GREETINGS, As the name imply, the purpose of LEGACY CLUB is to bring together people who are willing to share their LOVE and WISDOM with our Brothers and Sisters in the Universe. We, as a people, need to share the WISDOM that we have accumulated over our lifetimes by passing it on to our people. It really doesn't matter what type of WISDOM you have to sharing, because WISDOM is WISDOM. The WISDOM that you may share could make a big different in a young Brother or Sister life. I am not looking for Trade Secrets, just the small everyday common sense things that you have had the opportunities to experience that others may learn, grow and share. WISDOM IS A TERRIBLE THING TO LOSE! It has to start some place. So, I am starting it here. Please join me? Any contribution large or small will be appreciated. Contributions will be accepted from members and non members.

I want to share those LIFE LESSONS that have made a different in your life. The lesson you have learn that have made you successful in any way or in any field.

I know for myself, there are small things that I wish that I would have learned that family members have taken with them to the hereafter. My Grandmother use to make the best Blackberry Wine and Peach Brandy, but she took the process with her.

If you are not inclined to share in this forum, please take the time to write down those things that you would like to pass on to family and friends.

If necessary, the LEGACY_CLUB will expand by adding Roman Numbers (II, III, IV, V, VI, and
so on).

Legacy was launched on January 28, 2007 in concert with my Grand-Daughter's 6th Birthday on Black Universe.Com.

This will be very serious endeavor.

Thanks for visiting,

johnnyNthespot3
Founder & CEO

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PLEASE READ THIS, IF NOTHING ELSE!!! Heart Attacks and Drinking Warm Water

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal. A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

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WELCOME Legacy Club SHARING LOVE and WISDOM for a Brighter Future! THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION BELOW (SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE). SO, IT WILL BE WORTH YOUR TIME TO READ.

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HERE'S THE LINK FOR HARD TO FIND (800) PHONE NUMBERS: http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com/

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The majority of LEGACY is information that I have discovered or it has been shared with me over the years. I am sharing some of my personal LIFE LESSONS (things that I have learned) and feel that some should benefit from my experience.

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LIFE`S LESSONS (THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED):

BUDGETING – A way to financial security... A budget is a record telling you where and how you spent your money. A personal budget has been my foundation for just about forty (40) years, and the longer I live the more important it becomes. I finalize my budget in late December for the coming year and post transactions as they occur, adjusting monthly and by line items when necessary. If you would like to know more, see my page: PERSONALBUDGET on BlackPlanet.com
PAY YOURSELF FIRST – Personal saving out of you net pay. You won’t miss it, because it’s there if you really need it.

If you have the opportunity to participate in a company saving program do it, and save the maximum as soon as you can. You won’t miss it. Still pay yourself first even if you are in the company saving program.

CHRISTMAS MONEY – You should setup a Christmas club account at your bank if they offer this type of program. They can automatic transfer $15, $20, $25 or more per month from your savings or checking account into your Christmas club account. Make sure you put this in you budget.

LARGE PURCHASES - Save and pay cash, don’t finance, or take the money from personal saving and finance it yourself (make monthly payment to your saving account including between 5 to 10% in interest).

BUYING A HOME – Get a 30 years fixed interest rate mortgage for the best (lowest) monthly payment. as soon as you can, start to make an additional payment against the principle.

GO TO http://www.jeacle.ie/mortgage/ and play around with the amortization model. in the beginning the majority of the money goes to the lender for interest. Therefore, if you can pay the principle down with and extra $100 or $200 per monthly you will pay less interest and also finish paying the mortgage off early (maybe 10 to 12 years depending on how much and when you start to make the additional payment towards the principle).

CREDIT – Use it wisely.

CREDIT CARDS – Use them only if you have the money to pay cash, don’t use them because you don’t have the cash. I personally us the all of the time, but pay them off when the statement arrives.

BUILDING CREDIT – the best way is to obtain a series of short term (60 to90 days) loans from your local banks. Don’t spend the money, remember you are building credit, open up another savings account at a different bank.

DON’T LEND MONEY UNLESS YOU HAVE IT TO GIVE AWAY - If you do, have the person that borrowing it write a promissory note with the amount, date of repayment, signature, driver’s license number and if possible their social security number. Make sure that their signature on the promissory note and driver’s license match.

ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH ON THE JOB (They have a way to find out if you are lying). KEEP YOUR INTEGRITY INTACT.

ALWAYS FIND THE NEW JOB WHEN YOU HAVE A JOB


CREDITORS – A good action plan is to let them know if you are unable to make a payment. It’s only one phone call. It’s better for you to call them once, than having them call you everyday.

LIVE BY THE GOLDEN RULE.

LIVES ALWAYS BOIL DOWN TO THE CHOICES OTHERS OR WE MAKE. - You only have to live with the choices you make. You have to deal with the choice others make, when dealing with other people choices make the best choice for yourself.


LATE FEES – A good way of preventing late fees is to write the check when you get the bill. On the envelope in the upper left corner where you will place the stamp write the date you need to mail the bill to get it there one day before the due date. Check them daily so you don’t miss one. If you are not banking and paying your bills online, each PAYMENT is costing you $ .39 to mail.

INVESTING - I only have three (3) things to say about investing

1. DO YOUR DUE DILLIGENTS (RESEARCH)

2. NO LOAD MUTUAL FUNDS (AGAIN DO YOUR DUE DILLIGENTS)

3. DRIP’S (DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN). SEE THE WEBSITE drip.net , (YOU WILL FIND THE FOLLOWING):

A GUIDE TO DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLANS

Want to buy into the stock market but you don't have enough money to buy in 100 shares at a time? While deep discount brokers have made buying into stocks feasible, even if it's just a few shares at a time, it's hard to beat the allure of direct investing. Dividend Reinvestment Plans -- or DRiPs -- allow investors to buy into stocks on their own terms. Whether it's just a matter of having your dividends reinvested to buy more shares or granting you the ability to make a cash contribution that goes to acquire additional shares, there are many reasons to love a DRIP -- like the ability to dollar cost average. Some companies, No-Load Stocks if you will, allow you to buy that first share directly from them. Not every public company offers a DRIP. Some DRIP programs are ripe with fees while others are completely free of fees and even give you a discount on the shares you buy with reinvested dividends. Some DRIPs come from companies that don't even offer dividends. There is a lot to learn about these investing vehicles. Naturally your stock broker doesn't want you to know that there is a way for you to cut out the middleman and deal directly with the stock and its transfer agent. Feel free to explore this site and also check out the many books that have written on the subject. FAST MONEY- It will only get you prison time and/or killed. Whatever you have purchased with it can be taken away, because it was purchase with illegally obtain money. ALWAYS BE TRUE TO YOU NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!

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This was written in the early 1900’s........ This shows you that there is nothing new under the sun. The more things change the more they stay the same.......

12 Things The Negro Must Do For Himself

by Nannie Helen Burroughs

(Circa Early 1900's) 1. The Negro Must Learn To Put First Things First. The First Things Are: Education; Development of Character Traits; A Trade and Home Ownership. The Negro puts too much of his earning in clothes, in food, in show and in having what he calls "a good time." The Dr. Kelly Miller said, "The Negro buys what he WANTS and begs for what he Needs." Too true! 2. The Negro Must Stop Expecting God and White Folk To Do For Him What He Can Do For Himself. It is the "Divine Plan" that the strong shall help the weak, but even God does not do for man what man can do for himself. The Negro will have to do exactly what Jesus told the man (in John 5:8) to do--Carry his own load--"Take up your bed and walk." 3. The Negro Must Keep Himself, His Children And His Home Clean And Make The Surroundings In Which He Lives Comfortable and Attractive.
He must learn to "run his community up"--not down. We can segregate by law, we integrate only by living. Civilization is not a matter of race, it is a matter of standards. Believe it or not--some day, some race is going to outdo the Anglo-Saxon, completely. It can be the Negro race, if the Negro gets sense enough. Civilization goes up and down that way.

4. The Negro Must Learn To Dress More Appropriately For Work And For Leisure.

Knowing what to wear--how to wear it--when to wear it and where to wear it are earmarks of common sense, culture and also an index to character.

5. The Negro Must Make His Religion An Everyday Practice And Not Just A Sunday-Go-To-Meeting Emotional Affair.

6. The Negro Must Highly Resolve To Wipe Out Mass Ignorance.

The leaders of the race must teach and inspire the masses to become eager and determined to improve mentally, morally and spiritually, and to meet the basic requirements of good citizenship.

We should initiate an intensive literacy campaign in America, as well as in Africa. Ignorance-- satisfied ignorance -- is a millstone about the neck of the race. It is democracy's greatest burden. Social integration is a relationship attained as a result of the cultivation of kindred social ideals, interests and standards. It is a blending process that requires time, understanding and kindred purposes to achieve. Likes alone and not laws can do it.

7. The Negro Must Stop Charging His Failures Up To His "Color" And To White People's Attitude.

The truth of the matter is that good service and conduct will make senseless race prejudice fade like mist before the rising sun. God never intended that a man's color shall be anything other than a[b] badge of distinction. It is high time that all races were learning that fact. The Negro must first QUALIFY for whatever position he wants. Purpose, initiative, ingenuity and industry are the keys that all men use to get what they want. The Negro will have to do the same. He must make himself a workman who is too skilled not to be wanted, and too DEPENDABLE not to be on the job, according to promise or plan. He will never become a vital factor in industry until he learns to put into his work the vitalizing force of initiative, skill and dependability. He has gone "RIGHTS" mad and "DUTY" dumb.

8. The Negro Must Overcome His Bad Job Habits.

He must make a brand new reputation for himself in the world of labor. His bad job habits are absenteeism, funerals to attend, or a little business to look after. The Negro runs an off and on business. He also has a bad reputation for conduct on the job--such as petty quarrelling with other help, incessant loud talking about nothing; loafing, carelessness, due to lack of job pride; insolence, gum chewing and--too often--liquor drinking. Just plain bad job habits!

9. He Must Improve His Conduct In Public Places.

Taken as a whole, he is entirely too loud and too ill-mannered. There is much talk about wiping out racial segregation and also much talk about achieving integration. Segregation is a physical arrangement by which people are separated in various services.
It is definitely up to the Negro to wipe out the apparent justification or excuse for segregation.

The only effective way to do it is to clean up and keep clean. By practice, cleanliness will become a habit and habit becomes character.
10. The Negro Must Learn How To Operate Business For People--Not For Negro People, Only.

To do business, he will have to remove all typical "earmarks," business principles; measure up to accepted standards and meet stimulating competition, graciously--in fact, he must learn to welcome competition.

11. The Average So-Called Educated Negro Will Have To Come Down Out Of The Air.

He Is Too Inflated Over Nothing. He Needs An Experience Similar To The One That Ezekiel Had--(Ezekiel 3:14-19). And He Must Do What Ezekiel Did. [/b] Otherwise, through indifference, as to the plight of the masses, the Negro, who thinks that he has escaped, will lose his own soul. It will do all leaders good to read Hebrew 13:3, and the first Thirty-seven Chapters of Ezekiel.

A race transformation itself through its own leaders and its sensible "common people." A race rises on its own wings, or is held down by its own weight. True leaders are never "things apart from the people." They are the masses. They simply got to the front ahead of them. Their only business at the front is to inspire to masses by hard work and noble example and challenge them to "Come on!" Dante stated a fact when he said, "Show the people the light and they will find the way!"

There must arise within the Negro race a leadership that is not out hunting bargains for itself. A noble example is found in the men and women of the Negro race, who, in the early days, laid down their lives for the people. Their invaluable contributions have not been appraised by the "latter-day leaders." In many cases, their names would never be recorded, among the unsung heroes of the world, but for the fact that white friends have written them there.

"Lord, God of Hosts, Be with us yet." The Negro of today does not realize that, but, for these exhibits A's, that certainly show the innate possibilities of members of their own race, white people would not have been moved to make such princely investments in lives and money, as they have made, for the establishment of schools and for the on-going of the race.

12. The Negro Must Stop Forgetting His Friends.

"Remember." Read Deuteronomy 24:18. Deuteronomy rings the big bell of gratitude. Why? Because an ingrate is an abomination in the sight of God. God is constantly telling us that "I the Lord thy God delivered you" --through human instrumentalities.
The American Negro has had and still has friends--in the North and in the South. These friends not only pray, speak, write, influence others, but make unbelievable, unpublished sacrifices and contributions for the advancement of the race--for their brothers in bonds.

The noblest thing that the Negro can do is to so live and labor that these benefactors will not have given in vain. The Negro must make his heart warm with gratitude, his lips sweet with thanks and his heart and mind resolute with purpose to justify the sacrifices and stand on his feet and go forward-- "God is no respector of persons. In every nation, he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is" sure to win out. Get to work! That's the answer to everything that hurts us. We talk too much about nothing instead of redeeming the time by working. R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R

In spite of race prejudice, America is brim full of opportunities. Go after them!

Rhonda M. Harden

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America Has Lost A Generation Of Black Boys

March 21, 2007

There is no longer a need for dire predictions, hand-wringing, or apprehension about losing a generation of black boys. It is too late. In education, employment, economics, incarceration, health, housing, and parenting, we have lost a generation of young black men. The question that remains is will we lose the next two or three generations, or possibly every generation of black boys hereafter to the streets, negative media, gangs, drugs, poor education, unemployment, father absence, crime, violence and death. Most young black men in the United States don't graduate from high school. Only 35% of black male students graduated from high school in Chicago and only 26% in New York City, according to a 2006 report by The Schott Foundation for Public Education. Only a few black boys who finish high school actually attend college, and of those few black boys who enter college, nationally, only 22% of them finish college. Young black male students have the worst grades, the lowest test scores, and the highest dropout rates of all students in the country. When these young black men don't succeed in school, they are much more likely to succeed in the nation's criminal justice and penitentiary system. And it was discovered recently that even when a young black man graduates from a U.S. college, there is a good chance that he is from Africa, the Caribbean or Europe, and not the United States. Black men in prison in America have become as American as apple pie. There are more black men in prisons and jails in the United States (about 1.1 million) than there are black men incarcerated in the rest of the world combined. This criminalization process now starts in elementary schools with black male children as young as six and seven years old being arrested in staggering numbers according to a 2005 report, Education on Lockdown by the Advancement Project. The rest of the world is watching and following the lead of America. Other countries including England, Canada, Jamaica, Brazil and South Africa are adopting American social policies that encourage the incarceration and destruction of young black men. This is leading to a world-wide catastrophe. But still, there is no adequate response from the American or global black community.
Worst of all is the passivity, neglect and disengagement of the black community concerning the future of our black boys. We do little while the future lives of black boys are being destroyed in record numbers. The schools that black boys attend prepare them with skills that will make them obsolete before, and if, they graduate. In a strange and perverse way, the black community, itself, has started to wage a kind of war against young black men and has become part of this destructive process.

Who are young black women going to marry? Who is going to build and maintain the economies of black communities? Who is going to anchor strong families in the black community? Who will young black boys emulate as they grow into men? Where is the outrage of the black community at the destruction of its black boys? Where are the plans and the supportive actions to change this? Is this the beginning of the end of the black people in America?

The list of those who have failed young black men includes our government, our foundations, our schools, our media, our black churches, our black leaders, and even our parents. Ironically, experts say that the solutions to the problems of young black men are simple and relatively inexpensive, but they may not be easy, practical or popular. It is not that we lack solutions as much as it is that we lack the will to implement these solutions to save black boys. It seems that government is willing to pay billions of dollars to lock up young black men, rather than the millions it would take to prepare them to become viable contributors and valued members of our society.

Please consider these simple goals that can lead to solutions for fixing the problems of young black men:

Short term:

1) Teach all black boys to read at grade level by the third grade and to embrace education.

2) Provide positive role models for black boys.

3) Create a stable home environment for black boys that includes contact with their fathers.

4) Ensure that black boys have a strong spiritual base.

5) Control the negative media influences on black boys.

6) Teach black boys to respect all girls and women.

Long term:

1) Invest as much money in educating black boys as in locking up black men.

2) Help connect black boys to a positive vision of themselves in the future.

3) Create high expectations and help black boys live into those high expectations.

4) Build a positive peer culture for black boys.

5) Teach black boys self-discipline, culture and history.

6) Teach black boys and the communities in which they live to embrace education and life-long learning.

Phillip Jackson Executive Director of the Black Star Project Chicago, Il. blackstar1000@ameritech.net

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LIFE WITHOUT BLACK PEOPLE A LESSON IN BLACK HISTORY

A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people. At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief. At last, they said, "No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All of the blacks have gone!" Then suddenly, reality set in. The "NEW AMERICA" is not America at all? only a barren land. 1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported system. 2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors. 3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black, invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a black man, invented the traffic signals. 4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its precursor was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man, Albert R. Robinson.
5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper.

6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press They were all, you guessed it, Black.

7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.

8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.

9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Latimer invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.

10. Their children met them at the door-barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer.

11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator.

12. Charles Drew, a Black Man, wrote his dissertation on "Banked Blood" in which he described a technique he developed for the long-term preservation of blood plasma. Prior to his discovery, blood could not be stored for more than two days because of the rapid breakdown of red blood cells. Drew discovered that by separating the plasma (the liquid part of blood) from the whole blood (in which the red blood cells exist) and then refrigerating them separately, they could be combined up to a week later for a blood transfusion. He also discovered that while everyone has a certain type of blood (A, B, AB, or O) and thus are prevented from receiving a full blood transfusion from someone with different blood, everyone has the same type of plasma. Thus, in certain cases where a whole blood transfusion is not necessary, it was sufficient to give a plasma transfusion which could be administered to anyone, regardless of their blood type. He convinced Columbia University to establish a blood bank and soon was asked to go to England to help set up that country’s first blood bank.

What this country would be like without the contributions of Black Americans?

Black history includes more than just Slavery, Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois.

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ON OTHER GREAT BLACK AMERICANS:

http://www.brownhorizonscircleoffriends.com/blcirile.html

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USA TODAY ARTICLE ON BLACK SPENDING 2005

Next time you see that 'player of the year 'flawsin' in that 2005 Chrysler 300 sittin' on 23's while he's pulling it into a parking stall of a rented apartment hand him this article. USA Today article on Black Spending Habits: These are tough economic times, especially for African-Americans, for whom the unemployment rate is more than 10%. Alarmingly, rather than belt-tightening, the response has been to spend more. In many poor neighborhoods, one is likely to notice satellite dishes and expensive
new cars.

According to Target Market, a company that tracks black consumer
spending, blacks spends a significant amount of their income on
depreciable products.

In 2002, the year the economy nose-dived; we spent $22.9 billion
($22,900,000,000.00) on clothes, $3.2 billion ($3,000,000,000.00) on
electronics and $11.6 billion ($11,000,000,000.00) on furniture to put
into homes that, in many cases, were rented.

Among our favorite purchases are cars and liquor.
Blacks make up only 12% of the U.S. population, yet account for 30% of
the country's Scotch consumption. Detroit, which is 80% black, is the
world's No.1 market for Cognac (Pass The Co---------).

So impressed was Lincoln with the $46.7 billion ($46,000,000,000) that
blacks spent on cars that the automaker commissioned Sean "P. Diddy"
Combs, the entertainment and fashion mogul, to design a limited-edition
Navigator replete with six plasma screens, three DVD players and a Sony
play station.

The only area where blacks seem to be cutting back on spending is
books; total purchases have gone from a high of $356 million in 2000
to $303 million in 2002. This shortsighted behavior, motivated by a
desire for instant gratification and social acceptance, comes at the
expense of our future.

The National Urban League's "State of Black America 2004" report found
that fewer than 50% of black families owned their homes compared with
more than 70% of whites.

According to published reports, the Ariel Mutual Funds/Charles Schwab
2003 Black Investor Survey found that when comparing households where
blacks and whites had roughly the same household incomes, whites saved
nearly 20% more each month for retirement, and 30% of African-Americans
earning $100,000 a year had less than $5,000 in retirement savings.

While 79% of whites invest in the stock market, only 61% of
African-Americans do.

Certainly, higher rates of unemployment, income disparity and credit
discrimination are financial impediments to the economic vitality of
blacks, but so are our consumer tastes.

By finding the courage to change our spending habits, we might be
surprised at how far the $631 billion ($631,000,000,000.00) we now
earn might take us.

We all send thousands of jokes through e-mail without a second
thought, but when it comes to sending messages regarding life affirming
choices, people think twice about sharing.

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ALL I EVER REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN By Robert Fulghum

Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learn: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balance life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup - they all die. So do we. And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned. The biggest word of all: L@@K. Everything you need to know is in there some where. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation ecology and politics and sane living.

Think of what a better world it would be if we all – the whole world – had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to
always put things back where we found them and to clean up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world. It is best to hold hands and stick together.

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THE COST AND REWARDS OF A CHILD

This is just too good to not to share. Something that is absolutely positive for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost and costs of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It's nice, beautiful, and can bring a tear to your eye. When this was written the Government calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00[b] (I am sure that it is much higher today)[/b] for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition. But the $160,140.00 isn't so bad if you
break it down. It translates into:

$8,896.66 per year; $741.28 per month; $171.00 per week;
That's a mere $24.24 a day! Just over $1.00 per hour.

Still you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if
you want to be "rich".

Actually, it is just the opposite. What do you get for your $160,140.00
investment?

Naming rights ~ first, middle, and last! Glimpses of God every day!

Giggles under the covers every night! More love than your heart can hold.

Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and
warm cookies.

A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate. A partner for blowing
bubbles, flying kites.

Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said
or how your stocks performed that day.

For $160,140.00 you never have to grow up. You get to:

Finger paint, Carve pumpkins, Play hide and seek, Catch lightning bugs, and
Never stop believing in Santa Claus.

You have an excuse to:

Keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh, Watch Saturday morning
cartoons, Going to Disney movies, and Wishing on stars.

You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator
magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas.

You get hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day.

You get cards with backwards letters for Father's Day.

For $160,140.00, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a
hero just for:

Retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof, Taking the training wheels off a bike,

Removing a splinter, Filling a wading pool, Coaxing a wad of gum out of the
bangs, and Coach a baseball team that never wins, but always gets treated to
ice-cream regardless.

You get a front row seat to history to witness the:

First step, First word, First bra, First date, and First time behind the wheel.

You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree,
and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called
grandchildren and great grandchildren.

You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice,
communications, and human sexuality that no college/university can match.

In the eyes of a child, you rank up there under God. You have the power
to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken
heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without
limits, So ..... one day they will, like you, love without counting the
cost.

Now, that is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!

Love & enjoy you children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

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Health Matters

Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:08 AM This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dioxin Carcinogens causes cancer. Especially breast cancer. Don’t freeze your plastic water bottles with water as this also releases dioxin in the plastic. Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle hospital was on a TV program explaining this health hazard. (He is the manager of the Wellness Program at the hospital.) He was talking about dioxin and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Dioxin are carcinogens and highly toxic to the cells of our bodies.
Instead, he recommends using glass, Corning Ware, or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results...without the dioxin.

So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else.

Paper isn’t bad but you don’t know what is in the paper. Just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.

He said we might remember when some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

To add to this: Saran wrap placed over foods as they are nuked, with the high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the food, use paper towels.

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UPDATE 1/22/09

Stroke Journal Report 02/18/2003

Blood Clots/Stroke -- They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue!

Just a minute: Bystanders may identify stroke symptoms in 60 seconds PHOENIX, Feb. 13 – A bystander may be able to spot someone having a stroke by giving the person a simple, quick test to see: 1) If they can smile 2) If they can raise both arm and keep them up 3) If they can speak a simple sentence coherently
New Sign of a Stroke -- Stick out Your Tongue –
NOTE: Another “sign” of a stroke is this: Ask the person to “stick” out his tongue. If the tongue is “crooked”, if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.


According to a report presented today at the American Stroke Association’s 28th International Stroke Conference. The American Stroke Association is a division of the American Heart Association.

The test, which takes less than one minute, has helped healthcare professionals accurately identify stroke patients. If bystanders can relay results of this test to an emergency dispatcher, it could speed treatment to stroke patients. Time is crucial in treating stroke.

A clot-busting drug has been shown to limit disability from strokes cause by clots (is chemic strokes), but the drug must be given within three hours of the onset of stroke symptoms. Because of this short time window, only a small percentage of patients are eligible to receive the drug.

As the brain is deprived of oxygen during a stroke, it’s literally starving minute-by-minute. The sooner the patient receives proper treatment in the appropriate medical setting, the better the chances for a full recovery,” says Amy S. Hurwitz, a second-year medical student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE :

Emergency self treatment for Heart Attack Not a medical condition you dream of getting on holiday but if you are left conscious and know this, it could save your life. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed in order. Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is to begin beating, normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze, the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

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Old age is like a bank account ...

You withdraw from what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my MEMORY BANK. I am still depositing.

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Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less.

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DO YOU KNOW THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD (are you sure?)

A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes: 1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2. The Taj Mahal 3. The Grand Canyon 4. The Panama Canal 5. The Empire State Building 6. St. Peter’s Basilica 7. China’s Great Wall While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one quiet student hadn’t turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there were so many." The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help. "The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the Seven Wonders of the world are:

1. To See
2. To Hear
3. To Touch
4. To Taste
5. To Feel
6. To Laugh
7. and, To Love."
The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. The things that we overlook as simple, ordinary and take for granted are truly wondrous! This is a gentle reminder that the most precious things in life cannot be bought.

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PLACES TO WORK, LIVE, AND RETIRE

Did you know that there are seven (7) States in the United States that do not have a PERSONAL INCOME TAX? Yes! They are: ALASKA (BEAUTIFUL, but COLD) NEW HAMPSHIRE (Close to BOSTON, but COLD) WASHINGTON STATE (BEAUTIFUL and REAL NICE, but VERY VERY WET) NEVADA (DON`T GAMBLE, CHEEP FOOD, but DUST, WIND and HEAT in the South, and SNOW and COLD in the North) TEXAS (BIG and IT DEPENDS?)
TENNESSE (GOOD MUSIC, Close to THE KENTUCKY DERBY)
FLORIDA (PARADISE, HOT, RAINY, and HURRICANES).

All have other Taxes and Revenue producing venues to support Local and State Government. So, NO FREE rides.

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BELOW IS A HELPFUL WEBSITE TO DETERMINE WHERE TO LIVE PRIOR TO AND AFTER RETIREMENT IF TAXES ARE A FACTOR:

http://www.retirementliving.com YOU WILL FIND TOPICS ON THE FOLLOWING: RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND SERIOR HOUSING GREAT PLACE TO RETIRE TAXES BY STATE A NEWSLETTER USEFUL RESOURCES RETIREMENT NEWS
NEW RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
SENIOR BOOKSTORE
SENIOR PUBLICATIONS ONLINE
STATE AGING AGENCIES
SPECIAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

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SOCIAL SECURITY:

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW AND CARE ABOUT THIS COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. Did you know, that if you wait until your retirement age for Social Security, instead of take it at age 62 (It has change for most of you), that it may take you as many as 10 or more years to make up the difference. True enough, if you wait, your monthly check will be larger, but you may not have ten or more years, and if you do, it maybe going to a nursing home (SORRY). TAKE IT AT 62, AND ENJOY YOURSELF. NOW HERE`S THE DRILL: On Social Security… You go in 3 Months early

Take Driver License
Your Social Security Statement
Any Military Discharge Papers.
Blank Check so they Direct Deposit

If your Birthday is July 15th
It starts collecting on Aug 1 &
your 1st Check is Sept 15th...

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THE CENTER OF THE BIBLE

This is pretty strange how this worked out this way. Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible? A: Psalm 117 Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible? A: Psalm 119 Q: Which chapter is in the center of the Bible? A: Psalm 118

FACTS: There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118
There are 594 chapters after Psalm 118

Add these up and you get 1188

Q: What is the center verse in the Bible?
A: Psalm 118:8

Does this verse say something significant about God’s perfect will for our lives?

The next time someone says they would like to find God’s perfect will for their lives and they want to be in the center of His will, just send them to the center of His Word.

Psalms 118:8(NKJV) “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” Now isn’t this odd how this worked out…, or was God in the center of it?

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PSALMS 23

The Lord is my Shepherd That's Relationship! I shall not want That's Supply! He maketh me to lie down in green pastures That's Rest! He leadeth me beside the still waters
That's Refreshment!

He restoreth my soul
That's Healing!

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
That's Guidance!

For His name sake
That's Purpose!

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
That's Testing!

I will fear no evil
That's Protection!

For Thou art with me
That's Faithfulness!

Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me
That's Discipline!

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies
That's Hope!

Thou annointest my head with oil
That's Consecration!

My cup runneth over
That's Abundance!

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
That's Blessing!

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
That's Security!

Forever
That's Eternity!

Face it; the Lord is crazy about his children.

I thought this was pretty special, just like YOU!!!

What is most valuable is not

what we have in our lives, but

WHO we have in our lives!

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Philippians 4:13

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success.

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You say…. GOD SAYS….

You say: "It's impossible" GOD SAYS: All things are possible
BIBLE VERSE(S): (Luke 18:27)

You say: "I'm too tired"
GOD SAYS: I will give you rest
BIBLE VERSE(S): (Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: "Nobody really loves me"
GOD SAYS: I love you
BIBLE VERSE(S): (John 3:16 & John 3:34 )

You say: "I can't go on"
GOD SAYS: My grace is sufficient
BIBLE VERSE(S): (II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: "I can't figure things out"
GOD SAYS: I will direct your steps
BIBLE VERSE(S): (Proverbs 3:5-6)

You say: "I can't do it"
GOD SAYS: You can do all things
(BIBLE VERSE(S): Philippians 4:13)

You say: "I'm not able"
GOD SAYS: I am able
BIBLE VERSE(S): (II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: "It's not worth it"
GOD SAYS: It will be worth it
BIBLE VERSE(S): (Roman 8:28 )

You say: "I can't forgive myself"
GOD SAYS: I Forgive you
BIBLE VERSE(S): (I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

You say: "I can't manage"
GOD SAYS: I will supply all your needs
BIBLE VERSE(S): (Philippians 4:19)

You say: "I'm afraid"
GOD SAYS: I have not given you a spirit of fear
BIBLE VERSE(S): (II Timothy 1:7)

You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
GOD SAYS: Cast all your cares on ME
BIBLE VERSE(S): (I Peter 5:7)

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HOLES IN THE FENCES

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had
driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next

few weeks, as he learned to control his

anger, the number of nails hammered daily

gradually dwindled down. He discovered

it was easier to hold his temper than to

drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't

lose his temper at all. He told his father

about it and the father suggested that the

boy now pull out one nail for each day that

he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally

able to tell his father that all the nails

were gone. The father took his son by the

hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You

have done well, my son, but look at the

holes in the fence. The fence will never be

the same. When you say things in anger,

they leave a scar just like this one. You

can put a knife in a man and draw it out.

It won't matter how many times you say I'm

sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal

wound is as bad as a physical one.

Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They

make you smile and encourage you to succeed.

They lend an ear, they share words of praise

and they always want to open their hearts to us."

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THE EVERYDAY SURVIVAL KIT JUST FOR YOU

TOOTHPICK RUBBER BAND BAND AID PENCIL ERASER CHEWING GUM MINT CANDY KISS TEA BAG
HERE’S WHY:

Toothpick- to remind you to pick out the good qualities in others.
Rubber band – to remind you to be flexible, things might not always go the way you want, but it will work out.
Band aid – to remind you to heal hurt feelings, yours or someone else’s.
Pencil – to remind you to list your blessings everyday.
Eraser – to remind you that everyone makes mistakes, and it is okay.
Chewing Gum – to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish anything.
Mint - to remind you that you are worth a mint to your family and friends.
Candy kiss – to remind you that everyone needs a kiss or hug everyday.
Teabag – to remind you to relax daily and go over that list of blessings.
This is my gift to you. May you be richly blessed. To the world, you may just be somebody…but to me, you are the world.

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KEEP YOU

Happiness keeps You Sweet, Trials keep You Strong, Sorrows keep You Human, Failures keeps You Humble, Success keeps You Glowing, But Only God keeps You Going

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THERE MAY BE HELL IN THE HALLWAY

"Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway"

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TEQUILA AND SALT

Always remember.... when life hands you Lemons, ask for Tequila and Salt and call me over!

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WD-40

THINGS YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOW ABOUT WD-40: I thought that you might like to know more about this well-known WD-40 product. When you read the "shower door" part, try it. It's the first thing that has cleaned that spotty shower door. If yours is plastic, it works just as well as glass. It's a miracle! Then try it on your stovetop... Viola! It's now shinier than it's ever been. You'll be amazed.

The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and
degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953 by three
technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from
the project that was to find a "Water Displacement" compound.
They were successful with the Fortieth formulation, thus WD-40.

The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to protect their Atlas missile parts.

The workers were so pleased with the product they began smuggling (also
known as "shrinkage" or "stealing") it out to use at home.

The executives decided there might be a consumer market for it and put it in
aerosol cans. The rest is history. It is a carefully guarded recipe known
only to four people. One of them is the "brew master." There are about 2.5
million gallons of the stuff manufactured each year. It gets its distinctive
smell from a fragrance that is added to the brew. Ken East (one of the
original founders) says there is nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you.

Here are a few of the 1000s of uses:

Protects silver from tarnishing

Cleans and lubricates guitar strings

Gets oil spots off concrete driveways

Gives floors that 'just-waxed' sheen without making it slippery

Keeps flies off cows

Restores and cleans chalkboards

Removes lipstick stains

Loosens stubborn zippers

Untangles jewelry chains

Removes stains from stainless steel sinks

Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill

Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing

Removes tomato stains from clothing

Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots

Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors

Keeps scissors working smoothly

Lubricates noisy door hinges on vehicles and doors in homes

Gives a children's play gym slide a shine for a super fast slide

Lubricates gear shift and mower - deck lever for ease of handling on riding
mowers

Rids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises

Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to open

Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close

Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards and vinyl bumpers

Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles

Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans

Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons and bicycles for easy
handling

Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running smoothly
( This is questionable if belts are RUBBER )


Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools

Removes splattered grease on stove

Keeps bathroom mirror from fogging

Lubricates prosthetic limbs

Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell)

Removes all traces of duct tape

I have even heard of folks spraying it on their arms, hands, and knees to
relieve arthritis pain.

Florida's favorite use was "cleans and removes love bugs from grills and bumpers

The favorite use in the state of New York

WD-40 protects the Statue of Liberty from the elements.

WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a LITTLE on live bait or lures and you will be
catching the big one in no time. It's a lot cheaper than the chemical
attractants that are made for just that purpose. Keep in mind though, using
some chemical laced baits or lures for fishing are not allowed in some
states.

Keeps away chiggers on the kids

Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately, and stops
the itch.

WD-40 is great for removing crayon from walls. Spray on the mark and wipe
with a clean rag.

Also, if you've discovered that your teenage daughter has washed and dried
a tube of lipstick with a load of laundry, saturate the lipstick spots with
WD-40 and re-wash. Presto! Lipstick is gone!

If you sprayed WD-40 on the distributor cap, it would displace the moisture
and allow the car to start. (If I knew what a distributor cap was, it might
help) ( After all, WATER DISPLACEMENT was the original intent)

WD-40, long known for its ability to remove leftover tape smunges (sticky
label tape), is also a lovely perfume and air freshener! Sprayed liberally
on every hinge in the house, it leaves that distinctive clean fresh scent
for up to two days!

Seriously though, it removes black scuff marks from the kitchen floor! Use
WD-40 for those nasty tar and scuff marks on flooring. It doesn't seem to
harm the finish and you won't have to scrub nearly as hard to get them off.
Just remember to open some windows if you have a lot of marks.

Bug guts will eat away the finish on your car if not removed quickly! Use
WD-40!

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FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT THINK YOU KNOW IT ALL. BELOW ARE SOMETHINGS YOU PROBABLY DID NOT KNOW:

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

Many, but not all 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln

Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.

The average person left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

The words `racecar,` `kayak` and `level` are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left(palindromes).

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

There are no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewable Vitamins.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies` room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

.............Now you know everything(NOT QUITE YET!!!)


THE FOLLOWING IS THE WEBSITE OF GEORGE HAGERHJELM, A CLOSE AND PERSONAL FRIEND AND FORMAL CO-WORKER AT THE GILLETTE COMPANY IN THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW! THIS WILL BE GREAT PLACE TO START.
JUST COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR URL


http://gonowtogeorge.tripod.com/

I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SAY A SPECIAL PRAY FOR GEORGE, BECAUSE HE HAS PARKINSON DISEASE, BUT HE CONTINUE TO TEACH CLASSES TO SENIORS ABOUT THE INTERNET AND E-MAIL AT LOCAL LIBRARIES WHERE HE LIVES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

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A LITTLE HUMOR

IT'S REALLY NOT DIFFICULT... TO MAKE A WOMAN HAPPY; A MAN ONLY NEEDS TO BE : 1. A friend 2. A companion 3. A lover 4. A brother

5. A father

6. A master

7. A chef

8. An electrician

9. A carpenter

10. A plumber

11. A mechanic

12. A decorator

13. A stylist

14 . A gynecologist

16. A psychologist

17. A pest exterminator

18. A psychiatrist

19. A healer

20. A good listener

21. An organizer

22. A good father

23. Very clean

24. Sympathetic

25. Athletic &. warm

26. Attentive

27. Gallant

28. Intelligent

29. Funny

30. Creative

31. Tender

32. Strong

33. Understanding

34. Tolerant

35. Prudent

36. Ambitious

37. Capable

38. Courageous

39. Determined

40. True

41. Dependable

42. Passionate

WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:

43. Give her compliments regularly

44. Love shopping

45. Be honest

46. Be very rich

47. Not stress her out

48. Not look at other girls

AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:

49. Give her lots of attention, but expect little
yourself

50. Give her lots of time, especially time for
herself

51. Give her lots of space, never worrying about
where she goes

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:

52. Never to forget:

* Birthdays

* Anniversaries

* Arrangements she makes

HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY :

1 . Leave him in peace!

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WORDS WOMEN USE

FINE This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. FIVE MINUTES If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

NOTHING

This is the calm before the storm. This means "something," and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with 'Nothing'
usually end in "Fine"


GO AHEAD

This is a dare, not permission.

Don't do it.

LOUD SIGH This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time with you.

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Tips for Handling Telemarketers

Three Little Words That Work !! (1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..." Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task. These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting.

(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?

This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.


This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home.

What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!!

(3) Junk Mail Help:

When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.

When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.

Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 37 cents postage "IF" and when they receive them back.

It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes.

One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas.
Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back!

If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.

You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 37 cents.

The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice!

Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again You get the idea !

If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore.

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Water or Coke

This is..... Very interesting

WATER

1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population.) 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger. 3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%. 4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study. 5 Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of
colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast
cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to develop
bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water
you should drink every day?

COKE

1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident. 2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days. 3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous
china.

4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds
Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour
a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble
away the corrosion.

6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into
the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake.
Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for sumptuous brown gravy

8... To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke
into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run
through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen
grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.
It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric
acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major
contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.

2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the
commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place
cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.

3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean
engines of the trucks for about 20 years!

Now the question is, would you like a glass of water? or Coke?

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Researchers Point Finger at Diet, Regular Sodas; Industry Officials Disagree By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Medical News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD July 23, 2007 -- Drinking just one soft Explaining the Soda-Heart Disease Link The link between soda consumption and heart disease risk factors "might be reflecting dietary behavior," Vasan says. "We know people who drink sodas have a greater intake of calories." Soda drinkers, he says, are more likely to have a less healthy lifestyle pattern, such as eating fries, chips, and other high-fat foods. "They tend to smoke more and exercise less," he says. Even after adjusting for intake of fat, fiber consumption, total calories, smoking, and physical activity, he says, there was still a link between soft drink intake and metabolic risk factors.

"We cannot rule out the possibility that consumption of soda is a marker of risk -- meaning it tracks with behavior that promotes the risk of metabolic syndrome -- rather than a true risk factor," Vasan says.

Other possible explanations: Drinking more sweet beverages could condition you to have a greater preference for eating more sweets, Vasan says, which could increase your weight and your waist size. Or if you drink a large soft drink with a meal, you may be hungrier and eat more at the next meal.

The findings don’t surprise Paul Lachance, PhD, acting director of The Nutraceuticals Institute at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a diet and health expert for the Institute of Food Technologists. “It’s plausible,” he says of the link between soda intake and increased risk of metabolic syndrome.

But he wonders about the true root of the association. It may not be the soda intake itself leading to the increased risk, he says. “People who drink sodas may be giving up drinking healthier beverages,” he says, such as juices, milk, wine, and other beverages.

Soda Industry Strikes Back

In a prepared statement, the soft drink industry took issue with the findings. "Blaming one food, beverage, or ingredient as the cause for myriad health problems defies common sense and doesn't agree with the current body of nutritional science," says Susan K. Neely, president and chief executive officer of the American Beverage Association.

The Washington, D.C.-based industry group represents many companies that make and distribute nonalcoholic beverages in the U.S.

"Metabolic syndrome and heart disease are complex problems that have no single cause and no single solution," the statement continues. Soft drinks can be part of a healthy way of life "when consumed in moderation and as part of a balanced lifestyle," it states.

“We’re underscoring the point the researchers make that it’s an association, not causal,” Neely tells WebMD. “The association found between diet soda and metabolic syndrome is particularly implausible. Diet soda is a beverage with zero calories, and it is 99% water.”

Diet Soda "a Good Option"

In a prepared statement issued Monday, the American Heart Association (AHA) also notes that the study does not prove cause and effect.

More study is needed on sodas before formal recommendations can be made, according to the AHA. Until then, the association views diet soda as “a good option to replace caloric beverages that do not contain important vitamins and minerals.” Diet soda, along with water and fat-free or low-fat milk, are better choices than full calorie soft drinks, according to the AHA.

What’s Next?

Is there a "safe" amount of soda? "We cannot really answer that question," Vasan says. The research shows an association between soda consumption and metabolic syndrome risk, Vasan says, but not cause-effect. More study is needed.

Still, he adds, "the group without risk drank less than one soda a day."

His co-author, Ravi Dhingra, MD, a physician at the Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, in Lebanon, N.H., and instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, says: "If you are drinking more than one soft drink per day, you may be increasing the metabolic risk factors for heart disease."

Do you drink more than one soda a day? And if you do, could you stop at one soda a day if it meant you could decrease your risk for heart disease? Tell us on the WebMD Heath Cafe message board.

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101 New Uses for Everyday Things

The multitasking hall of fame

10 New Uses for Olive Oil

“Olive oil is a good lubricant because its molecules easily slide past one another, thereby helping solid objects to overcome friction,” says Wolke. “Its film also fills up microscopic rough spots in surfaces, making them look polished and shiny.”

Use Olive Oil to:

1.Shave. Olive oil can provide a closer shave when used in place of shaving cream. 2. Shine stainless steel. Many cleaning standbys, such as ammonia, can dull and even corrode chrome and stainless steel. Olive oil, however, is a safe and effective shining agent. 3. Remove eye makeup. Dab a little under the eyes and rinse off with a washcloth. 4. Prevent wax from sticking to a candle holder. Rub a thin coat on the base of the holder before inserting a candle. Dripped wax should peel away easily. 5. Care for your pet. Add 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon to your cat’s food to help prevent hair balls.
6. Moisturize cuticles. Apply a small amount of olive oil to the nail beds.

7. Treat dry skin. Rub a thin layer over the skin after a shower or a waxing.

8. Unstick a zipper. Using a Q-tip, apply a drop to lubricate the teeth. (Avoid touching the fabric.) The zipper should move up and down freely. Bar soap is good for this also, if you dont want to use OIL.

9. Dust wooden furniture. Apply a bit of oil to a cloth and wipe.

10. Silence squeaky doors. Lubricate hinges by applying a small dab to a cloth, then wiping the top of the hinges so that the oil runs down the sides.

10 New Uses for Lemon

“Lemon juice is the strongest food acid in our kitchens, strong enough to make life unbearable for most bacteria,” says Robert Wolke, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of What Einstein Told His Cook 2: The Sequel, Further Adventures in Kitchen Science (W. W. Norton, $26).

Use Lemon to:

1. Sanitize a chopping block. Run a slice of lemon over the surface to disinfect. 2. Eliminate the browning that occurs when food sits out too long. Sprinkle apple or pear slices with lemon juice before serving, or squeeze a bit into guacamole and give it a stir. 3. Remove tough food stains from plastic and light-colored wooden cutting boards. Slice a lemon in half, squeeze the juice onto the soiled surface, rub, and let sit for 20 minutes. Rinse with water. 4. Fade tea stains on cloth. Dilute lemon juice with an equal amount of water. Use an eyedropper or a Q-tip to make sure the juice targets the stain. Thoroughly flush with cool water. 5. Decorate on the cheap. Fill a glass bowl with lemons for a sunny centerpiece. Or display a row of them along a windowsill. 6. Relieve a sore throat. Cut a lemon in half. Skewer one half over a medium flame on a gas stove or an electric burner set on high and roast until the peel turns golden brown. Let cool slightly, then mix the juice with 1 teaspoon of honey. Swallow the mixture.

7. Whiten fingernails. Rub a wedge on the surface of your nails.

8. Shine the interior of copper cookware. Sprinkle a lemon wedge with salt, then scrub.

9. Brighten laundry whites. Add 1/2 cup lemon juice to the wash cycle of a normal-size load.

10. Remove soft cheese or other sticky foods from a grater. Rub both sides of the grater with the pulp side of a cut lemon.

10 New Uses for Dryer Sheets

Static builds up when fabrics rub together and exchange electrons,” says Behnam Pourdeyhimi, director of the Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh. “Dryer sheets contain positively charged ingredients that are released by heat and movement, such as the tumbling motion of the dryer. These ingredients bond loosely to any negatively charged fabric surface, such as a piece of clothing with static cling, neutralizing the charge and acting as a lubricant.”

Use Dryer Sheets to:

1. Freshen smelly shoes. Insert a dryer sheet into the offending pair and let sit overnight. 2. Remove static from clothing, hair, TV screens, and computer monitors. Wipe the surface with a sheet. 3. Clean pet hair from the floor or furniture. Rub a dryer sheet over the spot where Fluffy left her fur. 4. Replace a sachet. Keep a dresser drawer smelling fresh and clean by placing a dryer sheet on the bottom of it. 5. Loosen caked-on food from a pan. Place a fresh sheet in the bottom of a dirty pan, fill with lukewarm tap water, and let sit in the sink overnight. The pan will be easier to clean in the morning. 6. Tackle suitcase and gym-bag odors. Place a dryer sheet in your suitcase or gym bag so your clean clothes won’t take on the odors of the dirty ones.

7. Prevent old books from smelling musty when in storage. Stick a dryer sheet between the pages of your beloved copy of Pride and Prejudice.

8. Wipe up sawdust after working in the garage. Rub a dryer sheet over the fine wood particles.

9. Prevent thread from tangling when sewing. Run a threaded needle through a dryer sheet right before you begin your handiwork.

10. Dust venetian blinds. Close the blinds, then wipe up and down with a dryer sheet.

10 New Uses for Newspaper

“Newspaper, by design, is a very absorbent product, because it has to absorb ink. But that also means it is equipped to absorb all sorts of moisture, including moisture and the resulting odors found in shoes, in vegetable drawers, and elsewhere,” says Chris Morrissey, vice president of marketing for Sun Chemical, in Northlake, Illinois, the world’s largest printing-ink manufacturer.

Use Newspaper to:

1. Deodorize food containers. Stuff a balled-up piece of newspaper into a lunch box or thermos, seal it, and let sit overnight. 2. Ripen tomatoes. Wrap them individually and leave them out at room temperature. 3. Pack delicate items. Wrap frames and figurines with several pieces of newspaper, then crumple the remaining sections to fill extra space in the box. 4. Wipe away tough streaks on glass. Use newspaper with cleaning fluid to clean mirrors and windows. 5. Preserve antique glass. Some older frames have finishes on the glass that can be damaged by cleaning solutions. Remove smudges by rubbing with newspaper dipped in a solution of one part white vinegar and one part warm water. Let air-dry.
6. Dry shoes. Place crumpled paper in them overnight.

7. Wrap gifts. Use the comics to wrap a child’s birthday gift, or try the wedding announcements for an engagement gift.

8. Create a home for slushy snow boots. During the winter, keep a pile of newspaper near the entryway. When your little snowmen and -women come home, they can toss their winter wear onto the newspaper instead of creating puddles on the floor.

9. Prepare a garden. In the fall, mow a patch of lawn to make room for a dedicated bed. Cover it with four layers of newspaper, then a four-inch layer of shredded leaves or bark mulch. Hose it down. Come spring, the compost blanket will have smothered the grass roots, and the bed will be primed for planting.

10. Keep the refrigerator vegetable drawer dry and free of smells. Line the bottom with newspaper.

10 New Uses for Baking Soda

Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, first hit the mass market in 1846, when Dr. Austin Church and John Dwight began selling their red-labeled soda packages. “Not only does baking soda neutralize odiferous fatty acids but it also attacks grease by turning it into — believe it or not — soap,” says the University of Pittsburgh’s Wolke. Fact: More than 100 tons of the refrigerator staple were used to clean the Statue of Liberty’s inner copper walls during its 1986 restoration.

Use Baking Soda to:

1. Exfoliate skin. Wash your face, then apply a soft paste made of three parts baking soda and one part water. Massage gently with a circular motion, avoiding the eye area; rinse clean. 2. Erase crayon, pencil, ink, and furniture scuffs from painted surfaces. Sprinkle soda on a damp sponge, rub clean, and rinse. 3. Unclog a drain. Pour 1/2 to 1 cup of baking soda down the drain, then slowly pour 1/2 to 1 cup of white vinegar after it. Let sit for five minutes (covered, if possible). Follow with a gallon of boiling water. 4. Remove tough stains from enameled cast iron and stainless steel. Scrub enameled cast iron with a soft nylon brush and a thick paste of baking soda and water. Clean stainless steel with a soft cloth and 4 tablespoons of baking soda dissolved in 1 quart of water. Wipe dry with a clean cloth. 5. Scrub pans. Sprinkle soda on crusted casseroles and roasting pans and let sit for five minutes. Lightly scrub and rinse. 6. Brush teeth. Use a paste of baking soda and water.

7. Fight class-B fires (flammable liquids, such as gasoline, oil, and grease). Baking soda can be used to smother only a small flame.

8. Deodorize. Dust baking soda under your arms to absorb body odor.

9. Clean up minor oil and grease spills on a garage floor or driveway. Sprinkle baking soda on the spot and scrub with a wet brush.

10. Settle a stomach during occasional indigestion. Stir 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda into 1/2 cup of water and drink for a safe and effective antacid.

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10 New Uses for Vinegar

“Vinegar is a strong preservative because its acetic acid kills the microbes and bacteria that could cause food to spoil,” says Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, in Griffin. “It’s also a good deodorizer — the acid neutralizes basic compounds, such as those found in degrading meat, that can be volatile and unpleasant.”

Use White Vinegar to:

1. Pinch-hit for lemon in a savory recipe. Use 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar in place of 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. 2. Remove coffee or tea stains from the bottom of a cup. Swish 2 tablespoons of vinegar around in the cup, then wash as usual. 3. Treat oily hair. Vinegar is a good degreaser for oily hair because it helps adjust pH levels. Shampoo your hair as usual, rinse, then pour 1/4 cup over it and rinse again. 4. Wipe salt stains off boots. Dip a cloth or an old T-shirt into vinegar, then wipe away the white residue. 5. Make wool sweaters fluffier. Drop in a couple of capfuls of vinegar during the rinse cycle for an extra-soft feel. 6. Deodorize a garbage disposal. Make vinegar ice cubes and feed them down the disposal. After grinding, run cold water through the drain.

7. Clean a teakettle or a coffeemaker. Boil a mixture of water and vinegar in a teakettle, then wipe away the grime. Fill the reservoir of a coffeemaker with a mixture of vinegar and water and run it through a brewing cycle. Follow this with several cycles of water to rinse thoroughly.

8. Clean a dishwasher. Once a month, with the machine empty, run a cup of vinegar through an entire cycle to reduce soap buildup on the inner mechanisms and glassware.

9. Remove stubborn price tags or stickers. Paint them with several coats of vinegar, let the liquid soak in for five minutes, then wipe away the residue.

10. Kill weeds between cracks in paving stones and sidewalks. Fill a spray bottle with straight vinegar and spray multiple times. (Be careful not to get any on the surrounding grass, as it will kill that too.)

10 New Uses for Coffee Filters

About 100 years ago, a German housewife named Melitta Bentz punctured the bottom of a brass pot, lined it with blotting paper, and — voilà! — made the first coffee filter. Almost a century later, a perfected version of Bentz’s design is still used. “Coffee filters aren’t as likely to crumple or dissolve in water as typical paper because they have better ‘wet strength,’ thanks to longer fibers,” says Melinda McDonald, communications manager for Bunn, a beverage-equipment manufacturer. “Additionally, the fluted sides and cupcake shape allow substances to flow through the filter freely and prevent grains from flowing over the sides.”

Use Coffee Filters to:

1. Diffuse the flash on a camera. When you’re taking a close-up, soften the brightness by placing a coffee filter over the flash. 2. Strain wine from a bottle with a broken cork. Place the filter over a pitcher or a carafe and slowly pour the wine into it. 3. Serve popcorn or other snacks. The filters act as disposable bowls, so there’s no dishwashing. 4. Make yogurt dip. Use a rubber band to secure a paper coffee filter over the mouth of a deep cup or jar. Slowly pour 8 ounces of plain yogurt onto the filter. Let drain for one hour. In a bowl, mix the thickened yogurt with 1 small minced garlic clove, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve with crackers. 5. Heat up leftovers in the microwave. Use a filter as the protective covering over a bowl or a plate.

6. Prevent soil from draining out of flowerpots. When repotting, place a filter at the bottom, over the drainage hole, then add the soil.

7. Prevent scuffs and scratches on fine china. Use flattened coffee filters as spacers when you stack your dishes.

8. Protect hands from Popsicle drippage. Slide the wooden stick of an ice pop through a coffee filter so your hands stay mess-free.

9. Serve pita sandwiches. A circular filter is the perfect size for carrying a sandwich on the go.

10. Clean windows and glass when you’re out of paper towels. Coffee filters leave no lint or other residue.

10 New Uses for Ziploc Bags

In 1963 a unique bag with a plastic zipper seal was introduced at a packaging trade show. Most recently, the seal’s strength was demonstrated at a Riverton, Wyoming, school, where eighth-grade students discovered an uneaten sandwich in a Ziploc bag at the bottom of a locker. It had been there for months. Students were so impressed with the bag’s ability to seal in the odor (and mold growth) that they actually sent a thank-you letter (along with the sandwich) to the manufacturer, SC Johnson. In a letter back to the students, H. Fisk Johnson, the company chairman, called the locker “one of the toughest product test sites we’ve ever discovered.” Good thing Mom didn’t use wax paper.

Use Ziploc Bags to:

1. Knead dough. Place dough in a Ziploc bag so your fingers don’t get sticky. Or slip your hand into the bag and wear it like a glove. 2. Store panty hose. Nude, Tan, Nearly Naked — they look the same out of the package. Tear off the corner of the package listing the brand, size, and color, then slip it into a bag. Store each pair in its own bag to keep hose organized and prevent snags. 3. Remove chewing gum or candle wax from a tablecloth, a couch, or carpeting. Gently rub gum or wax with a Ziploc bag filled with ice cubes until the substance hardens. Shatter gum with a blunt object, then vacuum up the chips. Carefully peel off frozen wax with a plastic spatula. 4. Pipe frosting. Snip off a tiny corner to use a Ziploc as a pastry bag. 5. Store homemade soup. Fill up bags, then lay them flat in the freezer. When the bags of soup freeze flat, you’ll be able to pile them up like stacked books for easy, space-saving storage.
6. Protect precious cargo. No bubble wrap? Slip a straw into the top of a nearly closed Ziploc bag and inflate. Remove the straw and seal to make a cushion. (Heirlooms, however, should wait for that bubble wrap.)

7. Break up graham crackers or vanilla wafers to make a piecrust. Fill a bag with the cookies, then roll a rolling pin over it.

8. Prevent a handbag from turning into a snow globe. Store pressed powder and other compacts in Ziploc bags.

9. Gather herbs from the garden. Before winter frost sets in, wash, pat dry, and freeze the herbs in Ziploc bags.

10. Ice an injury. Fill a bag with ice cubes to create a cold compress.

Use Velcro to:

1. Hang pieces of art or photos on a wall. Stick several strips of Velcro to the wall and to the back of a lightweight frame. 2. Prevent a jacket or a blouse from gaping open. Sew small pieces of Velcro between the buttons to create a smooth surface. 3. Keep a rug in place. Stick pieces of Velcro to the floor and to the bottom of the rug. 4. Stop seat cushions from sliding off kitchen chairs. Place strips of Velcro on the chair and on the cushion. 5. Organize toys. Affix a Velcro strip to the wall and Velcro pieces to stuffed animals to make cleanup fun for toddlers. 6. Keep track of the remote. Use Velcro to attach the remote to the side of the TV when it’s not in use.

7. Remove pills from sweaters. Use the hook side of Velcro to pull off pesky balls.

8. Restrain wayward cords. Keep them in one place with a strip of Velcro.

9. Keep a pen or paper handy. Place a small piece of Velcro next to a desk calendar and on a pen so you can jot down to-dos ASAP. In the car, stick a notepad to the dashboard or the door of the glove compartment and you’ll always have paper for a brilliant thought or a last-minute errand.

10. Picnic in peace. Keep a tablecloth from flying away by applying Velcro to the underside of the cloth and to the picnic table.

New Uses for Salt

Think twice before you toss that spilled salt over your shoulder — the flavor enhancer is incredibly useful. “Salt has an affinity to water and can draw moisture out of many foods,” says Wolke. “Grains of table salt are also very hard, which is why they act as a handy abrasive.”

Use Salt to:

1. Make eggs or cream whip up faster and higher. Add a pinch of salt before beating. 2. De-ice sidewalks. In a pinch, it can be used as a substitute for rock salt. 3. Keep chicken or turkey moist. Rub salt in the cavity of the bird before cooking. 4. Prevent sautés made with eggplant or zucchini from getting watery. Sprinkle salt on these vegetables before cooking. 5. Eliminate sticky residue from an iron. Run the hot iron (no steam) over plain paper sprinkled with salt.
6. Clean drains. Pour a hot, strong solution (1/2 cup salt for every quart of water) down the drain.

7. Remove dirt from leafy vegetables, such as spinach. Wash the vegetables in a bath of salt water.

8. Prevent frost from accumulating inside car windows. Rub the glass with a solution of 2 teaspoons of salt in 1 gallon of hot water. Wipe dry.

9. Remove sangria and red-wine stains from your washables. Stretch the fabric over a bowl, cover the stain with salt, and carefully pour boiling water over it.

10. Keep shells from cracking when boiling eggs. Add a few pinches of salt to the water.

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11. Chill a bottle of bubbly — fast. Place ice around its base in an ice bucket; sprinkle with a few tablespoons of salt. Layer salt and ice until they reach the neck. Fill with water. Wait 10 minutes; serve.

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CELL PHONE USES

5 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: ONE Emergency The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. TWO
Have you locked your keys in the car?

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"

THREE
Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activ ate, press the keys *3370# your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.

FOUR
How to disa ble a STOLEN mobile phone?

To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either . And Finally..

FIVE
Free Directory Service for Cells

Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800) FREE 411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.
This is the kind of information people don't mind recei ving, so pass it on to your family and friends.

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THE UNIVERSE

THE FOLLOWING IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE UNIVERSE:

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov StarChild - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers

This is science at its best. These are the top rated photos taken by the space telescope, Hubble. While the distances and sizes are incomprehensible to me, maybe you can come to grips with them---and how vast the Universe must be! Can our minds expand enough to comprehend it? Geez!

A POINT OF REFERENCE!

A light-year is a unit of distance. It is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light moves at a velocity of about 300,000 kilometers (km (1000 meters)). each second. So in one year, it can travel about 10 trillion km. More precisely, one light-year is equal to 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers. A kilometer equals 0.6214 miles. Why would you want such a big unit of distance? Well, on Earth, a kilometer may be just fine. It is a few hundred kilometers from New York City to Washington, DC; it is a few thousand kilometers from California to Maine. In the Universe, the kilometer is just too small to be useful. For example, the distance to the next nearest big galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy, is 21 quintillion km. That's 21,000,000,000,000,000,000 km. This is a number so large that it becomes hard to write and hard to interpret. So astronomers use other units of distance. In oursolar system, we tend to describe distances in terms of the Astronomical Unit (AU). The AU is defined as the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. It is approximately 150 million km (93 million miles). Mercury can be said to be about 1/3 of an AU from the Sun and Pluto averages about 40 AU from the Sun. The AU, however, is not big enough of a unit when we start talking about distances to objects outside our solar system. For distances to other parts of the Milky Way Galaxy (or even further), astronomers use units of the light-year or the parsec . The light-year we have already defined. The parsec is equal to 3.3 light-years. Using the light-year, we can say that : • The Crab supernova remnant is about 4,000 light-years away.
• The Milky Way Galaxy is about 150,000 light-years across.

• The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.3 million light-years away.


Hubble telescope's top ten greatest space photographs


The Sombrero Galaxy - 28 million light years from Earth - was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope. The dimensions of the galaxy, officially called M104, are as spectacular as its appearance. It has 800 billion suns and is 50,000 light years across. And, isn't it interesting that .... "we" .... here ... on planet Earth ... think what's going on in the Universe is all about "us" .... aren't we naive?
The Ant Nebula, a cloud of dust and gas whose technical name is Mz3, resembles an ant when observed using ground-based telescopes. The nebula lies within our galaxy between 3,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth. So, imagine how long it would take a UFO to get from there to here ........ if there is somewhere out there in this realm of this Universe who wanted to pay us a visit. 3,000 and 6,000 light years ... is a fur piece.
In third place is Nebula NGC 2392, called Eskimo because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood. The hood is, in fact, a ring of comet-shaped objects flying away from a dying star. Eskimo is 5,000 light years from Earth. That's a "fur piece," too ......
At four is the Cat's Eye Nebul ...and ain't it "purty" ... ? (Ain't God something?)
The Hourglass Nebula, 8,000 light years away, has a pinched-in-the-middle look because the winds that shape it are weaker at the centre. "Winds?" Winds blow there, too? Wow!
In sixth place is the Cone Nebula. The part pictured here is 2.5 light years in length (the equivalent of 23 million return trips to the Moon). Don't guess we'll be going there anytime soon? Unless, we do it in Spirit.
The Perfect Storm, a small region in the Swan Nebula, 5,500 light years away, described as 'a bubbly ocean of hydrogen and small amounts of oxygen, sulphur and other elements'. Wouldn't it be fun to see this closer?
Starry Night, so named because it reminded astronomers of the Van Gogh painting. It is a halo of light around a star in the Milky Way. Like ... "Wow!"
The glowering eyes from 114 million light years away are the swirling cores of two merging galaxies called NGC 2207 and IC 2163 in the distant Canis Major constellation. It keeps getting more and more awesome. Again, we think the Universe is all about this little ole Planet ... Earth.
The Trifid Nebula. A 'stellar nursery', 9,000 light years from here, it is where new stars are being born. Twinkle, twinkle, big star ... how I wonder what you are?

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TRICKS TO GET YOUR MONEY’S WORTH! TIPS ON PUMPING GAS--GOOD INFO

I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline....Here in California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon. Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the
ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations
have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the
more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying
in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a
gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the
temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other
petroleum products plays an important role. A 1-degree rise in
temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do
not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a
fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)
stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low
speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are
pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping
on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes
vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground
storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF
FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in
your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates
faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal
floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and
the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service
stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature
compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage
tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline
is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up
some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.

DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS...

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127 FOODS THAT FIGHT FAT

By Howard M. Shapiro

Weight loss starts with shopping. Taking control of what you eat begins with taking control of what you buy. Every time you toss a low-calorie food into the cart, you're taking responsibility for losing weight—even before you sit down to a meal. There's a very simple formula for low-calorie eating: Stock up on low-calorie staples. These are the basic packaged, canned, and frozen ingredients that you'll reach for to create tasty, healthful, low-calorie meals anytime. The Picture Perfect Anytime List is a menu of the lowest-calorie produce, soups, sauces, condiments, marinades, dressings, dips, candies, desserts, and beverages available. Stuff your pantry, refrigerator, and freezer with them, and reach for them anytime. Feel free to go to the foods on the Anytime List when you want a snack or are planning a meal. Eat any amount of them for any reason. When the Anytime List becomes the core of your eating—in other words, the main dish around which you build your meals—you'll have no trouble staying thin for life.

THE ANYTIME LIST

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES All fruits and vegetables—raw, cooked, fresh, frozen, canned—belong on the Picture Perfect Anytime List. Avoid any packaged fruits that have added sugar. Otherwise, the more fruits and vegetables you eat, the better. SOUPS You've heard of value for your money. Soups give you very good value for the calories. They are filling; a bowl of soup can be an entire meal. They are satisfying. For many people, they are more satisfying than raw vegetables, while many give you all the benefits of veggies (if you choose the soups chock full of vegetables). They are inexpensive, convenient, easy, and quick to make. Soups don't make you feel like you're on a diet. Above all, soups are versatile. They can serve as a snack, as part of a meal, or as a cooking ingredient. SAUCES, CONDIMENTS, AND MARINADES
Put the following items at the very top of your shopping list. They're invaluable for adding flavor, moisture, texture, and versatility to every food and every meal.

Salad dressings: oil-free or low-calorie (light or lite)

Mayonnaise: fat-free or light

Sour cream and yogurt: fat-free, plain, or with NutraSweet (or low-fat nondairy substitutes)

Mustards: Dijon, Pommery, and others

Tomato puree, tomato paste, and tomato sauce

Clam juice, tomato juice, V8 juice, and lemon or lime juice

Butter Buds or Molly McButter

Cooking sprays (such as Pam) in butter, olive oil, garlic, or lemon flavors

Vinegars: balsamic, cider, wine, tarragon, and others

Horseradish: red and white

Sauces: salsa, cocktail sauce, tamari, soy sauce, A1, Worcestershire sauce, barbecue sauce, ketchup, duck sauce, chutney, relish, and others

Onion: fresh, juice, flakes, and powder

Garlic: fresh, juice, flakes, and powder

Herbs: any and all, including basil, oregano, tarragon, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, dill, chives, sage, and bay leaves

Spices: any and all, including cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cumin, nutmeg, coriander, curry, paprika, and allspice

Extracts: vanilla, almond, peppermint, maple, coconut, cocoa powder, and others

DRESSINGS AND DIPS

I recommend fat-free or light dressings and dips. The light category—low-fat, reduced-fat, and low-calorie—is midway between totally fat-free and regular, and it's often more pleasing to the palate than fat-free.

Dressings can be used as all-purpose condiments, dips, toppings, even cooking liquids. They already contain a mixture of ingredients, so just slather them on vegetables, seafood, and pretty much anything else. Or cook with them to make up for the lack of butter or oil.

I recommend keeping several varieties of dressings and dips on hand, including at least one creamy version. Try brushing a light creamy dressing on seafood, then broiling; the dressing adds moisture and flavor.

CANDY

Yup, candy. The real thing—not the dietetic variety—is best when your sweet tooth starts aching. Dietetic candies have almost as many calories as regular candies, often lack flavor, and are an incentive to eat more. Stick to the real thing.

Chewing gum or gum balls: any and all

Hard candy: any and all, including sour balls, candy canes, lollipops such as Tootsie Pops or Blow Pops, Jolly Ranchers, Werther's Original, and TasteTations

FROZEN DESSERTS

Any fat-free frozen yogurt, frozen nondairy substitute, or sorbet is a fine addition to the freezer. Try the lower-calorie choices. Here are some examples:

Soft serve: up to 25 calories per ounce, including Skimpy Treat; TCBY, Colombo nonfat frozen yogurt, and Tofutti

Hard pack: up to 115 calories per 1/2-cup serving, including Sharon's Sorbet, Low-Fat Tofutti, all Italian ices, and Sweet Nothings

Frozen bars: Creamsicles, Fudgsicles, and Popsicles; any others containing up to 45 calories per bar, including Welch's Fruit Juice Bars, Weight Watchers Smart Ones Orange Vanilla Treats, Tofutti Chocolate Fudge Treats, Weight Watchers Smart Ones Chocolate Mousse, Dolly Madison Slender Treat Chocolate Mousse, and Yoplait

Individually packaged frozen bars: up to 110 calories each, including FrozFruit, Hagen-Dazs bars, and Starbucks Frappuccino Blended Coffee Bars

BEVERAGES
Avoid beverages labeled "naturally sweetened" or "fruit-juice sweetened," but help yourself to these:

Unsweetened black coffees and teas

Diet teas and juices: Crystal Light, Diet Snapple, Diet Natural Lemon Nestea, Diet Mistic, and others

Noncaloric flavored waters: orange, chocolate, cream, cherry-chocolate, root beer, cola, and other flavors of bottled or filtered water

Seltzer: plain or flavored, but check the calorie count if the product is labeled "naturally sweetened," since this usually means that the product has sugar in one form or another

Hot cocoa mixes: 20 to 50 calories per serving, including Swiss Miss Diet and Fat-Free and Nestle Carnation Diet and Fat-Free; avoid cocoa mixes with 60 or more calories per serving

LET'S GO SHOPPING

Today's supermarkets are filled with choices for the weight conscious. Here are some of the lowest-calorie choices for a variety of food categories that aren't covered in the Anytime List. CEREALS Cheerios: a whole grain cereal with 110 calories and 3 g fiber per cup Kellogg's All-Bran with Extra Fiber: 50 calories and 15 g fiber per 1/2 cup Original Shredded Wheat: 80 calories and 2.5 g fiber per biscuit
Fiber One: 60 calories and 14 g fiber per 1/2 cup

Wheaties: 110 calories and 2 g fiber per cup

Whole Grain Total: 110 calories and 3 g fiber per 3/4 cup

SPREAD

Peanut butter

Low-sugar or sugar-free jams and jellies with 10 to 40 calories per tablespoon

BREADS

Light breads with 40 to 45 calories per slice:

oatmeal, premium white, wheat, rye, multigrain, sourdough, Italian

Whole grain regular breads or rolls

RICE AND PASTA

Whole wheat/whole grain pastas:

Hodgson Mill, Ancient Harvest

Brown rice

Whole wheat couscous

Pearled or hulled barley

Other whole grains: quinoa, whole grain cornmeal, kasha, bulgur, millet

FROZEN MEALS

Low-calorie frozen breakfast foods such as those from Kellogg's, Aunt Jemima, and Pillsbury—and a special mention for the low-calorie, whole grain offerings from Van's Low-calorie, vegetable-focused frozen meals in the 150- to 350-calories-per-package range, especially the Amy's brand

BEANS

All beans, dried or canned

Health Valley canned bean/chili combinations

Low-fat or fat-free refried beans

SNACKS

Make it a point to eat starchy, crunchy snacks only in conjunction with a food from the Anytime List.

For example, have fruit with popcorn or soup with crackers. Fill up on the former, and go easy on the starchy snack.

PROTEIN FOODS

Legumes: beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas

Soy products: bean curd/tofu, meat-replacement products by Boca, Gardenburger, Yves, and Lightlife

Seafood: fresh (do not fry!), smoked, canned, frozen

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FRUITS, VEGGIES, AND THEIR BENEFITS!

APPLES

Protects your heart prevents constipation Blocks diarrhea Improves lung capacity Cushions joints

APRICOTS

Combats cancer Controls blood pressure Saves your eyesight Shields against Alzheimer's Slows aging process

BANANAS

Protects your heart Quiets a cough Strengthens bones Controls blood pressure Blocks diarrhea

BEANS

Prevents constipation Helps hemorrhoids Lowers cholesterol Combats cancer Stabilizes blood sugar

BEETS

Controls blood pressure Combats cancer Strengthens bones Protects your heart Aids weight loss

BLUEBERRIES

Combats cancer Protects your heart Stabilizes blood sugar Boosts memory Prevents constipation

BROCCOLI

Strengthens bones Saves eyesight Combats cancer Protects your heart Controls blood pressure

CABBAGE

Combats cancer Prevents constipation Promotes weight loss Protects your heart Helps hemorrhoids

CANTALOUPE

Saves eyesight Controls blood pressure Lowers cholesterol Combats cancer Supports immune system

CARROTS

Saves eyesight Protects your heart Prevents constipation Combats cancer Promotes weight loss

CAULIFLOWER

Protects against Prostate Cancer Combats Breast Cancer Strengthens bones Banishes bruises Guards against heart disease

CHERRIES

Protects your heart Combats Cancer Ends insomnia Slows aging process Shields against Alzheimer's

CHESTNUTS

Promotes weight loss Protects your heart Lowers cholesterol Combats Cancer Controls blood pressure

CHILI PEPPERS

Aids digestion Soothes sore throat Clears sinuses Combats Cancer Boosts immune system

FIGS

Promotes weight loss Helps stops strokes Lowers cholesterol Combats Cancer

FISH

Protects your heart Boosts memory Protects your heart Combats Cancer Supports immune system

FLAX

Aids digestion Battles diabetes Protects your heart Improves mental health Boosts immune system

GARLIC

Lowers cholesterol Controls blood pressure Combats cancer kills bacteria Fights fungus

GRAPEFRUIT

Protects against heart attacks Promotes Weight loss Helps stops strokes Combats Prostate Cancer Lowers cholesterol

GRAPES

Saves eyesight Conquers kidney stones Combats cancer Enhances blood flow Protects your hearT

GREEN TEA

Combats cancer Protects your heart Helps stops strokes Promotes Weight loss Kills bacteria

HONEY

Heals wounds Aids digestion Guards against ulcers Increases energy Fights allergies

LEMONS

Combats cancer Protects your heart Controls blood pressure Smoothes skin Stops scurvy

LIMES

Combats cancer Protects your heart Controls blood pressure Smoothes skin Stops scurvy

MANGOES

Combats cancer Boosts memory Regulates thyroid aids digestion Shields against Alzheimer's

MUSHROOMS

Controls blood pressure Lowers cholesterol Kills bacteria Combats cancer Strengthens bones

OATS

Lowers cholesterol Combats cancer Battles diabetes Prevents constipation Smoothes skin

OLIVE OIL

Protects your heart Promotes weight loss Combats cancer Battles diabetes Smoothes skin

ONIONS

Reduce risk of heart attack Combats cancer Kills bacteria Lowers cholesterol Fights fungus

ORANGES

Supports immune systems Combats cancer Protects your heart Straightens respiration

PEACHES

Prevents constipation Combats cancer Helps stops strokes Aids digestion Helps hemorrhoids

PEANUTS

Protects against heart disease Promotes Weight loss Combats Prostate Cancer Lowers cholesterol Aggravates Diverticulosis

PINEAPPLE

Strengthens bones Relieves colds Aids digestion Dissolves warts Blocks diarrhea

PRUNES

Slows aging process Prevents constipation Boosts memory Lowers cholesterol Protects against heart disease>

RICE

Protects your heart Battles diabetes Conquers kidney stones Combats cancer Helps stops strokes

STRAWBERRIES

Combats cancer Protects your heart Boosts memory Calms stress

SWEET POTATOES

Saves your eyesight Lifts mood Combats cancer Strengthens bones

TOMATOES

Protects prostate Combats cancer Lowers cholesterol Protects your heart

WALNUTS

Lowers cholesterol Combats cancer Boosts memory Lifts mood Protects against heart disease

WATER

Promotes Weight loss Combats cancer Conquers kidney stones Smoothes skin

WATERMELON

Protects prostate Promotes Weight loss Lowers cholesterol Helps stops strokes Controls blood pressure

WHEAT GERM

Combats ColonCancer prevents constipation Lowers cholesterol Helps stops strokes Improves digestion

WHEAT BRAN

Combats ColonCancer Prevents constipation Lowers cholesterol Helps stops strokes Improves digestion

YOGURT

Guards against ulcers Strengthens bones Lowers cholesterol Supports immune systems Aids digestion

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LEGACY CLUB RECIPES

Mrs_G2000’S Country Meatloaf: 1 lb. hamburger 1 lb. ground turkey 1 med. Onion 1 green pepper 1 stalk of celery 3 tblsp salt 3 tblsp black pepper 1 tsp ground sage 1tblsp garlic powder 1 1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 eggs
2 whole cloves
1 tblsp vinegar (cuts the grease)

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Cut all vegetables to your liking. Blend everything very well. (Tip: If you use garlic salt, cut down on the regular salt) Form into loaf. Spread Catsup on top, until fully covered. Bake 30-45 minutes. Serves up to 7. Hope you enjoy.

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KingdomsChild’S Chicken Marsala: 4 chicken breast halves without skin 1/3 Cup flour 2 tblsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 tsp garlic, minced 1 can sliced mushrooms 1 Cup Marsala Wince salt and pepper to taste
1 Cup frozen peas

Place chicken breasts and flour in zip-lock bag. Shake until chicken is coated. Remove from bag, shake off excess and set aside.

Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Fry chicken until just brown on all sides. Remove and set aside.

In the same pan, add onion and garlic and cook until soft. Add mushrooms, salt, pepper and Marsala wine. Bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Add chicken and peas and simmer for 10 minutes.
Serve over noodles or rice!
Enjoy!

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<<font color="#FF0000">KingdomsChild’s Hoppin' John: Hoppin' John is a traditional good luck dish popular in the South. Eating it on New Year's Day promises a prosperous and healthy New Year. I enjoy it year round! 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup mushrooms 1 small onion, chopped 1 small red bell pepper, chopped 1 -2 ham hocks, cooked, chopped 2 cups black-eye peas, cooked
2 cups cooked rice

Place peas in a bowl, cover with water and soak over night. Drain and rinse well. In a large pot, boil ham hocks and peas til done. Remove skin and meat from ham hocks. Chop and set aside.

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, and cook for 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook 5 minutes more. Add peas, rice and meat, cook an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Be careful not to overcook. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Garnish with chives or pickle relish. Serve with Cheezy Corn Muffins.

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KingdomsChild’S Cheezy Corn Muffins: 1 package of corn muffin mix 1 cup creamed corn 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated 2 tblsp jalapeno peppers, minced(optional) Prepare corn muffin mix as directed. Mix in the rest of the indredients. Pour into muffin tins and bake til golden brown. Top with butter. ENJOY !!!

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Mrs_G2000’s Quick Biscuits: 1 1/4 cup self-rising flour (sifted or mixed) 2 tblsp butter or margarine 2/3 cup milk Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut butter into flour with a fork until it makes a crumb like mixture. Add milk slowly , until the mixture follows the fork around the bowl. Lay on a floured surface. Knead 10 to12 times. Roll out and cut. Place on an un-greased baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Makes enough to serve four.

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PRECIOUS_ACHAVA’s Crusty Oval Rolls: 1 package active dry yeast 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/3 cups warm water (115F) 1 tablespoon shortening, melted, cooled 3 1/4 to 4 cups bread flour, divided 1/4 cup cold water 1 teaspoon cornstarch

In large bowl, combine yeast and warm water; stir to dissolve yeast. Stir in honey, shortening, salt and 2 1/2 cups flour; beat until very flexible, adding as much remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.

Turn dough out onto floured surface. Knead 15 minutes or until dough is smooth and flexible, adding as much remaining flour as needed to prevent sticking. Shape dough into ball. Place in large, greased bowl; turn dough once to grease surface. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85F) until doubled, about 1 hour.

Punch dough down; knead briefly on floured surface. Cover; let rest 10 minutes. Divide dough into 10 equal pieces; shape each piece into ball. Starting at center and working toward opposite ends, roll each ball on floured surface with palms of hands into tapered oval. Place, evenly spaced, on 2 greased baking sheets. Cover; let rise in warm place until almost doubled, about 25 minutes.

In small saucepan, combine cold water and cornstarch. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Boil until thickened and clear, about 2 minutes; cool slightly. Brush risen rolls with warm cornstarch mixture.

Slash each roll lengthwise with sharp knife about 1/2 inch deep and to about 1/2 inch from each end.

Preheat oven to 375F Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until rolls are golden brown and sound hollow when tapped.

Remove to wire racks to cool.

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LINKS TO COPY CAT RECIPES SENT in by moonlight58

Bloomin' Onion (Like Outback) http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc3.htm Canadian Cheese Soup (Like Houston's) http://southernfood.about.com/od/cheesesouprecipes/r/blcc5.htm Cheese Soup (Like Denny's) http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc4.htm Clam Chowder (Like Red Lobster) http://southernfood.about.com/od/soupandstew/r/blcc8.htm Greek Lemon Chicken Soup (Like Michael's) http://southernfood.about.com/od/chickensouprecipes/r/blcc11.htm Onion Soup (Like Bennigan's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc1.htm
Pasta Roma Soup (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc12.htm
Potato Soup (Like Bennigan's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/potatosoups/r/blcc2.htm
Seafood Pasta Soup (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/seafoodsoups/r/blcc7.htm
Tomato Florentine Soup (Like Shoney's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/soupandstew/r/blcc9.htm
Stuffing (Like Boston Chicken)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/stuffingrecipes/r/blcc77.htm
Macaroni Salad Like the Colonel's
http://southernfood.about.com/od/pastasalads/r/blcc72.htm
Hashbrown Sidedish(Like Cracker Barrel)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/hashbrowns/r/blcc78.htm
Creamed Spinach (Like Boston Chicken)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/spinach/r/blcc75.htm
Cucumber Salad (Like Boston Chicken)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/cucumbers/r/blcc71.htm
Dill Potato Wedges (Like Boston Chicken)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/bakedroastedpotatoes/r/blcc76.htm
Garfield Pasta Salad
http://southernfood.about.com/od/pastasalads/r/blcc83.htm
KFC Coleslaw
http://southernfood.about.com/od/pastasalads/r/blcc83.htm
Macaroni or Potato Salad (Like KFC)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/pastasalads/r/blcc74.htm
Dirty Rice (Like Popeye's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/pastasalads/r/blcc74.htm
Corn Souffle (Like Stouffer's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/corncasserolerecipes/r/blcc81.htm
Onion Rings (Like Tony Roma's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/deepfryerrecipes/r/blcc84.htm
Long Grain & Wild Rice Mix(Like Uncle Ben's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/ricesidedishcasseroles/r/blcc82.htm

Copycat Lunch & Dinner Recipes

Alfredo Fettucine (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc40.htm
Baked Potato Toppings (Like Wendy's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc45.htm
Capellini Pomodoro (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc13.htm
Capellini Primavera (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc14.htm
Cavatini (Like Pizza Hut)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc41.htm
Chicken on a Biscuit
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc35.htm
Chicken Like the Colonel's
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc34.htm
Chicken Marsala (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc15.htm
Fried Chicken (Like Church's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc36.htm
Con Zucchini (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/spaghettisaucerecipes/r/blcc16.htm
Fish Nuggets
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc37.htm
Fried Chicken (Like Popeye's)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc42.htm
Hawaiian Chicken (Like Steak & Ale)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc43.htm
Heart-Healthy Chicken(Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/pastarecipes/r/blcc17.htm
Lasagna (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc18.htm
Neopolitan Ziti (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc19.htm
Olive Garden Chicken
http://southernfood.about.com/od/grillchickenfish/r/blcc30.htm
Pasta with Broccoli (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc20.htm
Pasta Fagioli (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc20.htm
Rotisserie Chicken (Like Boston Chicken/KFC)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc33.htm
Seafood Torcello(Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc21.htm
Shrimp Cristoforo (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc29.htm
Shrimp Primavera (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc22.htm
Spaghetti Carbonara (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc23.htm
Spaghetti Sauce (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc24.htm
Cafe Spicy Chicken Pasta
http://southernfood.about.com/od/pastarecipes/r/blcc27.htm
Steak Benihana
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc32.htm
Tortellini Di Forni (Like Olive Garden)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycatrecipes/r/blcc25.htm

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The Six Black U.S. Presidents Submitted by Alicia Ross

What determines if a person is black or of African descent? In the 19th and 20th centuries, the standard for determining one’s race was, one drop of black blood, made you black, socially and in the eyes of the law. So by that standard, it would appear some U.S. presidents would have been considered black or mullatto. Mulatto (-noun) 1. the offspring of one white parent and one black parent: not in technical use. 2. a person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian. adjective 3. of a light-brown color. In February of 2004, an article was written by C. Stone Brown, titled “Who Were the 5 Black Presidents?” for Diversity Inc magazine. The article was based on a book by Dr. Leroy Vaughn an opthalmogist titled “Black People and Their Place in History”. The following text is a collaboration of his theories and other known historians and authors.

Thomas Jefferson The third elected president, who served two terms between 1801 and 1809 was described as the “son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father,” as stated in Vaughn’s findings. Jefferson also was said to have destroyed all documentation attached to his mother, even going to extremes to seize letters written by his mother to other people. Only in recent years did the family of Thomas Jefferson acknowledged he was the father of the (5 or 6) children born to a slave on his plantation, Sally Hemmings.
Andrew Jackson The nation’s seventh president, was in office between 1829 and 1837. A renowned African-American historian J. A. Rogers, author of the “Five Black Presidents” wrote that Andrew Jackson Sr. died before his son, President Andrew Jackson Jr., was born. The president’s mother then went to live on the Crawford farm, where there were Negro slaves and one of these men was Andrew Jr.’s father, Rogers wrote. Vaughn cites an article written in The Virginia Magazine of History that Jackson was the son of an Irish woman who married a black man. The magazine also stated that Jackson’s oldest brother had been sold as a slave.
Abraham Lincoln The nation’s 16th president, served between 1861 and 1865. Author Vaughn, states Lincoln had very dark skin and coarse hair and his mother allegedly came from an Ethiopian tribe. His heritage fueled so much controversy that Lincoln was nicknamed “Abraham Africanus the First” by his presidential opponents and cartoons were drawn depicting him as a Negro. In a book, titled “The Hidden Lincoln” written by William Herndon, Lincoln’s law-office partner, said that Lincoln’s father of record, Thomas Lincoln, could not have been Lincoln’s father because he was sterile from childhood mumps and later was castrated.
Warren Harding The 29th president, in office between 1921 and 1923, apparently never denied his ancestry. According to Vaughn, William Chancellor, a professor of economics and politics at Wooster College in Ohio, wrote abook on the Harding family genealogy. Evidently, Harding had black ancestors between both sets of parents. Chancellor also said that Harding attended Iberia College, school founded to educate fugitive slaves. Professor Chancellor says the Justice Department agents allegedly bought and destroyed all copies of this book. Harding suffered nervous breakdowns at the age of 24 and had to spend some time in a sanitarium. Between 1889 and 1901, Harding paid five “protracted” visits to the J. P. Kellogg sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan “to recover from fatigue, overstrain, and nervous illnesses.” Some speculate his illness was due to the pressure of not fully disclosing his black heritage and living as “white”.
Calvin Coolidge The nation’s 30th president, served between 1923 and1929 and supposedly was proud of his heritage. He claimed his mother was dark because of mixed Indian ancestry. This notion was disputed by Auset Bakhufu, author of “The Six Black Presidents” who said in her book that by the 1800s, the New England Indians hardly were pure Indian, because they had mixed so often with blacks. Coolidge’s mother’s maiden name was “Moor” and in Europe the name “Moor” was given to all blacks just as “Negro” was used in America. It later was concluded that Coolidge was part black.
Dwight David Eisenhower The nation’s 34th president, served from 1953 to 1961, Eisenhower’s mother, Ida Elizabeth Stover was a mullato woman making Eisenhower part black. Eisenhower as president moved military integration from a law to reality. He battered Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus with federal force to desegregate Little Rock’s Central High School. He was the first President to elevate an African-American to an executive position in the White House. He established the first regulations to prohibit racial discrimination in the federal workforce. He was the first President since Reconstruction to meet with Civil Rights leaders in the White House. He helped turn Washington, D.C., into an integrated city. The only difference between Barack Obama and most of the former “black” presidents is that none of their family histories were fully acknowledged by others or their selves. Even though Obama is half-white, he strongly resembles his Kenyan father. And not only is Obama open about his ancestry, most people acknowledge and recognize him as a black man, which is why people will identify Obama, if elected, as the first black president of the United States.

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Useful Remedies (Who knew?)

Eliminate ear mites. All it takes is a few drops of Wesson Corn Oil in your cat's or dog's ear ... massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing. Kills fleas instantly... Dawn Dishwashing Liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Good-bye fleas.
Rainy day cure for dog odor; Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.

Did you know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional pain relievers?

Did you know that Colgate Toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns?

Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.

Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 tablespoon horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil for instant relief for aching muscles.

Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.

Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly even though the product was never been advertised for this use.

Honey remedy for skin blemishes ... cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.

Listerine therapy for toenail fungus: Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine Mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.

Easy eyeglass protection ... to prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear Nail Polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.

Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer ... if menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.

Smart splinter remover: Just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue.

Hunt's Tomato Paste boil cure... cover the boil with Hunt's Tomato Paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.

Balm for broken blisters ... to disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine, a powerful antiseptic.

Vinegar to heal bruises... soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.

Old Fashion Quaker Oats for fast pain relief...it's not for breakfast any more! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.

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URL

Very Important .......take note because

FIRSTLY, MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF THIS:

**The main difference between http:// and https:// is that it's all about keeping you secure**

HTTP stands for HyperText Transport Protocol, which is just a fancy way of saying it's a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients.
The important thing is the letter S which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS.

The S (big surprise) stands for "Secure".

If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with the following: http://.

This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular 'unsecure' language. In other words, it is possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site.

This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an http website!

But if the web address begins with https://, that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on.

You understand why this is so important, right?

If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://. If it doesn't, there's no way you're going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number.

PASS IT ON (You may save someone a lot of grief).

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