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Wednesday 30th May 2012





G’day,

I trust this finds you fit and well.




Contents

Computers | Health | Humour | Other
Public Relations and Marketing




Computers


Ballmer eyes 500 million Windows 8 sales in a year

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has laid out goals to see take-up of the software giant’s forthcoming operating system Windows 8 double that of its predecessor. www.itnews.com.au/News/301841,ballmer-eyes-500m-windows-8-sales-in-a-year.aspx



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Health


High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is primarily related to your body producing too much insulin. Over 85 percent of those with hypertension can normalize their blood pressure through simple lifestyle modifications, such as avoiding sugars and grains, exercising regularly, optimizing your vitamin D levels, and getting sufficient amounts of animal-based omega-3 fats such as krill oil. From Dr Mercola



Rutin flavonoids prevent blood clots by inhibiting platelet aggregation

Scientific validation of the old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”!

Researchers identified quercetin-3-rutinoside (rutin), a bioflavonoid that is naturally found in many fruits, vegetables and teas including onions, apples, and citrus fruits. The scientists noted that “Rutin proved to be the most potently anti-thrombotic compound that we ever tested”, as the flavonoid was shown to inhibit both platelet accumulation and fibrin generation during thrombus formation. Three to five daily servings of rutin from dietary sources or supplementing with 500 mg per day is shown to reduce platelet stickiness leading to blood clots and risk of early death from stroke and heart attack. http://www.naturalnews.com/036070_rutin_flavonoids_blood_clots.html



Vitamin C and the big ’C’

Some good data on vitamin C here. http://www.naturalnews.com/036068_vitamin_C_cancer_tumors.html



Weston Price Identified The X-Factor Decades Ago

A great roundup of data on how important the vitamin K2 is to your health and where to obtain it. http://chriskresser.com/vitamin-k2-the-missing-nutrient



GMOs Dammed Yet Again

There can be little doubt that genetically engineered crops are the most dangerous aspect of modern agriculture. Not only are we seeing rapid emergence of super-weeds resistant to glyphosate, courtesy of Roundup Ready crops, we now also have evidence of emerging Bt-resistant insects. Add to that the emergence of a brand new organism capable of producing disease and infertility in both plants and animals, and a wide variety of evidence showing harm to human health, and the only reasonable expectation one can glean is that humanity as a whole is being seriously threatened by this foolhardy technology.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/29/genetically-modified-crops-insects-emerged.aspx



From Ft. Detrick to the Gates Foundation to GSK
The Curious History of the Bone-Break Fever Vaccine

While one may sincerely wish that a dengue fever vaccine that actually works is being developed the track record of the parties involved, be it the Gates Foundation, GSK or the US Army has to leave any informed observer suspicious if not more than a little paranoid.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/05/the-curious-history-of-the-bone-break-fever-vaccine/



The Health Benefits of Cyanide, Vioxx and the Mortality Paradox

In recent weeks my description of the possible scale of the Vioxx Disaster has begun getting a little coverage on the web and in the British press, leading to some strong “push back” by people who say I can’t possibly be right. They may certainly be correct in their opinion, but I think their reasoning is mistaken, so I thought I’d briefly summarize the analysis once more, emphasizing again that the evidence is purely circumstantial... ...It seems to me that a Vioxx-induced premature American death toll which was well into the hundreds of thousands is the most parsimonious explanation of these surprising mortality statistics.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/05/vioxx-and-the-morality-paradox/



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Humour


Parliament - It’s a Joke!

State Parliament

House Minority Leader pictured standing, far right, speaks while colleagues play solitaire Monday night as the House convened to vote on a new budget.

The guy sitting in the row in front of these two....he’s on Facebook, and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.

These are the folks that couldn’t get the budget out by Oct. 1, and are about to control your health care, cap and trade, and the list goes on and on.

Should we buy them larger screen computers - or - a ticket home, permanently?

This is one of their 3-DAY WORK WEEKS that we all pay for (salary is about $179,000 per year).

KEEP THIS GOING! DON’T LET IT STOP WITH YOU!

OK, it’s not a joke, it’s a tragedy.



Did you ever see that list of the 50 best oxymorons?

50. Act naturally
49. Found missing
48. Resident alien
47. Advanced BASIC
46. Genuine imitation
45. Airline Food
44. Good grief
43. Same difference
42. Almost exactly
41. Government organization
40. Sanitary landfill
39. Alone together
38. Legally drunk
37. Silent scream
36. American history
35. Living dead
34. Small crowd
33. Business ethics
32. Soft rock
31. Butt Head
30. Military Intelligence
29. Software documentation
28. New York culture
27. New classic
26. Sweet sorrow
25. Childproof
24. "Now, then ..."
23. Synthetic natural gas
22. Christian Scientists
21. Passive aggression
20. Taped live
19. Clearly misunderstood
18. Peace force
17. Extinct Life
16. Temporary tax increase
15. Computer jock
14. Plastic glasses
13. Terribly pleased
12. Computer security
11. Political science
10. Tight slacks
9. Definite maybe
8. Pretty ugly
7. Twelve-ounce pound cake
6. Diet ice cream
5. Rap music
4. Working vacation
3. Exact estimate
2. Religious tolerance

And the Number one, top OXY-Moron

1. Microsoft Works

I told that to my eldest daughter and she topped it instantly! She said, “No, the top oxymoron is ’Good morning’.”



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Other


Iconic, efficient Warburg House cost less than $100k to build

Canadian design studio Bioi recently completed this compact home in Warburg, Alberta after being given the challenge to create a contemporary and energy-efficient home for under US$100,000. The result is a simple, open and sustainable home, with a reduced space that holds all of the functionality of a regular sized home. “Working alongside our client, we determined the true necessity of the space that they required,” project architect Jordan Allen told Gizmag. “Throughout the design phase redundant spaces were eliminated, and non-inhabitable spaces were pushed to an absolute minimum.” www.gizmag.com/warburg-energy-efficient-home-costs-less-than-100k/22745/



Depressed is Living in the Past, Anxious is Living in the Future, Peace is Living in the Present



I Prefer Dangerous Freedom Over Peaceful Slavery



The ascent of Alex Honnold

This climber is AMAZING!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=VdemSEQUEow#!



Check Out This Video

A resounding “Yes!” is the most appropriate response I can recommend to this. If you ARE eligible to vote in the US elections, please watch this video.

If you are NOT eligible to vote in the US elections, please watch this video then share it with your US contacts.

We must individually and collectively take responsibility to restore sanity to government otherwise we will collectively and individually pay dearly for not doing so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=UuiavtZCEpQ



20 Things I Should Have Known at 20 by Julien Smith

1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.

2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated– sometimes utterly broken. You both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and doing, not by following.

3. Read as much as you can. Learn to speed read with high retention. Emerson Spartz taught me this while I was at a Summit Series event. If he reads 2-3 books a week, you can read one.

4. Connect with everyone, all the time. Be genuine about it. Learn to find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.

5. Don’t waste time being shy. Shyness is the belief that your emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.

6. If you feel weird about something during a relationship, that’s usually what you end up breaking up over.

7. Have as much contact as possible with older people. Personally, I met people at Podcamps. My friend Greg, at the age of 13, met his first future employer sitting next to him on a plane. The reason this is so valuable is because people your age don’t usually have the decision-making ability to help you very much. Also they know almost everything you will learn later, so ask them.

8. Find people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too. This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”

9. You will become more conservative over time. This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason, you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid. Trust me.

10. Reduce all expenses as much as possible. I mean it. This creates a safety net that will allow you to do the crazier shit I mentioned above.

11. Instead of getting status through objects (which provide only temporary boosts), do it through experiences. In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.

12. While you are living on the cheap, solve the money problem. Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck, extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead. (The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)

13. Learn to program.

14. Get a six-pack (or get thin, whatever your goal is) while you are young. Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t waste this opportunity, trust me.

15. Learn to cook. This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one. I’m a big Jamie Oliver fan, but whatever you like is fine.

16. Sleep well. This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you: you are INEFFICIENT, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.

17. Get a reminder app for everything. Do not trust your own brain for your memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing. Trust only the reminder app. I use RE.minder and Action Method.

18. Choose something huge to do, as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along. If you don’t set goals, some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.

19. Get known for one thing. Spend like 5 years doing it instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards, go ahead. Like I said, choose something.

20. Don’t try to “fix” anyone. Instead, look for someone who isn’t broken.
http://inoveryourhead.net/20-things-i-should-have-known-at-20/



Time Lapse Photography

Some spectacular images here.
http://www.wimp.com/timelapsenature/



More Fortunate

“In dictatorships we are more fortunate than you in the West in one respect. We believe nothing of what we read in the newspapers and nothing of what we watch on television because we know it’s propaganda and lies. Unlike you in the West we’ve learned to look behind the propaganda and to read between the lines, and unlike you, we know that the real truth is always subversive.” - dissident Czech novelist Zdener Urbanek



Interview with Konstantin Korotkov

If you’ve Kirlian photography, this takes it to a whole new level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ4a_Gu49SA&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ4a_Gu49SA&
http://www.GDVResearch.com
http://www.Kirlian.co.uk
http://www.GDVPlanet.com
http://www.thespiritofmaat.com



War, Truth and the Media

John Pilger’s viewpoint on private and state sponsored terrorism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=0lRC24a44tY



George Soros Speech

We are living in interesting times indeed. http://www.businessinsider.com/full-text-of-george-soros-speech-2012-6



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Public Relations and Marketing


You have to show Google that your website is relevant

If you want to get high rankings for the keyword “custom bikes” then it is no longer enough to have that keyword on your web page. There are several things that you can do to improve the position of your page:

A single page should be as closely related to a single aspect of the keyword as possible. The more targeted your page is to that aspect, the more likely it is that it will be chosen for the results.

To make your website relevant to a topic, it helps if you have multiple pages that deal with different aspects of the topic. For example, one page on your site could be about the definition of custom bikes, other pages could be about custom bike parts, other about low-rider custom bikes, etc.

Use different words that describe the topic of your site. Use “bikes”, “bicycles”, “motorcycles”, “custom choppers”, etc. depending on what your website is about.

It’s not enough that your web page is relevant to a keyword. It must also be relevant to a topic.

From the newsletter Axandra Search Engine Facts



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Until next time,
dream big dreams,
read widely,
think well of your fellow man,
eat food that’s good for you
and do the important things
that make a difference -
they are rarely the urgent ones!

Tom

How To Live The Healthiest Life


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