Today's Top 20 Health Facts and Trivia ~from Hemorrhoids & indigestion to Bones, Babies and Viruses ~ Carlsvilleproject Style ~ ”Believe it .. Or Not”

Today's Top 20 Health Facts and Trivia ~from Hemorrhoids & indigestion to Bones, Babies and Viruses ”Believe it .. Or Not”

1. 2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.


2. 25% of your bones are located in your feet.


3. 35,000 people in the U.S. will die from the flu annually.


4. 40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.


5. A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!


6. A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!


7. A man once sued his doctor because he survived his cancer longer than the doctor predicted.


8. A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.


9. A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.


10. A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.


11. A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.


12. A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.


13. About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.


14. About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.


15. An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.


16. At age 70, more than 70 percent of men are still potent!


17. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.


18. By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.


19. Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!


20. Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants.

Psychiatric Hot Line ~ Example ~ Not a Model

World View of Global Warming

The Snows of Kilimanjaro, which give their name to a short story by Ernest Hemingway and his film adaptation starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner, have been a symbol of romanticism that has engulfed the African continent for centuries. But in recent years have also become a symbol of climate change.

 

A new study in the permafrost of the highest mountain in Africa, published today in the journal 'Proceedings of the National Accademy of Sciences' (PNAS) reinforces this idea. The research findings reveal that the glaciers located both in the crater on the slopes of the summit of Kilimanjaro could disappear within 20 years if nothing is done to reverse the current trend of global climate warming.



 

Portage Glacier 1914

Portage Glacier 2004

Glaciers across Western China and the Tibetan Plateau are shrinking, threatening more water shortages

In northern Guangdong, farmers who had good wells now must carry water past dried up fish ponds.

China is the rousing giant of global warming. It stands as a developing nation outside the guidelines of the Kyoto treaty, yet with more than one billion people and a huge energy-gobbling economy, it is one of the most influential countries in climate change.

Greenland's huge icecap, second only to Antarctica, is also showing signs of change, although measurements are preliminary. Outflow glaciers like this one on the central east coast, as measured by NASA airborne radar and laser, appear to be thinning and flowing more rapidly. The National Climate Data Center (NOAA) reports that 2002 saw the greatest measured surface melt of Greenland ice in 24 years of satellite records. Two deep ice cores from there provide a detailed Northern Hemisphere climate record extending beyond the last ice age.

Some of us are adjusting nicely..

Hummm  I wonder where the man is that was sitting in that chair......

Mom Help !

One day a little boy came home from school, and said to his mother, "Mommy, today in school I was punished for something that I didn't do."


The mother exclaimed, "But that's terrible! I'm going to have a talk with your teacher about this ... by the way, what was it that you didn't do?"
The little boy replied, "My homework."

BAD RAP FOR MOTHER-IN-LAWS?

POLICEMAN: DID YOU GET THE LICENCE NUMBER

OF THE CAR THAT KNOCKED YOU DOWN?

PEDESTARIAN: NO BUT I KNOW WHO DID IT;

MY MOTHER-IN -LAW!!!

POLICEMAN: HOW CAN YOU BE SO CERTAIN?

PEDESTARIAN: I'D RECOGNIZE THAT LAUGH ANYWHERE!!!!

Go Green Any Where You Like

This is as Green as it gets!

Going Green is in vogue today. Some argue that the planet is in mortal danger;that we are destroying it at an alarming rate. They make the case that we all as a Human Race must conserve our resources by limiting our consumption and pollution. Wheather or not you buy into the idea of Gobal Warming, the melting ice caps, the gradual pollution of our air and water entirely or in part, having a cleaner earth, preserving our natural resources, using our technology to engage creative power sources and have clean air to breath just makes sence.

I think most of us have seen pictures of engineers perched on their high tech bikes or driving little cars that use little or no fuel. Most look a little strange but I guess I have to applaud the effort and personal commitment to the cause.

Even the comedian George Carlin got on board by telling his audience that"Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in Kilometers."

The "Tree Huggers" as Green concious people are sometimes called, keep on inventing their gadgets to make their personal contribuations and sometimes just go over the top and around the bend!

This is a picture of a washing machine combination toilet, if you haven't figured it out yet. It uses the dirty wash water to flush the toilet. I just Love It! It gets my vote for the most creative contraption that I have seen in awhile.

Carl