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Sep 08, 2004 at 11:40 PM |
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September 2004 (Newstream) -- If you've been taking aspirin daily to improve heart health, you'll be interested to know about a much tastier way to get the same effects - eat two to three kiwifruit a day.
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| Like aspirin, eating two kiwifruit a day promotes heart health. (Photo: Business Wire) | Recent research conducted by the University of Oslo in Norway reveals that consuming two to three kiwifruit per day can work to thin blood, reduce clotting and lower fat in the blood that can cause blockage, without negatively affecting cholesterol levels. In short, kiwifruit consumption has similar effects to the daily dosage of aspirin recommended by physicians to improve heart health.
"Platelet inhibitory drugs, such as aspirin, have been shown to reduce the incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke and death from cardiovascular disease," said Professor Asim K. Duttaroy of the Institute for Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Oslo, Norway who spearheaded the research. "Our study shows that consuming two or three kiwifruit per day for 28 days significantly reduced platelet aggregation (blood clotting) in human volunteers. Moreover, plasma triglyceride levels were also reduced in these volunteers."  (0) Comments posted about this in the forum |
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Sep 08, 2004 at 01:08 PM |
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September 2004 (Newstream) -- If it looks like a phone, feels like a phone and makes calls like a phone, it's probably a phone, right? Yes, but if it's the BlackBerry 7100tTM phone, exclusively from T-Mobile USA, it's also much more than a wireless phone - it's a breakthrough innovation that packs all the power of BlackBerry® into a traditional phone design with full-featured phone, email, instant messaging (IM), HTML Web browsing and organizer capabilities.
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| The first full-featured wireless phone with the power of BlackBerry email, exclusively from T-Mobile USA.
(Photo: Business Wire) | T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry 7100t in the United States and announced an early October delivery. Consumers will be able to check out the device in action tomorrow at the grand opening of T-Mobile's 1,000th retail store in San Francisco.
"T-Mobile has made it a priority to provide its customers with phones and services that not only meet their professional needs, but their personal needs as well," said Scott Ballantyne, vice president marketing, T-Mobile USA, Inc. "The BlackBerry 7100t is the perfect phone to help customers balance their busy work lives and not lose a step with what's really important, like friends and family, and all for a great value."
With the BlackBerry 7100t, consumers can have it all with a sleek wireless device that is decidedly a phone, but also manages to incorporate a large vibrant screen, a QWERTY-based keyboard and the full functionality and cachet of the BlackBerry platform. It is designed to easily allow both one-handed and two-handed operation. And it even passes the 'shirt pocket test' - compact and lightweight enough to carry comfortably in your breast pocket. (0) Comments posted about this in the forum |
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Sep 02, 2004 at 08:07 AM |
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September 2004 (Newstream) -- In the face of nearly four years of concerted urging by environmental groups, the United Nations' Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) September 1 said it had halted the global trade of most caviars, including prized beluga caviar from the Caspian Sea's imperiled beluga sturgeon.
CITES told The New York Times that it has refused to approve most caviar export quotas for 2004 - the first time it has done so since it began monitoring the trade in 1998. Most of the world's caviar comes from the Caspian, and CITES said Caspian nations were in violation of an international sturgeon conservation agreement that requires them to reach consensus on the division of basin-wide quotas and to take illegal fishing into consideration when determining those numbers. CITES said the freeze on exports would remain in place until the states have complied with the agreement.
"While we are pleased that CITES has taken action to stop the beluga caviar trade, we are very concerned that critically needed long-term conservation measures have yet to be implemented in the Caspian region. CITES needs to stick to its guns and require real reform before permitting a resumption in trade," said Lisa Speer, senior policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
NRDC is part of a coalition with SeaWeb and the University of Miami's Pew Institute for Ocean Science called Caviar Emptor, which has sought to protect and restore threatened Caspian Sea sturgeon. Of most concern is the beluga sturgeon, whose populations have plummeted 90 percent in the past 20 years. (0) Comments posted about this in the forum |
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Sep 02, 2004 at 07:40 AM |
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September 2004 (Newstream) -- An Atlas IIAS rocket lifted off tonight, successfully carrying a national security payload into orbit.
The mission, called AC-167, was provided for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) by International Launch Services (ILS), using a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas vehicle [NYSE: LMT]. Liftoff was at 7:17 p.m. Tuesday EDT (23:17 GMT) from Cape Canaveral's Pad 36A, with payload separation into transfer orbit 73 minutes later.
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| Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday night with a national security payload. This was the 63rd and final rocket in the Atlas II series, which has achieved 100 percent success since it began flying in 1991. The launch was provided by International Launch Services, a Lockheed Martin joint venture that is the world's leading launch provider.
(Photo: Business Wire) | Tonight's flight was the eighth mission of the year for ILS, as well as the fifth Atlas launch. It also was the 73rd consecutive successful flight for the Atlas family in any launch configuration. This also marks the 30th and final flight for an Atlas IIAS model and the 63rd flight and final flight of any Atlas II version. In addition, this was the final flight after 47 years of the Rocketdyne MA-5A engine, which powered the Atlas II booster.
"The Atlas family has launched government payloads for more than 40 years," said ILS President Mark Albrecht. "We're always proud to have a role in assisting in the security of our nation."
Albrecht also pointed out the perfect record of not only the Atlas IIAS vehicles, but of the entire Atlas II line, which began flying in December 1991. "This is an awesome accomplishment, being the only U.S. expendable launch vehicle series to have had 100 percent success throughout its entire lifespan," he said. "The Atlas team is an incredible group of people who make Mission Success for our customers a way of life." (0) Comments posted about this in the forum |
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