Category: Education

1.) Knowledge is a great thing. It can take you to anyplace your mind can imagine.
But Knowledge is all but useless without the will to apply it.

2.) Knowledge is useless when all time is spent trying to attain it and none is taken to use it, and enjoy its fruit's. ----Neo Blackwood

Category: Health

Headaches, burning and watery eyes, squinting and eyes that tire easily are common symptoms of near-point stress caused by such continuous close-up visual activities as reading and writing. The problem lies in the fact that human beings were not designed for near vision as a continuous activity. We have “hunter-soldier” eyes for survival. Only in the last 50 years or so have so many people been forced to deal with sustained, near visual tasks. Many visual difficulties can be reduced by following a few of the following simple guidelines:

Look up and away from your close-up task regularly. Make it a habit to change your focus from near to distant objects as frequently as possible.

When watching television, try to sit eight to ten feet away from the set. The ideal distance for close up visual tasks is 14 to 16 inches from the eyes

Good lighting is important. A good rule of thumb is to make your working or reading light three times brighter than the lighting in the rest of the room..

Category: Health

You’ve likely heard about the health benefits of antioxidant rich red wines and green teas. It now appears that pomegranate juice may belong on that list, too. That’s because pomegranate juice is rich in polyphenols, a large class of antioxidant compounds linked to a variety of disease fighting benefits. Pomegranate juice may, in fact, have three times more antioxidant activity than red wine or green tea.

While more research is needed, preliminary findings suggest that regular, daily consumption of concentrated pomegranate juice can lead to:

Healthier arteries. One study found that pomegranate juice helped reduce clogging of the neck’s carotid artery by up to 35 percent. This, in turn, could lead to decreased risk of stroke.

Reduce total cholesterol and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels in people with high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes.

A modestly reduced blood pressure. In one study, systolic blood pressure decreased by about 5 percent.

Improved blood flow to the heart in people who have coronary heart disease. This, in turn, can reduce the risk of heart attack.

By Brent Bauer, M.D., Director
Complementary and Integrative
Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic

Category: Proverbs

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

- Chinese Proverb

Category: Miscellaneous

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo; but what you need is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Category: Fitness

The most important thing about fighting is: the ability to relax, control your emotions and breathe. Tensing up physically,not thinking straight mentally will result with improper breathing patterns, that leads to quicker fatigue. Therefore, losing the match to a veteran, more experience, fighter. You got to remember to breathe as a fighter and not hold your breath during physical excersion, as simple as that sounds, it takes practice.

Category: Proverbs

" It is better to have been a has been, than a never was."