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Message For the Day…” Avoid Catering to the Cravings of Your Tongue …”

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Health is the greatest blessing. Without it, you cannot do even the smallest work. Health is indispensable for your progress in material, moral, political, economic, artistic and spiritual fields. Food habits are of primary importance if health must be secured and maintained. ‘No restraint, no success’ is the axiom. Among the 8.4 million species of living beings, all except humans live on food as provided by Mother Nature. Human beings alone strive to make such food more palatable, more attractive to the senses of sight, touch and smell by boiling, frying, freezing and mixing, grinding and soaking. Natural Food is really beneficial. Catering to the cravings of the tongue, if you intake heavy food thrice or more a day, you will fall ill and lose the sprightliness of youth. Restraints, controls and limits must be applied to the tongue. Regular and limited intake alone will enable you to discharge your duties.

Sathya Sai Baba

” Retirement is the Never Ending Coffee Beak …” !!!

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The Retirement Q&A!

Retirement can be a wonderful thing. It sure is a huge change in one’s life, moving from office to home, from keeping hours to keeping yourself busy and having fun. Indeed, retirement has many secrets, which is why it was important for me to ask some ‘hard’ questions about this phase of life.

Question: How many days in a week?
Answer: 6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday

Question: When is a retiree’s bedtime?
Answer: Two hours after he falls asleep on the couch.

Question: How many retirees to change a light bulb?
Answer: Only one, but it might take all day.

Retirement is wonderful. It’s doing nothing
without worrying about getting caught at it
Gene Perret

Question: What’s the biggest gripe of retirees?
Answer: There is not enough time to get everything done.

Question: Why don’t retirees mind being called Seniors?
Answer: The term comes with a 10% discount.

Question: Among retirees, what is considered formal attire?
Answer: Tied shoes.

Question: Why do retirees count pennies?
Answer: They are the only ones who have the time.

‘There’s one thing I always wanted to do before I quit…retire!’
Groucho Marx

Question:
What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire?
Answer: Idiot

Question: Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?
Answer: They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.

Question: What do retirees call a long lunch?
Answer: Lunch.

I have never liked working.
To me a job is an invasion of privacy
Danny McGorty

Question: What is the best way to describe retirement?
Answer: The never ending Coffee Break.

Question: What’s the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?
Answer: If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.

Question: Why does a retiree often say he doesn’t miss work, but misses the people he used to work with?
Answer: He is too polite to tell the whole truth.

Question: What do you do all week?
Answer: Monday through Friday, nothing; Saturday & Sunday, I rest.

I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work.
So I do it three or four times a day.
Gene Perret

Source:::: ba-ba mail site

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படித்து ரசித்தது …” எத்தனை அழகான முத்துக்கள் … “

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எத்தனை அழகான முத்துக்கள்! ஒவ்வொரு முத்தையும், பெட்டகத்தில் பதித்து, பட்டை தீட்டி, ஒன்றோடு ஒன்று உரசி உடையாமல், இடையிடையே மென்மையான தடுப்புக் கொடுத்து, மேலே ஒரு தடித்த தோலால் பேக்கிங் செய்து, இத்தனை வேலைப்பாடுடன் கூடிய முத்துப் பார்சலை, குரூரமாக இயந்திரத்தில் இட்டு அரைத்து, கரைத்து, வடிகட்டிக் குடிக்காவிட்டால் என்ன… நான் இனிமேல் குடிக்கப் போவதில்லை, மாதுளம் பழம் ஜூசை.

— பாக்கியம் ராமசாமி. in DINAMALAR … Varamalar Sunday

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Cool … Cool … Ice Cream !!!

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Amazing Things You Never Knew about Ice Cream.
When I think about summer, one of the first things that come to my mind is the way our family used to eat ice cream on the weekends. Something about this delicious dessert always makes us feel better, and it’s a well known “cure” for a hard day. It was really surprising for me to find out just how many things about this simple delight are attributed to luck and chance. I’m sure you too will be amazed to find out all of these incredible facts about ice cream:
The idea for chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream came from an anonymous suggestion on a board in a Burlington shop of Ben & Jerry’s. The flavor went into production in 1991 and became a huge success.
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The sundae was invented by soda shops in the late 1890s and there is much debate about the true origin and meaning of the name. It might come from a belief that a special treat such as sundae is usually eaten on special day, such as Sunday. Another possible origin is the German word Sünde, meaning sin, alluding to the calorie rich nature of a sundae.
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When you see pictures of ice cream on advertisements or on display cabinets it’s most likely mashed potatoes.  Food photographers often use this as a stand-in for actual ice cream since it looks the same, but is much easier to shape.
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The first known ice cream recipe was found in the recipe book of Lady Anne Fanshawe. It is dated at 1665 and shows it was flavored with orange flower water, mace and other bizarre additions.
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The first versions of Neapolitan ice cream were made of green pistachio, white vanilla, and red cherry ice cream, the same colors as the Italian flag. Today the flavors have changed to vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry, because those are the three most popular flavors in the market.
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A “brain freeze”, or a “ice cream headache” happens when the nerve endings on the roof of your mouth touch anything too cold. When that happens they send a message to your brain signaling a loss of body heat. The blood vessels in your brain contract in response to that and when they return to their normal size, the blood rushes back to your head. Knowing this won’t make your head hurt any less, but at least now you know why it hurts…
Some the most popular ice cream flavors of the colonial era in the United States were oyster, parmesan, and asparagus. Luckily they have been replaced by vanilla, strawberry and chocolate.
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Chocolate ice cream is much older than vanilla, the first documented recipe for it appeared in the book The Modern Steward, published in Italy during 1692. Not only was vanilla much later invented, but it was also much less popular since vanilla was very expansive.
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Professional ice cream taste-testers (yes It’s a real job) use special gold spoons to test each new dish. Gold dishes leave virtually no trace of flavor which allow the tester to taste the product with no trace from what was last on the spoon.
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Ever wondered why Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors are so full of chunky mix-ins and extra everything? Well it turns out that co-founder Ben Cohen has no sense of scent. He therefore gets a lot of his pleasure in ice cream from its texture. After some early tasting sessions Ben & Jerry’s decided this wasn’t a bad idea at all, and we should all be thankful about that!
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This is the biggest ice cream dish in the UK, it takes two hours to make and it includes 99 scoops of ice cream. This sugar monster weighs around 9lb (4kg) and contains more than  21,000 calories.
The waffle cone was created by simple chance when Abe Doumar, a traveling salesman, was working at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. He saw that an ice cream vendor ran out of paper dishes and encouraged him to start serving on rolled waffles made by another nearby vendor.
The most important ingredients in ice cream are milk, sugar and… Air. Without air mixed in, ice cream would be as hard as a rock and not much different then flavored ice.
The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate ice cream sundae is the most expansive dessert in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records. It’s made using a blend of 28 cocoas, including 14 of the world’s most expensive, 5g (0.17 oz) of edible 23-karat gold, and a gold spoon decorated with white and chocolate-colored diamonds, which you can take home with you. The price for all of this goodness? 25,000$ US.

Source: Bill J. in ba-ba mail site

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” Why You Should Drink a Glass of Water Before each Meal … ” ?

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3 Reasons to Drink Water Before Each Meal

If you could do one super simple thing that could help you lose weight, improve your skin and feel more energetic, you’d do it, right? And what if I told you it wouldn’t cost you anything either? Awesome, right? All you need to do: Drink one glass of water before each meal and sit back to reap these benefits.

  • Lose Weight: Numerous studies have shown that drinking water before meals can result in consuming less calories at those meals, which can ultimately lead toweight loss. This is probably because the water provides a sense of fullness, so not as much food is needed to reach the point of satiety. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that choosing water as your drink of choice instead of an empty-calorie beverage can save more than 100 calories per glass.
  • Improve Your Skin: While drinking water before each meal may not be the equivalent of drinking from the fountain of youth, it certainly can help to improve rough, dry skin that is all too common this time of year, which can be worsened by dehydration. You may not feel as thirsty during the cold winter months as you do during the hot summer ones, but drinking water is important no matter what the weather.
  • Energize Your Day: Research has shown that even slight dehydration can cause a drop in energy levels. It makes since as water is crucial for nearly every system of your body to function properly. And guess what? If you are thirsty, you are probably already slightly dehydrated. Prevent this from happening by drinking water regularly throughout the day–a glass before each meal is the perfect way to stay on an energy-boosting track.

Source:::: http://www.self.com/flash/health-blog/

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Message For the Day…” Know That YOU are the Spark of the Divine…”

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Lord Krishna said, “Don’t conduct yourself like a beast, not even like a human being. Know that you are the spark of the Divine. You are ancient, eternal and essentially Divine. Mamaivamsho Jeeva Loke Jeeva Bhoota Sanatanaha.” Being the sparks of Divine, you must have the sacred qualities of Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Nonviolence. Instead of behaving in accordance with these noble virtues, people submit themselves to evil qualities like lust, greed, anger, jealousy, hatred and avarice which does not befit a human being. These changes are due to one’s food habits and behavior. The food you take and the water you drink must be pure, and timely. Lead a well regulated human life and realise the Divine within you.

Sathya Sai Baba

Human Body… Most Incredible and Complex Machine !!!

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The human body is, without a doubt, the most incredible and complex “machine” on the face of the planet, maybe the universe. In an age where mankind sends people into space and keeps coming up with more and more great inventions, the human body is still full of undiscovered mysteries. To help you understand just how amazing you are, here are some facts that left me with a great sense of admiration for the workings of the human body.
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Source: Lucas B. in ba-ba mail site

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