City Connect Digest

No Passport, No fly

2007-09-29T22:45:00Z

Desperate times calls for desperate measures, so they say. however, people need to think twice before doing anything outrageous. How on earth can someone think they can stack up a bunch of blank passports to make unauthorized passports? What was he or she thinking?
http://news.yahoo.com/i/2683;_ylt=AgkizZPA1ancQg_ECJcJUaas0NUE

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Welcome to Emma Sagoe’s Blog!

2007-09-17T10:14:33Z

Welcome to Emma Sagoe’s Blog! This blog will provide you with valuable information, tips, and general insight into the real estate market in California. Also featuring local news and tips in Rancho Cucamonga and surrounding cities.

Exactly how much is too little or too much?

2007-09-03T22:47:00Z

In this summer heat, people are finding easy ways to keep cool. But drinking the sufficient amount of water is the absolute best way to prevent dehydration, heat exhastion, and hyperthermia. fruits and veggies, like apples, grapes, cucumbers, watermelon, etc., are some of the many ways to make sure you're hydrated. For more tips and sources on water and how much you need, click on http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/NU/00283.html.

Stay Cool!

Jaw - dropping, hard - to - answer questions that our toddlers ask

2007-08-31T18:42:00Z

Nowadays, as hard as it is, the little ones are exploring our complicated world and hoping to find satisfactory answers suitable to their needs. But there are many of those cases that your toddler asks you those kinds of questions that... are far reaching and... hard to explain for their age level. Most parents try to find an answer that is simple, but get in a sticky situation when their toddler's questions pile and become more and more... specific. For examples, FAQs and answers to those jaw - dropping. hard - to - answer questions, click on www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/family/08/14/par.sticky.questions/index.html

Adolescents' sleeping problems: normal?

2007-08-17T21:54:00Z

Teens and adolescents tend to stay up late at night and have trouble getting up in the morning. Most parents, including mine, have concluded that their teens are lazy. But it turns out that there are indeed physical causes for this widely known common teenage behavior.

To check out ways to change this phase in an adolescents life, click on http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/CC/00019.html

Sweet dreams!

Kids being better kids with breakfast

2007-08-17T16:51:00Z

It may seem that not eating in the morning reduces calories consumed in a day. The thing is, by lunch you'll be so hungry, you'd eat more junk food than you're supposed to, making your calorie intake the same or possibly more than if you were to eat breakfast in the first place. Not much difference, huh? Eating in the morning helps us kids concentrate in school to be the best in our class - and we might even get a raise in our allowances for raising our grades. So basically, if you don't eat in the morning it makes you less attentive because your tummy would be yelling at you for treating it so terribly and it wont make any difference in your calorie intake. but if you eat in the morning, you'd pay attention more, probably be healthier ( depending on how healthy your meal is ) and get a raise in your allowance for better grades( this sort of may not work on certain parents, but they will still be proud of you). Gee...... which would you choose?. Hmmm!

For more on this story click on http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/NU/00197.html

good luck!

Migraines and Headaches on women's health.

2007-08-10T18:08:00Z

If you have any kind of responsibility in your life, chances are you might have experienced some headaches of some sort. Doctors have now linked headaches and migraines to strokes in women. Women should take time out of their busy schedules to see a their doctors about the frequencies of headaches or migraines that they suffer.
Knowing that family tend to take priority in women's lives, the need to stay healthy for family should be taken into consideration. After all, what point is it if you're not healthy enough to enjoy your family. More on this story at http://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/news/20070809/stroke-risk-linked-to-some-migraines?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Eating Low-Cal sweets might still cause obesity in children

2007-08-09T19:56:00Z

Canadian researchers state that the "low calorie" foods meant to help kids maintain a healthy weight could actually be the partial cause of obesity and overeating in children.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070809/hl_hsn/lowcalsweetsmightstillmakekidsobese;_ylt=AssrRWgTCKg1ieJ_nOjaV4LVJRIF

If this is the case, then why does America still insist on making non-healthy foods such as the cereal bars that "still contain the needed amount of calcium". Why can't America just stick to the natural diets of the old times? Besides, isn't nature the reason why most of the medicines cure diseases? If nature can save lives through medication, it should be able to do the same through dieting with fruits and veggies. This is why God made them, anyway.

rising anxiety causes stocks to drop

2007-08-09T17:07:00Z

News that a French bank is going to freeze three funds that invested in U.S. subprime mortgages, sent the Wall Street falling. With the kind of economy we are in, just about any news around the world could cause the stocks to tumble. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070809/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street;_ylt=Amm6N1HlD3H9MXrxUKOoo0pI2ocA
The economy has been affected for quite some time now. People have been holding on to what they have in hopes that things will get better, soon. Whenever you talk to people, there is a sense of, "I Thought it was just me thinking and feeling this way" on their faces. That is what keeps them going, but not for long.

Minneapolis bridge collapse

2007-08-02T15:02:00Z

Frightening moments when survivors try to pull themselves to safety after a Minneapolis bridge collapses. In the middle of a rush hour traffic, it all came to a stop. With cars falling off in what seem like a disappearing act. As authorities try to figure out what really happened, all one can do is pray for the survivors, victims' families and injured victims. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/02/bridge.witnesses.ap/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular

cell phone to the rescue

2007-07-31T14:14:00Z

Your cell phone can help save a life. When you least expect an electronic device as ordinary as a cell phone to light up an operating room to help complete a surgery, is somewhat life giving. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/argentina_light_dc;_ylt=AsPL.AAdoe30oJHbCVzOQk4F1vAI

Travel Tips

2007-07-27T17:25:00Z

Travel comes in all forms including reasons for making the trip in the first place. However, there is a need to make your travel experience a more pleasant one, and that takes careful preparation.

Passports, Visas, Inoculations etc. are to name a few. What some may not find useful but certainly contributes to a pleasant trip are numerous. Travel advisories about the destination country is something to really think about. Take the time to prepare and seek info from the right source. You'll be glad you did. http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/

Plain crashes into a Florida neighborhood

2007-07-11T11:36:00Z

A plain crashed into 2 homes Tuesday, Killing 5 people including an infant and a 4 year old. Witnesses say they heard the plane from a distance and then what sounded like an explosion. The pilot and his passenger also died in that terrible crash.http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/10/florida.crash/index.html

Female Circumcision

2007-07-11T06:59:00Z

This all sounds abusive, and torturing to hear about female circumcision in this day and age. Who would want to go through that? It is painful, traumatizing, outdated and definitely not cool! But tell it to the natives of parts of Africa and the Middle East. Female circumcision also known as female genital mutilation has become Britain's problem, as well as the world at large, as authorities try to stamp it out. If anything, it teaches us to learn about other cultures and to understand their belief system. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/10/britain.female.circumcision.ap/index.html

Coached to marriage

2007-06-22T16:03:00Z

This hits really close to home for lots of people all over the world including myself. When suddenly the supposedly authoritative figure starts looking at the other person in other ways that constitutes "stepping out of line" with the person involved. There is always the pain and disappointment from usually the younger accomplice's family. Parents start to feel a sense of failure which does not necessarily mean it was their doing, but seems that way.

Unfortunately, a lot of adults happen to make choices that in their minds, is alright, or sometimes they may think that one only makes terrible mistakes when you are young.

What is important is the fact that this young lady's parents brought this situation to the attention of the authorities and in my opinion, to the attention of the whole world. All criticism from others as to whether or not her parents did this or that may do little or nothing to change the events that are unfolding.

Everyone could use some prayer for wisdom and guidance.

Nine brave heroes lost

2007-06-20T17:21:00Z

They knew their jobs, they showed up when they were needed, all to lose their lives to stop a fire. These brave firefighters did not have to die.
Reports say, while these brave men were inside that burning building, the roof suddenly collapsed trapping all of them and taking their lives in the process. What sounds disturbing is the fact that the building had no sprinkler system installed.

The question then is, why was there permit issued for whatever use when knowing that the building is old, secondly the kind of business to be operated at that location would involve having flammable materials in the building?

I hope something is learned from this tragic accident that happened in Charleston, S.C., and every correction is made to ensure this is never repeated under any circumstance.

Travel Conditions

2007-06-19T16:57:00Z

Traveling by air is considered the safest but doesn't seem to be the most sanitary way to do so. This just did not make sense in any way subjecting passengers to seven hours of unsanitary conditions. People deserve to be treated with dignity whether or not they complain about poor service.

That plane should not have taken off without the situation completely resolved during that first incident. They should have explained situations, ensuring that matters were resolved including educating passengers and or possibly an alternative flight arranged for passengers for the purpose of health and time constraints. That is totally embarrassing to here reports like this regarding an American flight, or for that matter any Airline.

Spurs Get Another Win!

2007-06-15T17:49:00Z

San Antonio Spurs came into the Arena Thursday to finish what they had started, and indeed they did. Beating the Cavaliers 83-82 in the end making a sweep that the Cavaliers were hoping not to happen. Their determination seemed to not fade. Now that shows championship qualities.

What may not be clear is how many teams in the NBA had this determination in their minds and hearts but could not get it to materialize. One can only say sports is a matter of survival. As the saying goes, may the best team win, and in this case they did. Four wins in the last decade!

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/6929864

Unsafe toothpaste on the market

2007-06-14T19:17:00Z

How on earth could there be unsafe products for use? Who makes the decision whether or a product is safe for the market? It is ironic that these past few months, reports such as this have become more and more rampant. Human lives ought not to be taken lightly. I would like to know however if the people who made these products advice their family members to use those products. Check this out!
http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/14/news/economy/supplychain_risk/

Security Patches For Windows

2007-06-08T15:48:00Z

Microsoft has planned security patches for Windows. is welcomed by it's users. "There are about six publicly known IE bugs out there," he adds during an interview.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199902337