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OUR AMAZING EARTHby Sarah Bates

We live on a pretty amazing planet. There are 195 countries, nearly 7,000 languages and 6.7 billion people - and if that’s not amazing enough, here are some more TIDBiTS:• Did you know that Earth is 4.5 billion years old? Geologists believe that for the fi rst two bil-lion years Earth supported no life whatsoever. They also speculate that for some time Earth was mostly in a molten state. This is why some of Earth’s oldest rock formations are only about 4 billion years old.• There are more than 50,000 earthquakes around the world each year. Did you know that an earthquake in 1811 caused parts of the Mis-sissippi River to fl ow backwards?• About 40,000 tons of extraterrestrial matter from space rain down on Earth each year. If you ever hear someone talking about space dust, this is what they mean!• The Earth isn’t fl at, but it’s not exactly round, either. Earth is known as an “oblate spheroid” because it is fl attened at the poles and bulging at the equator.• Only 3% of Earth’s water is drinkable. 2% of that 3% is located in glaciers and ice sheets

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Hot Weather WoesQ: Help! My window unit air conditioner keeps tripping the circuit breaker. Sometimes this happens right after I turn it on; sometimes it runs for a little while and then trips the breaker. It’s the only thing I have to cool my apart-ment in the summer. -- Shirley in Atlanta

A: A circuit breaker “trips” (the breaker switch fl ips open) when the power load on its circuit goes past the limit -- meaning too much electricity is fl owing through that circuit. The circuit breaker is a critical safety mechanism. Without it, a circuit might overheat and cause a fi re. It’s also a warning mechanism, so when the circuit frequently “trips” when you’re using an appliance that draws a lot of power, like an air conditioner, a space heater or a mi-crowave oven, you should pay attention.The most likely cause of your problem is that the air conditioner is using most of the amperage allotted to that circuit, and when you turn on another appliance that’s plugged into the same circuit, an overload occurs. Here’s how to fi nd out what else is plugged into that circuit: Unplug the air conditioner, plug a lamp into each outlet and switch the circuit off and on while a friend watches to see if the lamp goes off and on. Do this with every outlet in your apartment, noting which outlet corresponds to which circuit.If another appliance is sharing the same circuit as the air conditioner, plug that appliance into an outlet belonging to another circuit.If the air conditioner is the only appliance on the circuit, and it still trips the breaker, contact the apartment’s main-tenance offi ce. It needs to make sure that the circuit itself isn’t faulty.

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around Earth’s poles. The other 97% of Earth’s water is salt water.• The Earth travels 585,331,663 mi (942 mil-lion km) on its orbit around the sun. That’s over 1,603,648 mi (2,580,821 km) per day - that’s over 100 times the earth’s circumference!• There are billions of stars in the universe, but there are only about 3,000 stars visible to the naked eye from Earth’s surface.• Did you know that fog and clouds are really just the same thing but at different altitudes?• Even though you can’t put Earth on a scale, scientists have speculated about both Earth’s weight and mass. Some people will quickly re-mind you that Earth is technically weightless, as it is fl oating in outer space. Gravity effects weight and because there is no gravity in space, Earth is technically one skinny Minnie. The more ac-curate question to ask would be: What is Earth’s mass? Earth has a mass of about 5.9 sextilliontons... that’s twenty-one zeroes!• The plant life in the world’s oceans makes up 85% of all the fl ora on the planet.• The highest temperature ever recorded on the planet was 135.8º F (57.7º C). It was recorded in Al Aziziyah, Libya on September 13, 1922.

You’re probably wondering about the record low. That goes to Vostok, Antarctica on July 21, 1983. The Russian research station recorded -128.5º F (-89.2º C).• About 500 meteorites strike the Earth each year. Don’t worry about getting hit, though. The odds are extremely low. Only one woman has been hit by a meteorite in recent history, and that was Sylacauga, Alabama woman Ann Hodges, who was hit by a nine pound (four kilogram) me-teorite back in 1954.• On the subject of things entering our atmo-sphere, let’s talk about things exiting. Did you know that an object has to travel seven miles per second to escape Earth’s gravitational pull?• The Earth is travelling over 67,000 mph (107,826 km/h) through space! On the subject of speed, it takes moonlight 1.25 seconds to reach the Earth. It takes sunlight eight minutes to travel from the sun to the Earth.• Earth actually takes 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds to rotate - which means a year isn’t 365 days, it’s actually 365.2564 days. The e xtra .2564 days add up every four years to give us February 29th.• The Earth’s core is about 7000º F (3870º C). But, did you know that only the outer part of the

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Dear Dave,Our utility company offers a level-pay option. They aver-age out our bills over the last 24 months, and bill us a consistent amount each month based on that average. Do you think this is a good idea, or would you just pay the regular bills?

ChristyDear Christy,Lots of people like the idea of having a level of predictabil-ity built in to their utility bills. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this idea, as long as you have a good, steady income. You need to be aware, though, that most of these plans have a “make-up” schedule attached to them. You’ll get something back at the end of 12 months if you’ve overpaid, but you have to make up the difference if the payments come up short.Ultimately, if evening things out from month to month makes you feel better or helps with your budgeting pro-cess, then I say go for it. You’ll still only pay for the servic-es you use, and the utility company still gets their money, so it’s really just another path to the same destination!

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BrentDear Brent,I can sum it up in one word – serving. And don’t think for a second that serving means being subservient. I’m talk-ing about being proactive, and making an effort to ensure that customers and potential customers alike are served well. Serving means you’re excited about what you have to offer, and you believe you’ve got a great product at a great price. It means you’re determined your customer is

going to have a great experience, and if you happen to hit a bump in the road you will take care of it in a way that will make them forget it ever happened.Serving is an attitude. You have to provide goods or ser-vices in a way that makes your customers willing to trade their time or money – things that are very precious to them – to interact with you and your business. You can pressure people if you want, but that’s going to lead to a dull and frustrating life of one-shot deals. But if you serve people well, you’ll not only have clients for life but they’ll also send all of their friends your way.If you help enough people, Brent, and make that your fi rst order of business, you’ll never have to worry about mon-ey. That’s a different attitude, isn’t it? But I’ve got news for you – it works!

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ANSWER: (R.C. is a high-school-age young woman.)Fibromyalgia causes people to retreat from their usual activities and makes them yearn for the days before it struck.It’s a peculiar disorder, with more unknown about it than known. Its cause hasn’t been discovered. More wom-en come down with it than men -- another unexplained fact. No lab test detects it. X-rays, scans and ultrasound show no abnormalityPeople affl icted with it complain of widespread body pain. They hurt all over, especially muscles, bones and joints. Exercise aggravates the pain. Joints are stiff early in the morning. Fibromyalgia patients are tired all the time. They never get a decent night’s sleep, and that adds to their fatigue.During an examination, doctors can detect tender points, specifi c body sites where pressure of the examining fi n-

ger elicits pain out of proportion to the pressure. There are 18 of these sites, nine on each side of the body.More than 70 medicines have been used in treating fi -bromyalgia. Tylenol and anti-infl ammatory medicines such as Aleve, Advil and Motrin are helpful for some. Cymbalta and Lyrica are two medicines that have won Food and Drug Administration approval for treatment of this condition. Exercise is important, but it must be started at a low level and gradually increased. Water exercises are well-tolerated. If a person can’t keep up with the rest of the class, he or she shouldn’t try to do so. Keep exercise at a level that’s tolerable.The booklet on fi bromyalgia deals with it in greater depth. To order a copy, write to: Dr. Donohue -- No. 305, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. ***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have what the doctors call black hairy tongue. Can you tell me about it? -- Anon.ANSWER: Black hairy tongue, aside from its looks, is

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#2: 3 Reasons – Why Twitter

As I said, I joined Twitter in Jan 09. There was just over 1 million Tweepers involved then. Today, just 6 months later, Twitter is closing in on 3 million accounts. Thus, either there is one person who needs to get a life or Twitter is a social movement on fi re.

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It’s like… Well, it’s like me prior to Jan 09.

The only difference between you and I is that I have taken the time to learn the secrets of Twit-ter. I guess there is another difference. Your reading and I’m writing. Now, if you follow the advice I will be sharing, you’ll see nothing but net for your business, cause, organization, team, group or what have you.


Unlike other social networking platforms, Twit-ter provides a quick way for you to tweet your message to a niche audience who is ready to hear what you have to say. Not having the 140 character limit imposed leaves a person open to ramble endlessly with next to nothing to say. Focus, focus, focus – In today’s world its the only way.

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