Omega-3 fats are some of Mother Nature’s most potent medicines. They reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, as well as ease inflammation, asthma, and pain. As positive research results on these healthy fats continue to mount, fish oil manufacturers and salmon purveyors have benefited from what has turned into a healthy trend. Now pharmaceutical companies are trying to get a slice of the omega pie.
When you signed up for Facebook or MySpace, you may have thought that nobody outside of your friends and family would be interested in your profile. But specialty companies are increasingly “mining” your social networking activities for in-depth marketing data they can sell. They search for posts, comments, and other tidbits from your profile that detail your favorite movies or TV shows, products, music, etc.
In business, the best opportunities don’t usually announce themselves ahead of time. There is no warning. And there is precious little time to consider your choices.
“Labile” (LAY-bile) - from the Latin for “to slip” - means apt or likely to change; adaptable.
Here at ETR, we don’t advocate following traditional “diets.” But we do recommend that, to stay lean and healthy, you avoid certain foods - and stick to fresh fruits and veggies, lean protein, and low-glycemic carbs.
Issue #2662
WEALTHY: Growing global demand boosting “old school” industry (Ted Peroulakis)
HEALTHY: Say goodbye to temptation (Craig Ballantyne)
WISE: Henry Ward Beecher on temptation
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
How not to miss once-in-a-lifetime opportunities (John Carlton)
Why you shouldn’t avoid multi-syllable words (Suzanne Richardson)
It’s Fun to Know… about the volcano that twitters
Add “labile” to your vocabulary
Agricultural products, including corn, wheat, and soybeans, are absolute necessities for human existence. And with the world’s population quickly increasing, demand for these commodities will skyrocket… and push prices much higher.
“Make yourself a solemn promise right now that you’ll never use ‘emolument’ when you mean ‘tip’ and you’ll never say ‘John stopped long enough to perform an act of excretion’ when you mean ‘John stopped long enough to move his bowels,’” says Stephen King in On Writing.
For weeks, the Alaska Volcano Observatory has been monitoring the first eruption of Mount Redoubt in 20 years - and they’ve been keeping the volcano-crazy public informed through live streaming video from webcams.
Someone who’s “sallow” (SAL-oh) - from the Old English for “dusky/dark” - has a sickly, yellowish complexion.
By Kelley Herring | Fri, May 8, 2009
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