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One Cup Coffee Makers- Great Gifts

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:25:54 GMT

clipped by: vfranks
clipper's remarks: This is a neat resource if you're thinking about purchasing a one cup coffee maker...some must read info before you do!

Clip Source: www.onecupcoffeemakersreviews.net

One-Cup Coffee Makers- Great Gifts

Looking for the perfect gift that saves time, space, and does wonders in the convenience category? Enter the ever-popular One Cup Coffee Makers!

These fashionable kitchen machines that make only one cup of coffee are proving to be extremely popular in the coffee making and caffeine-drinking world. There are basically 4 “styles” or “groups” of single cup coffee makers and your main difference is “how” your coffee comes “packaged”.

Tags: one, cup, coffee, makers, single, serve, 1, pod

Consumer Reports finds BPA in most canned foods

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:41:49 GMT

clipped by: Lexica
clipper's remarks: More:

…our findings are notable because they indicate the extent of potential exposure: Consumers eating just one serving of the canned vegetable soup we tested would get about double what the FDA now considers typical average dietary daily exposure…

A 165-pound adult eating one serving of canned green beans from our sample, which averaged 123.5 ppb, could ingest about 0.2 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight per day, about 80 times higher than our experts' recommended daily upper limit. And children eating multiple servings per day of canned foods with BPA levels comparable to the ones we found in some tested products could get a dose of BPA approaching levels that have caused adverse effects in several animal studies… Drinking three servings per day of canned apple juice with BPA levels comparable to the levels found in our samples could result in a dose of BPA that is more than our experts' daily upper limit.
Clip Source: www.consumerreports.org
The chemical Bisphenol A, which has been used for years in clear plastic bottles and food-can liners, has been restricted in Canada and some U.S. states and municipalities because of potential health effects.
Now Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods we tested contain some BPA. The canned organic foods we tested did not always have lower BPA levels than nonorganic brands of similar foods analyzed. We even found the chemical in some products in cans that were labeled "BPA-free."
Federal guidelines currently put the daily upper limit of safe exposure at 50 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight. But that level is based on experiments done in the 1980s rather than hundreds of more recent animal and laboratory studies indicating serious health risks could result from much lower doses of BPA.

Tags: food, food-safety, chemicals, bpa, consumer-reports

Man Calls 911, Doesn't Know His Address

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:11:04 GMT

clipped by: EddieIsSteady

Clip Source: www.news4jax.com

Man Calls 911, Doesn't Know His Address

When you dial 911, there's certain things you have to do to make sure you get the help you need.

First, know your home address, and second, don't wait 45 minutes to dial 911.

Von Powell, 22, who lives near Gainesville, had a hard time doing both of those things after he said he was the victim of a home robbery.

The man also told police that one of the things stolen was his "personal stash" of marijuana.

When you're committing a crime and you're also the victim of a crime, it makes it difficult to call police.

"He let the responding deputies know that he was sitting on the couch drinking a beer, watching a movie and smoking a blunt," a deputy said.

Alachua County deputies were called out early Tuesday morning to Powell's home. Powell told the 911 dispatcher that two men had burst through his door and robbed him at gunpoint.

Tags: crime, humor

Programmer

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:11:16 GMT

clipped by: frozonfreak

Clip Source: www.gnu.org

1. You immediately complain that this should be subscripted as zero.

2. Most people say "Go To Hell," but you tell people to redirect to /dev/null.

3. By the time you've gotten here in the document, you've run Tidy or a similar app to check my X/HTML skills. 4. The statement (0x2b||!0x2b) makes sense to you. 5. You find 4 funny. 6. You note with disgust that it always evaluates to true, since 0x2b != 0. 7. Point 6 disgusts you, because under other languages than C++ (Java, per se), it would throw an exception, runtime error, etc.

10. When you think of Blowfish, the stuff described on www.blowfish.com has no relation to what comes to mind. 11. You can write formal grammar statements for C, C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python, PHP, HTML, any XML schema, Assembly, Obj-C, QBASIC, XBASIC, OO.o BASIC, StarMath, and just about anything else I could throw at you, and yet the question, "Is our children learning?" raises no red flags. 12.You quit drinking coffee; caffeine I/Vs are easier.

DIY Medicine Cabinet: Grandma’s Remedies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:59:21 GMT

clipped by: brightlight4
clipper's remarks: More Useful natural remedies at source.

Clip Source: www.care2.com

DIY Medicine Cabinet: Grandma’s Remedies

Is the economy beating you up? It’s time to get creative. Next time you have an ache or pain, forget about a costly trip to the drugstore and test drive some of your grandmother’s remedies instead. It’ll save money and be gentler on your body and the environment. Recessionistas (and Gents), welcome to the DIY medicine cabinet.

Sore Throat
Sore, scratchy throats are usually a sign of a cold or flu coming on, so you don’t want to ignore this symptom, but you can relieve the pain by gargling with warm salt water a few times a day and then drinking a soothing honey-lemon tea.

Stop Bleeding

You’d think it would burn, but a sprinkle of cayenne pepper on a cut will quickly stop the bleeding and actually relieve the pain.

Clip Source: www.care2.com

Nausea
The classic cure for nausea or carsickness is ginger tea or candied ginger.

Headache and Migraine
Try rubbing peppermint or lavender oil on your temples and the base of your neck; sniffing these oils may also help.

Man turns up at his own funeral

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:49:32 GMT

clipped by: drgreenfingers

Clip Source: www.ananova.com

Man turns up at his own funeral

A Brazilian man surprised his friends and family - by turning up at his own funeral.

Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, a bricklayer, had identified him as the victim of a car crash in Parana state.

Police told O Globo newspaper that relatives had trouble identifying the body because it was badly disfigured.

It emerged that Mr Goncalves had spent the night drinking a rum-like liquor called 'pinga' with his friends.

He did not get word of his funeral until it was already happening, according to his niece Rosa Sampaio.

She said some family members - including herself and the man's mother - had doubts, but an aunt and four friends had positively identified the body.

"What were we to do? We went ahead with the funeral," she told O Globo.

A police spokesman welcomed the happy ending: "Before long, the walking dead appeared at the funeral. It was a relief," he said.

The body was correctly identified later, he said, and buried in another state.

Confused? Try our A-Z of conflicting health advice

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:31 GMT

clipped by: Tri-City Psychology

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

Jeremy Laurance: A daily aspirin was good for us, then it was dangerous. So when can we trust expert guidance?

Every week, it seems a scientific study appears disproving what last week's study showed. Yesterday saw a classic medical volte face: aspirin, which has been prescribed to millions of people over the decades as a protective measure against heart disease

, may have more drawbacks than benefits, according to a review in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin.

After years of headlines about the benefits of aspirin,

"Aspirin is bad for you". In the last couple of weeks, we have also learnt that a father's presence at childbirth is bad for the mother, that drinking three cups of coffee a day protects against liver disease (for people with hepatitis C) and that consuming alcohol cuts a woman's chances of conceiving by IVF. Yet fathers have been encouraged to attend childbirth for decades, coffee has been implicated in umpteen health scares, and alcohol is known to be good for the heart.

Tags: aspirin, health advice

Ivory Netsuke- Japanes Man, Bishamonten & a child

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:26:18 GMT

clipped by: mammothivory
clipper's remarks: The Child is waiting for the rain? The god of worrier drinking water & resting a fat Japanese doing nothing. What an amazing mammoth ivory netsuke, made by master carver & signed by him .

Clip Source: www.ivoryandart.com

Carved Mammoth Ivory Netsuke - Bishamonten, Child & a Man

Extreemly High quality carved Mammoth Ivory Netsuke - Of Bishamonten the God of Warriors with Child holding Big water Bowl & a Japanese Man with traditional haircut. It's seems that the Meaning of Bishamonten in this Netsuke his for other features like dispenser or giver of good fortune, prosperity and wealth. We learn it from the lack of Bishamonten traditional fork & the carved of the Child & the drinking of water. Bishamonten drinking water & fill his Trunk from the childs Bowl.

This Netsuke is Hand carved by Master Carver to perfection.

This Netsuke is made of 100% genuine Mammoth Ivory Tusk. The extinct woolly Mammoth roamed the earth before 10,000-40,000 years ago. Today we can found Mammoth Ivory tusk in the arctic regions like Siberia in Russia.

Mammoth Ivory netsukes are absolutely legal worldwide.

Measurements:
In Centimeters:
Width: 4.0 Cm, Height: 4.5 Cm , Length: 3.4 Cm
In Inches:
Width: 2 In, Height: 2 In , Length: 1 In

How To Open A Wine Bottle With Your Shoe.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:47:46 GMT

clipped by: bookwormy
clipper's remarks: This is why I quite drinking long ago.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Drunk Frenchman Opens Bottle Of Wine With Shoe (VIDEO)

Wow. Just wow. I mean this is truly amazing--a gift from the Web gods. Not only is this man plastered and being mocked and filmed by his friends (which is kind of great to begin with) but he pulls off an unbelievable and incredibly informative stunt sure to garner praise for years to come. We won't spoil it for you, but suffice to say he's a genius.

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Natural Lose Weight Tea

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:21:41 GMT

clipped by: teamandan
clipper's remarks: It's simple, drink tea to feel good, lose weight, increase metabolism, decrease your stress, and have more energy. How can you go wrong?

Clip Source: www.loseweighttea.org

This tea was formulated by the best herbalists centuries ago who truly understood the human body and knew how to balance and harmonize the system to get results they were looking for without putting anyone at risk. By drinking this tea, you will feel good overall, have more energy, and move towards the body you rightfully deserve. Remember, there are no silver bullets, but they say at Blue Dragon say, “We tell you the legends, you seek the truth!”Basically, if you are wanting to lose weight, tea is the safest, most natural (and oldest) way to go!

Tags: lose weight tea, tea to lose weight, weight loss tea, slimming tea, natural weight loss tea, lose weight safely

Running Doc: Will drinking coffee really dehydrate me?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:06:55 GMT

clipped by: Lexica

Clip Source: runningdoctor.runnersworld.com

My husband says I should give up the coffee in the summer because the caffeine will dehydrate me.

Ellen: Continue to drink your coffee! Do not change your habits.

Your husband would have been correct if you asked that same question about a year ago. All the medical thinking backed up your husband's thoughts. Then, a number of studies showed that yes, caffeine is a dehydrating agent... if you use it for the first time and your body is not used to it. If caffeine is in your regular diet, it will not act as a dehydrating agent.

Some say caffeine is an ergogenic aid and pop No Doz to improve performance. As a physician, I do not recommend doing that, or increasing your normal caffeine consumption. Some still say that higher levels of caffeine put you at risk for heat illness. So stay within yourself and don't overdo it. And don't rub it in to your husband that you were right!

Tags: running, running-doc, health, nutrition, hydration, caffeine, coffee

How much should I drink during long runs?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:57:32 GMT

clipped by: Lexica
clipper's remarks: The revised fluid recommendations from the International Marathon Medical Director’s Association (IMMDA).

Clip Source: aimsworldrunning.org

What should you drink? The evidence on this is clear. If your event or workout is longer than 30 minutes you should be drinking a sports drink.

There is actually decreased benefit to watering down or diluting sports drinks or alternating sports drinks with water.

How much should you drink? Drinking too much or too little can be of risk to health and performance.

your body’s need for fluid is individual

We offer the following ideas and guidelines for you to consider

Try to drink to thirst

seems way too simple to be true

new scientific evidence says that thirst will actually protect athletes from the hazards of both over and underdrinking

If you are not thirsty, try to refrain from drinking

We endorse thirst as the best scientifically supported method for you to use

alternate methods may not take into account changes in ambient conditions, running speed and terrain which can all change dynamically which thirst as a method to use does

Tags: running, marathon, health, hydration

Running Doc: Beer actually is good for what ails you (in moderation)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:08:52 GMT

clipped by: Lexica
clipper's remarks: This is excellent news, since Spiritualmonkey and I have already been making plans for post-marathon recovery, and they include peanuts and beer.

Clip Source: runningdoctor.runnersworld.com

beer actually does have some medicinal purposes. In moderation, obviously.

Having one beer per day has been shown scientifically to prevent kidney stones

a 40% less chance of kidney stones in those who drank one beer per day

studies now seem to suggest that drinking a beer after running a 10-K or more reverses that "marathon kidney" physiology that changes the way one handles salt and sets up hyponatremia. Drinking the alcohol re-directs the physiology to handle fluids normally—i.e., faster

And...we all know it is a good replenishment of carbs! ;)

Tags: running, running-doc, nutrition, hydration, beer, health, research

Running Doc: Why I don't recommend overuse of Gu and gels

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:05:24 GMT

clipped by: Lexica

Clip Source: runningdoctor.runnersworld.com

My running coach has said that I should try gels or Gu every 45 minutes as well as sports drink to be better supplied nutritionally for the event. What do you think?

If you were at a barbeque on the weekend and on the buffet was barbequed chicken, salad, and lots of other "real" food, or an iced bowl of gel or Gu packets, which would you eat? Of course you would go for the real food. I absolutely prefer, without a doubt, smart food choices during your training and on race day

You should be drinking a sports drink and doing the salt in training as a prep for race day, as I've said in previous blogs.

Overuse of gels and Gu, I have found, makes my runners and walkers not feel as well

Science has shown us that if you have a sugar load once, at "the wall" (about mile 17 on the marathon

you'll increase your sugar enough to finish feeling strong. Try this in your training and see how you feel.

You have the glycogen on board already for fuel and only need one boost to prevent bonking

Tags: running, running-doc, nutrition, fueling, food

Running Doc: More on post-marathon recovery, especially if flying

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:01:48 GMT

clipped by: Lexica

Clip Source: runningdoctor.runnersworld.com

After finishing a marathon, everyone, to some extent, is dehydrated

by eating and drinking normally, your fluids return to normal within 24 hours

When flying within 24 hours of finishing a marathon, one needs to take special care

Follow Coach Jenny's marathon recovery tips to the letter

When you get back to your hotel, do not forget the ice bath and iced foot bath

Two hours after you finish the race, do a light jog until you break a sweat (you have therefore raised your body temp 1/2 a degree and made your muscles like warm taffy), then do your normal stretching routine

Carefully monitor your hydration status, looking for lemonade-color urine

Clear urine

you're drinking too much

iced-tea-color urine, too little

Before getting on the airplane, "do the salt" just as at the marathon. It will help you maintain your fluids throughout your dehydrating flight

I do not recommend flights longer than two hours on marathon day

because of needed recovery time

Tags: running, running-doc, health, marathon, recovery