Are you or somebody you know suffering from excessive fatigue? It could be an early warning of heart problems Dr. Jean McSweeney of the Unversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences warned us in an article in the international edition of The Miami Herald a way back in 2004.
It is a good warning to keep in mind as heart attacks are still the number one killer of women in North America and many women, such a close friend of mine, still do not seem to aware of the symptom and carry on with life as usual likely waiting for chest pains and other symptoms to alert them to possible heart problems.
The critical thing is that according to the study mentioned in this newspaper article only 30 percent of the women in the study reported chest pains as a early warning of heart problems while 71 percent endured excessive fatigue for more than a month before the heart attack.
So if women acted on this symptom, according to McSweeney, they could save their lives.
That, of course, applies to men as well -- no matter how old they are -- because more young persons are falling from heart attacks quite suddenly.
( See "Smoke" Below)
Monday, October 15, 2012
More Evidence of Smoking Dangers
Here's a story which proves -- again -- the dangers of second hand smoke from the an older (2004) edition of The Wall Street Journal.
This persuasive piece of evidence comes from Helena, Montana. Investigators discovered that in this city when a ban was enforced in bars, restaurants and other indoor businesses there was a 60% reduction in hospital admissions for heart attacks in the 6 months it was in force.
However, business owners fearing a loss of business were apparently successful in getting a judge to overturn the smoking ban and smokers resumed their lethal habit -- and the hospital admissions for heart attacks returned to their previous levels.
As cardiologist, Sidney Smith observed. "This is a strong piece of evidence of the need to avoid the dangers of second hand smoke."
Such an overturning of an indoor smoking ban likely wouldn't happen today with most cities enforcing such bans, but if you are still a person who smokes in the car you can imagine the harm that you are inflicting on yourself and your passengers.
(See: "Never Do This" Below)
This persuasive piece of evidence comes from Helena, Montana. Investigators discovered that in this city when a ban was enforced in bars, restaurants and other indoor businesses there was a 60% reduction in hospital admissions for heart attacks in the 6 months it was in force.
However, business owners fearing a loss of business were apparently successful in getting a judge to overturn the smoking ban and smokers resumed their lethal habit -- and the hospital admissions for heart attacks returned to their previous levels.
As cardiologist, Sidney Smith observed. "This is a strong piece of evidence of the need to avoid the dangers of second hand smoke."
Such an overturning of an indoor smoking ban likely wouldn't happen today with most cities enforcing such bans, but if you are still a person who smokes in the car you can imagine the harm that you are inflicting on yourself and your passengers.
(See: "Never Do This" Below)
Never Do This!
The brutal attack of a security guard by three young men reminds us that you need to consider everyone a potential threat when you find yourself sitting in your vehicle in an isolated spot like this guard was at a school construction site at 3:00 A.M.
According to one morning television newscast he either opened his vehicle window and then actually got out of his patrol car to try and help a young man who claimed he was being followed by two other men.
Both responses can lead to disaster for you. If you are approached by a stranger in situations like this you should never open your window more than an inch or two. In that position behind the driver's wheel if you have a wide open window you are very vulnerable to attack as you have little room to duck or move out of the way of a punch or knife attack.
Always consider the possibility that this person might be setting you up ( as in this case) for attack by getting you to let your guard down allowing him or her the chance to get close enough to attack you.
If you do choose to get out of your car it should be on the side away from the person or persons confronting you -- even if this means turning your vehicle around.
At that moment when you are getting out -- when you are neither sitting or fully standing leaves you wide open to attack -- unless you have positioned your vehicle so that the person you are confronting is on the other side when you emerge. Then you have your vehicle as shield to give you time to defend yourself.
The other thins you have to do is look carefully around before, and after you have left your vehicle to make sure this person does not have accomplices lurking around ready to join him or her in an attack once you have left the safety of your vehicle.And do not let this person get too close to you at any time
In most situations it would be better to call the police in a situation like the once this guard was in and let them respond first while you remain there on the scene -- in the safety of your vehicle.
Think. Ask yourself, "what is the safe thing to do?" before you respond to possibly dangerous situations involving other persons; it looks like the economy could be in for a continued beating and we are going to see more and more crime -- especially around construction sites, but also possibly in parking malls or even around your home.
(See post below about Canadian companies and the economy)
According to one morning television newscast he either opened his vehicle window and then actually got out of his patrol car to try and help a young man who claimed he was being followed by two other men.
Both responses can lead to disaster for you. If you are approached by a stranger in situations like this you should never open your window more than an inch or two. In that position behind the driver's wheel if you have a wide open window you are very vulnerable to attack as you have little room to duck or move out of the way of a punch or knife attack.
Always consider the possibility that this person might be setting you up ( as in this case) for attack by getting you to let your guard down allowing him or her the chance to get close enough to attack you.
If you do choose to get out of your car it should be on the side away from the person or persons confronting you -- even if this means turning your vehicle around.
At that moment when you are getting out -- when you are neither sitting or fully standing leaves you wide open to attack -- unless you have positioned your vehicle so that the person you are confronting is on the other side when you emerge. Then you have your vehicle as shield to give you time to defend yourself.
The other thins you have to do is look carefully around before, and after you have left your vehicle to make sure this person does not have accomplices lurking around ready to join him or her in an attack once you have left the safety of your vehicle.And do not let this person get too close to you at any time
In most situations it would be better to call the police in a situation like the once this guard was in and let them respond first while you remain there on the scene -- in the safety of your vehicle.
Think. Ask yourself, "what is the safe thing to do?" before you respond to possibly dangerous situations involving other persons; it looks like the economy could be in for a continued beating and we are going to see more and more crime -- especially around construction sites, but also possibly in parking malls or even around your home.
(See post below about Canadian companies and the economy)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Do You Believe This?
Do you believe the post below about Lance Armstrong?
It seems like a perfect example of the lengths some government investigators will go to -- to get people to turn against somebody.
You have to remember that this investigator who has been on the Armstrong vendetta for so long swore he would get Armstrong one way or the other -- to prove how efficient and his agency was.
They still have no solid evidence -- only the word of admitted dopers.
The only thing that all of this proves is that if you know associates are doing something wrong -- distance yourself from them quickly -- and if you are innocent of allegations against you don't stop fighting.
It seems like a perfect example of the lengths some government investigators will go to -- to get people to turn against somebody.
You have to remember that this investigator who has been on the Armstrong vendetta for so long swore he would get Armstrong one way or the other -- to prove how efficient and his agency was.
They still have no solid evidence -- only the word of admitted dopers.
The only thing that all of this proves is that if you know associates are doing something wrong -- distance yourself from them quickly -- and if you are innocent of allegations against you don't stop fighting.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Critical Things To Remember
Here are a few critical things to remember in any endevor, courtesy of Murphy's Law and Ending Violence Quickly by veteran security and personal protection veteran Mac Young:
"The important things are always simple. The simplest things are always hard. The easy way is always mined."
A lot of food for thought there. Yes. The important things can be simple if you go about accomplishing them the right way. But the simplest things that should be easy nearly always carry hidden problems that you have to be prepared to handle -- because -- as Murphy says, " The easy way is always mined."
Success in whatever you are doing is remember to ask yourself, "Yes it looks easy -- but what if? before you start.
a good and very tragic example of this is the case of what happened to Albert Chretien, a Penticton BC resident who started out on a short-cut back road while travelling to Nevada with his wife during the winter of 2011
When their van got stuck in the much of the road he left his wife and started out on foot with a GPS device to find help. But according to the latest account in the Vancouver Metro Oct 2, 2012, his GPS went dead and he got fatally lost in the heavily wooded area in the snow.
He could very likely have survived if he had taken the time to ask, "What if the battery in my GPS goes dead or becomes faulty." before he left the van and started out on foot -- because where they found his remains under some trees was not that far from a nearby town and help.
"The important things are always simple. The simplest things are always hard. The easy way is always mined."
A lot of food for thought there. Yes. The important things can be simple if you go about accomplishing them the right way. But the simplest things that should be easy nearly always carry hidden problems that you have to be prepared to handle -- because -- as Murphy says, " The easy way is always mined."
Success in whatever you are doing is remember to ask yourself, "Yes it looks easy -- but what if? before you start.
a good and very tragic example of this is the case of what happened to Albert Chretien, a Penticton BC resident who started out on a short-cut back road while travelling to Nevada with his wife during the winter of 2011
When their van got stuck in the much of the road he left his wife and started out on foot with a GPS device to find help. But according to the latest account in the Vancouver Metro Oct 2, 2012, his GPS went dead and he got fatally lost in the heavily wooded area in the snow.
He could very likely have survived if he had taken the time to ask, "What if the battery in my GPS goes dead or becomes faulty." before he left the van and started out on foot -- because where they found his remains under some trees was not that far from a nearby town and help.
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