Mean Green

Sometimes, paranoia is good for you. You can be just about to do something unwise or actively dangerous, and the suspicions kick in. What if? you ask yourself. And this hesitation saves you from making a mistake. So what’s the problem here? Well, some men are alarmed by all the stories going around the news media and the internet suggesting the online pharmacy industry is run by thieves who will take our money and fail to give us the drugs we need. As a note of explanation, ask yourself who owns many of the news media? Either the same corporations that also own pharmaceutical manufacturers, or the corporations that rely on all the advertising dollars spent by the manufacturers. So they have a direct interest in frightening you out of buying online. Remember, there are always one or two black sheep in every trade or industry. This does not make the whole industry suspect. All these scare stories are placed to protect the profits of Big Pharma. Anyway, some men seem not to draw the right lesson from these stories. They accept the lie that the online pharmacies, many of which are regulated by governments around the world, are unsafe. So they sign up to buy sex-enhancement remedies from random websites. This is not one of those out of the frying pan, into the fire decisions. This is abandoning a safe harbor to go for a swim with crocodiles. If the pharmacies, many of which have been trading for years, are criminal, what does that make the fly-by-nighters offering to turn you into stallion overnight? One of the less-well-advertised functions of the FDA is to police the market for supplements and non-pharmaceutical remedies. Although the manufacturers don’t have to get a license to sell their magic products, they do have to be truthful in what they claim for them. So, if the FDA finds misleading ads, they can order the ads removed and, in bad cases, the product pulled from the market. What then counts as the “bad” cases? Let’s say the manufacturer claims this herbal product will produce the most enhanced erection you have ever seen or felt. Making allowances for the usual exaggeration, the FDA might get suspicious if the business seemed to be growing. Although the placebo effect can persuade some men to produce erections, most herbal and “alternative” products don’t work. So repeat orders and good word-of-mouth would persuade the FDA to test samples. In the case of “ExtenZe”, the FDA found the herbs were supplemented by Cialis. It’s relatively easy to make your own product effective when you include the best of the erectile dysfunction drugs as a secret ingredient. Yet it’s this failure to warn men that makes this product so dangerous. When we buy a prescription-only drug, we are given clear instructions on safe dosages. If we don’t know we are taking a drug, we may believe it safe to take several tablets at once. This can produce an overdose which, if not treated properly, can be dangerous. Any drug, including Cialis, can be dangerous if you overdose. The FDA has therefore ordered the manufacturer of “ExtenZe” to cease selling their drug-enhanced product.

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Everyone today is aware of the high costs in the use of the traditional energy sources as electricity, petroleum and many others. Also it has being predicted that in the next century most of the sources of these ‘energies’ will be depleted as the natural resources become over exploited beyond the natural replenishing rate. This has compelled us-the human beings to vigorously seek for new energy sources to service our domestic, industrial and even military needs.

The first hindrance in the exploitation of the renewable energy is the remoteness of the locations that they are found. It is true that most of the energy generated anywhere in the world is consumed in the expansive towns or cities. The location of these vital energy deposits are in places that make the viability of the projects to be impossible due to the cost; resulting from the terrain and long distances that the energy need to be transmitted.

Another shortcoming in the use of renewable energies is their dependency on climatic or geographical conditions. A renewable energy provider such as the sun (solar energy) maybe affected by lack of adequate sun exposure during cold or cloudy seasons. Also the human activity in some geographical locations may interfere with the productivity of certain renewable sources as biomas.

Due to the long time command and existence of some energy sources such as petroleum and electricity many organization are reluctant in doing, or funding renewable energy research and development. This has also been brought about by sabotage by multinationals that stand to lose billions if the whole globe switches to renewable energy.

Despite these drawbacks we are confident that renewable energy will take the day at the end, for they have many advantages compared to the convectional energy sources as minimal pollution and lower cost if carefully harnessed.in fact we don’t have a choice.

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It’s one of those deeply frustrating experiences when something that worked so well in the past suddenly stops working quite as well. Keeping this real, most of us want sex. It’s usually best in a loving relationship, but that’s not always possible. So we want the confidence that, should the opportunity arise, we’re going to be up to the job. If something disturbs that confidence, it disturbs the way we relate to women. This is something we should aways take seriously and have a check-up. Except we come back to that underlying fear of discussing such a personal failure. It shames us in our own eyes. It allows others the opportunity to judge us. So, with the rise of the online pharmacy industry, we’ve stopped going to the doctor for a prescription. We preserve our privacy and decide to hope for the best on the health front. Why “hope for the best”? Because some of the causes of erectile dysfunction can be serious. If we get early treatment, everything is under control and we can look forward to a long life. Leave it too long and we can find ourselves in an ER wondering what’s gone wrong. Erectile dysfunction is most often caused by a build-up of plaque on the wall of the penile artery. This prevents the muscles from expanding and contracting. If this happens to you when you’re young (that’s anyone under the age of 40), there’s a real risk you will have a stroke or heart attack within five years. The reason? What happens to the penile artery today, happens to the main arteries in the chest and lungs tomorrow. All of this is treatable. The costs are controllable. It’s the same if the cause is diabetes. Leave this untreated and the erectile dysfunction will become permanent. Worse, what affects your sexual performance today can damage the nerve endings in other parts of the body. Pride should not get in the way of your health. But if the problems are more psychological and arise out of a stressful lifestyle or depression, the need for formal consultation is much greater. The first piece of bad news is that none of the erectile dysfunction drugs improve performance if depression is affecting your sex drive. It will often be necessary to take drugs to combat anxiety or depression first. This may solve the erection problem. If not, you can then switch to the erectile dysfunction drug of choice. As a general rule, you should not take them together. Should the cause be stress, you should consider improving your fitness, exercising at least three times a week. This will help you sleep better. If in doubt, cut down on alcohol and quit smoking – nicotine is a cause of plaque in your arteries. No matter how embarrassing you find the idea, there are some highly effective relaxation techniques that often help improve your sex drive. These lifestyle changes may make it unnecessary to use Cialis. Counseling and therapy are also effective, albeit more expensive. However, if you don’t have the time and only want a short-term fix, Cialis is the best answer to the problem. It will delay the need to see a doctor about your general health.

For as long as women have had to rely on men to keep the human race going, there have been problems. Even back in the caves before indoor plumbing was invented, some men just seemed to run out of steam. It was embarrassing and always led to a loss of status within the tribe. So began the search for any natural substances or foods that would encourage sexual activity. We start to get detailed records of all the different experiments as we come out of prehistory and into the early days of the Chinese and Roman Empires. Doctors made two very important discoveries. The first was that some seafood like oysters seemed to improve matters. Modern science confirms that oysters do increase the production of testosterone but, other than encouraging the libido, they do nothing for actual performance. Whatever benefits come are the result of self-confidence. Ask any magician or shaman from a primitive tribe and they will all tell you the same story. If the captive audience believes in “magic” strongly enough, it will deliver the goods. Today, we call this the placebo effect and, in clinical trials, an average of about one-third of the participants report feeling better after taking chemically inert pills. All it takes is someone with a serious expression wearing a white coat and people will believe they are about to be cured. The one solid discovery from early research was the so-called Spanish Fly. In fact this is a green beetle. If you let them dry and crush the bodies into a powder, you can make a mixture that encourages sexual activity. At low concentrations, it was discovered effective in stimulating animals to mate. This was particularly important for selective breeding to produce the best animals for food and work. In humans, it was also not unsuccessful. There were, however, two problems that became obvious. Unlike animals that can be tricked into sexual activity, men and women have to feel “in the mood”. This relationship between the mind and body has always been one of the biggest causes of erectile dysfunction. The second problem is that, at higher dosages, Spanish Fly is poisonous and, in overdose, is fatal. Getting stiff in death is not helpful to anyone. The moral of the story so far is that, with the possible exception of ginseng that the Chinese have always favored, none of the natural aphrodisiacs have any scientific credibility. So, whenever you see ads for enhancement products based on spices, herbs, the bark of trees or the powdered bits of various “powerful” animals, keep your money safely locked away. These are all scams. Unless, of course, you’re one of these people who find the placebo effect works. Since erectile dysfunction is often caused by performance anxiety, anything that boosts self-confidence is likely to improve the sexual outcome. All of which brings us back to Viagra which was first discovered by accident in clinical trials. If ever you wanted evidence that this drug works regardless of belief, remember the history. The drug was going through clinical trials as a treatment for a different problem when the men reported an interesting side effect. Viagra works even when you are not expecting it to work.

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Public relations for fast food franchises and eating establishments of this type are so vitally important to on-going sales and those fast food restaurants, which concentrate on a positive community goodwill image, do best over time.

This means that strong public relations program is needed at the Franchisor level as well as at the store level in their individual market areas. What can a fast food franchise outlet do in the community to promote public relations and goodwill?

Well there are many things that they can do including joining service clubs and the Chamber of Commerce. Many fast food restaurants will have low-cost catering or provide free beverages to soccer teams during halftime. It is amazing how a little bit of customer service can go along way in that regard. But, what else can a fast food restaurant do to promote public relations?

Consider if you will the Ronald McDonald House and how that has helped so much for families who have children that have had their lives cut short. You can thank Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonalds for that.

This of course is done on a national level and they have many Ronald McDonald Houses around the World. But did you know that there are so many wonderful things that can be done locally and when fast food outlets do such things, people will stand up and take notice and you are well on your way to an excellent public relations program.

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The Biofuel Debate – What’s all the fuss about?

There has been much talk of biofuels and in particular biodiesel being touted as a more carbon friendly alternative to traditional petroleum based fuel…

Because biodiesel is made from renewable resources (unlike fossil fuels) and it has lower emissions compared to petroleum diesel Because it is less toxic than table salt and biodegrades as fast as sugar Because it is made entirely from renewable resources such as soybeans, sunflowers, rapeseed and palm oil as well as waste vegetable oil (used cooking oils) It surely follows biodiesel must be better for the environment…or is it?

Over the last few years through the Kyoto Protocol, governments have discussed the global issue of climate change with a view to setting targets to reduce greenhouse gases. Whilst there has been general agreement that something needs to be done and targets have been set, the United States is the only developed country that has not ratified the treaty and yet it is one of the significant greenhouse gas emitters.

The dilemma seems to be that biodiesel is undoubtedly greener than traditional petroleum based fuel. On the other hand however, as there is no stipulation how and where this fuel is produced, could this ‘green’ fuel actually be doing more harm to our environment than good?

Let’s look at some of the contributing factors to this debate…

Biodiesel – The Good

As an alternative fuel, biodiesel would seem to be a very good alternative to fossil based fuels:-

Mitigating the effects of greenhouse gas emissions Making best use of the remaining limited supplies of fossil fuels Reducing air pollution along with the associated health risks to the public Benefiting domestic economies by reducing the dependence on importing foreign petroleum Relatively easy to produce in small or large volumes
Biodiesel – The Bad

The main problem with bio-fuels today is the source of the raw materials:-

Biodiesel and ethanol are produced from plant oils and from edible crops meaning competition for basic foodstuffs, food or oil? Rain forests are being converted to palm oil production (palm oil is a key ingredient of food and other consumables…it can also be used to produce biodiesel) Current crops cannot keep pace with the bio-materials needed for producing biodiesel Does this mean if we replace traditional petroleum based diesel with biodiesel we’ll compromise our supply of foodstuffs?

Biodiesel – The Future

The Biotech Industry has begun to help with the need to find alternative fuel sources for the future by looking at how to get more from less:-

Increased production of more plants Improving crop yields – corn, a common biofuel crop in the USA, yields under 200 barrels (per square mile per year) whereas Jatropha for instance can yield over 2,000 barrels Use of marginal land – look at crops (see below) that can be grown on arid land rather than take away arable farmland needed for essential food production. Using arid land in the poorer regions could provide social and economic benefits for that region New sources that lessen the threat of environmental impact include:-

Algae – grows quickly, renews quickly but to be a viable option cost effective harvesting remains a challenge Jatropha – can be grown in arid climates, has a high yield compared with traditional biocrops, has the potential to increase fertility of the land Camalina – Researchers say the Camelina plant is an excellent source of biofuel; it can be grown in arid land, with less water, fertilizer and pesticides
Biodiesel – Many Complex Issues

Diesel engines were in fact originally designed in the early 1900′s to run on biodiesel made from oil seed crops and not to run on petroleum-based diesel. Was it a mistake not to encourage the development and take up of biodiesel back then instead of depending almost solely on petroleum?

Despite agreement in principle that biodiesel has a role to play in helping to reduce emissions unless politicians give clear guidelines about the future of renewable fuels there will continue to be a haphazard take up around the world. Most governments have been proceeding with caution and rightly so but mixed messages from governments around the world have only added to the uncertainty around the use biodiesel fuel. What should be the governments role be in promoting the use of biodiesel?

We live in a world today that has largely grown up in a throw away society without due regard to the consequences of waste. This wasteful attitude has been exacerbated by the lack of proper education in the basic skills of survival. It is only relatively recently that modern day governments have begun to encourage large scale recycling.

The challenge we face is to educate the public about the issues surrounding biofuels and what is good or bad. Honest debate not influenced by individual hidden agenda’s is the only way to arrive at political choices that embrace all the issues surrounding the use of biofuel.

So, is biodiesel good or bad for the environment?

One thing is for sure, first generation biofuels once thought to be the alternative fuel source of the future, have come under increased scrutiny recently. It is becoming clear that more information is needed about the potentially destructive elements of first-generation biofuels and the impact they have on the environment.

Environmentalists are concerned that the inadvertent consequence of using biodiesel fuel is unrecoverable damage to the environment. Furthermore, developing a dependence on traditional first generation biocrops may result in food competing with fuel over the use of land. We need to determine what the true balance is between good and bad from an environmental perspective.

Clearly governments need to further embrace the concept of reducing greenhouse gas emissions but should they be more proactive in finding a green source for our fuel as well?

Instead of destroying forests maybe we should look to new more “green” raw materials for producing biofuels. We must embrace the promotion of second and third-generation biofuels in an effort to help solve many of the current problems surrounding the use of first generation biodiesel.

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