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GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs) ARE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS AND RADICAL CHANGES TO OUR FOOD SUPPLY.
The Health Risks of Eating GMOs

In 1999, Dr. Arpad Pusztai, the world’s top GMO safety researcher at the prestigious Rowett Institute in Scotland was working on a UK government grant to design long-term testing protocols intended to become part of the official European GM food safety assessment process. When Pusztai fed supposedly harmless GMOs to rats, they developed potentially pre-cancerous cell growth, smaller brains, livers and testicles, partially atrophied livers, and showed signs of a damaged immune system. Moreover, the results clearly indicated that the cause of the problem was due to the unpredictable side effects arising from the process of genetic engineering itself. In other words, his study suggested that the GM foods already on the market, which were created from the same process, might also create such effects. When Dr Pusztai expressed his concern he was fired from his job of 35 years and silenced with threats of a lawsuit. His 20-member research team was disbanded, all testing protocols were abandoned, and the pro-GM establishment embarked on an extensive disinformation campaign to discredit the study’s results to protect the reputation of GM foods already in the marketplace.

When an invitation to testify before Parliament allowed Pusztai to finally tell his alarming story, all hell broke loose. The outpouring of news coverage, said to one columnist, “divided society into two warring blocs” over the GM food issue. An industry wide rejection of GMOs was reached quickly thanks to the buying power of consumers who convinced manufacturers to keep GMOs out of the European Union, in spite of official approvals by the pro-GM European Commission.

Americans are Uninformed AND Misinformed on GMOs
In the US, not only was the Pusztai story barely mentioned by the media, but Project Censored (which compiles an annual list of news stories of social significance that have been overlooked by the country’s major national news media) described it as one of the ten most underreported events of the year. Indeed, the US mainstream media has been consistently close-lipped about the enormous health risks of GM foods. The US media failed to cover the preliminary study from the Russian National Academy of Sciences, for example, that showed that more than half the offspring of mother rats fed GM soy died within three weeks (compared to 9% from mothers fed natural soy). They also neglected to report that the only human GM feeding study ever published showed that the foreign genes inserted into GM food crops can transfer into the DNA of our gut bacteria. This means that long after we stop eating GM corn chips, our intestinal flora might continue to manufacture the “Bt” pesticide that the GM corn plants are engineered to produce. Americans were also not told about the estimated 10,000 sheep that died within 5-7 days of grazing on GM cotton plants—also designed to produce this Bt-toxin.

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In 1992, the Food and Drug Administration claimed they
had no information showing that GM foods were substantially
different from conventionally grown foods. Therefore they were safe to eat, and absolutely no safety studies were required. But internal memos made public by a lawsuit reveal that their position was staged by political appointees who were under orders from the
White House to promote GMOs. In addition, the FDA official in charge of creating this policy was Michael Taylor, the former attorney for Monsanto, the largest biotech company, and later their
vice president. In reality, FDA scientists had repeatedly warned that GM foods can create unpredictable, hard-to-detect side
effects, including allergies, toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged long-term safety studies, but were ignored.

Today, the same biotech companies who have been found guilty of hiding toxic effects of their chemical products are in charge of determining whether their GM foods are safe. Industry-funded GMO safety studies are too superficial to find most of the potential dangers, and their voluntary consultations with the
FDA are widely criticized as a meaningless façade. Genetic modification is radically different from natural breeding Genetic engineering transfers genes across natural species barriers. It uses imprecise laboratory techniques that bear no resemblance to natural breeding, and is based on outdated concepts of how genes and cells work. Gene insertion is done either by shooting genes from a “gene gun” into a plate of cells or by using bacteria to invade the cell with foreign DNA. The altered cell is then cloned into a plant.

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Most indoor gnats are due to house plants. Gnats are hatched out in the potting mixture at the base of the plants. Watering your indoor plants with garlic water will help eliminate indoor fungus gnats. When watering your indoor plants add one ounce of Mosquito Barrier to each quart of water used to water your plants.

When watering, pour water on all sides of the base of the plant. A spray bottle (like a Windex style sprayer) filled with 2 ounces of Mosquito Barrier and topped off with water can be used to spray potting mixture in your indoor plants. Be sure to thoroughly spray the potting mixture of all plants in the home. For fungus gnats that are hatched out in sinks or garbage cans - use a commercial insecticide and thoroughly flush and clean all drains. (families Mycetophilidae and Sciaridae) are very common pests of mushrooms and roots of potted plants in homes and greenhouses.

A bowl full of vinegar and a little dishsoap is a popular way to reduce gnat populations by trapping them. Gnats go for the vinegar in the hopes of a good meal, and find that the lack of water tension caused by the dishsoap won't let them out of the bowl. There's nothing like cheap and natural gnat control for a slim budget.

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Unconfirmed via Snopes.com see link here.

Written by Zola Gorgon - author of several cookbooks..

Watch out for those spoiled onions...

I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, makersof mayonnaise. Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO.

Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist. The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers. Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula. He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's.

Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are alwaysworried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you.

Ed said that all commercially-made Mayo is completely safe. "It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it,
but it's not really necessary.." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked about the quintessential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.

Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the
officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where
those onions came from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the
mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade Mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the onions, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES. He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions.

You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. He says it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your
refrigerator. It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!)

Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll
probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.

So, how's that for news? Take it for what you will.. I (the author) am going to be very careful about my onions from now on. For some reason, I see a lot of credibility coming from a chemist and a company, that produces millions of pounds of mayonnaise every year.'

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.

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ATTORNEY'S ADVICE-NO CHARGE A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company.

  1. The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name) and last name put on them. If someone takes your checkbook, they will not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name, but your bank will know how you sign your checks.

  2. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED."

  3. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check-processing channels will not have access to it.

 4. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box, use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks, (DUH!). You can add it if it is necessary. However, if you have it printed, anyone can get it.

  5. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. Also carry a photocopy of your passport when traveling either here or abroad. We have all heard horror stories about fraud that is committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards.

  6. When you check out of a hotel that uses cards for keys (and they all seem to do that now), do not turn the "keys" in. Take them with you and destroy them. Those little cards have on them all of the information you gave the hotel, including address and credit card numbers and expiration dates. Someone with a card reader, or employee of the hotel, can access all that information with no problem whatsoever.

 Unfortunately, as an attorney, I have first hand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer and received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online. Here is some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:

 1. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. The key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.

 2. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one). However, here is what is perhaps most important of all (I never even thought to do this.)

 3. Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name. The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit. By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.

 Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet and
 contents being stolen:

 1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285

 2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742

 3.) TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289

 4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271

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Good Idea: Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.

Free Information: Use 1-800-Free-411  =  (1-800-373-3411) --when calling information instead of using 411. There is no charge to use this number.

Ant Repellant: To keep ants out of the house, find where the ants are entering the house and sprinkle a "barrier" of cinnamon or any type of ground pepper to block their way. The spices are too hot for the ants to cross.  Cucumber peels have the same effect. 

Bathroom Odors: Place an opened box of baking soda behind the toilet to absorb bathroom odors.

Carpet Stains: Baby wipes are miracle-workers on carpet stains, from motor oil to blood, they remove almost anything!

Candle Holders: To prevent the wax from melting and sticking to the inside of a votive candle holder, pour a bit of water in the holder, then place the candle on top. If you forgot the water and there's wax stuck to your candle holder, pop it in the freezer for an hour. The wax will chip right off.

Candle Wax: To remove wax from carpeting or other fabric, first scrape away any excess. Then, place a brown paper bag over the wax and run a warm iron over the bag. The wax will melt right into the bag! Continue moving the bag around as you pick up the wax so you are always using a clean section. If a little grease stain remains on carpet, sprinkle with baking soda and allow to sit overnight before vacuuming, which will remove the grease residue. If colored wax leaves a stain on carpet, blot with spot remover or carpet cleaner, following label directions.

Cast Iron Pans: To gently and effectively clean your cast iron skillets after most uses, wipe out excess food with a dry paper towel, then sprinkle salt inside the pan. Wipe clean with a clean, dry paper towel. The salt acts as an abrasive to scratch off any stuck-on particles of food without using soap and water, which can remove your seasoning. For stubborn stuck-on food, use a putty knife to scrape it off. You may, however, need to reseason the pan after doing this.

Chimney: To keep your chimney clean, throw a handful of salt on the fire.

Chrome: To remove rust from chrome, wipe it with aluminum foil dipped in Coke®. To polish chrome, use a crumbled up piece of aluminum foil and rub.

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When we hit retirement age we come face to face with the fact that it may be time to relocate. The big question is: where? Here are some tips.

You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where..

1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found some shade.
2. You can learn to open and drive your car without touching the car
door or the steering wheel.
3. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
4. You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.
5. You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.
6. "Dress Code" is meaningless at high schools and universities.
Picture lingerie ads.
7. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
8. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
9! . The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
10. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open the oven door.

You can Live in California where...

1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell
phone.
3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4. You know how to eat an artichoke.
5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

 

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By Anita Manning, USA TODAY

Click for Flu Checklist
Influenza Empidemic

     Don't ditch the duct tape. It's still on the list of "tools and supplies" considered essential for emergency preparedness by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

     But if a flu pandemic emerges, families might need much more than that to stay safe.

     The pandemic preparedness plan developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that a severe flu pandemic could cause 90 million people to fall ill and 9.9 million to require hospitalization, nearly 1.5 million of them in intensive care units.

     If that happens, there won't be enough hospital beds in the country to handle cases, says Grattan Woodson, a doctor at the Druid Oaks Health Center in Decatur , Ga. "The ICU beds in the hospital I work in now are completely full," he says. "No particular reason — a few extra surgical cases, an auto accident, a couple of patients with pneumonia."

     The point, he says, is "there's no surge capacity in any hospital, and during the regular flu season every year, all 100,000 ventilators in the U.S. are in use."

     It was to help ease anxiety and provide practical advice that Woodson wrote a booklet, The Bird Flu Preparedness Planner .

     Woodson's book is different from the instructions given by the federal government, which tells residents to prepare for pandemic flu as they would any other kind of disaster, from a house fire to a terrorism attack.

     HHS is working now on specific guidelines to help families and businesses devise plans for a pandemic. Meanwhile, the agency offers advice at www.pandemicflu.gov.

A look at the two approaches:

The Bird Flu Preparedness Planner

By Grattan Woodson

$4.99, published by Health Communications Inc.

Suggestions include:

• Stock a "survival kit" with prescription medicines, over-the-counter drugs such as ibuprofen, antihistamines and cough syrup, and medical supplies, including a thermometer and blood pressure monitor.

• Learn basic medical skills , such as how to check temperature, pulse and respiratory rate and blood pressure.

• Make sure you have a will and life insurance.

• Get a flu shot and pneumococcal vaccination. Though a flu shot won't prevent a pandemic strain, it will reduce the risk of being infected with two flu strains in the same year. The pneumococcal vaccine can prevent pneumococcal pneumonia, a complication of flu.

• Know how to identify and treat dehydration , which can result from fever or diarrhea. Symptoms include weakness, headache, fainting, dry mouth, decreased urine that is dark and highly concentrated, loss of skin elasticity, low blood pressure, fast pulse when lying down or sitting still. "Preventing dehydration in flu victims will save more lives than all the other treatments combined," Woodson writes. An "oral rehydration solution" is more effective than plain water because it replaces lost salt and includes sugar, which helps water enter and stay in the body. To make it, mix 4 cups of clean water with 3 tablespoons of sugar or honey and1/4 teaspoon of table salt.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

On the Web: http://www.pandemicflu.gov

Suggestions include:

• Develop preparedness plans as you would for other public health emergencies. (HHS says that means keeping enough food, water and other supplies on hand for three days.)

• Participate in and promote public health efforts in your state and community.

• Talk to local public health officials and health care providers who can supply information about the signs and symptoms of an outbreak.

• Anticipate how to function if a large part of the workforce or school population is absent because of illness.

• Practice good health habits , such as eating a balanced diet, exercising and getting enough rest. Wash hands frequently; cover coughs and sneezes with tissues; stay away from others if you're sick.

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(_!_)      a regular ass
(__!__)  a fat ass
(!)          a tight ass
(_*_)     a sore  ass
{_!_}      a swishy ass
(_o_)     an ass that's been  around
(_x_)     kiss my ass
(_X_)     leave my ass alone
(_zzz_)  a tired ass
(_E=mc2_)   a smart ass
(_$_)      Money coming out  of his ass

and finally...

  (_?_)       Dumb Ass

  A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

- Herm Albright

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     If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look like this:

There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere , both north and south
8 Africans

52 would be female
48 would be male

70 would be non-white
30 would be white

70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian

89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual

6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth, and
all 6 would be from the United States.

80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be near birth
1 (only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer

The following is also something to ponder...

If you woke up this morning reasonably health, you are not among the million plus who will not survive this week.

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, then you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, then you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still alive and still married, then you are very rare, even in the United States and Canada.

If you can read this message, you are not among the 2 billion people who can't.

Today is a pretty good day, isn't it?

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Some of this could be true, the suggestions are easy,

they might be a good idea-

     Dioxins cause cancer, especially breast cancer.

     Don't freeze your plastic water bottles with water as this also releases dioxins in the plastic. Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle hospital was on a TV program, (Dr. Phil), explaining this health hazard. He is the manager of the Wellness Program at the hospital. He was talking about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using
plastic containers. This applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat and plastics releases dioxins into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Dioxins are carcinogens and highly toxic to the cells of our bodies.

     Instead, he recommends using glass, Corning Ware, or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results without the dioxins. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.  He said we might remember when some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper, the dioxin problem is one of the reasons. To add to this: saran wrap placed over foods as they are nuked, with the high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the food; use paper towels.

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State Population Estimates in 2005

The Associated Press
Thursday, December 22, 2005 ; 6:06 AM

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GIRLS ! READ THIS ONE FOR SURE !

     This is very interesting to know. Brands don't mean everything... This is how to test Lipstick for "Lead". Keep reading. Lead is a chemical that causes cancer. The brands, which contain Lead, are:
1. Christian Dior
2. LANCOME
3. CLINIQUE
4. Y.S.L
5. ESTEE LAUDER
6. SHISEIDO
7. RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)
8. CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)
9. Market America-Motives lipstick
The higher the lead content, the greater the chance of causing Cancer. After doing a test on lipsticks, it was found that the Y.S.L. lipstick contained the most amount of lead. Watch out for those lipsticks which are supposed to stay longer. If your Lipstick stays longer, it is because of the higher content of lead.
Here is the test you can do yourself:
1. Put some lipstick on your hand,
2. Use a 24k-14k Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.
3. If the lipstick color changes to black then you know the lipstick contains lead.

More interesting information… but not verified…

Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional pain relievers.
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Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.
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Before you head to he drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints.They'll clear up your stuffed nose.
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Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1
Tablespoon of horseradish in 1/2 cup of olive oil.Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.
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Sore Throat?? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 Tablespoon six times a day.The vinegar kills the bacteria. REALLY WORKS!
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Eliminate puffiness under your eyes.....All you need is a dab of preparation H, carefully rubbed into the skin, avoiding eyes. The hemorrhoid ointment acts as a vasoconstrictor, relieving the swelling instantly.
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Honey remedy for Skin Blemishes......Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.
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Listerine therapy for toenail fungus....Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash.The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.
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Easy eyeglass protection....To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.
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Coca-Cola cure for rust...Forget those expensive rust removers. Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust
stain.The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done.
ANYONE FOR ANOTHER COKE?
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Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer....If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.
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Smart splinter remover.....just pour a drop of Elmers Glue-all over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin.The splinter sticks to the dried glue. GREAT IDEA FOR LITTLE ONES.
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Hunt's tomato paste boil cure....Cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress.The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.
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Balm for broken blisters.....To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine....a powerful antiseptic.
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Heinz vinegar to heal bruises...Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour.The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.
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Kills fleas instantly.Dawn dishwashing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Goodbye fleas!
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Rainy day cure for dog odor....Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.
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Eliminate ear mites....All it takes is a few drops of Wesson corn oil in your cat's ear. Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days.The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers
the mites, and accelerates healing.
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Vaseline cure for hairballs.....To prevent troublesome hairballs, apply a dollop of Vaseline petroleum jelly to your cat's nose. The cat will lick off the jelly, lubricating any hair in its stomach so it can pass easily through the digestive system.
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Quaker Oats for fast pain relief....It's not just for breakfast anymore! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a
bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.

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This site also provides pictures of the offenders: http://www.familywatchdog.us/

Just click the link below and type ONLY your ZIP code:
http://www.criminalcheck.com

     Please send this out to all your family and friends, so they are aware of their surroundings! Pass this along...especially to people with kids. You will be amazed at how many are living in your area; so please be aware.

     Ohio now has a program which allows you to receive email notifications if a sex offender moves within a one mile radius of your home.  Follow the link below and click on Go in the Email Alerts box. http://www.esorn.ag.state.oh.us/Secured/p1.aspx

     Also if you click on Go in the Contact Your Sheriff box then click on view in the eSORN Site column, you can enter an address and it will show you all the registered sex offenders who live within a mile radius of that address.  You will probably need to email this home to complete the last step unless you have full internet access.

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Fine
This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

Five Minutes
If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour.
Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

Nothing
This is the calm before the storm. This means "something" and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with "nothing" usually end in "fine".

Go Ahead
This is a dare, not permission, DON'T DO IT!

Loud Sigh
Although not actually a word, the loud sigh is often misunderstood by men. A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over "Nothing".

That's Okay
This is one of the most dangerous statements that woman can make to a man. "That's Okay" means that she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

Thanks
This is the least used of all words in the female vocabulary. If a woman is thanking you. Do not question it, just say you're welcome and back out of the room slowly.

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     Check your driver's license... Now you can see anyone's Driver's license on the Internet, including your own! I just searched for mine and there it was...picture and all! Thanks to the Homeland Security! Privacy, where is our right to it? I definitely removed mine; I suggest you all do the same... Maybe we should start up a petition or something protesting this. What do you think?

     Go to the website and check it out. Just enter your name, city and state to see if yours is on file. After your license is on the screen, click the box marked "Please Remove." This will remove it from public viewing, but not from law enforcement.

http://www.license.shorturl.com/

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RECOGNIZING A STROKE   - A true story

     Susie is re cooping at an incredible pace for someone with a massive stroke, all because Sherry saw Susie stumble - that is the key that isn't mentioned below - and then she asked Susie the 3 questions. So simple this literally saved Susie's life. Some angel sent it to Suzie's friend and they did just what it said to do.  Suzie failed all three, so 911 was called.  Even though she had normal blood pressure readings and it did not appear to be a stroke, as she could converse to some extent with the Paramedics. They took her to the hospital right away.  Thank God for the sense to remember the 3 steps!

Read and Learn!

     Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

*Ask the individual to SMILE.

*Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

*Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE.

     If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

     After discovering that a group of non medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February.  Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.

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- perfect as a gift for your colleagues and friends
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By Kevin Poulsen, Security Focus, Mar. 8, 2005

Web-based caller I.D. spoofing is back, and this time it's available to everyone.

A new website offer subscribers a simple Web interface to a caller I.D. spoofing system that lets them appear to be calling from any number they choose.

Called "Camophone," the service functions much like the Star38.com site that struggled with an abortive launch last month: a user types in their phone number, the number they wish to call, and the number they'd like to wear as a disguise. The system instantly dials back and patches the call through with the properly-forged caller I.D.

Camophone is being promoted in ads that appear when searching for competitor "Star38" on Google. The original Web-based spoofing business launched September 1st on a wave of media attention that began with a report on SecurityFocus. Star38 was marketed to collection agencies looking to trick debtors into answering the phone. It asked would-be clients to pay a non-refundable $150 application fee, a twenty-five cent connection fee for each call, and seven to fourteen cents per minute.

Some legal experts said collection agencies would likely be prohibited from using such a service under federal fair debt collection laws, and three days after Star38's launch, founder Jason Jepson told the New York Times that he was looking to sell the business, claiming he'd received harassing phone calls and a written death threat. The site went dormant until this week, when it relaunched as a tool offered exclusively to law enforcement officials and "intelligence agencies." A phone message left on Star38's voice mail and an e-mail to Jepson were not immediately returned Wednesday.

In contrast to Star38, Camophone is open to anyone with a PayPal account, at a rate of five cents per minute, pre-paid, with a five dollar, 100-minute minimum purchase. The service boasts that it keeps no logs, and the business' owner is a mystery: there is no contact information on the site, and the Camophone.com domain name was registered through a proxy service. But the site performed as advertised in a test by SecurityFocus, in which a reporter made phone calls appear to originate from the White House switchboard.

Caller I.D. spoofing has for years been within the reach of businesses with certain types of digital connections to their local phone company, and more recently it's become the plaything of hackers and pranksters exploiting permissive voice over IP systems and VXML hosting services.

Pranks on friends and loved ones are the most common application of spoofing, but not the only one. In August, Secure Science Corporation warned that hackers can use caller I.D. spoofing to break into the voice mail boxes of T-Mobile subscribers. A U.S. wireless company with 15.4 million customers, T-Mobile permits users to check voice mail without entering a passcode, as long as they're calling from their own phone -- an easy matter to fake with caller I.D. spoofing.

In a statement, T-Mobile said that customers can switch on an option that requires them to enter a passcode even when calling from their own phone, and thus foil spoofing attacks. "We recommend that customers take advantage of the security a password can provide," the company said. Secure Science's Lance James says that's not good enough. "It's not on by default," says James. "The majority of people, if not all of them, leave it off."

"This has been going on forever," agrees phone hacker "Lucky225." "People are getting celebrity numbers... and it'll be on the default settings. Then they'll listen to the messages and get other celebrity numbers."

Another phone hacker, speaking on condition of anonymity, was openly angry about the Camophone service, because he was hoping to be first to market with his own Star38 copycat, for which he's registered the domain telespoof.com. He, too, used a proxy -- like the proprietor of Camophone, the hacker plans on remaining anonymous. "I'm not going to put any of my info on it," he says. "I don't want to get death threats."

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