Angela

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  1. Well done by the operators of the emergency service. I guess calling 911 or 999 has replaced calling 411 in the minds of stupid people.

     

    411 doesn't exist here, 118 500 does, but its exhorbitant, guess thery thought it was cheaper. Thing is all these calls should be traced and charged for however much it cost for the services cost during the call. That'd put shame to them.


  2. although i dont mind getting undressed infront of other women getting touched is still different

     

    Amen to that. This is the difference between guys and gals, we are taught early on that we invite people to touch. And if you are brought up the way I was touching of the breasts or upper inner thigh is sexually connotated. Thats an EXTREMELY difficult connotation to dispell for the sake of a pat down. were theyy to say we want to check your bra I'd say take me to a private are I will take off for you and youcan use a handmetal detector on me to check I have remove everything.

     

    If they don't like that I would a) go to the media, :b-day: litigate for the price of the journey I was to have made, which was negated by their refusal. So long as you make an attempt to accomodate they shouldn't be able to refuse. And and they can do a police check via a cop should they want. I'll come up unknown.


  3. I am slowly withdrawing from drinking Coke (Doing things sudden is bad for you) Afgter gaining palpatations and feelings of high anxiety.) Is a chemical is creating sticky blood in university students 1 hour after ingesting, there is a problem. As my articlestated 3 countries banned it and if you look at theback of can of the stuff it looks like the list of componants fornuclear reactor.

     

    Yes further studies are needed to isolate the chemical and also broadscale the amount of students and people involved 1000 people studies to confirm the effects,in point of fact, though I will never recommend Red Bull to a heart disease patient, but as preliminary findings, this is enough that there should be some level of concern.

     

    On a personal note I have drunk red bull andchrist it was like being high, I was all over the shop and just not controlled at all.


  4. Red Bull drink lifts stroke risk: Australian study

    Reuters

    By Rob Taylor Reuters - Friday, August 15 03:27 am

     

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - Just one can of the popular stimulant energy drink Red Bull can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, even in young people, Australian medical researchers said on Friday.

     

    The caffeine-loaded beverage, popular with university students and adrenaline sport fans to give them "wings," caused the blood to become sticky, a pre-cursor to cardiovascular problems such as stroke.

     

    "One hour after they drank Red Bull, (their blood systems) were no longer normal. They were abnormal like we would expect in a patient with cardiovascular disease," Scott Willoughby, lead researcher from the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, told the Australian newspaper.

     

    Red Bull Australia spokeswoman Linda Rychter said the report would be assessed by the company's head office in Austria.

     

    "The study does not show effects which would go beyond that of drinking a cup of coffee. Therefore, the reported results were to be expected and lie within the normal physiological range," Rychter told Reuters.

     

    Willoughby and his team tested the cardiovascular systems of 30 young adults one hour before and one hour after consuming one 250ml can of sugar-free Red Bull.

     

    The results showed "normal people develop symptoms normally associated with cardiovascular disease" after consuming the drink, created in the 1980s by Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz based on a similar Thai energy drink.

     

    Red Bull is banned in Norway, Uruguay and Denmark because of health risks listed on its cans, but the company last year sold 3.5 billion cans in 143 countries. One can contains 80 mg of caffeine, around the same as a normal cup of brewed coffee.

     

    The Austria-based company, whose marketing says "Red Bull gives you wings," sponsors Formula 1 race cars and extreme sport events around the world, but warns consumers not to drink more than two cans a day.

     

    Rychter said Red Bull could only have such global sales because health authorities across the world had concluded the drink was safe to consume.

     

    But Willoughby said Red Bull could be deadly when combined with stress or high blood pressure, impairing proper blood vessel function and possibly lifting the risk of blood clotting.

     

    "If you have any predisposition to cardiovascular disease, I'd think twice about drinking it," he said.

     

    (Editing by David Fogarty)


  5. Feeling relieved my net connection is back. It went off at 3am with a red light showing on the router (NETGEAR) So I tried calling my ISP, they were closed of course. I unplugged it over night (Something we do at work for HDD recorders, Everything seems to be ok for now. Dunno what went wrong there. But yeah I'm just relieved.