|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 8:44 am
****************************************************
ABOUT DRINKING WATER ~ AKA, Dihydrogen Monoxide
The following will probably amaze and startle you...
One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University study.
Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
A ! mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic maths, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or
Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?
(No kidding, all of the above is true...)
Now that I have your attention, go get another glass of water!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 3:07 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- England's enigmatic Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings and for several hundred years thereafter, new research indicates.
art.stonehenge.afp.gi.jpg
Druids perfom a blessing ceremony at Stonehenge in southern England.
Dating of cremated remains shows burials took place as early as 3000 B.C., when the first ditches around the monument were being built, researchers said Thursday.
And those burials continued for at least 500 years, when the giant stones that mark the mysterious circle were being erected, they said.
"It's now clear that burials were a major component of Stonehenge in all its main stages," said Mike Parker Pearson, archaeology professor at the University of Sheffield in England and head of the Stonehenge Riverside Archaeological Project.
In the past, many archaeologists had thought that burials at Stonehenge continued for only about a century, the researchers said.
"Stonehenge was a place of burial from its beginning to its zenith in the mid-third millennium B.C. The cremation burial dating to Stonehenge's sarsen stones phase is likely just one of many from this later period of the monument's use and demonstrates that it was still very much a domain of the dead," Parker Pearson said in a statement.
The researchers also excavated homes nearby at Durrington Walls, which they said appeared to be seasonal homes related to Stonehenge.
"It's a quite extraordinary settlement; we've never seen anything like it before," Parker Pearson said. The village appeared to be a land of the living and Stonehenge a land of the ancestors, he said.
There were at least 300 and perhaps as many as 1,000 homes in the village, he said. The small homes were occupied in midwinter and midsummer.
The village also included a circle of wooden pillars, which they have named the Southern Circle. It is oriented toward the midwinter sunrise, the opposite of Stonehenge, which is oriented to the midsummer sunrise.
The research was supported by the National Geographic Society, which discusses Stonehenge in its June magazine and will feature the new burial data on National Geographic Channel on Sunday.
The researchers said the earliest cremation burial was a small group of bones and teeth found in pits called the Aubrey Holes and dated to 3030-2880 B.C., about the time with the first ditch-and-bank monument was being built.
Remains from the surrounding ditch included an adult dated to 2930-2870 B.C., and the most recent cremation, Parker Pearson said, comes from the ditch's northern side and was of a 25-year-old woman. It dated to 2570-2340 B.C., around the time the first arrangements of large sarsen stones appeared at Stonehenge.
According to Parker Pearson's team, this is the first time any of the cremation burials from Stonehenge have been radiocarbon-dated. The burials dated by the group were excavated in the 1950s and have been kept at the nearby Salisbury Museum.
In the 1920s, an additional 49 cremation burials were dug up at Stonehenge, but all were reburied because they were thought to be of no scientific value, the researchers said.
They estimate that up to 240 people were buried within Stonehenge, all as cremation deposits.
Team member Andrew Chamberlain suggested that the cremation burials represent the natural deaths of a single elite family and its descendants, perhaps a ruling dynasty.
A clue to this, he said, is the small number of burials in Stonehenge's earliest phase, a number that grows larger in subsequent centuries, as offspring would have multiplied.
Parker Pearson added: "I don't think it was the common people getting buried at Stonehenge; it was clearly a special place at that time. One has to assume anyone buried there had some good credentials."
The actual building and purpose of Stonehenge remain a mystery that has long drawn speculation from many sources.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^I just thought that it was interesting.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:49 am
****************************
"Have we gone mad...what happened to common sense??????"
Writing "I love Alex" on a school gymnasium wall brought a 12-year-old the
same punishment as if she had made terrorist threats.
The Katy Independent School District rated the message, written with a baby
blue marker by sixth-grader Shelby Sendelbach, as a Level 4 infraction --
the same as for threats, drug possession and assault.
Only murder, gun possession, sexual assault and arson are considered more
severe by the suburban Houston district.
For her punishment, Shelby was assigned to an alternative school from Aug.
27 through Dec. 21.
School district spokesman Steve Stanford said the district was just
following a state law, saying it requires assignment to an alternative
school for graffiti.
Her parents have appealed and a hearing is set for this month. Lisa and Stu
Sendelbach said they don't condone what Shelby did but think the punishment
is overly harsh.
"We are shocked that the school district rules as they are written make no
distinction between what Shelby is accused of and what a gang member does
with a can of black spray paint," Stu Sendelbach said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:20 am
Watch that speedometer in Virgina
*****************************
Check out who sponsored the bill!!!! LAWYERS, THAT SPECIALIZE IN TRAFFIC
CASES, THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!!!
Virginia's new $3,550 speeding ticket
Traffic offenders face whopping additional fees that live on long after
they've paid their fines. It's part of a growing 'driver responsibility'
trend that targets chronic offenders.
By MSN Money staff and wires
Traffic patrols have long been known as roving tax collectors. But in
Virginia, they really are collecting taxes.
Starting July 1, an array of traffic offenses, from expired licenses to
speeding, come with a "civil remedial fee" attached. That means a motorist
convicted of reckless driving (75 mph in a 55 zone would qualify) faces not
only a fine of up to $2,500 and a year in jail, but a non-negotiable
$350-a-year tax for three years. The law forbids judges from waiving or
reducing the fee.
Many fees dwarf the fines. A driver who disobeys an officer's order to pull
into a weigh station would be fined $35 and required to pay a $61 court
processing fee. But the civil remedial fee would be $900 over three years.
Drunken driving? A fee of $1,000 a year for three years, plus fines and
court costs. No insurance? That's $300 a year for three years, plus fines.
It doesn't stop there. Anyone unlucky enough to have 8 points or more on his
license (reckless driving is good for 6 by itself) would pay an additional
$100, plus $75 for any points over 8, up to $700 a year. (For a complete
list of fee-carrying offenses, see this .pdf file.)
Such "driver responsibility programs" have become increasingly common for
two reasons: Many states find that serial offenders make up the bulk of
their cases, and they simply need the money. In fact, Virginia added a fee
rather than increase fines because it wanted the money to improve its roads,
and revenue from fines must go to public schools. The fees are expected to
raise $200 million a year.
The sponsor of the law, David Albo, is a partner in one of Virginia's
largest law firms; one of its specialties is traffic cases.
One twist that has Virginia drivers enraged is that the state can't charge
fees on out-of-state drivers or revoke their licenses. For now, the fees
apply only to residents.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
