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APRIL 20, 2012

VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1

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No fuss, no muss, straight to the point!

I Ask...

What’s Not To Like?

Life’s Lesson

Really Now!

READiculous !

World’s Richest People

I wish you

Enough

Twoface Feline

You’ve probably heard of Two-Face in Batman. But you would have never imagined there’s an honestto-goodness real deal! Well, meet Janus, your twoface cat. Here’s one instance when being two-faced isn’t a bad thing, especially when it lands you in the Guinness records for defying death.

Is this funny or iconic?

Aptly called a Janus Cat, pertaining to the Roman god with two faces -- he’s back in the news today, thanks to an Associated Press pickup of a Worcester Telegram & Gazette feature on this amazing feline Regardless, this cat will always be a great story.

Frank and Louie is one cool cat, born in Massachusetts 12 years ago with separate faces and given little chance of surviving beyond a few hours. That’s what they said back then. But look at him now!

Ants!

Fantastic

Andrey Pavlov, a Russian photographer with commendable theatrical background chose a unique way of storytelling combining both the media. He devotedly studied the lives of ants, and planted histrionic props on their trails.

There he photographed them live as if in a drama or movie. Except for the planned stage settings, all the rest is natural; no photo editing gimmicks involved, vouches the photographer.

Come see the great moments of simple joviality, grant imagination, poignancy, and even some sublime philosophising.

Virtual Japanese pop star makes more money than

Real Performers

This is one for the books! Imagine a digitally

created character beating out a real-life artist in the concert scene. Well, this really is happening now. Japanese pop star sensation Miku Hatsune has a career many aspiring singers could only dream of. She’s been performing in front of sold out crowds in the past few years, the most recent of which being her four shows in Tokyo last week attended by 10,000 adoring fans. But Miku isn’t like any other pop star in existence — she’s a -- read this -- computer-generated virtual celebrity.

Check it out!

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Flashback The Years That Have Passed...

Who could have thought it all possible.

Can You Imagine...

Your favorite cartoon character... in the flesh!

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The 2% Test This is cool... maybe psychologists can explain this (or not)... anyways.. just follow the instructions.

LIKEiT or Not A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!

I Wish You Enough They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them but then an entire life to forget them.

Amazing Phone Book Carving Taking an ordinary phone book, Alex Queral carves a face into this object of so many faceless names.

A Rainbow at the Palm of Your Hand How would you like to have a rainbow open up at the palm of your hand!

Sound impossible? Not anymore.

flashback

The Years That Have Passed...

Who could have thought it all possible.

Can you imagine your Favorite Cartoon

Characters being real?

Well, here’s your chance! Flip through the next pages and see some of your “well-known” cartoon character come to life. Umm, maybe almost...

Can you recognize who they are?

To check if your guess is right, position your mouse on the dot ( ) inside each box, click and drag mouse. The correct names will http://pixeloo.blogspot.com/2008/03/ be highlighted and revealed to you.

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Bottom line, some characters may look adorable, but let us just say, a lot of them are better off being left the way they are!

Kvisoft FlipBook Maker Pro Page Flip Software to Embed Multimedia to Pages Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro is a profession type of page flip software to convert your PDF files to page-turning digital publications. The powerful page editing functions allows you to embed videos, images, audio, hyperlinks, hotspots and more multimedia objects to the output flipping pages. Creating multimedia page flipping books makes so easy with this flip page software!

Professional PDF page flip software Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro provides you an professional way to integrate hyperlinks, videos, images, sounds, clipcart and more multimeida objects to your output flipping page books. A nice program to make digital publicatiions.

Brand new Interface, more easy-to-use The new-designed Flipbook Maker makes it more intuitive for users. Once opening the page flip software, you will see four main buttons: Add File, Edit Page, Design and Publish. Well, the flipping book creation work is so easy within only four steps.

Import multiple type files Besides importing PDF files to flipbook, you also can import Flash movies (.flv, f4v, mp4 and .swf), images (.jpg, .png, .bmp, .jpeg, gif) as flipping book pages. So, it would be a nice application to make photo flipping books and video flipping books.

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World’s

Richest

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William Henry Gates III $61 B

People

Carlos Slim Helu Lawrence Ellison $69 B Telecom Mexico

Microsoft United States

$36 B

Oracle United States

Bernard Arnault $41 B LVMH France

Warren Buffett $44 B

Berkshire Hathaway United States

Eike Batista

$30 B

Graur Razvan ionut

Mining, Oil Brazil

Li Ka-shing $25.5 B

Stefan Persson $26 B H&M Sweden

diversified Hong Kong

Karl Albrecht

Amancio Ortega

Aldi Germany

Zara Spain

$25.4 B

$37.5 B

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There have been many versions of this list over the years, and some emails have credited Andy Rooney as the original author.

And when God, who created the entire universe with all of its glories, decides to deliver a message to humanity, He will NOT use as His messenger a person on cable TV with a bad haircut.

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• If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”

• There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”

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• The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.

• You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

• The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe we are above-average drivers.

• The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.

• A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

• Don’t think that because a person is having fun they are drinking to excess. Some people have fun naturally, and you need to find out how they do it.

• Never fry anything when you are naked.

I wish you

Enough

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

tanding near the security gate at the airport, a mother and daughter hugged each other and the mother said, “I love you and I wish you enough”.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

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The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom”.

They kissed and the daughter left. You could see the mother wanted and needed to cry. The person nearest her tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed it by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?”.

Yes, I have,” the man replied. “Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?”.

“I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - her next trip back will be for my funeral,” she said.

“When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough’. May I ask what that means?”.

She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more. “When we said , ‘I wish you enough’, we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them”. Then turning toward the man, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them but then an entire life to forget them.

TAKE TIME TO LIVE and enjoy enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

I wish you enough.

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What’s Not Life To Like?

• Growing old beats the alternative -- dying

young.

• When in doubt, just take the next small step.

• Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

• Your job won’t take care of you when

you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

• Pay off your credit cards every month.

• You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

• If a relationship has to be a secret,

you shouldn’t be in it.

• Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

Life isn’t ti but, it’s st should live want, no

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• It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

• Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

• When it comes to chocolate,

resistance is futile.

• Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

• It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

• Don’t compare your life to

others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

• Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.

• Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

MOVIES worth your

POPCORN

The Vow

Hunger Games

The Avengers

Knows More About You (MORE) Than

You Think You Do

By Anonymous

You will find the results... slightly unnerving!

YOUR Full Name – It’s in my Gmail head- What YOU Say – Between Gmail and Google

ers and a requirement on various Google signup Talk, let’s just say Google has clear documentaforms. tion of what’s on my mind.

YOUR Physical Street Address

– It YOUR Bank Account and Routing could easily be pulled from the various Google Number – Associated with my Google AdMaps search queries I’ve performed. Or from my sense account.

Google Adsense accounts.

Everything About YOUR Blog – Google YOUR Phone Number – Gmail used to re- Analytics tracks the stats for my blog and Google

quire a cell phone number for signup verification.

Webmaster Tools hosts my XML sitemap. So they It’s also in my Adsense and Checkout accounts. know what I’m publishing, how popular it is, and who’s reading it.

When YOU are Online – Since iGoogle is my homepage, I guess they know every time I What YOU Look Like – As you can see, I open my web browser. have a photo gallery on my blog. In addition, I use Google’s Picasa Web Albums.

YOUR Popular Interests – My Google Reader and Google Bookmarks is chock full of Where YOU Exist Online – This one is obmy favorite news sources, articles, blogs, RSS vious. Since they know my full name, email adfeeds, online stores, etc. Toss in my YouTube dress, online alias, search history, etc., all they habits for good measure. need to do is plug that information into their own search database and start cross referencing Website that YOU Visit – Google is the every other site where I have a visible account. portal to almost everything I see online. I also use Google Web History, Google Toolbar and Now take all the information Page Rank info.

Google has on YOU, connect

YOUR Schedule – Most of my major ap-

pointments are entered in Google Calendar.

Who YOU Know – Even if they aren’t reading my email, they have every entry in my Gmail Contacts, many of whom are Gmail users as well.

the dots and analyze it. They could tell you more about the historical trends in YOUR life than YOU could.

Here’s to hoping that never happens…

Mirror, mirror on the wall, Highest

Who’s the EARNER of them

All?

Position your mouse on the dot ( ) inside the box, click and drag mouse to highlight and reveal the names.

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Phobias Do you have fear of vehicles? If so then you are the victim of one of the more dreaded phobias in the world. Phobias are nothing but unrelated fear of objects, events and situations. Here are some of the most dreaded phobias people suffer from: http://all-most.com/dangerous/most-popular-phobias/

Amaxophobia

It is the fear of vehicles. Driving or riding in a vehicle scares some people. Such people try and avoid vehicles by making all sorts of excuses except admitting that they fear vehicles. The reasons could be speed, fear of losing control, accident or the very smell of the fuel.

Aviphobia

Claustrophobia

One of the most common among many is Claustrophobia the Fear of enclosed places. Such persons avoid congested or crowded places for fear of getting trapped or confined. Even the thought of it makes them breathless.

Hydrophobia

The fear of flying in an airplane. Experiences of seeing an air disaster or the trauma of flying in a stormy weather conditions are main reasons.

This kind of fear is very common when someone has forced the person to enter deep water or learn swimming. This can extend from shallow to deep waters or even at times getting wet.

Bacteriophobia

Latrophobia

This category of people is very hygiene conscious. Sanitation and cleanliness are so embossed on their minds that even little filth puts them off. They will wash their hands after smallest of activity.

Brontophobia

People in this class get scared with slightest signs of an oncoming storm. May be due an experience of the past they have developed this. They will start shivering, sweating or even praying in distress.

The very name of a doctor or surgeon upsets some people. It includes any one concerned with surgery, medical tests, injections or even giving simple medicines.

Hemaphobia

Many times we see people faint by the sight of blood. They have this phobia called Hemaphobia.

Fear of losing, donating or even receiving blood affects them.

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ncorporate more physical activity into your daily routine and gradually work up to the 30-minute goal to improve health and manage your weight. If you have a chronic health problem such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, or high blood pressure, ask your physician or health care provider about what type and amount of physical activity is right for you. By going slow and gradually, you won’t overdo it and you won’t experience the common “burnout factor.” http://www.healthandwellness.com

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Salmon

is known to be very high in essential fatty acids, such as omega-3, which is great for our brain. Wild salmon is preferred over all other types of fish, since they are raised in a rugged environment, which ensures only the highest quality fish, plus it isn’t subject to mercury.

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Blueberries.

Studies have shown that blueberries prevent mental decline, short-term memory loss, and even cancer.

Walnuts.

Walnuts are known to help mood disorders and naturally increase serotonin levels which can help with depression.

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Coffee.

Despite the diuretic effect of caffeine, the nutritional value of coffee makes it one of the best brain foods available. Make an effort to avoid sugar and additives as much as possible.

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Dark Chocolate.

Natural dark chocolate is known to be good for the brain and helpful to your mood as well.

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Avocados

helps with blood pressure and blood flow, and is thus healthy for the brain. The potassium in avocados is essential to mental function and nerve impulses. http://www.mrhealthy.com

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Eggs.

Eggs contain choline, which is a critical component of brain mass. Choline is known to aid in concentration and the firing of neurons in the brain.

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ananas are rich in potassium and low in salt. They help the body maintain blood pressure. Bananas are especially useful for people who suffer from stress or hypertension. Bananas are also high in B Vitamins which help the nervous system.

Boost of Energy

Benefits of the Banana

Athletes eat bananas frequently for this rea-

son.

Keeps You Alert

It’s a good idea to add a banana to your breakfast before you start the day.

Soothes Your Stomach

If you suffer from sour stomach, instead of always relying on Pepto Bismol, Tums, or AlkaSeltzer, it’s a good idea to have bananas around the house.

Bananas help the brain produce serotonin which helps with mood problems and depression.

Cure a Hangover

The banana soothes your stomach. Along with the milk, it rehydrates your system. With honey it comforts your stomach and brings your depleted levels of blood sugar and potassium back to normal.

Helps Quit Smoking

The combination of magnesium, potassium, vitamins A1, B6, B12, and Vitamin C help the body with nicotine withdrawal. http://www.mrhealthy.com

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hildren run and play hard in 70 degree weather just as easily as 90 degree weather so it’s real important to keep them well hydrated.

Under hydrated children suffer from urinary tract infections, decreased resistance to disease, crabbiness and listlessness. Under hydration can quickly turn to dehydration which is acutely serious.

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Sneaky Peppermint!

1 cup of soy milk ½ cup of brewed then cooled pepp ermint tea( fairly strong) 1 cup of ice cubes handful of fresh spinach leaves ( don’t let anybody see you do thi s.. it will make the drink green but not int errupt the flavor, adds nutrition) You may need some raw sugar for this Whirl away until smooth ...pour into glasses

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There are many nutritious alternatives to softdrink, kool-aid, and other fruit flavored squeeze box drinks .

There are two and half tablespoon of sugar in 8 ounces of soda, visual that!

The trick is to offer something good that they will drink without a lot of sugar. The drinks presented here are a good way to offer nutrition and keep the children and the big kids drinking too!

Sugar consumption can also contribute to dehydration.

Poi sonings W

e all want to keep our children safe and secure and help them live to their full potential.

Knowing how to prevent leading causes of child injury, like poisoning, is a step toward this goal.

Every day, children all over the world ages 0 to 19 are treated in an emergency department, and two children die, as a result of being poisoned. It’s not just chemicals in your home marked with clear warning labels that can be dangerous to children.

Everyday items in your home, such as household cleaners and medicines, can be poisonous to children as well. Active, curious children will often investigate— and sometimes try to eat or drink—anything that’s left out and within their reach.

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Thankfully, there are ways you can help poison-proof your home and protect the children you love.

Prevention Tips

Lock them up. Keep medicines and toxic products, such cleaning solutions, in locked or childproof cabinets.

Read the label. Follow label directions and read all warnings when giving medicines to children.

Don’t keep it if you don’t need it.

Safely dispose of unused, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs. Be aware that if you dispose of unused medicines, they can be mixed with coffee grounds or kitty litter to make them less appealing to children.

fyi

http://www.cdc.gov

for your information

Amazing Phone Book T

Carving

aking an ordinary phone book, Alex Queral carves a face into this object of so many faceless names. With the book, a very sharp X-ACTOÂŽ knife, a little pot of acrylic medium to set detail areas and a great deal of talent, Queral literally peels away the pages like the skin of an onion to reveal the portrait within. Once the carving is complete, he will often apply a black wash to enhance the features and then seal the entire book with acrylic to preserve the work. However, he never loses the line registration; and the book remains quite pliable.

Turn the page to see and believe. It’s simply amazing!

The works of

Alex

Queral

have been exhibited in Canada, England, Mexico and throughout the U.S. and are in the collections of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!®,. http://www.projectsgallery.com/Queral.htm

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Damaging Habits

Brain

No Breakfast People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

Overeating It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power. stock .com

Smoking

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It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

High Sugar consumption Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

Air Pollution The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

Sleep Deprivation Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

Head covered while sleeping Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

Working your brain during illness Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

Lacking in stimulating thoughts Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

Talking Rarely Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

A RAINBOW at the palm of your hand.

This book started as a personal project of MASASHI KAWAMURA in summer 2007, and was soon published from a Japanese bookstore “Utrecht”. It’s a flipbook, but rather than seeing animation, it creates a 3D rainbow in your hand. Since being published it has been featured on Japanese TV, Newspapers, major news & blogsites like yahoo news, coolhunting and fffffound. This book won the NY ADC silver cube.

A new concept flip book that will create a 3D rainbow instead of an animation. Really cool! You can buy it online from several selected book stores, Utrecht(JPN) http://www.utrecht.jp/person/?p=316, Stereohype(UK) http://bit.ly/2tCzR6, Printed Matter(US) http://bit.ly/925cPH. The 36-page book has an image of the color spectrum against a black background on each page, creating the illusion of an arced rainbow hovering above the pages as the pages flip by. If you are resourceful enough, heck, you can make one of your own.

Stressed? Anxious? In Conflict?

I Can Help.

Life can be challenging. You lie awake at night wondering how to handle all the pressure. Your emotions swing wildly – usually more down than up. Tears surge at odd times. You feel suffocated by the heaviness in your chest.

Perhaps there’s conflict in a relationship with your spouse, your boss, or someone you’re close to. The strife and negative feelings are draining you.

You know you need help. You can’t fix things on your own. Getting help shows your courage to confront your challenges and grow into a stronger person – physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

I provide a safe and confidential environment for clients to express their feelings and emotions so they can regain control of their lives. Your anxiety will evaporate. Peace will return to your relationship. You’ll once again live life the way you wish it to be.

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hatever your reason for traveling, the information on this page will help you to be Proactive, Prepared, and Protected when it comes to your health— and the health of others—while you are traveling.

BE PROACTIVE! Take steps to anticipate any issues that could arise during your trip.

• Learn about your destination.

• See a doctor before you travel.

• Think about your health status.

• Are you too sick to travel?

BE PREPARED! No one wants to think about getting sick or hurt during a trip, but sometimes these things happen. You may not be able to prevent every illness or injury, but you can plan ahead to be able to deal with them.

• Pack smart.

• Plan ahead for illnesses or injuries during your trip.

• Know what to do if you become sick or injured on your trip.

• Know and share important information about your trip.

BE PROTECTED! • Pay attention to your health during your trip.

• Use sunscreen and insect repellent as directed.

• Be careful about food and water.

• Try not to take risks with your health and safety.

• Limit alcohol intake, and do not drink alcohol and drive.

• Wear a seatbelt.

• Wear protective gear when doing adventure activities. http://www.cdc.gov

Your Survival Guide to Safe and Healthy Travel

The

2% Test This is cool... maybe psychologists can explain this (or not)... anyways.. just follow the instructions.

At the end of this message, you are asked a question. Answer it immediately. Don’t stop and think about it. Just say the first thing that pops into your mind.

This is a fun “test”... AND kind of spooky at the same time! Give it a try and seef you are among the 98% or the 2%. You’ll understand what that means after you finish taking the test”.

Now... follow the instructions as quickly as possible.

Do not go to the next calculation before you have finished the previous one. Remember, if you cheat, you are the one losing out!

You do not ever need to write or remember the answers, just do it using your mind.

You’ll be surprised.

Start:

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>> 3 + 56? >> 89 + 2? >> 12 + 53? >> 75 + 26? >> 25 + 52?

>> 123 + 5? >> QUICK! THINK ABOUT A COLOR AND A TOOL!

10 >> Red Hammer, that’s what you thought, didn’t you? If this is not your answer, you are among the 2% who have a different, if not abnormal, mind. 98% would answer “Red Hammer” -- LIKEiT or Not!

>> 63 + 32?

Instructions: The questions are hidden inside the boxes. To start, position your mouse on the dot ( ) inside the first box, click and drag mouse. The questions will be highlighted and revealed to you. Repeat the process with the rest of the boxes.

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How Famous Companies Got Their Names? http://www.boredpanda.com/name-origins-meanings-of-famous-brands-companies/

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71% of office workers stopped on the street for a survey agreed to give up their computer passwords in exchange for a chocolate bar.

A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!

A baby is born without kneecaps. They appear between age 2 and 6.

A British gymnast survived a fall from a fourth story window because he went into a somersault and came down on two feet.

A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!

A cat urine glows under a blacklight.

A chef’s hat is shaped the way it is for a reason: its shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool in a hot kitchen.

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.

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Ways to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

esearch conducted in 52 countries reveals several controllable risk factors attribute to 90% of all heart attacks.

Previously, it was believed only half of the heart attacks were caused by factors such as smoking and cholesterol. Today, most heart attacks can be pinpointed to one or more of the risk factors mentioned below. These factors are neither gender specific nor related to a particular ethnic group.

1. Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle Smoking changes the viscosity of blood. This can potentially lead to clumping in the blood vessels that supply the heart. A study states that smoking inhibits vitamin and mineral uptake, depletes levels of vitamin C, and creates a toxic internal environment. Giving up smoking can help avoid cancer and lower the risk of heart disease.

Vitamin C is a highly effective antioxidant; it protects molecules in the body from damage

2. Watch Cholesterol Intake It is important to not only control your cholesterol, but to decrease fat intake when faced with the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, stroke, and other disorders caused by fatty depos-

LIKE T its of plaque in the artery walls. “Bad” saturated fats (butter, cheese, red meat, fast foods) increases your blood cholesterol. The body has its own daily quota for cholesterol production.

3. Control High Blood Pressure It is found that half of all people who suffer a first-time heart attack and two-thirds of first-time stroke victims, had moderate to high blood pressure. If left untreated, high blood pressure can increase the risk of atherosclerosis, aneurysms, loss of vision, and kidney failure. Normal blood pressure is considered to be 120/80. Experts have advocated eating less salt as a way of controlling blood pressure plus mineral-rich foods and herbs like folic acid, and branched chain amino acids are known to naturally help control blood pressure.

4. Reduce Unnecessary Stress Stress if left unchecked can have a negative impact on both physical and mental health. 80% of all health related problems are attributed to stress. Stress slows the body’s metabolism thus allows fat to linger in the blood advancing the development of atherosclerosis.

5. Diet and Exercise Research conducted around the world showed waist circumferences of > 34 inches in men and > 32 inches in women increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. It is a measure of abdominal fat, which is most closely associated with heart attacks.” Walking is not only relaxing but a great, lowimpact way to lose weight.

80% of all health related problems are attributed to stress.

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Too bad, it won’t work for us!

If we want to keep fit, we have to do “actual” exercise.

However, everybody’s busy these days. Your life and time constraints likely won’t change, but by utilizing just five free minutes several times a day (and don’t even think about denying they’re there) for some simple exercises, you’ll not only improve your physical condition for the future but will energize your body continually during the day.

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hink about it - aren’t you tired of being tired so often? That can change. From dawn to dusk, as we speak, here are six sessions, designed to stretch and strengthen you from top to bottom. They’re categorized according to certain common times of the day for most men. The fitness bursts are in bed, out of bed, driving to work, at work, after work and late evening. Some exercises overlap, to the benefit of major muscles. Of course you should perform cardiovascular and resistance workouts too, but if you can only spare a few minutes here and there, these quickies are the best bets.

Sit-Up Stretch

(upper body) Upon awakening, sit up and slowly stretch out, extending arms up. Extend the head back, and feel your muscles come to life. Follow up by twisting the torso side to side, and take some deep breaths.

Leg Raises

(thighs, abs) Lie back down with arms at sides and proceed to raise the right leg, keeping a slight bend in the knee. Hold the leg up for 10 seconds, flexing the foot up and down. Then lower and raise the left leg. Raise each leg three times.

Toe Grasps

back and next work the left leg. Pull each leg in three times.

(back, abs) With legs out together, sit up and slowly slide hands down the legs, bending at the waist.

Cover toes with fingers, feeling the stretch in Body Bursts the back. Pause, then return to starting posi- (total body) tion. Perform five repetitions.

Standing with arms crossed at wrists, proceed to enthusiastically extend them up and out, rising up on toes and thrusting the head back. Perform five repetitions. (abs)

Rise and Shine

Extensions

With legs out together, sit up and slowly slide hands down the legs, bending at the waist.

Stop when comfortably stretched, pause, then (back) return to starting position. Perform five repetiStanding with feet wide apart, and keeptions. ing the knees slightly bent, bend at the waist and lower hands to the floor, or as close as possible without strain. Pause, then rise. Perform three repetitions. (ankles)

Floor Touch

Ankle Twists

Sit up in bed, supported by hands behind you, and extend the right leg up, with the knee slightly bent. Proceed to twist the ankle to one (back, shoulders) side and then the other. Twist to each side Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and three times, then lower the leg and next raise hands clasped behind the back. Proceed to and work the left leg’s ankle. bend over and extend arms up. Pause, then rise to starting position. Perform three repetitions.

Back Bends

Knee-to-Head Crunches

(hips, hamstrings, abs) With legs out together, bend the right knee, pull it in and grasp it with both hands.

Proceed to pull it in a bit more while raising the head up to meet it. Pause, then extend back and next work the left leg. Pull each leg in three times.

Single Leg Pull-Ins

(hips, hamstrings) With legs out together, bend the right knee and pull it in to the chest. Pause, then extend

Trunk Twists

(abs, obliques) Stand with hands on hips and feet wider than shoulder-width apart. Proceed to twist to the right, down in front and over to the left, before rising to starting position. Perform five repetitions. http://www.wellnessarticlelibrary.com

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