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Friday, June 27, 2008

Legal Aspects of Drug Testing

Know your rights. They are very important. Even though when an employer is paying for the test it belongs to them. At least ten states (Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Texas) have outlawed the sale of synthetic urine or adulterants for the purpose of passing drug test however obtaining one drug test kit on the Internet is possible.

  • Workplace Testing: In most countries, employers are currently allowed by law to require that workers submit to urinanalysis to be considered for employment and/or to retain their employment. Countries and states have laws which often limit how and when testing can be done, such as requiring that the company have a written policy, that 'random' testing not be used this is more common in certain unions.
  • Criminal Testing: Courts around the world now often require people awaiting trial (not yet convicted) or people who are on probation to submit to regular urine testing but the parol and probation department is changing over to sweat patches.
  • Hospital Testing: In the US, some areas have required pregnant women to be tested for illegal drug use as part of their prenatal care. The US Supreme Court ruled the secret testing of women unconstitutional in the case of Ferguson v City of Charleston, in March 2001.
According to a bill, grants would be given to school districts for "Drug-Free School Demonstration Programs." But funds would only be granted to districts that met a series of requirements. The first requirement listed is that the program "includes, consistent with the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, random drug testing of students." The US Supreme Court has upheld the testing of student athletes and students involved in extracurricular activities, but not addressed the constitutionality of random drug tests of all students. If your kid wants to be on an extra curricular activity they may have to be tested and should use the related drug test kits if proved that your child is doping, now that is oxymorionic.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Data Transmission

Data sending is essentially the same thing as digital communications, and implies physical sending of a message as a digital bit stream, represented as an electro-magnetic signal, over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication channel. Examples of such channels are copper wires, optical fibers, wireless communication channels, and storage media. Data sending is a subset of the field of data communications, which also includes computer networking or computer communication applications and networking protocols, for example routing and switching.

The first data sending applications in modern time were telegraphy (1809) and teletypewriters (1906). The fundamental theoretical work in data sending and information theory by Harry Nyquist, Ralph Hartley, Claude Shannon and others during the early 20th century, was done with these applications in mind. Data sending is utilized in computers in computer buses and for communication with peripheral equipment via parallel ports and program ports such us RS-232 (1969), Firewire (1995) and USB (1996). The principles of data sending are also utilized in storage media for Error detection and correction since 1951. Data sending is utilized in computer networking equipment such as modems (1940), local area networks (LAN) adapters (1964), repeaters, hubs, microwave links, wireless network access points (1997), etc.

In ring networks, digital communication is utilized for transferring some sound calls over the same copper cable or fiber cable by means of Pulse code modulation (PCM), i.e. sampling and digitalization, in combination with Time division multiplexing (TDM) (1962). Telephone exchanges hit embellish digital and software controlled, facilitating some value added services. For example the first AXE ring exchange was presented in 1976. Since late 1980th, digital communication to the end user has been possible using Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) services. Since the end of 1990th, broadband access techniques such as ADSL, Cable modems, fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) hit embellish wide spread to small offices and homes. The underway tendency is to replace traditional telecommunication services by packet mode communication such as IP telephony and IPTV.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Paid Online Video Communities

Paid online video communities contain all kinds of videos from many sources ranging from an amateur to a business professional. These are gaining popularity among the users because of their advantages. The advantages of Paid Online Video Communities are as follows-

Income & Entertainment
Paid Online Video Communities are advantageous in both the ways of entertainment and income. They share good experience with the quality videos for the viewers and generate income for the members who upload the videos by looking at the video clips and its quality.

Internet Marketing
Online video is set to replace traditional online marketing and promotional tools. Now, online video is catching a glimpse as the next version of online advertising. It is a better medium to promote the business instead of the text advertisements on websites. It has an advantage of delivering the message of an advertisement more effectively than a text advertisement with a link.

Online Celebrities
There are many instances that the participants of online video communities became popular because of their videos. Many users or the persons who appear in the videos are mentioned in the popular magazines and newspapers and appeared in the television. Some got a chance to work with the Hollywood and in music albums. Thus, online video communities became a launch pad for the untapped talent that exists in various corners of the world.

The video online does rapidly evolving and more resemble the model of Internet television. There are many new advantages of this landscape, which are to be explored and put into great use that may change many existing features of the Internet itself in the future so that every body can a search music video and enjoy online facility.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Diabetic Diet

The diet most often recommended for people who suffer from diabetes mellitus is high in dietary fiber, especially soluble fiber, but low in fat (especially saturated fat). Patients may be encouraged to reduce their intake of carbohydrates that have a high glycemic index. However, in cases of hypoglycemia, they are advised to have food or drink that can raise blood glucose quickly, followed by a long-acting carbohydrate (such as rye bread) to prevent risk of further hypoglycemia.