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First Bath for JAPAN

- After more than 10 days in makeshift evacuation centres, hundreds of victims of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami took their first bath since the disaster and a chance to warm up in the winter chill.
The baths, one for men and one for women, were set up by soldiers inside a dark green tent in a car park in Kamaishi City in the northeast of Japan which took the brunt of the tremor and tsunami that followed, leaving about 21,000 dead or missing. Hundreds of thousands have been made homeless.
"I usually took a quick bath before. But today I sat in the tub for about 15 minutes, thinking about what has happened," said 48-year-old Kaoru Oikawa.
"I lost my parents (because of the quake and the tsunami) and I've just cremated them. I wish I could have taken them here to bathe."
Public baths are still a way of life in many parts of Japan.
"I just ran away from my house after the quake without grabbing anything. They gave me some fresh underwear but these are the same clothes I was wearing that day," said 95-year-old Keiko Asano, pointing to her shirt.
"I can never forget what has happened, but I'm feeling relieved after taking a bath."
In icy rain, victims arrived in a group on organised shuttle buses from evacuation centres. Nearly 2,000 people have come to bathe at the Kamaishi facility since they opened the public bath a few days ago.
"It was better than any hot spring I have ever gone," said 57-year-old Kazuyuki Honda.

Japan Terror

TOKYO, March 22 (UPI) -- A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Japan Tuesday, the third strong aftershock in 2 1/2 hours near the epicenter of the March 11 mega quake, scientists said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the two other quakes had preliminary magnitudes of 6.6 and 6.4, making them among the strongest of several temblors that have rocked northeastern Japan since the 9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck.
Japan's National Police Agency said as of 6 p.m. Tuesday the death toll from the March 11 quake had reach 9,080 in 12 prefectures with 13,561 missing, Kyodo News reported.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said 5,682 schools in 23 prefectures were damaged, while classes at 3,379 schools in 16 prefectures have been suspended.
The government also said 270,000 evacuees are living in about 1,900 shelters spread across 16 prefectures.
East Japan Railway Co. said it had resumed bullet train services between Morioka and Shin-Aomori stations. The Tohoku Expressway, a major route between Tokyo and the quake-hit region, was reopened to trucks.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday all six reactors at the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been reconnected to external power, Kyodo News reported. The plant operator said it had restored lighting in the control room for the No. 3 reactor, which was expected to facilitate efforts to restore the reactors' cooling functions.
"I think the situation will head toward a better direction, but it is too early to say that things have stabilized sufficiently," Kyodo quoted Tokyo Electric Executive Vice President Sakae Muto as saying.
Hidehiko Nishiyama, spokesman of the government's nuclear safety agency, told reporters getting electricity into the facilities would allow crews to check whether the current measures being taken are adequate to contain the crisis.
He said a critical full-scale "meltdown" was unlikely, Kyodo said.
TEPCO executives apologized in person for the first time since the quake, Kyodo said.
Operations had been suspended Monday when smoke was detected at the Nos. 2 and 3 reactors, the plant's operator said.
Firefighters and TEPCO crews sprayed huge amounts of water onto the spent nuclear fuel pools at the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors.
While white smoke -- identified as possibly steam -- spewed from the buildings housing the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, but TEPCO officials said the smoke didn't hinder work to restore electricity and radiation levels did not surge at the site.
After the earthquake and a subsequent tsunami knocked out power at the plant, cooling functions failed at the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 reactors and their cores were believed to have melted partially. Pools storing spent nuclear fuel rods outside reactors at the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 units lost their cooling capabilities, requiring water to be pumped in. Hydrogen explosions blew off the roofs and upper walls of the buildings housing the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 units.

Japan's Crisis Evokes Troubled Memories of Nuclear Past

CBC

With radiation spreading to the food chain, many have questioned the choices that led Japan to embrace nuclear energy. The ruins of bomb-ravaged Hiroshima stand as testament to the conflicted relationship the nation shares with nuclear power.

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda said during a news conference Tuesday the situation remains "extremely tough."

"It is difficult to say that things are showing progress from my feeling," Kaieda said.
Tokyo Electric resumed its rolling blackouts Tuesday after a long weekend, with demand for electricity expected to exceed its quake-affected supply capacity, Kyodo reported.
TEPCO officials Tuesday confirmed seawater pollution near the plant has expanded, one day after concentrated radioactive substances were detected in seawater near the plant's water discharging outlets. Nuclear safety agency officials said the substances, such as iodine and cesium, don't pose immediate health threats, Kyodo reported.
Tokyo Power also planned to test Pacific Ocean water samples from four locations off the plant, after finding highly concentrated radioactive substances in the seawater near the plant's water discharging outlets.
As concerns rise about radiation contamination of food items, the Japanese government ordered Fukushima and three other prefectures to suspend shipments of spinach and another leaf vegetable, kalina, after radioactive substances were found in the produce. Trace amounts of radioactive substances also were detected in drinking water in nine prefectures, but not at unsafe levels.
The World Health Organization has said it is watching the food contamination situation but noted there didn't appear to be any immediate health risk.


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A new leaf

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Get Serious!!!!

You're doing everything right: Banishing junk food, training hard, adding in some cardio – but none of it seems to touch that spare tire around your waist.

Well, don't save up for lipo just yet.

When everything in your regimen says you should have visible abs and yet you don't, try these tricks to get you ready for the shirtless days of summer.

Trick 1: Dial-In Your Pre-Bed Meal

What did you eat before bed last night? What are you going to eat before bed tonight?

It's important, because what you eat in the two hours prior to bedtime has an enormous impact on your physique, especially when it comes to fat loss.

Here's the rule: Eat for what you're about to do.

Sure, some lucky bastards may go to bed and find a pair of scantily clad Playmates frolicking around between the sheets. But most of us mortals aren't about to engage in two hours of NEPA (non-exercise physical activity) when we head toward the bedroom.

For that reason, we don't need to eat a traditional bodybuilding meal at that time. Instead, we need to eat for what we're about to do: not move very much.

More specifically, your carbohydrate needs are dramatically diminished – arguably eliminated – when you're sleeping. Remember, carbs fuel high-intensity exercise like weight-training and sprinting, and there's no such thing as "high-intensity sleeping."

Fat, on the other hand, becomes the primary fuel source as the intensity of exercise goes down. In fact, when you're sleeping you're burning almost exclusively fat for fuel.

Therefore, feeding your body carbs prior to bed dramatically increases the chance that the carbs are stored as opposed to being burned. And if carbs aren't burned, they're either stored as glycogen or as fat.

If you happen to have weight-trained (cardio doesn't count) in the last three or four hours prior to retiring to your chamber, then there's very little chance that the carbs you eat at this time will be converted to fat. That's because glycogen stores are low and will hog all the carbs, leaving none needing to be converted to fat.

However, the majority of us don't train within three or four hours before bed, so we should eliminate carbs in our pre-bed meal. When I say eliminate I don't necessarily mean zero grams. Don't be afraid of low-starch veggies at this time.

As for pre-bed fat intake, I stand by my rule of "have fat when you don't have carbs." However, I do recommend cutting your normal portion of fat in half.

There's evidence that consuming a large amount of fat (a "fat load") suppresses hormone sensitive lipase (HSL), which is needed to break down fat. (1) Although the fat load in this study was more than a savvy trainee would normally consume in one meal (40g), I'd recommend being even more conservative. For the last meal of the day, limit yourself to 10 or 15 grams of fat.

Trick 2: Do Morning, No-Carb Cardio

No, not "fasted" cardio, but rather "no-carb" cardio. There's a big difference.

Let's say you just knocked back a bowl of Fruit Loops and you decide you want to go do some cardio to get leaner. Problem is, that cardio is going to primarily be fueled by your Fruit Loops, not your love handles.

That's because eating carbs blunts fat burning and promotes the body's use of carbs for fuel. Clearly, we don't want to burn carbs for fuel if we're doing cardio to lose fat.

So how do we burn fat for fuel?

Fasting – going without eating for a period of time, like during sleep – shifts the body toward burning fat for fuel. Why? Liver glycogen and blood sugar are lower after fasting, so the body is forced to burn fat for fuel in a fasted state.

Fasted cardio leads to significantly higher levels of the potent fat-burning hormone, norepinephrine, than non-fasted cardio. (2) That's why bodybuilders have been doing fasted cardio for years, with great results.

But this strategy isn't quite perfect.

In addition to burning fat for fuel, the body will also mobilize protein to help with meeting energy demands. And it will get this protein, specifically amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) from muscle tissue. Your muscles are parting with precious branched-chain amino acids. Not good.

Yep, your body will break down muscle tissue to fuel your treadmill walking, even without your permission. And this occurs more and more as the intensity of exercise goes up. But there's a way around this robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul conundrum.

Consuming BCAAs prior to doing cardio reduces and even prevents the protein breakdown that would otherwise occur. (3) That means more muscle for you and a faster metabolic rate.

When doing high-intensity interval training (HIIT), research suggests it's probably not beneficial to do it fasted, since the fuel used for it isn't fat anyway. It's carbs. However, consuming BCAAs prior to HIIT is still crucial, maybe even more so. As the intensity of exercise goes up, so does the role BCAAs play in energy production.

Trick 3: Eat to Replenish Your Muscles, Not Your Liver

Fact: You need to eat carbs to replenish muscle glycogen for optimal performance and muscle growth. Trying to build muscle without carbs is like driving with four flat tires. It can be done, but it ain't fast, and it ain't fun!

But it's not enough to just eat carbs and hope they'll make it to your muscles. You need to know they're going to your muscles. Ditch the wish-upon-a-star strategy and implement a scientific protocol of carb consumption.

Let's review some carb science. There are three types of monosaccharides of interest to us humans: glucose, fructose, and galactose. The latter comes from the breakdown of the disaccharide lactose, found in dairy products. I highly doubt a significant portion of your carbs come from lactose.

Regardless, it will be broken down into one part glucose and one part galactose. Subsequently, the galactose will soon be converted to your body's favorite monosaccharide – glucose.

Glucose is the body's preferred carb currency. Once in the body – whether ingested directly or from the breakdown of more complex carbs – glucose is used for energy, stored as glycogen, or converted to fat.

In The Insulin Advantage we discussed the importance of not overeating carbs so that the excess can't be converted to fat. We only want to eat enough carbs to supply our immediate energy needs and to replenish glycogen, specifically muscle glycogen.

The cool, physique-friendly thing about glucose is that it preferentially replenishes muscle glycogen as opposed to liver glycogen. It seems the skeletal muscles worked out some sort of deal with the body so that it gets first dibs on extra glucose before the liver gets a chance to lay its mitts on the fuel. That's great for us, because we desperately want our carbs to go to our muscles, not to our liver!

Enter fructose. This diabolical bastard evidently worked out a similar deal with the devil. Er, I mean the liver.

When we ingest fructose, it's quickly absorbed and shuttled off to the liver. It'll then be stored as liver glycogen and will be slowly broken down as needed by the blood.

The problem? Storing carbs in our liver does our muscles no good! The other problem is that once the liver is full of glycogen (and it only holds about 100 grams) it will convert any incoming fructose to triglycerides. That sucks. It sucks from an appearance standpoint and from a health standpoint.

What does that mean for us? It means that we certainly don't need to be too liberal with our fructose intake!

It also means that your pre-workout carbs should be glucose-containing carbs, NOT fructose-containing. Because, essentially, whatever carbs you eat from fructose are not going to your muscles, which so desperately want and need them post-workout. So, keep an eye on fructose, but also monitor your sucrose intake. Sucrose, which is table sugar, is a disaccharide made of one fructose molecule and one glucose molecule. In other words, sucrose is half fructose.

Soda is definitely not a good choice for post-workout carbs, but there's a much less obvious carb source we need to keep an eye on: fruit. For example, of the roughly 25 grams of carbs in an apple, about 15 grams are from fructose.

The point isn't to avoid fruit altogether. In fact, I typically recommend most people eat one or two servings a day because it's packed with a plethora of micronutrients. Rather, the point is to avoid having a couple pieces of fruit and thinking all 50 grams of carbs are going to your starving muscles. They're not.

A far better approach is to have no more than one piece of fruit at a time, even in the post-workout "window of opportunity." And if you're going to have fruit post-workout, consider making it a banana, which has more glucose, yet about half the fructose of an apple.

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CAN SMOKING WEED KILL YOU?

YESS!!!

Cannabis smoke contains FOUR TIMES as many cancer-causing chemicals as tobacco smoke, and can also lead to lung cancer, bronchitis and emphysema.

There is also evidence it can trigger heart attacks.

The drug can cause hallucinations, aggravate schizophrenia and other mental disorders and undermine the effects of anti-psychotic treatment.

Other effects include infertility and impotence.  Excessive use has been linked to low sperm count and, in women, reduced fertility.

Supporters claim the drug relieves pain.  Indeed, the Government is funding trials to see if it can help multiple sclerosis sufferers.

But the trials use a special type of cannabis inhaled as a vapour which does not allow the user to get high.

When the active element THC ( tetrahydrocannabinol ) is in full force in the illegal variety, it is dangerous.

As a cannabis smoker inhales, about 400 different chemicals are released into the bloodstream via the lungs.

It then rushes straight to the brain.

The pulse rate increases, blood pressure goes down, eyes become bloodshot and the mouth dry.

The "high" effects start minutes after smoking and can last up to four hours.

Many of the fifty-something liberals who praise the drug they took in their youth need to look at the facts.  A shocking report earlier this year showed that smoking dope was worse for your health than smoking cigarettes.

This is because users like to inhale more deeply and keep the smoke in their lungs for as long as they can, to get the maximum high.

But they are depositing four times more burnt waste in the mouth, throat and windpipe than with cigarettes.

The study at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre showed the risk of head and neck cancer was 2.6 times greater among cannabis users than those who had never used it.

Cannabis use can lead people to think they can drive safely when they are lethal accidents waiting to happen.

The drug stays in the body's fatty tissues for several days after use.  Smoking cannabis on a Saturday might impair your ability to drive until the following Wednesday.

In countries where tests are carried out, more drivers have accidents under the influence of marijuana than alcohol.

Unlike tobacco, cannabis persistently alters the molecular mechanisms of the brain.

Researchers have proved that users will develop short-term memory loss.

Regular users slowly become dependent and often fail to realise they are hooked.

They become lethargic and lack motivation.  Cannabis is "a stealthily noxious substance" says consultant psychiatrist Dr Andrew Wilski, of the Pembury hospital in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

He says of regular users"With time, a state of low motivation with reluctance to make constructive efforts in life develops.  This can lead to a general sloth, aimlessness and depression.

"I am convinced that wide use of the drug would in the long run cause terrible psychological and social devastation."

There is also evidence that smoking cannabis can trigger heart attacks in older people.

A study in Boston, Massachusetts, showed the drug could increase the risk of cardiac arrest five-fold by increasing the heart rate by up to 40 beats per minute.

Other scientists found that the drug could cause cancerous tumours to grow faster by suppressing immunity.

Dr Steven Dubinett from the University of California, said"THC may encourage tumour growth."

Professor David London is part of a team of eminent physicians and psychiatrists who spent two years investigating the impact of drugs.  He said"I don't think anyone should go away with the idea that cannabis is safe.

"We know the effects of tobacco.  I would hate it if in ten years there were a similar epidemic of disease from the effects of cannabis smoking."

ALL YOUNEED TO KNOW AND WANT TO KNOW WEE'D GET THE ANSWER

Marijuana is a green, brown or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana.

Sinsemilla (sin-seh-me-yah; it’s a Spanish word), hashish (“hash” for short), and hash oil are stronger forms of marijuana. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. In other words, they change how the brain works. They all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the main active chemical in marijuana. They also contain more than 400 other chemicals. Marijuana’s effects on the user depend on it’s strength or potency, which is related to the amount of THC it contains. The THC content of marijuana has been increasing since the 1970s. Marijuana Street Names Pot, ganga, weed, grass and many others. How Marijuana Affects the Body Some immediate physical effects of marijuana include: - a faster heartbeat and pulse rate - bloodshot eyes - dry mouth and throat No scientific evidence indicates that marijuana improves hearing, eyesight, and skin sensitivity. Marijuana use increases the heart rate as much as 50 percent, depending on the amount of THC. It can cause chest pain in people who have a poor blood supply to the heart - and it produces these effects more rapidly than tobacco smoke does. Scientists believe that marijuana can be especially harmful to the lungs because users often inhale the unfiltered smoke deeply and hold it in their lungs as long as possible. Therefore, the smoke is in contact with lung tissues for long periods of time, which irritates the lungs and damages the way they work. Marijuana smoke contains some of the same ingredients in tobacco smoke that can cause emphysema and cancer. In addition, many marijuana users also smoke cigarettes; the combined effects of smoking these two substances creates an increased health risk. "Burnout" is a term first used by marijuana smokers themselves to describe the effect of prolonged use. Young people who smoke marijuana heavily over long periods of time can become dull, slow moving, and inattentive. These "burned-out" users are sometimes so unaware of their surroundings that they do not respond when friends speak to them, and they do not realize they have a problem. How Marijuana Affects the Mind Laboratory studies have shown that animals exhibit symptoms of drug withdrawal after cessation of prolonged marijuana administration. Some human studies have also demonstrated withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, stomach pain, aggression, and anxiety after cessation of oral administration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), marijuana's principal psychoactive component. Now, NIDA-supported researchers at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, and Columbia University in New York City have shown that individuals who regularly smoke marijuana experience withdrawal symptoms after they stop smoking the drug. Studies at Columbia University in New York City have demonstrated that, in addition to aggression, marijuana smokers experience other withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, stomach pain, and increased irritability during abstinence from the drug. "These results suggest that dependence may be an important consequence of repeated daily exposure to marijuana," says NIDA. Signs of Marijuana Abuse Some noticeable signs of Marijuana abuse include: - Rapid, loud talking and bursts of laughter in early stages of intoxication. - Sleepy or stuporous in the later stages. - Lack of concentration and coordination. - Forgetfulness in conversation. - Inflammation in whites of eyes. - Odor similar to burnt rope on clothing or breath. - Distorted sense of time passage - tendency to overestimate time intervals. - Craving for sweets. - Increased appetite. History of Marijuana Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient times; it was described in a Chinese medical compendium traditionally considered to date from 2737 B.C. Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500. The first direct reference to a cannabis product as a psychoactive agent dates from 2737 BC, in the writings of the Chinese emperor Shen Nung. The focus was on its powers as a medication for rheumatism, gout, malaria, and oddly enough, absent-mindedness. Mention was made of the intoxicating properties, but the medicinal value was considered more important. In India it was clearly used recreationally. The Muslims too used it recreationally for alcohol consumption was banned by the Koran. It was the Muslims who introduced hashish, whose popularity spread quickly throughout 12th century Persia (Iran) and North Africa. Marijuana in America In 1545 the Spanish brought marijunana to the New World. The English introduced it in Jamestown in 1611 where it became a major commercial crop alongside tobacco and was grown as a source of fiber. By 1890, hemp had been replaced by cotton as a major cash crop in southern states. Some patent medicines during this era contained marijuana, but it was a small percentage compared to the number containing opium or cocaine. It was in the 1920's that marijuana began to catch on. Some historians say its emergence was brought about by Prohibition. Its recreational use was restricted to jazz musicians and people in show business. "Reefer songs" became the rage of the jazz world. Marijuana clubs, called tea pads, sprang up in every major city. These marijuana establishments were tolerated by the authorities because marijuana was not illegal and patrons showed no evidence of making a nuisance of themselves or disturbing the community. Marijuana was not considered a social threat. Marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopeia from 1850 until 1942 and was prescribed for various conditions including labor pains, nausea, and rheumatism. Its use as an intoxicant was also commonplace from the 1850s to the 1930s. A campaign conducted in the 1930s by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) sought to portray marijuana as a powerful, addicting substance that would lead users into narcotics addiction. It is still considered a "gateway" drug by some authorities. In the 1950s it was an accessory of the beat generation; in the 1960s it was used by college students and "hippies"; and became a symbol of rebellion against authority. The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 classified marijuana along with heroin and LSD as a Schedule I drug, i.e., having the relatively highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Most marijuana at that time came from Mexico, but in 1975 the Mexican government agreed to eradicate the crop by spraying it with the herbicide paraquat, raising fears of toxic side effects. Colombia then became the main supplier. The "zero tolerance" climate of the Reagan and Bush administrations resulted in passage of strict laws and mandatory sentences for possession of marijuana and in heightened vigilance against smuggling at the southern borders. The "war on drugs" brought with it a shift from reliance on imported supplies to domestic cultivation (particularly in Hawaii and California). Beginning in 1982 the Drug Enforcement Administration turned increased attention to marijuana farms in the United States, and there was a shift to the indoor growing of plants specially developed for small size and high yield. After over a decade of decreasing use, marijuana smoking began an upward trend once more in the early 1990s, especially among teenagers. - Use or possession of paraphernalia including roach clip, packs of rolling papers, pipes or bongs.