Well now, the groundhog, Stanley, or whatever his name is, DID NOT see his shadow,...SO, Spring is a-comin' and Winter be endin'!! OK, I always say I'll believe it when I see it. Here in Oklahoma-land, we have had a really cold winter; I am not sure that I believe it's over.
On to subject 2:
How about them Colts?
I thought it was a messy, clumsy, but overall good game. I'm happy for the Colts. I thought Chicago's success would depend on how Grossman played, and it did. I thought he was not sharp at all. I am impressed about how the Colts ran the football, and their play calling. Although, I must admit that I and my husband both thought Indy was getting way too conservative after halftime.
Congrats to Peyton for winning the big one;
Scout
Monday, February 5, 2007
Whiny kids
I am finally proven right.
Whiny kids are just flat out harmful to your health. Not only is your 'crap tolerance' stretched, NOW we know that those of us with kids eat less healthy than those without. The reason: (As per the author of the story):"Too many adults are whipped into foolish dietary practices by their children. They need to stop giving in to whining children influenced by television advertising and start making informed nutritional choices for the whole family," Adams said. "Children will eat healthy food if you stop buying the processed junk food. It's all a matter of standing your ground on issues of health and nutrition."
Let's also talk parenting: Stand your ground and be consistent!
Here's the article:www.newstarget.com/020967.html
Have a great day contemplating your dietary future and the whiny response you will get with any and every attempt to eat healthier!! Dare to be Great!!
Later,
Scout
Whiny kids are just flat out harmful to your health. Not only is your 'crap tolerance' stretched, NOW we know that those of us with kids eat less healthy than those without. The reason: (As per the author of the story):"Too many adults are whipped into foolish dietary practices by their children. They need to stop giving in to whining children influenced by television advertising and start making informed nutritional choices for the whole family," Adams said. "Children will eat healthy food if you stop buying the processed junk food. It's all a matter of standing your ground on issues of health and nutrition."
Let's also talk parenting: Stand your ground and be consistent!
Here's the article:www.newstarget.com/020967.html
Have a great day contemplating your dietary future and the whiny response you will get with any and every attempt to eat healthier!! Dare to be Great!!
Later,
Scout
Friday, February 2, 2007
Fiber to treat cholesterol
Here is an article about Big Pharmaceuticals and the false claims they make. I alluded to this in one of my first postings. I wish they were held accountable for their deceptions. Here's the link: www.newstarget.com/021526.html
Later,
Scout
Later,
Scout
Super Bowl
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
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
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
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