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Apples Work Magic on Bad Cholesterol
Who says fruits should be taken BEFORE or 2 hours after each meal??
Apple contains both soluble and insoluble fibre. The soluble fibre can bind to the cholesterol in your food and remove it from being absorbed into the blood stream.
However for this to take place you have to eat your apple following your meal.
If you take fruits including apple with an empty stomach, like 2 hours after your meal, when most of the food has been digested and absorbed into the body including all the cholesterol, it is too late for the soluble fibres in apple and the other fruits to bind with the cholesterol in your food and remove it from your body through the feces!
There are plenty of advice to eat fruits two hours or more after your meal to prevent fermentation of the fruits in your stomach. When the fruit is eaten the juice is squeezed out and is swallowed leaving the pulp and the fibrous part of the fruit which you also swallow in turn. The fruit juice will blend with the digestive juices from your stomach and readily flow out into the small intestine, leaving the solid part of the fruit for digestion. In the case of the apple it will dissolve into the soluble and insoluble fibres which will then blend and bind with the food being digested in your stomach.
If you take fruits with an empty stomach there is nothing in the stomach especially cholesterol for the soluble fibre to bind with!
Apples Work Magic on Bad Cholesterol
Tom Valeo Tampa Bay Times Chicago Daily Herald 04-11-12
It raises good cholesterol, lowers bad cholesterol and contributes to weight loss. So what is this miracle substance? An apple. "I consider apples as magic food," said Bahram H. Arjmandi, Ph.D., director for the Center for Advancing Exercise and Nutrition Research on Aging at Florida State University. "Apples are not my favorite food, but I buy a bag a week and try to eat two per day. I am convinced this is what I should do if I want to remain healthy."
According to Arjmandi, apple pectin -- the white stuff under the skin -- binds to cholesterol in the gut and ferries it out of the body. This is well-known, but what surprised Arjmandi is how much cholesterol a couple of apples can remove from the body. In one recent study, he divided 160 women between the ages of 45 and 65 into two groups. One group ate 75 grams of dried apple per day -- about 2 1/2 ounces -- while the other ate the same amount of dried prunes. To his amazement, the women who ate apples experienced a 23 percent decrease in LDL "bad" cholesterol, and increased their HDL "good" cholesterol by 3 percent to 4 percent -- a boost difficult to achieve with drugs or exercise.
The women who ate the dried prunes experienced no such effects on their cholesterol, although another study found that women who ate 10 prunes per day, while taking calcium and vitamin D supplements, had higher bone density in their forearms and spine than women who ate apples.
Cholesterol is manufactured in the liver. Statin drugs, such as Lipitor and Crestor, reduce cholesterol very effectively by blocking an enzyme needed to make it. The problem is that statins can be hard on the liver, which is why people who take them must have a blood test periodically to make sure their liver is not becoming irritated and inflamed. "The liver is one of the largest organs in the body, and it can remain pretty functional if only 50 percent of it stays healthy," said Arjmandi. "You do not see an abnormality in the blood unless you do substantial damage to the liver. Drugs have their place, but if you have to check your liver enzymes, that means the drug is doing something not so good for you, and I don't understand why we would go for drug therapies when eating two apples a day reduces LDL chricholesterol so effectively.
Eat apples and you not only don't harm your liver, but you substantially benefit your health."
So why aren't apples prescribed for high cholesterol as avidly as statin drugs?
Statins account for about 6.5 percent of all drug sales in the U.S., according to Forbes magazine, and earn drug companies about $26 billion per year. "You'd have to sell a lot of apples to make that kind of money," Arjmandi said. "If the drugs earn that kind of money, why would a business bother with apple pectin?"
Who says fruits should be taken BEFORE or 2 hours after each meal??
Apple contains both soluble and insoluble fibre. The soluble fibre can bind to the cholesterol in your food and remove it from being absorbed into the blood stream.
However for this to take place you have to eat your apple following your meal.
If you take fruits including apple with an empty stomach, like 2 hours after your meal, when most of the food has been digested and absorbed into the body including all the cholesterol, it is too late for the soluble fibres in apple and the other fruits to bind with the cholesterol in your food and remove it from your body through the feces!
There are plenty of advice to eat fruits two hours or more after your meal to prevent fermentation of the fruits in your stomach. When the fruit is eaten the juice is squeezed out and is swallowed leaving the pulp and the fibrous part of the fruit which you also swallow in turn. The fruit juice will blend with the digestive juices from your stomach and readily flow out into the small intestine, leaving the solid part of the fruit for digestion. In the case of the apple it will dissolve into the soluble and insoluble fibres which will then blend and bind with the food being digested in your stomach.
If you take fruits with an empty stomach there is nothing in the stomach especially cholesterol for the soluble fibre to bind with!
Apples Work Magic on Bad Cholesterol
Tom Valeo Tampa Bay Times Chicago Daily Herald 04-11-12
It raises good cholesterol, lowers bad cholesterol and contributes to weight loss. So what is this miracle substance? An apple. "I consider apples as magic food," said Bahram H. Arjmandi, Ph.D., director for the Center for Advancing Exercise and Nutrition Research on Aging at Florida State University. "Apples are not my favorite food, but I buy a bag a week and try to eat two per day. I am convinced this is what I should do if I want to remain healthy."
According to Arjmandi, apple pectin -- the white stuff under the skin -- binds to cholesterol in the gut and ferries it out of the body. This is well-known, but what surprised Arjmandi is how much cholesterol a couple of apples can remove from the body. In one recent study, he divided 160 women between the ages of 45 and 65 into two groups. One group ate 75 grams of dried apple per day -- about 2 1/2 ounces -- while the other ate the same amount of dried prunes. To his amazement, the women who ate apples experienced a 23 percent decrease in LDL "bad" cholesterol, and increased their HDL "good" cholesterol by 3 percent to 4 percent -- a boost difficult to achieve with drugs or exercise.
The women who ate the dried prunes experienced no such effects on their cholesterol, although another study found that women who ate 10 prunes per day, while taking calcium and vitamin D supplements, had higher bone density in their forearms and spine than women who ate apples.
Cholesterol is manufactured in the liver. Statin drugs, such as Lipitor and Crestor, reduce cholesterol very effectively by blocking an enzyme needed to make it. The problem is that statins can be hard on the liver, which is why people who take them must have a blood test periodically to make sure their liver is not becoming irritated and inflamed. "The liver is one of the largest organs in the body, and it can remain pretty functional if only 50 percent of it stays healthy," said Arjmandi. "You do not see an abnormality in the blood unless you do substantial damage to the liver. Drugs have their place, but if you have to check your liver enzymes, that means the drug is doing something not so good for you, and I don't understand why we would go for drug therapies when eating two apples a day reduces LDL chricholesterol so effectively.
Eat apples and you not only don't harm your liver, but you substantially benefit your health."
So why aren't apples prescribed for high cholesterol as avidly as statin drugs?
Statins account for about 6.5 percent of all drug sales in the U.S., according to Forbes magazine, and earn drug companies about $26 billion per year. "You'd have to sell a lot of apples to make that kind of money," Arjmandi said. "If the drugs earn that kind of money, why would a business bother with apple pectin?"
17 things you probably didn't know about sex( or maybe you did!!)
The sexual intercourse of a mink lasts an average of 8 hours.
Most giraffes are bisexual. So are most turkeys.
An adult gorilla's penis is only 2' long.
Humans and porpoises share a common sexual practice -- fellatio.
The penis of a dragonfly is shaped like a shovel, and is used to to scoop out a male rival's semen.
The record for the quickest mammal sexual intercourse session is held by the chimpanzee -- an average of 3 seconds.
Nudity was considered commonplace among the ancient Greeks. However, a man was considered indecent if he had an exposed erection.
It takes a sperm one hour to swim seven inches.
The penguin only has one orgasm in a year.
The rhinoceros penis is approximately two feet long.
The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant.
The left testicle usually hangs lower than the right for right-handed men.The opposite is true for left handers.
The most successful X-rated movie of all time is 'Deep Throat'. It cost approximately $25,000 to make and has earned over $600 million.
The Romans would crush a first time-rapist's testicles between two stones (Er... what about second-time rapists then?)
The word pornography comes from the Greek 'pornos' and 'graphis', meaning the 'drawings of a prostitute'.
The initial spurt of ejaculate travels at 28 mph. By way of comparison, the world record for the 100 yard dash is 27.1 mph.
In Florida having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal. Ouch!
The sexual intercourse of a mink lasts an average of 8 hours.
Most giraffes are bisexual. So are most turkeys.
An adult gorilla's penis is only 2' long.
Humans and porpoises share a common sexual practice -- fellatio.
The penis of a dragonfly is shaped like a shovel, and is used to to scoop out a male rival's semen.
The record for the quickest mammal sexual intercourse session is held by the chimpanzee -- an average of 3 seconds.
Nudity was considered commonplace among the ancient Greeks. However, a man was considered indecent if he had an exposed erection.
It takes a sperm one hour to swim seven inches.
The penguin only has one orgasm in a year.
The rhinoceros penis is approximately two feet long.
The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant.
The left testicle usually hangs lower than the right for right-handed men.The opposite is true for left handers.
The most successful X-rated movie of all time is 'Deep Throat'. It cost approximately $25,000 to make and has earned over $600 million.
The Romans would crush a first time-rapist's testicles between two stones (Er... what about second-time rapists then?)
The word pornography comes from the Greek 'pornos' and 'graphis', meaning the 'drawings of a prostitute'.
The initial spurt of ejaculate travels at 28 mph. By way of comparison, the world record for the 100 yard dash is 27.1 mph.
In Florida having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal. Ouch!
Many years ago in a small Indian village,
A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender.
The Moneylender
, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal.
So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter.
He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would Have to pick one pebble from the bag.
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.
They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.
He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag.
Now, imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have Done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you Have told her?
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking.
The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses
The above logical answers.
What would you recommend to the Girl to do?
Well, here is what she did ....
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked."
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't Attempt to think.
A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender.
The Moneylender
, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal.
So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter.
He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would Have to pick one pebble from the bag.
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.
They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.
He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag.
Now, imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have Done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you Have told her?
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking.
The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses
The above logical answers.
What would you recommend to the Girl to do?
Well, here is what she did ....
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked."
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't Attempt to think.
The exchange between Churchill and Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband, I'd give you poison," and he said, "If you were my wife, I'd take it."
Gladstone, a member of Parliament, to Benjamin Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, sir," said Disraeli, "On whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about." - Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." - Abraham Lincoln
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -Stephen Bishop
He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure. - "Jack E. Leonard
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." - Robert Redford
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." - Thomas Brackett Reed
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork. - Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."- Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx
Gladstone, a member of Parliament, to Benjamin Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, sir," said Disraeli, "On whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about." - Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." - Abraham Lincoln
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -Stephen Bishop
He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure. - "Jack E. Leonard
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." - Robert Redford
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." - Thomas Brackett Reed
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork. - Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."- Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx
The Bamboo and the Fern
One day I decided to quit ... I quit my job, my relationship, my
spirituality. I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have
one last talk with God.
"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
His answer surprised me. "Look around," he said. "Do you see the fern
and the bamboo?"
"Yes", I replied.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care
of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew
from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing
came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And
again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the
bamboo.In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo
seed. But I would not quit.
In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. But
I would not quit.
Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared
to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant.
But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had
spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and
gave it what it needed to survive."
He then said to me, "Did you know, my child, that all this time you
have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots. I would
not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you. Don't compare
yourself to others.
The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern, yet, they both make
the forest beautiful. Your time will come and you will rise high!"
Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you experiences. Both are
essential to life, so keep going.
One day I decided to quit ... I quit my job, my relationship, my
spirituality. I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have
one last talk with God.
"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
His answer surprised me. "Look around," he said. "Do you see the fern
and the bamboo?"
"Yes", I replied.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care
of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew
from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing
came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And
again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the
bamboo.In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo
seed. But I would not quit.
In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. But
I would not quit.
Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared
to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant.
But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had
spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and
gave it what it needed to survive."
He then said to me, "Did you know, my child, that all this time you
have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots. I would
not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you. Don't compare
yourself to others.
The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern, yet, they both make
the forest beautiful. Your time will come and you will rise high!"
Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you experiences. Both are
essential to life, so keep going.
1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person ov er 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19 John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person ov er 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19 John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
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Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand.
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are
all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20."Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the
first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what
about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the
$20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each
should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
"I only got a dollar out of the 20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"
"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are
all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20."Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the
first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what
about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the
$20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each
should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
"I only got a dollar out of the 20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"
"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia
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A woman was deeply hurt by the behaviour of her fifteen-year old son.
Each time they went out together he would walk on ahead of her.
Was he ashamed of her? One day she asked him.
"Oh, Mom, no," was his embarrassed reply.
"It's just that you look so young that I'm worried my friends will suspect I have a new girl friend."
Her hurt vanished as if by magic.
Each time they went out together he would walk on ahead of her.
Was he ashamed of her? One day she asked him.
"Oh, Mom, no," was his embarrassed reply.
"It's just that you look so young that I'm worried my friends will suspect I have a new girl friend."
Her hurt vanished as if by magic.
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Judge: "What's your age?"
Convict: "Twenty-two, sir"
Judge: "That's what you've been telling us for the last ten years."
Convict: "That's right. sir. I'm not they type that says one thing today and another tomorrow."
Convict: "Twenty-two, sir"
Judge: "That's what you've been telling us for the last ten years."
Convict: "That's right. sir. I'm not they type that says one thing today and another tomorrow."
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The Saints
A family of five were enjoying their day at the beach.
The children were bathing in the ocean and making castles in the sand and when in the distance a little old lady appeared.
Her grey hair was blowing in the wind and her clothes were dirty and ragged.
She was muttering something to herself as she picked up things from the beach and put them into a bag.
The parents called the children to their side and told them to stay away from the old lady.
As she passed by, bending down every now and then to pick things up, she smiled at the family.
But her greeting wasn't returned.
Many weeks later the family learnt that the little old lady had made it her lifelong crusade
to pick up bits of glass from the beach so children wouldn't cut their feet.
A family of five were enjoying their day at the beach.
The children were bathing in the ocean and making castles in the sand and when in the distance a little old lady appeared.
Her grey hair was blowing in the wind and her clothes were dirty and ragged.
She was muttering something to herself as she picked up things from the beach and put them into a bag.
The parents called the children to their side and told them to stay away from the old lady.
As she passed by, bending down every now and then to pick things up, she smiled at the family.
But her greeting wasn't returned.
Many weeks later the family learnt that the little old lady had made it her lifelong crusade
to pick up bits of glass from the beach so children wouldn't cut their feet.
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An enthusiastic young man who had just graduated as a plumber was taken to see Niagara Falls.
He studied it for a minute, then said, "I think I can fix this."
Some things are best left as they are....
He studied it for a minute, then said, "I think I can fix this."
Some things are best left as they are....
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The greatest nourishment to children
is not what goes in their mouths
...but what comes out of ours.
~Nathaniel H. Bronner Jr.~
is not what goes in their mouths
...but what comes out of ours.
~Nathaniel H. Bronner Jr.~
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Tyre DOM (Date of Manufacture)
Okay, this is not exactly "Tech", but it would have been in 1888 when
pneumatic tyres were first invented (by Dunlop)! Specially for women
drivers.
There is a 4-year expiry (from the year of manufacture) for tyres.
Thereafter, the tyre may burst whilst in use.
How to find out whether your tyre has expired?
Check for this sign: (2603)
The first two numbers 2 6 will tell which week of the year has it been
manufactured (one year has 52 weeks). The last two numbers represent
the year of make.
Therefore, 2603 shows that the said tyre is manufactured in the 26th
week of the year 2003.
Check all your tyres for safety purposes. Do not use expired tyres.
They are likely to burst (especially when running in hot weather)
because the rubber component may have hardened and cracked.
Okay, this is not exactly "Tech", but it would have been in 1888 when
pneumatic tyres were first invented (by Dunlop)! Specially for women
drivers.
There is a 4-year expiry (from the year of manufacture) for tyres.
Thereafter, the tyre may burst whilst in use.
How to find out whether your tyre has expired?
Check for this sign: (2603)
The first two numbers 2 6 will tell which week of the year has it been
manufactured (one year has 52 weeks). The last two numbers represent
the year of make.
Therefore, 2603 shows that the said tyre is manufactured in the 26th
week of the year 2003.
Check all your tyres for safety purposes. Do not use expired tyres.
They are likely to burst (especially when running in hot weather)
because the rubber component may have hardened and cracked.
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- Points
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WOLFBERRIES
Those little red berries we know as kei chee or wolfberries are not just
good for your eyes, but keep you in optimum health if you take enough of
them.
Our mothers knew what they were talking about when they told us to eat
up the kei chee, those little red berries floating in our soup or in the
steamed chicken. They are good for your eyes, so they told us. Modern
research has borne this out, and I'm even taking a bil-berry supplement
with kei chee in it to improve my eyes.
Kei Chee or wolfberries contain more betacarotene than carrots, as well
as zeaxanthin and lutine which contribute to healthy eyes.
As early as 1000 AD, the Chinese were eating kei chee, also known as
Lycium barbarum. They took them regularly for better eyesight and their
anti-ageing preperties. Wolfberries are native to Inner Mongolia and it
is said that the people there eat wolfberries daily, and they seldom
suffer from arthritis, cancer or diabetes.
Besides betacarotene, studies have revealed that wolfberries also
contain 500 times more vitamin C than oranges, weight for weight, as
well as vitamins B1, B2, B6 and E. In these berries too are 19 amino
acids and 21 trace minerals. According to the Beijing Nutrition Research
institute, which did a chemical analysis of wolf-berries in 1998, they
also contain germanium, a rare anti-cancer agent almost never found in
food. They are an eminent immure booster, nourishing not just the eyes,
but also the liver, kidneys and blood sugar, assist detoxification in
the liver, lower cholesterol and enchance memory. Wolfberries have also
been found to have extremely high levels of immune-stimulating
polysaccharides. The most potent wolfberries come from Tibet, Xinjiang
and Ningxia in China.
You could add kei chee to any double-boiled soups, braised chicken or
other meals.You could also sprinkle them on fish before steaming. I had
them in a chicken cooked in rice wine recently. They taste good in sweet
broths too, together with snow fingus, red dates, lotus seeds and Pak
hup or magnolia petals.
Keep a bag of kei chee in your office drawer to munch or give them to
your children to take to school as a snack. It sure beats eating junk
food and their eyes will be all the better for them too.
Those little red berries we know as kei chee or wolfberries are not just
good for your eyes, but keep you in optimum health if you take enough of
them.
Our mothers knew what they were talking about when they told us to eat
up the kei chee, those little red berries floating in our soup or in the
steamed chicken. They are good for your eyes, so they told us. Modern
research has borne this out, and I'm even taking a bil-berry supplement
with kei chee in it to improve my eyes.
Kei Chee or wolfberries contain more betacarotene than carrots, as well
as zeaxanthin and lutine which contribute to healthy eyes.
As early as 1000 AD, the Chinese were eating kei chee, also known as
Lycium barbarum. They took them regularly for better eyesight and their
anti-ageing preperties. Wolfberries are native to Inner Mongolia and it
is said that the people there eat wolfberries daily, and they seldom
suffer from arthritis, cancer or diabetes.
Besides betacarotene, studies have revealed that wolfberries also
contain 500 times more vitamin C than oranges, weight for weight, as
well as vitamins B1, B2, B6 and E. In these berries too are 19 amino
acids and 21 trace minerals. According to the Beijing Nutrition Research
institute, which did a chemical analysis of wolf-berries in 1998, they
also contain germanium, a rare anti-cancer agent almost never found in
food. They are an eminent immure booster, nourishing not just the eyes,
but also the liver, kidneys and blood sugar, assist detoxification in
the liver, lower cholesterol and enchance memory. Wolfberries have also
been found to have extremely high levels of immune-stimulating
polysaccharides. The most potent wolfberries come from Tibet, Xinjiang
and Ningxia in China.
You could add kei chee to any double-boiled soups, braised chicken or
other meals.You could also sprinkle them on fish before steaming. I had
them in a chicken cooked in rice wine recently. They taste good in sweet
broths too, together with snow fingus, red dates, lotus seeds and Pak
hup or magnolia petals.
Keep a bag of kei chee in your office drawer to munch or give them to
your children to take to school as a snack. It sure beats eating junk
food and their eyes will be all the better for them too.
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Proper Grammar Please.
On his 66th birthday, a man received a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumored to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction. After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket to the medicine man and wondered what would happen next.
The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to the man, and with a grip on his shoulder, warned, "This is powerful medicine and it must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful and then say '1-2-3. 'When you do that, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life and you can perform as long as you want."
He was encouraged.. As he walked away, he turned and asked, "How do I stop the medicine from working?" "Your partner must say '1-2-3-4,' he responded. "But when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon."
He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom. When she came in, the man took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!"
Immediately, he was the manliest of men. His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes. And then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition!
ONE COULD END UP WITH A DANGLING PARTICIPLE!!
On his 66th birthday, a man received a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumored to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction. After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket to the medicine man and wondered what would happen next.
The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to the man, and with a grip on his shoulder, warned, "This is powerful medicine and it must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful and then say '1-2-3. 'When you do that, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life and you can perform as long as you want."
He was encouraged.. As he walked away, he turned and asked, "How do I stop the medicine from working?" "Your partner must say '1-2-3-4,' he responded. "But when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon."
He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom. When she came in, the man took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!"
Immediately, he was the manliest of men. His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes. And then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition!
ONE COULD END UP WITH A DANGLING PARTICIPLE!!
