Inspiration

You ask me if I love you,
Then you suck the lips off my face
And chew on the delicacy of their maroon creases.
'Body shop' lipstick, no. 12;
The taste of compact slabs of cherry.
This cheap adolescent disguise has guided me through all
my realizations.

I left it on the edge of plastic vodka glasses and blood smeared mirrors,
On the foreskins of Greek men,
And finally, on all your cliched perfume soaked letters.
Now it is in your mouth, your throat, your stomach.
You have swallowed my teens and all those fermented mistakes.

The ones I danced into blind,
Fumbling for an urgent exit
In whitewashed jeans and tobacco coated pockets.
All the words that flew out and assaulted
Steve, Damien, Kieren, Gary, Ben
(and all the others my high tech brain has crashed out and deleted),
Have left open wounds in my voice box,
gauged by their barbed wire font.

But as you savor the many varied tastes of my existence,
I can feel my insides frantically stitching and nursing
my pubescent cuts and bruises. Healing in seconds.
Now I am your fetus and everything is warm.

You feed me with a mother's strength and make me reborn,
Without all these zits and misadventures.
My new born 'Halleaugh' scream, realized from sterilized lungs
will be pristine, no lipstick stains in sight.

The answer to your question is
"Yes, Yes, Yes! "
Yes, I love you.
YOUR PURPLE MECHANICAL PALMS,
THAT AT NIGHT SOFTEN LIKE CHOCOLATE IN THE SUNLIGHT
AND MELT INTO MY THIGHS.
YOUR HEAVY TORTURED EYES, YOUR LAUGHTER
AND THE WAY YOU INHALE YOUR MARLBORO.
Yes, Yes, Yes.

I swirl out of your anesthetic
With a bacon rind for a belly button
And that's my first word,
A singular syllable.

I can turn the lens until my eyes are in focus,
And you, my surgeon, become my mother.
"Your adolescence has been successfully removed.
The operation was beautiful, wonderful,
Just fine. "

My log in word is 'You'.
That is all I remember.
I am a blank canvas, a cut- price jotter pad, an overflowing biro.
Write all over me.

Scrawl your name in my razor sharp armpits,
In my louse- free hair, my eyelashes bulging with years of mascara.
Practice your joined up handwriting on
My Mound of Venus and the folds of my labia;
Magenta pink and bald.

I am your Frankenstein,
but I promise not to fail.
I will get top marks in my oral stage, my anal stage
And all the others I don't remember,
Because we hit the doodle stage in class.

With you, I will grow old and withered
And our tree roots will be dangerously entwined with time.
We will become soil once again and make love amongst the worms.
'Yes' will be always be my answer, my mantra.
You will always be my host, my vessel;
A place to store my happiness and tears.

by Mimi

I Know This Laywer

A small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand in a trial-a grandmotherly, elderly woman. 

He approached her and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?"

She responded, "Yes, I do know you Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy. And frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs.

You think you're a rising big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you."

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do he pointed across the room and asked, "Mrs. Williams, do you know the defense attorney?"

She again replied, "Why, yes I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. I used to baby-sit him for his parents. And he, too, has been a real disappointment to me. He's lazy, bigoted, he has a drinking problem. The man can't build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the shoddiest in the entire state. Yes, I know him."

At this point, the judge rapped the courtroom to silence and called both counselors to the bench. In a very quiet voice, he said with menace, "If either of you asks her if she knows me, you'll be in jail within 3 minutes!"

Too Many Fires

A new firefighter was being trained by an old fire chief.

"How would you react if a sudden fire flared up on the front of the building?" asked the fire chief.

"Break out a fire hose and start spraying it, chief." answered the new firefighter.

"How would you react if another fire flared up in the back of the building?" asked the fire chief.

"Break out another fire hose and start spraying it, chief." answered the new firefighter.

"And if another huge fire flared up in the basement, how would you react?" asked the fire chief.

"Break out another fire hose." answered the new firefighter.

"Now wait a minute, son," said the fire chief. "Where are all these fire hoses coming from?"

The new firefighter answered, "The same place where all of the fires are coming from, chief."

8 lies of a mother

This story begins when I was a child: I was born poor. Often we hadn't enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say "Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry."
This was Mother's First Lie.

As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten; My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish."
This was Mother's Second Lie.

Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes which she filled with fresh matchsticks. . This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, "Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired."
This was Mother's Third Lie

When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me.. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her.. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration; I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son! I'm not thirsty!".
This was Mother's Fourth Lie.

After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small.

Our other neighbours saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love."
This was Mother's Fifth Lie.

After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enough money."
That was Mother's Sixth Lie.

I continued my part-time studies for my Master's Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me "I'm not used to high living."
That was Mother's Seventh Lie

In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, "Don't cry, son! I'm not in pain."
That was Mother's Eighth Lie.

Telling me this, her eighth lie, she died.
YES, MOTHER WAS AN ANGEL!

M - O - T - H - E - R

"M" is for the Million things she gave me,
"O" means Only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the Tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her Heart of gold,
"E" is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them,
R" means Right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER"

A word that means the world to me.

For those of you who are lucky to be still blessed with your Mom's presence on Earth, this story is beautiful. For those who aren't so blessed, this is even more beautiful.

Computer History of the World - A different perspective

In the beginning, God created the Bit and the Byte.


And from those he created the Word.



And there were two Bytes in the Word; and nothing else existed.

And God separated the One from the Zero;

and he saw it was good.



And God said - Let the Data be; And so it happened.

And God said - Let the Data go to their proper places.

And he created floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks.



And God said - Let the computers be, so there would be a place

to put floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks.

Thus God created computers and called them hardware.



And there was no Software yet. But God created programs;

small and big... And told them - Go and multiply yourselves

and fill all the Memory.



And God said - I will create the Programmer;

And the Programmer will make new programs and govern over

the computers and programs and Data.



And God created the Programmer; and put him at Data Center;

And God showed the Programmer the Catalog Tree and said

You can use all the volumes and subvolumes

but do not use Windows.



And God said - It is not good for the programmer to be alone.

He took a bone from the Programmer's body and created

a creature that would look up at the Programmer;

and admire the Programmer; and love the things

the Programmer does; And God called the creature:

the User.



And the Programmer and the User were left under

the DOS and it was Good.



But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of God.

And Bill said to the User - Did God really tell you

not to run any programs?



And the User answered - God told us that we can use every

program and every piece of Data but told us not to run

Windows or we will die.



And Bill said to the User - How can you talk about something

you did not even try. The moment you run Windows

you will become GENIOUS. You will be able to create anything

you like by a simple click of your mouse.



And the User saw that the fruits of the Windows were nicer

and easier to use. And the User saw that any knowledge

was useless--since Windows could replace it.



So the User installed the Windows on his computer;

and said to the Programmer that it was good.



And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers.

And God asked him--What are you looking for?



And the Programmer answered

--I am looking for new drivers because I can not find them

in the DOS.



And God said - Who told you need drivers?

Did you run Windows?



And the Programmer said - It was Bill who told us to!



And God said to Bill - Because of what you did, you will be hated

by all the creatures. And the User will always be unhappy with you.

And you will always sell Windows.



And God said to the User - Because of what you did,

the Windows will disappoint you and eat up all your Resources;

and you will have to use lousy programs;

and you will always rely on the Programmers help.



And God said to the Programmer - Because you listened to

the User, you will never be happy. All your programs will have

errors and you will have to fix them and fix them to the end of time.



And God threw them out of the Data Center

and locked the door and secured it with a password

Be Joyful

Whatever you enjoy, you improve. Enjoy where you are,

 and suddenly where you are has more value.
Enjoy the moment you're living.

 

 And suddenly the moment offers new and positive possibilities.
Enjoy what you're doing. By so doing, you transform your effort

 into a pathway to success and achievement.

You can always find a reason to be miserable.

 But being miserable will accomplish nothing.
Being joyful, on the other hand, will put you in a positive,

 productive, effective frame of mind.

 You'll be well positioned to accomplish and succeed.

Whatever this day may hold, find something to truly enjoy about it.

 And you will have found your own best path forward.
~Ralph Marston~

 

Just Beyond Impossible

When it seems like everything is breaking down, the time is
Ripe for a real breakthrough. In turmoil there is great
Opportunity.

When the only choice is to find a new way forward, you're in
A great position to find that way. When you have nothing
Left to fall back on, you'll figure out how to move ahead.

What seems impossible is impossible only from your current
Perspective. Just beyond impossible is the chance to jump up
To a higher level.

Imagine what you could accomplish if you were ten times as
Effective as you are right now. When circumstances are
Compelling enough, you are completely capable of making such
A leap.

What challenges you, improves you. Whatever challenges you
To the extreme can push you into a breakthrough.

Are you ready to move beyond impossible? Make your reasons
Meaningful enough, so that you have no other choice, and you
Will.
 ~Ralph Marston~

Socialism

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that
he had never failed a single student before but had once failed
an entire class.

That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one
would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment
in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and
everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail
and no one would receive an A.

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.

The students who studied hard were upset and the students
who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little
had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided
they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D!

No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame and
name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one
would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them
that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the
reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when
government takes the reward away, no one will try or
want to succeed.
Could not be any simpler than that.

What a profound short little paragraph that says it all
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the
wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without
working for, another person must work for without receiving.
The government cannot give to anybody anything that the
government does not first take from somebody else.
When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to
work because the other half is going to take care of them,
and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good
to work because somebody else is going to get what they
work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.
You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

Fact Files

The Fact File

O Boy ... we got some facts here that may turn some
cheeks red and others green ..

Read on ...

 

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced

enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it.)
If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced

to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body

to squirt blood 30 feet. (O.M.G.)
A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

(In my next life, would you rather be a pig....!)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

(Creepy...but I am still not over the pig......)
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 Calories an hour.

(Do not try this at home...... maybe at work.)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body.

The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. (Honey, I'm home. What the....?!") 
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping

the length of a football field. (30 minutes... lucky pig... can you imagine??)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?) 
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know. )
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm.... ....)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than

left-handed people. (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?) 
Elephants are the only animals that cannot! jump.

(OK, so that would be a good thing....)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.

(I wonder who was paid to figure that out? ) 

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that.) 

Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.) 
Polar bears are left-handed.

(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.) 

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

(What about that pig??  ... Why .. O Why???)

Tips for Making Girlfriend

That post specially design 4 the those ppls they dont have GIRL FRIENDS

is Just a Few steps of Making Girl friends

Bhaiyou fiker not Hum hain na any ways

girl friend kis tera banatay hain yeh hum aap ko abi bata tay hain uss say pelay

app koo lardkion ke nature kay baray main bata dain thoda sa

There are many types of Girls is givin below 

 

1.NAKHRAY WALIYA is type ke lardkiyan bohot mushkil say phanssti hain but

jab set ho jati hain to peecha nahi chorti

2.BAD DEEMAGH aisi lardkiya IZZAT nahi kerti so plz stay out of these types

of GIRLS 

 

3.INNOCENT matlab MASOOM aisi lardkiya bohot achi hoti hain mujhay bhi

aisi lardkiya buhat pasand hain but yeh direct SHADI ka boolti hain

4.NAKAAB wali lardkiya matlab NINJA lardkiya inn ka mujhay nahi pata becoz

app inay paichaan nahi sakh tay or in ko chairiye ga bhi nahi kabi nakaab main hoti hain

kabi nakaab say bahaar hoti hain yeh ek tera say RISK hay love life main RISK nahi

5.TAARRO Lardkiya is type ke lardkiya bohot kharcha kerwati hain or set bhi nahi hoti

6.CHULBULI lardkiya yeh bohot maslay kerwati hain in ke waja say bohot barray barray

maslay hotay hain yeh pangay kertin hain or bhogatna larkoN ko perta hay

7.CHUP GHUNI lardkiya is type ke lardkiya kabhi nahi bolti kay woh app say piyarr

kerti hain ya app ko pasand kerti hain to is type ke lardki ko set kernay kay liye pelay

inn ke dost ko set keraiin phir inn ke dost say inn kay baray main poochay .

8.OVER CONFIDENT kasam say iss type ke lardkiyou say to bohot he door rahain

kyun kay ek daffa main bhi mertay meraty bacha hon kasam say yeh bohot lambi kahani

hay issay choriye 

 

9. NEECHAY DAIKH KAY CHALNAY WALI inhay kam nahi samajhiey yeh neechay

daikh kay to chalti hain but pata sab hota hay kon lardka kaha khara hay kon kia kar raha

hay kon meray chaker main khara hay kon mujhay dikha nay kay liye cricket khel raha hay

kon mujhay daikh kay MOBILE pay baat ker raha hay kon apnay lambay

lambay baalon ko theeq ker raha hay , daikha sab pata hota hay inhay

10.RAAT MAIN WALK KARNAY WALI is type ke lardkiya DEITING kertin matlab

SLIM hona chahti hain but jab K F C ya MC DONALD jati hain to tooba kitna khaati

hain kay app ke Poket khali ho jaey but unn ka pait nahi bharta pata nahi pait hay ya

LALO KHAIT hay .

 

ABB HUM APP KO SET KERNAY KA TARIKA BATATAY HAIN

BILKUL WAISAY HE JAISAY PTV 3 MAIN FISHES PAKANAY KA

TARIKA BATATAY HAIN

TEN TIPS OF SETTING

ooper diey gaey lardkion main say koi aik select kerain or poori imaandari kay saath

sirf ek select kerain waisay mujhay pata hay kay app aik select nahi kerain gay kyun kay main nay bhi kari select nahi kari main jaanta hon larkoN ke nature ko

any ways yeh tips main say nahi hain yeh precutions hain ABB STEP

1. Agar woh Nhakray wali hay tu too app ZIDDI baniey

2.Bad deemagh hay to app IZZAT daar na baniey kyun kay yeh izzat nahi kerti

app bhi bhigra wa SHOW kerain kay khulay paisoN nay app ko bigaarr dia hay

3.Innocent hay to app bhi Masoom baniey woh alag baat hay kay bachay app ke

shakal daikh kay bhaag jatay hain ussay dikhanay kay liye Raath main walk kerain

woh bhi sunsaan jaga but yaad rahieyy mobile app ke jaib main na ho becoz moblie

bohot chin rahay hain mera bhi aisay he china tha

4.Nakaab wali hay to pehlay uss ka chera daikh lain kahiin aisa na ho kay app uss kay

chaker main uss ki Maa ko chairr dain jaisa kay hum nay pelay he kaha hay kay

Nakaab wali ko set kerna risk hay

5.Taarro hay to app Sir jhoka kay chalain but yaad rahay app ke AANKH bilkul uss

lardki ke tera chalay jo sir jhokha kay chalti hay

6.Chulbuli hay to app decent baniey jo kay app nahi hain

7.Chup Ghuni hay to app uss kay saamnay woh gana gaaiey , KUCH TO KAHOO

8.Over Confident hay to meri maaniey to inn say door he rahaiey kyun kay yeh

IZZAT kernay main time nahi lagati daikhti he nahi hain kay bazaar hay ya road

hay bas IZZAT kar daiti hain so plz stay out of this girl or dil chota na kerain app

koi or see set ker laiN yaha bohot saari veritiya dastiyaab hain

9.Neechay daikh kay chal nay wali hay to app uss kay saam nay kherray ho jaiey

or Achanak say takkar hogi or gana gana EK BAR PHIR TAKRAO NA MAIN

HOON NA

10.Raat main walk kernay wali lardkiya yeh bhi thodi bohot TAARRO lardkiyo jaisi

hoti hain in kay shaam nay app bhi walk kerain or mobile pay baat karaiN or yaad

rahay kay app ka mobile off rahay kahiin us kay saamnay call aagey to saray

impression ke waaat lag jaeygi or InDirectly Comments pass kerain or idher udher

daikh na na bhoolay , yeh APP ke SEHAT kay liye acha hay werna kahiin us ka bhai

ya uss ka ABBA yani kay poorani cassette ya phir is tarah bol lain kay poorani

HAWAILI baqi app khud samajh daar hain waisay kuch naya nahi hoga wohi hoga

jo her daffa hota hay lardki ko chairr nay pay ....

When I Negotiated with God

God came and asked me for a wish, I told GOD “Let all my friends be healthy and happy forever!"

GOD said: But for 4 days only!

I said: Yes, let them be a Spring Day, Summer Day, Autumn Day, and Winter Day.

GOD said: 3 days...

I said: Yes, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

GOD said: No, 2 days!

I said: Yes, a Bright Day (Daytime) and Dark Day (Night-time) .

GOD said: No, just 1 day!

I said: Yes!

GOD asked: Which day?

I said: Every Day in the living years of all my friends!

GOD laughed, and said: You know how to negotiate. But since you are praying and asking happiness for your friends, I can't refuse. I love everyone who thinks of others first, so don't you worry.

22 Reasons to go VEGETARIAN !

Vegetarian food is easy to digest

Consider making this healthy choice as one of your new year's resolutions. ..
Stacks of studies confirm that a diet full of fresh fruits and vegetables and grains is your best bet for living a longer, healthier and more enjoyable life. There are literally hundreds of great reasons to switch to a plant-based diet; here are 22 of the best:

 

1        You'll live a lot longer.
Vegetarians live about seven years longer, and vegans (who eat no animal products) about 15 years longer than meat eaters, according to a study from Loma Linda University. These findings are backed up by the China Health Project (the largest population study on diet and health to date), which found that Chinese people who eat the least amount of fat and animal products have the lowest risks of cancer, heart attack and other chronic degenerative diseases.

2        You'll save your heart. Cardiovascular disease is still the

number one killer in the United States, and the standard American diet (SAD) that's laden with saturated fat and cholesterol from meat and dairy is largely to blame. Plus, produce contains no saturated fat or cholesterol. Incidentally, cholesterol levels for vegetarians are 14 percent lower than meat eaters.

3        You can put more money in your mutual fund.
Replacing meat, chicken and fish with vegetables and fruits is estimated to cut food bills.

4        You'll reduce your risk of cancer.
Studies done at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg suggest that this is because vegetarians' immune systems are more effective in killing off tumour cells than meat eaters'. Studies have also found a plantbased diet helps protect against prostate, colon and skin cancers.

5        You'll add color to your plate.
Meat, chicken and fish tend to come in boring shades of brown and beige, but fruits and vegetables come in all colours of the rainbow. Diseasefighting phytochemicals are responsible for giving produce their rich, varied hues. So cooking by colour is a good way to ensure you re eating a variety of naturally occurring substances that boost immunity and prevent a range of illnesses.

6        You'll fit into your old jeans.
On average, vegetarians are slimmer than meat eaters, and when we diet, we keep the weight off up to seven years longer. That's because diets that are higher in vegetable proteins are much lower in fat and calories than the SAD. Vegetarians are also less likely to fall victim to weight-related disorders like heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

7        You'll give your body a spring cleaning.
Giving up meat helps purge the body of toxins (pesticides, environmental pollutants, preservatives) that overload our systems and cause illness. When people begin formal detoxification programs, their first step is to replace meats and dairy products with fruits and vegetables and juices.

8        You'll make a strong political statement.
It's a wonderful thing to be able to finish a delicious meal, knowing that no beings have suffered to make it..

9        Your meals will taste delicious.
Vegetables are endlessly interesting to cook and a joy to eat. It's an ever-changing parade of flavours and colors and textures and tastes.

10    You'll help reduce waste and air pollution.
Livestock farms creates phenomenal amounts of waste. The tons of manure, a substance that's rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a top pollutants. And that's not even counting the methane gas released by goats, pigs and poultry (which contributes to the greenhouse effect); the ammonia gases from urine; poison gases that emanate from manure lagoons; toxic chemicals from pesticides; and exhaust from farm equipment used to raise feed for animals.


11       Your bones will last longer.
The average bone loss for a vegetarian woman at age 65 is 18 percent; for non-vegetarian women, it's double that. Researchers attribute this to the consumption of excess protein. Excess protein interferes with the absorption and retention of calcium and actually prompts the body to excrete calcium, laying the ground for the brittle bone disease osteoporosis. Animal proteins, including milk, make the blood acidic, and to balance that condition, the body pulls calcium from bones. So rather than rely on milk for calcium, vegetarians turn to dark green leafy vegetables, such as broccoli and legumes, which, calorie for calorie, are superior sources.

12      You'll help reduce famine.
It takes 15 pounds of feed to get one pound of meat. But if the grain were given directly to people, there'd be enough food to feed the entire planet. In addition, using land for animal agriculture is inefficient in terms of maximizing food production. According to the journal Soil and Water, one acre of land could produce 50,000 pounds of tomatoes, 40,000 pounds of potatoes, 30,000 pounds of carrots or just 250 pounds of beef.

13      You'll avoid toxic chemicals.
The EPA estimates that nearly 95 per cent of pesticide residue in our diet comes from meat, fish and dairy products. Fish, in particular, contain carcinogens (PCBs, DDT) and heavy metals (mercury, arsenic; lead, cadmium) that cannot be removed through cooking or freezing. Meat and dairy products are also laced with steroids and hormones.

14      You'll protect yourself from foodborne illnesses.
According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest in the US, which has stringent food standards, 25 per cent of all chicken sold in the United States carries salmonella bacteria and, the CDC estimates, 70 percent to 90 percent of chickens contain the bacteria campy-lobacter (some strains of which are antibiotic-resistan t), approximately 5 percent of cows carry the lethal strain of E. coli O157:H7 (which causes virulent diseases and death), and 30 percent of pigs slaughtered each year for food are infected with toxoplasmosis (caused by parasites).

15      You may get rid of your back problems.
Back pain appears to begin, not in the back, but in the arteries. The degeneration of discs, for instance, which leads to nerves being pinched, starts with the arteries leading to the back. Eating a plant-based diet keeps these arteries clear of cholesterol- causing  blockages to help maintain a healthy back.

16      You'll be more 'regular.'
Eating a lot of vegetables necessarily means consuming fiber, which pushes waste out of the body. Meat contains no fibre. Studies done at Harvard and Brigham Women's Hospital found that people who ate a high-fiber diet had a 42 percent lower risk of diverticulitis. People who eat lower on the food chain also tend to have fewer incidences of constipation, hemorrhoids and spastic colon.

17       You'll cool those hot flashes.
Plants, grains and legumes contain phytoestrogens that are believed to balance fluctuating hormones, so vegetarian women tend to go through menopause with fewer complaints of sleep problems, hot flashes, fatigue, mood swings, weight gain, depression and a diminished sex drive.

18      You'll help to bring down the national debt.
We spend large amounts annually to treat the heart disease, cancer, obesity, and food poisoning that are byproducts of a diet heavy on animal products.

19      You'll preserve our fish population.
Because of our voracious appetite for fish, 39 per cent of the oceans' fish species are overharvested, and the Food & Agriculture Organization reports that 11 of 15 of the world's major fishing grounds have become depleted.

20      You'll help protect the purity of water.
It takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of mutton, but just 25 gallons of water to produce a pound of wheat. Not only is this wasteful, but it contributes to rampant water pollution.

21      You'll provide a great role model for your kids.
If you set a good example and feed your children good food, chances are they'll live a longer and healthier life. You're also providing a market for vegetarian products and making it more likely that they'll be available for the children.

22      Going vegetarian is easy!
Vegetarian cooking has never been so simple. We live in a country that has been vegetarian by default. Our traditional dishes are loaded with the goodness of vegetarian food. Switching over it very simple indeed.

What Love means to a 4-8 year old . . .

Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babies.

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?"

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

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"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.

So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."

Rebecca- age 8

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"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.

You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4

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"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."

Karl - age 5

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"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."

Chrissy - age 6

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"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."

Danny - age 7

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"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

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"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

Noelle - age 7

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"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.

He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."

Cindy - age 8

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"My mommy loves me more than anybody You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

Clare - age 6

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"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."

Elaine-age 5

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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."

Chris - age 7

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"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

Mary Ann - age 4

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"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."

Lauren - age 4

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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.

The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

"Nothing, I just helped him cry"