Saturday, July 28, 2012

Correction: Bangugot, Silent Killer



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BRUGADA SYNDROME

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From: tmv
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Subject: FW: Correction: Bangugot, Silent Killer 7/24/12 Marina
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:07:46 -0400











I like interactive readers, we all learn something............MARINA












From: drerwinmd

To: MARINAGF

Sent: 7/20/2012 10:56:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time

Subj: Re: HEALTH: Bangungot, Silent Killer 7/19/12 Marina


Hi Marina,



I think this particular EM propagates misinformation.  It is now generally accepted that bangungot is Brugada Syndrome.


International statistics


In parts of Asia (eg, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan), Brugada syndrome seems to be the most common cause of natural death in men younger than 50 years. It is known as Lai Tai (Thailand), Bangungot (Philippines), and Pokkuri (Japan). In Northeast Thailand, the mortality rate from Lai Tai is approximately 30 cases per 100,000 population per year.[17]

Etiology


The prototypical case of Brugada syndrome has been associated with alterations in the SCN5A gene, of which nearly 300 mutations have been described.[12]Mutations in other genes have been proposed to cause a variant of Brugada syndrome, including the genes coding for alpha1- and beta2b-subunits of the L-type calcium channel (CACNA1C and CACNB2), which are thought to cause a syndrome of precordial ST elevation, sudden death, and short QT interval.[13]





Erwin


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On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:59 PM, MARINAGF wrote:




HEALTH: Bangungot, Silent Killer

7/19/12 Marina


Bangungot is a Filipino affliction, causing sudden death while asleep. Cause

was unknown before, but now science attributes it to Acute Hemorrhagic

pancreatitis.........................MARINA



















CORRECTION ABOVE sent by Erwin............Marina































From: edith_  CA  Sent: 10/19/2011 Subj: Bangungot (sudden unexpected death syndrome)

Bangungot- Silent Killer!













(Acute Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis)

Most of us don't drink before sleeping because we want to avoid frequent trips to the bathroom.

SILENT KILLER: What u need to know about NIGHTMARE or BANGUNGOT !

It seems only MALES are afflicted with this.

IMPORTANT: Never go thirsty when going to bed and be sure you have plenty of water during your 8 hour rest. It is sudden death in adults which cause them to die while sleeping. Many theories have been put forward as its cause. However, here is an article which sheds some light to the cause of this malady. Please read on:

Article from THE PHILIPPINE STAR:
The reported cause of actor Rico Yan's death is nightmare or bangungot. Medical investigators in China, Japan and several Asian countries who performed autopsies on persons who died from "acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis" found out that the majority of them had eaten NOODLES as their supper. This was a startling finding. However, it wasn't the noodles that caused nightmares but DEHYDRATION. Imbibing even with a few drinks of alcohol or just eating noodles immediately before bedtime compound this on an empty stomach will trigger an electrolyte imbalance and other factors that causes a person to dehydrate or lose water. It is therefore advisable for a person to take several glasses of water before bedtime if he had a few or several alcoholic drinks. Avoid eating noodles before bedtime, but if you can not avoid it, allow at least two hours for the body to digest the noodles before hitting the sack and drink plenty of water. The most important thing is, never go thirsty when going to bed and be sure you have plenty of water during your 8 hour rest.

PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Friday, July 20, 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Bankrupt America

BANKRUPT AMERICA - THE OBAMA WAY

Heaven forbid! As a Citizen Voter, how can we avoid this?  Are we going to continue the failed stimuli and economic and environmental policies of  Obama, the Tax and Spend President, and his administration for four more years?  I've been thinking daily about my huge Illinois property tax bill - due August 1st.  As an American I should be entitled to a slice of Obama money, huh?  But, oh no!  I've been figuring out for quite sometime now how those folks on the other side of town making both ends meet.  Obama money.  Crony-ism. 
Okedoke.  Obama has fulfilled one of his broken promises -- an affordable healthcare to 30 million uninsured poor folks and illegals.  How is Obama going to afford paying for all that?  Why, from the American taxpayers of course!
Being gifted with sixth sense and foresight, I knew from the very beginning that I can't entrust my American dream of hard work and self-reliance to a community organizer and law "professor."  But folks are so uninformed before and voted for their fellow black brother.  No doubt, 95% of blacks will vote for Obama again.  Believe me.  They will!  I would too if a candidate is of the same color as I am.  It's the Law of Blood is Thicker than Water.

If America knows what's good for her, she better vote for Venture-Capitalist Mitt Romney.  He knows what to do with my hard-earned money that I saved for years and years of blood, sweat and tears.  He would be conservative in managing and spending.  I cringed when teachers union ask for a 20-40% pay raise.  I've worked in a noble profession, too, but the pay raise I got was between 2-3% only! 

You know what, some folks got it all made.  By hook or by crook! 





Saturday, July 14, 2012

Portman Delivers Weekly Republican Address

@ CITIZEN VOTER



This is not a joke although folks joke about it - that Republicans are more well-informed (so true) on what's happening in the State of the Union than Liberals who are not so well-informed but just believed in Obama's hypes and spins.  Let's save America this November and no more 4 years of mismanagement by the MAGIC BO.

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Mitt Romney

FROM: THE DESK OF FOREIGN BORN POLITICAL OBSERVER EVANSTON, IL.
SUBJECT: MITT ROMNEY - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 2012

I've been busy traveling and taking care of some projects for my family and friends.  A few letters from Mitt Romney have been accumulating on my desk and some from the "Bushes."  I just can't "stay away from the Bushes" (to quote Jesse Jackson, Sr.)  - I'm a valued member of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation and a recognized Charter Member of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.  That's right.  How Mitt Romney got my name I'm pretty sure he got it from Republican Party shared list.

I received an e-mail two weeks ago about Mitt Romney.  I said to myself, self, here we go again.  They say (I forgot who said it first), "Nice guys finish last."  I hope this will be proven wrong come November.

Here's Mitt Romney's Excellent Resume:

Full Name: Willard Mitt Romney
Birthday: March 12, 1947 (Pisces)

Harvard Business School
Harvard Law School - Passed the Michigan Bar (Did not practice law but went into business).

Venture-Capitalist - Invested in an office supply company with one store in Massachusetts - that company is Staples with 2,000 stores and employs 90,000 people.  Other companies that Bain Capital helped and saved the Bain Way -- Domino's, Sealy, Brookstone, Weather Channel, Burger King, Warner Music Group, Dollarama, and Home Depot Supply to name some.

Political pundits are denigrating Mitt Romney's business acumen -- that business people, that is, like Herbert Hoover don't make a good president.  Whatever that means.  HEY YOU, never been born during Hoover time, I know Romney and Romney is definitely not a Hoover.

I agree with Romney that a company or a corporation is made of people.  Anyone who looked at it differently is stupid.  Like Obama.  I don't know when he said it, somewhere in Virginia, that "If you got business, you didn't build that, somebody else made it happened."  May be he was talking about himself.  I quite agree with what he's saying -- the name Obama is a business or what I heard a prostitute once said "My body is my product."  So you see, all of Obama's young and adult life, somebody else made and molded his "business" for him -- an atheist mother, a Communist Kenyan father, a Muslim stepfather, Harvard and University of Chicago liberal professors, dismissed terrorist Professor Bill Ayres, Tony Rezko and real-estate wife and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, of course, listening for 20 years with his rantings of "God damn, America!"  Well done! All of these people made it all happened for him.  Lucky guy.

Other nice qualities:

Volunteer campaign worker for his dad's gubernatorial campaign for one year.  His father George Romney became the Governor of Michigan.
Unpaid intern in Governor's office for 8 years.
Mormon missionary in Paris for 2 years ( he said not one got converted to Mormon religion - France being a Catholic country).
Unpaid bishop and state president for his church for 10 years.
No salary as president of the Utah Olympic Games for 3 years.
No salary as Massachusetts Governor for 4 years.  (I have to further investigate and check the reason why).
GRAND TOTAL OF 28 YEARS OF UNPAID SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY, HIS COMMUNITY AND HIS CHURCH.

So, I'm voting for Mitt Romney because:
1.  I know his religion although I really don't care because I'm not really a fanatic religious person.
2.  That he won't desecrate the flag.  True or not, and how old, I got this deaf-mute e-mail and 9/11 video two weeks ago that Michelle said "All this for the damn flag" and Barack nodded in agreement.
3.  He's not going to bow down to foreign powers.
4.  He's not going to squander taxpayers money on vacation.

POLITICAL OBSERVATION:
For more than 3 years, it's been proven time and time again that the Obama Administration, composed mostly of supposedly or experienced and elite people turned out to be just failed civil servants in their socio-economic stimuli and policies.  In foreign policy, for more than 16 months, the Obama Administration has failed in Syria with many of its people dying everyday just like in Rwanda during the Clinton Administration.  The Democrats have been proven weak again in their foreign policy.  Oh, yeah...Obama killed Osama - but only on the behalf of the SEALS and the US military, CIA, etc.

Pleeeeeeease!!! Citizen Voters of America - Don't drink the kool-aid this NOVEMBER! It's POISON!



Friday, July 13, 2012

Obummer! by Christina Houston

What is the solution to our problem right here, right now in the United States? Why, easy does it. Ged rid of BO.  Christina Houston has a solid, well-tuned voice.  Enjoy!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Interesting facts on the world





What a wonderful world!

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If you count everything, including overseas territories, then France claims the title by

covering 12 time zones.

The United States would be the runner-up with 11 and then Russia with 9.



24: Most likely to disappear beneath the waves – Maldives




With all the talks of global warming and rising sea levels, it is the

residents of the Maldives that have the greatest reason to fear. With an

average height of around 1.8 meters above sea level their nation is the

lowest on Earth.



23: Most overweight population – Nauru




With over 95% of its population being overweight, the small island nation

of Nauru is by far the fattest country on Earth. Its obesity epidemic is

primarily attributed to the importation of western fast food that coincided

with an increased standard of living in the 20th century due to the

global popularity of its phosphate exports. It’s almost non sequitur…almost.



22: Roads made of coral – Guam




Because Guam doesn’t have any natural sand, but rather coral, the island

nation makes its asphalt using a mix of ground coral and oil rather

than importing sand from abroad.



21: Has 350 sheep for every person – Falkand Islands (UK)




With only about 3,000 people the Falkland Islands are home to approximately

half-a million-sheep. Not surprisingly wool is a major export.



20: Oldest sovereign state – Egypt




This largely depends upon your definition of a sovereign state but if you

are going by first acquisition of sovereignty then Egypt would be the

first country in the world to achieve sovereignty based upon the formation

of the first dynasty in 3100 BC.



19: Most lakes in the world – Canada





WITH OVER THREE MILLION LAKES, 9% of CANADIAN TERRITORY is actually

FRESH water and OVER  60% of ALL THE LAKES IN THE WORLD

are found WITHIN ITS BORDERS.



18: Least likely place to meet your neighbour – Mongolia





At 4 people per square mile Mongolia is the least densely populated country on Earth.

Compare this to the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong that has the highest population

density in the world with 340,000 people per square mile.



17: Largest number of tanks – Russia





It is a strange title to hold, but Russia has by far the most tanks of

any army in the world (21,000). Unfortunately for the motherland most

of these outdated machines are tributes to its past,

and although outnumbered (16,000), the United States has a much

more advanced tank inventory.



16: The land of no rivers – Saudi Arabia





Sounds a bit strange doesn’t it? For a country as big as Saudi Arabia

there has to be at least some sort of flowing water.

Well, there isn’t. Most of their fresh water comes from desalinization

plants or underground reservoirs.



15: Youngest population of any country – Nigeria





Generally the world's youngest country is determined by calculating

the portion of the population that is younger than 15.

Presently it is Nigeria that holds this distinction with roughly half of its

population having barely reached puberty (49%).



14: Most diverse country in the world – India





In almost every category – culturally, economically, climatically, racially,

linguistically, ethnically, and religiously India is either the most diverse

countries in the world, or the runner-up.



13: Fastest disappearing nation – Ukraine



With a natural decrease in population of .8% annually, between now

and 2050 Ukraine is expected to lose around 30% of its people.



12: Most of its citizens live abroad – Malta




After some rough economic times coupled with an increased birth rate,

Malta experienced significant immigration.

It was so significant that there are now more Maltese living abroad than

within the country itself.



11: Smaller than Central Park in New York City – Monaco





Although Vatican City is smaller (.17 sq mi) than Monaco (.8 sq mi), unlike

Monaco it doesn’t have any permanent residents

which leaves Monaco as the smallest permanently inhabited nation in the world…

smaller than Central Park.



10: Almost entirely covered in jungle – Suriname





With 91% of its land covered in jungle Suriname’s half-a-million residents

live primarily along the coast near the capital.

Only 5% of the population (mainly indigenous people) live inland.



9: Almost entirely treeless – Haiti





On the opposite end of the spectrum is Haiti, a country that has been so

badly deforested that you can tell where it borders the Dominican Republic

by looking at a satellite image (Haiti is on the left in the photo above).



8: Largest country with NO farms – Singapore





Although there are a number of small nations in the world that show no hint

of having an agriculture based economy, (take Vatican City for example)

Singapore is the largest of these urban city-states.



7: Most languages spoken – Papua New Guinea





Although English is its official language, only 1-2% of the population actually speak it.

As the most linguistically diverse country in the world, over 820 languages are spoken

in Papua New Guinea, or 12% of the world’s total.



6: Most educated people – Canada





With 50% of its population having been educated at the POST SECONDARY

level, Canada easily has the most educated populace in the world.

It is followed by Israel at 45% and Japan at 44%.



5: The “country desert” – Libya





With 99% of the country covered in desert, Libya is one of the most arid

places in the world and in some regions DECADES may go by without

a single drop of rain.



4: Least peaceful nation in the world – Somalia





Although for the last three years IRAQ has been ranked as the least peaceful country

in the world, according to the 'Global Peace Index', Somalia overtook it this year for the top spot.



3: Produces most of the world’s oxygen – Russia





Siberia is home to approximately 25% of the world’s forests that span an area larger

than the continental United States, making Russia the largest converter of CO2 into

breathable compounds.



2: World’s largest opium producer – Afghanistan




Producing a whopping 95 PERCENT of the world’s opium, not even

10 years of occupation by American forces have slowed down the industry.



1: Most people behind bars – United States  - (Really makes you proud, doesn’t?)



When it comes to incarcerating its population, the United States is the

WORLD'S UNCONTESTED LEADER.

With 2.2 million people BEHIND BARS,  it has 5% of the WORLD'S population,

but 25% of the WORLD'S INCARCERATED POPULATION.



China comes in second place at 1.5 million and Russia comes third at 870,000.


Published  7/12/12   altgroup multiply
Web Page:  Interesting facts on the world

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

M & N Wedding Anniversary

JULY 4, 2013
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON
CARINO'S, MCALLEN, TX


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HAPPY INTERDEPENDENCE DAY!
MARILOU & NAPOLEON

Wedding Day ~ July 4, 1975
Kansas City



"Take each other for better or for worse but not for granted."

- Arlene Dahl

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Happy Birthday, America!

JULY 4, 2012


AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL

O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!

America! America! God shed his grace on thee, and
Crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for patriot dreams that sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears!

Monday, July 2, 2012

Breakfast at Panera

SATURDAY BREAKFAST AT PANERA, SKOKIE

June 30, 2012

8:45 AM - 10:45 AM

Chit-chatting too loud over a cup of coffee and bagel, we were told rudely by one of the customers seated two tables away from us to be quiet.  I quite agree with one in our group that the old lady was ugly - kaya naman pala ang pagmu-mukha mukhang bruha.  One of the girls said we have a "Freedom of Speech" and the old lady should move to another table - a little farther away.  To have a loud voice is a God-given voice.

Nevertheless, we quiet down to the point of just whispering with each other.  What do you say? I don't think I could tell other people in a cafe or restaurant to stop talking too loud.  After all, it's an open space and a place of business and not a library or a church.

I hope I don't see the old bitch in Panera again! I sure do remember her ugly face.






OfficeMax

OFFICEMAX? NOT!

CALL THE STORE OFFICEMIN-imum.

Really and truly, I'm really a very patient and understanding customer.  Companies tend to layoff employees when business is slow and the economy is in the doldrums.

Last Wednesday, June 27, 12:15 pm, I went to the OfficeMax Evanston store to have some color copies made and for book-binding.  I asked an employee if anyone is taking care of the printing IMPRESS section.  She said the guy is having his lunch and may be back in 30 minutes.  Since I had other things to do and had to put things in order I told her I'll just wait for him.  I started using the color printer but it kept on jamming so I called the guy who I found out later was the manager.   He told me the other way of making copies and it worked.  I was done with the whole thing in about 20 minutes.  About 1:15 pm I could not wait any longer for my book-binding.  OfficeMax employees have it so good - an hour for lunch time!  Yeah, I was really patient and I've had it after an hour of waiting.  I went to the cashier on the other side and told her I'm going to report this particular store to the management.  She asked if I would like to talk to the manager?  I said, "Oh, okay."  It turned out the store manager was the one who helped me how to use the color printer.  He assumed I only wanted to use the color printer.  If "he knew" that I wanted to have some book-binding done he could have helped me "himself."  Ya, right! There were 4 employees that I saw in the big store and they were all so blind that I was sitting and waiting at the printing section.  By the way, the printing section guy finally came back around 1:20 pm or so.  I finally got my book-binding done!

Lesson learned: Don't go to any store, big or small, at lunch time.  Employees are OUT TO LUNCH!