My Cousin Salen has past me her Handbook for 2011... so I pass it along to you.

"People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others." ~Youssou N'Dour, musician

HANDBOOK 2011

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games with your spouse and friend and kids and grandkids.
7. Read more books than you did in 2010 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes' walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't overdo. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past.

Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...

Society:

25. Call your family often. And be thankful that they are still around.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything. You don't need to personally seek them out, just forgive them in your heart. Forgiveness isn't about their peace of mind and well being, it's about yours.
28. Spend time w/people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right thing! No matter what others think or do. It's about how you feel about it.
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, joyful or brings back good memories.
34. Your GOD heals everything. Don't worry about their GOD... or their DOG.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. Believe that the best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner Self most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:

40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about, I just did.

Thinking of how Japan ALWAYS comes back from distruction

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THANKS to NPR's 360 for these clips and others: http://www.studio360.org/2011/mar/18/japan-imagination-disaster/












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Does your Dog understand you?

TIPS ON PUMPING GAS

I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon:

Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's really simple to do.

I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!

If It goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would it take?

CPAP is considered the gold standard treatment for OSA.

CPAP is a machine that pushes air into a person while they are sleeping to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a medical condition where a person stops breathing multiple times throughout the night leading to all sorts of medical problems including increased risk of hypertension, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, heart attack, etc.

In order for this device to work, a mask must be worn while sleeping in order for the air to get pushed into the lungs.

It is considered the gold standard treatment for OSA.

Costs of the Wars: Sacrifices by the Few

A soldier with the US Army's Task Force Mustang "Dust Off" Company based out of Fort Hood, Texas, cleans snow with a broom off his Blackhawk medevec helicopter in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011.

AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus

Costs of the Wars: Sacrifices by the Few
The U.S. is engaged in one of the longest periods of combat in its history. But only a small percentage of the population carries that burden. Diane and guests explore the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the military's...

The U.S. is engaged in one of the longest periods of combat in its history. But only a small percentage of the population carries that burden. Diane and guests explore the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the military's growing sense of isolation in its sacrifices.

Guests
James Kitfield senior correspondent, National Journal magazine.

Michelle Joyner Director, Communications at The National Military Family Association.

Joseph Collins Professor at the National War College, retired Army colonel, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations from 2001 to 2004, author of the upcoming book "Understanding War in Afghanistan."

Matt Pottinger Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, former Wall Street Journal reporter, and a U.S. Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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