Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Ruth's Tomb Gets Renovated
(IsraelNN.com) In preparation for the upcoming holiday of Shavuot, a group of Jews gathered from all over Israel to clean and renovate the Tomb of Ruth and Jesse (Yishai). Ruth, a Moabite princess who was determined to become a Jewess and in fact became the great-grandmother of King David, is remembered during the holiday, with the Scroll of Ruth being read in synagogues around the world.
The Neo-Zionist lobby "Kumah," in partnership with the Jewish Community of Hevron, where Ruth is buried, organized the event. It involved the installation of new top-quality furnishings, painting, light and water fixtures, cleaning, and arrangement of a stone courtyard outside the holy site.Kumah members said they performed the day-long difficult manual labor as a way of expressing their gratitude and appreciation for the Jews of Hevron, whose presence in the City of our Forefathers ensures that Jews of all walks of life can visit and pray there.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Sky is off to See the World!
Skyler is off to see Misha for the Summer. He has been bragging to everyone he can that he is flying by himself to New York. Then he's telling about how his big sister live in Pennsylvania and that they are going to Washington DC to see the White House. Knowing how things work with Skyler, he just may get a glimps of someone important while he is there.
Skyler insisted that Maria and Juliana come to see him off. Only Maria was able to make it. He just wanted to spend "some time" with is other sisters before he left for the Summer.
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Part 2
Part 2
Sky made it safely!!! Click the pic to hear his interview!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Western Festival Parade
Skyler was in a Western Festival Parade.
The Extreme Team kids were asked to help sing on the float. The theme of the float was that the word of God is better than Gold.
Here we have two miners to validate the truth of that statement!
At the beginning of the parade before they took off down the main street I ran into a nice gentleman who restored this jeep. He saw it in a field and bought it for a song then proceeded to restore it. He put in 8 sheets of metal in its remaking. By appearances, it must be his son in the jeep with him. He also has a sign stating the name of a beloved warrior that has since passed on.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Fat Heads and Dark Chocolate
I discovered a nice blog called the Bean Diet.
Quoting its author "Our brains are primarily comprised of fat, so you could say we're all fatheads... which explains why the type of fat we consume has an enormous effect on how well our brains work in later life - what's called "cognitive function" or "cognitive decline".
A recent study published in the journal Diabetes Care (32:635-640, 2009) found that elderly diabetic women who consumed more trans-fat (partially-hydrogenated oils) and saturated fat in their younger years were significantly more likely to experience cognitive decline when compared to elderly women who consumed the lowest levels of these fats.
One of the reasons this makes sense is because trans-fat and saturated fat increase LDL (bad) cholesterol, which contributes to increased plaque formation. The more plaque in our arteries, the lower the oxygen supply to our brain, since plaque limits blood circulation (blood carries oxygen). When brain cells don't receive adequate oxygen over time they begin to die, and that ultimately causes "cognitive decline".
On the flip side, good fats, like Omega-3 fatty acid and monousaturated fat, improve circulation and therefore, oxygen delivery to the brain.
So where do all these fats come from? Trans-fat is mainly found in processed foods; saturated fat mainly comes from foods of animal origin: meats, dairy products, and eggs; Omega-3 and monounsaturated fat are found throughout unprocessed plant foods: fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes (beans, lentils, peas, nuts and seeds)."
She also states that Dark Chocolate lowers blood pressure without causing weight gain.
Quoting its author "Our brains are primarily comprised of fat, so you could say we're all fatheads... which explains why the type of fat we consume has an enormous effect on how well our brains work in later life - what's called "cognitive function" or "cognitive decline".
A recent study published in the journal Diabetes Care (32:635-640, 2009) found that elderly diabetic women who consumed more trans-fat (partially-hydrogenated oils) and saturated fat in their younger years were significantly more likely to experience cognitive decline when compared to elderly women who consumed the lowest levels of these fats.
One of the reasons this makes sense is because trans-fat and saturated fat increase LDL (bad) cholesterol, which contributes to increased plaque formation. The more plaque in our arteries, the lower the oxygen supply to our brain, since plaque limits blood circulation (blood carries oxygen). When brain cells don't receive adequate oxygen over time they begin to die, and that ultimately causes "cognitive decline".
On the flip side, good fats, like Omega-3 fatty acid and monousaturated fat, improve circulation and therefore, oxygen delivery to the brain.
So where do all these fats come from? Trans-fat is mainly found in processed foods; saturated fat mainly comes from foods of animal origin: meats, dairy products, and eggs; Omega-3 and monounsaturated fat are found throughout unprocessed plant foods: fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes (beans, lentils, peas, nuts and seeds)."
She also states that Dark Chocolate lowers blood pressure without causing weight gain.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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