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Student Research Center - powered by EBSCOhost: Med watch: Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet - 0 views

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  • Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet, $59 for one-week supply of 42 meal-replacement cookies,
  • Flavors in oatmeal raisin, chocolate, blueberry, banana and coconut
  • Controls your hunger so you can stick to your diet
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  • ow-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet.
  • Six cookies (500 calories) are eaten in a day,
  • replacing breakfast and lunch
  • 00-calorie dinner.
  • ieters include lean protein, fruit, vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats and low-fat dairy in the dinner
  • even if it ends up being more than 300 calories.
  • cookies are standardized in size and calorie count, the diet eliminates the problem of oversize portions
  • lead to weight gain.
  • 800-calorie diet like this is lacking in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy and fiber, as well as an exercise plan
  • should be a part of a healthy weight loss plan.
  • diet is not meant to be used for a long period.
  • cookies lack a transitional plan to help dieters get back to eating normally and maintain weight loss
  • dieticians warn that once people resume normal eating habits, they are likely to regain weight after drastic diets like this
  • 90-calorie cookies are dry and don't taste good
  • Less expensive imitators now exist
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  • Mar. 31--After the grounding of the Exxon Valdez, alcohol was found in the blood of the tanker captain, Joe Hazelwood.
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      V Dang on 23 Apr 09
       
      Sometimes, people drink while sailing, and that highers the risk of an oil spill.
  • e and other addicts continued destructive binge drinking on shore.
  • National Transportation Safety Board investigation concluded that his judgment was likely impaired by drinking.
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  • Exxon Valdez oil spill helped curb shipboard drinking in the tanker fleet
  • Hazelwood was acquitted in court of operating the vessel under the influence of alcohol,
  • Hagar would arrive for tanker duty, sickly and hung over.
  • nce boarded a tanker in California with cocaine still in his system.
  • Alcohol and drug abuse is a very serious problem throughout society,
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Student Research Center - powered by EBSCOhost: Major oil spill in Alaska - 0 views

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Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Debatabase - Debate Topics and Debate ... - 0 views

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  • In 2006, the US House of Representatives passed for the tenth time a motion that would allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska.
  • Environmentalists oppose such drilling on the grounds that the 19 million acre Refuge is ecologically sensitive
  • Supporters of drilling claim that growing foreign dependence on oil threatens American security and that drilling in ANWR would help reduce that dependence.
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  • drilling and extraction of oil would not meaningfully harm the environment.
  • foreign oil is inevitable and that drilling in ANWR would not significantly reduce dependence,
  • Drilling is supported by the Bush Administration
  • most Congressional supporters of drilling are Republican
  • most opponents Democrats,
  • pipeline actually increased caribou numbers
  • An oil pipeline runs through ANWR already,
  • Substantial amounts of time and energy are needed for drilling
  • he USA needs urgently to reduce its dependence on foreign oil producers
  • United States needs 10 million barrels of imported oil a day
  • much of this comes from unstable or unfriendly areas
  • Persian Gulf, Nigeria, Venezuela and Iran.
  • American economy is never held hostage to foreign oil interests
  • government should act to achieve energy independence
  • Consumption is inevitable
  • renewable energy have not made clear how opening ANWR
  • NWR could speed up the transition by making the US more dependent on foreign oil in the future
  • Drilling in the ANWR is an economic necessity.
  • high cost of oil over the past few years
  • heating oil
  • high gas prices for their automobiles
  • osts are also hitting the wider economy and threatening American prosperity
  • bringing more oil to the market can prices be driven down
  • ringing investment and safeguarding jobs as well as the way of life on America’s last frontier.
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Pros and Cons of Oil Drilling - 0 views

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  • Life Without Fossil Fuels US Election: Obama Shifts Policy on Offshore Oil Drilling As Petrol Prices Soar Bush Calls for Lifting of Ban on Alaska Oil Drilling Senate Blocks Attempt to Allow Oil Drilling in Alaskan Wildlife Reserve Oil drilling in wildlife park gets nearer Senate vetoes oil drilling in Alaska refuge Automakers Turn to Technology to Break US Addiction to Oil Oil Pollution and What It Is Doing to our World Sweden Plans to Be World's First Oil-free Economy Pollution Rules for Us Oil and Coal Eased
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      V Dang on 21 Apr 09
       
      All of these links go to Buzzle.com (this site). (Also, strange name with a bee as the logo.)
  • By Ningthoujam Sandhyarani
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      V Dang on 21 Apr 09
       
      Strange name. No expert information. Hmm... Makes me think.
  • oil import level increases and consequently, affecs the overall country's income
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      V Dang on 21 Apr 09
       
      Important fact as a "pro" for oil drilling. Also, "affects" is spelled wrong ("affecs"????).
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  • Another benefit of oil drilling is that drilling itself and development of land after the process will help in engaging people, thus creating jobs for hundreds of citizens
  • Overall, oil drilling will improve the economy of the people and the country.
  • oil drilling can be done without damaging the environment and/or disturbing the plant and animal habitats
  • One of the major negative impacts of oil drilling is the environmental issue
  • f oil production rate is higher, then there will be more usage, thus generating more greenhouse gases.
  • It is obvious that the drilling process will disturb the organisms surviving in those areas
  • The success rate of drilling is also very low, meaning that it may take lots of time and the outcome is unpredictable.
  • Another major issue is offshore drilling; starting from locating to the drilling process, it disturbs the sea environment.
  • While locating oil, the seismic waves and the associated sound affects the sea organisms and another debate is about oil spillage in the seas.
  • Since, oil is a non-renewable energy source, why not save energy for the future generations by looking out for alternative energy source like solar energy, hydroelectric powers and wind energy
  • Oil drilling is the process of extracting crude oil by drilling through the cap rock
  • Seismology is found to have a 10 percent success rate of discovering oil sites.
  • Other techniques used for locating oil are satellite imaging, sniffers (electronic noses to smell hydrocarbons), magnetometers and gravity meters.
  • According to this method, shock waves are sent to the land surface or sea surface, to estimate the time taken by the waves to return back
  • As organisms die, they settle at the sea bottom, which are then covered by layers of mud and sediment depositions
  • anaerobic microorganisms act slowly on the dead plants and animals in the absence of oxygen, forming carbon-rich organic layers
  • organic layer along with sediments is called the source rock (fine-grained shale)
  • Due to the overlying sedimentary layers, the organic layer is subjected to high temperature and pressure
  • distillation of organic material occurs, leading to the formation of crude oil and natural gas
  • crude oil is a fossil fuel that is found deep under the Earth's surface, trapped between the rock layers
  • It is formed from the remains of plants and animals in the seas, after being subjected to high temperature and pressure conditions
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