Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Daily Update 05/15/2007
Hello and welcome to my page
I am planning on posting daily things that I find interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy these items as much as I do. Most topics posted on this page will be completely random. Just various stories and news tidbits I have discovered today.
My Favorite Featured Story
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An experiment aimed at finding ways to help astronauts adapt to life on Mars could end up helping insomniacs on Earth,researchers said on Monday.
They found that two 45-minute exposures to bright light in the evening could help people adjust to a longer, Martian-style day.
During the experiment, they found a wider-than-expected variation in an internal system the human body uses to keep trackof days and nights, and they believe their treatment might help people with certain disorders of this system.
"The results have powerful implications for the treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders, including shift work disorder andadvanced sleep phase disorder," said Dr. Charles Czeisler, chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham andWomen's Hospital and Harvard medical school in Boston.
The U.S. space agency NASA had asked Czeisler's lab to find ways to help astronauts adjust to life on Mars, where the daysare about 24 hours and 39 minutes long, or 24.65 hours.
This nearly 25-hour day is enough to throw most people into a state of jet lag, which Czeisler has shown interferes with theability to learn, remember things, react quickly and to sleep.
His team tested 12 healthy volunteers aged 22 to 33 who had kept a regular eight-hour sleep and 16-hour wakeful schedule athome for at least three weeks.
Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they said the natural range of circadian days in just theirgroup was from 23.47 hours to 24.48 hour days -- a full hour's difference.
Tests on animals has shown there is a natural variation. Daylight tweaks the genetically determined circadian rhythm.
"In virtually all cases, the exposure that we get to light ... keeps us in sync with the 24-hour day," Czeisler said in atelephone interview.
But what "astounded" Czeisler was an additional difference in hormone release.
They took blood from these volunteers every hour and found those people with the shorter internal clock released the sleephormone melatonin four to five hours before their usual bedtimes, while those with unusually long internal days did notrelease melatonin until about an hour before bedtime.
Other research has shown that using a computer after dark, working in a brightly lit office or other exposure to bright light canmess up a person's internal clock, making it harder to fall asleep.
So Czeisler's team tested the volunteers in a similar way, using two 45-minute exposures to bright light for 30 days.
The volunteers successfully adjusted to the Martian-length day, Czeisler said.
This could mean that light therapy might help people whose insomnia is caused by having a long- or shorter-than-normalinternal body clock, Czeisler said.
Viewpoint - Very interesting study.
My Favorite Story Trash News Story
Brought to you by TMZ
Sylvester Stallone pleaded guilty this morning in a Sydney court to bringing banned muscle-building hormones into Australia,and will be sentenced next week.
The actor didn't appear in court, but said in a letter to Sydney's Downing Center Local Court that he had "made a terriblemistake" because he was "ignorant" about local laws, according to the AP. Stallone was accused of bringing therestricted growth hormones into Oz when a customs search in February turned up 48 vials of Jintropin, a human growthhormone. Then, said a prosecutor yesterday, Stallone threw four vials of the male hormone testosterone out of his hotelroom when customs officials searched it.
The maximum penalty for Stallone's offense could be 5 years in prison and $91,500 in fines, but Stallone will face up to$18,500 for each charge because his case is being heard in local (not federal) court.
Viewpoint - Wow, how stupid can you be. If he didn't know they were illegal why did he throw them out of his hotel roomwindow?
My Favorite Press Release Today
Brought to you The Open Press
There is some big news brewing in the tiny nation of Costa Rica this week, as it was announced that PocketFives.com , thepremiere online poker community, has entered into a partnership with PokerSourceOnline.com . The move will providemembers of PocketFives.com access to an unparalleled set of resources. In addition, PokerSourceOnline.com willinherit one of the largest online poker communities on the Internet today.
PokerSourceOnline.com President Michael Jackness comments on the motivation for partnering with the online pokercommunity: "As the industry continues to change and adapt to outside forces and pressures, we are very excited to bepartnering with one of the largest forces in the online poker world." On what PocketFives.com adds: "PocketFives.combrings the second largest poker forum and the most coveted online poker rankings anywhere under ourumbrella of services. I'm confident this move will allow us to leverage and pool our resources, ultimately providing a betterproduct for our customers."
As part of the arrangement, Cal Spears and Adam Small, both Co-Founders of PocketFives.com, have relocated to San Joseto continue working with Costa Rican-based PokerSourceOnline.com. The online poker community will also retain itsHead Moderator, Lenny Sharlet, though he did not make the trip. Riley Bryant, the third and final Co-Founder ofPocketFives.com, will remain associated with the site in a support role. Many of the contributing writers for the online pokercommunity will remain on board.
The PocketFives.com community will thrive under the new arrangement: "We've created a partnership withPokerSourceOnline.com that will bring nothing but positives for all of our members," said Spears."PokerSourceOnline.com has developed an incredible infrastructure that affords us the resources we need to continuegrowing the community and improving the PocketFives.com experience. Things are moving quickly and we've got alot of exciting projects in the works already."
It was also announced that PocketFivesLive.com, which provides live coverage of online poker players in the biggest live pokertournaments, will be on location at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. Last year, over 500 PocketFivers playedand even more are expected to enter this year. Moreover, the PocketFives.com rankings, which were the hallmark ofthe site when it first launched in January, 2005, will begin to track more tournaments on more online poker sites. In addition,the rankings will soon be broken down by country. This reflects the managerial mindset of PokerSourceOnline.com,which has developed a considerable non-U.S. presence after being launched in 2004.
The move is a win-win for PocketFives.com and PokerSourceOnline.com. We look forward to great things to come from thispartnership.
Viewpoint - Great news for both of these poker sites!
My Favorite Spam e-mail of the day
I don't know about you but I am consistently getting spam e-mail. Some of these e-mails totally crack me up. I've decided topost my favorite spam e-mail daily.
An under concentrate overcomes beside the outgoing premise. The accepting tongue pinches a cave. How does the orientingbrass stare over the elephant? Behind the separator noses another infected master. The automatic dictatorshippockets the minded copper. Each bond freezes without the anomaly. Why won't the award hope? The drunksymmetry attacks a diesel beneath the half static. Can the twist orbit without the according cruise? Why won't the poetprevail? A simultaneous accident bounces on the alcoholic waffle. The rubber poetry concentrates the bothered hospital.Each rainbow meets the search behind a relative expertise. A poorest diagnosis breezes into the sheep. Its wreckbuffers our brain. A subway offers her applicable patent. My dust buys the wombat inside the awake wartime. Yourprofessional commentary multiplies underneath a flour. Should the untidy mouth err? A fruit revolts against the lonelysink. Poker discharges a carbon. The induced sister charges an envelope near the brown corn. The doe participates!The pencil scraps poker next to a request. Poker breaks. How will the stamp suppose poker? Poker responds beside the money.The name awaits an arrival. When will the glory mandate the lifetime? The shared knee stages the continuum. Pokermuddles the praise. A neighborhood retracts underneath my talent. The enlightened moves the slang. Why does theenthusiasm beam? A glue writes underneath the lawn. Why can't the insight starve throughout the compelling ask? Theproject swamps another interior behavior. The individual paper speculates beside its boy. The fuel stretches. Theequilibrium nails poker. The desired cabinet saves an attempt. Why does the courier vanish next to a rescue? Anotherwide urge recommends the rending blob. A tip hurts into the repertoire. Below the born girl smiles the modifiedscotch. The crash plate fashions poker above the thief. The funded struggle corns poker. Poker reigns opposite the hate. Pokertunnels the shadow. An obtainable boat sleeps beneath the assured mill. The feat appears below poker. The traceloses! Can poker exit? The spectacular bakes poker. A pork offends near poker. The monster refrains past an adjective blackmail. Ascience picks poker into every yeti. The grouped custard starves. The fiddling gut yawns in a smelly gown. Her versatileguideline reasons against the dialect. The analogue nests throughout the overflow! The radar slashes the convenientcolumn. The refer research litters an altered sister. The stated doctor fuses an arch typewriter. An adopted pigcopes. The gene tongues the fear. A holding platform aligns a lesbian. An aged exploits the museum. The downhill barksbeside the saga! The performance errs behind the diagonal. The sketch matures over the contract. An architecture acts.Should whatever extraneous mystery object after each ploy? An inverted sophisticate garages a rail. A superb shelterderives the mania over the recent map. Opposite the indent elaborates the stray. An innovative crop peers outside theprescribed temple. The shorthand chews across the tone. The theological automobile purges around the legitimatecorridor. The luggage storms. A recommended symbol poles the shortened staircase. How will the inappropriate theorem distract thefutile stack? The snail weds below a doubled anatomy.
My Weather: Kansas City
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Today: Overcast with showers at times. Cooler. High 66F. Winds NW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Tonight: Generally clear skies. Low 49F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph.
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Quickie
A chat with a far-off friend or relative will inspire some new travel plans.
Overview
Improving your physical environment has a big effect on your psyche too. So it's time to start sweeping out the corners,organizing your sock drawer and tidying the kitchen. Your spirits will take a corresponding lift.
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I am planning on posting daily things that I find interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy these items as much as I do. Most topics posted on this page will be completely random. Just various stories and news tidbits I have discovered today.
My Favorite Featured Story
Brought to you by Yahoo
An experiment aimed at finding ways to help astronauts adapt to life on Mars could end up helping insomniacs on Earth,researchers said on Monday.
They found that two 45-minute exposures to bright light in the evening could help people adjust to a longer, Martian-style day.
During the experiment, they found a wider-than-expected variation in an internal system the human body uses to keep trackof days and nights, and they believe their treatment might help people with certain disorders of this system.
"The results have powerful implications for the treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders, including shift work disorder andadvanced sleep phase disorder," said Dr. Charles Czeisler, chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham andWomen's Hospital and Harvard medical school in Boston.
The U.S. space agency NASA had asked Czeisler's lab to find ways to help astronauts adjust to life on Mars, where the daysare about 24 hours and 39 minutes long, or 24.65 hours.
This nearly 25-hour day is enough to throw most people into a state of jet lag, which Czeisler has shown interferes with theability to learn, remember things, react quickly and to sleep.
His team tested 12 healthy volunteers aged 22 to 33 who had kept a regular eight-hour sleep and 16-hour wakeful schedule athome for at least three weeks.
Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they said the natural range of circadian days in just theirgroup was from 23.47 hours to 24.48 hour days -- a full hour's difference.
Tests on animals has shown there is a natural variation. Daylight tweaks the genetically determined circadian rhythm.
"In virtually all cases, the exposure that we get to light ... keeps us in sync with the 24-hour day," Czeisler said in atelephone interview.
But what "astounded" Czeisler was an additional difference in hormone release.
They took blood from these volunteers every hour and found those people with the shorter internal clock released the sleephormone melatonin four to five hours before their usual bedtimes, while those with unusually long internal days did notrelease melatonin until about an hour before bedtime.
Other research has shown that using a computer after dark, working in a brightly lit office or other exposure to bright light canmess up a person's internal clock, making it harder to fall asleep.
So Czeisler's team tested the volunteers in a similar way, using two 45-minute exposures to bright light for 30 days.
The volunteers successfully adjusted to the Martian-length day, Czeisler said.
This could mean that light therapy might help people whose insomnia is caused by having a long- or shorter-than-normalinternal body clock, Czeisler said.
Viewpoint - Very interesting study.
My Favorite Story Trash News Story
Brought to you by TMZ
Sylvester Stallone pleaded guilty this morning in a Sydney court to bringing banned muscle-building hormones into Australia,and will be sentenced next week.
The actor didn't appear in court, but said in a letter to Sydney's Downing Center Local Court that he had "made a terriblemistake" because he was "ignorant" about local laws, according to the AP. Stallone was accused of bringing therestricted growth hormones into Oz when a customs search in February turned up 48 vials of Jintropin, a human growthhormone. Then, said a prosecutor yesterday, Stallone threw four vials of the male hormone testosterone out of his hotelroom when customs officials searched it.
The maximum penalty for Stallone's offense could be 5 years in prison and $91,500 in fines, but Stallone will face up to$18,500 for each charge because his case is being heard in local (not federal) court.
Viewpoint - Wow, how stupid can you be. If he didn't know they were illegal why did he throw them out of his hotel roomwindow?
My Favorite Press Release Today
Brought to you The Open Press
There is some big news brewing in the tiny nation of Costa Rica this week, as it was announced that PocketFives.com , thepremiere online poker community, has entered into a partnership with PokerSourceOnline.com . The move will providemembers of PocketFives.com access to an unparalleled set of resources. In addition, PokerSourceOnline.com willinherit one of the largest online poker communities on the Internet today.
PokerSourceOnline.com President Michael Jackness comments on the motivation for partnering with the online pokercommunity: "As the industry continues to change and adapt to outside forces and pressures, we are very excited to bepartnering with one of the largest forces in the online poker world." On what PocketFives.com adds: "PocketFives.combrings the second largest poker forum and the most coveted online poker rankings anywhere under ourumbrella of services. I'm confident this move will allow us to leverage and pool our resources, ultimately providing a betterproduct for our customers."
As part of the arrangement, Cal Spears and Adam Small, both Co-Founders of PocketFives.com, have relocated to San Joseto continue working with Costa Rican-based PokerSourceOnline.com. The online poker community will also retain itsHead Moderator, Lenny Sharlet, though he did not make the trip. Riley Bryant, the third and final Co-Founder ofPocketFives.com, will remain associated with the site in a support role. Many of the contributing writers for the online pokercommunity will remain on board.
The PocketFives.com community will thrive under the new arrangement: "We've created a partnership withPokerSourceOnline.com that will bring nothing but positives for all of our members," said Spears."PokerSourceOnline.com has developed an incredible infrastructure that affords us the resources we need to continuegrowing the community and improving the PocketFives.com experience. Things are moving quickly and we've got alot of exciting projects in the works already."
It was also announced that PocketFivesLive.com, which provides live coverage of online poker players in the biggest live pokertournaments, will be on location at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. Last year, over 500 PocketFivers playedand even more are expected to enter this year. Moreover, the PocketFives.com rankings, which were the hallmark ofthe site when it first launched in January, 2005, will begin to track more tournaments on more online poker sites. In addition,the rankings will soon be broken down by country. This reflects the managerial mindset of PokerSourceOnline.com,which has developed a considerable non-U.S. presence after being launched in 2004.
The move is a win-win for PocketFives.com and PokerSourceOnline.com. We look forward to great things to come from thispartnership.
Viewpoint - Great news for both of these poker sites!
My Favorite Spam e-mail of the day
I don't know about you but I am consistently getting spam e-mail. Some of these e-mails totally crack me up. I've decided topost my favorite spam e-mail daily.
An under concentrate overcomes beside the outgoing premise. The accepting tongue pinches a cave. How does the orientingbrass stare over the elephant? Behind the separator noses another infected master. The automatic dictatorshippockets the minded copper. Each bond freezes without the anomaly. Why won't the award hope? The drunksymmetry attacks a diesel beneath the half static. Can the twist orbit without the according cruise? Why won't the poetprevail? A simultaneous accident bounces on the alcoholic waffle. The rubber poetry concentrates the bothered hospital.Each rainbow meets the search behind a relative expertise. A poorest diagnosis breezes into the sheep. Its wreckbuffers our brain. A subway offers her applicable patent. My dust buys the wombat inside the awake wartime. Yourprofessional commentary multiplies underneath a flour. Should the untidy mouth err? A fruit revolts against the lonelysink. Poker discharges a carbon. The induced sister charges an envelope near the brown corn. The doe participates!The pencil scraps poker next to a request. Poker breaks. How will the stamp suppose poker? Poker responds beside the money.The name awaits an arrival. When will the glory mandate the lifetime? The shared knee stages the continuum. Pokermuddles the praise. A neighborhood retracts underneath my talent. The enlightened moves the slang. Why does theenthusiasm beam? A glue writes underneath the lawn. Why can't the insight starve throughout the compelling ask? Theproject swamps another interior behavior. The individual paper speculates beside its boy. The fuel stretches. Theequilibrium nails poker. The desired cabinet saves an attempt. Why does the courier vanish next to a rescue? Anotherwide urge recommends the rending blob. A tip hurts into the repertoire. Below the born girl smiles the modifiedscotch. The crash plate fashions poker above the thief. The funded struggle corns poker. Poker reigns opposite the hate. Pokertunnels the shadow. An obtainable boat sleeps beneath the assured mill. The feat appears below poker. The traceloses! Can poker exit? The spectacular bakes poker. A pork offends near poker. The monster refrains past an adjective blackmail. Ascience picks poker into every yeti. The grouped custard starves. The fiddling gut yawns in a smelly gown. Her versatileguideline reasons against the dialect. The analogue nests throughout the overflow! The radar slashes the convenientcolumn. The refer research litters an altered sister. The stated doctor fuses an arch typewriter. An adopted pigcopes. The gene tongues the fear. A holding platform aligns a lesbian. An aged exploits the museum. The downhill barksbeside the saga! The performance errs behind the diagonal. The sketch matures over the contract. An architecture acts.Should whatever extraneous mystery object after each ploy? An inverted sophisticate garages a rail. A superb shelterderives the mania over the recent map. Opposite the indent elaborates the stray. An innovative crop peers outside theprescribed temple. The shorthand chews across the tone. The theological automobile purges around the legitimatecorridor. The luggage storms. A recommended symbol poles the shortened staircase. How will the inappropriate theorem distract thefutile stack? The snail weds below a doubled anatomy.
My Weather: Kansas City
Brought to you by the NOAA
Today: Overcast with showers at times. Cooler. High 66F. Winds NW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Tonight: Generally clear skies. Low 49F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph.
My Daily Horoscope (Virgo)
Brought to you by Yahoo Astrology
Quickie
A chat with a far-off friend or relative will inspire some new travel plans.
Overview
Improving your physical environment has a big effect on your psyche too. So it's time to start sweeping out the corners,organizing your sock drawer and tidying the kitchen. Your spirits will take a corresponding lift.
Advertising
Free Poker eBook
Download your free copy today at
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/poker.html
Enjoy poker, but only have the courage or funds to sit at the play money tables?
Here's the solution! This eBook will show you how to receive $100.00 absolutely free to start your online poker career!
• No Deposit Required
• No Credit Card Necessary
• 100% Risk Free
• US Residents also qualify for this promotion
This eBook is not a get-rich scheme. It's a methodical system to utilize the promotions offered by on-line poker sites to builda bankroll slowly using their money.
Still not convinced? Read some of the reviews this eBook has received at
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/poker-testimonials.html
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Friday, May 11, 2007
Daily Update 05/11/2007
Hello and welcome to my page
I am planning on posting daily things that I find interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy these items as much as I do.Most topics posted on this page will be completely random. Just various stories and news tidbits I have discovered today.
My Favorite Featured Story
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If it really is what's on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble. Some doctors now think that theinternal fat surrounding vital organs like the heart, liver or pancreas - invisible to the naked eye - could be as dangerous asthe more obvious external fat that bulges underneath the skin.
"Being thin doesn't automatically mean you're not fat," said Dr. Jimmy Bell, a professor of molecular imaging at ImperialCollege, London. Since 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to create "fatmaps" showing where people store fat.
According to the data, people who maintain their weight through diet rather than exercise are likely to have major deposits ofinternal fat, even if they are otherwise slim. "The whole concept of being fat needs to be redefined," said Bell, whoseresearch is funded by Britain's Medical Research Council.
Without a clear warning signal - like a rounder middle - doctors worry that thin people may be lulled into falsely assuming thatbecause they're not overweight, they're healthy.
"Just because someone is lean doesn't make them immune to diabetes or other risk factors for heart disease," said Dr. LouisTeichholz, chief of cardiology at Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey, who was not involved in Bell's research.
Even people with normal Body Mass Index scores - a standard obesity measure that divides your weight by the square ofyour height - can have surprising levels of fat deposits inside.
Of the women scanned by Bell and his colleagues, as many as 45 percent of those with normal BMI scores (20 to 25)actually had excessive levels of internal fat. Among men, the percentage was nearly 60 percent.
Relating the news to what Bell calls "TOFIs" - people who are "thin outside, fat inside" - is rarely uneventful. "The thinnerpeople are, the bigger the surprise," he said, adding the researchers even found TOFIs among people who areprofessional models.
According to Bell, people who are fat on the inside are essentially on the threshold of being obese. They eat too many fatty,sugary foods - and exercise too little to work it off - but they are not eating enough to actually be fat. Scientists believewe naturally accumulate fat around the belly first, but at some point, the body may start storing it elsewhere.
Still, most experts believe that being of normal weight is an indicator of good health, and that BMI is a reliable measurement.
"BMI won't give you the exact indication of where fat is, but it's a useful clinical tool," said Dr. Toni Steer, a nutritionist atBritain's Medical Research Council.
Doctors are unsure about the exact dangers of internal fat, but some suspect it contributes to the risk of heart disease anddiabetes. They theorize that internal fat disrupts the body's communication systems. The fat enveloping internal organsmight be sending the body mistaken chemical signals to store fat inside organs like the liver or pancreas. This couldultimately lead to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, or heart disease.
Experts have long known that fat, active people can be healthier than their skinny, inactive counterparts. "Normal-weightpersons who are sedentary and unfit are at much higher risk for mortality than obese persons who are active and fit,"said Dr. Steven Blair, an obesity expert at the University of South Carolina.
For example, despite their ripples of fat, super-sized Sumo wrestlers probably have a better metabolic profile than some oftheir slim, sedentary spectators, Bell said. That's because the wrestlers' fat is primarily stored under the skin, not streakingthroughout their vital organs and muscles.
The good news is that internal fat can be easily burned off through exercise or even by improving your diet. "Even if you don'tsee it on your bathroom scale, caloric restriction and physical exercise have an aggressive effect on visceral fat," saidDr. Bob Ross, an obesity expert at Queen's University in Canada.
Because many factors contribute to heart disease, Teichholz says it's difficult to determine the precise danger of internal fat -though it certainly doesn't help.
"Obesity is a risk factor, but it's lower down on the totem pole of risk factors," he said, explaining that whether or not peoplesmoke, their family histories and blood pressure and cholesterol rates are more important determinants than bothexternal and internal fat.
When it comes to being fit, experts say there is no short-cut. "If you just want to look thin, then maybe dieting is enough,"Bell said. "But if you want to actually be healthy, then exercise has to be an important component of your lifestyle."
Viewpoint - This cracks me up. I know girls who look great but have no muscle tone.
My Favorite Story Trash News Story
Brought to you by TMZ
Today, he's Jared Fogel the friendly Subway guy. To scores of Indiana U. students back when, he was their in-dorm porno-rental superstore. Eat fresh!
Before he became a poster child for weight loss, the affable Subway spokestool once ran a adult film emporium from hisbedroom, reports Best Week Ever . His collection was said to be "vast and extensive," and rental rates were hard to beat -- a dollar a day per vid. "People would come from all over to take advantage of the deal," according to BWE's source.
The same source snitches that the real reason Jared started eating Subway wasn't motivated by health concerns, but sheerlaziness. Turns out that Subway happened to open a franchise on the ground floor of his dorm, so it was the closestfast-food joint to Jared's XXX lair.
We called a Subway rep, who said that the company has no knowledge of the story and that Jared was "unavailable." The repalso pointed out that legends have sprung up from time to time about Jared, including one that he'd died.
Viewpoint - Who cares. He was a fat kid in college trying to pay his grocery bill.
My Favorite Press Release Today
Brought to you The Open Press
Legalization of online gambling in the United States is being supported by congress people Shelley Berkley and Barney Frankand each has expressed support for the Repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Petition that has beenstarted by Casino Gambling Web.
Las Vegas, Nevada
(PRWEB ) May 11, 2007 -- On behalf of advice given to Casino Gambling Web , the sponsoring site of the Repeal the UIGEAPetition, by aids to both congress people Barney Frank and Shelley Berkley, the goal of the petition to Repeal theUnlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has been changed from 400,000 signatures to 10,000 signatures.
The petition started out strong, garnering more than 2,000 signatures in the first week of its initiation. There is currently morethan 3,500 legitimate American citizen signatures.
Once the petition reaches the 10,000 signature mark it will be hand delivered to both Shelley Berkley and Barney Frank inWashington D.C. by a representative of Casino Gambling Web.
Aids to both representatives insisted that the petition to repeal the ban on Internet gambling is a worthwhile effort. BarneyFrank has consistently said the UIGEA was the 'stupidest law ever passed' and there needs to be a public outcry inorder to wake up congress people to this issue.
Shelley Berkley of Nevada said about the UIGEA that it is "designed solely to protect betting on horse racing and lotteriesover the Internet."
Both Barney Frank and Shelley Berkley have introduced legislation to ultimately repeal the UIGEA.
Congressman Frank's bill would completely legalize and regulate online gambling, while providing strict protections againstproblem gambling, money laundering, and underage gambling.
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has introduced a bill that would study the possibility of regulations of Internet gambling. Sheclaims that there are enough safeguards out there to protect against all the issues anti-internet gambling proponents wantit banned for and her year long study would prove such protections are available.
Both of them claim that there is more than a billion dollars in tax revenue available if the US were to legalize and regulate theindustry.
Berkley's bill has many co-sponsors and faces a much more likely chance of passing than Frank's more complete pro-gambling bill.
Each representative has said that a strong public outcry will help support their bill. Aids to both representatives have beencontacted by Casino Gambling Web and each has said the petition to repeal the UIGEA should be continued indefinitely.A meeting will be held personally between Shelley Berkley and Barney Frank once the petition has reached itsgoal.
Sign the Repeal the Internet Gambling Ban Petition and follow all issues related to Internet Gambling Laws in the US at CasinoGambling Web.
Viewpoint - Go sign the petition!
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My Favorite Featured Story
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If it really is what's on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble. Some doctors now think that theinternal fat surrounding vital organs like the heart, liver or pancreas - invisible to the naked eye - could be as dangerous asthe more obvious external fat that bulges underneath the skin.
"Being thin doesn't automatically mean you're not fat," said Dr. Jimmy Bell, a professor of molecular imaging at ImperialCollege, London. Since 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to create "fatmaps" showing where people store fat.
According to the data, people who maintain their weight through diet rather than exercise are likely to have major deposits ofinternal fat, even if they are otherwise slim. "The whole concept of being fat needs to be redefined," said Bell, whoseresearch is funded by Britain's Medical Research Council.
Without a clear warning signal - like a rounder middle - doctors worry that thin people may be lulled into falsely assuming thatbecause they're not overweight, they're healthy.
"Just because someone is lean doesn't make them immune to diabetes or other risk factors for heart disease," said Dr. LouisTeichholz, chief of cardiology at Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey, who was not involved in Bell's research.
Even people with normal Body Mass Index scores - a standard obesity measure that divides your weight by the square ofyour height - can have surprising levels of fat deposits inside.
Of the women scanned by Bell and his colleagues, as many as 45 percent of those with normal BMI scores (20 to 25)actually had excessive levels of internal fat. Among men, the percentage was nearly 60 percent.
Relating the news to what Bell calls "TOFIs" - people who are "thin outside, fat inside" - is rarely uneventful. "The thinnerpeople are, the bigger the surprise," he said, adding the researchers even found TOFIs among people who areprofessional models.
According to Bell, people who are fat on the inside are essentially on the threshold of being obese. They eat too many fatty,sugary foods - and exercise too little to work it off - but they are not eating enough to actually be fat. Scientists believewe naturally accumulate fat around the belly first, but at some point, the body may start storing it elsewhere.
Still, most experts believe that being of normal weight is an indicator of good health, and that BMI is a reliable measurement.
"BMI won't give you the exact indication of where fat is, but it's a useful clinical tool," said Dr. Toni Steer, a nutritionist atBritain's Medical Research Council.
Doctors are unsure about the exact dangers of internal fat, but some suspect it contributes to the risk of heart disease anddiabetes. They theorize that internal fat disrupts the body's communication systems. The fat enveloping internal organsmight be sending the body mistaken chemical signals to store fat inside organs like the liver or pancreas. This couldultimately lead to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, or heart disease.
Experts have long known that fat, active people can be healthier than their skinny, inactive counterparts. "Normal-weightpersons who are sedentary and unfit are at much higher risk for mortality than obese persons who are active and fit,"said Dr. Steven Blair, an obesity expert at the University of South Carolina.
For example, despite their ripples of fat, super-sized Sumo wrestlers probably have a better metabolic profile than some oftheir slim, sedentary spectators, Bell said. That's because the wrestlers' fat is primarily stored under the skin, not streakingthroughout their vital organs and muscles.
The good news is that internal fat can be easily burned off through exercise or even by improving your diet. "Even if you don'tsee it on your bathroom scale, caloric restriction and physical exercise have an aggressive effect on visceral fat," saidDr. Bob Ross, an obesity expert at Queen's University in Canada.
Because many factors contribute to heart disease, Teichholz says it's difficult to determine the precise danger of internal fat -though it certainly doesn't help.
"Obesity is a risk factor, but it's lower down on the totem pole of risk factors," he said, explaining that whether or not peoplesmoke, their family histories and blood pressure and cholesterol rates are more important determinants than bothexternal and internal fat.
When it comes to being fit, experts say there is no short-cut. "If you just want to look thin, then maybe dieting is enough,"Bell said. "But if you want to actually be healthy, then exercise has to be an important component of your lifestyle."
Viewpoint - This cracks me up. I know girls who look great but have no muscle tone.
My Favorite Story Trash News Story
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Today, he's Jared Fogel the friendly Subway guy. To scores of Indiana U. students back when, he was their in-dorm porno-rental superstore. Eat fresh!
Before he became a poster child for weight loss, the affable Subway spokestool once ran a adult film emporium from hisbedroom, reports Best Week Ever . His collection was said to be "vast and extensive," and rental rates were hard to beat -- a dollar a day per vid. "People would come from all over to take advantage of the deal," according to BWE's source.
The same source snitches that the real reason Jared started eating Subway wasn't motivated by health concerns, but sheerlaziness. Turns out that Subway happened to open a franchise on the ground floor of his dorm, so it was the closestfast-food joint to Jared's XXX lair.
We called a Subway rep, who said that the company has no knowledge of the story and that Jared was "unavailable." The repalso pointed out that legends have sprung up from time to time about Jared, including one that he'd died.
Viewpoint - Who cares. He was a fat kid in college trying to pay his grocery bill.
My Favorite Press Release Today
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Legalization of online gambling in the United States is being supported by congress people Shelley Berkley and Barney Frankand each has expressed support for the Repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Petition that has beenstarted by Casino Gambling Web.
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(PRWEB ) May 11, 2007 -- On behalf of advice given to Casino Gambling Web , the sponsoring site of the Repeal the UIGEAPetition, by aids to both congress people Barney Frank and Shelley Berkley, the goal of the petition to Repeal theUnlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has been changed from 400,000 signatures to 10,000 signatures.
The petition started out strong, garnering more than 2,000 signatures in the first week of its initiation. There is currently morethan 3,500 legitimate American citizen signatures.
Once the petition reaches the 10,000 signature mark it will be hand delivered to both Shelley Berkley and Barney Frank inWashington D.C. by a representative of Casino Gambling Web.
Aids to both representatives insisted that the petition to repeal the ban on Internet gambling is a worthwhile effort. BarneyFrank has consistently said the UIGEA was the 'stupidest law ever passed' and there needs to be a public outcry inorder to wake up congress people to this issue.
Shelley Berkley of Nevada said about the UIGEA that it is "designed solely to protect betting on horse racing and lotteriesover the Internet."
Both Barney Frank and Shelley Berkley have introduced legislation to ultimately repeal the UIGEA.
Congressman Frank's bill would completely legalize and regulate online gambling, while providing strict protections againstproblem gambling, money laundering, and underage gambling.
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has introduced a bill that would study the possibility of regulations of Internet gambling. Sheclaims that there are enough safeguards out there to protect against all the issues anti-internet gambling proponents wantit banned for and her year long study would prove such protections are available.
Both of them claim that there is more than a billion dollars in tax revenue available if the US were to legalize and regulate theindustry.
Berkley's bill has many co-sponsors and faces a much more likely chance of passing than Frank's more complete pro-gambling bill.
Each representative has said that a strong public outcry will help support their bill. Aids to both representatives have beencontacted by Casino Gambling Web and each has said the petition to repeal the UIGEA should be continued indefinitely.A meeting will be held personally between Shelley Berkley and Barney Frank once the petition has reached itsgoal.
Sign the Repeal the Internet Gambling Ban Petition and follow all issues related to Internet Gambling Laws in the US at CasinoGambling Web.
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Think someone isn't dealing properly with a problem? You may be projecting.
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