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There is no solid evidence that links allergen increases the cause of asthma. Here is a 2000 study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10770825 Is allergen exposure the major primary cause of asthma? Pearce N, Douwes J, Beasley R. Source Wellington Asthma Research Group, Wellington School of Medicine, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand. Abstract In recent decades a number of authors have argued that allergen exposure is the major primary cause of asthma, and that the global increases in asthma prevalence are due to increases in exposure to aeroallergens. We have assessed the epidemiological evidence in support of this hypothesis. No longitudinal studies were identified in which allergen exposure during infancy in a random population sample has been related to asthma risk after the age of six years. Two studies have been conducted in selected populations chosen on the basis of a family history of asthma or allergy; one study found a non-statistically significant association whereas the other study found no association. Many of the identified prevalence studies in children showed negative associations between allergen exposure and current asthma, and the weighted averages of the population attributable risks in children were 4% for Der p 1, 11% for Fel d 1, -4% for Bla g 2, and 6% for Can f 1. There was little change in these estimates in studies in which children whose parents had adopted allergen avoidance measures were excluded. Furthermore, evidence from population studies is equivocal and provides little consistent evidence that allergen exposure is associated with the prevalence of asthma at the population level. Population-based cohort studies are clearly required, but currently available evidence does not indicate that allergen exposure is a major risk factor for the primary causation of asthma in children.

'The warranty wouldn't have been worth anything had the government not intervened'. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Right now--which is when I'm talking--the warranty is better. Well, the simple fact is this... When Chrysler & GM were bailed out, their "warranty" immediately converted into a taxpayer obligation. There is a possibility it will not remain that way, but we aren't there yet. Imagine this scenario... Your neighbor runs a business, and lives well beyond his means (GM). Even though he knows he can never keep his promise (warranty), he continues to tell his creditors he will repay them in full. One fine day, a man from the government knocks on your door, and when you answer, he informs you that everyone in your neighborhood is now on the hook to pay whatever debts your neighbor promised to pay. You have absolutely no choice in the matter whatsoever. Right now, your neighbor is continuing to make his debt payments, but you don't know if or for how long that will continue. At the point you answered the door, his "warranty" became your debt "obligation". And, that is exactly what happend with GM & Chrysler. Its one thing to help a small guy in trouble, but to help the biggest guy of all is quite a different story. We appear to have up-ended the traditional logic of business in the US. Screw the little guy, but do whatever it takes to help out the big guy, because he's "too big to fail". That logic leads straight to the poor house. Your points are well-taken, but I guess the bottom-line to me on this forum is, the folks who take the 'Buy American' stand seem to deal less in absolutes ('anything but gm', 'Rentabu', 'you'll need the longer warranty', that kind of thing), and points seemed to be addressed instead of wild offshoots. I understand what you are saying, but I look at these forums much more objectively, as I don't have a preferred "dog" in this "hunt". I see bias on both sides. Let's face it... EVERY automaker makes their share of lemons. Not one is immune to bad engineering or failure. Every now and then, a real winner emerges for a while. Go to the Toyota thread and you can see exactly the reverse of your comment above. There is little question that the Big-3 got very, VERY sloppy in the 70's and 80's with its product and production. Today, IMO, they have some pretty good product available (but, like all others, they aren't batting 1000). The REAL issue I have with GM is that, for years and years, it knew what was happening...yet, it continues on down the path of doom with no regard to tomorrow. Capt. Smith of the Titanic knew there were icebergs out there somewhere, but didn't realize exactly where until it was too late. GM, on the other hand, has known for years EXACTLY where ithe icebergs were, and has continued to steer straight towards them until contact was made. I might cut them a bit more slack if there had been a total re-vamping of the management team there, but it was nothing more than a light touch-up. I believe it was the Duke of Wellington that made the statement in war... "They came at us in the same old way, and we killed them in the same old way". And, as long as the US government guarantees a "no-fail" scenario, its most likely going to remain that way. That's my opinion of GM's management. Yes, they have swapped figure-heads recently, just like the old USSR replaced leaders after Leonid Brezhnev, but it took a real outside thinker like Gorbachev to institute real changes in the regime.

Polluting pets: the devastating impact of man's best friend :P PARIS (AFP) – Man's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle. But the revelation in the book "Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living" by New Zealanders Robert and Brenda Vale has angered pet owners who feel they are being singled out as troublemakers. The Vales, specialists in sustainable living at Victoria University of Wellington, analysed popular brands of pet food and calculated that a medium-sized dog eats around 164 kilos (360 pounds) of meat and 95 kilos of cereal a year. Combine the land required to generate its food and a "medium" sized dog has an annual footprint of 0.84 hectares (2.07 acres) -- around twice the 0.41 hectares required by a 4x4 driving 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) a year, including energy to build the car. To confirm the results, the New Scientist magazine asked John Barrett at the Stockholm Environment Institute in York, Britain, to calculate eco-pawprints based on his own data. The results were essentially the same. "Owning a dog really is quite an extravagance, mainly because of the carbon footprint of meat," Barrett said. Other animals aren't much better for the environment, the Vales say. Cats have an eco-footprint of about 0.15 hectares, slightly less than driving a Volkswagen Golf for a year, while two hamsters equates to a plasma television and even the humble goldfish burns energy equivalent to two mobile telephones. The USA would have to remove 132 million SUVs to equal the pollution caused by the 61 million dogs in the country. Maybe we can sell them to China and pay off some of our debt. The EPA needs to get on this first of the New Year, and BAN DOGS as gross polluters. Ban Pets

So if the owner of the car has the opportunity to prove their innocence in violation of our Constitution, this story has a bit of dark comedy about it no doubt. :) More to the point of this forum, there are issues with keeping a huge database of ownership current enough, not to mention all the other issues that exist for sure. from: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/05/569.asp UK: Dead Woman Receives Speed Camera Ticket Staffordshire, UK police send a ticket to a woman who has been dead for 14 months. Staffordshire police have issued a speeding ticket to Margaret Garbett from Wellington, UK accusing her of driving a Rover 214 sedan 40 MPH in a 30 zone on July 16. Mrs. Garbett died in May 2004. Widower Michael Garbett was surprised to find the speed camera citation since his wife had sold the Rover two years ago. "The letter came as a bit of a shock," Garbett told the Shropshire Star. "I phoned the police to explain and said I would have loved for my wife to have been done for speeding, the woman at the end of the lined laughed and when I told her why she went quiet." Source: Dead woman sent ticket for speeding (Shropshire Star (UK), 8/2/2005)

hey guys i have a problem with ma mazda 323 stalling which is od for automatics. i have put a new fuel filter in/ new spark plugs/ new air filter/cheecked my leads and distributor/ ive even had my batt tested and its fine. wot other things could cause this never ending mission 4 me? it also has new trans and engine head new tapet gasket/ new oil and filter and sump plug. in other words its been fully serviced and i still cant work out my situation. any help would be good. and do you now of any local mazda 323 groups in Lower Hutt Wellington NZ? Thanks