Good for body
Some of the studies show that owning a pet can have very real physical benefits for their owners. These include:
* Pet owners have lower blood pressure. It has long been known that the act of stroking a pet can reduce blood pressure. But a study at the State University of New York at Buffalo found that the beneficial effects continue even when the pet is not present. The study, which looked at a group of stockbrokers with hypertension, concluded that just owning a pet can help lower blood pressure -and keep it lower, even in stressful settings.
* Pet owners have lower blood cholesterol levels. A study of more than 5,400 people conducted by Australia's Baker Medical Research Institute found that pet owners had not only lower blood pressure, but also lower levels of blood cholesterol and triglycerides in comparison to the non-pet owners, reducing the risk of heart disease.
* Pet owners have a higher survival rate after serious illness. Two studies have found that heart attack patients who owned the pets were significantly more likely to be alive a year after they were discharged from the hospital than those who didn't. What's more, a study conducted at City Hospital in New York found that the presence of a pet affected survival rate even more than having a spouse or friends. Patients in hospitals or nursing homes who have regular visits from their pets have shown to be more receptive to treatment. The need to care for their pet gives them reason to recover and the will to live.
* Pet owners have fewer doctors' visits. Studies conducted by Cambridge University in England and at the University of California at Los Angeles have found that pet ownership corresponds to overall improved health and fewer medical care visits. A study of Medicare patients also found that seniors who own dogs go to the doctor less than those who do not. Even the most highly-stressed older dog owners in the study had 21 % fewer physician's visits than non-dog ow
Mukwonago Jennifer Griffith's list of injuries sounds more fitting for a football player than a gymnast.
Torn anterior cruciate ligaments in both legs and a slight back sprain induced by a nasty fall have plagued her.
# Senior citizens who own pets actually need less medical attention than those that do not.
# Pet owners typically have lower blood pressure than non-pet owners, and one study actually proved that with as little as 10 minutes with a pet can lower blood pressure significantly.
# Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels than non-owners.
# Pet owners have overall better physical health due to exercise with their pets.
70 percent of families surveyed reported an increase in family happiness and fun after acquiring a pet.
# Children exposed to pets during their first year of life have a lower frequency of some allergies and asthma.
# Children who suffer from autism have more pro social behaviors if they own a pet.
# Owning a pet - especially a dog - helps children in families better adjust to the serious illness or death of a parent.
# Pets decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation in their owners.
# Having a pet may decrease heart attack mortality rates by 3 percent, which translates into 30,000 lives saved annually.
# Positive self-esteem in children is enhanced if the child owns a pet.
# Children owning pets are more likely to be involved in sports, hobbies, clubs or even chores.
# Victims of AIDS who own a pet report less depression and reduced stress levels.
# Many groups take therapy pets to visit residents of nursing homes, and the experience has shown to be a very positive one for both the pet and the individual.
# The reverse is also true - the life of a pet is usually enhanced if its owner cares for it properly.
The western portion of Prince William Sound was the most heavily oiled in 1989 and oil on some beaches remains a serious concern for residents of the Sound who use these areas.
The remaining 1,100 miles of oiled shoreline were considered to have light to very light oiling. Crews visiting beaches in 1993 found hundreds of sites that contained substantial oil deposits.
A 1992 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) study* estimated that a great majority of the oil evaporated, dispersed into the water column or degraded naturally.
Post-cleanup analyses in 1998 showed that while the cleanup method was largely effective in removing visible surface oil, it had little effect on the large deposits of oil beneath rocks and overburden.
About Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer is a disease that begins in the tissue of the lungs. The lungs are sponge-like organs that are part of the respiratory system. During breathing, air enters the mouth or nasal passage and travels down the trachea. The trachea splits into two sets of bronchial tubes that lead to the left and right lung. The bronchi branch off into smaller and smaller tubes that eventually end in small balloon-like sacs known as alveoli. The alveoli are where oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other substances are exchanged between the lungs and the blood stream.
more than 86,000 injuries from gymnastics are treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and hospital emergency rooms.
Finite means:
a form of a verb that can occur as the head of a sentence. In Sam wants to leave, wants is finite, leave is non-finite.
all other processes that depend on it will cease
Several factors combine to make the problem an urgent one
World population
demand for energy will also increase
coal, oil (petroleum), natural gas, uranium, and fuel
wood—is limited and insufficient to sustain rapid rates of development.
debate about the exact length
of time available before the effects of a worldwide shortage become apparent
shortage will
occur.
geothermal energy, hydroelectric power, peat, ocean thermal energy, solar energy, tidal
energy, wind power, and fuel wood.
replenish themselves naturally in a relatively short time and will therefore
always be available.
Renewable energy resources
indirectly responsible for many other renewable energy sources.
ocean currents and winds are results of the uneven distribution of solar radiation over the Earth's surface
winds in turn produce
waves whose energy can be utilized
windmills and wind power
ocean thermal energy,
solar heating of the upper layers of the ocean produces temperature gradients that can be harnessed to generate
electricity
Sun also powers the hydrologic cycle,
in which ocean water is evaporated, transported over the continents, and precipitated as rain or snow to form rivers
flow energy produces hydroelectric power.
energy locked in such renewable fuel sources as wood and peat is derived from the Sun by the process of photosynthesis.
renewable energy source is geothermal energy
arises through the leakage of heat from the Earth's interior to the surface
over the entire
surface of the Earth at a very low average rate, leakage is much higher in certain locations.
Yellowstone National Park
Iceland, Italy, and New Zealand.
possible to tap the heat and use it for human purposes.
Nonrenewable resources originate from two processes: (1) photosynthesis, which occurred many millions of years ago, followed
by the fossilization of the plant and animal life that resulted, and (2) the formation of the Earth itself.
fossil fuels—coal,
oil (petroleum), and natural gas;
produced the fuels for nuclear energy, such as uranium for fission and lighter elements for fusion
irreplaceable
fuels represent an energy capital that must be invested wisely.
A
cleaner-burning fuel than oil, natural gas seemed to be in abundant supply at the turn of the 21st century and, with the
greatly enlarged network of gas pipelines,
was rapidly growing in use.
nearly total dependence on fossil fuels and hydroelectricity ensures that efforts to solve energy problems
by switching to alternative sources will have to overcome a great deal of inertia, both economic and psychological.
sources
as solar power, wind power, and synthetic fuels suffer from the serious drawback that few major installations now exist.
handicapped by the engineering problems of converting
the energy to a form useful to human beings.
solar energy reaches the top of the atmosphere in amounts
10,000 times greater than all human production of energy, it reaches the Earth's surface at rates of only about 80 to 250
W/m2,
and considerably less on cloudy days.
arge-scale system based on solar-collector panels will be physically
huge, causing problems of maintenance and land use
Wind power, wave power, and ocean-thermal-generation sources suffer from
similar difficulties
Even though there are some difficulties with working towards the alternative fuels, it may prove to be more efficient for smaller things (heat and power to small communities or single buildings) in the long run
If you’re serious about coaching basketball, you need to develop an off-season workout for your players.
t is vital to your team’s success that your players come into the season fit. Before the AAU or summer leagues start, you should meet with your players individually and evaluate their play during the past season.
At this time you should also give your player a written list of things they need to concentrate on during their off-season workouts.