Police Knife
There are any number of self-defense tools available for those who feel they need such things to ensure their safety. For those who live in places that allow concealed carry, a handgun is almost universally going to be the best tool for defending yourself; but for those who are either unable to due to laws, or unwilling to due to personal beliefs, what is the best option?
Many people opt to carry knives, but there are a variety of problems with this. Knives can carry similar legal issues to firearms, in addition to the problem of requiring a great deal of skill to use effectively. Pulling a knife to defend yourself can end in tragedy if you lack the necessary training and skill to use it properly. And again, you open yourself up to legal ramifications; even if you are not the aggressor, there is almost always going to be some form of legal trouble if you kill someone. And of course many of us do not want to kill someone if we can avoid doing so. And for those with knife-fighting skills, there is a superior weapon anyways...
This leaves two popular choices for non-lethal self-defense with a minimum of legality issues - sprays and stunners. Pepper sprays and maces are probably the most popular non-lethal self-defense devices, but they do have a lot of weaknesses. In addition to the risk of an mace-immune aggressor (approximately one in ten people are immune to the effects of such sprays), you also face the risk of blowback putting you on the receiving end of your own spray!
This leaves us the various forms of stun guns and tasers. Stun guns, somewhat counter intuitively, are the close-range devices that require close contact with the attacker. For most situations where self-defense is reasonable, this is fine. I personally prefer a 'stun baton' style stunner, as the extra length gives you both reach and something to defend yourself from attacks with; those familiar with knifefighting techniques can use them with a baton and will often find the results superior to what they would get with a knife.
But tasers, the long-range 'gun' style stunners favored by police are even better, if you are willing to pay the higher cost and spend the time it takes to become familiar with the weapon. Skill is key here, as you will usually only have a single shot, and trying and failing to attack an aggressor can have devastating consequences.
The last thing I'm going to say here is something anyone interested in self-defense should already know; your property is not worth risking your life. If you can avoid confrontation of any kind by handing over your wallet or watch or whatever, you should do so. Only if your body and life are in danger should a person resort to direct confrontation. The honest truth is, unless you are highly skilled and competent at self-defense, an attacker will usually be able to stab or shoot you before you get your own weapon clear and use it. So be sure to use your judgment!
Learn more about self-defense and weapons at my blog, Armor Empire, where I talk about everything from ancient Roman lorica to modern armor clothing.
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Tell the writer what you expect:
• the number of pages or words (eBooks are often 10- 100 pages)
• the number of chapters
• document format
• level of writing (who is your audience?)
Tell the writer what you will provide. If possible have an outline of your eBook with possible chapter headings. Let the writer see your website and let them know you will be giving the eBook away. Tell them who your desired audience is for the eBook. This should include:
• Gender
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Also any other specifics such as business owners.
Make sure you know what the ghostwriter will provide. Some will include graphics, a table of contents, index, and glossary for your eBook. While you can ask potential ghostwriters for samples, this is not the best way to choose one. Why? Because:
• The samples they provide might not have been written by them.
• The client could have provided much of the writing.
• The client might have revised the writing.
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Ask the ghostwriter to send you the first few pages of your project before proceeding. Make sure your agreement states that the continuation of the project is dependent on your review and approval of the first few pages of the project.
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Function Survival
Vitamin D is increasingly considered as nutrients for the prevention of cancer, such as the number of prior clinical studies have linked higher blood levels of this hormone-like vitamin, and calcium (which is regulated by vitamin D), and a decreased risk of colorectal cancer as well as other cancers.
Is well understood role of vitamin D than the Survival factor in patients with already diagnosed with colon cancer. Now, the recently updated clinical research study from Harvard University, just published in the British Journal of Cancer, suggests that higher vitamin D and colorectal cancer may be related to living in a much higher probability to cope with the third most common cause of cancer death in the United States.
The authors clinical research study volunteers were analyzed in the massive Nurses Health Study. A total of 1107 volunteers had been diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer, Between 1986 and 2004, after the accession of this long-term future of public health research. Using a previously validated scoring system, that accurately predicts vitamin D in the blood, researchers estimate Survival rates for colorectal cancer in these patients as a function of their vitamin D results. (It is important to note that the vitamin D results were calculated prior to diagnosis for colorectal cancer in these patients is optional.), the results were quite large.
Vitamin D Results of the 1017 colorectal cancer patients were broken up into five different areas, and patients with the highest vitamin D results were then compared with the lowest "fifth" for cancer-related mortality and overall mortality. This analysis showed that patients with most vitamin D had 50 percent of the results lower risk of dying from colorectal cancer in the course of this investigation, and 38 percent lower risk of dying from all causes, compared with patients with is the lowest vitamin D results.
Although the precise mechanisms by which vitamin D and calcium may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer and the risk of death after diagnosis of colon cancer, are still studied, it is already a fascinating data show that vitamin D supplementation can up-regulate activity of genes as well as premalignant and malignant colorectal tumors, which in turn increase mortality, abnormal cells that form these tumors (ie apoptosis through a pathway).
Although not a nutrient or a medication has been shown to inhibit all colorectal cancers, or to improve the whole colon and rectal cancers, when they develop, are more and more high-quality clinical data showing that high blood levels of vitamin D associated with a decreased risk of premalignant and malignant colorectal tumors. Now, based on this new study's findings show so that higher vitamin D may also improve survival after diagnosis of colorectal cancer as well. Effect of vitamin D is for colorectal cancer the survival of the mirror similar findings that I have recently been reported for breast cancer (breast cancer recurrence, Death & Vitamin D).
Find much more detailed discussion of the role of vitamin D and other dietary and nutritional factors, prevention of cancer in my forthcoming book, "Cancer Prevention a guide for mankind. "
Disclaimer: As always, my advice to readers is seek the advice of a physician prior to significant changes in medications, diet and physical activity
Information in this column is intended for informational only, and is not medical advice or recommendations to the author. Please consult your doctor before making any lifestyle or medication changes, or if you have any concerns about health.
Dr. Wascher is an oncologic surgeon, a professor of surgery, a widely published author, and a Surgical Oncologist at the Kaiser Permanente healthcare system in Orange County, California
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