SELF- ESTEEM

One of my co-worker gave me this booklet it entitled "The book of Hope". At first I was hesitant to read it, I always put it aside and done other activities that I'am busy with. And then  I got curious of what's the content of this booklet when all of my workmates started talking about it and invited me to answer few questions about the topic they have read. Then I came across with this topic "Self- esteem' I can relate to this because I've experienced it during my younger years as part of growing up asking those questions. Here are the questions that I wanted to share with you and reflect on it.

" You're no good for anything"

          Have you ever been told this?

                          " I'm ugly"

" I' m no good at sports. Not good in school either."

          " How can anyone love me? I'm not worth it!"

                                         Have you ever thought this?

SELF- ESTEEM. Have you ever looked in the mirror and wished you were someone else? If you answer yes, you're in the majority. Probably everyone who has ever lived wished that they could change at least one thing about themselves: their nose, their height, their personality - something.

Looks. Money.Possessions. Popularity. They all have one thing in common: they're not guaranteed. Even if we have them, they're all temporary. When our self- worth relies on these things. Happiness and fulfillment will always be short lived.

True worth comes by seeing ourselves through God our Creator's eye. How much value does he place on your life? Did you Know that God loves you as much as he loves his own son Jesus! You can't get any more valuable than that! 

I so agree with this and I hope that after reading this article you've learned something.

Source: Book of Hope

The Natural Ways to Get Rid of Scars (from yahoo.com)

The  natural methods are very effective in dealing with the problem of scars. These cures can remove scars and give you pleasant skin In case, you do not get rid of scars even after constantly applying these methods, you need to go to a dermatologist. 






Applying lemon juice: Using fresh and strong lemon juice to deal with scars is an easy and simple method. For this, you have to place equal amounts of lemon juice and water in a cup and stir their mixture. After mixing them up, put a piece of absorbent fabric in it and apply it on your scars. This process should continue for minimum 5 minutes. But you have to continue it on a daily basis for positive results. This treatment removes scars and dead skin and can result in the development of new and fresh skin cells. Apart from that, you can also use a mixture of lemon juice and moisturizer and apply it regularly on your scars or you can even use a cotton swab, dip it into the lemon juice and directly apply it on your skin's affected areas. Photo by: tedestudio

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Using Cocoa Butter: Cocoa butter is a very famous and useful natural product, specifically for pregnant women who have to deal with scars. It helps them remove their stretch marks. If this natural product is used regularly on the affected parts, it will show positive results in a noticeable and healthy way within a short period of time.

Photo by: DanielTaeger

A mixture of oils: Another important and efficient way to get rid of scars to is mix pure olive oil, rosehip seed oil and vitamin E oil. This mixture is a highly effective skin care product for the removal of scars. For this method, you need to wash your face first and make sure it's free of dirt and oil. Then you should apply this mixture on your scars around 3 to 4 times a day. 

Adequate intake of water: One of the easiest and affordable ways to get rid of scars is drinking a lot of water. Having a minimum of 10 glasses of water regularly can benefit you in many ways, such as give you a glowing and clean skin, remove scars and marks, moisturize the skin and remove contaminants, etc. 

Applying Honey: Honey is a very beneficial natural product for scars. If you use it on a daily basis, it can improve your skin. Using honey is a very convenient method as you can directly put it on your scars and wash it after around 20 minutes. You can even combine it with your moisturizer. 

Applying cucumber juice: You can also apply fresh cucumber juice directly on your scars and continue doing it on a daily basis. This is a very risk-free therapy for the removal of scars and keeps your skin healthy and clean. 

Source: http://ph.she.yahoo.com/photos/natural-ways-rid-scars-slideshow/-photo-2545420-014300188.html

Keeping your heart healthy

Apples have a rounded shape with a depression at the top where the stem is attached. Some apples are almost perfectly round, while others are more rounded at the top and narrower at the bottom.  In addition, some have knobby lobes at the calyx end (bottom) of the fruit.  Apple fruits are firm and the skin is shiny and smooth. The color of the skin can be red, green, yellow, or a combination of those colors. The flesh is white or ivory.

A small-scale study funded by the apple industry claims that an apple a day can, indeed, keep the cardiologist at bay.

Published in the Journal of Functional Foods, the research found that healthy, middle-aged adults who ate one apple every day for four weeks succeeded in lowering levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol by 40 percent -- a substance which has been linked to the hardening of the arteries.

To carry out their study, researchers from Ohio State University recruited 16 healthy adults between the ages of 40 and 60 who weren’t regular apple eaters – less than twice a month. Participants were instructed to eat either a Red or a Golden Delicious apple every day for four weeks.

Another 17 participants took oral capsules containing 194 mg of polyphenols for four weeks, and a third group of 18 people took a placebo.

While the polyphenol capsules also yielded measurable results, they weren’t as strong as consuming whole apples, researchers said.

“That could either be because there are other things in the apple that could contribute to the effect, or, in some cases, these bioactive compounds seem to get absorbed better when they're consumed in foods,” hypothesized lead researcher Robert DiSilvestro.

When oxidized LDL or low-density lipoprotein --also known as ‘bad cholesterol’ -- oxidizes after meeting free radicals, the cholesterol is more likely to promote inflammation and cause tissue damage, researchers explain.

DiSilvestro also claims that eating whole apples daily was found to be more effective in this particular capacity -- lowering bad cholesterol levels -- than other antioxidant-rich foods he’s studied separately, including turmeric, green tea and tomato extract.

The latest study builds on previous research vaunting the health benefits of apples. A Florida State University study likewise proved that eating an apple daily lowered ‘bad cholesterol’ levels by 23 percent while also increasing good cholesterol levels by 4 percent. Female participants also lost an average of 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) during the year-long experiment.

SOURCE: http://ph.she.yahoo.com/keep-heart-healthy-eating-apples-daily-study-154008061.html

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Florida Keys Overseas Highway

The Overseas Highway is a 127.5-mile (205.2 km) highway carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) through the Florida Keys. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway. Completed in 1912, the Overseas Railroad was heavily damaged and partially destroyed in the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. The Florida East Coast Railway was financially unable to rebuild the destroyed sections, so the roadbed and remaining bridges were sold to the State of Florida for $640,000.

The original construction of the Overseas Highway used many of the bridges of the former railroad, including truss bridges, where the roadway was built on top of the trusses. "Contract for building 18 bridges on the new Overseas Highway to Key West was awarded to Cleary Brothers Construction Co. of West Palm Beach last week [late April 1942], calling for completion of all bridge construction work on sections of the highway within the overseas road and bridge toll district, on the abandoned foundations of the old Florida East Coast railway line." Most of these older bridges built for railroads have been replaced by more modern bridges that are able to accommodate more than two lanes of traffic. The highway included the Seven Mile Bridge, the Bahia Honda Bridge and the Long Key Bridge (although these three original bridges are no longer open to vehicular traffic, except for part of Seven Mile Bridge, they are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and are currently used as fishing piers).

From its opening on March 29, 1938, until the destruction by fire of the Card Sound Bridge in 1944, the Overseas Highway also had the signed designation State Road 4A; after the realignment in 1945 to its current entry onto Key Largo along the old railroad right-of-way (the new segment of Overseas Highway, from Florida City to Key Largo is known locally as "the 18 Mile Stretch"), it received the unsigned designation State Road 5, the same as the entirety of US 1 south of Jacksonville at that time.

Portions of the road were tolled until April 15, 1954; toll booths were located on Big Pine Key and Lower Matecumbe Key. Pigeon Key, roughly the midway point of the Seven Mile Bridge, served as the headquarters for the "Overseas Road and Toll District." The toll for automobiles was$1, plus 25 cents per passenger.

One of animated television's Wacky Races was The Overseas Hi-Way Race, which first aired on December 28, 1968, on CBS, covering the entire actual route from Key Largo to Key West. While Long Key was correctly portrayed, most of the other in-between keys were given fictional names, and Sombrero Key was actually five miles south of the highway in open water, according to the Florida Keys–East map.

The entire roadway of the Overseas Highway was substantially rebuilt in the 1980s. In recent years, Pigeon Key was used by the University of Miami as an oceanography laboratory, but current efforts to restore the buildings on the island have resulted in the establishment of a railroad museum there. The newer Seven Mile Bridge does not have direct access to Pigeon Key; people going there must walk on 2.2 miles (3.5 km) of the original Seven Mile Bridge from its northern end on Knight's Key, or take a shuttle bus, to reach the island.

Places to See Before You Die (Petra, Jordan)

Petra (Greek "πέτρα" (petra), meaning stone; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'anthat is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Established possibly as early as 312 BC as the capital city of theNabataeans,  it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourist attraction.  It lies on the slope of Mount Hor  in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been aUNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winning poem by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage".^[4] See: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. Petra was chosen by the Smithsonian Magazine as one of the "28 Places to See Before You Die."

Top 5 Facts about Gadaffi’s Bodyguards

1. Virginity

                  All the girls of Gadaffi’s Amazonian guard are virgins and take a vow of chastity when becoming

                  bodyguards.

2. Well Trained

                Gadaffi believes it is empowering for women to be his bodyguards. He says, “Women should be 

                trained for combat, so that they do not become easy prey for their enemies.

3. Hand-Picked

                 In spite of the fact that they are allowed to wear lipstick, jewellery, polished nails, and even high 

                 heels, they are all trained killers and hand-picked by gadaffi himself.

4. Oath

                 All of Gadaffi’s bodyguard girls swear an oath that they will give their lives for him and it is 

                  claimed they never leave his side, night or day.

5. Devotion

                  In 1998 one of the girls was killed when Islamic fundamentalists in Libya ambushed Gadaffi’s

    

                  motorcade. The dead bodyguard threw herself across the Colonel’s body to stop the bullets.

Read more at http://top5s.net/index.php/2011/05/top-5-facts-about-gadaffi%E2%80%99s-bodyguards/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=mgid.com&utm_campaign=top5s_emotionfeed&utm_content=562626#UfPjOpH7SC8HyUbq.99

The Love of a mother

Xu Zhangshi, who is 95 years old was
born in Bozhou City, Anhui province in 1916. For more than 40 years,
she looked after her paralyzed son. 

Though she is very poor, she
declined donation from other people. Her endless love and persistance
moved all people across China and she is named the "Most BeautifulMother" in China.The mother has taken good care of her son,  she cleans the face, wash hand of her son, feeds, sit still besides her son's bed,  makes her son feel cool puts the diaper out in the sun does the housework for 19 years since the son Xu Quanyi, 60-year-old, has paralysed and can not live by himself.