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The pressure of blood against the walls of the arteries is called your blood pressure. It results from two sources, the heart when it pumps blood, and the circulatory system. If your blood pressure isn t normal than it can either be high or low. Blood pressure is measured by an electronic device that is put around the arm and blown up. The doctor then puts a stethoscope to your arm while the air is let out slowly.

High blood pressure (systolic pressure) is measured when the doctor first hears the pulse. Low blood pressure (diastolic pressure) is measured from the moment the doctor is unable to hear the pulse. It is normally measured in terms of millimeters of mercury but do to the dangers of mercury it is no longer used. The systolic pressure is always placed first, for example 120/80 or 120 over 80. Blood pressure below this number is considered to be a good number. An example of high blood pressure would look like 140 over 90and low blood pressure would look like 80 over 89.

High blood pressure usually doesn t have any symptoms; most people go years without ever knowing they have it. Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is to have it checked. This can be done at a yearly physical.

Low blood pressure is called in medical terms hypotension. It has symptoms due to the low flow of blood through the veins. If the flow of blood is too low it doesn t deliver enough oxygen to the vital organs. If they don t get enough oxygen and nutrients they can not f unction normally and it can cause permanent damage.

The body has sensors in the walls of the arteries to monitor the pressure of blood sends signals out to other organs to either lower or increase the bloods pressure. There is a few different ways that this can be done. The veins can expand and narrow. This makes it so that more blood can be stored in the veins and less blood returns to the heart. The arterioles can also expand and narrow. The heart can also speed up and contract more frequently this makes it so it ejects more blood into each contraction. The kidneys can also help by increasing and decreasing the amount of urine that is being produced. Urine is mostly water that is removed from the blood.

High blood pressure can really hurt your kidneys. It makes your heart work harder and damages the blood vessels through your body. Damaged blood vessels in the kidney can result in them stopping wastes from being removed and removing excess fluids. The excess fluids can make blood pressure rise even higher. Kidney failure can result from high blood pressure.

There are changes you should have to make in your life if you have high blood pressure and need to lower it. Quitting smoking is a big cause. Lose weight if you re over weight. And exercise regularly even if you aren t over weight. Eating healthy and right can make a huge difference. Lots of fruits and veggies and food low in fat are optimal. Lower the amount of salt you in taking and caffeine too. Relieving stress can all help.

Not every one gets affected by high sodium intakes however. You still should limit your in take of salt to 2,400 mg. your doctor should be able to give you your proper limit. But make sure you are not adding salt to food and read the labels that are on packages to make sure that you re not taking in over your limit. You may not realize that some foods contain a lot of salt in them. It s not something you think about when n you re eating it. Like bread and cheese have a lot of salt in them.

There are many kinds of medications that you can take to lower your blood pressure as well. If your blood pressure can only be controlled by taking prescription medication then most likely you re going to have to take the medication for the rest of life. Stopping taking the medication without talking to your doctor could really increase your risk of a heart attack and a stroke. Some of these medications are diuretics, beta blockers, alpha blockers, ace inhibitors and calcium channel blockers.

There are lots of herbs and herbal remedies that can help you with your blood pressure as well. They can help to stimulate the circulation and important glands. Rosemary steeped as tea is a good tonic for the heart. Siberian ginseng, ginger, spiralina, and ginkgo biloba can all stimulate the circulatory system. Hawthorn berries and garlic can also regulate blood pressure in those who have to raise their blood pressure. Alternative Health Supplements offers some supplements that are all natural products. They have products that can support normal blood pressure and products that will lower your blood pressure.

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Stop toxic landfill with free SIM cards

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Sunil Kalsi

It sounds unlikely but the reality has to be faced. Technology has revolutionised that way we live our lives, it s great because today we have access to information that it would have taken a lifetime to accumulate in the past. We re able to communicate complicated ideas that can be shred and built upon increasing the sum total of human knowledge to the benefit of all… eventually.

Free SIM cards

and mobile phones is only a drop compared to the infinity of space occupied by all Human wastefulness but big things happen from small changes.

We; in the west, have to realise that there is no desperate need to replace our tech every year, two years or even 5 years. When we stop being blackmailed by advertising into buying things we don t need, when the need for status symbols leaves us we ll realise that we don t need to use as much. Okay, rant over.

Back to topic, Europe, USA and China are responsible for using the vast majority of the world s resources and mobile phones are an aspect of this. Free SIM cards allow mobile phone owners to find cost effective means of communication that does not require a new handset when contract expires.

The impact of mobile phone manufacture on the environment through mining the materials they are made from is immense. Materials such as, crude oil, silicon, palladium, copper and gold all feature in the essential components of a mobile phone and they all require extensive mining and processing.

Around 100 million new mobile phones are replaced each year many end up in landfill, phones that could easily be used with free SIM cards. The release of harmful toxins into the environment through improper disposal can be avoided but it costs money. Greeniacs.com report that:

Toxic materials like lead, cadmium, mercury, and poly vinyl chlorides (PVCs) are common in cell phones. And although the European Union began enforcing stricter toxic metal and chemical standards in 2006, these materials are still prevalent in black market cell phones, and often make their way to open air dumps in South America.

Mobile phones containing Mercury, used in screens and circuit boards; pose a threat to the water supply of wherever they are dumped. When Mercury comes into contact with water it turns into methylated Mercury that can easily end up in the food chain. It is known to cause brain damage.

Not to point the finger but, America uses the same amount of energy per year on air conditioning as the whole continent of Africa uses for everything. And no amount of free SIM cards is going to do anything about that. But considering options that offer workarounds, compromises and alternative to wastefulness is the least we can do.

The more people start to think about it the higher the chances are that a creative option will present itself; in the meantime let s be proactive in our daily habits.

For details about what goes into the manufacture of mobile phones see Greeniacs.com.The BBC website contains plenty of information regarding impact upon indigenous people through excessive mining.By

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By Frbiz Tian

February’s Lunar New Year holidays, the traditional, pre-market prices remained stable in the New Year fell slightly, to stabilize the market price before the holiday week, mainly. As the steel mills during the Spring Festival have the resources to arrive one after another, after the holiday market, a greater increase in common stock.

Postganglionic business one after another work by the expected impact of higher negotiated iron ore, Baosteel will raise the market prices, as well as external disk during the Spring Festival, and gold futures prices of the impact of a strong post-holiday business mentality, drawing up tentative, subject to demand is not difficult to support higher prices.

As of Feb. 22, 25mm rebar national average price in 3769 yuan / ton, last month dropped 32 yuan / ton; which Beijing 25mm price of 3730 yuan / ton, over the same period last month, up 70 yuan / ton; Shanghai 18-25mm price of 3810 yuan / ton, up 140 yuan over the same period the previous month / ton; Guangzhou 18-25mm price of 3980 yuan / ton, last month dropped 10 yuan / ton; domestic 6.5mm high speed wire average price in 3879 yuan / ton, up 185 yuan over the same period the previous month / ton, Beijing 6.5mm high cable prices in 3750 yuan / ton, last month over the same period rose 20 yuan / ton, Shanghai price for 6.5mm high wire 3,720 yuan / ton, compared with the previous months earlier to 70 yuan / ton to 3,830 yuan in Guangzhou price / ton, down 150 yuan over the same period the previous month / ton.

By the end of February happens to be the first month 15, the basic construction sites from the fifteenth day after the start. With the construction site started gradually began to demand, market demand will pick up gradually, but by the high levels of inventory as well as macro-policy has raised the bank reserve rate loans to builders and distributors to tighten, it will affect the continuity of the market rose sharply is expected in March next year, the domestic construction steel market prices will show a gradual upward trend.

1, construction steel output:

In February to overhaul more steel, blast furnace steel mills cut production in February the National average of 11.7%, significantly up from last month. At the same time as energy shortages, so there is a downward trend in steel production. Steel production from the current situation, in February the total production of 6,352,900 tons Rebar program, 297,600 tons less than in January, in which East is still the largest proportion of production. This month the previous month significantly increased the proportion of steel exports, steel direct supply to reduce the number of the previous month, amount of rebar in the domestic running flat the previous month.

February Wire plans to produce the total 3.703 million tons, 400,500 tons less than the previous month. Wire exports decreased from the previous month, while the steel mills in January this month, slightly higher than the number of direct supply to enhance, put on the market, the ratio increased slightly from last month. Overall, in February the high wire and rebar market decline in resource allocation, which is less than the high pressure line inventory stock rebar pressure.

2, the social construction of steel inventory.

According to statistics, the main city of steel, wire marked increase in the trend continued. As of February 22, the number of major cities as 678.73493.42 tons Rebar Stock, Zhou 19.040% sequential growth, up 37.56 percent on year. One stock to 68.72 in Shanghai 535,900 tons Rebar, Zhou ring rose 17.06%, up 28.23 percent on the Beijing rebar inventories 548,600 tons, up 22.58% of chain week, month, year 35.31%, Guangzhou rebar stock 675 000 tons, up 28.79% of chain week, month, year on year growth of 38.83 percent. The national total of 1,924,300 tons wire stock, rose 20.81 percent pericyclic, up 80.09% month.

Among them, 119,400 tons in Shanghai stock wire, chain growth of 41.3% week, month, year on year growth of 19.16%; Beijing Wire stock at 89,900 tons, up 12.97% of chain week, month, year on year growth of 78.81 percent, Guangzhou wire stock at 25.5 million tons, Cycles of growth of 8.5% compared with a monthly increase of 66.78%.

Analysis of domestic construction steel inventory position at the community, because nearly a month before the Spring Festival domestic construction steel market, not only enter, so that rebar and wire rod of the social stock, compared with before the holiday, there are increased substantially, and after the Spring Festival stock reached its highest level ever, after the Spring Festival market pressures greater resources, will affect the market trend.

3, the original fuel prices continue to rise.

Iron ore prices in 2010 is expected to do very strong, there is news that five major metallurgical enterprises in China and BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and CVRD to raise iron ore price agreement, under the agreement, arrived in Chinese ports iron ore price from 62 dollars per ton in 2009 increased to 84 U.S. dollars, or 40%. This price is much higher than the original ceiling of 20% set, but Rio Tinto and the Japanese and Korean steel mills after the first round of talks, made the demand of 40% price increase.

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