happygeek, I got a true quarrel on the russian forum about what is useful for the health and what is not. But to explain anything to these fools is useful.
Recently I watched russian TV, a program abt GB help for us, in WWII. It's incredible. English & Russian sailors were kissing and hugging each other. Pity that you now kick us to . You must be wiser, you simple ppl from the streets.
In some sense Belarus (it's situated between Poland and Russia) is an unique country. Here is 2 state languages: Belarussian and Russian (in this order). But the former is completely ignored by people. Ignored because it's very embarassing (and even "shameful") to speak in it. It sounds as a language of uneducated peasants. Of course, it is not this (it's an ancient language, but the impression of it is - a distorted Russian).
What happened to our pride? Russians are a nation of thieves - an opinion from inside. I hate them all. I'm not a Muslim, or a Jew. My both parents are from Bielorussian villages. Both village idiots, so to speak =)
48 percent of patients in study quit before diagnosis, most before onset of symptoms
Many longtime smokers quit spontaneously with little effort shortly before their lung cancer is diagnosed, leading some researchers to speculate that sudden cessation may be a symptom of lung cancer.
Most patients who quit did so before noticing any symptoms of cancer, according to the study, which was published in the March issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), the official monthly journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).
"It is widely known that many lung cancer patients have stopped smoking before diagnosis," said Dr. Barbara Campling, professor in the Department of Medical Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. "This observation is often dismissed, by saying that these patients must have quit because of symptoms of their cancer. However, we found that the majority of lung cancer patients who stopped smoking before diagnosis quit before the onset of symptoms. Furthermore, they often quit with no difficulty, despite multiple previous unsuccessful quit attempts. This has led us to speculate that, in some cases, spontaneous smoking cessation may be an early symptom of lung cancer."
Researchers interviewed 115 lung cancer patients from the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, all of whom had been smokers. Fifty-five (48%) had quit smoking before diagnosis, and only six of those (11%) had experienced symptoms of lung cancer by the time they quit. Patients with lung cancer who quit were as dependent …
<M/>, it's your opinion, my opinion is opposite to yours. They are smart only in planting and growing opium poppy. I doubt they know what is 2 + 2 equal to. I'd called them: swines.
Yes, it was our mistake - Afghanistan. But we really thought that we brought into this country the kindess and socialism. Then it will turn out they need NO our help and services. They want make heroine only. Nothing more. They are stupid animals.
Am I a spammer here? I hate all them, Lenin, Stalin, Breghnev, Putin, Eltsin I hate all Russia - it's totally corrupted - from up to bottom. All her ppl are corrupted, both morally and physically.
My mom (b. 1926) suffered, in WW2, from Germans. Not too much, they were quite polite. But she ate clever then vomit it. Nothing was to eat. My little aunt just died from hungry. Her name was Nina.
Really, guys, nobody here - in Russia in Ukraine - hate you Yes, they repeat an empty words "What America allows to yourself!" But it simply words, they mean nothing. NOTHING. Now our country divided into 2 camps: those who approved Magnitsky's list and those who agains tit What say the first. You ssukis, bithces, you take the future from our children.
<M/>, I love America to my very guts. Not because it is richer (by 10-20 times) than my Belarus. I love it for its spirit. In the USA I'd be a republicanian. Maybe I'd change my mind after getting there.
Who is guilty? It is Mark Twain with his "Tom Saywer". The best book I've ever read.
And, yes, there is a lang barrier between you and me. I read almost freely English texts (I know ~10,000 English words), but I can't speak it and it's not an easy job for me to write in it.
Your country is a toyish one. What could you do in space without Wernher von Braun? Nothing. True, we stole from you A-bomb (Klaus Fuchs trick). But again, in your A-bomb team was Russian chemistist Kistyakovsky. Without his calculations you could not do nothing.
Guys, yes, we live much worse than you. The USA & America are wonderful a state & a country. I totally admit this fact. But we here, in Belarus, life is not bad, too. People here have posh cars, they buy everything you can imagine. Medicine here is abs free, gas, electricity are very cheap. Kinder-gardens almost free - just a symbolic payment. Education free from any charge. Just think to yourself about Genady Korotkevitch He bit all team of Straustroupe. You're losers.
About the Cold War. Yes, we lost it. But nobody here minds it. And what did you gain? You gained social guarantees. Actually, you live nice lives because we got lose.
Guy, pal, remember for good: Russia could/can turn you into dust DUST in 3-5 minutes. Its your illusion to think abt us as a weak country. We are invincible. In my country many students from Pakistan, India etc we are very peacefull ppl but in need we are beastes.
<M/>, you know, my father risqued for you too. What do you know about demining? One wrong movement and the boat goes to the hell. Until now it's impossible to purge Baltic Sea from German bombs.
I began to smoke when I was 19. I bought (abs accidentally) a pack of "Ronhill" for 80 kopeek (0.8 rubles), in Moscow. I smoked it up for only one May' night. And I liked it, this drug, very much.
You know, guys, until now Baltic Sea is full of mines and (even) chemical weapons, left by Germans.
Admiral Ushakov's medal is the highest award for Red Fleat's ordinary sailors (it's made from pure silver ("plata pura"); on black market it costs several thousands USD).
Also, there is Admiral Ushakov's ORDEN, but it's for Navy Officers ONLY.
On the left is just his ship (trawler) fellow - I know nothing about him. How long did my father serve the Soviet fleat? Well, in May 1945 they were asked to stay in it. Asked, not forced or compelled. He stayed in it, the most people gone from it. He was not a navy officer, just a simple sailor.
My father: http://funkybee.narod.ru/misc/father.jpg (on the right) He was a simple sailor at WWII, earned his Ushakov's medal for shot down German plane. He was on Baltic Sea Fleat from 1941 till 1949. Until now Baltic Sea is in bombs and even in chemical weapoans.
Davis had an operation to remove polyps from his larynx in October 1955. Even though he was supposed not to speak at all for ten days, he had an argument with somebody and raised his voice. This outburst damaged his vocal cords forever, giving him the characteristic raspy voice that came to be associed with him.
"[...] in February or March 1956, that I had my first throat operation and had to disband the group while recovering. During the course of the conversation I raised my voice to make a point and f***ed up my my voice. I wasn't even supposed to talk for at least ten days, and here I was not only talking, but talking loudly. After that incident my voice had this whisper that has been with me ever since".
The "nocturnal" quality of Davis' playing and his somber reputation, along with his whispering voice, earned him the lasting moniker of "prince of darkness", adding a patina of mystery to his public persona.
In Russia this book is known only in translation by V. Volkoff (he is Boris Berestetsky, - a not very famous, but extremely qualified Soviet physicist). In Russian it's titled as "Volshebnik Izumrudnogo Goroda". Literally it means: "A Magician (of/from) Emerald Town".
