useless/full

2009-11-29T21:31:00.002+00:00

Beauty Secrets of the Bible Book Review
By: Carrie Lauth

In this book, author Ginger Garrett introduces women to the beauty and health secrets of our ancient sisters. While few people would think of the Bible as a book of diet or health, much less beauty, Garrett shows us otherwise. She claims that ancient women had a similar desire as modern women do to be as attractive as they can. She exposes facts about the health and beauty industry that have become increasingly concerned about: that the products we slather on our skin on a daily basis are not only unregulated, but are often toxic and unsafe.

As an alternative, she offers recommendations and tips for beauty treatments that are straight out of the pages of the Bible. They are so simple that they seem almost too good to be true. For example, using one drop of honey on damp skin instead of expensive moisturizers. Interestingly, this one tip is recommended by a hot Hollywood makeup artist!

The book does a good job of using modern scientific evidence to prove the efficacy of these simple treatments. As an example, vinegar was a staple of ancient times. We now know that vinegar helps the body keep a stable blood sugar and slows the absorption of carbohydrates. Another example is flax, which featured heavily in the diets of ancient women. Flax acts as an anti-inflammatory, which has the effect of slowing aging.

The first chapter of the book helps the reader to reevaluate her current ideas around beauty by using scripture and meditation. This part of the book may not interest you if you are not religious, but it might just get you thinking about our modern cultural ideals around beauty.

Chapter Two gets to the heart of why so many women have weight issues, and what to do about it. Chapter Three points to the dangers of modern cosmetic ingredients and Chapters Four thru Seven offers you safer, natural alternatives and recipes for totally safe yet spa worthy beauty regimens. To top if off, she offers instructions on how to host a Bible Secrets of the Bible spa party. If you love to make your own beauty treatments, you will love this book.

For more natural beauty tips and resources, visit naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/natural-mom-articles/beauty/ Be sure to grab your copy of the free ebook, Simply Beautiful: A Natural Mom's No Fluff, Non-Toxic Get Gorgeous Guide

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2009-10-26T13:52:00.002+00:00

Customer Service 101
By: Lara

I can't be the only one who has noticed the decline in customer service these days. It is a very sad thing. I have stopped shopping at many stores because of how I was treated. I believe that customer service is one of, if not the most important ingredient to any successful business.Here are some basic tips to help you earn your customer's trust and repeated business.
- Never Argue with a Customer! No matter what, the customer is ALWAYS right.
Do what it takes to make them come back. If you go the extra mile with a disgruntled customer, they will walk away happy and share their experience with others. And, everyone knows that word of mouth is the best form of advertising.
- Always be Professional. Even if your customer or client is being unreasonable, always put YOUR best foot forward. You don't know what that person's day was like, or what their past customer service experiences have been. Treat them like family. After all, they are your bread and butter.
- Never Miss a Scheduled Appointment. Being late is a HUGE no no. Leave early to get there on time, but don't ever be late! You must always make sure that you give yourself enough time for every scenario.
- Be a Good Listener. Customers are people. And people want to be heard. Sit up straight, give a firm dry handshake, and always look them in the eye.
- Samples and Discounts. Whenever possible give your customers or clients freebies and discounts. They will appreciate it, and will likely want more!
- Show those Pearly Whites! Smile. It really does make a huge difference. Not only for your customer's sake, but for you too! You will feel better knowing you stayed cool. A smile lifts you up. Your smile is a form of communication that your customers should never live without!
- Keep in Touch. Send your customers and clients a thank you note for their orders. Send post cards and flyers telling them of up-coming specials. Or, a special just for them! Taking this extra step in customer service will make your customer feel special. And, look to you in the future.
Copyright © Lara Velez
About the Author: Lara Velez is a homeschooling Mom of two and wife to her soul mate, Rob. She is a published writer, web publisher, and entrepreneur. She owns; The Complete Woman Magazine, (thecompletewomanmagazine.com/moneymatters.htm) and a web design company (designedbylara.com).
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2009-10-08T11:20:00.002+01:00

WHO ARE THESE (stars)

just for fun

Gobi West
Madrasness
Bindi Lauper
Papadam and the Ants
Siouxsie and the Bhajees
Stiff Little Ladies Fingers
Raita Coolidge
Raita Said Fred
Tikka That
Jalfraizee goes to Bollywood
Emerson Lake and Pilau
Pat Bhunatar
Chapati Labelle
Sisters of Methi
Aloo Rolls
(Comperes: Okra Winfrey, Steve Raita and Bhuna Brooks)
By Mary Hinge & Betty Swollox

2009-10-08T11:12:00.004+01:00

if ' by rrdayud kipilng

If you can keep yuor haed wehn all aobut you Are lnsiog thiers and bianmlg it on you ,

If you can turst yusrleof wehn all men dbout you, But mkae alanowlce for tehir duontbig too;

If you can wiat and not be tierd by wntiaig,

Or bineg leid auobt, don't dael in leis,

Or benig htead, don't gvie way to hiatng ,

And yet don't look too good, nor tlak too wsie:

If you can darem - and not mkae dmaers yuor msater,

If you can tihnk - and not mkae ttghhous yuor aim;

If you can meet wtih Tpumirh and Dtseasir

And traet thsoe two iortmspos jsut the smae;

If you can baer to haer the trtuh you've spoekn

Tesiwtd by kevnas to mkae a tarp for floos,

Or wtcah the tinhgs you gvae yuor lfie to, breokn ,

And sotop and bluid 'em up wtih wron-out tolos:

If you can mkae one haep of all yuor wininngs

And rsik it all on one trun of ptich-and-tsos,

And lsoe, and sratt aiagn at yuor bniiggnens

And nveer baerth a wrod aoubt yuor lsos;

If you can froce yuor hraet and nrvee and sniew

To svree yuor trun lnog afetr tehy are gnoe,

And so hlod on wehn trehe is nhontig in you

Epxcet the Wlil whcih syas to tehm: "Hlod on!"

If you can tlak wtih crdwos and keep yuor vturie,

Or wlak wtih kngis - nor lsoe the cmmoon tcuoh,

If nheeitr feos nor liovng fdriens can hrut you,

If all men cunot wtih you, but nnoe too mcuh;

If you can flil the uigrnonvfig mnuite Wtih stxiy snceods' wotrh of dinstace run,

Yuros is the Etrah and envyeirthg taht's in it,

And - whcih is mroe - you'll be a Man, my son!

2009-10-08T11:08:00.002+01:00

jumbled words and language recognition
scrambled, jumbled words and language recognition theory

Arinocdcg to rencet rseaerch, the hmuan brian is plrectfey albe to raed colmpex pasasges of txet caiinontng wdors in whcih the lrettes hvae been jmblued, pvioedrd the frsit and lsat leetrts rmeian in teihr crcerot piiotsons.
The fcat taht you are ridenag tihs now wtih reaitvle esae is poorf of the thoery.
Wehre did all of tihs strat?
It smees taht the trehoy orgteiinad form a 1976 ppaer at the Uvnitsriey of Nigaonthtm wtiertn by Graahm Rwsnailon of Asrhodelt, wichh gvae rsie to an acirlte wihch aaeprrped in the 'Narute' pbuolitaicn in 1999.
A fhrtuer alircte in the Tiems neppeawsr in Speemebtr 2003 pivroedd mroe eanxopiatln auobt the peohoemnnn.
In the Tmeis aitlcre, Dr Reoaesln MhActcry, a neruo-phylcoogsy lruecter form Knig’s Ceglloe, Cgmdbriae, ssegegtud taht hmuan bnegis are albe to usnatdnerd jeublmd up wdors buaecse the hmaun bairn parimliry raeds the mannieg rehatr tahn the piothenc cnontet of wdors (the sdnuos of the wrdos and leertts).
Dr McRtcahy was qoteud as saiyng, taht "...if you can acaitinpte waht the nxet wrod in a snnetece cloud be, you wlil not nslsciareey ntcoie if smoe of the leettrs in taht wrod are out of pclae...", and she aslo taht she was sepsrruid at jsut how rosubt the barin’s rgceotnioin aeiibtils had been pverod to be. "The hamun biarn is a lot mroe toanelrt tahn we had pahrpes risaeled, and it has to cpoe wtih diisputrng in eevydray lfie."
The torehy pdeoivrs a fiatsincang pprciesetve on mderon cutonacniimmos and the dmveelnoept of laguange.
The terohy aslo hples to eaipxln the doepmevnlet of merodn txet mseniagsg lagunage, and how the hamun biran so rlaidey utendrnsdas atboivbinears and cimtonobnais of lrettes and nbrmeus mainkg new 'wdros' whcih we've nveer seen beofre and yet stlil are albe to usterdannd alsomt iammeiltdey. For emxpale: 'c u lte8r', wihch you'll nitcoe you can utransnded eevn thgouh it's jmulebd.
One of the gerat lsneoss form tihs troehy dmsttnareoes the rmaaebrlke pweor of the huamn biarn.
Wehn we are yonug we not olny lraen how to raed, but aslo ibcerndily and uninaenionltlty lraen how to raed waht wuold by nmoral cooevntnin be decerbisd as uettr nnsosnee.
Tihs bges qtuseonis abuot the dicrieotn of laagngue eolotuvin.
Waht wlil lgganaue look lkie in geotrnaiens to cmoe?
Whtuoit dobut hmuan binegs are albe to asobrb pvrseiogerlsy mroe maening form pvolesesrrigy rucdnieg anotmus of wrdos and lrttees.
We now raed in shohtnrad - and iamegs - and sfcginltianiy we are beord by aiytnhng taht is too lhtngey.
Posorneiafl witerrs need to get tehir pniot asorcs in jsut a few seodcns, or the raeedr's anitttoen is lsot.
The jmbleud wdros torhey datrmneeosts jsut how caalbpe the biarn is at arnboibsg mneaing far mroe qilcuky tahn msot wrietrs wuold eevr iaimnge.
And a fnail daioertomstnn of how celver yuor barin is - can you raed tihs?...

2009-10-08T11:05:00.003+01:00

smile (charlie chaplin story)

The words to the song 'Smile' are one of the great anthems for personal inspiration and belief. The music for Smile was written by Charlie Chaplin for his landmark film, Modern Times, released in 1936, although Smile's lyrics were actually added by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons in 1954, in which year Nat King Cole had the commercial success with the Smile song. Perhaps understandably the owners of the copyright for the words and music of the Smile song, Bourne Company of New York, refused me permission to publish the full lyrics and the music, although plenty of other websites seem to have the whole thing for free if you care to look for it (strangely it seems easier to get it for free than to buy it). There is actually a second verse which talks about lighting up your face with gladness, the need to keep on trying, and that life is still worthwhile. And for the musicians among you, you could try playing around with A, Amaj7, F#m, D/F#bass, Bm, F#, Bm, Dm, A, F#m, Bm, Esus4, E, and A, which is based on an interpretation by Eric Clapton (another story of triumph over adversity..).

Smile tho' your heart is aching,

Smile even tho' it's breaking,

When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by.

If you smile thro' your fear and sorrow,

Smile and maybe tomorrow,

You'll see the sun come shining through; for you.

Although Charlie Chaplin didn't write the lyrics to Smile, the words resonate strongly with Chaplin's inspirational life of challenge, tragedy, success, and ultimately global appreciation, which owed much to his difficult early character-forming years. The Smile lyrics, and Chaplin's life story, each provide in their own way a lesson for anyone seeking inspiration and personal fulfilment.
Chaplin was born in Walworth, South London on 16 April, 1889. His mother and father were stage performers, but were also tragic people, divorcing when Charlie was young. As a child Chaplin descended to the workhouse orphanage because his parents were unable to look after him. Throughout his life Charlie Chaplin struggled with challenges, some of his own making, while he strived and became one of the most successful achievers - in creative and financial terms - of the 20th century. At one time exiled and rejected by the USA for his political views, Chaplin was awarded the World Peace Prize in 1954, eventually welcomed back to America to receive an Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972, and was knighted in 1975. Charlie Chaplin died on Christmas Day, 1977.
The words and music of Smile and Chaplin's wonderful films help to demonstrate that the power of personal belief, and a positive approach to life, can enable people to overcome all kinds of disadvantage, challenge and adversity.

2009-09-13T18:14:00.001+01:00

MORE WRONG ANSWERS
A clog is worn on which part of the body? ............... The bottom.
What word means the order of lessons in schools and the running of trains and buses? ........................ Agenda.
In the modern English alphabet which is the penultimate letter? ........................... Z.
Which percentage of milk is fat, four or forty? ..................... Forty.
A famous publisher of romantic novels was founded by 'Gerald Mills and Charles..' what? .............. Dickens.
What Carly Simon song starts 'You walked into the party like you were walking aboard a yacht'? ........ I Got You Babe.
What is the name commonly given to the hard protective covering of a crab? ............. Skin.
What word can mean touch-down of an aeroplane or the level floor between two staircases? ............. Step.
A person who earns just enough for basic needs is said to live 'hand to ..' what? ....................... Foot.
In the human body what is the name of the main olfactory organ? ................ Liver.
What 'Mr-Man' is depicted as blue and covered in bandages? ............... Mr Accident.
In the children's TV program called The Herbs, 'Parsley' was a depiction of what animal? ............. Hedgehog.
Which is greater: one metre or a thousand centimetres? ................. They're the same.
In America the Golden Gate Bridge is a feature of which city? ................. New York.
What surname do actors Beau and Jeff share with their father Lloyd? ........................ Derek.
A human adult has how many wisdom teeth? ........... Two.
The title of the musical is 'Five Guys Named..' what? .................... Fred.
In the Simon and Garfunkel song 'Homeward Bound' the lyrics are 'I'm sitting in the railway station, got a ticket for my ..' what? .............. Train.
In the song which animal lived in a windmill in Old Amsterdam? .................. Cat.
The column called 'Colemanballs' appears in which satirical magazine? ....................... Which Magazine.
The bushwhacker and outlaw Ned Kelly was born in which country? .................... Canada.
The (UK) National Space Centre is based in which Midlands city? ............... Chicago.
What is twenty-three plus twenty-eight? .................... Forty-eight.
What is a pop song called which has omitted the vocals? ........................... Accupello.
The principal characters in the book Watership Down are what type of creatures? ................ Beavers.
What is the name of a small posy of flowers worn on an evening dress - a dressage or a corsage? ......... Pocket.
What name for someone qualified to fly a plane precedes 'fish' and 'whale' to give the names of two sea creatures? ........ Shell.
What is the name for someone who moves stealthily, or for the plant 'Virginia..'? ............... Wolf.
What word connected to drum, disc and air is associated with slowing down a vehicle? ................ Gun.

2009-09-13T18:08:00.001+01:00

WRONG ANSWERS
In the Second World War the word 'Commie' was a derogatory term for a person belonging to which political party? ............. Conservative.
The wife of a Marquess is known by which title? ............ Duchess.
The road signs in the UK that warn the road user are of what geometric shape? ......... Z.
Macaws are from which family of birds? ............. Kestrels.
What is the technical term for the mass of earth thrown out by an earthworm? ................. Hip.
The island of Sri Lanka lies off the coast of which Asian country? ............ South Africa.
The phrase much used by football pundits is 'early windows' or 'early doors'? .............. Early windows.
Cognac is a fine brandy made from the juice of which fruit? ................ Coconut.
What 'P' is the Spanish word for quick and is used in English to mean 'at once'? .......... Pacy.
Tunis is the capital city of which North African country? ........... Morocco.
Who became US president when Nixon resigned? ............. Kennedy.
What 'L' is the name given to the poet who wins the Nobel prize? ........ Leaf.
The Groucho Marx film is called 'Animal..' what? ........... Instincts.
Which city was the capital of New Zealand until it was replaced by Wellington? ............. New Guinea.
According to the popular wartime song which birds will be over the white cliffs of Dover? ............. Jailbirds.
In the Beano comic which character is known as 'the Minx'? ............................ Dodger.
Cantaloupe, Galia and Honeydew are types of which fruit? ............... Orange.
What is the name for six children born to a mother at the same time? ............. Quintlets.
What is the name of the insect which makes honey? ................. Honey Fly.
The plant sisal is used to make which comodity, rope or tequila? ............ Tequila.
What two words does a drill-sergeant use to make marching troops turn around? .............. Reverse March.
What boy's name goes before 'snipe' and 'daw' to give two birds' names? ................ Peter.
What was the relationship of the author of Wuthering Heights to the author of Jayne Eyre? ........... Father.
What 'X' is the fear of foreigners or strangers? ............ The X-Factor.
In athletics in which discipline does the competitor hold a metal ball under their chin before throwing it? ............. Discus.
Which character in a Bram Stoker novel is reportedly buried in Whitby? ............. Sherlock Holmes.
In the kitchen which container is hermetically sealed and is also known by the metal from which it is made? .......... Plastic.
Which lively dance is the first name for a spotted pattern on fabric? ............ Calico.
What word for the catchment of a river is also the word for a bathroom sink? ............... Tub.
What name for an old British coin goes before 'fowl and 'pig' to give two names of creatures? ............ Penny.

2009-09-11T20:48:00.003+01:00

The five stages of innovation

1) People deny that the innovation is required.

2) People deny that the innovation is effective.

3) People deny that the innovation is important.

4) People deny that the innovation will justify the effort required to adopt it.

5) People accept and adopt the innovation, enjoy its benefits, attribute it to people other than the innovator, and deny the existence of stages 1 to 4.

2009-09-11T20:44:00.003+01:00

Amusing puns and double-meanings

The pun (a humourous device exploiting two words or expressions sounding the same with two different meanings, usually with two different spellings) is one of the great wonders of the English language.
100% reliable contraception is inconceivable.
Serious campers are intense.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
Sports people can avoid the pain of defeat by wearing comfortable shoes.
Nut screws washers and bolts. (Headline following a laundrette sex crime)
Poetry written upside-down is inverse; poetry of very few lines is universal.
A girl who screamed and shouted for a pony got a little hoarse.
The carpenter's heavy tools were uncomfortable so he got a little sore.
Nuns generally wear plain colours because old habits never dye.
The days of the pocket diary are numbered.
Lions eat their prey fresh and roar.
Old bikes should be retired.
Geometry holds clues for the meaning of life; look and you will see the sines.
You can't beat a pickled egg.
If a leopard could cook would he ever change his pots?
See one melée of unruly people and you've seen a maul.
Do hungry time-travellers ever go back four seconds?

2009-09-11T20:40:00.004+01:00

Jumbled words and language recognition

scrambled, jumbled words and language recognition theory

Arinocdcg to rencet rseaerch, the hmuan brian is plrectfey albe to raed colmpex pasasges of txet caiinontng wdors in whcih the lrettes hvae been jmblued, pvioedrd the frsit and lsat leetrts rmeian in teihr crcerot piiotsons.
The fcat taht you are ridenag tihs now wtih reaitvle esae is poorf of the thoery.
Wehre did all of tihs strat?
It smees taht the trehoy orgteiinad form a 1976 ppaer at the Uvnitsriey of Nigaonthtm wtiertn by Graahm Rwsnailon of Asrhodelt, wichh gvae rsie to an acirlte wihch aaeprrped in the 'Narute' pbuolitaicn in 1999.
A fhrtuer alircte in the Tiems neppeawsr in Speemebtr 2003 pivroedd mroe eanxopiatln auobt the peohoemnnn.
In the Tmeis aitlcre, Dr Reoaesln MhActcry, a neruo-phylcoogsy lruecter form Knig’s Ceglloe, Cgmdbriae, ssegegtud taht hmuan bnegis are albe to usnatdnerd jeublmd up wdors buaecse the hmaun bairn parimliry raeds the mannieg rehatr tahn the piothenc cnontet of wdors (the sdnuos of the wrdos and leertts).
Dr McRtcahy was qoteud as saiyng, taht "...if you can acaitinpte waht the nxet wrod in a snnetece cloud be, you wlil not nslsciareey ntcoie if smoe of the leettrs in taht wrod are out of pclae...", and she aslo taht she was sepsrruid at jsut how rosubt the barin’s rgceotnioin aeiibtils had been pverod to be. "The hamun biarn is a lot mroe toanelrt tahn we had pahrpes risaeled, and it has to cpoe wtih diisputrng in eevydray lfie."
The torehy pdeoivrs a fiatsincang pprciesetve on mderon cutonacniimmos and the dmveelnoept of laguange.
The terohy aslo hples to eaipxln the doepmevnlet of merodn txet mseniagsg lagunage, and how the hamun biran so rlaidey utendrnsdas atboivbinears and cimtonobnais of lrettes and nbrmeus mainkg new 'wdros' whcih we've nveer seen beofre and yet stlil are albe to usterdannd alsomt iammeiltdey. For emxpale: 'c u lte8r', wihch you'll nitcoe you can utransnded eevn thgouh it's jmulebd.
One of the gerat lsneoss form tihs troehy dmsttnareoes the rmaaebrlke pweor of the huamn biarn.
Wehn we are yonug we not olny lraen how to raed, but aslo ibcerndily and uninaenionltlty lraen how to raed waht wuold by nmoral cooevntnin be decerbisd as uettr nnsosnee.
Tihs bges qtuseonis abuot the dicrieotn of laagngue eolotuvin.
Waht wlil lgganaue look lkie in geotrnaiens to cmoe?
Whtuoit dobut hmuan binegs are albe to asobrb pvrseiogerlsy mroe maening form pvolesesrrigy rucdnieg anotmus of wrdos and lrttees.
We now raed in shohtnrad - and iamegs - and sfcginltianiy we are beord by aiytnhng taht is too lhtngey.
Posorneiafl witerrs need to get tehir pniot asorcs in jsut a few seodcns, or the raeedr's anitttoen is lsot.
The jmbleud wdros torhey datrmneeosts jsut how caalbpe the biarn is at arnboibsg mneaing far mroe qilcuky tahn msot wrietrs wuold eevr iaimnge.
And a fnail daioertomstnn of how celver yuor barin is - can you raed tihs?...

2009-09-11T09:05:00.007+01:00

WHEN I LET GO OF WHAT I AM ...

I BECOME WHAT I MIGHT BE

THE BEST CAREERS ADVICE TO GIVE TE YOUNG IS...

FIND OUT WHAT YOU LIKE DOING BEST & GET SOMEONE T PAY YOU FOR DOING IT...

ONCE THE LAST TREE IS CUT, & THE LAST RIVER POISONED,..

YOU WILL FIND YOU CANNOT EAT YOUR MONEY...

IF YOU DON'T CREATE YOUR REALITY....

YOUR REALITY WILL CREATE YOU...

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING....

YOU WILL PROBABLY END UP SOMEWHERE ELSE..

THERE IS NO WEALTH...

BUT LIFE..

TO KNOW EVERYTHING WELL INVOLVES A PROFOUND SENSATION..

OF IGNORANCE

WE MUST BECOME...

THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE

THERE IS NOTHING SO USELESS AS DOING SOMETHING EFFICIENTLY...

THAT WHICH SHOULD NOT BE DONE AT ALL

LIVES BASED ON HAVING...

ARE LESS FREE THAN LIVES BASED ON EITHER DOING OR BEING

2009-09-10T14:42:00.002+01:00

Weather climate quiz world
Which one of these revolving weather systems is the smallest: hurricane, typhoon, tropical cyclone, tornado?
Aside of the amusing reference popularised by Frank Zappa, what is the usual cause of a large-scale 'yellow snow' weather effect seen in certain parts of the world?
What is the line on a weather chart which joins points of equal pressure?
What colour of a single rainbow is on the inside of the rainbow's arc, given the generally defined seven-colour rainbow?
Who invented the mercury thermometer?
Okta is a unit of measurement of what?
What common term refers to the amount of water vapour that is held in the air?
Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson's father was responsible for what significant weather-related invention?
What shipping forecast area lies immediately South of Forties off the British Isles?
What common term refers to the movement of air from a high pressure to a low pressure zone?
What is O3 (O followed by the number 3, usually shown in sub-script)?
What wind speed limit applies for setting athletics sprinting and jumping records?
What were all girls from 1953 to 1979, and thereafter alternating boys and girls?
What is the circulating Atlantic ocean current which warms Western Europe?
What's the more exotic name of the 'Northern Lights' visible under certain conditions in the Northern Hemisphere night sky?
What is a haboob?
What is the childlike name given to the significant weather activity linked to sea temperature rise in the Pacific Ocean?
What are the narrow bands of strong winds called which move around the world between about six and twelve miles high?
What is the unit of measurement of wind speed?
What is the 'ology' term for the study or science of the weather (that's short-term weather systems and effects, not long-term climatology)?
What was the name of the 1992 hurricane storm which caused massive damage to the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana?
Towards which direction (North, East, South or West) is a rainbow normally seen in the afternoon?
What cloud term means 'sheet' or 'sheetlike' or 'layer'?
(Aside from a back and a front) how many sides or points does every snowflake have?
The 'Inter-tropical Convergence Zone', where the trade winds meet near the equator to produce a band of relatively very still air, which can strand sailing ships, is known more prosaically as what?
In the Northern hemisphere an area of low pressure produces what wind direction?
What is the most common gas in the earth's atmosphere?
What type of cloud is normally associated with thunderstorms?
The heaviest recorded hailstones weighed (approximately) 25gms, 100gms, 500gms or 1kg?
What number does 'storm' equate to on the Beaufort Scale of wind force?
What is minus 40 degrees Farenheit expressed as degrees Centigrade?

Answers

Which one of these revolving weather systems is the smallest - hurricane, typhoon, tropical cyclone, tornado? Tornado
Aside of the amusing reference popularized by Frank Zappa, what is the usual cause of a large-scale 'yellow snow' weather effect seen in certain parts of the world? Pollen
What is the line on a weather chart which joins points of equal pressure? Isobar
What colour of a single rainbow is on the inside of the rainbow's arc, given the generally defined seven-colour rainbow? Violet
Who invented the mercury thermometer? Daniel Gabriel Farenheit
Okta is a unit of measurement of what? Cloud cover
What common term refers to the amount of water vapour that is held in the air? Humidity
Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson's father was responsible for what significant weather-related invention? The Stevenson Screen
What shipping forecast area lies immediately South of Forties off the British Isles? Dogger
What common term refers to the movement of air from a high pressure to a low pressure zone? Wind
What is O3 (O followed by the number 3, usually shown in sub-script)? Ozone
What wind speed limit applies for setting athletics sprinting and jumping records? Two metres per second
What were all girls from 1953 to 1979, and thereafter alternating boys and girls? Names of tropical storms or hurricanes
What is the circulating Atlantic ocean current which warms Western Europe? The Gulf Stream
What's the more exotic name of the 'Northern Lights' visible under certain conditions in the Northern Hemisphere night sky? Aurora Borealis
What is a haboob? A sandstorm
What is the childlike name given to the significant weather activity linked to sea temperature rise in the Pacific Ocean? El Nino
What are the narrow bands of strong winds called which move around the world between about six and twelve miles high? Jet Streams
What is the unit of measurement of wind speed? Knot
What is the 'ology' term for the study or science of the weather (that's short-term weather systems and effects, not long-term climatology)? Meteorology
What was the name of the 1992 hurricane storm which caused massive damage to the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana? Andrew
Towards which direction (North, East, South or West) is a rainbow normally seen in the afternoon? East
What cloud term means 'sheet' or 'sheetlike' or 'layer'? Stratus
(Aside from a back and a front) how many sides or points does every snowflake have? Six
The 'Inter-tropical Convergence Zone', where the trade winds meet near the equator to produce a band of relatively very still air, which can strand sailing ships, is known more prosaically as what? The Doldrums
In the Northern hemisphere an area of low pressure produces what wind direction? Anti-clockwise
What is the most common gas in the earth's atmosphere? Nitrogen
What type of cloud is normally associated with thunderstorms? Cumulonimbus
The heaviest recorded hailstones weighed (approximately) 25gms, 100gms, 500gms or 1kg? 1kg
What number does 'storm' equate to on the Beaufort Scale of wind force? 10
What is minus 40 degrees Farenheit expressed as degrees Centigrade? minus 40, the same

chinese alphabet

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诶 A
比 B
西 C
迪 D
伊 E
艾弗 F
吉 G
艾尺 H
艾 I
杰 J
开 K
艾勒 L
艾马 M
艾娜 N
哦 O
屁 P
吉吾 Q
艾儿 R
艾丝 S
提 T
伊吾 U
维 V
豆贝尔维 W
艾克斯 X
吾艾 Y
贼德 Z

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CITIES

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What are these cities?

City of Dreaming Spires - Oxford, UK.
City of Magnificent Distances - Washington DC, USA.
City of the Angels - Los Angeles, USA.
City of Churches - Adelaide, Australia.
City of Love - Paris, France; Rome, Italy; Calcutta, India.
City of Peace and Justice - The Hague, The Netherlands.
City of the Tribes/the Eternal City/City of Love - Rome, Italy.
City of the Violated Treaty/Stab City - Limerick, Ireland.
City of the Violet Crown - Athens, Greece.
Crescent City - New Orleans, USA.
Empire City - New York, USA.
Fair City - Dublin, Ireland. (Also Perth, Scotland)
Forbidden City - Beijing and Lhasa, China.
Granite City - Aberdeen, Scotland.
The Harbour City/Emerald City - Sydney, Australia; (Wichita, USA is also known as Emerald City).
Monumental City/Charm City - Baltimore, USA.
Mormon City - Salt Lake City, USA.
Orchid City - Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Quaker City - Philadelphia, USA.
Soul City - Harlem, New York, USA.
The Stampede City - Calgary, Canada.
Windy City - Chicago, USA.
Motor City - Detroit, USA.
Music City - Nashville, USA.
The River City - Brisbane, Australia; Edmonton, Canada; Wanganui, NZ.
The Steel City - Sheffield, England.
The White City of the North - Helsinki, Finland.

capitals of the world

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The countries of the world and capitals of every country follow:

Afghanistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirane

Algeria - Algiers

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

Azerbaijan - Baku

The Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Manama

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan

Benin - Porto-Novo

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone

Brazil - Brasilia

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

Burundi - Bujumbura

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Cameroon - Yaounde

Canada - Ottawa

Cape Verde - Praia

Central African Republic - Bangui

Chad - N'Djamena

Chile - Santiago

China - Beijing

Colombia - Bogota

Comoros - Moroni

Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville

Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa

Costa Rica - San Jose

Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia

Czech Republic - Prague

Denmark - Copenhagen

Djibouti - Djibouti

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

East Timor (Timor-Leste) - Dili
Ecuador - Quito

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Tallinn

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Fiji - Suva

Finland - Helsinki

France - Paris

Gabon - Libreville

The Gambia - Banjul

Georgia - Tbilisi

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Greece - Athens

Grenada - Saint George's

Guatemala - Guatemala CityGuinea - Conakry

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown

Haiti - Port-au-Prince

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

Iceland - Reykjavik

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem
Italy - Rome

Jamaica - Kingston

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

Kazakhstan - Astana

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - Tarawa Atoll

Korea, North - Pyongyang

Korea, South - Seoul

Kosovo - Pristina

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga

Lebanon - Beirut

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Macedonia - Skopje

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male

Mali - Bamako

Malta - Valletta

Marshall Islands - Majuro

Mauritania - Nouakchott

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir

Moldova - ChisinauMonaco - Monaco

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar

Montenegro - Podgorica

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)

Namibia - Windhoek

Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - ManaguaNiger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Palau - Melekeok

Panama - Panama City

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asuncion

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest

Russia - Moscow

Rwanda - Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Saint Lucia - Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

Samoa - Apia

San Marino - San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Singapore - Singapore

Slovakia - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

Solomon Islands - Honiara

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa - Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)

Spain - Madrid

Sri Lanka - Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sudan - Khartoum

Suriname - Paramaribo

Swaziland - Mbabane

Sweden - Stockholm

Switzerland - Bern

Syria - Damascus

Taiwan - Taipei

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Tanzania - Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lome

Tonga - Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Tuvalu - Vaiaku village, Funafuti province

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kyiv

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States of America - Washington D.C

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Vanuatu - Port-Vila

Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City

Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi

Yemen - Sanaa

Zambia - Lusaka

Zimbabwe - Harare

police alphabet

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A ..........
ALPHA
B ..........
BRAVO
C ..........
CHARLIE
D ..........
DELTA
E ..........
ECHO
F ..........
FOXTROT
G ..........
GOLF
H ..........
HOTEL
I ..........
INDIA
J ..........
JULIET
K ..........
KILO
L ..........
LIMA
M ..........
MIKE
N ..........
NOVEMBER

O ..........
OSCAR
P ..........
PAPA
Q ..........
QUEBEC
R ..........
ROMEO
S ..........
SIERRA
T ..........
TANGO
U ..........
UNIFORM
V ..........
VICTOR
W ..........
WHISKY
X ..........
X-RAY
Y ..........
YANKEE
Z ..........
ZULU

Random

2009-08-30T15:21:00.000+01:00

FULL/LESS..U decide

The typical laboratory mouse runs 2.5 miles per night on its treadmill.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.
The elephant is the largest animal on land. But it is much smaller than the blue whale.
The SIBERIAN TIGER is the largest cat in the world. It weighs up to 300kg (660 lbs) and can eat 27,2 kg (60 lb) of meat at one mealtime
Did you know moths are not really attracted to light? Moths fly towards the blackest point which is behind the light.
The rhinoceros's horn is made of the same stuff found in our hair and fingernails which is called keratin. It also contains something called gelatin.
There are over 900 different types of bats and they can all fly.

The Vampire bat has less teeth than the other bats because it doesn't chew its food. It lives on the blood of mammals.

Bats do not need to see when they fly, they use sound to help them figure out where they are going.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
--The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet.
--On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
--The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.
--It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
--Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
--Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
--Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
-In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
-- The act of snapping one's fingers is called a "fillip".
-----The dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half
crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
--The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
--Polar bears are left handed.
--The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.
--The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
--Butterflies taste with their feet.
--. It is impossible to sneeze and keep ones eye's open at the same time.
--Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. ( thankfully !!)
--A cat's urine glows under a black light.
--An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
--Cockroaches can change course as many as 25 times in one second, making them the most nimble animals known.
--Mosquitoes do not bite. They stab. A mosquito has no jaws, hence when attacking a victim, it pierces it with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through it's nasal tube.

alphabetical order

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Sentence with five consecutive Ands:

The owner of the 'Hare and Hounds' bar complained to the artist who had just painted a new sign: "There should be more space between the Hare and 'and' and 'and' and Hounds..."

What do these words have in common?

CALMNESS INOPERABLE DEFER BURST LAUGHING STUPID -

Each word contains three letters in the correct alphabetical order.

Odd letter out: ABCMNOTUV -

N has no line of symmetry. The others do.

AEIOU word puzzle:

Words in the English language, each having one of each of the vowels (aeiou) in the right alphabetical order:

The most common known are probably

facetious (meaning sarcastic),

abstemious (meaning sparing or moderate),

arterious (pertaining to artery) and

annelidous (pertaining to annelid, which is a segmented worm).

There's also anemious,

adventitous,

abstentious,

acherious,

acleistous,

affectious,

aerious,

arsenious,

bacterious,

caesious,

caespitosum,

caespitosus,

fracedinous,

gareisoun,

gravedinous,

majestious,

materious,

parecious,

placentious,

tragedious,

vaceious.

words

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What are the only four commonly used words in the English language ending in 'dous'?

(There is a 5th not-so-common word, and a 6th very uncommon one, which also has one of each vowel in the correct order)

Tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.

The not-so-common word is jeopardous.

The uncommon word with all the vowels in the correct order is Annelidous (pertaining to annelid, which is a segmented worm).

What is the only word in the English language that ends in 'mt'?

Dreamt.
What are the longest one-syllable words in the English language?

Longest single-syllable words questions often appear in quizzes and trivia pages. The only single-syllable, ten-letter word we know is scraunched

which is the past tense of the verb to scraunch, meaning to make a crunching noise, for example when walking on gravel.

There are several single-syllable words with nine-letters, strangely most beginning with the letter'S':

screeched, strengths, straights, scratched stretched, scrounged, scrunched, and the less commonly-known: scraughed, scraunched, scrinched, scritched, scrooched, sprainged, spreathed, throughed and thrutched.

Words that sound exactly the same and have opposite meanings. (They are spelt differently but phonetically - they sound - the same):

Here are several examples:

Raise (build up) and Raze (destroy to the ground).
Wave (dismiss) and waive (allow).
Sent and Scent (as in 'dispatch to' and 'receive from' - purfume)

Pair and Pare (to increase by doubling-up, and to reduce by cutting or trimming away ).

Words which without changing the spelling or sound have two opposite meanings -

There are a surprising number examples of words spelled the same which have two opposite meanings.

These words are called autoantonyms, or contranyms or antagonyms.

Here are some very common autoantonym (or contranym or antagonym) words:

Outstanding (satisfactory - standard exceeded) and Outstanding (unsatisfactory - standard not met).
Oversight (check, monitor) and Oversight (neglect, forget)
Weather (endure - stand test of time or resist storm or pressure) and Weather (erode - wear down or denude).

Clip (join two or more things together as with a paper-clip) and Clip (divide something into two or more pieces, as in clip an article from the paper or clip someone's hair).
Dust (remove a layer of powdery substance) and Dust (apply a layer of powdery substance, as in dusting crops or dusting for finger-prints).
Trim (add to or embellish, as in trim the Christmas tree) and Trim (cut away something, as in trim someone's hear or a hedge).
Cleave (split apart or break) and Cleave (stick or adhere).

Ravish (to violently abuse) and Ravish (to delight)
Fast (quick) and Fast (stuck tight)
Sanction (a permission) and Sanction (a preventative penalty)
Sanguine (cheerful) and Sanguine (bloodthirsty)
Bolt (secure in place) and Bolt (run away).
Garnish (add to - embellish or decorate) Garnish (remove from - as in legally serving notice to seize money or assets).

Bound (fixed) and Bound (moving, as in travelling).
Left (gone) and Left (remaining).
Mad (angry about) and Mad (attracted to).
Livid (angry) and Livid (pallid - lacking colour and spirit).

Wind-up (start something, like a clock or an argument) and Wind-up (finish something, like proceedings or a talk).
Blow up (inflate - create - a balloon) and Blow up (destroy with explosives)

star signs

2009-08-30T14:17:00.000+01:00

What was special about 4th May 2006, and specifically two minutes and three seconds after one o'clock in the morning? It's the only time for a hundred years (before or after) that the time in the UK will read as 01:02:03 04.05.06.

In the US and Canada of course this happened on 5th April due to the way the date is shown there (day and month are inverted).

Aries, the Ram - 20 Mar to 19 Apr
Taurus, the Bull - 20 Apr to 20 May
Gemini, the Twins - 21 May to 20 Jun
Cancer, the Crab - 21 Jun to 21 Jul
Leo, the Lion - 22 Jul to 22 Aug
Virgo, the Maiden - 23 Aug to 22 Sept
Libra, the Scales - 23 Sept to 22 Oct
Scorpio, the Scorpion - 23 Oct to 21 Nov
Sagittarius, the Archer - 22 Nov to 21 Dec
Capricorn, the Goat - 22 Dec to 19 Jan
Aquarius, the Water-bearer - 20 Jan to 17 Feb
Pisces, the Two Fishes - 18 Feb to 19 Mar

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The Cockney Alphabet

Here's a version of the classic Cockney alphabet. As taught to many a child by grandparents.. Teach it to your kids, or dont...

A for Horses
B for Mutton
C for Miles (or Seaforth Highlanders - thanks Geoff Firth)
D for Kate (or D fer Ential)
E for Brick
F for Lump (or F fer Vescence)
G for Police (or G for Get It)
H for Consent (or H for Bless You)
I for Novello (or I for the Engine)
J for Nice Time (or J for Oranges)
K for Restaurant
L for Leather
M for Cream (or M for Sis)
N for Lope
O for the Wings of a Dove (O for the Rainbow)
P for Relief
Q for the Loos
R for Mo
S for you, you can take a hike (or S for Rantzen)
T for Gums (or T for Two)
U for Me (or U for Mism - thanks Andrew W Llewellyn)
V for Espana
W for a Quid (or W for the Winnings)
X for Breakfast
Y for Mistress
Z for Moiles (or Z for Wind)

RANDOM

What 15-letter word contains the letter 'E' five times and no other vowels?

Defencelessness.