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Customers of internet provider, Zen Internet, will be delighted to hear that the company will upgrade to BT’s 21CN network, which is a precursor to making available broadband connections with an impressive 20 Mb speed, although it comes with a cautionary ‘up to’ tag. Nonetheless, the company has promised to give existing customers faster download speeds, while new customers can also enjoy such speeds as long as their areas are equipped with the new service.

The upgrade will be possible because of the company’s plans to shift to asymmetrical digital subscriber line two plus (ADSL2+) technology. In the early stages, existing customers will pay the same and get the same download and upload broadband services, but download speeds will later become much faster.

The customer’s distance from the local exchange will be one of the factors that will determine the speed, along with the standard of internal wiring and that of the wiring from the BT exchange to the customer’s home or office. So long as all these are in a good working condition, customers will enjoy average download speeds of 9-13 Mb, with a peak of 20Mb, as well as upload speeds of up to 1Mb (click for a broadband speed test).

However, these changes will take some time to implement. The company says that it won’t be until spring 2010 that customers on 21CN enabled BT exchanges will be moved over to the 20 Mb broadband services. This is due to the fact that the BT exchanges have a shortfall of engineers, working in each local exchange. The company currently estimates that it will take eight months to migrate the customers to the new service.

For the third consecutive year, Intelius Screening Solutions has earned its spot on Workforce Management’s The Hot List 2009, particularly in the Employment-Related Screening Providers category. The Hot List is an annual listing of top HR providers and their products and services, which help keep businesses on course, up to date, and people-oriented. Published on February 16, 2009, the list included Intellius Screening Solutions, which has screened 450,000 individuals in the last 12 months and has 3,400 corporate clients using its employment-related screening services. Intelius Screening Solutions also made it to The Hot List 2008 published in November 2008 and The Hot List 2007 released in November 2007. Intelius is the leading provider of information services and screening solutions, having gained over six million customers using its information to help them reconnect with long lost friends, protect their loved ones and businesses, as well as make intelligent, sound choices. Founded by Naveen Jain in 2003, Intellius is now recognized as one of the top 100 commerce sites on the Internet. Moreover, Intelius Screening Solutions LLC provides all-inclusive screening services, including on-demand employment and drug screening solutions, to thousands of small and medium-sized businesses in the United States and Canada. About Workforce Management Magazine Workforce Management magazine is the leading business publication for human resources professionals and workforce management, providing the latest business news, analysis, and trends to over 50,000 print and more than 400,000 registered online subscribers. Workforce Management magazine covers strategic workforce issues such as talent management, compensation and benefits, global workforce, technology, and HR information systems. Other products include Workforce Week®, Dear Workforce®, Workforce Recruiting, e-mail newsletters, and more. Workforce Management is a bi-monthly publication of Crain Communications, Inc., a privately held company based in Irvine, California that is committed to provide management information and marketing services to HR professionals.

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Calcium. We see ads for it on TV everyday. Get more calcium. Now you can get all the calcium you need for a whole day in one little pill. Heck, we even have calcium in our antacids now. So just what is it with the calcium craze? Is calcium REALLY that important? In this article we’re going to go over some of the things you can naturally and not so naturally find calcium in and why we need it.

Most people probably know that calcium is important for maintaining healthy teeth and bones. But the importance of calcium doesn’t stop there. It is also important for the proper functioning of muscles and nerves and overall body health. It even helps your blood clot faster should you get cut.

Most people think they get enough calcium every day. The truth is, most people don’t and when calcium levels drop too low, then calcium is taken from the bones which is what causes them to become brittle. The average person loses between 400 and 500 mg of calcium per day.

So just how much calcium does an average person need and how much do we normally get?

What most people don’t know is that a good portion of the calcium we get daily comes from sunlight. So taking a nice long walk on a sunny day will give you a good dose of calcium right off the bat. This is another reason why people who exercise regularly by walking are in better shape than those of us who don’t.

Aside from the calcium we get from sunlight, studies show that a person should eat about 700 mg of calcium daily. However this is also dependent on our age. Children who are still growing need more calcium than adults. However, older adults need more calcium than younger adults because as we age the bones tend to become more brittle. Post menopausal women are especially at risk of calcium deficiency and should increase their calcium intake to about 1200 mg per day.

Unfortunately, aside from milk based products like milk and cheese, not a lot of food contains significant amounts of calcium. This is why it becomes difficult sometimes to get all the calcium we need just from the food we eat and we need to get additional calcium in supplements.

The most common of these supplements are vitamins. A typical multi vitamin will contain between 150 and 200 mg of calcium per pill. This is not nearly enough to give us all the calcium we need but it is hoped that between this pill, the foods we eat and the sunlight we get. it will be enough. If not, there are other sources of calcium.

For people who suffer from excess acid they can get extra calcium by taking a Tums. The regular Tums has 200 mg of calcium per tablet and the extra strength has 300 mg per tablet. Combining a Tums with a multi vitamin and your regular dairy intake should give you more than enough calcium in your diet unless you are in need of extra calcium. In that case there are calcium supplement pills that contain as much as 500 mg of calcium per pill.

Certainly with proper diet and all the available calcium supplements around there is really no need for a normal healthy person to be calcium deficient.

It may just be time for a snack of milk and cookies.