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12/25/2002 7

Bible

 David - A great king of Israelites in the Old Testament.  David was a shepherd in his boyhood.  As a youth, he asked for King Saul's permission to fight Goliath, the giant Philistine warrior whom all the other Israelites were afraid to face.  Despite his small size, David managed to kill Goliath by hitting him in the forehead with a stone flung from a sling.  King Saul then gave David command of his army, but he grew jealous of him and tried to kill him; David spend many years fleeing from Saul.  After Saul's death, David was made king of the Israelites and served nobly, despite occasional lapses, such as an affair with Bathsherba; he had Bathsherba's husband killed so that he could marry her.  Many of the Psalms are attributed to David, who was famed as a harpist.  His descendants, the House of David, included Solomon and the subsequent kings of Israel and Judah; according to the Gospels, Jesus was descended from David.
1/5/2003 8 Bible FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY - The three great virtues that the NEW TESTAMENT calls for in Christians.  Charity is often called love.  According to the Apostle Paul, "Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."
6/4/2003   Sports
Captains of the Yankee ship
Name Years
Hal Chase 1912
Roger Peckinpaugh 1914-21
Babe Ruth 1922
Evertt Scott 1922-25
Lou Gehrig 1935-41
Thurman Munson 1976-79
Graig Nettles 1982-84
Willie Randolph 1986-89
Ron Guidry 1986-89
Don Mattingly 1991-95
Derek Jeter 2003
8/5/2003   Money
How teachers stack up
The average annual teacher salary is $44,367. By one controversial estimate, that's about $30 an hour. Here's how some other professions compare.
Occupation  Mean hourly wage  Mean annual wage 
Construction managers  $24.96  $51,920 
Finance managers  $28.56  $59,400 
Chemical engineers  $29.44  $61,240 
Physicists  $33.23  $69,120 
Lawyers  $36.49  $75,890 
Dentists  $44.40  $92,350 
 Source:  Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

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Just things I have read lately that I found interesting

and facts/quotes you submitted to TonyAloe.com

IMAGINATION is more important than KNOWLEDGE.  -Albert Einstein

Date Source Knowledge Subject
11/4/2002 Time Magazine 80% think adults should be able to use marijuana legally for medical purposes

47 % say they have tried marijuana at least once

72% say people arrested for possessing small amounts of marijuana should be fined, not jailed

President Bush is against legalizing Pot; John Walters is appointed Drug Czar to stop rich old men who are sponsoring the Marijuana Policy Project (George Soros, John Sperling, Peter Lewis

 Politics
11/4/2002 Time Magazine Best Websites:

www.internalmemos.com - largest collection of corporate memos

www.careerjournal.com - job site

www.multesinvestor.com - Data mill

www.redenvelope.com - gift

www.fitforbusiness.com - detailed reviews to find best fitness facilities

www.eia.doe.gov - free research from department of energy (fuel, oil prices)

www.dailycandy.com - unscientific analysis of latest fads

www.demographicsnow.com - free data on population, income, etc.

www.entreworld.org - advice on small business

www.consumerreview.com - reviews of wide range of products

 

 Business
11/4/2002 Time Magazine Learn about the different types of tea and why each is good for you Nutrition
11/9/2002 MSNBC Men in China have the lowest rate of prostate cancer in the world, and a diet rich in GARLIC, SHALLOTS, SCALLIONS & ONIONS (allium food group) may be the reasons.  http://www.msnbc.com/news/830960.asp?cp1=1 Nutrition
11/11/2002 Time Magazine Numbers:

$357,128 Amount retired GE CEO Jack Welch receives each month from his GE pension

$1,000 Amount of Welch's monthly social security check

$8,982 Amount Welch spends each month on food and beverages, including wine

$35,000 Amount Welch pays to his estranged wife per month, which she claims is "patently inadequate"

 People
11/30/02 Renee St. Andrew A dime has 110 ridges around it Money
12/5/2002 Denise Chase According to the American Heart Associates adults should limit the amount of sodium they eat to no more than 2400 mg per day (or about teaspoon of table salt). Nutrition
12/8/2002 Star-Ledger

Records:

Attempts                     691                    Drew Bledsoe, Patriots 1994

Completions               404                     Warren Moon, Oilers 1991

Percentage                  70.5                   Ken Anderson, Bengals 1982

Passing Yards             5,084                 Dan Marino, Dolphins 1984

300 yard games          9                        Gannon(2002);Marino(1984);Moon(1990);Warner(1999)

 Sports
12/9/2002 Time Magazine The Age of Arthritis

By 2020, scientists expect some 40 million Americans will suffer from osteoarthritis.

Cartilage is important but so is everything that surrounds it -- muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments.

water is squeezed out of the cartilage into the space between the bones.  Once the pressure is released, the water flows back into the cartilage, carrying with it nutrients that were picked up from the synovial fluid, which fills the joint.  This constant fluid exchange is critical to maintaining healthy, pliable cartilage and explains why joint-moving exercises, like walking, help delay the progress of osteoarthritis.

Anything that puts extra stress on the joints will wear out the cartilage much faster.

Bones are actually quite active tissues, constantly building and rebuilding themselves from the inside out.

Women with strong, healthy bones -- the kind that are least susceptible to the brittleness of osteoporosis -- are at greater risk of developing osteoarthritis.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:  Walking is one of the best ways to keep joints from seizing up.  Low impact aerobics:  any exercise that doesn't put pounding pressure on the joints can help build up muscle and keep ligaments and tendons flexible enough to give the joints the support they need. 

Health
12/26/2002 Mary D'Alessandro  Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. Philosophy
1/10/2003 Tracy Beckham  To the world, YOU may be ONE person; but to ONE person, YOU may be the world! Philosophy
1/10/2003 Mary D'Alessandro Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,

it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is love.

 Corinthians 13

 

 Bible
5/14/2003 J&J Eferral Candidates Are Hired 32% More   9 May, 2003    
eferral candidates are hired 32% more often than any other source of hire!
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source--including the Internet!
eferral - 37%
Internet Submissions - 28%
Temp to Regular - 18%
Agency Hires - 13%
Other - 4%
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"eferral advantage"...and it begins with you!
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Statistics are based on 2002 year-end results.

 

 Business
1/24/2004 Star Ledger NJ prison population:  1977: ~6,000  2004: ~27,000, 331 per 100,000 residents vs. 76 in 1980

NJ Cost:  $1.2 billion = cost of corrections, parole, juvenile justice

35% of inmates are there due to Frank Graves' 1987 Drug Free School Zone Acts

Governor McGreevey signed bill to study fairness of sentencing.

growing recidivism:  2003: 40% of prople admitted to NJ prison were parole violators

 

 

 Politics
12/17/2004 Time Mag 57% increase in US foreign born population from 1990 - 2000; 274% increase in foreign born population in North Carolina from 1990-2000, largest increase of any state, attributed to Hispanics moving to the South for low-skilled jobs.  
3/24/2006 MSNBC.com

Athlete

Age

Earnings

• Andre Agassi

35

$26.2 million

• Lance Armstrong

34

$28 million

• David Beckham

30

$32.5 million

• Kobe Bryant

27

$28.8 million

• Lindsay Davenport

29

$6 million

• Oscar De La Hoya

33

$38 million

• Jeff Gordon

34

$23.4 million

• Matt Hasselbeck

30

$22.8 million

• LeBron James

21

$22.9 million

• Derek Jeter

31

$25.5 million

• Walter Jones

32

$23.2 million

• Michael Jordan

43

$33 million

• Phil Mickelson

35

$26.8 million

• Shaquille O'Neal

34

$33.4 million

• Manny Ramirez

35

$24.2 million

• Alex Rodriguez

30

$27.5 million

• Ronaldo

29

$23 million

• Valentino Rossi

27

$28 million

• Michael Schumacher

37

$60 million

• Maria Sharapova

18

$18.2 million

• Annika Sorenstam

35

$7.3 million

• Michael Vick

25

$37.5 million

• Serena Williams

24

$12.7 million

• Venus Williams

25

$6.5 million

• Tiger Woods

30

$87 million

 

 		  
1/13/2006 Google.com

How to Prevent a Hangover

Prevention is better than cure, they say. It's all well and good curing a hangover, but wouldn't it be better not to have it in the first place?

Steps

  1. Avoid alcohol. Of course, you probably wouldn't be reading this if you had decided to avoid it completely. Just realize that excessive drinking of alcohol is what causes most hangovers. The next steps assume that you are planning on a night of drinking.
  2. Eat a good dinner before you go out. If you can stomach it, drink some milk or olive oil. The food will absorb some of the alcohol you are about to drink, and the milk or olive oil will line your stomach, creating a protective layer.
  3. Choose clear alcohol like vodka, white wine, and light rum instead of red wine, whisky, brandy, and sherry. Similarly the dark beers have more consequence the morning after.
  4. Continue eating as you drink. Fats and carbs will put a brake on alcohol absorption, while eating sugars will replace the sugar stores that the booze removes from your liver.
  5. Drink a glass of water after every alcoholic drink. Alcohol dehydrates your body--this causes the headaches and other aches you feel during a hangover. One glass of water in between every glass of alcohol is a good principle.
  6. Know your limits. Avoid getting into buying rounds among your friends, as this will just encourage you to drink more. Instead, just buy your own drinks at your own pace, or agree to a certain budget with your companions.
  7. Drink another glass or two of water when you return home, and, if possible, have something else to eat.
  8. Take a multivitamin or liver salts before bed to replace the vitamins and minerals lost as a result of drinking alcohol. If you ate a good meal before going out, this step may be unnecessary. But better safe than sorry.


 

Tips

bulletWhile you shouldn't mix types of alcohol, If you do always drink the hardest type at the start of the night, and the weakest at the end. Remember this rhyme to help: "Beer before liquor, never been sicker. Liquor before beer, you're in the clear."
bulletIn terms of amount of alcohol consumed, 12 oz of beer = 5 oz of wine = 1.5 oz of spirits. Don't think you're drinking less because you're drinking white wine instead of Jack Daniels and Coke.
bulletCheese and nuts are good foods to take while drinking because the high fat content slows the absorption of alcohol.
bulletAvoid smoking. Smoking constricts your lungs and decreases the oxygen flow to your blood stream. Less oxygen means more hangover.
bulletVitamin B helps replace the nutrients lost while drinking. A good source of vitiman B is brewer's yeast which is in homebrewed beer and bottled conditioned beers, therefore drinking these might give you less of a hangover.

Warnings

bulletJust because you've taken preventative steps against hangovers, that doesn't mean you won't get drunk. Always drink responsibly.
bulletAlways read the label on vitamins or any other drugs, especially the health warnings, to ensure that there will be no adverse side effects when mixed with alcohol.
bulletNever take Tylenol (acetaminophen) for a hangover; it can cause severe liver damage when combined with alcohol because Tylenol alone taxes the liver considerably. The resulting liver damage is permanent and cumulative.

Things You'll Need

bulletFood
bulletLots of water
bulletMultivitamin
bulletLiver salts
bulletVitamin B

 

  
1/07/2006 MSNBC.com 1. What proportion of the body's glucose is consumed by the brain?B. 5 percent is not correct.
D. Your brain is a hungry organ: Even though it accounts for only about 2.5 percent of body weight, it requires about 25 percent of your glucose intake, and roughly the same amount of your oxygen intake.2. How much of your brain is made up of water?Correct
D. Water is the primary ingredient of the human body, and your gray matter is no exception. About 78 percent of your brain consists of water.3. How many neurons does a baby's brain contain?Correct
C. Humans are born with virtually all the 100 billion neurons they'll ever have, and the brain of a 7-year-old weighs 90 percent of the adult brain. The difference lies in the quality of the 100 trillion connections between synapses.4. How quickly can the human brain process information?B. 200 million bits per second is not correct.
D. Estimates of the brain's processing power have cited all of the listed numbers, depending on the application: Conscious language processing has been pegged at around 100 bps, image processing at 200 million bps, and raw calculating power at as much as 1 octillion bps (that's a 1 followed by 27 zeroes).

 

  

 

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