Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-25 Thread Dana
indeed On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "you've obviously not spent much time at an inner city ER." > > Thank God > > > ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-24 Thread Jerry Barnes
"you've obviously not spent much time at an inner city ER." Thank God ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.co

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-24 Thread Dana
you've obviously not spent much time at an inner city ER. They are both burdens, which affect the system in differnt ways. I dont see why that is hard On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "it's also a health issue in terms of the burden on the health care system" > > A burden

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-24 Thread Jerry Barnes
"it's also a health issue in terms of the burden on the health care system" A burden or nuisance? Obesity is a burden since it leads to so many other health problems. Last time I checked, there is an epidemic of gunshot wounds in our country (aside from Oakland). I guess it's all in how you lo

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-23 Thread Dana
it's also a health issue in terms of the burden on the health care system On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "you dont think gunshot wounds are a health issue?" > > If you're the one shot it is. > > > ~|

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread Jerry Barnes
"you dont think gunshot wounds are a health issue?" If you're the one shot it is. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.hous

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
you dont think gunshot wounds are a health issue? Spend some time waiting to be seen at an inner-city ER ;) then check out the asthma rates/'air quality in oh... Houston say. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Murder, accidents and suicide make our numbers look bad. Take t

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
high fructose corn syrup On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Food for thought?" > > Sure, but not all in a negative context. > > For example, looking at Life Expectancy.  A ranking of 30th seems pretty > bad.  Then you consider that the USA has an abundance of food (includi

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread William Bowen
> If Democrats introduced an America is #1 bill todayevery Republican > would vote against it :) Only if they wanted to get re-elected :) -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread Eric Roberts
You do realize that the Onion is a satire publication and in no way shape or form serious? Eric -Original Message- From: Brian Thornton [mailto:vegasthorn...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:49 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices I take issue

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread Eric Roberts
rsday, April 22, 2010 5:44 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices "Murder, accidents and suicide make our numbers look bad. Take them out of the calculations and we're near the top." You work at East Anglia? But, the point is well-taken. Most countries

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread G Money
If Democrats introduced an America is #1 bill todayevery Republican would vote against it :) On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Brian Thornton wrote: > > I take issue and beat this horse that it claims most indices... > > America is # 1 on many more indices then the few you listed Maybe yo

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread Brian Thornton
I take issue and beat this horse that it claims most indices... America is # 1 on many more indices then the few you listed Maybe you aren't seeing it as half full.. I mean really people... http://www.theonion.com/articles/congress-passes-america-is-1-bill,1574/ America’s military is the st

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-22 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Murder, accidents and suicide make our numbers look bad. Take them out of the calculations and we're near the top." You work at East Anglia? But, the point is well-taken. Most countries don't have anywhere near the number of personal vehicles or the volume of roads to drive them on so accident

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Sam
Yes I know. Americans mortality rate is more to do with gangs, depression and poor or sleepy drivers than to do with poor health care. If you take the three items out of the study we would do better than most. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > That is also included in th

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
That is also included in the other countries totals... Eric -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:33 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices That's not it. Murder, accidents and suicide make our nu

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Sam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality The infant mortality rate correlates very strongly with and is among the best predictors of state failure.[4] IMR is also a useful indicator of a country's level of health or development, and is a component of the physical quality of life index. But

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Sam
That's not it. Murder, accidents and suicide make our numbers look bad. Take them out of the calculations and we're near the top. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Food for thought?" > > Sure, but not all in a negative context. > > For example, looking at Life Expectanc

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Yep. -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:12 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices "To be more accurate, it's not necessarily the cause, but it can be the trigger." And, it can b

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Jerry Barnes
"To be more accurate, it's not necessarily the cause, but it can be the trigger." And, it can be controlled to some extent by diet. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
I would disagree...while it does include that, it also includes lower than normal production. Eric -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:47 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices For Type 1

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
That's it and that is him...thanks...I was brain farting the names. -Original Message- From: William Bowen [mailto:william.bo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:53 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices Quest for Fire Ron Perlman Rae [Dawn]

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:46 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices Really? I though the Neanderthal DNA sequencing done recently showed that there was no real genetic overlap between homo sapiens sap

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Yes interesting article in Nature about it: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7091/full/441260b.html "One finding so far is that the Neanderthal Y chromosome is substantially more different from human and chimp Y chromosomes than are other chromosomes. This suggests that little interbree

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
At times I think that Ron Perlman has spent most of his movie career wearing pounds of latex and movie prosthetics - Quest for Fire, The City of Lost Children, HellBoy, the TV series Beauty and the Beast etc. Interesting movie though. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:52 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Qu

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread G Money
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Really? I though the Neanderthal DNA sequencing done recently showed > that there was no real genetic overlap between homo sapiens sapiens > and Neanderthals. From what I remember reading those findings blew the > assimilation theory out

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread William Bowen
Quest for Fire Ron Perlman Rae [Dawn] Chong > Yup...there is a pretty strong theory that early humans sexually interacted > with Neandertals, so they passed on some of their genes to our gene pool. > Think of the 80's movie with Rae Dong Chong and (the guy who played Hellboy) > where he was a Ne

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
n and type 2 is usually indicative of a properly > functioning pancreas with the body developing a resistance to the insulin. > > Eric > > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:43 AM > To: cf-commun

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
ayed an anatomically modern human. > > Eric > > -Original Message- > From: G Money [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:30 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Er

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
. Eric -Original Message- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:43 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices http://www.joslin.org/research/type_1_diabetes_research.html Type 1 _used_ to be referred to as Juvenile

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
human. Eric -Original Message- From: G Money [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:30 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
blood sugar level would allow more energy to be > produced, thus more heat...).  They also think red hair comes from them to > ;-) > > Eric > > -Original Message- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:35 AM > To:

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Jerry Johnson
http://www.joslin.org/research/type_1_diabetes_research.html Type 1 _used_ to be referred to as Juvenile Diabetes - but no longer. It is an autoimmune disease. It accounts for about 12% of diabetes cases, and they now think it may be a factor in more (as many as 20% where people have both Type

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread G Money
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I have seen some interesting research that links it to Neandertals and a > submissive version of the gene that helped to keep them warm (which would > make sense...a high blood sugar level would allow mor

RE: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices that's a gross over generalization. Diabetes is not strictly related to being overweight. Certain kinds of Type 2 Diabetes are, but all the other sorts, Type 1 insulin dependent etc., the cause is not being overweight. On Tue,

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
that's a gross over generalization. Diabetes is not strictly related to being overweight. Certain kinds of Type 2 Diabetes are, but all the other sorts, Type 1 insulin dependent etc., the cause is not being overweight. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Food for thought?

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Jerry Johnson
It is those cheezburgers and super sized fries that is going to make the world a peaceful place. http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/20/military.fat.fight/index.html On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Vivec wrote: > > *munches on a triple cheeseburger with bacon* > hmm? whaff? > > On 20 April 2

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Vivec
*munches on a triple cheeseburger with bacon* hmm? whaff? On 20 April 2010 22:25, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Food for thought?" > > For example, looking at Life Expectancy.  A ranking of 30th seems pretty > bad.  Then you consider that the USA has an abundance of fo ~~

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Food for thought?" Sure, but not all in a negative context. For example, looking at Life Expectancy. A ranking of 30th seems pretty bad. Then you consider that the USA has an abundance of food (including the incredibly unhealthy fast-food), an abundance of non-manual labor jobs, an abundance

: Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Matthew P. Smith
I love that video. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > America, fnck yea! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Cameron Childress >wrote: > > > > > Yawn :) > > > > On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Vivec wrote: > > > > > > > > A v

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Jerry Johnson
Books! This says it all http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/bacon/bacon6.jpg http://mystuffspace.com/graphic/jack-daniels.gif http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/04/08/1207683230_8679-1.jpg http://www.justsaytops.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/halle-berry.jpg On Tue, Apr 20, 201

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Lies, damn lies, statistics Did you know that the average tan in the US is not even a single shade above normal skin tone? All those Hawaiian are just statistical anomalies. Now if they did it by US state, then we would see some numbers with real value. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Vivec w

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Robert Munn
Andora is a tiny state nestled in the mountains between Spain and France. Comparing a tiny state like Andora with a big state like the USA is not very useful in my view. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Vivec wrote: > > A visual depiction of actual US Rankings in key indices shows that the > gre

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Ray Champagne
America, fnck yea! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Yawn :) > > On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Vivec wrote: > > > > > A visual depiction of actual US Rankings in key indices shows that the > > greatest nation on earth isn't

Re: America not #1 in most indices

2010-04-20 Thread Cameron Childress
Yawn :) On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Vivec wrote: > > A visual depiction of actual US Rankings in key indices shows that the > greatest nation on earth isn't actually number 1, and in most cases > isn't even in the top 10 of most indexes. > > http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/04/20