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Tanning under the sun. Is it safe?

By: Gian Erguiza


The sun is shining and the weather is perfect! Summer has just arrived and you can feel it in the morning breeze. This is the perfect season to grab that big beach towel you have, layout and soak up the sun. Fashion in the summertime dictates that you have to be bronzed and glowing. What I mean is, how ugly would it be if your legs weren’t as bronzed and glowing as your upper body right? So is Tanning under the sun all that bad? Yes it is!

Without proper protection, sun tanning can be extremely dangerous. Studies and Research have shown that one bad sunburn can double your risk of developing skin cancer in the long run. Just because you are young also, doesn’t mean that the rules don’t apply to you, that is just strictly foolish. Damaging your skin now will comeback and haunt you later on in life. Sunscreen should almost be lathered on every time you go under the sun so you don’t have to risk skin cancer. We complied some useful information so you can

1. Dehydration will surely damage your skin. Stay well hydrated even if you are just lying around enjoying the weather. Dehydration contributes to the harmful drying effects of the sun.

2. Dress accordingly. Always wear a comfortable suit or clothing when tanning under the sun. Invest in some sweatproof sunscreen and make sure you get something SPF-15 or higher. Coppertone has great products with an SPF-15 or higher and some are even waterproof.

3. Knowing your skin type is also viable. If you are fair skinned, higher SPF protection and lots of hydration is advised. If you are a medium skinned person, SPF-20 or higher, along with after sun cream is suggested. If you are a dark skinned person, an SPF-15 will do. The most important thing about knowing your skin type is being honest with yourself and knowing what skin type you are, not what skin type you want.

4. Once you have the sunscreen, applying it correctly makes the whole world of difference. The 25¢ rule is always a good rule to remember. For each quarter of your body, apply a generous quarter-sized amount. Apply generously on your face either and don’t get cheap when doing so. Higher SPF is also suggested for the face and the neck.If you are doing some heavy swimming or sweating, make sure you re-apply sunscreen after 4-6 hours.

We do not condone not tanning under the sun but with a better understanding and proper knowledge, your risk of skin cancer greatly decreases. Be in fashion but be safe. This useful information should help keep you safe from skin cancer.

4 Sex Positions to revamp your lovemaking skills!

By: Gian Erguiza

Has your lovemaking skills all of a sudden vanished? Let Frantik help you re-vamp those lovemaking skills of yours with these 4, awesome sex positions! After a current review of all sex positions, Frantik picked out the four best to help you get your mojo, back in the sack again.

1. The Reverse Cowgirl – The real term for this is actually “Reciprocal sight of posteriors,” but we prefer to call it the reverse cowgirl because it sounds a hell lot more naughty. Can you imagine asking someone in the heat of the moment if they can “reciprocate the sight of their posteriors?” lame. This position works best for women who like to take charge. The Reverse Cowgirl position has been said to give the most full body G-Spot orgasm ever.

· The man should lie on his back with his penis inside of you.
· The woman will be on top with her rear facing the man, lean torso forward, arch your back, and keep your crotch close to the penis. Do a rocking motion, not a body bucking ride em’ cowboy style and ride slowly at first and then proceed to desired speed. The woman will have full control of the motion while the man will lie there and adore your rear giving the occasional slap for added pleasure.
· To modify this position for better G-Spot action, lean back with your weight resting on your hands and ride his penis up and down.


2. Dancer – No, this is not a lap dance move nor did we get the move from a Stripper. Dancer is actually an erotic stand up sex position. This gives both man and woman more face to face contact. This position is for the freaks caught in the heat of the moment with only a hallway or wall to go to.

· Both partners should stand facing each other.
· The woman then raises her leg (left or right) while the man helps support.
· You can also use a step stool or stair to relieve stress on your leg(s).
· To modify this position, hopefully your partner is flexible, put the raised leg onto the shoulder to experience the full erotic pleasure.


3. Spoon – The bodies fit closely together, that’s the reason why it is called Spoon Position. This position is ideal for later pregnancy due to much less pressure on the belly while making love. · Both partners will lie on their sides and the man will enter from behind (not anal, thank you).
· This position is good for slow sensual love making, in the morning or in the middle of the night.


4. The Hood Rat – Need I say more?

· The woman sits on the hood, wraps her legs around the man, and supports herself with her arms while leaning back.
· The woman can then thrust herself back and forth, either pulling him towards her or just simply moving back and forth. Her legs should be on the bumper for added comfort.


Now go out there and show your love what you’ve learned from Frantik. aside from these 4 positions, there are other ways of revamping your lovemaking skills but these 4 are proven tested. You can count on that! So Grab your partner and do it today.

Worst Summer Jobs

By: Gian Erguiza

Summer jobs can be easy, comfortable and actually fun! It gives people, especially students, extra cash while taking a break from their normal activities. I myself have worked a summer job before and loved it. I actually didn’t do much but observe and learn, little things here and there, and then receive a handsome check at the end of the week for my own personal spending. Sweet. Some of my friends weren’t so lucky though and had to actually do some hard manual labor to earn their extra cash for the summertime. Bummer.

I went ahead and did some research online to find out which summer jobs sucked the most. After surfing the net for a while, I found this website: http://nclnet.org/labor/childlabor/. It is the National Consumers League website and they had the most interesting facts about everything that had to do with summer jobs. Within the same website, I found the answers to my question, what are some of the worst summer jobs for his year? Here is their list.

1. Agriculture: Fieldwork and Processing
Farm machinery, animals, chemicals, and storage areas all pose risks for teens working in agriculture. Although the majority of recorded accidents happen to youth who live and work on family farms, injuries and fatalities occur among youth who work as hired farmworkers.

Agriculture is the most dangerous industry for young workers, accounting for 42 percent of all work-related fatalities of young workers between 1992 and 2000. Unlike other industries, half the young victims in agriculture were under age 15. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, among young agricultural workers aged 15-17, the risk of fatal injury is four times the risk for young workers in other workplaces.

2. Construction and Work in Heights
Construction is a dangerous occupation for all workers and construction sites are full of hazards. In 2003, construction continued to have the greatest number of workplace deaths of any major industry. The top causes of death are falls from roofs or structures, crushing or runovers by construction equipment operated by someone else, electric shocks from equipment installation or tool use, and lifting operations.

Despite existing prohibitions that address specific types of hazardous construction work (such as all work performed on or about a roof and trenching), construction work accounts for a substantial number of young worker deaths. It is the third leading cause of death among young workers. According to NIOSH, youth 15-17 years of age working in construction had greater than seven times the risk for fatal injury as youth in other industries, and greater than twice the risk of workers 25-44 years of age working in construction.

Fatalities among working minors involved roofing, siding, and sheet metal work; electrical work; and concrete work. The predominant fatal events were falls, contact with electric current, transportation incidents, and being struck by objects.

Falls result in significant numbers of workplace fatalities and injuries among workers of all ages, including workers under age 18. Since the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) was implemented in 1992, falls have consistently ranked among the leading causes of workplace fatality. Falls from roofs, from ladders, and from scaffolds or staging were the most common types of fatal falls.

3. Outside Helper: Landscaping, Groundskeeping, and Lawn Services
Landscaping laborers and lawn service workers physically install and maintain landscaped areas. In addition to initially transporting and planting new vegetation, they also transplant, mulch, fertilize, water, and prune flowering plants, trees, and shrubs, and mow and water lawns. Groundskeeping laborers maintain a variety of facilities including athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, university campuses, and parks.

Landscaping, groundskeeping, and lawn service workers use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes, as well as power lawnmowers, chain saws, snow blowers, and electric clippers. Some use equipment such as tractors and twin-axle vehicles. These jobs often involve working with pesticides, fertilizers, and other chemicals. Recent anecdotal evidence indicates that young workers are using tools and equipment that are prohibited for their use in this industry and are being injured as a result.

4. Driver/Operator: Forklifts, Tractors, and ATVs
Forklifts: Workers of all ages are killed and seriously injured by forklifts. Although most deaths associated with forklifts involve driving or operation, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) data for 1992-1997 shows that nearly half of all forklift-related deaths were associated with work activities other than operating the forklift. According to NIOSH, many of the non-operator fatalities involved working around the machine: being run over, struck by, or pinned by a forklift; being struck by a load that fell from a forklift; falls from a work surface elevated by a forklift; or riding as a passenger on a forklift. In 1997, there were 18,754 non-fatal injuries associated with forklifts among all workers. In the period of 1992-1997, there were 613 fatalities involving forklifts among all workers, six of the deaths involved minors.

Tractors: Tractor-related incidents are the most common type of agricultural fatality in the U.S. Tractors are increasingly used in non-agricultural industries, such as construction, manufacturing, and landscaping. CFOI data for 1992-1997 identified 1,845 tractor fatalities in all industries among all workers, with 46 of the fatalities involving minors under age 18. Tractor overturns are the most common event among tractor fatalities (47 percent), and was the primary cause of tractor-related fatality among youth workers (63 percent).

All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs): Increasingly ATVs are being used in both agricultural and non-agricultural employment. Just like tractors, ATVs are rollover risks for both drivers and passengers. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that persons under age 16 were the victims in 37 percent of all reported ATV-related deaths in the general population between 1985 and 2002. The data from CPSC include injuries associated with work activities as well as recreational use. In 2002, ATV use was associated with 37,100 injuries of youth under 16. Additionally, CPSC reported at least 99 children under age 16 were killed on ATVs in 2002.

5. Traveling Youth Crews
Children as young as ten years old are recruited to sell candy, magazine subscriptions, and other items in neighborhoods or on street corners after dark, under dangerous conditions, and unsupervised by adults. For many, it is a job that requires traveling in vans to unfamiliar neighborhoods in distant cities, and often across state lines.

Each year, thousands of mostly 16-24 year olds join traveling sales crews that move rapidly around the country. Each day, sellers are dropped off in residential neighborhoods to peddle their wares, mostly magazine subscriptions or household cleaning agents.

Door-to-door sales is dangerous work due to increased risk of motor vehicle injury (as either pedestrian or passenger) and vulnerability to assaults and abductions by customers and strangers. Often, the vehicles used for transportation of the workers have not been inspected for road-worthiness, and accident reports often include drivers who are not insured or licensed.

Other hazards include crew leaders and co-workers with criminal convictions and behavior. Traveling sales jobs offer attractive features for someone a step ahead of the law – mobility, a hotel room, a product to sell (which serves as an excuse for entry into homes), a way out of town, and access to new territory.

Parent Watch, a watchdog group based in New York City, has compiled a list of dozens of felonies involving door-to-door salespeople. Since 2000, that list reflects 13 cases of rape or sexual assault, four cases of murder, and a number of deaths from traffic accidents attributed to faulty equipment or negligent driving.

In addition to safety concerns, door-to-door traveling sales jobs often do not adequately compensate young workers for their work. Promises of trips or outings often replace a paycheck. Accounting of hours work and income earned is spotty or remuneration is arbitrary. There are documented cases of physical and verbal abuse by supervisors. Often the businesses that present themselves to consumers as non-profit programs that help keep kids off of drugs are in fact for-profit companies.

For more info regarding this matter, please log onto: http://nclnet.org/labor/childlabor/jobreport.htm

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