Periodic table of elements

great photos of elements

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Explaining the 10 Dimensions of string theory

Brian Greene video "Multiple Dimensions" attempts to explain 11th dimensional string theory.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program_d.html

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Warning over hidden salt in foods

Pizza may contain hidden salt

People are making progress on cutting their salt intake but too many still forget to check for hidden salt in foods, campaigners warn.

Three-quarters of the salt we eat is already lurking in the food we buy, says the Food Standards Agency.

Sandwiches, ready meals, pasta sauce, and pizza are some of the biggest sources of "hidden" salt, it says.

The agency's next round of TV ads, launched on Monday, shows consumers how to check food labels for salt content.

There is too much salt lurking in processed food. You can't always taste it Betty McBride British Heart Foundation

Salt levels can vary considerably from product to product and there is always a lower salt option, says the FSA.

In the UK, bread, breakfast cereals, biscuits, cakes and meat products such as bacon, sausages and ham are some of the main sources of salt in people's diet.

Yet only 40% of people check the label for salt content when buying food, according to a poll of nearly 2,000 British adults.

And just 14% of those asked correctly said that a pack of food with 1g of sodium contains more salt than one with 1g of salt.

More than half of the respondents (59%) mistakenly believed that both packs contain the same amount of salt.

Four in 10 claimed to be making a special effort to cut down on salt in their diet - an increase of 18% since the FSA's salt reduction campaign began in 2004.

HIDDEN SALT Foods where some brands/recipes are high in salt Baked beans Breakfast cereals Hot chocolate Pizza Ready meals Soup Source: FSA

However, 90% of these said that they were cutting down by not adding salt to their food - with only 15% saying they checked labels and 12% saying they were eating less processed food in order to reduce their intakes.

Latest data show daily salt consumption is going down - the average is now 9g, down from 9.5g in 2001.

But more work is needed to reach the ideal 6g target the government has set for 2010, says the FSA.

Check the label

FSA chair Dame Deirdre Hutton said: "To help achieve this, the FSA will continue its work in encouraging industry to offer consumers healthier choices and to encourage consumers to drive demand for those healthier choices."

Betty McBride of the British Heart Foundation said: "There is too much salt lurking in processed food. You can't always taste it, and sometimes it is in the most unlikely products.

HIGH OR LOW HIGH -1.25g salt or more per 100g (0.5g sodium or more per 100g) LOW - 0.25g salt or less per 100g (0.1g sodium or less per 100g) If a figure is for sodium, multiply the amount eaten by 2.5 to find the amount of salt Source: FSA

"It can cause high blood pressure and increase your risk of heart disease - so we've all got to become detectives on the trail of this hidden killer.

"By simply checking the labels and switching to a lower salt option, you'll be doing your heart a favour."

Public Health Minister Caroline Flint said: "Increasing consumer awareness is an integral part of driving the market towards lower salt options, and complements our partnership work with the food industry to deliver across the board salt reductions."

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Rare Book library: web site contains great books!

a few hundred books are available...check it out...

clipped from www.rarebookroom.org The "Rare Book Room" site has been constructed as an educational site intended to allow the visitor to examine and read some of the great books of the world. Over the last ten years, a company called "Octavo" embarked on digitally photographing some of the world ’s great books from some of the greatest libraries. These books were photographed at very high resolution (in some cases at over 200 megabytes per page). This site contains all of the books (about 400) that have been digitized to date. These range over a wide variety of topics and rarity. The books are presented so that the viewer can examine all the pages in medium to medium-high resolution. In particular the site contains: Some of the great books in science, including books by Galileo, Newton, Copernicus, Kepler, Einstein, Darwin and others. 3. A complete set of Poor Richard’s Almanac by Benjaman Franklin.

Guts and Balls

clipped from www.babalublog.com We've all heard about people having guts or balls. But do you really know the difference between them? In an effort to keep you informed, the definition of each is listed below. "GUTS" is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being assaulted by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to say, "are you still cleaning or are you flying somewhere?" "BALLS" is coming home late after a night out with the guys smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the ass and having the balls to say, "You're next!" We hope this clears up any confusion.

Amazing Scene in Burma

clipped from www.wonderfulinfo.com An Amazing Scene in Burma

Punctuation.

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Big And Pretty - Arctic icebergs

clipped from www.ebaumsworld.com Icebergs It would be cool to visit the Artic to check these out.

What is Character?

clipped from www.josephsoninstitute.org Having character is shorthand for having good character, and that means being a person who is admirable because of his self-assured, ethical behavior. Character is ethics in action. Character is not the same thing as reputation. Character is what you are. Reputation is what people say you are. Abraham Lincoln likened character to a tree and reputation to its shadow. No one is born with good character. It’s not hereditary. Yet everyone, regardless of background, enters the world with the opportunity to become a person of exemplary character.

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Google Calendar sync to Outlook

Enjoy!

www.ziarezvi.com

clipped from zia.blogspot.com This Outlook plug-in supports one-way or two-way synchronization (you can go Google-to-Outlook, Outlook-to-Google or both) and works manually or automatically. After installing the program, look for a new two-button toolbar in Outlook; click the Settings button to access gSyncit's configuration options. www.daveswebsite.com - gSyncit - gCalendar <-> Microsoft Outlook Sync At last...I knew this was long overdue, I can now sync my Outlook calendar to Google...

Chernobyl: worldwide effect

One major result of the Chernobyl accident that would cause as much agony to the incident was the spread of radiation. A definite effect of the spread of the radiation was the damage it had on the Eastern European agriculture. The EC (European Community) immediately put a 90 day ban on agricultural goods from Eastern Europe. This was initially thought of as political strategy from the US as well as other Western countries. This caused the Soviet Union to take the responsibility to pay for all the damage done to the Eastern European agriculture. [49]

All the costs would eventually be analyzed in the short and long term by WHO (World Health Organization). The main factor that caused a lot of contamination and caused most of the European Countries to be concerned was the plume or cloud of smoke and debris that would travel through Europe. The countries that were affected the most are Eastern parts of Poland as well as parts of the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany). Most of the contamin

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clipmarks in pcmag's 10 future classics

it's getting better, man!

clipped from www.pcmag.com Clipmarks www.clipmarks.com Clipmarks combines elements of del.icio.us and digg, letting users clip their favorite portions of Web pages, share them with the community, and vote on the best. Even if you're not submitting, though, browsing through the most popular clips is a good way to stay informed about the most recent happenings on the Internet.