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Thanx for writing a great
Thanx for writing a great article...I own a 1998 E-300 Turbo Diesel Mercedes Benz. I get an average of about 29-1/2 miles per gallon. I have no smell what-so-ever with the diesel fuel and I'm more than happy with its performance both around town and on the highway. I can honestly say that it renders all the power I will ever need, and it burns with a cleaner exhaust for our enviroment.
Proud to be doing my part~!~ Thank You, CJC
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The more I look at
The more I look at bio-diesel, the less I like it. It seems that with bio-diesel, we have a choice:
Feed our population or let the rich be able to drive around.
Hmm, I'm kind of a harsh Darwinian kind guy who really doesn't mind the latter but I'll bet a lot of other, more sensitive souls will be a bit squeamish driving past starving people all the time.
All the fuss over diesel vs
All the fuss over diesel vs hybrid vs riding my bike?
Gas engines have a life of about 150k miles and diesel is about 300k miles. Of course both vehicles to be well maintained and engine life can vary. I personally put 350K on my diesel and it is still running. I use bio fuel when ever possible. Purchasing injectors every 100k or so is the biggest expense.
Hybrids in a few years, what will Batteries cost every 75K miles? No one knows. What about disposal? Harming the envirnoment or not? How about harming an emergency worker in an accident or even the kids in the back seat sitting on the batteries? Lots of questions, very few answers until reality sets in.
Bio fuel is said to be cleaner emmisions than a gas hybrid and almost impossible to find in many states. Plus if you follow to closely to a bio fuel vehicle, it make you want french fries and a hamburger from the fast food smell.
Why hasn't anyone followed the Train Industry. All trains are hybid / battery technology with diesel engines. You would think that a Diesel bluetec or TDI engine with a hybrid combo would get 80 - 90+ mpg and with bio fuel would be an incredible accomplishment until better research can be found.
Also I am still wondering why a hybrid cant get more than 60mpg. Honda in the 1980's made a CRX HF that got 60mpg. You would think that Honda could take that engine and make a hybrid that could get 75 - 80+ mpg?
Just some thoughts at a different angle from a guy who is now riding his bike back and forth to work, 50 miles round trip. Since I do not feel like buying a new car just yet.
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Wow jnf, You've really done
Wow jnf,
You've really done your reading. I don't think you missed a single piece of anti-hybrid nonesense that has been distributed.
Where'd you get the 75K mile replacement need for hybrid batteries? They are warranteed to over 100K miles and because of their lack of use in today's hybrids, they are lasting very long times (see: https://www.hybridcars.com/fleets/tax...ity-25167.html).
Regarding all that dangerous electricity, sure to kill every kid or well-meaning emergency worker: I'm not sure why you're ok with them dealing with the bomb that is a gasoline tank but a battery with less than 1% of the energy is a problem.
I don't know where you get the emissions info on bio fuel. Of course, it depends on the bio fuel, ethanol definitely creates a lot more emissions than a hybrid burning dino-fuel.
Unfortunately, there really isn't enough arid land in our country to replace our driving miles with bio fuel.
I agree with your complaints about mpg. We're demanding perfectly safe, powerful, low emissions cars which, if you assume an Internal Combustion Engine, can only be acccomplished by increasing the weight and decreasing engine efficiency. Hybrids and electrics have the ability to handle the power and emissions without decreasing the efficiency - not that anyone except Tesla is actually taking advantage of this capability. The battery-electric drivetrain also decreases the penalty for vehicle weight. A Diesel-hybrid, of course, would seem to be nearly ideal to me if one must burn liquid fuel.
Congrats on your bike riding. I wish I had the time and geography to enable riding a bike every day.
Have you ever considered
Have you ever considered actually calculating the total environmental damage the manufacure and running of a hybrid car is, the Toyota Prius is not so "green" because the manufacuring process of is batteries so environmentally damaging not just because of the CO2 emmisions but all the harsh materials used in the process and the fact that completion of the batteries requires them to be transported thousands of kilometers back and forward accross the globe by cargo ships that the savings in CO2 emmisions is negated by the amount of extra CO2 which is used to create its batteries. You should ask Toyota to provide you with a technical data sheet about the manufacturing proccess and then makeyour call, because when we take about being green CO2 emissions are not the be all and end all solution to the problems which we face today.
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Dean, I suspect you've been
I suspect you've been influenced by a bogus study titled "'Dust to Dust' Automotive Energy Report" by CNW President Art Spinella almost 2 years ago. It has been discussed here and I've pointed out a few glaring 'issues' here at Hybridcars.com at:
The main errors in Art's assumptions are
- He assumes very short vehicle life for hybrids compared with his favorite Hummers
- He penalizes Hybrids for their R&D 'costs' and applies them to a small quantity of vehicles delivered. By this alone, hybrids today are twice as 'green' as they were in in 2006 when he collected his data.
- He assumes that hybrids are imported from Japan
You, too are unfairly penalizing hybrid technology for transportation costs when, if our own stupid auto manufacturers ever come out of their caves, should be solved by onshore manufacturing.
Note also that today's batteries do not use toxic materials like the old lead acid and Nickle Cadmium. Also, battery recycling is very good so consumption is reduced.
while it is true that the
while it is true that the initial environmental impact of a hybrid car is lower, what do you think happens to those huge batteries?
they get turned over to toxic waste dumps, the sulfur in the batteries needs to be produced, handled, and then disposed of. the lead is toxic in all stages and at every step.
not to forget in case of a severe accident you have to deal with acid splashing all over, and leaking on the ground, or since it is under the back seats well passengers get burnt.
while it is true that diesel does have its drawbacks, the environmental impact is lower in the long run than a hybrid.
ps my vw turbo diesel runs off veggie oil, so very minimal need to fund opec
the technoilogy to produce biodiesel from algae not only cleans up the air but it produces starches and oils, so it can produce biodiesel, and ethanol. if we run biofuels from algae it cleans the environment, and can power both diesel and gas powered cars
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ecoguard, Take a look at
Take a look at ex-EV1 driver's comments right above yours.
He addresses some of your issues.
The current batteries in hybrids are NOT lead acid. They tend to be Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) or Lithium. There is a bounty for these batteries and these are much sought after and are recyclable.
Your car, like almost all cars including, drives around with a Lead Acid battery for it's electric accessories. The risk of "splashing acid all over" is just not a reality.
I think you would be hard pressed to come up with any credible data that definitively identifies that diesels have a lower environmental impact on the environment.
In the future there will be all kinds of vehicles, and I am certain that diesels and hybrids will be both be part of the future.
By the way, I own a both a hybrid car and a turbo-diesel sedan that is converted to run on veggie oil.
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Its time to impose a price
Its time to impose a price ceiling on energy. If the energy companies dont like it then we dont need them
Ford Ecocentric Diesel-63.6
Ford Ecocentric Diesel-63.6 mpg city or 73.5 mpg...not much more needed to say


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I had a real clash with an Oxfam sponsored run and walk in the Dales. There were thousands of people going from Skipton up through Malham. I met the front runners near fountains fell - no problem they were few and spaced out. By the time I got to Malham tarn the crowds increased and we were going against the tide. Most were good natured and because Midge was blind he occasionally bumped in to people but they were understanding. Later above the cove the path was completely blocked with them and they forced us off the main path onto the rocks at the side and if Midge bumped into people some of them were annoyed. By the time I got to the stiles the sponsored walkers had monopolised them and a couple going in the opposite direction could not get over because of the press of people. I waited then I had enough and insisted that they let us over. A bloke pushed his face right into mine and said spat out "We ARE doing this for charity you know!" As it happened I was walking John O Groats to Lands End for charity, 1200 miles over 2 months not just a few mile on a bank holiday so I gave it him with both barrels.I have a problem with sponsored events monopolising the countryside - the Y3P and the national 3P two obvious examples of how to make the hills unpleasant for others.
What is Y3P? 3peaks?Reading this thread is making me realize how truly unspoiled Dartmoor still is. I walked out to Cranmere Pool yesterday evening, a beautiful sunny bank holiday and did not see, let alone bump into one other soul. Just myself the ponies and the sound of bird song, bliss?
Yorkshire 3 peaks (I think).
What is Y3P? 3peaks?
Which peeks be they?
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Yes unfortunately some (actually most i believe) brew shops charge more for DME. I'm sure if you really want to cut out the LME then you can find some cheap DME online
Doesn't DME work out to be cheaper per gravity point because there's no water in it?
Also when did you put your LME in the beer? Adding LME at the end of the boil will have huge positive effects on your beer. We are currently validating in store putting LME in after the boil. Since you only need to sanitize it, our theory is that if we keep it above 160F for 15 minutes we will be fine. So far we have had luck at keeping LME above 180 for 30 minutes with no problem. Just some food for thought.


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Last year I wrote an article about dating and listed some possible questions you can ask a potential mate. I read the article below about the application form anyone seeking a job in the Obama administration must complete. My questions pale in comparison to this questionnaire. Here is the article. I have started filling in my form, it may take a while to complete it to the best of my ability and I have to keep in the back of my mind that after I submit it I still have to go for an interview ...
White House job application leaves no stone unturned
By Jim Kavanagh
The Obama transition team is sending a seven-page, 63-item questionnaire to every candidate for Cabinet and other high-ranking positions in the incoming administration.
The questions cover everything from information on family members, Facebook pages, blogs and hired help to links to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, American International Group and troubled banks as well as lawsuits, gifts, resumes, loans and more.
The transition team has about 7,000 positions to fill, according to the U.S. Government Printing Office's Plum Book, the quadrennial list of positions subject to presidential appointment.
Included are 15 Cabinet positions and nearly 200 ambassadorships as well as agency heads and their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisers, and top aides to those officials.
The largest part of the questionnaire asks prospective White House appointees and their spouses to list real estate and other business transactions, affiliations and relationships as well as personal financial and tax information.
It also asks about writings, speeches, testimony, online communications and even personal diaries.
An entire section requests details on any criminal or civil legal action in which the applicant may have been involved. The last question in that 11-item section asks for details on any child support or alimony orders.
In an apparent effort to avoid the problems faced by several nominees in the last two administrations, a block of four questions is devoted to ferreting out details -- including the immigration status -- of any domestic help the applicant may have hired.
Question 61 seems to have been prompted by the controversy over former 1960s radical William Ayres in Obama's campaign: "Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used -- even unfairly -- to impugn or attack your character or qualifications for government service?"
Under the final, "Miscellaneous" category, the questionnaire asks for the names and phone numbers of past live-in lovers; whether anyone in the applicant's family owns a gun; the state of the applicant's health; and whether he or she has any enemies.
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/* Garage door open/closed detector. Based on Web Server by: created 18 Dec 2009 by David A. Mellis modified 4 Sep 2010 by Tom Igoe Modified by Nick Gammon 9th Feb 2011 */#include <SPI.h>#include <Ethernet.h>// Enter a MAC address and IP address for your controller below.// The IP address will be dependent on your local network:byte mac[] = { 0x90, 0xA2, 0xDA, 0x00, 0x2D, 0xA1 };// our addressbyte ip[] = { 10, 0, 0, 240 };// the router's gateway address:byte gateway[] = { 10, 0, 0, 1 };// the subnet:byte subnet[] = { 255, 255, 255, 0 };// which pin to connnect the relay to (held high by internal pullup)#define relayPin 7// Initialize the Ethernet server library// with the IP address and port you want to use // (port 80 is default for HTTP):Server server(80);void setup(){ // start the Ethernet connection and the server: Ethernet.begin(mac, ip, gateway, subnet); server.begin(); // initialize the relay pin as a input: pinMode(relayPin, INPUT); digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH); // set pullup resistor}void loop(){ // listen for incoming clients Client client = server.available(); if (client) { // an http request ends with a blank line boolean currentLineIsBlank = true; while (client.connected()) { if (client.available()) { char c = client.read(); // if you've gotten to the end of the line (received a newline // character) and the line is blank, the http request has ended, // so you can send a reply if (c == '\n' && currentLineIsBlank) { // send a standard http response header client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK"); client.println("Content-Type: text/html"); client.println(); client.print ("Garage door is "); byte door = digitalRead(relayPin); if (door == HIGH) client.println ("closed."); else client.println ("open."); break; } if (c == '\n') { // you're starting a new line currentLineIsBlank = true; } else if (c != '\r') { // you've gotten a character on the current line currentLineIsBlank = false; } } } // give the web browser time to receive the data delay(1); // close the connection: client.stop(); }}
$door_status = exec('wget 10.0.0.240 --timeout=5 -O -'); if ($door_status == "Garage door is closed.") { // this is normal }else if ($door_status == "Garage door is open.") { echo "
Garage door is open!
\n"; // warning sound echo "<embed src=\"hms/garage_door.aif\" autostart=true loop=false height=16 width=170 ></embed>";}else if ($door_status != "Garage door is open.") echo "
Garage door web server is down!
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what is the purpose of it? To remind you if you left the door open?
$door_status = exec('wget 10.0.0.240 --timeout=5 -O -');
Cool Project. I love seeing people make projects with more practical applications. I made a similar device, but it just acts as a timeout and will close the garage after 5 minutes. Eventually, I'll add wireless communication so I can get the status remotely like yours.


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Even Cthulhu has an inner child. And, apparently, a love of tummy tats. This is one of many dark, weird, and downright silly illustrations by concept artist Shreya Shetty.
You can see more of Shetty's work on her blog (spotted on Creature Spot)
Apparently when Shetty listens to CanCan music, she draws alpaca vampires.
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Colicchio and Sons's Warm Chocolate Tart Brings the Chocolate and the Crunch
Your daily dose of something sweet.
The Taproom at Colicchio and Sons is a huge space with a tall ceiling. But when the Warm Chocolate Tart ($12) arrived at our table, it felt like the whole room smelled like freshly baked chocolate. It wasn't just the fragrance that was inviting. The presentation includes an aesthetically pleasing mix of elements, like a sculpted wave of almond butter and milk chocolate feuilletine.
Although there are many components on the plate, the small chocolate tart is the focus. It's served warm, intensely chocolatey, and the inner texture is like that of light flourless chocolate cake or slightly heavy soufflé. A buttery but firm chocolate crust holds the filing. If this dessert consisted only of this tart and a scoop of vanilla ice cream, it would still be a success. However, pastry chef Stephen Collucci adds an entire spectrum of fantastic textural elements to make it so much more.
Super-crunchy dragee almonds take up a fair amount of the plate. They're made with a less commonly seen, clear crystalized coating versus the solid opaque colors of Jordan almonds you often encounter at weddings. There's also plenty of flaky milk chocolate feuilletine that's held in place by the almond butter. And to make absolutely certain no chocolate lover who orders this dessert is unsatisfied, Collucci includes a large decorative chunk of milk chocolate in the middle of the dish.
A small quenelle of lightly sweetened coconut milk ice cream is the perfect compliment to all the chocolate on this plate. It provides just enough of a breather so you can dive back in and finish devouring everything.
It's an unpretentious fine dining dessert that keeps comfort at its core. Collucci who certainly knows comfort desserts (we featured his doughnut cookbook here in August) once told Serious Eats, "I love making things that should not be at a three-star restaurant." That may be true, but this dessert would be equally at home at a three-star restaurant or gastropub.
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The 2011 Track Worlds concluded with the highlight of the week for the Canadian team - a repeat world title in the Women's Omnium by Canada's track star Tara Whitten. Titles were also awarded for the Women's Keirin, the Men's Kilo and the Men's Madison. Overall, they were a very well run championships, and our Dutch hosts should be very proud.
Women's Omnium Photos: Pursuit, Scratch, TT and podium
Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) held a slim two point lead over Whitten after the first three events on Day One, with American Sarah Hammer ten points behind Wild. However, the second day started with the Individual Pursuit and, Hammer and Whitten finished 1-2 while Wild could only manage ninth. Whitten was five points up on Wild and seven on Hammer, and effectively sealed the title in the Scratch Race when she managed to lap the field with Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus). Going into the final event - the 500 metre time trial - Whitten had eight points on Wild, with Hammer only one point behind the Dutch rider. In the final event Whitten was a respectable fifth and Hammer fourth, while Wild imploded to finish sixteenth, allowing the American to move ahead into the silver medal.
"I knew it would be hard to defend the title," explained Whitten. "As we get closer to the Olympics the competition is getting stronger and stronger, so I came in prepared for anything, and I just gave everything in every event. I'm incredibly thrilled to come away on top again. Last year I think I was maybe too overwhelmed to appreciate it, but this year I had an idea of what to expect, so it almost feels more satisfying."
Note: Watch our video interview with Tara Whitten here.
Women's Keirin Photos
Australia's Anna Meares made it three for three in sprint events, when she took the Keirin title, to go with her Team Sprint and Sprint golds. Olga Panarina (Belarus) took silver and Clara Sanchez (France) bronze. However, the big name missing was Victoria Pendleton, the British rider who has dominated the speed events for the past few years. Pendleton didn't make the final, and looked almost disinterested as she missed the cut in the second round of competition.
Men's Kilo Photos
Traditionally, the Kilometre Time Trial was the ultimate race of truth in men's track cycling, however, once it was removed from the Olympics after the 2004 Games, unfortunately, the top riders (such as Chris Hoy of Great Britain) abandoned it. The field did not have great depth, but at the top end there were good riders, and turned out to be a very good competition. This was the event that Dutch star Teun Mulder was focussing on for his home Worlds, and there were posters and banners all over the city of Apeldoorn promoting 'Hop Teun' - Go Teun. The stands were full of Mulder supporters for the session.
Joachim Eilers (Germany) set the early fast time, but his team mate Stefan Nimke - the 2000 Olympic silver medalist - really set the bar with an incredible 1:00.793 - on a track that is not considered particularly fast. Neither of the French riders who followed him could come close, with Michael D'Almeida beating Francois Pervis for the second spot. Last off was Mulder, and his blazing fast opening lap put him nearly half a second up on Nimke, as the roar of supporters was deafening. Mulder was still in the lead with half a lap to go (125 metres), but slowing, and he could not quite manage to hold on, finishing nearly fourth-tenths of a second behind Nimke.
Men's Madison Photos
The Australian duo of Cameron Meyer and Leigh Howard were the defending champions for this crowd favourite and they showed that, once again, they are the masters of the event. After watching patiently while other teams fought for points in sprints - led by the Dutch, French and Spanish - the Australian pair lapped the field to take control of the race. The Czech team had previously lapped the field, but they had been allowed to sneak away while everyone waited for Australia to chase them down. Instead, Australia rode away from a serious chase effort to join the Czechs at the front (the Ukraine team managed to go across with the Australians, but then blew up and fell back again, eventually losing a further lap). Australia sealed their victory over the Czech Republic by taking a late sprint as well. The Netherlands, with a final charge from Theo Bos, overtook the French for the bronze medal.
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German supercar manufacturer Gumpert appears to be out of the Black Forest of insolvency. But these photos of its concept Tornante fell straight into the jaws of the Big Bad media Wolf. Mreh. We were rooting for the wolf so that we could get a peek.
The Tornante is a sex tornado that looks more than capable of shredding the hairpin turns for which it was named. Powered by a 690 hp twin turbo V8, it features a paddle shifted six-speed semi-automatic transmission that sends power to a pair of Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, which we thought were for Lincolns.
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EconPapers is the part of RepEc that collects working papers in economics available on the Internet. There are over 700,000 downloadable working papers drawn from many hundreds of series from academics working in institutions from around the world. There are also nearly two million downloadable journal articles, as well as smaller collections of books, book chapters, and software items. The database is continually increasing in size. Users can search for items of interest using a large number of search options or monitor the list of the latest arrivals.
Global Development Network
Global Development Network (GDN) is "a global network of research and policy institutes working together to address the problems of national and regional development." Founded in 1999, GDN organises conferences, gives development awards, holds research competitions, runs research projects and has begun a data initiative enabling low income countries to access datasets. Partners in GDN include the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), International Monetary Fund, UNICEF and Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. The Knowledge Base section of the site offers papers, researchers' details, CVs, and links to research. GDN is working on giving access to journals for low income countries, in conjunction with the British Library of Development Studies (BLDS), UK.
IDEAS is a huge bibliographic database of economics working papers and articles, that contains over 650,000 references and provides access to over half a million full text items. Users can browse by series, by JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) classification, by type of publication or search by keyword. It is part of RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), a large volunteer effort to enhance the free dissemination of research in Economics. IDEAS is based at the University of Connecticut but is a collaborative project involving many universities and economics academics.
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The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) website is primarily a searchable database of research abstracts and papers. The SSRN itself is made up of a group of social science based subject networks that include: accounting, classics, cognitive science, corporate governance, economics, English and American literature, entrepreneurship, information systems, philosophy, political science, and law. The SSRN maintains a large e-Library collection which contains full-text papers and abstracts. The SSRN also publishes a research paper series, plus it announces and delivers research papers for many research institutes, universities and professional organizations.
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Compiled and managed by Dr. Gene Shackman, this website 'looks at long term, large scale changes in social, political and economic systems at the national and international levels. The principal aim is to present information that can be used to explain historical change, growth and development.' After an introductory summary by the author, various sections (Theory, Data, National Profiles, etc.) offer annotated lists of websites. The presentation is basic and easy to navigate; the collection of sites is useful and the annotation is brief but helpful. The site also contains a number of reports about global social, political, economic and demographic change.
VoxEU.org or VOX is a policy portal set up by the Centre for Economic Policy Research in conjunction with a consortium of national sites from Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands. It aims to offer topical scholarly comment on economic and political policies, with articles that are original and where the analytical level is higher than a newspaper article, but more accessible than a formal academic journal. Topics covered include health economics; international finance, international trade; globalisation, international trade, development. It is possible to browse the site by topic, author or subject tag cloud. The site also features an extensive range of audio interviews with economists or VOX Talks, where researchers talk about their work. RSS feeds and email updates are also available. Registered users can comment on articles or submit their own.
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Terry Lemerond shares the wisdom of 40 years spent researching & developing more than 300 nutritional and botanical health support formulations, and is a well-known author, advisor, and educator. This article is reproduced with kind permission* from his website TerryTalksNutrition.com.
Adrenal Burnout, Fatigue and Stress
"The opinion of medical experts is that the ability to resist infections is more a function of the adrenal's integrity than the immune system."
…Awakening every morning feeling completely inadequate to meet the demands of the day. …Left feeling drained by even small amounts of physical or mental stress…. The root cause is very often impaired adrenal and or thyroid function.
In fact, I have probably been asked more questions about the adrenal and thyroid glandular systems, and the symptoms of underactive adrenal and thyroid function, than just about any other health topic.
So many people feel helpless to deal with their exhaustion following any "fight or flight" stress response. We know that adrenal burnout and an underactive thyroid can have long-term, serious consequences. Are you wondering if your adrenal glands are less than optimal? It is more widespread than you may think.
Keep reading to take a self-assessment test to determine your degree of adrenal dysfunction, as well as to learn how to solve the problems of adrenal insufficiency and hypothyroidism.
Adrenal Function
The adrenal glands are two small glands about the size of an acorn, one sitting on top of each kidney.
The adrenals produce many hormones that keep us healthy, both physically and mentally. As early as 1898, Emile Sergent, the great French physician, described the two prime functions of the adrenals as antitoxic and angiotonic [supporting healthy resilient tone of the vascular system]. His description of the detoxifying functions of the adrenals was brilliant.
"Should these glands happen to be damaged, a condition of depression and muscular fatigue is seen to appear which, in man, we shall find in the form of the earlier symptoms of adrenal insufficiency – asthenia" (physical weakness and loss of strength)."
Functional adrenal insufficiency is due to a number of factors: inadequate development from birth, exhaustion by fatigue, senile degeneration, chronic stress or any factor which, without provoking organic disease of the glands, is capable of reducing their normal activity.
Other symptoms which may occur are sensitivity to cold, hypotension [low blood pressure], weak cardiac action and pulse, anorexia, slow metabolism, and constipation.
People with adrenal insufficiency usually have many symptoms associated with upper respiratory problems. They are the ones who always have a cold, allergies, hives and usually anything that goes around.
There are many other subclinical signs and symptoms of adrenal dysfunction, and at the end of this article I will give you a self analysis to determine your degree of adrenal insufficiency.
With strong adrenal activity, you will be healthy both mentally and physically. People with strongly functioning adrenals enjoy friendly confrontation, fear nothing, and many of them become business entrepreneurs or enjoy taking risks in other areas of their lives…. Those with weak adrenals, depending on the degree of insufficiency, have weak muscles, are filled with fear and are afraid to tackle huge projects….
Low Blood Pressure
I caution you regarding hypotension (low blood pressure), since doctors are so concerned with high blood pressure, low blood pressure may be considered healthy. It is not.
Nature always has a balance, and high or low is abnormal. It is true that high-performing athletes may have lower blood pressure because they have developed such an enormous cardiac capacity.
But if you are not a super-athlete, low blood pressure can be a problem signal! I have seen individuals with low blood pressure in the range of 105 to 110 over 60 to 70, and they may wonder why they are always sick.
Adrenal insufficiency is probably the number one factor underlying many health disorders that no one has an answer for.
• Adrenal insufficiency often begins after a period of prolonged stress. The stress can either be emotional or metabolic.
• The main symptom is fatigue which is most frequently severe in the morning. It is often the individual who describes himself as a slow starter or says he is not a morning person.
• The opinion of medical experts is that the ability to resist infections is more a function of the adrenal's integrity than the immune system.
– The adrenal patient will have recurrent minor infections,
– While the immune deficient patient will have more prolonged and deep seated infections that often respond poorly to standard antibiotic treatment.
• Very typical of adrenal insufficiency is post viral fatigue. After clearance of an infection or viral outbreak, the individual is usually exhausted.
– Most of the so-called 'chronic fatigue syndrome' cases begin after significant stress such as surgery, viral infection, trauma or accident.
– The inability to recover is in large part due to adrenal exhaustion that has been developing due to underlying stress such as poor nutrition, mental and physical stress, overwork and lack of sleep.
Allergies, especially in the individual, are often a manifestation of adrenal insufficiency. Recurrent sneezing can be a subtle clue of adrenal weakness.
In nearly every case of multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome, low adrenal function has been the underlying cause of the condition. Those who have less severe forms of sensitivities have proportionately less severe adrenal insufficiency.
Many people today are suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome. Usually when their fatigue began they were suffering from a viral infection or other major stress that challenged their adrenal glands. You will often find that rejuvenating the adrenals will provide substantial improvement.
Low Thyroid Function (Hypothyroidism)
Hypothyroidism also plays a significant part in this complex condition.
Stiffness upon rising, especially of the low back, is often a complaint of the individual. Usually after a hot shower the back pain subsides. Another common finding is a sore throat in the morning. As the day progresses the sore throat resolves. [Both are frequent symptoms of thyroid disease.]
Although the thyroid is often the first gland that comes to mind in patients with fatigue, I would recommend deferring any thyroid stimulation until you are certain of the integrity and normal function of the adrenals.
• If you first stimulate thyroid function without regard to the adrenal glands, you will increase the metabolism, and therefore, increase the demands placed on the adrenals.
• The ideal solution is to first support and repair adrenal function, and then support thyroid function if required.
Many people who undergo thyroid therapy and initially have outstanding results, but then deteriorate back to their original state of health, should think about the adrenal function and its support.
Repairing the Adrenal Glands
To correct adrenal insufficiency, there are a number of necessary nutritional factors that the adrenals require to function at their peak optimal level.
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• B vitamins are necessary, particularly vitamin B6… and pantothenic acid (vitamin B5).
• L-tyrosine is required to produce epinephrine and norepinephrine [aka adrenaline and noradrenaline, two hormones made by the adrenal gland to support response to stress].
• The only place in the body that vitamin C is temporarily stored is in the adrenal glands.
• DHEA and pregnenolone are two adrenal hormones that are precursors for all other hormones.
• I believe it is very necessary to support the adrenal function with freeze dried adrenal extract.
• There are also two herbs that I would heavily rely on to support adrenal function; licorice root extract (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and Rehmannia (Rehmannia glutinosa). Both support liver function and restore adrenal function. They also facilitate the body's normal response to occasional stress.
The ideal diet for someone experiencing adrenal insufficiency would be similar to the diet for the hypoglycemic person;
• Low carbohydrates
• With an emphasis on proteins and high quality fats.
Sodium is a critical factor and should not be avoided. However, the salt should be of high quality and not refined white salt or white sea salt. I would highly recommend Celtic sea salt [unrefined, contains natural iodine and many trace minerals] usually ½ teaspoon of salt to a quart of water, three quarts of the salt and water combination per day. You will also find this to be an excellent detoxifying method.
The following questionnaire will help determine whether or not you could possibly be experiencing adrenal insufficiency (underactive function). Circle the number that is most appropriate for you. If the indication does not apply to you then just leave it blank.
• If you experience that indication in a mild way circle #1. That means you may experience that indication once or twice a month.
• Circle #2 for moderate symptoms which means they may occur several times a month.
• Circle #3 for severe symptoms which are symptoms that you are aware of almost constantly.
Do not agonize over whether or not you have one of the following problems. Do not ask family members and friends if they think you have these problems. Do not overthink – answer these questions instantly. You should know at once if you have one of these indications.
After you've circled the correct numbers, add your score. If you have a score of 5-8, you may have a mild case of adrenal insufficiency. A score of 8-12 may indicate a moderate case, and 12 or over is highly indicative of a severe case of adrenal insufficiency.
Chronic fatigue 1 2 3
Low blood pressure 1 2 3
Muscle weakness 1 2 3
Dizziness 1 2 3
Weak, rigid nails 1 2 3
Brown spots or bronzing
of skin esp. on the shins 1 2 3
Frequent hives 1 2 3
Arthritis 1 2 3
Respiratory disorders 1 2 3
Bowel disorders 1 2 3
Muscular & nervous
exhaustion 1 2 3
Increased perspiration 1 2 3
Constipation 1 2 3
Swollen ankles,
esp. in PM 1 2 3
Crave salt 1 2 3
Allergies 1 2 3
Asthma 1 2 3
Brochitis 1 2 3
Weakness after
colds, flu 1 2 3
Other Resources:
• "Adrenal Depletion: The Most Commonly Missed Cause of Fatigue," by Joseph Mercola, MD.
• "The Adrenal Gland and ME/CFS – Stresses & Problems with the Body's 'Gear Box'" by Sarah Myhill, MD.
* Source: This information (©2011 TerryTalksNutrition, All Rights Reserved) has not been reviewed by the FDA. It is general information, based on the research and opinions of Terry Lemerond unless otherwise noted, and is not meant to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any condition, illness, or disease. It is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified healthcare professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is always very important that you make no change in your healthcare plan or health support regimen without researching and discussing it in collaboration with your professional healthcare team.


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Do you know what happens to your design after you send it to the printer? Why should you care?
The tools in Creative Cloud help to turn your brightest ideas into your greatest work. Maybe you just tried out a new feature from the latest update of Adobe Illustrator CC or Photoshop CC, and you pushed the envelope beyond anything you've done before. After applying the finishing touches, and obtaining buy-in from your team, it's time to send your design to the printer.
As a medium, print is tactile, high impact and non-intrusive. It can be essential to winning the attention of your audience, and anchoring your message in a crowded media landscape. But print is expensive, so the stakes are high. You cross your fingers.
Prepress operators may like your aesthetic, but they will be mainly scrutinizing the underlying structure of the job. Accurately reproducing your design on a printing press requires specialized skills and powerful technologies. The prepress function consists of a series of stages, of which rendering is the most critical. The text, graphics and images of your design will be broken down, in a series of steps, into atomic elements. Transparency, knock-outs and other complex effects will be reduced and simplified. Your rich palette of carefully selected hues will be funneled into a small number of separated printing colorants, each of which will be screened into half-tone dots. The rendering stage performs these operations at high speed, producing billions of pixels in a continuous stream which instructs the inkjet heads, or laser beams, when and where color is to be applied to the substrate.
The PDF Print Engine is Adobe's state-of-the-art rendering technology. It is built into prepress solutions from leading graphic arts manufacturers. The Print Engine uses the same core technologies employed by Acrobat DC, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC and InDesign CC. Using the same algorithms for content creation, job management and final rendering lowers the chance of discrepancies, and increases predictability: what you view on-screen is exactly what you will get when ink hits paper.
If your printer uses the Adobe PDF Print Engine, you can rest assured that your artistic vision will print as expected – no surprises!


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Ancelotti accepts the Blues are currently no match for unbeaten Barclays Premier League leaders Manchester United when it comes to grinding out results. But the Italian has no intention of changing the approach which brought Chelsea the double last season.
"For Chelsea to win a game, we have to play well, play good football," said Ancelotti, whose side travel to Bolton tonight 10 points adrift of United. "We are not able to win a game if we are not able to play well. We played very well last season and when we didn't play well, we lost the game the same way we have lost them this season."
He added: "Our aim is to improve our football. This is the way to win the game. It is our philosophy.
"We don't want to stay back and maybe use the long ball or use the counter-attack. Maybe this is also the reason that if we don't play well, we are vulnerable."
United stretched their club-record unbeaten start to the season to 22 games on Saturday, but Ancelotti is convinced they will not emulate Arsenal's 2004 'Invincibles'.
"I think it's impossible because if we want to come back to fight for the title we have to beat Man United," Ancelotti added.
As well as beating United home and away, Ancelotti admits Chelsea must also win their head-to-heads with third-placed Manchester City and fifth-placed Tottenham at Stamford Bridge in the second half of the season.
"We have to win these games. That is the key to come back to win the title," said Ancelotti, who admitted he had not been completely satisfied with his team's performance since they beat second-placed Arsenal almost four months ago.
"We have to play twice against Man Utd, we have to play Man City, Tottenham, Liverpool."


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$29.95A lantern that also doubles as a very compact flashlight and 100% versatile backpacking light, the Zip Lantern lights up the picnic table for cooking or cards, and quickly turns into a precise flashlight for calls of nature or walks back to the tent.
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A matchup pitting former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi (30-3-2 MMA, 2-1-1 SF) against Mike Kyle (18-8-1 MMA, 2-3-1 SF) could be headed to the promotion's fall lineup.
The pair were supposed to fight this past April at "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley" before Kyle was forced to withdraw with a broken hand. In his place stepped Keith Jardine, who fought Mousasi to a draw.
The fight could take place at a yet-unnamed Strikeforce event slated for Sept. 10 that's expected to feature a middleweight title fight between current champ Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza and Luke Rockhold, though at this point, the date is not finalized.
Asked for comment today on the matchup's status, Mousasi representative Apy Echteld told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that while the fighter is attending a family wedding in August, he will be bringing a trainer during the trip and could be ready in September.
"It's up to Strikeforce," he said. "Give us a date – we'll be there."
Mousasi's next fight – his first since the disappointing draw – is already booked for "DREAM: Japan GP Final," which takes place July 16 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. As the current light-heavyweight in the now-struggling Japanese promotion (and former middleweight champion), he defends his title against Hiroshi Izumi.
Kyle could not be reached for comment, though a source from his camp said the matchup is possible for the fall. The sometime heavyweight fighter hopes to rebound from a TKO loss to Antonio Silva this past December at "Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu."
For more on Strikeforce in September, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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We at Visiting Angels have the good fortune to have an opportunity to intercede on this elder group's behalf; yet how best should we move forward? We know through our current work that assisting with the elder's personal needs is a solid way to allow them to remain in their own homes, which certainly is good for them emotionally. However, what about the other aspects of their life? What can we do to make their life at home better?
It may be surmised that homebound seniors may feel alone and unsupported by not only their family, but by friends and perhaps the community at large. Even if their basic needs for meals, clothing, hygiene, and medical areas are covered; the senior may still need to fill voids in both physical and mental activities once filled by out-of-the-house activities.
One way to bridge the gap from being a fully functional, community involved individual to that of a housebound, isolated aging hermit is to get involved in some sort of Telewindow activity (such as Skype). This use of computer technology brings outside people into the home of the elder by means of a computer screen and a couple of speakers. This is not only innovative, but actually working.
Virtual senior centers can be a part of a homebound elder's daily routine with such activities as reminiscing, playing bingo, having casual conversations, and even so simple as bird watching. These are all available means of bringing the outside world into the elder's house when that person can't get outside to experience that world directly.
There are also telephone conference calls that can link several homebound seniors together with outside resources providing hours and hours of satisfying activities via a simple telephone. If the senior can get out of the house, even briefly, aquatic activities (exercise class for seniors in a local pool) are tremendously positive for both mind and body.
Viewing the homebound person from a holistic perspective can open up avenues for enhanced activity selection too, such as performing exercises at home with instruction from an online instructor, or playing puzzle games or mind games (such as Nintento's "Brain") on handheld game boards or even via the computer. Remember, when combating isolationism it's important to remain open-minded and creative.
At Visiting Angels we perform a very necessary function in the lives of our seniors, especially those that are homebound, yet we can do more. We can offer more in the way of mind and body activity support. And, the bottom line is, by offering such homebound activities to our elders, we provide a means of enriching their lives, which then makes their choice to remain living in their own homes the right choice.
Do some research, find out what is available in your community in terms of alternative activities and implement some of those into your elder's life… Everyone will benefit.
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I scarcely have the words to express the fascination I have with the world around me after reading your books. Though I believe I have essentially been an atheist for a few years now, I did not start out that way, and I was not sure of my lack of faith until I read your books.
I was raised an evangelical, Southern-Baptist Christian, and stayed firm in that belief until around the age of 16 or 17. That is when I fully came to terms with and accepted my homosexuality, and I began to see the veil of religion being lifted away. It took a while; first, I convinced myself that Jesus loved me despite my homosexuality. After reading books that supported that viewpoint, the seed of doubting the Bible had firmly been planted in my head. After a few years of "finding myself" and a wide ranging college education, I had pretty much abandoned my faith, though I still harbored a desire to believe in something, which manifested itself in a fascination with astrology and the paranormal. This lay in the back of my mind until one day, a few months ago, in a fit of depression and needing answers, I decided to read The God Delusion.
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Thank you for being so fearless in getting your message out to the world. The work of you and your contemporaries makes me hopeful for a world where religion finally takes a backseat to reason and rationality. Keep up the good work, and I look ever forward to your next book.
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Good thing Sirius XM Radio resolved the debt issues that threatened to drag it into bankruptcy earlier this year; the company's clearly got other things to worry about. Like fleeing subscribers (see table below; click to enlarge). Reporting a first-quarter net loss of $236.6 million this morning, Sirius (SIRI) said that anemic car sales had led to its first-ever decline in net subscriber additions.
And it was a nasty decline.
The company ended the quarter with 18.6 million subscribers–up 3.5 percent from a year earlier but down 404,000 subscribers from the preceding quarter. Sirius added 1,338,961 new customers. But it lost 1,743,383.
Given that and the state of the auto industry on which the company is so dependent for new subscribers, how will it ever attain CEO Mel Karmazin's goal of 20.6 million subscribers by end of '09? Hard to say, especially when Sirius expects to see another "noticeable hit" to its subscribers in its next quarter. That didn't stop the company from raising its 2009 forecast to $350 million, adjusted from more than $300 million. Karmazin said that "satellite radio is now a cash flow growth story."
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Uterine rupture is a topic that came up when I was pregnant with Otter that I was not ready to allow into my consciousness until she was safely in our arms. After enough time had passed and we have proven to ourselves that homebirth can be a safe option when a person is healthy and low risk, I am ready to write about it.
I gave Stephanie Stanley, former facilitator of the East Valley ICAN group, byline credit for this because I am using her research from a uterine rupture presentation she did at a meeting for my post today.


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Toronto, ON – The Toronto Rock (3-1) rallied to defeat the Minnesota Swarm (0-2) on Saturday night at Air Canada Centre by a score of 13-12 in front of 10,503 fans.
Minnesota opened the scoring but the Rock scored four of the next five goals to lead 4-2 at the end of one quarter. Toronto's back end came through with a pair of goals as defender Jesse Gamble and Bill Greer each cashed in for the Rock.
Toronto surrendered the first four goals of the second quarter and the Swarm jumped out in front 6-4. The Rock battled back with a pair to tie the score 6-6 with Kasey Beirnes scoring on the powerplay and Josh Sanderson tallying at even strength. Minnesota regained the lead late in the half to lead by a goal 7-6 at the half.
The Swarm stormed out of the gate building their lead with a pair of goals just 1:15 into the third quarter. Minnesota wouldn't relinquish their grip on the lead and led by as many as four goals just past the 11-minute mark of the frame. The Rock put a dent in the Minnesota lead scoring twice down the stretch, trailing 12-10 heading to the final fifteen minutes.
The Rock started the fourth quarter with a 2-man advantage and connected on both ends of the powerplay to tie the score 12-12. The Rock broke the tie with 6:02 to play on a goal from Stephan Leblanc.
Nick Rose was pulled for 3:33 in the third quarter giving way to Zak Boychuk, but returned to the goal and slammed the door shut for the entire fourth quarter.
Garrett Billings posted an 8-point night, scoring 2 goals and adding 6 assists. Josh Sanderson scored four times and posted two assists for a 6-point game.
The Rock will play travel to Rochester Saturday to face the defending NLL champion Knighthawks. Saturday's game will be broadcast live on TSN2 and TSN Mobile TV at 7:30pm ET. For the best ticket in town, please call 416-596-3075 or visit www.torontorock.com.


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Fortunately, these are the exact types of difficulties we are trained to deal with when encountering those who are displaying mental health disorders. In fact, every family seeking our assistance has told us they were met with either resistance, excuses, denial or minimization when they approached their loved one with getting help. Meanwhile, more than 98% of these same families were later told by their loved one, "okay, I'm willing to get help" after allowing us to facilitate their intervention.
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It was Christmas week in 2010. I was 20 years old. I had been very ill and was suffering from wasting syndrome. After losing around 50 pounds and going through extensive testing, my doctor finally sent me to an internal medicine clinic in Wichita. I told my doctor about all of the symptoms I had been having. He looked at me and said, "I'm almost certain you have HIV." I didn't know how it could be possible because two weeks before I got sick, I'd had a blood test that came back negative.
My doctor did a rapid HIV test and told me that I would find out in about 15 minutes. Fifteen minutes later he came back in the room and read the results to me. I was in shock. I could not believe it. I felt so alone and thought I would never be able to tell anyone. I didn't know what I was going to do. I owned two pizza restaurants in small communities in Kansas and I just knew once the word got out that my business would be ruined.
I drove home two hours from Wichita to Great Bend where my partner at the time was waiting for me. It took me the entire two-hour drive and then some to find the words to say to him. Finally, I just said it. He looked at me and a tear came to his eyes and he held me. He said, "You're going to be okay. You're going to win."
I started a regimen and quickly started doing as much research as I could. Knowing that it may take me some time to overcome the diagnosis, I decided to shut down and sell one of my restaurants. Throughout 2011, I traveled and learned as much as I could about what life would be like living with HIV. I started a job at a non-profit organization where I got certified to do rapid testing and safer sex counseling. I also began speaking publicly in schools about my experience with HIV.
At the beginning of 2012, I decided to start modeling and I gave up on my dream of building a pizza empire. I shut down and sold my other pizza restaurant and moved out of central Kansas. I now live in Kansas City where I continue to pursue my modeling career and will soon pursue a degree in sociology and public health.
It has become my dream to help change the stigma the world has placed on people living with HIV. It's a new day and the advances are bettering the lifestyles of HIV positive people every day. I just want to do my part to help.
What three adjectives best describe you?
Humanitarian-concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare; visionary-thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom; eccentric- unconventional and slightly strange.
What is your greatest achievement?
The fact that I can get out of bed everyday and treat it as a new day filled with opportunities to rectify the mistakes of yesterday and make for a better tomorrow
What is your greatest regret?
Not being able to see my projects through until the end
What keeps you up at night?
Knowing that somewhere, someone is struggling with their diagnosis
If you could change one thing about living with HIV, what would it be?
It would have to be the side effects that come along with taking the medications
What is the best advice you ever received?
Choose wisely who you disclose your status to
What person in the HIV/AIDS community do you most admire?
A model by the name of Matt Schiermeier
What drives you to do what you do?
My love for all people and our society's continuous struggle for equality
What is your motto?
I will always thrive because I refuse to merely survive. I will convey compassion and philanthropy while being progressive in seeing my visions carried out.
If you had to evacuate your house immediately, what is the one thing you would grab on the way out?
My dogs, Angel and Bella
If you could be any animal, what would you be? And why?
I would be some type of lizard because they are able to adapt well to their environment.
Blane Oborny
Shawnee, Kansas