5 Apps to turn your iPad into a mobile office

The iPad is a truly universal device – it can be used for pretty much anything, from browsing the Web and playing games comfortably in bed, to being a very nice in-car entertainment system/ GPS navigator and even being a full desktop replacement if you get the desktop stand and a keyboard.

But Apple’s top selling tablet is also a great choice for anyone who needs to do office work while traveling or commuting. The device’s display has the perfect size for portability and comfortable work, and with a few apps downloaded from the iTunes store, you can quickly turn the iPad into a full blown mobile office. Here are the top apps that will help you do just that:

Microsoft Office Web apps. Microsoft has had their Web apps for quite a long time, with Calendar, Hotmail and OneNote being the most interesting offers, but they really took it to the next level with SkyDrive and the new Office web apps. The new service offers Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote as a remote service accessible from any browser, and the experience is pretty stellar – you get almost everything you need to do any kind of office work that you’d usually need a full Office installation for. It’s better than Google Docs, and that says a lot – moreover, it’s free (for now), so do try it out on your iPad!

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/

Apple iWork Suite. Apple’s iWork suite came out for the iPad 2, and it has become a staple in the app list of anyone who wants to do office work on their tablet. The suite includes Pages, Numbers and Keynote, which are just as good and even better than their Office alternatives – you can create documents from scratch, edit them, and output or save them in any way you want right on your tablet – no more need for a desktop (or Internet connection).

http://www.apple.com/iwork/

OnLive Desktop. If you absolutely need to use Microsoft Office or any Windows software for that matter, but you don’t want to use a PC or buy and install Windows using Bootcamp, your best bet is OnLive Desktop. The app lets you use OnLive’s powerful service that provides you with a full Windows machine for your personal or business use. You can access it via secure RDP and it’s the closest thing to Windows on an iPad you can get. You can install any software, and Office can come pre-installed (depending on the subscription), making OnLive Desktop the perfect choice for serious office work on the go.

http://desktop.onlive.com/

GoodReader. GoodReader is a must have if you always need to open and view PDF files. It’s the best viewer out there for sure, and it has enough features to satisfy anyone. You can open eBooks, forms, documents and any other files in PDF format and view them, fill the forms, highlight text, place bookmarks and do pretty much anything that you can with a PDF file. Moreover, GoodReader has excellent support for sync with Dropbox, SugarSync, SkyDrive, and a slew of other services using the good old WebDAV, FTP or SFTP protocols.

http://www.goodreader.com/goodreader.html

Evernote. Evernote is the best note taking app in the iTunes Store, and that’s a very good reason you should at least try it if you need to do any office work on your iPad. The app lets you take any kind of notes (text, picture, video, audio, etc.) with descriptions, tags and other tools. You can then sync your notes with your remote account and through that, any other device running Evernote – this makes it the perfect tool to keep all your ideas, notes and information handily available anytime, anywhere.

http://www.evernote.com/

The iPad is a perfect device not only for entertainment, but also for serious work. Don’t let it go to waste – be sure to check out the apps above if you need to edit documents or do any other office work on the go!

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How Dropbox Knows When You’re Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff)

How Dropbox Knows When You’re Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff)

Late last night, a tweet was spread far and wide showing that a DMCA notice had blocked a file from being shared on a Dropbox user’s account.

As of this afternoon, it’s seen just shy of 3 thousand retweets.

What was going on? Was Dropbox suddenly doing something sketchy? Were they suddenly lurking around their users’ folders, digging for copyrighted material hiding amongst personal files?

Nope. The system is neither new, nor sketchy. It’s been in place for years, and it’s about as unsketchy as an anti-copyright infringement system can get. It allows Dropbox to block pre-selected files from being shared from person-to-person (thus keeping Dropbox from getting raided by the Feds), without their anti-infringement system having any idea what most of your files actually are.

Before we dive in, a few things to clear up:

Some interpreted the original tweet to mean that a file just sitting there in a user’s private dropbox had been DMCA’d and blocked. This wasn’t the case. Only when a file is shared from user-to-user (or with the Internet at large) does the DMCA check system come into play. In this case, a share link was generated to be sent over IM.

Some thought the original file was deleted from the user’s Dropbox — that’s not the case, either. Dropbox just blocks the file from being shared.

The original author of the tweet has followed up to clarify that he doesn’t think Dropbox is doing anything evil here, and that he just found it interesting — he didn’t intend for it to spread the way it has.

If you know what “file hashing against a blacklist” means, feel free to skip the rest of this post. Dropbox checks the hash of a shared file against a banned list, and blocks the share if there’s a match.

If those words sound like voodoo to you, read on.

How It Works:

In computer science, there’s an incredibly common concept called “hashing”.

It’s used just about everywhere — from allowing web services to check your password without having to actually store your original password, to confirming that a file wasn’t somehow changed as it traveled from user to user.

A hash function, in this case, is just an algorithm which spits out a unique identifier based on what you feed into it.

Hashes are usually just strings of characters. The hash for File A might be “4f2900f2fdfaf”, while the hash for File B might be “dba7b12a19fe9″. Dropbox’s hashes are probably waaaay longer than that (to allow for a higher number of unique hashes), but you get the idea.

With a properly implemented hash function, running the same exact file through the algorithm twice will return the same identifier both times — but changing a file even slightly completely changes the hash. So changing File A by even a few bits should change its hash to something entirely different, like “e3c277c771c8e”.

(THIS IMAGE IS A MODIFIED VERSION OF A PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGE SHARED THROUGH WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

This identifier can be used to tell you if a file is exactly the same as another file — but it’s a one way street. The hash couldn’t tell you what that original file is, without you already knowing or having a copy of the file to compare it to.

It might help to think of a hash like a fingerprint. Everyone’s fingerprint is unique, but it can’t be used to identify a person unless you already have a record of that person’s fingerprint to compare it to. Likewise, a hash-based DMCA compliance system can’t tell what a file is, unless it’s exactly the same as a file that has received a takedown request.

When you upload a file to Dropbox, two things happen to it: a hash is generated, and then the file gets encrypted to keep any unauthorized user (be it a hacker or a Dropbox employee) who somehow stumbles it sitting on Dropbox’s servers from easily being able to open it up.

(Note on encryption: Dropbox handles the encryption keys, so they could look at your files if they were legally required to. Their system has checks in place, both physical and technical, to keep employees from poking about your stuff on a whim.)

After a DMCA complaint is verified by Dropbox’s legal team, Dropbox adds that file’s hash to a big blacklist of hashes known to be those corresponding to files they can’t legally allow to be shared. When you share a link to a file, it checks that file’s hash against the blacklist.

If the file you’re sharing is the exact same file that a copyright holder complained about, it’s blocked from being shared with others. If it’s something else — a new file, or even a modified version of the same file — a hash-based anti-infringement system shouldn’t have any idea what it’s looking at.

In other words: at least based on what they’ve stated publicly, Dropbox isn’t actively scanning through your crap on a hunt for copyrighted materials. There’s no human (or even a robot) listening to your MP3s to try and find hot leaked Fergie tracks, or reading through your Harry Potter fanfic collection. They’ve just got a big list of files that they can’t let be shared, and they identify these files in a way that is deliberately blind to what any non-blacklisted files actually are.

Now, none of this is to say the hash-based system is without its security concerns. If required to by the government, for example, Dropbox theoretically could identify any user who had a certain file stored on their account. But the same would hold true for pretty much any cloud-based storage system where the user isn’t handling all of the encryption themselves.

For the record, here’s Dropbox’s official comment on the tweet:

There have been some questions around how we handle copyright notices. We sometimes receive DMCA notices to remove links on copyright grounds. When we receive these, we process them according to the law and disable the identified link. We have an automated system that then prevents other users from sharing the identical material using another Dropbox link. This is done by comparing file hashes. We don’t look at the files in your private folders and are committed to keeping your stuff safe.”

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China's Debts Do Not Signal a Crash

China’s Debts Do Not Signal a Crash

Debts do not mean China is heading for a crash

That China has borrowed too much seems incontrovertible. Total debt to gross domestic product, a measure including public, consumer and corporate borrowing, has risen sharply to 230 per cent of GDP – much higher than before the global financial crisis, and comparable to levels that have led to severe problems elsewhere.

Those who are bearish on China seize on this ratio as evidence that the country is heading for a crash, a debt-driven hard landing. They highlight the industrial overcapacity and excess of built infrastructure as the inevitable consequences of such debt-fuelled growth. They remark on the rapid increase and opacity of shadow banking.

And they point to stresses in the interbank market, the recent default of a bond issued by a solar company and the weakness in the renminbi as warning signals of an imminent implosion.

China borrows a lot, but it also saves a lot

Yet, to jump to the conclusion that such a crash is inevitable is wrong. Equating China’s debt problem with what occurred in the US and Europe before the crisis ignores some important differences.

To start with, while China borrows a lot it also saves a lot. So it has largely been borrowing from itself. This is very different from being dependent on foreign creditors. Moreover, the increase in borrowing has largely been driven by companies rather than the government or consumers.

Yet at the same time, and rather paradoxically, China’s businesses have also been accumulating significant savings. With little pressure to pay dividends or improve returns, they are recycling their money through the banks and shadow banks to lend to other companies. It is not an efficient way to allocate resources but it is more an indicator of the deficiencies of the capital markets than of systemic over-indebtedness.

The leadership has recognised the problem

Furthermore, China has largely borrowed to fund investment. When you borrow to consume, as the US and Europe did before the crisis, you have little to show for it afterwards other than a slide in living standards when the party stops. When you borrow to invest, you may end up with some white elephants and overcapacity but you also gain some superb infrastructure, such as China’s high-speed rail network, and some world-class productive facilities.

Finally, China has recognised the problem. Not for Beijing the delusion of a ‘new economic paradigm’ that blinded so many policy makers and bankers in the west before the crisis.

The leadership knows it has a problem and it is determined to tackle it. At this month’s China Development Forum, a government-sponsored conference in Beijing attended by many of the country’s senior leaders, almost every session touched on the topics of over-leverage and overcapacity.

Radical overhaul of the financial system

Many of the warning signals cited by western analysts are deliberate or welcomed. The authorities want a tighter interbank market, applaud the greater discipline a bond default brings, and are determined to dispel the notion that the renminbi will always continue to appreciate.

So far Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China, and his regulatory and government counterparts have proved remarkably sure-footed. In fact, China sees solving the debt problem as only one facet of a much more radical overhaul of the financial system, encompassing interest-rate liberalisation, development of capital markets, reform of local government finance and, ultimately, liberalisation of the capital account.

All these issues are interlinked. For example, the rise of shadow banking has as much to do with the search for yield as with demand for credit. With deposit rates capped, few bonds to invest in and dividend yields often derisory, savers are hungry for alternatives. Hence the extraordinary growth of internet savings vehicles such as Alibaba’s Yu’e Bao fund, which has attracted more than $80bn in deposits since its launch in June 2013.

Reducing debts gradually will be tricky

Side-stepping the deposit rate cap as well all the liquidity and capital regulations, such funds offer better rates than the banks – then they, in turn, lend their deposits on to the banks. This regulatory arbitrage, and the attendant moral hazard, is reminiscent of what happened with US money market funds before the crisis, and underscores the need for rapid progress on deposit rate liberalisation.

Gradually deleveraging without overly damping growth will be tricky. Transforming the way China’s entire financial system works is a Herculean endeavour.

There will be rough patches along the way, and plenty of scope for slips and stumbles – but so far Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China, and his regulatory and government counterparts have proved remarkably sure-footed.

Underlying drivers of growth remain strong

It helps that, while the composition of growth in China is changing, the underlying drivers remain strong. Urbanisation continues apace. Domestic consumption, particularly of services, is increasing fast; and, since there is no overcapacity in services, there is plenty of scope for generating growth and jobs.

So, while there will be bumps and bruises along the way, China looks much more likely to navigate its way though these challenges than many western observers contend.

China's Debts Do Not Signal a Crash

What It Means To Thrive

What It Means To Thrive

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leave a TRAIL

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Enchanted in more ways than one: Mystery of the idyllic Filipino river

Enchanted in more ways than one: Mystery of the idyllic Filipino river that appears to have no source Hinatuan River, which runs on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, appears to have no source. The idyll – nicknamed the Enchanted River because of its unknown beginnings – starts from a 50ft-deep spring

The stretch of salt water then flows to the sea and into the Pacific Ocean at Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, Philipines.

With its tranquil blue waters, palm trees and rock pools, this idyllic river in the Philippines is nothing short of paradise. But the Hinatuan River, which runs on the island of Mindanao – the second largest and southernmost in the region – is no ordinary hideaway. Because the salt water river seems to have no source.

Hidden in the Philippine jungle is a short stretch of river that seems to pop up out the ground just to send its miraculously clear, blue water out to sea.

The Hinatuan Enchanted River in Mindanao, Philippines, is a flawless saltwater river that flows into the Pacific Ocean. It is only around 50-feet deep, and just barely long enough to be considered a river, yet the flow attracts visitors from around the world who want to experience the beautiful waters that locals have long thought to be miraculous.

The exact source of the beautiful paradise – nicknamed the Enchanted River because of its unknown beginnings – is surrounded in mystery and has never been determined.

In fact, no one is sure exactly where the saltwater emanates from, although the prevailing theory involves an underground cave system which spits the river out, free of any dirt or silt which would usually cloud such a stream. Whatever the explanation, the clean waters are a natural wonder unlike any other.

Idyll: The 50ft deep waters are popular with sunbathers, swimmers and those who wish to practice their diving skills

Due to its close proximity to the sea, some believe the idyll was created when seawater flowed through long tunnels and caverns deep below the ground, finally resurfacing at the spring – which is 50ft deep in areas. But others offer slightly different solutions – including one urban legend that suggests the river was created by fairies and pixies.

The river, considered one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in the Philippines flows straight into the Pacific Ocean at Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur.

The area’s deep waters and boulders to dive from see tourists travel from miles around to bathe in its virtually clear waters. With numerous fishes and other creatures living in its deep waters, the area is popular with snorkelers as well as divers and explorers. And if swimming is not your thing, the area can be viewed from dry land on the metres of ricekerty woodern viewing bridges that surround the water’s edge.

Enchanted in more ways than one: Mystery of the idyllic Filipino river

Natural Treatments for Sinus Infection

Natural Treatments for Sinus Infection

Give Shelter - Help Reaction deploy housing for families in need

Give Shelter – Help Reaction deploy housing for families in need

We have developed a rapid response shelter solution for families who’ve lost their homes due to disaster. We need your help to get them to families in need

It truly fascinates me how some people’s minds work. When Michael McDaniel bought his coffee one morning, he came up with an idea that could change the way we deal with disasters as a society.

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Help make it happen for the team! Contribute to Give Shelter – Help Reaction deploy housing for families in need. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/679427/contributions/new

Join the movement

Women are often excluded from having a say in restoration and reconstruction efforts after disasters. In the process of providing housing for these families, we want them to inform how the product is designed in order to meet their needs in the future.

When we deliver Exo Beta units, our team will work with the aid organizations deploying them and engage with the families using the shelters, so we can better understand their unique needs and design explicitly for them. Through rapid-iteration, we’ll incorporate this feedback for the next generation of products to provide shelter to millions in the years to come.

For every $10,000 we raise we will ship a housing unit to an additional family in need around the world. We have set a humble initial goal of $50,000 to house five families at no cost to the families or aid organizations working with them.

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All contributing participants at all levels will receive an exclusive login to our Disaster Response portal, where they will be able to track the delivery of Exo housing units throughout the world as part of this campaign and other partnerships with global aid organizations.

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Artist paints woman's entire body to make her look like a parrot

At first glance, this photo appears to show a parrot perching on a tree – sporting a curved beak, colourful feathers and a pointed tail. It looks like a simple painting of a parrot perched on a tree stump, but take a closer look and a whole different story begins to emerge.

But, in fact, it is a woman whose entire body has been cleverly painted to resemble the tropical bird. The figure atop the log is in fact a female model who has posed for body-painting supremo Johannes Stoetter.

The spectacular work of art was created by Johannes Stoetter, A former body-painting world champion, the Italian artist takes his inspiration from the natural world and has gained a reputation for creating eye-bending masterpieces.

His latest work is this intricate design that is so lifelike it is often mistaken for a real parrot.

Johannes spent weeks painstakingly working out how he could transform the female model into the colourful bird and took a further four hours to paint her using breathable ink.

The finished creation sees the model’s outstretched left leg become the parrot’s tail feathers, while her right leg and arm become its wings. Her left arm – wrapped around her head – forms the tropical bird’s head

The 35-year-old artist, who lives in Italy, spent four weeks painstakingly planning how he could transform the female model into a parrot. He took four hours to paint the woman’s body using special breathable paint – adding intricate detail, dark shading and even a bright green eye.

He then spent a further hour positioning her on a tree trump, before taking a series of photographs. The finished creation sees the model’s outstretched left leg become the parrot’s tail feathers, while her right leg and arm become its wings. And her left arm – wrapped around her head – forms the tropical bird’s head.

Mr Stoetter, who was crowned World Body Painting Champion in 2012, said he had chosen to position the model on a tree stump to enhance the ‘parrot’s’ life-like appearance.

‘Getting the scene set up took about five hours, then it took about another four hours to paint the model and an hour to get her position right,’ he said.

‘It was quite hard to take the photo, to tell the model how to pose to make the parrot seem as real as possible and also to find the right point of view for me to take the photo.

‘It was not easy for the model to hold the position either. The whole process took about four weeks from start to finish.’

Last year, he used five people to produce a life-like tree frog – painting their bodies and limbs to resemble the animal’s body, legs, arms and head.

The Frog Body Painting by Johannes Stötter

Artist paints woman's entire body to make her look like a parrot

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Green Tea - is it a cup of Treatment

Green tea, native to China and India, has been consumed and hailed for its health benefits for centuries globally, but has only recently gained popularity in the US.

Tea is considered the most consumed beverage in the world behind water, however 78% of the tea consumed worldwide is black and only about 20% is green.1

All types of tea except herbal tea are brewed from the dried leaves of the Camellia sinensis bush. The level of oxidation of the leaves determines the type of tea.

Green tea is made from un-oxidized leaves and is the least processed type of tea and therefore contains the most antioxidants and beneficial polyphenols.

Green tea was used in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine to control bleeding and heal wounds, aid digestion, improve heart and mental health and regulate body temperature.4 Recent studies have shown green tea can potentially have positive effects on everything from weight loss to liver disorders to type 2 diabetes.

This MNT Knowledge Center feature is part of a collection of articles on the health benefits of popular foods. It provides a nutritional breakdown of green tea and an in-depth look at its possible health benefits, the different forms of green tea, and some precautions when consuming green tea.

Nutritional breakdown of green tea

Unsweetened brewed green tea is a zero calorie beverage. The caffeine contained in a cup of tea can vary according to length of infusing time and the amount of tea infused.

Green tea is becoming increasingly popular in the US

In general, green tea contains a relatively small amount of caffeine (approximately 20-45 milligrams per 8 oz cup), compared with black tea which contains about 50 milligrams and coffee with 95 milligrams per cup.2

Green tea is considered one of the world’s healthiest drinks and contains the highest amount of antioxidants of any tea. The natural chemicals called polyphenols in tea are what are thought to provide its anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic effects.

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is the most studied and bioactive polyphenol in tea and has been shown to be the most effective at eliminating free radicals.1, 4

Green tea is approximately 20% to 45% polyphenols by weight, of which 60% to 80% are catechins such as EGCG.1

Possible health benefits of green tea

Below are the potential health benefits associated with green tea:

Cancer:

According to the National Cancer Institute, the polyphenols in tea have been shown to decrease tumor growth in laboratory and animal studies and may protect against damage caused by ultraviolet UVB radiation.

In countries where green tea consumption is high cancer rates tend to be lower, but it is impossible to know for sure whether it is the green tea that prevents cancer in these specific populations or other lifestyle factors.4

One large-scale clinical study compared green tea drinkers with non-drinkers and found that those who drank the most tea were less likely to develop pancreatic cancer, particularly women, who were 50% less likely to develop the disease.

Studies have also shown the positive impacts of green tea on breast, bladder, ovarian, colorectal, esophageal, lung, prostate, skin and stomach cancer.

Researchers believe that it is the high level of polyphenols in tea that help kill cancerous cells and stop them from growing, however the exact mechanisms by which tea interacts with cancerous cells is unknown.

Other studies have shown a lack of preventative effects of tea on cancer. The amount of tea required for cancer-preventive effects has also varied widely in studies – from 2- 10 cups per day.1

In 2005, the FDA stated that “there is no credible evidence to support qualified health claims for green tea consumption and a reduced risk of gastric, lung, colon/rectal, esophageal, pancreatic, ovarian, and combined cancers.”1

Heart Disease:

A 2006 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that green tea consumption is associated with reduced mortality due to all causes, including cardiovascular disease.

The study followed over 40,000 Japanese participants between the ages of 40 and 79 for 11 years, starting in 1994.

The participants who drank at least 5 cups of green tea per day had a significantly lower risk of dying (especially from cardiovascular disease) than those who drank less than one cup of tea per day.

Another study found that consuming 10 cups of green tea per day can lower total cholesterol, however, consuming 4 cups or less had no effect on cholesterol levels.1

Type 2 Diabetes:

Studies concerning the relationship between green tea and diabetes have been inconsistent. Some have shown a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes for green tea drinkers than for those who consumed no tea, while other studies have found no association between tea consumption and diabetes at all.1

Weight Loss:

Green tea may promote a small, non-significant weight loss in overweight and obese adults; however, since the weight lost in the studies were so minimal, it is unlikely that green tea is clinically important for weight loss.

Other studies have found that green tea is helpful in preventing dental cavities, stress, chronic fatigue, treating skin conditions and improving arthritis by reducing inflammation.

Recent developments on the benefits of green tea from MNT news

Green tea or coffee may reduce stroke risk. Drinking green tea or coffee on a regular basis is associated with a reduced risk of stroke, according to a study published in the journal Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.5

Green tea may help fight prostate cancer. British researchers have scientifically proven that broccoli, turmeric, green tea and pomegranate help fight the most common cancer in men in the United States and the United Kingdom – prostate cancer.6

Forms of green tea

Green tea is available bottled and sweetened with sugar or an artificial sweetener, in single tea bags, loose-leaf, and in instant-powder. Green tea supplements are sold in capsule form or liquid extracts.

According to 2010 research presented at the American Chemical Society, bottled teas are not equivalent to brewed teas as some 16-oz bottled teas can contain fewer polyphenols than one cup of brewed tea.1

Green tea extract ointments have been approved by the FDA to topically treat genital warts.

Precautions and risks

There are little to no known side effects or contraindications to drinking green tea for adults. Those with severe caffeine sensitivities could experience insomnia, anxiety, irritability, nausea or upset stomach.3

Those taking anticoagulant drugs such as Coumadin/warfarin should drink green tea with caution due to its vitamin K content.3

If taken with stimulant drugs, green tea could possibly increase blood pressure and heart rate.3

Green tea supplements however, contain high levels of active substances that can trigger side effects and interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications.4 Green tea supplements are unregulated by the FDA and may also contain other substances unsafe for health or with unproven health benefits. Always check with a physician before starting any herb or supplement regimen.

In particular, pregnant or breastfeeding women, those with heart problems or high blood pressure, kidney or liver problems, stomach ulcers, or anxiety disorders should not take green tea supplements or extracts.4

Written by Megan Ware, RDN, LD, registered dietitian and nutritionist

source : http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/269538.php

Green Tea - is it a cup of Treatment

STOP Worrying

STOP Worrying

Problem Solving

Problem Solving

I Love You, America, But This List Should NOT Make You Uncomfortable

Did you know that the United Nations outlined what basic rights and freedoms we are entitled to? It’s called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

I’m really glad to a friend whom sent me this simplified version, because it sure looks like a lot of countries need a refresher. Yeah, America, I’m looking at you, too!

You can read the original wording here. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml

I Love You, America, But This List Should NOT Make You Uncomfortable

A Women's Healing Herbs

A Women's Healing Herbs

My Strawberry Garden :)

My Strawberry Garden :)

How To Supercharge Your Coffee To Give You Even More Energy In The Morning

The old world tradition of adding butter to coffee has recently re-emerged as a performance enhancer embraced by the likes of Bulletproof Executive founder Dave Asprey and holistic health guru Andrew Weil.

Weil asserts that the often demonized saturated fat poses no risk for increased heart disease and may actually help “stimulate the body’s fat-burning potential” in addition to boosting creativity and productivity.

How To Supercharge Your Coffee To Give You Even More Energy In The Morning

What Real Men do?

Since the last couple of weeks, @gapingvoid started one of the most humorous monologues on Twitter that I have ever heard. He decided to talk about what Real Men do. Here is the complete list for you to enjoy. Do let me know your thoughts about it, what do you think that Real Men do?

1. Real Men don’t get defensive when they learn that not everybody shares their enthusiasm for Apple products.

2. Real Men don’t confuse phrases like “Real Men don’t have to worry about whether they’re being.

3. Real Men” with original thought.

4. Real Men don’t throw a hissy fit when some A-Lister fails to reply to their unsolicited, 6,000 word email.

5. Real Men don’t fantasize about traffic spikes while they’re beating off.

6. Real Men have s** more often than they get onto Techmeme.

7. Real Men don’t blame their business failures on bloggers with more traffic than them.

8. Real Men don’t “Open Source” the lint in their navels.

9. Real Men don’t sigh like teenagers while watching other men trying to make an honest living.

10.Real Men don’t “follow all the interesting conversations on Friendfeed” when they should be schtuppin’ their wives.

11. Real Men don’t have to wipe off their keyboard with a Kleenex after every time they read a news story about Apple.

12. Real Men never pretend that their personal blog “belongs to my community”.

13. Real Men don’t Twitter while their girlfriends are giving them head.

14. Real Men never use use the phrase, “Interesting Conversations” to justify their lame-ass online addiction.

15. Real Men don’t blog about blogging.

16. Real Men like BJs and beer more than they like Facebook and Friendfeed.

17. Real Men don’t worry about whether Real Men use Twitter or not.

18. Real Men don’t give a rat’s a** if you prefer Linux over Windows.

19. Real Men actually spend time AWAY from their computers.

20. Real Men don’t play “Armchair Quarterback”.

21. Real Men don’t cry like schoolgirls every time another blogger starts making real money.

22. Real Men don’t confuse Cluetrain with Religion.

23. Real Men don’t linkbait.

24. Real Men don’t confuse “Getting mentioned on @Techcrunch” with “Having a real business model”.

25. Real Men don’t care if their story fails to make it onto @techmeme.

26. Real Men don’t ask for sympathy f**** online.

27. Real Men don’t have to ask for clarification on every detail, no matter how trivial.

28. Real Men don’t care if it’s a Walled Garden.

29. Real Men don’t tweet REALLY OBVIOUS jokes that have already been tweeted 6-8 times

before in the last 2 minutes.

30. Real Men never say, “If it doesn’t have comments, it isn’t a real blog”.

31. Real Men don’t leave comments.

32. Real Men don’t wait overnight in line to get into the Apple Store.

33. Real Men don’t even know who Jerry Yang is.

34. Real Men don’t make it to the top of Techmeme.

35. Real Men don’t use the phrase, “Quality Content”.

36. Real Men don’t care if you’re blog doesn’t have as much “quality content” as it used to.

37. Real Men don’t have “Personal Brands”.

38. Real Men do not confuse “a new paradigm” with “please give me your money”.

39. Real Men don’t open-source the name of their firstborn.

40. Real Men don’t measure their self-worth in terms of whuffie.

41. Real Men don’t give a flying f*** what the business model is.

42. Real Men don’t spend 8 hours a day on Friendfeed, “because that’s where all the interesting conversations are…”.

[Update : Hugh MacLeod just updated that #2 and #3 are actually a single thought.]

What Real Men do?

Boy Doesn't See His Father As An Inspiration Until He Discovers His Dad's Secret. [VIDEO]

Boy Doesn’t See His Father As An Inspiration Until He Discovers His Dad’s Secret. [VIDEO]

Direct by Daniel Yam, this production from "The Creative Room" tells the story of a son unhappy because his father isn’t rich. Not understanding his father’s gift, the boy sets out on his own, only to later find out his father’s secret.

Boy Doesn't See His Father As An Inspiration Until He Discovers His Dad's Secret. [VIDEO]

Non-Attempt To Save The Planet.

Never Before Have I Laughed So Hard At One Guy’s Non-Attempt To Save The Planet.

We all know the rainforest is being destroyed. Heck, the entire planet’s in distress! But is there really anything we can do about ?

Non-Attempt To Save The Planet.

Mind Changing Concept

Knowledge is Power

During a recent robbery in Hong Kong, the bank robber shouted to everyone in the bank:

“Don’t move. The money belongs to the Government. Your life belongs to you.”Everyone in the bank laid down quietly.

This is called “Mind Changing Concept”

Changing the conventional way of thinking.

When the bank robbers returned home, the younger robber (MBA trained) told the older robber (who has only completed Year 6 in primary school):

“Big brother, let’s count how much we got.”

The older robber rebutted and said:

“You are very stupid. There is so much money it will take us a long time to count. Tonight, the TV news will tell us how much we robbed from the bank!”

This is called “Experience”

Nowadays, experience is more important than paper qualifications !

After the robbers had left, the bank manager told the bank supervisor to call the police quickly. But the supervisor said to him:

“Wait! Let us take out $10 million from the bank for ourselves and add it to the $70 million that we have previously embezzled from the bank”.

This is called “Swim with the tide”

Converting an unfavorable situation to your advantage !

The supervisor says: “It will be good if there is a robbery every month.”

This is called “Killing Boredom”

Personal Happiness is more important than your job”.

The next day, the TV news reported that $100 million was taken from the bank. The robbers counted and counted and counted, but they could only count $20 million.

The robbers were very angry and complained: “We risked our lives and only took $20 million. The bank manager took $80 million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be educated than to be a thief!”

This is called “Knowledge is worth as much as gold”

The bank manager was smiling and happy because his losses in the share market are now covered by this robbery.

This is called “Seizing the opportunity”

Daring to take risks !

Mind Changing Concept

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20 worlds funnniest jokes and one liners

1. I tried to catch some Fog. I mist.

2. When chemists die, they barium.

3. Jokes about German sausage are wurst.

4. A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

5. I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop anytime.

6. How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.

7. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned in me.

8. This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I have never met herbivore.

9. I am reading a book about anti-gravity, I can’t put it down.

10. I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.

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11. They told me I had type A blood, but it was a type O.

12. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

13. PMS jokes aren’t funny. Period.

14. Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.

15. Class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there’s no pop quiz.

16. Energizer Bunny arrested: Charged with battery.

17. I didn’t like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

18. How do you make holy water? Boil the hell out of it!

19. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

20. When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

21. What does a clock do when its hungry? It goes back four seconds.

22. I wondered why baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me!

23. Broken pencils are pointless.

20 worlds funnniest jokes and one liners

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