Who made the first potato chips? I have always wondered how certain things got popular…potatoes have a long history all around the world. Ireland considers the potato an important crop for their country…the people in the USA all have heard about the Idaho potato. Watch this video and learn how a frustrated cook came up with the now thinly cut potato chip. Pass the potato chips please.
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I am getting ready to board my airplane…….I guess reading this article about Al-Qaida isn’t going to make anyone feel secure about flying…these fanatics are now hiding bombs inside their bodies..should we be surprise? Of course not…they are determined to continue this war on Americans…I firmly believe we must continue pressuring them into nothing less than total surrender.
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American officials have warned airlines that they believe al-Qaida is developing “belly bombs” to beat airport security and allow suicide bombers to launch terror attacks on board passenger planes.
The department of homeland security has sent a bulletin to airline executives saying it has identified a potential threat from terrorists who could “surgically implant explosives or explosive components in humans”.
Although many airports use advanced imaging technology that can “see” through people’s clothing, the technology might not pick up a bomb which is hidden inside a body.
“Due to the significant advances in global aviation security in recent years, terrorist groups have repeatedly and publicly indicated interest in pursuing ways to further conceal explosives,” said Kawika Riley, spokesman for the department’s transport security administration.
“As a precaution, passengers flying from international locations to US destinations may notice additional security measures.”
Experts say the explosives could be implanted in abdomens, buttocks and breasts allowing suicide bombers to pass undetected through airport body scanners. Explosive compounds such as pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) could be implanted, then the person’s wounds allowed to heal, making the material difficult to detect. On board the plane, the material could be detonated by injection.
US officials have been on high alert for terror attacks since US forces killed al-Qaida’s leader, Osama bin Laden in May. They say there is no intelligence about a plot, but US and international carriers are being urged to consider the threat.
The bombs are thought to be a particular risk in Europe and the Middle East where full body scanners are not as widely used as they are in the US.
Authorities told ABC News that these “belly bombs” were thought to be the work of 28-year-old Ibrahim Asiri, who became a high-profile target for the US after his failed attempt to hide bombs in printer cartridges being moved from Yemen to Chicago.
He was also believed to be behind the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on 25 December 2009 by the “underwear bomber”, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
The Nigerian had a pouch of PETN in his underwear. He tried injecting the pouch with a chemical to create a detonation but he set his clothes on fire instead and was overpowered by passengers.
Research conducted by the BBC after the underwear bombing suggests that Abdulmutallab would have failed to damage the plane’s fuselage even if the bomb had gone off.
The BBC documentary claimed that the blast would only have been strong enough to kill the bomber and the person who was sitting next to him.
Al-Qaida terrorists are known to have hidden explosives inside their bodies for suicide bombings. In August 2009 Asiri’s brother, Abdullah Hassan, died trying to kill Saudi Arabia’s deputy interior minister with a bomb hidden in his anal passage.
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As the population increases, so does the amount of cars,people,cyclists and anything that moves on our streets. Watching this video is like playing a video game…how is it that more people are not killed or injured everyday in our cities. Sounds like urban planning needs to put on their thinking caps and develop a new strategy to cope with this out of control traffic life.
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Black students are still being left out in areas priviledged to whites…is racism continuing to prevent their progress?
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University coursework should be marked anonymously to deal with concerns that potential bias against a “foreign-sounding name” can cost students marks, a report by the National Union of Students recommends.
The report also urges universities to minimise “eurocentric bias” when drawing up curriculums. “This is critical, not only to demonstrate to black students that their learning reflects their own experience, but to promote understanding among their white peers,” it states.
It is standard practice for universities to assess exams anonymously because of concerns about preconceptions relating to race, sex or previous knowledge of a candidate, but the NUS report calls for anonymity to be extended across all “assessment procedures”, which would include coursework.
The NUS – which accepts that it is not possible to keep every form of assessment, such as presentations by drama students, anonymous – is also urging universities to address concerns about bias by having any contested work reassessed by a different lecturer.
The report, Race for Equality, is based on a survey of 900 students with African, Asian and Caribbean backgrounds. The survey found that, while most students were positive about their institutions, 23% described the universities they attended as “cliquey” and 7% as “racist”. There was also widespread frustration that courses did not reflect non-white backgrounds and views.
A third of black students felt unable to bring a perspective based on their race to tutorials. One student quoted in the report, published today, criticised the university they attended for “not being able to express or hear [our] own experience in learning – especially with a discipline as subjective as English, being told ‘you are wrong’ at the slightest transgression from the norm”.
Many of the students surveyed called for more diverse perspectives in areas such as history, arts and politics. One said: “Britain colonised most of the world and played a heavy role in the slave trade. How can you understand contemporary Britain without acknowledging this history or understanding how the rest of the world shaped it?”
The survey also found that some black students believe they are being “actively excluded” from the Russell Group of leading universities because of institutional racism in the application process. However, others blamed the scarcity of black students at the most prestigious institutions on class, and a lack of achievement at school.
Among black students, just 9.6% achieved the top grades required for entrance to Oxford or Cambridge in 2007, compared with 23% for white students.
The report says: “While widening participation efforts in the last few decades has been successful, these need to extend beyond simply increasing the quantity of students accessing [higher education] towards ensuring that black students are also able to access quality institutions.”
The report notes that in 2007-08, London Metropolitan University accepted 6,115 black students, “almost as many as the 7,815 black students spread between the 20 universities of the Russell Group”.
Some respondents to the survey and the focus groups that accompanied it said they had chosen to attend institutions that were ethnically diverse to minimise the chances of experiencing racism.
The report adds: “There was also a perception among respondents that the probability of experiencing racism in a Russell Group institution would be higher, as there would be fewer black students in these institutions, making the black students who study there more vulnerable.”
Universities should create a “bespoke website” for prospective black students, which could include testimonies from their students and details of support systems and extracurricular activities, the report suggests.
Nearly one in six – 16% – of those who responded to the survey said they had experienced racism in their current educational institution. The proportion was lowest among those aged under 20 – 14% – and highest among mature students. The survey finds that 29% of those aged 40 and over had experienced racism. International students were also more likely to view their academic environment as racist.
The NUS president, Aaron Porter, said: “We have a long way to go to close the participation gap for black students in education. If black students feel unwelcome in classrooms, this must be addressed by tackling the very real racism that still exists on our campuses.
“This report highlights the work that must be done by institutions and government to address the concerns of black students about their learning environment, how their courses are taught, and how their unique perspectives can be brought into the academic environment.”
The survey also found that almost one in three students, 32%, did not trust their institution to deal with complaints fairly. Two-thirds of respondents who had made a complaint were dissatisfied with how it was handled. They cited a range of reasons, including the procedure being too time-consuming or the complaint being ignored.
Some of those who responded to the survey believed that academic staff “stick together” and that making a complaint could therefore jeopardise their prospects. One student said: “It’s staff against you, and your degree is on the line, so you don’t feel like doing anything further that would rock the boat, especially when the person is responsible for marking your work and arranging your placements.”
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Some people just don’t know where to draw the line when it comes to texting. Don’t abuse this technology and learn to respect the privacy of others. If you don’t control your texting, people will simply block you and tell friends to avoid you.
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Hey I am sure there are a lot of women out there who look much younger than their age! The people in the entertainment industry are under tremendous pressure…going to all those presentation awards…after midnight parties..of course your life style will have some effect on how you look as you get older.
I remember when I was a teenager in high school…my friends thought my mom was my sister! My mom still looks much younger than her age…don’t worry mom…I won’t tell them your age…its our secret…
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Let me pinpoint the very moment the world first became aware of the ageless, year-zero face: it was under the Louvre at Paris Fashion Week as 2009 drew to a smoky close. On the Ungaro catwalk, jewel-toned bolero jackets and sequinned nipple tassels were shown, before the label’s “artistic advisor” Lindsay Lohan appeared. There were gasps from the front row and a thud of damp applause. It wasn’t just the clothes, though they were difficult, described by the Guardian as “the first [collection] that could be happily summed up on Twitter”, it was Lohan’s face.
She had a forehead so taut and shiny it looked like an iPhone 4. Her lips were inflated to the size of a melting Twix, and her cheekbones looked as if they were climbing her jaw in order to dive to their death. Each change to her then 23-year-old face seemed to nod towards youth, but in fact imply age. This isn’t to say she looked old – as she bounced down the catwalk, her hair streaming behind her, she seemed to have transcended age – she looked like lamb dressed as mutton dressed as duck.
Though traditionally cosmetic surgery has been used to make patients look younger, doctors are noticing a trend for women wanting to simply look “done”. Rather than chase youthfulness with a scalpel, some seem to be choosing instead to fix their faces at a certain age (celebrity dermatologist Gervaise Gerstner suggests many women settle for 36) and maintain the look with injectable fillers and cosmetic treatments.
While few celebrities, Lohan included, will admit to having had cosmetic surgery, the surgeons themselves are outspoken. “It’s a matter of the right procedure on the wrong girl at the wrong time,” New York plastic surgeon Douglas Steinbrech told W magazine. “There’s this new mentality that if you do not look a little bit fake, then the surgeon hasn’t done his job. This used to be a much more prevalent idea on the west coast, but now you walk up Madison Avenue and you see these young girls with that cloned, cougar-like face. Either they don’t know what they look like, or they want to look like they’ve had something done.”
There’s nothing new in celebrities having cosmetic surgery, but the age at which they start is falling fast. Last year actress Charice Pempengco, 18, had Botox to look “fresh” for her role in Glee, and reality star Heidi Montag, 24, famously had 10 procedures in 10 hours. She later conceded that all the surgery makes “hugging” difficult.
In America, patients under 34 account for 20% of Botox procedures and chemical peels, and over 9,000 breast enhancement operations are carried out on girls aged 13 to 19. The move to look ageless though, rather than younger, is recent, with women today encouraged by some practices to get “preventative” Botox injections. But the more you get, some women are finding, the older you look.
British consultant plastic surgeon Norman Waterhouse thinks the year-zero face is the effect of fillers being overused. “When Botox is used with subtlety and finesse, the woman shouldn’t look ‘filled’, she should just look less tired,” he says. “And using fillers expands the skin, so if you use a lot, then as it disappears you eventually need more to plump it out, so you get trapped in a Botox cycle.
Of course,” he continues, “there are a little subset of women who get work that astonishes me, turning themselves into a parody of feminine beauty – the ‘party tits’, the ‘ice-rink Botox’, where your face is completely flat and shiny, but that, I think, is missing the point.”
Those who balance it right, pap photos suggest, achieve the look of the golden, ageless age: 36. “Some people wake up at 42 and realise they need to return to 36,” says Gerstner. Demi Moore is 48, but, having allegedly had £200,000-worth of surgery (including a knee lift) looks at least a decade younger. “But the people who end up looking best have been planning for it all along.” She recommends an expensive programme of Botox, lip fillers, laser skin resurfacing and glycolic peels for maintenance, all of which, administered well, promise to keep even the tautest 23-year-old looking like a 30-something with a year-zero face.
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Many of us are concerned about our facial appearances so much that we spend thousands of dollars to maintain it. Facial exercises can help maintain a youthful look for many years. But lets be realistic about it..if you smoke and have a poor diet, then you put yourself at risk for aging faster than you would hope for. Healthy living will give you an edge on life and perhaps a more vibrant looking facial glow…
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Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on the relationship between the body’s structure—mainly the spine—and its functioning. Although practitioners may use a variety of treatment approaches, they primarily perform adjustments (manipulations) to the spine or other parts of the body with the goal of correcting alignment problems, alleviating pain, improving function, and supporting the body’s natural ability to heal itself.
Key Points
People seek chiropractic care primarily for pain conditions such as back pain, neck pain, headache, and extremity (e.g., hand or foot) problems.
In the United States, chiropractic practitioners must meet the licensing and continuing education requirements of the state in which they practice. All states require practitioners to complete a Doctor of Chiropractic degree program at a properly accredited college.
Most chiropractic-related research has focused on the efficacy of spinal manipulation, especially for low-back pain. Researchers are also gathering evidence on the safety of spinal manipulation.
Tell all your health care providers about any complementary and alternative practices you use. Give them a full picture of what you do to manage your health. This will help ensure coordinated and safe care.
Overview and History
The term “chiropractic” combines the Greek words cheir (hand) and praxis (practice) to describe a treatment done by hand. Hands-on therapy—especially adjustment of the spine—is central to chiropractic care. Chiropractic is based on the notion that the relationship between the body’s structure (primarily that of the spine) and its function (as coordinated by the nervous system) affects health. While some procedures associated with chiropractic care can be traced back to ancient times, the modern profession of chiropractic was founded by Daniel David Palmer in 1895 in Davenport, Iowa. Palmer, a self-taught healer, believed that the body has “innate intelligence” or a natural healing ability. He theorized that “subluxations” (misalignments of the spine) can interfere with this ability, and that manipulation of the spine can help to restore or maintain health. Evidence-based explanations for the effects of chiropractic manipulations are the subject of ongoing scientific investigation, including studies supported by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Read more »
As time goes by, more and more individuals are taking control of their health. People have been for some time now realizing that the medical profession isn’t up to date with the benefits of eating super foods,raw foods, or alternative foods. So it is up to the individual to educate themselves and take charge of their health by eating the necessary foods that will enhance longevity. I myself believe as many alternative physicians that a diet of raw foods and vitamin supplementation can extend your life span and increase your vitality.
So many of you are thinking that such a drastic change in your diet will be a difficult adjustment. You need to take baby steps when making drastic changes in your lifestyle. The changes should be done on a week to week basis. For example, a huge problem in many of American’s diet is that we consume too much bread. You need to cut back on the number of bread slices you eat per week. If you are eating 12 slices a week, then you should be able to cut back 2 slices a week until you get down to 4 slices a week.
Remember to always consult with a physician before making changes in your diet. Eat more natural foods and you will soon find yourself feeling and looking better than ever. If you like to comment on our website please do…we enjoy comment on this and future postings. If you are a medical or alternative physician, we would also like to hear your viewpoint here.
Whether you are a man or a woman you need to see this short video.
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Congratulations to the students completing the Medical Tourism Course offered by DHU.
Dr Anthony taught and developed the curriculum. The Medical Tourism Course gave a better
understanding about global medical tourism and what to expect from this industry in the near future. Many countries
are now offering medical procedures at substantial savings to the customer/patient. Many medical procedures not being properly covered by private insurance are now being offered by countries like Korea, Thailand, India, Philippines, etc to meet increase demands from prospective clients.
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Congratulations to Your Educational Podcast and Video for reaching 81 countries around the world. We here at Yepod want to thank all our readers for helping us reach our goal of 81 countries. We will continue to bring relevant subjects dealing with English as a second language. We are also excited about new developments for 2011 and hope that our readers will appreciate our efforts. If you have any ideas or comments for our website, please do not hesitate to reach us. On behalf of the entire Yepod staff….. I thank you
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My brother David is now a proud member of the U.S. Army and is now stationed in Camp Humphreys in
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Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: should I be screened for breast cancer?
Everyone should take their annual check-ups or screenings seriously …it may be the difference of surviving or dying. So pick up the phone right now and ask your doctor which tests or screening you should be doing for your age group. Fight breast cancer by screening today!
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The dilemma: You might think this is a no-brainer: of course it’s best to find out if you have breast cancer as soon as possible. Up to one in eight women get the disease, so surely you’d want to be tested, catch it early and get treatment to improve your chances of survival? But, in fact, while screening may catch the disease early, there’s no guarantee.
Screening for diseases before they become clinically apparent is only useful if you can improve the chances of survival (or improve quality of life). To do that you need to understand what the disease would do if you left it alone – and not all diseases progress. With a type of tumour called ductal carcinoma in situ, which makes up 20% of the cancers found in breast screening, the tumour is confined to the milk ducts and there is just a 50% of chance it could develop into a full-blown cancer.
A recent study from the Nordic Cochrane Centre found that a third of cancer diagnoses made as a result of screening were not cancers. And while the NHS claims that screening saves 1,347 lives a year, Dr Klim McPherson, an Oxford professor in public health epidemiology, said in a letter to the BMJ last week that research showed that the more likely number was 500 lives a year. McPherson added that to prevent one death you would need to screen 1,000 women over 10 years. To throw even more doubt on the subject of testing, a paper in this week’s BMJ says that screening hasn’t improved mortality rates. Instead, improvements in treatment and healthcare processes were responsible for falls in death rates for breast cancer, and countries experienced the same falls whether or not they had screening.
The solution: So how can you decide if screening is for you? You may feel that one life in 1,000 could be yours and that screening is worth it. Few doctors will suggest that women should not undergo the procedure. It is a common disease and any woman who gets it would naturally wonder if she should have been screened and treated earlier.
However, a letter in the Sunday Times this week from some of the greats in cancer research argues that if women knew what the clinical evidence was they might turn down the offer of screening. It is really up to you. The mammogram is uncomfortable, no one can really say it’s going to save your life if you’re found to have breast cancer, and it may cause you unnecessary worry. I know a few doctors who have refused screening for themselves. But if you feel that if you got breast cancer and hadn’t been screened you would reproach yourself, then you should take the offer.
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