safety tips regarding cooking in the house: etc.

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NFPA report identifies cooking as leading cause of home fires
Attention to safety can prevent nearly all cooking fires

March 18, 2008 – Cooking was involved in an estimated 146,400 home structure fires in the United States in 2005, according to a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) report released today. Cooking fires accounted for 40 percent of the home structure fires in 2005, and these cooking fires resulted in 480 deaths, 4,690 injuries, and $876 million in direct property damage.


According to the National Fire Protection Association, home Fires Involving Cooking Equipment report, cooking equipment left unattended was a factor in ignition in 38 percent of home structure fires for 2002-2005. Unattended cooking was the leading contributing factor in home cooking fires, followed by combustibles too close to a heat source, and equipment being unintentionally turned on or not turned off.

Cooking was also the leading cause of home fire injuries, accounting for 36 percent of home structure fire injuries in 2005. These injuries were especially likely to occur during attempts to fight the fire. In home structure fires involving cooking equipment for 2002-2005, 59 percent of injuries occurred while fighting the fire, compared to 35 percent of injuries in all other types of home structure fires.

“Cooking results in more home fires and fire injuries in the United States each year than anything else and nearly all of these fires can be prevented with a little extra care,” said Lorraine Carli, NFPA’s vice president of communications. “Simply paying attention when you are cooking will keep your dinner and everything else from getting burned.”

NFPA offers the following safety tips regarding home cooking

* Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
* If you are simmering, baking, roasting, or boiling food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you’re cooking.
* To prevent cooking fires, you have to be alert. You won’t be if you are sleepy, have been drinking alcohol, or have taken medicine that makes you drowsy.
* Keep anything that can catch fire – potholders, oven mitts, wooden utensils, paper or plastic bags, boxes, food packaging, towels or curtains – away from your stovetop.
* Keep the stovetop, burners and oven clean.
* Keep pets off cooking surfaces and nearby countertops to prevent them from knocking things onto the burner.
* Wear short, close fitting or tightly rolled sleeves when cooking. Loose clothing can dangle onto stove burners and can catch fire if it comes in contact with a gas flame or electric burner.

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advisory re products sold by Sensea company
whose showroom was identified as being at 2/F Liberty Center, Shaw Blvd. Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. The following claims, regarding products sold by said company, were published on page F1 of the April 7, 2008 issue of the Manila Bulletin newspaper: "Sensea colognes . . . letting you smell good for over three hours"; "Sensea perfumes . . .offer a scent that lingers for almost a day"; "Your dream flawless skin can now be achieved through Sensea's Michiko Skin Care line"; "the Womanzone and Ed Oil which both deliver sexual satisfaction for men and women"; "Womanzone is . . . formulated to enhance the woman's libido, heighten orgasm, tectile and erotic sensitivity" For their own benefit, it will be advantageous for prospective buyers of said products to require said company to provide them, in advance with certification from an unbiased entity that (1) Sensea colognes lets any person smell good for over three hours; (2) Sensea perfumes . .. scent that lingers for almost a day;" (3) Any person's dream flawless skin can now be achieved through Sensea's Michiko Skin Care line;" (4) the Womanzone and Ed Oil . . . both deliver sexual satisfaction for men and women;" (5) Womanzone enhances any woman's libido, heightens orgasm, tectile and erotic sensitivity"

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advisory re Rissa M. Manaquil
Advisory against believing the following claims, which were published on Wednesday April 16, 2008 in the issue of the Philippine Star newspaper, and were identified as originating from said Manaquil.
". . . when it comes to UVA rays, most sunscreens break down." What is herr basis for said allegation? Did she test most sunscreens? "Neutogena's Helioplex technology provides superior broad-spectrum sun protection and shields your skin from the harmful and damaging rays of both UVA and UVB." If said technology shields a person's skin from the harmful and damaging rays of both UVA and UVB,how long does it shield a person's skin from the harmful and damaging rays of both UVA and UVB? (2) If Neutrogena Ultra-Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF 50+ with Helioplex is waterproof, how long is it waterproof? (3) If said product boasts grease-absorbing and mattifying properties, how long will said properties last? (3) If Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Body Mist Sunblock with SPF 30 with Helioplex is waterproof, how long is it waterproof? (4) If Dermalogica Waterblock Solar Spray SPF 30 is water-resistant how long is it water-resistant? Does said Manaquil have certification from an independent and unbiased entity that said product provides full-spectrum protection against both damaging UVA and UVB rays? If said product contains vitamins C and E, does said Manaquil have certification from an unbiased independent
that said product contains enough quantities of said vitamins to help protect the skin from environmental assault? "Dermalogica Oil Free Matte Block SPF20 boasts a microsponge technology that absorbs oil and leaves skin with an all-day matte finish." Does said Manquil have certification from an independent unbiased entity that said product absorbs oil and leaves skin with an all-day matte finish. If said formula contains soothing green tea, does said Manaquil have certification, from an independent unbiased entity, that said formula contains soothing green tea in sufficient quantity to help calm inflammation caused by breakouts? ". . . Beach Hut Clear Spray Sunblock with UVA and UVB protection." Does said Manaquil have certification from an unbiased and independent entity, that said product provides UVA and UVB protection. "being sweatproof and waterproof". Does said Manaquil have certification from an unbiased and independent entity, that said productt is sweatproof and waterproof? If said product is sweatproof and waterproof, how long is it sweatproof and waterproof?

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evidence and advisory vs. "Joyce Orena"
The following words were printed in the Philippine Star newspaper issue, dated December 5, 2007, under the title "Holiday Investments GO-SEE By Joyce Orena". . . . I would highly recommend investing in a men's watch. . . they will surely last a lifetime." (italicization by undersigned). Whose lifetime was said Orena referring to? What did she mean by the word lifetime? How many years or months? What was the basis, if any, for said Orena to claim that they will surely last a lifetime? Undersigned didn't see, in said newspaper, any visible (to unaided eye) complete mailing address of said Orena.