**I'M BACK**

First I would like to thanks all of you who regularly visit my page, leave some messages, those who are patiently drop EC , THANK YOU SO MUCH... Many things happen to everybody and specially to me on the year passed and Thank God I cope up everything specially the most critical page of myLife... More story Later... ----AGAIN THANKS TO ALL DROPPERS ----- Top Ten Dropper # of drops Earning As An Affiliate ---- 26 A Rose By Name Learns ---- 21 Earn Blogger ---- 21 I am Harriet ---- 20 Enjoy Work As Leisure ---- 18 BloggerRap ---- 18 Wonderful Things in LIfe ---- 18 Apa kamu berani lihat blog saya ini? --- 17 My Hideaway ---- 17 BlogDeManila ---- 16

**I'M BACK SOON**

I would Like to thank all my friends who leave me a messages and drop EC. I'm sorry I was able to visit back, I'm out of circulation for a while. But hoping I'll be back soon. Thanks Again.

**BREAST CANCER FACTS**

Breast cancer - is one of the most common cancers impacting women not only in the United States but all over the world. In fact, it accounts for more than 1 in 4 cancers diagnosed in females, according to the American Cancer Society. While no one can predict exactly who will develop breast cancer, there are ways to help protect yourself. Read on for specific, simple steps to help lower your breast cancer risk and detect early signs of the disease. Learn more about this disease and what you can do to prevent it. ------Risk Factors----- **Age** Older women face a higher risk of developing breast cancer. From 2000 to 2004, 95 percent of new cases and 97 percent of breast cancer deaths occurred in women 40 or older, according to the ACS. Women between the ages of 75 to 79 are at the highest risk, with an incident rate of nearly 465 cases in every 100,000. **Family history/genetics** Women face a greater threat if their mother, sister or daughter had breast cancer, especially before age 40. And if more than one of those relatives develops the disease, that threat increases. About 5 to 10 percent of breast cancer cases are caused by inherited mutations or alterations in two genes: the BRCA1 and BRCA2. Women with BRCA1 mutations have an 65 percent risk of developing breast cancer by age 70, while those with BRCA2 have a 45 percent increased risk he disease is rare before menopause **Weight** Women who become obese after menopause face a higher risk of developing breast cancer; so do women who gain weight throughout adulthood. Citing a study posted in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the ACS reports that gaining 22 pounds after menopause ups the risk of the disease by 18 percent. And packing on 55 pounds or more after age 18 increases the risk by nearly 1 1/2 times.

**Hormones ** Reproductive hormones are believed to play a factor in breast cancer risk, according to the ACS. Women who have their first menstrual cycle before age 12, start menopause after 55 or have their first pregnancy after 30 face an increased risk. Women who use oral contraceptives face a small increased risk. On the other hand, breast-feeding has been shown to decrease the risk, even more so the longer a woman breast-feeds. Another risk factor is the use of combination hormone replacement therapy, or HRT. This treatment, which is used to prevent osteoporosis and heart disease in postmenopausal women, could increase breast tissue density, making mammograms less effective, thus delaying a possible diagnosis.

**Activity level ** Women who are physically inactive throughout life appear to have an increased risk of breast cancer. Being physically active may help to reduce the risk by preventing weight gain and obesity.

**Alcohol ** Some studies suggest that the more alcoholic beverages a woman drinks, the greater her risk of breast cancer. Just two drinks a day — of any kind of alcohol — could increase risk by 21 percent.

**Race/ethnicity** Caucasian women have a higher incidence than black women after age 40, but black women have a higher incidence rate before age 40 and are more likely to die from the disease at every age. Early detectionFor women considered high risk (20 percent or greater increased risk), an ACS panel recommends mammographs, clinical breast examinations and MRIs. For age 40 and older who have an average risk, the ACS recommends annual mammograms and clinical breast examinations. Women ages 20 to 39 should have a clinical breast exam every three years.

**These are some of common Symtoms** 1.A lump or thickening in or near the breast or in the underarm area. Soft, round, moveable lumps are likely to be benign. Hard, oddly shaped, firmly attached lumps are more likely to be cancerous. 2.Nipple tenderness 3.A change in the size or shape of the breast 4.Nipple turns inward into the breast 5.Skin redness, scaliness 6.Ridges or dimpling like the skin of an orange 7.Fluid discharge

always remember HEALTH IS WEALTH

**SHOES FOR PRES. BUSH?**

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi reporter called visiting U.S. President George W. Bush a "dog" in Arabic on Sunday and threw his shoes at him during a news conference in Baghdad. Iraqi security officers and U.S. secret service agents leapt at the man and dragged him struggling and screaming out of the room where Bush was giving a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The shoes missed their target about 15 feet (4.5 metres) away. One sailed over Bush's head as he stood next to Maliki and smacked into the wall behind him. Bush smiled uncomfortably and Maliki looked strained. "It doesn't bother me," Bush said, urging everyone to calm down as a ruckus broke out in the conference room. When asked about the incident shortly after, Bush made light of it. "I didn't feel the least threatened by it," he said. Other Iraqi journalists apologised on behalf of their colleague, a television journalist. Bush arrived in Baghdad earlier on Sunday on a farewell visit before he leaves office in January. The U.S.-led invasion in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein triggered years of sectarian bloodshed and insurgency in Iraq, killing tens of thousands.

**WHERE LIFE CAN'T HIDE**

December 12,2008

-- It was a dying on a scale never seen before or since on Earth. The slaughter was everywhere; the fertile ocean and balmy supercontinent Pangea were transformed into killing fields, littered with the bodies of ancient animals. By the time the dust had settled on the Permian-Triassic mass extinction 250 million years ago, 90 percent of life on the planet had been snuffed out. Now a new theory suggests the catastrophe was set in motion 15 million years earlier, deep in the Earth. On the edge of the molten outer core, a plume of super-hot material began rising through the mantle, upsetting convection in the core and throwing the planet's magnetic field into disarray. The weakening of Earth's magnetic field exposed the surface to a shower of cosmic radiation, says Yukio Isozaki of the University of Tokyo. He believes the radiation broke nitrogen in the atmosphere into ions that acted as seeds for clouds enshrouding the planet.

"This would've caused severe cooling and a drop in sea level" as the cool temperatures allowed massive ice sheets to accumulate on the continents, Isozaki said. "If you check the rock record at that time, tropical coral reefs die first. Then you start to see fauna from mid latitudes move into the tropics. It all points to cooling." The superplume disrupted the magnetic field and put a strain on creatures living on the surface, but it was only the beginning. Five million years later it reached the surface, Isozaki said, and the hot material punched through the crust, erupting as three successive supervolcanoes.

**NEW SWEETENER**

Ahhhhh!!!!!! a good smell of coffee every cold morning. But we have to be aware of what kind of sugar were going to use. And I will recommend a good one sugar . Xylitol Crystals .What is Xylitol? is as sweet as sugar without the calories and can be substituted one for one in place of cane sugar. When substituting xylitol for sugar, you just need small amount of it. Xylitol's contain high fiber consuming more than 12 grams in one meal can yield a laxative effect to varying degrees. Its not only for your hot coffee in the morning but this Xylito crystal also can be use in some recipe that need a little taste of sweetness. When substituting xylitol for sugar in some recipes, add more liquid as xylitol doesn't caramelize and can tend it more drier. So you can save more instead of you use more sugar just a small amount of Xylitol's is enough. SO try this new sugar in any food or drinks that needs sweetener.

**STORM**

CONCORD, N.H. – An ice storm knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses in New England and upstate New York on Friday, and authorities say it could take days for all of them to get service back. The storm brought rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow through the night, and in some areas, including hard-hit New Hampshire, the miserable mix was continuing Friday. The governors of Massachusetts and New Hampshire declared states of emergency Friday morning, and schools were closed and travel disrupted across the region. New Hampshire's court system canceled all hearings and trials for the day. "I urge all New Hampshire citizens to take sensible precautions and heed all warnings from public officials," Gov. John Lynch said. Fire departments were responding to reports of transformer explosions, wires and utility poles down and trees falling on homes. Utility crews were so busy dealing with public safety hazards like live power lines that they weren't immediately able to begin restoration efforts. Utilities reported 392,000 homes and businesses without power in New Hampshire, including 300,000 served by the state's largest utility, Public Service Company of New Hampshire. The outages there far surpassed the infamous ice storm of 1998, when some residents spent more than a week in the dark. In Hampstead, N.H., Mark Cegelis, 36, said things were hectic at his neighborhood gas station, which was jammed with people trying to get gas for home generators. "It's kind of lawless out there right now. There's a lot of people very frustrated, stacking up at the gas stations. It's pretty ugly." He bought 21 gallons for himself and tried to deliver some to some friends in Derry but couldn't get there because of downed trees blocking roads. So his friends came to him instead, and were expected to hunker down until power was restored. Gov. Deval Patrick's emergency declaration in Massachusetts would enable the governor to take further steps, such as mobilizing the National Guard, if needed as the day wore on, officials said. At a midmorning news conference, Patrick said 350,000 customers across the state were without power — and the number had risen 150,000 homes in just an hour. He said it would be "ambitious" to think power would be restored by Monday. "This is not going to be a couple of hours," Patrick said. "It's likely to be several days." In eastern New York, particularly around Albany, the state capital, outages at National Grid and other utilities brought the total in the state to more than 235,000. "Trees were down on all the roads," said Miguel Figueroa, 28, as he waited for coffee at a Starbucks in Colonie, N.Y. "... I couldn't even get on the Thruway today."

**BUGS**

Serious error We have a bug in our software, an automatic report has been sent to our developers and more whips are being applied as we speak. We apologise for the inconvenience. This is the message when I log in in Entre Card this morning. I hope it will be fixed so I can drop EC again. I dont know if everybody is getting the same message as I do.