1. Malala Yousafzai: 14 year old girl who was shot by the Taliban who took a stand for freedom of womens' rights and education.
2.Michelle Obama: She has a plan and a goal to make our young people less obese by encouraging kids to exercise, and by restructuring the school lunch program.
3.Martin Luther King Jr.: Non-violent civil rights leader.
4.Martin Luther: Key figure in Protestant reformation (its because of him he have more religious diversity then just cults and catholicism.)
5.Mahatma Ghandi: The principle figurehead of the Indian indepedence movement. He taught a philosophy of non- violence and peaceful protests.
6.Mu'ath: 12 year old blind boy who memorized the entire Quran ( think of how many people memorized the bible let alone while blind.)
7.Samuel Johnson: British author and the creator of the dictionary.
8.Louis Pasteur: French chemist and biologist who developed antidotes to the dangerous illnesses anthrax and rabies. Also, he discovered a way to pasteurize milk.
9.Albert Einstein: German Physicist.
10.Rosa Parks: Civil rights activist.
11.Tim Berners Lee: Creator of the world wide web.
12.Bill Gates: Founder of Microsoft.
13.John Lennon: British popstar and one of the Beatles. He was an icon of the 1960's counter culture revolution.
14.George Orwell: English author whose object was not to promote a certain view, but to arrive at the truth, exposing the hypocrisy and injustice prevalent in society.
15.Helen Keller: Despite disability of both blindness and deafness, she learned to read and write.
16.Eleanor Roosevelt: She helped to draft the United Nations declaration of human rights. In the United states she strived to improve civil rights.
17.Edward Jenner: He led pioneering work on innoculations for small pox.
18.Leo Tolstoy: Influential author, wrote "War and Peace". He had a philosophy of non-violence and a return to rural society.
19.Jesse Owens: He won four gold medals at Hitler's 1936 olympics one of the great moments in track history. This victory helped to puncture the Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy.
20.Jane Goodall: She made a groundbreaking study into the behavior of chimpanzee's. She became a noted campaigner and activist for environmental protection and kindness to animals
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Flu-proofing your body 2 ways with specific examples
Fight back with food:
a: Black tea: Drinking five cups a day for two weeks can turn your immune system's T cells into "Hulk cells" that produce 10 times more interferon, a protein that battles cold and flu infections, according to a Harvard study. Don't like black tea? The green variety will also do the trick. If you can't stomach drinking that much, you can still get added protection with fewer cups. b: Garlic: According to a study published in Advances in Therapy, subjects who swallowed a garlic capsule for 12 winter weeks were two-thirds less likely to catch a cold; those who did suffered for 3 1/2 days less. Garlic contains allicin, a potent bacteria fighter, and other infection-fighting compounds, and Somer believes it's even more effective in food form. She suggests adding one to three cooked cloves to your food each day.
c: Mushrooms: They contain more than 300 compounds that rev up immunity, in part by escalating the production of infection-fighting white blood cells and making them more aggressive. Shiitake, maitake, and reishi varieties contain the most immune-boosting chemicals, but plain old button mushrooms will also do the job.
Shield Yourself From Germs
a: Wash often and well. "Washing your hands is the best way to fight viruses and germs—if you do it properly," says Philip Tierno, Ph.D, director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University and author of The Secret Life of Germs: What They Are, Why We Need Them, and How We Can Protect Ourselves Against Them. Also, When you can't get to a sink, a gel containing 60 percent or more alcohol will effectively remove cold germs, says Gerba, and helps protect against the flu by dissolving the outer layer of the virus. Hand wipes also work, but buy only those labeled disinfecting or sanitizing.
b: Don't share toothpaste tubes. Most people touch their brush to the opening, passing along germs.
c: Befriend paper towels. At home, replace bathroom and kitchen towels with disposable ones during flu season. At the office, use paper to open the office fridge and microwave, turn off a bathroom faucet, and exit the restroom.
d: Deploy disinfectant. Your phone, computer keyboard, and desktop all harbor more harmful germs than the average toilet seat does. Wipe them down at the end of each day. At the gym, disinfect free weights, yoga mats and other equipment before using them. If you're staying at a hotel, wipe down the remote control, phone, clock radio, light switches, and door handles. The cleaning staff probably hasn't cleaned these things in months, if ever.
Kalish, Nancy. "4 Ways to Flu-Proof Your Winter." Active.com. Active Network, Inc. and Prevention Magazine, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2013.
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