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Cancer Prevention Overview (PDQ®)
What is Prevention?
Cancer prevention is action taken to lower the chance of getting cancer. In 2014, about 1.6 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States. In addition to the physical problems and emotional distress caused by cancer, the high costs of care are also a burden to patients, their families, and to the public. By preventing cancer, the number of new cases of cancer is lowered. Hopefully, this will reduce the burden of cancer and lower the number of deaths caused by cancer.
Cancer is not a single disease but a group of related diseases. Many things in our genes, our lifestyle, and the environment around us may increase or decrease our risk of getting cancer.
Scientists are studying many different ways to help prevent cancer, including the following:
- Ways to avoid or control things known to cause cancer.
- Changes in diet and lifestyle.
- Finding precancerous conditions early. Precancerous conditions are conditions that may become cancer.
- Chemoprevention (medicines to treat a precancerous condition or to keep cancer from starting).
Carcinogenesis is the process in which normal cells turn into cancer cells.
Carcinogenesis is the series of steps that take place as a normal cell becomes a cancer cell. Cells are the smallest units of the body and they make up the body's tissues. Each cell contains genes that guide the way the body grows, develops, and repairs itself. There are many genes that control whether a cell lives or dies, divides (multiplies), or takes on special functions, such as becoming a nerve cell or a muscle cell.
Changes (mutations) in genes occur during carcinogenesis.
Changes (mutations) in genes can cause normal controls in cells to break down. When this happens, cells do not die when they should and new cells are produced when the body does not need them. The buildup of extra cells may cause a mass (tumor) to form.
Tumors can be benign or malignant (cancerous). Malignant tumor cells invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body. Benign tumor cells do not invade nearby tissues or spread.
Risk Factors
Scientists study risk factors and protective factors to find ways to prevent new cancers from starting. Anything that increases your chance of developing cancer is called a cancer risk factor; anything that decreases your chance of developing cancer is called a cancer protective factor.
Some risk factors for cancer can be avoided, but many cannot. For example, both smoking and inheriting certain genes are risk factors for some types of cancer, but only smoking can be avoided. Risk factors that a person can control are called modifiable risk factors.
Many other factors in our environment, diet, and lifestyle may cause or prevent cancer. This summary reviews only the major cancer risk factors and protective factors that can be controlled or changed to reduce the risk of cancer. Risk factors that are not described in the summary include certain sexual behaviors, the use of estrogen, and being exposed to certain substances at work or to certain chemicals.
Factors That are Known to Increase the Risk of Cancer
Cigarette Smoking and Tobacco Use
Tobacco use is strongly linked to an increased risk for many kinds of cancer. Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause of the following types of cancer:
- Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).
- Bladder cancer.
- Esophageal cancer.
- Kidney cancer.
- Lung cancer.
- Oral cavity cancer.
- Pancreatic cancer.
- Stomach cancer.
Not smoking or quitting smoking lowers the risk of getting cancer and dying from cancer. Scientists believe that cigarette smoking causes about 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States.
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Certain viruses and bacteria are able to cause cancer. Viruses and other infection-causing agents cause more cases of cancer in the developing world (about 1 in 4 cases of cancer) than in developed nations (less than 1 in 10 cases of cancer). Examples of cancer-causing viruses and bacteria include:
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) increases the risk for cancers of the cervix, penis, vagina, anus, and oropharynx.
- Hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses increase the risk for liver cancer.
- Epstein-Barr virus increases the risk for Burkitt lymphoma.
- Helicobacter pylori increases the risk for gastric cancer.
Two vaccines to prevent infection by cancer-causing agents have already been developed and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). One is a vaccine to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus. The other protects against infection with strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause cervical cancer. Scientists continue to work on vaccines against infections that cause cancer.
See the following PDQ summaries for more information:
- Cervical Cancer Prevention
- Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Prevention
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Prevention
- Oral Cancer Prevention
Being exposed to radiation is a known cause of cancer. There are two main types of radiation linked with an increased risk for cancer:
- Ultraviolet radiation from sunlight: This is the main cause of nonmelanoma skin cancers.
Ionizing radiation including:
- Medical radiation from tests to diagnose cancer such as x-rays, CT scans, fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine scans.
- Radon gas in our homes.
Scientists believe that ionizing radiation causes leukemia, thyroid cancer, and breast cancer in women. Ionizing radiation may also be linked to myeloma and cancers of the lung, stomach, colon, esophagus, bladder, and ovary. Being exposed to radiation from diagnostic x-rays increases the risk of cancer in patients and x-ray technicians.
The growing use of CT scans over the last 20 years has increased exposure to ionizing radiation. The risk of cancer also increases with the number of CT scans a patient has and the radiation dose used each time.
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Immunosuppressive Medicines
Immunosuppressive medicines are linked to an increased risk of cancer. These medicines lower the body's ability to stop cancer from forming. For example, immunosuppressive medicines may be used to keep a patient from rejecting an organ transplant.
Factors That May Affect the Risk of Cancer
The foods that you eat on a regular basis make up your diet. Diet is being studied as a risk factor for cancer. It is hard to study the effects of diet on cancer because a person's diet includes foods that may protect against cancer and foods that may increase the risk of cancer.
It is also hard for people who take part in the studies to keep track of what they eat over a long period of time. This may explain why studies have different results about how diet affects the risk of cancer.
Some studies show that fruits and nonstarchy vegetables may protect against cancers of the mouth, esophagus, and stomach. Fruits may also protect against lung cancer.
Some studies have shown that a diet high in fat, proteins, calories, and red meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer, but other studies have not shown this.
It is not known if a diet low in fat and high in fiber, fruits, and vegetables lowers the risk of colorectal cancer.
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Studies have shown that drinking alcohol is linked to an increased risk of the following types of cancers:
- Oral cancer.
- Esophageal cancer.
- Breast cancer.
- Colorectal cancer (in men).
Drinking alcohol may also increase the risk of liver cancer and female colorectal cancer.
See the following PDQ summaries for more information:
- Breast Cancer Prevention
- Colorectal Cancer Prevention
- Esophageal Cancer Prevention
- Oral Cancer Prevention
- Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Prevention
Physical Activity
Studies show that people who are physically active have a lower risk of certain cancers than those who are not. It is not known if physical activity itself is the reason for this.
Studies show a strong link between physical activity and a lower risk of colorectal cancer. Some studies show that physical activity protects against postmenopausal breast cancer and endometrial cancer.
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Studies show that obesity is linked to a higher risk of the following types of cancer:
- Postmenopausal breast cancer.
- Colorectal cancer.
- Endometrial cancer.
- Esophageal cancer.
- Kidney cancer.
- Pancreatic cancer.
Some studies show that obesity is also a risk factor for cancer of the gallbladder.
It is not known if losing weight lowers the risk of cancers that have been linked to obesity.
See the following PDQ summaries for more information:
- Breast Cancer Prevention
- Colorectal Cancer Prevention
- Endometrial Cancer Prevention
- Lung Cancer Prevention
Environmental Risk Factors
Being exposed to chemicals and other substances in the environment has been linked to some cancers:
- Links between air pollution and cancer risk have been found. These include links between lung cancer and secondhand tobacco smoke, outdoor air pollution, and asbestos.
- Drinking water that contains a large amount of arsenic has been linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancers.
Studies have been done to see if pesticides and other pollutants increase the risk of cancer. The results of those studies have been unclear because other factors can change the results of the studies.
Interventions That are Known to Lower Cancer Risk
An intervention is a treatment or action taken to prevent or treat disease, or improve health in other ways. Many studies are being done to find ways to keep cancer from starting or recurring (coming back).
Chemoprevention is being studied in patients who have a high risk of developing cancer.
Chemoprevention is the use of substances to lower the risk of cancer, or keep it from recurring. The substances may be natural or made in the laboratory. Some chemopreventive agents are tested in people who are at high risk for a certain type of cancer. The risk may be because of a precancerous condition, family history, or lifestyle factors.
Some chemoprevention studies have shown good results. For example, selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMS) such as tamoxifen or raloxifene have been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women at high risk. Finasteride and dutasteride have been shown to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
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New ways to prevent cancer are being studied in clinical trials.
Chemoprevention agents that are being studied in clinical trials include COX-2 inhibitors. They are being studied for the prevention of colorectal and breast cancer. Aspirin is being studied for the prevention of colorectal cancer.
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Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Check NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry for cancer prevention trials that are now accepting patients.
See the NCI Web site for more information about cancer prevention.
Interventions That Are Not Known to Lower Cancer Risk
Vitamin and dietary supplements have not been shown to prevent cancer.
An intervention is a treatment or action taken to prevent or treat disease, or improve health in other ways.
There is not enough proof that taking multivitamin and mineral supplements or single vitamins or minerals can prevent cancer. The following vitamins and mineral supplements have been studied, but have not been shown to lower the risk of cancer:
The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) found that vitamin E taken alone increased the risk of prostate cancer. The risk continued even after the men stopped taking vitamin E. Taking selenium with vitamin E or taking selenium alone did not increase the risk of prostate cancer.
Vitamin D has also been studied to see if it has anticancer effects. Skin exposed to sunshine can make vitamin D. Vitamin D can also be consumed in the diet and in dietary supplements. Taking vitamin D in doses from 400-1100 IU/ day has not been shown to lower the risk of cancer.
The VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) is under way to study whether taking vitamin D (2000 IU/ day) and omega-3 fatty acids from marine (oily fish) sources lowers the risk of cancer.
The Physicians' Health Study found that men who have had cancer in the past and take a multivitamin daily may have a slightly lower risk of having a second cancer.
See the following PDQ summaries for more information:
- Breast Cancer Prevention
- Colorectal Cancer Prevention
- Lung Cancer Prevention
- Prostate Cancer Prevention
New ways to prevent cancer are being studied in clinical trials.
Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Check NCI's list of cancer clinical trials for cancer prevention trials that are now accepting patients.
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A national education consultant who helped lead reform efforts in Detroit, Cleveland and New York City has been tapped as "interim" chief education officer in Chicago, officials said.
Barbara Byrd-Bennett will serve as "chief education advisor" until May 31, when she will take over as "interim'' chief education officer for Noemi Donoso, officials said.
Byrd-Bennett's role beyond serving as interim chief education officer is "unknown at this time,'' Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman Robyn Ziegler said Monday.
However, Ziegler said, Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard talked to Byrd-Bennett about joining the Chicago team last week — before Donoso's resignation was announced Friday evening.
In a news release Monday, Brizard said Byrd-Bennett "has the experience to step in on day one and provide the leadership required to support critical reform initiatives designed to drive student achievement.''
He called Byrd-Bennett a "seasoned and respected leader with depth and expertise across a broad spectrum of education issues.''
Byrd-Bennett served as CEO of Cleveland Public schools from 1998 to 2006, and as chief academic and accountability officer for Detroit Public Schools from 2009 to 2011. Detroit had the lowest reading scores among the big-city districts tested in 2011 on the nation's report card, and Cleveland had the second-lowest scores.

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Last updated at 12:11, Thursday, 29 August 2013
COPELAND Council must save a further £1 million – which could result in yet more services and jobs being axed and the creation of a new town council for Whitehaven.
The latest round of cuts will "paralyse" Copeland, council leader Elaine Woodburn has warned, after it was revealed that a further £1 million must be saved by 2016, in addition to the £3 million already saved by slashing services and jobs.
A new raft of services is now at risk, and ways of generating income and cutting costs for Copeland are being explored, including the possibility of introducing a Whitehaven Town Council to take on some services with residents having to pay an extra charge on their council tax.
Whitehaven is the only area in Copeland without a town or parish council, and various unsuccessful attempts to form one have been made over recent years.
A Whitehaven Town Council would look after affairs specific to the town, and would be in addition to the existing borough and county councils and its members elected every four years. It could have either a chairman or a mayor, as Workington, Cockermouth and Millom do.
The precept – an extra sum added on to a resident's council tax bill – would be set by the town council depending on what it wanted to provide, such as play areas, bus shelters or grass cutting. Existing precepts in Copeland range from less than £10 per year (Irton with Santon parish) to £48 per year (St Bees). Copeland residents pay a total of just under £454,000 to their respective parish councils each year.
There would be an additional cost to the taxpayer in terms of the governance of a town council, for costs such as elections and administrative fees, but the town council would be able to draw on funding that the borough and county councils cannot.
The last round of cuts, announced in February, saw the council withdraw funding to The Beacon, which has only been kept open after Sellafield intervened, and to Whitehaven Civic Hall, which will close in October unless a group comes forward to take it over. In addition, the council has closed public toilets and Whitehaven's Tourist Information Centre, reduced grass cutting and doorstep recycling, and will cancel the Christmas lights it pays for from 2015. Copeland's staff has dropped from 313 to 231 over the last three years.
Central government has since cut Copeland's budget by a further 15.9 per cent in June's Comprehensive Spending Review.
Coun Woodburn said: "This will paralyse our ability to provide services, but there are not many options left. This will cause pain for people, whichever way you look at it."
Specific cuts are yet to be outlined, but the council will now look at all the discretionary services it offers – those which it doesn't legally have to provide – to see where any cuts can be made. It will also review its council tax setup, its recycling programme, and its current fees and charges, including car parks and cemeteries, for any potential additional income.
The possibility of sharing services with other authorities will also be explored.
The council says that leisure services, in centres managed by North Country Leisure, will not be reviewed.
The new proposals will be discussed internally before being rolled out for public consultation in October and agreed next February.
Coun George Clements says it is "vital" that the public engages with the council over its plans when the consultation opens.
Coun Woodburn added: "People have got to understand that these are not our personal decisions, and we hate having to make them. These decisions are taken by central government, and we are left to pick up the pieces."
First published at 11:51, Thursday, 29 August 2013
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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@Mike - the biggest waste of money was the consultants fees for the failed Pow Beck Sports Stadium. How that money would have been welcomed now to lessen the impact of the latest cuts!!!!
I spend most of my working day in Copeland. It is sad indeed to see the effects of the cuts made by CBC. While I have some sympathy with the arguments concerning central government cuts, that sympathy does not extend to those who run the Council and have mismanaged it.Copeland hosts the UK's National Nuclear Waste reprocessing facility and you get paid peanuts in the form of Community Benefits and support when compared to other areas in the UK who host the infrastructure for other industries. One example:- Shetland and Aberdeen for big oil. I could go on.What was it the PAC said? "Intolerable risk". Your councillors seem quite content to acquiesce with due deference to the demands the industry places upon your community rather than empowering your community to ensure it gets paid properly for what it hosts. You voted for them. If you want more of the same, vote for them again. If you want something better, where your services can be up rated to what they should be (getting what you are owed) then let them know before the next election. - It really is that simple!
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2008: Battled injuries due to being shot in the summer... did not play against West Virginia and Rutgers ... wore jersey #84 against Syracuse in honor of injured teammate Scott Long... did not play against USF... had best game of season at Memphis with two touchdowns, including a 95-yd score on a kickoff return... had one catch for 24 yards and one rush for 18 yards against Connecticut... had two rushes for 12 yards against Kansas State... had three receptions versus Tennessee Tech, including a 28-yarder... returned from off-season injury in time to play in season-opener against UK.
Appeared in 12 games as a wide receiver and on special teams... caught 11 passes for 177 yards and a pair of scores... returned a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns... averaged a team-best 7.2 yards a punt return and a 22.4 yards a kickoff return... was second on the team with 990 all-purpose yards... recorded two receptions for 50 yards versus NC State... caught a career-high six passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns versus Utah... also returned a career-best seven kicks for 144 yards... returned a punt 54 yards in the season-opener against Murray State... also scampered 100 yards for a touchdown on a kickoff off return versus Kentucky... averaged a season-best 37.5 yards a kickoff return in a loss to Kentucky.
Appeared in nine games... averaged 7.4 yards a punt return... returned five kicks for a 14.2 average... returned three kicks for 46 yards against Connecticut... returned a punt 40 yards for a touchdown against West Virginia... returned four punts for 20 yards against Syracuse... had a long return of 14 yards.
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Two-year starter at West Charlotte High School... also outstanding track and field performer... caught 36 passes for 609 yards and five touchdowns as a senior... rushed 28 times for 138 yards and a score... named the team's offensive Most Valuable Player... selected All-Conference and All-County... returned five kicks for touchdowns as a junior... averaged almost 40.0 yards per punt and kick return... earned All-Conference special teams honors... played only two seasons of high school football after breaking his arm and transferring from Martin High School... son of Elaine and Willie Guy... born 8/22/87...communications major.
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Year GP Rec Yds Avg. TD Lg 2007 12-0 11 177 16.1 2 29
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We're sure glad that DJ Eric Paul treats his music as a passion, and not a profession. "My hobby is music. When I am not at work, I work at collecting music," says this full time IT professional by day and DJ by night. He believes that being passionate about his music is what keeps his craft going.
He was a regular at the popular club Speed, and one Thursday, which was a dead night, he casually asked the manager if he could be the DJ for the night. What resulted was a great night of music and the rest as they say was history. His love for electronic music has only grown since and today he plays in Blend, B-Bar and a number of other clubs around town.
While he says, "I don't like music that is disguised as electronic music," he does play a little commercial and pop music on occasion. "Chennai understands the kind of music I play. I'd even go so far as to say it's the most educated audience in terms of electronic music in India," he explains.
Thrilled with the compliment for the city, we fish for more asking him to compare it with the rest of the cities in India. "See, it is called underground music for a reason. Bangalore probably has a thousand people with an active nightlife. We probably have 200-300 people, but we really know our electronic music better and what's more, we are getting there in the numbers as well," Eric says.
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Enrollment Requirements for International StudentsAll F-1 & J-1 students are required to be enrolled full-time during Fall and Spring semesters. Full-time for Undergraduate is 12 hours, Graduates 8 or 9 hours. International students are not required to take classes during the summer semester, as it is considered a vacation semester.
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Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson File for Divorce
Both documents list December 14 as their date of separation and neither is seeking spousal support.
The former power couple shocked Hollywood last week when it was announced they were ending their two-year marriage. After TMZ released a report saying they had separated, the couple quickly issued a joint statement confirming the news and asking for privacy.
"After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we've decided to end our marriage. We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it. While privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated."
Johansson, 26, began dating Reynolds, 34, in 2007. They tied the knot a year later in an intimate ceremony at a Canadian retreat. They have split time between an apartment in Manhattan and in August, it was reported they purchased a $2.8 million home in Los Angeles.
Hollywood has seen a spate of celebrity breakups as of late. In the past two months alone, Eva Longoria, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael C. Hall, Christina Aguilera and Courteney Cox have all split from their significant others.
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A Hollywood celebrity couple getting divorced? How shocking! Really though, are there any that don't get divorced? You could probably count those on one hand. Sad.
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She should have never married the quarterback of the Miami Dolphins!
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Well, I feel bad for them. They'll never find anyone else to date... (heavy sarcasm).
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These were soo easy to make and very cute! Looked like real toes! I took them to a halloween potluck for my husbands unit and they went so fast i didn't even get to try one!! I even won the best dish contest and my husband gets a 3 day weekend!! I used corn tortillas because i didn't have flour and they worked great, i think it gave them more flavor! I also soaked the toothpicks in water so they didn't burn! I will def make them again!
I changed this slightly to make Mummy Fingers because I wanted to make them for dinner rather than as an appetizer. I used hot dogs and cut small flour tortillas in half, sprinkled the tortilla halves with cheese, then rolled them up with a hot dog in the center. Secured with toothpicks and baked. When they were out of the oven I took out the toothpicks and the melted cheese held the "bandages" down. I think they turned out really cute and were a fun, spooky, quick dinner for Halloween.
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The state's governor announced April 17, 2013, the signing of the measure as part of a package of education actions.
In school districts with A, B or C performance designations, charter schools can be approved only with with the support of the local school district board according to the charter law. The law permits the conversion of district schools into charter schools with a majority vote of teachers or parents or the school board, but bars theconversion of private schools into charter schools. Currently, the state has no charter schools.
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The compressors at the Nelson Withington Skating Rink failed at the end of the last season and the town has been considering investing in a new system. But the estimate came in at almost $500,000, about $150,000 more than the community had set aside for the project.
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The House Republican Health Care Solutions Group would like the following to happen:
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--ensure low-income families have coverage through the Medicaid program;
--expect individual responsibility for obtaining basic health insurance: all Americans must demonstrate that they have health insurance coverage that meets minimum creditable coverage requirements;
--link the tax exclusion to the value of benefits received by members of Congress; and
--institute a fee for certain employers not offering or paying for health benefits.
Not much in common here—a bit of tinkering from the Health Care Solutions Group and some fairly dramatic changes envisioned by the former Senate majority leaders. Thus, while the possibilities for compromise may be dimming, at least it is now much easier to get off the fence and agree with one side or the other—the choices are clear.
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Do you want to exercise without the expense of a gym or the hassle of leaving your house?
Exercise is the nemesis for a lot of people. We all know we need to exercise to some degree or another. There are different reasons for each one of us. Some of us need to lose weight. Some need to lower their cholesterol. Some need to get into shape. And others just like to exercise.
But the gym is so expensive, you might say. I hate running or walking on the public roads for safety, or pollution reasons. Well, what about the standard set of exercises we all learned in grade school in PE? The reason they are taught at the basic level is because they are the basics. Every fancy exercise machine you see is an "improvement" on one of these basic exercises. So get out of your chair, put down the chip bag and let's get started.
Before exercise, remember to warm up. Strain on a "cold" muscle is painful not to mention damaging. Then cool down and stretch at the end to prevent sore muscles. These are in no particular order, except for the first exercise to help you warm up and get your blood flowing.
Jog in place. I would recommend one minute to start for the first week. Make sure you are not jumping, the downstairs neighbor may not want the ceiling coming down.
Jumping jacks. Great cardio workout. Again, watch the jumping.
Pushups. Arms and chest. If standard pushups are too much at first, start with wall pushups. You can experiment with hand placement for variety and working different muscle groups. Try it with a child on your back for intensity.
Situps / Crunches. Stomach and back. These are easy to over-do, your body will let you know when enough is enough.
Squats. Legs and back. Start with a chair, or use the wall for support.
Weight lifting. Arms, back and shoulders. Use whatever you find around the house, canned goods, juice or milk jugs.
Steps. Legs. Use your stairs, just be careful.
Leg lifts. From your stomach, back and side. A great workout for your stomach, back, legs and buttocks.
Simple stretches. Thirty seconds each. Try to touch your toes. lie on your stomach and arch your back looking at the ceiling. Stand and reach for the ceiling.
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Anyone who fishes the Chesapeake Bay for striped bass will tell you that October means get ready for the striped bass to start feeding. This evening I fished with Andy out of Rocky Point State Park in hopes for a good afternoon bite. I came prepared with four rods tonight, mostly home made jigs and bucktails. We headed east and found some very nice sized blues similar to what we were catching at Chesapeake Beach the week prior but not the working birds like we had hoped. We decided to work a rocky bottom near Love Point where fish like to stage this time of year before they come off to chase bait and it paid off.
We moved from 16-23ft of water dragging jigs on bottom and picking up healthy rockfish until the sun went down. They continued to bite after dark as they usually do at this spot. We also caught fish up at "the spot" in 8ft of water dragging jigs over the rock piles. Tonight's big fish was 33 inches. Cheers fto the start of ROCKtober!


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Genoa say they are ready to discuss the sale of Italian Under-21 international Ciro Immobile to Napoli.
The Azzurri are known admirers of the striker and a move could take place at the end of the campaign.
"Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis wants to base the future on youngsters and Immobile is a youngster," Genoa chief Enrico Preziosi told Sky Sport Italia.
"If he is of interest then we can sit down and discuss it – especially as we could be keen on a few Napoli players.
"However, when you talk about Immobile, you have to remember that he is co-owned between us and Juventus."
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Now that you have decided that your website should rank in the Bing search engine, which is all set to become a major craze in the Internet World, you need to know the techniques which will allow you to do so. We share some great tips with you ….
One of the major aspects with the Bing is that the ranking here is fully automated. There is no human hand there to decide over the page rank that a site should get. Naturally, the owners of the website do not have chances to influence their rankings directly. Still, it is possible to improve the ranking in Bing.
For that, however, it is important to learn about the way it functions. There is an algorithm that analyzes the web pages by measuring certain factors. It is through the optimization of these factors that the ranking of your in Bing can be improved. Here are a few quick points to take note…
Tip 1: The most important thing is to make sure that your website does not have any malware. Or link to any bad neighborhood site. If it happens, even unknowingly, your website can be immediately de-ranked by this search engine. So Beware!
Tip 2: Bing strives to ensure that the users get the relevant results. So make sure that your website content is informative and interesting. In fact having interesting content is the most effective way to induce people to revisit your site. However, to help your site rank well in the Bing, it is essential that the content should have sufficient number of key words. To find the key words, you need to think from the visitors' perspective and find out the words that a person might enter while searching for the information that you are providing in the internet. This will ensure that whenever he searches for information he would visit your site.
Tip 3: Reasonable size of your web page helps it receive a good page rank in the Bing. This means that the size should be neither very long, nor too short. If there is no image in the web page, it should be around 150 KB.
Tip 4: There should be a minimum of one static link per page.
Tip 5: Exclude the words from the image if you are trying to use those words as key words. So, if you are trying to use the name of your company as the key word, you should include it separately from the logo.
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In 1971 we opened our first store in Seattle's Pike Place Market. Reflecting on our heritage inspired us to create this delicious blend with smooth body and subtle flavors of cocoa and toasted nuts. Brewed fresh every day in our stores, it's a rich, satisfying and balanced cup.
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We're committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest-quality arabica coffee in the world. When we buy coffee this way, it fosters a better future for farmers, and a more stable climate for the planet. It also helps create a long-term supply of the high-quality beans we've been carefully blending, roasting and packing fresh for more than 40 years.
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- Use cold, filtered water and a clean machine.
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As a lifelong coffee lover and a mom to two young children, this perfect blend starts still-dark mornings on the right note and highlights my early afternoons as a pick-me-up. It drinks fantastic either solo or with a meal. Thank You, Starbucks!
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Over the holidays I was busy and preoccupied; I kept forgetting to purchase a bag of ground Starbucks Pike Place while grabbing my daily Venti! So, I went online to order a couple of bags and...voila! Within a few days, they were waiting for me on our porch. Thanks for making my life easy, Starbucks!
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This makes a good cup of Joe and if you are not a dark roast nut you will certainly like it. I prefer the darker roasts but wouldn't turn this down if offered.
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Starbucks has the best tasting coffee. We brew at home all the time and when we are out we often go to Starbucks. Pikes Place is just the right strength for us. On this past order one of the 10 pounds that I ordered came as whole bean, a mistake. I took it to my local Starbucks and the nice lady behind the counter ground it for me without a problem. 98% of the Starbucks folks behind the counter are outstanding. One other thing about my order did bother me though. As soon as my 10 pounds of coffee arrived at my house, Starbucks sent me another coupon for 20% off my next order. The timing was not good.
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Saving Tropical Forests By Valuing Their Carbon And Improving Farm Tech
College Park MD (SPX) Oct 07, 2010
In a warming 21st century, tropical forests will be at risk from a variety of threats, especially the conversion to cropland to sustain a growing population. A new report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition shows that crop productivity improvements and carbon emission limits together could prevent widespread tropical deforestation over the next 100 years - but if relying on either one alone, the world is at risk of losing many of its tropical forests.
"We're often concerned with agriculture encroaching on forests," said research scientist Allison Thomson of the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. "This study shows that encroachment can be managed to a certain extent by increasing crop productivity - boosting the amount of food or energy that can be produced on a given piece of land."
But the study clearly shows that improving crop productivity alone will not prevent tropical deforestation. Also needed is some form of economic incentive to store carbon in forests, for example, a plan to limit all carbon emissions - from burning fossil fuels, biofuels or whole forests to make way for crops or other land uses - through economic methods such as a carbon tax or cap-and-trade program. Combined with farming improvements, this tactic not only preserves tropical forests but increases their extent.
"Our model considers many different ways to limit carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 526 parts-per-million," said Thomson, a member of the Joint Global Change Research Institute.
"Limiting emissions from land use change is a lower cost option that can also be implemented immediately. In the near term, we can limit emissions by protecting forests, buying society additional time to make needed long-term changes in how we produce and consume energy."
Economics At Work
The researchers used the model to simulate a future that limits greenhouse gas emissions so that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reaches a concentration of about 520 ppm - a target that would require cuts in emissions of about half. The model calculates an economic cost for emissions that meets that limit in a way that optimizes costs across all activities that emit greenhouse gases.
"This is not a projection of what will happen," said Thomson. "The model tells us, 'this is the most cost effective way to reach this target,' given the requirements we feed it. The model can't give us a prediction, but it can provide insights into what pressures will bear on land use in response to economic and other forces."
The researchers also simulated a future in which the international political community makes no effort to limit carbon emissions. In that "business-as-usual" case, the atmosphere reaches 520 ppm carbon dioxide in about 2050, about twice as fast as with the selected carbon limit, and reaches almost 800 ppm by the end of the 21st century. Other simulations examined different rates at which crop productivity might improve.
To examine tropical lands in detail, the team applied a computational method called downscaling to the results from GCAM's regional models.
The technique takes a region's land-use changes - for example, where forests have been cut down for crops or where dormant cropland has grown into pasture - and maps them more precisely.
It breaks the region into smaller grids and determines how much and what type of the land use changes the grid cells could hold. Dividing up the land use changes in this way provides more information about the possible landscape, much like shrinking the size of pixels improves the resolution of a digital image.
The results provide new insights into how agriculture and land use might change over time in response to the economic pressure to limit emissions.
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On the other hand, improvements in crop productivity in a world that emits carbon freely - and lacks the associated economic incentive to preserve forests - also failed to prevent widespread tropical deforestation.
Twenty-first century tropical forests fared well only when both crop productivity improved and limits to carbon emissions provided an extra economic inventive to keep land forested.
The assumptions that went into that simulation were that farming technology continues to improve at the same rate as the last 50 years, and that carbon emission reductions included the full range of options - everything from electric vehicles to capturing carbon from fossil fuel emissions and developing bio-based fuels.
The model showed that under those conditions, tropical deforestation not only stopped but reversed, particularly in Africa and South America.
"Viewed spatially, it's clear that carbon pricing and agriculture improvements are potential keys to saving sensitive tropical forest areas in this future scenario," said UMD geographer George Hurtt, a co-author of the study.
Second, production of bio-based fuels not only went up, but the producers used more waste from crops, forests and cities, in addition to crops grown specifically for energy.
Third, food became more affordable than it currently is. Although carbon emissions limits caused the cost of producing food to rise, incomes also went up. The model showed the percentage of income spent on food actually dropped.
"A key point of this study is the importance of counting the forest carbon in mitigation strategies," said Thomson. "Our previous work has shown that's important, but the contribution of agricultural technology as a climate mitigation strategy - in terms of how much it can contribute to reducing carbon emissions from land use change - is new. That hasn't been demonstrated before."
Allison M. Thomson, Katherine V. Calvin, Louise P. Chini, George Hurtt, James A. Edmonds, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Steve Frolking, Marshall A. Wise, and Anthony C. Janetos, Climate mitigation and the future of tropical landscapes, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Early Edition online the week of Oct. 4-8, 2010, 10.1073/pnas.0910467107.
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Liverpool duo Fabio Borini and Martin Kelly are making significant progress in their injury rehabilitation, according to head of performance Glen Driscoll.
The Italian recently required an operation after dislocating his shoulder against Swansea in February, while Kelly has been sidelined since last September with an ACL rupture affecting his right knee.
Driscoll explained that both players are enjoying positive results on their comeback trail and pointed to Steven Gerrard as a particular inspiration for defender Kelly.
"Martin is doing extremely well; he's probably at the late stage of his rehab," Driscoll told Liverpoolfc.com on Thursday.
"We'll probably look to prioritise getting him back for pre-season 110 per cent fit - 10 per cent fitter, stronger and quicker, more powerful and agile than he was previously.
"He'll probably be in a position where it will be tempting to put him into games again this season. But it will show class and quality if we make sure that he's in a very strong position so he can fly next season.
"Martin should look at what Steven Gerrard has achieved this season; people would never have considered that he would be available for a full campaign.
"He should take great hope from that and know that if he continues to work and continues his professionalism, hopefully the future is bright. We hope to give him every chance.
"He's someone who has definitely benefited from the collaboration of the whole medical department. It's been a really great team effort, where maybe a dozen medical staff members have come together and collaborated.
"We like to encourage the whole department to have an opinion and that helps us come together and guide the player in the right direction.
"Martin has almost been a showcase for the quality of our medical science department. He's getting the best of all our staff and it's going very well."
Borini has suffered two long-term absences from the first team this season, but Driscoll believes the forward could return before the campaign concludes.
He added: "Fabio Borini was outside for the first time today, so he's starting that progression - passing balls, running and doing ball work. He's due to be probably another six weeks from this point on.
"The injury he's had is normally eight to 12 weeks. He's quite a quick rehabilitator.
"At the moment, it's looking pretty positive for Fabio that he could be back ahead of schedule and maybe make the end of the season."
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Chris 2015 Goals Raise $3,000 for the Komen 3-Day (and walk 60 miles in 3 days)Run, consistently, without fail
Speed my steps along your path, according to your will.
You'll catch up--there's still plenty of year left!
I will be maintaining the gap for a while and get used to 27 MPW before I can catch up. Say start making ground back by June or July, gaining 5 miles a week or so.
That sounds like a good plan, and its smart to let your body adjust to the MPW. I look forward to your gaining ground in June or July--which still goves you plenty of time.