Well, the Super Bowl is around the corner, and I am so tired of all the hype. DOn't get me wrong, I LOVE football and I think this will be a great game. I am torn about who to cheer for. I think it is Indianapolis' time, though, so Indy it is.
I will probably watch some of the game on 'mute' though,...the commercials are just not as good as they once were, and the commentators do way too much talking,...I guess that's why they are called commentators??
It's groundhog day. Did he see it or not?
Later,
Scout
Friday, February 2, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Fiber to lower Cholesterol
My favorite website, Newstarget.com, has a great article about using fiber to lower Cholesterol. DUH! Good article, though. Makes me glad to be with Waiora. Our Superior Fiber Blend is second to none in lowering Cholesterol, and that is not the only benefit, by far. Here's the article: www.newstarget.com/021523.html
Later,
Scout
Later,
Scout
Monday, January 22, 2007
They have found mercury hotspots in several areas of the Catskills. The article is linked below. We are surrounded by toxins. My question is: How will YOU fight it?
Answer: By using NCD. IF you visit www.humanoctane.com., it will tell you all about it and why I think this company is ready to go vertical SOONER rather than later.
Check out the Catskills article: ( I had trouble linking to this article, so here it is)
Catskills contaminated with mercury
Studies link coal-fired factories to pollution in 2 N.Y. mountain ranges
By Kathy Fallon Lambert
For the Poughkeepsie Journal
January 14, 2007
New research has identified as many as 14 biological mercury "hotspots" in northeastern North America and suggests that contamination in wildlife is linked to pollution from coal-fired industry.
The hotspots are areas where wildlife has excessive levels of contamination. One known hotspot occurs in the Adirondack Mountains, and another is suspected in the Catskills.
In humans, mercury can damage brain development, learning and neurological functioning, especially on developing fetuses and children. The effects documented in wildlife are similar.
The two studies were coordinated by the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation and are featured in the January issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal BioScience.
The 11-scientist Hubbard Brook team used more than 7,300 observations to quantify mercury levels in fish, birds and other wildlife at lakes and reservoirs from New York to Nova Scotia. The results go a long way toward confirming earlier results that used computer models to predict the location of hotspots.
Mercury, a naturally occurring element, is released into the atmosphere when power plants or other industrial facilities burn coal. The largest sources of mercury in New York are Hudson Valley cement plants.
Fish are a main source of exposure
After mercury rains down and is converted into a toxic form, people and wildlife are exposed primarily from eating contaminated fish. Last year, New York expanded advisories warning the public against eating many species of wild fish throughout the entire Catskill and Adirondack re-gions — the most pristine wilderness areas of the state. Forty-three other states also warn residents against eating fish from certain waters.
"We were surprised to find that the Adirondack Mountains of New York had some of the highest mercury levels in fish and loons in the northeastern United States," said Charles Driscoll, a lead author of one of the studies, and a professor of environmental systems engineering at Syracuse University.
The average mercury levels in yellow perch were more than twice the Environmental Protection Agency's human health criterion. Blood mercury levels in 25 percent of central Adirondack loons, which eat fish, exceeded wildlife health thresholds. Catskill fish and songbirds also had excessive levels of mercury, but too few sites have been sampled to confirm the region as a "hotspot."
The scientists found that decades of acid rain have made the Adirondacks and Catskills sensitive to mercury pollution.
"The Adirondack and Catskills are getting a double-whammy from emission sources such as coal-fired power plants," Driscoll said.
The studies also found mercury deposition is five times higher at a New Hampshire hotspot near a coal plant, indicating the Environmental Protection Agency's "cap-and-trade" mercury regulation may fail to reduce the harm from some plants.
The Environmental Protection Agency's strategy for curtailing mercury pollution is to restrict the total amount of mercury emitted by all plants, but allow heavier polluters the option of purchasing credits from plants that reduce their emissions. This strategy will reduce the overall load of mercury entering the environment, but would allow for continued or increased emissions at specific plants.
"Our modeling results support a growing body of evidence that a significant fraction of the mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants in the U.S. is deposited in the area surrounding the plants," said Thomas Holsen, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Clarkson University and a co-author of the studies.
Many states — including New York — have adopted rules rejecting the federal plan to allow the trading of mercury emissions, and call for steeper and faster reductions.
Those laws should result in a cleaner environment. The scientists found that mercury levels in fish and wildlife can decline relatively quickly when emissions decline — a new finding for the Northeast.
"There is still a lot that we don't understand about mercury, but it is clear that biological mercury hotspots occur and that mercury emissions from sources in the U.S., as opposed to China and other countries overseas, are the leading cause," Driscoll said. "Mercury emissions will have to be reduced substantially from current levels if we are to see recovery in sensitive watersheds in the Northeast."
Kathy Fallon Lambert is a co-author of the mercury hotspot studies. Environment Editor Dan Shapley contributed to this report.
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Answer: By using NCD. IF you visit www.humanoctane.com., it will tell you all about it and why I think this company is ready to go vertical SOONER rather than later.
Check out the Catskills article: ( I had trouble linking to this article, so here it is)
Catskills contaminated with mercury
Studies link coal-fired factories to pollution in 2 N.Y. mountain ranges
By Kathy Fallon Lambert
For the Poughkeepsie Journal
January 14, 2007
New research has identified as many as 14 biological mercury "hotspots" in northeastern North America and suggests that contamination in wildlife is linked to pollution from coal-fired industry.
The hotspots are areas where wildlife has excessive levels of contamination. One known hotspot occurs in the Adirondack Mountains, and another is suspected in the Catskills.
In humans, mercury can damage brain development, learning and neurological functioning, especially on developing fetuses and children. The effects documented in wildlife are similar.
The two studies were coordinated by the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation and are featured in the January issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal BioScience.
The 11-scientist Hubbard Brook team used more than 7,300 observations to quantify mercury levels in fish, birds and other wildlife at lakes and reservoirs from New York to Nova Scotia. The results go a long way toward confirming earlier results that used computer models to predict the location of hotspots.
Mercury, a naturally occurring element, is released into the atmosphere when power plants or other industrial facilities burn coal. The largest sources of mercury in New York are Hudson Valley cement plants.
Fish are a main source of exposure
After mercury rains down and is converted into a toxic form, people and wildlife are exposed primarily from eating contaminated fish. Last year, New York expanded advisories warning the public against eating many species of wild fish throughout the entire Catskill and Adirondack re-gions — the most pristine wilderness areas of the state. Forty-three other states also warn residents against eating fish from certain waters.
"We were surprised to find that the Adirondack Mountains of New York had some of the highest mercury levels in fish and loons in the northeastern United States," said Charles Driscoll, a lead author of one of the studies, and a professor of environmental systems engineering at Syracuse University.
The average mercury levels in yellow perch were more than twice the Environmental Protection Agency's human health criterion. Blood mercury levels in 25 percent of central Adirondack loons, which eat fish, exceeded wildlife health thresholds. Catskill fish and songbirds also had excessive levels of mercury, but too few sites have been sampled to confirm the region as a "hotspot."
The scientists found that decades of acid rain have made the Adirondacks and Catskills sensitive to mercury pollution.
"The Adirondack and Catskills are getting a double-whammy from emission sources such as coal-fired power plants," Driscoll said.
The studies also found mercury deposition is five times higher at a New Hampshire hotspot near a coal plant, indicating the Environmental Protection Agency's "cap-and-trade" mercury regulation may fail to reduce the harm from some plants.
The Environmental Protection Agency's strategy for curtailing mercury pollution is to restrict the total amount of mercury emitted by all plants, but allow heavier polluters the option of purchasing credits from plants that reduce their emissions. This strategy will reduce the overall load of mercury entering the environment, but would allow for continued or increased emissions at specific plants.
"Our modeling results support a growing body of evidence that a significant fraction of the mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants in the U.S. is deposited in the area surrounding the plants," said Thomas Holsen, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Clarkson University and a co-author of the studies.
Many states — including New York — have adopted rules rejecting the federal plan to allow the trading of mercury emissions, and call for steeper and faster reductions.
Those laws should result in a cleaner environment. The scientists found that mercury levels in fish and wildlife can decline relatively quickly when emissions decline — a new finding for the Northeast.
"There is still a lot that we don't understand about mercury, but it is clear that biological mercury hotspots occur and that mercury emissions from sources in the U.S., as opposed to China and other countries overseas, are the leading cause," Driscoll said. "Mercury emissions will have to be reduced substantially from current levels if we are to see recovery in sensitive watersheds in the Northeast."
Kathy Fallon Lambert is a co-author of the mercury hotspot studies. Environment Editor Dan Shapley contributed to this report.
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Friday, January 19, 2007
Arsenic and Old Lace
I couldn't resist. I just checked e-mail and I had received a press release from Environmental Working group, about a recent EPA ruling that EWG helped champion.
Seems that there are toxic amounts of Arsenic in treated lumber, like the playsets, decks, etc. that children frequent. Now that the EPA has gotten on it, we'll see what happens.
Anyway, Arsenic made me think of the Play and Movie starring Cary Grant: 'Arsenic and old Lace'. Good classic stuff.
Read the press release here:www.EWG.org
Later,
Scout
Seems that there are toxic amounts of Arsenic in treated lumber, like the playsets, decks, etc. that children frequent. Now that the EPA has gotten on it, we'll see what happens.
Anyway, Arsenic made me think of the Play and Movie starring Cary Grant: 'Arsenic and old Lace'. Good classic stuff.
Read the press release here:www.EWG.org
Later,
Scout
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Icy weather
I have lived here in Tulsa all of my life and I cannot remember a time like this. So many people suffering with this ice storm. Now the weather people are telling us that this weekend could be pretty significant too. I hope not!
So, tonight will be a good night to be at home, get comfortable, have a notepad and pen ready and get ready to listen to the best ground floor opportunity in a long, long time.
Call: 1-641-297-7575 - 133655# PIN Number. Be my guest, please, and once you are on, hit *6 to mute yourself.
Let me know here if you listen!
Later,
Scout
So, tonight will be a good night to be at home, get comfortable, have a notepad and pen ready and get ready to listen to the best ground floor opportunity in a long, long time.
Call: 1-641-297-7575 - 133655# PIN Number. Be my guest, please, and once you are on, hit *6 to mute yourself.
Let me know here if you listen!
Later,
Scout
Monday, January 15, 2007
Network Marketing
I was talking with a business associate and revisited this excellent article.
It is worth reading if you are considering network marketing OR if you are one of those who has vowed NEVER to consider network marketing. Kudos to Vicki Latham for an excellent article:
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Network Marketing Criteria
Network Marketing is being taught at more than 200 colleges including Harvard Business School. After extensive research into the network marketing industry, Harvard Business School developed three criteria that a network marketing company must have in order to make it a most desirable opportunity. They are:
1. The company must be at least 18 months old, as 90% of all network marketing companies that fail, do so in the first 18 months.
2. The company must have a product which is both unique and highly consumable. Being unique in this case means that you have an exclusive product that can only be purchased from your company’s distributors. Having a product that is highly consumable means repeated sales, thereby guaranteeing customer loyalty versus a one time sale and having to locate new customers.
3. It needs to be a "ground floor" opportunity. Harvard Business School suggests that in order for the opportunity to qualify as a ground floor type, the number of existing distributorships should be less than of 1% in the country where this network company exists. In the United States, this figure is equal to 1.5 million people. Harvard Business School also stated that if there were less than 500,000 people involved, you would be on the cutting edge of a great opportunity. If the company has less than 100,000 distributors, Harvard Business School considers it to be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Harvard Business School states that there are four distinct stages of growth in a network marketing company. They are:
1. Foundation - This usually lasts approximately six months. This is when a company develops its products and marketing plan.
2. Concentration - This period lasts approximately 2 to 4 years from when the distributor network is started.
3. Momentum - This period lasts from 2 to 4 years also. This is when the company experiences phenomenal growth. Both retail and distributorships explode in terms of expanding growth. It is during this period that the company virtually sweeps the nation. When a company’s sales reach 50 million, they reach what is called "critical mass" (sales go vertical right off the graph). Also, approximately 2/3 of the company's growth of the new distributorships occurs during this period of time.
For example: When Herbalife reached 50 million in sales, they jumped to 151 million in retail sales in only 12 months. They also added over 800,000 distributorships in their organization. Let us assume you have an organization which is producing an override bonus check to you of $1000 per month. When the company reaches critical mass, distributors automatically experience a ten-fold increase in their earnings. In other words, $1000 per month becomes $10,000 per month. This is the reason for getting involved on the ground floor, so you will experience the benefits of explosive growth.
4. Stability - This period lasts for the life of the company. A network marketing company that is dedicated to the success of its distributors will experience longevity, thereby insuring that an active distributorship will realize continued earnings and growth.
Reading this...do you realize that you are at the right place at the right time with the Waiora opportunity!!!
Waiora is a company that is 24 months old. Growth in the past 8 months is over 1,400% And the company is debt free!!
The owners have an outstanding reputation for integrity in the industry. They have years of experience, and success in Networking, and know what it is like to be a distributor themselves. Therefore, they have created the most lucrative marketing program in the industry.
There are less than 25,000 Waiora distributors...truly a ground floor opportunity of a lifetime.
Natural Cellular Defense is a unique, one of a kind product. Nothing else does what it does. No one else has it, and it is protected by a patent so no one else can market it for at least another 16 years (that is how long is left on the patent).
They are committed to having a small amount of products that will be the finest products available, made out of the best ingredients, which will be science-based, and well researched.
And Waiora is dedicated to growth, not just locally but world wide...and is continuing to create a global company. They will be opening a new market in Australia in September, in addition to already having established markets in Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
There is only one way that you will not be successful in Waiora....Quit.
There is only one way to assure that you will be successful in Waiora...Never Give Up!
I hope this will inspire you to realize the potential you have with Waiora!!
Have a Great Day!
Vicki Latham
It is worth reading if you are considering network marketing OR if you are one of those who has vowed NEVER to consider network marketing. Kudos to Vicki Latham for an excellent article:
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Network Marketing Criteria
Network Marketing is being taught at more than 200 colleges including Harvard Business School. After extensive research into the network marketing industry, Harvard Business School developed three criteria that a network marketing company must have in order to make it a most desirable opportunity. They are:
1. The company must be at least 18 months old, as 90% of all network marketing companies that fail, do so in the first 18 months.
2. The company must have a product which is both unique and highly consumable. Being unique in this case means that you have an exclusive product that can only be purchased from your company’s distributors. Having a product that is highly consumable means repeated sales, thereby guaranteeing customer loyalty versus a one time sale and having to locate new customers.
3. It needs to be a "ground floor" opportunity. Harvard Business School suggests that in order for the opportunity to qualify as a ground floor type, the number of existing distributorships should be less than of 1% in the country where this network company exists. In the United States, this figure is equal to 1.5 million people. Harvard Business School also stated that if there were less than 500,000 people involved, you would be on the cutting edge of a great opportunity. If the company has less than 100,000 distributors, Harvard Business School considers it to be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Harvard Business School states that there are four distinct stages of growth in a network marketing company. They are:
1. Foundation - This usually lasts approximately six months. This is when a company develops its products and marketing plan.
2. Concentration - This period lasts approximately 2 to 4 years from when the distributor network is started.
3. Momentum - This period lasts from 2 to 4 years also. This is when the company experiences phenomenal growth. Both retail and distributorships explode in terms of expanding growth. It is during this period that the company virtually sweeps the nation. When a company’s sales reach 50 million, they reach what is called "critical mass" (sales go vertical right off the graph). Also, approximately 2/3 of the company's growth of the new distributorships occurs during this period of time.
For example: When Herbalife reached 50 million in sales, they jumped to 151 million in retail sales in only 12 months. They also added over 800,000 distributorships in their organization. Let us assume you have an organization which is producing an override bonus check to you of $1000 per month. When the company reaches critical mass, distributors automatically experience a ten-fold increase in their earnings. In other words, $1000 per month becomes $10,000 per month. This is the reason for getting involved on the ground floor, so you will experience the benefits of explosive growth.
4. Stability - This period lasts for the life of the company. A network marketing company that is dedicated to the success of its distributors will experience longevity, thereby insuring that an active distributorship will realize continued earnings and growth.
Reading this...do you realize that you are at the right place at the right time with the Waiora opportunity!!!
Waiora is a company that is 24 months old. Growth in the past 8 months is over 1,400% And the company is debt free!!
The owners have an outstanding reputation for integrity in the industry. They have years of experience, and success in Networking, and know what it is like to be a distributor themselves. Therefore, they have created the most lucrative marketing program in the industry.
There are less than 25,000 Waiora distributors...truly a ground floor opportunity of a lifetime.
Natural Cellular Defense is a unique, one of a kind product. Nothing else does what it does. No one else has it, and it is protected by a patent so no one else can market it for at least another 16 years (that is how long is left on the patent).
They are committed to having a small amount of products that will be the finest products available, made out of the best ingredients, which will be science-based, and well researched.
And Waiora is dedicated to growth, not just locally but world wide...and is continuing to create a global company. They will be opening a new market in Australia in September, in addition to already having established markets in Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
There is only one way that you will not be successful in Waiora....Quit.
There is only one way to assure that you will be successful in Waiora...Never Give Up!
I hope this will inspire you to realize the potential you have with Waiora!!
Have a Great Day!
Vicki Latham
Mickey Dillon in Tulsa
Waiora Diamond leader Mickey Dillon was in Tulsa, Thursday night at the 81st and Lewis Hilton. Mickey always has a great presentation, and Thursday night was no exception. He shared that Waiora is going to be on the edge of an incredible opportunity! Mickey stated that the next 12 to 18 months will be critical for Waiora and that the time for greatest exposure will happen then. We have time to 'Tune up' and 'Tune in', and get busy!
It all starts with asking yourself this question:
Do I love my job?
If your answer is 'no',--Get out of the trap of hating your job; do work you love AND get paid well; fire your boss; tune up your mind to earn more money and finally, surround yourself with people whose positive example you can follow.
Go to this website and have at it! www.focusyourdream.com
Later,
Scout
It all starts with asking yourself this question:
Do I love my job?
If your answer is 'no',--Get out of the trap of hating your job; do work you love AND get paid well; fire your boss; tune up your mind to earn more money and finally, surround yourself with people whose positive example you can follow.
Go to this website and have at it! www.focusyourdream.com
Later,
Scout
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