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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

IT'S RAINING OIL IN LOUISIANA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


When you pour more than a million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants on top of an oil spill, it doesn’t just disappear.

In this case, it moves to the atmosphere, where it will travel hundreds, if not thousands of miles from the site of the BP oil spill, in the form of toxic rain.
 

BP’s oil spill-fighting dispersant of choice is Corexit 9500. It has been banned in Europe for good reason.

Corexit 9500 is one of the most environmentally enduring, toxic chemical dispersants ever created to battle an oil spill.
Add to that the millions of gallons of oil that have been burned, releasing even more toxins into the atmosphere, and you have a recipe for something much worse than acid rain.
One of the millions of oil victims, and so many more are to follow..........
The European Union Times reports "A dire report prepared for President Medvedev by Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources is warning today that the British Petroleum (BP) oil and gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico is about to become the worst environmental catastrophe in all of human history threatening the entire eastern half of the North American continent with “total destruction”.
The reports adds, "Russian scientists are basing their apocalyptic destruction assessment due to BP’s use of millions of gallons of the chemical dispersal agent known as Corexit 9500 which is being pumped directly into the leak of this wellhead over a mile under the Gulf of Mexico waters and designed, this report says, to keep hidden from the American public the full, and tragic, extent of this leak that is now estimated to be over 2.9 million gallons a day."
Oil in the environment is toxic at 11 PPM (parts per million). Corexit 9500 is toxic at only 2.61 PPM. But Corexit 9500 has another precarious characteristic; it’s reaction to warm water.

As the water in the Gulf of Mexico heats up, Corexit 9500 goes through a molecular transition. It changes from a liquid to a gas, which is readily absorbed by clouds and released as toxic rain. The chemical-laden rain then falls on crops, reservoirs, animals and of course, people.

It is futile to believe that we can keep ‘Corexit rain’ from occurring since it has already been released and the molecular transformation has begun. We have set off an unprecedented chain of events in nature that we cannot control.

By releasing Pandora’s well from the depths and allowing it bleed into the sea the unimaginable becomes material.
Yet unlike a bad dream, we will not wake up from this nightmare and find it gone. The BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be touching millions of earth’s life forms for uncountable years.

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US GULF DRILLING BAN OVERTURNED BY FEDERAL JUDGE

A US federal court judge has blocked President Barack Obama's six-month moratorium on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
The moratorium was put in place in the wake of the massive oil spill triggered by an explosion at a rig in April.
The judge said the lengthy ban was "invalid" and could not be justified, as the negative impact on local businesses was simply too great.
The White House said it would be appealing against the decision.
"An invalid agency decision to suspend drilling of wells in the depths over 500ft simply cannot justify the immeasurable effect on the plaintiffs, the local economy, the Gulf region and the critical present-day aspect of the availability of domestic energy in this country," judge Martin Feldman said.
The decision to overturn the ban follows vocal protests by the oil industry.

The world does need the oil and the energy that is going to have to come from deep water production going forward
Steve Westwell BP's chief of staff Newfoundland drilling continues, Global deepwater oil production
Top executives from BP, Transocean and other oil firms have warned against over-regulating deep sea oil drilling.
Oil found in deep waters is needed because the world will need 45% more energy by the year 2030, BP's chief of staff, Steve Westwell, told the World National Oil Companies Congress earlier on Tuesday.
Consequently, the world would need new reserves from "new frontiers", he said.
Steven Newman, chief executive of Transocean, which owned and operated the destroyed Deepwater Horizon rig that blew up on 20 April, had attacked the US ban on deep water drilling.
"There are things the [US] administration could implement today that would allow the industry to go back to work tomorrow without an arbitrary six-month time limit," Mr Newman said on the sidelines of the meeting in London a few hours before the ban was overturned by the judge.
A prolonged ban on deep water drilling would also "be a step back for energy security", added Chevron executive Jay Pryor, suggesting it would "constrain supplies for world energy".
Commercially viable Steven Newman, chief executive, Transocean Transocean's chief Newman called for the drilling ban lifted
Mr Westwell said BP would re-assess how it balanced risks, but he also insisted that the leak in the Gulf of Mexico would not lead to deep water production being halted.
It would be a mistake, he insisted, to create an environment in which investment in deep water would become impossible.
"The world does need the oil and the energy that is going to have to come from deep water production going forward," he said.
"Therefore, the regulatory framework must still enable that to be a viable commercial position."
And he said "BP will come through", suggesting that most of the flow from the well in the Gulf should be staunched by August.
Judge who overturned drilling moratorium reported owning stock in drilling companies

The federal judge who overturned Barack Obama's offshore drilling moratorium reported owning stock in numerous companies involved in the offshore oil industry — including Transocean, which leased the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig to BP prior to its April 20 explosion in the Gulf of Mexico — according to 2008 financial disclosure reports.
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman issued a preliminary injunction today barring the enforcement of the president's proposed six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, arguing that the ban is too broad.
According to Feldman's 2008 financial disclosure form, posted online by Judicial Watch [pdf], the judge owned stock in Transocean, as well as five other companies that are either directly or indirectly involved in the offshore drilling business.
It's not surprising that Feldman, who is a judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has invested in the offshore drilling business — an Associated Press investigation found earlier this month that more than half the federal judges in the districts affected by the BP spill have financial ties to the oil and gas industry.
The report discloses that in 2008, Judge Feldman held less than $15,000 worth of stock in Transocean, as well as similar amounts (federal rules only require that judges report a range of values ) in Hercules Offshore, ATP Oil and Gas, and Parker Drilling. All of those companies offer contract offshore drilling services and operate offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Judge Feldman also owned between $15,000 and $50,000 in notes offered by Ocean Energy, Inc., a company that offers "concept design and manufacturing design of submersible drilling rigs," according to its website. None of the companies were direct parties to the lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban.
Judge Feldman did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
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The Everglades National Park in Florida and the Padre Island National Seashore in Texas are among 15 "special places" most threatened by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, says a report today by two environmental groups.
The oil threatens, among other wildlife, brown pelicans, whooping cranes, manatees, bottlenose dolphins and sea turtles that live in these state parks, wildlife refuges and national parks, according to the report.
"This could become America's greatest environmental disaster," says Theo Spencer of the Natural Resources Defense Council, which co-wrote the report, adding it illustrates the dangers of U.S. "over-dependence on fossil fuels."
"Because the potential reach of this catastrophe is so broad, our list certainly cannot include more than a tiny fraction of what is at stake as oil continues to gush into and spread around the Gulf," says Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, the report's other author.
The report picked the following 15 places to show the range of protected public areas and their resources that are vulnerable to contamination:
  1. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
  2. Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
  3. Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana
  4. Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana
  5. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
  6. Everglades National Park, Florida
  7. Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
  8. Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi and Alabama
  9. Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi and Florida
  10. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Florida
  11. Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
  12. Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
  13. Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area, Louisiana
  14. Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana
  15. St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
The report says the list does not reflect judgment on where the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, leased by BP, will go and which areas will be most affected. It says:
At this is being written, it still is not clear how much oil has already escaped from the BP blowout, when the gush of oil will be stopped, where the Gulf's currents and winds will take the oil, and what may happen if one or more hurricanes enters the Gulf this year. Instead, our list is based on, to begin with, the judgment of the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that coastal areas they manage are vulnerable all around the Gulf.
It discusses how oil can harm various Gulf wildlife:
The iconic brown pelican, Louisiana's state bird, which feeds by plunging headfirst into waters to grab underwater fish. Their feathers can get fouled by oil to the point that they can no longer fly.
Whooping cranes, one of the world's rarest birds and America's tallest, which
survive primarily in one natural migratory flock that winters on the Texas coast and two introduced flocks that winter on Florida's Gulf Coast. Their seafood prey can be contaminated by oil, poisoning the cranes.

Manatees and bottlenose dolphins, marine mammals which must surface to breathe air. They can inhale oil and chemical dispersants on the surface of the water.
Sea turtles, which return to land only to nest on beaches around the Gulf. They can choke on oil in the water, and their eggs and hatchlings can be contaminated by oil on beaches.
LATEST NEWS:
NEW ORLEANS – Tens of thousands of gallons more oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped a venting system, forcing BP to remove the cap that had been containing some of the crude.

It was yet another setback in the nine-week effort to stop the gusher, and it came as thick pools of oil washed up on Pensacola Beach in Florida and the Obama administration tried to figure out how to resurrect a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling.

When the robot bumped the system just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, gas rose through the vent that carries warm water down to prevent ice-like crystals from forming, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.

Crews were checking to see if crystals had formed before putting it back on. BP spokesman Bill Salvin could not say how long that might take.

"We're doing it as quickly as possible," he said.

Before the problem with the containment cap, it had collected about 700,000 gallons of oil in 24 hours. That's oil that's now pouring into the Gulf. Another 438,000 gallons was burned on the surface by a different system that was not affected by the issue with the cap.

A similar problem doomed the effort to put a bigger containment device over the blown-out well in May. BP had to abandon the four-story box after the crystals called hydrates clogged it, threatening to make it float away.

The smaller cap, which had worked fine until now, had been in place since early June. To get it there, though, crews had to slice away a section of the leaking pipe, meaning the flow of oil could be stronger now than before.

The current worst-case estimate of what's spewing into the Gulf is about 2.5 million gallons a day. Anywhere from 67 million to 127 million gallons have spilled since the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11 workers and blew out the well 5,000 feet underwater. BP PLC was leasing the rig from owner Transocean Ltd.

Meanwhile, the Obama administration plotted its next steps after U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans overturned its moratorium on new drilling, saying the government simply assumed that because one rig exploded, the others pose an imminent danger, too.

Feldman, a 1983 appointee of President Ronald Reagan, has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, including owning less than $15,000 of Transocean stock, according to financial disclosure reports for 2008, the most recent available. He did not return calls for comment on his investments.

The White House promised an immediate appeal of his ruling. The Interior Department imposed the moratorium last month in the wake of the BP disaster, halting approval of any new permits for deepwater projects and suspending drilling on 33 exploratory wells.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement that within the next few days he would issue a new order imposing a moratorium that eliminates any doubt it is needed and appropriate.

"It's important that we don't move forward with new drilling until we know it can be done in a safe way," he told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday.

Several companies, including Shell and Marathon Oil, said they would await the outcome of any appeals before they start drilling again.

Asked about it Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show, BP managing director Bob Dudley said his company will "step back" from the issue while it investigates the rig explosion.

BP said Wednesday that Dudley has been appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of cleaning up the oil spill. He takes over from BP CEO Tony Hayward, who has been widely criticized for his handling of the crisis.

In Florida, dozens of workers used shovels to scoop up pools of oil that washed up overnight, turning the sand orange.

Tar balls have been reported as far west as Panama City, Fla., and heavier oil is predicted to wash ashore further east along the coast line in the coming days. Oil has also washed up on beaches in Alabama and coated wetlands in Louisiana.

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Associated Press Writer Curt Anderson in Miami and Melissa R. Nelson contributed to this report.

See pictures Pensacola beach by Gregg Hall, june 25 2010.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Bavaria - Budweiser: 1 - 0.

APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD SOCCER GAMES


Bavaria big winner
exclusive video's
Txs. 'geen stijl'.
It started 2 weeks ago:

ROTTERDAM - Er is ophef ontstaan over het oranje jurkje van bierbrouwer Bavaria, de 'DutchDress'. Voetbalbond KNVB zou het bierjurkje willen weigeren bij de oefeninterland Nederland-Ghana, omdat biermerk Heineken de hoofdsponsor is.


Voetbalvrouw Sylvie bij de presentatie van de DutchDress.


Dat beweerde althans De Telegraaf. De KNVB spreekt het echter tegen. "Wij zullen geen supporters met oranje jurkjes uit het stadion weren. Maar we zullen wel bekijken hoe we Heineken het alleenrecht op bierreclame kunnen garanderen", zei een KNVB-woordvoerder.
Tijdens de oefenwedstrijd tussen Nederland en Mexico trokken 60 Bavaria-babes in de voetbaljurkjes nogal de aandacht. De actie van Bavaria schoot bij hoofdsponsor Heineken in het verkeerde keelgat. Mevrouw Van der Vaart trok de 'DutchDress', zoals de alcoholische reclamecreatie is gedoopt, aan om de oranjegekte nog wat op te voeren.


Maar van een stadionverbod is dus geen sprake, zegt KNVB-woordvoerster Renske Bruinsma. "Natuurlijk willen we onze sponsor beschermen, maar we zijn met belangrijker zaken bezig dan deze jurkjes.'' Ook Bavaria directeur Swinkels vindt dat logisch. "Je kunt vrouwen moeilijk opdragen de DutchDress uit te doen. Er staat niet eens 'Bavaria' op.'' De Brabantse brouwer is echter de lachende derde. Volgende week komt de laatste lading jurkjes binnen. Er zijn er al zo'n 160.000 verkocht. De verkoop is inmiddels gestopt, omdat Bavaria de vraag niet meer aankon.





Gecensureerd..



(geen stijl):
Het uit de hand gelopen Bier Oorlog marketing-dingetje heeft nu ook Buitenlandse Zaken bereikt. BuZa wil opheldering van de ZuidAfrikaanse autoriteiten omtrent de FIFA-terreur naar aanleiding van deze onschuldige striptease. Zoals bekend mag men alleen dat vieze Budweiser tijdens het WK nuttigen, en wie ook maar even de naam noemt van een ander merk opdrinkbier krijgt subiet problemen met de MaFIFA. GeenStijl heeft de hand weten te leggen op exclusieve beelden van Bavaria babes, die worden afgevoerd uit het Soccer City stadion in Johannesburg. Op DEZE VIDEO is te zien hoe de akela van het promoteam aangesproken wordt door 2 FIFA-rugzakjes met oortjes. Vervolgens worden de dames met zachte hand het stadion uit gebonjourd door de stewards (foto boven). Op een afgelegen plek, ver weg van de wereldpers, worden de meisjes onder handen genomen door de gewillige beulen van de FIFA. Zie HIERRR hoe de meisjes worden weggeleid. Kan het gekker? Ja, het kan gekker. In DIT FILMPJE is te zien hoe een geheim agent van de FIFA Brand Police de boel nog probeert te downplayen: "They weren't arrested. They were chaperoned out of the stadion because 80.000 horny Dutch fuckers wanted to mount them." Maar de dames zijn wel degelijk gearresteerd. De paspoorten zijn korte tijd ingenomen, en alle 60 promo-chicks hebben een STADIONVERBOD van de FIFA gekregen.


NB: Alle gelinkte filmpjes zijn illegaal naar Nederland gesmokkeld. FIFA controleert de feed van de EBU dagelijks op WK-gerelateerde content. Alles wat met het WK te maken heeft, en de FIFA niet goed uitkomt, mag niet worden doorgepompt.


Update: Het MAFIFA-mannetje met rugzak en oortje is door de collega's van ElfVoetbal herkend als Miguel Portela.



Censuur...
Maradonna has a better use for the Vuvuzela...

 

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Bacteria in the Large Intestine Play Positive Role in Weight Management

Good food at the right time...

Dutch research shows that short-chain fatty acids, in particular propionic acid, have a health benefit. After fat tissue has been exposed to propionic acid it increases the production of the satiety hormone leptin and reduces the production of another hormone, resistin.

--- Short-chain fatty acids such as propionic acid, which are produced by bacteria in the large intestine, can improve the health status of fat tissue in the body. When fat tissue comes in contact with propionate the tissue produces the satiety hormone leptin.


This hormone makes people feel fuller, thus reducing their appetite. Propionic acid also reduces the production of resistin. Resistin improves the effectiveness of insulin. It especially appears that insulin does not function optimally in overweight people. These are the conclusions of research of Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN) carried out by TNO and the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG).


International research shows that the activity of bacteria in the large intestine plays a important role in weight management. The bacteria in the large intestine break down food components that cannot be digested by the human body. In the process they produce short-chain fatty acids (acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid). These short-chain fatty acids are absorbed by the body and act as an energy source for a variety of organs, such as the gut wall, liver and muscle tissue.


The Dutch research shows that short-chain fatty acids, in particular propionic acid, have a health benefit. After fat tissue has been exposed to propionic acid it increases the production of the satiety hormone leptin and reduces the production of another hormone, resistin. The influence of propionic acid on the production of these two hormones has a two-way effect on the health status of individuals who are overweight or obese. On the one hand, it leads to reduced food intake and, on the other hand, to increased insulin sensitivity. The results have been published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation.


TIFN is investigating how to increase the production of propionic acid by bacteria in the large intestine, for instance by eating specific foods or food components.

Source:Nutrition Horizon

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH. (18)



EATING FRUIT...



We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat.


What is the correct way of eating fruits?


NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!
FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD. Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil....

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining — every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc — actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOT happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene — the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal is a treat to Cancer! Can u believe this?? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks:


 It's not just the lefthand side that gets affected...!!!  Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line as well.... You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. 
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this article sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.





~~OTHER HEALTH TIPS~~
CANCER . the right food..
EAT and LOSE weight,
WATER, hot/cold water and Heart attack,
CVA - STROKE ? ... Sing !!.....!!
HERNIA, Nucleus Pulposus,HNP,
MIGRAINE,
GASTRIC ACID (heartburn),
Hyper Baric Oxygen Therapy, HBOT,
TOOTH ACHE ,
ACNE/PIMPLES ,
LARGE INTESTINE BACTERIA
QUIT SMOKING,
SODA DRINKS , what happens inside your body?

WORK-OUT, Create your own gym,






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