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The Top Killer Cancer You Don't Know About: November Marks Lung Cancer Awar
2007-11-16 03:16:00
This year, as in the past, lung cancer will kill more Americans than any other cancer. In fact, lung cancer will claim more lives than the next four leading cancer killers -- breast, prostate, colon and pancreas cancers -- combined.The facts about lung cancer are startling, and few people realize the true scope of the disease. Gregory Kalemkerian, M.D., co-director of thoracic oncology at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center has provided the top nine facts to know about lung cancer:1. The death toll is high. About 213,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year and more than 160,000 die from it.2. For smokers, the symptoms are familiar. Coughing, shortness of breath, weight loss, fatigue and coughing up blood are often the first symptoms of the early stages of the disease. "The biggest problem is that most people are diagnosed late, because early stage symptoms are common to smokers," said Kalemkerian.3. Late diagnoses make it deadly. "Surgery...
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Great Wedding Gift Ideas
2007-11-10 08:16:00
You're looking for a special wedding gift, and don't want to simply choose something from the registry. You want unique and memorable wedding gift ideas.Every couple is unique. So here are a few surefire tips to help you find wonderful and unforgettable wedding gift ideas that match the couple perfectly.Today's weddings are as unique as the people involved. The wedding day is one of the most memorable and special events in a person's life; and the means by which the day is celebrated and executed, are no longer routine. So you'll want to make sure your wedding gift ideas as are tailored to suit the event and the couple.If you know the theme of the wedding, your shopping time could be cut in half. Simply choose a unique gift, they both will enjoy that concentrates around the theme.If you don't know the theme of the wedding, think about the couple. What is their couple "identity"? For example, if they take a trip together... Do they go camping, skiing, golfing, to the beach, to ...
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Which Earns More Money, A Bond Investment Or FOREX Investment
2007-11-10 07:45:00
Investing in bonds and the savings bank is safe as we will see. But if you are adventurous you can make a great deal from Forex .The article is written primarily for the smaller investor who needs high yield, the man who has between, let us say, $5,000 and $100,000. If the $5,000 investor secures a return on his money not of 3%, or $150 per year, but 12% $600 per year his benefit will be material, not nominal.If the $100,000 investor receives not $3,000 but $12,000 the difference is great enough to mean complete financial independence.While theoretically the large investor, the one with $1,000,000 and up, does not need to consider forex investments, because his $1,000,000 in the savings bank yields him $30,000 a year, or his investment in tax free bonds at 4% yields him $40,000 a year not subject to income tax, strangely enough this is the type of investor who invests the most heavily in the riskier opportunities. Some of the very largest aggregations of capital in the world do littl...
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The 14 Principles of TOYOTA WAY
2007-11-04 04:55:00
The Toyota Way has been called "a system designed to provide the tools for people to continually improve their work"[1] The 14 principles of The Toyota Way are organized in four sections: 1) Long-Term Philosophy, 2) The Right Process Will Produce the Right Results, 3) Add Value to the Organization by Developing Your People, and 4) Continuously Solving Root Problems Drives Organizational Learning. The principles are set out and briefly described below: Section I ? Long-Term Philosophy Principle 1 Base your management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at the expense of short-term financial goals. Section II ? The Right Process Will Produce the Right Results Principle 2 Create a continuous process flow to bring problems to the surface. Work processes are redesigned to eliminate waste (muda) through the process of continuous improvement ? kaizen. The eight types of muda are: Overproduction Waiting Unnecessary transport Overprocessing Excess inventory Unnecessary...
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Gembutsu Definition
2007-11-04 04:43:00
Gembutsu is a Japanese word meaning "real thing" and it is a component of the so-called "three reals". This is the Japanese mindset teaching that when there is a problem somewhere, one should get as close to it as possible before proposing a solution. By observing the actual process at the actual place, the problem solver is able to obtain actual data. This effort will allow for a decision to be based on facts, instead of relying on second hand information collected by others. In practice, this results in short office meetings, with the brunt of work being completed on the shop floor. The three reals are: The actual place of work, shop floor or gemba (pronounced gem-baah) The actual product or gembutsu (pronounced gem-boot-sue) The real facts and data or jujitsu (pronounced jew-jeet-sue) The 3 reals are a fundamental element of kaizen.
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Acupuncture
2007-11-04 04:21:00
....I bet when they go in for a root canal the only needle they want to see is a shot of Novocain. --Cecil Adams Here's the picture: a few thousand years before it was known that blood circulates or germs cause disease, doctors who had never dissected a frog, claimed that yin and yang could be balanced by inserting needles into the right points, among the hundreds of points strung along 12 meridians....Scientists suggest the needles stimulate release of endorphins. Jalapeno peppers do the same thing. So it wouldn't matter where you stick the needles would it? Then who needs an acupuncturist? --Bob Park Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medical technique for unblocking chi (ch'i or qi) by inserting needles at particular points on the body to balance the opposing forces of yin and yang. Chi is an energy that allegedly permeates all things. It is believed to flow through the body along 14 main pathways called meridians. When yin and yang are in harmony, chi flows fr...

What is mesothelioma?
2007-11-04 04:05:00
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer. It is a cancer of mesothelial cells. These cells cover the outer surface of most of our internal body organs, forming a lining that is sometimes called the mesothelium. So this is where this type of cancer gets its name The tissues lining (or covering) the lungs are called the pleura. There are two pleura. These can be called pleural membranes. The gap between them is called the pleural space. The pleura are fibrous sheets. They help to protect the lungs. They produce a lubricating fluid that fills the gap between the two pleura. This helps the lungs to move smoothly in the chest when they are inflating and deflating as we breathe.Mesothelioma is most often diagnosed in the pleura. This is known as pleural mesothelioma. Because it is so close, pleural mesothelioma can also affect the sheet of tissue covering the heart - the pericardium. Doctors call the pericardium the lining, although it is on the outside of the heart. It ...
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Type of cancer
2007-11-04 04:01:00
Carcinomas The majority of cancers, about 85% (85 in a 100), are carcinomas. They start in the epithelium, which is the covering (or lining) of organs and of the body (the skin). The common forms of breast, lung, prostate and bowel cancer are all carcinomas. Carcinomas are named after the type of epithelial cell that they started in and the part of the body that is affected. There are four different types of epithelial cells: squamous cells - that line different parts of the body, such as the mouth, gullet (oesophagus), and the airwaysadeno cells - form the lining of all the glands in the body and can be found in organs such as the stomach, ovaries, kidneys and prostatetransitional cells - are only found in the lining of the bladder and parts of the urinary systembasal cells - that are found in one of the layers of the skin. A cancer that starts in squamous cells is called a squamous cell carcinoma. A cancer that starts in glandular cells is called an adenocarcinoma. Cancer ...
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What is Cancer ?
2007-11-04 03:54:00
The organs and tissues of the body are made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Cancer is a disease of these cells. Cells in different parts of the body may look and work differently but most reproduce themselves in the same way. Cells are constantly becoming old and dying, and new cells are produced to replace them. Normally, cells divide in an orderly and controlled manner. If for some reason the process gets out of control, the cells carry on dividing, developing into a lump which is called a tumour. Tumours can be either benign or malignant. Cancer is the name given to a malignant tumour. Doctors can tell if a tumour is benign or malignant by examining a small sample of cells under a microscope. This is called a biopsy. In a benign tumour the cells do not spread to other parts of the body and so are not cancerous. However, if they continue to grow at the original site, they may cause a problem by pressing on the surrounding organs. A malignant tumour consis...

Confidence
2007-11-03 08:52:00
Confidence is a mental process that arises from considering if a person or thing is capable of something. Self-confidence is having confidence in oneself when considering a capability. Overconfidence is having unmerited confidence--believing something or someone is capable when they are not. Scientifically, a situation can only be judged after the aim has been achieved or not. It is incorrect to label someone overconfident unless that aim has been achieved or not, since one cannot know whether something is possible, only believe, which is confidence. Confidence can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, as those without it may fail or not try because they lack it, and those with it may succeed because they have it, rather than because of an innate ability. Choking refers to losing confidence, especially self-confidence, just at the moment when it is needed most and doing poorly as a result e.g. in sports. This is found as a common plot device in literature and film, and is usually devised t...
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SELF DISCIPLINE
2007-11-02 08:54:00
The Five Pillars of Self-Discipline The five pillars of self-discipline are: Acceptance, Willpower, Hard Work, Industry, and Persistence. If you take the first letter of each word, you get the acronym ?A WHIP? ? a convenient way to remember them, since many people associate self-discipline with whipping themselves into shape. Each day of the series, I?ll explore one of these pillars, explaining why it?s important and how to develop it. But first a general overview?. What Is Self-Discipline ? Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state. Imagine what you could accomplish if you could simply get yourself to follow through on your best intentions no matter what. Picture yourself saying to your body, ?You?re overweight. Lose 20 pounds.? Without self-discipline that intention won?t become manifest. But with sufficient self-discipline, it?s a done deal. The pinnacle of self-discipline is when you reach the point that when you ma...

WHAT IS KAIZEN ?
2007-11-02 06:36:00
You, like many others, may be wondering what exactly Kaizen is and why we use it in our name. Kaizen (Ky' zen) is a Japanese business philosophy first made famous by Masaaki Imai. In his book Kaizen: the Key to Japan's Competitive Success (1986, McGraw-Hill), which first introduced the Kaizen concept to the Western corporate world, Masaaki Imai defined it as: "a means of continuing improvement in personal life, home life, social life, and working life. At the workplace, Kaizen means continuing improvement involving everyone - managers and workers alike. The Kaizen business strategy involves everyone in an organization working together to make improvements without large capital investments." The word Kaizen itself is derived from two different Japanese words, kai and zen. Kai, meaning: to change or modify; an...

History of Insurance
2007-11-02 06:21:00
Insurance or assurance, device for indemnifying or guaranteeing an individual against loss. Reimbursement is made from a fund to which many individuals exposed to the same risk have contributed certain specified amounts, called premiums. Payment for an individual loss, divided among many, does not fall heavily upon the actual loser. The essence of the contract of insurance, called a policy, is mutuality. The major operations of an insurance company are underwriting, the determination of which risks the insurer can take on; and rate making, the decisions regarding necessary prices for such risks. The underwriter is responsible for guarding against adverse selection, wherein there is excessive coverage of high risk candidates in proportion to the coverage of low risk candidates. In preventing adverse selection, the underwriter must consider physical, psychological, and moral hazards in relation to applicants. Physical hazards include those dangers which surround the individual or prop...
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H5N1 Virus
2007-11-02 06:09:00
nfluenza A virus subtype H5N1, also known as A(H5N1) or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which can cause illness in humans and many other animal species.[1] A bird-adapted strain of H5N1, called HPAI A(H5N1) for "highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of type A of subtype H5N1", is the causative agent of H5N1 flu, commonly known as "avian influenza" or "bird flu". It is endemic in many bird populations, especially in Southeast Asia. One strain of HPAI A(H5N1) is spreading globally after first appearing in Asia. It is epizootic (an epidemic in nonhumans) and panzootic (affecting animals of many species, especially over a wide area), killing tens of millions of birds and spurring the culling of hundreds of millions of others to stem its spread. Most mentions of "bird flu" and H5N1 in the media refer to this strain.[2] HPAI A(H5N1) is an avian disease. There is no evidence of efficient human-to-human transmission or of airborne transmission of HPAI A(H5N1) to humans....
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