BANANA IS GOOD FOR YOU

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_Hr1Xop4a291e27KW0hJfABB71HIo44Xw_SrobH-gmpYE0r27lhUyMtJjc1rrNG6XurBWb0IfHSEaf1FL-q3Bs53nVBGkj1OJs0tHXVYbNfCzheL12uafGZbXqoWeZpMotPfKMRx-1IJ/s1600-h/banana.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329721594919077890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_Hr1Xop4a291e27KW0hJfABB71HIo44Xw_SrobH-gmpYE0r27lhUyMtJjc1rrNG6XurBWb0IfHSEaf1FL-q3Bs53nVBGkj1OJs0tHXVYbNfCzheL12uafGZbXqoWeZpMotPfKMRx-1IJ/s400/banana.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 203px;" /></a>The fully ripe banana produces a substance called TNF which has the ability to combat abnormal cells.<br /> <br />So don't be surprised very soon the shop will go out of stock for bananas.<br /> <br />As the banana ripens, it develops dark spots or patches on the skin. The more dark patches it has, the higher will be its' immunity enhancement quality .<br /> <br />Hence the Japanese love bananas for a good reason.<br /> <br />According to a Japanese scientific research, banana contains TNF which has anti-cancer properties. The degree of anti-cancer effect corresponds to the degree of ripeness of the fruit, ie the riper the banana, the better the anti-cancer quality.<br /> <br />In an animal experiment carried out by a professor in Tokyo U comparing the various health benefits of different fruits,using banana, grape, apple, water melon, pineapple, pear and persimmon, it was found that banana gave the best results. It increased the number of white blood cells, enhancedthe immunity of the body and produced anti-cancer substance TNF.<br /> <br />The recommendation is to eat 1 to 2 banana a day to increase your body immunity to diseases like cold, flu and others.<br /> <br />According to the Japanese professor, yellow skin bananas with dark spots on it are 8 times more effective in enhancing the property of white blood cells than the green skin version

BANANA IS GOOD FOR YOU

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Zuma urges SA to get to work, starts with three-day week

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOSb0fZbhpkxkuX5OAd2TZfN_sccPTrkQrf30RP4F_PKttvMTED4_i-MxIXXdI2gP532afjChqJwfYNCPvh27iVF8AQ2WW2IVAvGNiVdwRCgMxwJY_1sqssAPdSDSOl0UuU74fsFi9TYM/s1600-h/anccampaign.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329687603034041426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOSb0fZbhpkxkuX5OAd2TZfN_sccPTrkQrf30RP4F_PKttvMTED4_i-MxIXXdI2gP532afjChqJwfYNCPvh27iVF8AQ2WW2IVAvGNiVdwRCgMxwJY_1sqssAPdSDSOl0UuU74fsFi9TYM/s400/anccampaign.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">ANC leader Jacob Zuma says that it is time for South Africans to get to work to build a new society, but only from Tuesday until Thursday. Addressing throngs of jubilant supporters, many of whom had been cured of leprosy by touching the hem of his trousers, Zuma explained that the economy was important but that public holidays were more important.</span></strong><br /><br />"Much work lies ahead," said Zuma. "And we will start it on Tuesday. And stop on Thursday afternoon. Or Wednesday, if we can get a doctor's note."<br /><br />He explained that "the real work" would begin next week, unless he decided to declare May a public holiday too.<br /><br />Zuma is almost guaranteed to become South Africa's fourth democratically elected President, and the first to own his own leopard-skin Alice band, after the ANC swept to a convincing victory in last week's general election.<br /><br />However, party insiders are reportedly working constantly to ensure that Zuma survives until his inauguration, a task made "extremely difficult by Msholozi's penchant for waving around assault rifles while singing and dancing".<br /><br />"So far we've managed to give him a toy AK whenever he gets in the mood to bust some moves," said one aide. "But we do worry that some fool is going to sell him a real one and he's going to pop a cap in himself."<br /><br />He said they were also having to keep ANC Youth League President Julius Malema "at a safe distance".<br /><br />"Nobody would ever doubt Comrade Julius's love for Msholozi," he said. "Julius adores Msholozi. He's written Msholozi's name all over his bag in Tip-Ex, and stuck pictures of him all over his homework diary.<br /><br />"But when he gets excited he tends to want to kill things, and we're not 100 percent sure how clear Julius's thinking is when he's in one of his lust-fuelled killing moods."<br /><br />Meanwhile Zuma has been widely quoted in local media comparing the victorious ANC to a lion.<br /><br />"For those who do not know the ANC: you touch the ANC, you touch a lion!" said Zuma.<br /><br />When asked by journalists whether the ANC was a like a lion because it made a huge amount of noise but spent all day sleeping and being fed by females, had mangy juvenile males tagging along trying to pick up scraps, and easily fell prey to inbreeding, Zuma said, "No, not really."</span> <p><a href="http://www.hayibo.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>http://www.hayibo.com/</em></span></a></p><p>

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猪流感疫情在全球蔓延 Travel industry grapples with swine flu

<span style="color:#ff99ff;"><strong>意大利现猪流感疑似病例　华人旅游业停接拉美团</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UQYs5ukzoo7XxFopVFIZhNyjXf7bzSbl0bsi1IpokT1J538sSP2Ir4-axckIob9SaQWOVQXCorpnMgVOSxStyOfi_kLgo_meEV5Ys3wgahruyUwDDhuN7qzG9VMwcpWN2zXnXL9wDDUm/s1600-h/swineflu1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329596782448782082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UQYs5ukzoo7XxFopVFIZhNyjXf7bzSbl0bsi1IpokT1J538sSP2Ir4-axckIob9SaQWOVQXCorpnMgVOSxStyOfi_kLgo_meEV5Ys3wgahruyUwDDhuN7qzG9VMwcpWN2zXnXL9wDDUm/s400/swineflu1.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" /></a>中新网4月28日电　据意大利《欧联时报》报道，随着猪流感疫情在全球蔓延，继西班牙政府4月27日宣布，该国一名男子已确认感染了猪流感后，新西兰宣布发现至少10个疑似病例，欧洲的瑞士、瑞典、丹麦、德国当天也宣布出现猪流感疑似病。4月27日，意大利威尼斯一家医院接诊了一名疑似患有猪流感的31岁女性。受其影响，在意大利经营旅行社和在旅游景点经营餐饮业的华人企业已暂停接待拉美旅游团。<br /><br />　　当地媒体报道，意大利疑似患有猪流感的31岁女性已被隔离在威尼斯传染病医院观察治疗，目前身体状况良好没有生命危险，患者从26日晚身体出现不适症状。此前，这位意大利女士曾到过猪流感病疫区。尽管意大利卫生部新闻办公室称，卫生部尚未接到有关这名女性身体状况的任何信息。但在意大利境内公民已开始闻猪色变，猪流感将再次重创意大利旅游餐饮业，为经济危机下的市场经济雪上加霜。<br /><br />　　在威尼斯经营旅行社的洪先生得知意大利出现疑似患有猪流感患者，第一时间便向拉美地区的合作旅行社发出传真，在猪流感疫情没有完全控制的情况下，旅行社将停止接待拉美地区旅游团。与此同时，一些从事导游业的华人，也向旅行社提出，暂时不陪同拉美旅行团出游。<br /><br />　　在比萨旅游区经营餐饮业的金先生向记者介绍说，为了让其它地区的游客来餐馆吃的放心，餐馆已和相关合作的旅行社达成协议，停止接待拉美旅行团，并暂停猪肉类食品供应。金先生表示，萨斯、禽流感曾使意大利旅游餐饮业蒙受巨大损失，此次猪流感在墨西哥大面积爆发，并有蔓延全球的趋势，面对无药可治的新型流感，因欧洲与拉美地区的人员交往频繁，估计猪流感带来的影响和损失将会更大。<br /><br />　　据悉，猪流感爆发后，欧盟负责公共卫生事务的委员安德鲁拉·瓦西利乌呼吁，欧盟居民应尽量避免前往猪流感疫区旅行；欧盟已宣布召开欧盟国家卫生部长“紧急会议”，讨论猪流感疫情及防范措施；意大利政府已开始在机场和口岸对入境人员进行体温检测，防止猪流感疫情入境。(博源）<br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#ff99ff;"><strong>北京專家：豬流感傳染性強可怕如SARS</strong></span><br /><br />（中央社台北28日電）全球豬流感疫情擴散，中國科學關注豬流感病毒變異。中國科學院微生物研究所分子病毒中心主任劉文軍表示，可透過飛沫等傳染的豬流感病毒，可怕程度與嚴重急性呼吸道症候群（SARS）類似。...<br /><br />行政院昨（27）天召開豬流感病毒跨部會聯席會報，衛生署報院公告將H1N1新流感病毒列入第一類法定傳染病，任何醫院若有發現必須立即24小時通報。衛生署長葉金川強調，台灣目前沒有疫情，民眾不必恐慌，放心吃豬肉沒有問題。...<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"><strong>小檔案－第一類法定傳染病 防疫最高等級</strong></span><br /><br />衛生署昨天正式將豬流感列入第一類法定傳染病，防疫規格提升到最高管制等級。 目前第一類法定傳染病包括：ＳＡＲＳ嚴重急性呼吸道症候群、天花、鼠疫、狂犬病、炭疽病、 Ｈ５Ｎ１禽流感，以及最新列入的豬流感即Ｈ１Ｎ１新型流感。這些傳染病都具有高度傳染性，容易引起重症，都是讓人聞之色變的嚴重傳染疾病。 防疫措施上，醫師若高度懷疑病患感染豬流感，必須在廿四小時內通報，並視情況將病患強制隔離治療。（資料來源：疾管局） .......<br /><br />墨西哥4月初爆發豬流感疫情，短短時間內迅速擴散全球，目前已知美國、加拿大、西班牙、英國、以色列及法國等地陸續傳出疑似病例，若疫情持續加劇，恐讓目前飽受金融風暴摧殘後脆弱不堪的全球經濟雪上加霜。世界銀行去年曾預估，全球若爆發流感，將造成30兆美元經濟損失，全球GDP萎縮近5％。...<br /><br />豬流感在墨西哥、美國快速竄燒，衛生署疾病管制局廿七日宣布，將豬流感正式定義為「Ｈ1Ｎ1新型流感」，比照ＳＡＲＳ、禽流感列為管制等級最高的「第一類法定傳染病」，即日起各醫院若發現案例，需在廿四小時內通報，病患則須接受隔離治療。...<br /><br />豬流感疫情全球拉警報，周一持續傳出北美、歐洲等地出現疑似感染病例，亞洲股市大多下挫，其中台灣股市跌幅最深，指數重挫3％，歐美股市則開低走高，有驚無險。世界衛生組織將於今日開會，決定是否提高對墨西哥的警戒程度。... </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"><strong>Swine Flu Reinforces the Importance of Preparing for Emergencies, Says APHA<br />Posted on: Monday, 27 April 2009, 15:41 CDT</strong></span><br /><br />WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Public Health Association (APHA) urges the public to use the current swine flu outbreak as an opportunity to ensure that they and their families are prepared for potential pandemics, disasters or any other health emergencies that may arise.<br /><br />"Although it is far too early to know the degree to which the current swine flu outbreak warrants alarm, the number of cases and the speed with which the virus has spread around the globe serves as an opportunity to spread the message of the critical nature of preparedness," said Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E), executive director of the APHA.<br /><br />APHA's Get Ready campaign helps all Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies. Along with a wealth of pandemic flu resources, visitors to the site will also find fact sheets, blog entries, handouts, podcasts, Q&As and a variety of other resources to help their families get ready for any type of emergency.<br /><br />Some of the preparedness tips for a potential pandemic include:<br /><br />Staying healthy and keeping others from getting sick by washing your hands frequently, avoiding close contact with people who are sick, covering your nose and mouth when you sneeze and staying home from work or school if sick;<br />Creating an emergency preparedness kit with food, water, medical supplies and anything else you might need if you had to stay at home for an extended period of time; and<br />Talking to your employer about their contingency plan for a potential situation where many employees are unable to work or must work from home.<br /><br />"While investing in our nation's public health infrastructure is an essential component of pandemic preparedness, it is also up to each of us to take steps as individuals and as members of a family and community to ensure we are well prepared when a public health emergency occurs," Benjamin said.<br /><br /><em>Courtesy of the sources medusa.jrc.it & www.redorbit.com</em>

猪流感疫情在全球蔓延 Travel industry grapples with swine flu

意大利现猪流感疑似病例　华人旅游业停接拉美团 中新网4月28日电　据意大利《欧联时报》报道，随着猪流感疫情在全球蔓延，继西班牙政府4月27日宣布，该国一名男子已确认感染了猪流感后，新西兰宣布发现至少10个疑似病例，欧洲的瑞士、瑞典、丹麦、德国当天也宣布出现猪流感疑似病。4月27日...

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