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Oct 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
One may consider the hair as a person’s crowning glory. In fact, most people spend hours in front of the mirror fixing their hair. Aside from making each one of us look good, the hair has yet another function you might be interested in. In today’s modern world, there comes another way of detecting drugs in individuals. Yes, using the hair! And it is actually the most accurate method of detecting drug abuse in individuals. It can detect drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, opiates and the like. It is known as the hair drug test.
1. Ten Times More Effective Than Urine Drug Tests
With this kind of modern and convenient method, it is now easy for schools and even employers to test students and employees to determine whether or not they have drugs in their system. Hair drug tests come in handy kits with instructions on how to get hair specimens, then send it to the laboratory for evaluation.
2. How It Works:
According to studies, when a person takes in drugs, as with any other substances, such as food, medicines, or drinks, it mixes with our blood, and as we all know, the blood nourishes all parts of our body, including the head. Hints of these chemicals then become trapped or filtered through the hair follicle, thus, as the hair grows, these chemicals are stored in the hair. Interestingly, these chemicals become a part of the hair itself.
- Very accurate
- Chemicals in the hair can be traced
- Traces not just drugs in system at the time, but over the past three months!
- A two-inch sample can give that persons drug history for a four month period of time
- Hair drug testing is much more costly than urine testing
- Hair testing is now widely used due to it’s effectiveness
3. How It’s Done:
- A hair drug test involves cutting a minimum of 50 strands of hair
- Hair must be cut approximately one and a half inches from the scalp
- Hair is then sent to the drug testing laboratory
- The hair is actually screened and reviewed, then liquified for final testing
- There are lots of hair drug testing kits available today
4. Hair Drug Testing Kits
Hair drug testing kits, though widely available, are not affordable. Prices range from $50-$69 for a complete kit. Laboratory processing fees are usually included when you make your purchase.
One point of view to consider tough - a positive test result does not automatically mean the person uses illegal drugs. In fact, positive results are sometimes triggered by other legal substances. One maybe is under medication or taking maintenance medications, or over-the-counter medications. It is wise therefore, that when the confirmation test comes back positive, it is important for a doctor, nurse, or other specialist to review the results and determine if illegal drugs are indeed the guilty party.
5. Beating Hair Drug Tests Is Impossible
Now other smart individuals are finding ways and means to beat the hair drug tests. Some say one can pass it through a kind of shampoo, especially from companies that claim that their shampoo cleans off all the toxins in the hair, but they are wrong. These toxins are already part of the hair follicle’s structure, cleaning it will literally mean taking it all off. The hair is like a plant. If a plant grows in a toxic environment, it will absorb toxins and toxins will become part of its structure - no amount of shampoo will change that.
As we cannot clean off toxins in the hair, can we mask it by bleach or dyeing one’s hair? Maybe for a time, yes we can. But then, our skin is made up of fatty tissues. These fatty tissues are responsible for storing toxins in the body. When our body sweats, it gives off skin oil and release toxins, and these will be touched and be absorbed by the hair. It’s like a cycle. The masked hair will then be contaminated once more.
Others shave off their hair, but sad to say, toxins don’t leave the body anytime soon. If you are being kept in confinement, your hair will slowly grow back in, and your drug use history will come back for all to see with it.
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Oct 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
GENGHIS KHAN: - My father told me that he was a red head among a dark-haired people as I grew up. It made a lasting impression on a freckle-faced boy. Many other ‘red heads’ became the subject of my scrutiny including Jefferson and Jesus (according to Grey Owl in an interesting legend) as my life and studies progressed; but I have never found a definite entry to support what my father said about Temujin although the pictures of Mongols with red hair from the 10th century AD were something I noticed. Now, perhaps I can confirm his statement as we see Elizabeth Wayland Barber writing the book The Mummies of Urumchi. She says the following under photos of a painting from Cave 20 at Bezeklik near Turfan.
“Note the reddish hair and pale eyes of the man at right, as well as the typically Caucasoid features of both (big nose, round eyes, heavy beard). The early mummies are of this same type, as are many of the current inhabitants of the region.” (22)
The work of Mircae Eliade on the roots of alchemy called The Forge and the Crucible had clued me in to the ’smith’ origin of Genghis Khan. These ’smiths’ were shamanistic alchemists and his family was from a long line of them just as Solomon and Jesus are known to be, in the scholarly circles who care to track how knowledge has come down to us in the present day, this means something; but few other places.
The book ‘The Thirteenth Tribe’ by Arthur Koestler tells a part of an alternative history in reference to the Jewish people which makes interesting reading when one considers how the Empires of Rome and Greece have dominated our ‘his’-story. In actual fact the safest and largest Empire during ‘his’-story is the Mongol empire created by Temujin. Why Marco Polo and other lies take precedence in popular opinion over the reading or writing about this great man and the Pax Tartaris is most instructive we think. We have more to say under Urumchi and Genghis as we proceed.
Guest ‘expert’ for World-Mysteries.com World-Mysteries.com
Columnist for The ES Press Magazine
Author of Diverse Druids
Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
That first semester in law school may be the most difficult time you will ever face in life. Trying to get used to the huge workload, the unusual classes, and the new environment is always hard on students, and the prospect that you’re stuck here for the next three years doesn’t help.
Talk to Older Students
One of the best things you can do for yourself is talk to older students. Get their opinions and advice on classes, teachers, and stress. They have been where you are and can be an important fountain of wisdom when the going gets tough.
Ask For Help
Never be afraid to ask for help in law school. If you are facing problems in your classes or have personal issues that are affecting your performance, go ahead and ask for help. Waiting until it’s too late is a mistake that too many students make due to pride.
Be Realistic
Remember that unless you really want to specialize in some areas or work for certain sections of the government, you don’t need to be the top person in your class. In fact, all you really have to do is graduate, though it would be ideal to be in the top fifty percent of your class.
Study with Friends
Study groups are a fun source of amusement in law school. Since you really have to keep studying as much as possible, you can always take a short break by studying with friends. Take a picnic or snacks and groups can get together to study and have some fun before the big test.
Find a Great Internship
When it comes to finding your internship or externship, be sure that you find something that truly interests you. After all your hard work in classes, you deserve to do something that you enjoy. Start early and find something that really fits in with your career goals and dreams.
What to Remember
When you’re stressed out in law school, particularly during your first year, remember these things:
Talk to Older Students
You can ask for help.
Be realistic.
Study with friends.
Find a great internship.
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Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
To get on a coaches “watch” list, you must initiate contact. If you don’t a coach might not even know that you are a potential recruit.
Since the Recruiting Game can take a while to play out, you need to make sure that you have enough prospective schools in your pipeline so that as the process does play out and schools fall off you’ll still have options.
In doing my research, I believe you should start with as many as 200 or more schools. Now this probably seems like a lot, but consider the process.
• Some schools or coaches may not respond to your initial contact
• You may decide that you don’t care for a particular coaching staff
• Some coaches may not have you high enough on their priority lists and may stop contacting you altogether
• You may not like a particular school’s academics
• Maybe you decide that a school is just too far from home
• Maybe too close to home
• Maybe a school is too expensive even with a partial scholarship
• Maybe your grades and scores are not good enough to get into a particular school
• Maybe you decide that a particular school just doesn’t fit you socially
These are just a few of the factors that will cause you to cross some schools off your list as you go along.
In talking with student athletes and their parents, I’ve always told them to keep their options open. Contact a variety of schools. Some that challenge you academically, some athletically, some that are below your level of play and some that are right on your level. I’ll say it again, “Keep Your Options Open”.
Expand Your Thinking!
Right from the start you should widen your focus. Contact schools that you might have even the slightest interest in. Contact schools that you might think are way above your level of play. But make sure that the majority of the schools that you write to are schools where you have a sincere interest and where you have a chance at winning an athletic scholarship.
I hope that your recruiting Game is a success!
Leon Spencer has been publishing high school sports publications in the Southeast since 2001 and helps guide parents and student athletes in the recruiting process. To learn more, and to receive Leon’s free recruiting newsletter, please visit TheRecruitingGame.net TheRecruitingGame.net
Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Is it possible for certain bloodlines or ancestry to cause more scientists in those families? Let’s say that Sir Isaac Newton, Nicola Tesla or Albert Einstein were in your family tree? Would that help you or give you an edge in innovation, discovery or perhaps finding the answer to Grand Unification?
Are these traits positive or negative; are they flaws or super genes? What about the story of the “Beautiful Mind” could it be both, a flaw, which creates a super brain for some things, but ill-prepared for others? Interesting subject indeed and let us say it was a flaw that these great historical figures had.
Nevertheless, that person with the flaw, able to concentrate on one thing may have in fact discovered a vaccine for polio or even the double helix of DNA. Thus even though one had a genetic flaw, the over all society should be grateful they did. In other words it is a darn good thing we are not created equal and Plato would agree, as each person’s talents or abilities should be leveraged for the common good and forward advancement of the Republic or in this case the forward advancement of the species and World.
Do you believe that genetic flaws of this type are worthy bloodlines to have? Would you like to be one of the smartest people in the world or would you rather just be normal like you perceive others to be? Perhaps you will consider all this in 2006.
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Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
The body is just one great piece of equipment. It may be the most valuable equipment ever created. It breathes, it contorts and it recovers. But like most equipment, the body can break down, but unlike most equipment, the body can heal itself. The body is an amazing wonder, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to know that parts of the body have and continue to do terrific things. Do you have any idea what was believed to be the first air compressor. Well, it was the human lungs. Back in primitive times, people blew on cinders to create a fire. Not only that, but the human lungs were considered the most reliable and lowest maintenance of all types of compressors.
Though the human lungs were good, they could only produce so much energy. Around 3000 B.C. people started melting metals, such as, gold, copper and lead, and they needed a device that could produce more pressure than the human lungs. The Egyptian and Sumerians started out by using the wind, and then blowpipes in their work. The first mechanical compressor, the hand-operated bellows was created, and soon after that, the foot bellows came into use. The bellows, for over 2,000 years proved to be a very reliable compressor.
As with everything, change just happens, and this was the case with the bellow. Blast furnaces had been created, and with this new utility came the need for a compressor that was stronger then the bellow. In 1762, John Smeaton enters the picture. John was considered the first professional engineer and he built a blowing cylinder, that used a water wheel for power, and this tool began to replace the bellow. 1799 saw the creation of the first motorized air compressor, and this was used in mining.
The thought of using compressed air to transmit energy began to take root in the 1800s. The metal manufacturing plants were getting bigger and trying to reduce their dependency on steam. A plant powered by compressed air and water was built in Wales, in the 1820s. The first success at transmitting energy, on a large scale, by compressed air, took place in the Alps in the 1850s.
As the popularity of compressed air grew, so was the need for people to try to economically benefit from it. There were patents issued on machines and tools, everything from clocks to beer dispensers. There was even a backlash against electricity in Paris, because many people thought that maybe air compressors could replace electricity in the future. Of course, those in the business of electricity didn’t share these views, and most thought plants that ran on compressed air wouldn’t work over time.
As time has proven, both electricity and air compressors have stood the test of time. Compressed air has become a complement to electricity. Pneumatic tools are safe and easy to handle, and compressed air is used for monitoring, control and regulation, and usually in combination with hydraulics and electricity. The air compressor has come a long way in giving human beings one more source or power.
Michael Russell
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Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Some people learn better in traditional classroom settings surrounded by their peers and face-to-face with their teachers. Others prefer a more self-directed approach like taking an online course or studying from a book. There are still others who require personal one-on-one interaction with a tutor or teacher. If you have already taken the LSAT exam but you didn’t like your test scores, then you are probably searching for a method to raise your test scores the next time you take the exam.
Again, it is important to know yourself and by what method you learn the best. Here are some ways that you can prepare to retake your LSAT and get a higher score.
Time Management:
The truth is that most students score low on the LSAT because they feel rushed to complete all of the questions before time runs out. If it were not a timed test, the majority of the students would be able to answer the questions correctly. Unfortunately, it is a timed test so you need to learn how to manage the time allotted to take each part of the exam. One way that you can learn to manage your test taking time is to simulate the testing experience when you are taking your practice exams.
Set a timer for the amount of time you are allowed for each section. Take the test like it counts and see how well you do. The goal is to answer correctly as many of the questions that you can in the allotted time. This also means that you cannot spend too much time on any one question. If you get stuck on a question, try to make an educated guess or randomly choose an answer and then move on to the next question.
If you are still having trouble passing your practice exams, then you may want to consider one of the following 3 options as an alternative method to help you raise your test score the next time you take the LSAT.
Test Preparation Classroom Courses:
These courses are made for those who prefer the face-to-face interaction with a teacher. They may be visual learners that need someone to talk them through and point them through the process. LSAT classroom courses tend to be kept small, maybe 8-10 students, so that the teacher can spend more individual time with those that need it. With a live teacher students can ask questions and have them immediately answered.
LSAT class instructors tend to have taught this course over and over again. They have statistics on how their students scored and they teach you little tips and tricks to conquer the LSAT and raise your score. They provide extensive practice materials to pinpoint the areas that you may need to work a little extra on in order to raise your score.
Test Preparation Online Courses:
Another way that you can increase your LSAT score is by taking an online course. Online courses allow you to prepare for your LSAT when and where you choose. Online courses provide lessons and drills that are all self-directed. You can skip around to work on the lessons and drills that you need rather than having to learn the lesson that has been prepared by the teacher. Many of these online classes offer an online chat service that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for help, assistance or to answer your questions. These types of courses are better for those that self-motivated and do not need interaction with their peers and with their teachers.
Private Tutoring:
Private tutors are best for those individuals that need one-on-one attention or for those that get distracted easily by other students. Private tutors are usually more expensive than the classroom or online courses. Tutors can usually accommodate your schedule so that it is convenient for you to fit learning into your daily routine. Money back guarantees are usually also available through private tutors. And with private tutors, they are able to identify the areas that the individual student is weak in and concentrate on teaching in those areas.
You can raise your LSAT score by working very diligently at any of these options. Which option is best really is determined by your learning style and what your needs are. Cost may also be a factor in determining which method you choose. If you work hard and focus your efforts you can take the LSAT a second time and raise your score.
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Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Always flawless, spotless and a clear skin is what many young people dread for. When a person is all set for a party and if he/she notices a small pimple on their face, immediate remedy is what they opt for. Acne shows itself mostly in the teen years but is also common in adults over 40.
Acne, nevertheless, has a major impact on the person’s outlook and confidence in life. Many researches have proven that a person with acne enhances decreased self-esteem, self-confidence, social withdrawal, embarrassment, depression hatred toward life and frustration. These negative effects on the psychology of a person can have a detrimental impact, discouraging attitude towards one’s life opportunities both socially and emotionally.
The following are the types of acne- Acne vulgaris, onset is during puberty and it, develops in face, shoulders, and chest. Acne rosacea, are the red rashes which develop on the face. Acne cosmetica are caused by usage of cosmetics. Shaving causes acne keloidalis nuchae. Acne medicamentosa are caused by sudden change or stop in the medication. Acne conglobata are the clusters of chronic absesses or boils, which last for years.
Acne is a mild to severe skin problem that is due to secretion of oil and dead skin cells, which clogs up the pores. It has many names such as pimples, blackheads, and whiteheads. Milder form of acne is one where few red spots or pimples occur. Whereas in severe cases big, red painful pimples cover the face, neck, and the back.
Mostly it begins in teen years and the reason stated is due to hormonal change during puberty, which makes the skin oilier. Acne may also be due to heredity and never caused due to eating chocolates and oily foods. These will worsen the existing condition and never be the cause.
To keep a control on acne and its scars regular skin-cleaning regime is necessary. Washing the skin/ face once or twice with a gentle soap is necessary. The acne cream will be useful for milder symptoms of acne. Benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, acne gel or cream, antibiotic pills and Isotretinoin can work very well on acne. However, these might cause side effects like depression, birth defects, or high cholesterol. Pregnant women should avoid these medications, as it will lead to birth defects in the fetus. Taking collagen treatment is effective in the scar removal. Collagen works on the pitted scar by plumping up the skin.
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Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Children are born gifted with the power of imitation. They can imitate everything they hear and see to perfection. This is how a two year old can talk Chinese if living in China, and Hindi if living in India. They repeat what they hear and they reproduce the sounds to perfection. There are many ways in which you can have children learn Spanish. Some these methods are briefly described below:
1. Right exposure - you would have to expose them to hearing this language as often as possible. It does not matter at first that they do not understand what they hear. You would need to offer them to hear something very interesting, preferably accompanied by videos that would hold their interest.
2. Bi-lingual books – Have them read books which are bi-lingual, i.e. presents the topic in two languages, (i) English (or any other preferred language) and (ii) Spanish. In this way the child can relate the words and expressions faster and hence, learn the language faster.
3. Use flash cards – Have a set of flash cards ready and use them for the most common things around the house and actions, i.e. food flash cards, toiletry flash cards, playing flash cards, actions (going to bathroom, going to play, seeing TV, playing with computers, etc) cards and so on. Encourage the child to pick the right flash card for what they want to do and then pronounce what is written there. If they cannot read, you do that and repeat it a couple of time, till the child is perfectly familiar with the words and the way they sound.
4. Speak Spanish at home – If you know, Spanish adopt the language at home for say two or three months. Set down the rules that for the next pre-agreed period no one would speak any other language than Spanish as long as they are inside the house and/or speaks with a member of the family. This method can bring some hilarious (initially), yet very effective results.
5. Use the computer – You should never forget that the present times is the time when computers reign supreme. The children would most probably, love and know how to play on the computers already. In this case, all you have to do is surf the Net for free classes of Spanish for kids – and watch for the response.
6. Learn online – you could ask the child(ren) to connect to a chat station (under parental supervision) and then seek to met Spanish children of the same age which whom they can chat. In this manner, the children can get their practice while staying out of the hair of people. Children find friendships over the Net and penpals a very interesting and irresistible phenomenon.
Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
In the future battlespace you may deploy hundreds of thousands of tiny micro-mechanical devices in swarms and send them to overwhelm your enemy. These little buggers will basically be mechanical insect size flying suicide bombers; picture an African Killer Bee Swarm taking down a Caribou in the wild? They could do it, but luckily Caribous live in colder climates.
But if these little units are robotic, well let’s just say your enemy does not have a prayer to get away. Remember the book “PREY” by Michael Crieghton? You are not the only ones, so did a lot of researchers from MIT and Berkeley too. And this concept has indeed caught the eye of the US Military now working on it.
Well if such a swarm of little tiny robotic insects is so powerful, then surely you enemy will build them too. Luckily I have designed several methods to defeat organic insect swarms controlled remotely and actual autonomous micro robotic man-made swarms as well. Now then what can we do once we have defeated these micro-mechanical flying swarm devices? Well let’s use them for spare parts. How so you ask?
Well simple really collect them via a vacuum unit, ionic attraction or magnet if possible and then take them to a micro-robotic re-assembly and recycling unit. None exist we must spend R and D money to create this now, because in the next two-decades we will need them to stay efficient.
Additionally they must clean the devices from the enemy and sterilize them incase they might have been carrying biological weapons agents, then very quickly disassemble them and categorically separate parts out. Then re-assembly with the needed parts from our arsenal and new communication re-configuring with the nodes and motes to insure they can complete our new mission. Then we send them back at the enemy. Serves them right to screw with us. Consider all this in 2006.
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