The World’s Poorest President

Here's a guy who believes that money does not buy happiness.

How's this as a man of the people: The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has earned a nickname, "el presidente mas pobre" (translation: "poorest president").
The 77-year-old recently admitted to the Spanish newspaperEl Mundo that he donates almost all of his presidential salary, making him the poorest, or, as Univision pointed out, most generous president, in the world.
El presidente explained he receives $12,500 a month but keeps only $1,250. The public servant told the newspaper, "I do fine with that amount; I have to do fine because there are many Uruguayans who live with much less."
He and his wife—a senator who also donates part of her salary—live in a farmhouse in Montevideo. His biggest expense is his Volkswagen Beetle, valued at $1,945.
Perhaps not surprisingly, under the former guerrilla fighter, who was elected in 2010 as a member of the left-wing coalition, the Broad Front, the country has become known for being one of the least corrupt on the continent.
Mujica has no bank accounts and no debt, and he enjoys one thing money can't buy: the companionship of his dog, Manuela.
The Uruguayan is not the first president todonate his salary. U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who came from wealth, donated his salary when in office, as did President Herbert Hoover. Hoover, who grew up poor, decided to never accept money for public service, so he could not be accused of corruption.
The World's Poorest President

The president of Uruguay,José Mujica, donates most of his $12,500 salary to charity and keeps only $1,250 for himself each month.





















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How to raise a child who loves music

Want to raise a child who loves and appreciates music? It's easier than learning to play "Chopsticks." You don't have to be a virtuoso. All you need to do is create a music-rich environment. Here are some tips on orchestrating the beginnings of a lifelong love of music:

• Sing songs both to and with your child. Whether you're doing a solo or chiming in with the radio or CD player, you're setting the stage. And don't worry about performing an aria or the full score from the Lion King — just one song, like "Hakuna Matata" (making up lyrics as you go along, if need be), is music to your child's ears. Don't worry if you're a tad off key. "Singing in tune is not a requirement," says Wendy Sims, professor and director of music education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. "What's important is that you interact with your child musically, which shows your youngster that you value music." Also, if you feel insecure about your voice, it's best to avoid negative statements such as "I can't carry a tune." You're trying to develop a positive attitude toward music, and children aren't the harsh music critics that many adults are. They'll love singing with you no matter how you sound.
• Strike up the band. Click on the radio, pop in a tape, insert a CD. With a flip of a switch or the push of button, you can make music an integral part of your child's everyday life, and thus help him develop an interest in music. "Just as you'd get a child excited about reading by reading to him, you get a child excited about music by listening to music, dancing to music, doing just about anything musical," says Pamela Shaw, director of the Oklahoma City University Performing Arts Academy.
• Play an assortment of music. Young children are receptive to all kinds of music: jazz, classical, pop, African, Latin, and so on. By playing a variety of artists, composers, and styles, you create a stimulating musical environment — a home filled with the sounds of different instruments, languages, and rhythms. Also, the sooner you introduce a child to the different styles of music, the better. "As children get older, sometime around 8 or 9, they're likely to pick a favorite type of music and only want to listen to that particular style for quite some time," says Patricia Shehan Campbell, author ofSongs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children's Lives and professor of music at the University of Washington in Seattle. "So before children decide on their favorite style, you want them to be aware of the incredible array available." Keep in mind that although all different kinds of children's music are available — everything from the classical CD Beethoven Lives Upstairs to African, Caribbean, and Zydeco — it doesn't have to be music specifically for kids.
• Play "Finish That Tune." Sing, hum, or whistle the first few notes of a song that your child knows — for example, "This land is my land..." — and then stop. Chances are that your child (or anyone else in the room) will finish the line. It's also a fun and effective way to wake up a child in the morning. Poke your head into your child's bedroom, and sing a few notes of a song — for example, "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie: "The sun'll come out..." and stop. After a few tries, you might hear your increasingly alert child sing out "tomorrow."
• Attend concerts. Many symphonies perform children's concerts, like Peter and the Wolf, at which the different instruments are highlighted. And communities often present concerts in the park — a wonderful setting for children because they can listen and move to music in a setting they already associate with having fun.
• Check out musically minded books. Reading stories like Mozart Tonight by Julie Downing or Gabriella's Song by Candance Fleming is another easy way to introduce your child to music.
• Enroll in children's music programs. Kindermusik, a popular, national music program, is geared for children up to age 7. The classes are designed around developmental stages, and the children learn about music through activities such as singing, moving to music, and playing games and simple instruments. The program also offers parents an opportunity to participate with their child.
• Dance to the music. Kids love to dance, so crank up the tunes and twist and shout.
• Perform. If your child is learning to play the piano or another instrument — even the pots and pans — why not put on a show? See our articles on playing musical instruments. Make it casual, but special. For your budding Liberace, you might place a candelabra on the piano, or maybe you'd like to jam along with your little drummer boy. You could even videotape the show as a gift for Grandma and Grandpa.

Good Simple exercise

No Need Jogging, No Need Arobics, No Need Bicycle, No Need Taichi, No Need Karate,….& etc…….etc……etc( read below )   A must read and try exercise for those who are too busy to go to the gym or morning walk.  Wish you all good health:- Dear Friends: The Qigong Walking Exercise that I am teaching at different venues is good but needs at least 1 hour a day to practice for good results.  Since many of you are still working, here is one exercise I believe that could help you solve the “time” problem.   Just 15 minutes a day and good results can be expected if you do it diligently everyday for a period of 2-3 months (depending on individual’s health conditions and one’s duration of holding up the legs….) A real simple exercise to help you increase your energy…   The English text is my translation from the Chinese text that I received from Sonata. Lie down on your back, raise your legs as show in the photo – 90 degree at thighs with body, 90 degree at knee joints, 90 degree at ankles – and keep this posture for 15 minutes or longer.   Start with as long as you can manage and add on the minutes.  That’s it. Notes: 1)    Drink before and after the exercise 300cc of warm water.   Breathing normally.   Don’t hold back your breath.  Using the energy from your waist and “Dan tian” to hold your legs in that posture as long as you can manage. 2)    When you are lying down in this posture, blood will flow back to your liver and kidneys ensuring fast detoxing  and increasing your metabolism.   You will feel very “soared” with your legs and your pituitary gland will be activated to hasten the detox process and the toxins in your body will be excreted via sweating. 3)    When you are lying in this posture, your body is getting rid of the “toxin” in your body.   They your good body cells will be stronger and has definitely a good control of any bad cells (including cancer cells) inside your body. 4)    Since you are using your waist’s energy to support the legs, your Shenqu (CV 8)and Ming Men (GV4) of the main acupressure points) were used to do the breathing, your Front and Back main Meridians will be cleared and connected.   Thus your minute skin pores will be opened to help with the “detox” process.   With breathing through the Dan Tian, it helps to lessen the burden of breath on your lungs.   Therefore, you heart functions will be stronger with the result that your blood pr! essure will also be lower. 5)    When you sweat, the acidic  toxins will be excreted, your blood lipid (fatty deposits) will be burnt.   Spleen is in charge of our 4 limbs.   Therefore, your blood sugar level will also be stabilized with the result your spleen function is being improved.   End result is that you will feel more calm and gentle. 6)    When your legs are up, your small intestine’s movement will be activated and your bladder’s muscles will be stronger.  Therefore, constipation, abnormal menstruation, prostate problems can all be avoided.   Also, once your digestion and excretion systems are in order, you will have good appetite and can maintain your normal body weight. 7)    When your legs are up, your spine is straight.  That means your whole body’s muscles will be strengthened.  Qi and blood will flow smoothly throughout your body.   Your joints can easiy have more bone marrows and the nerves alongside your spine are well connected with all parts of the body.   Thus degeneration of joints and growth of bone spurs can be avoided. 8)    When your legs are up, all your inner organs are working in  harmony. Your brain burden will be less and thus can function better, resulting in clear heads, better memory and no more insomnia.   Also you will have better tolerance and stronger will power. Therefore, the longer you can hold up your legs in that posture, the better and long living you will be.   《不是因為幸福才笑，而是笑了才會幸福......》 &nbs! p;這些年有時常會有些身邊的至親、朋友、同學等有不健康遺憾，在教拳中每當看見有人因身體不適, 花錢來學習太極拳時，我心中總是會有不捨與難過，因為大都是積勞成疾。西醫無法根治、中醫調理要花錢、花時間！我們社團內也有醫師好幾位來學習太極拳藝, 只為了想用最自然的方式養生！因為醫師們知道西藥副作用的後果。10/8參加同仁精進營，執行長林俊龍院長公開表示：要活就要動！這時老祖宗的智慧出現了∼藥補不如食補、食補不如功補！    末學提供一種簡單易學的功法。名為能量倍增操。為太極輔助功法。只要你想要健康。只要你願意在連續二、三個月。在睡前的十五分鐘抬抬腳。只花你一點點的時間，就可以讓你精神倍增、改善體質；這個功法，約民國87年在屏東有一位太極尤師姐教我練習，當時，只要有人生理不適、便秘、胃腸消化不良、尿失禁、攝護腺腫大等, 她就免費傳授。師姐當時對我說：如果將來有機會，要把這功法教出去造福大家。所以整理了過去的講義提供大家參考如下。                                                                        　  　　在此簡述抬腳時的過程與反應： 一、   在抬腳時前、後需各喝３００西西溫開水，心平氣和保持輕鬆，自然呼吸、不可憋氣，靠腰力及丹田氣力來支撐身體下半部所受之酸。使身體與大腿成九十度、大腿與小腿成九十度。支撐至少十五分鐘以上。 二、   在抬腳時血液會迅速流回肝、腎，給予重新解毒排毒，此時新陳代謝增加，腰部以下會有強烈極酸的反應，為了排解瞬間增加毒素，人體腦下垂體自會分泌激素，激發潛能，加強排毒，最後在流汗中，將毒素予以排出。 三、   在抬腳時可引濁氣下行排出，升清降濁正氣倍增，體內正常細胞大曾活躍，癌細胞自然死亡。 四、   在抬腳時神闕 CV8（肚臍）及命門 (GV 4)同運氣，打通任督氣血暢行無阻，毛細孔擴張，增加皮膚呼吸及代謝作用，因丹田訓練呼吸，減少肺部負擔胸腔之濁氣自可? 陽Q排出，解決心胸之鬱悶、心胸開朗氣沉丹田、心臟恢復正常功能，心理壓大降低、血壓隨之穩定。 五、   在抬腳時因流汗，自可將體內酸性毒素排出，血脂肪自然燃燒。脾主四肢，所以血糖可以穩定，改善脾的功能，人的性情自然溫順和譪可親。 六、   在抬腳時，大小腸自然會蠕動，膀胱更有力，男女生理功能更是增強奏效，何來秘便、月事不順、攝護腺腫大等失調症。胃腸消化、排便正常，何來肥瘦不均，胃口不開呢？ 七、   在抬腳時，脊椎保持水平，全身肌肉富有彈性，氣血順暢，各關節自會增生骨髓，脊椎兩旁神經恢復平常傳導作用，何來關節退化，或長骨刺的名稱，壓迫神經的病痛呢？ 八、   在抬腳時，因內臟全身運作，腦內革命，心理生理調適正常，何來睡眠障礙症。頭腦清醒、智慧、記憶力當然會增加，這是真善美的表現。激發意志力及吃苦耐力，方能突破酸的痛楚、障礙，達到流汗的過程，發揮抬腳的最終目：抬的愈久，活的愈久。

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Subject: The Business Times/Knight Frank CEO Hawker Choices 2012:

BAK KUT TEH1. Founder Rou Gu Cha, 347 Balestier Road 2. Ah Peng Bak Kut Teh, 3 Seng Poh Road3. Ng Ah Sio bak Kut Teh, 208 Rangoon Road 4. Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh, 593 Havelock Road5. Old Tiong Bahru Bak Kut Teh , Blk 58 Seng Poh Road #01-31 6. Outram Park Ya Hua Rou Gu Char, #01-05/07 Tanjong Pagar Complex.7. Soon Yee Klang Bak Kut Teh (Soup & Dry), 29/31 Sultan Gate. 8. Song Fa Bak Kut Teh , 11 New Bridge Rd.9. Double Happy Bak Kut Teh Stall 29 (1st stall nearest the river) - Zion Road Riverside Food Court 10. Sin Heng, 439 Joo Chiat Road YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS:     BEEF NOODLES1. Geylang Famous Beef Kway Teow. 237 Lorong 9 Geylang 2. Hock Lam Street Beef Kway Teow, 22 China Street, Far East Sq3. Hong Kee Beef Noodle, 7 Maxwell Road Amoy St Food Centre #01-42 4. Lavender Beef Noodle, 380 Jalan Besar, Lavender Food Square5. Joo Chiat Beef Noodles, Tiong Bahru Market 6. Hong Heng Beef Noodle Soup and Katong Laksa – Blk 226H Ang Mo Kio Street 22 #01-16 Kebun Bahru Mall Food Centre7. Lagoon Leng Kee Beef Kway Teow, East Coast Lagoon Food Centre 8. Bugis (Longhouse) Lim Kee Beef Noodles, Golden Mile Food Centre9. Hai Nan Xing Zhou Beef Noodles, 22 Toa Payoh Lorong 7 10. The Beef House, 217 Syed Alwi Road YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS:     CHAR KWAY TEOW 1. Hill Street Fried Kway Teow, Block 16 Bedok South Road #01-187 Bedok New Town Food Centre2. No 18 Fried Kway Teow Stall 18, Zion Riverside Food Centre 3. Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee, Hong Lim Market & Food Centre #02-184. Tiong Bahru Fried Kway Teow, Tiong Bahru Market, #02-11 5. Guan Kee Fried Kway Teow, Ghim Moh Market #01-12 Block 20 Ghim Moh Road6. Dong Ji Fried Kway Teow, Old Airport Road Food Centre #01-138 7. Ang Mo Kio Char Kway Teow – Blk 724 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 Food Centre #01-288. Penang Place, Fusionopolis. 9. Penang Road Café, Novena Road.10. Hai Kee Teochew Char Kway Teow, Telok Blangah Crescent 11. Meng Kee Char Kway Teow, Wei Xuan Eating House, 22 Havelock Road.12. Lao Fu Zi, Old Airport Road Hawker Centre 13. Apollo, Marine Parade Central Hawker CentreYOUR RECOMMENDATIONS:   CHICKEN RICE1. Kampong Chicken (Chicken House), Upper Thomson2. Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice – Blk 159 Mei Chin Road #02-22 Mei Chin Food Centre 3. Heng Ji Chicken Rice, ChinatownComplex Food Centre4. Tian Tian at Maxwell Market 5. Pow Sing, 65 Serangoon Gardens Way.6. Lee Fun Nam Kee Chicken Rice, 94 Toa Payoh Lorong 4.7. Yeo Keng Nam Chicken Rice, Braddell Rd/Upper Serangoon Rd Junction. 8. Boon Tong Kee9. Chin Chin Eating House 19 Purvis Street, Beach Road Conservation Area 10. Sin Swee Kee Chicken Rice Restaurant, 35 Seah Street11. Mei Ling Market & Food Centre. 159 Mei Ling Street 12. Hainanese Delicacy Chicken Rice, 14 Scotts Road Far East Plaza #05-116 13. Ah Tai Chicken Rice, Maxwell Market 14. Nan Xiang - Blk 90 #01-21 Whampoa Hawker Centre and 271 Tanjong Katong Road YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS:     CLAYPOT RICE 1. Yuan Yuan Claypot Rice, ABC Brickworks Food Centre #01-382. Zhao Ji Claypot rice, Chinatown complex #02-054 3. Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice, Chinatown Complex #02-1284. New Lucky Claypot Rice, 44 Holland Drive #02-19 Holland Drive Food Centre5. Sar Poh Rice, Smith St Hawker Centre. 6. Geylang Claypot Rice639 Geylang Road (Lor 33) 7. Le Chausseur, 31 New Bridge Road 8. Tong Chiang Claypot Restaurant, 324 Lavender Street. YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS:   CRABS1. Eng Seng, 249 Joo Chiat Place2. Melben Seafood Rest, Ang Mo Kio Block 232, AMK Ave 3, #01-1222.3. Ban Leong Wah Hoe Seafood, 122 Casuarina Road4. Danny's Lor 31 Geylang5. No Sign Board Seafood, Geylang 6. Long Beach Seafood, Dempsey Road7. New Ubin Seafood, Block 27 Sin Ming Rd, #01-174 Sin Ming Industrial EstateSector A8. Roland Restaurant, 89 Marine Parade Central9. No Signboard Seafood Rstnt Pte Ltd (Robertson Walk). Add:11 Unity St #01-18/29 Robertson Walk 10. Ming Kee Restaurant, Sennett Estate, 16 Upper Serangoon Road11. Chin Huat Live Seafood, Clementi Street 12 YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS:     ROAST MEAT AND DUCK RICE1. Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint, 125 Paya Lebar Road 2. Hoi To (Hong Kong) Roast Meat/ Noodle House, Block 133 AMK Ave 3 Street 12 #01-16353. Leong Wai Roasted Delight – Blk 44 Holland Drive #02-36 Holland Drive Market and Food Centre 4. Kim Heng Hong Kong Roasted Meat – Blk 214 Serangoon Ave 4 #01-885. Lim Seng Lee Duck Rice, 38 South Buona Vista Road. 6. Yu Kee Duck Rice and Noodle House, Liang Seah Street.7. Hong King Jin Tian, Blk 58 #01-15 Seng Poh Road 8. Lau Phua Chay Authentic Roasted Delicacies, #01-20 Alexandra Village Hawker Centre9. Foong Kee Coffee Shop 6 Keong Saik road 10. Heng Gi Goose and Duck Rice, 665 Buffalo Road Singapore 210665 11. Eng Kee, Realty Centre Food House on Enggor Street. 12. Toh Kee, People's Park Cooked Food Centre 13. Alex Eating House, 87 Beach Road YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS:     FISHBALL NOODLES AND BAK CHOR MEE 1. Yong Kee Famous Fishball Noodle, Block 6 Jalan Bukit Merah #01-121 Bricksworks Market & Food Centre2 Hill Street, Tai Hua Bak Chor Mee, Block 466 Crawford Lane 3. Xing Ji Ruo Cuo Mian, Fengshan Market & Food Centre Block 85 Bedok North St 44. Seng Kee Bak Chor Mee, 316 Changi Road 5. BK Eating House, 19A South Bridge Rd.6. Foo Chow Fishball Noodles, 33/35 Sultan Gate 7. Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee, Blk 85, Bedok North Street 4, #01-08 8. Da Jia Fu Yong Tau Fu & Fishball Noodle , 2nd Stall near River from Carpark - Zion Road Riverside FC 9. Hong Xing Handmade Fishball and Meatball Noodle, Hong Lim Market & Food Centre (Fook Hai Building) 10. Ah Guan Mee Pok, 69 Syed Alwi Road. 11. 132 Mee Poh Kway Teow Mee, 59 Marine Terrace, #01-05. 12.Teochew Street Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle. Smith Street Hawker Centre. 13. Seng Huat Eating House. 492 North Bridge Road (opp Bugis Junction). YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS:     FISH SOUP/PORRIDGE1. Song Ji Fish Porridge - #01-06 Newton Hawker Centre 2. Quan Xiang Fish Porridge – Bukit Timah Hawker Centre3. Ah Chiang's Porridge, Blk 65 Tiong Poh Road #01-38 4. Serangoon Gardens, Chomp Chomp. 5. Hoe Kee Porridge, Maxwell Food Centre6. Song Kee Teo Chew Fish Porridge, #01-37 Newton Hawker Centre 7. Han Kee Fish Soup, #02-129 Amoy Street Food Centre 8. Jing Hua Sliced Fish Bee Hoon, Maxwell Food Centre9. Mei Xiang Fish Soup, Berseh Food Centre 10. Han Kee Fish Porridge, Amoy Street Food Centre11. Piao Ji Fish Porridge, Amoy Street Food Centre

 

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The important thing, therefore, is that we stand up and take action to achieve great objectives without allowing ourselves to be distracted or discouraged by immediate difficulties.

Daily Guidance Sun 10/07

For Today and Tomorrow Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Sunday, October 7, 2012 What will the future be like?  No one knows the answer to that question.  All we know is that the effects that will appear in the future are all contained in the causes that are made in the present.  The important thing, therefore, is that we stand up and take action to achieve great objectives without allowing ourselves to be distracted or discouraged by immediate difficulties. Buddhism Day by Day Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Sunday, October 7, 2012 If you remain sincere in your interactions with others, you will one day find yourself surrounded by good friends.  And among those people, your friendships will be as strong and unshakable as towering trees.  Don't be impatient.  Work first on developing yourself, and you can rest assured that an infinite number of wonderful encounters await you in the future. Daily Wisdom From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Sunday, October 7, 2012 It seems to me that on the path to attain Buddhahood it may invariably be when one has done something like lay down one's life that one becomes a Buddha.  I think that perhaps it is encountering such difficulties as have already been explained in the sutra—being cursed, vilified, attacked with swords and staves, shards and rubble, and banished again and again—that is reading the Lotus Sutra with one's life.   My faith springs up all the more, and I am confident about my next existence. The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 202 Banishment to Sado Written to Enjo-bo in October 1271

Peeling boiled potatoes THIS IS INCREDIBLE!

Peeling boiled potatoes THIS IS INCREDIBLE!

Here is an easy solution for peeling potatoes, without using a peeler. This will  BLOW your mind. Well, we do learn  something new every day. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7375897927147969009#

Never say never

 Never say never

 

"The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives." - - Admiral William Leahy , US Atomic Bomb Project   "There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom." -- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923   "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949     "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943  "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957     "But what is it good for?" -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.     "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981 This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us" -- Western Union internal memo, 1876.   "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" -- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.    "The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible" -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)   "I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper" -- Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind."   "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out" -- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.   "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible" -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.   "If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment.  The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this" - - Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" Notepads.    "Drill for oil?  You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy" -- Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859. "Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." - - Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University , 1929.  "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value" -- Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre , France .  "Everything that can be invented has been invented" -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899.   "The super computer is technologically impossible. It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required." -- Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University  "I don't know what use any one could find for a machine that would make copies of documents. It certainly couldn't be a feasible business by itself." -- the head of IBM, refusing to back the idea, forcing the inventor to found Xerox.   "The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon," -- Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.   And last but not least...  "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

ALZHEIMER'S EYE TEST

ALZHEIMER'S EYE TEST     Test Your Brain This is really cool. ALZHEIMER'S EYE TEST (I love this part.. Its absolutely amazing!) Count every "F" in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS..... (SEE BELOW) HOW MANY 'F's? Count them again. WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.. READ IT AGAIN ! Really, go Back and Try to find the 6 'F's before you scroll down. The reasoning behind this is further down. The brain cannot process "OF". F INISHED F ILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI F IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS..... Incredible or what? Anyone who counts all 6 'F's on the first go is a genius. Three is normal, four is quite rare. Send this to your friends. It will drive them crazy.! And keep them occupied For several minutes..!

Benefits of eating Okra

Benefit of eating Okra  (Lady's Finger)    *A guy has been suffering from constipation for the past 20 years and recently from acid reflux. He didn't realize that the treatmentcould be so simple -- OKRA! (or Lady's Finger). He started eating okra within the last 2 months and since then have never taken medication again. All he did was consume 6 pieces of OKRA everyday.    He's now regular and his blood sugar has dropped from 135 to 98,  with his cholesterol and acid reflux also under control. Here are some facts on okra (from the research of Ms. Sylvia Zook, PH.D nutrition), University of Illinois.  *    *"Okra is a powerhouse of valuable nutrients, nearly half of which is  soluble fiber in the form of gums and pectins. Soluble fiber helps to lower serum cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease.    The other half is insoluble fiber which helps to keep the intestinal tract healthy, decreasing the risk of some forms of cancer, especially colo-rectal cancer. *   *Nearly 10% of the recommended levels of vitamin B6 and folic acid is also present in a half cup of cooked okra. Okra is a rich source of many nutrients, including fiber, vitamin B6 and folic acid.    He got the following numbers from the University of Illinois Extension Okra Page Please check there for more details.    Okra Nutrition (half-cup cooked okra)  * Calories = 25  * Dietary Fiber = 2 grams  * Protein = 1.5 grams  * Carbohydrates = 5.8 grams  * Vitamin A = 460 IU  * Vitamin C = 13 mg  * Folic acid = 36.5 micrograms  * Calcium = 50 mg  * Iron = 0.4 mg  * Potassium = 256 mg  * Magnesium = 46 mg *     *These numbers should be used as a guideline only, and if you are on a medically-restricted diet please consult your physician and/or dietician.    Ms Sylvia W. Zook, Ph.D. (nutritionist) has very kindly provided the following thought-provoking comments on the many benefits of this versatile vegetable.    They are well worth reading   1. The superior fiber found in okra helps to stabilize blood sugar as it curbs the rate at which sugar is absorbed from the intestinal tract.    2. Okra's mucilage not only binds cholesterol but bile acid carrying toxins dumped into it by the filtering liver. But it doesn't stop there... 3. Many alternative health practitioners believe all diseases begin in the colon. The okra fiber, absorbing water and ensuring bulk in stools, helpsprevent constipation . Fiber in general is helpful for this but okra is one of the best, along with ground flax seed and psyllium. Unlike harsh wheat bran, which can irritate or injure the intestinal tract, okra's mucilage soothes , and okra facilitates elimination more comfortably by its slippery characteristic many people abhor.    In other words, this incredibly valuable vegetable not only binds excess cholesterol and toxins (in bile acids) which cause numerous health problems, if not evacuated, but also assures their easy passage from the body. The veggie is completely non-toxic, non-habit forming (except for the many who greatly enjoy eating it), has no adverse side effects, is full of nutrients, and is economically within reach of most.    4. Further contributing to the health of the intestinal tract, okra fiber(as  well as flax and psyllium) has no equal among fibers for feeding the good bacteria (probiotics).    5. To retain most of okra's nutrients and self-digesting enzymes, it should be cooked as little as possible, e.g. with low heat or lightly steamed.  Some eat it raw.  Some important benefits  of consuming okra:   Stabilises blood sugar level.  Lowers serum cholesterol level.  Prevents constipation.  Keeps intestinal tract healthy.  Feeds good bacteria residing in us all.