I'm back to blog my own!

It has been a long time to write my own article in my blog. I had deleted all my own postings the time I got engaged to avoid chitchat from my friends and family members. Really, I enjoyed a lot by posting my own imagination in my blog and the response and unknown interaction of same imagination I got!

I gotten the worst experience in posting the article which itself is not protected by the copy rights. All came with Mr. Ben, who opened my eyes with the articles, still, I'm dealing with him to get back my entrecard account. All the mess happened when he run my blog with copyscape scanning and got negative results and stamped my blog as Splog, when my article itself is not copy right protected.

Any how, I hope Mr. Ben to reactivate my account and believe that others will avoid copy-paste type of posting to escape from copyscape scanning system. If you're a entrecard user, strictly avoid copying the materials from the other sites!

imdad

GOOGLE PHONES

Google has been lobbying the U.S. government for changes in wireless policy. While it did not achieve as much as it wanted in the planning for the upcoming 700 Mhz spectrum auction in January, it did push for the fact that consumers in the U.S. can buy any phone and use it on any carrier in the future. Meaning, that when the Gphone does drop, most likely you'll be albe to use it on any carrier you please.

The Googlephone will most likely be 3G as well, which means video conferencing, yea you can't do that with the iPhone. For you iPhones users though, would this be enough to make you switch? The Observer of London is reporting that Google might be working with HTC and mobile/telecom giant Orange to build a Google Mobile Phone, which could possibly have Google software inside the device, and would be able to do many of the web tasks smartly. The device, article speculates, could go on sale in 2008. (Of course, we would all have forgotten by then… if it doesn't happen.) Orange and Google, both declined to comment.

Their plans centre on a branded Google phone, which would probably also carry Orange's logo. The device would not be revolutionary: manufactured by HTC, a Taiwanese firm specialising in smart phones and Personal Data Assistants (PDAs), it might have a screen similar to a video iPod. But it would have built-in Google software which would dramatically improve on the slow and cumbersome experience of surfing the web from a mobile handset.

60 - AMAZING FACTS

• In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
• The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.
• The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.
• Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.
• Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.
• Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
• The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.
• The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra.
• The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.
• Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a sneezer was never repealed.
• Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
• SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
• Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.
• Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.
• Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
• The first McDonald's restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich.
• The Air Force's F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research into how bumblebees fly.
• You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.
• Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It's not widely publicized for obvious reasons.
• Approximately one-sixth of your life is spent on Wednesdays.
• The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum of a cadaver.
• The sport of jai alai originated from a game played by Incan priests who held cats by their tails and swung at leather balls. The cats would instinctively grab at the ball with their claws, thus enabling players to catch them.
• A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of singer Barry White.
• The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard.
• The volume of water that the Giant Sequoia tree consumes in a 24-hour period contains enough suspended minerals to pave 17.3 feet of a 4-lane concrete freeway.
• King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.
• Because printed materials are being replaced by CD-ROM, microfiche and the Internet, libraries that previously sank into their foundations under the weight of their books are now in danger of collapsing in extremely high winds.
• In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation.
• Touch-tone telephone keypads were originally planned to have buttons for Police and Fire Departments, but they were replaced with * and # when the project was cancelled in favor of developing the 911 system.
• Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.
• Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip, was patterned after President Calvin Coolidge, who had a pet tiger as a boy.
• Watching an hour-long soap opera burns more calories than watching a three-hour baseball game.
• Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.
• You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
• To human taste buds, Zima is virtually indistinguishable from zebra urine.
• Seven out of every ten hockey-playing Canadians will lose a tooth during a game. For Canadians who don't play hockey, that figure drops to five out of ten.
• A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
• A team of University of Virginia researchers released a study promoting the practice of picking one's nose, claiming that the health benefits of keeping nasal passages free from infectious blockages far outweigh the negative social connotations.
• Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader.
• Urine from male cape water buffaloes is so flammable that some tribes use it for lantern fuel.
• At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.
• Every Labrador retriever dreams about bananas.
• If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.
• Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
• Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
• Centuries ago, purchasing real estate often required having one or more limbs amputated in order to prevent the purchaser from running away to avoid repayment of the loan. Hence an expensive purchase was said to cost "an arm and a leg."
• When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold Krugerrands in his small intestine.
• Aardvarks are allergic to radishes, but only during summer months.
• Coca-Cola was the favored drink of Pharaoh Ramses. An inscription found in his tomb, when translated, was found to be almost identical to the recipe used today.
• If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian.
• When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying baby.
• In WWII the US military planned to airdrop over France propaganda in the form of Playboy magazine, with coded messages hidden in the models' turn-ons and turn-offs. The plan was scrapped because of a staple shortage due to rationing of metal.
• Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos.
• Napoleon's favorite type of wood was knotty chestnut.
• The world's smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12.
• Due to the natural "momentum" of the ocean, saltwater fish cannot swim backwards.
• In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
• It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo.
• The "nine lives" attributed to cats is probably due to their having nine primary whiskers.
• The original inspiration for Barbie dolls comes from dolls developed by German propagandists in the late 1930s to impress young girls with the ideal notions of Aryan features. The proportions for Barbie were actually based on those of Eva Braun.
• The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.

Jeppiar, the funny chancellor!

Hope everyone knows about Mr.Jeppiar, the Chairman and Chancellor of Sathyabama Deemed University, Chennai and some more self financing colleges, always speaks in English. That college students have collected & published a book by name "Jeppier's Spoken English", Hope every one enjoys the English-speech of Mr. Jeppiar. Now, here are some classic English sentences from the great "Jeppier's Spoken English"…………….

# At the ground:

All of you stand in a straight circle.

There is no wind in the balloon.

The girl with the mirror please comes her……….

(Means: girl with specs please come here).

# To a boy, angrily:

I talk, he talk, why you middle middle talk?

# While punishing students:

You, rotate the ground four times...

You, go and understand the tree...

You three of you stand together separately.

Why are you late - say YES or NO .....(?)

# While addressing students about Dress Code: (he's very strict about this)

Every body should wear dress to college

Boys no proplum

Girls are pig proplum . (pig=big)

Girls should wear only slawar no nitee.

Girls should not wear T sirt ,U shirt,V shirt.. but if you want to wear .... remove it when inside the campus and put it oout side the campus

# Sir at his best:

Sir had once gone to a film with his wife. By chance, he happened to see one of our boys at the theatre, though the boy did no t see them.

So the next day at s school... (to that boy) - "Yesterday I saw you

WITH MY WIFE at the Cinema Theatre"

# Sir at his best inside the Class room:

Open the doors of the window. Let the atmosphere come in.

Open the doors of the window. Let the Air Force come in.

Cut an apple into two halves - I will take the bigger half.

Shhh...Quiet, boys...the principal JUST PASSED AWAY in the corridor

You, meet me behind the class. (Meaning AFTER the class..)

This one is cool >> "Both of u three get out of the class."

Close the doors of the windows please. I have winter in my nose today...

Take Copper Wire of any metal especially of Silver.....

Take 5 cm wire of any length....

Last but not the least some Jeppiar experiences ...

Once Sir had come late to a college function, by the time he reached, the function had begun, so he went to the dais, and said, sorry I am late, because on the way my car hit 2 muttons (Meaning goats).

At Sathyabama college day 2002:

"This college strict u the worry no .... U get good marks, I the happy, tomorrow u get good job, jpr the happy, tomorrow u marry I the enjoy"

At St.Josephs college of engineering fresher's day 2003:

"No ragging this college. Anybody rag we arrest the police "

VERY IMPORTANT: ok, enjoy this English, but don't forget your English !!

Why Low Cholesterol is NOT Good For You

Too little of one type of cholesterol has been linked to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease. Scientists studied more than 3,500 civil servants to investigate how levels of HDL or "good" cholesterol were associated with memory. HDL cholesterol can influence the formation of the beta-amyloid "plaques" that are a distinctive feature in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.

Higher levels of HDL are also believed to protect against damage to blood supply caused by the narrowing of the arteries. After the five-year study period, the researchers found that people with low levels of HDL were 53 percent more likely to suffer memory loss than people with the highest levels of HDL. Those with impaired memory are at an increased risk of developing dementia later in life.

Sources: BBC News June 30, 2008

Discover the Amazing Health Promoting Benefits of Pure Virgin Coconut Oil

I recommend using Fresh Shores Extra Virgin Coconut Oil instead of other cooking oils when you want to go from flab to fab, help stimulate your metabolism, decrease cravings, or help restore more youthful-looking skin. It’s made from fresh-picked coconuts, and contains no chemical additives or trans-fats.

Dr. Mercola's Comments: There’s plenty of confusion on the issue of cholesterol. I was also caught up in the nonsense. When I finished med school 25 years ago I was convinced your cholesterol could not be low enough.

So with a low-fat diet and plenty of exercise and oat bran (no drugs) I was able to get my cholesterol to a ridiculous level of 75. Yes you read that correctly -- my TOTAL cholesterol was a measly and pathetic 75 points. Fortunately, I later realized that it should be nearly three times as high as that to stay healthy, certainly no lower than 150.
However, due to misinformation in the media and drug pushing by multinational corporations, the majority of people worry about their cholesterol being too high and are clueless about the dangers of low cholesterol, especially when done artificially with drugs.

In an effort to clear up this massive confusion I recently completed a Special Report on Cholesterol that should put a lot of the misunderstandings to rest. These special reports are usually offered for $9.95. However, I'm making this PDF report available to ALL my readers for free because it’s simply too important not to share with everyone.
What you need to know first and foremost is that cholesterol is good for you. It’s present in every single cell in your body where it helps to produce cell membranes, hormones, vitamin D and bile acids to help you digest fat.

Cholesterol also helps in the formation of your memories and is vital for neurological function, which is why the above finding that low cholesterol is linked to memory loss is not at all surprising. In fact, when your cholesterol levels go too low, a host of negative things happen in your body.

5 Tips for More Effective PowerPoint Presentations

We've all been there: the never-ending meeting. What started out as a potentially interesting presentation about a new start-up company has turned into "death by PowerPoint." When the presenter finally stops talking and the lights turn back on, all you can remember is that you almost fell asleep.

The following are some helpful tips for making the most out of a PowerPoint presentation:

1.Presentation First, PowerPoint Second

The biggest mistake people make when creating a PowerPoint presentation is that they make PowerPoint the presentation's focus. The focus should be on the presenter and on the compelling story that he has to tell. PowerPoint is most effective at providing supplementary information, like simple, colorful graphs, but should never be the main source of information. The worst thing a presenter can do is to turn around and read from the PowerPoint screen. If all of the information is on the screen, then there's no need for the presenter.

2. Tell a Story

The goal of any presentation is to sell the audience on an idea. It could be a pitch for investing in a new company, a plan for reorganizing a business or a proposal for a scientific research project. For the audience to understand the presentation on an intellectual as well as an emotional level, it needs to be told as a cohesive narrative -- a story. The audience needs to know three things:

• Where we are now
• Where we want to end up
• ·How we're going to get there

PowerPoint slides should be used to communicate those three simple ideas. This is best accomplished by simple text statements, strong images and graphs.

3. Show It, Don't Write It

Human beings are highly visual learners. It's much easier for our brains to remember a strong, unique image than a series of facts and figures. PowerPoint is a great, easy-to-use program for creating dozens of different types of graphs and charts. Remember that the simpler and bigger the graph, the better. For example, if you want to drive home the point that Windows PCs control a large majority of the home computer market, show a pie chart with a huge chunk of the pie filled in with red and the word "PC." No matter how many stats you quote, this image will get the message home faster and will stick with the audience longer.

4. The Rule of 10

Guy Kawasaki -- former Apple "chief evangelist," venture capitalist and professional speaking guru -- has established his famous "Kawasaki Rule of Ten" in which he only uses 10 slides during a PowerPoint presentation, often in a "top 10" fashion. Those 10 slides generally consist of nothing more than a single sentence or phrase and a supporting image. The 10 slides give the audience powerful visual cues that reinforce the message that Kawasaki is communicating. And since the audience knows that there are only going to be 10 slides -- and 10 main points to cover during the presentation -- they know when the presentation is about to end.

5. Keep it Short

No one ever complained about a PowerPoint presentation being too short. The second an audience gets bored and stops paying attention, the presentation loses its effectiveness. The audience not only stops processing new information, but begins to resent the presenter for wasting their time. Kawasaki, for example, thinks that an ideal PowerPoint presentation should last no longer than 20 minutes.

CREDIT / DEBIT CARD - Scene-3

Yesterday I went into a pizza restaurant to pick up an order that I had called in. I paid by using my Visa Check Card which, of course, is linked directly   to my checking account.

The young man behind the counter took my card, swiped it, and then laid it on the counter as he waited for the approval, which is pretty standard procedure. While he waited, he picked up his cell phone and started dilling. I noticed the phone because it is the same model I have, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary.  Then I heard a click that sounded like my phone sounds when I take a picture.

He then gave me back my card but kept the phone in his hand as if he was still pressing buttons.

Meanwhile, I'm thinking: I wonder what he is taking a picture of, oblivious to what was really going on.

It then dawned on me: the only thing there was my credit card, so now I'm paying close attention to what he is doing.

He set his phone on the counter, leaving it open.

About five seconds later, I heard the chime that tells you that the picture has been saved.

Now I'm standing there struggling with the fact that this boy just took a picture of my credit card.

Yes, he played it off well, because had we not had the same kind of phone, I probably would never have known what happened.

Needless to say, I immediately cancelled that card as I was walking out of the pizza parlor.

All I am saying is is aware of your surroundings at all times. Whenever you are using your credit card take caution and don't be careless.  Notice who is standing near you and what they are doing when you use your card. Be aware of phones, because many have a camera phone these days. When you are in a restaurant and the waiter/waitress brings your card and receipt for you to sign, make sure you scratch the number off. Some restaurants are using only the last four digits, but a lot of them are still putting the whole thing on there.

I have already been a victim of credit card fraud and, believe me, it is not fun. The truth is that they can get you even when you are careful, but don't make it easy for them.

IQBAL

CREDIT / DEBIT CARD - Scene-2

A man at a local restaurant paid for his meal with his credit card.

The bill for the meal came, he signed it, and the waitress folded the receipt and passed the credit card along.

Usually, he would just take it and place it in his wallet or pocket.  Funny enough, though, he actually took a look at the card and, lo and behold, it was the expired card of another person.

He called the waitress and she looked perplexed.

She took it back, apologized, and hurried back to the counter under the watchful eye of the man.

All the waitress did while walking to the counter was wave the wrong expired card to the counter cashier, and the counter cashier immediately looked down and took out the real card.

No exchange of words --- nothing! She took it and came back to the man with an apology.

Verdict:
Make sure the credit cards in your wallet are yours.

Check the name on the card every time you sign for something and/or the card is taken away for even a short period of time.

Many people just take back the credit card without even looking at it, 'assuming' that it has to be theirs.

FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, DEVELOP THE HABIT OF CHECKING YOUR CREDIT CARD EACH TIME IT IS RETURNED TO YOU AFTER A TRANSACTION!

Be sure to read Scene 3 Quite interesting.

CREDIT / DEBIT CARD - Scene-1

This is a new one.  People sure stay busy trying to cheat us, don't they?
A friend went to the local gym and placed his belongings in the locker. After the workout and a shower, he came out, saw the locker open, and thought to himself, 'Funny, I thought I locked the locker.

Hmm, 'He dressed and just flipped the wallet to make sure all was in order. Everything looked okay - all cards were in place.

A few weeks later his credit card bill came - a whooping bill of R14, 000!
He called the credit card company and started yelling at them, saying that he did not make the transactions. Customer care personnel verified that there was no Mistake in the system and asked if his card had been stolen.

'No,' he said, but then took out his wallet, pulled out the credit card, and yep - you guessed it - a switch had been made.

An expired similar credit card from the same bank was in the wallet.
The thief broke into his locker at the gym and switched cards.
Verdict: The credit card issuer said since he did not report the card missing earlier, he would have to pay the amount owed to them.

How much did he have to pay for items he did not buy?

R9, 000! Why were there no calls made to verify the amount swiped?

Small amounts rarely trigger a 'warning bell' with some credit card companies. It just so happens that all the small amounts added up to big one!

Be sure to read Scene 3 Quite interesting.

SATELLITE RADIO

Satellite radio is radio that is made available via outer space. This common form of radio is broadcast by radio stations across the earth's surface, whereas satellite radio beams radio signals from satellites hovering around the earth. Satellite radio has a much wider range than ordinary radio since satellite technology allows radio waves to beam over a very large area, as for instance the entire United States much like television. The technology used in creating and making use of satellite radio is obviously more advanced than ordinary radio. Because of this, satellite radio often sounds clearer and has less static than ordinary radio. The choices offered by satellite radio are also far more widespread than that of ordinary radio. In ordinary radio, the listener has to scan for stations within the vicinity. When using satellite radio, the listener only has to listen to one radio station, which offers plenty of channels, all of which are expected to have crystal-clear sound quality.

How does satellite radio work? Of course by beaming radio signals. The home station of a particular satellite radio service located on the earth's surface sends signals to their satellites in outer space. In turn, these satellites reflect back these radio signals to radio receivers on the ground, which translate the data into digital audio signals and information for radio listeners.

There are currently three satellite radio providers in the world. These are XM Satellite Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, and Worldspace.

XM Satellite radio currently has over 170 audio channels, and these include various genres in addition to music. XM has talk, comedy, and news channels. It costs only $12.95 a month. It boasts of having detailed play-by-play sports coverage. It can be listened to online and also has an online newsletter.

What do you mean by "Tragedy"?

President George Bush visited an elementary school and he visits one of the classes. They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.

The teacher asks the President if he would like to lead the class in the discussion of the word, TRAGEDY."

So the illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a TRAGEDY."

One little boy stands up and offers, "If my best friend, who lives next door, is playing in the street and a car comes along and runs him over, that would be a tragedy."

"No," says Bush, "that would be an ACCIDENT."

A little girl raises her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved that would be a tragedy."

"I'm afraid not," explains Mr. President. "That what we would call a GREAT LOSS."

The room goes silent. No other children volunteer.

President Bush searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

Finally, way in the back of the room, a small boy raises his hand.

In a quiet voice he says, "If Air Force One, carrying Mr. & Mrs. Bush, were struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens, by a terrorist that would be a TRAGEDY."

"Fantastic," exclaims Bush, "that's right. And can you tell me WHY that would be a TRAGEDY?"

"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an ACCIDENT, and it certainly wouldn't be a GREAT LOSS."

Helpful Bacteria May be Hiding in Your Appendix

Your appendix is a small dead-end tube connected to a section of your large intestine. It has long been thought to be a vestigial remnant of some other organ, but there is little evidence for an appendix in our evolutionary ancestors. Few mammals have any appendix at all, and the appendices of those that do bear little resemblance to the human one. Some researchers now believe that the appendix is a “safe house” for commensal bacteria, the symbiotic germs that aid digestion and help protect against disease-causing germs.

The appendix is isolated from the rest of the gut, with an opening smaller than a pencil lead. In times of trouble, such as an infection that flushes the system, these commensal bacteria could hide out there, ready to repopulate the gut when the danger is past. Biofilms, colonies of beneficial microbes, form in your large intestine. They aid digestion and protect against infection, while enjoying the protection and nutrition of the human host. Researchers have found biofilms on the epithelial lining of the appendix as well.

Sources:

Dr. Mercola's Comments:

Appendicitis can indeed be life threatening and is not something to be taken lightly. About 300 to 400 Americans die, and about 321,000 are hospitalized due to appendicitis each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, the idea that your appendix is a completely useless organ that can be removed without consequence is definitely naive. I don’t believe human beings are born with any unnecessary parts that can be thoughtlessly removed as an aside during surgery. As this research indicates, your appendix most likely does serve an important function by producing and protecting the good bacteria in your gut. And, since 80 percent of your immune system resides in your gut, being able to maintain a healthy balance of good bacteria in your intestines is vital to your health.

Granted, this function may be slightly less crucial for life today than a hundred years ago when intestinal disease epidemics were far more common. For example, between 1908 and 1912, the appendicitis rate was about 107 cases per 1 million people in the United States, compared to just over 1 case per 1 million people today. That said, your appendix is STILL a useful organ, so please don’t fall for the advice to have it removed “because it has no purpose.”

There are times when it is necessary to do so, because if you fail to remove it you will die from massive infection. But there’s just no reason to remove your appendix simply because you’re having abdominal surgery -- unrelated to your appendix -- done.

It makes perfect sense that your appendix may help regulate your intestinal good bacteria. And, hopefully, now that this function for the appendix has been recognized, surgeons will stop removing healthy appendixes for no reason.

Has the Modern World Eliminated Your Need for the Appendix?

Personally, I do not agree with the researchers’ conclusions that your appendix is unnecessary in the modern world because, as they say, you can easily repopulate the good bacteria in your gut.

Why?

Because your good bacteria is constantly being assaulted by antibiotics, chlorinated water, birth control pills, stress, sugar, and a host of other environmental factors, which has made digestive problems extremely common, even if people are not actually dying from epidemic intestinal disease that completely wipes out their healthy bacteria.

Ideally, your gut should contain a ratio of 85 percent good bacteria to 15 percent non-beneficial bacteria. But the factors I listed above have actually caused this ratio to reverse in many people, leaving them clearly deficient in good bacteria and hence more predisposed to illness.

This is why I often recommend that you use a high-quality probiotic as an “insurance policy” to make sure your body is properly balanced, particularly if you don’t lead a perfectly healthy lifestyle, or when traveling and eating unfamiliar foods.

Who Knows What Other Functions Your Appendix Might Have…

Another thing to keep in mind is that there is simply no way to know what OTHER subtle but far-reaching effects your appendix has on your body functions. At least one negative side effect has already been uncovered from having your appendix removed -- an increased risk of Crohn’s disease.

Unfortunately, we may never know what these other beneficial factors are, because as William Parker, the senior author of the study, said about doing further research to prove this current theory about the benefit of the appendix:

“… an experiment to prove this theory would be very expensive. And in any case, why would you want to spend money to find out something that is not likely to help cure a disease?”

Folks, that’s the reality inherent in modern, conventional medical research. It’s not done to figure out how your body works or how it can heal itself, per se. Research is ultimately done for the purpose of designing drugs so a profit can be generated. U.S. research does not want to spend research dollars to determine why you really need your appendix and should limit surgical removal.

When Should You Opt for an Appendectomy?

It’s important to point out, as I said earlier, that there are cases when an appendectomy can save your life, because once your appendix becomes infected or inflamed, it is life threatening.

Here are some major warning signs that your appendix might be in trouble:

• You have absolutely no appetite, even for your most favorite foods.
• You have pain that started around your belly button and has moved to your lower right abdominal area.
• You have pain when jumping up and down. Try to gently jump up and down. If there is no pain, try jumping even higher. This will move your peritoneal cavity and if it is irritated with an inflamed appendix, you will be in miserable pain.

If you have all of the above symptoms you should be evaluated at your nearest emergency room as soon as possible, as if your appendix ruptures you dramatically increase your risk of dying from overwhelming sepsis. If you are a woman, you may benefit from receiving a CT scan or ultrasound prior to having an appendectomy. A study published in the journal Radiology found that in women who had this done prior to surgery, a healthy appendix was removed only 7 percent of the time, compared with 28 percent of the time when no scan was done.

Facts About Rockets

• Rockets fly in the air, but not like airplanes or helicopters. They are much faster and more powerful. They can fly straight up with such force that they pass through the atmosphere into outer space!  
• Hundreds of years ago, rockets were invented in China. The first rockets were shaped like arrows and they were not very powerful. The power of early rockets came from gunpowder. 
• The shape of rockets has changed. They are now wider for their length and they have big fins on the bottom. The fins help the rocket stay on course. Rockets are also much more powerful than they were in the past.  
• A rocket can only take off when a blast of energy forces it to move. The energy is created by some kind of fuel. Gunpowder was not a very good source for energy. Today, two liquid fuels are mixed together and as they burn hot gases are created. The gases shoot out the back of the rocket, pushing it off the ground and up into the air.  
• That push off the ground is called "thrust," and the rocket is "launched" into the air. When the rocket is launched, it is said to "blast off."  
• Rockets are used to power the space shuttles, which orbit the earth and explore outer space, too. They must have enough power and speed to break away from the earth's gravity and push through the atmosphere. Their fuel enables them to travel at 24,000 miles per hour!  
• Saturn 5 is the largest rocket ever built. It had five rocket engines and was taller than a 30-story building. It took the first men to the moon.  

 

 

AMAZING FACTS - 1

• If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
• The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet.
• On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
• The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.
• It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
• Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
• Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
• Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
• In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
• The act of snapping one's fingers is called a "fillip".
• The dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a title.
• Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing.
• Any number, squared, is equal to one more than the numbers on either side of it -- 4x6 is 24, 5x5 is 25 etc.
• A "hairbreadth away" is 1/48 of an inch.
• The word four has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.
• The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
• No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
• A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
• The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its   own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
• Polar bears are left handed.
• The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.
• The flea can jump 350 times its body length that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• It is impossible to sneeze and keep ones eye's open at the same time.
• Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. ( thankfully !!)
• A cat's urine glows under a black light.
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
• Cockroaches can change course as many as 25 times in one second, making them the most nimble animals known.
• Mosquitoes do not bite. They stab. A mosquito has no jaws, hence when attacking a victim; it pierces it with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through its nasal tube.
• Starfishes haven't got brains.
• Ostriches live about 75 years and can reproduce for 50 years.
• Some breeds of vultures can fly at altitudes as high as 36,900 feet.
• The skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearms, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch on them.

Sunshine is Nature's Disease Fighter

Medical researchers are growing increasingly excited about a wonder drug that may significantly reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many other diseases -- sunshine.

A recent study found that men who are deficient in vitamin D, which your body produces in response to sunlight, have more than double the normal risk of suffering a heart attack.

In fact, men with vitamin D levels below 15 nanograms per milliliter had 2.5 times the risk of having a heart attack or dying -- even after controlling for all other possible risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and high lipid levels.

Another study found that low levels of vitamin D increased the risk of diabetes, and yet another linked vitamin D deficiencies to an increased risk of dying from breast cancer. These findings all join a growing body of evidence indicating that an adequate level of the vitamin, which many people can get from 20 minutes in the sun each day, is crucial to maintaining good health.
Sources:
Los Angeles Times June 10, 2008
Archives of Internal Medicine June 9, 2008;

52 ENERGY TIPS

Most people think of the immune system as being only involved with defending our body against invading pathogens e.g. Bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi etc. This envisaged perception is quite accurate in terms of prime function, but there is more to our immune systems job description than purely defence. It is also part of the issue cleanup and detoxification system - very important when it comes to protection against potential rogue cells that have the propensity to evolve into malignancy. Organs of The Immune System All immune cells are originally produced in the Bone Marrow. The bone marrow produces stem cells from which either mature immune cells are formed, or immature cells that are released for maturation elsewhere. The other organs of immunity are the Thymus Gland, the Spleen, and the Lymph Nodes. The thymus gland is mainly a manufacturing organ, as compared to the spleen and lymph nodes being organs of activation and filtration. Lets Look at a Typical Immune Response (and the cells involved) Step-by Step Process. A virus makes its way into the body and is first detected by an antigen-presenting cell (APC), (usually either a macrophage or dendritic cell). Antigens are cells or parts of cells that activate an immune response. The APC presents the antigen to either a B-cell or a T- cell. On presentation to a B-cell, there is a mass proliferation of antibodies coded to bind to that specific antigen. The antibodies themselves can either destroy the invading virus or pathogen or act as a red flag to signal other immune cells such as granulocytes or leukocytes. These cells produce powerful chemicals that can degrade the virus, bacteria or parasite after they are engulfed by the immune cell. On presentation of the antigen to a T-cell, the T-cell becomes activated, encoded to destroy that specific antigen (virus, bacteria, parasite or tumor cell) This continuous cycle of immune vigilance requires a considerable amount of energy and keeping in mind that this process never stops,  you can imagine the implications of a lowered immunity. So What Causes a Lowered Immunity? Simple answer is - any dietary or lifestyle habit or any activity that exerts physical or emotional stress on the body. Let's list the major culprits! Poor diet - not enough fruit and vegetables. (too acidic) Not enough water - less that 1.5 liters/day. Too much sugar, coffee or alcohol. Smoking Not enough or too much exercise. Increased or continued emotional stress. Sunburn Extremes in temperatures - too cold or too hot. Not enough sleep/shift work. Lifestyle imbalance - too much work and not enough play. Interesting isn't it, that similar aggravating factors keep popping up time and time again. Many of the listed stressors above are fairly simply remedied with avoidance, and yet they still remain a common problem in our 21 century lifestyle. So Apart From Avoidance What Can We Do To Help? Nutritional Help: Increase fruit and vegetables making sure that you have at least 2 pieces of fruits a day and that 2 meals contain 3-4 different green Yellow/red vegetables. Include nuts and seeds as part of your daily diet. These contain protein, fatty acids, minerals and fibre. Eat adequate protein. This means eggs, fish, and organic chicken and lean red meat. Two serves /day (re meat 2x/week max.) Take the following supplements. Vitamins: C, Beta-carotene, E, and B-complex. Minerals: zinc, magnesium and selenium. Herbal Help: Adaptogen herbs: Tonic herbs that build resistance to lifestyle stress and can increase energy and immunity - Korean ginseng, licorice root, rehmania, schisandra, siberian ginseng and withania. Immune Tonic herbs: Astragalus, olive leaf, and cats claw. Immune stimulant herbs: Andrographis, echinacea, olive leaf. You tend to use the immune stimulants in an acute infection and the immune tonics if the deficiency is chronic or you are in recovery after an acute episode. The bottom line here is that when the immune system is under stress due to poor lifestyle habits etc., the body has to channel a whole lot more energy into that system, leaving the rest of our body in a state of energy deficiency - just the scenario we are wanting to avoid!

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The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the 1500's: These are interesting...

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence, the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence, the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water".

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs".

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor". The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a "thresh hold".

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old". Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence, the custom of holding a "wake".

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the | inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."

Never assume that your BOSS knows everything

A young executive was leaving the office at 6 PM when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.

"Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and important document and my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?"

"Certainly, Sir" said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.

"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I just need one copy."

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Never, never assume that your BOSS knows everything

 

Mind your language!!

There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, an American and a French, who found this small genie bottle. When they rubbed the bottle, a genie appears. Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle, he said, "Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each of you a wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the pool of water to become, and then your wish will come true."

The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted WINE". The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking from the pool.

Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and shouted, "VODKA" and immersed himself into a pool of vodka.

The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER". He was so contented with his beer pool.

The last is the American. He was running towards the pool when suddenly he steps on a banana peel. He slipped towards the pool and shouted, "SH** !!!!!!!........."

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Mind your language; you never know what it will land you in.