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Sinead ... I think you're making a wise decision in not consciously posting copywritten material on the List, tho rest assured, should you 'n Barb P get arrested 'cause of that, the entire List family will email ya both ice cream, pizza (your choice toppings ) <grin> , and Krispy Kreme Donuts EVERY day! YIKES! I guess THAT means both of you'd make you first stop after serving your respective sentances would be at JENNY CRAIG'S!!!!! <giggle> By the way, least anyone think "How would anyone find if someone's posting copyrighted material on something as huge as the Internet," while I was emptied on MSN I three members of my forum got cough and yours truly did also! Fortunately for me, I'd copied an article that had been in the public domain for several years without the author knowing that, (and I didn't know that either - was just taking a chance that such an obscure article and equally obscure author would never know) <WRONG BARBIE, WROOOONG!!!> It seems the author was an AOL forum manager (a medical related forum and he was an MD) and regularly checked other online entities to see if anyone had "swollen: his work. Needless to say I was ABSOLUTELY *S*T*U*N*N*E*D*!!! And the author cried FOWL and cursed me publicly, all while threatening a law suit all over the Web! Gotta tell ya, I was scared tot death 'cause it was obvious the guy was totally enraged and he just might have gone ahead and sued for all I knew. Ultimately, I apologized most humbly, and SWORE I'd toe the straight and narrow for the rest of my life (of course, the very next time I came across a public commentary that I felt would benefit my forum's members, I went ahead and copied it to my forum --- but FIRST I made sure that author was long deceased! <wee smirk> Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Sinead Aungier <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, May 14, 2000 2:24 PM Subject: Re: Drugs and You >Hi Barbara, > >I am sorry for sending this mail to the list. I didn't realise it was >breaking copyright laws at the time. I wont send anything like this again. > >Regards, > >Sinead > > >>From: Earnie & Barbara Knight <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Drugs and You >>Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 12:42:07 -0400 >> >>Sinead: >> >>I appreciate your enthusiasm, but why don't you just ask those who are >>interested to privately email you. >> >>Also, are you aware you're violating copyright rules by scanning in those >>passages of the Vitamin Bible without written permission of >>author/publisher? >> >>Barb K >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Sinead Aungier >>Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 1:26 PM >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Drugs and You >> >> >>More Excerpts from The Vitamin Bible: >> >>Chapter XVII >> >>Drugs and You >> >>Effects of Caffeine on the Body >> >>There are no doubts about it, Caffeine is a powerful drug. That's right, >>drug. Chances are you're not just enjoying your daily coffees or colas, >>you're addicted to them. >> >>Caffeine acts directly upon the central nervous system. It brings about an >>almost immediate sense of clearer thought and lessens fatigue. It also >>stimulates the release of stored sugar from the liver, which accounts for >>the "list" coffee, cola, and chocolate [the caffeine big three] give. But >>these benefits may be far outweighed by the side effects. >> >>The release of stored sugar places heavy stress on the endocrine system. >>Heavy coffee drinkers often develop nervousness or become jittery. >>Coffee-drinking housewives demonstrated symptoms typical of drug withdrawal >>when switched to a decaffeinated beverage. >> >>People who drink five cups of coffee daily have a 50 percent greater chance >>of having heart attacks than non-coffee drinkers, according to the British >>Medical Journal. >> >>Scientists at John Hopkins University have shown that caffeine can >>interfere >>with DNA replication. >> >>The Centre for Science in the Public Interest advises pregnant women to >>stay >>away from caffeine, since studies have shown that the amount contained in >>about four cups of coffee per day causes birth defects in test animals. >> >>High doses of caffeine will cause laboratory animals to go into convulsions >>and then die. >> >>Caffeine can be highly toxic [the lethal dose estimated to be around 10g] >>new research shows that the one quart of coffee consumed in three hours can >>destroy much of the body's thiamine. >> >>Regular tea is not the answer either, since that has nearly as much >>caffeine. But herb teas can be quite invigorating. >> >> >>What Alcohol Does to Your Body >> >>Alcohol is the most widely used drug in our society, and because it is so >>available, most people don't think of it as a drug. But it is; and if >>misused, it can cause a lot of damage to your body. >> >>Alcohol is not a stimulant, but actually a sedative-depressant of the >>central nervous system. >> >>It is capable of rupturing veins. >>It does not warm you up, but causes you to feel colder by increasing >>perspiration and body heat loss. >>It destroys brain cells by causing the withdrawal of necessary water from >>them. >>It can deplete the body of vitamin B1, B2, B6, B12, folic acid, vitamin C, >>vitamin K, zinc, magnesium and potassium. >>Four drinks a day are capable of causing organ damage. >>It can hamper the liver's ability to process fat. >> >>________________________________________________________________ ________ >>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >_________________________________________________________________ _______ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com