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The most common motorized method of propelling small watercraft is the outboard motor. They are a self-contained unit with an engine, propeller, subsidiary systems and are designed to be fixed at the rear (stern) of the craft.

Outboard motors provide propulsion and steering control as they are designed to be able to be pivoted on their mountings therefore controlling the direction in which the propeller thrusts. Even when the engine is not providing propulsion the transmission leg acts as a rudder and can be used to direct the watercraft.

The mounting of the outboard also allows the engine to be tipped forward to elevate the transmission and propeller shaft out of the water to avoid collecting seaweed or striking various underwater hazards such as rocks.

Types of motors

Smaller outboards are completely self-contained, have integral fuel tanks and controls and are steered using a "tiller" that is directly connected to the unit. The power provided by a smaller motor is sufficientto move a small boat at around 9mph, much faster than what is possible with oars, they can weigh as little as 12kg. The lightweight portable nature of small outboards allow them to be removed simply by loosening their mounting clamps. Starting of smaller engines usually involves a manual pull start ignition system whereas larger engines often have electris starts, like that in a car.

Large outboard engines have been designed, that have sufficient power to be used on watercraft 9 metres long or greater. Electric outboards have been produced inmore recent times and are used for specialised applications such as fishing, where quietness and zero emissions are of benefit. Diesel outboards are available, however their weight and cost makes them unpractical for many purposes.

Pump-jet propulsion outboard engines have been produced replacing the conventional propeller design. Like other pump-ket propulsion systems available, they boast virtually no cavitation, allowing the boat to be maneuvered and operated in very shallow water without fear of damaging the engine. the low efficiency of these engines compared to propellers has seem them to be restricted to only speciailized applications.

Written for Bob spalding. Online retailers of marine, leisure and extreme sport gear.

Growth hormone is an anti-aging elixir for many people. They claim it is a remedy for all things even prevent or reverse aging. However, last researches state that there is no evidence that growth hormone to fend off "father time."

Researches were conducted by the Standford University School of Medicine and they concluded there is certainly no data out there suggesting that giving growth hormone to otherwise healthy people will make them live longer or even reversing aging. In fact, the study showed potential for adverse side effects.

Negative side affects are joint swelling and pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and a trend toward increased new diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetes. Many people have paid a lot of money for therapies that might have minimal or not effects at all, and inclusive to have side effects. This drug can be doing for you nothing but damages.

Nowadays, with the use of internet growth hormone are widely promoted as anti-aging treatment and it has caught attention of popular media ranging from the Today Show to Business Week. Consequently, this treatment became very popular.

50.000 people or so used growth hormone as anti-aging treatment in 2006 - just in the United States - with a cost often more than $1.000 a month. Researches showed that this number has increased since the mi -1990s, this increase comes despite of high cost therapy, other important factor is illegal distribution of growth hormone.

Pituitary grand is a pea-sized organ at the base of the brain and produces naturally growth hormone, during childhood and adolescent years production is highest, and then typically start tapering off around age 30, continuing to decline into old age.

While injection of growth hormone are considered a legitimate treatment for short children and adults whose pituitary glands do not produce enough growth hormones to maintain normal metabolism, it is the healthy elderly what it is promoted as anti-aging treatment.

Healthy elderly person injected with growth hormone has a modest effect on body composition, increasing lean body mass or muscle. Studies state that practically people get nothing but risks using this treatment.

For example, other clinically important outcomes are not changed, such as bone density, cholesterol and lipid measurements and maximal oxygen consumption.

To sum up, studies provided no real evidence supporting growth hormone therapy resulted in increase fitness and you will do better trying another kind of treatment, the anti aging market place is plenty of alternatives.

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I am pretty sure that, if it were just me, I would be celebrating the holiday season with no more than a fat cup of egg nog, a James Taylor CD, and a few simple handmade gifts for friends and family.

But I have three children, and that means that - like most parents - I must balance the spirit of the season with a series of nagging "wants" and whines.

Nothing squashes the spirit of Christmas more for me than this. But - it's a fact of life. So, over the last seven years or so, I've found a few ways to help me prevent materialism from stealing the season...

1. Make an agreement with the adults on your list that you will exchange either handmade items, or donate to a charity in their name. When we model selfless gift-giving, it can make a big difference to watchful children.

2. Discuss with your children, whenever possible this season, how it feels to give. Refocus on the giving aspect of the holiday as much as you can.

3. Adopt a special cause each year. The Heifer Project (http://www.heifer.org/) is wonderfully suited for holiday traditions. This charity allows you to purchase a gift animal for a family in need (ranging from heifers to rabbits and everything in between). These gift animals then provide resources that the recipients need to thrive in daily life. When we purchase a Heifer Project gift for someone, our kids draw a picture of the gifted animal, and we frame and wrap the artwork.

4. Purchase your holiday cards from Unicef.

5. Ask each of your children to write a Dear Santa letter and to include at least three things that they can't touch or see.

6. Focus on family traditions and celebrating family togetherness.

7. On Christmas Day, plan something to do directly after all the gifts are opened. No matter how long a family spends unwrapping presents, there is sometimes a sense of deflation after the last one. Each year, we get dressed to go to grandma's...

8. Help your children to raise money for a good cause this time of year. Organize a fundraiser where the children wrap gifts for a donation or $1 or $2, for example.

9. Instead of a material gift, give something that will create memories. Some good ideas: sporting events, plays, movies, concerts, a mother-daughter trip to the spa.

10. Make the process of preparing for the holidays every bit as important as the big day itself. Carve out time for baking, decorating, and wrapping gifts as a family.

About the author:

Jamie Jefferson is a self-improvement columnist for Momscape.com and a student of Success University. Visit her site today to discover how you can enroll today for a simple $2 donation to Feed the Children: http://www.momscape.com/success-university - and get $1749 in personal growth products free.

Approximately 80 million people are searching daily for a money-making opportunity of one sort or another. Many of the 90 best keyword phrases start with "making money". You will be pleasantly surprised to learn how arranging for free Google ads will contribute to your own money-making opportunity.

The bottom line is you will be shown how to place your niche article at the top of the page, sell profitable ads to put on your article, offer a free newsletter signup and then selling advertising on your free newsletter as well.

PLACING YOUR NICHE ARTICLE AT THE TOP

This is not as difficult as you think when you are not concerned with the cost of the click through conversion rate. When your only concern is to be at the top at any cost, you can easily do it with a little experimenting. You know you will get lots of clicks when you are at the top, generating lots of traffic. You bid high enough to quickly get to the top, and then slowly start reducing your bid price while staying at or near the top.

You will want to hold the new bid price for 5 days to allow the search engines to adjust while still keeping up the traffic volume from your high placement. Then you can reduce your bid price again by another 5 cents and hold for another 5 days. Over time you will significantly reduce your cost and still hold your top position because the search engines are giving you credit for the traffic volume generated so you remain at the top spot even with a lower cost.

OFFER FREE NEWSLETTERS TO EXPAND PROFITS FURTHER

Selling advertising on your newsletters gives others a chance to expose their products to your private data base, which everyone is very eager to do. Your advertisers must be able to make enough profit themselves to at the very least cover their cost of advertising with you.

Always continue to obtain daily fresh leads through targeted pay-per-click while covering the cost with selling advertising and expanding your profits accordingly. After about 25 days, your leads are not fresh and would be a good time to consider selectively selling them in batches. This is why it is important to send all your offers and free newsletters every day before the leads become "old".

Who could imagine such a simple idea as selling advertising on your niche article and again selling advertising on your 12 free newsletters in the same niche market would not only cover your costs of pay-per-click, but actually produce perhaps a larger profit than the product you have originally started out to sell on line.

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Asbestos Mesothelioma

Asbestos is a fibrous material that was often used for its great insulating properties. When intact, the fibers perform effectively and provide no danger to humans. However, the fibrous material breaks down tremendously with age, and when the individual fibers are inhaled into the lungs, asbestosis may occur in exposed individuals. Asbestosis is a condition where the lungs develop scar tissue.

This scarring can and in most cases does result in the onset of Asbestos Mesothelioma. One of the most dangerous cancers known to the medical community, this condition has been the reason for controversy surrounding the use of asbestos at all. Generally, buildings with asbestos require complete removal and quarantine of all materials until inspections are performed.

In this type of cancer, the lining of the lungs becomes inflamed, cells grow abnormally and the condition is extremely painful for the patient. The condition can be either benign or malignant, both requiring treatment although only the malignant variety is known to spread to surrounding tissues and organs in the body.

The incubation period for this type of cancer can range from twenty to fifty years from the time of exposure. Many new cases are being discovered every day, however the number of new cases is anticipated to heavily decline as a result of removal and regulatory efforts regarding the use of asbestos.

Shortness of breath and chest pain are the two most commonly reported signs of asbestos Mesothelioma, however other symptoms may include rapid weight loss, abdominal pain and swelling, anemia, bowel obstruction and unexplained fevers. If you were ever exposed to asbestos and you experience these symptoms it is imperative to get to a doctor as soon as possible for testing.

If the cancer has spread, you may also experience trouble swallowing or facial swelling and pain.

Treatment for this type of cancer will vary on the patient, their general health and the stage of the disease. Commonly used treatment options are chemotherapy, radiation and in some cases surgery. Prognosis will be determined after complete testing, and will depend on the severity of the cancer.

Mesothelioma for terms page

Mesothelioma is cancer within the lining cells of the lungs, and the chest cavity (peritoneum) or the lining of the heart (pericardium). Generally, patients diagnosed with Mesothelioma have at some point in their lives come in contact with asbestos, either at home or at their jobs. Unfortunately, it takes many years for cancer to develop in these cases and people who were exposed as long as 50 years ago are just now being diagnosed. This is a very controversial cancer, resulting in many legislation changes regarding the use of asbestos and many lawsuits against the companies that continued to use the substance knowing it presented a potential serious hazard.

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Joe Lovrek

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During a hurricane your sailboat can be in severe jeopardy even if the storm doesn't pass near to you. The most important thing is to make preparations in advance. As a storm grows close the weather can make it difficult to prepare your boat and supplies could already be sold out. There are different strategies you need to be aware of if your boat is moored at a dock or kept in dry-dock on a trailer. If at all possible it is always best to try to move your boat inland and toward high ground.

If your boat is moored at a dock it is important to re-enforce the moorings and double check that the cleats on the boat and dock are secure. Attach double lashings at each of the four points you are tied off to, and make sure to move the attachment higher up on the pylons to allow for the rising tide. During a rough storm the lines will chafe along the boat, which can cause one of the lines to break free and slam your boat into the dock. Cover any points that make chafe with leather, plastic or rubber coverings to prevent a line from breaking free. Old garden hose cut into sections will work well for a line covering. Secure any equipment from the deck down below and pull any outboard engines to be stored. Secure bumpers and tire to the sides of the boat to prevent damage from the dock.

If your sailboat is stored on a trailer make sure to lash the boat down to the trailer at more than one place. Tie the boat down to four different points to secure objects. Follow the advice above in removing any equipment possible and storing anything possible down below. Drain the air from the trailers tires and place chocks (Bricks, wood or cinder blocks) in front and behind the wheels. Strip the boat down as much as possible and try to place the trailer in a secure location with enough distance from other boats.

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Now, for the first time in the history of medical science, a substance has been found and isolated about which it is possible to say: If you lay the foundation of your slimming diet on this food you should lose weight more quickly and easily than on a diet based on the same quantity of any other foods.

A very good diet is one which has all the elemental vital nutrients proportioned correctly.

No single food contains all the elemental nutrients we need. Different foods contain different essential nutrients. We therefore need to consume a wide variety of foods so that we obtain all the basic basic nutrients.

In the west, large nutrient deficiencies are usually never seen. Our problem is that we tend to consume too much of some essential essential nutrients and not enough of others. This imbalance can lead to a number of diet-related diseases. Guidelines on good eating suggest that we consume the right amount of energy (calories) to keep us at the correct weight, eat less fat (particularly saturated fat), consume more fibre and eat less sodium (salt) and sugar.

SO... WHAT SHOULD WE EAT?

In the past, many pronouncements have been made saying that "Including some particular foods in a reducing diet would specifically help overweight people to shed weight more quickly and effectively". Grapefruit was a classic example. Grapefruit meals were the rage for years. More recently, in an American bestseller, pineapple, had magical weight-shedding properties. Unfortunately, all these pronouncements in the past were based on fiction rather than fact certainly not on any established medical fact! Apart from caffeine (which does have a small effect in speeding up the metabolism) no one item we eat or drink has been by scientific methods to have any realistic effect in speeding away our surplus fat. Weight loss depends entirely on the calories we don't consume.

The substance is dietary fibre. Now its possible to cut your calorie consumption and at the same time increase your consumption of dietary fibre from the unrefined cereal foods and the fruits and vegetables which provide it.

If you follow a high-fibre diet you should find that you are more satisfied on less calories. And more of the calories that go into your mouth will, to put it bluntly, go straight through and down the lavatory.

Of course, the fewer calories the body uses from food the more it must pull from from your surplus body fat, so this adds up to faster weight loss.

Another simple definition which will appeal to everyone who has ever tried to slim: More weight loss for less will power!

When people consume high-fibre diets they excrete more calories in their stools (faeces). In several experiments, scientists have engaged in the task of evaluating the stools of those following high-fibre meals and have found that the calories excreted are measurably greater in number than the calories excreted by those on the normal, varied Western meals, rich in refined carbohydrate foods or, indeed, on any other pattern of eating. Tests conclude that the increased calorie content of the faeces amounts to nearly ten per cent when people follow high-fibre diets.

Suffice it to say, those calories which are being flushed away are not being used by the body which means that the body is having to use more of its own surplus fat to combine in for them. So on a 1,000 calorie high-fibre diet the body is going to shed weight more quickly than on a normal 1,000 calorie diet of varied food or on any other 1,000 calorie diet.

Before the high-fibre research findings it was concluded that weight loss depended entirely on the number of calories consumed compared with the number removed by the body. Now we have to factor in another addition to this simple statement....

Weight loss depends on the number and the source of calories eaten. The rate of weight loss will be influenced not only by the amount you consume, in terms of calories, but also by which foods you choose to make up that calorie intake.

In recent years the evidence for the health benefits of fibre, or roughage as it used to be called, has grown so strong that it has filtered through from the medical journals and is now well known to the British and American public.

Following is an example of a breakfast recipe that should add a little variety to that all important meal, as well as supplying important vitamins, minerals, enzymes and fiber. (Thanks to: Rebecca Prescott who runs a natural health website that includes articles on green tea weight loss and metabolism, cla for weight loss and whether it works, and reviews of Dr Atkins diet, and the zone diet.)

Summer Special Salad (Good for Breakfast, lunch or dinner) Serves 4. Preparation time - 20 minutes.

Ingredients
* Water melon - 1 (medium size)
* Tomato - kg
* Celery - 20 gram
* Orange -4
* Grapes -100 gram
* Pineapple (chopped) - 1 cup
* Raisins - 12
* Salt and pepper - to taste

Salad Dressing
* Salad oil - 6 tsp
* Mustard -2tsp
* Chopped onion - 2
* Pepper - 2tsp
* Sugar -1 tsp

Blend all the ingredients for the salad dressing in a mixer.

Preparation

Chop all the fruits and vegetables. Take the pulp out of the watermelon and put all the chopped fruits and tomatoes into the outer covering of the watermelon. Pour the salad dressing on top. Garnish with raisins. Serve chilled.

Eating fruit and vegetables raw gives you hundreds of of their vitamins lost from cooking processes. It also means you get enzymes which are great for helping the digestive process. Watermelon is rich in vitamin C and is also one of the few sources of lycopene, others being tomatoes, red grapefruit and guava. Lycopene is a particularly effective antioxidant.

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According to a survey by a leading online poker site, results showed that 63% of player partners moaned at every little blip in their daily routines. Potentially providing one good reason why so many people resort to playing poker online. It gives them privacy and relaxation away from a moaning partner, an escape route. But does your partner also moan while you play poker online?

Finding fault at every little thing drives people crazy. Nothing gets people down more quickly than someone in the same proximity moaning at them. Moaning does rub off people and can be transferred from one person to the next. How many of us have felt exhausted and depressed after speaking to someone who has just spent the last hour moaning about their lives or partners or some recent experience?

According to one recent survey, UK residents spend 4 whole days a year moaning. They either complain about a partners poor domestic skills, bad financial planning, or habits that they had not realised when first getting together with their partner.

Men do their fair share of moaning as much as women, but largely over how much time women spend getting ready. This can sometimes be in jest, but this too is likely to cause much angst amongst the partner. Men often berate their partners for nagging but it is often men who do as much nagging.

Women are more likely to be vocal but men can whinge silently or make misery noises which can often be as effective and annoying.

However, Psychologists believe a good moan can be good for a relationship as it helps get the little niggles off your chest and out into the open.

So if you are spending more and more time playing online poker in order to escape from the daily moaning and groaning of your partner, why not offer some of these tips to help your partner deal with their issues and in doing so, help improve your time spent player poker.

Try to train your partner's mind from going down the moaning road. By creating a code word that sums up how they feel or are behaving when moaning, tell them to use it whenever they have the impulse to nag or moan and it could stop them in their tracks.

Ask them to count to 10 before they moan. If they pause for a while they can put things into perspective. This prevents them from moaning on impulse. Once they consider the actuality of the situation they may not really need to moan.

Ask them not to get get snappy with you. Sit down and ask them to explain exactly what it is they are not happy about. Often when men are asked to help their partners more, they become more responsive and helpful themselves.

When they are feeling moany, try asking them to stand at the bottom of the stairs and for every step up that they take, think of something that is getting them down. Then for every step down they take think of something that makes them happy and positive or something good that happened that day. By the time they finish they will realise that there are a lot more good things happening than bad and they will have a lot less to moan about.

These tips are also useful for those players who are disrupted online by a moaning partner, perhaps for them spending too much playing poker online. Unfortunately there is no cure for the partner who does not agree with online poker gambling. However, you can always share your winnings, for sure they will be prevented from moaning, if only temporarily.

Written by Morgan Collins for VIP Poker Club. A poker games site online for UK players. Links must be retained in reproduction of this article.