Diabetes: A Silent Killer Disease

January 19, 2011 - In this decade alone, a staggering increase in diabetics in America has been recorded. This disease is silently eating away people’s health without them really knowing it. But diabetes is mostly preventable, treatable, and even reversible. The key is a lifestyle change.


If you do a people search today, you’ll be surprised that there is an estimated 80 million Americans that have diabetes or on borderline limit to developing the disease. This has prompted the US government to spend $174 billion each year to treat the disease.


There are actually two types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2 diabetes. When you have Type 1 diabetes this means that your body is unable to produce enough insulin. This is usually genetically related as the pancreas is unable to work properly. There’s nothing you can do to stop a Type 1 diabetes from happening, but a lot can be done to treat it.


Type 2 diabetes is basically acquired because of lifestyle issues. When there is too much fat in the body, the insulin is not able to work properly, causing the sugar to float around the body. Most of the population is affected by Type 2 diabetes as an average person east 15 pounds of sugar every year. With that number, it’s just too much for the body to adapt quickly and keep up with the fat.


Sugar is addicting. When you get a taste of a food that has a bit of sugar, your brain is stimulated to get more. It’s like drug, it turns you on. And the problem is sugar is found in almost all kinds of food even in our salad dressing.


The common misconception though is that diabetes is simply a sugar problem. Records search on people shows that most think that sugar is the start and end of diabetes. The body does need sugar. In a healthy body though, the pancreas functions effectively in releasing insulin that channels sugar from the bloodstream to the tissues.


But if there is too much sugar in the body, it can be a serious health problem. The sugar is simply stored in the belly and as our belly gets large, the fat poisons the insulin which in turn prevents sugar from getting out of the bloodstream. This then results in several health issues as heart problem.


Diabetes is a lifelong problem, so why wait until you have it before changing your lifestyle. It’s best to do something now before it’s too late.

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Facebook: Shutting down?

January 11, 2011 – Facebook is shutting down! This has been an issue over the weekend as this bogus announcement which was reported by some publications spread. Records search shows that the said news came from a fake news website Weekly World News (WWN) which is known for "(covering) events that seem to occur in a parallel universe. A fictitious quote from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was even released saying, “The stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness... I don't care about the money... I just want my old life back."

Facebook Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu also confirmed that this was all false news and he is appealing to do please stop this idiocy.

Background checking WWN, they started as a tabloid, as they stated on their website. I think they are just making their news just to get the attention of the readers even if it is fiction. One of their latest headlines includes, “Allien Spaceships to Attact Earth in 2011”, George Clooney to Run for President”, and Michelle Obama Pregnant!”

For those Facebook Addicts you shouldn’t worry anymore Facebook which is said to be shutting down this March 2011 was all bogus information. As what they had posted on their Facebook Official Fan Page: "We aren't going anywhere; we're just getting started."

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A second look at the Vizconde Massacre

December 15, 2010 – Philippines, After two decades of seeking for justice, the Vizconde Massacre still has a tight emotional grip on Filipinos. After the Supreme Court upturned the murder conviction of Hubert Webb and six others on December 14 and the world witnessed a weak and inconsolable Lauro Vizconde.

Many Filipino gave their insights on the case result; some of them aired their support for Vizconde and his continuing quest for justice. While some opinion is divided over Webb’s innocence, many agreed that 15 years in jail is too short for a guilty man — and too long for an innocent man.

If we will do a records search on this case, the said massacre happened on June 30, 1991 at their house in BF Homes, Parañaque City, Philippines. It was a multiple homicide of the Vizconde Family.

Findings:

Estrellita (47 years old) - suffered thirteen stab wounds

Carmela (18 years old) - seventeen stab wounds and had been raped before she was
killed

Jennifer (7 years old) - nineteen stab wounds.

Mr. Lauro Vizconde the father was in the United States by that time when the murder took place. It was a sensational story and the media had a field day. An anti-crime group was formed which launched a media barrage and the public lapped it up. Background checking the accused persons, they all came in a popular and influential families. Suspects are Hubert Webb, Antonio Lejano II, Hospicio Fernandez, Michael Gatchalian and Miguel Rodriguez. The case was unsolved for almost four years until a witness Jessica Alfaro appeared and testified against these persons. They were convicted by a lower court and the Philippine Court of Appeals but now acquitted by the Philippine Supreme Court.

Still with all the people affected it is more painful for Mr. Vizconde who says that he was “puzzled” and “disgusted” at how the Supreme Court reversed a ruling that has been affirmed by a local court and the Court of Appeals. He also said that now that the Supreme Court acquitted all the accused in this case, they should do their part to help him find the real killers to prove that the people they had acquitted were really innocent.

“I no longer expect justice in the laws of man. But I believe that in the end God will judge those who are lying and those who are saying the truth.” He wished the Webb family luck, saying Hubert and the six others were “fortunate" that “circumstances favored them."

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Pride of Alaska: Story of Caleb Aronson

Caleb Aronson was a singer-songwriter, unlike usual artist he was raised in North Pole. All of his song writing reflects a uniquely Alaska background.Linvengood(2005) was his first solo double album recorded entirely in Alaska which consist a lot of songs about Alaska history. His second album, From the Next Town was released in 2008.

Aronson began playing music around 15, this just happen when he borrowed a guitar to his dad and started to listen to his Dad’s record collections. He says “Looking at music was eye opening”, as he describes studying the written Harvest sheet music while listening to the album and learning to play the songs. His focus on songwriting over the years has led to recognitions from the Rasmuson Foundation (Aronson received an Individual Artist’s Award) and American Songwriter Magazine.

After three years living in Boston, Aronson returned to Alaska in 2009. He says it feels great to be back! If we will do a background check about Caleb Aronson, with his success outside Alaska still he didn’t forgot where he really came from. He is really an artist to be idolized and Alaska to be proud of!

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Vietnam takes action: The Police Shooting Prostitution

December 07, 2010 – Vietnam authorities demoted five police officers because of the accusation of filming the arrest of two prostitutes after the video was posted in the internet.

According to Vietnam press the said incident occurred around mid-November in which a man wearing blue shirt and yelling repeatedly used of vulgar words against two girls. It is said that the two girls tried to cover themselves but it was the duty to stand up and raised their hands to their capture.

People find it easy to search it on the internet after it was posted and being spread which made public discontent. In this act a police spokesman said that the Quang Ninh provincial police officers were disciplined for ethical violations. Three of them were down two levels; two were down a level and a person that transferred.

Colonel Nguyen Quoc Tien, chief police Cam Pha town, Quang Ninh said that the officers were seriously violated in the process work. Field recording can be used as evidence to investigate, but police have vulgar words, arrested prostitutes arms do not stand clothes to take pictures as "behavior is unacceptable." This was the words quoted by the Press which will serve as a warning to many police officers who misused their authority power.

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DPR fails to conduct Background Checks

December 1, 2010 - The D.C Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) which no longer operates child care centers under the program, failed to meet basic background check requirements.

A D.C government agency which received $1 million a year which is use to provide child care services under the federal head program failed to conduct background checks on its employees which includes workers who has previous cases of drug and other felony offenses. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Investigators said that a total of 43 employees failed to meet basic background check.

According to the report, the workers includes six DPR drivers who have been disqualified from working with children because of their past offenses like kidnapping, assault with deadly weapon and possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute. According to a Security Expert conducting background and criminal check on employees is not a problem to the city agency. All they have to do is to submit the names of their employees with their social security number to a background check company out there which is not a problem because of dozens of companies which offers the same service.

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EU Antitrust Probe targeting Google

November 30, 2010 - Last Tuesday the European Commission announced that they are investigating allegations that Google has abused its dominant position in online search to promote its other services.

The European Commission said that they will do some questions on PC manufacturers and software developers to see whether they were pressured by Google to make its search service the default in their products. The investigation was launched following a preliminary examination of complaints received by the Commission from a French legal search engine, and by two price comparators, Foundem of the U.K. and Ciao of Germany.

The Companies claim that their services were treated by Google unfavorably. The Commission was concerned that Google may have lowered the ranking result of its rival providers in order to promote similar service of its own.

Google Spokesman responded to the allegation saying that some restrictions are design especially to advertisers who are placing ads across several search engines; it doesn't play to the lowest common denominator -- which would hamper any new innovations in AdWords. They also hit back the complainants saying that background checking their international rival Microsoft they found out that Microsoft has a hand in two of the complainants. They stated that Microsoft owns Ciao and assisted Foundem to lobby in multiple cities around the world through an organization called ICOMP.

Still the Commission said that opening the investigation does not imply that it has been proven to any infringements. They said that the length of the investigation will depend on the company’s cooperation.

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