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March 12, 2010

Reasons Why You Can Have Chocolates Without the Guilt

Filed under: Arts + Stuff, Business World, Food Feed — admin @ 1:10 am
There are lots of people who love chocolate so much that they consider themselves addicted to it. They love chocolate even though they think that it is bad for their health or cause them to gain extra pounds.
This was not the case back then, before ultra thin models were still not in fashion, in ancient times because chocolates were very important for its therapeutic benefits. The Aztecs and the Mayans for sure downed chocolate beverages to free them from stress, depression and fatigue before going to war. Aside from that, Europeans and South Americans have long been using chocolates to heal such diseases as diarrhea.
Studies have been made to really learn the effects of chocolate in human health, whether it’s good or bad. They also wanted to know what composes chocolate that’s responsible for the “addiction.” Chocolates are so recession-proof, Americans alone ate as much as 12 pounds of chocolate confectioneries last year.
Chocoholics confessed that a regular indulgence in chocolates helped improve sensations and strength. These kinds of feelings are attributed to the two alkaloids present in chocolates, which are theobromine and phenethylamine (PEA).
In the 80s, a researcher came out with a famous book, entitled Chemistry of Love, where he argues that the PEA in chocolate could produce an effect which resembles the emotional feeling of someone in love. The media went on frenzy about it saying that PEA was the love chemical. They went on to say that a decrease in PEA level may be behind depression, since increases in PEA levels do lead to an emotional high.
Scientists discovered that PEA combined with theobromine was beneficial to the heart, enhancing heart rates and normalizing blood pressures. The theobromine in cacao beans, what’s behind the success in making chocolate candy, works as a stimulant just like caffeine but the effect is milder. Theobromine is further used as stimulant and vasodilator too, serving as an aid in enlarging constrained veins to bring about an easy flow of blood.
Chocolate also contains tryptophan a substance which can help boost the production of the happy hormone, serotonin. This hormone is responsible for communicating with the brain, so that the brain can control the sleep, mood, appetite, sexual desire, anger and other functions like learning and memory. When serotonin is enough, it will result to an even temper while lack of it can make a person prone to depression.
These are just some of the benefits that chocolates have and enough reasons why you have to continue eating and making chocolate candy right at home. Aside from the fact that it can help boost your mood, chocolate is downright healthy, too.
March 10, 2010

Solar Fountains Demystified - Four Ways to Make Your Own Fountain

Filed under: Arts + Stuff, Shoppers Advice — admin @ 9:21 pm

Contrasting to standard beliefs, Solar Fountains are one of the cheapest means to decorate your terrace or garden, if you designcreate them on your own! They are planned with 4 simple parts: a solar panel, low wattage dc pump, a bowl, and a ornamental bamboo spout.

4 homely techniques to design your own solar fountain are listed here:

    1. Get yourself a solar panel that has a power yield of 1 watt. This will create adequate power to keep your dc pump continual.
      Don’t waste your time and enegy with high-voltage dc pumps because a small potential dc pump is more than comfortable for solar fountain DIY.
      Possibilities are literally continuous - some pick out to make their solar fountains likable by making a Japanese themed shishi odoshi fountain, some do it by summing fairy figurines to the lion-figure wall fixture.
      Joining the assorted pieces is the only thing you require to do Now. Hook up the vinyl tubing to pump gap and carefully draw it through the shishi odoshi. Controlling the flow of water can be finished by using a water pump that has governable input. And you are finished!
  • This is how simple it is to set your own solar water fountain! They are emphatically one of the better paths to spare money on your energy bills and have a ornamental factor in your patio.

    January 2, 2010

    Ode, to the Mighty Midget Omac [In English and Spanish]

    Filed under: Arts + Stuff — admin @ 2:44 am

    Part One
    Midget History

    I am thirty-six inches tall, that is all

    Honest to god I am
    My hair is green, my eyes red, and I

    Have a very thick neck

    My eyebrows are thin, and my beard

    Has three hairs…
    And I bore abuse, when I was young

    Yes! It happened to be; day by day…

    …folks laugh at me, my appearance

    You see…I make them appalled.
    .

    I am middle aged, not very old, nor am

    I: pious, poor, or a fool;
    My wrinkles and blemishes are as they

    AreI’d not change them

    …for food or gold… .

    I came from a race, from within the earth

    More ancient than man himself;
    So what do I do, I leave it to you

    Just call me Omac, the Mighty Midget.

    .

    Ah! I’ve lived in this world of evil and bad

    Sad and heartbreaking, to say the least
    Everyone preoccupied with everything

    With neighbors, housewives and thieves.

    The only one I can think of, that I do not

    Despise or hate, is an acquaintance
    I’ve met, in the depths of Iceland,

    He left me a riddle to think:

    Said he “Why do you call me a great man?

    One you do not understand; with
    Dog-like devotion and faith?

    Perhaps it is that, a midget can’t live

    …without an impressive mate?”

    Said I to him, as he walked away, “It is

    Because you’re impressive to
    Them, not me!…”

    Part Two
    Midget Hell

    I visited hell, once upon a time with

    Its torture chambers and horrid
    Rhymes…

    If I could, I would take half of earththere,

    Simply to see what they could bear;
    Thus, her soft white dreams that she

    Once seen, would then be in

    …the devils care.

    .

    With scorpions, dim and dark, and spiteful

    And horrible soundsof hissing
    By your bed; with all of this I fear my friend,

    In Hell, you’d wish you were never dead.

    As the wiggly worms climb all about, what

    Gruesome view to hear men shout;
    To see the horned malamute dogs growl

    Savagely, licking everything foul.

    .

    But I am a midget, of thirty-six inches tall

    That is all…,
    Blue-eyed, wings that don’t fly,

    Blood that rushes to my head…

    …When I get mad

    Oh, sometimes I play the fool, I jerk and

    Shiver all over, but no one
    NoticesI’d like to squash them too;

    My life in their minds, unnoticed.

    Part Three
    Midget Madness

    I hate those I can understand; those I

    Do not, I find myself unarmed,
    And wishing I could.

    Everyone’s in a bubble of superiority,

    This of course irritates me…
    Their soft white hush, which is more like

    Cadaverous mush, wrapped up

    …up, in their crystal like dreams!

    If it was up to me, I’d rape the whores

    And kill the queen;
    That’s the sensible side of me,

    The Midget side, if you please.

    .

    Hell with the meaning of life, just give me

    A dagger or knife; wise men die
    Like midgets and fools, the only difference

    Is, they went to school.

    The fate of man, is not in his hands,

    As he’d like all to believe!
    Nor will pious images save him, they

    Come and go like fools gold;

    This is very plane to see!

    I need no flattery like they, only a

    Purpose for today…!

    Part Four
    Midget Love

    I have sung many praises to love and

    Beauty:
    Above all, they sing back to me:

    “The waters are still, the witches
    Are real, and twilight is chilled;

    But my heart is tattered gray
    For who loves a midget anyway?”

    I have my cross, where the Christians

    Walk, for I tried to be a Christian
    You see; and by love and faith

    I made a mistake…a midgets’ a

    …midget, also,
    in the halls of Christianity.

    .

    Blaspheme, blaspheme, everywhere,

    I’d like to load my gun,
    Face the sun, twist some bones

    In and out of their chest!…

    Too bad I’m harmless…

    I look out my midget door, once more

    Very little do I see, only people
    So many people, with envy, envy;

    I just wanted to be loved you see.

    Part Five
    Chavin De Huantar

    I must return today! Ancient am I

    Compared to thee…
    They are taking me back with an

    Escort I see, like a prince

    …under a princes care.

    They are humble to me, I’m not human

    You see, or so I wish not to be;
    To them I’m a millionaire.

    There is no pretence…

    …in the world for them…
    And in Chavin de Huantar I’ll be.

    .

    In point of fact, I’ll never be back,

    Chavin de Huantar will be
    My home; even the ignorant understand

    One must wash his hands, when…

    …all that is left is famine!…

    Note: 5/31/05 #699

    Oda, al Enano Poderoso Omac

    Translated by Nancy Penaloza

    Parte Uno

    Historia Diminuta

    Soy treinta y seis pulgadas altas, que es todo-

    Honesto al dios soy
    Mi pelo es verde, mis ojos rojos, y yo

    Tengo un cuello muy grueso
    Mis cejas son delgadas, y mi barba

    Tiene tres pelos …
    Y llevé el abuso, cuando yo era jven

    S! Result ser; da a da …
    …amigos se ren de m, mi aspecto

    Usted ve…yo los hago horrorizar.
    .
    Soy medio anciano, no muy viejo, ni soy

    yo: piadoso, pobre, o un idiota;
    Mis arrugas y defectos son como son

    Son - yo no los cambiara
    …por alimento u oro.

    Vine de una raza, desde dentro la tierra

    Ms antiguo que el hombre mismo;
    entonces que hago, se lo dejo a ud-

    Solamente llmeme Omac,
    el Enano Poderoso.

    Ah! He vivido en este mundo del demonio y del mal-

    Triste y desgarrador, para decir lo menos
    Cada uno preocupado por todo-

    Con vecinos, amas de casa y ladrones.

    El nico en el que puedo pensar, que no

    Desprecie u odie, es un conocido
    lo encontr, en las profundidades de Islandia,

    l me dej una criba para pensar:
    Dijo él ” Por qué me llama usted un gran hombre?

    Uno no entiende;
    Devocin de perro y fe?

    Quizs es que, un enano no puede vivir
    …sin un compaero impresionante? ”
    Dije yo a él, en tanto él se alej, ” esto es

    porque tu eres impresionante
    Ellos, no yo! …

    Parte Dos

    Infierno Diminuto

    Visité el infierno, alguna vez

    Sus cmaras de tortura y horribles
    Rimas …
    Si yo pudiera, yo llevara la mitad de la tierra -all,

    Simplemente para ver lo que ellos podran llevar;
    As, sus sueos suaves blancos que ella

    Una vez vio, entonces estara en
    …el cuidado del diablo.
    .
    Con Escorpiones, débiles y oscuros, y rencoroso

    Y sonidos horribles - de silbido
    Por su cama; con todo esto temo mi amigo,

    En el Infierno, usted deseara no estar muerto.
    Como los gusanos ondulados subiendo sobre todo, que

    Vista espantosa, or grito de hombres-;
    Ver el gruido de perros de malamute astado

    Ferozmente, lamiendo todo sucio.
    .

    Pero, soy un enano, de treinta y seis pulgadas altas

    Eso es todo …,
    De ojos azules las alas que no vuelan,

    La sangre que se eleva a mi cabeza …
    …cuando me pongo furioso-

    Ah, a veces juego al idiota, tiro y

    Tiemblo por todas partes, pero nadie
    nota - me gustara aplastarlos también;

    Mi vida en sus mentes, inadvertidas.

    Parte Tres

    Locura Diminuta

    Odio a aquellos puedo entender;

    No hago, me encuentro desarmado,
    Y deseando yo podra.
    A todo el mundo en una burbuja de superioridad,

    Esto desde luego me irrita …
    Su silencio suave blanco, que es ms bien

    Desplome cadavérico, envuelto
    …arriba, en su cristal como sueos-!
    Si esto me elevara, yo violara a las rameras

    Y matara a la reina-;
    Esto es mi lado sensible ,

    El lado Diminuto, con su permiso.
    .
    El infierno con el significado de vida, solamente déme

    Una daga o cuchillo; hombres sabios mueren
    Como enanos y tontos, la nica diferencia

    Es, ellos fueron a la escuela.
    El destino del hombre, no est en sus manos,

    Como le gustara a todos creer!
    Tampoco imgenes piadosas lo salvarn, ellos

    Vienen y van como

    como oro de tontos;
    Esto es muy claro para ver!
    No necesito ninguna adulacin como ellos, slo un

    Objetivo para hoy …!

    Parte Cuatro

    Amor Diminuto

    He cantado muchas alabanzas para el amor y

    Belleza-:
    Encima de todo, ellos cantan atrs:de mi.

    ” Las aguas son todava, las brujas
    Son verdadero, y el crepsculo es frio;

    Pero mi corazn es de color gris andrajoso-
    Pero quién ama a un enano de todos modos? ”
    Tengo mi cruz, donde los cristianos

    El paso-, ya que traté de ser Cristiano
    Usted ve-; y por amor y fe

    Hice un herror a los
    enanos
    …enano, también,
    en los pasillos de cristianismo.

    .
    Blasfeme, blasfeme, por todas partes,

    Me gustara cargar mi arma,
    Afrontar el sol, torcer algunos huesos

    dentro y fuera de su pecho!…
    Demasiado malo soy inofensivo

    Miro mi puerta diminuta, una vez ms

    Muy poco hago, yo veo, slo pueblo
    Tantas personas, con envidia, envidia;

    Solamente quise ser amado usted ve.

    Parte Cinco

    Chavin de Huantar

    Debo volver hoy! Antiguo soy yo

    Comparado a Usted …
    Ellos me toman atrs como una

    escolta yo veo, como un prncipe
    …bajo el cuidado de prncipes.
    Ellos son humildes para m, no soy humano

    Usted ve, o entonces deseo no ser;
    para ellos soy un millonario.

    No hay ningn pretexto …
    …en el mundo para ellos …
    Y en Chavin de Huantar yo ser.
    .

    En realidad, nunca volveré,

    Chavin de Huantar ser
    Mi casa; an el ignorante entienden

    Hay que lavar sus manos, cuando …
    …todol es dejado es el hambre!…

    Note: 5/31/05 *699

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