop a national court system d. enforce laws 6. what is the name of the system that maintains the separation of powers among the branches of the federal government?: a. reversed powers b. delegated powers c. checks and balances d. two-house congress 7. which group largely supported adding a bill of rights to the constitution?: a. small states b. large states c. federalists d. antifederalists 8. who was the first secretary of treasure by george washington?: a. john kay b. henry knox c. thomas jefferson d. alexander hamilton 9. the xyz affair damaged the relationship between the united states and which other country? a. england b. canada c. france d. mexico 10. who worked with james madison to write the virginia and kentucky resolutions?: a. aaron burr b. john adams c. thomas jefferson d. alexander hamilton
Please rate my CV out of 10? Thanks a lot...? Thanks a lot for your answers --------------------------------------… NAME Address, Town, City, Postcode Tel, Mobile, E-mail CAREER OBJECTIVE: To be able to work in Computer Finance related Job since it requires strong mathematical skills as well as IT skills. I intend to improve and elaborate further on my IT skills at university. EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS 2008-Present College Name ∙ A Level Mathematics Statistics ∙ Btec National Diploma in IT 2003-2008 School Name ∙ 6 GCSE’s grades B-C including English Lang/Lit (CC) and Mathematics (B) ∙ Award/certificate/Extended certificate in Digital Application for IT users (3 qualifications)= Distinction, 2 Merits ∙ GCSE Gujarati (B) WORK EXPERIENCE 2007 NatWest ∙ My main duties were answering calls, taking part in staff meetings, paper work and posting From this Work experience, I have gained knowledge by contributing in a bank meeting. I observed and learnt how bank employees work individually as well as a team to meet their goal in specific time period. Their objective was to maintain higher profitability by maintaining circular and efficient flow of amount of money deposited by the customers and the lenders. POSITION AS RESPONSIBILITY 2009-Present ∙ Mathematics Department representative- This has enabled me to explore my opinions well as well as others on the course and a difference that we all expect in the subject. 2006 ∙ Responsible for presenting and organising Amnesty international assembly at school (Article in newspaper)- By taking part in assembly increased my self-confidence a lot by giving a speech in front of media and others. 2006 ∙ Receptionist at school- Take and deliver all messages & correspondence to teachers, Mail out parental notifications & newsletters and greet guests. 2004-2006 ∙ Helped tutor and responsible for carrying form for monitoring class behaviour- This shows my willingness to help teachers and taking a good responsibility for the whole class. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES ∙ English (Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Gujarati (Mother tongue- Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Hindi (Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Urdu ADDITIONAL SKILLS ∙ IT: High computer skills including Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver and use of Internet. ∙ Good communication skills: I have developed this skill through work experience whilst answering phone calls and understanding what a customer requires. ∙ Time management skills: Ability to balance study, part-time employment and social activities well. I have developed this skill at college by meeting deadlines to coursework. ∙ Good Numeracy and Literacy skills: I have gained this skill at school and college and I believe I can use it to have an understanding of how the business is functioning from a financial standpoint. ∙ Problem solving skills and Decision Making: Ability to focus on improving decisions in daily life since it’s important for management and leadership. ∙ Professional work attitude: I am a hard worker and I believe this will help me to achieve my career aims. ∙ Excellent attender and punctual: This shows my commitment and determination to study at college effectively and efficiently. ∙ Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual ACHIEVEMENTS 2007 ∙ Attainment in technology 2007 ∙ Certificate for Work experience at NatWest (Stratford) 2007 ∙ Online basic introduction to health and safety test with a score of 85% 2006 ∙ Effort and achievement in science 2006 ∙ Excellent effort in art 2003-2005 ∙ 4 Bronze awards, 4 silver awards, 1 gold award and 1 platinum award for good work and progress 2003 ∙ Good work in class for humanities REFERENCES (Available upon request)
Please comment on how I can improve my CV and rate my CV out of 10? 10 pts for best answer? Thanks a lot for your answers --------------------------------------… NAME Address, Town, City, Postcode Tel, Mobile, E-mail CAREER OBJECTIVE: To be able to work in Computer Finance related Job since it requires strong mathematical skills as well as IT skills. I intend to improve and elaborate further on my IT skills at university. EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS 2008-Present College Name ∙ A Level Mathematics Statistics ∙ Btec National Diploma in IT 2003-2008 School Name ∙ 6 GCSE’s grades B-C including English Lang/Lit (CC) and Mathematics (B) ∙ Award/certificate/Extended certificate in Digital Application for IT users (3 qualifications)= Distinction, 2 Merits ∙ GCSE Gujarati (B) WORK EXPERIENCE 2007 NatWest ∙ My main duties were answering calls, taking part in staff meetings, paper work and posting From this Work experience, I have gained knowledge by contributing in a bank meeting. I observed and learnt how bank employees work individually as well as a team to meet their goal in specific time period. Their objective was to maintain higher profitability by maintaining circular and efficient flow of amount of money deposited by the customers and the lenders. POSITION AS RESPONSIBILITY 2009-Present ∙ Mathematics Department representative- This has enabled me to explore my opinions well as well as others on the course and a difference that we all expect in the subject. 2006 ∙ Responsible for presenting and organising Amnesty international assembly at school (Article in newspaper)- By taking part in assembly increased my self-confidence a lot by giving a speech in front of media and others. 2006 ∙ Receptionist at school- Take and deliver all messages & correspondence to teachers, Mail out parental notifications & newsletters and greet guests. 2004-2006 ∙ Helped tutor and responsible for carrying form for monitoring class behaviour- This shows my willingness to help teachers and taking a good responsibility for the whole class. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES ∙ English (Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Gujarati (Mother tongue- Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Hindi (Fluent written and spoken) ∙ Urdu ADDITIONAL SKILLS ∙ IT: High computer skills including Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver and use of Internet. ∙ Good communication skills: I have developed this skill through work experience whilst answering phone calls and understanding what a customer requires. ∙ Time management skills: Ability to balance study, part-time employment and social activities well. I have developed this skill at college by meeting deadlines to coursework. ∙ Good Numeracy and Literacy skills: I have gained this skill at school and college and I believe I can use it to have an understanding of how the business is functioning from a financial standpoint. ∙ Problem solving skills and Decision Making: Ability to focus on improving decisions in daily life since it’s important for management and leadership. ∙ Professional work attitude: I am a hard worker and I believe this will help me to achieve my career aims. ∙ Excellent attender and punctual: This shows my commitment and determination to study at college effectively and efficiently. ∙ Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual ACHIEVEMENTS 2007 ∙ Attainment in technology 2007 ∙ Certificate for Work experience at NatWest (Stratford) 2007 ∙ Online basic introduction to health and safety test with a score of 85% 2006 ∙ Effort and achievement in science 2006 ∙ Excellent effort in art 2003-2005 ∙ 4 Bronze awards, 4 silver awards, 1 gold award and 1 platinum award for good work and progress 2003 ∙ Good work in class for humanities REFERENCES (Available upon request)
N Korea - China and Iran and China ..... is there a connection or am I stretching too far? North Korea --- No need to explain -- they recently threatened to wipe the US off the face of the earth --- BUT if you take the time to read their official news source -- uh -- wow -- it really does make Fox look fair and balanced -- in fact it makes FOX and CNN look like the academia of broadcasting You might think we in the west are barraged with crap --- and we are -- BUT N Korea is the best of the best at spewing crap -- the very cream of the crop because as we all know in certain aspects of life --- some stuff floats -- cream and "other" things float Nonetheless --- China is their friend -- their traditional military and economic partner -- and many N Korean women end up marrying men in China because of a lack of females -- If you keep killing female babies it will sooner or later make for a boring Saturday night -- They come from N Korea The 2 American journalists wanted to expose that === human trafficking and sex slaves from N Korea to China --- They were arrested as traitors China tied the hands of the US -- You can not use military force to board those ships --- You must ask -- China put that in and refused to pass any legislation at all unless that was in it Why would China tie the hands of a minor nuclear power that is threatening and has been for a while various peoples with nuclear war China buys oil from Iran --- China has nuclear scientists working with Russian scientists to build a nuclear reactor in Iran --- Israel and the US have been implying they might bomb -- might invade --- might launch surgical strikes for a while now China buys oil from Iran in its own currency -- and a good portion of China's economy relies on Iranian oil --- and they are going to need more not less in the coming decades Iran is in turmoil -- the former Treasury secretary under Regan is screaming with piles of documents in hand -- This is a CIA covert operation -- His last 6 articles are about just that http://www.vdare.com/roberts/all_columns.htm Is there a connection between Iran China and N Korea ? Why did China tie the hands of the US ? Why has China and Russia been so quiet about N Korea ? Why has everyone forgotten about recent naval standoffs between US and Chinese ships ? What about China's increased worry that the US is a dead beat who can't pay?
please help. what do you think of my college argumentative essay so far? so if you have time please read my essay and evluate it and corrected or tell me what i should do. I kind of trying to relate my essay to my life story and article from a reading should teens work. the link is below. thank you for all your time. high school can work part time Argumentative Essay I think it’s great that high schooler’s teens should work part-time because it’s going to prepare them for the real world. Students will learn how to be independent, learn healthy work ethic and stay out of trouble. It’s better than not having to work at all and be lazy. A lot of us youngster students want to grow up and be independent. We don’t want to relay and depends on our parents to support us for the rest of our lives. Therefore, finding a job at a young age can give you a valuable of how to be an adult. As a child I never ask my parents to buy me something because I know that money is not easy to make. I know that they have to work so hard everyday to make that money. I also know that most of that money goes to bills, and like most parents out there. My parents aren’t educated and that they didn’t had a chance to go to college nor gotten their high school diploma. They chose to work a normal job with a fewer skills to supports us and that is more than I can bare ask from them. I couldn’t barely go and ask my parents for money because it didn’t seem right. So I decided to work and earn my own money and help them out a little. As a high school student, I wanted everything that I founded interesting, just like a car. I wanted a car so badly that I felt a shame and jealous kissing up to my friends who had cars. Eventually, I got myself a job after school, working in school bus office 3 hours day, 5 days a week and a total of 15 hours. I’ve work there for two years and manage to save up my money and eventually I bought my own car. I felt so happy and proud of myself, not only did I got me a car but I actually worked and earn it by myself and I didn’t have to kiss up on my friends and parents. Working at school bus office was the best job ever but I want to work on a field of adult world. I felt comfortable working at my school because my boss was inspiring. She helped me how to schedule my hours and gave me days off when I have to study for a test and exam. But, I want to learn about a different work ethic. I want to learn how to deal with rude, angry and unpleasant. I also want to learn more about people about different cultures, different aspects and also different jobs. My reason for that because I was always shy and I want to overcome my shyness. I know getting to know and talk to different people can make me overcome my shyness. Furthermore, so I can put information. In contrast, both Etzioni and McLellen article both sounded fair and unfair and mix valid with non valid and sounded like a propaganda but I mostly agree more of McLellen article about “Part-Time Job: Should Teens Go For It” Michelle Gust 17, a senior at Mt. Carmel High, stated that “Working has taught me the importance of communicating with people. The business management wants you to communicate with them and customer. I have learned to be flexible.” she learned how to meet deadline on college application and balance her school work and her part time job. Finally, not only does working part time help a student with work ethic but, it also helps them stay out of trouble. I was goofing around so much when I was at high school. Chasing after girls, playing around with my friends and going to movies and worst I almost join a groupie gang. Also, I wasn’t good with learning how to manage my money. I know I was going into a wrong direction so in order to not disappoint my parents. I took a risk on getting a job after school even risking my grades. As I mention above, I work at McDonald across the street and at the school bus office but my third job was actually present to me by my counselor. Since I was losing my reputation of an honor role student and that I was my counselor favorite student. She didn’t want to see me go to a wrong path so she decided that I should work at the San Diego Zoo as an entry level Human Resource (HR). With the help of my counselor supervision, I manage to stirred out of trouble and this part of my experience conclude with Amitai Etzioni article “The Fast Food Factories: McJobs Are Bad For Kids”. Although, Etzioni article seems like propaganda and criticizing but I have to agree with of what he said about Supervision. He said, it’s ok for teens to work but they should be supervised by either the school or their parents and I agree. Without supervision I wouldn’t probably wouldn’t not been here today and that is the fact and reason for what teens needs, a guidance. Working a part-time after school can be helpful and benefit and it can also be bad. That much depends on the student, not McDonald’s or other fast-food chains. If you think about it work experience is not taught or provided in class room but actually http://amitaietzioni.org/documents/B170.pdf
what do you think of my last final argumentative essay? ok, this is going to be my final paper of this argumentative essay i know there is more detail on the second body paragraph but i want to get you guys person view. sorry i couldn't find a link for the rest of other three article here. but you get the idea. any way. please let me how i did on this paper or evaluate my paper.thanks. also that i posted a different version of this essay in the past without the revising and the correction so I took advise and example from different viewers and I added to my essay. just to let you know. thanks again. http://amitaietzioni.org/documents/B170.pdf Working Part-Time in High school help Teenage Many students questioned themselves whether is easy to work while going to school or not? The pros and cons discussed and presented by Amitai Etzioni “The Fast Food Factories: Mcjobs Are Bad for Kids” and Michele Mangers “The Dead-End Kids” has a lengthy works that have much to say about the use and abuse of teenagers who are undertaking and working at franchises such as McDonalds and other fast food industries. They stated that those works does not give teens skills nor does it teach them about the work experience that needed for the real world. However, Dennis McLellan’s “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go for It?” and Maureen Brown’s “Balancing Act: High School Students Making the Grade at Part-Time Jobs” disagree with them. McLellan and Brown state that part-time work has a positive influence on youth because it will benefit them as they grown up. All four article were well-thought written and all has a strong message for teens but I have to agree more with McLellan’s and Brown’s, because I believe any such experience does assist a student in their traumatic entry, out of a protective institution of school and into the real harsh business world. Therefore, I think it’s great that high school teens should work a part-time job because it’s going to prepare them for the real world by becoming more independent, learn skills need for the adulthood, and stay out of trouble. Part time jobs help student to become more independent. A lot of us students wanted to grow up and take care of our own self. We don’t want to relay upon our parents to support us for the rest of our lives. So we sought to find a job at a very young age to get the idea of how to be an adult. As I was growing up, I never ask my parents to buy me something because I knew that money wasn’t easy to make. I knew that they have to work a menial job to support us and pay the house bills and mortgages. For that reason, I couldn’t go and ask my parents for money because it didn’t seem right. Then I decided to work and earn my own money and contribute to them with a little support and save up money for the car that I was planning on buying. After two years of working at my school bus office doing paper work, computer data, and organizing. I manage to save up money, help my parents and also bought my own car. I felt so happy and proud of myself, for not only did I get a car but I had worked and earned that car all by myself. Now I didn’t have to kiss up to my friends and parents for help anymore because I’m an independent. In addition to (authors name and page)….. Part-time jobs help students learn skills that are needed for adulthood. My experience of working for the school bus was a great asset to me. However, I want to learn more skills by working in the field of adult. I want to find out what adult work is like and more importantly how do they interact and handle taught situation. I wanted to learn how to be confidence with other people and overcome my fear of working with different people that are sometimes rude, angry and unpleasant. I also want to learn more about different careers and how to put up information on my resume. More importantly I want to overcome my shyness and learn how to communicate more often. Communication is more important when it comes to dealing with people and work environment. It can also help to develop more skills and be flexible. In addition to Brown's, Michelle Gust, 17 years old, a senior at Mt. Carmel High, stated that "Working has taught me the importance of communicating with people,” Micelle say that “The management wants you to communicate with management and the customer. “I have learned to be flexible." She learned how to meet her college application deadline, and balance both her school work and her part time job (Brown 303) Part time job also helps students to stay out of trouble. In the beginning of my senior year I was doing great in all of my classes than suddenly something change about me. I pick up a bad habit of goofing around chasing after girls, not paying attention to my school. As result I almost fail all of my senior classes. I knew I was going in the wrong direction and also losing my reputation as an honour-role student. Eventually, my counselor Ms. Helen found a solution for me. She advises me to get a job after school to keep me out of trouble.
Is this the cure for liberalism?!?!? I thinkthis 12 step program may work. Give it a shot liberals! The Program: Step 1: Admitting that you’re a liberal This is the first step for every liberal on the way to recovery. It is important to understand that you’re not “progressive,” “moderate,” or “enlightened.” You’re a liberal, and you need to be honest with yourself about that fact. Step 2: Pledge to support your beliefs with facts Realize that truth is more important than moral superiority and is the only way to come over to reality. You must research beyond propaganda from the Sierra Club, Hillary Clinton, and CNN (the Communist News Network) to understand things as they really exist in the world. You can no longer argue based on “feelings” or emotion. You will actually need to back up your arguments with real information. This is a difficult step, because it means you can’t be lazy any more. Step 3: Love America This may be the most difficult step for those of you who are hippies and peaceniks. Admitting that the country you hate actually stands as a beacon to defend freedom throughout the world can make some of you physically ill. You might want to make a visit to a military cemetery to better understand that these men and women gave their lives so that you could spew hatred. Otherwise, you would currently be living in a police state that would never let you wear that nasty patchouli oil, let alone speak out against your government. Step 4: Take a college level economics class I’ve always defined a Socialist as someone who’s never taken an economics class. Most Socialists I’ve spoke with would have a hard time balancing their checkbooks, let alone explaining the simple concept of supply-and-demand. It’s time to flush your complete ignorance of basic economics down the toilet and understand how the world actually functions. This concept will be very important for the next steps that involve communism, facts about corporations, and the inefficiencies of government. Step 5: Say “no” to Communism and Socialism While this concept is obvious to most of the free world, it is an important step in your recovery process. If you have difficulty with this step, spend a week living and working in Cuba. Step 6: Corporations are not evil If you’re reading this article online or in an e-mail, it’s thanks to corporations. If you get some kind of paycheck, you can thank corporations. If you work for a non-profit or the government, you still have to thank corporations. The non-profit sector and the government wouldn’t have any money to pay you without corporations. It is also important that you understand that making a profit doesn’t equate to “greed” or exploitation. Capitalism has created the greatest society in our world’s history. Even communist countries need corporations to survive, so enjoy a nice, hot cup of reality. Step 7: The government is inefficient If you are one of those liberals who believe the government should tax us more in order to take care of society, you need to pay special attention to this step. You need to realize that government bureaucracy will waste most of your tax dollars, while the private sector will put your money to much better use. Even most Democrat politicians understand this to some degree, which is why Hillary’s socialist healthcare proposal was voted down by a majority of both Democrats and Republicans. Go to your local post office or call the IRS to ask a tax question if you need a reminder about government inefficiency. Step 8: The earth is not your “mother,” and she’s not dying The time has now come to stop your donations to Greenpeace, The Sierra Club, and every other EnviroNazi organization to which you belong. Face the reality that the earth, society, and our environment are better off today than ever in recorded history and that they are continuing to improve. I realize that many of you tree huggers will have a very difficult time letting go of the Douglas Fir on this one. I would suggest reading The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg. Mr. Lomborg is a former member of Greenpeace and is currently a statistics professor at a university in Denmark. He set out to prove the world was in bad shape and ended up surprising himself by proving the exact opposite. Step 9: Stop smoking the wacky tobaccy Okay, some of you might need to enter another 12-step program to complete this step. Marijuana is distorting your sense of reality, and you need to stop using it. Besides, you’ll save a fortune on snacks. Step 10: Eat a hamburger If God didn’t intend for us to eat animals, he wouldn’t have made them out of meat. You can put your sprouts and tofu on the hamburger, but get some meat into you. You’ll look and feel better than you ever imagined. You can always remind yourself that Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian to get you through this step. Step 11: Stop re-writing political history It’s now time to admit that Bill Clinton is a lying-cheating-sexist-racist-rapist jackass, Hillary C inton is one of the worst role models for women in this country, Al Gore really did lose the 2000 election by every vote tabulation you attempt, Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War and didn’t create the homeless problem, John McCain is not a typical Republican, and Jimmy Carter is a nice man but has one of the worst presidential records of anyone in history. Step 12: Be a missionary Once you have completed the previous steps to overcoming liberalism, it’s time for you to share this awakening with others who are not as fortunate. Go out amongst the liberal sheep and spread the good word of your freedom from the chains of ignorance that once bound you. Congratulations, and welcome to reality.
What is the coffee and the cup in your life? Found a good article that teaches life lesson using the coffee and the cup. Sometimes it's hard to identify real coffee and cup in life and balance between them. Do you agree? What is the coffee and the cup in your life? http://www.wisteme.com/question.view?targetAction=viewQuestionTab&id=555
I need astrology advice... fast because life sucks right now.? I have to write an article, and I can't think lately. Writers block. My marriage is all screwed up along with the rest of my life. Will inspiration hit me anytime soon? When? And when will life balance out again.. Also, will my dreams start coming true any time soon? Rising: Virgo Sun: Leo Moon: Taurus Chinese: Fire Rabbit
how to summarry this article? Balance is the key to running By Derek DeBono September 23, 2008 Remember the client who came to my office caressing his slimmed down stomach as though he was looking for misplaced keys? He wasn’t doing the weight-training portion of his program but loved doing the cardiovascular training. He was put back on track by reversing the order of his exercises. This week I received an e-mail from someone, I’ll call him DML, who had the opposite problem. He couldn’t get motivated to continue his cardiovascular program but loved the weight-training portion. It was suggested I reverse the order of exercises for DML as I did for the first client. It’s an interesting idea but unfortunately it doesn’t work that way. Case history is an important component in the development of an exercise program and is essential in navigating through problems that pop up along the way. The history of these two clients could not be more different and careful consideration must be given to what caused DML to lose his motivation for running. DML is in his late thirties, is a competitive soccer player and has been since he was a child. He continued to play soccer as an adult in order to stay physically fit and because he loved the game. He became interested in a strength and conditioning program when he began playing against younger men and injuries kept him sidelined. The running program he was given was designed to build endurance and speed for the game of soccer. Running had always been a tool he used as a means to an end - to become stronger and faster on the field. When DML began his conditioning program he developed greater confidence in his physical abilities and realized he is capable of doing a variety of activities other than playing soccer to stay in shape. His love for the game remained but his desire to keep playing competitively started to wane. The running he closely associated with the game began to feel pointless and boring. He could change his cardiovascular conditioning program to include anything but running but he would be denying himself an excellent exercise he is obviously good at. There is no question DML’s running program needs to change but there is also a psychological hurdle he must clear. He has to reprogram the way he has been taught to think about running as a training tool and start thinking about it in a context unrelated to the game of soccer. By taking a week off completely from running, DML will resolve issues related to over-training by giving his body some needed rest. A break also relieves the mental stress associated with a lack of desire to do something he knows deep down, he should be doing. When he resumes training, it should be with the objective of reducing both the frequency and the volume of his running. Frequency is the easy part. DML is currently running a total of five days a week. That needs to be reduced to three days a week. Volume is a bit more complicated because there may be a need to change the definition of volume. Traditionally, athletes define running volume in distance measured in kilometres. DML needs to define running volume in periods of time. To maintain his cardiovascular fitness DML only needs to run for twenty-five minutes at a moderate pace instead of the 16 km a week he is currently running. The biggest challenge DML faces is psychologically reframing the activity of running from a utilitarian sport oriented task to a socially-oriented, enjoyable experience. It’s difficult to pull yourself off a couch to cover eight km on a treadmill. Yes, it can get boring. Running outside relieves the boredom for a while but running the same route to the same music or thoughts will also take its toll. We can adjust the volume and frequency of the running downward but there will still be something lacking – as long as you run alone. The easiest way for DML to reframe running into something other than a conditioning tool for soccer, is to do it with someone who doesn’t play the game. He needs to run with people who run because they enjoy it. There is no shortage of running groups in the city that welcome new people with varying abilities. Like so many of us, DML is experiencing a transition in life that takes us from the limitless glory of our youth to the reality of needing to live a balanced life. He needs to take a chance on something new and get active with people whose company he enjoys.
Tell me, is your life harder than mine? Before you answer this, think really deep, and I don't want you to answer if you hurt yourself intentionally like cutting yourself. I am Robert. I am 14 and was born February 11, 1995. I currently live in Bradenton,FL. I am in high school, to be exact, the 9th grade; a freshman. My life is revolving around many issues that sit on a balance between Life, Death, and Confusion. Let me start with my health issues so you can understand the detail of me. I have IBS, Irritable bowel syndrome. Feel free to open a new tab up and search it on Google. If your read the IBS article posted by Google health, it shows the symptoms of it and what happens. I feel very stressful everyday. I get to the point where I just want to quit on life. If you read my questions (please read them before answering), I have more than those problems. Sadly, I have no one to go to. Ever. I've never had a real friend but one, and he fights for America in Afghanistan. I can't reveal anything about who he is, but let me tell you something, and please anti-war believers, shut you damn mouth before you talk about who gives you freedom because you surely sit around not doing anything while enjoying your life with no worries. Anyway, trust me when I say life gets even more depressing when you have IBS, a close friend who can lose his life anytime any day, family issues, life or death, or making friends. I have no one to talk to about this and so I think you should tell me, was your life harder than mine? People just come up to me everyday saying I don't do anything for them and that makes me sick because I always buy things for people. And most of the time, people pick on me in Marching Band personally. Like I said, my life is very complicated. I've already missed 15 school days, I was hospitalized, and oh hell believe me when I say the world is a messed up place. I'm sorry if I didn't go into too much detail.
What do you think of this article do you agree with it . It is about culture? Culture in the Classroom Multicultural education is defined as education and instruction designed for the cultures of several different races in an educational system. It is a concept that has been around for decades, but one that is getting more and more attention in public education in recent years. This is due to the rising number of culturally diverse students growing up in the United States; a trend that is, by all projections, going to become more and more prevalent in the years to come. One reason for the need for multicultural education stems from the fact that different cultures learn in different manners. For instance, Vietnamese children are taught to remain silent during class and not to question instructors. Israeli children, by contrast, are taught to openly challenge an instructor when they are saying something that is seems incorrect. These differences extend to ideological influences as well. In a more socialized society, such as are found in Germany and Italy, priority is placed on group achievement and people tend to be more externally motivated and stimulated by feedback from others. Individualist cultures, like those found in Japan and the United States, are dominated mores by individual achievement, and people tend to be more personally assertive, competitive and task-oriented. Differences such as these can cause a conflict for instructors when deciding on curriculum, teaching methods and student evaluation. A classroom discussion meant to benefit everyone could become a forum for some students to dominate, while others will remain reticent, causing them to appear uninterested or uninformed. By the same token, studies have shown that student evaluation in tests can favor students from a particular cultural background by playing to strengths developed in that culture and ignoring those found in another culture. Another telling indication of the problems facing multicultural initiatives is the lack of math, science, and history text books written by minority authors. Multicultural education intends to prepare both instructors and students for communication in a diverse world by eliminating stereotyping and prejudices, and by recognizing the inherent differences in the way students respond to instruction, participation, and evaluation. However, there is a delicate balance to be maintained between multiculturalism and unity in the classroom, and efforts that may seem beneficial can lead to feelings of alienation and fragmentation in the student population. Multicultural education is a growing priority for all classrooms, from grade school through college. Consider how your upbringing has affected the way you approach education. How do you think the experiences and influences you have had in your life may differ from the student sitting next to you? What are ways that you think the differences and similarities among differing cultures could be used advantageously in a classroom? How could they be harmful?
Is this the most ironic thing you have ever heard? a newspaper article about helping someone with suicidal thoughts titled "Triggering Suicide: Life and Death Hanging in the Balance" This was in my newspaper today, is it the least funny joke I've ever read? Are they serious?
how does the article make distinction between firms? use these distionctions to analyze and gain insights? Abstract (Summary) Instead, Giancarlo Di Risio, Versace's bespectacled chief executive, presided over an evening that highlighted luxury goods: Parked at one end of the courtyard was a half-million-dollar Lamborghini Murcielago with a black-and-white leather interior by Versace. A huge poster showed an AgustaWestland helicopter with a Versace-designed cabin. Stacked nearby was luggage embossed with the brand's Greek motif, with pieces starting at about $4,000. The company found it increasingly tough to squeeze profits out of highly perishable fashions as production costs rose in Italy. In 1997, Mr. Versace was murdered outside his Miami villa. The firm's finances went into a tailspin, and it was forced to shelve plans to go public. Mr. Versace's 50% stake in the label went to his niece, Ms. Versace's then-preteen daughter Allegra Versace Beck, shifting the balance of power. Though Ms. Versace owns only 20% of the company, she was seen to exert huge influence because of her daughter's stake. A third sibling, Santo Versace, owns the remaining 30% of the company. Ms. Versace Beck, now 20 years old, manages her stake with the help of advisers. "I said to Di Risio, 'This is not going to work. This is going to die,'" recalled Ms. Versace. But, she said, "I was wrong, and he was right. We sell more now." » Jump to indexing (document details) Full Text (1463 words) (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Reproduced with permission of copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. Milan -- When Italian fashion house Gianni Versace SpA recently threw a cocktail party in the courtyard of its 16th-century palazzo to promote its latest creations, designer Donatella Versace ducked out of the soiree early, flanked by bodyguards. Instead, Giancarlo Di Risio, Versace's bespectacled chief executive, presided over an evening that highlighted luxury goods: Parked at one end of the courtyard was a half-million-dollar Lamborghini Murcielago with a black-and-white leather interior by Versace. A huge poster showed an AgustaWestland helicopter with a Versace-designed cabin. Stacked nearby was luggage embossed with the brand's Greek motif, with pieces starting at about $4,000. Mr. Di Risio is trying to shift Versace's attention away from clothes and to accessories, home interiors and other lifestyle products that will bring in new streams of revenue and offset fickle fashion cycles. "Fashion does not exist at Versace," he said, describing his strategy in an interview before the reception. The new approach is bearing fruit. Versace swung back into the black last year, posting a $25.4 million profit after years of losses, and has shaken off millions in debt. Driving that turnaround were rising sales in the lucrative accessories Mr. Di Risio is pushing. Yet the effects of the makeover have touched the core of the company's identity. Ms. Versace has begun taming the flamboyant clothing designs that once set her and the fashion house apart from the crowd. "I no longer recognize myself in that kind of woman," the 52-year-old Ms. Versace said in a telephone interview. The culture shift at Versace highlights how an increasingly competitive fashion industry is forcing even the most freewheeling players to embrace a corporate culture. Many labels, including LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton's smaller brands like Celine and Marc Jacobs, have also been toning down their looks to appeal to a wider swath of consumers. Designers who once called the shots are ceding authority to executives who run the numbers. "In the beginning, it was a shock for me," Ms. Versace said. "When you tell a person who is used to being in power -- to saying yes or no on everything -- to take a step back, it's not easy. But it was necessary." Tweaking a label's aesthetics carries risks. If pushed too far, transformations risk alienating loyal customers, says Robert Burke, head of New York-based luxury-goods consultancy Robert Burke Associates and the former fashion director at Bergdorf Goodman. "You will always want to see a fashion edge to Versace," he says. Yet for family-owned fashion labels like Versace, pressure to make more money is high. They compete with publicly traded conglomerates such as LVMH and PPR SA's Gucci Group, which have the financial heft to expand with stores in the emerging markets of China, India and Russia -- seen as fueling the industry's growth. A number of Italy's top family-owned fashion houses, including Versace, Prada SpA and Salvatore Ferragamo SpA, are considering stock- market listings in the next couple of years. "An IPO would be the best way to raise money and implant in these countries," says Peter Farren, a luxury-goods analyst at the French investment firm Bryan Garnier. At Versace, a sobering realization is spurring Mr. Di Risio's moves: The clothes that once made the brand are now struggling to make money. In its heyday in the early 1990s, Versace stayed ahead of the fashion mainstream with lavish catwalk shows that celebrated the racy designs of founder Gianni Versace. The label amassed collections of real estate and artwork that enhanced the family's jet-setter status. The company found it increasingly tough to squeeze profits out of highly perishable fashions as production costs rose in Italy. In 1997, Mr. Versace was murdered outside his Miami villa. The firm's finances went into a tailspin, and it was forced to shelve plans to go public. Mr. Versace's 50% stake in the label went to his niece, Ms. Versace's then-preteen daughter Allegra Versace Beck, shifting the balance of power. Though Ms. Versace owns only 20% of the company, she was seen to exert huge influence because of her daughter's stake. A third sibling, Santo Versace, owns the remaining 30% of the company. Ms. Versace Beck, now 20 years old, manages her stake with the help of advisers. The Versace stakeholders decided the company needed a CEO who could turn the company around. Fabio Cacciatori, at one time an outside financial consultant for the company, became CEO in September 2003 but resigned in December. The company named Versace's then-Chief Financial Officer Daniele Ballestrazzi interim CEO as it searched for new leadership. When Versace recruited Mr. Di Risio from LVMH's Fendi label in the summer of 2004, the house was saddled with more than $146 million in debt and heading to a net loss of $124 million for the year, on revenue of $416 million. High-end retailers like Bergdorf Goodman had stopped carrying the brand. Bergdorf Chief Executive Jim Gold recalls that Versace was distributing too widely, diluting its exclusivity, and was overly consumed with making a splash on the runway. While many labels had started delivering retailers fresh designs more frequently, ahead of the runway collections, Versace resisted. Mr. Di Risio arrived with a new mantra. Clothing that is too fashionable, he told his lieutenants, is bad for business because it eats up capital and goes out of style quickly. Accessories and other leather goods are a better bet because they have a longer shelf life and fatter profit margins. To reduce Versace's dependence on fashion, Mr. Di Risio shut down lines such as Versace Intimates lingerie and Versace Young, a children's line. The company sold its unprofitable perfume, jewelry and watchmaking divisions, replacing them with lucrative licensing agreements with U.S. watch group Timex Corp. and Italian perfume and cosmetics maker EuroItalia Srl. Mr. Di Risio homed in on the company's shoes and handbags, which have higher profit margins because they cost less to produce than clothes but are easier to sell to a wide array of customers. Last year, more than 30% of Versace's $383 million in revenue came from accessories, compared with 4% when Mr. Di Risio arrived. He also expanded the label's push into home furnishings -- a business that generated sales of $82.5 million in 2006, up 55% from the year before. Versace recently unveiled its "Jet Seat," an aerodynamically-styled leather chair in a high-tech ceramic frame that is sold in Europe for <euro>38,000 (about $50,000). "It was like taking a blank page and rewriting everything," Mr. Di Risio says. To succeed, however, he had to get Ms. Versace on board. She had hoped to resurrect the costly haute-couture fashion shows the label had discontinued before Mr. Di Risio's arrival. But he argued she could more effectively enhance the line's exclusivity by holding showings for individual clients. "I said to Di Risio, 'This is not going to work. This is going to die,'" recalled Ms. Versace. But, she said, "I was wrong, and he was right. We sell more now." Ms. Versace had to become more conscious of how much time and money the label invests in promoting designs at events like the Oscars. Last year, the designer dressed actresses Hilary Swank, Uma Thurman and Salma Hayek and director Robert Altman's wife, Kathryn Reed Altman, who donned a navy-blue sequin gown. This year, however, Ms. Versace limited herself to one gown, designing a rose-colored dress with a sweeping train for best-actress nominee Penelope Cruz. For Versace's ready-to-wear line, Ms. Versace is going for looks she calls "a little more understated." Bergdorf Goodman will carry her designs in the fall for the first time in years. Ms. Versace is also working more closely with retailers, adding four more collections beyond the traditional spring and fall runway collections. These are shown to retailers in private visits, giving them a preview of what to expect. On the financial side, Mr. Di Risio has untangled the company's assets from those of the family, selling property he deemed "nonstrategic" to pay the company's debts. The family's Manhattan townhouse was sold for about $35 million, and its contents went up for auction in 2005. The paintings alone -- including works by artists Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein and Julian Schnabel -- fetched more than $11 million dollars. Flagship stores in New York, London and Milan that Mr. Di Risio described as "decadent and sad," were redone with sleek, minimalist designs. The label, which operates 82 stores and has 35 franchise operations, plans to open more than 10 boutiques by the end of the year, including seven stores in China alone. When Versace opened the doors of its updated Moscow boutique in April, an array of leather bags, belts and shoes greeted customers at the store's lacquered ground-floor entrance. The label's ready-to-wear collection was relegated to the upper floor.
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Country: United States Language: English Good news About us Contact us Home Get Answers Store Magazine Events Creation Museum Media Creation Education Support Jobs Get Answers Article archives Creation archives TJ archives E-newsletters Feedback Devotionals Creation scientists Bookstore Monthly specials Books Multimedia Magazine Translations Answers magazine Current issue Article archive Kids Answers Subscribe Renew Event calendar Request an event Video conference coordinators Speaker biographies Creation Museum Museum blog & photos Walk-through News archive Photo archive Video archive Museum support Media Search media Answers Radio Radio archive Mini-Dramas Radio stations Video on-demand Press kit Creation education Study guides Curricula Online books PowerPoint Book reviews Writing projects Support Monthly partners Pray for the ministry Items & services needed Volunteer Planned Giving Jobs Jobs at Answers in Genesis Other creationist jobs Email to a friend Print-Friendly Answers Magazine Subscribe Now! Answers, the new Bible-affirming magazine from Answers in Genesis, is now shipping! Answers features articles on a variety of topics that impact Christians today, and includes a detachable chart, a pullout children’s magazine, excellent layman and semi-technical articles and bonus content from the AnswersMagazine.com website. Our writers, scientists and publishing team believe you’ll be thrilled with Answers. So why wait? Subscribe today! What about carbon dating? by Don Batten (editor), Ken Ham, Jonathan Sarfati, and Carl Wieland First published in The Revised and Expanded Answers Book Chapter 4 How does the carbon ‘clock’ work? Is it reliable? What does carbon dating really show? What about other radiometric dating methods? Is there evidence that the earth is young? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related articles: Radiometric Dating Questions and Answers RATE research reveals remarkable results—a fatal blow to billions of years RATE group reveals exciting breakthroughs! Rating radiodating Radiometric dating breakthroughs The parable of the candle Recommended Resources: Thousands … Not Billions Thousands … Not Billions (DVD) Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth— Volume 1 & Volume 2 & DVD The Revised and Expanded Answers Book Refuting Evolution People who ask about carbon-14 (14C) dating usually want to know about the radiometric1 dating methods that are claimed to give millions and billions of years—carbon dating can only give thousands of years. People wonder how millions of years could be squeezed into the biblical account of history. Clearly, such huge time periods cannot be fitted into the Bible without compromising what the Bible says about the goodness of God and the origin of sin, death and suffering—the reason Jesus came into the world. Christians, by definition, take the statements of Jesus Christ seriously. He said, ‘But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female’ (Mark 10:6). This only makes sense with a time-line beginning with the creation week thousands of years ago. It makes no sense at all if man appeared at the end of billions of years. We will deal with carbon dating first and then with the other dating methods. How the carbon clock works Carbon has unique properties that are essential for life on earth. Familiar to us as the black substance in charred wood, as diamonds, and the graphite in ‘lead’ pencils, carbon comes in several forms, or isotopes. One rare form has atoms that are 14 times as heavy as hydrogen atoms: carbon-14, or 14C, or radiocarbon. Carbon-14 is made when cosmic rays knock neutrons out of atomic nuclei in the upper atmosphere. These displaced neutrons, now moving fast, hit ordinary nitrogen (14N) at lower altitudes, converting it into 14C. Unlike common carbon (12C), 14C is unstable and slowly decays, changing it back to nitrogen and releasing energy. This instability makes it radioactive. Ordinary carbon (12C) is found in the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air, which is taken up by plants, which in turn are eaten by animals. So a bone, or a leaf or a tree, or even a piece of wooden furniture, contains carbon. When the 14C has been formed, like ordinary carbon (12C), it combines with oxygen to give carbon dioxide (14CO2), and so it also gets cycled through the cells of plants and animals. We can take a sample of air, count how many 12C atoms there are for every 14C atom, and calculate the 14C/12C ratio. Because 14C is so well mixed up with 12C, we expect to find that this ratio is the same if we sample a leaf from a tree, or a part of your body. In living things, although 14C atoms are constantly changing back to 14N, they are still exchanging carbon with their surroundings, so the mixture remains about the same as in the atmosphere. However, as soon as a plant or animal dies, the 14C atoms which decay are no longer replaced, so the amount of 14C in that once-living thing decreases as time goes on. In other words, the 14C/12C ratio gets smaller. So, we have a ‘clock’ which starts ticking the moment something dies. Obviously, this works only for things which were once living. It cannot be used to date volcanic rocks, for example. The rate of decay of 14C is such that half of an amount will convert back to 14N in 5,730 years (plus or minus 40 years). This is the ‘half-life.’ So, in two half-lives, or 11,460 years, only one-quarter will be left. Thus, if the amount of 14C relative to 12C in a sample is one-quarter of that in living organisms at present, then it has a theoretical age of 11,460 years. Anything over about 50,000 years old, should theoretically have no detectable 14C left. That is why radiocarbon dating cannot give millions of years. In fact, if a sample contains 14C, it is good evidence that it is not millions of years old. However, things are not quite so simple. First, plants discriminate against carbon dioxide containing 14C. That is, they take up less than would be expected and so they test older than they really are. Furthermore, different types of plants discriminate differently. This also has to be corrected for.2 Second, the ratio of 14C/12C in the atmosphere has not been constant—for example, it was higher before the industrial era when the massive burning of fossil fuels released a lot of carbon dioxide that was depleted in 14C. This would make things which died at that time appear older in terms of carbon dating. Then there was a rise in 14CO2 with the advent of atmospheric testing of atomic bombs in the 1950s.3 This would make things carbon-dated from that time appear younger than their true age. Measurement of 14C in historically dated objects (e.g., seeds in the graves of historically dated tombs) enables the level of 14C in the atmosphere at that time to be estimated, and so partial calibration of the ‘clock’ is possible. Accordingly, carbon dating carefully applied to items from historical times can be useful. However, even with such historical calibration, archaeologists do not regard 14C dates as absolute because of frequent anomalies. They rely more on dating methods that link into historical records. Outside the range of recorded history, calibration of the 14C clock is not possible.4 Other factors affecting carbon dating The amount of cosmic rays penetrating the earth’s atmosphere affects the amount of 14C produced and therefore dating the system. The amount of cosmic rays reaching the earth varies with the sun’s activity, and with the earth's passage through magnetic clouds as the solar system travels around the Milky Way galaxy. The strength of the earth’s magnetic field affects the amount of cosmic rays entering the atmosphere. A stronger magnetic field deflects more cosmic rays away from the earth. Overall, the energy of the earth’s magnetic field has been decreasing,5 so more 14C is being produced now than in the past. This will make old things look older than they really are. Also, the Genesis flood would have greatly upset the carbon balance. The flood buried a huge amount of carbon, which became coal, oil, etc., lowering the total 12C in the biosphere (including the atmosphere—plants regrowing after the flood absorb CO2, which is not replaced by the decay of the buried vegetation). Total 14C is also proportionately lowered at this time, but whereas no terrestrial process generates any more 12C, 14C is continually being produced, and at a rate which does not depend on carbon levels (it comes from nitrogen). Therefore, the 14C/12C ratio in plants/animals/the atmosphere before the flood had to be lower than what it is now. Unless this effect (which is additional to the magnetic field issue just discussed) were corrected for, carbon dating of fossils formed in the flood would give ages much older than the true ages. Creationist researchers have suggested that dates of 35,000 - 45,000 years should be re-calibrated to the biblical date of the flood.6 Such a re-calibration makes sense of anomalous data from carbon dating—for example, very discordant ‘dates’ for different parts of a frozen musk ox carcass from Alaska and an inordinately slow rate of accumulation of ground sloth dung pellets in the older layers of a cave where the layers were carbon dated.7 Also, volcanoes emit much CO2 depleted in 14C. Since the flood was accompanied by much volcanism, fossils formed in the early post-flood period would give radiocarbon ages older than they really are. In summary, the carbon-14 method, when corrected for the effects of the flood, can give useful results, but needs to be applied carefully. It does not give dates of millions of years and when corrected properly fits well with the biblical flood. Other radiometric dating methods There are various other radiometric dating methods used today to give ages of millions or billions of years for rocks. These techniques, unlike carbon dating, mostly use the relative concentrations of parent and daughter products in radioactive decay chains. For example, potassium-40 decays to argon-40; uranium-238 decays to lead-206 via other elements like radium; uranium-235 decays to lead-207; rubidium-87 decays to strontium-87; etc. These techniques are applied to igneous rocks, and are normally seen as giving the time since solidification. The isotope concentrations can be measured very accurately, but isotope concentrations are not dates. To derive ages from such measurements, unprovable assumptions have to be made such as: The starting conditions are known (for example, that there was no daughter isotope present at the start, or that we know how much was there). Decay rates have always been constant. Systems were closed or isolated so that no parent or daughter isotopes were lost or added. There are patterns in the isotope data There is plenty of evidence that the radioisotope dating systems are not the infallible techniques many think, and that they are not measuring millions of years. However, there are still patterns to be explained. For example, deeper rocks often tend to give older ‘ages.’ Creationists agree that the deeper rocks are generally older, but not by millions of years. Geologist John Woodmorappe, in his devastating critique of radioactive dating,8 points out that there are other large-scale trends in the rocks that have nothing to do with radioactive decay. ‘Bad’ dates When a ‘date’ differs from that expected, researchers readily invent excuses for rejecting the result. The common application of such posterior reasoning shows that radiometric dating has serious problems. Woodmorappe cites hundreds of examples of excuses used to explain ‘bad’ dates.9 For example, researchers applied posterior reasoning to the dating of Australopithecus ramidus fossils.10 Most samples of basalt closest to the fossil-bearing strata give dates of about 23 Ma (Mega annum, million years) by the argon-argon method. The authors decided that was ‘too old,’ according to their beliefs about the place of the fossils in the evolutionary grand scheme of things. So they looked at some basalt further removed from the fossils and selected 17 of 26 samples to get an acceptable maximum age of 4.4 Ma. The other nine samples again gave much older dates but the authors decided they must be contaminated and discarded them. That is how radiometric dating works. It is very much driven by the existing long-age world view that pervades academia today. A similar story surrounds the dating of the primate skull known as KNM-ER 1470.11 This started with an initial 212 to 230 Ma, which, according to the fossils, was considered way off the mark (humans ‘weren’t around then’). Various other attempts were made to date the volcanic rocks in the area. Over the years an age of 2.9 Ma was settled upon because of the agreement between several different published studies (although the studies involved selection of ‘good’ from ‘bad’ results, just like Australopithecus ramidus, above). However, preconceived notions about human evolution could not cope with a skull like 1470 being ‘that old.’ A study of pig fossils in Africa readily convinced most anthropologists that the 1470 skull was much younger. After this was widely accepted, further studies of the rocks brought the radiometric age down to about 1.9 Ma—again several studies ‘confirmed’ this date. Such is the dating game. Are we suggesting that evolutionists are conspiring to massage the data to get what they want? No, not generally. It is simply that all observations must fit the prevailing paradigm. The paradigm, or belief system, of molecules-to-man evolution over eons of time, is so strongly entrenched it is not questioned—it is a ‘fact.’ So every observation must fit this paradigm. Unconsciously, the researchers, who are supposedly ‘objective scientists’ in the eyes of the public, select the observations to fit the basic belief system. We must remember that the past is not open to the normal processes of experimental science, that is, repeatable experiments in the present. A scientist cannot do experiments on events that happened in the past. Scientists do not measure the age of rocks, they measure isotope concentrations, and these can be measured extremely accurately. However, the ‘age’ is calculated using assumptions about the past that cannot be proven. We should remember God’s admonition to Job, ‘Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?’ (Job 38:4). Those involved with unrecorded history gather information in the present and construct stories about the past. The level of proof demanded for such stories seems to be much less than for studies in the empirical sciences, such as physics, chemistry, molecular biology, physiology, etc. Williams, an expert in the environmental fate of radioactive elements, identified 17 flaws in the isotope dating reported in just three widely respected seminal papers that supposedly established the age of the earth at 4.6 billion years.12 John Woodmorappe has produced an incisive critique of these dating methods.13 He exposes hundreds of myths that have grown up around the techniques. He shows that the few ‘good’ dates left after the ‘bad’ dates are filtered out could easily be explained as fortunate coincidences. What date would you like? The forms issued by radioisotope laboratories for submission with samples to be dated commonly ask how old the sample is expected to be. Why? If the techniques were absolutely objective and reliable, such information would not be necessary. Presumably, the laboratories know that anomalous dates are common, so they need some check on whether they have obtained a ‘good’ date. Testing radiometric dating methods If the long-age dating techniques were really objective means of finding the ages of rocks, they should work in situations where we know the age. Furthermore, different techniques should consistently agree with one another. Methods should work reliably on things of known age There are many examples where the dating methods give ‘dates’ that are wrong for rocks of known age. One example is K-Ar ‘dating’ of five historical andesite lava flows from Mount Nguaruhoe in New Zealand. Although one lava flow occurred in 1949, three in 1954, and one in 1975, the ‘dates’ range from less than 0.27 to 3.5 Ma.14 Again, using hindsight, it is argued that ‘excess’ argon from the magma (molten rock) was retained in the rock when it solidified. The secular scientific literature lists many examples of excess argon causing dates of millions of years in rocks of known historical age.15 This excess appears to have come from the upper mantle, below the earth’s crust. This is consistent with a young world—the argon has had too little time to escape.16 If excess argon can cause exaggerated dates for rocks of known age, then why should we trust the method for rocks of unknown age? Other techniques, such as the use of isochrons,17 make different assumptions about starting conditions, but there is a growing recognition that such ‘foolproof’ techniques can also give ‘bad’ dates. So data are again selected according to what the researcher already believes about the age of the rock. Geologist Dr Steve Austin sampled basalt from the base of the Grand Canyon strata and from the lava that spilled over the edge of the canyon. By evolutionary reckoning, the latter should be a billion years younger than the basalt from the bottom. Standard laboratories analyzed the isotopes. The rubidium-strontium isochron technique suggested that the recent lava flow was 270 Ma older than the basalts beneath the Grand Canyon—an impossibility. Different dating techniques should consistently agree If the dating methods are an objective and reliable means of determining ages, they should agree. If a chemist were measuring the sugar content of blood, all valid methods for the determination would give the same answer (within the limits of experimental error). However, with radiometric dating, the different techniques often give quite different results. In the study of the Grand Canyon rocks by Austin, different techniques gave different results.18 Again, all sorts of reasons can be suggested for the ‘bad’ dates, but this is again posterior reasoning. Techniques that give results that can be dismissed just because they don’t agree with what we already believe cannot be considered objective. In Australia, some wood found in Tertiary basalt was clearly buried in the lava flow that formed the basalt, as can be seen from the charring. The wood was ‘dated’ by radiocarbon (14C) analysis at about 45,000 years old, but the basalt was ‘dated’ by potassium-argon method at 45 million years old!19 Isotope ratios or uraninite crystals from the Koongarra uranium body in the Northern Territory of Australia gave lead-lead isochron ages of 841 Ma, plus or minus 140 Ma.20 This contrasts with an age of 1550-1650 Ma based on other isotope ratios,21 and ages of 275, 61, 0,0, and 0 Ma for thorium/lead (232Th/208Pb) ratios in five uraninite grains. The latter figures are significant because thorium-derived dates should be the more reliable, since thorium is less mobile than the uranium minerals that are the parents of the lead isotopes in lead-lead system.22 The ‘zero’ ages in this case are consistent with the Bible. More evidence something is wrong—14C in fossils supposedly millions of years old Fossils older than 100,000 years should have too little 14C to measure, but dating labs consistently find 14C, well above background levels, in fossils supposedly many millions of years old.23,24 For example, no source of coal has been found that lacks 14C, yet this fossil fuel supposedly ranges up to hundreds of millions of years old. Fossils in rocks dated at 1–500 Ma by long-age radioisotope dating methods gave an average radiocarbon ‘age’ of about 50,000 years, much less than the limits of modern carbon dating24 (see pp. 65–69 in The Revised and Expanded Answers Book for why even these radiocarbon ages are inflated). Furthermore, there was no pattern of younger to older in the carbon dates that correlated with the evolutionary/uniformitarian ‘ages’.24 This evidence is consistent with the fossil-bearing rock layers being formed in the year-long global catastrophe of the biblical Flood, as flood geologists since Nicholas Steno (1631–1687) have recognized. Even Precambrian (‘older than 545 Ma’) graphite, which is not of organic origin, contains 14C above background levels.25 This is consistent with Earth itself being only thousands of years old, as a straightforward reading of the Bible would suggest. Many physical evidence contradict the ‘billions of years’ Of the methods that have been used to estimate the age of the earth, 90 percent point to an age far less than the billions of years asserted by evolutionists. A few of them follow. Evidence for a rapid formation of geological strata, as in the biblical flood. Some of the evidence are: lack of erosion between rock layers supposedly separated in age by many millions of years; lack of disturbance of rock strata by biological activity (worms, roots, etc.); lack of soil layers; polystrate fossils (which traverse several rock layers vertically—these could not have stood vertically for eons of time while they slowly got buried); thick layers of ‘rock’ bent without fracturing, indicating that the rock was all soft when bent; and more. For more, see books by geologists Morris26 and Austin.27 Red blood cells and hemoglobin have been found in some (unfossilized!) dinosaur bone. But these could not last more than a few thousand years—certainly not the 65 Ma since the last dinosaurs lived, according to evolutionists.28 The earth’s magnetic field has been decaying so fast that it looks like it is less than 10,000 years old. Rapid reversals during the Flood year and fluctuations shortly after would have caused the field energy to drop even faster.29, 30 Radioactive decay releases helium into the atmosphere, but not much is escaping. The total amount in the atmosphere is 1/2000th of that expected if the universe is really billions of years old. This helium originally escaped from rocks. This happens quite fast, yet so much helium is still in some rocks that it has not had time to escape—certainly not billions of years.30 A supernova is an explosion of a massive star—the explosion is so bright that it briefly outshines the rest of the galaxy. The supernova remnants (SNRs) should keep expanding for hundreds of thousands of years, according to physical equations. Yet there are no very old, widely expanded (Stage 3) SNRs, and few moderately old (Stage 1) ones in our galaxy, the Milky Way, or in its satellite galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds. This is just what we would expect for ‘young’ galaxies that have not existed long enough for wide expansion.31 The moon is slowly receding from the earth at about 4 centimeters (1.5 inches) per year, and this rate would have been greater in the past. But even if the moon had started receding from being in contact with the earth, it would have taken only 1.37 billion years to reach its present distance from the earth. This gives a maximum age of the moon, not the actual age. This is far too young for evolutionists who claim the moon is 4.6 billion years old. It is also much younger than the radiometric ‘dates’ assigned to moon rocks.32 Salt is entering the sea much faster than it is escaping. The sea is not nearly salty enough for this to have been happening for billions of years. Even granting generous assumptions to evolutionists, the sea could not be more than 62 Ma years old—far younger than the billions of years believed by the evolutionists. Again, this indicates a maximum age, not the actual age.33 Dr Russell Humphreys gives other processes inconsistent with billions of years in the pamphlet Evidence for a Young World.34 Creationists cannot prove the age of the earth using a particular scientific method, any more than evolutionists can. They realize that all science is tentative because we do not have all the data, especially when dealing with the past. This is true of both creationist and evolutionist scientific arguments—evolutionists have had to abandon many ‘proofs’ for evolution just as creationists have also had to modify their arguments. The atheistic evolutionist W.B. Provine admitted: ‘Most of what I learned of the field [evolutionary biology] in graduate (1964-68) school is either wrong or significantly changed.’ 35 Creationists understand the limitations of dating methods better than evolutionists who claim that they can use processes observed in the present to ‘prove’ that the earth is billions of years old. In reality, all dating methods, including those that point to a young earth, rely on unprovable assumptions. Creationists ultimately date the earth historically using the chronology of the Bible. This is because they believe that this is an accurate eyewitness account of world history, which bears the evidence within it that it is the Word of God, and therefore totally reliable and error-free. Then what do the radiometric ‘dates’ mean? What do the radiometric dates of millions of years mean, if they are not true ages? To answer this question, it is necessary to scrutinize further the experimental results from the various dating techniques, the interpretations made on the basis of the results and the assumptions underlying those interpretations. The isochron dating technique was thought to be infallible because it supposedly covered the assumptions about starting conditions and closed systems. Geologist Dr Andrew Snelling worked on dating the Koongarra uranium deposits in the Northern Territory of Australia, primarily using the uranium-thorium-lead (U-Th-Pb) method. He found that even highly weathered soil samples from the area, which are definitely not closed systems, gave apparently valid ‘isochron’ lines with ‘ages’ of up to 1,445 Ma. Such ‘false isochrons’ are so common that a whole terminology has grown up to describe them, such as apparent isochron, mantle isochron, pseudoisochron, secondary isochron, inherited isochron, erupted isochron, mixing line and mixing isochron. Zheng wrote: Some of the basic assumptions of the conventional Rb-Sr [rubidium-strontium] isochron method have to be modified and an observed isochron does not certainly define valid age information for a geological system, even if a goodness of fit of the experimental results is obtained in plotting 87Sr/86Sr. This problem cannot be overlooked, especially in evaluating the numerical time scale. Similar questions can also arise in applying Sm-Nd [samarium-neodymium] and U-Pb [uranium-lead] isochron methods.37 Clearly, there are factors other than age responsible for the straight lines obtained from graphing isotope ratios. Again, the only way to know if an isochron is ‘good’ is by comparing the result with what is already believed. Another currently popular dating method is the uranium-lead concordia technique. This effectively combines the two uranium-lead decay series into one diagram. Results that lie on the concordia curve have the same age according to the two lead series and are called ‘concordant.’ However, the results from zircons (a type of gemstone), for example, generally lie off the concordia curve—they are discordant. Numerous models, or stories, have been developed to explain such data.38 However, such exercises in story-telling can hardly be considered as objective science that proves an old earth. Again, the stories are evaluated according to their own success in agreeing with the existing long ages belief system. Andrew Snelling has suggested that fractionation (sorting) of elements in the molten state in the earth’s mantle could be a significant factor in explaining the ratios of isotope concentrations which are interpreted as ages. As long ago as 1966, Nobel Prize nominee Melvin Cook, professor of metallurgy at the University of Utah, pointed out evidence that lead isotope ratios, for example, may involve alteration by important factors other than radioactive decay.39 Cook noted that, in ores from the Katanga mine, for example, there was an abundance of lead-208, a stable isotope, but no Thorium-232 as a source for lead-208. Thorium has a long half-life (decays very slowly) and is not easily moved out of the rock, so if the lead-208 came from thorium decay, some thorium should still be there. The concentrations of lead-206, lead-207, and lead-208 suggest that the lead-208 came about by neutron capture conversion of lead-206 to lead-207 to lead-208. When the isotope concentrations are adjusted for such conversions, the ages calculated are reduced from some 600 Ma to recent. Other ore bodies seemed to show similar evidence. Cook recognized that the current understanding of nuclear physics did not seem to allow for such a conversion under normal conditions, but he presents evidence that such did happen, and even suggests how it could happen. Anomalies in deep rock crystals Physicist Dr Robert Gentry has pointed out that the amount of helium and lead in zircons from deep bores is not consistent with an evolutionary age of 1,500 Ma for the granite rocks in which they are found.40 The amount of lead may be consistent with current rates of decay over millions of years, but it would have diffused out of the crystals in that time. Furthermore, the amount of helium in zircons from hot rock is also much more consistent with a young earth (helium derives from the decay of radioactive elements). The lead and helium results suggest that rates of radioactive decay may have been much higher in the recent past. Humphreys has suggested that this may have occurred during creation week and the flood. This would make things look much older than they really are when current rates of decay are applied to dating. Whatever caused such elevated rates of decay may also have been responsible for the lead isotope conversions claimed by Cook (above). Orphan radiohalos Decaying radioactive particles in solid rock cause spherical zones of damage to the surrounding crystal structure. A speck of radioactive element such as Uranium-238, for example, will leave a sphere of discoloration of characteristically different radius for each element it produces in its decay chain to lead-206.41 Viewed in cross-section with a microscope, these spheres appear as rings called radiohalos. Dr Gentry has researched radiohalos for many years, and published his results in leading scientific journals.42 Some of the intermediate decay products—such as the polonium isotopes—have very short half-lives (they decay quickly). For example, 218Po has a half-life of just 3 minutes. Curiously, rings formed by polonium decay are often found embedded in crystals without the parent uranium halos. Now the polonium has to get into the rock before the rock solidifies, but it cannot derive a from a uranium speck in the solid rock, otherwise there would be a uranium halo. Either the polonium was created (primordial, not derived from uranium), or there have been radical changes in decay rates in the past. Gentry has addressed all attempts to criticize his work.43 There have been many attempts, because the orphan halos speak of conditions in the past, either at creation or after, perhaps even during the flood, which do not fit with the uniformitarian view of the past, which is the basis of the radiometric dating systems. Whatever process was responsible for the halos could be a key also to understanding radiometric dating.44 Conclusion There are many lines of evidence that the radiometric dates are not the objective evidence for an old earth that many claim, and that the world is really only thousands of years old. We don't have all the answers, but we do have the sure testimony of the Word of God to the true history of the world. Recommended resources Thousands … Not Billions (DVD) Christians no longer have to puzzle over the seemingly glaring contradiction between dating methods and the Bible's account of earth history. Radioisotopes & the Age of the Earth (DVD) Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth—Volume 1 (Hardcover) Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth—Volume 2 (Hardcover) Results of a young-earth creationist research initiative Does Carbon Dating Disprove the Bible? (Booklet) The Young Earth (Softcover) Explains in easy-to-understand terms how true science supports a young age for the Earth. Evidence For a Young World (Booklet) Contains a dozen natural phenomena which conflict with the evolutionary idea that the earth is billions of years old. The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods (Softcover) References and notes Also known as isotope or radioisotope dating. Today, a stable carbon isotope, 13C , is measured as an indication of the level of discrimination against 14C. Radiation from atomic testing, like cosmic rays, causes the conversion of 14N to 14C. Tree ring dating (dendrochronology) has been used in an attempt to extend the calibration of carbon-14 dating earlier than historical records allow, but this depends on temporal placement of fragments of wood (from long dead trees) using carbon-14 dating, assuming straight-line extrapolation backwards. Then cross-matching of ring patterns is used to calibrate the carbon ‘clock’—a somewhat circular process which does not give an independent calibration of the carbon dating system. K.L. McDonald and R.H. Gunst, ‘An Analysis of the Earth's Magnetic Field from 1835 to 1965,’ ESSA Technical Report IER 46-IES, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., p. 14, 1965. B.J. Taylor, ‘Carbon Dioxide in the Antediluvian Atmosphere,’ Creation Research Society Quarterly, 30(4):193-197, 1994. R.H. Brown, ‘Correlation of C-14 Age with Real Time,’ Creation Research Society Quarterly, 29:45-47, 1992. Musk ox muscle was dated at 24,000 years, but hair was dated at 17,000 years. Corrected dates bring the difference in age approximately within the life span of an ox. With sloth cave dung, standard carbon dates of the lower layers suggested less than 2 pellets per year were produced by the sloths. Correcting the dates increased the number to a more realistic 1.4 per day. J. Woodmorappe, The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods, Institute for Creation Research, San Diego, CA, 1999. Ibid. G. WoldeGabriel et al., ‘Ecological and Temporal Placement of Early Pliocene Hominids at Aramis, Ethiopia,’ Nature, 371:330-333, 1994. M. Lubenow, The Pigs Took It All, Creation 17(3):36-38, 1995. M. Lubenow, Bones of Contention, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, pp. 247-266, 1993. A.R. Williams, Long-age Isotope Dating Short on Credibility, CEN Technical Journal, 6(1):2-5, 1992. Woodmorappe, The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods. A.A. Snelling, The Cause of Anomalous Potassium-argon ‘Ages’ for Recent Andesite Flows at Mt. Nguaruhoe, New Zealand, and the Implications for Potassium-argon ‘Dating,’ Proc. 4th ICC, pp.503-525, 1998. Note 14 lists many instances. For example, six cases were reported by D. Krummenacher, Isotopic Composition of Argon in Modern Surface Rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 6:47-55, 1969. A large excess was reported in D.E. Fisher, Excess Rare Gases in a Subaerial Basalt in Nigeria, Nature, 232:60-61, 1970. See note 14, p. 520. The isochron technique involves collecting a number of rock samples from different parts of the rock unit being dated. The concentration of a parent radioactive isotope, such as rubidium-87, is graphed against the concentration of a daughter isotope, such as strontium-87, for all the samples. A straight line is drawn through these points, representing the ratio of the parent:daughter, from which a date is calculated. If the line is of good fit and the ‘age’ is acceptable, it is a ‘good’ date. The method involves dividing both the parent and daughter concentrations by the concentration of a similar stable isotope—in this case, strontium-86. S.A. Austin, editor, Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe, Institute for Creation Research, Santee, CA, pp. 120-131, 1994. A.A. Snelling, Radiometric Dating in Conflict, Creation, 20(1):24-27, 1998. A.A. Snelling, The Failure of U-Th-Pb ‘Dating’ at Koongarra, Australia, CEN Technical Journal, 9(1):71-92, 1995. R. Maas, Nd-Sr Isotope Constraints on the Age and Origin of Unconformity-type Uranium Deposits in the Alligator Rivers Uranium Field, Northern Territory, Australia, Economic Geology, 84:64-90, 1989. See note 20. Giem, P., Carbon-14 content of fossil carbon, Origins 51:6–30, 2001. Baumgardner, J.R., Snelling, A.S., Humphreys, D.R., and Austin, S.A., Measurable 14C in fossilized organic materials: confirming the young earth creation-flood model, Proc. 5th ICC, pp. 127–142, 2003. Ibid. J. Morris, The Young Earth, Master Books, Green Forest, AR, 1994. Austin, Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe. C. Wieland, Sensational Dinosaur Blood Report, Creation, 19(4):42-43, 1997, based on M. Schweitzer and T. Staedter, The Real Jurassic Park, Earth, pp. 55-57, June 1997. D.R. Humphreys, Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field During the Genesis Flood, Proc. First ICC, Pittsburgh, PA, 2:113-126, 1986. J.D. Sarfati, The Earth's Magnetic Field: Evidence That the Earth Is Young, Creation, 20(2):15-19, 1998. L. Vardiman, The Age of the Earth’s Atmosphere: A Study of the Helium Flux through the Atmosphere, Institute for Creation Research, San Diego, CA, 1990. J.D. Sarfati, Blowing Old-earth Belief Away: Helium Gives Evidence That the Earth is Young, Creation, 20(3):19-21, 1998. K. Davies, Distribution of Supernova Remnants in the Galaxy, Proc. Third ICC, R.E. Walsh, editor, pp. 175-184, 1994. D. DeYoung, The Earth-Moon System, Proc. Second ICC, R.E. Walsh and C.L. Brooks, editors, 2:79-84, 1990. J.D. Sarfati, The Moon: The Light That Rules the Night, Creation, 20(4):36-39, 1998. S.A. Austin and D.R. Humphreys, The Sea’s Missing Salt: A Dilemma for Evolutionists, Proc. Second ICC, 2:17-33, 1990. J.D. Sarfati, Salty Seas: Evidence for a Young Earth, Creation, 21(1):16-17, 1999. Russell Humphreys, Evidence for a Young World, Answers in Genesis, 1999. A review of Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science, National Academy of Science USA, 1998, by Dr Will B. Provine, online at http://fp.bio.utk.edu/darwin/NAS_guidebook/provine_1.html, February 18, 1999. See Woodmorappe, The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods, for one such thorough evaluation. Y.F. Zheng, Influence of the Nature of Initial Rb-Sr System on Isochron Validity, Chemical Geology, 80:1-16, p. 14, 1989. E. Jager and J.C. Hunziker, editors, Lectures in Isotope Geology, U-Th-Pb Dating of Minerals, by D. Gebauer and M. Grunenfelder, Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 105-131, 1979. M.A. Cook, Prehistory and Earth Models, Max Parrish, London, 1966. R.V. Gentry, Creation's Tiny Mystery, Earth Science Associates, Knoxville, TN, 1986. Only those that undergo alpha decay (releasing a helium nucleus). Gentry, Creation's Tiny Mystery. K.P. Wise, letter to the editor and replies by M. Armitage and R.V. Gentry, CEN Technical Journal, 12(3):285-90, 1998. An international team of creationist scientists is actively pursuing a creationist understanding of radioisotope dating. Known as the RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth) group, it combines the skills of various physicists and geologists to enable a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject. 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an article to a non muslim women.........? When you look at me All that you can see is the scarf that covers my hair My words you can't hear because you're too full of fear, mouth gaping, all you do is stare You think it's not my choice in your own "liberation" rejoice. You think I'm uneducated, trapped, oppressed and subjugated, You're so thankful that you're free. But non-Muslim woman you've got it wrong You're the weak and I'm the strong. For I've rejected the trap of man. Fancy clothes - low neck, short skirt those are devices for pain and hurt. I'm not falling for that little plan. I'm a person with ideas and thought. I'm not for sale, I can't be bought. I'm me - not a fancy toy, I won't decorate anyone's arm, nor be promoted for my charm. There is more to be than playing coy. Living life as a balancing game - mother, daughter, wife, nurse, cleaner, cook, lover and still bring home a wage. Who thought up this modern "freedom"? Where man can love'em and man can leave'em. This is not free, but life in a cage. Always jumping to a male agenda competing on his terms. No job share, no creche facilities, no feeding and nappy changing amenities No time off for menstrual pain, "hormones" they laugh "what a shame" No equal pay equal skill your job they can always fill. No promotion unless you're sterilised. No promotion unless you're sexually terrorised. And this is liberation? Non-Muslim woman you can have your life. Mine - it has less strife. I cover and I get respected, surely that's to be expected, for I won't demean the feminine, I won't live to male criterion, I dance to my own tune and I hope you see this very soon. For your own sake - wake up and use your sight. Are you so sure that you are right?
Does Communism work better than capitalism? Der Speagal thinks so.? February 27, 2007 Font: RED CHINA, INC. Does Communism Work After All? By Andreas Lorenz and Wieland Wagner China is securing an ever-bigger share of the world market with the methods of a planned economy. Competitors and economists alike are astounded by the country's seemingly unstoppable march to becoming a global economic superpower. The development has left many wondering: Does communism work after all? Boom City Shanghai: President Hu Jintao and his Communist Party are experiencing explosive success across the country. Getty Images Boom City Shanghai: President Hu Jintao and his Communist Party are experiencing explosive success across the country. Nine men dressed in dark tailored suits meet behind high, Red walls. Their secret meeting place in downtown Beijing is called Zhongnanhai, or "Middle and Southern Lake." Once part of the Forbidden City, Zhongnanhai was a place where emperors, concubines and eunuchs would spend their days concocting court intrigues. Some of the buildings from those feudal days are still standing today, joined by functional, gray and white structures built when the Chinese Communist Party established its headquarters here. The nine men -- who constitute the Standing Committee of the Communist Party's Politburo, the most-powerful political body in the Middle Kingdom -- meet in the southern section of this refuge. Their discreet meeting is businesslike. The group's members were not elected by the people and they are not interested in being observed while governing. Cameras are banned and there is a conspicuous absence of jovial pats on the back or ready smiles for the evening news. FROM THE MAGAZINE Find out how you can reprint this DER SPIEGEL article in your publication. None of the members of this sombre squad is known for his charisma. President Hu Jintao, 64, the head of state and Communist Party leader, and his eight colleagues are stiff technocrats. Hu, the son of a tea merchant from Jiangsu Province, holds a degree in hydroelectric engineering. The others are trained in fields like electrical engineering, metallurgy or geology. But the discussions and decisions made here within the ranks of China's Politburo affect the well-being of 1.3 billion Chinese -- and increasingly the rest of the world. If the Middle Kingdom were not a country, but rather a giant company -- let's call it Red China, Inc. -- then the Politburo would be its all-powerful board of directors. And if Hu were not a communist official but rather a capitalist corporate boss, he would find himself inundated with job offers worldwide. Competitors in the capitalist West can only dream of the successes he and his fellow communist leaders cum business executives have achieved. Hardly a day goes by on which Asia's giant, Red corporation does not report new and dazzling business figures. And the more helplessly Western heads of state -- from United States President George W. Bush to German Chancellor Angela Merkel -- attempt to reform their traditional market economies, the more enviously the capitalist world eyes China's frenzied growth, all the while asking itself: Does communism work after all? China's speedy ascent to become a global economic superpower is troubling to many: to the industrialized nations of the West because they fear for their jobs; to politicians because the global balance of power is shifting; and, last but not least, to economists because it is so puzzling to them. Red China, Inc.: Does communism work after all? * * * Click on a picture to launch the image gallery (7 Photos) Economists' theories are based on the recognition that market forces alone drive economic growth. The state's only role is to ensure that competition functions and that no one is able to abuse his power in the marketplace to an inadmissible degree. A Midas touch For these economists, the fall of the Iron Curtain offered glaring proof that their hypotheses were correct. Indeed, planned economies in Soviet bloc countries were failures, creating poverty instead of affluence and leaving industrial wastelands in their wake. Yet China is flourishing. With a blend of a planned economy and unbridled capitalism that you won't find mentioned in any textbook, the country is capturing world markets and achieving double-digit growth year after year. Hu and his Red board of directors appear to have something akin to the Midas touch. With their country, which amounts to a gigantic, low-cost factory, they have already managed to accumulate more than $1 trillion in foreign currency reserves. In theory, at least, the communist People's Republic of China, has now joined the United States, the global capitalist superpower, in deciding the fate of the world's leading currency. In 2005, China leapfrogged over France and Great Britain to become the world's fourth-largest economy. The country's new spot in the rankings came as the result of an omission on the part of its communist bosses: Already blessed with so much growth, they had simply forgotten to include a large portion of their giant service sector in China's economic statistics. American sinologist Roderick MacFarquhar is astonished by China's performance. "Never before," says MacFarquhar, "has so much wealth been created by so many people in such a short time span." If China continues to grow at the same pace, it will oust Germany as the world's third-biggest economy in only two years, perhaps even dethroning the United States from its leading position one day. In 2005, China was already the US's second-largest goods supplier and Japan's largest. Not satisfied with being No. 2, Beijing's strategists are continuing their plans to shower the world with inexpensive products such as T-shirts and DVD players -- and, increasingly, with Chinese high technology. A fast-developing tech sector China recently surpassed Germany in the number of patents it registers. With its latest five-year plan, the country's Communist Party has set itself an ambitious goal of catapulting China to world-class heights in the fields of science and technology. According to the plan, Chinese probes will orbit the moon next year and land on it by 2010. China's space ambitions also include a bizarre aural spectacle: Its lunar orbiters will transmit 150 pop songs back to earth, including a Chinese tune titled "We Love our China." Photo Gallery: China's Celestial Ambitions * * * Click on a picture to launch the image gallery (8 Photos) The Communist Party's economic successes aren't its only impressive achievement. Chinese cities are safer than places like São Paulo or Bogotá, and they seem cleaner and more orderly than the slums of Nairobi or Soweto in South Africa. Beijing and Shanghai boast a lively cultural scene, and broadband Internet access is already taken for granted in the country's major cities. Mobile phone reception is even available in small villages. Communist Party leader Hu and his Politburo colleagues aren't the only ones behind the changes that have swept across this vast country. True, they are responsible for coming up with the overriding strategies behind China's economic miracle, and for this task they take the necessary time -- hours that Western politicians waste doing the rounds on talk shows. But the Politburo also routinely solicits advice and reports on the latest global trends in science and business -- on issues running the gamut from biotechnology to health insurance -- from academics in so-called "study sessions." This being a communist land, these sessions would of course be incomplete without the requisite lectures on China's revolutionary history and Marxist theory. Graphic: The Government System of the People's Republic China Zoom DER SPIEGEL Graphic: The Government System of the People's Republic China The State Council, China's cabinet -- headed by the pedantic and schoolmaster-like 64-year-old Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- deals with the day-to-day business of government. The cabinet meets at least three times a month, as required by law, in a building located a stone's throw from the offices of the Politburo. Meetings are graced with tall beauties dressed in red outfits and white gloves, who serve cabinet members green tea from the Wuyuan district in Jiangxi Province. Red China, Inc.'s central nervous system In addition to Wen, this inner circle of the Chinese government includes four deputy premiers, five members of the State Council (including one general) and a secretary general. Comprised of eight men and two women, the group directs and coordinates the work of 28 ministries and commissions, including the country's central bank and its central auditing authority. It also presides over an immense number of government agencies, including China's official news agency, Xinhua, the Academy of Sciences, the customs agency, the weather bureau, an agency in charge of grain production and distribution and -- not to be overlooked -- the Administration of Government Offices, which provides high-ranking officials with living quarters, cars and vacation homes. NEWSLETTER Sign up for Spiegel Online's daily newsletter and get the best of Der Spiegel's and Spiegel Online's international coverage in your In- Box everyday. All the elements in the network that make up Red China, Inc. come together in Wen's State Council. The body controls daily life in China with a plethora of decrees, memorandums, plans, measures and responses. In the month of September alone, it issued a decree on the "Administration of Payment of the Automobile Sales Tax," approved "Basic Regulations for the Electricity Market" and organized "Safety Inspections of Dams that include Power Plants." A decade and a half after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a communist country appears to be relentlessly transforming itself into an economic superpower. Its recipe for success is, at first glance, the five-year-plan -- one which dismayed Western politicians have routinely dismissed for such features as its ban on private ownership of land and its manipulation of currency exchange rates. Having your cake and eating it too But five-year plans are only one side of the coin in China's vast realm. The other is a wildly unfettered capitalism geared solely toward naked profit. And when it comes to turning a profit, hardly anything seems sacred anymore, not even for China's communists. The Great Hall of the People in Beijing is a case in point. If the National People's Congress doesn't happen to be in session or President Hu isn't using the magnificent building -- with its more than 300 rooms and enormous paintings depicting scenes from the revolution -- to receive foreign dignitaries, the government simply rents it out. Recently, US automaker Ford used the building to unveil its latest line of car models, and fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken opted for the elegance of the Great Hall to hold a meeting of its more than 2,100 Chinese restaurant managers. Ironically enough, while economists in Europe and the United States advocate "less government" and "open markets" as a response to globalization and the Chinese challenge, the Marxist-Leninist party that rules China blatantly avails itself of every advantage of capitalism while steadfastly refusing to give up state control over the economy. Graphic: Awakening Giant Zoom DER SPIEGEL Graphic: Awakening Giant ICBC, a major Chinese bank, recently conducted the biggest initial public offering in financial history, floating shares worth the equivalent of $22 billion on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. In a win-win situation for China's communists, the bank's value rose to more than $200 billion, and yet Beijing retains control over ICBC. The country's three largest telecommunications companies are also state-owned. Two years ago, the Communist Party simply reshuffled senior executives among the three companies. Is China, one of the most undemocratic nations on earth, setting an example for democratic countries on how to effectively solve problems? Do China's successes fly in the face of every critic and skeptic who believes that Marxism-Leninism and capitalism are as incompatible as the devil and holy water? " A social market economy with Chinese characteristics">> : Blogs discussing this story
Is it good to drink milk? The text is too long but worthwhile read....? "MILK" Just the word itself sounds comforting! "How about a nice cup of hot milk?" The last time you heard that question it was from someone who cared for you--and you appreciated their effort. The entire matter of food and especially that of milk is surrounded with emotional and cultural importance. Milk was our very first food. If we were fortunate it was our mother's milk. A loving link, given and taken. It was the only path to survival. If not mother's milk it was cow's milk or soy milk "formula"--rarely it was goat, camel or water buffalo milk. Now, we are a nation of milk drinkers. Nearly all of us. Infants, the young, adolescents, adults and even the aged. We drink dozens or even several hundred gallons a year and add to that many pounds of "dairy products" such as cheese, butter, and yogurt. Can there be anything wrong with this? We see reassuring images of healthy, beautiful people on our television screens and hear messages that assure us that, "Milk is good for your body." Our dieticians insist that: "You've got to have milk, or where will you get your calcium?" School lunches always include milk and nearly every hospital meal will have milk added. And if that isn't enough, our nutritionists told us for years that dairy products make up an "essential food group." Industry spokesmen made sure that colourful charts proclaiming the necessity of milk and other essential nutrients were made available at no cost for schools. Cow's milk became "normal." You may be surprised to learn that most of the human beings that live on planet Earth today do not drink or use cow's milk. Further, most of them can't drink milk because it makes them ill. There are students of human nutrition who are not supportive of milk use for adults. Here is a quotation from the March/April 1991 Utne Reader: If you really want to play it safe, you may decide to join the growing number of Americans who are eliminating dairy products from their diets altogether. Although this sounds radical to those of us weaned on milk and the five basic food groups, it is eminently viable. Indeed, of all the mammals, only humans--and then only a minority, principally Caucasians--continue to drink milk beyond babyhood. Who is right? Why the confusion? Where best to get our answers? Can we trust milk industry spokesmen? Can you trust any industry spokesmen? Are nutritionists up to date or are they simply repeating what their professors learned years ago? What about the new voices urging caution? I believe that there are three reliable sources of information. The first, and probably the best, is a study of nature. The second is to study the history of our own species. Finally we need to look at the world's scientific literature on the subject of milk. Let's look at the scientific literature first. From 1988 to 1993 there were over 2,700 articles dealing with milk recorded in the 'Medicine' archives. Fifteen hundred of theses had milk as the main focus of the article. There is no lack of scientific information on this subject. I reviewed over 500 of the 1,500 articles, discarding articles that dealt exclusively with animals, esoteric research and inconclusive studies. How would I summarize the articles? They were only slightly less than horrifying. First of all, none of the authors spoke of cow's milk as an excellent food, free of side effects and the 'perfect food' as we have been led to believe by the industry. The main focus of the published reports seems to be on intestinal colic, intestinal irritation, intestinal bleeding, anemia, allergic reactions in infants and children as well as infections such as salmonella. More ominous is the fear of viral infection with bovine leukemia virus or an AIDS-like virus as well as concern for childhood diabetes. Contamination of milk by blood and white (pus) cells as well as a variety of chemicals and insecticides was also discussed. Among children the problems were allergy, ear and tonsillar infections, bedwetting, asthma, intestinal bleeding, colic and childhood diabetes. In adults the problems seemed centered more around heart disease and arthritis, allergy, sinusitis, and the more serious questions of leukemia, lymphoma and cancer. I think that an answer can also be found in a consideration of what occurs in nature & what happens with free living mammals and what happens with human groups living in close to a natural state as 'hunter-gatherers'. Our paleolithic ancestors are another crucial and interesting group to study. Here we are limited to speculation and indirect evidences, but the bony remains available for our study are remarkable. There is no doubt whatever that these skeletal remains reflect great strength, muscularity (the size of the muscular insertions show this), and total absence of advanced osteoporosis. And if you feel that these people are not important for us to study, consider that today our genes are programming our bodies in almost exactly the same way as our ancestors of 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. WHAT IS MILK? Milk is a maternal lactating secretion, a short term nutrient for new-borns. Nothing more, nothing less. Invariably, the mother of any mammal will provide her milk for a short period of time immediately after birth. When the time comes for 'weaning', the young offspring is introduced to the proper food for that species of mammal. A familiar example is that of a puppy. The mother nurses the pup for just a few weeks and then rejects the young animal and teaches it to eat solid food. Nursing is provided by nature only for the very youngest of mammals. Of course, it is not possible for animals living in a natural state to continue with the drinking of milk after weaning. IS ALL MILK THE SAME? Then there is the matter of where we get our milk. We have settled on the cow because of its docile nature, its size, and its abundant milk supply. Somehow this choice seems 'normal' and blessed by nature, our culture, and our customs. But is it natural? Is it wise to drink the milk of another species of mammal? Consider for a moment, if it was possible, to drink the milk of a mammal other than a cow, let's say a rat. Or perhaps the milk of a dog would be more to your liking. Possibly some horse milk or cat milk. Do you get the idea? Well, I'm not serious about this, except to suggest that human milk is for human infants, dogs' milk is for pups, cows' milk is for calves, cats' milk is for kittens, and so forth. Clearly, this is the way nature intends it. Just use your own good judgement on this one. Milk is not just milk. The milk of every species of mammal is unique and specifically tailored to the requirements of that animal. For example, cows' milk is very much richer in protein than human milk. Three to four times as much. It has five to seven times the mineral content. However, it is markedly deficient in essential fatty acids when compared to human mothers' milk. Mothers' milk has six to ten times as much of the essential fatty acids, especially linoleic acid. (Incidentally, skimmed cow's milk has no linoleic acid). It simply is not designed for humans. Food is not just food, and milk is not just milk. It is not only the proper amount of food but the proper qualitative composition that is critical for the very best in health and growth. Biochemists and physiologists -and rarely medical doctors - are gradually learning that foods contain the crucial elements that allow a particular species to develop its unique specializations. Clearly, our specialization is for advanced neurological development and delicate neuromuscular control. We do not have much need of massive skeletal growth or huge muscle groups as does a calf. Think of the difference between the demands make on the human hand and the demands on a cow's hoof. Human new-borns specifically need critical material for their brains, spinal cord and nerves. Can mother's milk increase intelligence? It seems that it can. In a remarkable study published in Lancet during 1992 (Vol. 339, p. 261-4), a group of British workers randomly placed premature infants into two groups. One group received a proper formula, the other group received human breast milk. Both fluids were given by stomach tube. These children were followed up for over 10 years. In intelligence testing, the human milk children averaged 10 IQ points higher! Well, why not? Why wouldn't the correct building blocks for the rapidly maturing and growing brain have a positive effect? In the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1982) Ralph Holman described an infant who developed profound neurological disease while being nourished by intravenous fluids only. The fluids used contained only linoleic acid - just one of the essential fatty acids. When the other, alpha linoleic acid, was added to the intravenous fluids the neurological disorders cleared. In the same journal five years later Bjerve, Mostad and Thoresen, working in Norway found exactly the same problem in adult patients on long term gastric tube feeding. In 1930 Dr. G.O. Burr in Minnesota working with rats found that linoleic acid deficiencies created a deficiency syndrome. Why is this mentioned? In the early 1960s pediatricians found skin lesions in children fed formulas without the same linoleic acid. Remembering the research, the addition of the acid to the formula cured the problem. Essential fatty acids are just that and cows' milk is markedly deficient in these when compared to human milk. WELL, AT LEAST COW'S MILK IS PURE Or is it? Fifty years ago an average cow produced 2,000 pounds of milk per year. Today the top producers give 50,000 pounds! How was this accomplished? Drugs, antibiotics, hormones, forced feeding plans and specialized breeding; that's how. The latest high-tech onslaught on the poor cow is bovine growth hormone or BGH. This genetically engineered drug is supposed to stimulate milk production but, according to Monsanto, the hormone's manufacturer, does not affect the milk or meat. There are three other manufacturers: Upjohn, Eli Lilly, and American Cyanamid Company. Obviously, there have been no long-term studies on the hormone's effect on the humans drinking the milk. Other countries have banned BGH because of safety concerns. One of the problems with adding molecules to a milk cows' body is that the molecules usually come out in the milk. I don't know how you feel, but I don't want to experiment with the ingestion of a growth hormone. A related problem is that it causes a marked increase (50 to 70 per cent) in mastitis. This, then, requires antibiotic therapy, and the residues of the antibiotics appear in the milk. It seems that the public is uneasy about this product and in one survey 43 per cent felt that growth hormone treated milk represented a health risk. A vice president for public policy at Monsanto was opposed to labelling for that reason, and because the labelling would create an 'artificial distinction'. The country is awash with milk as it is, we produce more milk than we can consume. Let's not create storage costs and further taxpayer burdens, because the law requires the USDA to buy any surplus of butter, cheese, or non-fat dry milk at a support price set by Congress! In fiscal 1991, the USDA spent $757 million on surplus butter, and one billion dollars a year on average for price supports during the 1980s (Consumer Reports, May 1992: 330-32). Any lactating mammal excretes toxins through her milk. This includes antibiotics, pesticides, chemicals and hormones. Also, all cows' milk contains blood! The inspectors are simply asked to keep it under certain limits. You may be horrified to learn that the USDA allows milk to contain from one to one and a half million white blood cells per millilitre. (That's only 1/30 of an ounce). If you don't already know this, I'm sorry to tell you that another way to describe white cells where they don't belong would be to call them pus cells. To get to the point, is milk pure or is it a chemical, biological, and bacterial cocktail? Finally, will the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) protect you? The United States General Accounting Office (GAO) tells us that the FDA and the individual States are failing to protect the public from drug residues in milk. Authorities test for only 4 of the 82 drugs in dairy cows. As you can imagine, the Milk Industry Foundation's spokesman claims it's perfectly safe. Jerome Kozak says, "I still think that milk is the safest product we have." Other, perhaps less biased observers, have found the following: 38% of milk samples in 10 cities were contaminated with sulfa drugs or other antibiotics. (This from the Centre for Science in the Public Interest and The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 29, 1989).. A similar study in Washington, DC found a 20 percent contamination rate (Nutrition Action Healthletter, April 1990). What's going on here? When the FDA tested milk, they found few problems. However, they used very lax standards. When they used the same criteria, the FDA data showed 51 percent of the milk samples showed drug traces. Let's focus in on this because it’s critical to our understanding of the apparent discrepancies. The FDA uses a disk-assay method that can detect only 2 of the 30 or so drugs found in milk. Also, the test detects only at the relatively high level. A more powerful test called the 'Charm II test' can detect drugs down to 5 parts per billion. One nasty subject must be discussed. It seems that cows are forever getting infections around the udder that require ointments and antibiotics. An article from France tells us that when a cow receives penicillin, that penicillin appears in the milk for from 4 to 7 milkings. Another study from the University of Nevada, Reno tells of cells in 'mastic milk', milk from cows with infected udders. An elaborate analysis of the cell fragments, employing cell cultures, flow cytometric analysis , and a great deal of high tech stuff. Do you know what the conclusion was? If the cow has mastitis, there is pus in the milk. Sorry, it’s in the study, all concealed with language such as "macrophages containing many vacuoles and phagocytosed particles," etc. IT GETS WORSE Well, at least human mothers' milk is pure! Sorry. A huge study showed that human breast milk in over 14,000 women had contamination by pesticides! Further, it seems that the sources of the pesticides are meat and--you guessed it-- dairy products. Well, why not? These pesticides are concentrated in fat and that's what's in these products. (Of interest, a subgroup of lactating vegetarian mothers had only half the levels of contamination). A recent report showed an increased concentration of pesticides in the breast tissue of women with breast cancer when compared to the tissue of women with fibrocystic disease. Other articles in the standard medical literature describe problems. Just scan these titles: 1.Cow's Milk as a Cause of Infantile Colic Breast-Fed Infants. Lancet 2 (1978): 437 2.Dietary Protein-Induced Colitis in Breast- Fed Infants, J. Pediatr. I01 (1982): 906 3.The Question of the Elimination of Foreign Protein in Women's Milk, J. Immunology 19 (1930): 15 There are many others. There are dozens of studies describing the prompt appearance of cows' milk allergy in children being exclusively breast-fed! The cows' milk allergens simply appear in the mother's milk and are transmitted to the infant. A committee on nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics reported on the use of whole cows' milk in infancy (Pediatrics 1983: 72-253). They were unable to provide any cogent reason why bovine milk should be used before the first birthday yet continued to recommend its use! Doctor Frank Oski from the Upstate Medical Centre Department of Pediatrics, commenting on the recommendation, cited the problems of acute gastrointestinal blood loss in infants, the lack of iron, recurrent abdominal pain, milk- borne infections and contaminants, and said: Why give it at all - then or ever? In the face of uncertainty about many of the potential dangers of whole bovine milk, it would seem prudent to recommend that whole milk not be started until the answers are available. Isn't it time for these uncontrolled experiments on human nutrition to come to an end? In the same issue of Pediatrics he further commented: It is my thesis that whole milk should not be fed to the infant in the first year of life because of its association with iron deficiency anemia (milk is so deficient in iron that an infant would have to drink an impossible 31 quarts a day to get the RDA of 15 mg), acute gastrointiestinal bleeding, and various manifestations of food allergy. I suggest that unmodified whole bovine milk should not be consumed after infancy because of the problems of lactose intolerance, its contribution to the genesis of atherosclerosis, and its possible link to other diseases. In late 1992 Dr. Benjamin Spock, possibly the best known pediatrician in history, shocked the country when he articulated the same thoughts and specified avoidance for the first two years of life. Here is his quotation: I want to pass on the word to parents that cows' milk from the carton has definite faults for some babies. Human milk is the right one for babies. A study comparing the incidence of allergy and colic in the breast-fed infants of omnivorous and vegan mothers would be important. I haven't found such a study; it would be both important and inexpensive. And it will probably never be done. There is simply no academic or economic profit involved. OTHER PROBLEMS Let's just mention the problems of bacterial contamination. Salmonella, E. coli, and staphylococcal infections can be traced to milk. In the old days tuberculosis was a major problem and some folks want to go back to those times by insisting on raw milk on the basis that it's "natural." This is insanity! A study from UCLA showed that over a third of all cases of salmonella infection in California, 1980-1983 were traced to raw milk. That'll be a way to revive good old brucellosis again and I would fear leukemia, too. (More about that later). In England, and Wales where raw milk is still consumed there have been outbreaks of milk-borne diseases. The Journal of the American Medical Association (251: 483, 1984) reported a multi-state series of infections caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in pasteurised whole milk. This is despite safety precautions. All parents dread juvenile diabetes for their children. A Canadian study reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Mar. 1990, describes a "...significant positive correlation between consumption of unfermented milk protein and incidence of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in data from various countries. Conversely a possible negative relationship is observed between breast-feeding at age 3 months and diabetes risk.". Another study from Finland found that diabetic children had higher levels of serum antibodies to cows’ milk (Diabetes Research 7(3): 137-140 March 1988). Here is a quotation from this study: We infer that either the pattern of cows' milk consumption is altered in children who will have insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or, their immunological reactivity to proteins in cows' milk is enhanced, or the permeability of their intestines to cows' milk protein is higher than normal. The April 18, 1992 British Medical Journal has a fascinating study contrasting the difference in incidence of juvenile insulin dependent diabetes in Pakistani children who have migrated to England. The incidence is roughly 10 times greater in the English group compared to children remaining in Pakistan! What caused this highly significant increase? The authors said that "the diet was unchanged in Great Britain." Do you believe that? Do you think that the availability of milk, sugar and fat is the same in Pakistan as it is in England? That a grocery store in England has the same products as food sources in Pakistan? I don't believe that for a minute. Remember, we're not talking here about adult onset, type II diabetes which all workers agree is strongly linked to diet as well as to a genetic predisposition. This study is a major blow to the "it's all in your genes" crowd. Type I diabetes was always considered to be genetic or possibly viral, but now this? So resistant are we to consider diet as causation that the authors of the last article concluded that the cooler climate in England altered viruses and caused the very real increase in diabetes! The first two authors had the same reluctance top admit the obvious. The milk just may have had something to do with the disease. The latest in this remarkable list of reports, a New England Journal of Medicine article (July 30, 1992), also reported in the Los Angeles Times. This study comes from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and from Finnish researchers. In Finland there is "...the world's highest rate of dairy product consumption and the world's highest rate of insulin dependent diabetes. The disease strikes about 40 children out of every 1,000 there contrasted with six to eight per 1,000 in the United States.... Antibodies produced against the milk protein during the first year of life, the researchers speculate, also attack and destroy the pancreas in a so-called auto-immune reaction, producing diabetes in people whose genetic makeup leaves them vulnerable." "...142 Finnish children with newly diagnosed diabetes. They found that every one had at least eight times as many antibodies against the milk protein as did healthy children, clear evidence that the children had a raging auto immune disorder." The team has now expanded the study to 400 children and is starting a trial where 3,000 children will receive no dairy products during the first nine months of life. "The study may take 10 years, but we'll get a definitive answer one way or the other," according to one of the researchers. I would caution them to be certain that the breast feeding mothers use on cows' milk in their diets or the results will be confounded by the transmission of the cows' milk protein in the mother's breast milk.... Now what was the reaction from the diabetes association? This is very interesting! Dr. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, the president of the association says: "It does not mean that children should stop drinking milk or that parents of diabetics should withdraw dairy products. These are rich sources of good protein." (Emphasis added) My God, it's the "good protein" that causes the problem! Do you suspect that the dairy industry may have helped the American Diabetes Association in the past? LEUKEMIA? LYMPHOMA? THIS MAY BE THE WORST--BRACE YOURSELF! I hate to tell you this, but the bovine leukemia virus is found in more than three of five dairy cows in the United States! This involves about 80% of dairy herds. Unfortunately, when the milk is pooled, a very large percentage of all milk produced is contaminated (90 to 95 per cent). Of course the virus is killed in pasteurisation-- if the pasteurisation was done correctly. What if the milk is raw? In a study of randomly collected raw milk samples the bovine leukemia virus was recovered from two-thirds. I sincerely hope that the raw milk dairy herds are carefully monitored when compared to the regular herds. (Science 1981; 213:1014). This is a world-wide problem. One lengthy study from Germany deplored the problem and admitted the impossibility of keeping the virus from infected cows' milk from the rest of the milk. Several European countries, including Germany and Switzerland, have attempted to "cull" the infected cows from their herds. Certainly the United States must be the leader in the fight against leukemic dairy cows, right? Wrong! We are the worst in the world with the former exception of Venezuela according to Virgil Hulse MD, a milk specialist who also has a B.S. in Dairy Manufacturing as well as a Master's degree in Public Health. As mentioned, the leukemia virus is rendered inactive by pasteurisation. Of course. However, there can be Chernobyl like accidents. One of these occurred in the Chicago area in April, 1985. At a modern, large, milk processing plant an accidental "cross connection" between raw and pasteurized milk occurred. A violent salmonella outbreak followed, killing 4 and making an estimated 150,000 ill. Now the question I would pose to the dairy industry people is this: "How can you assure the people who drank this milk that they were not exposed to the ingestion of raw, unkilled, bully active bovine leukemia viruses?" Further, it would be fascinating to know if a "cluster" of leukemia cases blossoms in that area in 1 to 3 decades. There are reports of "leukemia clusters" elsewhere, one of them mentioned in the June 10, 1990 San Francisco Chronicle involving Northern California. What happens to other species of mammals when they are exposed to the bovine leukemia virus? It's a fair question and the answer is not reassuring. Virtually all animals exposed to the virus develop leukemia. This includes sheep, goats, and even primates such as rhesus monkeys and chimpanzees. The route of transmission includes ingestion (both intravenous and intramuscular) and cells present in milk. There are obviously no instances of transfer attempts to human beings, but we know that the virus can infect human cells in vitro. There is evidence of human antibody formation to the bovine leukemia virus; this is disturbing. How did the bovine leukemia virus particles gain access to humans and become antigens? Was it as small, denatured particles? If the bovine leukemia viruses causes human leukemia, we could expect the dairy states with known leukemic herds to have a higher incidence of human leukemia. Is this so? Unfortunately, it seems to be the case! Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin have statistically higher incidence of leukemia than the national average. In Russia and in Sweden, areas with uncontrolled bovine leukemia virus have been linked with increases in human leukemia. I am also told that veterinarians have higher rates of leukemia than the general public. Dairy farmers have significantly elevated leukemia rates. Recent research shows lymphocytes from milk fed to neonatal mammals gains access to bodily tissues by passing directly through the intestinal wall. An optimistic note from the University of Illinois, Ubana from the Department of Animal Sciences shows the importance of one's perspective. Since they are concerned with the economics of milk and not primarily the health aspects, they noted that the production of milk was greater in the cows with the bovine leukemia virus. However when the leukemia produced a persistent and significant lymphocytosis (increased white blood cell count), the production fell off. They suggested "a need to re-evaluate the economic impact of bovine leukemia virus infection on the dairy industry". Does this mean that leukemia is good for profits only if we can keep it under control? You can get the details on this business concern from Proc. Nat. Acad. Sciences, U.S. Feb. 1989. I added emphasis and am insulted that a university department feels that this is an economic and not a human health issue. Do not expect help from the Department of Agriculture or the universities. The money stakes and the political pressures are too great. You're on you own. What does this all mean? We know that virus is capable of producing leukemia in other animals. Is it proven that it can contribute to human leukemia (or lymphoma, a related cancer)? Several articles tackle this one: 1.Epidemiologic Relationships of the Bovine Population and Human Leukemia in Iowa. Am Journal of Epidemiology 112 (1980):80 2.Milk of Dairy Cows Frequently Contains a Leukemogenic Virus. Science 213 (1981): 1014 3.Beware of the Cow. (Editorial) Lancet 2 (1974):30 4.Is Bovine Milk A Health Hazard?. Pediatrics; Suppl. Feeding the Normal Infant. 75:182-186; 1985 In Norway, 1422 individuals were followed for 11 and a half years. Those drinking 2 or more glasses of milk per day had 3.5 times the incidence of cancer of the lymphatic organs. British Med. Journal 61:456-9, March 1990. One of the more thoughtful articles on this subject is from Allan S. Cunningham of Cooperstown, New York. Writing in the Lancet, November 27, 1976 (page 1184), his article is entitled, "Lymphomas and Animal-Protein Consumption". Many people think of milk as “liquid meat” and Dr. Cunningham agrees with this. He tracked the beef and dairy consumption in terms of grams per day for a one year period, 1955-1956., in 15 countries . New Zealand, United States and Canada were highest in that order. The lowest was Japan followed by Yugoslavia and France. The difference between the highest and lowest was quite pronounced: 43.8 grams/day for New Zealanders versus 1.5 for Japan. Nearly a 30-fold difference! (Parenthetically, the last 36 years have seen a startling increase in the amount of beef and milk used in Japan and their disease patterns are reflecting this, confirming the lack of 'genetic protection' seen in migration studies. Formerly the increase in frequency of lymphomas in Japanese people was only in those who moved to the USA)! An interesting bit of trivia is to note the memorial built at the Gyokusenji Temple in Shimoda, Japan. This marked the spot where the first cow was killed in Japan for human consumption! The chains around this memorial were a gift from the US Navy. Where do you suppose the Japanese got the idea to eat beef? The year? 1930. Cunningham found a highly significant positive correlation between deaths from lymphomas and beef and dairy ingestion in the 15 countries analysed. A few quotations from his article follow: The average intake of protein in many countries is far in excess of the recommended requirements. Excessive consumption of animal protein may be one co-factor in the causation of lymphomas by acting in the following manner. Ingestion of certain proteins results in the adsorption of antigenic fragments through the gastrointestinal mucous membrane. This results in chronic stimulation of lymphoid tissue to which these fragments gain access "Chronic immunological stimulation causes lymphomas in laboratory animals and is believed to cause lymphoid cancers in men." The gastrointestinal mucous membrane is only a partial barrier to the absorption of food antigens, and circulating antibodies to food protein is commonplace especially potent lymphoid stimulants. Ingestion of cows' milk can produce generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and profound adenoid hypertrophy. It has been conservatively estimated that more than 100 distinct antigens are released by the normal digestion of cows' milk which evoke production of all antibody classes [This may explain why pasteurized, killed viruses are still antigenic and can still cause disease. Here's more. A large prospective study from Norway was reported in the British Journal of Cancer 61 (3):456-9, March 1990. (Almost 16,000 individuals were followed for 11 and a half years). For most cancers there was no association between the tumour and milk ingestion. However, in lymphoma, there was a strong positive association. If one drank two glasses or more daily (or the equivalent in dairy products), the odds were 3.4 times greater than in persons drinking less than one glass of developing a lymphoma. There are two other cow-related diseases that you should be aware of. At this time they are not known to be spread by the use of dairy products and are not known to involve man. The first is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and the second is the bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV). The first of these diseases, we hope, is confined to England and causes cavities in the animal's brain. Sheep have long been known to suffer from a disease called scrapie. It seems to have been started by the feeding of contaminated sheep parts, especially brains, to the British cows. Now, use your good sense. Do cows seem like carnivores? Should they eat meat? This profit-motivated practice backfired and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease, swept Britain. The disease literally causes dementia in the unfortunate animal and is 100 per cent incurable. To date, over 100,000 cows have been incinerated in England in keeping with British law. Four hundred to 500 cows are reported as infected each month. The British public is concerned and has dropped its beef consumption by 25 per cent, while some 2,000 schools have stopped serving beef to children. Several farmers have developed a fatal disease syndrome that resembles both BSE and CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob- Disease). But the British Veterinary Association says that transmission of BSE to humans is "remote." The USDA agrees that the British epidemic was due to the feeding of cattle with bonemeal or animal protein produced at rendering plants from the carcasses of scrapie-infected sheep. The have prohibited the importation of live cattle and zoo ruminants from Great Britain and claim that the disease does not exist in the United States. However, there may be a problem. "Downer cows" are animals who arrive at auction yards or slaughter houses dead, trampled, lacerated, dehydrated, or too ill from viral or bacterial diseases to walk. Thus they are "down." If they cannot respond to electrical shocks by walking, they are dragged by chains to dumpsters and transported to rendering plants where, if they are not already dead, they are killed. Even a "humane" death is usually denied them. They are then turned into protein food for animals as well as other preparations. Minks that have been fed this protein have developed a fatal encephalopathy that has some resemblance to BSE. Entire colonies of minks have been lost in this manner, particularly in Wisconsin. It is feared that the infective agent is a prion or slow virus possible obtained from the ill "downer cows." The British Medical Journal in an editorial whimsically entitled "How Now Mad Cow?" (BMJ vol. 304, 11 Apr. 1992:929- 30) describes cases of BSE in species not previously known to be affected, such as cats. They admit that produce contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy entered the human food chain in England between 1986 and 1989. They say. "The result of this experiment is awaited." As the incubation period can be up to three decades, wait we must. The immunodeficency virus is seen in cattle in the United States and is more worrisome. Its structure is closely related to that of the human AIDS virus. At this time we do not know if exposure to the raw BIV proteins can cause the sera of humans to become positive for HIV. The extent of the virus among American herds is said to be "widespread". (The USDA refuses to inspect the meat and milk to see if antibodies to this retrovirus is present). It also has no plans to quarantine the infected animals. As in the case of humans with AIDS, there is no cure for BIV in cows. Each day we consume beef and diary products from cows infected with these viruses and no scientific assurance exists that the products are safe. Eating raw beef (as in steak Tartare) strikes me as being very risky, especially after the Seattle E. coli deaths of 1993. A report in the Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, October 1992, Vol. 56 pp.353-359 and another from the Russian literature, tell of a horrifying development. They report the first detection in human serum of the antibody to a bovine immunodeficiency virus protein. In addition to this disturbing report, is another from Russia telling us of the presence of virus proteins related to the bovine leukemia virus in 5 of 89 women with breast disease (Acta Virologica Feb. 1990 34(1): 19-26). The implications of these developments are unknown at present. However, it is safe to assume that these animal viruses are unlikely to "stay" in the animal kingdom. OTHER CANCERS--DOES IT GET WORSE? Unfortunately it does. Ovarian cancer--a particularly nasty tumour--was associated with milk consumption by workers at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York. Drinking more than one glass of whole milk or equivalent daily gave a woman a 3.1 times risk over non-milk users. They felt that the reduced fat milk products helped reduce the risk. This association has been made repeatedly by numerous investigators. Another important study, this from the Harvard Medical School, analyzed data from 27 countries mainly from the 1970s. Again a significant positive correlation is revealed between ovarian cancer and per capita milk consumption. These investigators feel that the lactose component of milk is the responsible fraction, and the digestion of this is facilitated by the persistence of the ability to digest the lactose (lactose persistence) - a little different emphasis, but the same conclusion. This study was reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology 130 (5): 904-10 Nov. 1989. These articles come from two of the country's leading institutions, not the Rodale Press or Prevention Magazine. Even lung cancer has been associated with milk ingestion? The beverage habits of 569 lung cancer patients and 569 controls again at Roswell Park were studied in the International Journal of Cancer, April 15, 1989. Persons drinking whole milk 3 or more times daily had a 2-fold increase in lung cancer risk when compared to those never drinking whole milk. For many years we have been watching the lung cancer rates for Japanese men who smoke far more than American or European men but who develop fewer lung cancers. Workers in this research area feel that the total fat intake is the difference. There are not many reports studying an association between milk ingestion and prostate cancer. One such report though was of great interest. This is from the Roswell Park Memorial Institute and is found in Cancer 64 (3): 605-12, 1989. They analyzed the diets of 371 prostate cancer patients and comparable control subjects: Men who reported drinking three or more glasses of whole milk daily had a relative risk of 2.49 compared with men who reported never drinking whole milk the weight of the evidence appears to favour the hypothesis that animal fat is related to increased risk of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in US men and is the second leading cause of cancer mortality. WELL, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Is there any health reason at all for an adult human to drink cows' milk? It's hard for me to come up with even one good reason other than simple preference. But if you try hard, in my opinion, these would be the best two: milk is a source of calcium and it's a source of amino acids (proteins). Let's look at the calcium first. Why are we concerned at all about calcium? Obviously, we intend it to build strong bones and protect us against osteoporosis. And no doubt about it, milk is loaded with calcium. But is it a good calcium source for humans? I think not. These are the reasons. Excessive amounts of dairy products actually interfere with calcium absorption. Secondly, the excess of protein that the milk provides is a major cause of the osteoporosis problem. Dr. H egsted in England has been writing for years about the geographical distribution of osteoporosis. It seems that the countries with the highest intake of dairy products are invariably the countries with the most osteoporosis. He feels that milk is a cause of osteoporosis. Reasons to be given below. Numerous studies have shown that the level of calcium ingestion and especially calcium supplementation has no effect whatever on the development of osteoporosis. The most important such article appeared recently in the British Journal of Medicine where the long arm of our dairy industry can't reach. Another study in the United States actually showed a worsening in calcium balance in post-menopausal women given three 8-ounce glasses of cows' milk per day. (Am. Journal of Clin. Nutrition, 1985). The effects of hormone, gender, weight bearing on the axial bones, and in particular protein intake, are critically important. Another observation that may be helpful to our analysis is to note the absence of any recorded dietary deficiencies of calcium among people living on a natural diet without milk. For the key to the osteoporosis riddle, don’t look at calcium, look at protein. Consider these two contrasting groups. Eskimos have an exceptionally high protein intake estimated at 25 percent of total calories. They also have a high calcium intake at 2,500 mg/day. Their osteoporosis is among the worst in the world. The other instructive group are the Bantus of South Africa. They have a 12 percent protein diet, mostly p lant protein, and only 200 to 350 mg/day of calcium, about half our women's intake. The women have virtually no osteoporosis despite bearing six or more children and nursing them for prolonged periods! When African women immigrate to the United States, do they develop osteoporosis? The answer is yes, but not quite are much as Caucasian or Asian women. Thus, there is a genetic difference that is modified by diet. To answer the obvious question, "Well, where do you get your calcium?" The answer is: "From exactly the same place the cow gets the calcium, from green things that grow in the ground," mainly from leafy vegetables. After all, elephants and rhinos develop their huge bones (after being weaned) by eating green leafy plants, so do horses. Carnivorous animals also do quite nicely without leafy plants. It seems that all of earth's mammals do well if they live in harmony with their genetic programming and natural food. Only humans living an affluent life style have rampant osteoporosis. If animal references do not convince you, think of the several billion humans on this earth who have never seen cows' milk. Wouldn't you think osteoporosis would be prevalent in this huge group? The dairy people would suggest this but the truth is exactly the opposite. They have far less than that seen in the countries where dairy products are commonly consumed. It is the subject of another paper, but the truly significant determinants of osteoporosis are grossly excessive protein intakes and lack of weight bearing on long bones, both taking place over decades. Hormones play a secondary, but not trivial role in women. Milk is a deterrent to good bone health. THE PROTEIN MYTH Remember when you were a kid and the adults all told you to "make sure you get plenty of good protein". Protein was the nutritional "good guy”" when I was young. And of course milk is fitted right in. As regards protein, milk is indeed a rich source of protein- -"liquid meat," remember? However that isn't necessarily what we need. In actual fact it is a source of difficulty. Nearly all Americans eat too much protein. For this information we rely on the most authoritative source that I am aware of. This is the latest edition (1oth, 1989: 4th printing, Jan. 1992) of the Recommended Dietary Allowances produced by the National Research Council. Of interest, the current editor of this important work is Dr. Richard Havel of the University of California in San Francisco. First to be noted is that the recommended protein has been steadily revised downward in successive editions. The current recommendation is 0.75 g/kilo/day for adults 19 through 51 years. This, of course, is only 45 grams per day for the mythical 60 kilogram adult. You should also know that the WHO estimated the need for protein in adults to by .6g/kilo per day. (All RDA's are calculated with large safety allowances in case you're the type that wants to add some more to "be sure.") You can "get by" on 28 to 30 grams a day if necessary! Now 45 grams a day is a tiny amount of protein. That's an ounce and a half! Consider too, that the protein does not have to be animal protein. Vegetable protein is identical for all practical purposes and has no cholesterol and vastly less saturated fat. (Do not be misled by the antiquated belief that plant proteins must be carefully balanced to avoid deficiencies. This is not a realistic concern.) Therefore virtually all Americans, Canadians, British and European people are in a protein overloaded state. This has serious consequences when maintained over decades. The problems are the already mentioned osteoporosis, atherosclerosis and kidney damage. There is good evidence that certain malignancies, chiefly colon and rectal, are related to excessive meat intake. Barry Brenner, an eminent renal physiologist was the first to fully point out the dangers of excess protein for the kidney tubule. The dangers of the fat and cholesterol are known to all. Finally, you should know that the protein content of human milk is amount the lowest (0.9%) in mammals. IS THAT ALL OF THE TROUBLE? Sorry, there's more. Remember lactose? This is the principal carbohydrate of milk. It seems that nature provides new- borns with the enzymatic equipment to metabolize lactose, but this ability often extinguishes by age 4 or 5 years. What is the problem with lactose or milk sugar? It seems that it is a disaccharide which is too large to be absorbed into the blood stream without first being broken down into monosaccharides, namely galactose and glucose. This requires the presence of an enzyme, lactase plus additional enzymes to break down the galactose into glucose. Let's think about his for a moment. Nature gives us the ability to metabolize lactose for a few years and then shuts off the mechanism. Is Mother Nature trying to tell us something? Clearly all infants must drink milk. The fact that so many adults cannot seems to be related to the tendency for nature to abandon mechanisms that are not needed. At least half of the adult humans on this earth are lactose intolerant. It was not until the relatively recent introduction of dairy herding and the ability to "borrow" milk from another group of mammals that the survival advantage of preserving lactase (the enzyme that allows us to digest lactose) became evident. But why would it be advantageous to drink cows' milk? After all, most of the human beings in the history of the world did. And further, why was it just the white or light skinned humans who retained this knack while the pigmented people tended to lose it? Some students of evolution feel that white skin is a fairly recent innovation, perhaps not more than 20,000 or 30,000 years old. It clearly has to do with the Northward migration of early man to cold and relatively sunless areas when skins and clothing became available. Fair skin allows the production of Vitamin D from sunlight more readily than does dark skin. However, when only the face was exposed to sunlight that area of fair skin was insufficient to provide the vitamin D from sunlight. If dietary and sunlight sources were poorly available, the ability to use the abundant calcium in cows' milk would give a survival advantage to humans who could digest that milk. This seems to be the only logical explanation for fair skinned humans having a high degree of lactose tolerance when compared to dark skinned people. How does this break down? Certain racial groups, namely blacks are up to 90% lactose intolerant as adults. Caucasians are 20 to 40% lactose intolerant. Orientals are midway between the above two groups. Diarrhea, gas and abdominal cramps are the results of substantial milk intake in such persons. Most American Indians cannot tolerate milk. The milk industry admits that lactose intolerance plays intestinal havoc with as many as 50 million Americans. A lactose-intolerance industry has sprung up and had sales of $117 million in 1992 (Time May 17, 1993.) What if you are lactose-intolerant and lust after dairy products? Is all lost? Not at all. It seems that lactose is largely digested by bacteria and you will be able to enjoy your cheese despite lactose intolerance. Yogurt is similar in this respect. Finally, and I could never have dreamed this up, geneticists want to splice genes to alter the composition of milk (Am J Clin Nutr 1993 Suppl 302s). One could quibble and say that milk is totally devoid of fiber content and that its habitual use will predispose to constipation and bowel disorders. The association with anemia and occult intestinal bleeding in infants is known to all physicians. This is chiefly from its lack of iron and its irritating qualities for the intestinal mucosa. The pediatric literature abounds with articles describing irritated intestinal lining, bleeding, increased permeability as well as colic, diarrhea and vomiting in cows'milk-sensitive babies. The anemia gets a double push by loss of blood and iron as well as deficiency of iron in the cows' milk. Milk is also the leading cause of childhood allergy. LOW FAT One additional topic: the matter of "low fat" milk. A common and sincere question is: "Well, low fat milk is OK, isn't it?" The answer to this question is that low fat milk isn't low fat. The term "low fat" is a marketing term used to gull the public. Low fat milk contains from 24 to 33% fat as calories! The 2% figure is also misleading. This refers to weight. They don't tell you that, by weight, the milk is 87% water! "Well, then, kill-joy surely you must approve of non-fat milk!" I hear this quite a bit. (Another constant concern is: "What do you put on your cereal?") True, there is little or no fat, but now you have a relative overburden of protein and lactose. It there is something that we do not need more of it is another simple sugar-lactose, composed of galactose and glucose. Millions of Americans are lactose intolerant to boot, as noted. As for protein, as stated earlier, we live in a society that routinely ingests far more protein than we need. It is a burden for our bodies, especially the kidneys, and a prominent cause of osteoporosis. Concerning the dry cereal issue, I would suggest soy milk, rice milk or almond milk as a healthy substitute. If you're still concerned about calcium, "Westsoy" is formulated to have the same calcium concentration as milk. SUMMARY To my thinking, there is only one valid reason to drink milk or use milk products. That is just because we simply want to. Because we like it and because it has become a part of our culture. Because we have become accustomed to its taste and texture. Because we like the way it slides down our throat. Because our parents did the very best they could for us and provided milk in our earliest training and conditioning. They taught us to like it. And then probably the very best reason is ice cream! I've heard it described "to die for". I had one patient who did exactly that. He had no obvious vices. He didn't smoke or drink, he didn’t eat meat, his diet and lifestyle was nearly a perfectly health promoting one; but he had a passion. You guessed it, he loved rich ice cream. A pint of the richest would be a lean day's ration for him. On many occasions he would eat an entire quart - and yes there were some cookies and other pastries. Good ice cream deserves this after all. He seemed to be in good health despite some expected "middle age spread" when he had a devastating stroke which left him paralyzed, miserable and helpless, and he had additional strokes and d ied several years later never having left a hospital or rehabilitation unit. Was he old? I don't think so. He was in his 50s. So don't drink milk for health. I am convinced on the weight of the scientific evidence that it does not "do a body good." Inclusion of milk will only reduce your diet's nutritional value and safety. Most of the people on this planet live very healthfully without cows' milk. You can too. 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Is animals right is a clear contridication with the cycle of life ? I remember reading an article about a Hindu man. He was a strict vegan and loved all animals. Where ever he went to walk he took the long route he refused to walk on grass or any plant life. He also cared deeply about animals that are why he was vegan. He felt so guilty at himself that each time he ate a meal he would cut off one of his limbs and asked some god for forgiveness because he considered eating a plant as taking a life so he sacrificed one of his limbs to some god for forgiveness. I'm sorry, but no animals life has as much importance or relevance as that of a human. For one to think that an animal’s life is just as important as his own is absurd. Can anyone possibly believe that the life of a pig, cow, or chicken can even compare to the life of a human being?” believe my goal of simply reducing animal suffering to a minimum, is simply more realistic than that of abolishing . You feel so strongly about animals , even animals that you have never even seen or heared that every hurt inflicted on them is inflicted on you as well. And that is a shame if your house is burning are you going to try to save your pets before your kids? I can consider some one like me being vegetarian and eventually vegan this is because of health reasons. And people who become vegans for animal rights I don’t consider this a diet I consider it a religion. You act as if animals are your lords. And for you to have the edacity to call me a jerk and consider me a killer its just not rational. And I am deeply offended and will express my feelings on this subject . I'm all for kindness to animals, but to value their lives equally to humans is a bit absurd. I mean where would the argment end? Would you say a pig had the same value as a human? How about a pidgeon? Or a rat? Or an invertebrate? The entire world's balance is based on the "food chain." For instance, those cute little bunnies don't exist to eat grass...they exist to provide sustenance to something higher in the food chain...and so it goes throughout the animal kindom. Nature provides for that balance by making it possible for animals lower in the food chain to procreate at much higher rates than those higher up in the food chain. That way they can fulfill their purpose in life...as food...yet still perpetuate their species. whats wrong with wearing leather from animal? Do you not know fake leathers release cancer causing toxins in which seriously harms humans and animals . In fact in the long run fake leathers do more harm then authetic ones. What do you animal rights people have to say for this
Nascar Fans read this very intresting and partly controversial article and tell me what you think? It might be the most sinister word in sports. The notion that the outcome is somehow determined before an event begins draws the line between where competition ends and performance begins. In the NASCAR vernacular, a race is known as "the show." If that's all it is, doesn't that make everybody who'll be at Lowe's Motor Speedway for today's 600 -- everybody on the track, in the garage and in the grandstands who's not "in" on the gimmick -- a sucker? "If somebody was really manipulating this sport, you'd be mad as hell," said Steve Hmiel, a former Nextel Cup crew chief who is technical director at Dale Earnhardt Inc. "You've worked your whole life to be competitive. So I don't think anybody is rigging anything, and I don't think any of us are suckers." That position, frankly, has taken a pummeling in recent weeks. "I don't know that they've run a fair race all year," two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart said after being upset by cautions for debris at the Phoenix race last month. "It's like playing God. They can almost dictate the race. ... I guess that NASCAR thinks, `Hey, wrestling worked and it was, for the most part, staged. So I guess it's going to work in racing, too.' " Stewart retracted the gist of that diatribe, but he couldn't pull back the impact of what he said. But he has not been alone in questioning NASCAR's officiating fairness. At Darlington, S.C., two weeks ago, Denny Hamlin was trying to chase down leader Jeff Gordon in the final laps of the Dodge Avenger 500 when he thought he'd caught a break. "There was somebody's entire fender and underbody on the race track," Hamlin said. "I saw that and I literally pumped my fists in the car because I knew a caution was going to come out. ... But no caution and Hendrick (Motorsports) gets another break." Two weeks before that, some fans howled because they believed NASCAR waited to throw a caution flag at Talladega, Ala., to benefit Gordon again. As Gordon was challenging for the lead late, David Reutimann's car began smoking. Just after Gordon made his pass for the lead, the caution waved. Gordon went on to win. Issue isn't new Last week, several hundred fans who follow the sport closely enough to join the official "NASCAR members club" traveled here for an annual convention.A panel of racing media discussed the sport at one gathering of that group, and fans were asked to raise their hands if they believed NASCAR manipulates competition through officiating. More than a third of the people raised their hands. The issue is not new. Since the sport's first race here in Charlotte in 1949, stories have been told about inspectors allowing obviously illegal cars to roll through while "finding" violations on other cars that had come to disfavor with NASCAR. The Nextel Cup rule book is popularly viewed as a document written only in pencil -- or, as in an old joke, on an Etch-A-Sketch. There has always, in fact, been plenty of smoke when it comes to the issue of NASCAR manipulating events. The real question, though, is whether there's actual fire. "Lately, when it comes to conspiracy theories the John F. Kennedy assassination is No. 1 and we're No. 2," said team owner Ray Evernham, a former crew chief. "Everybody's got a conspiracy theory, but there's just not that big of a conspiracy going on." Driver Jeff Burton agrees. "The thing that drives me kind of crazy is any belief by teams or fans that NASCAR does something to help a particular team," Burton said. "I don't believe they'd throw a caution so Jeff Gordon could win Phoenix. It worked out that the No. 24 car got lucky. It wasn't NASCAR's fault. "I don't think they'd throw a caution so the Lowe's car could win a race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. I think that's ludicrous. If I ever believe that it's like that, I'd quit. It's NASCAR's responsibility and the charge to look into the overall good of the sport. And I think they do a damn good job of that." Endless conspiracy theories NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France said he knows there's no way to convince a Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan that Gordon gets all the calls or a Gordon fan that the sport doesn't do everything possible to assist Earnhardt Jr. "I know what we do, but I know you can't stop people from having these endless conspiracy theories," France said. "There are a lot of things going on in a given race. Sometimes a caution helps some drivers and sometimes it hurts some. "Our problem is if something happens. A piece of metal could be a piece of paper, but if it's metal and we don't do anything about that, somebody could run it over it. If that causes an accident or it goes up into the stands -- any number of things -- that's not a good outcome for us. "We're going to err on the side of putting the caution out if we think there's a safety element. But that can be difficult. Is it in the groove or out of the groove? What is it?" Hmiel was crew chief for Mark Martin in 1990 when NASCAR docked the team 46 points for an unapproved spacer on the carburetor at Richmond, Va. The team contended the part created no advantage. That year, Martin lost the championship by 26 points to Dale Earnhardt, and Hmiel and car owner Jack Roush still believe that penalty cost them the title. "I've been on the good side of it and the bad side of it," Hmiel said of NASCAR officiating. "... But in 35 years, I've never been able to go, `Well, that's what happened. This guy told me this when it all went down and it's a crooked deal.' Never. "... I am not flying the NASCAR flag, I am just telling you that if you ask me if I've ever seen anything really bad go down the answer is absolutely not. ... I've never felt like I've been up against a stacked deck." When he was crew chief for Gordon, Evernham got a $60,000 fine for a rules infraction that was, until two $100,000 penalties this year, the largest in NASCAR history. "I think that's something unfair that has been part of the folklore of NASCAR," Evernham said of hints of favoritism. "The bottom line is you have a balls-and-strikes deal. "... I will complain as much as anybody else when I am upset. But I cannot stand here and tell you that I have ever, ever felt that NASCAR has tried to dictate who won a race or who didn't." NASCAR inspections are open. At several tracks, fans can sit in bleachers and watch cars roll through pre-race inspections. Illegal parts are confiscated and usually put on display at the NASCAR hauler. "We're the most transparent in all of motorsports without even a question," France said. "We have an open inspection process, and when an illegal part we usually put that out for everybody to see. ... We have drivers who come up the control tower and see the complexities we're up against and how it really happens and how the decisions are made. ... I don't know how much more transparent we could be." John Darby, as Nextel Cup Series director, is the chief over the dozens of inspectors and rules officials. He's also part of a team that includes NASCAR President Mike Helton, vice president for competition Robin Pemberton, race director David Hoots and a legion of spotters and officials around the track who decide when cautions should be called. Darby said when he's watching a football game on television he finds himself "chewing on a referee because I think he missed a call on my team." Darby knows NASCAR doesn't get it right all of the time, either. The sport's mantra is they will always err on the side of caution. "I think certainly there are probably times during a race where the field gets strung out and maybe they're looking a little harder for debris than other times," driver Matt Kenseth said. "... We've got to realize that it's a sport. I think they officiate it fairly. I think they make sure that they don't have an outcome in the winners, but I think certainly we all realize it's an entertainment business and they're going try to make the races as entertaining as possible." Gordon said he looks for the same thing most athletes do in officials, and that's consistency. But Gordon also sees entertainment as a legitimate factor, too. "You can joke about it all you want, but I can tell you that yes, they want it to be entertaining," Gordon said. "Who wouldn't? Do we want Formula One that's not entertaining at all, but yet the integrity of the hard-core racing is there? We don't want that. I don't want that. "I want a sport that can compete in America as a great racing series that is very entertaining to the fans. What makes it entertaining is cars that can pass and cars that bump and bang and have these great finishes. Caution flags help make it entertaining as well. It's something that NASCAR tries to balance out -- the entertainment side of it as well as the hard-core racing side of it. "And sometimes it's a tough balance." from the charlette observer
British newspaper article on Obama...OPINIONS PLEASE? I just recieved this newspaper article via e-mail. Please read and tell me what you think! I am very curious to know what others opinions will be on this article: The Daily Mail ( UK ) wrote this editorial about Obama on 1/6/2009. (Confirmation: Google " London Daily Mail Obama's Victory") Obama's Victory -- A British View A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher, Jeremiah Wright, the US mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life, but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality. A victory for Hollywood , the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros, Moore, and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for 'group think' and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion. Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who, even in triumph, cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition. A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family; for those who prefer teachers' unions to teaching, and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity. A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs. Congratulations America !
Read this British news article on Obama! Opinions please!!!? I just received this news article via e-mail. Read it and give me your opinion on this. And if you don't mind, include what country you are from! The Daily Mail ( UK ) wrote this editorial about Obama on 1/6/2009. (Confirmation: Google " London Daily Mail Obama's Victory") Obama's Victory -- A British View A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher, Jeremiah Wright, the US mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life, but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality. A victory for Hollywood , the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros, Moore, and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for 'group think' and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion. Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who, even in triumph, cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition. A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family; for those who prefer teachers' unions to teaching, and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity. A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs. Congratulations America !
Balance between selfish and selfless? Its like every article you read about having a happy life states you have make yourself happy first. But how do you find that line between selfish and selfless, while keeping yourself happy? If you have a life that includes any other people (family, spouse, friends etc). Then obviously you can't just do "whatever" makes you happy, as it usually bites you in the butt later. How do you know when to give up on your own hobbies, dreams etc for the sake of the next generation (kids)? How do you know when to put a relationship on the back burner for that once in lifetime chance? When should you be selfless and when should you be selfish? Whats everyone's insight on this? All answers welcome...religious or not. :)
can someone fix my english article about a girl plz? can someone give me ideas, comments, and maybe fix things(like what can i change,remove or add...) to sound a little better...i want it to sound a little more profesional, thanks so so much, this is real help :P tell me what i can do, and if this is good: ''Life wouldn't be perfect if everyone would be equal, you have to have your ups and downs; you need balance. You can't have everything the same because than life would be boring, no excitement '' , is Jasmines' words. For someone that loves acting and is only 13, she wishes she could change the world. If she had a chance and the choice was all hers, she would stop anything that is harmful towards animals. She loves the heat and anything near the water. Every year, she goes to Cuba, enjoying every minute of it. Sometimes, she wishes that if she could have some kind of power, it'll be to fly. She'll use it to dash anywhere anytime or to escape reality if there was a war, if ever. She would take off to California, Hollywood, New York, and even Malibu to show the world her talents. And one thing that no matter what people do, she can beat every single person is in Hula Hooping. She does not like being left alone and especially when it comes to very dark places; with bad guys. For her to love someone, they need to have honesty, trust, inner beauty, and intimacy. Something that she would never ever get tired of is eating pizza. If she had to survive on it for the rest of her life and nothing else, that's the perfect thing. Jasmines zodiac sign is Pisces. She never hides anything from anyone because she said just about everything to everyone! If she was to repeat a year of high school , she would feel very depressed. She would also feel extremely lonely with all her friends gone. ''It wouldn't feel like I'm 15 again because everyone moved on and I stayed behind'' , is her description. So she plans to swot up for the future. Yasmine is a good hearted person that loves shopping and hanging out with her friends. On her spare time, she usually goes on the computer to waist a slight time. The one first thing she would do when she gets her driver's licence in hand is go party with lots of friends... If she was to win the jack pot, one of the first things she would do is go shopping, donate for Africa because it's one of the poorest countries and Japan because she wants them to stop eradicating babies. Yasmine cares about life a lot and wishes to revolutionize the world the best she can, never change.
Is there any language mistake in my article? Reading material ling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Morandi In fact Giorgio Morandi is famous because he focus on the color, the tone and the compositional balance of still lifes. And someone think that he opened the window toward minimalism. His word impressed me very much: Nothing is more abstract than reality. That means-in my mind-every abstract of reality is combined by the understanding of person, only the reality itself has the every kind of original abstract. And I really think our art teacher taught the wrong thing to us. They let us to draw still life as real as possible, but we only have one year to learn that, and the more important thing for us should be the ability to show our feeling, to show the atmosphere. When we become an architect, the ability to show the atmosphere concept of our building is more important than to show all the details.
Are you Prepared for Life After the Oil Crash? There should have some kind of regulations set to balance out our supply and demand for oil from the get-go! Didn't we know from the beginning that there was a limited supply of oil? If so, why the hell would we allow ourselves to become such an oil dependant world? This isn't just a scare folks, our oil supply will last us 40 years at most! If that's not bad enough, as the supply continues to shrink we will experience total world chaos. Everything and body will be effected! Searching for more oil is a joke and only prolongs the problem. What do you all think about all this? Visit this article to learn more:http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ One Gas alternative called fuel cell seems semi-promising. It'll probably be 10 more years before this technology will be available for our use. http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fcv_benefits.shtml
Some of the most successful relationships are based on lies, true, false or somewhat right? I read an article about how some of the most successful relationships today are based on lies and it got me contrasting it against the conformed morale of a "text-book" example of a healthy relationships. There is no such thing as a white lie. A lie is a lie, it doesn't matter how one sugar-coats it to reaffirm themselves that it isn't one. Now we all have been duly informed of the repercussion of a lie at some point in our lives, how it destroys bonds and trust. But isn't a lie well stuck too is as good as the truth? Before someone throws down the hammer of truth listen to this example. A wife ask her husband if she looks fat in a said dress, husband lies and says she doesn't? Remember there are no such thing as a white lie. Now take that situation and multiply it by a thousand. Now, lets say the wife leads a double life, she's cheating on her husband. But she keeps both life in balance? Neither neglecting one over the other. Does that mean its ok to lie so long no one gets hurt?.
Religious involvement = longer life? http://www.apa.org/releases/religion.html http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/spirituality-may-help-people-live-longer http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20000603/fob8.asp What do you all think of these? So is it that atheists don't live as long?
Which historical or religious figure has always been a source of your inspiration and why? For myself there are multiple "Moses of Egypt" for his principles and perseverance. I always see him as a freedom lover. The one who stands for justice and peace. The one who stands for people's rights against the dictatorship of the Pharaoh. The one who is ready to serve. "Jesus of Nazareth" for his humility and love. I feel very inspired when he helped Mary when people came to throw stones at her and he said "Let him he who is without sin cast the first stone" As people left, He got up and told Mary "Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more" . "Muhammed of Mecca" Time Magazine article I read sometime ago said he is one person who brought arabia from hate, revenge and dictatorship to love, compassion and peace. There was a woman who always threw garbage on him as he walked down the street. One day she didnt and he found out she was sick and he humbley visited her to inquire about her health. He was also the leader of Mecca when he died, his house was empty. He valued of life of balance and humility. "Hazrat Ali" was a companion to Muhammed. He had no will of his own, always had his heart and ears open to God's will. He was a lover, poet, leader, philosopher and a warrior. "Gandhi Ji" I have always respected Gandhi's courage and resolve with non voilent movements. He had a very good sense of humor and he valued humor as inspiration to a otherwise very tough and chanlleging life. Gandhi used to say Fear kills the spirit. He has shown the world the value of patience and perseverance. "Nelson Mandela" for his constant courage. The thing I value most about him is when he was in jail, he was offered money and riches to change his course but he never sold his principles. Quality of a true statesman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GyP8BycsIk&feature=PlayList&p=39023C4CB15523FB&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21 Thanks for sharing your valuable opinions. Peace, Love and Blessings!
Give me your opinion insights and summary or how you understand this..? CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Article One Basic Air Quality Policies SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999". SECTION 2. Declaration of Principles. - The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. The State shall promote and protect the global environment to attain sustainable development while recognizing the primary responsibility of local government units to deal with environmental problems. The State recognizes that the responsibility of cleaning the habitat and environment is primarily area-based. The State also recognizes the principle that "polluters must pay". Finally, the State recognizes that a clean and healthy environment is for the good of all and should therefore be the concern of all. SECTION 3. Declaration of Policies. - The State shall pursue a policy of balancing development and environmental protection. To achieve this end, the frame work for sustainable development shall be pursued. It shall be the policy of the State to: a. Formulate a holistic national program of air pollution management that shall be implemented by the government through proper delegation and effective coordination of functions and activities; b. Encourage cooperation and self-regulation among citizens and industries through the application of market-based instruments; c. Focus primarily on pollution prevention rather than on control and provide for a comprehensive management program for air pollution; d. Promote public information and education and to encourage the participation of an informed and active public in air quality planning and monitoring; and e. Formulate and enforce a system of accountability for short and long-term adverse environmental impact of a project, program or activity. This shall include the setting up of a funding or guarantee mechanism for clean-up and environmental rehabilitation and compensation for personal damages. SECTION 4. Recognition of Rights. - Pursuant to the above-declared principles, the following rights of citizens are hereby sought to be recognized and the State shall seek to guarantee the enjoyment: a. The right to breathe clean air; b. The right to utilize and enjoy all natural resources according to the principles of sustainable development; c. The right to participate in the formulation, planning, implementation and monitoring of environmental policies and programs and in the decision-making process; d. The right to participate in the decision-making process concerning development policies, plans and programs projects or activities that may have adverse impact on the environment and public health; e. The right to be informed of the nature and extent of the potential hazard of any activity, undertaking or project and to be served timely notice of any significant rise in the level of pollution and the accidental or deliberate release into the atmosphere of harmful or hazardous substances; f. The right of access to public records which a citizen may need to exercise his or her rights effectively under this Act; g. The right to bring action in court or quasi-judicial bodies to enjoin all activities in violation of environmental laws and regulations, to compel the rehabilitation and cleanup of affected area, and to seek the imposition of penal sanctions against violators of environmental laws;and h. The right to bring action in court for compensation of personal damages resulting from the adverse environmental and public health impact of a project or activity. Article Two Definition of Terms SECTION 5. -Definitions.- As used in this Act: a.) "Air pollutant" means any matter found in the atmosphere other than oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, carbon dioxide, and the inert gases in their natural or normal concentrations, that is detrimental to health or the environment, which includes but not limited to smoke, dust, soot, cinders, fly ash, solid particles of any king, gases, fumes, chemical mists, steam and radioactive substances; b.) "Air pollution" means any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of the atmospheric air, or any discharge thereto of any liquid, gaseous or solid substances that will or is likely to create or to render the air resources of the country harmful, detrimental, or injurious to public health, safety or welfare or which will adversely affect their utilization for domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate purposes; c.) "Ambient air quality guideline values" means the concentration of air over specified periods classified as short-term and long-term which are intended to serve as goals or objectives for the protection of health and/or public welfare. These values shall be used for air quality management purposes such as determining time trends, evaluating stages of deterioration or enhancement o the air quality, and in general, used as basis or taking positive action in preventing, controlling, or abating air pollution; d.) "Ambient air quality" means the general amount of pollution present in a broad area; and refers to the atmosphere's average purity as distinguished from discharge measurements taken at the source of pollution; e.) "Certificate of Conformity" means a certificate issued by the Department o Environment and Natural Resources to a vehicle manufacturer/assembler or importer certifying that a particular new vehicle or vehicle type meets the requirements provided under this Act and its rules and regulations; f.) "Department" means the Department of Environment and Natural Resources; g.)" Eco-profile" means the geographic-based instrument for planners and decision makers which present an evaluation of the environment quality and carrying capacity of an area. It is the result of the integration of primary data and information on natural resources and antropogenic activities on the land which evaluated by various environmental risk assessment and forecasting methodologies that enable the Department to anticipate the type of development control necessary in the planning area. h.)" Emission" means any air contaminant, pollutant, gas stream or unwanted sound from a known source which is passed into the atmosphere; i.) " Greenhouse gases" means those gases that can potentially or can reasonably be expected to induce global warming, which include carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, chloroflourocarbons, and the like; j.) "Hazardous substances" means those substances which present either : (1) short-term acute hazards such as acute toxicity by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption, corrosivity or other skin or eye contact hazard or the risk of fire explosion; or (2) long-term toxicity upon repeated exposure, carcinogecity (which in some cases result in acute exposure but with a long latent period), resistance to detoxification process such as biodegradation, the potential to pollute underground or surface waters; k.)" Infectious waste " means that portion of medical waste that could transmit an infectious disease; l.)" Medical waste" means that materials generated as a result of patient diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals; m.) " Mobile source" means any vehicle propelled by or thorough combustion of carbon-based or other fuel, constructed and operated principally for the conveyance of persons or the transportation of property goods; n.) " Motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled by a gasoline or diesel engine or by any means other than human or animal power, constructed and operated principally for the conveyance of persons or the transportation of property or goods in a public highway or street open to public use; o.) " Municipal waste" means the waste materials generated from communities within a specific locality; p)." New vehicle" means a vehicle constructed entirely from new parts that has never been sold or registered with the DOTC or with the appropriate agency or authority, and operated on the highways of the Philippines, any foreign state of country; q.) " Octane Rating or the Anti-Knock Index(AKI)" means the rating of the anti-knock characteristics of a grade or type of automotive gasoline as determined by dividing by two (2) the sum of the Research Octane Number (RON), plus the Motor Octane Number (MON); the octane requirement, with respect to automotive gasoline for use in a motor vehicle or a class thereof , whether imported, manufactured, or assembled by a manufacturer, shall refer to the minimum octane rating of such automotive gasoline which such manufacturer recommends for the efficient operation of such motor vehicle, or a substantial portion of such class, without knocking; r.) " Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)" means those substances that significantly deplete or otherwise modify the ozone layer in a manner that is likely to result in adverse effects of human health and the environment such as , but not limited to , chloroflourocarbons, halons and the like; s.) "Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)" means the organic compounds that persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. These compounds resist photolytic, chemical and biological degradation, which shall include but not be limited to dioxin, furan, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, such as aldrin, dieldrin, DDT, hexachlorobenzene, lindane, toxaphere and chlordane; t.) "Poisonous and toxic fumes" means any emissions and fumes which are beyond internationally-accepted standards, including but not limited to the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline values; u. " Pollution control device " means any device or apparatus used to prevent, control or abate the pollution of air caused by emissions from identified pollution sources at levels within the air pollution control standards established by the Department; v.) " Pollution control technology" means the pollution control devices, production process, fuel combustion processes or other means that effectively prevent or reduce emissions or effluent; w.) " Standard of performance " means a standard for emissions of air pollutant which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction, taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any non-air quality health and environmental impact and energy requirement which the Department determines, and adequately demonstrates; and x.) " Stationary source" means any building or immobile structure, facility or installation which emits or may emit any air pollutant. CHAPTER 2 AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Article One General Provisions SEC. 6. Air Quality Monitoring and Information Network - The Department shall prepare an annual National Air Quality Status Report which shall be used as the basis in formulating the Integrated Air Quality Improvement Framework, as provided for in Sec. 7. The said report shall include, but shall not be limited to the following: a.) Extent of pollution in the country, per type of pollutant and per type of source, based on reports of the Department's monitoring stations; b.) Analysis and evaluation of the current state, trends and projections of air pollution at the various levels provided herein; c.) Identification of critical areas, activities, or projects which will need closer monitoring or regulation; d.) Recommendations for necessary executive and legislative action; and e.) Other pertinent qualitative and quantitative information concerning the extent of air pollution and the air quality performance rating of industries in the country. The Department, in cooperation with the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), shall design and develop an information network for data storage, retrieval and exchange. The Department shall serve as the central depository of all data and information related to air quality. SEC. 7. Integrated Air Quality Improvement Framework.- The Department shall within six (6) months after the effectivity of this Act, establish, with the participation of LGUs, NGOs, POs, the academe and other concerned entities from the private sector, formulate and implement the Integrated Air Quality Improvement Framework for a comprehensive air pollution management and control program. The framework shall, among others, prescribe the emission reduction goals using permissible standards, control strategies and control measures to undertaken within a specified time period, including cost-effective use of economic incentives, managements strategies, collective actions, and environmental education and information. The Integrated Air Quality Improvement Framework shall be adopted as the official blueprint with which all government agencies must comply with to attain and maintain ambient air quality standards. SEC. 8 Air Quality Control Action Plan- Within six (6) months after the formulation of the framework, the Department shall, with public participation, formulate and implement an air quality control action plan consistent with Sec. 7 of this Act. The action plan shall : a.) Include enforceable emission limitations and other control measures, means or techniques, as well as schedules and time tables for compliance, as may be necessary or appropriate to meet the applicable requirements of this Act; b.) Provide for the establishment and operation of appropriate devices, methods, systems and procedures necessary to monitor, compile and analyze data on ambient air quality; c.) Include a program to provide for the following : (1) enforcement of the measures described in subparagraph (a);(2) regulation of the modification and construction of any stationary source within the areas covered by the plan, in accordance with land use policy to ensure that ambient air quality standards are achieved; d). Contain adequate provisions, consistent with the provisions of this Act, prohibiting any source or other types of emissions activity within the country from emitting any air pollutant in amounts which will significantly contribute to the non-attainment or will interfere with the maintenance by the Department of any such ambient air quality standard required to be included in the implementation plan to prevent significant deterioration of air quality or to protect visibility; e.) Include control strategies and control measures to be undertaken within a specified time period, including cost effective use of economic incentives, management strategies, collection action and environmental education and information; f.) Designate airsheds; and g.)All other measures necessary for the effective control and abatement of air pollution. The adoption of the plan shall clarify the legal effects on the financial, manpower and budgetary resources of the affected government agencies, and on the alignment of their programs with the plans. In addition to direct regulations, the plan shall be characterized by a participatory approach to the pollution problem. The involvement of private entities in the monitoring and testing of emissions from mobile and/or stationary sources shall be considered. Likewise, the LGU's, with the assistance from the Department, shall prepare and develop an action plan consistent with the Integrated Air Quality Improvement Framework to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards with their respective airsheds as provided in Sec. 9 hereof. The local government units shall develop and submit to the Department as procedure for carrying out the action plan for their jurisdiction. The Department, however, shall maintain its authority to independently inspect the enforcement procedure adopted. The Department shall have the power to closely supervise all or parts of the air quality action plan until such time the local government unit concerned can assume the function to enforce the standards set by the Department. A multi-sectoral monitoring team with broad public representation shall be convened by the Department for each LGU to conduct periodic inspections of air pollution sources to assess compliance with emission limitations contained in their permits. SEC. 9 Airsheds. - Pursuant to Sec. 8 of this Act, the designation of airsheds shall be on the basis of, but not limited to, areas with similar climate, meteorology and topology which affect the interchange and diffusion of pollutants in the atmosphere, or areas which share common interest or face similar development programs, prospects or problems. For a more effective air quality management, a system of planning and coordination shall be established and a common action plan shall be formulated for each airshed. To effectively carry out the formulated actions plans, a Governing Board is hereby created, hereinafter referred to as the Board. The Board shall be headed by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as chairman. The members shall be as follows: a.) Provincial Governors from areas belonging to the airshed; b.) City/Municipal Mayors from areas belonging to the airshed; c.) A representative from each concerned government agency; d.) Representatives from people's organizations; e.) Representatives from non-government organizations; and f.) Representatives from the private sector. The Board shall perform the following functions: a.) Formulation of policies; b.) Preparation of a common action plan; c.) Coordination of functions among its members; and d.) Submission and publication of an annual Air Quality Status Report for each airshed. Upon consultation with appropriate local government authorities, the Department shall, from time to time, revise the designation of airsheds utilizing eco-profiling techniques and undertaking scientific studies. Emissions trading may be allowed among pollution sources within an airshed. SEC. 10. Management of Nonattainment Areas.- The Department shall designate areas where specific pollutants have already exceeded ambient standards as nonattainment areas. The Department shall prepare and implement a program that will prohibit new sources of exceeded air pollutant without a corresponding reduction in existing resources. In coordination with other appropriate government agencies, the LGUs shall prepare and implement a program and other measures including relocation, whenever necessary, to protect the health and welfare of residents in the area. For those designated as nonattainment areas, the Department, after consultation with local government authorities, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), people's organizations (POs) and concerned sectors may revise the designation of such areas and expand its coverage to cover larger areas depending on the condition of the areas. SEC. 11 Air Quality Control Techniques - Simultaneous with the issuance of the guideline values and standards, the Department, through the research and development program contained in this Act and upon consultation with appropriate advisory committees, government agencies and LGUs, shall issue, and from time to time, revise information on air pollution control techniques. Such information shall include: a.) Best available technology and alternative methods of prevention, management and control of air pollution; b.) Best available technology economically achievable which shall refer to the technological basis/standards for emission limits applicable to existing, direct industrial emitters of nonconventional and toxic pollutants; and c.) Alternative fuels, processes and operating methods which will result in the eliminator or significant reduction of emissions. Such information may also include data relating to the cost of installation and operation, energy requirements, emission reduction benefits, and environmental impact or the emission control technology. The issuance of air quality guideline values, standards and information on air quality control techniques shall be made available to the general public : Provided, That the issuance of information on air quality control techniques shall not be construed as requiring the purchase of certain pollution control devices by the public. SECTION 12. Ambient Air Quality Guideline Values and Standards.- The Department, in coordination with other concerned agencies, shall review and or revise and publish annually a list of hazardous air pollutants with corresponding ambient guideline values and / or standard necessary to protect health and safety, and general welfare. The initial list and values of the hazardous air pollutants shall be as follows : a.) For National Ambient Air Quality Guideline for Criteria Pollutants : Short Term a Long Term b Pollutants µg/Ncm ppm Averaging Time µg/Ncm ppm Averaging Time Suspended Particulate Matterc-TSP 230d 24 hours 90 -- 1 yeare -PM-10 150f 24 hours 60 -- 1 yeare Sulfur Dioxidec 180 0.07 24 hours 80 0.03 1 year Nitrogen Dioxide 150 0.08 24 hours -- -- -- Photochemical Oxidants 140 0.07 1 hour -- -- --- As Ozone 60 0.03 8 hours -- -- -- Carbon Monoxide 35 30 1 hour -- -- -- mg/Ncm 10 9 8 hours -- -- -- mg/Ncm Leadg 1.5 -- 3 monthsg 1.0 -- 1 year a.Maximum limits represented by ninety-eight percentile (98%) values not to be exceed more than once a year. b. Arithmetic mean c. SO2 and Suspended Particulate matter are sampled once every six days when using the manual methods. A minimum of twelve sampling days per quarter of forty-eight sampling days each year is required for these methods. Daily sampling may be done in the future once continuous analyzers are procured and become available. d. Limits for Total Suspended Particulate Matter with mass median diameter less than 25-50 um. e. Annual Geometric Mean f. Provisional limits for Suspended Particulate Matter with mass median diameter less than 10 microns and below until sufficient monitoring data are gathered to base a proper guideline. g. Evaluation of this guideline is carried out for 24-hour averaging time and averaged over three moving calendar months. The monitored average value for any three months shall not exceed the guideline value. b) For National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Source Specific Air Pollutants from : Industrial Sources/ Operations: Pollutants1 Concentration2 Averaging time (min.) Method of Analysis/ Measurement3 µ/Ncm ppm 1. Ammonia 200 0.28 30 Nesselerization/ Indo Phenol 2. Carbon Disulfide 30 0.01 30 Tischer Method 3. Chlorine and Chlorine Compounds expressed as Cl2 100 0.03 5 Methyl Orange 4. Formaldehyde 50 0.04 30 Chromotropic acid Method or MBTH Colorimetric Method 5. Hydrogen Chloride 200 0.13 30 Volhard Titration with Iodine Solution 6. Hydrogen Sulfide 100 0.07 30 Methylene Blue 7. Lead 20 30 AASc 8. Nitrogen Dioxide 375,260 0.20,0.14 30,60 Greiss- Saltzman 9. Phenol 100 0.03 30 4-Aminoantiphyrine 10. Sulfur Dioxide 470, 340 0.18, 0.13 30,60 Colorimetric-Pararosaniline 11. Suspended Particulate Matter-TSP 300 -- 60 Gravimetric 1 Pertinent ambient standards for Antimony, Arsenic, Cadmium, Asbestos, Nitric Acid and Sulfuric Acid Mists in the 1978 NPCC Rules and Regulations may be considered as guides in determining compliance. 2 Ninety- eight percentile (98%) values of 30-minute sampling measured at 250C and one atmosphere pressure. 3 Other equivalent methods approved by the Department may be used. The basis in setting up the ambient air quality guideline values and standards shall reflect, among others, the latest scientific knowledge including information on : a) Variable, including atmospheric conditions, which of themselves or in combination with other factors may alter the effects on public health or welfare of such air pollutant; b) The other types of air pollutants which may interact with such pollutant to produce an adverse effect on public health or welfare; and c) The kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare which may be expected from presence of such pollutant in the ambient air, in varying quantities. The Department shall base such ambient air quality standards on World Health Organization (WHO) standards, but shall not be limited to nor be less stringent than such standards. SEC. 13. Emission Charge System. - The Department, in case of industrial dischargers, and the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), in case of motor vehicle dischargers, shall, based on environmental techniques, design, impose on and collect regular emission fees from said dischargers as part of the emission permitting system or vehicle registration renewal system, as the case may be. The system shall encourage the industries and motor vehicles to abate, reduce, or prevent pollution. The basis of the fees include, but is not limited to, the volume and toxicity of any emitted pollutant. Industries, which shall install pollution control devices or retrofit their existing facilities with mechanisms that reduce pollution shall be entitled to tax incentives such as but not limited total credits and/or accelerated depreciation deductions. SEC. 14 Air Quality Management Fund. - An Air Quality Management Fund to be administered by the Department as a special account in the National Treasury is hereby established to finance containment, removal, and clean-up operations of the Government in air pollution cases, guarantee restoration of ecosystems and rehabilitate areas affected by the acts of violators of this Act, to support research, enforcement and monitoring activities and capabilities of the relevant agencies, as well as to provide technical assistance to the relevant agencies. Such fund may likewise be allocated per airshed for the undertakings herein stated. The Fund shall be sourced from the fines imposed and damages awarded to the Republic of the Philippines by the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB), proceeds of licenses and permits issued by the Department under this Act, emission fees and from donations, endowments and grants in the forms of contributions. Contributions to the Fund shall be exempted from donor taxes and all other taxes, charges or fees imposed by the Government. SEC. 15. Air Pollution Research and Development Program. - The Department, in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), other agencies, the private sector, the academe, NGO's and PO's, shall establish a National Research and Development Program for the prevention and control of air pollution. The Department shall give special emphasis to research on and the development of improved methods having industry-wide application for the prevention and control of air pollution. Such a research and development program shall develop air quality guideline values and standards in addition to internationally-accepted standards. It shall also consider the socio-cultural, political and economic implications of air quality management and pollution control. ARTICLE TWO Air Pollution Clearances and Permits for Stationary Sources Sec. 16. Permits. Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the Department shall have the authority to issue permits as it may determine necessary for the prevention and abatement of air pollution. Said permits shall cover emission limitations for the regulated air pollutants to help attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards. These permits shall serve as management tools for the LGUs in the development of their action plan. SEC. 17 Emission Quotas. The Department may allow each regional industrial center that is designated as special airshed to allocate emission quotas to pollution sources within its jurisdiction that qualify under an environmental impact assessment system programmatic compliance program pursuant to the implementing rules and regulations of Presidential Decree No. 1586. SEC. 18. Financial Liability for Environmental Rehabilitation. As Part of the environmental management plan attached to the environmental compliance certificate pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1586 and rules and regulations set therefore, the Department shall require program and project proponents to put up financial guarantee mechanisms to finance the needs for emergency response, clean-up rehabilitation of areas that may be damaged during the program or project's actual implementation. Liability for damages shall continue even after the termination of a program or project, where such damages are clearly attributable to that program or project and for a definite period to be determined by the Department and incorporated into the environmental compliance certificate. Financial liability instruments may be in the form a trust fund, environmental insurance, surety bonds, letters of credit, as well as self-insurance. The choice of the guarantee instruments shall furnish the Department with evidence of availment of such instruments. ARTICLE THREE Pollution from Stationary Sources SEC. 19. Pollution From Stationary Sources.- The Department shall, within two (2) years from the effectivity of this Act, and every two (2) years thereafter, review, or as the need therefore arises, revise and publish emission standards, to further improve the emission standards for stationary sources of air pollution. Such emission standards shall be based on mass rate of emission for all stationary source of air pollution based on internationally accepted standards, but not be limited to, nor be less stringent than such standards and with the standards set forth in this section. The standards, whichever is applicable, shall be the limit on the acceptable level of pollutants emitted from a stationary source for the protection of the public's health and welfare. With respect to any trade, industry, process and fuel-burning equipment or industrial plant emitting air pollutants, the concentration at the point of emission shall not exceed the following limits: Pollutants Standard Applicable to Source Maximum Permissible Limits (mg/Ncm) Method of Analysisa 1. Antimony and Its compounds any source 10 as Sb AASb 2. Arsenic and its compounds Any source 10 as As AASb 3. Cadmium and its compounds Any source 10 as Cd AASb 4. Carbon Monoxide Any industrial Source 500 as CO Orsat analysis 5. Copper and its Compounds Any industrial source 100 ax Cu AASb 6. Hydrofluoric Acids and Fluoride compounds Any source other than the manufacture of Aluminum from Alumina 50 as HF Titration with Ammonium Thiocyanate 7. Hydrogen Sulfide i) Geothermal Power Plants c.d Cadmium Sulfide Method ii) Geothermal Exploration and well-testing e iii) Any source other than (i) and (ii) 7 as H2S Cadmium Sulfide Method 8. Lead Any trade, industry or process 10 as Pb AASb 9. Mercury Any Source 5 as elemental Hg AASb/Cold-Vapor Technique or Hg Analyzer 10. Nickel and its compounds, except Nickel Carbonyl f Any source 20 as Ni AASb 11. NOx i) Manufacture of Nitric Acid 2,000 as acid and NOx and calculated as NO2 Phenol-disulfonic acid Method ii) Fuel burning steam generators Phenol-disulfonic acid Method Existing Source 1,500 as NO2 New Source • Coal-Fired 1,000 as NO2 • Oil-Fired 500 as NO2 iii) Any source other than (i) adn (ii) Phenol-disulfonic acid Method Existing Source 1000 as NO2 New Source 500 as NO2 12. Phosphorus Pentoxideg Any source 200 as P2O5 Spectrophotometry 13. Zinc and its Compounds Any source 100 as Zn AASb a Other equivalent methods approved by the Department may be used. b Atomic Absorption Specttrophotometry c All new geothermal power plants starting construction by 01 January 1995 shall control HsS emissions to not more than 150 g/GMW-Hr d All existing geothermal power plants shall control HsS emissions to not more than 200 g/GMW-Hr within 5 years from the date of effectivity of these revised regulations. e Best practicable control technology for air emissions and liquid discharges. Compliance with air and water quality standards is required. f Emission limit of Nickel Carbonyl shall not exceed 0.5 mg/Ncm. g Provisional Guideline Provided, that the maximum limits in mg/ncm particulates in said sources shall be : 1. Fuel Burning Equipment a) Urban or Industrial Area 150 mg/Ncm b) Other Area 200 mg/Ncm 2. Cement Plants (Kilns, etc.) 150 mg/Ncm 3. Smelting Furnaces 150 mg/Ncm 4. Other Stationary Sourcesa 200 mg/Ncm a Other Stationary Sources means a trade, process, industrial plant, or fuel burning equipment other than thermal power plants, industrial boilers, cement plants, incinerators and smelting furnaces. Provided, further, that the maximum limits for sulfur oxides in said sources shall be : (1) Existing Sources (i) Manufacture of Sulfuric Acid and Sulf(on)ation Process 2.0gm.Ncm as SO3 (ii) Fuel burning Equipment 1.5gm.Ncm as SO2 (iii) Other Stationary Sourcesa 1.0gm.Ncm as SO3 (2) New Sources (i) Manufacture of Sulfuric Acid and Sulf(on)ation Process 1.5 gm.Ncm as SO3 (ii) Fuel Burning Equipment 0.7 gm.Ncm as SO2 (iii) Other Stationary Sourcesa 0.2 gm.Ncm as SO3 a Other Stationary Sources refer to existing and new stationary sources other than those caused by the manufacture of sulfuric acid and sulfonation process, fuel burning equipment and incineration. For Stationary sources of pollution not specifically included in the immediately preceding paragraph, the following emission standards shall not be exceeded in the exhaust gas : I. Daily And Half Hourly Average Values Daily Average Values Half Hourly Average Values Total dust 10 mg/m3 30 mg/m3 Gaseous and vaporous organic substances, expressed as total organic carbon 10 mg/m3 20 mg/m3 Hydrogen chloride (HCl) 10 mg/m3 60 mg/m3 Hydrogen fluoride (HF) 1 mg/m3 4 mg/m3 Sulfur dioxide (SO2) 50 mg/m3 200 mg/m3 Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), expressed as nitrogen dioxide for incineration plants with a capacity exceeding 3 tonnes per hour 200 mg/m3 400 mg/m3 Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), expressed as nitrogen dioxide for incineration plants with a capacity of 3 tonnes per hour or less 300 mg/m3 Ammonia 10 mg/m3 20 mg/m3 II. All the Average Values over the Sample Period of a Minimum of 4 and Maximum of 8 Hours. Cadmium and its compounds, expressed as cadmium (Cd) total 0.05 Thallium and its compounds, expressed as thallium (Tl) mg/m3 Mercury and its Compounds, expressed as mercury (Hg) 0.05 mg/m3 Antimony and its compounds, expressed as antimony (Sb) Arsenic and its compounds, expressed as arsenic (As) total 0.5 mg/m3 Lead and its compounds, expressed as lead ( Pb) Chromium and its compounds, expressed as chromium (Cr) Cobalt and its compounds, expressed as cobalt (Co) Copper and its compounds, expressed as copper (Cu) Manganese and its compounds, expressed as manganese (Mn) Nickel and its compounds, expressed as nickel (Ni) Vanadium and its compounds, expressed as vanadium (V) Tin and its compounds, expressed as tin (Sn) These average value cover also gaseous and the vapor forms of the relevant heavy metal emission as well as their compounds. Provided, that the emission of dioxins and furans into the air shall be reduced by the most progressive techniques. Provided, further that all average of dioxin and furans measured over the sample period of a minimum of 5 hours and maximum of 8 hours must not exceed the limit value of 0.1 nanogram/m3. Pursuant to Sec. 8 of this Act, the Department shall prepare a detailed action plan setting the emission standards or standards of performance for any stationary source the procedure for testing emissions for each type of pollutant, and the procedure for enforcement of said standards. Existing industries, which are proven to exceed emission rates established by the Department in consultation with stakeholders, after a thorough, credible and transparent measurement process shall be allowed a grace period of eighteen (18) months for the establishment of an environmental management system and the installation of an appropriate air pollution control device : Provided, That an extension of not more than twelve (12) months may be allowed by the Department on meritorious grounds. SEC. 20 Ban on Incineration.- Incineration , hereby defined as the burning of municipal, biomedical and hazardous waste, which process emits poisonous and toxic fumes is hereby prohibited; Provided, however, That the prohibition shall not apply to traditional small-scale method of community/neighborhood sanitation "siga", traditional, agricultural, cultural, health, and food preparation and crematoria; Provided, further, That existing incinerators dealing with a biomedical wastes shall be out within three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act; Provided, finally, that in the interim, such units shall be limited to the burning of pathological and infectious wastes, and subject to close monitoring by the Department. Local government units are hereby mandated to promote, encourage and implement in their respective jurisdiction a comprehensive ecological waste management that includes waste segregation, recycling and composting. With due concern on the effects of climate change, the Department shall promote the use of state-of-the-art, environmentally-sound and safe non-burn technologies for the handling, treatment, thermal destruction, utilization, and disposal of sorted, unrecycled, uncomposted, biomedical and hazardous wastes. ARTICLE FOUR Pollution from Motor Vehicles Sec. 21. Pollution from Motor Vehicles. a) The DOTC shall implement the emission standards for motor vehicles set pursuant to and as provided in this Act. To further improve the emission standards, the Department shall review, revise and publish the standards every two (2) years, or as the need arises. It shall consider the maximum limits for all major pollutants to ensure substantial improvement in air quality for the health, safety and welfare of the general public. The following emission standards for type approval of motor vehicles shall be effective by the year 2003: a.) For light duty vehicles, the exhausts emission limits for gaseous pollutants shall be: Emission Limits for Light Duty Vehicles Type Approval (Directive 91/441/EEC) CO (g/km) HC + NOx (g/km) PMa (g/km) 2.72 0.97 0.14 a for compression-ignition engines only b) For light commercial vehicles, the exhaust emission limit of gaseous pollutants as a function of the given reference mass shall be : Reference Weight (RW) (kg) CO (g/km) HC + NOx (g/km) PMa (g/km) Category 1 1250< RW 2.72 0.97 0.14 Category 2 1250< RW<1700 5.17 1.4 0.19 Category 3 RW>1700 6.9 1.7 0.25 a for compression-ignition engines only c.) For heavy duty vehicles, the exhaust emission limits of gaseous pollutants shall be : Emission Limits for Heavy Duty Vehicles Type Approval (Directive 91/542/EEC) CO (g/k/Wh) HC (g/k/Wh) NOx (g/k/Wh) PM (g/k/Wh) 4.5 1.1 8.0 0.36a a In the case of engines of 85 kW or less, the limit value for particular emissions in increased by multiplying the quoted limit by a coefficient of 1.7 Fuel evaporative emission for spark-ignition engines shall not exceed 2.0 grams hydrocarbons per test. Likewise, it shall not allow any emission of gases from crankcase ventilation system into the atmosphere. b.) The Department, in collaboration with the DOTC, DTI and LGUs, shall develop an action plan for the control and management of air pollution from motor vehicles consistent with the Integrated Air Quality Framework. The DOTC shall enforce compliance with the emission standards for motor vehicles set by the Department. The DOTC may deputize other law enforcement agencies and LGUs for this purpose. To this end, the DOTC shall have the power to : (1) Inspect and monitor the emissions of motor vehicles ; (2) Prohibit or enjoin the use of motor vehicles or a class of motor vehicles in any area or street at specified times; and (3) Authorize private testing emission testing centers duly accredited by the DTI. c.) The DOTC, together with the DTI and the Department, shall establish the procedures for the inspection of motor vehicles and the testing of their emissions for the purpose of determining the concentration and/or rate of pollutants discharged by said sources. d.) In order to ensure the substantial reduction of emissions from a motor vehicles, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), together with the DOTC and the Department shall formulate and implement a national motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program that will promote efficient and safe operation of all motor vehicles. In this regard, the DTI shall develop and implement standards and procedures for the certification of training institutions, instructors and facilities and the licensing of qualified private service centers and their technicians as prerequisite for performing the testing, servicing, repair and the required adjustment to the vehicle emission system. The DTI shall likewise prescribe regulations requiring the disclosure of odometer readings and the use of tamper-resistant odometers for all motor vehicles including tamper-resistant fuel management systems for the effective implementation of the inspection and maintenance program. SEC. 22 Regulation of All Motor Vehicles and Engines. Any imported new or locally-assembled new motor vehicle shall not be registered unless it complies with the emission standards set pursuant to this Act, as evidenced by a Certificate of Conformity (COC) issued by the Department. Any imported new motor vehicle engine shall not be introduced into commerce, sold or used unless it complies with emission standards set pursuant to this Act. Any imported used motor vehicle or rebuilt motor vehicle using new or used engines, major parts or components shall not be registered unless it complies with the emission standards. In case of non-compliance, the importer or consignee may be allowed to modify or rebuild the vehicular engine so it will be in compliance with applicable emission standards. No motor vehicle registration (MVR) shall be issued unless such motor vehicle passes the emission testing requirement promulgated in accordance with this Act. Such testing shall be conducted by the DOTC or its authorized inspection centers within sixty (60) days prior to date of registration. The DTI shall promulgate the necessary regulations prescribing the useful life of vehicles and engines including devices in order to ensure that such vehicles will conform to the emissions which they were certified to meet. These regulations shall include provisions for ensuring the durability of emission devices. SEC. 23. Second-Hand Motor Vehicle Engines. Any imported second-hand motor vehicle engine shall not be introduced into commerce, sold or used unless it complies with emission standards set pursuant to this Act. ARTICLE FIVE- Pollution from Other Sources SEC. 24 Pollution from smoking. Smoking inside a public building or an enclosed public place including public vehicles and other means of transport or in any enclosed area outside of one's private residence, private place of work or any duly designated smoking area is hereby prohibited under this Act. This provision shall be implemented by the LGUs. SEC. 25. Pollution from other Mobile Sources. The Department, in coordination with appropriate agencies, shall formulate and establish the necessary standards for all mobile sources other than those referred to in Sec. 21 of this Act. The imposition of the appropriate fines and penalties from these sources for any violation of emission standards shall be under the jurisdiction of the DOTC. CHAPTER 3 FUELS, ADDITIVES, SUBSTANCES AND POLLUTANTS Article One- Fuels, Additives and Substances SEC. 26 Fuels and Additives. Pursuant to the Air Quality Framework to be established under Section 7 of this Act, the Department of Energy (DOE), co-chaired by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in consultation with the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) of the DTI, the DOST, the representatives of the fuel and automotive industries, academe and the consumers shall set the specifications for all types of fuel and fuel-related products, to improve fuel composition for increased efficiency and reduced emissions; Provided, however, that the specifications for all types of fuel and fuel-related products set-forth pursuant to this section shall be adopted by the BPS as Philippine National Standards (PNS). The DOE, shall also specify the allowable content of additives in all types of fuels and fuel-related products. Such standards shall be based primarily on threshold levels of health and research studies. On the basis of such specifications, the DOE shall likewise limit the content or begin that phase-out of additives in all types of fuels and fuel-related products as it may deem necessary. Other agencies involved in the performance of this function shall be required to coordinate with the DOE and transfer all documents and information necessary for the implementation of this provision. Consistent with the provisions of the preceding paragraphs under this section, it is declared that : a. not later than eighteen (18) months after the effectivity of this Act, no person shall manufacture, import, sell, supply, offer for sale, dispense, transport or introduce into commerce unleaded premium gasoline fuel which has an anti-knock index (AKI) of not less that 87.5 and Reid vapor pressure of not more than 9 psi. Within six (6) months after the effectivity of this Act, unleaded gasoline fuel shall contain aromatics not to exceed forty-five percent (45%) by volume and benzene not to exceed four percent (4%) by volume; Provided, that by year 2003, unleaded gasoline fuel should contain aromatics not to exceed thirty-five percent (35%) by volume and benzene not to exceed two percent (2%) by volume; b. not later than eighteen (18) months after the effectivity of this Act, no person shall manufacture, import, sell, supply , offer for sale, dispense, transport or introduce into commerce automotive diesel fuel which contains a concentration of sulfur in excess of 0.20% by weight with a cetane number of index of not less than forty-eight (48); Provided, That by year 2004, content of said sulfur shall be 0.05% by weight ; and c. not later than eighteen (18) months after the effectivity of this Act, no Person shall manufacture, import, sell, supply, offer for sale, dispense, transport or introduce into commerce industrial diesel fuel which contains a concentration of sulfur in excess of 0.30% (by weight). Every two (2) years thereafter or as the need arises, the specifications of unleaded gasoline and of automotive and industrial diesel fuels shall be reviewed and revised for further improvement in formulation and in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The fuels characterized above shall be commercially available. Likewise, the same shall be the reference fuels for emission and testing procedures to be established in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Any proposed additive shall not in any way increase emissions of any of the regulated gases which shall include, but not limited to carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter, in order to be approved and certified by the Department. SEC. 27. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives.- The DOE, in coordination with the Department and the BPS, shall regulate the use of any fuel or fuel additive. No manufacturer, processor or trader of any fuel or additive may import, sell, offer for sale, or introduce into commerce such fuel for additive unless the same has been registered with the DOE. Prior to registration, the manufacturer, processor or trader shall provide the DOE with the following relevant information: a. Product identity and composition to determine the potential health effects of such fuel additives; b. Description of the analytical technique that can be used to detect and measure the additive in any fuel ; c. Recommended range of concentration; and d. Purpose in the use of the fuel and additive. SEC. 28 Misfueling. In order to prevent the disabling of any emission control device by lead contamination, no person shall introduce or cause or allow the introduction of leaded gasoline into any motor vehicle equipped with a gasoline tank filler inlet and labeled " unleaded gasoline only ". This prohibition shall also apply to any person who knows or should know that such vehicle is designed solely for the use of unleaded gasoline. SEC. 29. Prohibition on Manufacture. Import and Sale of leaded Gasoline and of Engines and/or Components Requiring Leaded Gasoline. Effective not later than eighteen (18) months after the enactment of this Act, no person shall manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, introduce into commerce, convey or otherwise dispose of , in any manner leaded gasoline and engines and components requiring the use of leaded gasoline. For existing vehicles, the DTI shall formulate standards and procedures that will allow non-conforming engines to comply with the use of unleaded fuel within five(5) years after the effectivity of this Act. Article Two Other Pollutants SEC. 30. Ozone-Depleting Substances. Consistent with the terms and conditions of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and other international agreements and protocols to which the Philippines is a signatory, the Department shall phase out ozone-depleting substances. Within sixty (60) days after the enactment of this Act, the Department shall publish a list of substances which are known to cause harmful effects on the stratospheric ozone layer. SEC. 31. Greenhouse Gases. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration (PAGASA) shall regularly monitor meteorological factors affecting environmental conditions including ozone depletion and greenhouse gases and coordinate with the Department in order to effectively guide air pollution monitoring and standard-setting activities. The Department, together with concerned agencies and local government units, shall prepare and fully implement a national plan consistent with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other international agreements, conventions and protocols on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. SEC. 32. Persistent Organic Pollutants. The Department shall, within a period of two (2) years after the enactment of this Act, establish an inventory list of all sources of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Country. The Department shall develop short-term and long-term national government programs on the reduction and elimination of POPs such as dioxins and furans. Such programs shall be formulated within a year after the establishment of the inventory list. SEC. 33. Radioactive Emissions. All projects which will involve the use of atomic and/or nuclear energy, and will entail release and emission of radioactive substances into the environment, incident to the establishment or possession of nuclear energy facilities and radioactive materials, handling, transport, production, storage, and use of radioactive materials, shall be regulated in the interest of public health and welfare by the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), in coordination with Department and other appropriate government agencies. CHAPTER 4 INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM SEC. 34. Lead Agency.- The Department, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be the primary government agency responsible for the implementation and enforcement of this Act. To be more effective in this regard, The Department's Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) shall be converted from a staff bureau to a line bureau for a period of no more than two (2) years, unless a separate, comprehensive environmental management agency is created. SEC. 35 Linkage Mechanism. - The Department shall consult, participate, cooperate and enter into agreement with other government agencies, or with affected non-governmental (NGOs) or people's organizations (POs),or private enterprises in the furtherance of the objectives of this Act. SEC. 36. Role of Local Government Units.- Local Government units (LGUs) shall share the responsibility in the management and maintenance of air quality within their territorial jurisdiction. Consistent with Secs. 7,8 and 9 of this Act, LGUs shall implement air quality standards set by the Board in areas within their jurisdiction; Provided, however, that in case where the board has not been duly constituted and has not promulgated its standards, the standards set forth in this Act shall apply. The Department shall provide the LGUs with technical assistance, trainings and a continuing capability-building program to prepare them to undertake full administration of the air quality management and regulation within their territorial jurisdiction. SEC. 37 Environmental and Natural Resources Office.- There may be established an Environment and Natural Resources Office in every province, city, or municipality which shall be headed by the environment and natural resources officer and shall be appointed by the Chief Executive of every province, city or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 484 of Republic Act No. 7160. Its powers and duties, among others, are : a. To prepare comprehensive air quality management programs, plans and strategies within the limits set forth in Republic act. No. 7160 and this Act which shall be implemented within its territorial jurisdiction upon the approval of the sanggunian ; b. To provide technical assistance and support to the governor or mayor, as the case may be, in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities relative to air quality; c. To take the lead in all efforts concerning air quality protection and rehabilitation; d. To recommend to the Board air quality standards which shall not exceed the maximum permissible standards set by rational laws ; e. To coordinate with other government agencies and non-governmental organizations in the implementation of measures to prevent and control air pollution; and f. Exercise such other powers and perform such duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. Provided, however, that, in provinces/cities/municipalities where there are no environment and natural resources officers, the local executive concerned may designate any of his official and/ or chief of office preferably the provincial, city or municipal agriculturist, or any of his employee; Provided, finally, that in case an employee is designated as such, he must have a sufficient experience in environmental and natural resources management, conservation and utilization. SEC. 38 Record-keeping, Inspection, Monitoring and Entry by the Department.- The Department or its duly accredited entity shall, after proper consultation and notice, require any person who owns or operates any emissions source or who is subject to any requirement of this Act to : (a) establish and maintain relevant records; (b) make relevant reports; (c) install, use and maintain monitoring equipment or methods; (d) sample emission, in accordance with the methods, locations, intervals and manner prescribed by the Department; (e) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; and (f) provide such other information as the Department may reasonably require. Pursuant to this Act, the Department, through its authorized representatives, shall have the right of : (a) entry of access to any premises including documents and relevant materials as referred to in the herein preceding paragraph, b) inspect any pollution or waste source, control device, monitoring equipment or method required, and c) test any emission. Any record, report or information obtained under this section shall be made available to the public, except upon a satisfactory showing to the Department by the entity concerned that the record, report or information, or parts thereof, if made public, would divulge secret methods or processes entitled to protection as intellectual property. Such record, report or information shall likewise be incorporated in the Department's industrial rating system. SEC. 39. Public Education and Information Campaign.- A continuing air quality information and education campaign shall promoted by the Department, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). Consistent with Sec. 7 of this Act, such campaign shall encourage the participation of other government agencies and the private sector including NGOs, POs, the academe, environmental groups and other private entities in a multi-sectoral information campaign. CHAPTER 5 ACTIONS SEC. 40 Administrative Action.- Without prejudice to the right of any affected person to file an administrative action , the Department shall, on its own instance or upon verified complaint by any person, institute administrative proceedings against any person who violates: a) Standards or limitation provided under this Act; or b) Any order, rule or regulation issued by the Department with respect to such standard or limitation. SEC. 41. Citizen Suits. for purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Act or its implementing rules and regulations, any citizen may file an appropriate civil, criminal or administrative action in the proper courts against: (a) Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this Act or its implementing rules and regulations; or (b) The Department or other implementing agencies with respect to orders, rules and regulations issued inconsistent with this act; and/or (c) Any public officer who willfully or grossly neglects the performance of an act specifically enjoined as a duty by this Act or its implementing rules and regulations; or abuses his authority in the performance of his duty; or, in any manner, improperly performs his duties under this Act or its implementing rules and regulations: Provided, however, That no suit can be filed until thirty-day (30) notice has been taken thereon. The court shall exempt such action from the payment of filing fees, except fees for actions not capable of pecuniary estimations, and shall likewise, upon prima facie showing of the non-enforcement or violation complained of, exempt the plaintiff from the filing of an injunction bond for the issuance of a preliminary injunction. Within thirty (30) days, the court shall make a determination if the compliant herein is malicious and/or baseless and shall accordingly dismiss the action and award attorney's fees and damages. SEC .42 . Independence of Action.- The filing of an administrative suit against such person/entity does not preclude the right of any other person to file any criminal or civil action. Such civil action shall proceed independently. SEC. 43 Suits and Strategic Legal Actions Against Public Participation and the Enforcement of this act.- where a suit is brought against a a person who filed an action as provided in Sec. 41 of this Act, or against any person, institutions or government agency that implements this Act, it shall be the duty of the investigating prosecutor or the court, as the case may be, to immediately make a determination not exceeding thirty (30) days whether said legal action has been filed to harass, vex, exert undue pressure or stifle such legal recourses of the person complaining of or enforcing the provisions of this Act. Upon determination thereof , evidence warranting the same, the court shall dismiss the case and award attorney's fees and double damages. This provision shall also apply and benefit public officers who are sued for acts committed in their official capacity, their being no grave abuse of authority, and done in the course of enforcing this Act. SEC. 44 Lien Upon Personal and Immovable Properties of Violators. Fines and penalties imposed pursuant to this Act shall be liens upon personal immovable properties of the violator. Such lien shall, in case of insolvency of the respondent violator , enjoy preference to laborer's wages under Article 2241 and 2242 of Republic Act No. 386, otherwise known as the New Civil Code of the Philippines. CHAPTER 6 FINES AND PENALTIES SEC. 45. Violation of Standards for Stationary Sources. For actual exceedance of any pollution or air quality standards under this Act or its rules and regulations, the Department, through the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB), shall impose a fine of not more than One hundred thousand pesos ( P 100,000.00) for every day of violation against the owner or operator of a stationary source until such time that the standards have been complied with. For purposes of the application of the fines, the PAB shall prepare a fine rating system to adjust the maximum fine based on the violator's ability to pay, degree of willfulness, degree of negligence, history of noncompliance and degree of recalcitrance. Provided, That in case of negligence, the first time offender's ability to pay may likewise be considered by the Pollution Adjudication Board; Provided, further, That in the absence of any extenuating or aggravating circumstances, the amount of fine for negligence shall be equivalent to one-half of the fine for willful violation. The fines herein prescribed shall be increased by at least ten percent (10%), every three (3) years to compensate for inflation and to maintain the deterrent function of such fines. In addition to the fines, the PAB shall order closure, suspension of development, construction, or operations of the stationary sources until such time that proper environmental safeguards are put in place; Provided, that an establishment liable for a third offense shall suffer permanent closure immediately. This paragraph shall be without prejudice to the immediate issuance of an ex parte order for such closure, suspension of development or construction, or cessation of operations during the pendency of the case upon prima facie evidence that their is imminent threat to life, public health, safety or general welfare, or to plant or animal life, or whenever there is an exceedance of the emission standards set by the Department and/or the Board and/or the appropriate LGU. SEC. 46. Violation of Standards for Motor Vehicles. No motor vehicle shall be registered with the DOTC unless it meets the emission standards set by the Department as provided in Sec. 21 hereof. Any vehicle suspected of violation of emission standards through visual signs, such as, but not limited to smoke-belching, shall be subjected to an emission test by a duly authorized emission testing center. For this purpose, the DOTC or its authorized testing center shall establish a roadside inspection system. Should it be shown that there was no violation of emission standards, the vehicle shall be immediately released. Otherwise, a testing result indicating an exceedance of the emission standards would warrant the continuing custody of the impounded vehicle unless the appropriate penalties are fully paid, and the license plate is surrendered to the DOTC pending the fulfillment of the undertaking by the owner/operator of the motor vehicle to make the necessar