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Spoiler :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6560121.stm

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Dr Rui Jiang, leading the research, said high levels of nitrites are used in cured meats such as bacon as preservatives, anti-bacterial agents and colour fixatives.

He said reactive nitrogen species, molecules that can damage body tissues, might be the key.

He said: "Nitrites generate reactive nitrogen species that may cause damage to the lungs, producing structural changes resembling emphysema."....."Although smoking remains the single most significant cause of COPD this research seems to suggest other factors may result in increased risk of the disease."  


I'm doing well...have given up smoking (thanks in part to the new University rules, and have given up bacon, along with other meats, and haven't eaten fish for nearly a year.

Figured I'd best put my money where my mouth is. It's something I've struggled with for a while. Now my stools are good and firm and my farts don't stink. I feel healthier and have more energy and eat really well, spending less money on meals. Cooking is a pleasure.

Also,since I find wars abhorrent and have no wish to take another's life,I thought that logically I would extend that towards animals as well.

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"For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love."

         Pythagoras

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"The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men."

 Leonardo da Vinci.

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  "If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth -- beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals -- would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals?"

   George Bernard Shaw

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"You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity."

          Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"I cannot fish without falling a little in self-respect...always when I have done I feel it would have been better if I had not fished."

          Henry David Thoreau

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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
    "To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being."

        Mahatma Gandhi

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 "I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further."

          Mark Twain


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Last Edit: February 20, 2011, 04:24:42 pm by Ngati_Grim

Reply #5650 Posted: February 20, 2011, 04:10:57 pm
Recycle your red poppies, paint them white, and wear them throughout the year.

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^^THis is lies and the heretic vegetarians spreading these untruths must be burned immediately!

Reply #5651 Posted: February 20, 2011, 04:18:50 pm

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Reply #5652 Posted: February 20, 2011, 04:25:39 pm
Recycle your red poppies, paint them white, and wear them throughout the year.

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Says the guy with codex for a name About 12,300,000 results (0.13 seconds)

Clearly trying to hide.

wut

Reply #5653 Posted: February 20, 2011, 04:49:32 pm

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Woman aka devil spawn: you dont even sound kiwi/from nz
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Reply #5654 Posted: February 21, 2011, 06:20:54 pm

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Reply #5655 Posted: February 21, 2011, 06:38:31 pm

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^ Fraud.

sometimes i dont even what know am i.

Reply #5656 Posted: February 21, 2011, 09:07:08 pm

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Reply #5657 Posted: February 21, 2011, 10:09:27 pm
Everyone needs more Bruce Campbell.

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Reply #5658 Posted: February 21, 2011, 11:14:31 pm

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Reply #5659 Posted: February 22, 2011, 11:04:53 am
Now that you have read this, plz give me neg rep :>

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Quote from: Obble;1362031
you dont even sound kiwi/from nz
poor old obble: what

That's because you sound like Timmy from South Park

"OBBLE"
"You dont even sound kiwi"
"What?...OBBLE"

Reply #5660 Posted: February 22, 2011, 12:52:49 pm

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Woman aka devil spawn: you dont even sound kiwi/from nz
poor old obble: what

What put you in this situation?

Were you talking to one of NZ's marvelously presented females?

Reply #5661 Posted: February 22, 2011, 12:58:55 pm



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So, sitting here in Greymouth and the earth moved again. You guys still there in shaky town?

Reply #5662 Posted: February 22, 2011, 12:59:44 pm

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Yeah, it seems to be shaking a bit in Dunedin, though it's not on Geonet

Reply #5663 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:06:10 pm
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Everyone ok? Can't ring chrictchurch to check on TFE down there?

Hope GetSome goons all safe?

Reply #5664 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:07:08 pm

lol @ console hate

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Reply #5665 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:09:36 pm

[BW] D3ADZ1LA.... G0DZ1LA was taken :(

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Reply #5666 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:21:01 pm

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"A large quake has struck Christchurch, with reports of buildings and houses down.

Witnesses said there were buildings down all around Cathedral Square in the city, with the church destroyed. Witnesses said there would be "deaths" this time.

Christchurch resident Sean Scanlon said it was by far the biggest shake since the original September 4 quake. The power was out and phone lines jammed.

Christchurch Hospital was being evacuated, a spokewoman for the hospital said."

Twitter going nuts saying buildings falling over etc...

Reply #5667 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:24:15 pm

lol @ console hate

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Stuff and some reports on twitter are saying the Cathedral got pwned. Can't get any real info as it seems all phone lines are down.

Reply #5668 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:24:57 pm

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TFE in Moorhouse Ave fucked, it's a brand new building.....

River running down moorhouse ave.

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Reply #5669 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:26:38 pm

lol @ console hate

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Reply #5670 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:27:49 pm
"Let him who desires peace prepare for war" - Flavius Vegetius Renatus (375AD) De Rei Militari


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Here's hoping those in the "treehouse of awesome" down in Chch are ok

Reply #5671 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:28:32 pm

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Reply #5673 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:32:03 pm

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Reply #5674 Posted: February 22, 2011, 01:32:55 pm

lol @ console hate